Chapter 3292 The Southern Courtyard is full of horses

Shuai Fan hurriedly replied: "I brought five base ammunition with the army, if the Liao people want to negotiate peace, these ammunition reserves should be enough, I am just worried that there are too few generals on hand, at present, the temporary camp on the north bank lacks a host, I plan to hand over the army to you, and then rush back to 6 o'clock, what kind of letter do you have, give it to me, I will bring it back to you along the way." ”

Zhao Xing also sighed: "Our martial arts academy in Guangdong has been established for too short a time, and there is a lack of teachers. ”

The two sighed, and Zhao Xing instructed his subordinate officials to prepare letters. Waiting for the letter, a new demon soldier rushed over to report the news, trembling all the way. Shuai Fan stared at the soldier, and sighed with emotion: "Why is the difference between the north and the south so big, when the southern soldiers go to the north, they will indeed suffer a great loss congenitally, and we have chosen the most unsuitable winter for combat, and the effect of the sudden attack is achieved, but there is no strength to expand the results, regret...... Did the Liao people send a peace negotiator? ”

Shuai Fan's last sentence was to ask the soldier who reported the news, and the soldier nodded and reported: "Lord Shuai, Lord Zhao, the envoy of the Chongyi Army of the Liao State is entering the city, and the soldiers at the head of the city have already experienced his customs clearance document, which has the peace negotiation documents signed by the Xuanhui envoy of the Southern Court of Liao, Xiao Changge deployed in the Han Imperial Palace, and Wang Shiru, the deputy privy envoy......

After a pause, the soldier added: "I see that this Lord Han is seriously injured, and he coughs all the way......

Zhao Xing wondered: "I'm just surprised, our shooting accuracy is not high, and in terms of range, we can only fight the front row of soldiers who charge." Why, the soldiers actually killed one of the Jiedu envoys and seriously injured another...... Interestingly, my luck was extraordinary. The envoy of Jiedu actually took the lead in the charge - go, find Lord Jiang Zhiqi. ”

Shuai Fan hurriedly explained: "I have already sent someone to investigate, but it's a pity." When we Song people arrived in the Liao realm, it was as obvious as lice on the bald head, and so far, we have only found out the news that the Liao people want to give us. If today's cold land is freezing, business travel is blocked, why did the Liao people attack us. We don't know what happened or how this war happened...... Give me a little more time, and I'll find out! ”

Jiang Zhiqi also had nowhere to go, he was standing in the Song army barracks, curiously observing the soldiers of the Vermilion Bird Army concocting ammunition.

When Zhao Xing encountered the Liao soldiers, he once held the idea of not being able to live, and vented most of the ammunition fiercely, and many soldiers had already emptied the ammunition bags. Right now. The soldier prepares a new ground lead bullet. I saw him take out a lead plate from his backpack, which was stamped with many grooves and divided into many lead strips.

The soldier broke off one of the lead bars. Use scissors to cut the lead strips into pieces and put them in a ceramic bowl, which is then burned on an alcohol stove. He was attentive when he operated all this, and Jiang Zhiqi looked at it seriously, forgetting his identity as a scholar.

Soon. The lead strip melts. The soldier picked up the porcelain bowl with a clamp. Inject the liquid lead into a small tin box. The tin box is then buried in the snow to cool. The tin box creaks as it enters the snowdrift. Not for a while. The soldier pulled out a steaming tin box from the snow. Open the tin box. Jiang Zhiqi turned out that the iron box was a mold. The liquid lead injected into the ground has condensed into round projectiles in the iron box.

Because this mold is going to let the lead flow around. Therefore, the cast lead pellets have some lead connected to each other. Jiang Zhiqi counted curiously. Now the lead bullets are divided into six rows. Twelve lead pellets per row. These lead pellets form a fishing net. At the knot of the net is a round projectile.

