Su Cheng heard Su Xun's words, and said with some surprise: "Do you want to think about it?" ”

Su Xun shook his head and said, "Although the reduced business tax is profitable for businessmen. But now Bohai Mansion has been beaten to a pulp, and the people inside are now all captives, and now it is approaching winter, and there is nothing to produce, and there is nothing to sell to merchants.

If I only rely on the reduction of commercial taxes to attract some businessmen, it will not be able to last long.

Once Bohai Province is on the right track, commercial taxes may also recover.

At that time, if those merchants leave cleanly, it will also be very harmful to Bohai Mansion. ”

Su Cheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Husband is afraid that he will personally cultivate a group of wealthy families who eat human flesh and drink human blood, right?" ”

Su Xun glanced at Su Cheng, sighed, and did not speak.

For his wife's room, Su Xun is very satisfied.

Su Cheng's wisdom is blue-hearted, knowledgeable, and more importantly, the two have a heart-to-heart, Su Cheng's can almost guess what he thinks, just like his confidant.

There is a way that gold is easy to get, but a confidant is hard to find.

In this life, it is not easy to meet someone who understands himself.

He got it easily, and naturally felt satisfied.

The only bad thing is that Su Cheng is too smart.

Can't you hide a little clumsy and let my husband look a little secret?

……

While the Su couple was grieving over the issue of commercial taxes, Kou Ji had just placed a group of prisoners and had just returned to his residence to sit down.

Not long after he sat down, an urgent report appeared on his desk.

The urgent report was sent from the direction of Shangjing.

It was Chong Shiheng who sent the urgent report.

Kou Ji opened the urgent report, and after reading it quickly, he frowned slightly.

Chong Shiheng blocked the road outside Shangjing City, and the situation was not good.

The three forces of the Ayan Tribe, the Tuoba Tribe, and the Changshengjiao of the Nine Tribes of the New Khitan were not calm after learning that the Great Song soldiers had left the Great Wall and swept almost all the Liao territories south of Shangjing.

Liaoguo Jingnan Road, Jingdong Road, and Northwest Road, which can be said to be the temporary nests of their tripartite forces, are now copied, and they are naturally unhappy.

After getting the news, they didn't say a word, broke away from the team attacking the capital, and quickly returned to help.

Then on the road that must be passed, I met Chong Shiheng who blocked the road.

The two sides fought.

Chong Shiheng took advantage of the geographical advantage and barely blocked them.

But the other party did not give up, after they were beaten by Chong Shiheng, they did not choose to continue fighting, but turned around and rushed to Shangjing to persuade other New Khitan Nine Clans such as Wulie and Xiwang to fight with them.

At present, there are already three forces that have been persuaded by them.

Only the largest Wulie tribe, and the Xi Wang tribe, which was the latecomer, did not nod.

Now, they're negotiating.

Chong Shiheng felt that they would not delay for too long, so he wrote an urgent report to Kou Ji and asked Kou Ji to send some soldiers and horses to him in case of accidents.

Chong Shiheng now only has 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but the number of the opponent's chaotic army is not fixed, just the regular soldiers detected by the spies have exceeded 400,000, and the other guys who are called soldiers and are actually murderers are even more numerous.

If they all rushed to Chong Shiheng in one go, Chong Shiheng might not be able to resist it.

Although Chong Shiheng has a powerful firearm in his hand, the enemy is numerous, and if he uses the tactics of crowds, Chong Shiheng may not be able to kill him.

After all, the defense line that 100,000 people can defend is limited, and the bullets and shells that can be fired are also limited.

You have ten men, ten guns, sixty rounds of ammunition.

And I have a hundred of them.

If you rush together, will you be able to kill it?

Is it finished?

It was precisely because of this concern that Chong Shiheng wrote an urgent report to Kou Ji, asking Kou Ji to send troops and horses to help as soon as possible.

Kou Ji took Chong Shiheng's urgent report and read it for a long time, and then instructed his personal servant: "Quickly go and give an order to Di Qingbu, let them take the entire territory of Jingdong Road in Liaoguo as soon as possible, and rush to the place where Chong Shiheng is to help." ”

Now among the four armies of the Great Song Dynasty to conquer the Liao State, the attack of the Di Qing Department is the fastest and the fastest.

