After several months of preparation, Li Xian went to sea, bringing with him nearly 200 large and small ships, more than 10,000 ironclad soldiers and thousands of sailors, and hundreds of horses.

Of course, there are also masters of astrology and cartography, this is to the west, in fact, the shipping route has long been mature, but there is no real official chart, Li Xian's biggest task is this, to draw back the real chart from China to Central Asia and Europe.

It's not a hurry to discover the New World and the like, there can be a second and third time, to the south to discover Australia and New Zealand, and to the east you can go to the New World of America, these things are all in Ganch's mind, step by step.

Overseas areas that can be cultivated on a large scale are nothing more than places like Java, such as the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, which are extremely fertile lands. You can also log in directly to the Indian subcontinent.

India is not a complete country since ancient times, but a collection of dozens or hundreds of countries, and it was the British colonizers who really united India. In other words, there is no real big force on the Indian subcontinent at this time, and more than 10,000 iron armor is enough to sweep everything.

In fact, there are many places, such as Sri Lanka, across the Indian Ocean is Africa, to the north is the Arabian Peninsula sandwiched by two straits, the fleet will pass all the way, these places will inevitably pass, the Arab side, where is a good place for farming, and even the offshore island of Taiwan is also a good land for farming.

Li Xian went to sea, and Gan Qi went north to officially launch a summer offensive against Liao.

There were nearly 200,000 soldiers in Dadingfu on the front line, including the mighty army and the Wansheng army, as well as the newly recruited Heshuo armies in the past two years, as well as the forbidden army brought from Tokyo.

First, because Gan Qi has reduced the size of the army, the treatment of the army has been greatly improved, and the treatment has almost doubled, at least to ensure that the soldiers can easily feed the family with food and salary.

Second, Gan Xianggong's continuous victories in foreign wars have also led to many people not feeling that being a soldier is to lose their lives and die, but to see more of those military men who have been rewarded for their meritorious service are full of money, and driven by interests, there are more and more strong men who are willing to join the army to fight for a promising future and make a fortune.

In this expedition, almost half of Gan Qi's troops were recruits, and in order to maintain such a large army consumption, the imperial court inevitably borrowed a huge amount of money from Qianzhuang.

This loan is also different from the previous loan, the difference is very big, Gan Xiangcheng put forward the concept of "treasury bonds", which is sold by the money bank, and the money bank itself can buy or sell it to the people who have surplus money, for a period of five years, and the interest is not high.

This is also Ganqi's attempt, if the people are not willing to buy, then the money bank will take it all, if the people are willing to buy, then Ganqi will naturally be happy to see it, laying a foundation for continuing to issue bonds in the future.

Money is never enough to spend, because Ganchi has to carry out large-scale infrastructure construction, and no matter how high the imperial court revenue, Ganqi cannot build endlessly.

The so-called infrastructure construction is divided into several categories, and road repair is one of the most important points, Chi Road, that is, the highway, which must be built, to be wide, slender and flat, and truly run through the country.

The Central Plains should extend in all directions, and there should be a large trunk artery in the northwest, especially the road of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, no matter how difficult it is, it must also be really penetrated, and it cannot always be "difficult to go to the blue sky", at least to ensure that Sichuan has two easy roads to walk in the north and east.

To the northwest, there must be a road from Jingzhao Mansion to the Western Regions. The north is naturally going to Liao, and the main trunk line must be opened, and the basis of the main trunk line is to ensure that the carriage runs without hindrance.

There is also a line into the grassland, this line is not so much a road, but rather a group of fortresses, the so-called fortress group is to build the fortress all the way to the depths of the grassland, the road is only accompanied by it, which is much cheaper than repairing the Great Wall, when the Central Plains Dynasty was thriving, this method is also more useful than repairing the Great Wall.

On the other hand, there are wharves built along the coast, and at least hundreds of good wharves must be built along the coast to prepare for the nautical fever after the opening of the sea.

The imperial court also had to invest in the shipbuilding industry, as well as expand artillery production and the like.

These things are on the agenda, and they are just waiting for Ganchi to carry out one by one, so Ganchi will also carry out large-scale national debt and borrowing.

As for how to repay these loans, Gan Qi also has a plan, which is nothing more than a robbery, as for industrial and commercial taxes and the like, they can't be taken too seriously for the time being, and if they want a large-scale outbreak of industrial and commercial taxes, they will have to wait for some years. Such an investment in infrastructure construction is also for the future industrial and commercial tax revenue can explode on a large scale.

Another point is the consumption of private labor, large investment will allow the people to make money, even if it is to earn wages, it will feed a lot of people, and the labor force will also have a place to go, which will directly make the society more stable.

