Luan Tingyu and Dong Ping are both fierce generals in the army, so naturally they don't lack strength, and they move things very quickly, and they were all sent to the lifeboat not long after.

A few people sat down to rest for less than half an hour, Qin Ming, who had run to report the news earlier, rushed over with Hu Yanzhuo and Guan Sheng and others, they saw that there were many boxes on the boat, which was also a little strange, but seeing that Zhao Bufan didn't say a word, he didn't know to ask much, so he immediately followed the boat and rowed west along the coast.

Soon, everyone returned to the west coast smoothly, at this time Zhu Xiaozhang had already led people to set up a simple camp, although the protection is very weak, but the victory is condescending, plus everyone has a crossbow in hand, it is really not easy for Liao to attack.

After a hasty inspection, Zhao Bufan saw that there was not much omission in the layout of the camp tent, so he immediately went to find Zhu Xiaozhang and asked him to send his henchmen to accompany Su Ding to transport a few large boxes back to Cangzhou.

Zhu Xiaozhang happily agreed, and didn't even ask why, he directly sent his henchmen to follow Su Ding, only after sending away the fishing boat, he smiled meaningfully, patted Zhao Bufan's shoulder and said: "You have to be careful, don't write that you successfully attacked the Liao warship in the aftermath, save this paragraph!"

Zhao Bufan knew that he had already guessed what was in the box, and shook his head with a smile: "I really can't hide anything from you, why don't I send you some to the house?"

Zhu Xiaozhang immediately waved his hand: "Don't, my Zhu family is not short of money, and you are so poor, it is really hard for my little sister to follow you, don't let her down in the future!"

"Since you are so rich, then you can lend me some?" Zhao Bufan glanced at and smiled.

"Lend it to you?" Zhu Xiaozhang's eyes widened instantly, and his beard was crooked. "Is it still my Zhu family's upside down dowry for marrying my little sister, are you embarrassed to borrow money from me? What does it matter to me if you want to raise soldiers, it is a bottomless pit, and it is not enough to send me to a pawnshop, do you know how much the annual military expenditure of the Great Song Dynasty is?"

"How much?" Zhao Bufan asked curiously, he really didn't know the specific amount.

Zhu Xiaozhang glanced at him and said leisurely: "There are more than 5,000 to 70 million yuan of expenses on the account, and the total annual tax revenue of our Great Song Dynasty is roughly ranging from more than 80 million to more than 10,000 yuan, that is to say, six or seven out of ten are used for military expenses and official salaries. ”

"There are so many?" Zhao Bufan was speechless.

Zhu Xiaozhang said sullenly: "Do you think that in the Tanyuan Alliance, why did our Great Song Dynasty agree to give the Liao State an annual offering, and the Liao State has continued to increase the price over the years, and the Holy Lord basically did not refuse much, it was all because the military expenditure from the war was greater, what was the value of that annual offering? Of course, the biggest reason is that it can't be beaten, if the war is won, who is still unwilling to fight, willing to be bullied by the Liao people?"

Zhao Bufan was amused by these words, shook his head and said: "If such a large military expenditure is all used on the army, then it may not be possible to defeat the Liao State, even if they are all soldiers, no matter how strong their strength is, I will drag him to death, but unfortunately more than half of the tens of millions of military expenses have gone into the pockets of officials at all levels!"

Zhu Xiaozhang raised his eyebrows and took over: "You and I know the situation of the Great Song Dynasty, there is nothing to say, I will tell you this, I just want you to know that the cost of raising soldiers is very huge, and you can raise soldiers yourself, but don't drag me on, I don't have the ability of you, and I dare to do private salt business." If it weren't for the fear that you would have dragged down my sister, I wouldn't have come to be the governor of Cangzhou, it's fun enough to wipe your ass for you, it's about money, I still have the old saying, my brother settles accounts!"

Zhao Bufan was a little embarrassed by these words, and immediately complimented: "Yes, yes, yes! Thank you second brother for wiping my ass, my ass is indeed not very clean, but it is also for the sake of beating the Liao people! I know that you are an adult and have a lot, and you will not care about me as a villain!"

Zhu Xiaozhang's eyes suddenly widened: "If you didn't know that you raised troops to fight the Liao people and the Great Song Dynasty, I would have eaten enough to help you wipe your ass, if you dare to rebel, I will be the first to finish with you, let's see you on the battlefield!"

"You know, you know! You are a loyal minister, a person who can go down in history, but I didn't say that I am not patriotic, what are you anxious about?"

"It's good to know, I'm afraid that you will have a crooked mind, I really don't know how my father will fall in love with you, I have to marry my sister to you, I always feel that you are too dangerous to do things!"