The soldier picked up the scissors. Cut projectiles from this fishnet-like ground bullet board. The hardness of lead ground is relatively low. The soldier intently trimmed each projectile with scissors. Let it stay round. Jiang Zhiqi was stunned from the side. Lips were still squirming. I heard Zhao Xing's call to find the land. He hurriedly asked, "Lord Zhao." Why do soldiers still have to make projectiles. Can't it be prepared in advance for the soldiers? Let them take it with them? ”

Zhao Xing smiled: "Lord Jiang." Lead shot is soft. The projectile prepared in advance is easy to deform during transportation. And the lead plate is easy to carry. The lead plate is stamped out of the grooves. Each lead bar can make seventy-two projectiles. The soldiers made it on the spot. It can make them more familiar with firearms. It also reduces the cost of transportation of ordnance in our place. ”

Jiang Zhiqi asked again: "I thought the projectile was an iron egg." How to do it with lead. Aren't iron eggs harder? ”

Zhao Xing patiently explained: "Master Jiang." The shells are iron. But the bullet is lead. One reason is that it is expensive to process so many metro beads to make projectiles. It takes a lot of time. We can't afford that money; Another reason is that it is better to shoot with lead shots.

We have compared: the bullet made of lead pellet, although the shooting distance is not as good as that of the iron bullet, but its penetrating ability is stronger, and the person who is hit is more seriously injured, almost always accompanied by bleeding from internal organs. I think this is because the lead melts quickly when heated, and the liquid lead fills the entire chamber of the gun, allowing the full force of the gunpowder to be wielded, which is not possible with iron pellets......

Let's go, Lord Jiang, Lord Han Zirang has already come, as the chief envoy of the peace talks, you should go and see this Lord Han who was wounded by a musket. ”

Han Zirang, a famous general from the Liao State who had just entered the city, was also watching, but he was not qualified to enter the Song army camp to observe the Song army soldiers making bullets that killed him, and he was observing the batch of war horses brought by Shuai Fan. There were 300 horses in this batch, and some of the horsemen on the horses had the habit of obviously "heading the army" of the Liao State, and they were taken to Tamluo Island by Zhao Xing to live for at least three years, and this time they re-set foot on the land of the Liao State to protect the smooth communication of the Song army.

After Han Zirang observed these cavalry that obviously bore the brand of Liao, he looked at the batch of high-headed horses in Tanluo with an envious expression, and when he saw Zhao Xing coming, he didn't even ask his name, and exclaimed: "Good horse, good horse!" There is one of the horses so majestic, and this horse is so tall that I have never seen it in my life. I wonder how much such a horse is worth? ”

Zhao Xing looked at Han Zirang with his hands behind his back, this Han man who grew up in Hudi, although his name is still a Han name, but he can't detect much Han smell on his body, his eyes are yellow-brown, with obvious Xianbei genes; Short and stout, with a bit of loopy legs; Clothes on the left side; I don't see much Confucian temperament up and down.

Jiang Zhiqi took a step forward and introduced himself: "This official: Tianzhang Pavilion Bachelor, Zuo Zhengyan Jiang Zhiqi." ”

Han Zirang nodded and replied: "This official: Chongyi Army Festival makes Han Zirang." He came to the peace talks on the orders of Xiao Changge, the Xuanhui envoy of the Southern Yuan, and Wang Xiang, Wang Shiru...... Who's that adult behind you? ”

Zhao Xingdi's title is relatively long. He repeated his long and terrifying titles in one breath, and then Shuai Fan also stepped forward to introduce himself. During this period, Han Zirang's eyes turned around Zhao Xing and Shuai Fan, as if trying to identify which one had injured him, while Zhao Xing was looking at the other party's bulging chest with great interest, and his chest was bulging. It seemed to be very thickly bandaged, and Zhao Xing muttered dissatisfied: "The technique is wrong, how can it be bandaged like this, it's too layman." ”

Zhao Xing's words made Han Zirang find the right target, he turned to Zhao Xing, and said: "I remember, this Lord Zhao is the one who can't be provoked on the Huanqing Road in the past, and this injury should be Lord Zhao's masterpiece, right?" Shuai Fan didn't let it go: "Look at your injuries." Lord Zhao's credit doesn't seem to be much, probably when you attacked my temporary camp, you were shot by me. ”

