Chapter 17: Annual monies handover

Wu Ji's words made sense, and Zheng Tai and the other two thought it was the same, and they couldn't help but be overjoyed. Yelu Hongji had tolerate such a defeat in Xiongzhou. Will he still mobilize many troops because of the robbery of the year? Surely not!

Losing annual monies is a big deal, but it is nothing compared to Xiongzhou's big defeat. You know, Xiongzhou's big defeat was the most painful defeat in the history of the Liao Kingdom. Yelu Hongji even endured this. What else could he not tolerate?

As for why Yelu Hongji endured it, instead of setting up a large army to invade the territory, Zheng Tai and the other two did not understand the reason, but Wu Ji knew that it seemed that the Liao Kingdom had made significant progress in developing this weapon. However, Wu Ji knew more about this weapon. When the conditions for the Wu family's military industry were ripe, he could still develop it, let alone, the weapons he developed would definitely be more powerful than those of the Liao Kingdom.

"Okay! We must rob the annual monies!" Zheng Tai, Huangfu Song and Qi Dabao shouted in unison. The three of them were very loud, as if they were screaming, and the blue veins on their necks were prominent: "I have long wanted to make annual monies, but the annual monies have too much to do, and I have never taken action! Now, I finally have this opportunity and must not miss it!"

Although the annual monies are only 200,000 taels of silver and 200,000 pieces of silk, it is nothing to the strong economy of the Song Dynasty. However, it is a symbol of shame. Who can tolerate it? There are many people who have the idea of ​​making annual monies, but the matter is too serious and they dare not take action.

As long as you have the opportunity, no one will miss this opportunity.

"I plan to wait until the annual monies enter the Liao realm before taking action. In this way, the Song Dynasty will speak better." Wu Ji raised his eyebrows and expressed his plans.

"That's certain!" Zheng Tai agreed immediately: "If the annual monies are robbed in the Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom will be more important to speak with this. Although it is not afraid, it is also troublesome. If you take action in the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Hongji will not be blamed for the Song Dynasty no matter what."

"We need to choose a good place to facilitate setting up ambush, to facilitate fighting, and to facilitate our retreat!" Huangfu Song immediately came up with an idea.

If there is no good place for the annual monies, it is really troublesome. If it is just a simple monies, you only need to kill the Liao army. The problem is that Wu Ji is planning to use these Liao army escorts as whetstones to let the converts army fight a battle and experience it, and then choose a good battlefield.

After the battle, the Converted Army was about to withdraw. At that time, the Converted Army would have hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, hundreds of thousands of pieces of silk and a lot of supplies. It would be inevitable to find a place that would be convenient for retreat.

We also have to take into account the reinforcements of the Liao Kingdom. If there are reinforcements from the Liao Kingdom, we must be able to block the attack and retreat calmly. This place is not easy to choose.

"Are you thinking that this place is difficult to choose?" Qi Dabao looked at Wu Ji and the other two: "Hehe! Tell you, I have already chosen this place! Here!"

Qi Dabao pointed his finger on the map and explained to Wu Ji and the other two: "The terrain here is not complicated, but it is the most advantageous. This place is a road intersection, narrow and long. Liao Dogs pass by every time they escort annual coins. We set up an ambush here, and we only need to occupy the mountains on both sides to suppress Liao Dogs. Then we blocked both ends, and Liao Dogs became turtles in a jar and had no escape. At that time, we set up a formation to fight with Liao Dogs and test our combat power!"

He said while gesturing, explaining the terrain here clearly. Wu Ji, Zheng Tai and Huangfu Song kept nodding and praised him in unison.

"I don't need to survey this place anymore. I have passed by there a lot, and I won't go wrong even if I close my eyes." Qi Dabao rubbed his hands excitedly and said, "More importantly, it's only more than a day away from Song Realm. It's easy to go in the past and it's convenient to come back. If there is any problem, we can retreat immediately."

"Okay! That's it!" Wu Ji was convinced of Qi Dabao's words and immediately made the decision.

"Hehe! I originally wanted to perform martial arts, but I left. I didn't expect that I would participate in such a big event!" Zheng Tai said with a blushing face and said with a smile: "The Great Song Dynasty has not been in operation for decades after entering the Liao realm! There have been only Liaogou invaded the territory, but there was no matter where the Great Song army went deep into the Liao realm to fight. Today, I caught up with it!"

"Mr. Zheng, please leave quickly! There is nothing to do with you here!" Wu Ji looked playful and kept waving.

"That's it! This is our return army. What does it have to do with you, Lord Zheng?" Huangfu Song also joined the joke.

"That's true! Lord Zheng, you can really leave! You will leave sooner or later. It's better to leave early than to leave late!" Qi Dabao couldn't help but wave his hand, as if he was hoping that Zheng Tai would leave immediately.

"Who said the Conversion Army has nothing to do with me?" Zheng Tai was a little angry and his voice turned high: "If I hadn't built Conversion for you, could you train troops peacefully? If I hadn't given you advice, could you understand the past and practice such a cavalry? Can you have a Modao Hand? It's not that I, Zheng Tai, loves to show off my achievements, it's really that you have destroyed bridges across the river, which makes people angry! Such a grand event is not allowed to participate, don't even think about it!"

"Ha ha!"

Wu Ji, Huangfu Song, and Qi Dabao saw Zheng Tai's annoyed look and couldn't help laughing.

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Xiongzhou, after months of reconstruction, has almost been restored to the old scene, with people coming and going, and it is very lively. In the battle of Xiongzhou, Xiongzhou was almost destroyed, but in just a few months, Xiongzhou has almost recovered. It is really amazing. Who said that the Song Dynasty had amazing recovery ability?

