Except for a few arrogant people in Qingtang Palace, no one regarded Yuanshan as a fool, including Jiao Siluo.
Yuan Shan seemed rude just now in the main hall of Qingtang Palace, but he was very thoughtful.
Jiao Siluo proposed a new method of profit distribution, but he decisively refused.
And using integrity as a chess piece, he defeated Jiao Siluo and forced Jiao Siluo to make concessions in his interests.
Anyone who regards such a person as a fool is the biggest fool.
Yuan Shan was born as a horse thief. With a humble background, he established himself in the Western Region and aspired to be the leader.
It is not an exaggeration to call such a person a hero.
"This guy Yuanshan still has something in his stomach, so don't belittle him."
Jiao Siluo gave a solemn reminder.
Some people in the Qingtang Palace nodded in agreement, while others nodded in agreement, but the disdain on their faces could not be concealed.
Only Mr. Wan bowed deeply to the servant, "I have learned a lesson..."
Jiao Siluo laughed out loud and said: "Mr. Wan's words are serious... When Mr. Wan left my Qingtang, there was no one named Yuan Shan in the Western Regions. When Mr. Wan returned to my Qingtang, Yuan Shan had already become one of the
Lord, it is unusual for Mr. Wan to not understand Yuan Shan."
Mr. Wan smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying nothing.
As a counselor, misjudged the wrong person and made rash comments. In the eyes of the emperor, it was a big demerit.
Fortunately, Qingtang doesn't have many people who are good at planning, otherwise his position in Qingtang might be shaken.
Although Jiao Siluo always behaves like a courteous and virtuous corporal, I feel that Jiao Siluo will treat talents well.
In fact, Jiao Si Luo only treats talents who are useful to him, and never looks at talents who are useless to him.
Qingtang has been absorbing talented people from the Song Dynasty for a long time, but it has not been able to attract a few truly talented people from the Song Dynasty. This is because of the character of Jiao Siluo.
In Jiao Siluo's eyes, whether a person is talented or not depends on whether he can immediately bring benefits to Qingtang.
People who can immediately bring benefits to Qingtang are talents in his eyes. People who cannot bring benefits to Qingtang, even if they are full of knowledge, will not take a second look.
People in Qingtang only saw the civil and military corporal under Jiao Siluo, but they had never seen the corporal Jiao Siluo, the virtuous person in the countryside.
Jiao Siluo didn't care about Mr. Wan's reaction. After calming Mr. Wan, Jiao Siluo immediately said, "You guys can discuss how to divide the troops in the attack on Song Dynasty this time."
For this attack on the Song Dynasty, the troops heading to Xiliang City had already been decided, and Jiao Siluo would personally lead an army of 300,000 to attack.
The remaining 200,000 soldiers and horses will be dispatched to the borders of Shaanxi Prefecture and Sichuan Prefecture of the Song Dynasty respectively, and invade the Song Dynasty from both sides.
Who will command the remaining 200,000 troops and horses has not been discussed before.
Because it involves specific issues of profit distribution, the heads of various departments are arguing endlessly, and there is still no definite answer.
People in the palace hall, look at me, look at you, no one speaks first.
Because based on previous quarrel experience, whoever speaks first will become the target of attack.
The hall was quiet for a moment.
An Ziluo looked around at the ministers and suddenly said, "I would like to lead troops to attack the Shaanxi Prefecture of the Song Dynasty!"
As soon as these words came out, the ministers in the hall spoke one after another.
"General An's words are wrong. As a general beside Zanpu, you naturally have to follow Zanpu to Xiliang City..."
"Yes, with General An by Zanpu's side, we can attack the Shaanxi and Sichuan Prefectures of the Song Dynasty with confidence..."
"You have to protect Zampu. Zampu is the co-owner of Tubo. If something happens to Zampu, then I, Tubo, may be reduced to a piece of sand like before."
"Yes, yes..."
"When we discussed sending troops to Xiliang City before, General An was one of the accompanying commanders. How can we change that now that the war is about to begin?"
"Alul is right..."
"..."
In an instant, all the ministers in the hall became loyal ministers and good generals, speaking righteous words with righteous faces.
An Ziluo looked around at those who spoke with disdain.
An Ziluo knew clearly what kind of evil they were harboring in their hearts.
