"Killed 517 of the enemy, captured 2,744 of the enemy, captured 863 horses, and the rest of the soldiers and armor were" Once you are in the army, you must serve the army. Wang Changling's temporary assignment was the military chief recorder, who was responsible for recording military achievements. After the battle, he summarized the results compiled by the officials and reported them to Ye Chang. "Good, big win" Zhang Hao was happy because of his color. Everyone looked at Ye Chang. Ye Chang picked up the kettle with a smile, poured a cup of hot water into the cup in front of Nan Jiyun, and then offered it to him with his own hands: "Second brother, I underestimated you before the war. It's true." No, I saw my second brother's bravery today, and I have been taught that drinking is not allowed in the army, so I will give you a glass of water to honor my second brother. After I have completed my victory, I will return to Lushun and serve another drink to celebrate my success." Nan Jiyun stroked his beard. Smiling, he picked up the cup and drank it all in one gulp: "That shepherd slave actually dared to call himself the number one warrior in the Khitan tribe. He's just a chicken and a dog. He's just selling his head." Everyone laughed. This is a very popular saying. Guan Yu's words when he beheaded Yan Liang and Wen Chou in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". In fact, in the military formation, the possibility of a one-on-one duel between the two generals is not high. There are really very few who win like Nan Jiyun. "Respect again, respect again, Nan Ba's martial arts is not inferior to Guan Er's, and his intelligence is far superior to that of Guan Er," Zhang Hao cheered from the side. So Ye Chang poured another glass of water for Nan Jiyun, and Nan Jiyun drank it all. "Three of the prisoners are the chiefs of the Goguryeo and Shiwei tribes. They dare to join the Khitan in rebellion and must be severely punished. The rest of the prisoners, according to my wishes, should be punished as hard prisoners. What do you think?" Ye Chang's eyes flashed. Said: "That's right. I originally wanted to take advantage of the slack time after the autumn harvest to cultivate more wasteland and build more roads. But now it's been delayed by these damn barbarians and punished as hard prisoners. It's Yes Sima's kindness that gave them There is a way to survive," Zhang Hao said. "That's right. There are not enough soldiers in the army. The thing that restricts this is the lack of iron materials." Nan Jiyun also agreed. Wang Changling couldn't say anything about this, but he just remembered that from the information Ye Chang gave him, Jili Prefecture opened an iron mine in the northeast of Bisha City near Jian'an Prefecture, which Ye Chang named Lianshan Iron Mine. One of the important industries in Lushun is iron smelting. Using the coal from Dongmou and the Lianshan iron ore as raw materials, two furnaces have been built. Both of them use different smelting methods from those in the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty. Every day, they can produce Produces five hundred pounds of iron. "Don't underestimate these five hundred kilograms. As long as the raw materials are sufficient, it can produce 180,000 kilograms a year, and the annual iron output of the entire Datang is only 10 million kilograms. But for Jili Prefecture, which is waiting for a lot of development, this output is still small. Various tools and daily utensils need to be made of high-quality iron, and military weapons and armors need to use high-quality iron. Zhongyuan sells some iron to open up the market. Five hundred kilograms of iron is completely insufficient. Wang Changling remembered that Ye Chang had mentioned a plan to him, which was to double Lushun's iron and steel output within three years. What restricted the realization of this goal was the shortage of iron ore and coal. In the final analysis, Or the shortage of human resources. "Then it's settled, I'll leave this matter to Qin Qinshou. Although it's hard labor, I won't allow them to suffer too many casualties before squeezing out the last drop of their value." Ye Chang said with a smile. "Others were used to Ye Chang's style and laughed it off, but Wang Changling couldn't help but feel terrible. He felt a little sympathy for the prisoners. "In addition, I have obtained confessions from the prisoners. The Khitan people, plus the Andong tribes they are threatening, have a total of more than 60,000 people. The Jian'an Prefecture is fortified and clear as we agreed before, and there are only more than 10,000 defenders. What do you think? "This matter?" Ye Chang asked again. "There are more than 60,000 people, it is absolutely impossible." Wang Changling said: "I have traveled to the frontiers, and the Khitan people only have 20 to 30 thousand people, and they also include old, weak, women and children." "Exactly, the Khitan people are no more than 20,000 people." Of the 20,000, there are no more than 8,000 warriors among them." Zhang Hao also said: "The rest of the threatening tribes have their own evil intentions. If we don't win today, they may still be able to advance and retreat with the Khitans and win a great victory today. After that, they were frightened by the power of the Tang Dynasty, and they were afraid that they would persuade the Khitans to surrender. "Everyone concluded that although the Khitans claimed to have 60,000 soldiers, they only had half of them, less than 30,000. In today's battle, the prisoners would be killed. It exceeds three thousand. Even if the remaining fleeers return to camp, it means that their total number has been reduced by one-tenth. The