Are you trying to use this person to create a war?" Cao Qianli understood a little and asked tentatively, Yang Zhi pointed to the map and said: "After the Dingbian Army and Suizhou, it is Yanzhou, as long as we control Qingbai Yan, Western Xia will negotiate peace with us, and Hehuang will carry out tea and horse transactions with us." Even if I can't win, with my ability, I can grab a vote back and maintain the expenses of the army for a period of time. ”

Yang Zhi did not want to break up the army as Zhang Xiaochun and others feared, so that Cao Qianli felt a lot more at ease, and there were Puzhou and other areas in Shaanxi to resettle, and if the war to the west was added, there was no need to worry about the pressure of hundreds of thousands of people entering Hedong in a short period of time; as for the battle envisaged by Yang Zhi, Cao Qianli was even less worried, Yinzhou and Jingzhou were precedents at the beginning, and Yang Zhicai at that time dared to play this game with 10,000 people, and this time I am afraid that 70,000 or 80,000 people could participate, and there should be no problem in retreating with his whole body.

Lu Yihao, Ye Mengde, Liu Tao and others have always maintained correspondence and discussed the situation on both sides, knowing that many people in Taiyuan are now playing with their tongues, and the attitude of Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, has also changed subtly. Lu Yihao agreed with Yang Zhi's idea, but thinking of the difficulty, he frowned and said: "But Runzhou's opinion is difficult to avoid, after all, it is just a hint, and it will be criticized if you say it." ”

Yang Zhi nodded and said: "What Lord Lu said is extremely true, so we can't ask for too much price, because this will conflict with Runzhou, and then force everyone to unite and put pressure on us in public opinion; we can only follow the example and put forward our demands, and clearly demand that the remaining areas of Qinfeng Road, Huanqing Road, and Jingyuan Road be handed over to us, and we will hand over Zhengzhou and Huazhou, as for how much we can give in the end, let Runzhou solve this problem for us." ”

The map is in front of them, Cao Qianli and others nodded one after another, Yang Zhi's requirements are really not high, these three places were captured by the Western Xia, and at present, both in terms of population and city size, I am afraid that it is about the same as Zhengzhou and Huazhou, but for the Dingbei Army, it has practical significance, that is, it has swallowed the northwest region and has the opportunity to open up the road to Hehuang and the Western Regions. This is a conspiracy, Yang Zhi specially did not want Chang'an, if Runzhou does not even agree to this, then public opinion will be set off like a tsunami, Song Huizong will never stand for any son, and there is a chance that he will agree.

"But as far as I know, it's all barbaric land, even Qinzhou, it's half farming and half grazing. Wang Yan was originally a general of the Western Army, and he was familiar with the situation there, and muttered: "The people of the Central Plains may not be able to get used to life there. ”

"It's okay!" Yang Zhi waved his hand and said: "We can let it go first, although the cities in Shaanxi are small, the area can be extended to the west, and at least it is not a problem to place sixty or seventy thousand troops." As for the people, as long as you attach importance to him and the conditions offered are good enough, it is not impossible to settle in the northwest. ”

Shaanxi of the Song Dynasty actually included a part of Gansu in later generations, Yang Zhi had the idea of looking for minerals in his heart, but Yang Zhi would not say such a secret if he didn't go anywhere, so he changed a high-sounding reason; Cao Qianli leaned forward and said with a smile: "Yang Zhi, I feel that your pattern is getting smaller and smaller, it is better for us to directly ask for Shaanxi Five Roads, and then reduce the conditions step by step, so that in the end the grasp of the three roads will be a little greater, and may even get the four roads." ”

Everything in the world is the same truth, if you tear down a wall, others will allow you to open a window, but Cao Qianli also knows that it is absolutely impossible to obtain Chang'an, even if Song Huizong has no opinion, King Kang, King Jing and the ministers will not agree. Yang Zhi said with a smile: "If you can do that, it would be good, at least you can ask for more places, but then I am not suitable to speak, everything needs to be discussed by King Yun." However, if you can't take Qinfeng Road, you can't ask for Jingyuan Road. ”

"I understand, the current Jingyuan Road has neither land nor resources, if it is only Huanqing Road and Jingyuan Road, we might as well not want to, save the task of resisting the Western Xia, and put a burden of grain and grass on Hedong. Cao Qianli naturally understands the mystery, at present, the Yongxing Military Road is basically not in contact with the Western Xia, and the Qinfeng Road only has one pass to the Hexi Corridor;

Cao Qianli hurried and left, sending Cao Qianli away, Yang Zhi still took the time to meet Zhang Tantou and Shi Mojie, Zhang Tantou is the person on the list of ascetics, according to Zhang Tantou, he later worshiped another famous teacher, and learned art under the stone gate of Yuan Gongshi, a strange guest, and was recruited by Lu gradually in Bianliang after leaving the school, and became Lu Jian's henchman. It's just that Lu is gradually refined, and Zhang Tantou hides his whereabouts on weekdays, so it is inconvenient to take the initiative to contact Yang Zhi, so he has no chance to make a move until the Ren family manor.

With Ouyang Liuya's precedent, Yang Zhi no longer has the same infinite confidence in these juniors on the list as he did at the beginning, especially Zhang Tantou, he has not been in contact with him, although it is one thing to worry about having an undercover agent around him, but Yang Zhi always feels that there is something uncertain. However, compared to his own brother, Yang Zhi still spoke comfortably, and appointed Zhang Tantou as a prisoner official to temporarily assist Shi Mojie.

Shi Mojie reported on the work of clearing and suppressing the rest of Lu Yan's troops, because Ren Buyong, Lu Duo and others fled to Luoyang, Lu Jian's subordinates had no room to fight back, and with the help of Zhang Tantou, it went very smoothly, and the corresponding money and goods copied were also an astonishing amount, as high as 200,000 silver silks. Yang Zhi said to Zhang Tantou: "Our army is going to the northwest, junior brother, you will be Shi Mojie's assistant and assist him in transferring supplies." ”

Zhang Tantou nodded and said, "Senior brother, I understand, how has the master been all these years?"

The ascetic people were stealth in Liaoyang, Yang Zhi didn't even say anything to Chen Da and the others, so naturally he wouldn't tell Zhang Tantou easily, and muttered: "I haven't seen the master for many years, and the last time we met was in Xiangzhou, and the master left your contact information and left in a hurry." ”

Shi Mojie felt a little relieved, Brother Yang Zhi said that he didn't hide these things from himself, and he definitely didn't regard himself as an outsider, as for whether what Yang Zhi said was credible, Shi Mojie didn't take it to heart, he had seen too much deception in the Imperial City Division, and his mental quality had become very strong. Zhang Tantou nodded, and Yang Zhi changed the topic: "Che Xitu rushed from Puzhou to Huazhou to explain to me that he did not know about Che Dongxing's affairs and did not participate in this matter; This can only last until we leave, Lord Shi, you try to help Che Xitu. ”