Saying that, Zhu Xiaozhang sighed helplessly, shook his head and said: "Forget it, now we are all a family, it's useless to say anything, in short, you remember, never have a crooked mind, you can do anything, but you can't do rebellion, there are indeed many capable people in the court who are overwhelmed, but if you really rebel, you will know what it means to not be able to turn back." Those anti-thieves look fierce, but now the court is unstable, busy with internal fighting and dealing with foreign affairs, and has no time to take care of it, the court really has to make up its mind, why is it difficult to suppress bandits?

You should have also heard that Liangshan in Yunzhou has risen in recent years to rise a group of bandits, attacking the prefectures and counties everywhere, and it is also a bit of a trouble, but you must not know that a few days ago, the imperial court almost asked Zhang Shuye to lead troops to crusade, if it wasn't for the temporary decision to send him as an envoy, he would have led the troops a long time ago, and a Zhang Shuye would definitely make Liangshan anti-thieves unable to eat and go around, and Liu Zhongwu and Liu Qi father and son also asked for a crusade, but they were stopped by Gao Yu, saying that they wanted to personally avenge his brother Gao Lian.

But who doesn't know that he clearly said that he wanted to avenge his brother, but in fact he wanted to earn some military merits. If it weren't for the fact that when he was young, he had not yet ascended the throne and had a playmate with the saint, and with his little ability, he would have been slaughtered by Tong Guan, Cai Jing and others, and everyone now wished that he would personally go to fight against the Liangshan rebels, and he would have been able to make room for him if he died!"

Zhao Bufan was amused by this complaint, and couldn't help but say: "Actually, the Liangshan bandits are not as unbearable as you say, Uncle Zhang should not be a problem to go to crusade at night, and it will definitely be possible to take a slightly divided and co-opted strategy, if it is Liu Zhongwu, of course, there is no problem, but it is not enough to say that anyone can do it, such as Tong Guan, it may not be possible!"

"You're joking!" Zhu Xiaozhang looked back at him in surprise and retorted: "Tong Guan, this person is a little rape, and he is also a little self-righteous, but he does still have some ability, better than Gao Yu, and he has a very good eye for employing people, unless he wants to borrow a knife to kill people, or he is too light on the enemy, otherwise the crusade against the bandits is still foolproof, even if he does not command well, but he knows very well who has the ability, there are many famous generals in the Western Army who are held by him to death, and no one can be transferred." ”

"Of course I know this!" Zhao Bufan nodded, and took over with a smile: "Actually, on the way back to Northern Xinjiang from Huazhou, I planned to recruit a junior general named Han Shizhong from the Western Army, and I personally wrote a letter to the Ministry of War and the Privy Council, but the Privy Council later sent someone to reply to me with two words, not allowed! The Ministry of War only said a word, and the Privy Council did not allow it! I didn't even give an explanation, but it made me depressed for several days!"

Zhu Xiaozhang couldn't stop laughing on the spot, and his tears were about to burst into laughter.

"Extraordinary, I really don't know how to say hello, this Great Song Dynasty dares to ask the Privy Council to recruit the generals of the Western Army, I'm afraid you're the only one, I guess Tong Guan is so angry when he sees your documents! Let me tell you, as long as Tong Guan is unwilling, no one can leave, even if he sends this person to the battlefield to die, he won't let others transfer away, sometimes even the saint is not very good at forcing him, Tong Guan's party is too powerful!"

As soon as he heard Zhu Xiaozhang talk about Tong Guan's power, Zhao Bufan was extremely resentful, and immediately said angrily: "At that time, I thought that Han Shizhong was just a low-level general, and I was afraid that the order would be approved without handing it to Tong Guan, who knew that Tong Guan would care so much about the Western Army, and even a low-level general would have to ask in person, and now that I am doing this, he will pay attention to that Han Shizhong, and a few days ago I heard that Han Shizhong has been promoted several levels in a row!"

"That's right! If Tong Guan doesn't have the means to win people's hearts, then where can he have today, he has promoted countless children from poor families unusually, and he has never been stingy with his own people, asking for money for money, women for women, and power for power, many people are willing to serve him to death, otherwise why would he stand? That Han Shizhong is at least now I'm afraid he is grateful, grateful for his kindness, don't think about it for the time being, unless one day you let him see through Tong Guan!"

Hearing this, Zhao Bufan sighed and had no intention of saying more.

"Forget it, I won't talk to you, let the soldiers take turns to rest, and I will stay here before evening, and I will also go to rest, I haven't closed my eyes for a day and a night!"

"Don't worry!" Zhu Xiaozhang nodded with a smile.

Zhao Bufan didn't say much, turned around and walked towards the simple camp, but before he took two steps, his muscles and veins suddenly had an unprecedented sharp pain, and he didn't have time to react, his eyes suddenly turned black, and he fainted on the spot!

"Extraordinary!" Zhu Xiaozhang was shocked and stepped forward to support him. "Come on!Come on!!"