Han Zi's eyes flashed: "Are you the one guarding the camp?" Not bad. The more you fight, the more orderly you become, and the last time I attacked, your artillery fire was so fierce that even the Chinese army was not spared. ”

Shuai Fan puffed up his chest: "Each other, you Lord Han are also more and more disciplined, if we have enough troops at the beginning, we will definitely annihilate you at the first contact, but unfortunately, when my reinforcements arrive." You can't find anyone. ”

Han Zi let his eyes sweep over Zhao Xing and Shuai Fan, and said thoughtfully: "I've heard of it, I heard that Lord Zhao and Lord Shuai have destroyed countless countries in the south, I originally thought that bullying a small country in the south was not a lot of strength, but now it seems that the Guangnan Army is really difficult to bite." ”

Zhao Xingle said hehehehe: "It's okay, it's okay, what you encountered earlier is only one of the five divisions of my Guangnan Army, and the new reinforcements entering the city are not the strongest army in my Guangnan." The five armies of Guangnan are divided into leveling demons, eliminating demons, destroying demons, and eliminating monsters, which are collectively called the four armies of demons and demons, and the demon exterminating army is only ranked second. And the Vermilion Bird Army, that is, the army you encountered first, can only be regarded as supernumerary personnel, and I trained Master Zhang on his behalf, but unfortunately Master Zhang died early, and the Western Xia people did not taste the taste of the Vermilion Bird Army.

Lord Han has tasted the taste of the Vermilion Bird Army today, please be sure to tell the Xixia people. Let's just say that Master Fan Chun has taken away the Suzaku Department. After this battle, the Vermilion Bird Army will gradually hand over to Master Fan Chun. ”

Han Zirang's eyes narrowed: "What." You said that I only met supernumeraries from Quang Nam, and some of them were taken away by Lord Fan Chun, is that true? ”

Jiang Zhiqi stroked his beard and added proudly: "More than that! I ascended the throne towards the new emperor, and I also took a part of the Suzaku Army, and at present, the Suzaku Army still has one left on the south bank, so the army on the north bank you encounter can only be regarded as half of the Suzaku Army. ”

Han Zirang's eyes widened, and he asked rhetorically: "Suzaku Army...... How many people are in this Suzaku Army? ”

Jiang Zhiqi opened his mouth, Zhao Xing smiled innocently, and said first: "I won't tell you!" ”

Han Zi's eyes flashed again, and he was not to be outdone: "My Chongyi Army is not all here, if there is a chance, I will transfer the Chongyi Army, and we will compete again." ”

Zhao Xing looked at Han Zirang with interest and shook his head lightly: "I'm afraid Lord Han won't have a chance, your face is flushed, and your body temperature must be very high; Your forehead is hot, and now you're holding on to your spirits...... I think it will be difficult for you to survive this injury, although it is winter and there are few diseases, but I don't think that according to the situation of Liaoguo, I can cure your injury. ”

Han Zirang arched his hand: "What the two give, the descendants of the Han family will not dare to forget." ”

Jiang Zhiqi felt that the conversation between the two sides was polite at the beginning, but now the smell of gunpowder was getting stronger and stronger, and he hurriedly played a round: "General Han, I don't know if you are willing to let my army Zhonglang medicine treat it, this injury comes from the Song army, and my Song army has its own means of diagnosis and treatment." ”

Zhao Xing nodded, and calmly took over the topic: "My Song Jun has the means of diagnosis and treatment, but this method is a bit unbelievable, people often say: body hair, parents can't bear to be injured." But this treatment is contrary to tradition – the wound is cut open and the toxins are cleaned. Lord Han, your injuries are not light, do you need our diagnosis and treatment, please decide as soon as possible? ”

Han Zirang nodded: "Poison? Your thunderballs are poisonous? …… Haha, I can still support it, but Wang Xiang hasn't arrived yet. I can't go to the doctor. I'm going to send a letter to Lord Wang, and when Lord Wang enters the city, I'll ask you two for this injury—I won't thank you, this injury was caused by you, and it should have been treated by you, but. A few of my sons and nephews are guarding me. ”

