Pingxiangdong was finally equipped with water air conditioners. Xu Ping no longer had to stay in the pavilion of the Houya every day. He went to the office of the officials next to the Chief Officer's Hall to study the surrounding situation.

There was a large table in the middle of the room, and a sand table was made according to Xu Ping's wishes. Although it was rough, the surrounding terrain was roughly expressed.

Although Xu Ping made a lot of efforts, one is because of his limited geographical level and the limitations of the times, many ideas cannot be communicated, and the map with elevation has not been perfected to the practical level. As long as time allows, the sand table is still more intuitive.

Sang Yi lay beside Xu Ping, looked at the sand table on the table, and asked, "Do you really want to take Liangzhou to the imperial court together? Then you will never die with Jiadong."

"Can they still want to make connections with me now? After taking down Liangzhou, Jiadong lost the largest piece of land, what else can they do? From now on, they will just be a small local official, so they don't have to pay attention to them."

Xu Ping did not look up, and pointed at the sand table as he said: "Now we have seven commanders here, and we will add two or three commanders to the village soldiers and gather 5,000 troops. According to what we know, it should be no problem to take Guangyuanzhou. But we still can't tell how many civilians are needed, and whether the sugar service can be pulled out."

Sang Yi said: "I heard that the road there is not much different from Ning Ming to Shangsi. It is less than 300 miles of mountain road, which is much shorter than Ning Ming to Shangsi. We tried several times between Ning Ming and Shangsi. Mules and horses are enough, and one soldier and two men are enough. Besides, Guangyuanzhou has been operating for many years, and there must be a lot of food reserves, so you won't have to worry about getting there."

"No matter what, as long as Menzhou is in your hands, you can move forward and retreat freely and you can't get out of trouble. It's already mid-August. If Menzhou is not a little more proactive, I will take action next month."

Sang Yi sighed: "I'm afraid that the court will say you will cause trouble for the border."

Xu Ping said with a dark face: "Then I won't report to the court. Menzhou is considered a subordinate of Zuojiangdao. Zhennan Pass has been repaired. When the armor is neatly arranged, just lead the troops to occupy Menzhou. Just place Huang Zhizhou's family."

Sang Yi didn't say anything. Xu Ping made up his mind about this kind of thing, so he just followed him. Speaking of which, he was just a military inspector, and there was no room for such a big thing. In other words, Xu Ping asked him to discuss it after years of friendship.

Xu Ping pointed to the sand pan and said, "When I take down Menzhou, I will give you a month to take down Guangyuanzhou, and after capturing the Nong family, I will return the same way, and order the local clan to temporarily take over the prefecture. The imperial army does not need to stay. After returning, I will do my best to deal with Jiadong. How about it?"

Sang Yi thought for a while and nodded, "It's almost enough time, as long as nothing unexpected happens, there should be no problem."

"Some days ago, someone came from Bozhou, saying that the surrounding area had been pacified, and our people had already withdrawn from Taiping County. Feng Zhizhou in Tianzhou had also pacified, and Hengshan Village had also saved food and grass. When you send troops here, they can support Guangyuanzhou for a while."

Sang Yi exhaled: "No problem, 5,000 soldiers and horses, even if there are no two supporters, it will be a force for Mount Tai to suppress Guangyuanzhou. I will not have any problems here. But I have taken all the soldiers and horses away. You must be careful that Jiadong will attack Menzhou in a mess and be trampled on the way back, so we will make a big joke."

"I have sugar services here, and I can organize tens of thousands of troops at any time. Unless Jiaozhi is attacking, no one will be afraid of him."

Sugar services are Xu Ping's biggest reliance. When the situation is serious, it is amazing to mobilize in general. With dozens of miles of Liangzhou, organizing 30,000 to 50,000 troops will not be a problem.

Deep in Xu Ping's heart, there is a meaning of repeating the border counterattack in his previous life, and the combat goals are roughly similar. However, there was Dali in this era, and he could not attack two ways like his previous life. He could only force a breakthrough all the way, and the directions of Tianzhou and Bozhou were feinted to restrain them.

