"Taiwei Wang, what do you always think?"

Tao Jiefu turned his gaze to the veteran Wang En. Wang En stroked his white beard, "Maybe it's okay...but it's not enough to just take down a Yinzhou. You must seize Yinzhou, Amitabha Cave, Shizhou and other castles, and you must also pull out a large number of branches of forts around you. At the same time, all these castles were restored as a support to defend against Western thieves launching attacks along the Wuding River from the west.

In addition, it is necessary to build a castle on the upper reaches of Mingtang River and the edge of Anqingze to support it.”

"The Prince Wang," said Zhao Zhongge, "In the strategy proposed by the Sanzhi Military Command Post, there are three big cities to be attacked and twelve branches to be occupied or built."

Wang En frowned slightly, "Then you need to build or repair fifteen castles... How many light do you want? How much time do you spend? I'm afraid it will take to repair it in a few months, right?"

Most of the castles controlled by Xixia in the Wuding River Basin were dilapidated because these castles were occupied by the Song army. After the defeat of the Five-Rule Battle against Xia in the fourth year of Yuanfeng, the Song army did not immediately give up the castles occupied in the Wuding River area, but instead carried out an orderly retreat and destroyed all the castles that had been occupied.

The national strength of Xixia is limited and does not like to build walls, so it just makes up for it. If all these dilapidated castles were repaired, it would not work in just a few months.

"It's still winter!" Zhe Yanzhi interrupted at this time, "The weather north of Hengshan is very cold, the soil is extremely frozen and hard, and it is extremely difficult to dig! The Yinzhou city alone cannot be repaired in less than half a month. What's more, fifteen castles? So it is impossible to start farming next spring."

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "Zei is engaged, you are talking about an ordinary method... But there are masters in the command of the two craftsmen in the front three times, and they can use the method of urgent creation to build a city!"

There is still a way to build a city?

"Impossible, impossible." Zhe Yanzhi shook his head repeatedly, "No matter how urgently you are, can you dig up the frozen hard soil?"

Wu Haogu said: "Just have the money to expedite!"

I have to pay for the expedited money! This is how the expedited fees in later generations come from...

"Extended money?"

Tao Jiefu and Wang En looked at each other and thought to themselves: Wu Haogu is indeed a profitable businessman!

"How much do you want?" Tao Jiefu asked.

"How urgent is it?" Wu Haogu asked back.

"How anxious?" Wang En smiled, "If I want you to repair Yinzhou City in one day, you can do it?"

Wu Haogu actually nodded seriously: "Yes! It takes 100,000 yuan to speed up money, and you have to increase the price by 30% for the salt tea or the certificate of the quotation."

Who is this? Who is this?

Tao Jiefu, Wang En and Zhe Yanzhi were both stupid. Not only were they stupid, they all miss Gao Qiu a little... What a good person, Gao Qiu, is dedicated to the public and never talks about money. Such a good official was actually caused by Zhong Fu, a treacherous minister, to lose the command of the three emperors in the front line. Now he has changed to a profiteer and talks about money in everything!

"You can give it to the 130,000 salt tea!" Tao Jiefu's face was heavy, "But you have to issue a military order! If the deadline is exceeded, you must be punished seriously!"

"Report to the envoy!" He Tianran, a big gold medalist who came with Wu Haogu, spoke, "It is impossible for my Xuanzan to sign a military order, and Xuanzan can only sign a contract based on the reason."

Signing a contract? Or doing a business!

Tao Jiefu looked at Wu Haogu, and Wu Haogu nodded and smiled and said, "It is impossible to sign a military order. It is risky to send troops to fight. I will not bet on the gamble. However, the contract can be signed based on reasons. If the deadline is exceeded, I will just pay the money."

"Nothing!" Wang En snorted, "There is no joke in the army! Where can I sign a contract in war?"

"You can only sign a contract," Wu Haogu insisted, "If the lower officials don't bet on their heads, the lower officials only have one head and have to keep it for dinner.

If the Tao envoy prime minister and General Manager Wang agreed, then the time required to march and completely capture Yinzhou City, the three emperors of this official can complete the urgent repair of Yinzhou City within one day, making it enough to resist the attack of the Western thieves."

To be honest, Tao Jiefu and Wang En both had the urge to drag Wu Haogu down and beat the board. They really had this power! There was corporal punishment in the army... But after the battle, let alone no one in Yinzhou City, even those extremely powerful Jurchen cavalry (actually only a small part of them were Jurchens) would not be able to use it.

"One day after the deadline is overdue, you must pay 100,000 yuan!" Tao Jiefu gritted his teeth and said, "Wu Chongdao, this is my bottom line!"

Wu Haogu just smiled bitterly after hearing Tao Jiefu's words: "The minister said that the officials were sure to build a city in one day. Moreover, the 100,000 yuan of accelerated money was not put into the pocket by the official. Not only did the soldiers and civilians at the bottom of the house have to give money to encourage them, but they also had to spend money on the materials. The person who worked on the job said that the soil was hard and could not be constructed. Although the officials had a way, they had to spend money to buy the fire-induced objects to soften the soil. In fact, the soil was frozen only one layer, and the soil underneath was still soft. As long as the surface was baked, they could be excavated.

