Cheng Gui finally met the so-called Tibetan army.

Officials of the Song Dynasty always believed that the Tibetan army was a rabble with poor military discipline. The reason why they went out to fight at the order of the court was firstly because they were afraid of the power of the imperial court, and secondly because of money. Such an army naturally had no fighting capacity.

It can be said that on the battlefield, the boss basically uses it as a consumable.

But the current Hengshan Party Xiang Fanjun made Cheng Gui's eyes go straight.

Xiao Ding swore an oath to go to war, and all the troops under his command were assembled. Cheng Gui, as the representative of the pacifier, finally got a glimpse of Xiao Ding's current strength.

Standing on the hillside, you can have a clear view of the army below.

In the middle is Xiao Ding's headquarters, which is the imperial imperial army of the Song Dynasty with the Guangrui Army and the Dingbian Army as the core. Needless to say, the Guangrui Army is an army that has been tested in the battle with the Liao people.

To this day, Cheng Gui still can't forget the majestic figure when Xiao Dingchu led a portion of Guangrui's army to Yan'an City and remained motionless despite falling snow covering his body. That scene also allowed Cheng Gui to see what a true heroic army is.

During the Miao Shou era, the Dingping Frontier Army was not ranked among the Shaanxi Army armies at all. But now, with a quick glance at the tall figures under the fluttering flag of the Dingping Army, you can understand

I'm afraid this army has been transformed a long time ago and is no longer the same as in the past.

After Xiao Ding took over Dingbian, he vigorously purged and dismissed almost all the officers. Of the nearly 3,000 soldiers, only more than 1,000 were retained in the end. The rest have all become farmers and are currently busy with spring plowing.

Bar.

The result of the large-scale reorganization was not only a brand-new army, but also a rapid increase in Xiao Ding's influence and strength.

If Cheng Gui still thought he had some influence on these two armies, the two Tibetan armies gave him a toothache.

He regrets it so much now.

Originally, in order to show his support for Xiao Ding, Ma Xing petitioned the imperial court to include the Hengshan Tibetan soldiers in the imperial army's salary supply plan. However, as a request made by the pacifier along the way, the imperial court still gave great face to Xiao Ding's request.

There were people in the court, so he passed easily.

But the sudden attack launched by Xiao Ding next made Ma Xing passive and furious. Naturally, Ma Xing refused to give the money to Xiao Ding anymore, and instead swallowed it himself.

Of course, Ma Xing did not put it into his own pocket, but gave the money to other armies.

But looking at the Tibetan army in front of him, Cheng Gui suddenly felt that if he gave them the money, the pacifier could legitimately intervene in the management of the Tibetan army. But now, it seemed that even this last reason was gone.

Cheng Gui was shocked by the two Tibetan armies in front of him.

The left wing is all cavalry.

In his field of vision, it stretched far away, and it seemed that there was no edge. Tuoba Yangwei beside him told him that these were iron kites, with a total of three thousand riders.

"They all have one person and two riders, and the core of them is one person and three riders. But now it is just a troop review, so naturally they only brought one horse." Tuoba said with a proud smile. "We are the best among the hundreds of thousands of party members in Hengshan.

The selected heroes can stay awake for several days, and can easily travel hundreds of miles in one day."

Cheng Gui did not speak, but just looked at the cavalry. The flag of the Iron Kites was a giant eagle flying with wings, its eyes were like lightning, and its claws were like iron. The flag fluttered in the wind, just like countless condors about to spread their wings and fly away.

On the right wing, fluttering in the wind are countless wolf-headed flags with sharp fangs exposed. In the grinning wolf mouth, the sharp fangs are actually red.

Those holding the wolf flag are the Bubazi among the Tibetan soldiers, which is a heavy infantry force.

"Bubazi has a total of 5,000 people, but now only 2,000 people have been given armor. We really don't have the financial resources for the remaining 3,000 people. Cheng Chaofeng must tell Scholar Ma about it when he has the opportunity. No

A, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers must be discounted several times!" Tuoba said with a proud smile.

