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Yang Shousu was one of the important advisers to Li Yuanhao, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom.

At the beginning of Emperor Jiayou's accession to the throne, this person participated in the founding of Xixia.

Before, Xixia was just a group of ethnic groups that separated themselves from each other.

At that time, it was said that Li Yuanhao's founding of the country almost made Emperor Jiayou faint with anger.

After all, there is no royal land in the world. There is a so-called Daliao, which has already given Emperor Jiayou a headache.

As a result, another Li Yuanhao came to establish the Xia Kingdom.

It made Emperor Jiayou extremely disgusted.

Later, because Zhou could not save face, he launched several large-scale battles against Xixia, but they all ended in defeat.

Maybe it hurt Xixia. After all, they had just founded the country and had little knowledge, so they surrendered to the Zhou Dynasty.

The mutual trade between the two countries also started from that time.

After that, Xixia gradually stopped using troops against the Zhou Dynasty.

After so many years, Xixia has gradually gained some knowledge under the governance of Li Yuanhao. It is estimated that he just wants to stop being a minister at this time.

In the second year of Jiayou's reign, it was early June.

The Xixia envoy and his party officially arrived at Yanmen, Daizhou.

Shi Xianzhi and Wei Yuan personally led thousands of horses out of the customs to greet him.

Both Xixia and Liao had stronger cavalry than the Great Zhou. The key reason was that the Great Zhou lost its natural horse breeding ground, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

Therefore, during this trip, the Xixia general Yeli Wangrong did not think highly of the surrounding riders.

But when you see thousands of cavalry, galloping on horseback, and still able to maintain order in several rows of troops, you stop being contemptuous.

Looking at the surrounding area where the cavalry came from, he said in a deep voice to Yang Shousu beside him:

"With such a fast march, the army can still maintain an orderly formation. It can be seen that the generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty are not just idlers."

Yang Shousu was over sixty years old, with a gray beard. He was serious and mature. He enjoyed high prestige in the Xixia court.

"There are many heroes in the world, so they should not be underestimated."

While talking.

Wei Yuan and Shi Xianzhi had already arrived in front of the envoy and dismounted one after another.

The latter clasped his fists and asked, "But the Xixia envoy?"

Yang Shousu smiled and nodded: "Exactly."

Shi Xianzhi was neither humble nor arrogant and said: "Shi Xianzhi will be the governor of Xiadai Prefecture."

"The mission has had a hard time traveling and traveling, so please come to the customs as soon as possible to rest."

Yang Shousu responded: "Thank you."

During this period, both Wei Yuan and Ye Li Wangrong remained silent.

However, the two of them are very competitive.

Just because Ye Li Wangrong, who was in his prime, kept his eyes focused on Wei Yuan when he saw him.

When everyone goes to Yanmen.

Yeli Wangrong finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked Shi Xianzhi:

"What is the name of the young general next to the governor?"

Wei Yuan reported his official status and his name was taboo.

Yeli Wangrong smiled and said, "You are the one who defended Weiyuan, where Yeluyi's 50,000-strong army attacked, with only 3,000 men?"

Wei Yuan asked, "Who are you?"

Sitting on horseback, Yeli Wangrong was arrogant and said:

"I am Ye Li Wangrong. A few years ago, when I was as old as you, I had a battle with Zhou Zhou's army at Sanchuankou and won a great victory."

Shi Xianzhi looked embarrassed. The other party just refused to open the pot.

Wei Yuan nodded, "Turns out he's just a mediocre general who is chewing on his laurels."

After the battle at Sanchuankou, the Xixia generals did not make much achievements.

As soon as these words came out, the thousands of peripheral riders accompanying him burst into laughter.

Yeli Wangrong frowned deeply and said: "Young boy with a yellow mouth, you are so arrogant in front of me. Even if your teacher Zhang Fu is in front of me, he doesn't dare to make a mistake!"

When he came to Daizhou, he had already checked the identity and background of all the generals and generals in Daizhou.

Wei Yuan chuckled and said: "As far as I know, you suffered a big loss from Wen Zhenggong back then, and Wen Zhenggong was a scholar in my great Zhou Dynasty."

"You can't even fight against a scholar, so you'd better be bold and unashamed."

Wen Zhenggong here refers to Fan Zhongyan.

At that time, Fan Zhongyan was appointed as the pacification envoy and was stationed on the border with Xixia. Yeli Wangrong sent his subordinates to pretend to surrender to the Zhou Dynasty, but Wen Zhenggong found out and suffered a big loss.