Khitans are nomadic people. If they have the upper hand, they will be as fierce as wolves. But if they are at a disadvantage, they will be as weak as sheep. Hearing them talking about the Khitans like this, Ye Chang couldn't help feeling a little emotional. This was the height of the Tang Dynasty, and almost all the surrounding tribes had been hacked by the Mo Dao of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the Tang people had a psychological advantage over them. It is a joke in this era that a small number of people are dissatisfied and invincible. "There is one person who has to be careful. Just now the prisoner said that the shepherd slave killed by Brother Nan was named Zalan. Before he came here, there was a Goguryeo counselor named Gong Fu who advised him to use his troops carefully." Ye Changdao: "This person is familiar with the situation in Liaodong. He was recruited by the Khitan people after they entered Mougaizhou. He is also very resourceful, so Khitan Dilie Khan relies heavily on him." "Master Qi Reporter"Sir, I have seen this person before. "Qian Mou Ding was also with the army. When he heard Gong Fu's name, he opened his mouth and said. "Because of his status, he has always been cautious in his words and deeds in the army. When he opened his mouth, everyone looked at him, but he also Not too panicked, he recounted the situation of meeting this man in Jian'an Prefecture City. After hearing what he said, everyone got to know Gong Fu better. "It seems that he is a somewhat resourceful person. Meeting you in Jian'an Prefecture is a private attempt to alienate the relationship between Jian'an Prefecture and us. Zhang Hao said: "It seems we can use it." He has not made any achievements in Ye Chang's hands, and he doesn't like tedious affairs, so he wants to seize the opportunity of this battle. However, his activity also helped Ye Chang I am busy. In the past, I relied on Ye Chang alone to decide strategy and tactics, but now I have someone to discuss. ¡°Mr. Zhang, how to use the law? " Zhang Hao twisted his beard and thought for a while, then said with some hesitation: "Let's have a game Jiang Yu steals books? " Speaking of this, he said excitedly: "Yes, it is Jiang Yu who stole the book. Since there is Yan Liang of Nanba Zhan, it is natural that Jiang Yu steals the book." They are discussing how to deal with the Khitan people here, and the Khitan people are also there. Discussing how to deal with them. Part of Sala's defeated army fled, and most of them returned to the city of Jian'an Prefecture and met up with most of the Khitan troops. When he learned that Sala was killed one by one by the Tang generals, Di Lie's expression changed greatly: "Unexpectedly. "In the Tang Dynasty, there were such brave warriors here." Gongfu also felt horrified. Nazara was known as the first warrior of Khitan. Although it was a boast, he was brave and brave. Gongfu saw it with his own eyes. Di Lie came from Gaimou Prefecture. When they reached Jian'an Prefecture, they destroyed more than 40 cities, large and small, within 800 miles, and more than ten of them were captured by Sala's troops. However, in front of the Tang generals, they were not even able to fight back. "The Tang army also numbered over 10,000 people. What to do? Gong Fu murmured. In addition to exaggerating Nan Jiyun's bravery, the defeated army also exaggerated the number of Tang troops. Ye Chang's troops only had 5,000 people, but in their mouths, it became 10,000. Five thousand. Gong Fu knew that this number was inaccurate, but he did not expect that it was exaggerated by twice. ¡°Didn¡¯t you say that the Tang people in Jili Prefecture only had five thousand troops? Di Lie looked at Gong Fu and was a little angry: "How did five thousand people become over ten thousand?" " "Thiscould it be that the Tang Dynasty sent reinforcements? Yes, yes, we arrived in Gaimou Prefecture in March. After such a long time, the Tang Dynasty may have sent reinforcements, but I don¡¯t know the number of reinforcements sent Di Liehan, now the enemy is hidden and we are clear, it is not appropriate to suddenly To fight with them, send people to explore the truth first." Di Lie nodded. "This is a last resort. The Khitan people built Anzhou City with 60,000 people, but in fact they only had 30,000 people capable of fighting, and most of them were from various fields. The various tribes of the newly attached tribes who had evil intentions even gave away thousands of people. If there were really more than 10,000 people from the Tang Dynasty, even if they could not defeat the Khitans, they would be enough to contain them and prevent them from attacking Jian'an Prefecture with all their strength. As time goes on, the various ministries in Liaodong that were originally waiting may change, and Datang's new reinforcements may gather more and more. "Who to send?" " Di Lie asked. This time he didn't want to send Gong Fu. Firstly, the morale of his army was unstable and he needed this Goguryeo man by his side to make suggestions and appease the Liaodong tribes. Secondly, he also had some doubts about Gong Fu. "Sun Kezhe If you are proficient in Chinese and Chinese, you can be an official, and you can bring two more people who are also proficient in Chinese. " Gong Fu suggested. " Khitan people rarely have surnames at this time. Those who have surnames are all surnamed Li and Sun, which are surnames given by the Tang Dynasty. The ancestor of Sun Kezhe's clan is Sun Wanrong, who was given the surname by the Tang Dynasty. Sun Wanrong Ke Zhe had stayed in Liucheng and worked for An Lushan, and his Chinese skills were not inferior to Gong Fu. Di Lie also felt that Sun Ke Zhe was