In addition, in order to speed up the restoration of the city wall, Xiaguan also prepared special city building tools, all of which were bought from Jiehe Market at a high price! These all cost money... To be honest, Xiaguan did not make a penny in the construction of Yinzhou City. So you want Xiaguan to pay 100,000 yuan a day after the deadline, and it is difficult for Xiaguan to obey his duties."

This is quite reasonable...

Wang En frowned and said, "Then how much are you going to pay?"

"Three thousand silks," Wuhao Gudao, "If you pay 3,000 silks a day after the deadline... it is not a compensation from the officials, but all the officers and soldiers and civilians who participated in the construction of the city will deduct wages and reward money."

It sounds like it makes sense!

"Okay!" Tao Jiefu actually had no choice. If you want to build Yinzhou City in winter, you have to come to Wu Hao.

He thought for a while and asked again: "How many civil servants do you want?"

"It doesn't take too much," Wuhao Ancient Road, "a few thousand people are enough. The gathering of civilians is too loud and it takes too long to hide it from the secret spies of the Western thieves."

Tao Jiefu was a little confused about his ears, "Wu Xuanzan, can you really use 20,000 people to repair Yinzhou City in one day?"

"Yes!" Wu Haogu nodded, "If the prime minister has no objection, then the subordinate will ask someone to draft the contract for the sake of the matter."

"Okay!" Tao Jiefu smiled, "I have been leading troops for many years and signed a contract with my subordinates for the first time... Don't let me down!"

...

Gao Qiu got together with Wu Haogu again. After receiving the order issued by the Fuyan Road Supervisor, he immediately lit up 3,000 people to come. Fushi and Wu Haogu gathered together and brought him not all the people, including 1,000 elite archers on the edge.

The archers on the edge were actually also a kind of pilot project of the palace soldiers. It first began in the second year of Jingde, Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty. Cao Wei, a military officer in Zhizhen, recruited a strong man with 200-250 acres of land, brought his own food and weapons, and participated in the battle as the vanguard of the regular soldiers.

Although this kind of half-agricultural and half-army, which is similar to the imperial guards, is not on the books of the imperial guards, it is an indispensable part of the Western Army's combat effectiveness! The number of its personnel is even no less than the number of the imperial guards in the northwest, and it is often placed at the forefront and used as a pioneer. The combat effectiveness is no less than that of the imperial guards in the Sui and Tang dynasties.

However, the archers in Shaanxi and Hedong also had an unsustainable dilemma like the Tang Dynasty soldiers in history. On the one hand, the years of wars have caused the archers to bear great economic pressure and casualties; on the other hand, the official fields of Shaanxi are occupied by the increasingly expanding generals, and there is also a situation where there is no land to be given.

Without fields, there will naturally be no archers... The situation without fields does not exist in the newly opened Xihe Road, but it can be imagined on the land of the Song Dynasty such as Fuyan Road for more than a hundred and decades.

So since the Zhezong Dynasty, the number of archers on the edge of the Kuyan curb began to decline continuously, but it has not yet developed to an unsustainable level. At least Gao Qiu and Yang Kebi still pulled out 1,000 archers from the ground in Fuzhou.

"Dalang, can you really build Yinzhou City in one day?"

Gao Qiu already knew that Wu Haogu had praised Haikou in front of Tao Jiefu.

"It's unlikely!"

The answer to this question is Su Chi. He himself is the county affairs of Zhifu Shi, so he naturally often walked around Wu Haogu. Moreover, he has also prepared 1,000 soldiers and 1,000 civilians to stop and be able to set off at any time.

"Where can I use it for one day? I don't know how to use the method of building a board to completely repair the Yinzhou city wall... The difficulty still requires a hundred-year plan? It's enough to use it now, half a day is enough."

Wu Haogu smiled, and his expression was full of pride in the lines on the corners of his mouth. It was clear how the Western thieves would deal with the fierce offensive of the Song Dynasty. It must be the same as the method in the fourth year of Yuanfeng, using a method of firming the walls and clearing the fields and luring the enemy into depth. The battlefield of the decisive battle would definitely not be placed in the Wuding River area.

Therefore, the battles in the Wudinghe area are about attacking and restoring cities with poor defense, restoring cities and military fields. Not to mention military fields, that is Su Chi's job. Siege and repairing cities are completely unharmed!

When I get all the cities on the banks of Wuding River, I should add Yao County. I will find a way to leave...

"Don't you use the board building method?" Gao Qiu was stunned. "Do you want to build a brick city?"

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "How expensive is the brick city... Brother Gao, Bo Chong, I tell you, don't disclose it. In fact, when Huang Silang left the Jiehe River, he thought of a solution and used sacks to put soil on the broken wall."

"Putting soil in sacks?" Su Chi frowned, "Is it reliable?"

"Real!" Wu Haogu said, "Jiehe Commercial City uses this method to strengthen the cross-border river embankment. This method is very fast. There are more than 20,000 people, and there are 100,000 landblocks that can be carried overnight, and will it not be blocked?"

"But where does the soil come from?" Su Chi asked again, "The soil is frozen and hard."
Chapter completed!