Zhao Xing's eyes flashed, and he readily agreed: "No problem, when we treat Lord Han's injuries, we should be accompanied by Lord Han's nephew to prove that we haven't done anything." ”

Han Zirang asked about his injuries, put his mind at ease, pointed to the horses again, and asked with a smile: "Lord Zhao hasn't answered me yet, how much is this horse worth?" I wonder if I can exchange a hundred horses with you? ”

Zhao Xing's eyes flickered. He replied with a grin: "This kind of war horse was scavenged by me from the Far West, and it was originally owned by a king in the Far West, and I bought a few horses at a great price. If Lord Han wants it, I will charge you a cost price - take the gold equal to the weight of the horse, and I will sell it to you Han Zirang's face changed: "Cost price, do you still need to weigh gold?" Lord Zhao is joking! ”

Shuai Fan Hanhan replied: "It is indeed the cost price, I know that this kind of war horse, a male, a female and a pair of stallions can be exchanged for three cities, and it is a very rich city, the city here in Liao Kingdom, there is nothing worth exchanging places." The price is unpretentious! ”

Han Zirang snorted, turned around and left.

Zhao Xing said that the same weight of gold as the body of the horse, the Korean capital really can't take it out, this horse has six or seven hundred kilograms, such a amount of gold has passed the tax of the southern Liao country for a year, and even the tax of the entire Liao country is not so much, how can the Korean capital make such a sky-high price.

After Han Zirang left, Shuai Fan hummed: "What kind of nephew to accompany him, I guess he wants to find a group of doctors." Watch how we deal with this injury! ”

Jiang Zhiqi snorted in annoyance: "The lower official was reckless, and he actually let the Liao people peep into the secret...... However, Lord Han is an envoy who has come to talk about peace, and he is going to die here, so I'm afraid that this peace talk will not continue. ”

As he was talking, the Korean investor turned back and solemnly admonished: "Several, I, Da Liao, have opened a road for the Song army for the sake of peace talks. Let Song Jun pass the letter. But except for the open road, please Song Jun not cross the line at will. Please keep in mind. ”

After Han Zirang finished speaking, he turned around and left, and Shuai Fan mocked behind him: "No grace!" When we first came, we were still human, praising our combat effectiveness, but now they are playing tricks, saying that the road is open to us, do we need them to open it, isn't our road broken through by us? ”

Zhao Xing looked at Han Zirang's back, and said curiously: "I'm very puzzled, I want to know his injury, how is it possible, he was hit by a shot, but he didn't blow up into slag, and his body appeared in front of us intact, is his gunshot wound really done by us?" ”

Shuai Fan's face changed, and he slapped his head: "It's not good, they seized our guns, and it's not good that Han Zirang was wounded by the guns, because they went off when they were fiddling with the muskets...... Not good, they have learned to fiddle with guns. ”

Zhao Xing replied slowly: "There's nothing strange about this, he has been fighting with us for a few days, looking for the soldiers who have seen the movements clearly, fiddling with the musket does not require too complicated movements, it is nothing more than pouring gunpowder and loading ammunition...... All he had to do was find a musket that was loaded but not fired, and he could learn to shoot immediately. ”

Shuai Fan hesitated, and then said: "This guy won't be injured on purpose, it's up to us how we treat this injury, right?" ”

Zhao Xing shook his head: "Impossible, very few Liao soldiers who were shot by us survived, and it is impossible for Han Zi to take such a big risk, in case we have no way to treat it, or if we have a way to treat it but resolutely stand by, then he will definitely die." ”

Jiang Zhiqi finally found an opportunity to interject: "You just said that lead bullets are poisonous, how can they be poisonous, this method is not benevolent." ”

Zhao Xing retorted impatiently: "Our bullet is not poisonous, it is the material of lead pellet itself that is poisonous, it hits the body, and the muscles of the bullet are stained with liquid lead, and the flesh must be cut off to be cured, if it is too late and poisons into the blood, then there is no help." I saw that this adult had lead poison in his blood, his face was flushed, his body temperature was too high, and even if he was saved, he would be a cripple. ”

