She asked her second uncle and eldest brother to be responsible for strengthening the training of the soldiers. She asked someone to dig a trap at the city gate. As long as you stand on it on horseback, there will be dense needles on the ground. But thinking that the horse cannot die, she made a partition and let the horse enter and escape. The person who fell out would fall into the pit. In this way, the person could be killed and the horse could survive.
The soldiers from the court were on their way. Tong Wen Yao sat in the lobby and watched his men talking. Some said they should surrender, while others said they should resist.
But one person's point of view caught her attention.
"General, our city is running low on food and fodder. If the southwest army comes to attack us, they will definitely take their food and fodder first. Why don't we just seize their food and fodder before the main force arrives? That way, we can outlast them. Even if we are trapped in the city, we still have food and fodder."
Tong Wenyao looked at the person who was speaking. He was short, had a mustache, and looked shifty. Tong Wenyao noticed that she noticed him and whispered in his ear, "This man is Lü Gu. His strategies are generally unethical, so we rarely adopt them. But we won't let him leave the army either. If he runs to another camp, we will be plotted against by this bastard."
After hearing this, Tong Wenyao asked, "Is it against the law to rob others of their food and supplies?" No, it's acceptable!
She looked at the two people below and said, "Tong Wenyao! Take your men and horses and go and retrieve the food and fodder. Lü Gu, you will go with them as the military advisor."
It was the first time that Lu Gu's suggestion was adopted. He was very happy and even his response was in a strong tone.
"Yes, General."
Tong Wen Yao also received news from the capital saying that her master was on his way back. Fortunately, she had brought a fake death pill for her senior brother at that time, otherwise it would be hard to say whether her master could come back alive.
He Chuan came in at this time and saw her staring at the letter. He took a closer look and saw the words on it. His face became a little solemn. Looking at her current appearance, he wondered if she was so sad because of the death of her uncle.
"Wen Yao, do you remember that I asked you to go first?" She looked up at him when she heard a voice beside her.
"Why are you talking about the past for no reason?"
He Chuan sat beside her, poured a cup of tea, took a sip, and said, "At that time, I didn't know if I could survive, so before you see everything with your own eyes, you can definitely believe in miracles."
Tong Wenyao didn't understand why He Chuan was talking nonsense, so she reached out and touched his forehead, "You don't have a fever?"
Just at this moment, a man came in from the door. Seeing the two people's intimate actions, he couldn't help but clench his fists.
He half-knelt on the ground and said, "General, Vice General Yao has sent a message."
Tong Wenyao then turned her gaze towards the people below and asked in surprise, "Wen Ziyu? Long time no see. How are you these days?"
Wen Ziyu was happy after hearing this, as she still remembered his name.
"General, thank you for your concern. Everything is fine."
Tong Wen Yao nodded and asked him to stand up, "You don't have to kneel, and my soldiers don't have to kneel either." This was also a military order. She couldn't stand kneeling all the time, so there was a military order. When meeting a superior, you only need to say hello, no need to salute.
She took the sealing wax from Wen Ziyu's hand, opened it, and read it quickly. Then she smiled and said, "They did a great job this time. The food they stole is enough to feed the people and soldiers in our city for three months!"
As soon as these words were spoken, a smile flashed across Wen Ziyu's face, and he took the paper she gave him and started reading it.
"Wen Yao did a great job! He actually managed to bring back so much food."
When the court learned about this, they were furious. They had never thought that the Tong family would be so unethical. Moreover, they had received a letter from the border.
It read: "Thank you very much to the Dagan Kingdom for sending food from afar. The gift is small but the sentiment is great. Our Song Army also returns the favor. However, this so-called gift is actually a goose feather attached to the letter!" This provocation angered many people in the court. Those who had not supported the war before now strongly suggested sending troops to attack!
On the other hand, after receiving the food, Tong Wenyao also expanded her territory and conquered several nearby cities. Even Cangzhou was under her management.
Fortunately, there are too few talents in this area. She has to figure out how to attract more talents to work for her!
It became increasingly difficult for my second brother to handle the situation, and he came home later and later.
She initially wanted Xuanfeng Teahouse to spread rumors in the south to recruit talents, but she didn't expect that the rumor would spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and the rumor became more and more powerful, praising their Song Dynasty more and more powerful, saying that they could even create secret weapons, and even said that if they joined the Song Dynasty now, they could have three meals a day!
As a result, a large number of people headed north, and Tong Wen Yao asked Uncle Du to take people to teach them how to grow potatoes and corn. As for glass, she also asked people to build boats to go out to sea in exchange for some local specialties.
As for the court, the troops in the southwest were initially transferred, but after the food and grass were taken away by her, the barbarians also launched an attack in the southwest. The soldiers who rushed here had to rush back to guard. There was no other way. If the southwest was broken, the capital would be in less than two cities.
The regent was afraid, so he sent his soldiers back to guard the city.
By the time they reacted, Tong Wen Yao's army had already been invincible. She also opened up trade with the barbarians, and the economy was prosperous and the military was strong.
At this time, the Dagan Kingdom was already an old lion, and the result of facing a young lion was self-evident.
Four years later~~~~
During this period, Zhou Xueyi and others also resigned from their official positions and returned to Yuguan County, and also pledged their loyalty to her.
After the uprising broke out in the south, it was suppressed by officers and soldiers. At this time, the Dagan Kingdom was only one step away from exploding!
Tong Wen Yao led people to develop gunpowder. When she fought the barbarians, Ye Wan had used cannons, so she brought the trophy to the masters for research. As for gunpowder, she remembered that it was made of saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal, but she didn't remember the proportions, so she could only experiment again and again until she flattened the mountain, and then she got the proportion of gunpowder.
News came from the Dagan Kingdom that the Regent made Ji Huaixin the Queen. All this shocked Tong Wenyao, and it might be related to her rebellion!
However, the Regent was worried that other princes would follow her example and rebel, so he detained the two princes in the capital early on. However, since Ji Huaixin became the queen, the two princes actually took advantage of the ceremony to disappear in the palace. When the news came, they had been missing for three days.
Tong Wenyao guessed that they might have returned to their fiefdoms. There must be quite a few soldiers there! It was impossible for her, an outsider, to rebel. The two of them, being orthodox, might have rebelled under the pretext of rectifying the wrongs.
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