Chen Lin looked into the distance and said very charmingly: "I don't know that saying bad things about you can attract more favor from others.
It's not that I can't, but I'm unwilling. I don't need anyone's favor except His Majesty's kindness, so I naturally have a fair heart.
When you, Yun Zheng, do something, I will record it honestly, impartially and without bias. I will honestly be His Majesty’s eyes. As for how to judge your gains and losses, that is His Majesty’s business.
Wen Yanbo doesn't believe what I saw and heard, but His Majesty will believe it, because old Chen Lin will never deceive Your Majesty!"
Looking at Chen Linzhi's complacent expression, Yun Zheng wanted to tell him that someone had already started plotting against his majesty. Then he thought about how the relationship between Lan Lan and Cui Da seemed to be getting closer to him, so Yun Zheng closed his mouth and accompanied him.
Chen Lin watches the sunset in Xijing.
There is basically no difference between the Xijing City under the control of the Song Dynasty and the Xijing City under the control of Xiao Dahu. All the people coming in and out are soldiers, and there is still an endless stream of stagecoaches running on the ancient roads. The convoys line up from the horizon all the way to Xijing City.
, some carriages were loaded with refugee women and children, while some carriages were loaded with countless grains.
The grain and military supplies stored in Hequ City were continuously transported after the ice and snow on the road melted, but more of the convoys were composed of merchants from the Song Dynasty.
When they heard that Yunzheng had captured the city of Xijing, they immediately organized a convoy to go to Xijing, preparing to seize the biggest business opportunity in Datong Prefecture, the north-south fortress.
The goods from the north have always been valuable goods, from cowhide to horsetail, to various agates and carbon essences, all of which were in short supply in the Song Dynasty.
Livestock trading has now been monopolized by Qingtang merchants, and Qingtang horses are better than grassland horses, second only to the Western Region war horses from Xixia.
Wang Anshi did not allow merchants to enter the city. He planned to buy up all the empty shops in Xijing City, and the money obtained would be used to promote his already formed reforms.
The only thing that Xijing City lacks now is population, but the Song Dynasty has never lacked population. The densely populated Hanoi and Lianghuai Rivers have long been complaining. The people there even reclaim the open space on the river embankment to grow food.
Come to satisfy your hunger. Even so, there is still not enough food to eat.
The area near Xijing City has dense rivers and lush vegetation, making it an excellent pasture and, of course, excellent farmland. With a little improvement, it will only take three years to become a land of abundance with thousands of miles of fertile land.
Hequ City is a clear example. All Wang Anshi has to do is to wait for the arrival of a large number of his subordinate officials before preparing to show off his talents here.
No one knows the importance of governing a place better than Yun Zheng. His importance even exceeds that of conquering it.
During the Tang Dynasty, the brave soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, under the wise command of the commander-in-chief, conquered a large territory, and the farthest tentacles even extended to Big and Small Bolu. However, the construction could not keep up. After Gao Xianzhi defeated the Talas on an expedition,
The land area of the Tang Dynasty decreased rapidly, and Anxi became the place of the Four Wars again. This finally shook the country. From then on, the war horses of the Tang Dynasty never set foot on Congling again, and the entire Han nation stretched out its tentacles to the west.
was cut off, and communication between the East and the West was cut off for three hundred years.
The mighty glory of the Tang Dynasty made Yun Zheng envious. Now the Xixia people are also heading west...
"ah--"
Yun Zheng screamed, which frightened Chen Lin who was also feeling the same eternal love beside her. She dropped the heater in her hand to the ground and looked at Yun Zheng who was going crazy in panic.
"Monkey! Beat the drum! Beat the drum! I want to beat the drum to raise my account!"
The monkey didn't understand why the commander who had just been so gentle was now going crazy. He was slashing around with his sword. One of the flagpoles was cut off. Now he was still slashing at the city wall with his sword, as if he was mad.
Epilepsy is like crazy.
The frightened monkey was hesitant. At this moment, he had only one guard beside the commander. He didn't know whether to pass the order or to beat the drum and raise the account. Both things were equally important.
Chen Lin calmed down and shouted at the monkey: "Go and beat the drum to raise the account! Your handsome old man will take care of you, go quickly!"
Chen Lin avoided Yun Zheng's swinging sword, grabbed his hands and said: "Marquis Yun, calm down! Marquis Yun must be calm, the sky will not fall!"
Yun Zheng, who had thrown away his helmet and had disheveled hair, looked at Chen Lin fiercely and said: "You know what the hell, if I can calm down at this time, I will be a saint!
The dog-eat-dog has nothing to hide and cheats Pang. The dog-hearted person has nothing to hide and cheats Pang. I and everyone in the world have been fooled. I will raise my troops to attack Xixia..."
"What?" When Chen Lin heard what Yun Zheng said, she felt a chill running down her back from her heels to the top of her head in an instant. He didn't understand why Wu Zangying Pang, who had walked far away to the capital, had any conspiracy. However, he could
If someone like Yun Zheng loses his composure, he must be in big trouble.
"Dong dong dong dong dong dong..."
The hurried tent raising drum sounded, and all the soldiers in Xijing City abandoned what they were doing, rushed back to their stations as quickly as possible and began to put on their helmets and prepare for the expedition.
All the officers above the rank of general in Xijing City rushed towards the White Tiger Festival Hall.
