Reached a secret covenant to resist the Song people, and discussed some details with Mu Zheng, Yu Zang Hua Ma got up and left.

The agreement he reached with Mu Zheng today was essentially Mu Zheng's recognition of the Yu Zang family's involvement in the northern region of the Wusheng Army, allowing him to annex the tribes and lands bordering Lanzhou in the north of the Wusheng Army. With Mu Zheng's nod of agreement, for many Tibetan tribes in the north, it would be justified for Yu Zang Huama to attack and annex them, and there would be no need to worry about the backlash of the Tibetan tribes in other regions.

The Yu Zang family controlled the northern part of the Wusheng army, while Mu Zheng directly controlled the Taoxi region of the Wusheng army. The two families worked together to contain the area ruled by the Song people within twenty miles around Lintao City.

In the Wusheng army, if it is possible to defect to the Song people, the two families will organize soldiers and horses to eradicate them with all their might. There is no need for them to dispatch many soldiers and horses, Yu Zang Hua Ma and Mu Zheng are all ready to use the men and horses of other tribes to eliminate all the tribes attached to the Song Dynasty - as long as they don't grab themselves, the Tibetan tribes here will leave the sad thoughts of the rabbit and the fox behind, and be obsessed with such a business with no capital.

Yu Zang Huama is sure that as long as these tribes are accused of defecting to the Song people, they can be eliminated without provoking a backlash from other tribes. At that time, he will take another look to see if the Song army in Lintao City will stand up for them, and if he sits idly by, how many families will take refuge in the Song people? But if the Song people will stand out for it, the war will be together, and the consumption of money and food will be at sea.

Mu Zheng and Yu Zang Huama have confirmed each other's ideas, they will not fight hard with the Song army, they only want to consume the money and food of the Song people, so that the Song people can hardly support the Wusheng army and have to evacuate. As for themselves, they are all preparing to withdraw the main force of their headquarters and select the elite to supervise the battle of the Tibetan troops here. Wait for the veterans of the Song division to be tired, and then look for a fighter to win.

At the gate of the camp, the entourage led the horse and was anxiously waiting for Yu Zang Hua Ma to come out, his whole body was tense, and his hands were on the hilt of the knife. The surrounding soldiers of the Mu Zheng family were all staring at them with unkind eyes. Since Yu Zang's family took refuge in the party, the grudges between the two sides have become a dead knot in the past few decades, if it weren't for the threat of the Song people, Yu Zang Hua Ma and Mu Zheng would not be able to sit together at all.

Seeing that his patriarch was given out, he finally relaxed. It's just that he was immediately nervous and guarded against the surroundings, and the soldiers of the Mu Zhengjun Army would be detrimental to Yu Zang Huama.

Yu Zang Huama only felt funny, and turned around to salute Mu Zheng who sent him out. If he hadn't been completely sure this time, how could he have entered the enemy camp alone?

Mu Zheng's situation is much worse than him, how can he offend him again. As he said to Mu Zheng, no matter whether the Xingqing Mansion can support him or not, the Yu Zang family is at least still the courtiers of Western Xia, and who is behind the Mu Zheng family?

It's so hard and easy!

Before the Hehuang is completely resolved, the Song people should not touch his Lanzhou.

For the established strategy of the Song court, Yu Zang Hua Ma and Mu Zheng are actually very clear. The content of Wang Shaoping's strategy has spread to the west of Qinzhou in the past two years, and it is all aimed at his own plan, as long as some limelight comes out, no fan will not pay attention to it, and will not bother to inquire.

Since the plan of the Song people of Zhidao Dao is to set Hezhou first, Yu Zang Huama will of course be able to gain the upper hand smoothly in the meeting with Mu Zheng, but he will not go too far, Mu Zheng's bottom line, Yu Zang Huama has no intention and does not dare to touch.

Because he needed Mu Zheng to drag the Song people in Hehuang for two or three more years, at least he had to wait for the Great Xia Kingdom behind him to ease up a little.

It's just that...... Yu Zang Huama knows better, the party people have coveted Lanzhou for more than ten or eight years, even if they rely on the secret agreement and agreement with Mu Zheng to drag the Song people's offensive for a few years, but Hezhou is still difficult to defend after all, and a few years later, the Song people invaded Lanzhou in the north, and they can help themselves resist the Song people's party army, will they have to gain an inch in Lanzhou, Yu Zang Huama has no bottom in his heart.

At present, in Lanzhou City, there is actually an iron harrier of the party and its own clan, although it is suppressed by itself, it is not sure when it will be combined with the outside.

Yu Zang Huama turned over his horse and left Mu Zheng's camp, still sighing to himself, "This patriarch is really a headache. ’

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Wang Shao didn't know about the secret agreement between Lu Dao Mu Zheng and Yu Zang Huama, but he saw something wrong from Mu Zheng's recent actions, "Mu Zheng has expanded the city on the other side. ”

Gao Zunyu disagreed, "It's a waste of effort, in front of the thunderbolt artillery, how many walls of the Fan people can support it?" ”

"That's why it's hard to figure out." Wang Shao couldn't understand Mu Zheng's approach, "Although we won't cross Taoxi now, but now the ice is getting thicker, and in the middle of winter, either Mu Zheng will kill him, or we will attack it." What can he do if he repairs the walled city? Even if he hadn't heard of the Thunderbolt, didn't Mu Zheng think that the official army had no other means of attacking the city? ”

Wang Shao couldn't figure out Mu Zheng's idea, the Tubo people had a tradition of building cities—unlike the Khitans who liked to live in tents outside the city—but building a walled city less than ten miles from Taoshui was tantamount to a-for-tat confrontation with Lintao City, which was close to the east bank of Taoshui.

