Everyone knows the inside story of the attack on Datong City.

In order to vent his anger, Zhao Guangyi did a stupid thing, was caught by someone, and now he takes it out to tell the story.

Zhao Pu's face was a little embarrassed, and he hurriedly changed the topic, "Then how many soldiers and horses does the Tiger Marquis plan to send to help the imperial court crusade against the Liao State?" ”

Yang Qi groaned: "One hundred thousand...... Or 110,000? ”

Zhao Pu's face froze, "It's a little too little, right......?" What you need to deal with is the land of the five states on the southwestern border of the Liao State, and once a major war breaks out, the troops deployed by the Liao State in the southwest will never be less than 150,000 ......."

Yang Qi rolled his eyes, "Previously, Yelu Xiuge led an army of 100,000 to the south, and he tied up nearly a million Han people in Liaodi to fight for the revival of the pass, and he was not repelled by my 70,000 troops.

It's just a war, and it doesn't have to be evenly matched. More often than not, it depends on strategy and strength.

As long as the soldiers under my command are not afraid of death, and the weapons in their hands are good enough, 100,000 to 150,000, it is not difficult to win. ”

Yang Qi glanced at Zhao Pu and added faintly, "Don't compare the soldiers under my command with yours ......"

Zhao Pu was so angry that he almost sprayed Yang Qi's face.

I saw Zhao Pu gritting his teeth and asked in a low voice: "110,000 is 110,000!" Tell me about the conditions under which you sent troops. ”

Yang Qi was happy and said bluntly: "Two conditions, you can choose." Either according to the equipment of the forbidden army, the soldiers and horses under my command will be equipped with food, grass and equipment; Either the five states of Liao are defeated, and I will take two states. ”

Zhao Pu subconsciously frowned.

According to the configuration of the forbidden army, it is a bit difficult to equip the soldiers and horses under Yang Qi's command with grain, grass and equipment.

Now the hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops of the Great Song Dynasty are not fully equipped, let alone equip the soldiers and horses under Yang Qi.

Moreover, the food and equipment of 110,000 soldiers and horses were equipped at once, and the amount of money spent was very large.

Although the imperial court borrowed 10,000 yuan from the Nanguo Money Bank, it could not be attached to Yang Qi's soldiers and horses.

Once Yang Qi's soldiers and horses were armed, the imperial court recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun, and then went back to clean up Yang Qi, it became a little difficult.

The Infantry Armor has some shortcomings in attack, but it is surprisingly strong in defense.

Therefore, Zhao Pu will definitely not agree to the first condition.

The second condition is much more interesting.

Give Yang Qi the land of the two states of the Liao Kingdom.

This land is not yet in the hands of the imperial court, and when it is safely in the hands of the imperial court, it proves that the Liao State has been defeated, and the sixteen states of Yanyun have also been pocketed by the imperial court.

All that's left is to turn around and clean up Yang Qi.

When cleaning up Yang Qi, what difference does it make if you give Yang Qi land and don't give it?

Zhao Pu almost didn't need to ask for instructions, so he decisively chose this condition.

He said heroically: "If you really want to take the land of the five states in the southwest of Liao, why not give you two states?" ”

Yang Qi nodded with satisfaction, "Then it's decided." Go back and recruit 200,000 people to send them to me, the old, weak, women and children, as long as you get me enough for 200,000. ”

In ancient times, when fighting a war, a folk husband was almost a must.

Moreover, the number of civilians is generally twice as many as that of soldiers.

This is also to better serve the war, and when necessary, the people can also be used as reserves.

Although Yang Qi's additional condition is a bit excessive, it is still within the acceptable range in front of him.

Within a household, there are far fewer young and strong than women and children.

Coupled with the old and weak women and children, it was easy to give Yang Qi 200,000 people's husbands.

Zhao Pu pinched his nose and agreed.

After negotiating the conditions with Yang Qi, Zhao Pu was secretly proud in his heart.

Although Yang Qi, the little fox, is cunning, he doesn't have to follow the old man's ass to eat fart.

The day you take the land of the two states is the time when your Yang family is wiped out.

However, he didn't know.

From the very beginning, Yang Qi didn't care if the imperial court would give him the land of the two states.

He was just looking for an excuse, and the purpose was to participate in this big war.

Yang Qi knew very well that he dared to open better and more favorable conditions, but the imperial court might not agree.

The dispatch of troops was negotiated.

Zhao Pule stood up and said with a smile: "Since the Huhou has agreed to send troops, then the old man should also fulfill his duties on this trip and issue His Majesty's edict to the Huhou." ”

Zhao Pu beckoned, and the gold-armored guards came to Yang Qi with a series of things such as the Holy Decree, the Python Robe, the Jade Belt, and the Purple Gold Crown.

