The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 309 Surrounding but not attacking

"Sir, how can I not understand what you said, but do you think I will give him a chance to fight back?"

Speaking of this, Ye Luxian sneered: "After the Northern Han Dynasty is destroyed, I will only give Chen Chen a small piece of land in Qinzhou, let him act as an artificial Great Wall, and fight against the Song people on my behalf. I will not support the troops. He, but enough food and grass. He doesn't have many troops, do you think he has a chance to negotiate terms with me?"

Li Yin finally understood what Ye Luxian meant, and if this plan could be successful, it would definitely be the best thing for the Liao Kingdom.

Although the area of ​​the Northern Han Dynasty is not very large, it produces a lot of grain. With the land of the Northern Han Dynasty, the Liao people no longer have to worry about food, and having the Northern Han Dynasty is equivalent to adding another barrier for their Liao Kingdom. With this barrier in place, it would be as difficult for the Song people to destroy the Liao people.

Qinzhou is not small, but not too big. It would be good for Chen Chen to become king in Qinzhou and help them resist the Song people.

The plan is good, the key is how to implement it.

"My lord, is Chen Chen willing to join us in destroying the Northern Han Dynasty?"

A sneer appeared at the corner of Yeluxian's mouth: "He is an ambitious man. If we agreed to give him half of the territory of the Northern Han Dynasty at the beginning, do you think he would agree?"

Li Yin's lips grew slightly. He felt that Ye Luxian was getting more and more cunning, and he even thought of using this method to lure Chen Chen.

"This matter must be concealed, how about letting the gentleman go?"

Li Yin nodded: "Since the Holy Majesty has made up his mind, why not go down there?"

"Okay, I believe that sir will be able to live up to his mission."
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The weather got colder the further north they went. Although the seasons in the Central Plains where Liu Wei and the others were located were very accurate, they had experienced severe cold, but after approaching the Northern Han Dynasty, they found that the cold here was much colder than that in the Central Plains.

Many soldiers' hands were so frozen that they couldn't even hold their spears.

The further north they went, the worse the situation became. By the time they were only one day away from the Northern Han Dynasty, more than 5000 soldiers in the army could not do anything because their hands were frozen.

King Wu Zhao Dezhao was very worried about this matter, so he reported the situation to Liu Wei. If the soldiers were unable to fight because of the cold, how could he take this opportunity to build military merits?

The weather was really cold. When Zhao Dezhao told Liu Wei about the situation, Liu Wei's hands were already a little red. If it wasn't because he could use the best thing to keep out the cold every day, he was sure that his hands would be cold. up.

"Master Liu, what should we do?"

Things were indeed not easy to handle. After pondering for a long time, Liu Wei ordered the army to set up camp.

Many people were puzzled by Liu Wei's order. Although the soldiers' hands were cold, they didn't have to set up camp just because of this. How would they kill the enemy if they didn't go to the border?
Many soldiers found that they could not understand Liu Wei's orders at all.

The soldiers didn't understand Liu Wei's orders, and Liu Wei didn't need to explain to them that he had such power as the commander, and since those soldiers were soldiers, they just had to obey the orders.

After the army set up camp, Liu Wei found Zhuge Pi.

"Sir, what are your orders?"

"Later, you will dispatch 1000 troops to look for snakes in nearby stones, dead trees and other places where snakes can easily hide."

"Looking for a snake?" Zhuge Pi couldn't understand Liu Wei's intentions. The snakes were hibernating at this time, so it would be difficult to find them.

But Liu Wei nodded: "That's right, the more snakes you can find, the better. When you look for snakes, you carry a bottle with you. After you find the snake, you peel off the skin and scrape off the oil on the snake's body." In the bottle, I am useful."

It turned out that Liu Wei wanted to use snake oil, but Zhuge Pi didn't understand what the snake oil was for, but even though he didn't understand, he still hurriedly took the order.

1000 people are a lot, as long as they spread out and conduct a blanket search, even if the snakes are hibernating, they can find many snakes, and because the snakes are hibernating, they don't have to chase them at all, they just need to lift a stone or something to cover them. They just pick out the snakes. After picking out the snakes, they use the daggers they carry with them to take out the snake oil and pour it into the next bottle.

After half a day like this, they got a lot of snake oil.

The snake oil was brought to Liu Wei bottle by bottle, and Liu Wei nodded in satisfaction, but he didn't touch the snake oil, but told those people: "Order people to pack these snake oil into Smaller bottles, give each soldier a bottle, and let these soldiers apply it to their hands every day."

After Liu Wei gave the order, everyone was shocked, and felt faintly sick.

The snake is so penetrating, they don't even want to touch it, let alone put snake oil on their hands, they are really worried that after applying that thing, they won't be able to eat for a whole day.

Seeing everyone's doubts, Liu Wei showed a slight smile: "You think snake oil is disgusting, don't you?"

Everyone nodded, the snake oil was yellow, really disgusting.

