Monument Yangmen

Chapter 707
Seven days later.

Zhao Guangyi's dragon drove to Youzhou.

Cao Bin, who had been notified by the eunuch in advance, had already prepared to meet him, waiting for Zhao Guangyi's arrival.

However, Zhao Guangyi's Long Chuan walked past him, not paying any attention to him at all.

Under the protection of a large number of guards, the huge dragon rushed into the barracks in a rampage.

Cao Bin and other soldiers who greeted Zhao Guangyi respectfully were left alone.

The scene looked awkward.

Cao Bin's old face was a little uncomfortable.

Zhao Pu's sedan chair creaked and landed in front of Cao Bin, and he lifted the curtain of the sedan chair. Zhao Pu said to Cao Bin indifferently: "Your Majesty is very dissatisfied with the progress of your war, think about it for yourself..."

After leaving this sentence, Zhao Pu lowered the sedan chair curtain and was carried into the barracks.

When did Cao Bin suffer such humiliation, his face turned green and pale, it was so ugly.

He is no longer the Cao Bin of the past, and the Cao family is not the Cao family of the past.

Today's Cao family has left the time to ask Zhao Guangyi for wealth.

The Cao family who secretly controls Dali is a feudal family that is not allowed to be in the Zhe family, and its wealth has even far surpassed the Zhe family.

If Cao Bin didn't want to put his eggs in two baskets, why would he suffer such humiliation.

Yang Qi and Zhao Defang arrived late on horseback.

Zhao Defang wanted to win over Cao Bin, so when he saw Cao Bin being humiliated, he immediately put on a look of compassion, "Private Envoy Cao, you have been wronged..."

Cao Bin glanced at Zhao Defang unexpectedly, then cupped his hands lightly and said, "Thank you, Baxian King, for your comfort. This old minister is His Majesty's servant, and his ineffectiveness. Your Majesty didn't reprimand this old minister, which is already a kindness."

Zhao Defang hit a soft nail in front of Cao Bin, and his face was a little ugly.

Yang Qi patted Zhao Defang's shoulder to comfort him.

After the gloomy Zhao Defang walked away, Yang Qi winked at his old father-in-law and said, "Old Taishan, you are now a landlord with a big family and a big business, why should you wrong yourself so much?"

Facing Yang Qi, Cao Bin didn't have a good face. He gave Yang Qi a hard look, and said sarcastically: "The meager family property of the old man is not enough for a tiger to search for it. The little family property of the old man is not enough. It's comparable to Huhou."

Cao Bin had resentment towards Yang Qi in his heart.

Yang Qi knew the source of the resentment.

After Yang Qi helped the Cao family take Dali back then, he had discussed some terms with Cao Bin.

These include opening a Nanguo money bank in Dali, and using part of the Dali copper mine to research weapons.

The seemingly simple two things made the Cao family miserable.

Let’s talk about the Nanguo Money Bank first, how terrifying is the ability of the Nanguo Money Bank to absorb money, just look at Yang Qi’s establishment of the Nanguo and the Northwest Four Prefectures in just a few years, and the two places have been continuously under construction, and the funds have never been cut off. chain, it is not difficult to see.

For example, the capital branch of the Nanguo Money Bank in the Liao Kingdom opened only about a year and a half ago, and it absorbed enough money to support hundreds of thousands of troops for expeditions.

Dali's Nanguo Money Bank also has such a terrifying ability to absorb money.

After the Cao family occupied Dali and discovered that Dali was rich in gold and copper mines, they tried every means to get a large number of laborers to mine, smelt, and finally make gold and copper ingots.

then……

Then the people of the Cao family saw the frenzied scene.

The Nanguo Money Bank is like a huge gold-swallowing beast, attracting those merchants, rich households, etc., to store a large amount of gold in the money bank.

In the end, the members of the Cao family discovered that the speed at which they dug gold mines could not keep up with the speed at which Nanguo Money Bank absorbed gold.

Not only that, after seeing the convenience of saving money in the Nanguo Money Bank, some of the offshoots of the Cao family and members of the same family also deposited their money in the Nanguo Money Bank.

Seeing that the gold and silver that had been unearthed with great difficulty were sent to Nanguo Money Bank and exchanged for pieces of paper, Cao Bin wanted to cry.

Although Cao Bin doesn't understand the operation of the money bank, he knows one thing clearly.

Once one day, the Dali branch of Nanguo Money Bank suddenly disappeared, and the money stored in it also disappeared.

It would be fine if only Nanguo Money Bank sucked money.

Yang Qi set up a weapons workshop in Dali, and there were piles of copper used.

And only in and out.

If Cao Bin and Yang Qi hadn't made a covenant and tried their best to restrain the troops of the Cao family in Dali, they probably would have rushed into the weapon workshop and leveled it.

If Yang Qi hadn't tactfully withdrawn the weapon workshop some time ago, Cao Bin probably couldn't bear it anymore.

