On the night when Wuhao Ancient Martial Arts entered Beijing, in the Panjiayuan mansion west of Kaifeng Prefecture, seven or eight people started to discuss in a study room in the old house. While drinking tea, they started to discuss it in a dense manner.

Panjiayuan is the ancestral home of Pan Xiao'an and his family. It was passed down from the Taizu period and has been dilapidated this morning and there are no nobles from the Pan family living there for a long time. However, because the garden of the house is large and the scenery is very good, it has become a place for a group of relatives to gather and play.

Of course, the relatives and nobles of the Song Dynasty were not just wastes who knew how to eat, drink and have fun. They were different from the Eight Banners’ children. The Eight Banners’ children were not allowed to do business because of national policies and regulations, so they developed a complete waste. And the generals of the Song Dynasty had all kinds of talents! Artists, capitalists, and writers, and many people who could barely lead troops to fight.

Since we are not waste, we usually get together, we naturally have to discuss some matters related to the national economy and people's livelihood, which are usually related to transactions.

For example, if there is another land in Kaifeng Prefecture to be sold, what price should everyone pay? For example, after eating alone for so many years, should we disclose the recipe? If you have money, you should make money! And what happened to Sanfoqi Shibo and Nanxin Island Market? Why do you pay 1 million yuan in taxes a year? Pay 1 million yuan, how much do you put in your pocket? Why do you have to have 5 million yuan? How can you make money from Sanfoqi Strait so easy to make...

But today is an exception.

At this moment, all the people in the study room in the old house of Pan family were important figures in the generals of each family. They were the kind of officials who were in power, not the ones who came out to do business by capitalists. Everyone was wearing comfortable casual clothes and no one served them. There were refreshments in the study room, and the people who served them all went outside the yard. More than a dozen people sat casually, holding tea bowls and talking lowly about something.

There were two old and fat people sitting in the first seat. The old one was Wang En, an old military strategist who fought with Gao Qiu and Wu Haogu in Yinxia that day. He is now the commander-in-chief of the head of the hall in the third yamen army, and the rank of the officer was the governor of the Wuxin Army.

And the fat one, no need to ask, is naturally Pan Xiao'an. Although he is not the head of the Pan family generals, he is the one who invites everyone tonight.

After a while of greetings, the old military strategist Wang En got to the point and said in one sentence: "Brother Eleven, do you really want to reorganize the Hebei Army?"

There are 120,000 people on the books of the Hebei Army! I don’t know if there are 50,000 in real numbers? And at least half of these 50,000 are also busy with various transactions for the generals. Now, the gang ship business from Jiehe Market to Kaifeng Prefecture, and the cattle and sheep transactions in Hebei are mostly in the hands of the officers of the Hebei Imperial Army!

In addition, in Jiehe Commercial City, at least tens of thousands of Hebei imperial guards with craftsmanship are operating various businesses.

I don’t know if there are ten thousand people who can really mobilize the imperial guards to capture bandits at any time? As for the Northern Expedition to the Great Liao Dynasty, haha, let’s forget it!

Pan Xiao'an stretched out three fingers, "Three times true! Three times true... After all, the official family has made up their minds to attack Yan Yun in the north. Without any elite soldiers, how can we fight this battle?"

After Pan Xiao'an's words, the people below were immediately infuriated.

"I really want to fight the Northern Expedition?"

"That's the Great Liao Kingdom! I fought twice during the Taizong period and was defeated. Can the imperial guards be compared with that at that time?"

"Yes, this is not a joke! If the Northern Expedition is set and the prestige of the Song Dynasty is devastated, the Khitans will bend down, and then the world will be in chaos."

"Yes, during the Yongxi period, more than 200,000 troops in the Northern Expedition were defeated. Now, can the imperial guards still pull out 200,000 soldiers? Why should the Northern Expedition be made?"

"Isn't it a blessing for the new government troops?"

"Hey, how many people are there? The six generals of the Western Army and the five generals of the Shuofang have gathered a total of 11 generals with 55,000, and a few thousand knights. There are only more than 60,000 people, less than one-third of the number of soldiers used during the Yongxi period."

"Are there still 18,000 Kaifeng troops?"

"A bunch of Bianliangzi, loyalty is loyal, and it won't work if you go to the battlefield!"

Everyone was talking about it, not talking about the consolidation of the army, but about the Northern Expedition. Everyone shook their heads without confidence!

These generals' fear of Liao was inherited, and they had been afraid of it for more than a hundred years. In their opinion, even if all the 500,000 imperial guards in the Song Dynasty could fight, they would not be able to defeat the powerful Liao Kingdom.

Wu Haogu didn't know what he was crazy about, but he actually wanted to use Shuofang, the new army of 11 generals in Shaanxi, and the most five or six generals in Hebei to deal with the powerful Liao Kingdom. Isn't this an egg hitting a stone?

The old military strategist Wang En knew how Wu Haogu and Gao Qiu fought in Lingxia, and he always suspected that the "Song-Liao friction incident" that day was Wu Haogu and Gao Qiu's evil deeds!

He immediately coughed: "I asked others to fight this Northern Expedition, maybe it was an egg that touched the stone, but it was hard to tell Wu Chongdao to fight it. His egg is not an ordinary egg. He is an egg grinded from a diamond diamond. Can ordinary stones touch him? Even if he can touch it, he will buy it with gold, silver and treasures.

