Tokyo Bianliang, Privy Council!

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Tong Guan was furious, his sword eyebrows were upside down, and he smashed the table case with one palm. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Zhao Bufan! It's this Zhao Bufan again! Again and again, he ruined my big plan, it's really a crime that deserves death! And those Liao people are even more stupid, 1,000 elite horsemen plus 2,000 elite foot soldiers, they can be broken by Zhao Bufan with 500 people, all of them are wine bags and rice bags!"

Shen Hanyang stood at the foot of the hall, quietly waiting for Tong Guan to vent his anger, and when he had scolded enough, he said softly: "My lord, the battle situation in Bazhou cannot be changed, don't be angry for this unchangeable thing, besides, the Liao State is winning in Cangzhou and Qingzhou, and the earlier plan may not be impossible to achieve!"

"It's useless!" Tong Guan waved his sleeves angrily, and said with a gloomy face: "In this war in Northern Xinjiang, Bazhou is the core, if the Liao State breaks through Bazhou, it can go directly south to Hejian Mansion, thereby threatening the central nuclear places such as the Beijing Daimyo Mansion, this is the key to forcing His Majesty to agree to the Northern Expedition, as for the Liao State to attack Cangzhou and Qingzhou, it is just a strategic auxiliary, they seem to be victorious now, but this time they can't beat it!"

"Why is that?" Shen Hanyang raised his head expressionlessly.

Tong Guan's eyes were full of anger, and he snorted coldly: "There are many generals in Cangzhou and Qingzhou who are dependent on Cai Jing, after the last Liao invasion plan was destroyed by Zhu Bocai and others, Cai Jing has already played His Majesty in order to protect the interests of his subordinates, and transferred Liu Zhongwu and Liu Qi to command 50,000 forbidden troops to sit on the coast of the Bohai Sea. With the two of them here, unless the Liao State sends the core elite to come, it will be difficult to really make a breakthrough. But the core and main forces of the Liao State are now fighting against the Jin State, and they are not able to march south at all!"

"I didn't expect Liu Zhongwu to be in Northern Xinjiang!" Shen Hanyang was silent, he knew Liu Zhongwu's ability, so he didn't know what to say.

There was silence in the hall for a moment.

Tong Guan temporarily suppressed the anger in his heart, turned around angrily, and stared at a list on the wall.

There are many names written on it, and Zhao Bufan and Liu Zhongwu are on the list.

After a long time, Tong Guan picked up the brush and slowly drew a cross on the names of Zhao Bufan and Liu Zhongwu.

"Liu Zhongwu once helped me break through the Western Xia, can fight well, is a great general, but unfortunately he refused to serve me, so many years, I tried my best to win him over, repeatedly gave him opportunities, but he did not appreciate it at all, always played Tai Chi with me, now he has blocked my way, if you don't get rid of this person, it will be difficult to succeed in the affairs of Northern Xinjiang! As for Zhao Bufan, it must be eliminated as soon as possible, he not only repeatedly ruined my plan, but also that person's apprentice, not to kill is a disaster!"

When Shen Hanyang heard this, he finally spoke up again: "But now many people are protecting Zhao Bufan, how to kill him?"

Tong Guan was silent for a moment and threw away the pen in his hand.

"You managed to make an assassination plan, as long as you don't get the evidence, you can do anything! Remember, I want it as soon as possible!"

"Subordinates understand!" Shen Hanyang responded and quietly withdrew from the room.

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At this time, far away in the North Wolf Slope of Bazhou, the Song soldiers were in full swing to build the North Wolf Village.

Now Yijin Pass and Waqiao Pass are lost, the North Wolf Village is the important place to resist the Liao State, Li Miao took advantage of the temporary inability of the Liao soldiers to enter the army, ordered the soldiers to rush to work day and night, and in a short time has piled up the earthen walls and wooden fences in front of the three small villages, forming a certain defensive force.