The Song army inspected the city walls and watched the merchants coming and going, they couldn't help but feel very happy. If it were in the past, they would have seen the arrogant Khitans from time to time, and now there are still many Khitans coming to do business. However, they are no longer as arrogant as before, and they are arrogant and do not take the Song people seriously.

In the battle of Xiongzhou, the Liao Kingdom was defeated in a very serious blow to the morale of the Khitans. The originally arrogant Khitans did not dare to do anything as they used to. However, the Song people were full of confidence and always laughed at the Khitans when they saw them.

If in the past, only the Khitans ridiculed the Song people, how could the Song people be the turn to ridicul the Khitans? If you don’t ridiculed it, it would be so pleasant. The Song army would do such things a lot. When they meet the Khitans, they would say, "Liaogou, do you dare to violate the territory? If you dare to violate the territory, grandpas will definitely let you defeat a few more times!"

After hearing this, the Khitans could only pretend not to hear it and hurried away. Seeing the Khitans leaving like they ran away, the Song army was very happy.

There are many houses in Xiongzhou City, and they are completely renewed. It has only been built for a while. The Song Dynasty's recovery was amazing. In just a few months, the entire Xiongzhou City was full of houses. If it weren't for knowing the whole story, it would have never been expected that a war broke out here last year and I thought it was a newly built city.

In Wang Shao's general's mansion, Wang Shaozheng and Zhou Wei and Lin Hong discussed matters.

"Bang!"

Wang Shao smashed his right fist hard on the table, his eyebrows were raised, and he shouted loudly: "Last year, the Song Dynasty won such a big victory, and he still wanted to give Liao Dog Annual tribute. It would be annoying to think about it!"

During the Chanyuan alliance, the Song and Liao Dynasty agreed that the Song Dynasty gave 100,000 taels of silver and 100,000 pieces of silk to the Liao Kingdom every year. At that time, it was announced to the world that Song and Liao were brotherly countries and annual monies were given. Although the Song people were unwilling to give up, they could still bear it.

However, after "Zhongxi increased the coins", the annual monies became "tribute". The saying that the Song and Liao brotherly countries no longer existed. The Song Dynasty was shorter and the Liao Kingdom was higher. It was natural for the Song Dynasty to pay annual monies to the Liao Kingdom.

Who can bear such an insult? However, the Liao Kingdom is powerful and the Song Dynasty is weak. The Song Dynasty has to endure it even if it can't.

Last year, the battle of Xiongzhou and the great victory of the Song Dynasty made the Song Dynasty's confidence soar. However, in the end, it was inevitable that the end of losing the annual monies was lost. This matter was infuriating, not to mention that the handover of the annual monies was in Xiongzhou, just under Wang Shao's nose. Can Wang Shao not be so angry that he slapped the table?

"Wang Shumi, why not, we will rob the annual monies!" Zhou Wei rolled up his sleeves and made a loud idea: "If Yelu Hongji can endure the defeat in Xiongzhou, he will definitely endure the annual monies loss! We will change our clothes and pretend to be Qiyun Club to rob the annual monies, so that Yelu Hongji will not find the murderer."

This idea was good, and immediately attracted a lot of echoes: "Not bad! Not bad! Wang Shumi, let us do it once! You will definitely not let the annual monies fall into the hands of Liao Gou!"

"Jiuqianqian?" Wang Shao raised his eyebrows, his eyes were filled with light, and he stood up suddenly, pressed his right hand on the hilt of the sword, breathing heavily, like a breathing cow.

I have to say that the robbery of the year is very attractive to him, and he wishes to do it right away.

"Report to Wang Shumi, the people who picked up and sent out the annual monies in Liao Kingdom have arrived." A personal soldier came in to report.

"Forget it! Forget it!" Wang Shao waved his hand, sat down, and said, "Even if he wanted to rob the annual tribute, he had to prepare early. Liaogou had arrived, and it was too late."

That's right, the robbery of annual monies is of great importance. You need to prepare early, investigate the routes to enter and exit, and choose the ambush location. The Liao army has arrived. Even if Wang Shao wants to do it, he has no chance and has to give up.

"How come these Liao dogs were born so early? There are five days left before the handover of the annual monies!" Zhou Wei was a little surprised.

"That's why Liao Gou is afraid that we will rob the annual monies, so he came to pick up the annual monies a few days in advance and did not give us time to prepare." Wang Shao saw through Yelu Hongji's intention at a glance.

They just mentioned robbing the annual monies when the Liao army arrived. Isn’t the intention obvious?

"Let them come in!" Wang Shao waved his hand and said, "Liaogou let them stay outside the city if only the leading generals come in! Don't give them a piece of firewood, don't give them a sip of water, don't give them a grain of food, transfer ten thousand troops to surround them, and prepare for war!"

"That's great!" Zhou Wei was overjoyed and screamed: "Shumi Wang, are you planning to kill Liao Gou?"

"If Liaogou gives me a chance, I don't mind killing them!" Wang Shao waved his hand and Zhou Wei left happily.

Zhou Wei mobilized 10,000 Song troops and surrounded the Liao army. He did not give food, drink, and firewood, which meant that he put three thousand Liao troops under house arrest.

If the Liao army who picked up and sent annual monies in the past came, the Song Dynasty would have treated it like serving ancestors. Not only did it have good food and drink, the Liao army would have committed crimes in Xiongzhou City, robbed and disturbed the people.
Chapter completed!