One wave has not subsided, and one wave has risen again.

The plot to seize the hometown of Yanmen had just begun, but the Western Xia people suddenly sent troops to rush to the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty.

Faced with this form, Zong Ze was furious, and the old marshal returned to the Taifu Mansion before he could gather everyone and rushed in on his own.

As soon as he rushed to the front of Liu Xing, Zong Ze panted and said urgently: "Mrs. Liu, the party dares to invade the Western Xinjiang again, the old man, the old man wants to lead the troops, and I will go to beat Li Qianshun back." ”

Seeing the old marshal like this, Liu Xing smiled indifferently.

After pulling the old marshal forward and pressing him to the chair, Liu Xing said: "I know that Zong Shuai, you are dedicated to serving the country, and you are also one of the most handsome talents in my Great Song Dynasty. But Master Zong, don't forget, now you and Zhang Taibao are here to help me. If you lead your troops to the west, the Cabinet, the Heavenly Council, and the Privy Council will not be able to issue even a single decree. ”

When Zong Ze heard this, the originally extremely angry look on his face softened slightly.

Of course, he knows his current identity, and he is no longer the commander who once led the troops to support the Great Song Dynasty and create a line of defense that the golden dog had nothing to do.

He knows very well that he is now the real backbone of many civil ministers and military generals who are loyal to the Zhao and Song royal families in this world, once he leads his troops to the battle, I am afraid that the decree issued by Liu Xing will really be that many people will only go to the yin and the yang and refuse to follow it.

In today's world, Liu Xing is the driving force of the new law, Zong Ze is the supernatural stone that shocks the traitors, and Zhang is the panacea that colludes all parties to mediate.

Although Liu Xing had turned the two of them into puppets at the mercy of others, Zong Ze knew very well that only Liu Xing could turn the Great Song Dynasty into a dynasty like the Tang Dynasty, and only Liu Xing could lead thousands of people in the Central Plains to live a truly happy and healthy life.

After all, he is almost old, and after all, his son is now tied to Liu Xing's carriage. So deep in his heart. He admires, respects, and is sincerely willing to help Liu Xing.

It is for this reason. The old marshal was slightly stunned for a moment. When he looked up at Liu Xing again, he asked, "Then who are you going to let go to fight Western Xia?" ”

Hearing the old marshal's question, Liu Xing did not answer immediately, but looked out the window.

Just as Liu Xing's eyes looked out of the door, several figures quickly rushed into the room, and the first to come was Zhang Suo.

As soon as his feet stood firm, Zhang Suo also hurriedly spoke: "Mrs. Liu, give the old man 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the old man will pick up the head of Li Qianshun, who is evil and untrustworthy and deceitful." ”

"Give me 80,000 people, and I will be able to take Li Qianshun's head." Zhang's voice fell. Ma Kuo, who rushed into the room after him, also competed for the handsome seal.

As soon as he saw the two of them like this, Zong Ze hurriedly stood up.

He walked up to Zhang Suo and said expressionlessly: "Zhang Taibao, neither of you and I can fight for this handsome seal again." You should know that if you and I leave the center, I am afraid that the matter of the new law will be affected. ”

When Zhang heard this, he looked at Zong Ze in amazement and said: "What, what, Zong Shuai doesn't compete with me for the Shuai Yin, is it difficult for me to give the Shuai Yin to these kids." ”

Seeing that he was still unwilling to give up the idea of competing for the handsome seal, Zong Ze hurriedly held his hand and said in a low voice: "Don't go against the Taifu's opinion. Do you want to make the DPRK unstable? Listen to Mrs. Liu, don't fight again. ”

Zong Ze glanced at Zhang Su as he spoke. Then he was angry with him again.

Seeing Zong Ze's eyes and expression, Zhang Suo's heart suddenly woke up, and secretly thought: That's right! I can't go against Liu Xing, I can only help him continue to stabilize this hard-won good situation. Besides, with that boy's madness, if I provoke him, if I don't do it well, I will cause both my father and my son to suffer......

As soon as this thought flashed, Zhang Suo immediately changed his clothes and looked respectful, turned his head to Liu Xing and said: "What the Sect Master said is reasonable, the old man is anxious for a while, and I hope that the Taifu will not be surprised." It's just that I don't know what Taifu thinks of, but there is a candidate for the handsome? ”

"Taifu, please let me take command of the Western Expedition."

Before Zhang's voice fell, Ma Kuo took a step forward and said for the second time that he wanted to be the marshal of the expedition to the west.

Turning his head sideways to look at Ma Kuo, and then turning his head to look at Zhang Suo and Zong Ze with a look of great anticipation, Liu Xing smiled faintly and turned around and walked back to the main chair first.

After sitting down on the chair, Liu Xing suddenly put away his smile and said loudly: "Order Liu Xi, the governor of Shaanxi, to immediately command the existing troops and horses in Shaanxi and Long to intercept the invading Western Xia soldiers. At the same time, 20,000 guns, 24 Shenwu artillery, and 240 Shenhuo crows were transferred to Shaanxi. Within ten days, Liu Xi will recruit all the remnants of the former dynasty and the bandits scattered throughout Shaanxi and Long. Those who resist and do not obey will be killed, and those who are willing to return to the Great Song Dynasty will be rewarded. All the soldiers and civilians in the western Xinjiang were used to meet the party thieves. ”

With all the soldiers and civilians in the western Xinjiang to meet the party thieves, after Liu Xing's words came out, Zong Ze, Zhang Suo and others were all stunned.

All the soldiers and civilians, the remnants of the former dynasty and the bandits, what is Liu Xing going to do? Those thieves and the rest of the previous dynasty have always refused to submit to the court of King Xin, isn't Liu Xing afraid that those people will not help at such a critical moment, but will cause chaos?

