Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 719
Fan Ning returned to the barracks, and as soon as he arrived at the main tent of the Chinese army, Yang Wenguang came out to report, "Send to the privy envoy, the chief of the Lieshan tribe has sent his son again."

"Where are people now?"

"On the side tent, Liu Sima is talking with him."

Fan Ning was not in a hurry to go to the side tent, but went back to the big tent and sat down, while some attendants served tea.

He took a sip of tea and asked, "Did he come directly to the barracks, or did he go through other channels?"

Yang Wenguang said hastily: "Last time we made an appointment to contact in Heyin County, and I sent a special person there. He went to Heyin County, and then put on the armor of the Song Army and followed the cavalry back to Jincheng County."

"How many people came in total?"

"Including Du Shan himself, there are three people and two attendants."

At this time, Liu Kui walked in and said with a smile: "The chief of the Lieshan tribe was so angry that he actually handed over the order of the golden wolf head to his son."

After finishing speaking, he handed over a golden wolf head warrant made of gold to Fanning.

Fan Ning picked up the warrant and put it in his hand to examine it carefully. It weighed about a catty, and it was exquisitely crafted, glittering with gold, and covered with traces of time.

"Is this the real Golden Wolf Order?" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

Liu Kui said: "It should be true. I have seen the order of the Golden Wolf Head of the Kret Department. It is very similar to this."

"What did he say?" Fanning put the Golden Wolf Head Order back on the table.

"Sent to the Privy Envoy, he said that the plan has changed, and neither the Naiman tribe nor the Dadan tribe agreed to fight the Song army alone, and the general of the Liao army in Xijing would not approve them to fight alone."

"Then what do they mean?" Fanning asked quietly.

"What they mean is that when the Liao army and the Song army fight in the field, they will be defeated without a fight, so that the Liao army will not be suspicious."

"Humph!"

Fan Ning snorted coldly, "How much do they want us to have a decisive battle with the Liao Army?"

Next to him, Yang Wenguang said: "Private Envoy Rong Beizhi please say something!"

"Old General, please speak!"

Yang Wenguang said in a deep voice, "I believe that a decisive battle between us and the Liao army in the wilderness may be unavoidable. In fact, the choice of the method of war rests with the Liao army."

"The old general thinks that the Liao army will fight us decisively instead of defending Datong City?"

Yang Wenguang shook his head with a smile, "The privy envoy didn't know how much Yelu Wanshan was remembered by the Battle of Loufanguan. He was extremely afraid of our iron fire thunder, and would never defend the city again. Once our army came to the city of Datong, He will lead the army to fight."

Fan Ning nodded, pointed to the order of the golden wolf head and asked Liu Kui, "Is he using the golden wolf head to win our trust?"

"Reporting to my husband, he used the golden wolf head to prove his identity. In fact, he is willing to stay here as a hostage. Please believe him."

"The golden wolf head makes it impossible for me to distinguish the real from the fake, and I don't even know what the son of the great chief of the Lieshan tribe, Dubu Luo, looks like. How can I trust them."

At this time, Zhong Er, who had just entered the account and was listening to the side, bowed and said, "Private envoy, I have something to say!"

"Speak, old general!"

"The privy envoy seems to think that if the other party cheats, we will suffer. In fact, even if the other party cheats, it is not terrible. We will definitely prepare with both hands."

Fan Ning immediately retorted: "But the opponent is planning to cheat in the decisive battle. The battlefield changes rapidly, and it is difficult for us to grasp the opportunity."

Zhong Er smiled slightly: "There is a principle here. It mainly depends on where the opponent is fighting. If it is a forward, then don't consider whether there is an internal response at all. Even if it is an internal response, it is meaningless. The opponent cannot retreat. Strike mercilessly.