There are six generals of the Western Army, five generals of Shuofang, at least one general of the Zhe family in Hedong, and five or six generals in Hebei, there are eighteen generals in the new army, and there are always ninety thousand warriors, and there are seven or eight thousand knights, and there are also some, and there are also 100,000 troops... This is all just to count the war soldiers, and the auxiliary soldiers are similar to the more than 200,000 Northern Expedition Army during the Yongxi period."

The old military strategist really fought for life on the battlefield for a lifetime! One hundred thousand elite combat soldiers, of which at least seven thousand were armored cavalry, and they were armored cavalry that could attack like a wall and enter tactics!

Such military strength has actually surpassed that of the Yongxi period!

And how could the Khitans be as brave as the Yongxi period? They recite scriptures and worship Buddha all day long, and they have already ruined themselves!

If Wu Haogu could really bring out 100,000 elite troops as a backing, and his layout in Jiehe Market over the years had already attracted Yan Yun's powerful powers, would this Northern Expedition not be able to win?

"Old Dianshou, do you think Wu Chongdao can do it?"

"He is a businessman or a painter, can he really beat Yan Yun?"

Someone immediately started asking.

The old military strategist smiled and said, "It's true that he is a painter and an official businessman, but it's true that he has great knowledge! He has schools, disciples, and some of his subordinates who are really capable of fighting... The most important thing is that he is self-aware. He has Mr. Xiangshan and Brother Zhao Zhong to fight. Recently, he seems to have a Ma Zheng who is quite capable of fighting! In short, it's not a problem.

He just needs to use gold, silver and silk to buy it! Yan Yun’s mighty strong man can buy at least half of it for him! So this Northern Expedition still has a great chance of winning."

The general lords of the generals present immediately began to calculate. Since they have a great chance of winning, they should invest... unparalleled achievements! Who doesn't want to share one or two? Although everyone comes from the generals, how much Yu Yin from the ancestors still has in this generation? Do you still have any idea of ​​it?

If you want your home to prosper for a long time, you must seize every opportunity to make contributions...

...

On that night, in Su Che's prime minister's mansion, the father and son were also talking to each other all night.

"Zhongnan, do you think he can really buy Yanyun's Fourteen Prefectures?"

"Yes!" Looking at the suspicious father, Su Shi smiled, "Gold, silver and treasure are touching, and official positions can shake people's hearts... Both of these are Wu Chongdao! Do you think Yan Yun's mighty strong man will submit?"

"Where is the Khitan army?" Su Che asked, "Can you fight?"

"Can you be able to beat it!" Su Shi said, "Sir, Jiehe Knights Academy began to study this matter as soon as it was established. Not only did I understand the Khitans' trump card, but I also fully grasped the situation inside and outside the Xijin Prefecture City. In Jiehe Knights Academy, there is also a Xijin Prefecture City model that has been reduced by a hundred times. Every market and every street is exactly the same as it is! The situation inside is fully mastered. The internal responsibility is probably arranged, and Xijin Prefecture City should be able to be taken down at the beginning of the war.

According to the analysis of the professors of the Knights Academy, the Khitans can invest around 100,000 soldiers on the Yanyun battlefield, and we can also take out this combat power. Therefore, the ownership of Xijinfucheng is the most critical... Whoever masters Xijinfucheng will win the war!"

In fact, there are now two huge castles in the Yanyun area, one is Xijin Prefecture City and the other is Jiehe Commercial City.

If both castles fell into the hands of the Song army, the Khitans who were not good at siege would fall into a huge passive city on the Yanyun battlefield and could not defeat them. If they did not take the initiative in field battles, the waterway between Xijinfucheng and Jiehe Shangshi could not be cut off, and the Jiehe defense line could not be broken. Moreover, the coastal areas of Liaodong Road and Zhongjing Road could be attacked by the Song fleet at any time...

In this case, the powerful Yanyun will definitely be bribed by Wu Haogu in large quantities. Moreover, there will be rebellions between the Jurchens and the Shubu people in the rear of the Khitans. There will be no need for a large-scale decisive battle, and Wu Haogu can win the fourteen prefectures of Yanyun.

"So, can Wu Chongdao really be crowned as king?" Su Che was also a little unbelievable. In his eyes, the Khitans were extremely powerful. How could they be easily defeated?

Su Shi smiled: "Sir, this is a great achievement! Wu Chongdao must be Xuan Shuai. Others cannot take over the Xijin Mansion and cannot buy Yan Yun's powerful mansion. As for the fortune transfer envoy... it must be the eldest brother! After this battle of the Su family, it will be no less than the Han family and the Xiang family's noble family."

Su Zhe looked at his confident son and fell into deep thought. Although he was an old party who was unwilling to fight, he was of course very happy to be able to take back the Fourteen Prefectures of Yanyun. If the Su family could take the ride and become the name of the Han family in Xiangzhou, oh, it should be a famous family that far surpassed the Han family, that would be even better.

But... Wu Haogu really has such great ability? The Khitan is really so unbearable? You have to think about it carefully. If the Khitan really doesn't work, then this contribution cannot make Wu Haogu swallow his head alone.

This is not a good thing for Wu Haogu himself and to the Song Dynasty!
Chapter completed!