Chapter 16: Robbery of New Year's Coins?
The conversion camp was full of jubilation, and the conversion army was drinking wine in a big bowl and eating meat in large pieces, so unhappy.
After the training was over and the goal was achieved, Wu Ji ordered everyone to have a good meal and drink a good drink, so as to celebrate this good martial arts performance.
Although the drill was over, the mood of the officers and men of the Converted Army was still very excited, and they were far from calming down, eating meat and drinking wine, and talking loudly to vent their excitement.
"Humph!" Li Mingchu put down the wine bowl, and first made a series of smug hums, and then pulled his throat and yelled: "Be happy!" Jolly! That's what it's called jolly! I'm going to die! ”
"Haha!" A burst of laughter rang out, Shang Yuan pointed at Li Mingchu and teased: "Li Mingchu, look at you like this, you are even happier than when you were a cub!" ”
"Nonsense! Even the next ten cubs are not as happy as they are today! Li Mingchu nodded violently and said loudly: "I think at the beginning, I was so poor that I couldn't even afford to eat, I couldn't give birth to cubs, and I was so anxious that I was almost desperate, and I was ready to kill officials and rebel." didn't think about it, but it was killed to the command of Wu Du, hehe! Fortunately, Wu Du commanded a large number of adults, didn't bother with me, and helped me solve the problem, so that I could have a cub. At that time, I was in such a happy mood that I could not describe it, and I thought it was the happiest moment of my life. ”
picked up the wine bowl, drank it violently, and then said: "Where do you think of it, today's happiness is far better than that of the cubs." As you all know, the Liao dog has four legs, comes and goes like the wind, and when it attacks, it makes us powerless to fight back. When retreating, we ran faster than a rabbit, and we, where could we catch up with four legs on two legs, could only look at the direction in which the Liao dog had fled and scolded. ”
"Scold, can you scold Liao Dog to death? No! Gotta fight! Shang Yuan took over the conversation, said loudly, and said: "Now, we also have four dozen legs, if we encounter Liao Dog and run away again, we will definitely chase Liao Dog Chicken Flying Dog Jump, hate his mother for not giving him eight legs." We're coming and going like the wind! ”
In today's martial arts exercise, what makes the soldiers most happy is not that there are thunderbolts, not that the swords are sharp and incomparable, but that they all have horses to ride and can pursue the enemy.
In the hundreds of years of the Song-Liao War, the Liao army has been pressing the Song Dynasty to fight, although the Liao State has the upper hand, the Song Dynasty is not without victory. But what about the victory? The Song army tried its best to defeat the Liao army, but it could not pursue, could not expand the results, and could not give the Liao army the heaviest blow, because of the lack of cavalry, it could only watch the Liao army retreat calmly, how depressed it was.
Today's converts have war horses, and they can ride and shoot, not under the Liao army. It also means that their weakest link has been made up, and from now on, there will be no repeat of the old things.
Building cavalry, coming and going like the wind, and being at the same level as the Liao army, this is the goal of the Song Dynasty for a hundred years, but few people have done it, Wu Ji has done it, and the Guixin army has done it, who can not be happy?
"Hey, hey!" Li Mingchu continued: "Today is happy, but it is also regrettable! You think, we are so powerful, we have four legs, we can only be a martial arts exercise, but we can't kill Liao dogs, which makes people anxious! ”
"Ahh Shang Yuan immediately chimed in and said, "Very much! Very much! Wu Du is really the commander, and he won't get some Liao dogs to kill us! It's a pity that we couldn't kill the enemy after holding back our strength for several months. ”
The combat power of the Guixin army is amazing, and if it encounters the Liao army again, it will definitely be able to kill the Liao army. However, there is no Liao army to kill, which is really unpleasant.