But Liu Wei shook his head: "Snake oil is a good thing. It can beautify the face, and it can also treat and prevent frostbite. We are going to fight. How can we do it if our hands are frostbitten? If you want to survive on the battlefield, you must apply it. "

Everyone was very puzzled, how could snake oil still have this effect?

Everyone didn't believe it in their hearts, but Liu Wei said all the words for this sake, and they couldn't help but they didn't believe it. In the end, they had to follow Liu Wei's instructions and divided the snake oil into small bottles, distributed them to the soldiers, and applied them every day.

They stayed in place for two days. Two days later, although many soldiers' hands were still chapped, they were already very flexible, and they were no longer frostbitten. When everyone discovered this, they believed Liu Wei's words.

"I really didn't expect that what Master Liu said is actually true, and snake oil has this effect."

"Who is Lord Liu, when did he lie to us?"

"Yes, Master Liu said yes..."

Just when everyone was amazed, Zhuge Pi looked at Liu Wei curiously and asked, "My lord, how do you know that snake oil can cure frostbite?"

Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, he is a brewer and a scholar, but how can he explain medical matters?

After thinking about it, Liu Wei smiled slightly: "There used to be a doctor who liked to drink, but he had no money, so I gave him a drink, and he told me some folk remedies."

Zhuge Pi snorted and didn't have too much doubt, but Wei Ping and Zhan Qing were a little puzzled.

When Liu Wei provided the "Washing Injustice Collection" before, he said that Song Ci was a drunkard and had no money to drink. He gave him alcohol to drink and that person taught him the way of autopsy, but now it is the reason again, that person gave Liu Wei's folk prescription, why is it that all the talented people in the world are short of alcohol, and Liu Wei happened to meet him?
"Lord Liu, that doctor has such abilities. I don't know who he is. Why don't you invite him into the palace as an imperial doctor? I think the emperor will definitely use him again." Zhao Dezhao who was next to him also found it strange. But it can be asked.

Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, and said: "That man's name is Li Shizhen, but he is already dead, I'm afraid he can't enter the palace as an imperial physician."

Everyone groaned and expressed regret, while Wei Ping and the others were still suspicious, why did they die again, that Song Ci died, and this Li Shizhen also died, so strange.

The thing was indeed strange, and Liu Wei was afraid that he might miss the point, so he had to quickly change the topic: "Now that everyone's hands are not cold anymore, it's time for us to go."

It wasn't until this time that everyone suddenly realized their important responsibilities.
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On the way to Qinzhou City with mighty soldiers and horses, Liu Wei had already heard about Chen Chen being arranged in Bayu City by the Northern Han Dynasty.

This is what Liu Wei had expected. Even if the Northern Han Dynasty had doubts about Chen Chen, he could think of Chen Chen as an enemy of the Song people. In the case of Northern Han emperor Liu Jiyuan, he would definitely use Chen Chen. Even if Liu Jiyuan didn't expect it, Bei Han Qunchen must be someone who can think of it.

Bayu City is at the junction of the Song Dynasty and the Northern Han Dynasty, and it is the most direct border between the Song Dynasty and the Northern Han Dynasty. If one day the Song Dynasty really wants to destroy the Northern Han Dynasty, Bayu City must be captured.

Of course, it does not mean that to attack the Northern Han Dynasty, Bayu City must be captured first. The Song Army can completely spare Bayu City, but the terrain of Bayu City is different. The attack of Bayu City soldiers.

Therefore, Bayu City is very important, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a battleground for military strategists.

Now that Chen Chen occupies Bayu City, it is clear that he wants to defend the Northern Han Dynasty against the Song people's attack.

Liu Wei thought about it all the way, and at a place ten miles away from Bayu City, he ordered people to stop.

Martial King Zhao Dezhao was a little puzzled: "Lord Liu, why did you stop suddenly? Chen Chen only has more than [-] people, and we are enough to destroy them."

Liu Wei smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, Chen Chen indeed only has more than [-] people, but don't forget that he still has a Bayu City, and our number is only [-] more than them. Siege is not good for us, and there are also Northern Han people. It is very likely that they will come around behind us and surprise us, so we must be cautious."

"Northern Han dare to attack us?" King Wu Zhao Dezhao frowned.

"Why don't you dare, they dare to take Chen Chen in, don't they dare to sneak attack us?"

When the two were talking like this, Zhuge Pi said: "My lord, why don't you send a letter to the people of the Northern Han, asking them to help us destroy Chen Chen? Why don't I, the Song Dynasty, definitely crush the city and destroy their Northern Han? This kind of threat depends on whether they dare to take Chen Chen in."

After Zhuge Pi finished speaking, King Wu Zhao Dezhao immediately agreed.

But Liu Wei shook his head. It's a bit dangerous to do so. The Northern Han Dynasty is so hard-headed. Threats are useless to them. They already knew that the Song people had the intention to destroy them. If so, how could they be afraid of such a threat?
"Then what should we do?" Seeing that Liu Wei disagreed, everyone was a little anxious.

"Siege instead of attacking, wait and see what happens."

(End of this chapter)