Chapter 824: A Collision Between the Strong
At the beginning of the empire, Li Nan was also the first emperor to be the emperor, and there were defects in many places, so he could only make changes while doing and constantly improve.
The Imperial Intelligence Bureau established by the Octopus Spider Varys is more like an espionage organization like the Imperial City Division and the Jinyi Guard, which will be an agency like the National Security Bureau in later generations.
Li Nan originally wanted the Intelligence Bureau to be in charge of the anti-corruption matter, but after careful consideration, he realized that the matter was inappropriate.
This year's director of the intelligence bureau, Varys, because he has a disability, there can be no descendants in this world, so Li Nan recognizes his loyalty very much.
But everyone in the world dies, and when Varys dies, someone else will inevitably take over this position, and it will be difficult to say at that time, so setting up some special departments and establishing a perfect system is the long-term way.
The Anti-Corruption Department, this is the department that Li Nan wants to set up, and the candidates in his mind are Dorcott and Miranda.
Dorcott is an upright person, can be called iron-faced and selfless, and he is a black man, so during the Zhennan Kingdom period, he often dealt with illegal things, and was nicknamed 'Black Yama King' by the people.
In addition to Miranda's unique methods of torture, because she often interrogates criminals, she has a good grasp of people's hearts, so she is very suitable to assist Docot in verifying the incriminating evidence of corrupt people.
Emma, the White Queen, who can detect people's hearts with her practical abilities, is more suitable for this role, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs she formed with Natasha is also important.
In this way, the empire has the Anti-Corruption Department, the Intelligence Bureau, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the cross-supervision of these three departments will be more reassuring than putting power in one department.
Li Nan roughly told Miranda and Dorcott some of the structures and systems of the anti-corruption department in later generations that he remembered, and then handed over this matter to them to improve, after all, as the king of a country, there are too many things to pay attention to, so he naturally doesn't need to do everything himself.
As Ludia said, the most important thing for the empire at the moment is the great war between the Song and Jin countries.
The 300,000 patrolmen drawn from the territory of the empire, after being equipped with the latest equipment, took the horse-drawn train, and marched north day and night.
In less than half a month, these imperial reserve soldiers arrived in the Yangtze River valley, and under the protection of the Yellow Sea Fleet, all of them stepped into the Huainan region, where the war was being felt.
The Imperial Army was well-equipped, and the only thing that was slightly worse than the Song and Jin countries was the number of soldiers.
When the reinforcements of these 300,000 patrol troops arrived, the major legions of the empire, which had been on the defensive, began to counterattack because they had no worries.
The guns roared, and the land of Huainan trembled, and fierce battles took place everywhere in Shouzhou, Chuzhou, Junzhou, Haizhou, Rugao and other places!
Spartacus, Cress, Leonidas, Pang Wanchun, and Sienna and other five major armies of the empire, not only the soldiers originally lost in the previous battles were replenished, but also expanded to 50,000 people, and they had long been holding back the fire in their bellies, commanding more than 250,000 people, and launched a fierce attack on the capital of Jin and Song on the northern front.
In the face of the attack of the Imperial Army, the rear is the Imperial Capital Tokyo City, and there is no way to retreat, so he can only lead the army and the Jin soldiers to start a-for-tat attack with the Imperial Army.
This attack of the Empire is not the kind of battle that was tasted and stopped before.
The Empire, an army fully equipped with muskets, can engage the enemy anytime, anywhere, and on any terrain as long as the soldiers have enough ammunition, which is also the biggest feature of the Imperial Army.
Needless to say, the three generals of the Jin Kingdom, including Wanyan Zongwang and Guo Yaoshi, both of them have suffered big losses in front of the imperial army, so they are extremely cautious in their use of troops now, but Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongbi do not think so, they still have the kind of invincible psychology of the Jin Kingdom.
In the vicinity of Caizhou, the First Army of the Imperial Royal Army led by Spartacus suddenly collided with the most elite iron cavalry of the 50,000 Jin Kingdom of Wan Yan Zongbi.
