Compared with the ecstasy brought by the great victory of Dashun City and the great victory of Hengshan to the Great Song Dynasty, the great victory of the Flying Fox Trail is really a mixed blessing. Even for some people who are afraid of the Khitans to the core, there is no joy at all, only strong worry and fear.

"Your Majesty, Han Jiang, Guo Kui and Zhang Bin are good at making claims, and they must have annoyed the Liao people, and if they cause the Liao people to go south, the consequences will be unimaginable. The minister thought that His Majesty should immediately escort the culprits Guo Kui and Zhang Bin to the Liao State and hand them over to the Liao people to deal with, so as to extinguish the anger of the Liao people. As for Han Jiang, because he is the deputy minister, it is not appropriate to send it to the Liao, but he must also be severely punished. Wen Yanbo was not the slightest bit happy about the victory of the Flying Fox Trail, only a person with a lot of worry and fear, so he was the first to jump out.

"By no means, if Your Majesty sends meritorious ministers to the Liao people, who else in the army will serve the death force in the future, and this is the Liao people who came to rob and kill my Great Song Dynasty grain and grass, it is a matter of robbers, and it is natural for my Great Song Dynasty to kill 8,000 robbers. Could it be that the Liao people could not kill our men and horses escorting grain and grass, and then drive 50,000 people and a large amount of grain and grass back to China? Wang Anshi, who was immersed in ecstasy, became angry when he heard Wen Yanbo's words and scolded him sharply.

Wang Anshi also had a fear of the Liao people, but this time the Flying Fox Trail was a big victory, and he beheaded the heads of 8,000 Liao elite horses, while the Great Song Dynasty only lost 5,000 people, which made him suddenly find that the Liao iron cavalry was not as invincible and terrifying as he imagined.

Wen Yanbo knew that what he said just now was indeed unreasonable, so he snorted coldly and did not speak, but said secretly in his heart: "With the character of the Liao people, they will never give up, and when the Liao Iron Cavalry marches south and the country is unstable, in addition to handing over Zhang Bin and Guo Kui, can it really stop the Liao army?" ”

Although Wang Anshi said it was reasonable, but because of Wen Yanbo's words, the Son of Heaven Zhao Ji had long lost the slightest smile, and his brows were even tighter, and he said worriedly: "Ladies and gentlemen, if the Liao people go south to retaliate, how should this be?" ”

There was silence in the hall, no one spoke in the middle of the sound, Wang Anshi gritted his teeth and was about to speak again, Han Qi sighed secretly, and said first: "The soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, if the Liao army goes south, there is no other way except to fight back." ”

After a pause, Han Qi said again: "Han Jiang, Zhang Bin and Guo Kui are not people who act as Meng Lang, on the contrary, they are all capable people, they must have already considered the revenge of the Liao people, and they should be prepared, Your Majesty should not worry too much." ”

Zhao Ji sighed and said: "The news of the annihilation of the 8,000 Liao army iron cavalry, the Liao people must have also received it, I don't know if the Liao people will go south to retaliate, if they really go south, how many men and horses will be dispatched?" ”

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After receiving the news that his nephew Xiao Guangzuo led the army to rob the grain but the whole army was wiped out, Xiao Tianxiong, the king of the Southern Courtyard of the Liao State in Datong Mansion, stood up with a snort, and then felt dizzy, his body staggered, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

His own nephew died when he died, anyway, it wasn't his own son, but eight thousand fine riders! The whole army was wiped out, and none of them came back.

How many years, counting carefully, it has been nearly a hundred years, and the dignified Liao has never suffered such a big loss.

Especially at the thought that a full eight thousand elite horsemen were destroyed by the Song people they had always looked down on, Xiao Tianxiong's whole person felt that it was on fire, and it was about to explode, which was ignited by the killing intent that rushed to the sky, and even detonated.

"Eight thousand fine riders! They are all descendants of the king's clan. Xiao Tianxiong's eyes became red, he originally thought that the people and horses in his tribe would rob the grain, and afterwards so much grain and grass could be left in the tribe as a matter of course except for a part of it to be handed over to the imperial court, but as a result, these 8,000 people not only did not bring back the grain and grass, but also did not return.

Although his clan Xiao Tianxiong belongs to is a large clan, there are only more than 30,000 warriors who can fight, and he has lost nearly one-third of it in one fell swoop! And the main reason why he can be in the high position of the king of the Southern Courtyard is that he has the support of a large clan behind him, and the size of a tribe does not depend on the number of people, but mainly on how many warriors and how many troops there are.

