Duan Huaixian acted very decisively. As soon as he returned to Lumei City, he ordered Wang Tongdeng and Zhao Xingde to return to China.

Zhao Xingde went to say goodbye to Li Yong. He and Liu Zhiyuan had already led the caravan to set off, leaving only a letter telling Zhao Xingde to contact through the Fuhai Xing Post Office. If the caravan succeeded, he would hand over the profits the soldiers should make to Zhao Xingde through the Fuhai Pin. Li Yong also said that the scale of the caravan trafficking of treasure goods would become larger and larger, and advised Zhao Xingde to invest the money he earned as capital, and cooperated with Chen Dong to spread the treasure goods business widely in the Song Dynasty. Zhao Xingde showed Li Yong's letter to Xiaowei Duan and other soldiers, and the soldiers also had great hope.

On the day of leaving, in order to avoid trouble, Duan Huaixian only brought three marching Sima to see him off. Later, the Xia merchants in Lumei City complained to Chen Xizhai, why did they not let everyone see him off? After learning about this, the Crown Prince John Komuning of the Lumei was relieved. After receiving the guarantee from the Xia envoy Chen Xizhai and Duan Huaixian, he quickly devoted all his energy to the struggle to consolidate the position of the crown prince. Because his mother was in a difficult situation, Natalia Komuning of Manshul was alienated from Manshul. However, it is said that the envoy of King Ross's proposal for marriage was already on the way, and the mother and daughter often quarreled about it.

In addition to the more than 60 people who participated in coercing the Prince of Lumei, those who returned to China also had more than 30 family soldiers who were rotating back to China in accordance with the orders of the Gengshu. Zhao Xingde and others took a sea boat to leave Jinjiao Bay, sailed to Haixi Port, and stayed in Zhenxi Fort for several days, waiting for Xia Guo's caravan to return to the river together. This time, Zhenxi Fortress had many more soldiers stationed in Zhenxi Fortress than when Chengying Camp came three years ago. Although as a centurion, Zhao Xingde had to share a room with Du Chujiao and Liu Zheng.

Although the room was narrow, one window was facing the Black Sea. The sea breeze was blowing day and night, and the white birds flew outside the window, which was refreshing. From the window, you could overlook Haixi Port, three large ships were moored under the tower of Zhenxi Fortress. The sergeants and sailors were carefully loading several huge iron barrel cannons on the fore deck of the ship. A team of sergeants drove twenty horses to push the winch, and the pulleys that were winding the iron chain made a giggle. Zhao Xingde really had

Some people were worried that the weight of thousands of pounds would break the wheel axle. When the cannon was lifted to two feet higher than the front deck of the sea ship, the officer ordered the soldiers shouted loudly, holding the cauldrons' bridles and stopped pushing the winch. The craftsman pulled the mechanism, and the cast iron claws tugged on the ratchet, making a loud bang. The instantaneous impulse made the winch tremble slightly, and then he remained motionless and steadily hung the cannon in the air.

Another team of soldiers were bare-jammed, revealing their red upper body muscles, shouting horns with the officers, and carefully pushing the crane arm. The soldiers' sweat dripped to the ground, as if with a burning smell. The crane arm slowly rotated, and the iron chain hanging the cannon was stretched straight, floating slightly in the air, and the heavy copper cannon gradually moved to the sky.

When the iron barrel cannon was roughly aimed at the gun position that had been placed on the fore deck, the iron cable was slowly lowered. On the front deck of the sea ship, there were another group of sergeants and sailors holding high hands, grabbing the ropes tied around the body of the iron barrel cannon, and pulling the direction together under the command of the officer. Until finally, the thousands of pounds of cannons were thumped and placed on the gun stand, and the sea ship and the sergeant sailors on the dock burst out loud with huge cheers.

"Okay!" Zhao Xingde praised secretly, with a smile on his face. He hadn't seen this scene for a long time. He took a deep breath of the air with rusty iron, oil stains and sweat smell, and was in a particularly happy mood.

"Use this thing to destroy the pirates is enough for those guys to drink." Wang Tongdeng flipped through a military newspaper, which said that because the pirates harassed the merchant ship, the military government was preparing to clear it completely. Du Chujiao curled his lips and sighed, "It seems that the mobilization of troops is to kill the weeds. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. In the future, it will be difficult for Jian Cheng and the others to make a fortune." After Zhao Xingde left, Minghong recommended Jian Cheng to temporarily act as a centurion, and Duan Huaixian also reported to the military government. After the soldiers replenished their full amount, they would recommend the new centurion.

Zhao Xingde looked carefully at the iron barrel cannon's body tube and caliber. "This is clearly a siege cannon." He said secretly, how could he use this thing when fighting pirates. He shook his head slightly, but did not point it out. Since this is written in the military newspaper, there is naturally a reason for it. But Wang Tongdeng shouted: "It's really outrageous!"

"What's going on?" Zhao Xingde said suspiciously.

He pointed out a message from the military newspaper to Zhao Xingde.

Zhao Xingde frowned and took it over. He couldn't help but feel angry when he looked down. It turned out that after Yelu Dashi was in Youzhou, the Emperor of Liao Yelu Yanxi had all the soldiers in the North Courtyard and led the elite troops of the Pishi Army to the Central Army to prepare for the southern expedition. First pacify Youzhou, and then north to support Huanglong Mansion. Although Yelu Dashi had weak troops, he recruited the troops of the Khitan tribe, intending to fight to the death with Yelu Yanxi. In order to win people's hearts, Yelu Dashi called for restoring the old Khitan system, and even added the Han people who were originally governed according to the Han county system to force the subjugation slaves. The so-called subjugation slaves was to turn them into subjugation slaves.

