Author: An Huajun

After hearing this, Wang Xiaolien opened his mouth wide and it took a while to calm down.

Zhang Chi led three regiments of troops to Wubao Village to prepare for the start of the battle. Suddenly, the enemy's commander said that he would, anyway, it was really unexpected.

After calming down, Wang Xiaolie asked: "Who did you go to Shizhou with? Where did you live?"

Lei Can said: "The young man transported more than 300 sheep, pretending to be a sheep vendor. He is currently living in the Chen Family Inn where Yangma City, and is preparing to stay for two days."

Wang Xiaoli looked at the weather and said, "I know that Chen Family Inn is mixed with fish and dragons, and people are very chaotic. This way, your sheep will be bought by Xuanfusi and don't live there. In Shizhou City, find another trustworthy inn to let you rest."

Lei Can smiled and said, "What's the accident with Shizhou City where the army is stationed? How come Shizhou is also a frontline, I'm afraid there will be other people's suspicion."

Wang Xiaoli nodded. After thinking for a while, he said, "Okay, I understand. I will arrange this matter. Don't sell the sheep, and buy it from Xuanfusi to avoid accidents. It's still early now, if there is nothing else, I'll wait here. I'll recruit people and tell me the situation of the Suide Army. To be honest, we don't know much about the Suide Army until now, and we don't know many things."

Lei Can said: "I'm afraid that staying in the state yamen will cause suspicion if you stay too long. Xuanfu convenes first, and I'll come again tomorrow, what about?"

"Okay!" Wang Xiaoli nodded, called Cui Qing and sent the person out.

Cui Qing was very familiar with these things. After receiving Wang Xiaoli's instructions, he sent someone to secretly stare at Lei Can, and everything was silent.

Wang Xiaoli sent people to Wubao Village and asked Zhang Chi to come back. Wubao Village was about 100 miles from Shizhou. Although the time was tight, he should be able to arrive tomorrow.

Back at the inn, Lei Can said to the servant: "What food do you have here?"

The servant said, "Keep, we are inns and there is no food. If you want to have some food, you can go out and turn right. There is a deli restaurant called Xiangmanju, which has everything in it. It was run by the army and uses the chefs in the army. The taste is indeed good."

Lei Can was stunned: "Does the army also open restaurants?"

The servant said, "Of course. Their taste is good, and it is forced to open a store in Shizhou City. It is impossible to open a store with bad taste. And it also recruits disabled people to teach them the skills. I heard that after working in it for three months, I can open a store."

Lei Can shook his head and whispered: "This is the first time I heard that there is such an army."

After saying that, he left the inn, went to the tavern to buy wine, and then went to Xiangmanju's shop.

As soon as I entered the store, a customer in front said, "Do you come to buy vegetables too? I heard that the cooked food here tastes good."

Lei Can nodded blankly when he saw this person's eyes. After a while, he couldn't help but ask, "We knew each other before? Why don't I remember?"

The man smiled and said, "I haven't seen it before. Because I lived in Chen's Inn, I happened to see my brother moving in in the morning. When I came in, I saw my brother having so many sheep, so I remember it. I was still greeting you at that time, but I thought I didn't see it."

To put it this way, Lei Can vaguely remembered such a person, and nodded quickly and asked, "But I don't know where my brother is from?"

The man said, "I am from Zaolin, Pingyi County, south, and my surname is Gao. I also came to Shizhou to sell sheep."

Lei Can nodded. Suddenly raised his head and asked, "Submitted to Gao? Isn't it a descendant of Gao Defense?"

The man nodded excitedly: "That's right, it's right. In the Gao Qinan, he is a descendant of the Gao family. I didn't expect that anyone else would remember our Gao family, which is really rare!"

Lei Can said: "What is my brother making a living now?"

Gao Qinan Road: "I left dozens of hectares of land at home to make a living. However, the land here is barren and I can't produce much food. When I was idle, sheep sheep in the mountains, and at least supplement my family's income. I heard that Shizhou sheep are expensive, so I drove dozens of them and came here to sell them for money."

Lei Can nodded and said, "I bought wine and food in a while and drank two glasses at night. It's so sad that the descendants of the Gao family have become like this!"