Fortunately, Jiaozhi is not like the future generations. There are many internal vassal states, and the north is dominated by local officials, which is conducive to defeating them one by one. As long as the time is well controlled, Sang Yi has returned from Guangyuanzhou. The two sides confront each other in the Liangzhou area, and Xu Ping, who is backed by sugar sugar, still has the advantage in strength. If Xu Ping goes forward, he will face inconvenient transportation and poor food, the same will be true for Jiaozhi who comes to Liangzhou. Two or three thousand troops will be the limit.

As for Guangyuanzhou after the capture, there were naturally other large tribes who opposed the Nong family for temporary governance, and there was no need to station troops there. The Nong family was gone, and other Tuzhous that had originally depended on them naturally found a way out. The new Guangyuanzhou lord lost these vassals, like tigers without minions, and there would be no threat. When the area around Liangzhou Menzhou is completely stable, it will not be too late to clean up the place slowly.

Taking the sugar business as the foundation, fighting a border war with a short time, depth, and quick battle, Xu Ping wanted to use such a war to vent the depression that had accumulated in his chest over the years. He had a feeling that he would not have been in Lingnan for too long. No matter what consequences he faced, he would use such a war to put an end to his career in Lingnan and leave his indelible marks on this land.

The court strictly prohibited the border local officials from raising border provocations. It is not absolute to say that this is true. The most important thing is to not defeat the war and lose the face of the court. If the front line is only to Liangzhou, including Guangyuanzhou, in name only, they are under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou in the Song Dynasty. As long as they succeed in one fell swoop, Yongzhou will handle local affairs, and no matter who in the court can find fault.

In fact, Xu Ping was relatively restrained compared to other local officials, but his ruthless actions suddenly broke the roots of countless local officials around him. Qinzhou next to him was even more fierce than him. The magistrate clamored for the construction of warships since he took office, but it was just a shouting and he was not able to take action.

Xu Ping seemed different from the surrounding states that he had strength in his hands, his eyes closed and his heart turned dark, which really turned the area upside down, while other local officials just asked to ask for help from the court.

At this moment, soldiers came to report to the people from Jiadong and asked to see Xu Ping.

Xu Ping and Sang Yi looked at each other and smiled coldly: "It's finally here! It's already August, and I thought they really wanted to wait until the rainy season passed and meet directly!"

He ordered the soldiers to take the person to the Chief Officer's Hall, and Xu Ping said to Sang Yi: "You stay here and I'll go and see."

The year when there is not much rain. Yongzhou enters dry season in late September. It is only more than a month away from now. Of course, real military operations mostly start in late October, end in March, and last for five or six months.

After returning to his residence and changing his clothes, Xu Ping came to the Chief Officer's Hall. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a young man in his twenties inside. He was well-dressed and had a fair face. He stood there quietly looking at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall.

Xu Ping coughed lightly. The man turned around, looked at Xu Ping's official uniform, and hurriedly saluted: "After the governor of Xia Changzhou, Jia Jirong, I have met the official entrusted to the procurator."

Xu Ping said: "No need to be too polite, look at the seat."

Jia Chenggui was the brother-in-law of King Li Foma of Jiaozhi. Jia Jirong was his eldest son and married Li Foma's daughter and a royal relative of the family. This is also Jiaozhi's consistent policy, which is to win over local powerful parties.

The guest and host sat down, and Xu Ping ordered tea to serve. He asked Jia Jirong: "Yanei is here, what's the matter with me?"

Jia Jirong said: "My Jiadong is close to Zuojiang Road. It is connected by mountains and rivers. You and I are both officials who guard the land. We should walk around more. Today, we have time to see the officials who are promoted."

Xu Ping smiled and said, "It's so great. But you can come to me, but I can't go to your place. It's not that I neglected the Yanei family."

"The official is joking. If you want to go to Jiadong, we will naturally welcome you!"

