Chapter 3291 Don't Say I'm Not Mean

The staff officer who was asked immediately replied: "According to the letter from here in Wuqingzhi County, the lower officials can be sure that the last army of the Khitans, as expected by the adults, went to attack our riverside camp, but was met with an unimaginable fierce counterattack. ”

"Unthinkably violent", Zhao Xing repeated this sentence in a low voice, and suddenly, he was overjoyed: "We only have a few cannons left in the camp, and we can talk about a hundred and ten people." These guys are more defensive, not enough on the counter-attack. If the Liao people's counterattack was fierce---- what does this mean? It means that my reinforcements have arrived! ”

Jiang Zhiqi looked around and asked in a low voice, "Reinforcements?" Where are there any extra reinforcements on my North Song Road? Hey, could it be that the Japanese army and the Gongsheng army crossed the river? Cao Yu's ......"

Zhao Xing smiled: "Zhuri and Gongsheng don't have the courage to cross the river, and the reinforcements are still my troops in Guangnan." At the beginning, when I left, I had already ordered the two armies of Ping Demon and Demon Exterminator to assemble and stand by to go south, originally planning to guide the ocean with a sword. But after Governor Chen Buqun retreated to Guangdong, he brought my new orders, and now, either the Ping Demon Army or the Demon Eradication Army went north--- only these two armies have experience in mountain warfare and can withstand the cold of the north.

I guess Shuai Fan must have crossed the river with reinforcements, only he has the courage to launch a counterattack, and the others will only defend tightly...... According to Shuai Fan's character, after he repels the Liao soldiers, he will definitely lead the army to follow me---- I believe that we will meet him in Wuqing City soon. ”

Zhao Xing's prophecy came true quickly, and Shuai Fan was an impatient man, after he repelled the attack of the Liao. While sending the wounded soldiers to the south bank, he quickly sent a probe horse to test in the direction of Wuqing City, and the Liao State Negotiator had not yet arrived in Wuqing City. Shuai Fan had already rushed to Wuqing City with a large group of men.

The first Song army to enter the city was three hundred ironclad fast horsemen, and the war horses under their crotch were Spanish war horses that Zhao Xing had domesticated on Tamna Island for several years, with a tall and burly body, very adapted to the cold climate of the north. The size of this war horse is obviously much higher than that of Mongolian horses, and the knight on the horse also chooses to be a strong man in Huanqing. and the tall shepherd slaves of the Liao State.

A majestic horse, a tall knight. Coupled with the iron Kai formed by the stamping of the war horse and the horse knight, when they entered the city, it brought indescribable depression to the Liao people. Wuqing's "detailed and steady" Xiao Bald expression was about to cry---- it's over, it's over, the Liao people were originally dominated by cavalry, but now the infantry can't defeat the Song army. The cavalry actually lagged behind the southerners, this day. I can't get by.

At the same time, the expression on Jiang Zhiqi's face was simply wonderful----That's right, this is the cavalry of my Song army, with them, when the Liao army besieged the city, at least someone protected us to break through." ^^^^

The Song army who came with them was also in high spirits, except for the personnel in the battalion, most of the soldiers went to welcome the iron cavalry into the city, and they suddenly straightened their chests. With a condescending demeanor. Looking down at the Liao people---- That's right, Lord Taiwei is right. What is civilization. This is civilization! We keep creating, and the Liao people only know how to repeat everything in the land of their ancestors, and if they violate it slightly, they will be insulted as "anti-traditional", but in fact this is a kind of animal behavior, and only animals repeat it from generation to generation. In China, we are the "spirit of all things", holding high to the top of the food chain.

Zhao Xing didn't care about the Song army's iron cavalry entering the city, he threw everything to the officers below, and he was busy searching for the war horses of Wuqing City.

Don't look at the small city of Wuqing, but because of the proximity to the pasture of Helu Sagu in the Liao Kingdom, there are really a lot of war horses stored. Zhao Xing casually searched and looted tens of thousands of war horses, and he woke up with a smile in his dream in the past few days. As for the broad daylight, he only knew how to be silly at the group of war horses, but when he met the forward sentry horses sent by Shuai Fan and saw them riding horses, Zhao Xing immediately lost interest in the Khitan war horses, he pouted and said disdainfully: "It's not better than I don't know, I'm scared, it turns out that this group of Khitan famous horses is standing with my own horses, it's like donkeys, it's funny, I have been happy for this group of war horses for several days." ”

What Zhao Xing said is also the sigh made by the coach of the modern Olympic Games.

