Zhao Zhen has been living a very comfortable life recently, Zhao Miaoyuan is still married, and when Li Deming, the party item, sent a messenger to congratulate, he euphemistically expressed his intention to beg for peace, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, including Zhao Zhen, let out a long breath of evil.

In the eyes of the courtiers, the party members were extremely cunning, and the methods of Yi Liao and Song could be seen by everyone, but in order to get rid of the influence of the Great Song Dynasty, or to get rid of the influence of the Central Plains Dynasty of the Han people, Yelang sent troops to Yanzhou City without hesitation, but unfortunately the plan was resolved by the Great Song Dynasty.

But God seems to have deliberately failed to get along with Zhao Zhen, and just after a good life for a while, trouble came again.

Li Deming, a restless man, began to send troops again, but this time his target was not the Great Song Dynasty, nor the Liao Dynasty, but the Western Regions......

In the imperial study, Zhao Zhen looked at the exquisite map on the wall and wrinkled slightly, he really didn't understand what Li Mingde did most, Li Deming, who had just attacked the Great Song Dynasty, did not hesitate to sacrifice the big tent soldiers in the party in order to integrate the domestic political forces.

This is the beginning of the use of troops against the Western Regions again?

Although it seems that he has integrated the party forces into one, the party with a lack of troops is not the opponent of the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State at all, and in this era of cold weapons, not having enough standing troops is equivalent to opening up the country.

Zhao Zhen didn't believe that a hero like Li Deming didn't understand such a simple truth, but he still insisted on going his own way, and the mystery could only be known by the black hand who infiltrated the party.

The 60,000 Western Expeditionary Army of the Great Song Dynasty went out and came back more than 40,000 people, although it was claimed that more than 10,000 soldiers were killed, but no one knew that Zhao Zhen exaggerated the number of casualties, and only more than 8,000 were killed in the battle, and the remaining wounded soldiers were all transported to the country, but there was an elite of 3,000 people left in the north of Tiemen Pass.

All the forbidden troops disguised themselves as sand thieves and led by Mu Xiu along the desert to the Xizhou Uighurs in the Hexi Corridor, which are now subject states of the Liao Dynasty, and they had to rely on the help of the Liao Dynasty to resist the fierce Dangxiang because of the conquests of the Dangxiang.

The final destination of the 3,000 warriors left behind by Zhao Zhen was to go to the Uighur tent!

The Uighurs were nominally vassals of the Liao Dynasty, but the Liao's constant exploitation of them forced the Western Uighurs to send envoys to the Great Song Dynasty.

Since Zhao Zhen's accession to the throne, the Uighurs have paid tribute to the Great Song Dynasty five times, and the Uighurs who lived in pursuit of water and grass were rich in good horses, cattle and sheep, and Zhao Zhen's royal stables included several horses from the Uighurs.

Although it is a gelding, it is still the best war horse in the Great Song Dynasty.

The armed force of 3,000 men was not to be underestimated in the Uighurs, and the vast and sparsely populated Western Regions has always been full of wars, and annexations between various tribes often occur, which is the characteristic of the nomads.

Once the 3,000-strong envoy reached the Uighur tent, the Uighur connection with the Great Song Dynasty was formally established, and the enemy of the enemy was a friend, which was common in any era.

Zhao Zhen observed the map, and Sancai kept putting the information about the party and the Uighurs on the small table next to the imperial case, and Chen Tong was immersed in copying the data in it, including the approximate number of people, the spheres of influence in each place, and so on.

Sancai then reported the data in turn and engraved it on the map, this map was drawn by Zhao Zhen himself in his spare time, and the imperial encyclopedia in his mind had a fairly perfect map, but it was inconvenient.

Zhao Zhen found that the use of the imperial encyclopedia at this time has become less and less, except for the map, other things are almost negligible, but at this time Zhao Zhen does not need this kind of thing very much, as the emperor, he will have time to read history books every day, and even listen to lectures, and the sutra feast in the court has not been interrupted since he ascended the throne.

If you want to become a qualified emperor, you can't do it by cheating on the Imperial Encyclopedia alone.

Even so, the huge map in the Imperial Encyclopedia is still Zhao Zhen's magic weapon to defeat the enemy.

In this era, there were no satellites, no aerial photography, and transportation and communication were not developed, so it was more difficult to draw accurate and standard maps than to ascend to the sky.