When the war started again, in fact, Gan Qi did not go to the front line, but stayed in Dadingfu all the time, and did not participate in the command of every battle, but only formulated a more detailed offensive strategy.

The Liao State is not as strong as before, the territory is small, the people are not many, there are Jurchen nuisances in the north, and there are steppe armies in the west.

When the army had just been assembled, Gan Qi received a letter from the Liao State, and the Liao Emperor Yelu Jun wanted to negotiate with Gan Qi, but Gan Qi ignored it and just urged the troops everywhere to speed up the assembly. The reason why Gan Qi ignored it was because Gan Qi was a little surprised, he thought that the letter from the Liao people must be to seek peace, but he didn't expect that the Liao people's self-esteem was still there, and there was only the intention of seeking peace throughout the whole text, and there was no word of peace, and he made a negotiation discourse.

How could Gan Qi talk to him about his judgment? If the Liao people grovel to ask for it like the party members, it is still a little tricky. Since the Liao people don't ask for it, Gan Qi is also happy to go to war.

In fact, this letter has already shown some of the situation in the Liao court.

For example, some people ask for peace, and some people don't want to, so they come up with such a nondescript letter, wanting to make peace, but they still have to take into account their self-esteem and face.

The reason is that the glory of the Liao State was too great, the Liao State was not the Western Xia, the Liao State was the elder brother of the Song Dynasty, sitting on the country of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and now suddenly they want to grovel, how can ordinary people accept it?

Gan Qi thought that these things are not false, in the Liao State in Beijing, the situation in the imperial court is really a little delicate.

Emperor Yelu Jun sat on the high platform, and was quite domineering, and scolded Yelu Yixin below: "Song Dog bullied, Song Dog bullied, how groveling Song Dog was in the past?" Every year, I sent silk brocade money to my father, and I only asked Da Liao to send troops to fight. Now you dare to treat me like this, how can it really be reasonable. ”

The young Yelujun, who was a teenager, grew up in the era of great Liao's strength, and the revenge of killing his father, and now he is naturally full of righteous indignation.

Yelu Yixin tried his best to persuade Yelu Jun, and said in his mouth: "Your Majesty, the situation is not as good as before, the birth of the Jurchen is still in turmoil, the grassland is not enterable, and the domestic people are sleepy and lacking horses. ”

Yelujun was furious when he heard this: "Xianggong's intention, don't you let me go and beg for peace with the Song people?" ”

Yelu Yixin meant this, but he couldn't say it clearly, and said in his mouth: "Your Majesty, you don't need Your Majesty to come forward in this matter, just do it." ”

Yelujun waved his hand: "The method of begging for peace, that is done by cowards, more than 100,000 Khitan warriors under my command will fight to the death with Song Dog!" ”

Yelu Yixin was a little anxious, and said: "Your Majesty, this is really not a good opportunity to go to war!" ”

"It's time to fight against the water, isn't it a good opportunity? Could it be that Xianggong wants me to surrender with everyone? "Yelu Jun is angry and doesn't fight anywhere.

"Your Majesty, the Song army is really sharp now, it is invincible, our army has experienced several defeats, and it is even more necessary to recuperate and wait for the opportunity......"

Before Yelu Yixin's words were finished, Yelu Jun had already interrupted: "You still have the face to say, if it weren't for the incompetence of you people, how could the situation have come to this point?" The army of millions of people has been defeated by you incompetent people, and now it has reached the point of life and death, not trying to sacrifice for the country, but still disturbing people's hearts here, Yelu Yixin, aren't you already heart to Song Dog? ”

The contradiction between Yelu Jun and Yelu Yixin has been going on for a long time, and even before Yelu Jun almost beat Yelu Yixin to death in the army, Yelu Jun obviously never took Yelu Yixin in his eyes, if it weren't for the now respected Yelu Yixin to stabilize the situation inside and outside the Khitans, Yelu Jun is afraid that he would have already attacked Yelu Yixin.

Yelu Yixin actually knows these things very well in his heart, but the enemy is outside, and he has no choice but to bow down, do his duty as a minister, and then say: "Your Majesty, if you want my Khitan Daliao to return to the glory of the past, you must try the courage with a lying salary, the words of the old minister, loyalty, the sun and the moon can be learned." ”

The old courtiers and the new emperor seem to have been at odds since ancient times.

Yelu Jun jumped like thunder, stood up and pointed at Yelu Yixin and scolded: "This is a minister of a chaotic country, and he confuses the people with evil words, I have an army of more than 100,000, and the Song people are only 200,000 troops. But before the war started, you once again bewitched the people, aren't you tired of being alive? ”

This sentence scared Yelu Yixin, Yelu Yixin hurriedly shut up, no longer argued with reason, today should avoid the anger of the new emperor, persuade it again in the future, and persuade a few people together.

