The towering Pagoda Mountain, the surging Yanhe River, and the Fushi County located in the Pagoda Mountain, oh, now called the west of Jialing Mountain, close to the Yanshui, seems to be a picture full of historical vicissitudes, showing in front of the eyes of Wuhao Gu.

After nearly 30 days of marching, Wu Haogu finally arrived in Yan'an on November 12, the third year of the Great Song Dynasty.

Pagoda Mountain, Yanhe River, Yan'an City, as well as caves full of northern Shaanxi style, as well as large areas of earthy yellow mountains, all appeared in the eyes of Wu Haogu one by one.

It's a very familiar feeling!

It's a pity that it was not a group of revolutionaries who were hard and simple, but high-spirited and bent on saving the nation from peril, but a few chief officials of Taiwei Gao Yu and the three straights of the imperial front.

Because of his previous contributions in Huangzhou and Shanzhou, Gao Taiwei's martial arts officer has been promoted to the imperial city envoy of the seventh grade, and at the same time, there is also a remote county official, Chaozhou Assassin History.

Gao Yu also got a new official and knew about the affairs of the state. In other words, he was not transferred out of the Northwest Army, but as a military attaché to know the border army and state affairs. Among the generals in the northwest, there are still a lot of people who serve as governors and military governors.

And Wang Yu and Yang Keshi, who commanded the army together with Gao Yu, were also overmoved, and the rank officials were promoted to the envoys from the seventh grade to the treasury, and they were also added to the posts of Xuanzansheren. The official was promoted to the palace in front of the royal horse Zhidu Yuhou and the dragon warrior Zhidu Yuhou - Zhuzhi Yu Marquis is one level higher than Zhuzhi Commander, but before Yuma Zhi and Mengshi Zhi were not assigned to Duyu Marquis, they were directly in charge of the commander. So the positions of the two have not actually changed.

In addition, Yang Keshi's brother Yang Kebi was also promoted to the east of the Eight Grades to serve as an official. However, he did not continue to stay in front of the palace and was taken to Juzhou by Gao Yu to serve as a soldier and horse. However, he has not yet taken office (nor has Gao Yu taken office), so he and Gao Yu greeted Wu Haogu and his party at the foot of Pagoda Mountain.

The military camp of the two straight fronts of the emperor is not in the city of Fushi, of course, it is not on the pagoda mountain, but on the north bank of Yanshui, lined up, from Wangjiaping to Mijiagou, spread out for more than ten miles.

After greeting for a while, Gao Yu led Wu Haogu and his party of thousands of people to march towards the station of the Sanzhi army.

And Tong Guan took his leave first and went to the Jinglu pacification envoy in Fushi City - his current official is Jian Yanjun, so he naturally had to go to Fushi City to meet Tao Jiefu first.

After separating from Tong Guan, Wu Hao Gu and Gao Yu went hand in hand.

"Da Lang, why did you agree to come to Yanyan Road to lead the troops? It's not easy to bring this soldier! If it wasn't disturbed by Zhong Fu, it would be fine, but now it won't work......"

"How could it not be? A certain family has enough deeds. ”

"The sharpness is finally vented! Besides, you give them the deed, and they get what they want, and it's impossible to expect them to work as hard as before. Maybe the thousands of people who don't have enough brains are willing to fight, but most of them can't...... Originally, I wanted to do some other incentives, but the officials didn't allow it, so they could only give rewards and official bodies according to the rules of the ordinary forbidden army. However, the official card is too tight, and it is not easy to get, so I can only give money, but the money is not much. ”

Gao Yu himself also looked a little deflated, he originally wanted to make an "incentive package" similar to a military meritorious, but Zhao Ji was not very interested - now many people have written to accuse the imperial court of "emphasizing military force and ignoring literature", if there is another military meritorious, I am afraid the backlash will be too strong.

Moreover, the Great Song Dynasty still used the ancestral system of literature and martial arts, and did not want to follow the old path of the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties. Otherwise, wouldn't it be better not to let Tao Jiefu and Zhong Fu, two civilian officials, supervise the army, and directly send military attachés to be generals?

In addition, Zhao Ji also felt that Gao Yu's reward to the slave soldiers was too rich! A property worth 10 million! Just give it out, Zhao Ji's heart hurts a lot! Therefore, before Wu Haogu left Kaifeng Mansion, Zhao Ji ordered the cancellation of the incentive method of "head for room", and only opened a small opening for the original warriors and knights...... It's just a matter of putting together a suite.

Without the house in Kaifeng Mansion as a prize, of course, the combat effectiveness of the house slave soldiers will be greatly reduced!

So in Gao Yu's opinion, Wu Haogu has taken over a big black cauldron.

Wu Haogu smiled faintly: "It's okay for the knights in front of the palace and the dragon warriors to be a little worse, isn't there still an internal guard with 10,000 soldiers?" There are so many more people than before. There were more than 15,000 soldiers alone...... There are so many people, how can they not fight? ”

"What's the use of having too many people? They are all government soldiers who can only carry hoes. ”

"What's wrong with the soldiers?" Wu Hao Gu Dao, "Didn't the Sui and Tang Dynasties also rely on the government soldiers to fight the barbarians?" ”

"Hey, how can you compare with Sui Tang?" Gao Yu shook his head again and again, "Those government soldiers are a group of croppers, and the Marshal of Yanyan Road also gave them a lot of farm tools, and they didn't give them many weapons, as if they were farmers and soldiers in the fields." ”

"It's okay," Wu Haogu said with a smile, "the weapon has been brought!" 10,000 spears, 10,000 straight knives, and 10,000 collar armor. ”

Wu Haogu did not come empty, but with a mighty cart of mules and horses. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone away for 30 days before arriving at Yan'an Mansion.

