In the autumn of the sixth year of Zhenghe, the Liao Kingdom was assassinated in Liaoyang, where the Liao Kingdom was left behind. The Tokyo general Gao Yongchang launched a rebellion, occupied Tokyo and proclaimed himself emperor. The Liao Kingdom Emperor Yelu Yanxi ordered the Prime Minister of the Southern Prefecture Zhang Lin to organize an army to attack.

For a time, the Liao Kingdom recruited soldiers and gathered troops in the Yanyun area, and made a huge contribution.

At this time, the Song Dynasty made a misjudgment. After receiving an urgent report from Yan Yun's spy, the court thought that the Liao army was gathering to invade south, so the emperor urgently appointed Taiwei Tong Guan as the envoy of Shaanxi and Hebei Xuanfu, "using border affairs to Guan" to deal with the situation in the north.

In late November, Tong Guan immediately led 100,000 elite imperial guards to head north. He immediately ordered the east and west Hebei routes to mobilize the troops of the states to be reserve troops and prepare to follow the army north.

The orders were issued one by one. When Jiang Dadao, the magistrate of Tangyin, received a letter from the magistrate of Xiangzhou, he also received a letter from Tong Guan to him.

Jiang Dadao was Tong Guan's personal military background. Tong Guan sent him to serve as the magistrate of Tangyin with deeper considerations. Although Tong Guan has controlled the military and political power of the Privy Council in recent years, he has made no achievements in civil and political affairs, and the government power is still firmly controlled by Prime Minister Cai Jing.

Tong Guan considered the path of using martial arts to enter politics, sent military generals to work in local prefectures and counties, and then promoted them step by step, and finally broke through Cai Jing's defense line in the court and formed his own power in the court's affairs.

In recent years, Tong Guan has sent 23 confidant generals who are very knowledgeable about Wenmo to serve as officials in Hebei and Shaanxi. Jiang Dadao, who served as the magistrate of Tangyin, was the first group of confidant generals sent by Tong Guan.

In the back hall of the county government office, Jiang Dadao was so anxious that he was in a row. In ten days, Taiwei Tong's army would pass through Tangyin County. Taiwei Tong would inevitably ask about his political achievements, how should he answer?

He once asked Zhou Tong, but Zhou Tong couldn't help him, and he felt even more heartbroken.

Jiang Dadao has been serving as the magistrate of Tangyin County for three years and has just reached the threshold for promotion. He is very clear that this is his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve. If he can show the political achievements that satisfy Taiwei Tong, he can continue to be promoted.

But what kind of political achievements can satisfy Taiwei Tong?

Jiang Dadao had two literary staff members, one was Zhang Qiu and the other was Mo Jun. These two were specially responsible for him to handle various county affairs and miscellaneous affairs. Otherwise, with the little literary in his heart, he would be able to be the magistrate.

These two aides followed the county magistrate to the countryside to check their household registration some time ago. They just came back at noon today. As soon as they came back, they were caught by Jiang Dadao and asked for advice.

Both of them understood the magistrate's thoughts, and Zhang Qiu smiled and suggested: "I sorted out the account list last month and found that since the county magistrate took office, the grain output in Tangyin County has increased by 20% and the tax has increased by 30%. Is this considered a political achievement?"

Tangyin County's biggest advantage is a large grain-producing county, but it has been like this for decades, so it is not his political achievements. Moreover, Anyang County's grain production is greater than Tangyin County, and there are more taxes. It is a bit unpredictable to increase grain production. Moreover, Jiang Dadao knew in his heart that Taiwei Tong didn't want such political achievements.

He shook his head, "The increase in grain production can be mentioned, but it cannot be reported as a major political achievement. You have to think of other ways."

Mo Jun's mind is more flexible than his colleagues. He smiled and said, "I think since Taiwei Tong appointed the county lord to govern the county with Wu, then the county lord should make a fuss about the word "wu."

This suggestion hit the nail on the head. Jiang Dadao suddenly felt enlightened and hurriedly urged: "I'll talk about it in detail!"

Mo Jun stroked his goatee and smiled and said, "Wu is nothing more than two ends, one is Minwu and the other is Shiwu. The county lord has organized five hundred young and strong men to serve as the Xiang army. There are Minwu, but Shiwu does not. I suggest selecting 100 students from the county school to form the Shijun. There are also other prefectures and counties in the Xiang army. However, Shiwu is unique to the county lord. I guess this is what Taiwei Tong wants."

Jiang Dadao patted his forehead repeatedly, and he was confused. Hasn't he just practiced martial arts among scholars over the years? This is his main business for building a versatile civil and military talents, and he actually forgot about it.

No, he had to discuss this matter with Zhou Tong. Although it was dusk and Zhou Tong had finished teaching and returned home, Jiang Zhixian could not wait for a moment, so he immediately set off to find Zhou Tong.

