The rise of the prince

Chapter 521 The Decision to Send Troops

Xiao Hongqi didn't hide anything, he said that he used wine and perfume from the palace to curry favor with the royal family of the Liao Kingdom, and then he was proud all the way, but the golden man called and he was forced to flee.

"However, the villain is a little clever. When the golden man came, they all ran west, because the west is the territory of the Liao Kingdom. But if I hit me, the golden man would still attack him if he went west. Sooner or later, he would suffer, and the villain ran east. , ran towards the territory of the Jin people. Those Jin people were fighting, and there was no one behind, so I ran all the way from Shangjing to Liaodong, and then crossed the sea by boat, quietly landed in Jingguo Laizhou, and begged all the way."

As he said that, he knelt down again and kowtowed his head three times, bleeding from the forehead: "The prince has already treated the villain with great kindness, and there is nothing to repay him, but the villain has nowhere to go now, please take him in." , you can be a cow or a horse, as long as you give the villain a bite to eat."

"Get up." Li Xing said: "The king takes you in mainly because of your ability. There are not many people in this world who can speak both Chinese and Khitan. This king needs talents like you."

Xiao Hongqi was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "My lord, the villain can still speak Mongolian language."

"Really!" Even he was surprised now.

"Really, I went to Mongolia to do business when I was young. Although I didn't make it, I could talk to them." Shine the same light on the earth".

Li Xingzhou thought about it carefully, the capital of the Liao Kingdom is indeed very close to the Mongolian tribes, so it seems that he has picked up a treasure.

So he ordered people to come in, rewarded him with 100 taels of silver, temporarily arranged board and lodging for him, and incorporated him into the household to be responsible for raising horses.

Xiao Hongqi kowtowed again and again, and then was taken down by the nursing home to make arrangements.

Slowly, Li Xingzhou suddenly had a flash of inspiration. The Liao Kingdom was in chaos, and there must be some people who could not escape. Among these people were craftsmen, businessmen, or talents like Xiao Hongqi who knew the mineral deposits, hydrology and geography of the Liao Kingdom!
Thinking of this, he quickly found Shiyu and asked her to send a notice to the major chambers of commerce, asking the major merchants to help inform travelers and merchants along the northern border and the east coast that if there are skilled craftsmen from the Liao Kingdom, the palace can take them in.

If anyone knows the geography, hydrology or mineral veins of the Liao Kingdom, they can tell the Wangfu in exchange for a large sum of money.

In the next few days, there was no major news in the palace, only that the emperor had summoned Zhong Daoyu into the palace.

A few days later, just as the emperor had expected, Yu Chengan died of illness on the way to exile in Guanbei. Before arriving in Jiangzhou, the official of the Ministry of Punishment had already returned to Beijing.

On the sixth day of the lunar new year, the Criminal Department of Dali Temple issued a notice stating that Black Leopard, one of the leaders of the Black Mountain thieves, had voluntarily surrendered himself to King Pingnan and led the army of King Pingnan to exterminate the Northern Han rebels. Released.

The Ministry of Punishment issued the document at noon, and in the afternoon, he personally sent someone to send the black leopard to the palace. When he saw Li Xingzhou, he kowtowed and knelt down to thank him, and vowed to reform himself.

Li Xingzhou arranged for him to live temporarily. On the other hand, news was released through various businesses, looking for cotton seeds and people who can grow cotton.

In fact, if you master the Hexi Corridor at this time, you don't have to spend so much trouble. Unfortunately, the Hexi Corridor is under the control of Xixia, and the cotton planting area is outside Yumen Pass, so you can only rely on the help of businessmen.

Li Xingzhou's plan is to let the generation of Taihang Mountains grow cotton in the future, and then the Wangfu will buy it to make military cotton coats.

In this way, the remaining Montenegrin bandits had a livelihood and no longer needed to rob for a living, while the new army had cotton-padded quilts, which were better able to keep out the cold, and they had an advantage in fighting north.

At present, he has two big chess games to play, one is Taihang Mountain Generation.

The second is the drawing of the boring tool.

Li Xingzhou spent several days and months drawing the drawing of the boring tool. After all, this is a delicate job, and there is nothing wrong with it. Only the clever Qiu'er saw the usefulness of this tool at once, and no one else saw it.

Afterwards, he asked Zhu Rong to help him burn pottery plates and print out the drawings, and then distributed them to various merchants by Shiyu, and asked them to help along the way with money as a reward.

Thus, within the next month, the shocking news spread from the palace to the north and south of Jingguo, and even spread to many countries around the world.

Jing Guoping Nanwang sent blueprints, as long as craftsmen from all over the world can create the things in the blueprints in the palace, they will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver, and whoever has the most concise and effective method in the end will be rewarded with 1 taels of silver!

What is the concept of 1 taels, enough for a person to be rich and prosperous for a lifetime, this is a huge temptation.

And because many merchants helped promote it, the news spread quickly and far.

On the eighth day of the lunar new year, the first day of the opening of the dynasty, the emperor announced a major event, which was to use troops against the Liao Kingdom.It can be said that everyone actually knows more or less in their hearts, so the news of using troops this time is not unexpected.

In the end, the emperor decided to send troops in March.

Gather the Imperial Army Shenwu Army, Ling Jie Army, and Wu Lie Army, with a total of 15 horses, plus Guanbei Garrison, Ningjiang Prefecture Jiangxian Army, and Taiyuan Yang Family Army, a total of 20 troops!

It was the largest deployment of troops in Jingguo in decades, and Zhong Daoyu and Faliao did not have such an array ten years ago.

The emperor adopted half of Zhong Daoyu's suggestion, which was to go out with all his strength, but the other half was useless, which was to make a quick decision, because the troops were delayed until March.

Li Xingzhou also understood the emperor's difficulties. The three armies did not move, and the food and grass went first. However, the hundreds of large ships of the imperial court were all defeated by the prince, and the pressure on food transportation began to increase.

And Wangfu now has Dingnan-class large ships increased to eight, but the ships are too big and the draft is too deep, they can go to big rivers, seas, and grand canals, but not big rivers.

Such a large-scale dispatch of troops is not a joke. It is necessary to mobilize various counties in the north, prepare food supplies, and coordinate personnel from all parties. Zhong Daoyu and the officials of the Privy Council have directly lived in the palace, so they can work all the time.

There are no less than [-] fast horses leaving the capital every day, and they will pass through the street from time to time.

However, the people have different opinions on this dispatch of troops. Some people think that they should rest and recuperate, while others think that it is a great opportunity and they should take advantage of the situation to regain the land of Youyun.

No matter how they discuss it, they cannot influence the emperor's decision-making.

As for the Fourth Army of the Central Forbidden Army, the Lingjie Army, the Wulie Army, the Shenwu Army, and the New Army, in the end only the New Army stayed to defend the capital, probably because the new army was the least, and it was also the last to be established. rest assured.

Shiyu was happy about this, but also unhappy, almost mentally split.I was glad that he didn't have to risk his life, but worried that he would miss the opportunity to gain fame and not be appreciated by the emperor, which made him laugh.

In short, under the holy order, the entire Jing Kingdom was mobilized.

As for who should be in command, there are also differences between the DPRK and China, mainly concentrated on Yang Hongzhao, Yang Wenguang and Wei Chaoren.

Yang Hongzhao had rushed back from Suzhou on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, bringing back more than [-] members of the Shenwu Army.

Yang Wenguang and Wei Chaoren also rushed to the capital the next day.

But Li Xingzhou always felt that his eyelids were jumping, not because he had any good ideas, but because of the number of 20. In the Song Dynasty, an army of 20 was beaten by Yelu Dashi.
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