Ye Li Wangrong was inherently aloof and arrogant, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he did not know etiquette in the Zhou Dynasty. Back then, he often made rude remarks to Fan Zhongyan, not to mention that Wei Yuan was only a side general.

"You are a young boy with a yellow mouth. If I was the general who attacked Yanmen back then, now you are already my prisoner. How can you talk nonsense here?"

Before Wei Yuan could say anything.

Yang Shousu pretended to cough and said, "General Yeli, please be careful. Daxia and Dazhou are friendly states."

Yeli Wangrong snorted coldly before giving up.

Soon, everyone came to Yanmen Pass.

Three thousand border soldiers stood on both sides in front of the city gate, each wearing armor and carrying swords, and they were extraordinary warriors.

In terms of expression, even the most elite soldiers of Xixia are nothing more than this.

Yeli Wangrong looked at these soldiers, his brows gradually furrowed.

Even Yang Shousu's expression was a little abnormal.

At this time, Wei Yuan waved his hand.

In an instant, three thousand soldiers shouted in unison: "Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!"

The sound was deafening.

There are nearly ten thousand soldiers in Daizhou. Under Wei Yuan's training, they have become a tiger and wolf army.

His mental outlook is far from what it used to be.

Especially the neat and uniform figure brings a sense of shock to people, which is definitely not the slightest bit.

Several demonstrations in succession startled many of the horses, making them appear a little restless.

Yeli Wangrong's expression was displeased. How could he not know that this was a pawn from the surrounding area, trying to intimidate them?

When entering the pass, Shi Xianzhi laughed at Yang Shousu and said:

"With my border guards in Daizhou here, your envoy's safety in Daizhou will be safe!"

The latter smiled and said: "I hope so."

"I have been to Daizhou several times before I went down, but the state guards in those days were completely different from today."

"I wonder who trained this army? What army does it belong to?"

Shi Xianzhi said: "I am acting as a state frontier soldier, so naturally I am acting as a state regiment training envoy, General Wei, to personally train them."

Wei Yuan took advantage of the situation and said: "The Daizhou border soldiers are just one of our Great Zhou army. To say that our Great Zhou army is truly elite, we still have to look at the millions of forbidden troops stationed in our Great Zhou capital."

Not counting the Forbidden Army stationed in various places, the Forbidden Army stationed in the important areas of Gyeonggi Province can only be counted as 600,000 in full force. After excluding the problem of redundant troops, the number of available troops is only 400,000, not a million.

Yang Shousu smiled and nodded, secretly remembering the word Wei Yuan.

thought.

It was just a matter of luck that this person guarded Yanmen in the first place.

So, being able to give the army a completely new look and train it to such an extent is definitely not a fluke.

It can be seen that this person has real talent and learning.

After entering customs.

He observed the soldiers stationed in the pass in detail.

It was shocking to notice that among every dozen people, there were sword and shield soldiers, crossbowmen, spearmen, and even cavalry.

It seems to be intentional.

When guarding each other, they are like each other's horns, and they have a murderous look on their faces. They can be called the masters of tigers and wolves.

He couldn't help but attach great importance to Wei Yuan.

After being arranged by Shi Xianzhi to rest at the inn.

Yang Shousu specially found Ye Li Wangrong and asked:

"You have also seen the border guards of Daizhou with your own eyes. What do you think?"

The latter was silent for a moment, and then he had to admit it and said: "Elite."

Yang Shousu asked again, "There are ten thousand guards in Daizhou. If you lead ten thousand people in a field battle, what are your chances of winning?"

Yeli Wangrong was completely silent.

Although he is aloof, he is not conceited.

Ten thousand people versus ten thousand people, this tiger and wolf army that I witnessed with my own eyes would have little chance of winning.

Yang Shousu got the answer from the change in his expression and murmured:

"Three years ago, because I, a Daxia merchant, encountered trouble in Daizhou, the situation escalated, and I came to resolve it myself."

"The Daizhou frontier soldiers at that time cannot be compared with today's frontier soldiers."

"Wei Yuan is proficient in military training."

After a pause, he ordered Ye Li Wangrong, "Please General Ye Li contact my Daxia secret agent to collect more information about Wei Yuan."

Yeli Wangrong frowned and said: "He is just a side general, a side general of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He has no real power."

Yang Shousu asked with a smile: "General Ye Li, what do you think I think of people?"

Yeli Wangrong said bluntly: "Mr. Yang is very accurate in judging people. Over the years, you have recommended many talents to me in Daxia."

Yang Shousu's expression suddenly changed, and he said seriously:

"Then today, I will say something to General Yeli, and I ask General Yeli to keep it in his heart."

"In less than ten years, Wei Yuan will become a thorn in the side of Daxia and Liao!"