The Li family in Jinming and Gao family in Suizhou were also border generals like the Zhe family in Fuzhou and Yang family in Linzhou, but they were not as famous as the latter two families. During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, Suizhou was owned by Xixia, and the Gao family moved to Shizhou and settled in Xizhou. After that, only Gao Ji was promoted to Shizhou, and the Gao family gradually declined.

The Li family in Qingjian made a fortune after building Qingjian City in the Song Dynasty and was a rising star. Lei Can felt moved when he saw the Gao family who once took charge of this place.

In the prefecture, Wang Xiaoli put down the official document and rubbed his forehead hard.

These documents are the situation of the surrounding forces collected by Jiang Min after he arrived in Shizhou. The two banks of the Yellow River north of Shizhou live in mixed families. Whether in the Western Xia or the Song Dynasty, they were accustomed to using the leaders of the British clan as officials, thus forming many hereditary families. The most famous ones are of course the Zhe family in the Prefecture, the slowly declining Yang family in Linzhou, and the Wang family in Fengzhou. On the other side of the Yellow River are the Li family in Qingjian, Li family in Jinming, Gao family in Suizhou, etc. Their tribes are widely distributed, and their subordinate tribes are very powerful.

Wang Xiaoli hates local forces very much and does not want to give them local authority. However, the actual situation in this area is different, so you need to think about it carefully.

Wang Ruohai came in and said, "I just arrived at the place where the materials were stored. Why did Xuanfu call me back?"

Wang Xiaolei said: "A man came today, saying that it was Suide and Li Shifu's confidant. He said that in two days, Sali came to Suide and wanted to tie Sali and give them a gift. This matter is not small, so I call the staff back to discuss it."

Wang Ruohai was shocked: "Is there such a thing? The son of Li Yongqi, the leader of the garrison of Li Shifu and Suide, made many military achievements and was considered a famous general for a while. The father and son were forced to surrender to Jin after the Jin army captured Yan'an Prefecture, and they also had the old dynasty."

Wang Xiaoli said: "This kind of thing is not a random thing. If Li Shifu said this, he would probably do it. Once Sa Lihe was captured, the situation would be different if the dragons in the Shaanxi Jin army had no leader. At that time, our attack direction would be Guanzhong, not Hedong."

Wang Ruohai said: "Xuan Fu is right."

Wang Xiaoli leaned on the chair and said with some emotion: "How to fight? Actually, I couldn't say well before. According to common sense, the geographical location we occupy is the Central Plains, and if we seized Shaanxi, we should fight Shaanxi first. However, there are two things that I can't rest assured to fight Shaanxi. One is Zhang Shumi. To tell the truth, although Zhang Shumi has no need to doubt his patriotism, he has some ambitions and talent, and his combat methods are too different from us. His views on the army are also from us.

Different. Once we are under its control, it is very inconvenient. Another thing is that after occupying Shaanxi, it borders the Xia Kingdom. In order to prevent Xia Kingdom, a large number of troops were needed and the troops were dispersed. If you don’t attack Shaanxi and fight eastward, the first thing is that Shaanxi in the rear may send troops and be attacked. Another thing is that the pseudo-Qi is the buffer zone of the Jin army. When our troops are not dominated, there is no need to move out this buffer zone. So I chose Hedong in the direction of the attack. Even if the troops are insufficient, I would rather wait."

Wang Ruohai thought for a while and said, "Xuan Fu is right."

Wang Xiaoli sighed: "But I know that the most reasonable direction of attack should be Shaanxi. Although I have never hesitated, I have always been preparing this way. The direction of Hedong has always been an army of two divisions. Although Jiang Min's division was added to Shizhou, it can take care of the opposite side of the Yellow River. Now that Zhang Shumi has been recalled to the court, there is no need to worry about him. The most important thing to guard against Xia State is that with people like Li Fu State, it is not that scary. The east between this dynasty and Xia State is Hengshan, and the west is a 700-mile vast sea, which is not so easy to cross!"

Wang Ruohai sat down slowly and said seriously: "It is best for Xuan Fu to think clearly!"
Chapter completed!