Back then, at the Olympic Games, Chinese equestrian coaches let the athletes ride on what they thought were majestic Ili horses, but when they arrived at the competition venue, they found that they were riding an animal whose name could be called "donkey". Because of thousands of years of castration, Mongolian horses have been severely degraded, and their short stature is about the same as that of donkeys.

Because of this discovery, Chinese equestrians later switched to foreign horses, and they thought it was a shame to ride a donkey......

Shuai Fan didn't feel the difference in the horses, and he hurried all the way with reinforcements, worried. Now when he saw Zhao Xing, he shouted in ecstasy: "My lord, we have succeeded, we have used 3,000 people to shake the southern part of the Liao Kingdom, we have succeeded?!" ”

Zhao Xing looked left and right, and saw that there were no outsiders around, so he lowered his voice and asked: "Don't shout, don't sell if you take advantage of it, look, how much can this group of war horses sell, is it enough to compensate for our shell money?" …… Well, what else can we do? ”

Shuai Fan's expression gradually cooled, he lowered his voice, and said gloomily: "We can only do this---- we have done our best, but Liao Guo has not used all our strength." ^^^^I heard that the Liao State did not even issue a mobilization order, and we ,...... And in this battle, we used almost half of Quang Nam's army. I've just brought the Demon Slayer Army, but unfortunately these troops are not adapted to the bitter cold, and the non-combat attrition is extremely serious. ”

When Shuai Fan said this, the follow-up "Demon Slayer Army" was wearing fiery red costumes and marching into the city in a queue. Along the way, the Han people of Liao, who were not welcome in the middle of the road, looked at this strange-looking and silent team into the city with cold eyes.

The Demon Eradication Army is Guangnan's own army, and Zhao Xing spared no effort in equipping this army. Outwardly, in addition to being equipped with weapons according to the requirements of the era, this army is also equipped with clothing and armor according to the highest standards of the era. They lived up to the title of "Devil": a military uniform resembling a modern jacket, with an iron helmet with fiery red tassels, fluffy and towering. The face is also equipped with a face armor.

This mask makes people see it as "Westernized" now, but the Song people seem to be completely inferior. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the past, the Xianbei beautiful man King Lanling liked to wear an iron mask. hid his handsomeness with a Xianbei style behind his hideous subway face, and the king of Lanling at that time felt that this was "very Xiongnu", and every time he went into battle. He likes to stare at enemies through the hollow eyes on his mask, which makes people feel a hint of hell.

Of course, if a Westerner were here, he would only exclaim "Seljuk" when he saw this mask, and would never think that this was his "Westernized" creation.

Jiang Zhiqi hurriedly came when he heard the news. Looking at this army, he opened his mouth and stammered. He was speechless for a long time, and after a long time, he let out an inexplicable sigh: "People say Guangdong demons, and I know what a demon is today." ”

This army was trained by Shuai Fan, and he was the most unworthy of being slandered by others. As soon as he heard Jiang Zhiqi's words, he hurriedly put down his business. Anxious defense: "What kind of demons, the masks they wear on their faces are completely Wei and Jin style, it is said that in the past, King Lanling and Xianbei Murong Ke liked to wear this kind of mask to charge into battle...... You see, is this with the unrestrained beauty of Wei and Jin celebrities? That kind of line, exaggerated and wild, is there a kind of long song that is pleasing to the eye? ”

Jiang Zhiqi smacked his lips and sighed: "I just think they are wearing masks and are ghostly, hideous and terrifying...... There's a magic word in their trumpet, and I think it's appropriate. Put on this armor and look at it. It's a perfect match for the word demon. ”

Shuai Fan was anxious. He was just about to jump up, but was grabbed by Zhao Xing. After Zhao Xing grabbed him, he continued to ask the question just now: "How far do you think we can go?" ”

Shuai Fan calmed down and replied: "There is more than one Nanjing Dao in Liao, and there is more than one Han on Nanjing Dao. Now, when the Emperor of Liao knows about this, once he appoints a new king of the Southern Courtyard, the situation will be completely intolerable. The Liao State is a large country that can mobilize hundreds of thousands of cavalry casually, and in the Song-Liao Hundred Year War, the Liao State has always had an advantage, and they have a psychological advantage in the face of the Song people.