The guards next to him suddenly rushed up and carried Zhao Bufan into the camp tent with all hands and feet.

The generals of the Liangshan army, who had already rested, also rushed to hear the news, and as soon as they entered the camp, Guan Sheng asked impatiently: "Lord Zhu, what's wrong with my general?"

At this time, Zhu Xiaozhang had already checked Zhao Bufan's body, knowing that his condition was very bad, and his expression was very serious.

"Did you know that Bufan had injuries earlier?"

"Hurt?" the generals looked at each other, all a little inexplicable.

Zhang Qing thought about it for a while, and said suspiciously: "Since the general came back from going to Huazhou, his body has always been very healthy, and he also practices martial arts in the general's mansion on weekdays, so I haven't seen anything wrong with him!"

"Yes! I went to the General's Mansion that day and saw General Zhao personally teaching Shang Kunyang martial arts!"

"I haven't seen it!"

The generals looked at each other, but they did not know why.

When Zhu Xiaozhang heard their words, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he said worriedly: "I have already used internal force to take a closer look at it just now, the meridians of his whole body are seriously damaged, and there are even cracks in the dantian qi sea, this is definitely not caused overnight, if there is no external weakness, it is not caused by external forces, it is obviously his own practice that has a problem, and this is also the most serious situation!"

The people present were all masters who had practiced martial arts for many years, and they didn't know the severity of this injury, so they fell silent in an instant.

After a while, Dong Ping couldn't bear the urgency in his heart, and took the lead in speaking out: "Then what should we do now? What should we do? If Master Zhu really said it so seriously, wouldn't General Zhao's martial arts be abolished?"

"Nine times out of ten, you can't use force again, once the muscles and veins are broken, if you don't die, you will be crippled!" Zhu Xiaozhang sighed, his worry was overflowing, and he was bored for a long time before he said decisively: "Now I can't care if my martial arts are wasted or not, first send someone to find a doctor to save my life!"

A group of people were talking next to him, but Zhao Bufan, who was lying on the wooden board, had already recovered some of his senses, and when he heard Zhu Xiaozhang's words, he immediately said to himself: "My injury is caused by practice, it is not so easy to die, just find a medical officer, for now you must hold here and act according to the original plan!"

Zhu Xiaozhang then turned around and said: "You rest in peace, we know what to do!"

"Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo!" Zhao Bufan called softly again.

"Yes!" the two stepped forward.

Zhao Bufan looked at them and said weakly: " I can't move now, the two of you are in charge of commanding, at the moment the Liao people are afraid that they have divided their troops back to defend the warships, and the pace of the attack has also been delayed, so you can rest for half a day first, and then go to the Liao camp in the center of the island in the afternoon to harass them, and make sure that they can't attack the mission safely, but in my absence, you must not be separated, the actions must be consistent, don't collide with them, take advantage of the complex terrain on the island to ambush, run if there are more people, go up if there are fewer people, kill a few are few, and gradually weaken the other party!"

Guan Sheng immediately replied: "The general is at ease, his subordinates will definitely follow the order!"

Zhao Bufan nodded, and then looked at Dong Ping, Qin Ming, and Suo Chao.

"Dong Ping, Qin Ming, Suo Chao! You three are in a hurry, even if you don't care about it on weekdays, you must not be a hero this time, but if you disobey the order, I don't care if you have merit or a fault, you will be punished according to the order of resistance, don't let me down!"

The three of them glanced at each other and responded in unison: "Never disobey!"

Zhao Bufan calmed down, his spirit was relieved, and he fell asleep again.

The generals stood by and watched his face quietly, gritting their teeth one by one, refusing to leave for a long time.

Seeing this, Zhu Xiaozhang couldn't help but reprimand: "Why don't you hurry up and rest, what are you waiting waiting for? It is useful to stay here? Quickly carry out your general's orders, only by completing his orders, you can have the greatest respect for him!"

After some reprimand, the generals were finally willing to move.

Guan Sheng was murderous, and shouted as he walked out of the tent: "General Zhao must have induced internal injuries in today's fighting, if it weren't for these Khitans attacking and killing my Great Song Mission, he wouldn't have fallen into such a situation, and if I don't kill a few Khitans for a while, it will be really difficult to calm this evil breath in my heart!"

The generals didn't say a word, but they were also violent, and they all clenched their fists and followed him out of the camp.

Seeing them go away, Zhu Xiaozhang looked back at the sleeping Zhao Bufan, quite emotional.

"You love soldiers like sons, and the soldiers respect you as fathers, which is really envious, for a long time, you will definitely be able to become the backbone of my Great Song Dynasty, but now you must hold on, the Great Song Dynasty needs you, and my sister also needs you, you must not let me face my father and my little sister shamelessly!"