Shuai Fan continued to speculate: "Except for the time when you encountered the infantry head-on, we did inflict a lot of casualties on the Liao. In the first few times, the Liao people attacked with cavalry, and although our platoon guns fired a salvo of bullets and rained down, the losses of the Liao cavalry were very small. It is impossible for the Han brothers to charge in person during those attacks, perhaps they saw the power of our muskets and pondered the captured muskets. accidentally caused a disaster, and Han Junyi, the middle of the imperial history, should have been present, so he was seriously injured and died, and this Han Zi gave up his life and was only affected with a slight injury......

Could it be that the people of Liao also have the habit of deceiving their superiors and hiding their subordinates, and they are injured due to their own operational mistakes. They may be too embarrassed to speak out, so they put the blame on us? However, why did this Korean-funded envoy say that he was shelled by us when he attacked our riverside camp? Obviously, none of those who attacked the camp were put back, so how could anyone still go back alive? ”

Zhao Xing waved his hand: "Why bother guessing in vain, how the Korean capital is injured is meaningless to us, in the case of information asymmetry." We couldn't make a proper judgment at all, and in short, it hurt. The injury was mine, because his injury caused us to win this victory, but may luck always be with us, guys, let's prepare for that negotiation, shall we? ”

The peace talks are making Wang Shiru come quickly, this person is named "Shiru", and he is naturally very taboo about the gossip of "Heaven and Man Induction" and "Five Elements Gossip". Shortly after the arrival of the advance team. Wang Shiru appeared outside Wuqing City with a large group of men.

Zhao Xing stood at the head of Wuqing City, observed the army brought by Wang Shiru with a telescope, nodded easily, turned to Jiang Zhiqi, and also said to Han Zirang: "I am sure that Lord Wang is here to negotiate. ”

He Haogu, who was present, had a low official position and did not understand the meaning of Zhao Xing's words, and Han Zirang's face sank and his expression was depressed.

Wang Shiru, the last Han high-ranking official in the Southern Courtyard. Brought the Nanjing Dao Forbidden Army, this army was originally the most fierce head of the Liao State under the military slaves, but because of the Nanjing Dao life, the Khitan nobles often sent their children into this army, seeking military merits and a way out, gradually, this army has a mighty shape, but it is unbearable to fight.

Outsiders don't know the details, but they see the luxurious equipment of this army. I thought that this army was especially capable of fighting. But Zhao Xing is no longer a rookie on the battlefield. Wang Shiru brought such a forbidden army to show off his might, but he didn't expect to show his face in front of Zhao Xing.

Speaking of which. In terms of the luxury of the equipment, although the most capable army in the Liao State in front of him is clearly armored and well-equipped, it is compared with Zhao Xingdi's army, and it is a beggar team. As for the cavalry, Zhao Xing's cavalry rode horses that weighed as much as gold, and although its number was small, a war horse was enough to buy all the war horses of the opposite army.

In terms of weapons, in the face of the new generation of muskets, the Liao people made the knives and arrows sharp, and they were also a scum in front of the cannons.

If you talk about the equipment you carry with you, then the Liao people are even more unbearable. Zhao Xing's soldiers carried a kit with small hardware tools, which could make repairs and adjustments to the weapons themselves, while the Liao people had never heard of those hardware tools.

In addition, the Song army was also equipped with a single tent, a down sleeping bag, a tweed coat, and even a set of glass alcohol stoves for each person, and used expensive spirits as if they were not spending money to burn tea and lead, which was an extreme waste in the eyes of Korean investors.

Originally, according to the traditional viewpoint, such an army that pursued comfort and enjoyment, and was equipped with luxurious equipment was greedy for enjoyment, lacked a strong sense of combat, and lacked the spirit of fighting to the death. But Han Zirang, who had fought with them, knew that the ferocity of this army was not much worse than that of the most elite palace army in the Liao State.

