Chapter 465: Tell the World

Zhao Guangyi was shocked, "This, is this possible?" How dare these people blatantly burn down the sailor camp of Wu Yueguo? How bold they are! ”

Zhao Pu snorted: "Guangyi, not only that, after the Seven Seas Company burned the naval camp of Wu Yueguo, it immediately launched an attack on Hangzhou City.

After their army landed outside the city of Hangzhou, they defeated the army of more than 5,000 led by Shen Chengli, the general of Wu Yueguo, in one fell swoop, and then began to storm the gates of Hangzhou.

These people don't know what means they used, and in broad daylight, according to the locals, they summoned the heavenly thunder. After a few loud bangs, the gates of Hangzhou City completely collapsed and became a ruin.

Then the army of the Seven Seas Company invaded the city of Hangzhou, and directly entered the palace, capturing the lord Qian Hongyu. ”

"Ho, ho," Zhao Guangyi grew his mouth, "is this possible?" Do they have such strength? Can you break through Hangzhou City? ”

Zhao Kuangyin sighed: "Hey, Guangyi, I didn't expect it, this Seven Seas Company is so powerful." They only dispatched more than 2,000 people, and they were able to destroy the city and destroy the country, and even Qian Hongyu was caught. If you knew this, you shouldn't have let go of Du Dalei easily. ”

Zhao Guangyi has been busy making laws lately, and he doesn't know anything about the situation in the south.

"Brother Zeping, Wu Yueguo's destruction of the country, this is definitely a sensational event in the world, why haven't I heard of it at all?"

"Guangyi, it's not surprising that you don't know, after the Seven Seas Company captured Hangzhou City and captured Qian Hongyi, they immediately sent someone to contact Qian Hongyi, the assassin of Mingzhou.

I don't know what benefits they promised to give Qian Hongyi, but soon they persuaded Qian Hongyi and held an enthronement ceremony for Qian Hongyi.

After Qian Hongyi ascended the throne, Wu Yueguo broke out a civil war, and Qian Hongxin gathered tens of thousands of horses and horses to attack the city of Hangzhou.

Now Qian Hongyi appointed Shen Chengli as the defender of Hangzhou, and desperately resisted Qian Hongxin's attack.

Due to the war, the trade route from Wu Yue Kingdom to our Great Song Dynasty has been cut off, so the news from Jiangnan has not reached Bianliang City, so it is common for you not to know. ”

Zhao Guangyi felt that things were ridiculous, and these people from Seven Seas Company were indeed bold enough. Du Dalei dared to kill Li Jixun, a senior military attache of the Great Song Dynasty and the emperor's brother-in-law, in public when he was in Bianliang City.

They also stormed Salmon Island and took more than a dozen prisoners. This is definitely a contempt for the majesty of the Great Song Dynasty, and they cannot be easily forgiven.

Later, the Seven Seas Company actually destroyed Wu Yue Kingdom, and also raised a puppet emperor to go up, which is really unbearable!

Wu Yueguo is a subject state of the Great Song Dynasty, and has always paid tribute to the Great Song Dynasty, and Qian Hongyu is the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses canonized by the Great Song Dynasty. Now that Qian Hongyu has been arrested by Seven Seas Company, and Wu Yueguo has been replaced by a national lord, isn't this a blatant slap in the face of Da Song?

Zhao Guangyi's face became ugly, and he said indignantly: "Your Majesty, this Seven Seas Company must be severely punished!" Otherwise, our Great Song will lose face! ”

"Hmph, second brother, do you think I don't want to clean up this Nanami Company? But when the news came, it was just when our army was about to march to Shudi. We have been planning for many years for the operation of Hou Shu. I have to send it when I am ready to fly! Now that we have successfully pacified Shudi, it is time to plan how to clean up this Seven Seas Company. ”

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Zhao Pu, Zhao Pu understood, and immediately said:

"Your Majesty, according to the information from the spies lurking in Jiangnan, this Seven Seas Company suddenly appeared in Mingzhou two years ago. Their leader was seven men, five of whom were a group of merchants who had returned from overseas.

After they arrived in Mingzhou, they met Cui Daoshu, the head of the Cui family, a large local family in Mingzhou. Later, the five of them, plus An Dalang, the leader of Cui Daoshu's guards, became brothers of the opposite sex. ”

"Oh? Who is this Andalang? What is so special about him? Can you worship these people? Zhao Kuangyin asked.

"Your Majesty, as far as we know, this An Dalang is a very powerful general. Some people say that he joined the army as a teenager and joined the army of the Northern Han Dynasty. Later, he has been fighting in the army, and he has accumulated merit and became a battalion commander. About five years ago, he angered the generals of the Northern Han Dynasty, so he fled the barracks and came to Jiangnan. was hired by Cui Daoshu as the head of the family's guards.

