Wanyan Sheng walked a few steps behind his hands and said slowly: "I don't plan to rescue Goryeo for the time being, what do you think?"

"Is the wolf master worried that the rescue would not be successful, but he was trapped in it?"

Wanyan Sheng nodded, "Goryeo is all mountainous, which is not conducive to cavalry fighting. The Song army is good at defending the city, and there are naval troops outside to respond. I am indeed worried that the rescue will fail and the loss of tens of thousands of troops will affect morale, which will not be worth the loss."

Wanyan Zongwang knew that since the Wolf Lord said this, he actually gave up Goryeo.

He pondered for a moment and said, "I'm afraid that the Song army will take Goryeo and our pig iron supply will be cut off."

"Isn't there any mines in Liaoyang Prefecture? Instead of relying on Goryeo, it's better to rely on yourself."

Wanyan Zongwang nodded and asked again: "What should I do if the grassland alliance?"

"What else can I do? I just think they are a group of mobs, each with their own plans, and cannot make the climate."

After pausing, Wanyan Zongwang suggested again: "Since the wolf master is not ready to rescue Goryeo, it is better to transfer another 50,000 troops to Linhuang Mansion to compete with the coalition forces of the tribes of the grassland."

"Can!"

Wanyan Sheng agreed, "This plan can be implemented."

Although the alliance between the tribes on the grassland can be underestimated strategically, it cannot be taken lightly in tactical terms. The 30,000 troops in Linhuang Mansion are too few, and it is best to increase it to 80,000.

At this time, a guard outside the tent reported, "General Wushu asked for a meeting urgently!"

"Let him in!"

After a moment, Wanyan Zongbing quickly walked into the king's tent and knelt down on one knee to report: "Just just got the news that hundreds of thousands of people from the Khitan Yelu tribe and the Xiren Sugu tribe have moved westward."

"What!"

Wanyan Sheng's eyes widened. Over the past year, the Khitan and the Xi tribe continued to move westward. For this reason, the Jin Kingdom closely monitored the Yelu tribe of the Khitan and the Sugu tribe of the Xi people.

These two tribes are their largest tribes, each with hundreds of thousands of people. Once they move westward, it means that the slave army of the Jin Kingdom will disappear, which will greatly damage the Jin Kingdom's vitality.

Needless to say, these two major tribes must have gone to Yelu Dashi of Xiliao. Wanyan Sheng was furious and immediately said to Wanyan Zongbi: "You lead 30,000 troops to chase them. If you refuse to come back, kill me!"

"Abide by the order!"

Wanyan Zongbi gave a bow and left in a hurry.

Wanyan Sheng took a few steps behind his hands and said to Wanyan Zongwang: "To strengthen intelligence monitoring of the Song Dynasty, we must always understand the Song Dynasty's every move."

In the past few days, the whole city of Bianliang has been talking about the news of recruitment. The Privy Council issued an order to recruit 300,000 troops from various places, which was divided into various states and Kaifeng Prefecture assigned an indicator of 10,000 people. At the beginning, the government thought it was a tricky thing, but soon, the recruitment became a popular resource, and many people even asked for favors to go through relationships.

The treatment for this recruitment is indeed very attractive. The recruitment contract is a two-year period, with a monthly salary of 8 jin of coins. When the term expires, he will be given 50 jin of coins at a time. If he dies, he will still receive a pension of 300 jin. The parents of the fallen soldiers will receive five dou of rice per month for their lifetime, and they will also receive corresponding pensions for their disabilities. If they make military achievements, they will also receive land rewards.

Such treatment is undoubtedly extremely attractive to devastated areas such as Central Plains and Hebei. Although Kaifeng Prefecture only recruited 10,000 troops, more than 100,000 registered people, so that the strongest and best young people can join the army.

Not only Kaifeng Prefecture, but also other prefectures and prefectures are the same, and the registration is extremely enthusiastic. This time the recruitment was also recruited 30,000 Qiang cavalry in Hexi, Xihe, Xiazhou and Lingzhou areas.

In just ten days, the recruitment of 300,000 soldiers attracted millions of people to recruit, and Li Yanqing finally decided to expand the number of recruits to 400,000.

The reason why such generous recruitment conditions were offered was that the previous fundraising amount exceeded 100 million yuan, so not only did the treatment of new recruits increase, but the treatment of veterans also increased.

At the same time, the silver price continued to fall. The official silver price was adjusted from the previous one to five to one to three, one tael of silver and three guan coins. The silver price in the black market also fell to the same price. The court's new Huizi was also officially issued, divided into three types: Yiguan, five guan and ten guan coins. The court used 10 million taels of silver and one million taels of gold as collateral, issued 60 million taels of silver and 20 million taels of gold and recovered 20 million iron coins.

In late September, Li Yanqing received the third battle report from Zhang Shun to Goryeo. The Song army had captured Nanjing, Quanzhou, Gongzhou, Buzhou and Tokyo in Goryeo, and at the same time captured the largest iron and copper mine and smelting base in Goryeo, and seized 50 million kilograms of pig iron and nearly 20 million kilograms of thick copper.

In the official room, Li Yanqing handed Zhang Shun's report to Fan Zhixu and Gao Shen, "Zhang Shun hopes to increase his troops to Goryeo again with 30,000 more troops. There is enough food supply there, so we don't need to provide military rations, we just need the army."

