However, Chen Niang's change seems to be a little too big, and she has completely jumped from an ignorant child to a young man with a little thought, which makes Hong Tao always feel unaccustomed.

Especially her big green eyes, she secretly observed herself when she had nothing to do, so much so that she almost couldn't sleep, for fear that the child would get up in the middle of the night and bite her neck.

What worries Hong Tao the most is that she is too concerned about the Korean Peninsula, and as soon as she comes back, she turns out the map she drawn, and when she has nothing to do, she lies on the table and writes and draws, all about how to enter the Liao State and then enter the Korean Peninsula through the Bohai Bay.

At this point, she may have a fight with Emperor Shenzong, who is far away in Kaifeng City, or even surpass. Shenzong probably didn't think that far, he just wanted to snatch back the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, while Chen Niang was thinking about how to fight all the way to the south bank of the Yalu River.

"This head poked out is Jingdong East Road, have the officials ever been there?"

Speaking of taking the sea route, Chen Niang immediately set her sights on the Shandong Peninsula. Apparently she had considered this place too, but since there was only a rough outline on the map, and the rest was blank, she couldn't figure out what it should be.

"Well, I haven't been there yet...... Hong Tao originally wanted to say that he had been, but he changed his mouth again.

According to Chen Niang's seriousness, as long as she said that she had been there, she had to ask why the map was blank. I don't know how many state capitals there are on the Shandong Peninsula now, so I can't make up this nonsense at all, so let's tell the truth.

"Let Sanniang take me to see it in the spring, and by the way, help the officials complete the map, okay?" Chen Niang was obviously not satisfied with this answer, and planned to explore the truth in person.

"I said, child, don't be in such a hurry, you're only nine years old, even if you really become a queen, you have to be an adult, you are too young to serve the public, and you can't command your people who are better than monkeys. Listen to the words of the officials, you don't have to think about these things, the officials will deal with them. You just need to grow your body and learn your skills well, and once you go to the other side of the sea in the future, there will be no officials and brothers and sisters to help, and you will have to rely on you to support it alone. Look at the official's hair, he has been tired and gray in the past few years, and he is just a cool road to appease him, and it is far more troublesome than you think to be the king, and you have to think about it in the long run. ”

Chen Niang's mood is understandable, after going out to see for half a year, she may know the hardships of the world, the difficulty of life, and a sense of crisis. But the meal had to be eaten one bite at a time, and Ruth had to walk step by step, and if she wanted to run before she learned to walk, it would fall big.

And I'm not sure if the Jews will honor Chenniang as king, or if they just plan to find a front to gather their people. So it's too early to talk about the Korean Peninsula and there's no point in talking about it.

“…… The official taught Chen Niang how to march and fight, I want to charge for the officials like the eldest sister, and become a general when I grow up! ”

was vetoed by her adoptive father, and Chen Niang was not disappointed, and began to ponder and learn military skills again. At this time, she is like a dry sponge, and she wants to learn all the skills related to her being a queen.

"Hey, this official can be satisfied. But when a general has to have armor, the previous ones will definitely not be able to wear it, hurry up and find your grandfather Wang, let him create a real armor, and stop fooling our future generals with children's toys. By the way, I also made a set for those three little followers, so that they would not bother me again. ”

It's a bit early to attack the Korean Peninsula, but learning military skills can take action immediately, even if Chen Niang doesn't mention this matter, Hong Tao is also wondering if it's time to make a move to the east.

He has occupied Liangzhou for more than two years, and the Tanguts have never come to harass him, and they have not even discovered the large-scale reconnaissance troops. Are they really dead? Hong Tao really doesn't believe it.

The ancients said that dogs that bite people don't bark! The ancients are cloudy, wilting people out of leopards! The more silent the enemy, the more closely watched, and must not be careless.

When the Tangut people didn't come, Hong Tao felt that he had an obligation to go over and see what they were doing, whether they had new weapons and ways of fighting, and only by knowing themselves and their opponents could they survive a hundred battles.

The reason is that it's too easy to find, for example, the pioneers' horses are lost, as the military and political chief of Ganliang Road, he must be safe and the people are like sons, and his son's horses have run away, have I led the troops to look for it?