Sancai climbed up and down on the jujube wood ladder, and it took half an hour to finish writing, he was so tired that he couldn't straighten his waist, Zhao Zhen glanced at him: "Can't you find a little waiter to do such a simple thing?" ”

Sancai shook his head again and again and said: "The official family must not, this is a military matter, and it is better for the slaves and maids to be happy." If you let any of you talk about it, won't your God-given talent be known to the party and the Liao people? ”

Zhao Zhen scolded with a smile: "The amount of food has not risen, but the kung fu of patting the sycophants has increased a lot!" ”

Chen Tong and Sancai on the side said almost at the same time: "The official family is not a sycophant, you are born to know that it is indeed given by God, and the slave does not dare to say anything!" ”

This is indeed the case, when Zhao Zhen drew the map of the Great Song Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty, the party, and even the Western Regions, Sancai and Chen Tong were suddenly shocked, they had lived in the palace for a long time, how could they not know the preciousness of the map.

An official like Zhao Zhen, who only wanders around Kaifeng Mansion, can actually draw the map of the Great Song Dynasty and even other countries out of thin air, and draw it in such detail, what is it if it is not a heavenly gift?

Zhao Zhen didn't have time to pay attention to the awe-inspiring gazes of the two, all the data had been completely displayed on the map at this time, and Zhao Zhen suddenly discovered Li Deming's conspiracy at a glance!

The party has a very special army, the Capture Army! And this time, the party sent troops to the Western Regions with this capture army.

Gaining population is the purpose of the current attack on the Uighurs in Western China!

The main role of the captive army on the battlefield was to capture the enemy's soldiers and even civilians, and the party members who lacked the population used these captured slaves as the driving force for the development of the country, which can be said to be the prototype of the flesh factory.

Zhao Zhen looked at the 100,000 captured troops on the map and sighed slightly: "Li Deming is worthy of a generation of heroes, the policies of Liao and Song are excellent, and he has begun to develop slavery again, and it is only a matter of time before the party and the country are established in the long run!" Thankfully, I found out, otherwise it would have been really difficult to do! Sancai, Song Xiaoyi came to the imperial study. ”

"Slave obeys!"

Although Sancai didn't know what the official family had discovered, it must be an extremely important matter, otherwise he would not have let Song Xiaoyi, the black-handed eunuch, go to the imperial study in person.

Chen Tong picked up the tea set and poured tea in the exquisite Jianzhan, and the faint fragrance of tea slowly calmed Zhao Zhen's excited mood.

After two teas, Sancai will come, standing on the side of the main hall and bowing down: "Qi Qi official, Song Xiaoyi is waiting for the decree outside the palace." ”

Zhao Zhen put down the crystal clear white porcelain Jianzhan: "Let him come in, and in the future, all those who are summoned by me do not have to wait outside the imperial study." ”

Sancai nodded helplessly: "The slave obeys the order!" ”

Song Xiaoyi looked at the map on the wall in a daze, revealing a greedy gaze, and turned to Zhao Zhen and said: "Your Majesty implores Your Majesty to send someone to engrave a copy and send it to the black hand, this map is really precious, with it, our Great Song Dynasty can be unimpeded to the outside world!" ”

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "I will give the black hand a copy, the Privy Council will also have it, the top priority now is to stop the conspiracy of the party members, 100,000 captive troops can capture nearly 200,000 slaves at a time, which will greatly increase the population base of the party items, which will inevitably affect the Great Song Dynasty." ”

After listening to Zhao Zhen's analysis, Song Xiaoyi nodded and said: "Your Majesty Shengming, there were not many party capture troops in the past, but since Li Deming started to rely on Liao and Song, the number of capture troops has skyrocketed. ”

"Where is Mu Xiu's team? Did the flying pigeon come back? ”

Song Xiaoyi shook his head slightly: "It shouldn't have arrived at the Uighur tent yet, the latest news is that it has just passed through the Heluo River." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded slightly: "So it is not far from the Uighurs in Xizhou, and when they arrive at the Uighur tent, they will immediately come to report it, and at the same time take out the Uighur envoy's seal as a note, reminding Mu Xiu and the Uighurs that the party's target this time is not the Uighur land, but the population, and they should know the strength of the capturing army!" ”

Song Xiaoyi nodded and said, "The minister obeys the order!" ”