However, Wang Ju also faces a strict problem, that is, time.

The Western Xia threatened to gather 300,000 troops, it may be more, it may be less, the more Wang Ju will be under pressure, but the more troops the Western Xia gathers, the slower the time, the mobilization of so many troops, food, drink and shelter, especially in this cold and freezing time, the logistics mobilization is extremely difficult.

This difficulty was also common in the Song Dynasty, and it was stricter, for the simple reason that if the troops were transferred from the rear, the Song army would march slower and farther away, and the logistics would be even more so.

He also had to rush to Gyeongju a few days before the battle. This time can not be early, there is another reason why the Liang clan attacked Dashun City at this time, Wang Juwei said, that is, Li Fugui seems to be almost a master who does not understand military affairs at all. But Xixia is very jealous of himself, otherwise he would not send someone to assassinate him, if the Liang family hears that he has replaced Li Fugui, then there are only two possibilities, one is to attack other regions, but this is not very likely, because once it is ready, not only the army, but also a large number of logistics materials, this is the material of hundreds of thousands of troops, how to transfer? So there is only the second possibility, to strengthen the strength.

Maybe Wang Ju doesn't want this, but when there are more troops, it's easier to deal with?

It can't be late, after the late handover, you don't have time to arrange.

However, God knows when the Tanguts will launch a general attack?

If there is time, Wang Ju has another way, he plans and prepares in the rear, prepares materials, and then communicates with Li Fugui by express letter, and remotely controls Li Fugui to deploy the troops in Gyeongju.

But that came at the time.

Western Xia was very slow to transport supplies in this weather, but the news reached Han Yun and then to Wang Ju. It's probably been a month earlier. Over here. Wang Ju also didn't say a word. Why did you get this news, it was Wang Ju's deliberate instructions, since Li Fugui asked Li Xin to send troops to make trouble in the fort, Wang Ju wrote a letter and asked Han Yun to buy the private businessmen over there, and it happened that Gyeongju has now become an important circulation channel for moonshine, so Han Yun got this news. But even so, it's been a long time.

Moreover, it was delayed for more than ten days in the court.

Maybe Wang Ju hasn't arrived in Gyeongju yet. The Great War has broken out.

"Efficiency," Wang Ju lamented.

But if it weren't for this grind, how could he let him go to Gyeongju?

Wang Ju held the order of Xifu and came to the ordnance prison again.

"Congratulations," Zhang Ruoshui said.

"You're well-informed."

Zhang Ruoshui smiled.

"Zhang Duzhi, you and I are not outsiders, don't say anything congratulations, do you really think that I went to Gyeongju on a good errand?" Wang Ju deliberately said with a sad face: "This is the edict of Xifu, immediately send someone to transfer the inventory armor out." Day and night, transported to Sanyuan. ”

It's impossible to go by water. The rivers were all frozen.

It was impossible to transport it to Gyeongju, it was too far and it was too late.

Therefore, it must be transported to Samwon first, equipped with the tens of thousands of Baojie troops, and the rest, with cooperation, will be transported to Gyeongju one after another and put on the battlefield.

This time must be fast, and the news from the front line said that the Liang clan sent troops to show off their might at the borders of various small roads, so Zhang Sheng, that is, these troops could not reach the White Leopard City for the time being. However, within a month, the Western Xia could complete all the troop movements, and at that time, it was the Lantern Festival, which was a good time to launch an attack. And there is a precedent, Li Yuanhao took Jinmingzhai in the first month of the year, and then launched a battle at Sanchuankou.

So Wang Ju used it day and night.

In addition to the armor, there are also tents and carts for medicinal herbs, and mattresses for keeping out the cold, charcoal, although these have nothing to do with the ordnance superintendent, but they also have to be quickly raised.

and, most importantly, grain and grass.

There were many stories about the construction of Zhengbai Canal, but this year, everyone saw the role of Zhengbai Canal.

Not only Zheng Baiqu, Wang Shao, Cai Ting, and Guo Kui's respective tuntians began to produce a large amount of grain, so this year's war continued, but no grain was transferred from the Central Plains, on the contrary, there were still a large amount of grain reserves in various parts of Shaanxi. After Wang Ju saw the accounts in the third division, he felt lucky. But they are in Shaanxi, but not in Gyeongju, and they must be transported to Gyeongju, and they must be transported to Gyeongju as quickly as possible. The worst thing is now the wax moon, the rivers are frozen, the land route is not very easy to walk, the sunny place as soon as the sun comes out, the road is muddy, and the place to the shade, the road is frozen, and people and vehicles will slip when they go up.

And this is about to be the New Year, think about it, with one order after another to the states and counties, the toss of the people below.

But it is not over, although Shaanxi has a large amount of grain and grass reserves, the side of Yanyan Road cannot be moved, they can only meet their own needs. The Huluchuan and Weiyuan areas cannot be moved, they are too far away, and Wang Shao is also ready to use the Xihe area.

Therefore, only Jeongbaekqu can really move, if the war lasts for a long time, Jeongbaekqu's grain storage will definitely not be enough, and after the war, Gyeongju will inevitably have a large area to rebuild, and it will have to transfer grain and grass from the rear.

As long as grain and grass are transported from the Central Plains, the money will be spent faster than water. In short, after the end of this war, countless money will be used.

Zhang Ruoshui gave the order to go.

Wang Ju wrote a sparse essay recommending Zhang Ruoshui to take over his position.

He stayed in the ordnance prison for more than 14 months, spent countless efforts, and could not leave by himself, and returned to the original. And then there's fireworks.

"Fireworks......" Wang Ju suddenly called Zhang Ruoshui over and whispered a few words in his ear.

