No shortage of walls

The Ministry of War received the letter of indemnity from the Liao Kingdom. Ye Zhisheng, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and Qiu Ying hurried to the study to ask for the order.

Song Xing read the credentials once. He said:"The Liao Kingdom has agreed to compensate so quickly. It is up to the two of you to discuss this matter. Just say that I am young and it is useless to ask for beautiful women. I want him to pay two to three hundred thousand taels of silver. I must make the Liao Kingdom let down its guard. At that time Only by attacking Liao can we catch more than 20,000 of my soldiers by surprise and kill more than 20,000 of my soldiers. Can we just pay for it? This matter was carried out quietly. I asked Jin Chuan not to say anything."

Ye Zhisheng cupped his hands and said:"Your Majesty!"

Song Xing said:"Get out. Come on. Let Lu Zhi come in."

Ye Zhisheng and Qiu Ying bowed their hands and walked out. Lu Zhi came in after a while. He cupped his hands and said:"Your Majesty!"

Song Xing said:"Send someone to ask Liu Gongquan of Liu State to come over. I will wait for them here."

Lu Zhi cupped his hands and said:"I obey the order!"

Half an hour passed. Liu Gongquan of the Liu Kingdom came in. After seeing the ceremony, Song Xing threw the Liao Kingdom's certificate of indemnity to them.

Two people have seen it. Liu Guo raised his hands and asked,"What do you mean, Your Majesty?"

Song Xing smiled and said,"I want to beat him in advance."Now that the Liao Kingdom is willing to compensate, secondly, the military will boil the people's resentment; I have asked the Ministry of War to discuss compensation with the Liao Kingdom, and make sure the Liao Kingdom puts down its guard. You should step up your exploration of the Liao Kingdom's terrain, mountains, and military deployment. After the compensation is completed, , Ask the Ministry of Rites to give the Liao Kingdom a letter of credence to discuss business matters in the next year.

Liu Gongquan cupped his hands and said,"I obey the order!" Song

Xing said:"Liu Guo, please pay attention to the courtyard of the ministers of the court. Since everyone does not want to live in the courtyard of the dirty officials in the past, it might as well be demolished and rebuilt."

Liu Guo cupped his hands and said,"Return to your Majesty!" That's almost it. Song

Xing nodded and said,"The barbarians in the north are fine. How about sending troops from the north to build workshops?""

Liu Guo thought for a while and said:"There should be no problem in recruiting 10,000 or 20,000 people. It's hot and it's easier for soldiers to stay.

Song Xing said:"Then you go ahead and do it."

Liu Guodao:" I obey the order!"

Song Xing said:"Go!""

The two of them handed over and retreated.

Song Xing said to Lu Zhi:"Go and inform Song Yu. I'm afraid that the Liao people will send spies to the capital to inquire about the news. Let him share the pressure of Liu Gongquan. You can find any reason to impose martial law in the imperial city. As long as there is Liao Kingdom, Spy, kill me."

Lu Zhi handed over his hands and retreated.

Song Yu received the imperial edict and only said that the imperial city was under martial law. There was no reason, so he ordered people to check it carefully. It should be noted that Song Yu's murderousness was rare in the world; as soon as the news came out , all the spies in the city were too frightened to move.

Song Yu ordered his subordinates to start investigating one by one from beginning to end, according to the name list of Jingzhao Prefecture, in order to catch the grass and scare the snake. Naturally, there was someone behind the scenes.

Ye Zhisheng got the imperial edict, offered a huge sum of 400,000 taels of silver, told Liu Jingyun the emperor's intention, and asked Liu Jingyun to sit in Qingzhou Pass to discuss it in person. Liu Jingyun was very happy when he knew the emperor's intention; Song Ru rebelled against the Song Dynasty, and he was the one who died. The hatred in the hearts of the subordinates is difficult to calm down; they are now fully aware of the emperor's plan. Knowing that if they ask for too little, the other party will not be able to let down their guard. For the convenience of the attack, they are all old Jianghu, won't there be trouble between the two sides ? After more than a month of back and forth, we finished the job with 250,000 taels.

On July 15th, the 250,000 taels of silver arrived at Qingzhou Pass. On

August 13th, Song Xing asked the Ministry of Rites to send a letter to the Liao Kingdom to discuss business next year. The letter of credence was given to the Liao Kingdom.