Di Qingbu did not have any other tasks except for attacking Jingdong Dao in Liaoguo, so it was most appropriate for them to rush to the aid of Chong Shiheng.

Yang Wenguang's department and Gao's Gongbu department, after taking the northwest road and Jingnan Province of Liao, also attacked Shangjing Road of Liao.

Even if there was no heavy resistance in the place they attacked, it would take a lot of time for them to lead their soldiers and horses to sweep through the entire territory.

Before the winter, there is no extra time to rush to the aid of the plant.

Kou Ji was not at ease after instructing his personal servants to go down to give orders, so he decided to rush to the place where Chong Shiheng was to take a look.

Koji decided to go, so he didn't alarm too many people.

He just took some entourage and quietly left Tanshan and ran towards the place where Chong Shiheng was.

Four days later.

Kou Ji rushed to the place where Chong Shiheng was with the people.

Chong Shiheng led his army and stationed in a place that resembled a ravine.

He placed his horses at the mouth of the ravine, as well as on the walls on both sides.

The mountain wall is not steep, but very gentle.

But even so, soldiers and horses stationed on it can occupy a certain terrain advantage.

In the ravine, there is an official road that runs through the north and south.

Built by the Liao.

Spacious and porcelain.

It's a bit like it was built with cooked earth.

Cooked soil is fried soil, which is laid thick on the ground and hardly grows grass.

As long as there is no heaven-changing power, as well as large-scale destruction, the road paved with cooked soil can be used for almost a thousand years.

More than 2,000 years later, some of the pre-Qin hometowns, some of the roads built with cooked soil in the pre-Qin period, are still well preserved.

The Liao State is more than one and a half stars worse than the Great Song Dynasty in terms of infrastructure.

After Kou Ji entered Liao, he almost never saw the Liao people build any galloping roads that could be comparable to the official roads of the Great Song Dynasty.

The galloping road paved by the Liao people with cooked soil in the valley is the only section that Kou Ji has ever seen, which is relatively comparable to the official road of the Great Song Dynasty.

It's just that now the second half of the road has been destroyed.

Chong Shiheng sent people to dig many large pits on the gallop road, and used the soil dug out of the gallop road to make mud, and with the stones, they made a short wall.

There were sacks, sandbags, and walls made of stones and wood.

Place one at intervals.

Behind those short walls, there are the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty.

They held muskets in their hands and crates of grenades at their feet.

If it weren't for the armor and other things they were wearing, Koji would have thought that he had traveled again, and he had traveled to modern times.

"Bunker! Bunker! ”

Koji stared at the short walls, muttering to himself.

It is really not a cover for Chong Shiheng to become a famous general who will go down in history.

Kou Ji clearly knew that he had never discussed the issue of bunkers with Chong Shiheng.

Chong Shiheng was able to find a bunker when he was using firearms in combat, and applied the bunker to the battlefield, and he also used it in a similar way.

It can be seen that Chong Shiheng's sense of smell and talent in military affairs are very strong.

When Kou Ji was observing the bunker, Chong Shiheng had already ridden down the hill and arrived in front of Kou Ji.

After a slight salute, Chong Shiheng asked, "Why did you come here in person?" ”

Kou Ji retracted his gaze, looked at Chong Shiheng and said, "I'm a little uneasy, so I'll come and see for myself." ”

Chong Shiheng ordered someone to go over and lead the horse for Kou Ji.

He took Kou Ji forward and said: "The situation is a little complicated now, the New Khitan Nine Clans, which have gathered a large number of soldiers and horses, are now storming the capital.

The number of soldiers and horses is far greater than all the soldiers and horses we have used in all our previous siege battles. ”

Kou Ji tilted his head and asked, "So...... Still failed to take the capital? ”

Chong Shiheng said with a smile: "It's not weak in the capital. After Yelu Zongzhen returned to Shangjing, with the cooperation of Xiao Yanliu and others, he recalled a large number of soldiers and horses scattered throughout the Liao State to Shangjing.