The city gates on all sides of Xijing City also immediately raised the suspension bridges.
The soldiers guarding the city wall immediately lit the torches on the city wall, the firewood under the lead pot was already ignited, and the lime bottles, rolling logs and stones were quickly put in place.
The crossbow machine of the Eight Ox Crossbow has been opened, the gun jacket of the crossbow has been removed, and stones have been added to the leather pocket at the back. The three artillery mounted on the city head also quickly raised their heads, and the black muzzles pointed towards
The area has been set long ago.
In just one meal, Xijing City had made all preparations for defense.
The uneasy Wang Anshi came to the White Tiger Festival Hall from the city guard's mansion. Wen Yanbo, who didn't know what happened, also came to the White Tiger Festival Hall. Even Zheng Bin, who was confused, also came here.
The White Tiger Festival Hall in Nuo Da was full of people. Except for the occasional sound of two armors clashing, everyone in the hall was silent, quietly waiting for the arrival of the general.
Yun Zheng walked in from outside with disheveled hair and carrying a sword. Chen Lin who followed behind was still holding his helmet in her arms. Seeing Yun Zheng's face so gloomy that he could squeeze out water, the generals couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.
The complacent Lord looked so ugly, something big must have happened.
Yun Zheng threw the sword on the table with a clang, sat down on the commander's seat and said straight to the point: "We were fooled! We were fooled by someone who didn't hide their lies!"
Wang Anshi looked at Su Xun. Su Xun pulled out the latest document about the movements of the Wu Zang Pang, looked at it again, stood up and said to Yun Zheng: "Commander, the army of the Wu Zang Pang has crossed the Mogan Mountain.
We arrived at the Wulungu River on the Shangjing Road of the Liao Kingdom. This document was obtained by our secret spies from the Song Dynasty who stayed on the Shangjing Road of the Liao Kingdom, and the source was the Liao Military News!"
Yun Zheng chuckled and said: "Yes, he has to go around a big circle to do it. If he doesn't go around this big circle, how can he make all Yelusin's troops shrink back to Dagahaizi? If he doesn't go around this big circle
Circle, how could the people of the Liao State who had shrunk back from the Xijing Road enter the large circle he arranged on the Zhongjing Road? If there was no detour, how could he carry millions of people from the Liao State to the Western Regions?
There is no good way to blackmail Pang. I became his accomplice, Yelu Hongji became his accomplice, Di Qing became his accomplice, and even Yelu Xin who was far away in Dagahaizi also became his accomplice.
Our group of people, including our Song Dynasty, are doing their best to help Wu Zangpang gather manpower. We have killed the Liao people in Xijing, and the Liao people in Nanjing, Zhongjing, and even Beijing have been firmly held back by Di Qing. Now, there is an emptiness
There are millions of Liao people in Zhongjing Road, who do you think these people will take advantage of?"
Wang Anshi frowned and said: "The commander-in-chief thinks that there is no such a large circle to hide Pang Dou, and he would rather give up a large area of land in the Liao Kingdom just to take the opportunity to plunder the population of the Liao Kingdom?"
Yun Zheng said angrily and impatiently: "What do the Xixia people want with such a big land? They have less than three million people in total. No matter how big the land is, what's the use without people?"
Their current population cannot even fill the land of their own country. No matter how large the land is, how can it be used to raise wild animals? Jiefu, why don’t you look at what Xixia has done in these years?
The army to capture lives and the army to capture slaves. Listening to the names of these armies, you should know that the most deadly thing about the Xixia people is their population.
In recent years, under the coercion of the Song Dynasty, they had to return the people of the Song Dynasty who were captured in the early years. Six tribes from Yuanzhai were lost in Qingtang, and a large number died during the great famine.
Nowadays, they are working hard to expand space to the west. Because of the existence of the Song Dynasty in the south, they know that there is no possibility of expanding to the south. Expanding to the west requires a large number of people.
If the Xixia people had millions of people in the Liao Kingdom, there would be 10,000 possibilities for Wu Zangpang's next move. Even if the Liao Kingdom was defeated by the Song Dynasty, they could continue to stay in the west and fight against the Song Dynasty.
Keep fighting."
Wen Yanbo moved his thigh and said: "I saw a message from a document in Tokyo that Xixia is now vigorously encouraging people to have children. For this reason, they have special money and grain to use as subsidies, and they also encourage Xixia soldiers to marry foreigners.
woman.
This news was treated as a joke in Tokyo, but I didn’t expect that the hidden fraud had such profound intentions. This is something I didn’t expect.”
Yun Zheng picked up the sword on the table and carefully touched the blade, and said slowly: "No one in the Song Dynasty would have thought of this. The population is too large and has become a burden to our officials in the Song Dynasty. The Xiang Army
It's because there are too many people that the government can't take care of all the freaks.
The biggest reason why we marched to the north was not because we were greedy for one or two victories, but because we launched the northern expedition out of the most urgent needs of the Song Dynasty. We needed the steep mountains in the north to be our barrier, and we needed Yan Yun
The vast wilderness is used to house the people, and the people also need wider land to produce enough food to feed the growing population.
Therefore, we have no way of understanding the worry of the Xixia people in a small country with a small population and the constant crisis, so all of us have forgotten what the Xixia people really need." (To be continued)