After Zhou Daozhong received Li Zhongyi's handwritten letter, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and the day when he left the ghost place of Goryeo was not far off. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

First attack the Khitan in the north, and then move south to unify the entire Chinese homeland, which is the basic national policy set by Chai Rong.

Now, although Chai Rong has passed away, the little emperor is still young, and the Empress Dowager Fu is still in the initial stage of learning government affairs, and the national policy of first the north and then the south has been continued.

Of course, due to the large-scale invasion of the Khitans in the south, even if the Great Zhou wanted to go south, they could not spare their hands, so they could only concentrate their war resources on fighting the Tartars in the north.

"Come on, go and inform Lao Jin, no matter what you think, you must prepare 500,000 stone of grain for me, 1 million loads of firewood and grass, no limit on meat and vegetables, the more the merrier." Zhou Daozhong was used to being the emperor of the soil in the Goryeo Kingdom, but whenever there was something to loot, he ordered it to Jin Zinan, and he only wanted the result to ignore the process.

Today's Jin Zinan can be regarded as trembling, relying on the identity of the "quasi-father-in-law" of Li Xianggong of the Heavenly Empire, he was not only promoted to the subordinate squire and Ping Zhangshi, but also was awarded the six guard envoys.

The royal army of Goryeo was divided into six guards and two armies, and these soldiers and horses were originally under the command of the generals of the military department, because of Jin Zinan's ingenious seizure, he not only became the prime minister, but also controlled the vast majority of the military power of the Beijing army.

Jin Zinan knows very well in his heart, the reason why he is today is all because of the support of Zhou Daozhong, and the backer of Zhou Daozhong is Li Zhongyi, in the final analysis, it depends on the three sisters of the Jin family.

Once Li Zhongyi loses his momentum, Jin Zinan is not a stupid person, he will definitely lose his head.

Over the years, whether it is the demand for money and beauty in Zhou Dao, or the tribute to Da Zhou, Jin Zinan has always tried his best to do it properly and without mistakes.

What's more, Kim Zi-nam once drank too much and actually slept with the concubine of the former king of Goryeo. In this way, if the Goryeo Kingdom turns upside down, he Jin Zinan will have no way to live because of currying favor with the Great Zhou, and he will be crushed by the current king, Wang Zhao.

This person, once there is no way out, he can only go to the dark one way, or he will have a lot of life.

Zhou Daozhong naturally knew that Jin Zinan had offended all the royal family, bureaucrats and powerful people in Goryeo, and without Li Zhongyi's protection, he would only have a dead end.

However, Jin Zinan is different from ordinary "traitors" after all, and his three twin daughters are now all concubines by Li Zhongyi's side. Zhou Daozhong has heard people say that Caijiao, one of the three sisters of the Jin family, is especially favored and is deeply loved by Li Zhongyi.

Zhou Daozhong knows very well, don't look at Caijiao is just a concubine with a big backer, as long as there is a pet, you must not offend, the god and horse wind in this world can't catch up with the power of the pillow wind.

Over the years, Zhou Daozhong has scraped countless gold and silver wealth from Jinzinan, most of which was dedicated to the backer Zhongyi, and a small part of it was left for him to enjoy.

It is no exaggeration to say that this small part is enough for dozens of mouths of the whole family in Zhoudao to chew for hundreds of years, and they are not afraid of sitting and eating empty!

Li Zhongyi also knew that Zhou Daozhong was greedy for money, but because Zhou Daozhong was only looting the Goryeo Kingdom, he turned a blind eye and pretended not to know.

As the saying goes, if the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if people are observed, there will be no fugitives.

After Zhou Daozhong got the letter from Zhou Daozhong, his heart beat a drum, recently, the wealthy families in the northwest of Goryeo have been quite uneasy to move, and if they loot too much, it is very likely to cause chaos.

Jin Zinan hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to come to Zhou Daozhong in person in order to find out the truth. His abacus is very clear, if it is the needs of individuals in the thoughtful road, it is natural to give a discount. If it was really Li Zhongyi's request, Jin Zinan would not dare to slack off at all, and he would do his best to do it no matter how difficult it was.

Putting aside how to prepare materials on Liguo's side for the time being, Li Zhongyi has never moved the place since he entered Yuguan.

The verbal lawsuit between Yang Jiong and Yelu Huge has been going on, and at the same time, the Khitan army gathered west of Yuguan, obviously putting on a posture of not giving up if it is not taken.

Li Zhongyi held a telescope in his hand, stood firmly behind the arrow stacks of the wall, carefully observed the large array under Yelu Hugh, couldn't help touching his chin, and said with a smile: "Good guys, the Khitans are going to fight with us." ”

Song Yunxiang raised his hand with a smile and patted the green bricks on the wall, and said, "At such a dangerous pass, I'm afraid that the Khitan people are also mentally prepared for corpses everywhere." ”

Yang Lie glanced at Song Yunxiang interestingly, this Song Shiguang was even more confident since he led the army alone, and regarded the Khitan iron cavalry as nothing.

Everyone present actually knew quite a bit in their hearts, don't look at Yelu Xiuge's posture of breaking the net, just to take the opportunity to deter, so as to negotiate a better result.

However, what makes everyone feel strange is that Yang Jiong has been going back and forth more than ten times, but there is no progress at all, and Brother Yelu Xiu is biting the inherent conditions, but he refuses to let go.

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, even if Brother Yelu Xiu amassed millions of troops under the pass, without paying a price of hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, he would not want to set foot on the gate for half a step.