In addition, he recruited all the remaining Yelu and Xiao people into the army.

The number of defenders in Shangjing City is far greater than before.

There are not many elite soldiers of the New Khitan Nine Clans, and the others are a group of rabble, facing the defenders in the upper capital, so they are naturally not opponents. ”

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Even though they are a rabble, they also have an absolute advantage in numbers. As long as they continue to consume the number of people, there will always be a time when the Liao army in the capital will be consumed.

When the time comes, the capital will be self-defeating. ”

Hearing this, Chong Shiheng nodded and said, "Yes, that's what the New Khitan Nine Clans did. It's just that they have lost the determination of Yeluzong to defend the city.

When Yelu Zongzhen found out that the New Khitan Nine Clans were going to fight a war of attrition with him, he sent all the Liao nobles and Liao people in Shangjing City to the city wall to defend the city.

The New Khitan Nine Clans used the murderers to consume Yelu Zongzhen.

Yelu Zongzhen used the people to consume the nine tribes of the New Khitan. ”

Kou Ji frowned slightly, "Yelu Sect really plans to live and die with the capital?" ”

Chong Shiheng sighed: "Now that he has no choice but to live and die with the capital?" To the south of Shangjing, half of them have already returned to my Great Song Dynasty, and the remaining half will soon return to the Great Song Dynasty.

All that was left for him was the territory north of Shangjing.

If he defends Shangjing, he can collect the territory north of Shangjing in the name of the new emperor and continue to continue the Liao State.

If he can't hold the capital, then the Liao Kingdom will be over.

At that time, the territory north of Shangjing will be under the control of the New Khitan Nine Clans.

So he can only live and die with the capital. ”

Speaking of this, Chong Shiheng paused for a moment and said with a sigh: "But he is about to lose it." He guarded the capital, and his soldiers, horses, grain and grass were limited.

After consuming it for so long, the remaining strength in the capital has also been consumed.

On the contrary, the New Khitan Nine Clans, because they are outside the capital city, they can constantly send small groups of soldiers and horses to rush out and plunder everywhere, constantly replenishing them.

If one loses the other, Yeluzong will definitely lose. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and said, "According to what you said, the people of the New Khitan Nine Clans can break through the capital as long as they work a little harder.

In that case, why didn't they wait until they took Shangjing before returning to help?

You must know that after they take the capital city, the north of the capital will also belong to them. ”

Chong Shiheng nodded and said, "The leader of the Wulie Tribes is exactly this idea. So even though Shangjing Dao was already in danger, he did not give up attacking Shangjing.

But the people of the Ayan Sect, the Tuoba Sect, and the Immortal Sect were unwilling.

They want to go south, they want to reclaim the territory under our control.

Now they have persuaded the other four, only the people from the Wulie Department and the Xi Wang Department have not nodded.

I suspect that the people of the Wulie Department and the Xi Wang Department will definitely not give up attacking the upper capital.

There will inevitably be infighting among them.

At that time, the people of the Ayan tribe, the Tuoba tribe and other tribes will break away from the New Khitan Nine Tribes and wave their troops south. ”

Kou Ji nodded and said: "The rabble is the rabble, don't let go of the territory at your fingertips, you have to fight hard with a strong enemy."

And so it was with the leader of the Uri tribe.

As the head of the Nine New Khitan clans, he couldn't suppress the others.

Even if they take all the Liaoland, I am afraid that a civil war will break out afterwards. ”

Chong Shiheng nodded in agreement.

Kou Ji smiled and said, "But they don't have a chance, because Liaotu belongs to us in the end." ”

Chong Shiheng smiled and said: "Whether the Liao land belongs to us or not depends on whether we can withstand the siege of Ah Yan and other seven tribes.

If we resist, then the land is ours. ”

Kou Ji asked, "If we can't bear it, won't the Liao Land be ours?" ”

Chong Shiheng smiled bitterly: "Even if this battle is defeated, the Liao land is still ours, but it may take a little longer." ”

Kou Ji nodded, "Since that's the case, there's nothing to be afraid of." ”

Chong Shiheng said helplessly: "I'm not afraid!" ”

Kou Ji asked, "Then you still write an urgent report asking for help?" ”

Chong Shiheng sighed: "I just don't want to lose." ”

That's it.

