Chapter 360: Zhao Shuo with a headache
It is a big taboo to go to war without permission. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Zhao Cheng knows very well that if this incident causes trouble, his life will be lost.
So, after Zhao Cheng sent ten teams of soldiers, he immediately sent someone to report the news to Zhao Shuo in Chang'an.
In the secret letter, Zhao Cheng truthfully reported the situation of Li Chao, and then attached his own plan, and finally, repeatedly affirmed Zhao Shuo's atonement.
In the process of careful transmission, the ten squads sent by Zhao Cheng divided into three roads and rushed to the front line.
In the process of marching, these people changed into the service of the Li Dynasty, and they looked like the people of the Li Dynasty.
It's just that their swords are sharper than those of the Li Dynasty soldiers, and they carry a musket and a bag behind them, which makes people look a little confused.
Led by a local guide, we soon came to the front lines of Iyu, Lang Chau and Thang Long.
In the face of the Li Dynasty's constantly retreating soldiers and aggressive Song soldiers, these squads were only right, and if they attacked rashly, they could only be sent to death.
Zhao Cheng asked him to come with such a few people, and they understood that they were not sent to death. Their task was to hold back the Song army.
To Yiyu, Thang Long's squad was three each, and Lang Chau was four. After arriving, each squad leader deliberated and acted on their own.
In the following days, although the Song army was still approaching the capital of the Li Dynasty, Thanh Hoa, the speed had slowed down significantly.
This can't be blamed on them, because these squads sent by Zhao Cheng are specifically engaged in sneak attacks in the rear. Where there is weakness, there is it. After arriving, it was greeted by small cannonballs, and after the fight, he never fell in love with the fight, but turned around and ran.
Because they were all wearing Li Dynasty costumes, and the number of people in the squad was small, it was difficult to find and hunt down as soon as they entered the mountains and forests.
In addition, these people still have muskets in their hands, and from time to time they release cold guns and kill a few Song soldiers, which also makes the Song army tremble.
The logistics supply team is the team's favorite target. Because the grain could not be transported, the Song army couldn't add it even if he wanted to speed it up.
Liu Guangshi is very depressed now, the battle that was originally smooth sailing has now become like this. This is something he did not expect.
In particular, these squads have two weapons: small cannonballs and muskets.
"When attacking Yiyu, Thang Long, and Langzhou, the Li Dynasty army did not use these weapons, but after the defeat and continued to advance south, these people suddenly appeared. If the Li Dynasty already had it, then it would never be used at the beginning, and let the Song army capture the three cities of Yiyou, Shenglong, and Langzhou. That is, reinforcements came from the Li Dynasty, or could they use reinforcements with small shells and muskets? ”
Thinking of this, Liu Guangshi was stunned. Those who could use small cannonballs were Zhao Shuo, Jin State, Western Xia and Hamuhei Mongol State. But what appears here is only Zhao Shuo.
Thinking of this, Liu Guangshi didn't dare to hide it, and immediately sent someone to report this matter to Zhao Gou quickly.
After sending people, Liu Guangshi thought about it again and again, and sent a team of people to find out the news. He wanted to know where Zhao Shuo's men and horses had been sent to the Li Dynasty.
Lin'an! After receiving Liu Guangshi's news, Zhao Gou was extremely angry. I thought that I could directly take down the Li Dynasty without Zhao Shuo's knowledge. When Zhao Shuo knew, the Li Dynasty was already the Great Song Dynasty. At that time, Zhao Shuo would never start a full-scale war with Zhao Gou for the sake of the Li Dynasty.
But now it's good, Liu Guangshi just captured the three cities of Yiyou, Shenglong, and Langzhou, and when the wind was smooth, Zhao Shuo's soldiers actually appeared with small cannonballs.
Although Liu Guangshi said that Zhao Shuo did not send many people, there were many weapons, especially small cannonballs, one person was in a bag, and no one knew how many there were.
This thing can be held by one person to top hundreds of people. And, out of nowhere, you can't catch it, you can't extinguish it, you can't guard against it, you can't prevent it.
"What's going on over there with Ling Zhen?" Zhao Gou took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and asked Gonggong Li beside him.
Since Zhao Gou knew that Zhao Shuo had researched the small cannonball, he summoned Ling Zhen back. Ling Zhen is the one who knows most about firearms in the Great Song Dynasty, if there is anyone in the Great Song Dynasty who can also study small cannonballs, except for Ling Zhen, Zhao can not think of anyone else.
After Ling Zhen received Zhao Gou's will, he tried his best day and night, but he couldn't find a suitable way. Every time I feel that I want to succeed, but either the power is not good, or the shell is not good, in short, it is repeated failures.
Hearing Zhao Gou's words, Gonggong Li shook his head. "Official, this thing is not easy to develop, Lord Ling has done his best, old slave look, give him some more time."
"I give him time, who gives me time." Zhao Gou said with some dissatisfaction. "Zhao Shuo's army has already appeared in the Li Dynasty, and if you can't take the Li Dynasty, where will the food come from?"
After a pause, Zhao Gou said again. "Give him another month, and if he can't develop it, let him go to his son for help. His son promised me to supervise Zhao Shuo and deliver the news. But since he left, I haven't received a single message from him, and now it's time for him to do something. ”
"Official, then Lingyun is very important to Zhao Shuo, what if he refuses?" Gonggong Li said with some concern.
"Refuse, it's him Ling Zhen who asks him for something, not me, if he refuses, his dad should know what to do! He should also know what to expect! Zhao Shuo's eyes widened, and business cooled down.
"What about Li Chao?" Gonggong Li changed the topic and asked about the current situation.
"Tell Liu Guangshi, don't rush forward, stay in place and wait for news." After thinking about it, Zhao Gou said again. "The problem of food should be solved on the spot."
Zhao Gou received the news, and Zhao Shuo finally received the news.
After reading Zhao Cheng's secret letter, Zhao Shuo scratched his head. The Song army attacked the Li Dynasty at this time, which really gave him a problem.
"Do you know how many people Zhao Cheng brought this time?" Zhao Shuo looked at Zhang Chujiu, who was standing beside him and delivered the news.
"Seventy or eighty warships, about thirty or forty thousand people." Zhang Chujiu replied.
"Where's the weapon?" Zhao Shuo asked again.
"Forty or fifty thousand small shells were taken, a thousand muskets, and several thousand bullets." Zhang Chujiu replied.
Zhao Shuo exhaled a breath of turbidity. "It's okay, it should be able to hold on for a while."
"Lord Wang, then we ......," Zhang Chujiu asked.
"We, all the ships have been taken away by Zhao Cheng!" Zhao Shuo frowned slightly. "If you directly send troops to attack the Song Kingdom, it will be a big deal. We have just stabilized, and it will do more harm than good for us to send troops to attack the Song Dynasty for the sake of the Li Dynasty. After all, the fact that the monarch of the Li Dynasty was named the Marquis of Annan by me is not known to the people of the world. ”
Zhao Shuo rubbed his forehead. "If you don't save it, you can't save it, and saving it is also a problem. It seems that I have to think about this Li Dynasty problem. ”