If you want to say that I brought too much, that's easy to explain. This official has killed so many of you, do you dare to go with less? As for what the imperial court will think, they can think whatever they like, and if they quietly develop in Ganliang Road, they will not think less about it.

It's better for the emperor to explain, your brother-in-law is taking your son to experience what is the real confrontation between the two countries, who will you fight if you don't fight the Tanguts?

Now from 200 li west of Suzhou to 200 li east of Liangzhou, there is no enemy for more than 1,000 li, so you can't take the prince north through the great desert in winter, and then go to toss the Tatars.

Two thousand new troops and three hundred special forces, this is the entire strength of Hong Tao's Eastern Crusade. No matter how much he can't take out, 8,000 troops sounds like a lot, the king of Suzhou has 3,000, and Ganzhou has to put 1,000, plus the 200 defenders of Wusheling, the real strength of Liangzhou is only more than 3,000, and more than half of them are recruits who just enlisted in the army this spring, and they have not been on a real battlefield once.

One-third of the 2,000 people taken by Hong Tao were recruits, and they had to be allowed to see blood when they had the opportunity, and it would be in vain to train at home no matter how good they were.

In addition, there are more than 300 new troops that cannot be moved, and they need to garrison more than 30 beacon towers, each of which is manned by five new troops and 10 war horses, which are rotated every month.

Most of these beacon towers were newly built in the past two years, from Suzhou in the west, to the edge of the desert in the lower reaches of the Shiyang River in the north, and to the border between Ganliang Road and Western Xia in the east. They have only one function, early warning.

There are ancient ways to use beacon to warn, and it is impossible to avoid vulgarity when he arrives at Hong Tao, and he can't think of a faster way to warn him. These beacons are 30 miles apart, and they can transmit alarms 2,000 miles away in a day and night by using smoke during the day and watching the fire at night.

With the area of Ganliang Road, if there is a problem at any point, Liangzhou can receive the news within six hours, and the time to respond is no more than ten hours.

This speed was very, very fast in ancient times without telegraphs, and as long as the defenders could hold out for twenty hours without being captured, reinforcements would arrive.

According to the current combat effectiveness of the surrounding countries, Hong Tao felt that as long as the terrain was not too complicated and the climate was not too harsh, the new army of about 5,000 would be able to defeat any invading enemy, and how much it could leave would depend on whether the other side ran fast or not.

Regarding Lord Shuaisi's decision to lead his troops eastward without disaster, no one in Liangzhou City objected. This Lord Shuai Si belongs to the snow fox, he is honest as soon as the weather is warm, and he basically does the right thing; As soon as it's cold, my eyes will light up, except for tossing and making trouble. As soon as the military and civilians of Liangzhou enter the winter, they will enter the time of three defenses, preventing snow, wind, and wolves.

The wolves here do not refer to the steppe wolves of nature, they are all about to be killed by the pioneers, and even if there are still remnants, they dare not enter the vicinity of Liangzhou again.

The wolves in the mouths of the common people refer to Lord Shuaiji and the group of children around him. As long as this adult can leave in winter, no matter what he does, everyone will not object, and he has to say goodbye. Don't worry about fighting, the best thing for the Sky Evil Star is to kill people.

There were three more young boys in miniature armor in the procession, and the new army was accustomed to Lord Shuaiji taking his children to battle. But the princes were not so calm, this was their first time on the battlefield, excited, apprehensive, curious, afraid, anyway, dozens of emotions were all mixed together, and they couldn't tell the difference.

"When this king grows up, he will also be a general like his uncle!" Seeing that the generals of the city and the pioneers along the way all spontaneously sent out to say goodbye, Zhao Maid was so excited that he couldn't help but stand up from the carriage and waved at the people, which was a bit of a royal conquest.

"Pull it down, these are all a bunch of white-eyed wolves, I wish we didn't come back before the beginning of spring."

Hong Tao understands everyone's opinion of him very well, but he just can't change it. What do you mean by saying that you stay in the house in the middle of winter, and you are just calling for and taking the lead in ice and snow sports, why are you so hated.