They just wanted to take advantage of the Qingtang army to fight with the Song Dynasty soldiers and horses in Hexi, and take the opportunity to penetrate into the hinterland of the Song Dynasty and plunder them.
If the Song Dynasty was a sheep, then the first person to enter the hinterland of the Song Dynasty would definitely eat the fattest piece of mutton.
Nowadays, the Song Dynasty is at war on both the eastern and western frontiers, and it is a well-known fact that the Song Dynasty's territory is empty of troops.
Therefore, everyone in Qingtang felt that even if they encountered resistance from the Shaanxi Prefecture and Sichuan Prefecture that went to attack the Song Dynasty, there would not be too many people resisting.
An Ziluo looked at those people with disdain, but those people seemed not to see An Ziluo's disdainful eyes and continued to speak righteously and righteously.
An Ziluo set his sights on Jiao Siluo.
This matter has been going on noisily to this day, and troops are about to be sent out, but no conclusion has been reached. Now we can only wait for Jiao Siluo to make a decision.
Jiao Siluo frowned, stared at the noisy ministers, and said in a deep voice: "Each ministry took out 20,000 troops and handed them over to the commanders of Alu'er and Mu Zhi respectively. They led the troops to attack the Shaanxi Prefecture and Shaanxi Prefecture of the Song Dynasty.
Sichuan Mansion."
The two military ministers were overjoyed when their names were called, and they laughed loudly without concealing it.
Although the others were unwilling, they didn't say anything.
Because Jiao Si Luo mobilized troops and horses from various ministries to gather troops and horses to attack the Song Dynasty, they could also distribute some of the spoils that Aluer and Mu Zhi plundered in the Song Dynasty.
After Jiao Siluo decided the matter in one word, he ordered: "Now, go back and organize your troops and horses for me. Leave the troops and horses of the Song Dynasty to Alu'er and Mu Zhi. The rest will break camp tomorrow and follow them."
I'll rush to Xiliang City together."
In the main hall of the palace, Qingtang civil and military officials all agreed and left the palace.
When the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs was about to leave, Jiao Siluo gave a slight salute to Mr. Wan.
Mr. Wan stood up a little flattered and said, "What does Zanpu mean?"
Jiao Siluo said seriously: "My son Dong Xiang has Mr. Lao."
Mr. Wan hurriedly said: "I don't dare. It is my blessing to teach the little prince."
Jiao Siluo nodded with satisfaction.
"When I take over the Song Dynasty, I will definitely reward Mr. Wan with his homeland."
"Thank you Zamp."
"..."
After Jiao Siluo entrusted the education of his son Dong Fei to Mr. Wan, he no longer had any worries.
Jiao Siluo ordered people to send Mr. Wan down to rest, and he went back to the palace to sleep.
A night of silence.
The next day.
early morning.
After getting up.
Jiao Siluo sent people to wake up Yuan Shan.
Then together with Yuan Shan, we rushed to the military camp outside Qingtang City.
Outside Qingtang City, there are many tents.
The white-roofed tents set up by 560,000 soldiers and horses were connected together, covering a large area of grassland.
If you observe carefully, you will find it.
The tents set up by the soldiers and horses of the Yuanshan tribe are far more orderly than those of the soldiers and horses of the Qingtang tribe.
Jiao Siluo and Yuan Shan rode out of Qingtang City together. After seeing Yuan Shan's neat tent, they were slightly startled.
"Chief Yuanshan is really good at running the army."
Jiao Siluo sighed.
Yuan Shan said nonchalantly: "The tents are beautiful, not the soldiers and horses. The tents were bought from the people of Song Dynasty. If King Qingtang likes them, I will give you a few hundred of them."
While Yuan Shan was talking, the soldiers of the Yuan Shan tribe walked out of the tent lazily, like lazy men wandering around.
Jiao Siluo instantly believed Yuan Shan's words.
Jiao Siluo said with some disappointment: "I can't get used to living in Song people's things."
After all, if his allies are strong enough, he will bear less pressure; if his allies are not strong enough, he will bear more pressure.
So when Jiao Siluo saw the tents and the soldiers and horses of the Yuanshan tribe, he had two reactions.
But he did not tell the truth in public.
Because what he really cares about is the armored cavalry of the Yuanshan tribe. He doesn't care what the other soldiers and horses of the Yuanshan tribe are like.
