The summer of 1245 in the Gregorian calendar was another worrying year, and the whole world was invariably plunged into war. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

First the sound of gunfire in the Iberian Peninsula in Europe, the European coalition finally stopped the Berbers from moving north on the Ebro River. But the entire kingdom of Portugal, León, and Castile has fallen, and the kingdom of Aragon still has less than half of the northern kingdom, and if it weren't for the proximity to the Pyrenees, there are more mountains, and the Berbers are not very adaptable, even if the European coalition comes, it will not help.

In order to stop the Berbers from moving north, the Church and the Kingdom of France had to stop preparing for war against Friedrich II, let the emperor, who was not very popular in Europe, raise his arms, and then take the Crusaders of the German princes to the west, plus the armies of the two Sicilies, on the merchant ships of the city-state of Rena, and land in the port city of Tortosa of the Kingdom of Aragon. With the advantage of the Ebro River and boats, the Berbers were barely stopped.

Whether reluctantly or not, Friedrich II became a hero of Europe this time, if he hadn't abandoned his previous suspicions and sent troops with the German princes, once the Berbers occupied a few passes in the Pyrenees, then the land of France would really be ruined.

Whatever had been said about the emperor before, it was impossible to say at this time, and even the newly appointed Pope Alexander IV had to crack his teeth and swallow in his stomach, gritting his back molars to declare that the Church would fully support the emperor and call on all Christendom to defend against the infidel invasion.

After a long day of busy work, King Louis, the Pope, and the nobles of northern Germany have all become wedding dresses, and the emperor who was already desperate has become a big hero, where can he be reasonable? As for why the Berbers suddenly went crazy, it was not clear until this time. The other side does not want to negotiate at all, the only demand is for the Christian countries to hand over the pope, and then negotiate. It's a, let's just hit it.

As if it had been discussed, the clarion call for battle was sounded in Asia, thousands of miles away, and the negotiations between the Great Song Dynasty and the Straits Company broke down in the summer. This result is not surprising, and neither side has ever expected the talks to be successful, and they are using the negotiations to delay time. The Great Song Dynasty needed to transfer back the elite soldiers from the north, and by the way, transform the country into a war mode. In order to consolidate and digest the territory that has been occupied, the Straits Company State has to straighten out the fragmented mercenaries.

If you can't negotiate, then you can only fight. At the end of May, the armies of the two sides made their first head-on contact at the city of Jianzhou on Fujian Road. I have to say that after several years of training on the battlefield, the Great Song Dynasty army has indeed been a little reborn, and in the face of mercenaries whose weapons are no worse than their own, they are not timid at all, and they are also brave and enterprising, and take the initiative to attack.

The environment of Jianzhou City and Xiangyang City is similar, and it is built at the confluence of two large rivers, one is called Jianxi and the other is called Songxi. If you want to attack the city, you must find a way to cross the river, and it will be very difficult to force the river when facing the defenders armed with muskets and cannons.

At this time, the battlefield adaptability of the commanders of the new army of the Great Song Dynasty was revealed, they used thousands of men and horses to brave the artillery fire on the shore to feint, but in the middle of the night, they used a raft to carry 3,000 main forces down the river along Jianxi and Songxi, and used explosives to blow up the water gate of Jianzhou City, and killed it from the flank.

In the battle of Jianzhou, the new army of the Great Song Dynasty won a complete victory, and most of the mercenaries of more than 2,000 strait company countries lost most, and the rest retreated all the way south, escaping the Min River before establishing a position again, relying on the wider Min River to barely block the pursuing soldiers.

It's a pity that the Great Song Dynasty didn't make much progress, and the idea of wanting to win and being afraid of losing was still so stubborn. They did not dare to put the new army on the front line all at once, but adopted the tactic of adding fuel to the front, sending them to the front little by little, and each batch of new troops had to carry several times their own old-style army. In this way, it is tantamount to weakening the combat effectiveness of the new army a lot, and no matter how powerful the new army is, it has to take care of the habits of friendly forces while fighting, and the two completely different concepts of hot weapon combat and cold weapon combat have been forcibly blended together, and the effect of one plus one being greater than one has not been achieved.

Even so, the mercenaries of the Straits Company State still have fewer wins and more losses. There is still a difference between a professional army and a mercenary, especially in the face of those who have been transferred back from the north, even if they have the advantage in weapons, the mercenaries are often unable to withstand it. Fortunately, the climate here is very different from that in the north, when the war started, it was just in time for the rainy season in the south, and the tens of thousands of cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty could not form a large-scale impact, and the army of the Strait Company State was equivalent to fighting at home, and the logistics and supplies could keep up, and it could barely be resisted.