"Although there are many Liao dogs in the border area, sooner or later they will have to fight! However, as soon as I think of killing Liao Dog, my heart itches, it's better to fight late than early! Li Mingchu was looking forward to it and said, "I don't know when I will be able to fight with Liao Dog?" ”
There are many people who think like him, and it can be said that every converts think this way, and this is what they talk about the most when they eat meat and drink wine.
Especially those recruits, they are all red-faced, and they can't wait to kill Liao immediately. In the first war of last year, the returned army gained a lot, like Li Mingchu, these veterans, from being so poor that they had no pants to wear, to now they have become rich people in the countryside, how enviable is that? If they can win a big battle, these recruits will have a better life, who wouldn't want to?
For this matter, not only Li Mingchu felt pity, but also Mrs. Zheng, Huangfu Song, and Qi Dabao were also very sorry. In Wu Ji's room, Wu Ji was drinking with Zheng Tai, Huangfu Song, and Qi Dabao.
"It's a great day!" Mrs. Zheng smiled and dealt with a chicken leg fiercely: "I have praised it again and again, I still want to praise it again, praise it a few more times, we are really good at converting to the army!" Great! ”
He didn't know how many times he had said this kind of praise, and he praised it in many different ways. Again, however, he was still elated and rejoicing.
"Our style of play is almost a reproduction of the previous dynasty's style of play, with some improvements." Huangfu Song ate the meat, took a sip of wine, and said slowly: "Wu Du commanded and improved the strong crossbow, and our broken bow is very powerful, far from being comparable to the strong crossbow of the previous dynasty, and the lethality is much greater." Besides, we have thunderbolts, and it's so much more powerful. If Liao Dog dares to come, we will definitely kill Liao Dog people on their backs, crying dad and calling mother! ”
"This style of play is far more powerful than the previous dynasty's style of play, and it is far more powerful, far beyond imagination." Qi Dabao hurriedly agreed.
"Today's martial arts exercise has proved that our assumption is right, although there are some minor problems that need to be improved, and there is generally no problem." Wu Ji nodded and said: "If a fighting style is to be perfected, it will never be a few months of training, it will never be a martial arts exercise that can be completed, it needs to be fought one after another on the battlefield of blood and fire." The biggest problem of the brothers is the lack of actual combat, although they are strong, but they are not sharp enough; Although he is brave, he is not ruthless enough. Only after the baptism of the battlefield can the Converts Army truly be called elite! ”
"That's a lot of truth!" Mrs. Zheng high-fived and praised, and said: "The reason why the army of the previous dynasty is so powerful, sweeping all countries, and all countries coming to the dynasty is that it has been accumulated one after another bloody battles. Although the Great Song Dynasty has been fighting for hundreds of years, there are many defeats and few victories, and there is nothing to praise it. It is necessary for the brothers to accept a real battle. Commander Wu Du, how are you going to solve this problem? ”
No matter how good the equipment, no matter how strict the training, no matter how advanced the tactics, no matter how good the army, if it has not received the baptism of the battlefield, it will not live up to its name!
Judging from the military exercise, the combat strength of the Returned Army is really terrifying, but it has not been tested in actual combat, and letting the Returned Army accept the baptism of blood and fire on the battlefield is the first priority and the most important.
"Yes! Commander Wu Du, what are you going to do? Huangfu Song's face was urgent, looking at Wu Ji.
"Wu Du commands, otherwise, we will drag the brothers to the Liao Kingdom and secretly fight a few battles." Qi Da couldn't help rubbing his hands, and couldn't hide his excitement: "Speaking of Liaojing, our Qiyun Club is very familiar with it!" I am no stranger to Liaoguo, with me as a guide, I am sure to beat the Liao dog! ”
Qiyun Society is mainly composed of Yan Zhao Nan'er, and Yan Zhao Nan'er is mainly in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, so they are very familiar with Liao. If there is Qi Dabao as a guide, and then there is the terrifying combat power of the Guixin army, there will be a Liao country that will be comfortable.