Yuan Shan was stunned for a moment and said disapprovingly: "I think Song people's stuff is pretty good."
Jiao Siluo smiled lightly and said nothing.
When the two rode their horses into the camp, they briefly discussed the matter of sending troops and horses to attack Shaanxi Prefecture and Sichuan Prefecture of the Song Dynasty, and then each entered their respective military camps.
After Jiao Siluo entered the Qingtang military camp, he ordered 200,000 soldiers and horses and handed them over to Alul and Mu Zhi.
After Wonsan entered the Wonsan military camp, he left 10,000 carefully selected soldiers and horses and handed them over to a commander of armored cavalry.
After Jiao Siluo and Yuan Shan left their troops to attack Shaanxi Prefecture and Chuan Prefecture of the Song Dynasty, they led their troops to break camp and rushed to Xiliang City.
Driving from Qingtang City to Xiliang City, they had to go around half of the snow-capped mountains. The journey was not short, so the two of them had to spend some time.
The two men led 350,000 horses and drove for a day, and rested on a pasture after nightfall.
Jiao Siluo and Yuan Shan each lived in tents in their respective military camps.
Wonsanbu Military Camp.
Chinese army tent.
After nightfall, Yuanshan sat in the Chinese army tent without falling asleep, seeming to be waiting for someone.
Yuan Shan didn't wait long before a figure quietly entered Yuan Shan's tent.
Yuan Shan was not surprised when he saw him.
He placed the things prepared in advance for the visitors next to the stove.
After the visitor sat down, he first picked up what Yuanshan had prepared for him and started eating.
While he was eating, Yuan Shan said in a deep voice: "Have you ever had an encounter with the young master?"
Yu You gnawed on the bones of the sheep stick and shook his head, "The Liao soldiers and the Black Khan soldiers sealed Yangguan and Yumen Pass tightly. The young master must have a plan, so he sat guarding Yangguan and Yumen Pass and couldn't get out. He wanted to enter from outside the pass.
It’s simply impossible.”
Yuan Shan frowned and said, "You can't get in either?"
Yu You rolled his eyes, "The Liao soldiers and the Black Khan soldiers have sealed Yangguan and Yumen Pass tightly. How do I get in? How can I get in? Just swagger past in front of their tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops?"
Yuan Shan glanced at Yu You and said in a deep voice, "You know that's not what I meant."
Yu You put down the sheep stick bone, "We sent six groups of people one after another, but they couldn't get in from outside the pass. Even I couldn't go there myself. Then we had to give up delivering the message from outside the pass and switch to inside the pass."
Yuan Shan hesitated and said: "Young Master does not allow our people to appear in the pass."
Yuyou said angrily: "Do you know there is a saying that when urgent matters arise, follow authority?"
Yuan Shan glared at Yu You, "Have you read more books than me?"
Yu You glared back, "Then you want me to teach you such a simple truth?"
Yuan Shan snorted and said: "I understand the truth, but if we want to send people from the pass to find the young master, we have to convince those three stubborn donkeys. I am really too lazy to pay attention to them."
Yu You muttered: "I still have some friendship with those three stubborn donkeys. I'll go tell them. This matter is urgent, and they should know how to adapt."
Yuan Shan nodded and was about to send the fish to swim away.
But Yu You suddenly sat upright and asked solemnly: "Why are you so loyal to Kou Ji?"
Yuan Shan was stunned and said mockingly: "Am I loyal?"
Yu You did not answer and continued to ask: "Is it because your wife and son are in his hands?"
Yuan Shan narrowed his eyes slightly, "How did you know about this?"
Yu You said calmly: "You used to look at a pair of tiger-head shoes, and everyone could guess that you had a child. Since your child is not with you, it is very likely that he is in the hands of the young master.
Otherwise, you would have gone and snatched the person back, and there would be no need to see things and miss people."
Yuan Shan took a deep breath and said: "That's all, you can see it, and I won't hide it from you. I have a wife and children, but they are not in the hands of the young master."
Yuyou was stunned for a moment and said with a look of astonishment: "What do you mean?"
Yuan Shan glanced at Yu You and said, "My wife and children were in Kou Zhong's hands before. After Kou Zhong's death, my wife and children are free."