This was a somewhat unexpected encounter, Spartacus's original target was Caizhou City, twenty miles ahead, and Wanyan Zongbi wanted to lead his troops around the rear to attack the rear of the imperial army, but he didn't expect the two armies to meet in the field.
As the saying goes, a soldier is the power of a general, and it will be the courage of a soldier!
The First Army of the Imperial Royal Army was founded by Spartacus, so this army was also infected by him with that fierce and brave temperament.
'No blood will be shed, no truce will be fought!' That's the slogan of the First Legion.
Sensing that the 50,000 iron cavalry of the Jin State was in front of him, Spartacus, the imperial general with the same number, did not retreat at all, and immediately ordered the whole army to prepare for battle.
Wanyan Zongbi is the fourth son of Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguta, who is brave and good at shooting. He once pursued Emperor Liao Tianzuo Yu Yuanyang with Wanyan Zongwang, the founding hero of the Jin State, a famous general at that time, and the king of Liang.
The arrogant Wanyan Zongbi had been leading troops in Jin, so when he learned that the 50,000 infantry of the empire was in front of him, he also did not retreat, but issued an order for the whole army to attack!
It was by this kind of coincidence that the Jin Kingdom and the elite troops of the empire began a fierce contest.
As soon as the battle began, the Imperial infantry used bullets and grenades on their positions to create a storm of death, smashing the charging Jin Iron Cavalry into a sieve.
The sharpness of the Imperial Firearms was unexpected, but he was not an easy one.
Just like when Wanyan Zongwang fought against Li Nan by the Yellow River, Wanyan Zongbi also made full use of the mobility of the cavalry, and a team of 30,000 people rushed out of the main formation, attacking the left and right roads and the rear of the imperial army's position respectively......
The chaos of 100,000 people is definitely not something that can be decided overnight.
Three days later, in front of the Imperial Army's circular position, the soldiers relied on the improvised trenches, and although the Imperial Army was killed and wounded by the Jinren's bows and arrows, the opposing side lost more soldiers and the line was still solid.
Wanyan Zongbi had also heard his brother talk about the combat power of the imperial army before, but when he really fought with him, he completely understood how difficult the other party was.
In the past, whether it was fighting with the Liao State or the Song State army, Wanyan Zongbi could be invincible as long as he commanded the Jin State Iron Cavalry, which was far less than the opponent's iron cavalry, to charge into battle.
But now in battle with the imperial army with equal strength, not only is the battlefield the most suitable plain for cavalry, but the enemy is still an extremely weak infantry with extremely weak mobility, but every charge has suffered heavy losses, and seeing that the number of elites under his command has decreased sharply, Wanyan Zongbi's heart finally has a retreat!
Just as Yan Zongbi was looking at the map in the tent and thinking about countermeasures, the Jin general standing on the side suggested: "Great marshal, the army of Liu Yanqing of the Song Dynasty is stationed in Ruzhou, why don't you send someone to order them to come to support?" β
"Hehe......" Wanyan Zongbi smiled disdainfully: "You are still too naΓ―ve, Ruzhou is only sixty miles away from this battlefield, doesn't Liu Yanqing know that we are fighting the imperial army here?" β
"Oh?" The Jin general said suspiciously: "Your Highness, do you mean that Liu Yanqing knew that we were attacking the imperial army here, but he deliberately did not come?" β
"Of course." Wanyan Zongbi bowed his head and said: "Although we are here to help the Song State resist the imperial army this time, the Song people still regard us as enemies, and now they can sit back and watch us consume our troops, they are too late to be happy, how can they come to help us." β
"These ungrateful Song people!" The generals of the Jin people, who thought about the reason for this, couldn't help but scold in unison.
"The Song people's abacus is very good, but if they want us to help them die, it's still very early."
After Yan Zongbi finished speaking coldly, he remembered the letter he had received earlier, and at this time he also made a decision, and immediately ordered: "You all go back and get ready, our army retreats to the north, and goes to Yingchang Mansion to join the King of Wei and the right Bo Jilie." β