After reading the report, Fan Zhixu didn't finish it for a long time. Of course, he understood the significance of Li Yanqing's proposal to increase troops. He originally opened up a channel to attack the Jin Kingdom from the east, but now he wanted to occupy the entire Goryeo, and the nature was completely different.

Gao Shen laughed and said, "During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty's territory was north of the Han River. Lelang County and Daofang County were established at that time. If we consider the view of restoring the territory of the Han Dynasty, it would be completely reasonable to occupy part of the land of Goryeo."

Fan Zhixu shook his head and said, "I'm not saying that I can't occupy Goryeo's land. I'm thinking about how to occupy it for a long time. If it's just a simple occupation, if something happens to the Central Plains and Goryeo returns to its original appearance, it's no different from the Han and Tang dynasties."

Fan Zhixu took a few steps and said to Li Yanqing: "I suggest that you can learn from the Han Dynasty's order to promote grace, use the method of feudalism to divide Goryeo into dozens of small countries, then promote Chinese and Confucianism, immigrate in a planned manner, and then gradually erode Goryeo will no longer exist."

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment, "But the existence of the army in the past 20 or 30 years is necessary. This time, I expanded the enrollment of 100,000 troops, which is actually to consider the future garrison in Goryeo, Jin and other places."

"I have no objection to this plan. I wonder when the governor will increase his troops?"

Li Yanqing smiled faintly, "In fact, I have increased my troops!"

Li Yanqing had already assembled 30,000 troops in Dengzhou in advance, led by the commander-in-chief Niu Gao. When 400 ships coming to transport troops arrived in Dengzhou again, the 30,000 troops immediately boarded the ship and went out to sea.

On the first day of October, the fleet arrived at Jianghua Island, the naval base of the Song army. Jianghua Island is a large island outside the sea of ​​Kaijing. Within an radius of 800 miles, all the fishermen on the island have moved away. The entire island has become the naval base of the Song army. All warships are anchored on the east side of the island. There is a strait of more than 30 miles wide between this place and the land. It is also an extremely excellent natural port. It only takes one hour to get to the entrance of the Chengjiang River. If a special situation occurs, the Song army can also retreat to Jianghua Island in time.

At present, Jianghua Island has been given to the Song Dynasty by King Wang Kai of Goryeo as a gift of thanks, so this large island has actually become a maritime enclave of the Song Dynasty on the Goryeo Peninsula. The generals of the army unanimously agreed to rename it Dong'an Island.

Zhang Shun was preparing to build Dong'an County on the island in the name of building a military city, and could send the garrison's family members here to live.

When Niu Gao arrived at Dong'an Island, Zhang Shun had been waiting for him on the island for a long time.

A small boat approached Niu Gao's boat. On the boat was Zhang Shun and Ruan Xiaoer. They got on the big boat. Everyone hugged each other tightly. Zhang Shun smiled and said, "I'm afraid there is no time to let General Niu go to the island to rest!"

"How do you say this?"

Zhang Shun waved his hand, "Let's go to the cabin to have a detailed discussion!"

The three of them walked into the cabin, Zhang Shun spread a Goryeo map on the table and said to Niu Gao: "Just yesterday, our scout in Xinyizhou sent a pigeon letter. Li Ziqian led a 40,000 army to Kaijing and rushed to Kaijing. It is estimated that he will arrive at Kaijing at noon tomorrow."

Niu Gao frowned, "Why did he suddenly come?"

Zhang Shun smiled and said, "There are two reasons. One is that the Jin Kingdom rejected Li Ziqian's request for help. The other is more important. There are only 15,000 Song troops in the capital."

Niu Gao was even more puzzled, "Isn't it an army of 50,000?"

"The Song army swept across the entire territory of Goryeo, with 30,000 troops stationed in various parts of Goryeo, and there were another 5,000 troops on Dong'an Island, so there were only 15,000 Song army left in the capital. Li Ziqian thought this was an opportunity, so he led a large army to fight back in an attempt to seize Kaijing."

Niu Gao nodded, "I understand, what about?"

Zhang Shundao: "This army did not carry food and supplies. Each soldier only brought dry food for seven days. If they could not conquer Kaijing within two days, they would have to retreat to Xinyizhou and perhaps go directly to the Jin Kingdom."

Niu Gao took a few steps and said with a smile: "General Zhang asked us to take a boat north directly, take Xinyizhou, and block the Yalu River?"

“That’s right!”

"Is it time to go?" Niu Gao asked the most critical question.

"It should be time!"

Ruan Xiaoer next to him said: "We have calculated that it will take about three days from Dong'an Island to the mouth of Yalu River, including taking down Xinyizhou. A total of three and a half days is enough. It will take six days for the enemy to arrive in Kaijing and return to Xinyizhou. There are no ships along the Yalu River, only two pontoon bridges. As long as these two pontoon bridges are destroyed, the enemy will not be able to defect to the Jin Kingdom."

Niu Gao glanced at Ruan Xiaoer and smiled and said, "General Ruan is going with me?"

Ruan Xiaoer nodded, "I will take Niu Dutong to Xinyi City as a guide. In addition, I will be responsible for destroying the pontoon bridge!"
Chapter completed!