Chapter 7: The Star of the Future

The current strategic focus of the Song Dynasty was not the Liao Kingdom, but the Western Xia. The Song Dynasty was inevitable to use troops to the Western Xia, but Wu Ji did not expect that Wang Shao would tell him so bluntly that he would participate in the war in the Western Xia.

"Brother Wang told me about such a secret matter, I am very grateful. However, I am really not prepared for the fight against Xixia." Wu Ji stroked his chin and pondered.

War is not about playing house, it will kill people. Although Wu Ji fought well in the battle with Xiongzhou, after all, he was in the army for too short, let alone Xixia, which he was not familiar with at all.

"I have carefully understood the situation of returning to the army. It's very good." Wang Shao encouraged with a smile: "You are rigorous in the army, hard in training, and do not deduct military pay. Although this is rare, you cannot become a good general. A true good general must have many talents, and you have this ability. In the two wars of returning to the army, you defeated the Liao army with your own strength. Although the thunderbolt bomb was powerful and gave you an advantage, but without this ability, you would not be able to win."

Painting Wu Ji's shoulder a few times, saying, "Although you are not familiar with Xixia, there is still some time to learn more and prepare. You can't escape this battle of Xixia, not only my meaning, but also the official family. Think about it, what you are doing when you are converting is something that no one has done in the 100 years since the founding of the Song Dynasty. What a pity if you don't let you go to the battlefield?"

Looking around, seeing no one, he lowered his voice and said, "Brother, do you know the ambition of the official family? I told you, don't tell anyone, even if it is parents, wife and children. The official family often said that although the name of the Song Dynasty unified China, it actually did not unified China. Today's world is still divided. You are a scholar. When you know the history of China, how vast was China in the previous dynasty? In addition to the current Song Dynasty, there are also places such as Liao, Xixia, Western Regions, Nanzhao, and Vietnam."

He clenched his fist with his right hand and said resentfully: "The Khitan was rampant. During the Five Dynasties, China's strength was damaged and could not be challenged. Although it was angry, it could still be accepted. The most unacceptable thing was Nanzhao and Vietnam. If it weren't for the Liao Kingdom in the north and Xixia in the west, they would definitely destroy these two places."

As Emperor Shenzong of Song said, the Song Dynasty did not unify China, and China was actually divided at that time. Even Nanzhao, which is equivalent to Yunnan now, dared to pursue independence, which is really infuriating.

Wu Ji never expected that Song Shenzong was so sober that he was shocked.

As soon as Wang Shao finished his angry words, he immediately said with great enthusiasm: "The ambition of the official family is to unify China, destroy the Liao Kingdom, defeat the Western Xia, recover the Western Regions, and also to take over the two places where the troubles were caused by Nanzhao and Vietnam. To achieve the ambition of the official family, a large number of talents are needed, and the new law is implemented. Speaking of this war, I am too few of my brothers at the moment. If Brother Wu can stand alone, wouldn't it be even better?"

The voice was lowered: "Brother Wu joined the army for too short time and needed great hardship. You can't escape this battle of Xixia no matter what. Brother Rong Wu grew up and it was difficult to stop him alone. We two brothers destroyed the Liao Kingdom and Xixia and unified the world."

Speaking of this, Wang Shao was extremely excited, full of energy, and his face was blushing, as if he was commanding thousands of troops to rush.

Wu Ji never expected that he had such an important position in the mind of Emperor Shenzong of Song. If so, he would be the future star of the Song Dynasty.

In fact, in the past battle, Wu Ji has risen slowly as a dazzling new star.

If it really fulfills Song Shenzong's fierce ambition, it will definitely be exciting. Wu Ji was also excited. He stood up and said with great certainty: "Since that's the case, I will definitely serve."

In another time and space, the history learned from textbooks was that the Song Dynasty was weak, and it was successively suppressed and destroyed by the Khitan, Xixia, Jurchen, and Mongolia. In the Song Dynasty, after listening to Wang Shao's words, he realized that there was a misunderstanding among them, that is, the Khitan, Xixia, Jurchen, and Mongols were regarded as foreign people and their territory as foreign places.

In fact, these nomadic peoples surrendered to the Tang Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty, and their places were all from the Tang Dynasty. Although the Song Dynasty did not unify China, the places where these ethnic minorities were located were not outside the country, but in China. It was just that the Song Dynasty did not fulfill its mission to unify China.

"It's ridiculous that those scholars regard Liao and Xixia as foreign places, which is pitiful! It's a pity! It's even more sad!" Wang Shao kept shaking his head, and was angry again.

"Brother Wu, these ten thousand elites will be temporarily dispatched by you. The most important task in front of them is to rebuild the conversion first. You must rebuild before the Liao Kingdom attacks again." Wang Shao finally said to Wu Ji: "After the conversion reconstruction is completed, you will leave a thousand elites, and the remaining nine thousand will let them return to Xiongzhou. Your own troops can start to recruit suddenly."

After explaining the matter, Wang Shao did not stop for more, but rushed back to Xiongzhou.

Youzhou, the Marshal's Mansion, Xiao Lu and the ministers looked anxious. You looked at me, I looked at you, and you all saw the anxiety in each other's eyes.