"Damn the Song people, this king wants to take revenge, this king wants to kill them." The more Xiao Tianxiong thought about it, the more angry he became, and in the end he was so angry that he yelled.

"Come on, let the generals of the army and the heads of the tribes come to see me immediately, and let Li Hanguang also come over, this king wants to know who is in the Song Kingdom and has such a great ability, dare to kill the king's eight thousand elite horses!" After Xiao Tianxiong was angry, he immediately took action.

Although the destruction of 8,000 men and horses was purely his own effort, Xiao Tianxiong never thought like this, nor would he have this thought, in the eyes of people like him, they Liao people can kill the Song people at will and plunder the Song people, but the Song people must not kill him Liao, and as long as he kills him, he will be very angry, and he will retaliate.

However, the domestic situation is not very good, especially the grain and grass are not much, and His Majesty in Shangjing also ordered that the army should not be easily allowed to enter the Song realm.

But the current situation is different after all, even if it is for Your Majesty, the loss of 8,000 men and horses, if not for anything else, but only for the majesty of the Great Liao, it is bound to be a big fight, at least 20,000 or 30,000 Song troops must be destroyed, and then the Song State will pay a big enough price to eliminate the hatred in the hearts of the Liao State.

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When Zhang Bin set off from the capital half a month ago, he had carefully studied the map provided by the pacification department and determined the goal of this time - to get out of this secret road, located in Shuitou City, not far from the north of Taihang Mountain.

Shuitou City is just a small city in Liao, which belongs to Datong Mansion in Liao, but because it is a border city, it is built as strong, and outside the city of Shuitou City, there are scattered Khitan tribes.

Because horse thieves are quite prevalent in Liao, the defense of this small city can be regarded as cautious on weekdays.

During the day, the gates of Shuitou City were opened, and in addition to the tribesmen coming to the city to exchange for daily necessities, sometimes there would be caravans of the Song people coming from the south to enter the city.

Although the entry and exit of the Song caravans were subject to severe scrutiny, the Khitans inside and outside the city liked the Song caravans, because they could bring their favorite wines, fine silks, fine ceramics, and some smuggled weapons.

Even now that there is a dispute between the Song and Liao border gates, and even a war, the defense of Shuitou City is still the same as usual, and the Song caravan that came has not been driven away.

There is naturally a reason for this, whether from a geographical point of view, or from a historical point of view, or from the courage of the Song people, Shuitou City cannot be a city attacked by the Song people.

After all, with the military system of the Liao State, soldiers do not have military salaries to take in peacetime, and it takes a lot of food, grass and rewards to keep soldiers patrolling and vigilant at all times.

However, even if the Khitans in Shuitou City were so lax, Zhe Kerou was still full of worries and doubts about whether he could capture Shuitou City in a short period of time.

Because no matter how stealthy their march was, as soon as they attacked Shuitou City, the tribal armies of the various Khitan tribes near Shuitou City would arrive in half a day.

Therefore, the time left for them to siege the city was too short, and in addition, they only brought five days of grain and grass, and three and a half days were consumed on the road, and after leaving the Taihang Pass, there was only one and a half days of grain and grass left.

"The supervising army, the siege equipment brought by the lower officials from Fuzhou, because it is difficult to transport on the road, has now been discarded most of it, if we can't capture Shuitou City within half a day, then we can only wander around in the various tribes in the Liao State, sneak attack everywhere, and then grab enough grain and grass, and then flee back along the secret road, I am afraid that the losses will be very heavy, and if you are not careful, the whole army will be wiped out." Along the way, even though most of the siege equipment he brought was lost because of the difficulty of the road or the slow transportation, Zhang Bin still showed confidence in this operation, and he thought about it for a long time, but he really couldn't understand the reason why Zhang Bin was so confident, so he had to ask before leaving the secret mountain pass.

Zhang Bin looked at the sun that had already set half on the mountain in the west, and said: "General Zhe, every time I take a break along the way, I go to tinker with something, and the key to our victory lies in those things." ”

Zhi Kerou was stunned for a moment, remembering that as early as the beginning, when Han Jiang, Zhang Bin and Guo Kui made this plan and called him over alone to arrange the task, the things that Zhang Bin asked him to prepare became more and more puzzled.

Although he asked the people below to prepare those things, he also knew that they were saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal.

Is this the kind of thing that can break the city?

Zhi Kerou became more and more puzzled in his heart, but seeing that Zhang Bin did not mean to explain further, it was difficult to ask about it again, but as soon as Zhang Bin rested on the way, he set up a tent alone to pound the saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal, and also let the hundred guards isolate the inside and outside, not allowing anyone to touch, which seemed extremely mysterious.

