Pingxiangtong finally installed a water air conditioner here, Xu Ping no longer had to stay in the pavilion of the back office every day, and went to the office of the official next to the governor's hall to study the surrounding situation.

In the center of the room was a large table, on which a sand table was made according to Xu Ping's intentions, although it was rough, the surrounding terrain was roughly indicated.

Although Xu Ping has made a lot of efforts, one is due to his own limited level in geography, and the limitations of the times, many ideas cannot be communicated, and the map with elevation has not been perfected to the practical level.

Sang Yi lay beside Xu Ping, looked at the sand table on the table, and asked, "Do you really want to accept Langzhou under the rule of the imperial court?" That's not going to die with Jiadong. ”

"Could it be that they still want to have a relationship with me? After taking Langzhou, Jiatong lost the largest piece of territory, what else could he do? In the future, he will just be a petty local official, so don't pay attention to them. ”

Xu Ping didn't look up, and pointed to the sand table as he spoke: "Now we have seven commanding chamber troops here, and then two or three commanding township soldiers, and five thousand soldiers and horses, according to the situation we know, there should be no problem in taking Guangyuan Prefecture." It's just that I'm still not sure how many people are needed, and whether the cane sugar can be pumped out. ”

Sang Yi said: "I heard that the road there is not much different from Ning Ming's journey to Shangsi, less than three hundred miles of mountain road, which is much shorter than Ning Ming's journey to Shangsi." We tried a few times between Ning Ming and Shang Si, and there were enough mules and horses, and one soldier and two husbands were enough. Besides, Guangyuan Prefecture has been in business for many years, and there must be a lot of grain in stock, so there will be no worries when you get there. ”

"Anyway. As long as there is a state in hand. It's easy to advance and retreat. There's no way out of the mess. It's already the middle of August, and if Menzhou doesn't take the initiative, I'll do it next month. ”

Sang Yi sighed: "I'm afraid that the court will say that you are making trouble and making trouble for you." ”

Xu Ping said with a dark face: "Then don't report to the imperial court, how can Menzhou be regarded as a subordinate of Zuojiang Dao, Zhennanguan has been repaired, and the armor is neatly arranged, just bring soldiers and horses to occupy Menzhou." Settle Huang Zhizhou's family well. ”

Sang Yi didn't say anything, Xu Ping made up his mind about this kind of thing, and he followed suit. Speaking of which, he is just a soldier and horse patrol, and there is no room for interjection in this kind of major matter, that is, thinking of many years of friendship, Xu Ping pulled him to discuss.

Xu Ping pointed to the sand table and said: "When Menzhou is taken, I will give you a month to take Guangyuan Prefecture, and after capturing the Nong family, I will return the same way, and order the local clan to temporarily take Zhizhou." The imperial court soldiers and horses did not need to stay. How about dealing with Koto with all your might when you come back? ”

Sang Yi thought for a moment. Nodding his head, he said, "Time is roughly enough, as long as there are no accidents, there should be no problem." ”

"A few days ago, someone from Bozhou came and said that the surroundings had been calmed down, and our people had all withdrawn to Taiping County. Feng Zhizhou in Tianzhou has also been pacified, and grain and grass have also been stored in Hengshanzhai. When the time comes, if you send troops here, they can all respond and make Guangyuan Prefecture chaotic for a while. ”

Sang Yi exhaled: "There is no problem, five thousand soldiers and horses, even if there is no two-way strategy, it is also the overwhelming trend of Mount Tai for Guangyuan Prefecture, I will not have a problem here." It's just that I took all the soldiers and horses away, you have to be careful here that Jiatong took advantage of the chaos to attack Menzhou, and if the back road was copied, we would make a big joke. ”

"I have sugar here to organize, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses can be organized at any time. Unless Jiaozhi pours the country to attack, no one will be afraid of him. ”

When the situation is serious, it is a great general mobilization, so it is not a problem to organize 350,000 troops to the depth of dozens of miles in Langzhou.

In the depths of Xu Ping's heart, there is no meaning of repeating the border counterattack in his previous life, and the combat goals are roughly similar. It's just that there is Dali in this era, and he can't attack in two ways like in his previous life, so he can only forcibly break through all the way, and feint in the direction of Tianzhou and Bozhou.