Liu Xing had already thought of everyone's worries.

So when the two old commanders wanted to ask at the same time, Liu Xing quickly gave the second command: "Fan Xijiang was originally a bandit, as a ranger. Only strong crossbows and strong bows are issued, and firearms and cannons are not used. Where the former dynasty is used as a flanker. Only equipped with the Divine Fire Crow, no other firearms support. ”

After a pause at this point, Liu Xing's face became a little gloomy and continued: "In this battle, those who are truly loyal to the country and resist the enemy will be reorganized and reorganized by the Shanxi Admiral Yamen at any time at his discretion, and will be included in the border army of our dynasty. Those who bring 1,000 combatable soldiers to vote will be given the commander, and those who bring 5,000 voters will be given the command, and it is strictly forbidden to indiscriminately fill the number and use the people to fill the army. ”

After listening to Liu Xing's order, Zong Ze and Zhang Suo understood in their hearts: Oh, it turns out that this little master is not stupid, not stupid at all, on the contrary, he is very shrewd.

Where is his shrewdness? Don't equip those who turned out to be bandits and want to take this opportunity to serve King Xin, those in the court, with any firearms, only those old weapons in the past. In this way, even if they rebel in the future. In fact, the court of King Xin can't take advantage of it, and it won't be very difficult to suppress them in the future.

Do not give the rest of the former dynasty firecrackers and cannons. Only for the Divine Fire Crow. What is the Divine Fire Flying Crow? Zong Ze, Zhang Suo and others are very clear.

After firing a round, if there is no follow-up gunpowder and flying crows to replenish it, it will immediately become one useless wooden shelf after another.

As soon as this move came out, the remnants of the former dynasties in Western Xinjiang would inevitably see the power of the Divine Fire Crow on the battlefield again, and thus become dependent on it. As long as those remnants have a dependence on the Divine Fire Crow, they can be completely trusted, as long as those people are not kicked in the head by a donkey, they will never dare to rebel against the court of King Xin in the future.

If you want to use its soldiers, you must first sharpen its weapons. Liu Xing didn't want to increase the weapons of the bandits, because he didn't trust them enough. To use the Divine Fire Flying Crow to strengthen the attack power of the rest of the previous dynasty, but at the same time, it is digging a pit, so that the rest of the former dynasty can only be trapped and killed in the chariot of Liu Xing.

The two old marshals quickly guessed through Liu Xing's scheming. couldn't help but smile at the same time and cast an appreciative look at Liu Xing.

After seeing the gazes of the two old marshals, Liu Xing also knew that the two old marshals were observing words and feelings, and heard their intentions from their own instructions.

This is a tacit understanding, no one will tell the details, and Liu Xing will not debunk his own pits.

So just after smiling at the two old marshals, Liu Xing turned his head to look at the Jin Nu standing at the door of the room: "Nu'er, I order you to immediately order a thousand Shenxiao soldiers, and the forbidden army has just completed the two standard musketeers to rush to the western frontier to listen to your eleventh uncle's dispatch." ”

The forbidden army had just been assigned to the two-standard musketeers, and Zong Ze's eyes widened again when he heard this, and he said to Liu Xing in surprise: "Mrs. Liu, although the two-standard musketeers are sharp-armed firearms. It's only been a month of training, do you really want them to go to war right now? ”

Zong Ze's surprise. The reason was the lack of training of the two musketeers, 6,000 men. His surprise actually stemmed from a kind of worry, worrying that if those recruits who lacked actual combat experience arrived on the battlefield early and suffered defeat, Liu Xing and the entire Northern Dynasty's most advanced breech-loading muskets would most likely be captured by the Tanguts.

The Tangut people could create a siege weapon "confrontation" chariot, and they could make a "harrier armor" that could not be shot through by a strong crossbow, who could be sure that if the latest breech muskets were captured on the battlefield, the Tangut people would not be able to imitate them......

Zong Ze also had Liu Xing's worries, but Liu Xing knew more that although the two battalions were soldiers, most of them were new recruits and lacked training. However, those two battalions, from the commander and the head of the team to the battalion-level management and command officer above, were all from the two schools of military and military equipment.

It can be said that among the two standards, the people who lead the troops at all levels are the elites who Liu Xing has carefully cultivated in the past few months and personally taught whenever he has time, and they are Liu Xing's confidant disciples.

Confidant soldiers, Liu Xing originally wanted to wait for the two standard training to take shape before letting him go to the battlefield to become famous. But time was urgent, the situation was pressing, and without giving people any opportunity to think or hesitate, Liu Xing could only send them to the battlefield immediately......

"Good steel is used on the blade, and good soldiers are trained on the battlefield."

There was helplessness in his heart, but Liu Xing couldn't show it at all, so he could only put on a confident look after Zong Ze's question was raised and said: "I believe that with the students of the military preparation and military preparation academy as the backbone and command, although there is a lack of training, those two pacesetters and horses can also cut through thorns and thorns for my Great Song Dynasty and kill the party and dog." ”

The Shenxiao soldiers composed of Liu Xi and the disciples of the Shenxiao faction, plus six thousand forbidden musketeers who can be said to be armed to the teeth. After Liu Xing said these words firmly, Zong Ze understood that Liu Xing was really anxious this time, and made up his mind to beat Li Qianshun down in a battle, so that he would not have the courage to invade the Great Song Frontier in the future.

Zong Ze understood another meaning, Liu Xing wanted to take the opportunity of this Western Xia attack to completely establish his own authority that he said one thing and ordered ten thousand people to obey.

He also understood another truth, from now on, all matters of marching and fighting, he, the old marshal who used to be famous, could only listen to the orders of Liu Xing, the young little marshal, and did not allow him to refute half a sentence again. (To be continued......)