Psychological superiority is a wonderful thing, once you look down on someone from your heart, and lose to such a person, you will feel unwilling, and you will fight for your own ground until all your strength is exhausted, so that we need more soldiers, we need to be prepared for a longer time......"

Shuai Fan was silent for a moment, and frankly admitted: "When the musketeers face the cavalry, they have a technical advantage, but this advantage is not obvious---- north of the Yellow River, the Liao people have turned it into a large pasture, where the terrain is flat and open, suitable for cavalry to detour in a large area......"

After a pause, Shuai Fan continued to add: "I heard about your combat experience, and I think that the Han general you are fighting against has actually found a way to deal with us, which is to use the troops to attract us in the front, and then use the cavalry to make a detour and constantly carry out multi-point attacks to disperse our firepower output.

However, because he had too few troops, the frontal troops failed to attract our ground firepower and did not reach the tactical objectives, which led to the collapse of the flanks too quickly, and the roundabout troops lost their effectiveness. If the Liao people have a little more troops, I am afraid that the adults will fall into a bitter battle, and the outcome is unpredictable. ”

Shuai Fan has not yet said that one of the characteristics of the Liao people's war is to drive the people to "ascend first" and use the huge number of people to consume the firepower of the defenders.

If the Han brothers were willing to break the cauldron and drive a large number of people to consume the firepower of the Song army, and wait until the barrel of the Song army was hot, a large number of Liao cavalry would attack again, then the Song army had to use the butt to resist the Liao cavalry.

Zhao Xing knew this, so he insisted on stationing in Wuqing City to rely on the city for defense. ^^,,,, Shoufa ^^ Shuai Fan's conversation with Zhao Xing made the hot-headed Jiang Zhiqi gradually calm down, he was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Lord Zhao, if you think so, how many musketeers do we need to train to resist the Liao soldiers?" ”

Zhao Xing did not answer this question, Shuai Fan added on the side: "Our musketeers, a thousand soldiers can resist three times the Liao cavalry, and 10,000 people can resist at least five times the Liao cavalry, if we are targeted training, even in the face of seven times the enemy army, we can not fall behind, but not now, we have gone far enough, the musketeers rely too much on logistics supplies, once the Liao State is mobilized, our six thousand troops will be deeply mired in this quagmire."

My lord, the cold weather alone can kill and injure half of us, and the Liao people have lived here for generations, and a blanket can sleep in a snow nest, we can't, our soldiers are too delicate, and many of them have been infected with chilblains. If we were stationed in the wilderness, the Liao people would have lost more than half of us just by besieging us.

My lord. You and I both know that the Musketeers are delicate troops, and they cannot fight in rain or snow. The current climate is not in our favor and procrastination of the war until the summer...... To tell the truth, we are now relying on the strength of the whole Liao country to fight against the entire Liao State. The court wanted to negotiate peace; That's all I can do with the musket team in Da Song......

We also have the army. But the Ping Demon Army could not be withdrawn in Dali, and the remaining two armies had not yet completed their training. At the moment, that's all we have at hand. My Great Song Dynasty is far from ready for war, on the other hand, Liao is a country that is half soldier and half peasant, as long as he is given time, he can mobilize the strength of the country at any time.

Besides. We also don't know all about Liao, and we don't know what outstanding generals Liao. There are those armies that are particularly capable of fighting, and how many troops each army has. We don't know who they are, but we know very well that it is impossible for us to mobilize other forces in the short term in the ---- Great Song Dynasty, as for Lord Jiang just asked, how many musketeers need to be trained, hum, the musket that eats kickbacks and the muskets that don't eat kickbacks are two different things, let the gang of the Ordnance Supervisor make muskets, how much they make is useless, at most they can be used to commit suicide. Jiang Zhiqi was stunned for a moment. Immediately remembered the famous "Weapons Supervision Case". He smiled wryly and replied, "Since this musket is a militaristic weapon. As long as we select trustworthy people, there will always be a way to make qualified muskets, measure the land and material resources of the imperial court, and it will always be stronger than you all the way to Guangdong, so that the imperial court will ......come forward."