Although the Jinhe Empire declared neutrality at this time, this kind of was not binding at all in the eyes of the second generation of Jinhe, and when it was said, it was nonsense, and it was naturally impossible to do it. The imperial government not only secretly provided a large amount of weapons and equipment to the Straits Company State, but also drew many Han officers from the army and navy to secretly join the army of the Straits Company State as mercenaries to help them conduct tactical training. In terms of intelligence, the Supervision Department of the Jinhe Empire was running at full speed, and it had a clear understanding of the activities of the entire Great Song Dynasty and the movement of the Great Song Army, even more timely than the Great Song Dynasty knew about it.

Wen Hao actually made a big mistake on this issue, he calculated too perfectly and too selfishly. He always believed that relying on the strong backing of the Jinhe State could deter the Great Song Dynasty and make them dare not speak of war easily, and finally make concessions to the same as when they recognized the autonomous cities and recognize the autonomy of the Straits Company State. At that time, the Straits Company State would also give in, no longer regard itself as an independent kingdom, and would still belong to the Great Song court, but enjoy a great deal of autonomy in matters of taxation, labor, and policy. To put it bluntly, it is highly autonomous, and it has become a state within a state in the Great Song Dynasty, and he is the titular king of this country, China.

Of course, this is not Wen Hao's ultimate goal. He has studied the Jinhe Empire and the Great Song Empire for so many years, starting from a small editor-in-chief of a newspaper, almost every opportunity to climb to the position of a feudal official step by step, but he did not hesitate to choose betrayal when the country was in trouble, and became a rebel leader, and it was impossible for a small chairman of the strait company to satisfy him.

"Jin He, you can't hesitate any longer, whether you can become an emperor of the ages like your father depends on whether you can seize the opportunity this time. Now that the main forces of the Great Song Dynasty are in the south, and they are pinned down by the army of the Strait Company State, if the imperial army can suddenly appear on the Liangzhejiang East Road at this time, according to the habits of the Great Song Dynasty, they will immediately transfer the main force back to protect the capital Lin'an. The Strait Company State could take the opportunity to go north and take Jiangnan West Road and Jinghu South Road to form an encirclement of the imperial army. In the face of pressure from both of us, the Great Song Dynasty will naturally choose to retreat north and retreat to the north of the Yangtze River. They didn't escape once, they fled south and fled north in fact. ”

The Huangzhuang in Jinhe City is no longer full of fields as it was when Hong Tao was there, except for the tobacco fields that worship incense, the other places have been turned into rural resorts, and the largest building is the palace of Hong Jinhe. At this time, the palace was very quiet, and Hong Jinhe was also holding a cigar, and his posture was very similar to Hong Tao, except that there was less of that lazy taste and more seriousness. The man sitting across from him in Arab costume and a turban was actually Wen Hao.

"My father, the Emperor, has reminded me to be careful with a few people, and you are at the forefront. How can you convince me of your promise, if the Empire does not get enough benefits after sending troops, wouldn't I want the Imperial soldiers to go to war with the army that has been armed by the Empire? This kind of loss-making business on both the left and right, if I help you facilitate it, then our Hong family will become the biggest joke since the founding of the empire. ”

Hong Jinhe is not as incompetent as Hong Tao thought, to be precise, he is still a very conscientious and good emperor. It's a pity that his personality is far from Hong Tao, if he likes this thing, there is no reason to talk about it. Some people only see one face, and they don't even have to say anything, and they have a good feeling. Some people just need to look at the air and want to kick it. Hong Tao didn't hate his son that much, but he didn't like it either. If Hong Jinhe wasn't his son, he probably wouldn't even sweep his eyes.

"The Emperor's worries are actually normal, he is affirming my ability. Moreover, Your Majesty is not a legalistic emperor, and in the matter of dealing with the Great Song Dynasty, you obviously did not comply with the wishes of the Emperor Taishang. Although I did not go to a navigation school, I had heard a lot of the words of the Emperor, and one of them was very wise. He said that the rules of the predecessors are not used to bind the descendants, but to let the descendants use them as stepping stones to continue to break through. Your Majesty is now standing on this basis to break through the merits of predecessors, the rules can be changed, and my personal opinion and evaluation should be easier to change. In fact, this cooperation is only profitable for the empire, after obtaining Hainan Island and Guangnan Road, the empire basically controls the richest area of the Great Song Dynasty, even if the strait company country repents and relies on the strength of the empire, as long as the empire works hard, it is not a problem. "There is indeed a secret deal between Wen Hao and Hong Jinhe, but it is not the same as Hong Tao guessed, he is not for himself, but for the empire. Listening to what they said, the Jinhe Empire was not going to fully invade the Great Song Dynasty, and things were a bit complicated.

"Then the empire simply went and took it by itself, why did it go so hard to force the Zhao family to give way? Compared to the emperor of the Zhao family, the empire does not want you to be the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, even north of the Yangtze River. "Hong Jinhe is much more powerful than Hong Tao in the emperor's momentum, and he shows his majesty between his hands and feet.

(To be continued.) )