Fortunately, the current Cochin is not what it looks like in later generations, and there are many internal feudal towns, and the north is dominated by local officials, which is conducive to each break. As long as the time is good, when Jiaozhi reacts, Sang Yi has already returned from Guangyuan Prefecture. The two sides confronted each other in the Langzhou area, and Xu Ping, who was backed by the sugar business, still had an advantage. If Xu Ping goes out in front of him, he will face inconvenient transportation and lack of food and grass, and the same is true for Jiaozhi who comes to Langzhou, and 20,000 or 30,000 troops will be the limit.

As for Guangyuan Prefecture after the capture, there are naturally other big clans that oppose the Nong family to rule it temporarily, and there is no need to station troops there. The Nong family is gone, and the other Tuzhou that was originally attached to them will naturally find a way out, and the new lord of Guangyuan Prefecture will be like a tiger without its minions, and there will be no threat. When the area around Langzhou and Menzhou is completely stabilized, it is not too late to slowly clean up there.

Taking the sugar cane business as the foundation, fighting a border war with a short time, shallow depth, and quick resolution, Xu Ping really wanted to use such a war to vent the stuffiness that had accumulated in his chest in the past few years. He had a feeling that his stay in Lingnan would not be too long, and no matter what the consequences were, he would use such a war to put an end to his wandering career in Lingnan, so that this land would leave his indelible mark.

The imperial court strictly forbade border magistrates to provoke borders, saying that this is not absolute, in fact, it is not absolute, the most important thing is not to lose the face of the court. If the front only goes to Langzhou, including Guangyuan Prefecture, nominally this is still the territory under the control of Yongzhou of the Great Song Dynasty, as long as it succeeds in one fell swoop, Yongzhou will handle local affairs, and no one in the court can find fault.

In fact, Xu Ping was still relatively restrained compared to other local officials, but his hands were ruthless, and he cut off the roots of countless local officials around him at once. Next to Qinzhou shouted fiercer than him, Zhizhou has been clamoring to repair warships since he took office, but it is just a shout, and he is not able to put it into action.

Xu Ping seems to be different from the surrounding states in that he has the power in his hands, and when his eyes are closed and his heart is dark, he can really turn this area upside down, while other local officials are just calling for help from the imperial court.

At this moment, the soldiers came to report that someone had come from Jiatong and asked to see Xu Ping.

Xu Ping and Sang Yi glanced at each other and smiled coldly: "It's finally here!" It's already August, and I thought they really wanted to wait until the rainy season passed and meet each other directly! ”

Ordering the soldiers to bring people to the commander's hall, Xu Ping said to Sang Yi: "You stay here, I'll take a look." ”

A year with little rain. In late September, Yongzhou entered the dry season. It's only been a little over a month now. Real military operations, of course. Most of them start in late October and end in March, for five or six months.

After returning to his residence and changing his clothes, Xu Ping came to the Governor's Hall, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw a young man in his twenties inside, with exquisite clothes and a white face, standing there quietly looking at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall.

Xu Ping coughed lightly. The man turned around, looked at Xu Ping's official uniform, and hurriedly saluted: "In Xiachangzhou, I have stabbed Shi Jia Jirong, and I have seen the official who lifted him." ”

Xu Ping said: "Don't be polite, look at the seat." ”

Jia Chenggui is the brother-in-law of Li Foma, the king of Jiaozhi, and Jia Jirong is his eldest son, and he is married to Li Foma's daughter, a royal relative of the family. This is also the consistent policy of Jiaozhi, which is to win over the marriage of local powerful factions.

The host sat down, and Xu Ping ordered tea. asked Jia Jirong: "What is the matter with the Ya Nei?" ”

Jia Jirong said: "I, Jiatong, is close to Zuojiang Road. Mountains and rivers are connected, you and I are both officials guarding the land, and we should move around more. I have time today, let's take a look at the promotion officials. ”

Xu Ping smiled: "That's very good. It's just that you can come to me, but I can't go to you, it's not that I neglect the Yanai family. ”

"The official said that he laughed, you are going to Jiadong, and we will naturally greet each other!"