Xu Ping smiled and shook his head, and raised his teacup: "Drink tea!"

After taking a sip of tea, the two chatted for a few more words. Jia Jirong said, "I came out of Jiadong, and I heard people talking about the gangs of Ding Fa, and the place was very unstable. Officials, what happened to the gang? I have lost a lot of Ding Mouth recently. I heard that I was also affected by the gang Dao?"

"Where is it! Ding Fa is just a trivial matter. It was originally because the court pity the hardships of the people around the country. With the surplus of money and grain in Yongzhou, it allowed the surrounding areas to organize households and reduce the money and grain. This is the act of the emperor today to love the people."

Listening to Xu Ping's endless words, Jia Jirong said with a smile: "Why isn't it that I heard? Because he was unwilling to practice the law of Ding, dozens of local officials on Zuojiang Road were all sent to the distant prison city by officials, which was very disturbed."

"Yanei has just walked all the way, but he really listened to a lot! Do people who ruled the people so much like to talk? They even told Yani specifically! Why am I so quiet here?"

"Officials and soldiers are in the middle of the country, who dares to come to you? Only in front of me, I am the idle person, can anyone dare to say a few words casually, and I will just listen to them casually."

Xu Ping put down the teacup and said casually: "Just listen to the idle people's words, the yamen doesn't have to take it to heart."

"How could I not take it to my heart? According to their words, the population of Jiadong's rule escaped, because Zuo Jiangdao practiced the method of gang Ding, and the other was that the officials' sugar sugar business was excessive!"

"The one who surrounds Ding Fa is Ding under my rule in the Song Dynasty. What does your Jiadong have to do with this? Could it be that Jiadong has always been harboring the mouth of my Song Dynasty, and was encircled this time?"

Seeing the smile on Xu Ping's face fading, Jia Jirong said, "What the officials said is boring. You can all register households and people, and you can avoid money and food for several years. Those ordinary people are greedy for cheapness. Isn't it common for cross-border escape?"

Xu Ping said lightly: "Is there any? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Jia Jirong looked at Xu Ping and paused for a moment without saying a word. He didn't expect Xu Ping to cheat in person, so that the language game could not continue.

After thinking for a while, Jia Jirong took a breath and said, "I'm asking abruptly. If the households escape, I will send additional personnel to search. If you don't ask about the origin, you will naturally be unable to explain it."

After pausing, he said, "But the sugar service recruits people, and I have a solid evidence here, so the officials must find out!"

"What to check? The sugar service book is complete, everyone has a name and a surname, and their origin is innocent. I have hundreds of officials, do you think they are just eating a good meal?"

Jia Jirong said with a sinister face: "Xu Tiju, you are unreasonable to speak like this. There are hundreds of people in my place who are now in the sugar service. Do you think no one knows it?"

"Well, if you have too many people, it is possible for those who are fake. This way, you can send the document under Jiadong to me. When recruiting sugar offices, you can compare it. If you have you, send it back."

"What?!" Jia Jirong stood up, "If you collect my version, why don't you say you want to annex my Jiadong directly! Can you eat it?"

The collection of articles is considered to be a civilized statement under the rule, but Xu Ping's confession scared Jia Jirong.

Xu Ping said: "My appetite has always been good. Is there anything I can't eat? But if you don't want to, it's fine. Without a comparison of the paper, there is no way to recruit people for sugar."

Jia Jirong said angrily: "I'm here today to reason with you! If you are unreasonable, don't regret it in the future!"

Xu Ping sneered: "Tell me reason? Huang Conggui intended to rebel back then, who took him in? I have asked the people I brought with me for a few years but I will not come back. Now I will reason with me! I have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses here, so I listen to you to this reason? My soldiers and horses in the Song Dynasty are the reason!"

Speaking of this, Xu Ping slapped the table and stood up: "I understand and tell you that my patience is limited! If someone is not sent back, I will pick it up by myself! I will regret it? Then I will let you know what regret is!"
Chapter completed!