There is only one minister, who is sitting on a chair to rest as he looks like he is not concerned about his own affairs.

Xiao Lu couldn't help it anymore, so he stepped forward, came to the minister who was recuperating the spirit, clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Yelu, how can you ask where the emperor is?"

"What's wrong? Do you want to assassinate the emperor?" The man opened his eyes and shot out, like a sharp sword, looking at Xiao Lu. He was the leader of the Pisce Army. Yelu Zhao, Yelu Hongji's most trusted confidant, in charge of the Pisce Army and responsible for the safety of Yelu Hongji.

Since receiving the news of Xiongzhou's defeat, Yelu Hongji disappeared. At first, Xiao Lu and the others thought that Yelu Hongji was hiding in some corner and sulking, and they were very happy. The great defeat of Xiongzhou was the biggest defeat of the Liao Kingdom in the century-old Song-Liao War. Yelu Hongji must have shocking anger. If he vented his anger at them, he would not be able to stand it. Yelu Hongji hid aside and sulked, and they would not suffer.

However, after not seeing Yelu Hongji appear for several days, they felt something was wrong. At present, they had not seen Yelu Hongji's shadow for almost ten days, so how could Xiao Lu and the others not be anxious?

He sent people to inquire, but there was no whereabouts of Yelu Hongji. Who can be in a hurry? There was no way, so he had to inquire about Yelu Zhao. Who would have thought that Yelu Zhao was so big that he was so big and he could not be afraid?

"Mr. Yelu, don't talk nonsense. How dare we have such a thought? The emperor has been for several days..." Xiao Lu hurriedly explained with a smile.

His words were interrupted by Yelu Zhao: "Don't ask, the matter is finished, and the emperor will come to meet him. I want to remind you that the emperor is carrying out a major event that is related to the future of the Liao Dynasty. If anyone inquiries again, don't blame me for being ruthless."

His eyes were wider than those of the bull's eyes, and he swept around the ministers. The ministers felt like they were stabbing a sharp sword, so they had to lower their heads.

There is a huge courtyard in the northwest corner of Youzhou. On the surface, this courtyard looks nothing special, it is the same as an ordinary courtyard. In fact, this courtyard is very tightly guarded, with many secret whistles, three steps per post and five steps per whistle, and even flies cannot even think of getting in.

Yelu Hongji was in this courtyard. At this time, Yelu Hongji had no image of the emperor. His face was greasy and gray. Is it different from singing the face? Beside him, there were a group of people of different ages. The older ones were in their sixties or seventies, and the younger ones were in their thirties or forties. They were all energetic, as if they had won a great victory.

"Your Majesty, what you said is true?" An old man with gray hair and beard and his eyes were particularly bright. He looked at Yelu Hongji, with fanaticism flashing in his eyes.

"It's true! The Southern Dynasty is already ahead of us." Yelu Hongji patted the old man's shoulder with his right hand a few times and smiled: "If it weren't for the Xiongzhou battle, the Liao Dynasty suffered such a great defeat, I wouldn't believe it. But this is the case. I converted to the three thousand miscellaneous army, men and women, and with a thunderbolt bullet, I would have wiped out tens of thousands of troops."

"Hiss!" The crowd was in a state of snoring.

"The warriors of the Great Liao Dynasty are elite. Even if the Song army wants to rescue the siege, they can't do it without 30,000 or 50,000. Just 3,000 people can wipe out all the warriors of the Great Liao Dynasty. The power of this thunderbolt is great." Another old man, who was not young, asked loudly: "Master, have you got this thunderbolt? If you can get a few and make a guess for us, maybe we can make it."

"Not yet, but this is only a matter of time." Yelu Hongji was very proud and laughed loudly, and his laughter was extremely happy: "You know, Zhao Xu's good things have become ours? This weapon is so good, Zhao Xu didn't keep the secret, so wouldn't it become ours? Zhao Xu also developed a thunderbolt bomb, which must have been wanted to hand it over to Zhou Weiyong, but he couldn't transport it in, so he handed it over to the converted Wu Ji for use. Wu Ji was so lucky that he made such a contribution."

The Liao Kingdom did not know that Wu Ji created the thunder bomb. From the perspective of people at that time, this kind of weapon could not be accomplished by just one person, especially Yelu Hongji had a deep understanding of it. Although he stole this weapon from the military weapon surveillance of the Song Dynasty, he concentrated the most skilled craftsman of the Liao Kingdom. He spent so many years, but he had not made decent progress yet and could not be used in actual combat.

It is not ordinary or difficult to make him believe that the Thunderbolt bomb was completed by Wu Ji. Therefore, he believed that it was completed by the Song Dynasty military weapon supervisor, but Wu Ji was lucky enough to be used.

"Although I suffered a great loss in Xiongzhou and lost 50,000 elite troops, I am still very happy. Finally, I have given you a clear idea. This kind of weapon can be used like this." Yelu Hongji laughed and glanced at these good craftsmen, and was extremely relieved: "In the past, you wanted to release poison and smoke, but you never thought that you could use this way, right?"

"The emperor is wise!" A good worker in his forties nodded and said, "In the past, we just thought of smoke and poison, but we didn't expect that we could use it in this way."
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