Fan Zhixu arrived at the Zhifu Division after the banquet, Cao Qianli and others may have some scruples as the subordinates of King Yun, Fan Zhixu did not, as the representative of Song Huizong, he had a detached identity on the side of the Dingbei Army; Fan Zhixu knew that Yang Zhi and others were still discussing the military situation in the Fusi, and Zhao Lingxun, the Duke of Qingguo, and others were also there, Fan Zhixu needed to know Yang Zhi's true determination, otherwise if the business of the Taiping Firm was folded in, those clans would be noisy again.

Along the way, Fan Zhixu sighed, he still remembers that when he first met Yang Zhi in Bianliang, Yang Zhi was still a stubborn junior officer and needed the protection of a high-ranking official like himself, but now, Yang Zhi is obviously an official who has gone through vicissitudes, a figure who can be discussed with Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, and a general who can decide the death of tens of millions of people.

Yang Zhi heard that Fan Zhixu had arrived, so he asked Quan Bangyan to greet him at the door, and after Quan Bangyan saw Fan Zhixu giving a salute, he smiled while leading the way: "Lord Fan is not worried about Yang Shuai's arrangement?"

"How could it be. Fan Zhixu followed Quan Bangyan and walked inside: "I drank a few more glasses of wine at the banquet, and I was a little excited, so I wanted to walk around, and it is estimated that only Zhifu Division was still working at this time, so I rushed over to join in the fun." ”

Fan Zhixu's posture was so low, as a subordinate, Quan Bangyan couldn't say anything, fortunately, there was no distance on this road, Quan Bangyan hadn't finished talking about the epiphany in the corner of the wall that had never seen flowering, and the two had already arrived. Fan Zhixu walked into the conference hall and sat down in the seat reserved next to Yang Zhi, and heard Yue Fei asking Yang Zhi: "I only have one last question left, I want to confirm one thing, is it that from now on, we and Xixia will not negotiate?"

Yang Zhi smiled and said: "Pengju, it's too early to say this, the number of troops under your command is still inferior to the total number of the Western Xia army, we can't make unrealistic estimates; ”

Yue Fei thought for a while and said a key question: "The general will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarch, from the moment the army is dispatched, I will ensure that the army will not be harmed, and what decision the people of Qingguo Gong want to make on the front line must be approved by me." ”

"No problem!" Zhao Lingyun, the Duke of Qingguo, immediately assured, Zhao Lingyun naturally knew that there were no eyes on the battlefield, and it would not be too easy for Yue Fei to do anything if he wanted to; Yang Zhi did not mean this, and said categorically: "I am under the pressure above, and the grain and grass materials are guaranteed by the Duke of Qingguo, what you have to consider is to fight; ”

Yue Fei nodded and said: "I understand, Yang Shuai, you can listen to my thoughts first, as long as we enter Hexi and can occupy one or two cities, even if the negotiation is not a loss for us, but before negotiating, we will lose the opportunity to control Hexi in the future." ”vp

Fan Zhixu smiled and said, "General Yue, I still don't understand a little, can you elaborate on it?"

Yue Fei got up and walked to the hanging map and said, "Our purpose is to occupy the whole of Hexi, if the Western Xia negotiates with us when the six states of Hexi are intact, we can rely on the terrain of Liupan Mountain and Helan Mountain to recuperate, and we can send troops to harass our long defensive line from Xingzhou to Xining Prefecture." As far as we are concerned, apart from a good reputation, it has not actually relieved the pressure in the northwest, and if we can occupy one or two of the six states, we can cooperate with the Xihe Road to limit the eastward and southward advance of the Western Xia army, and slowly tighten the rope on the head of the Western Xia. ”

Yue Fei sat down again after speaking, and there was not too much worry on his face, after all, there was a big man on top of the sky falling, no matter what the outcome was, there was Yang Zhi on it, so although Yue Fei didn't understand why Yang Zhi wanted to conceal his intention to take Helan Mountain, he didn't say much, just pointed. Fan Zhixu seemed to understand something, looked at Yang Zhi and asked, "You don't seem to be sure this time?"

"Over the years, I have fought from the clouds to Bianliang, and then attacked the Western Xia from Shaanxi, and the victories I have fought are not few, but it seems that I can't finish the battle, Lord Fan, when you didn't come, Qingguo Gong said that the financial resources of the southeast will be exhausted. Yang Zhi said slowly: "However, the army in Shaanxi does not even have a time to recuperate, and now it is also the end of the strong crossbow; when an army is tired, the potential of the army will be greatly discounted." ”

Fan Zhixu didn't get the answer he wanted, and shook his head dissatisfied; Zhao Lingyun, the Duke of Qingguo, smiled and said: "Lord Fan, the north-south and other businesses can't go to the south of the Yangtze River, and our Taiping business has limited capacity, although Yang Shuai is in a high position, but he is still clear about the actual situation, Zhang Jun and the others' army is empty consumption of national strength, if you can solve the problem over there, the problem in Shaanxi will be much easier to solve." ”

Fan Zhixu sighed helplessly, he naturally knew that Shaanxi's predicament not only came from Jiangnan, but also from within the Dingbei Army, but Yang Zhi was about to send troops, Fan Zhixu still hoped that Yang Zhi would have the confidence to win Western Xia in one fell swoop, otherwise the loss of money, grain and grass alone would be an astronomical amount. Liang Xun and Zhu Wu were discussing in a low voice when Fan Zhixu came in, and only then did they raise their heads and say: "Yang Zhi, now we can only speed up the purchase of grain from Hanzhong, but the grain copper coins, tea leads, and salt money there are not good, they want war horses and goods." ”

"There is no shortage of tea and salt in Bashu, but we always have to give it a try, otherwise how will we know the result. Yang Zhi said with a smile: "Your transshipment department negotiates with them, and the grain of the government is still settled in copper coins, and as for the people, they will agree to the war horses and the goods of the Western Regions; if you want anything else, you can only see how much the Taiping firm can give." Qing Guogong, one month, give me a month to adjust, during this month, I can use green and white salt to trade. ”

Zhao Lingyun spread his hands and said: "No problem, since the princess is in Qinzhou, everything is easy to discuss, and the part that has no money to pay can be settled, just let the princess sign and draw the mortgage." Yang Shuai, I want to ask, what is the benefit of our Taiping firm helping you like this? There is no big gain, I will be scolded to death by the clansmen when I go back; don't look at me like this, you all know, in the past six months, even the appetite of Honglu Temple has been raised, and they can no longer look down on ordinary small money. ”

Hearing this, Liang Xun and the others all laughed, the Taiping business is the property of the Zhao family, and Zhao Lingxun is a shopkeeper to put it bluntly;