In short, the Cao family seemed to occupy the wealthy Dali, but they helped Yang Qi earn a lot of money for a long time.

This is the source of Cao Bin's resentment towards Yang Qi.

Looking at Cao Bin's eyes that wanted to eat him in one bite, Yang Qi grinned even more happily, "Old Taishan, didn't you just take up a little of your money. Don't be so stingy, I will give you some advice when I have a chance. Keeping your Cao family will get you more than now..."

When Cao Bin heard this, he was obviously taken aback. He glanced left and right, and seeing that they were all his own, he asked in a low voice, "Now tell me..."

Yang Qi rolled his eyes and said, "There are so many people with mixed eyes..."

After being reminded by Yang Qi, Cao Bin also knew that he was a bit big-hearted.

Although they are surrounded by their own people, no one can guarantee that there will be no traitors among their own people.

However, Cao Bin cannot be blamed for this, because Cao Bin is well aware of how tempting Yang Qi's idea is.

Hold back the greed in your heart.

Cao Bin asked in a low voice: "The old man sees you and Zhao Defang mingling, are you plotting something?"

Yang Qi said indifferently: "I didn't plot anything..."

Cao Bin obviously didn't believe Yang Qi, he reminded Yang Qi in a low voice, "I advise you not to think of His Majesty, if His Majesty really gets angry, we will all be buried with him."

Yang Qi glanced at Cao Bin and said with a sneer, "You should take care of yourself first. Zhao Guangyi is holding his breath in his heart because it is not good for you to conquer the Liao Kingdom this time. If you don't do things according to his wishes, I don't think I will be needed." If you get involved, he will kill you first."

Cao Bin didn't care a bit about what Yang Qi said.

With Cao Bin's status today, Zhao Guangyi really can't kill him if he wants to.

At most dismissed from office and resigned.

How could Cao Bin really care?

Cao Bin waved his hands carelessly, and asked Yang Qi again in a low voice, "Can you tell me, you have been tinkering with it for nearly a year, what exactly have you tinkered with?"

Yang Qi was silent for a moment, then sighed: "You will see it sooner or later. All in all, for you, it is something that you can love and hate at the same time."

It was fine if Yang Qi didn't say anything, but when he explained, Cao Bin felt itchy.

He asked repeatedly, but Yang Qi ignored him.

Of course, Cao Bin's questioning of Yang Qi didn't last long.

Zhao Guangyi soon sent someone to the Chinese army and summoned Cao Bin to question him.

Cao Bin naturally did not dare to refuse the emperor's call.

The Chinese military tent belonging to Cao Bin has long been occupied by Zhao Guangyi.

Cao Bin and Yang Qi entered the account successively.

After entering the account, I saw a group of civil servants sitting there upright as clay bodhisattvas.

The generals of the Chinese army had no place to sit at all.

It can be seen from this that Zhao Guangyi's attitude of praising civil servants and suppressing generals is already obvious.

After Cao Bin entered the big tent, he led his subordinates and knelt down on one knee to salute Zhao Guangyi.

"The old minister sees His Majesty."

"My ministers, see your Majesty."

"..."

Zhao Guangyi stood in front of the dragon chair with his hands behind his back, stared at Cao Bin deeply, and asked in a cold voice: "Cao Bin, your ineffectiveness in fighting caused the army to be blocked in Youzhou City for more than a month. You can be convicted."

Cao Bin was very unwilling to plead guilty, but under the threat of Zhao Guangyi's cold eyes, he slowly lowered his head and said unwillingly: "I am guilty..."

"Humph!"

Zhao Guangyi snorted coldly and said, "From today onwards, you are still the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, but I will take back the command of the Chinese army. Since you are incapable of taking Youzhou City, then I will come in person."

"I would like to listen to His Majesty's orders."

"..."

After Zhao Guangyi deprived Cao Bin of his command, he ordered the whole army to rest for a day.

Each commander has its unique combat characteristics.

Cao Bin likes to break power with ingenuity.

Zhao Guangyi prefers to crush with a large army.

The tactics used are different, and the formations used are naturally different.

Even the layout of the camp is also different.

However, from Zhao Guangyi to Youzhou, and the changes after taking over the military power, Han Derang on the top of the city has seen all the changes.

Han Derang turned around slowly, beat his chest with one hand, bowed to Brother Yeluxiu who was sitting in the gate tower, and said, "My lord, how did Song Jun sing this?"

Six days ago, Brother Yeluxiu arrived in Youzhou City.

His performance was far less domineering than Zhao Guangyi.

As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, although Brother Yeluxiu arrived in Youzhou City, he did not deprive Han Derang of his command.

Instead, tell Han Derang to let him do it boldly.

All in all, Brother Yeluxiu is more like a spectator.

From entering the city to the present, he has not mixed a word in commanding operations.