But I heard the emperor say again: "You people, one by one, have been frightened. Teach you to lead the army to fight, and you will be afraid to move forward. This time, I personally led the troops, and I will definitely break the Song Dog and recapture Yanyun. ”

It's not that Yelu Jun is stupid, it's that he really doesn't trust Yelu Yixin, the generals of the defeated army, and after thinking about it, he has to go on himself.

Yelujun was a little impulsive, but he actually did the right thing.

Because it is impossible for Ganqi to stop the army, even if Yelu Yixin comes to sue for peace, it is impossible for Ganqi to stop the army without fighting. For Liao, Yelujun's best choice is to fight hard, and the royal expedition is also a way to motivate the army.

Yelujun actually doesn't have any choice, this kind of thing is not Yelujun's choice, because he either runs out of the city and flees to the depths of the jungle or grassland, or he can only stay in the city and stay, which is the so-called royal driving pro-conquest.

What Yelu Yixin thought in his heart was just Lao Cheng's method of holding on to it, and he still hoped that the Song people would be able to stop the army without fighting, even if there were more conditions, they could agree to it, so as to win a respite for the Liao State.

Linhuang Mansion, Shangjing of Liao, is located on the edge of the grassland, there are Buddhist temples and Taoist temples here, there are also temples of Confucius, here for a hundred years of operation, has long been a place where wealth gathers, most of the people who live here are Khitan nobles, and they are the most basic family in Liao.

The grassland light cavalry had already begun to cruise in the distance under Ganqi's orders, and Ganqi's large army came in two ways, all the way were cavalry, and rushed towards the vicinity of Linhuang Mansion.

All the way on foot, mostly new troops, began to head towards Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo.

Both sides are like bamboos, the reason why the momentum is like a bamboo, naturally the power of artillery is indispensable, but also because the Khitan people are unstable, the people in the small cities want to go to the big cities, and even the people in the big cities also take the initiative to shrink the defense line and gather the army in the big cities.

Di Yong took the ironclad cavalry of the mighty army and galloped everywhere, coming and going like the wind, showing off his martial power. even bypassed some cities, and with thousands of people, they dared to come and go outside the Linhuang Mansion, not only coming and going at will, but also scolding under the city from time to time.

The reason why he did this was to lure the snake out of the hole, and he wanted the heavily guarded Linhuang Mansion to send troops to fight, and use a field victory to completely extinguish the resistance of the people in the city.

In the city of Linhuang Mansion, there is naturally another controversy.

Yelujun stood on top of the city, looking at the thousands of Song troops fighting horses and horses, and the scolding of the name, he was so angry that he drew his sword and shouted angrily: "Come on, go out of the city to pursue, you will definitely kill these Song dogs." ”

Yelu Yixin hurriedly stepped forward to stop: "Your Majesty, no, this is the enemy's strategy to lure the enemy, and you must not fall for it!" ”

Di Yong is now more and more treacherous, and I don't know where to find a person's head hanging on the flagpole, and the flagpole is written in Chinese characters and Khitan characters, "Yelu Hongji's head is here, and the filial son comes to worship quickly."

As soon as this flagpole came out, Yelu Jun was even more furious, and scolded Yelu Yixin: "Are I the Son of Heaven or are you the Son of Heaven? I order you to lead your troops out of the city, intercept and kill these Song dogs, and take back the body of your father! ”

Where is the head of Yeluhongki? This head is obviously someone else's, and he also kept commanding the army to shout and scold: "Unfilial son Yelujun, why don't you go out of the city to meet your father quickly?" ”

Yelu Yixin can only persuade Yelu Jun again: "Please also ask Your Majesty to return to the palace, Song Gou's treacherous plan will definitely not succeed, and when Song Gou can't attack the city and retreat, the minister will be the first to lead the troops out of the city to chase!" ”

"Yelu Yixin, how dare you disobey my will?" Yelu Jun was furious, he was the emperor of dignity, and he gave several orders, but no one around him obeyed the emperor's orders, but a Yelu Yixin also frequently opposed him, as an emperor, how could he tolerate such a thing?

Yelu Yixin's face was embarrassed, he wanted to make up his mind, but he hesitated.

But this son of heaven is really unbearable, the generals around him are all Yelu Yixin's subordinates, Yelu Yixin frequently looked back at everyone, wanting to see everyone's eyes.

But I heard Yelu Jun speak again: "Come on, take Yelu Yixin to prison, such people who resist the will and rebel will be severely punished!" ”

Yelu Yixin's heart sank, his eyes looked at the Song people outside the city, and he closed his eyes slightly, as if he was about to make a major decision!