The two of them had already gone up the hill.

On the hill there was an artillery position.

The artillery was placed in the position in unison, and the muzzles of the guns were aimed at the valley.

Next to the artillery position, there was a row of tents.

One of the tents was planted in the world.

In front of the tent of Chong Shiheng, there were soldiers roasting two whole sheep.

Kou Ji glanced at it and exclaimed, "The food is good......

Chong Shiheng rolled his eyes, "There is really nothing to eat except meat." ”

It's the turn of autumn and winter.

Thousands of miles of withered yellow, not a little green.

Don't even think about fruits and vegetables.

The Liao people are not good at farming, and almost all the grain they store is live cattle and sheep.

Chong Shiheng led his soldiers and horses deep into the enemy's hinterland, and the transportation of baggage was difficult and large.

Therefore, half of the rations in their army were baggage, and half were captured.

In order to facilitate the transportation of baggage, Kou Ji gave a large part of the baggage to Shiheng to cattle and sheep.

Therefore, in addition to eating meat, Chong Shiheng can only eat meat.

When Kou Ji and Chong Shiheng arrived in front of the tent, the mutton had already been roasted.

Kou Ji was not polite, he took out the knife directly from his arms, cut off a leg of mutton, gave it to Chong Shiheng, and cut a leg of mutton for himself.

The two men held the leg of mutton and ate the mutton with a knife while talking.

"I have already sent someone to give Di Qing an order, let him take the Jingdong Road of Liaoguo as soon as possible, and then rush over to help you."

Kou Ji swallowed a mouthful of mutton and said to the seed world.

Chong Shiheng chewed the mutton tastelessly and said, "Then he should be able to arrive in two days." ”

"Two days?"

Kou Ji groaned, "It's a little short, isn't it?" ”

Chong Shiheng shook his head and said, "For him, it's not short. He put on a mask and was an evil ghost, who could fight without sleep for three days and three nights.

Once he receives your order, he will definitely attack the city day and night.

It's not uncommon to arrive two days early. ”

Kou Ji was silent for a moment and said, "Now personal bravery is not so important to the battlefield. ”

Chong Shiheng was stunned for a moment, looked at the artillery not far away, sighed and said, "It's also right......"

Heroes, what they are most afraid of is that they have no martial arts, but they are useless.

Chong Shiheng is a literati, so even if he feels something, it is not so obvious.

And those veterans and fierce generals who dominate the battlefield with their personal bravery are very obvious.

Under the command of Chong Shiheng, there are already several fierce generals, and they can't find the feeling of fighting on the battlefield.

The decadent ones don't look like them anymore.

Kou Ji didn't see any people drinking in the army before, but after arriving at Tanshan, he found a group.

It is because firearms have replaced cold weapons that some veterans with martial arts have changed their mentality.

Then they drank to kill their sorrows.

Ko Ji knew a long time ago that after firearms replaced cold weapons, a large number of people in the army would be affected.

So whether it was Chong Shiheng's sigh or something else, it was all expected by him.

He couldn't have built a firearm without using it, so he could only watch the changes in those people.

There has never been an era to conform to people, only people to conform to the times.

Kou Ji looked at Chong Shiheng and asked, "You seem to have figured out some ways to fight with firearms?" ”

Chong Shiheng didn't hide it, nodded and said, "It's a way to find some immature methods." ”

Kou Ji exclaimed, "It's already very good. ”

Chongshi shook his head and said, "Compared to Gao Jigong's gun array, it's far behind." My men can only hide behind the wall and put their guns, but the people who are high will form a gun array, and the enemy will be out of breath. ”

Koji smiled and said, "But defensively, he needs to learn from you. His spear array is sharp, but he must ensure that he can always hold down the enemy and not let the enemy get close.

Once the enemy manages to rush in front of him, then his soldiers and horses can only be slaughtered.