It seemed that the hatred between the two countries was over.

After Liu Chengwen returned to the court, he rested for a few days and began to sell large and small treasures and crystals everywhere!

By October, the border customs had begun to prepare for the slaughter of sheep. At that time,

Chang Sheng led 25,000 soldiers south and attacked Qingzhou Pass.

Liu Jingyun had been waiting for a long time.

Liu Jingyun led his troops to greet him. He said:"General Chang arrived two days ago, and the prefect of Dingzhou took all the sweet potatoes from Guan Tian. When the shipment arrived, it contained more than 100,000 kilograms. The soldiers rested for two days and then went to attack the Liao Kingdom and capture the Song Rudog thief alive. Kill all the dogs and kings of Liao Emperor!

Chang Sheng said:"Okay!" Have the magic soldiers sent by the emperor arrived?"

Liu Jingyun said:"We have already arranged it on the wall. There are more than 10,000 wooden arrows and 200 large arrows with arrowheads. The emperor's decree has arrived to capture the Liao border pass. The powerful crossbows and big arrows all belong to the general. The last general will lead his troops to follow, leaving only three thousand people to guard the pass. The food sergeants of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households have been prepared, and the reinforcements will arrive during the Chinese New Year.

Chang Sheng said:"The Liao Kingdom is said to be a big country, and its military strength is only 60,000. You and I have an army of 45,000 soldiers, which is enough!""

Liu Jingyun said:"The backup army has two purposes. One is to support, and the other is to harvest green cane. At the end of the day, the general received an imperial edict saying that green cane can be made into something called white sugar. Although it is not as good as honey, it is very good. Convenience, then the Liao country has many thin bamboos and hollow bamboos. Bamboo bottles that can be used as toothpaste and facial cream must not be damaged too much. The Liao Kingdom also belongs to our Song Dynasty. Chang Sheng said:"

But what the imperial edict said?" Liu Jingyun said:"

No." It was from Lord Liu Gongquan's letter last month that he had sent spies from neighboring countries to Liao. He knew clearly that Lord Liu's spies were coming back from Sui. We had careful military information, so Lord Liu asked us to wait for two more days.

Chang Sheng said:"In that case, then wait for him.""

On the seventh day of October, a spy from the Ministry of National Security arrived. He was fat and short, about twenty-four or five years old. He looked like an upstart who had made a fortune, with a round face. At first glance, he seemed to be slightly depressed. He smiled, and looked like he knew everyone very well. His name was Qiu Yingda, and he was a fourth-level spy. When we met and checked the token code, we stopped being polite and showed a picture.

The Liao Kingdom was a bit like a quadrilateral, with Song Dynasty to the west. The country is a pass with Qingzhou Pass, bordering Sui State to the north, Yue State to the east, and Dajiang to the south. There are only four major states. Below Qingzhou Pass is Jizhou, to the north of Jizhou is Xuzhou, to the north of Xuzhou is Huizhou, and to the east of Xuzhou is the Imperial Palace. , east of Huizhou and north of the imperial palace is Dazhou.

The land of the Liao Kingdom is fertile. There are many hills in the country. Although they are not high, they are very convenient for ambushes. They are rich in rice, and the yield is extremely high. The sugar cane in the mountains is crisp and sweet, and there are many green bamboos on the mountains. There are flowers and fruits on the mountain all year round, but the only thing is that there is no salt well, and you have to buy salt from foreign countries.

It is really a capable spy. Even the topography, the generals guarding the city, and the number of soldiers, there are some data that seem to be true.

However, , Qiu Yingda said:"But! This was the number of people half a month ago. Now that you are here, I don’t know what they have mobilized. The main reason is that they can’t get through the pass. Moreover, the number of troops is not the legendary 60,000, but 120,000; they have not increased the number yet. The Imperial City Forbidden Army and the City Guard Army were raised. It is estimated that the total strength of the Liao Kingdom should be around 160,000 troops. Liu

Jingyun was shocked. If the opponent had an army of 160,000, his own army of more than 40,000 would be too few.

Liu Jingyun asked:"The number of Liao troops is 160,000?" Didn’t you say the army is 60,000? Thirty thousand imperial troops to defend the city? A total of 90,000 people riding?"