The Han people governed by the Liao court were transformed into slaves who belonged to the Khitan tribes. Yelu Dashi, judging by the number of troops sent by the tribe, each Khitan warrior was rewarded with the Han people as slaves and corresponding land. Although it was recorded in the name of tribe warriors, the actual income belonged to the tribe leaders. In exchange for Yelu Dashi's command over the Khitan tribe army. Yelu Dashi temporarily divided the conscripted tribe warriors into five levels. The bravest one could exchange 100 slaves for the tribe, while the ordinary ones only exchanged for 5 slaves. Yelu Dashi announced that those who made heroic contributions in wars could be awarded titles, and the rewarded slaves could reach up to 100 households.

Although Yelu Dashi's approach summoned a large number of Khitan soldiers and asked the tribe leaders to agree to his reorganization, many Han households in Nanjing were displaced and even destroyed. Although the governance of the Liao Kingdom in the past was tyrannical, there was still some royal law. After these Han people were assigned to the tribe and surrendered to military states, their lives and deaths were dominated by the Khitan tribes, and they were transported to slightly worse, even worse than slaves under the original system.

"His grandma, aren't you afraid of the Han people rebelling like this?" Wang Tongdeng cursed, "He assigned all the households to the tribe, asked for no one, no food, and even fought for a world of none of them." He reached out to "slap" the general newspaper and slapped the table, shouting: "Why didn't Anbei and Andong Army not send troops to the east and destroy this dog thief!"

Zhao Xingde thought for a moment and pondered: "This Yelu Dashi is a hero and it is impossible to tolerate being overshadowed by the tribe leaders. In my opinion, he will tolerate it for the time being, just to capture the Khitan troops and send soldiers to fight for him. These tribe leaders, for the sake of immediate interests, will sooner or later suffer the consequences."

"So, does the Han'er from Nanjing Road still have a glimmer of life?" Du Chujiao's eyes were filled with compassion.

"This is not the case," Zhao Xingde said slowly, "This is the division of spoils within the Khitans. People make fish and meat. How good can the outcome be?" There was a deep look in his eyes. Outside the window, another huge cheer burst out, and another cannon weighing thousands of pounds was placed on the sea boat.

In the Linquan Palace in Dunhuang, the head of the Huguo Mansion, Cui Chunyou, said: "The Huguo Mansion is in stalemate, and there is no decision yet. Most of the lieutenants think that attacking the Luo State is about to end, and the battlefield cannot be opened before the end of this battle. However, the Liao people acted in such a way that insulted our Chinese clan, Kang Deming insisted on sending troops to conquer the Liao State. Yang Ren believed that the alliance between the Mobei tribes was a major concern. When the wings were not yet abundant, the cavalry of the Andong Army went out of the frontier, and the Anbei Army launched the Yinhu cavalry to destroy it with all their might to avoid the consequences. Yu Zangyun advocated taking advantage of the Liao people's struggle to seize Yunzhou first and then wait and see. The three lieutenants also had supporters."

Cui Chunyou, the chief minister of the State Guardian, was only responsible for the management and daily operations of the State Guardian's clerks. When planning national affairs, more than 400 lieutenants had their own opinions, among which Kang Deming, Yang Ren and Yu Zangyun were the most outstanding. The styles of the three of them were very different. The so-called benevolent people differed in their opinion. Liu Yi once said that Kang Deming was a Confucian, Yang Ren was a Mohist, and Yu Zangyun was a Legalist.

"Your Majesty," Liu Yi said in a deep voice, "If you want to take advantage of the chaos in Liao and destroy the country in one fell swoop, the Song Kingdom will inevitably take the fire. If you fight with the Liao and Song armies one after another, our dynasty will definitely go out, which will take a long time. In my opinion, before the West is determined, the battlefield in the east should be defeated with a weak and stubborn enemy. When the matter is in the west, our dynasty will concentrate its military strength and make it a success. However, it is unprecedented that the alliance between the tribes in the north of the Mo River is still small, but the ambition is very great, and he threatens to unify all the grassland divisions and let the world be his pasture."

Chen Xuan's expression moved slightly, and then turned to contemplation. With his original intention, even if the Battle of Ross was temporarily stopped, he wanted to take this opportunity to destroy the Liao Kingdom in one fell swoop. However, according to the prophecy recorded in the notes of his ancestors, the Jurchens and the Mobei tribe were the real enemies, and the Song Dynasty in the record was greedy for profit and attack on Liao, which led to the Jurchens becoming a big shot. "Learning from the past", Chen Xuan had to be extra cautious in attacking Liao.

After a long time, Chen Xuan said slowly: "Since the Guguo Mansion is still controversial, the Anbei Army Office can prepare first. After the Battle of Ross is over, please ask the General's Office to discuss the conquest of Haidu Khan with the Guguo Mansion." He paused and said, "As for the turmoil in Liao Kingdom, observe its movements, you must not let the Jurchens in Liaodong become powerful."

Liu Yi was slightly stunned. He used to patrol the borders of Mobei for many years, so he was particularly sensitive to the alliance between the Mobei tribes and believed that it was a major problem for the country's future. His Majesty did not know what, but in addition to the tense battle between the Liao Kingdom, he paid special attention to the rising Jurchen tribe?
Chapter completed!