"In this way, you are not afraid of people gossiping," Zhang Ruoshui paused and said: "Zi'an, go to Gyeongju, with your wisdom, you will be able to succeed and win." ”

"That's 300,000." Wang Ju immediately hung his face again.

"Yes, that's 300,000 enemies." Zhang Ruoshui also muttered. Don't fight, it's scary to think about.

"Zhang Duzhi knows that the Ordnance Prison is the crystallization of your and my hard work to this day, and I will hand it over to you today."

This is also not easy, and now the efficiency of the ordnance superintendent is twice as high. Not to mention the efficiency, if the manufactured armor is all tofu dregs, this efficiency is not good. The key is quality, and the quality of the original armor is almost less than half. But now it only needs to be audited through guò. The pass rate is almost 95 percent.

"Don't worry."

But Wang Ju felt that there was still something to be arranged.

Back home. See wife and daughter. It suddenly occurred to me that there was no arrangement.

"Concubine, the imperial court asked me to go to Gyeongju to serve as the governor."

"Gyeongju Zhiju?" The concubine asked incredulously. There is no question of Wang Ju now serving as a governor, but it depends on what state. For example, Kaifeng Mansion Yin, is Wang Ju qualified to serve? Another example is Hangzhou, Bingzhou, or Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Weizhou.

"The Tangut people wanted to invade Gyeongju, and the imperial court had this decree." Wang Ju said lightly. But he didn't say how many people invaded, but he couldn't hide it. Sooner or later, his wife must know the number of Xia Jun, but at that time he had already left the capital.

"I see, the concubine still thinks that the official family is kind." Qiongniang said on the side.

"The official family has the difficulties of the official family, don't think that it is the official family, you can act arbitrarily. But there is one thing I want to say, concubine, it is the time when the weather is cold, and I will go to Gyeongju to prepare for the war, so you can stay in the capital for the time being and wait until the war is over. I'll send someone to pick you up and Chan'er. ”

Chan'er is Wang Ju's daughter.

"Official, the concubine stayed in Gyeongju City to take her daughter. Isn't it the same? I also set an example. ”

"It's different, this time the imperial court handed over Zheng Baiqu's tens of thousands of Baojie troops to me."

"These tens of thousands of Parchie troops are fighting wars, what's wrong?"

"Concubine, think about it, what do these tens of thousands of Baojie troops have to do with me?"

"What's the matter?"

"Can I convince them?"

There is no doubt about this, but Concubine Er and Qiongniang still don't understand.

"How is my prestige in Gyeongju?"

"So what?"

"In addition, I also asked the official family for two official positions, Huanqing Road passed through a little pacification and solicitation, and Shaanxi Road pacified envoy."

With this errand official, then Wang Ju has at least the right to deal with all civil, political, economic, and military rights in the states of Huanqing Road. But Concubine Er and Qiongniang still don't understand.

"What if you add 80,000 fierce soldiers?"

"Don't the officials believe you?"

"It's not that the official family doesn't believe me, there are many things, even if it's the official family, he can't do anything."

Wang Ju was not worried about the pre-war war, at this critical time, even if it was Sima Guang, he didn't dare to say anything. The main thing is after the war, you can't end the war in the front, and then dismiss all the troops, in case the Western Xia counterattacks. Or in case of a major defeat of the Western Xia army, should you expand the results?

At that time, someone made a fuss.

Therefore, if his wife, daughter, sister, and brother stay in the capital as "hostages" together, they can block the mouths of some people.

Regarding this hostage, there is also a famous conversation, Yue Fei yelled at Zhao Gou, our family members are all in Hangzhou, don't you feel at ease.

The voice outside the words is that we are fighting bloodily for your country on the front line, and in turn, we have to put our families in Hangzhou as hostages.

That's right, but this is an unspoken rule, and you Yue Fei can't shout it out in public.

So Wang Ju made this decision.

But it was also temporary, so many troops fought miserably, the Song Dynasty could not afford it, and the Western Xia could not afford it. At the end of the war, the Song Dynasty will inevitably spend a lot of money, and the Western Xia will inevitably lose its vitality. Then the Song-Xia border will usher in peace for a long time.

At that time, the Baojie army will be sent back, and maybe Wang Shao will also use this army in the open side.

He resigned from the post of pacification envoy in Shaanxi, and Huanqing Road entered the recovery period, and then he took his wife and children to Gyeongju, and no one made a fuss.

The concubine was silent for a long time.

She is simple-minded, but there have been so many ugly court battles in the past year, and she also knows that what her husband said is something that may happen, so she said after a long time: "Official, then you be careful." ”

What else can I say.

As soon as the concubine's words were finished, Lu Huiqing, Zhang Dian and Zeng Bu joined forces and came to the Wang family.

"Brother Jifu, Brother Zihou, Brother Ziyou, please sit, please sit." Wang Ju asked them to sit down, and asked Qiongniang to make tea.

Lu Huiqing suddenly said: "Zi'an, we just thought of one thing, if Zi'an goes smoothly and defeats the Xia army, what will happen?" ”

"What kind of defeat do you mean?"

"Eat all the 300,000 soldiers and horses." Lu Huiqing said fiercely.

"Three hundred thousand?" Qiongniang was so shocked that the teapot in her hand fell to the ground.

"Xixia threatened 300,000, but in fact there may not be 300,000, and besides, they are in the western border of the country, not only for Gyeongju," Wang Ju said flatly, not to let his family worry.

Lu Huiqing knew that she had slipped her mouth and drank tea embarrassedly.

"How did you come up with this idea?"

"Zi'an, you are a person who can create a miracle." Zhang Dan said.

Wang Ju smiled bitterly: "I dare to love you one by one, and your appetite is better than mine." (To be continued......) R1292