"Dashuai, let's fight,"

"Dashuai, I will wait for the last drop of blood to be shed for the Great Goryeo Empire, you can give the order."

After listening to the words of all the generals in the big tent, Li Minxiu, the marshal of the Goryeo army, finally made up his mind, he gently stroked his chest-length beard, and said to all the generals: "Okay, my Goryeo Empire has all such brave generals, why worry about the uncertainty of the world, pass the order, the army is arrayed, ready to attack the city." ”

Li Minxiu boosted the morale of his side in his Chinese army tent, while Shi Wengong on the castle tower did not have so much time to leave Li Minxiu and other Koreans to make noise there

Looking at the Goryeo army formation moving slowly under the castle tower and constantly changing the formation, Shi Wengong turned to the herald beside him and said: "Order, artillery preparation, target, all enemy infantry and cavalry formations, each artillery group to hunt freely, all artillery reloading and flowering shells, and when the enemy approaches, all the scattered bullets will be replaced. ”

Hengzhou City Shi Wengong Division, almost all the mortars and cavalry guns all moved to the head of Hengzhou City, with the herald's loud order to convey, the artillery continued to shoot out a violent explosive projectile, and because the Goryeo army formation is too dense, often a cannon down will have more than a dozen or even more than 20 Goryeo soldiers casualties, especially after the Goryeo army into the range of the artillery shotshots, the huge lethality of the shotshots, so that the Goryeo army quickly lost the courage and confidence to fight

Seeing the siege troops of Goryeo fleeing, Shi Wengong quickly ordered the artillery to extend its firepower, and ordered the cavalry troops on standby at the city gate: "Open the city gate, the cavalry charge!" ”

There were almost no horses in the Goryeo army, and even most of the generals rode on donkeys, not to mention ordinary soldiers, let alone large-scale cavalry, and even if there were, I am afraid that only the palace guards could have a few cavalry. And the 10,000 light and heavy mixed cavalry led by Shi Wengong's general Leng Feng is a cavalry force that the Goryeo people dare not imagine, because the Goryeo people have no horses, so the heavy cavalry of the Song army quickly caught up with the Goryeo army that kept fleeing, as for the result, it is more obvious, it is as simple as chopping melons and vegetables, the war knife or mace in the hands of the heavy cavalry, every swing will take the life of a Goryeo soldier

In addition to the 4,000 heavy cavalry constantly chasing and killing behind the Goryeo buttocks, Leng Feng personally led 6,000 light cavalry to continuously gather the Goryeo people in the middle from both flanks, so as to facilitate the continuous charging and slashing of the heavy cavalry following behind

This farcical battle lasted only half a day before it ended, and after the artillery broke their courage, the entire Goryeo army continued to flee with almost no resistance, and even a very large number of Goryeo soldiers surrendered directly to their knees. After the war, the cavalry troops led by Leng Feng were not killed except for a few hundred wounded soldiers, and except for a very small number of Goryeo troops who fled, and more than 10,000 people who were killed by artillery during the siege of the city, the rest, including the commander of the Goryeo army, were all captured

After the war report arrived in Bianliang, I couldn't believe my eyes at all, 100,000 troops, more than 10,000 were wiped out by 10,000 cavalry, and more than 80,000 were captured. But it just so happens that my Great Song still wants to be a slave now, and it can be used

I was looking at the battle report and thinking about it, when Xiaodouzi came up to me and said that Liu Shihai was here

"Long live the minister's household, Shangshu Liu Shihai, see my emperor."

"Liu Qing's family? How did you get here? Sit down, do you have anything to do with me, let's talk. I asked in confusion

"Long live Huiyu, the minister is guilty." Liu Shihai didn't listen to me and sat down, but fell to his knees and said to me

Seeing that, I wondered which one this Liu Shihai was singing, and then asked: "Get up, get up, what are your crimes, get up and speak slowly." ”

Liu Shihai listened to my words this time, stood up and said to me: "Your Majesty, you asked Weichen to arrange for the people to move north The minister did not do a good job, and there are still many people who go to the east and west roads of the grassland and the north road of Hetao, but there are very few people who go to the north road of Liaozhou, and the people of the south road of Liaozhou are really very few, no matter how the officials of the Ministry of Industry tell them about the excellent land and court policies of the two roads in Liaozhou, the people always shake their heads, they don't believe that the land in Liaodong is fertile at all, and the minister has not done a good job in this matter, so he has come to ask His Majesty to confess." ”

Looking at Liu Shihai lying on the ground, I comforted him again: "The people actually don't understand the military and political strategic intentions of the imperial court, and they don't understand how fertile the land on the two roads of Liaozhou is. Otherwise, how could the people not believe what your household department told about the two roads in Liaozhou, but I still believe in the ability of your household department, but most of the people are illiterate grass people, what else can you expect them to do, okay, okay, you get up, sit down and listen to me. ”

Seeing Liu Shihai sit on the chair under my head, I thought of the newspapers of later generations, newspapers and periodicals are the mouthpieces of the government, they tell the purpose and significance of many of the government's work every day, and can also enrich the people's spare time, the most important thing is that it can also create an income for the country, thinking of this, I then said to Liu Shihai: "In this way, you go and discuss with Zheng Junyan of the Ministry of Rites, create an Imperial Daily, and tell a good story about the rich and vast land of Liaodong, as well as some basic national policies of the imperial court, and then, Like a lot of anecdotes, jokes, and miscellaneous stories, we can all show them to the people through this Imperial Daily. ”

Liu Shihai, who looked confused, stumbled for a long time and asked me: "Your Majesty, this Imperial Daily, what does it mean, why don't you understand it very well." ”

"The Imperial Daily, many folk miscellaneous news of the empire, and the imperial court's policy to the people, are reported every day. For example, how good is the land in Liaozhou, ducks drowned in the moat of Bianliang City, and the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family in the north of the city joined forces with an adulterer to murder her husband, and so on, like these stories in the market that the people are willing to inquire about, rumors, all send them up, and let the Ministry of Rites write a manuscript for the whole country to collect stories, and go to those who are not officials, but they are idle and have nothing to do to find something to do, but don't send everything to this Imperial Daily, like remarks that are unfavorable to the court and the empire, anti-empire, You can automatically filter out the articles of the Great Song Dynasty, and you can send the adjustment and change of the imperial court's taxation, the concern for agriculture, and the analysis of farm tools and grain seeds to the Imperial Daily. ”

"But Your Majesty's current printing level in my country is really ......," Liu Shihai said to me with some embarrassment (to be continued. )