Yuyou was a little confused.
Yuan Shan continued: "In order to control me, Kou Zhong gave me medicine and found a woman to give me. He locked me up for a long time and only released me after the woman had a child.
He has been controlling me through women and children."
Yu You muttered: "He is just a slave of the Kou Mansion, and everything he does benefits the young master."
Yuan Shan said calmly: "The young master just asked him to find a way to control me, but he didn't tell him what method to use."
Yu You asked hurriedly: "How do you know?"
Yuan Shan glanced at Yu You and said, "If it were the young master's idea, he would not let my wife and children go free."
Yu You asked: "Is your wife and children really free now?"
Yuan Shan snorted coldly: "They send me a letter every month. Can't I tell from the letter whether they are free or not?"
Yuyou hesitated and said: "Those idiots definitely can't do it, but you can definitely do it."
Yuan Shan snorted again and said nothing.
Yu You pondered and added: "Since your wife and son are free, why don't you take them to Yuan Shanbu?"
Yuan Shan said disdainfully: "What's so good about a barbarian land? My son is now a student of Wenchang Academy, and he is destined to go to the Great Song Dynasty to become a master.
Why do you come to this barbarian land to suffer with me?"
Yu You was surprised and said: "You have a good foundation here."
Yuan Shan sneered: "Is it my inheritance?"
Yuyou was so shocked that he was speechless.
Anyone who truly knows the inside story of Wonsanbu knows whose foundation it is.
After Yu You was silent for a while, he said, "But even so, the young master still indirectly threatened you. Don't you hate him in your heart?"
Yuan Shan stared at Yuyou coldly, "Are you testing me?"
Yu You shook his head and said: "No, I'm just curious. Because I discovered a long time ago that you have always been resentful towards the young master, but it has disappeared in recent years.
If you resent the young master, you must resent the young master for using your family to threaten you.
Logically speaking, you should not give up your resentment against the young master until you are reunited with your family.
What made you change your mind.
I'm more curious about this."
Yuan Shan gritted his teeth and said, "I don't want the young master to be a blind man."
Yuyou looked confused.
Yuan Shan said coldly: "I always felt that the young master was using me, so I was hostile to the young master in my heart. But after Yuan Shanbei stood up, I realized that he was not using me.
He values me.
He handed over the power of Yuan Shanbu to me without any hesitation.
He almost never interfered in the government affairs of the Wonsan Ministry.
What does this mean? It means that he values me and that he thinks that I, Zhang Yuan, have the talent to assist the country and can manage the affairs of a country.
You should know what I, Zhang Yuan, looked like when I first met him.
He can see my talents and use me as a national scholar, so I will naturally repay him as a national scholar."
Yuyou said in astonishment: "That's it?"
Yuan Shan said solemnly: "Isn't this enough?"
Yu You said in a deep voice: "But he controls your wife and children..."
Yuan Shan sneered: "Have you ever seen him threaten my wife and children?"
Yuyou hesitated for a moment and carefully searched the memory in his mind. He found that there seemed to be none, so he shook his head.
Yuan Shan continued: "Which of those dandy boys in Bianjing City, those old ladies and ancestors who enjoy wealth in their houses are not the hostages of Zhao Song? Have you ever seen any of them have a fight with Zhao Song over this matter?
Face?"
Yu You said in a deep voice: "Zhao Song and Kou are different."
Yuan Shan smiled disdainfully and said, "What's the difference? Just because one has a dragon chair and the other doesn't. Do you think it's difficult for the young master to want a dragon chair?"
Yuyou closed his mouth and couldn't say a word.
After a long time, he stared at Yuanshan and said with emotion: "It's really hard for me to understand your thoughts."
Yuan Shan said with a smile: "If you treat him as an emperor, you will understand what I think."
Yuyou pondered for a moment, shook his head and said nothing.
Kou Ji is not here. If Kou Ji is here, he can probably understand Yuanshan's thoughts.
Zhang Yuan in the history books resolutely voted for Xixia because he was looked down upon. After he voted for Xixia, he was planning one thing from beginning to end, which was to help Xixia conquer the Song Dynasty.
He just wanted those high-minded guys in the Great Song Dynasty to know that they were blind and did not see his talent, and it was not that he really had no talent.
Now Zhang Yuan is valued by Kou Ji.
