Chapter 869: The Calm Before the Storm
"Bang !!"
There was a sound of slamming the table in the vertical arch hall, and the eunuchs guarding the door of the hall looked inside in astonishment. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Your Majesty...... What's wrong with this one, you have such a big temper? ”
"I don't know, could it be that the Supervision Department stabbed the basket again?"
"Director Xu is really good enough, this director of the Supervision Department is aggrieved, although he is majestic outside, but His Majesty is not good at serving......"
"Why do we think Your Majesty is very easy to serve?"
"Phew, who persuaded your majesty with you? Let's just say that His Majesty is too strict with his courtiers, especially Director Xu, I really don't know how he has survived all these years......"
"Hey, Director Xu is a powerful man, supervising hundreds of officials, and now no one dares to be greedy for ink; Strictly investigate the spies, have you ever seen the Han spies of the Liao Kingdom mixed into the Central Plains? Not to mention the Khitans, Jurchens, Koreans, and Uighurs, no matter how deep they hide, they can be found out for you! ”
"Yes, when the year is good, some people are starting to toss around. Estimate which corrupt official you are, and you can't control your own hands! ”
"Who knows! Shhh ”
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In the vertical arch hall, Lu Chengqi was like an angry lion, staring at Xu Jingchun who was kneeling viciously: "What's the matter, you tell me, what's going on?" Why did the Jurchens and the Liao State fight so well that they suddenly negotiated peace?! Isn't it enough for me Dashun to give Nuzhen assistance over the years, and they still want to fall to the Khitans? ”
Xu Jingchun silently endured Lu Chengqi's anger, this matter was indeed the negligence of the Supervision Department, not only was the spies on the surface found out by the Jurchens, but they also didn't know where they were thrown into Changbai Mountain, and even the spies suffered heavy losses. It wasn't until the secret agent in Liao came back from the interrogation that he knew that the Jurchens had decided to negotiate peace and didn't want to fight anymore.
In fact, Lu Chengqi's confidant has never been Liao. Liao looks strong, but in fact, it is already strong in the outside and strong in the middle. What Lu Chengqi really guarded against was the Mongols, who are now the Menggu tribe in the northern part of the Liao Kingdom, and it is said that their ancestors migrated from the territory of Murowei. There is also a Jurchen, the Jurchen has scourged the Han people twice, which can be called a small strong that cannot be killed, Lu Chengqi has to guard against it! Moreover, the Jurchens are also the most thorough in learning Han culture, and they are also very good at meticulous work, so since the establishment of the Supervision Department, Lu Chengqi has been staring at the Jurchens and has been guarding against the rise of the Jurchens. He even spared no expense to deliver ironware, tea, porcelain, linen, and silk to them to help them resist Liao.
At the beginning, the Jurchens were bullied too badly by the Khitans, and according to Lu Chengqi's plan, the Jurchens, who had become slightly stronger, fooled many mature and Jurchen to return, which led to the Liao Guofa army to conquer. The Jurchens and the Khitans didn't want to fight.
The eight-year war dragged the seemingly powerful Jurchen into the realm of death, and if Pan Ran didn't wake up, I am afraid that the birth of a Jurchen would become a history.
In the eight-year war, the Liao State killed Xiao Xulie, the prime minister of Beifu, and Xiao Feng, the first warrior of the Khitan, and the whole country hated the Jurchens to the core. But the Jurchens also died, and even the chief of the Wanyan Department, Wanyan Wugunai, died some time ago. The contradictions between the two tribes have long been irreconcilable.
But the seemingly irreconcilable contradiction was easily resolved?
Lu Chengqi also knows that between countries, there are only eternal interests, no eternal friends, and no eternal enemies. Perhaps the Jurchens paid a great price in exchange for temporary peace, right? Also, when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, any wise tribe must begin to think about where to go. blindly die, only the jade is burned; Take a step back, there is still a glimmer of life.
"That's it, the Jurchens suddenly turned back, and you can't be blamed. It's just that why even the secret agents of the Supervision Department have been wiped out?! ”
Lu Chengqi's anger originated from this place. Secret agent, how much time and financial resources it takes to cultivate an agent who can speak the Jurchen words!
"Your Majesty, the Jurchens have died too much, most of our spies died in the hands of the Khitans, and the rest were also sent by the Jurchens to fight, and there was no chance to send out a secret report...... Xu Jingchun hesitated for a long time, but still told the truth.
Lu Chengqi was stunned for a moment: "Then the Jurchen and the Liao State, how are the peace talks going?" ”
"According to the secret report, the two sides have signed an alliance, and the Jurchens bow down to the court."
Xu Jingchun didn't dare to hide such a big thing, so he could only tell the truth.
"And ......"
Lu Chengqi glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "And what? ”
"And they seem to have shifted the spearhead of provoking the incident to my Dashun. We bribed Yelu Yixin, the deputy privy envoy of the Northern Court of Liao, and he spread the news that the Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji was furious and wanted to send troops to conquer Dashun, vowing to level the Great Wall, drive straight down, and attack the Jurchen and Goryeo in three ways......"
Lu Chengqi sneered: "He has a good appetite, and he is not afraid of breaking his teeth!" If they dare to offend the side, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”
Others may not know, but Xu Jingchun knows the most Dashun secrets. Now, the forbidden army has completed the "renewal", and the soldiers who are over 30 years old have been repatriated to their hometowns, and the recruits are honest and honest farmers. In terms of equipment, there were more than ten times more cavalry than before, and half of them were replaced by musket teams. The powerful sub-mother cannons, flowering shells, siege grenades, and firepower are overwhelming.
As for the Xiang Army, the number has long been revoked, and most of them have been caught in the trap and are responsible for local defense affairs; The border army also changed its guns, and it was no longer raised by the queen, and there was also a small half-musket team, and the crossbow of the divine arm was even more open to supply.
Although equipment cannot determine victory or defeat, the "scientific" training methods inherited from the Royal Military Academy, coupled with reasonable diet, the combat power of the Dashun soldiers has long been incomparable.
If the Khitans still thought that the Han army was the Han army ten years ago, then the Liao State would definitely have to pay a heavy price.
Not to mention that the border army is not afraid of field battles, even the forbidden army, and field battles are not scared at all!
In the battle array, the flashy battle formation was abandoned, and the gang army system was adopted. An army with three crossbowmen, three musketeers, two sword and shield men, two pikemen. Such offensive and defensive, both near and far, even the auxiliary soldiers are only used to escort heavy grain and grass. Not to mention the cavalry, as the most mobile force, charging into battle, there is no one to stop.
Lu Chengqi spared no expense, and made chain mail for all the cavalry, and even the war horses were covered with chain mail. Dashun's chain mail is divided into two layers, which is lighter than half of the armor, and is most suitable for defending against bows and arrows. As long as it's not right in the head, you almost can't die.
Isn't such a cavalry that is not afraid of bows and crossbows a heavy cavalry!
Lu Chengqi is confident that even if he is the most elite royal tent in the Shangliao Kingdom, the cavalry of the forbidden army will not be left behind! (To be continued.) )