Cheng Gui's face seemed to be smiling but not smiling. Do you still want money now?

Beautiful thought!

Are the dozens of natural salt lakes in Yanzhou not enough for you to build?

The longer Cheng Gui stayed in Yanzhou, the more painful his heart became.

Because the salt produced in Yanzhou is not just the low-end rough salt that is full of mud and sand, and has a bitter and astringent taste, but a full third of snow salt. And the quality of this snow salt is

Well, this is the only salt that Cheng Gui has seen in his life, and when asked, the price of this kind of salt is only one-third of the snowflake salt on the market.

Cheng Gui naturally eats snowflake salt all the time. He can imagine that the snowflake salt from Yanzhou will soon have a big impact on the salt market in the entire northwest and even the entire Song Dynasty.

And how huge profits these party members will make from it.

We must get back control of Yanzhou! Cheng Gui thought in his heart.

But now that they are going to fight Li Xu, they are the absolute main force, so they really can't offend them, so they can only coax them first and wait until the fight against Li Xu is finished.

But would a scheming guy like Tuoba Yangwei not think of this? How will they respond then?

Cheng Gui's eyes were looking at the army at the foot of the mountain, but his mind was spinning so many times that he didn't hear a word of the impassioned speech Xiao Ding was delivering.

In fact, Xiao Ding didn't say much. With an army of more than 10,000 people, no matter how loud his voice was, not many people could hear him clearly. It was just some motivating slogans. Xiao Ding roared, and then dozens of big men

Then roar in unison again, and finally the whole army roars once, and that's almost what it means.

The sudden shouts of tens of thousands of people shook Cheng Gui's body. Only then did he come back to his senses. The sound of loud drums was already ringing in his ears. When Ding Qing looked at it, one army after another was setting off.

"Cheng Chaofeng!" Xiao Ding turned around, raised his hands and said to Cheng Gui: "My troops are going to go, this time to challenge Li Xu's troops head-on. To be honest, Mr. Xiao doesn't have much confidence in his heart.

The outcome of the decisive battle actually depends on Chaofeng alone. If Yuzang cannot become our ally but becomes our enemy, then Xiao will have no other choice but to flee in confusion. And when the time comes

I am not the only one who is unlucky at that time, I am afraid that the Zhenrong Army will not escape defeat as well."

"Commander, don't worry, Cheng will definitely convince Yu to hide Huama." Cheng Gui said solemnly.

"Okay, as long as Yu hides flowers, the first achievement of this battle will be yours." Xiao Ding said with a smile.

"How dare you compete with the soldiers for credit!"

"No, no, no, the key to this battle lies with you. As long as it succeeds, none of us will be jealous of you Cheng Chaofeng for taking the first victory." Xiao Ding laughed, "This journey will definitely be uneven.

Yes, be careful of the other side's scouts. Tuoba Fenwu, you must protect Cheng Chaofeng's safety."

"Follow your orders!" Tuoba Fenwu Dao said loudly.

"Rendo Zhizhou!" Xiao Ding looked at the white-haired Ren Duozhong again.

"Commander, don't worry. You and Deputy Commander Tuoba will go on an expedition together this time. Ren Duozhong will work hard to ensure the transportation of grain and fodder, and he will do his best in everything!" Ren Duozhong said, stroking his white beard.

If you misunderstand the commander, you will chop off my big head when you come back."

"Okay, everything is ready, all we need is the east wind. Everyone, Xiao is going!" Xiao Ding laughed and galloped away with a group of war horses.

"Everyone, take your leave." Tuoba Yangwei also raised his hand, spurred his horse and whipped his horse, and followed Xiao Ding closely.

This time to attack Li Xu, whether it was Xiao Ding or their Hengshan party members, they really used all their best. This was not only for the emperor and Song Dynasty, for Ma Xing, but also for themselves. Only if they win, will there be a broader

Heaven and earth are for them to ride on.