In front of such an army, Wang Shiru used to show off the forbidden army on Nanjing Road looked ridiculous. The well-nourished faces of those soldiers showed impetuous and arrogant expressions, and they looked at Song Jun arrogantly, but their expressions revealed trepidation, and it was this trepidation that leaked their bottom ......

At the head of the city, the Song generals who followed Zhao Xing to look at this army with a telescope had a sneer on the corner of their mouths, and their eyes involuntarily fell to the necks of this group of soldiers, as if they were thinking about how to slash.

Wang Shiru a civil minister, wearing a Qing Tang armor similar to the Tang Dynasty Mingguang armor, riding on a horse to show off his martial arts into Wuqing City, this person in the Han brothers when the fierce battle is in full swing, leading the most elite armed forces on the Nanjing Road - that is, this forbidden army, hiding in Anci wandering, now the war has subsided, finally let Wang Shiru have the opportunity to show off, he is full of ambition, riding on a horse, with a condescending look, proudly stepped into Wuqing City...... Immediately at the city gate, he met Zhao Xing, who was riding a war horse that was higher than his ** horse.

At this moment, there are not only Zhao Xingzai at the gate of the city, but also Shuai Fan, the Japanese Yuan Yeping, and the Xiao brothers, each of them riding a majestic and tall war horse, looking at Wang Shiru who rode a short Mongolian "horse" into the city, and asked condescendingly: "Who is here?" ”

This phrase is nonsense.

Because Wang Shiru had already asked people to hand over his name in advance before he came, the people in the city knew who was coming.

But this sentence has to be asked, because Zhao Xing is a master of psychological warfare, he likes to use heavy means to destroy people's psychology, and make people involuntarily despair of their own situation - letting Wang Shiru, who entered the city, register his surname, is also a kind of psychological destruction.

Wang Shiru involuntarily replied casually: "This official: Deputy Privy Envoy Wang Shiru." ”

Zhao Xingju was condescending and arrogantly reported: "This official: the envoy of the imperial city, the bachelor of the Fuwen Pavilion, the Nanyang patrol envoy, the Zhan Shi of the Privy Council of the inspection school, the transfer envoy of Guangzhou, the envoy of Guangzhou City, the water step of Guangnan East Road, and the commander of the Shui Bu Ma Jun of Guangnan East Road...... Zhao Xing Zhao left the people and was summoned to negotiate peace with Liao. ”

Zhao Xing is not the envoy of the peace talks, it is making Jiang Zhiqi turn back from the crowd, in this cold winter, he gently shakes the small fan, and follows the self-report in a dashing manner. After Jiang Zhiqi finished reporting his lengthy official name, Zhao Xing leaned down and asked arrogantly: "Lord Wang, you have said two words less-Fengzhao, could it be that you are not Fengzhao in this peace negotiation?" ”

The Southern Court of the Liao State was completely set up in imitation of the official system of the Song Dynasty, and the rank of Wang Shiru, the deputy privy envoy, was also equivalent to that of Zhao Xing, the "Zhan Shi of the Privy Council of the Inspectorate", plus Zhao Xing's "Du Zhangping State Affairs", the status of the deputy envoy sent by the Song Dynasty was already equivalent to that of Wang Shiru.

Therefore, if the Liao people's negotiators did not follow the edict, then there was no need for the two sides to negotiate at all.

Wang Shiru's psychology was already in a weak position, and he was grabbed by Zhao Xing, and his straight chest immediately suffocated, he smiled embarrassedly, and replied weakly: "My Great Liaoning Southern Courtyard has always been managed by the king of the Southern Courtyard, although you and I have not received His Majesty's edict in this negotiation, but if an agreement is signed, this agreement is absolutely valid in Nanjing Road......" After a pause, Wang Shiru hurriedly explained: "We have already sent the news to Shangjing as soon as possible, and my Majesty will reply soon." According to our Great Liao system, Your Majesty will not negate our agreement. ”

Jiang Zhiqi let out a disappointed sigh, Zhao Xing leaned down and continued to ask, "Where is the king of the Southern Courtyard?" When will your news reach His Majesty the Dao Sect? ”