"It's useless to have weapons...... Gao Yu still shook his head, "Is there a general?" Yan Yanlu is rationed with some old soldiers, and the gangsters are okay, but they can't support an army of 20,000. ”

"There will be a school!" Wu Haogu nodded and said, "Brother Gao, don't forget the 500 people in the Privy Council's Military Science Department in the past, but most of them are knights in front of the palace!" There are still three or four months left, enough to train 20 pikemen commanders. ”

"Yes...... Gao Yu was stunned, "how did you forget them?" 500 generals! Da Lang, you are still thoughtful! ”

"So some of them hit!" Wu Haogu smiled and pointed behind him, "I also brought a lot of good hands...... Brother Gao, I'll give you some to take to Dunzhou. ”

"It's good!" Gao Yu arched his hand on horseback, "Then thank you." ”

……

"Second brother, this is Xiao Heda, the Great Liao Shangguo sent a general to help us."

At the same time, the emperor of the Great White High Kingdom, Wei Ming Qianshun, was in his palace and introduced a big man with a large face and thin eyes to the Jin king Cha Ge who had returned from the city of Qin.

"The lower officials meet the king!" A man named Xiao Heda saluted Brother Cha, who was not yet 30 years old this year, had a loud voice and could speak fluent party language.

Qianshun smiled: "Xiao Qing is now a member of my Great White High Kingdom...... He was a courtier of Princess Cheng'an. ”

Princess Cheng'an's name is Yelu Nanxian, a woman from the clan of Liao, who was named Princess Cheng'an by Yelu Yanxi not long ago, and is ready to marry Wei Ming Qianshun as the queen. Now the princess is still in Beijing in Liao, but Yelu Yanxi sent Xiao Heda as a courtier to Western Xia.

"Xiao Qing also brought us good news." Qianshun said again, "Gao Yu, the general of the Song people, was dismissed, and he sent a martial artist who can only paint and do business to be the Marquis of Duyu in front of the Emperor of Laoshizi. ”

Gao Yu may no longer be regarded as a traitor who can only bow, but will be regarded as a famous general with a strong military value!

"Wu Haogu?" Brother Cha was stunned, "I've heard of this person...... Did he build that Jiehe Commercial Market? ”

"Yes, that's the man." Xiao Heda said, "This person is still a bit of a governance talent, and if he is used as a state and county guard, he should be a good official." It's a pity that the king of Song was a little confused, and even sent him to command the army. ”

"The emperor of the Eastern Dynasty is confused?" Brother Cha had seen the "Heavenly Khan Zhao Ji" with his own eyes, and he was defeated by Zhao Ji's "personal training" of elite soldiers, so he was a little weak-hearted.

Xiao Heda squinted his eyes: "King, a certain family has seen that martial arts ancient ...... It's in the Senate of Jiehe Merchant City. ”

Xiao Heda originally met Wu Haogu in the name of the veteran agent! Naturally, he had also been in Jiehe Merchant City for a while.

"Senate?" Brother Cha didn't quite understand, "What is this Yamen?" ”

"It's a ...... It's a republican yamen. ”

"Republic?" Chago was even more confused.

"A republic is a city, and the major affairs are decided by the old man," Xiao Heda said, "It's quite strange...... However, the effect is not bad, but it has also set up the Jiehe Commercial Market.

It's just that this person doesn't know soldiers at all, and he is not from a general's background, so it is definitely not possible to lead soldiers to fight. The two of them were in his hands, and they would never be as sharp as before. ”

"If only that could be the case." Brother Cha whispered.

The two straights in front of the Gozen (now the three straights) are undoubtedly a formidable opponent! Without them, Huangzhou and Shanzhou would never have fallen so quickly.

"Then General Xiao has any good strategy to break the enemy?" Brother Cha asked again at this time.

Xiao Heda said with a smile: "There is a little bit of planning. ”

Brother Cha said: "You might as well talk about it." ”

Xiao Heda said: "The current situation is of course that the enemy is strong and I am weak, but after all, we are soldiers and horses on horseback, and even if we are at a disadvantage, we can't completely lose our skills...... We should still give full play to the strengths of the horse army, rush back and forth, and attack its weaknesses. Even if the battle cannot be won, it can disperse the forces of the Song army, so that it cannot concentrate its forces and advance for a long time. ”

"What does General Xiao mean is that we are going to take the initiative to invade the territory of the Eastern Dynasty?"

"Yes!" Xiao Heda said, "Go rob, go kill, go burn...... That's what we're supposed to do! That kind of battle with no harvest is not our best policy! ”

Brother Cha nodded slightly, he was indeed a little conservative before. The strategy of luring the enemy deep and retreating to a decisive battle is certainly prudent. But this also allows the enemy to break into the territory of the Great White High Country and burn and kill, and also have to endure the pain of clearing the wilderness, and most importantly, even if this style of play is won, there is not much loot.

It's tantamount to fighting at a loss! And the current Dabai Gaoguo has not yet recovered from the continuous battles during the reign of the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang, it can be said that all industries are withering, if there is another hard battle that is damaged and useless, I am afraid that winning will also be a miserable victory!