After he found out that Kou Ji really valued him and felt that he had talent, he wanted to spare no effort to help Kou Ji do things and help Kou Ji build an amazing career.
He just wanted to let everyone in the world know at the moment when his identity was revealed that Kou Ji was not wrong about the person, and that he, Zhang Yuan, really had the talent of a national scholar.
It would be difficult for many people to understand this matter in future generations.
But in ancient times, it was the norm.
One of the most famous examples is Han Xin.
You, Xiang Yu, are blind and cannot see my talent, Han Xin, so I can only leave you.
Although Liu Bang is mediocre, he has discerning people under him who can see my talent, Han Xin. If he is willing to reuse me, I should let him know what it means to be an unparalleled national scholar.
Thousands of years later, the world will only say that Xiang Yu is blind, but no one will say that Liu Bang is blind.
This is what Zhang Yuan meant when he told Yu Yu that he did not want Kou Ji to be a blind man.
If he could help Kou Ji establish his supreme achievements, thousands of years later, the world would only say that Duke Gungun in the Zhao and Song Dynasties was ignorant, but no one would say that Kou Ji was blind.
Yuyou didn't understand Zhang Yuan's thoughts, and Zhang Yuan couldn't tell him the true meaning of "You treat me as a nobleman of the country, and I will repay you as a nobleman of the country."
Because Yuyou’s background and talents determine his vision.
He never came across the word "guoshi" throughout his life, so he couldn't understand how attractive "If you treat me as a countryman, I will repay you as a countryman" to a truly talented person.
What if my wife and children become hostages?
In order to repay the kindness of knowing someone, many people abandon their wives and children.
"I'll go find that three stubborn donkeys to discuss..."
Yuyou felt that he was not suitable to continue talking to Yuanshan.
Because the things in Yuanshan's mind are different from the things in his mind.
Yuanshan didn't pay attention and let the fish swim away. When the fish swam away, Yuanshan squinted his eyes and murmured: "With your ability, you can choose the throne of the world, why do you have to assist the Zhao family?
The throne attracts everyone in the world, why can't it attract you?"
This is the only thing Wonsan still can't understand.
Yuyou went out to discuss with the three commanders of the Yuanshan Cavalry for a long time, then hurriedly returned to the Chinese army's tent.
Seeing that Yu You looked good, Yuan Shan smiled calmly and said, "They agreed?"
Yu You nodded and said, "It's related to the young master's deployment. It doesn't matter if they don't agree."
Yuan Shan nodded and said: "Then you quickly send someone to see the young master and tell him about Qingtang and Yuan Shan's dispatch of troops and the division of troops. The young master should have made arrangements for Shaanxi Prefecture and Sichuan Prefecture, but this time
Qingtang has dispatched 200,000 elite troops, and the Song Kingdom is empty inside. I am afraid that the methods arranged by the young master will not be able to withstand it, so I must tell the young master about this matter."
"clear……"
"..."
Yu You immediately left the Chinese army's tent and sent someone secretly to deliver the news to Kou Ji.
Yuan Shan slept in his Chinese army tent.
…
Two days later.
Inside Yumen Pass.
Kou Ji and Zhong Shiheng were sitting on the tower of the city gate of Yumen Pass playing a game. Outside the pass was the million-strong army of the Black Khan Dynasty. Inside the pass were the Song Dynasty's 70,000 forbidden troops, the Song Dynasty's 330,000 local soldiers, and hundreds of troops from Hexi.
Thousands of people.
Zhong Shiheng paused, glanced outside Guancheng, and asked, "When will we do it?"
Kou Ji followed suit and said with a smile: "There's no rush..."
Zhong Shiheng sighed, "When you brought the troops here, I thought we were going to counterattack soon. But after you arrived, you just asked me to prepare the counterattack deployment, but you didn't rush to counterattack. Instead, you pulled me
Played chess here for several days."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Isn't it good to play chess?"
Zhong Shiheng rolled his eyes and said: "It would be good if they were equally matched, but it would be bad if it was a unilateral killing."
Kou Ji dropped the chess piece he just picked up and laughed, "Do you dislike my poor chess skills?"
Zhong Shiheng raised his head lightly and said nothing.
He didn't want to evaluate Kou Ji's chess skills because it was too bad to be evaluated.