If Han Derang didn't take the initiative to ask, I'm afraid Brother Yeluxiu wouldn't say anything.

Hearing Han Derang's question, Brother Yeluxiu smiled slightly, and said: "The Emperor Song has arrived, and with Emperor Song's temperament, his left and right flanks are as fierce as tigers, but the central army is repeatedly blocked, he must be very unwilling.

Therefore, if the king's guess is correct, Emperor Song should have seized Cao Bin's military power and was going to go into battle naked. "

Han Derang frowned slightly, "Emperor Song actually wants to go to battle in person, based on the prince's understanding of Emperor Song, how should the old minister deal with it?"

Brother Yeluxiu glanced at Han Derang, pondered for a moment, and said with a smile: "Song Emperor prefers to overwhelm people with power, so in every next battle, the Song Army will definitely go all out.

Tell your people not to hide in the city and enjoy leisure, it's time to go to the city. "

Han Derang nodded slowly, and said: "The old minister understands."

Immediately, Han De gave up the city gate building to dispatch troops.

When Han Derang was fighting Cao Bin before, the two of them were more like a game, and neither side went all out in the battle.

What two people fight is wisdom, and what they fight is strategy.

Now it's Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Guangyi wants to go all out to fight bravely, Han Derang can only deal with it in another way.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were pulled up to the city wall by Handerang.

For a while, the city wall was full of voices.

……

The next day.

When the sky was bright, the Song Army, which had rested for a day, under the command of Zhao Guangyi, 70 soldiers and horses came out together, and pressed against Youzhou City in darkness.

Zhao Guangyi was riding a tall horse with golden armor on the horse's back.

The maids followed him with canopies and screen fans, and the guards surrounded Zhao Guangyi.

Zhao Guangyi was so flirtatious as if he was afraid that others would not know that he was the emperor.

Yang Qi just glanced at it, pursed his lips, and was no longer interested in looking at Zhao Guangyi.

Yang Qi cast his eyes on the faces of the soldiers of the Forbidden Army.

I have to admit that the emperor's presence on the battlefield was indeed a great encouragement to the soldiers.

The officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army held their heads up high and their fighting spirit high.

Even Cao Bin, the commander-in-chief, was wearing a suit of armor, ready to go into battle to kill the enemy.

"war!"

"war!"

"..."

Zhao Guangyi gave an order, and with the help of the guards, his order was conveyed to the whole army.

Thousands of big drums beat at the same time, and the sound of the drums shook the sky.

"Enter!"

"Shhhh~"

The 70 soldiers of the imperial army formed one after another black and dense squares and pressed towards Youzhou City.

That huge lineup of troops, just looking at it, made the scalps of the Liao soldiers on the top of the city go numb.

Many of them probably have never seen such a huge scene in their life.

Seeing that the morale of the Liao army fluctuated greatly, Han Derang was anxious, but he couldn't think of a way to improve morale.

He was not as practical as Yang Qi, and he dared to go out of the city to charge and kill a wave when the army was overwhelming.

Brother Yeluxiu, who had been watching the match, seemed to see Han Derang's embarrassment.

He took two steps forward slightly, looked at the soldiers of the Great Song Imperial Army outside the city, and sighed: "It really is a strong army! If this king has this strong army in his hands, he still needs to use tricks to win. ?
The state of Song was indeed rich and prosperous.Such a rich place is in the hands of a waste like Zhao Guangyi, which is a waste.

If my Daliao masters the land of Song State, who can be my enemy. "

After sighing, Brother Yeluxiu looked at the anxious Handerang, and said calmly: "Go and give the order, sound the horn. The soldiers of my Daliao have never been afraid of war, let alone a tyrannical enemy."

"Horror?"

Han Derang was obviously a little confused.

In the Song Dynasty, orders were delivered by drums, and in the Daliao Dynasty by the sound of trumpets.

There are many kinds of commands.

But Han Derang didn't know which one was more appropriate at this time.

Brother Yeluxiu glanced at Han Derang lightly, and said coldly: "Death battle order!"

"Fight against the wall, put it to death and survive. This is the culture of your Han people."

Han Derang stood up for a while, and said solemnly: "The old minister understands, and the old minister will let someone pass the order."

Following Han Derang's military order, it was passed to the trumpeter.

Thousands of trumpeters, holding huge horns, began to blow their cheeks.

The mighty and powerful sound of the trumpet shocked the Liao army, who was immersed in the might of the imperial army of the Song Dynasty.

"Death order?"

An order that was beyond the expectations of all the Liao army.

With the continuous tactful sound of the horn.

The Liao army slowly recovered their fighting spirit.

Death War Orders are generally rarely used.

But once it appears, it represents a determination, a determination to fight to the death.

Does the Liao army have the determination to fight to the death?

Have!
If they didn't have the heart to fight to the death, why would the Liao people occupy such a huge territory?
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