That's right, Zhang Bin was going to use gunpowder.

He never thought about it, nor did he worry about what kind of changes it would bring to the world's war model and the development of the world after letting gunpowder appear on the battlefield in advance, and whether it would open Pandora's box.

He only knew that the Great Song Dynasty was about to be terminally ill, and after he took power, he would implement a series of reforms and changes, and then strengthen the country, enrich the people and strengthen the army, I am afraid it would be too late, because even if he is an open person, some things must be gradual and have a time process.

Therefore, he was going to use fierce medicine, and as soon as he came up, he directly let the gunpowder appear in this world, and let the gunpowder give those Great Song monarchs and ministers who were already afraid of the Liao people to the bone a "confidence agent".

And after the gunpowder, he is also ready to gradually take advantage of the opening and hanging, take out more things that should not appear in this world, and change the Great Song Dynasty as quickly as possible.

Only when the Son of Heaven and the imperial court in charge of the Great Song Dynasty have a certain degree of confidence, can he start the journey of strengthening the country and the army, and then open the vast life of the Great Song Dynasty.

Although Zhang Bin is very clear about the proportion of black powder, but this kind of thing is naturally impossible to study in the secret passage, Zhang Bin took the time to lock himself in the house as early as when he was in Tokyo City, and asked Zhu Niang to be his assistant, which lasted half a month, before he successfully used the granular black powder that could be found in this era of saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal, and has recalculated the proportion very accurately.

Therefore, what he did along the way was actually very simple, just to mix out a hundred catties of granular black powder according to the proportion.

In fact, gunpowder has been used as early as the Tang Dynasty, but no one has ever used it on the battlefield, let alone for siege cities, but it has been used by some Taoist priests in alchemy.

Historically, since the Tang Dynasty, many Taoist priests have been killed in the process of alchemy.

Of course, if you just blow up a section of the city wall, you may not necessarily be able to attack it, but now this kind of thing has never happened, and no one can expect this kind of thing, so this will take the lead, and it is also Zhang Bin's main source of confidence......

"Prison Army, the sun has set, can we act?" Zhe Kerou arranged for 10,000 "horse thieves" to use dry food, and the war horses ate concentrated feed, and after resting for two hours, they came to ask for instructions.

Zhang Bin looked up at the sky and said, "Wait for another half an hour, and there will be very important news from the people from the Pacification Division over there in Datong Mansion." ”

Zhi Kerou frowned slightly, and said, "Prison Army, if the information from the Pacification Division is not sent, do we have to wait?" ”

Zhang Bin withdrew his gaze from the sky and said, "Then there is no need to wait, but if this news does not come, it may be more troublesome after we capture Shuitou City......... Hahaha...... When I came, I knew she wasn't going to let me down. ”

Zhang Bin was halfway through his words, when he suddenly saw the scout sent out by Zhe Kerou galloping towards this side with a man dressed as a merchant but with an extremely ordinary face.

"At the head of the third gear, there is news from Datong Mansion that Xiao Tianxiong, the king of the Southern Court of Liaoguo, has commanded 50,000 troops, and he has set off from Datong Mansion, and he will hit Zhending Mansion in three days." This man is Han Sanlang, the news of Datong Mansion is too important, Zhang Bin asked him to keep an eye on it personally.

The last hanging stone in Zhang Bin's heart fell, and he said with a smile: "San Lang has worked hard, the caravan entering Shuitou City is ready, right?" ”

Han Sanlang said with a smile: "Don't worry, the caravan is ready, it is in the valley three miles away, it is a real caravan, and there are some people in it who have been to Shuitou City many times before, and they will never be suspected by the Liao." ”

Zhang Bin bowed his head slightly, expressed his approval, and turned his head to Zhe Ke Ju and said, "General Zhe, are you ready for the dead?" ”

Zhi Kerou hurriedly said: "It's ready." ”

After a pause, Zhi Kerou added: "The lower official was worried that only one dead soldier was too few, so he prepared ten dead soldiers for the prison army. ”

Zhang Bin shook his head and said: "The soldiers under General Zhe's command are all good sons, ten dead soldiers are too many, as long as two are good, please let the two dead soldiers come over now, I will personally arrange things for them, and then take one thing, with the caravan brought by San Lang, and enter the city together before it gets completely dark, and our army will follow them three miles behind, take advantage of the darkness to move forward, and be ready to attack at any time."

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