But if it is on the two wings or in the rear, then the opponent has a chance to retreat, and we will also attack mercilessly. If the opponent is really an internal response, they will retreat by themselves. If it is not an internal response, it will have no effect on us. "

Fan Ning understood a little bit, "What the old general Zhong said is that no matter whether they are internal agents or not, we will fight according to the established tactics and will not be affected by them."

Chong Er nodded slowly, "That's the meaning of the humble position, so it doesn't matter whether they are cheating or not. We believe that the Song army will win, and the difference between whether there is internal support or not is only the degree of casualties."

"Where's Old General Yang?" Fan Ning asked Yang Wenguang again.

Yang Wenguang said decisively: "The humble official supports the opinions of veteran general Zhong!"

Fan Ning nodded, and said to Liu Kui: "Go and tell Dushan. I believe in their sincerity and accept their plan. I hope that the first cooperation between the two parties will yield the greatest gains!"

Liu Kui hesitated for a moment and asked again: "Then, as I said last time, should we leak this matter to the Liao Army?"

Fan Ning pondered for a moment, then slowly shook his head and said: "This matter is difficult to handle well, and it might cause bad things. Change the plan!"

.........

Two days later, a transport team consisting of more than [-] people and [-] carts arrived in Jincheng County. Fan Ning dispatched [-] troops to participate in unloading.

This army transported all kinds of military supplies other than food and grass, including weapons, armor, kerosene, iron fire mines, war drums, military flags, and various siege weapons.

When Fan Ning came to the transportation team, several military inspectors came forward to greet him. Fan Ning saw Du Qiu, the head of the Nut Academy, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Du, the fine steel crossbow I am most looking forward to Have the guns been delivered?"

"Of course, this humble job is to escort [-] fine steel ballistas and [-] boxes of iron crossbow boxes."

Fan Ning was overjoyed and asked anxiously, "Where are the ballista and crossbow box?"

"It has just been transported into the city, and it is placed in the seventh and eighth warehouses."

"Then look back."

Fan Ning saw the Xuanzhi eunuch Yuan Sheng, he didn't bother to look at the ballista, and hurriedly went up to him and asked, "Why is Eunuch Yuan here?"

Yuan Sheng smiled and said, "Of course I'm here to send a decree to Mr. Fan."

With a smile on his face, he said solemnly: "Fan Xianggong accepts the order!"

Fan Ning quickly knelt down, "Mr. Fanning is here!"

Yuan Sheng took a sealed silver box and handed it to Fan Ning, "This is a secret official decree, and Mr. Fan needs to open it himself."

Fan Ning held up the silver box and looked at it for a moment. Under the sunlight, the silver box shone with bright white silver light. The whole silver box was seamless and seamless. He was really curious, what could be inside?
Back at the camp, Fan Ning took a sharp dagger and carefully cut open the silver box. Inside was a white silk edict. Fan Ning broke out in a cold sweat after reading the edict.

The edict is precisely a secret decree. If he can destroy the Liao Kingdom, then as a reward, he will be licensed to follow the example of the Zhou system in Beidao to build a country.

And give him another [-] households to immigrate.

The Zhou system is the system of enfeoffment. The Spring and Autumn Period and the Hundred Kingdoms appeared. Except for the name of respecting the Zhou royal family as the emperor, the others are completely self-reliant kings.

The emperor actually gave him this kind of promise, which shows that Fan Ning has no chance to be promoted. He has become an extremely human minister, and he is named the king of Chu.

This is called the master of high meritorious service. Fortunately, the Song Dynasty had countless territories overseas, so that the high-ranking and powerful people had a flood outlet, and they could go to distant overseas countries to become kings. This avoided the threat to the emperor. In fact, it has the same effect as releasing soldiers with a glass of wine.

The question is, why did Zhao Xu give himself an edict at this juncture?Is this a promise, or a temptation?
Fan Ning paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his hands. He suspected that someone had slandered Zhao Xu in his ears. As for who this person was, he believed that he would know sooner or later.

(End of this chapter)