Xu Ping shook his head with a smile and raised his teacup: "Drink tea!" ”

After taking a sip of tea, the two chatted a few more words, and Jia Jirong said: "Since I left Jiatong, I have been around here, and I have heard people talking about the Bracket Law, and the place is very unstable. Official, what's going on with this expansion law? I've been missing a lot of people there recently, and I heard that I was also affected by the expansion method? ”

"Where the words! The law is just a trivial matter, the original court pity the people in the vicinity of the people, Yongzhou has a surplus of money and grain, so let the surrounding places organize households to reduce the money and grain, which is the act of the saint to love the people today. ”

Listening to Xu Ping's rambling words, Jia Jirong said with a smile: "Why didn't I hear this?" Because of their reluctance to practice the Kuoding Law, dozens of local officials in Zuojiang Province were all assigned to distant prison cities by officials, which caused a lot of disturbance. ”

"Yanai has just walked all the way, but he has really heard a lot of words! Are all the people under my rule so talkative? I also said it specifically to the Yanai! Why am I so quiet here? ”

"Officials and soldiers are pressing the border, which one dares to come to you to say it? In front of me idlers, someone dares to say a few words casually, and I will listen to them casually. ”

Xu Ping put down the teacup and said casually: "Just listen to the words of idlers, and you don't have to take it to heart." ”

"How can I not go to my heart? Listening to the meaning of their words, the population fled under the rule of Jiatong, one is because Zuojiang Dao has practiced the Kuoding Law, and the other is that the officials have recruited people excessively! ”

"The Bracket Ding Law is the Ding under the rule of my Great Song Dynasty, what does your Jiatong have to do with this? Could it be that Jiatong has been harboring my Da Song Dingkou all along, and this time it was bracketed? ”

Seeing that the smile on Xu Ping's face gradually faded, Jia Jirong said: "What the official said is not interesting, you have a household here to gather the people, free money and food for several years, those small people are greedy for cheap, isn't it common to flee across the border?" ”

Xu Ping said indifferently: "Is there one?" Why haven't I heard? ”

Jia Jirong looked at Xu Ping, paused and didn't speak. He didn't expect Xu Ping to play tricks in front of him, so that the language game would not be able to continue.

After thinking for a while, Jia Jirong took a breath and said: "I asked this abruptly, the people fled from the households, and I sent more people to search and arrest them. ”

After a pause, he said: "But Sue Sugar is recruiting, I have conclusive evidence here, and the officials need to find out!" ”

"What to look for? The cane sugar business register is complete, everyone has a name and surname, and the origin is innocent. I have hundreds of officials there, do you think they eat dry food? ”

Jia Jirong said with a gloomy face: "Xu Tiju, it's unreasonable for you to talk like this, my Dingkou there is now hundreds of people in the cane sugar business, do you think no one knows it?" ”

"Well, there are a lot of recruits, and it is possible for impostors. In this way, you send me the edition books under the rule of Jiatong, and when the cane sugar department recruits people, you can compare them, and those who have you will be sent back. ”

"What?!" Jia Ji stood up proudly, "Accept my edition, you might as well just say that you want to annex my Jia Dong!" Can you eat it? ”

The acceptance of the edition is considered to be a civilized statement under the rule, but Xu Ping's confession scared Jia Jirong.

Xu Ping said: "My appetite has always been good, what can't I eat." But if you don't want to, forget it. There is no copy comparison, and there is no way to recruit people from Sucrose. ”

Jia Jirong said hatefully: "I came today to reason with you!" You are unreasonable, don't regret it later! ”

Xu Ping sneered: "Reason with me? Huang Conggui intended to rebel back then, who took him in? I'm going to bring someone with me for a few years, so I'm going to reason with me now! I have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses raised here, did I listen to you tell you this kind of truth? My Great Song Dynasty's soldiers and horses are the truth! ”

Speaking of this, Xu Ping slapped the table and stood up: "Tell you clearly, my patience has a limit!" If you don't send it back, I'll pick it up myself! Regret? I'll let you know what regret is! ”

(There is one more chapter in the evening, and two more will be restored from today.) Also, the group number of this book is 5-3-5-8-9-4-6-7-0, and I will upload maps and other materials to it, and readers are welcome to join the group. (To be continued.) )