In order to protect the safety of Lintao City, under normal circumstances, he also needs to build a small fort on the other side of Taoshui to enhance Lintao's defense capabilities and ensure the absolute control of Taoshui by the Lintao defenders - just like with Xiangyang, Fancheng on the other side of the Han River also needs to be repaired; To control Jiangning, it is also necessary to possess Liuhe on the other side of the Yangtze River.

And Mu Zheng built a walled city close to Taoshui, which is equivalent to clearly stationing an army here, and will not let the Song army take a step over Taoshui.

Could it be that he really has the heart to fight a decisive battle with the official army?!

Wang Shao finally gave up the idea of guessing Mu Zheng: "Repair Lintao City first, and then repair Nanguan Fort and Beiguan Fort at the north-south gateway." Settle down in the north and south of Lintao, and then go west to deal with Mu Zheng. ”

"It's better to set up a village or two on the road on the Mabang Mountain. It can be driven after repairing it, and it leads to Weiyuan and Minzhou. ”

Wang Shao shook his head with a wry smile: "If you really want to build the road, you won't be able to finish the work in half a year." ”

Gao Zunyu thought about it and gave up. Lintao has already spent a lot, and if it drags on for half a year, how can the edge of the pacification division have so much money and food. But he said: "The situation in Yukun seems to be good. Now most of the 2,000 people he has there have moved to the Savage Pass, and only two or three hundred people have been left in Qingping Fort to build barracks there. ”

"Yukun's hands and feet are martial, and I heard that he has also contributed a lot of strength in Luowu City."

"It's a pity that Luo Wucheng was still burned." Gao Zunyu laughed gloatingly, and suddenly he remembered something, and pulled out an official document from his desk, "By the way, Yukun moved the text yesterday, and the name of the wild man was rude, and he wanted to change his name." It's better for Zichun to give you an auspicious name. ”

"How can there be so many auspicious names...... Since it leads to the Dalai Valley, it is better to call it Tonggu Fort directly. Wang Shao didn't want to use his brains when he came up with the name, he just said it casually, Qingping Fort is like this, and now Tonggu Fort is also like this.

"Then it's called Fort Tonggu." Gao Zunyu didn't have any objections, he took up the pen and wrote down the three words of Tonggu Fort on the official document, and said casually, "I don't know what name this Lintao City will change to in the future, I hope it will be auspicious." ”

The name of the big city of Biansai is not something that these border ministers can come up with casually, they have to be given a name by the imperial court, and many times it is the Son of Heaven who makes the decision. For example, Gangu City, the original name was Zhengu City, and the temporary name when it was built was Dagangukouzhai, and the last is that the current Son of Heaven Zhao Ji gave the name Gangu.

"Don't care what the court wants to call, let's talk about the rest after the city is built." Wang Shao flipped through the account book on his seat, saw the expenses recorded in red on it, smacked his lips and sighed: "This money and grain are spent like running water......

Lintao City is more than 100 miles away from Weiyuan Fort, and the cost of building the fort alone has immediately doubled. When Weiyuan Fort was repaired at the beginning, the problem of money and food had already made the edge of the border appease Si Yan extremely worried, and finally he was deceived into killing the unsatisfactory Fanbu, and at the same time repairing Weiyuan Fort. Although the support of the imperial court is not the same as in the old days, Wang Shao can't help but sigh when he sees that hundreds of thousands of guan have disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"But the progress of building the fort needs to be accelerated, and I am thinking about whether to transfer the text to the Department of Transport, and ask Cai Yunenvoy to levy another batch of people."

"No...... Wang Shao shook his head, "I'd rather spend more money than levy it again." With the addition of people, it will be difficult to guarantee the food that Qin Feng Transshipment Division can send next year, and it can't be the same as Baiqu. Food is more important than money. ”

"Do you want to let the Fan people help?" Gao Zunyu proposed again.

"I don't know if they can do things......

Wang Shao and Gao Zunyu were worried about the money and food, and suddenly heard a report from outside the account, and Han Gang asked to see him outside.

"Yukun, why are you here?!" Wang Shao and Gao Zunyu both looked at Han Gang who came uninvited in surprise. Gao Zunyu stood up and asked anxiously: "But what's wrong?!" ”

Han Gang nodded, "Xia Guan heard a message from the captive's mouth, and he couldn't sit still in the back. It was a waste of time to pass the paperwork, so I simply came over directly. He smiled, "The Savage Pass is not far from Lintao, but it's only two hours' footsteps. ”

"What's the news?" Seeing Han Gang's relaxed expression, Wang Shao's heart relaxed a little and asked, "Is it Yu Zang Huama who is making ghosts again?" ”

"Yu Zang Hua Ma?!" Gao Zunyu asked in surprise: "Did he go to intercept the grain road again?" ”

"It's not!" Han Gang shook his head, "The two of you appeased the misunderstanding. The news that Han Gang just heard was that there was an iron ore mine in Minzhou. ”

"Didn't you know about this for a long time?" Wang Shao asked strangely, "The armor of the two families of Blind Wu Qi and Wu Yanzheng is considered to be first-class in the Tibetan Tribe, how can there be such equipment if there is no iron mine?" ”

"But in the information I got in advance, I never said the scale of the Minzhou iron mine...... That's much higher than we expected. Han Gang's eyes were scorching, "If it works well, one million catties of pig iron a year will be idle." ”

"Million catties?!" Gao Zunyu shook his head in disbelief at first, but immediately he slammed the table again, and became excited, "If it's true, then you can open an armory!" The swords and armor of the whole army can be directly handled here in Hehuang. ”

"No, it's not an armory." Wang Shao shook his head and stared straight at Han Gang, "Yukun, what do you say?" ”

"Of course, the Ordnance Academy also needs to have it, but the top priority is ......" Han Gang and Wang Shao said in unison: "Qian Jian!" ”