Zhao Pu unfolded the holy decree, and Lao Yang took Yang Da, Yang Wu and others to kneel on the ground.

Yang Qi frowned, unwilling to kneel, and only reluctantly knelt down after being stared at by Lao Yang fiercely.

"The edict said: ......"

sprinkled a lot, and Zhao Pu read a stick of incense.

Yin and yang are frustrated, and the voice is full of emotion, just like a storyteller.

The holy decree is written for people to read and read, but only a small number of people in the court really understand those obscure words and sentences.

Most people don't understand what the Divine Decree is saying.

From beginning to end, Yang Qi understood a sentence.

“…… Since the date of the recovery of the sixteen states of Yanyun, Yang Yanhei, the marquis of the tiger, has been crowned as the king of Hedong County......"

The name of this prince is not small.

The so-called Hedong refers to Hedong Road.

The entire province of Hedong encompasses 19 states.

gave Yang Qi a name that included nineteen states, which was not ungenerous.

At least it is much bigger than when Zhao Guangyi first ascended the throne, giving his nephew Zhao Defang the title of King of Wugong County.

The princes of the Great Song Dynasty were divided into three categories.

They are the king of the county, the king of heirs, and the king of one word.

The county king belongs to the lowest level of the prince, and is generally used to posthumously seal the founding heroes, or to some princes who are not taken seriously.

The heir king is in the middle level, and after the princes leave the cabinet, the crowned princes generally belong to the heir king.

At the same time, the sons of some favored princes will also be crowned heirs.

The king of the word is the so-called prince.

Those who are expected to inherit the throne, or the emperor's brothers, will mostly be crowned as the king.

In fact, people often say that the king of one word side by side refers to the king of one word.

In order to brag a little bit about the king of the word, the good deeds put a lot of magic on the king of the word, such as boasting that he can stand shoulder to shoulder with the emperor.

In fact, anyone who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the emperor generally has only two ends.

Either die or become emperor yourself.

In short, Zhao Guangyi made Yang Qi a good prince.

It's just that a prescient condition has been added to it, that is, after the recovery of the sixteen states of Yanyun, Yang Qi, the prince, can take effect.

Yang Qi lowered his head and pulled the corners of his mouth, and no one noticed the sneering smile that flashed on Yang Qi's face.

The people present, except for Yang Qi, no one knew that this holy decree would probably never take effect.

If it does, there are only two scenarios.

Either Yang Qi is self-proclaimed, or the Yang family is not far from death.

After doing a full set of acts, Zhao Pu handed this holy decree to Yang Qi as a real holy decree.

Yang Qi naturally followed respectfully.

After receiving the holy decree, Zhao Pu gave Yang Qi a series of standard equipment for the princes, such as the python robe, the golden hook and jade belt, and the purple gold crown given by the imperial court.

Everyone in a show was delighted.

After acting, Cao Lin had already prepared a banquet.

A group of people sit together eating, drinking, talking and laughing.

It's like an old friend who hasn't seen each other for many years, and it seems extraordinarily cordial.

Zhao Pu, an old shameless man, also took the opportunity to ask for bribes, threatening Yang Qi to become an official and enter the knighthood, one step to the sky, and not to give him a little benefit as the person who announced the decree, which is unreasonable.

With Yang Qi's current status, the bribe given to Zhao Pu is basically a meat bun beating a dog, and there is no return.

Therefore, Yang Qi happily agreed to Zhao Pu, and when he became the king of Zhenjun, he would definitely give Zhao Pu a gold reward of 10,000 taels.

Two foxes, one big and one small, sneered at each other during the banquet and scolded each other.

It was not until late in the evening that everyone dispersed and returned to the room that had been arranged long ago to rest.

Three days thereafter.

Yang Qi accompanied Zhao Pu to take a good turn in the city of Datong Mansion.

I have been to the famous Datong Academy in the northwest, to the Tianfeng Temple established by the Daomen, to the Hongfa Temple established by the Buddhist Gate, and also to visit the Ashoka Temple, which is known as the southeast Buddhist country, to climb the white pagoda of the Ashoka Temple, and to look down on the magnificent mountains and rivers of Datong Mansion.

Yang Qi still resisted the shamelessness of Zhao Pu, an old man.

Under his strict guard, Zhao Pu still got 10,000 taels of reward money from Yang's mansion.

Then satisfied, he took his gold-armored guards and left Datong Mansion proudly.

As soon as Zhao Pu left, Lao Yang did not stay.

If the Great Song Dynasty wanted to conquer the Liao State, and the four northwestern provinces wanted to send troops, it was natural to have a complete plan for sending troops, as well as a logistics deployment plan.

Lao Yang went back to Fuxing Mansion City in a vigorous manner, preparing to gather the people of the Military Aircraft Pavilion and start making a set of plans that may never be used.