However, Li Miao's plan of the North Wolf Village, although it is not a Xiongguan, but it is also an important place to contain the danger, not overnight can be fully built, now it is just a framework first, and then slowly improved and repaired by the garrison, if it is to be completed, I am afraid it will take at least half a year.

Zhao Bufan, as the new supervisor of the soldiers and horses of Bazhou, will be fully responsible for the defense affairs of the North Wolf Village and Yantou Village in the future, and it can be said that he is responsible for the safety of the Bazhou border fortress. When his injury improved slightly, he had to be forced to work with an injury, and the first problem he faced was the selection and marshalling of the soldiers and horses under his command.

The Terracotta Commander is a deputy position, and the actual role is to assist the local governor in managing the army, and the Bazhou Terracotta Commander, that is, the vice president of the Bazhou Terracotta Commander, that is, the deputy of Zhizhou Li Miao in the military, this is the norm of the local army of the Great Song Dynasty.

According to the army establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, under normal circumstances, 500 people are a commander, with a principal and deputy commander, and five commanders are an army, totaling more than 2,500 people, with a military commander and a deputy military capital Yuhou.

As a local military commander, the governor may be in charge of less than one army, or he may be in charge of several armies, so he is sent by different systems.

As a strategic place in the north, Bazhou is the front line to defend against Liao, not counting the defenders of Yijin Pass and Waqiao Pass, the total strength here should be 50,000 people, but due to various corrupt reasons, in fact, there are less than 20,000 people, most of which are still soldiers brought out by Li Miao himself, about 10,000 people, these soldiers are not under the command of Zhao Bufan.

The remaining less than 10,000 people, plus those who were scattered at Yijin Pass and Waqiao Pass, totaled about 15,000 people, these are the troops that Zhao Bufan has the right to command and reorganize, and the first task given to him by Li Miao is to reorganize these soldiers and make reasonable arrangements.

This task seems easy, but in fact it is very difficult, because the army is really stretched.

The 10,000 people under Li Miao's command were stationed in Bazhou City, which was used by Li Miao for the war, and Zhao Bufan couldn't move, nor could he command it.

For the remaining 15,000 people, the three counties of Baoding, Wen'an, and Dacheng in the hinterland of Bazhou must ensure that each county has at least 1,000 to 2,000 people, and then set up sentry posts at various narrow intersections, each sentry post ranges from 100 to 200 people, and for the sake of prudence, there are more than 30 people, Zhao Bufan carefully calculated, which requires the deployment of more than 4,000 people.

These two items add up, so there are at most 7,000 people left, and many veterans who do logistics will be deducted from these 7,000 people, and the actual elite combat strength is only more than 3,000, but this amount of troops is responsible for garrisoning two strategic places in Yantou Village and North Wolf Village. Yantou Village doesn't have to worry too much, the terrain over there is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and a thousand people are barely enough. But the North Wolf Village is not good, although this side is also built in an important place, it is not steep enough, plus it is directly facing the Yijin Pass and Waqiao Pass that have been occupied by the Liao State, how can two thousand people be enough?

There is no need to doubt this point of strength, it will definitely not be able to hold it!

Fortunately, Zhao Bufan also had a part-time dispatch, and His Majesty personally ordered the establishment of a Liutun forbidden army in Bazhou, and he was the commander of the military capital.

In this way, he could add 2,500 more men under his command.

The forbidden army is different from the box army, this is the main force of the Great Song Dynasty, under the same number, the supply issued by the imperial court to the forbidden army is several times that of the box army, and the weapons and armor are also the most sophisticated, and more importantly, the generals of the forbidden army can freely choose the elite of the box army in various places, so the status of the forbidden army is very high, and the box army is completely incomparable. The promotion of a soldier to the forbidden army is called promotion, and the demotion of a soldier of the forbidden army to a soldier of the box army is called a falling box.

Zhao Bufan, who was anxious, thought about it for a while, and in the end he could only hit the head of this forbidden army!

On this day, he dragged his sick body to carefully read the planning map of the North Wolf Village, and then went to the main camp to meet Li Miao.