Zhao Xing interrupted Jiang Zhiqi's reverie: "You said that the land is still ruled by man, and you expect an honest person to complete all this, but why don't we start from the system, my Great Song Dynasty originally had a bidding system for tooth merchants, so it is better to hand over the matter of manufacturing muskets to the merchants, and let the merchants keep improving, and we only need to verify the quantity and check the quality."

Don't tell me anything about militaristic weapons, if you can't easily hand them over to the people, my firearms in Guangdong are all made by tooth merchants, they are merchants, but you must know that they are merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, and the patriotic thoughts in their hearts are no less than those of the court ministers, and even deeper than the court ministers. As long as we strengthen the management system and prevent the possibility of leakage of musket technology, they will complete the number of places we need. ”

Shuai Fan stated that Jiang Zhiqi was difficult, and actually hoped that he would bring this back to the imperial court and tell the imperial court: If the imperial court is indifferent to watch this battle, then don't blame Guangnan for withdrawing his hand at the right time.

And Zhao Xingdi interjected, in fact, he also hoped that Jiang Zhiqi would tell the court. He didn't want the imperial court to lose the courage to fight, so he told the imperial court in a vague way: We already have the correct method of purchasing ordnance, as long as we choose the right method, we can quickly arm ourselves with sharp weapons, and in this way, the Liao State is not invincible.

Before Zhao Xing finished speaking, Shuai Fan added dissatisfiedly: "I think that the musket technology has been leaked out, when Lord Zhao stepped down from Huanqing, the imperial court sent a thousand pear flower gunners to Huanqing, but unfortunately Lord Zhao didn't have time to use it, and it was all cheap Lu Huiqing." Later, Lu Huiqing couldn't pay his military salary, and the Huanqing soldiers began to steal and sell weapons---- which Lu Huiqing did himself, so the Xixia people had already obtained our pear flower gun technology.

Moreover, in this war with the Liao, we have lost soldiers from both capitals, and the weapons of these people have also reached the hands of the Liao. That's not all, though. The frequency of updating my Guangnan musket is faster than the frequency of someone replacing a concubine, and the Liao people have to go to the fifth generation of muskets, but we have already created a seventh-generation musket, which is lighter and has a longer range than the original musket. ”

Zhao Xing interjected thoughtfully: "Although it is a fifth-generation musket, it still carries many mature technologies, such as flintlock technology, powder pool technology, and bayonet technology...... However, it is not an easy task to imitate these muskets, first of all, without a boring machine with drilling, the Liao people could not make a barrel, and the barrel technology could not keep up, which limited the power of their muskets.

It is not terrible for the Liao people to seize our muskets, but I am most afraid that the corrupt officials of the Ordnance Prison have seized our musket equipment. ”

Shuai Fan continued to add: "There is also gunpowder---- when our soldiers withdrew, all the gunpowder bags that can be found have been lit, and the replacement of this gunpowder is also very fast, the Liao people took our muskets, there is no qualified gunpowder, and it is still not a great use ----of saltpeter, the most important thing is saltpeter, now more than eighty percent of the saltpeter imports in the Great Song Dynasty are in the hands of my Guangnan naval army, even if the Liao people have developed a new type of musket, we just fight with him to consume, the Liao people can not consume so much sulfur and saltpeter. ”

Jiang Zhiqi calmed down. Feeling that in a moment, too much information rushed into his mind, and he hurriedly begged for mercy: "Two of you." Take a break, and I'll write down what you just said. Lord Shuai, you have cavalry, please communicate with the south bank as soon as possible, I will report the situation here to the imperial court. Let the imperial court make a decision......"

After that, Jiang Zhiqi hurriedly said goodbye. He was going to go back and record all the information he said he had obtained, add his own views and the opinions of Zhao Xing and Shuai Fan, and report it to the imperial court.

After Jiang Zhiqi left, Shuai Fan continued to suggest: "My lord, I didn't say it just now--- just now is enough: the emperor has passed away. When the new emperor ascended the throne, the soldiers pressed the north and south of Bianjing. Coerced the imperial court, and now that there are impeachments in the court, we are rashly fighting with the Liao, and we are likely to become outcasts. Now, it's important to protect yourself. I'm here to answer the land, my lord......"