Yang Qi did not stop this.

As long as Lao Yang doesn't follow him, what Lao Yang does, he will let it go.

Lao Yang is loyal to Song, and Yang Qi can't correct it.

After sending off Lao Yang and Zhao Pu, Yang Qi also began to get busy.

Yongxi's Northern Expedition has begun, and Yang Qi has to start making preparations.

First of all, a letter was sent to the south, and Yang Qi asked Yang Yanding, the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses of the south, to secretly send the military supplies prepared by the south over the years to Dongtou Island.

At the same time, an edict was sent to Dali, and Yang Qi asked him to negotiate with Cao Bin to build the craftsmen of the secret workshop, destroy what they had cast, and let the craftsmen go to the northwest with the drawings.

At the same time, Yang Qi also asked all branches of the Nanguo Money Bank to start assisting in the transportation of copper ingots in Nanguo and Dali, and send the copper ingots to the northwest on time.

After doing all this, Yang Qi began to give an order to summon the officials of the four prefectures in the northwest to go to Datong Mansion to discuss matters, and at the same time ordered to convene the regimental leaders and the main generals of each army to go to Datong Mansion City to discuss matters.

All provinces and armies are far and close to the city of Datong.

The latest to arrive were Chen Jiangling and Yan Tianzi in Xixia Mansion.

When everyone arrived, they gathered together.

In Yang's mansion, the makeshift conference hall was overcrowded.

Yang Qi looked at the crowded heads, and for the first time discovered that there were many talents under his command, and he was already faintly able to form a small court.

Inside the Council Chamber.

After Yang Qi entered the door, the civil and military officials who were making noise and arguing were instantly silent.

Everyone bowed down in unison and saluted Yang Qi.

"Ministers, see the prince."

After Yang Qi sat down, he glanced at everyone's faces.

It was discovered that the military officials under his command had different expressions about calling him king.

The group of people led by Kou Zhun, Lu Duan, Yan Tianzi and others had joy on their faces that could not be concealed.

They seemed to be very happy that Yang Qi had gone further, even happier than their own promotion and fortune.

The group of people led by Yang Da, Yang Wu, Ma Saiying and others had a more complicated expression.

Obviously, everyone is a relative, but you unconsciously elevate your status, and everyone has to look up to you.

The group of officials with Great Song in their hearts led by Xiang Minzhong, Wang Dan and his son and others were also smiling on their faces, but their smiles were a little stiff.

It seems that calling Yang Qi the king makes them very embarrassed.

In short, everyone's expressions are rich.

Yang Qi waved his hand, signaling that everyone didn't need to be polite, and after everyone sat down, he smiled and said: "There is something about my king, it is still unknown for the time being, although the edict, the python robe, the golden hook and jade belt and other items are all in my hands." But the imperial court also gave me the condition of being crowned king, that is, to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun.

Before I recovered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, I was still a tiger marquis. Only after recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun can I become a prince in my name.

Although I don't care much about the title of prince, don't rush to call me prince.

Before everything is a foregone conclusion, everything is subject to change. ”

Although Yang Qi's smile was very kind, the aura of the superior on his body had gradually condensed.

After hearing Yang Qi's words, the first thing that came to the minds of the civil and military warriors was not to refute, but to respectfully bow their hands to Yang Qi and say, "Obey the order of the Tiger Marquis." ”

Yang Qi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Compared to you on the way here, the messenger I sent more or less also inquired about some of the purposes I invited you to come over. ”

Yang Qi looked around, and seeing that everyone was nodding, he smiled and said, "Then I won't explain too much." In short, the imperial court wanted to invade the Liao State in the north, aiming at the sixteen states of Yanyun.

And the four prefectures in the northwest of China were also invited, to assist the imperial court in the fight against Liao.

According to my agreement with Zhao Pu, the four northwestern provinces will send 110,000 troops out of Chenjiakou to attack the five states of Liao, including Shuozhou, Yingzhou, Yunzhou, and Huanzhou, which are close to the four northwestern provinces, and as for the fifth state, it has not yet been decided, but I estimate that it is very likely to be Wuzhou, which is next to Liao, or Xinzhou, which is directly inserted into the middle of the abdomen.

All in all, whether it is Wuzhou or Xinzhou, the front of our 110,000 soldiers and horses is likely to be pulled to 800 miles away. This is a test for our baggage.

The Liao people are nomadic and good at fighting immediately. What they are best at is to stretch the battle line and sneak attack the baggage line of our army.

The 110,000 soldiers and horses not only had to fight against the Liao soldiers in the five states of the Liao State, but also had to maintain the baggage line of more than 800 miles, which was a severe test.

So I need to work with you to find a reasonable solution. ”