Moreover, if the enemy used bows, crossbows, bed crossbows and other crossbows to shoot at his spear array, the losses of his soldiers and horses would also be great.

Yours is different.

You have walls for cover, enemy crossbows, which have no effect on you at all.

Once the enemy is near, you are the only one who fights the enemy, but the enemy cannot beat you.

To get in front of you, the enemy must first go over the pit you dug in advance, avoid the lightning bombs buried next to the pit, and break through the wall in front of you.

By the time the enemy has crossed these obstacles, you've already fled.

And those walls left behind are obstacles that prevent the enemy from pursuing quickly. ”

Chong Shiheng was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "I didn't think about it carefully before, I just thought it should be arranged." Now that I have heard from you, the things I have laid down seem to be very clever and suitable for firearms warfare. ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "In the case that there is no disparity between the forces of the two sides, firearms will inevitably be pressed against cold weapons. The only thing to be taboo about is the enemy's crossbow.

There are many means of anti-crossbow.

An iron shield can be used to form an ironclad cart surrounded on all sides.

Sandbags and sacks can be used to form an easily movable wall.

It is also possible to dig a long ditch about four or five feet in the ground.

These things can be used not only now, but also when the enemy has firearms. ”

Chong Shiheng stared straight at Kou Ji, "Have you ever seen a firearm battle?" Or do you know a lot about firearms warfare? ”

Kou Ji glanced at Chong Shiheng and said with a smile: "I made the firearms, so I naturally know a little about them." In recent years, I have followed you on the battlefield, and I have learned a little bit of the art of war.

After firearms were deployed to the whole army, it was easy to see the problem when watching the soldiers fight with firearms.

When you go to the battlefield, your eyes fall either on the enemy or on the soldiers.

And my eyes were fixed on firearms.

So it's easier for me to see what support firearms need on the battlefield.

Naturally, many unique insights can be derived. ”

When Chong Shiheng heard this, he nodded slowly and said, "The firearm was made by you, and it is normal for you to know the advantages and disadvantages of the firearm." It's normal for you to keep an eye on firearms on the battlefield.

It's just that you're only taking it out now, aren't you a little sorry for those dead soldiers?! ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "I only had some ideas before, and I was immature. So I don't dare to jump to conclusions. You should understand that with your and my status, any word may become a rule in the army.

Therefore, we must be cautious in our words and deeds in military affairs.

Unless it is confirmed that it is beneficial and harmless, dare to say it.

If there is serious injury, do not open your mouth. ”

When Chong Shiheng heard this, he sighed and said, "It's the same...... Ministers...... Every word and deed affects the life and death of tens of millions of people, and how to do it if you are not careful in words and deeds. ”

Kou Ji put away the crying and laughing expression on his face, stared at Chong Shiheng and said: "I hope that you can combine the methods of firearms combat that you have comprehended, as well as the methods of firearms combat that Gao Zhai Gong has comprehended, and deduce a complete set of firearms combat methods and pass them on to those who come after." ”

Chong Shiheng was stunned for a moment, and said frankly: "For the sake of the future of my children and grandchildren, I will not hide my secrets." It's just that you're not more optimistic about Di Qing? Why let me do this.

You should understand that whoever can summarize and deduce a complete set of military books for firearms combat will be the future recruit saint.

If Di Qing has the name of a recruit saint, it will be very helpful for him to take over your position in the future. ”

Kou Ji glanced at Chong Shiheng and said, "After I step down, it will be you who will take office, and after you step down, he will take office." ”

Chong Shiheng was stunned and said, "Why? ”

Kou Ji confessed: "He is still young, and he can't control people when he pushes him up in a hurry." Not to mention the others, just you veterans, how many of them will obey him? ”

Chong Shiheng pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "That's ......."

Suddenly, Chong Shiheng seemed to realize something, stared at Kou Ji and said, "You are also young." If you sit in the position of privy councillor for decades, what chance do I have? ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "Do you think that with my current merits and power, if I continue to sit in the position of privy envoy and take charge of half of the military power of the Great Song Dynasty, who will be able to sleep peacefully?" ”