"That's right! Liao Dog can come to invade the realm, can't my army of the Great Song Dynasty go to the Liao Realm to kill it? Mrs. Zheng and Huangfu Song echoed in unison. Historically, there has only been a share of the Liao State to invade the territory, and there is no Song army to go to the Liao border to kill, if the surrender army is done, it will definitely spread to the world and become an inspiring good thing.
"It's not that much trouble!" Wu Ji rolled up his sleeves and stared at Qi Dabao: "You can ask the heroes of Qi Yun Club to help me keep an eye on the New Year's coins." ”
"New Year's coins?" Zheng Tai, Huangfu Song, and Qi Dabao exclaimed in surprise, their eyes widened, and Zhang Ba was wide open, with a look of shock.
"Goo! Mutter! Mrs. Zheng made a strange sound in her throat, and stammered a little: "Commander Wudu, you won't be robbing the New Year's coins, right?" ”
"Then why not!" Wu Ji nodded heavily.
"Heist the coin!" Zheng Tai, Huangfu Song, and Qi Dabao only felt that their hearts were in their throats, and they breathed heavily, as if they were pressed by Mount Tai, and they had difficulty breathing, and there was a feeling of suffocation.
The New Year's coin has been going on for decades, which makes the Song people hate it, but no one dares to give birth to the idea of robbing the New Year's coin. It's not that I don't want to, first, the Liao army is tightly protected, and second, because this matter is too important, and if one is not good, it will cause a war between the two countries. But Wu Ji is bold, and the idea of playing New Year's coins is really unbelievable.
"Commander Wu Du, this matter is not trivial, don't mess around!" Mrs. Zheng finally came to her senses and wiped the sweat on her forehead: "Although the Liao army is tightly protected, with the combat strength of the Guixin army, there is no need to be afraid, it will definitely be robbed." However, if this incident leads to a war between the two countries, it will be too serious. ”
"Yes! Although we hate Liao Dog, but now is not the time to fight with Liao Dog. If it is because of the robbery of the New Year's coin, and the war between the two countries is triggered, the gains outweigh the losses! "Huangfu Song and Qi Dabao clenched their fists fiercely, they wanted to do it very much, but for practical reasons, they couldn't do it, it was really embarrassing.
"The New Year's coins must be robbed!" Wu Ji nodded heavily, made a final decision, waved his right hand, stopped the three of them from speaking, and said: "There are two reasons, one is that for decades, the Great Song Dynasty has lost New Year's coins to the Liao State, and the Liao State not only does not sell well, but will also intensify its efforts to fight the Great Song Dynasty!" Even if we don't rob it, we still can't change this situation. If you don't rob it, you will fight it, if you rob it, you might as well rob it, so that the Liao State can use the New Year's coins of the Great Song Dynasty to recruit troops and buy horses. ”
The three of them nodded their heads in agreement. However, the most important thing is that although the war continues, it is not a big war, it is just a small fight, and it can be endured, and once it is a big fight, it will be troublesome. If the coins are robbed, there is a great possibility of causing a big war.
"Second, I dare to assert that even if we rob the New Year's coin, the Liao State will not raise a division to invade the territory, at most it will just send some envoys to and fro, and fight a war of words." Wu Ji said with great certainty: "The defeat of Xiongzhou is a rare defeat in the history of the Liao State, such a big defeat, Yelu Hongji endured it, will he still raise troops because of the loss of the New Year's coin?" Isn't it just a war of words, Da Song doesn't admit it, who is he looking for? Speaking of verbal wars, those scholars in the DPRK and China come in handy, let them go! ”
After the defeat of Xiongzhou, Yelu Hongji chose forbearance, instead of raising troops to invade the territory, but asked the Song Dynasty to add more coins, because his sharp weapons were not used on the battlefield for a long time. He will never make another wave because of the loss of the New Year's coin, of course, the matter involves the top secret of the Song Dynasty, and Wu Ji can't say it clearly.
(To be continued)