This time, the army of the Seven Seas Company was able to break through the city of Hangzhou, and the main leading general was this An Dalang. It is said that he is good at horse fighting, foot fighting, and his archery skills are also very outstanding. The spy said that the army called him an 'instructor', just like the Nanami Army, which he had trained. ”

Zhao Kuangyin frowned: "It seems that An Dalang, who has no reputation, is also a powerful person!" Zeping, you can go on. ”

"Your Majesty, it is said that after these seven people became worshippers, Cui Daoshu persuaded Qian Hongyi, the assassin of Mingzhou, to assign a small island off the coast of Mingzhou to this Seven Seas Company. Then the seven men began to collect displaced people on the island, reclaim farmland, set up workshops, and form an army. After two years, their power increased greatly and they conquered the city of Hangzhou in one fell swoop. ”

Zhao Kuangyin's eyes gradually became sharp: "I have a hunch that if we can't contain this Seven Seas Company, we will definitely become a big trouble for Da Song in the future." In just two years, these people have developed a tremendous strength capable of destroying the country, and this should indeed attract our attention. ”

Zhao Guangyi proposed: "Your Majesty, now that we have successfully pacified Shudi, should we transfer these soldiers and horses back and go to Jiangnan to destroy this Seven Seas Company?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head: "Second brother, Shu has been decided, the people's hearts are still unstable, and these 50,000 troops still have to stay in the local area, and they can't be moved lightly." ”

Zhao Guangyi was a little worried, and used 50,000 troops to attack Shu, which was almost all the mobile forces of the Great Song Dynasty. The other nearly 100,000 troops are deployed on the northern border to guard against the Khitan and the Northern Han, and they can't act rashly!

Zhao Pu opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, it is said that this Seven Seas Company did not occupy the land of Wu Yue Kingdom. After they plundered the city of Hangzhou, they all retreated to Qishan Island. If we want to attack Qishan Island, we must have enough sailors.

But our sailors of the Great Song Dynasty are now concentrated in Jinghu Lake and Shudi. We are indeed beyond the reach of the overseas Qishan Island! ”

Zhao Kuangyin rubbed his eyebrows, also a little worried. The Great Song Dynasty had just pacified Shudi, which cost a lot of money and materials, and it had not yet been rewarded.

If you want to mobilize the army and the navy division to deal with this Rausch Zi Seven Seas Company, the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty is empty, and it is indeed impossible to afford this huge military expenditure.

Zhao Guangyi pondered for a moment, raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, my brother has an immature idea, and I don't know whether to talk about it or not. ”

"Oh? But it doesn't hurt to say it. Zhao Kuangyin straightened his waist and looked very interested.

"The current lord of Wu Yue, Qian Hongyi, is a puppet supported by Seven Seas Company, and we can completely disagree without being canonized by our Great Song Dynasty.

The Great Song Dynasty should tell the world that Qian Hongyi was a pseudo-king, that he killed his brother Qian Hongyi, and killed him all over the family, even the children were not spared.

The Great Song Dynasty wanted to call on the whole world to attack it in groups and eliminate the puppet king Qian Hongyi entrenched in Hangzhou City. ”

"This is a good idea!" Zhao Pu stroked his palms and said loudly, "We should also provide some support to Qian Hongxin, give him some money, food and weapons, and support him to eliminate Qian Hongyi." ”

Zhao Kuangyin nodded: "Guangyi and Brother Zeping's methods are very good, and the imperial court will also send envoys to order Li Yu in Jiangnan, as well as Chen Hongjin, the envoy of the Ping Navy, to send troops together to crusade against Qian Hongyi!" ”

Zhao Pu added: "Your Majesty, we should also mobilize some troops from Huainan and go down to the south of the Yangtze River to support Qian Hongxin." In this way, our Great Song Dynasty can supervise the armies of Qian Hongxin, Li Yu and Chen Hongjin, and urge them to attack the city of Hangzhou. The minister estimated that Seven Seas Company would definitely send troops in order to keep Qian Hongyi. Then we can destroy it in one fell swoop! ”

Zhao Kuangyin slapped the table: "Okay, it's decided!" Let the Privy Council transfer 3,000 troops from Huainan and cross the river from Yangzhou to support Qian Hongxin. ”

"Who's in charge of the troops?" Zhao Pu asked.

"Well, let Cao Bin go. Immediately sent a messenger to Shudi, so that Cao Bin immediately went straight down the river from Shu to Yangzhou and took over the army of 3,000. ”

Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi glanced at each other, and they were both relieved. Cao Bin is steady, dignified, honest and honest, and is definitely the best candidate to command several soldiers.

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Seven days later, Li Yu in the imperial palace of Jinling City received an edict from the Great Song Dynasty.

Li Yu immediately summoned the important ministers into the palace to discuss the matter.

After more than a dozen ministers arrived, Li Yu asked a small chamberlain to read out Zhao Kuangyin's edict.

After listening, everyone looked at each other, and no one said anything.

Li Yu looked at Zhang Renyao, the thin and withered prime minister cleared his throat:

"Ho, ho, Your Majesty, according to the old minister's opinion, this matter must be cautious. The edict of the Great Song Dynasty said that it was to crusade against Qian Hongyi, the puppet king of Wu Yueguo, but the old minister saw that it was not so simple. The real purpose of Da Song is to deal with the Seven Seas Company behind Qian Hongyi.

Seven Seas is very important to us and can be said to be an ally of ours. Our Tang Kingdom is now exchanging iron ore, charcoal, wood and other worthless things for the Seven Seas Company's sophisticated weapons and a large amount of sea salt, which is very important to our Tang Kingdom. We must not take advantage of the Great Song Dynasty and offend Seven Seas.

Now the Great Song Dynasty has destroyed the Shu Kingdom in only two months. If the tiger and wolf army of the Great Song Dynasty went straight down from the upper reaches of the Great River, would our Tang Kingdom be able to resist it? Therefore, we can't help the Great Song Dynasty send troops to destroy Qian Hongyi and the Seven Seas Company, please Your Majesty Mingjian. ”

After Zhang Renyao finished speaking, many ministers began to talk about it one after another.

Li Yu frowned, looked down at the map on the table carefully, and thought deeply.