Zhao Xing smiled: "The reaction of the imperial court...... I've thought about it these days--- you're right, we're in a dangerous situation. But you forgot that there is a party dispute now, and you forget Lu Huiqing. There is no truth under the party struggle, in the past, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of the whole country had to believe that Lu Huiqing refused to resist. Maintaining the ground won the victory in the anti-aggression war.

The party members have never lacked the means to fool the people. And I'm the one who is being co-opted by both parties, as long as I make a gesture a little. How to fool the people, there will be a lot of party members to worry about---- even if we are under the city of Bianliang, there will be someone to help us explain and package us with great glory.

Aren't you going to send a letter to Nan'an, help me send a few letters, I want to contact the court forces, after so many years, I should be rewarded for managing the forces---- don't say I'm not despicable! ”

Shuai Fan was silent for a moment, and then said, "Speaking of Lu Huiqing...... I just came from the south bank and got the news: Master Fan Chun has arrived in Huanqing. As soon as he arrived in Huanqing, he immediately impeached Lu Huiqing for taking the lead and covering up defeat into victory, and the imperial court had issued an order to deprive Lu Huiqing of all land rewards and move Lu Huiqing to Hangzhou Zhizhou.

In addition, as a mountain envoy, Mr. Zhang escorted the coffin of the emperor to be buried, the road encountered heavy snow, the road was muddy and difficult to walk, His Majesty dismissed Mr. Zhang's phase in the name of disturbing the imperial mausoleum, and degraded Mr. Zhang to go to Lingnan, I heard that Mr. Zhang was kicked out of the official office, and the official family also sent someone to collect and inspect his luggage. ”

"It's too much, it's too much", Zhao Xing shook his head and said: "It's too small, what are you doing with his luggage, Da Song doesn't have a hobby of raiding his family, and it's just an insult to check his luggage, after all, Zhang is the former Xiangguo, and he is so mean to the prime minister, he can't help but be a little cool and handsome Fan hummed: "Zhang Yi acted frivolously against King Duan's succession, of course this King Duan will take revenge." It is said that the officials themselves were embarrassed afterwards, and asked the ministers on the left and right: I treat it like this, is it not impossible to be polite? Yushi Fu patted his ass and said: The kindness and sincerity are too generous. But I heard that the officials still have self-knowledge, and admit that I don't want to use the decision to degrade things, but I am afraid that someone will discuss it afterwards.

It is said that Zhang please be relegated to Yuezhou, so that he can not go to Lingnan. Zeng Bu persuaded His Majesty to agree to this matter, and His Majesty was still hesitating, but he had just ascended the throne, and it was estimated that he would not disobey his prime minister too much......"

Zhao Xing sighed: "I don't have a personal prejudice against Zhang, just out of state affairs...... In the past, I was able to shelter the members of the Yuandang, how did Zhang Xiang think that I couldn't shelter him, what was he afraid of, he didn't dare to go to Lingnan to teach. ”

Shuai Fan laughed: "How many officials who were relegated to Lingnan came back alive?" Zhang is an understanding person, but how can he care if he goes to Lingnan or not, he is tempting, testing the attitude of the official family towards him...... I heard that Zhang's son Zhang Yuan heard the news of Su Gong's recovery, and was afraid that Su Gong would retaliate against his father, so he specially wrote a letter to Su Gong, asking for help for his father. ”

Zhao Xing pursed his lips: "When his father persecuted his master Su Gong, why didn't he see Zhang Yuan jump out and plead, he jumped out now, is he embarrassed?" ”

Shuai Fan laughed it off, and then pulled the topic back again: "I heard that Wang Shiru, the deputy privy envoy of the Liao State, is rushing to Wuqing County...... Actually, I didn't hear that our sentinel had confirmed: Wang Shiru stopped and lingered in Anci City; The wounded Han Zirang general planned to rush to Wuqing in advance to meet you and me. Previously, he had sent people to the barracks on the south bank of our country to discuss the route of our army, and asked us not to harass the villagers along the way. After I talked to him, I dared to travel lightly. ”

Zhao Xing nodded, and sighed regretfully: "The Yellow River is frozen, the transshipment is inconvenient, and we don't have much ammunition......"

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