Cao Wei has been interested in Li Yuanhao for more than a day. This time he came to Tuoyuanzhai, on the one hand, to inspect the border defense, and on the other hand, he also wanted to find an opportunity to meet the young hero of the Dangxiang people. Because like Qin Han back then, he believed that the Dangxiang people should not be underestimated, so he was also very concerned about the situation on Dangxiang, not to mention that Li Yuanhao is also Li Deming's son. If Li Deming dies, Li Yuanhao will take charge of the biggest force of the Dangxiang people.

"Report to General, Li Yuanhao occasionally comes to the border market for a walk, but he always disguises himself, and most people can't recognize him at all. Every time, it's only a long time after he left that we will receive the news that he has been here." Wang Fang also replied with a serious expression at this time. He also attached great importance to the Dangxiang people, especially in recent years, the Dangxiang people's strength has become stronger and stronger, and the pressure on them, the border generals are getting stronger and stronger.

"Although Li Deming is slandering our Song Dynasty, he at least dare not make any big moves on the surface. However, if his son is really as rumored, he may not surrender again in the future. Such people must sooner or later find out his temper, so as not to be caught off guard in the future." Cao Wei also sighed and said again.

Cao Wei is over fifty years old and his health is not as good as before. What's worse is that he has seen all over the Song army, and there are very few talents who can take on the responsibility, and the major generals have also withered, so he is also very worried that after his death, there will be no generals in the border army. If the Dangxiang people rebel again, they may not be able to suppress them easily.

"Yes, since the Emperor of Liao sent 500,000 troops to attack Dangxiang three years ago, but was defeated by Li Deming, the reputation of the Dangxiang people has also increased day by day, especially the Liao Kingdom surrendered. After the defeat, he took the initiative to send people to grant Li Deming the Shangshu Ling and the King of Daxia. Although this king is not recognized by the Song Dynasty, Li Deming has already been king within Dangxiang, and even posthumously named his father Li Jiqian as emperor. He is simply bold!" Wang Fang also spoke again at this time, with a little annoyed in his tone.

"Haha, Li Deming defeated the Liao Kingdom only boasted by himself. The real situation was that Yelu Longxu led his troops to hunt, which was actually training troops, and then had a conflict with Dangxiang. Li Deming had only a few small battles with the Liao army and took some advantage. At that time, the Liao Kingdom was using troops against Goryeo, so he naturally did not want to have conflicts with Dangxiang again, so he sent someone to appease Li Deming, but he brags about it into a big victory. It was really shameless!" Cao Wei sneered when he heard this. Dangxiang's strength was indeed growing, but it was far from being forced to with the 500,000 Liao army head-on.

When he said this, Cao Wei paused for a moment, and then said again: "Although the strength of the Dangxiang people is far less than that of the Liao Kingdom and our Song Dynasty, it should not be underestimated. In recent years, Li Deming has been using troops to Tubo and the Uighurs, so he has no time to look east. However, if he waits for the threat from the west, he will definitely turn around and use troops to our Song Dynasty, so he must also be strictly guarded against Dangxiang!"

"What the general said is very much. Recently, I heard that Li Deming had won several victories in the west, which made Tubo and Uighurs unable to deal with him for the time being. He also came back from the west. Now he is in Huaiyuan Town, and he has also changed Huaiyuan Town to Xingzhou. Recently, he is also actively training troops. It seems that he will use troops to us." Wang Fang said with some concern again.

"Hehe, it's best for him to come. I've been itchy recently. I just happened to give him some color!" Cao Wei sneered again when he heard this. He had already obtained information about Li Deming's movements, which was also the reason why he came to Tuoyuanzhai to inspect. Moreover, even if Li Deming didn't come, he would take the initiative to attack these tribes abroad to establish his authority.

Seeing that Cao Wei was so confident, Wang Fang was relieved. Speaking of which, because Ding Wei suppressed Cao Wei, Cao Wei was transferred, and the generals of the border army had no backbone. Even brave generals like him felt that they had no confidence. Now Cao Wei was finally transferred back, and he was still the General Cao who was planning and strategizing, which gave him confidence again.

Li Zhang and Cao Ma listened silently behind him. Although they often stayed by Cao Wei's side, their positions were too low and they could not contact some confidential matters, so Cao Wei would not discuss them. Now he finally heard some important things from the conversation between them.

Cao Mata was eager to make contributions. Not only did he not have any fear of war, but he was very excited, because for him, only by fighting can he gain military merits, and only by gaining military merits can he be promoted. He also represents the idea of ​​the young and strong faction in the army.

Li Zhang's mood was quite complicated. On the one hand, he also wanted to see with his own eyes what a large-scale war in the era of cold weapons was like, and the musket battalion also needed to go through the battlefield experience. But on the other hand, he was worried that the war would be the last peace of the border that would be broken, and the people on the border would suffer at that time.

After Cao Wei and Li Zhang and the others took a walk around the border market, the Dangxiang people saw a lot, but unfortunately none of them looked like the legendary Li Yuanhao, which disappointed him. He immediately turned around and returned to Tuoyuan Village. However, this time they did not rest in Tuoyuan Village, but returned to Qingzhou City immediately after lunch.

Originally, Li Zhang wanted to go to find Jinshan immediately, but was stopped by Cao Wei. Then he summoned Hu Yan Shouxin and Qin Huaizhi, and several other generals assigned them to send troops. At this time, Li Zhang discovered Cao Wei's decisive side, and sent troops when he said he would send troops without any drag. This time, the target was not the Dangxiang people, but several larger tribal forces near the border. These forces have often provoked the Song Dynasty in the past two years, and Cao Wei was also preparing to use them to establish his authority.

I don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Hu Yan Shouxin and Cao Ma were separated. The two of them led their troops to send troops two days later. The goal was to wipe out a tribe called "Zhangshan". This tribe is very powerful, with about tens of thousands of people, and both men and women are soldiers. It is said that there are 3,000 people to fight. Last year, it once entered the territory of the Song Dynasty and robbed several villages. The Song Dynasty had long wanted to attack it.
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