a suitable candidate for the envoy, so he nodded and agreed to Di Lie's order. Ke Zhe led the two envoys to gallop towards the Tang army. They met the Tang army about twenty miles away from Jian'an Prefecture City. At this time, the Tang army was setting up camp. When they heard the Khitan envoy coming, Ye Chang smiled and greeted Zhang Hao. He raised his thumb and said, "Mr. Zhang expected it to be true. He sent someone as expected." "Let Xiang Mu Ding accompany this person." "Zhang Hao said. "Qian Mouding came to see Sun Kezhe as a welcoming envoy. When he found out that the person who came was not Gong Fu, Qian Mou Ding was secretly disappointed: If it was Gong Fu who came, according to Zhang Hao's plan, it would be a great opportunity for him to make a contribution. . ¡°I don¡¯t know what your surname is? "Qian Mou Ding asked. "A certain person is Sun Kezhe, the school captain. Who are you? "Although Sun Kezhe came under orders, he was told by Di Lie that their main purpose was to find out the truth, but they could not lose their prestige in front of the Tang people, so his attitude was a bit arrogant. " Qian Mouding was the director of the Naturalization Department of Pingguo Ling and Jili Prefecture in the Tang Dynasty. "Qian Mou Ding said: "My Sima sent me to greet you. Please come in." " Sun Kezhe did not show any courtesy and walked in proudly. The Tang troops on both sides glared at him, but he smiled proudly: "My army is coming from the south and is invincible. What kind of warriors have I never seen before? Why should I act like this? ¡± Qian Mou Ding was silent, but he was wondering in his heart what Ye Chang would do to him when he saw him. In their expectation, they originally thought that it would be Gong Fu who came, so they prepared many methods. However, when it was Sun Kezhe who came, those methods were completely useless. Because they had just set up camp, Ye Chang's tent had not yet been built, so Ye Chang met the Khitan envoy in the open space he had created. When he heard that the envoy's name was Sun Kezhe, Ye Chang was slightly startled. He frowned and was thinking about how to respond, but Zhang Hao over there said: "Your surname is Sun, and you call yourself the school principal." Lieutenant, could it be that he is from the Sun Wanrong clan? " "That's right, the clan ancestor is the governor of Chengzhou and the Duke of Yongle County." Ye Chang's heart moved and he heard Zhang Hao say: "The shepherd slaves are so brave that they actually sent the rebels as envoys. His disobedience has become clear. If you expose Sima, you don¡¯t need to say anything to him, just drive him back." Sun Wanrong was once named the governor of Guicheng Prefecture and the Duke of Yongle County by Wu Zetian, but he later rebelled, which was the rebellion in Yingzhou one of the culprits. When Zhang Hao shouted, Sun Kezhe's expression changed slightly. He had always been proud of being the ancestor of his clan. He raised his eyebrows and said, "The one who betrayed a certain ancestor was Wu Zhou, and the one who did it was Li Tang. At the beginning, a certain ancestor betrayed He said, "Why don't you return to me, the King of Luling, so you raise an army to fight against Wu Zhou? If this were not the case, how could Li Sanlang be the leader of the Tang Dynasty?" This guy is quite familiar with the history of his clan. The Khitan people launched the Yingzhou Rebellion. , the excuse was that Wu Zetian had usurped the Tang Dynasty and wanted her to return to the throne with Luling King Li Xian, who later became Tang Zhongzong. And Li Xian was passed down to his emperor Ruizong Li Dan, and Li Dan was passed down as his son, who is now the emperor Sanlang Li Longji. Hearing that the Khitan regarded the rebellion of burning, killing and looting as a great contribution to Li Tang, Ye Chang was furious. He glanced at Zhang Hao and said, "What Mr. Zhang said is true. After being a rebel, there is a stench when you open your mouth. People like this were sent as envoys. Khitan Dilie really insulted me too much. They pushed the envoy out and beheaded him, and ordered the deputy envoy to take his head back." Sun Kezhe was shocked, and An Lushan always killed him. The Khitan civilians took credit for their first achievements, but the young Tang official in front of him seemed to be more ruthless than An Lushan, and he did not hesitate to behead him, the envoy. He shouted, "The two countries are at war and will not kill the envoys." However, the guards who surrounded him paid no attention to him. They simply pinched him and dragged him away. While he was screaming and cursing, Ye Chang scolded him with a stern face: "Why are you so ignorant, Qian Mou Ding? You dare to bring such a filthy person in front of me?" Qian Mou Ding was scolded He was stunned, and then heard Ye Chang say again: "You bitch slave, are you dissatisfied with me, and you actually let such traitors come to humiliate me later, and you are welcome, even for this little thing? Isn't it possible? Come here, drag him down and beat him with a military stick as a warning." Qian Mou Ding raised his head and saw Ye Chang winking at him. He immediately understood that this was Ye Chang and Zhang Hao adapting to the situation and temporarily changing the opera to sing here. Sure enough, Zhang Hao next to him stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Sima, although Mou Ding is stupid, he has no intention of thinking about it. , I¡¯d better remember these ten military sticks for the time being, and allow him to perform meritorious service if he is not careful again, and he will be punished for both crimes. I think he will be convinced when the time comes. "