"Everyone, Cheng will take his leave." Cheng Gui looked at Ren Duozhong, Miao Shou and others, "I'll leave the matter here to you."

"Cheng Chaofeng has a safe journey and has accomplished great feats." Ren Duozhong sincerely congratulated him. In any case, Cheng Gui is worthy of his admiration. Going to rebel against Yu Zanghuama is still very risky, and no one can

I don’t know what this Tibetan nobleman from Qingtang is thinking.

If it succeeds, it will be a miracle, but if it fails, it will be buried in a foreign land.

As a scholar, Cheng Gui dared to do this, which is remarkable in itself.

"Judge Zhang, I still have a few things that I want to discuss with you carefully!" Ren Duozhong glanced left and right, and his eyes fell on Zhang Yuan on the side.

After everything stabilized in Yanzhou, the big boss of Hengshan Trading also became the judge of Yanzhou. As Ren Duozhong's deputy, he entered the core layer of this group from the official level in a serious manner.

"It just so happens that I have a few things to report to the magistrate!" Zhang Yuan smiled and handed over his hands. The two of them got on their horses and rode away together. They ignored Miao Shou who was still there.

The Yanzhou officials who came to see him off, or the officials from Shentangbao in Dingbian City, all tacitly formed their own gangs and left. In the blink of an eye, there was only a solitary Miao left.

Wow, it looks so desolate.

After Xiao Ding, Tuoba Yangwei and others left, Ren Duozhong became the top person in charge.

Of course, Ren Duozhong also knows very well where his position should be. In terms of his importance in their small group, Zhang Yuanke is more important than him.

More importantly, Zhang Yuan's experience in how to make a state run normally is much better than Ren Duozhong. It is naturally impossible to manage a state using the same method of managing tribes. What's more, now

The real area under their jurisdiction also includes Dingbian Town and its surrounding areas.

"We must do our best to ensure spring plowing. There must be no delay in this." Inside the magistrate's office, Zhang Yuan talked eloquently: "There are still gaps in seeds, and people have been sent to buy them. However, the war in the northwest is ongoing, and I am afraid the price will be

It’s going to skyrocket. In Renduo Zhizhou, there are still fewer oxen that can plow. In the future, we need to train calves more. Oxen are used to plow the fields, as they are much more durable than horses."

A large amount of land reclamation has brought about a shortage of large livestock. There is no shortage of cattle in the Hengshan Mountains, but there are not so many cattle that are trained to pull plows and plow the fields. The biggest function of the Dangxiang people in raising cattle is to eat.

"That's right, I didn't think of this problem earlier." Renduo nodded repeatedly: "But we still need to mobilize more experienced farmers from Dingbian City and Shentangbao. So much wasteland has been reclaimed this year, and many people are still interested in farming.

As a layman, you must not make any mistakes in sowing seeds this spring, otherwise you will be finished in one year."

"Don't worry. Youngest Zhu has already arranged this matter. About a hundred experienced farmers will come over soon. Although these lands are raw land, as long as they are taken care of carefully, the harvest will not necessarily be bad.

After all, we have thought of many ways to improve fertilizers."

"Food is the foundation of everything!" Ren Duozhong sighed: "If we don't want to be choked by others, we have to find ways to be self-sufficient in food. This year, a total of nearly 100,000 party members have been mobilized to go down to the mountains to farm. I hope that by the end of autumn, we can

Have a good harvest."

"You don't have to count on it this year." Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "It is a great achievement that these 100,000 people can feed themselves this year. In previous years, didn't we have to buy all the food for 100,000 people? No need to buy it, that's it

A great achievement."

"That's true."

"As long as the battle ahead goes smoothly, there will be no shortage of anything this year." Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "If we can occupy the surrounding area of ​​Xingqing Mansion in one fell swoop, then life will be even better next year. Governor Renduo, we still need to mobilize
To be continued...