At the same time that Yelu Hugo was dispatching troops, Li Zhongyi commanded his subordinates to strengthen the city defense of Yuguan in full swing.

With the arrival of the first batch of grain in Zhoudaozhong, and the follow-up food will also be delivered in a steady stream, I don't have to worry about the shortage of food.

At present, the only thing worth worrying about is that for a month-long period, not only did the imperial court not send food over, but even the necessary equipment such as bows and crossbows had been cut off.

Fortunately, Li Zhongyi had been prepared, and the imperial court did not send equipment over, and there was a stock that had been stored for decades in the arsenal of Goryeo.

It's just that the bow and crossbow made in Goryeo are far less powerful than the divine arm bow and crossbow produced by the Great Wednesday Division.

Fortunately, the terrain of Yuguan is dangerous, and even the workmanship and quality of the Goryeo bow are very average, and the condescending advantage makes up for some shortcomings in range.

Just when his generals were a little worried, Li Zhongyi listened to Zuo Ziguang's opinion, and simply wrote to Zhou Daozhong, ordering him to catch the craftsmen of the Goryeo Bow and Crossbow Workshop to Yuguan and simply make them on the spot.

Li Zhongyi had been in charge of the Sansi case before, and personally participated in the complete process of making the Divine Arm Bow and Crossbow, and even the drawings were drawn by his henchmen and craftsmen under his inspiration.

According to the standards of the Great Wednesday Division, it takes at least three years to make a qualified standard Divine Arm Bow or Crossbow. Among them, the main ones are the bowstring and bow arm, which take a lot of time to tame.

Now, Yelu Hugo is hoarding heavy troops at the pass, and it is obviously impossible to give Li Zhongyi so much time to prepare.

Li Zhongyi used to like to watch old movies from World War II, in the face of the Germans' Tiger and Leopard tanks, the Soviets adopted the strategy of winning by quantity, and built T34 tanks on a large scale.

Drawing on this idea of the Soviets, Li Zhongyi had only one requirement for the craftsmen of Goryeo: to make cheap and usable bows and crossbows, and not to require too high quality.

In addition, Li Zhongyi also has a magic weapon, that is, the streamlined large-scale production model. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect, a craftsman only focuses on the production of one part, even a fool can make more and more refined.

Preparing bows, crossbows, knives and guns and other equipment was only the most basic part of Li Zhongyi's preparations for the city defense, because Yuguan was already a military city, Li Zhongyi took into account the serious defects of the straight wall, and simply ordered people to demolish half of the houses in the pass, and built more than ten steps to the city along the inner side of the wall.

Before this was done, Li Zhongyi ordered people to erect a barrier wall with sacks filled with sand and soil based on every two arrow battlements, thus dividing the entire city wall into a number of small fortresses for independent defensive operations.

In this way, even if the Khitans were lucky enough to take a certain section of the wall, under the timely reinforcement of the superior forces in the rear, it would be just a vain delusion.

When the first batch of grain from Goryeo was delivered, Li Zhongyi ordered people to build nearly 100 large stoves, making wine day and night, and at the same time purifying the essence of wine.

Even if the Li Jiajun's bow and crossbow are exhausted, as long as there is the existence of the "devil's cocktail", no matter how many lives the Khitan people throw away, it will be difficult to shake the safety of Yuguan.

Just when Li Zhongyi was actively preparing for war, he suddenly received an astonishing news that Yelu Xiuge had kidnapped the Khitan sleeping emperor and set himself up as the regent.

It was only at this time that Li Zhongyi suddenly realized why Yelu Xiuge's attitude had been wavering, and he had not driven the elite leather room army to launch a decisive attack on him.

Li Zhongyi looked at his dumbfounded subordinates, curled the corners of his mouth slightly, and said lightly: "Brother Yelu Xiu is playing the trick of raising his own respect, and this Northern Expedition has come to an end." ”

Zuo Ziguang nodded secretly, and said thoughtfully: "Yelu Xiuge has just become the regent, the people's hearts are fluctuating, and the army's morale is not stable, this is definitely not a good time to fight a decisive battle with our army." ”

Liao Shanhe was full of energy, staring at the reinforcement of the city defense every day, but when the bad news came that the war was about to end, he couldn't help but be deflated and shouted: "Isn't that a preparation in vain?" ”

Liu Heyang stared at Liao Shanhe deeply, he and Liao Shanhe have always been at odds with each other, and there are constant conflicts of large and small conflicts.

As the old saying goes, it's not your friends who know you best, it's your enemies.

Liao Shanhe seems to be reckless and rude, but in fact, Liu Heyang knows very well in his heart that this is a "shrewd person" who deliberately pretends to be a rough man who understands it.

The problem is that Liu Heyang obviously knew that Liao Shanhe was playing a trick, but he couldn't learn Lao Liao's straightforward style.

Character determines fate, this is not a lie!

When Yang Jiong returned to Yuguan from Yelu Xiuge again, he brought back the news that Li Zhongyi expected, Yelu Xiuge divided tens of thousands of troops to take it down and fight Grass Valley!

Li Zhongyi stroked the jade ruler with his hand, smiled indifferently, and said: "Brother Yelu Xiu finally played this move, hehe, Zhonghe, do you think we should go out and play with his brother?" ”

Yang Wushuang, who had been officially promoted to the left deputy commander of the Senate Department of the school inspection, narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "My lord, haven't we already made a conclusion, how can we be fooled by such an easy-to-understand plan to divert the tiger from the mountain?" ”

Li Zhongyi suddenly let out a long breath and said sullenly: "We won't be fooled, but it's hard to say from the imperial court." ”

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