"Master Li, there will be something to ask for in the end!"

Li Miao, who was buried in the table, raised his head when he heard the voice, and said with a smile: "Tell me about it!"

"The last general hopes that Lord Li can play His Majesty again, and asks for 1,500 classes to be transferred from Tokyo!" Zhao Bufan didn't care so much, and directly opened his mouth.

Li Miao was startled, and looked at him with wide eyes: "Zhao Dujian, you also think too highly of this official, Ban Zhi is the elite of the forbidden army stationed in the imperial city, even in the entire forbidden army, it is the strongest army in combat effectiveness, it has always been in charge of Gao Yu, and it rarely leaves the capital, this requirement is too difficult!"

Zhao Bufan smiled, didn't rush to answer, but said: "Not only that, I also want to ask for someone to be transferred!"

"Tune who?" Li Miao's expression was very unnatural.

"The head of the Golden Gun Class, Xu Ning!" Zhao Bufan said.

Li Miao thought about it this time, and hesitated: "It's not difficult for a small sect leader, although the Golden Gun Class is a royal guard, but you said that this person is not a commander after all, just a sect leader, so there is still the possibility of His Majesty's favor, but it is absolutely impossible to transfer 1,500 people!"

"My lord, I just said my request, and if this request can be fulfilled, then I can make a military order to recover Xin'an Prefecture by sneak attack within a year, and I will not even provoke a full-scale war between the Liao and Song dynasties, and when the time comes, I will recover it with lightning speed, so that the Liao State will have nowhere to go!"

Zhao Bufan said these words flatly, and Li Miao was startled to get up.

"Zhao Bufan, are you serious?"

"Seriously, you can set up a military order!" Zhao Bufan was categorical.

Li Miao stared at him solemnly, and said urgently: "You have to think about it, if you really want to ensure that the Liao State and the Great Song Dynasty do not start a full-scale war, then the time for you to seize Xin'an Prefecture must be within half a month, and the troops you can mobilize are also very limited, which is almost an impossible task." If you really make a military order, you have a lot of restrictions, once you provoke a full-scale war between the Liao State and my Great Song Dynasty in the future, then Your Majesty will definitely kill you to quell the war, if you can't get this place back, Your Majesty will still kill you, you have to think about it!"

Zhao Bufan was confident and said decisively: "I have nine layers of certainty, but there is a premise, that is, I must be the most elite forbidden army, and the cavalry must have at least two commanders, and Xu Ning, the head of the golden gun class, must also be transferred to me!"

"Okay!" Li Miao waved his sleeves excitedly and walked happily in front of Zhao Bufan. "Your Majesty is quite fond of gambling, such a feat will definitely make Your Majesty interested, and the recovery of Xin'an Prefecture is something Your Majesty wants to do but hesitates to do, and your promise will definitely make the dragon's heart happy. But I also remind you once again that Your Majesty does not want a full-scale war with the Liao State, and neither do the ministers, if you can't blitz Xin'an Prefecture, and you can't recover the whole territory before the Liao State sends troops, once you provoke a full-scale confrontation between the two countries, you will definitely die!"

Zhao Bufan smiled faintly, and arched his hand: "Lord Li, rest assured, I will never use my life to play around, this time the burning of the Liao army's grain road was successful, I found that the Liao State has a fatal weakness in the war, if I am given sufficient resources, to be prepared, I will raid Xin'an Prefecture in only ten days to complete, to ensure that the Liao State has not yet sent troops on a large scale, I will occupy the entire territory of Xin'an Prefecture and the Sikou Pass, so that the Liao State can not find the meaning of sending troops, I don't believe it, there is no complete certainty, the Liao State dares to attack the Sikou Pass I occupy!"

"Okay!" Li Miao was in high spirits, and his voice was like a bell. "I will play this matter immediately, Your Majesty, it will be completed within half a month, I will see how you Zhao Bufan create this miracle!"