.........

Li Yanqing has been training for five days. Zhou Tong had a long talk with him and suggested that he continue to focus on riding and shooting, especially strengthening strength training, so that his riding and shooting will be transformed from precision to strength.

Although the master did not say it clearly, Li Yanqing knew very well what this choice meant. This was actually the choice of gun and arrow. Instead of both of them being average, it was better to be able to do a skill.

Li Yanqing remembered the teachings of Uncle Yu many years ago. If he wanted to learn real martial arts, he had to practice in depth. He finally accepted the master's plan.

At dusk that day, Li Yanqing and the other four had dinner and were gathering together to discuss the Song and Liao War.

The storm was about to come and the wind filled the building. The news that the war in the Song and Liao dynasties spread throughout the prefectures and counties in Hebei. For a while, people were panicked, and many wealthy merchants considered transferring property to the south.

But by this time the Yongji Canal had frozen, and a large number of private donkey carts and ox carts were temporarily requisitioned, all of which were used to transport military rations and military funds. The Song army launched large-scale inspections at various checkpoints to prevent spies from the Liao Kingdom.

Tangyin County has added a bit of solemnity and patrol soldiers everywhere, and the city gates are strictly inspected. All caravans coming from the north must be thoroughly inspected. If they have an accent in Youyan area, they will be arrested on the spot.

However, even though the situation is tense, the people at the bottom of Tangyin County still live as usual and are not affected by the war situation. For them, the upcoming war is just a topic of chatting in the city after dinner.

"It would be better that a big war breaks out. We can join the army now and massacre those Khitan barbarians!"

Wang Gui rolled up his sleeves. He was most excited about this kind of news, especially since his martial arts practice has been effective, he wished he could immediately wear armor to the battlefield and serve the country.

Tang Huai shook his little fan and said in his unique sarcastic tone: "You can only dream of going to the battlefield in bed at night. Didn't Lao Li say that? This war cannot be fought."

Yue Fei looked at Li Yanqing with a serious look, "Why do you think this battle cannot be fought?"

Li Yanqing knew that the battle between Song and Liao in history would not break out until six years later in Xuanhe, and this time it should be just a false alarm and the war could not be fought.

He smiled slightly and said, "It's winter now, the road is blocked with heavy snow in the north, and the Liao soldiers are simply impossible to go south. After the snow melts next spring, it will be the season for sheep production. The Liao army will not launch a large-scale attack on the south. Season and time are not allowed. More importantly, the Jurchens are eyeing the Liao Kingdom behind the Liao Kingdom. Once a war breaks out between the Song and Liao armies, the Jurchens will take the opportunity to go south and the Liao Kingdom is attacked from both sides. They will not do such stupid things."

Yue Fei pondered for a moment and said, "If the Song army took the initiative to provoke the war and wanted to take the opportunity to recover Yan Yun, as you said before, even the strategic preparation for regaining Yan Yun was tested, I think the court already had this intention."

"It's just an idea to have this idea, and it's actually not realistic."

"Why?" the three of them asked in unison.

Li Yanqing smiled faintly and said, "Fang La's rebellion in Jiangnan is becoming more and more intense, making the court very passive. At this time, hype the Song and Liao War will help divert the attention of the people. I still say the same thing: Fang La will never be destroyed, and the court will not dare to provoke the Song and Liao War for a day."

Tang Huai and Wang Gui gave a thumbs up at the same time, "It's worthy of being Jie Yuan, and I can see it thoroughly!"

Yue Fei nodded silently. Li Yanqing's words made sense. It seems that this war really cannot be fought.

At this time, a loud voice came from outside the door, "Is Yanqing here?"

"It's the master's voice!" Everyone could hear this voice. It was Zhou Tong who came.

The four of them hurriedly walked out, and saw their master Zhou Tong wearing a blue dress, standing outside the gate with his hands on his back. The four of them hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

Zhou Tong smiled and said, "I have something to look for Yanqing, but it has something to do with you, so why not go into the house and talk about it!"

Zhou Tong walked into the dining hall surrounded by four disciples and sat down. Tang Huai hurriedly arranged for Ju Santa to cook tea for his master. Zhou Tong looked at him and smiled, "It seems that your companions have not come back yet?"

Zhou Tong refers to Zhang Xian and Qin Liang. Li Yanqing smiled and said, "After the imperial examination, the two went to the capital together. It seemed that Zhang Ge'er's father had a favor and could arrange for them to go to Kaifeng Prefecture to borrow a study."

"I see!"

Zhou Tong also asked casually. He looked at everyone and smiled and said, "The reason I came to Yanqing is because he is no longer a county student, so he can only ask him to do a favor."

"Master, please say that as long as Yanqing can do it, he will definitely not refuse."
Chapter completed!