In the night, Chen Dexing and Lu Shihu rode side by side, just walking through the streets of Yangzhou City. Zhu Sijiu led more than a dozen armor soldiers and silently guarded them.

At this time, although the Song army was in short supply of war horses, as a high-ranking officer like the commander and commander of the capital, he could still match the war horse. Now Chen Dexing is riding a tall horse of the Western Regions, which was recently seized from Mongolia. Lu Shihu rode a shorter military horse, which could not be filled with war horses at all - not all horses could be used as war horses, war horses were the best among horses, and the Southern Song Dynasty, which was extremely short of horses, had only one or two thousand official horses in the register, and those who could charge war horses were even rarer, and the only role was probably just to let the generals ride.

The streets and alleys are very lively at this time, the ten-mile long street, everywhere is brightly lit, the Qinglou Chu Pavilion, there are bursts of pleasant silk and bamboo sounds, the restaurants are also full of guests, and the fragrance wafting out is to seduce people's gluttony.

Unlike the previous and later dynasties, the Song Dynasty was merchant-oriented, and after the southern crossing, military spending increased day by day, and the state was scarce, and the imperial court was more commercial. Whether it is domestic trade, foreign trade or the city's service industry, it is extremely prosperous. There is also no curfew in big cities, but cities like Yangzhou, which are on the front line, usually still have a curfew, and tonight is just an exception. Because the two Huai Fu Si had just handed out the reward for the battle a few days ago, and now was the time for the soldiers to indulge in joy, Jia Yidao, the ambassador of the two Huai pacification, was still very reasonable in some aspects.

Although Lu Shihu was born in Jiangmen, he is also familiar with military books and proficient in martial arts, but he has been living in the prosperous and comfortable Lin'an City, and this time he is the first time to come back to Yangzhou City north of the Yangtze River - this is the arrangement of the elders in the family.

Seeing the prosperous night scene of Yangzhou City, Lu Shihu sighed slightly, the enemy is outside the city, but the city is full of joyful songs, there is really some meaning of being happy for a day!

It's just that Lin'an, which is located in the rear, why is this not the case? The entire Great Song Dynasty, why isn't it getting by?

Lu Shihu suddenly whispered: "Qingzhi ......"

Chen Dexing seemed to know what he wanted to say, and raised his hand with a smile, "Brother Lu Shi, the matter is man-made, the country's affairs have not yet reached the point where it is impossible to do, and my Great Song Dynasty still has a territory of thousands of miles and tens of millions of households." And military generals like you and me, how can they always be insulted by the northern captives?

Moreover, I have gained the trust of the Privy Councillor, trained the artillery army, built the stone machine, and am confident that I can use this sharp weapon to destroy the Northern Captives and reverse the disadvantage of our Great Song Dynasty. It's just that this artillery soldier has just started, and some of them are behind closed doors, waiting to find out their experience, and will also compile a code of conduct and dedicate it to the privy minister. If Brother Lu Shi doesn't dislike artillery is a small way, he can explore it with Dexing. ”

Lu Shihu looked at him, "Qingzhi, are you really sure?" ”

Chen Dexing smiled: "I have a grasp, it's just a matter of what kind of Cheng dù can be done...... It is easy for this artillery army to be used to attack the city and pull out the fortress, and it can be improvised for field warfare, but it is not easy to train the artillery army to become the killer weapon of my Great Song Dynasty on land. ”

This artillery army is not artillery, and there is no artillery army in history that uses a stone machine to cross the battlefield on land.

"But I'm quite sure about the usefulness of the artillery on the water!"

"On the water? Qingzhi is still through the water war? Lu Shihu was a little more interested in his brother.

"I know some water warfare, but it's not my Chinese method of water warfare, but I learned it from a book of soldiers of the Great Qin State." Of course, Chen Dexing can't say that his water warfare skills were discovered in later generations when he was playing ship models at Dalian Maritime College, so he could only plant it on the head of the Roman Empire. Otherwise, how can you explain that a young martial artist like him suddenly took out a torsion stone machine, and he is proficient in big food, Tianzhu arithmetic, and he also knows how to build ships, and is proficient in water warfare and navigation...... That's too much.

"Great Qin? Qin Shi Huang's Great Qin ......"

Chen Dexing shook his head, "No, it's not the Great Qin Kingdom of China, but the Great Qin of the Western Regions, also known as the Haixi Kingdom, which was called Pulan and Voluni in the Northern Dynasties, and called Fulu in the Sui and Tang Dynasties." This country is a big country in the far west, with a long history no less than that of China, once flourished, with tens of thousands of miles of fertile fields, tens of millions of people, and more than 100,000 soldiers, dominating the land of the extreme west. ”

Lu Shihu was taken aback, "There is such a big country in the extreme west?" Isn't it a rumor? ”

Chen Dexing smiled, "I just listened to what a businessman said, and this businessman claimed to be from the country of Fula. ”

"This country is still there?"

"It's still there, but it's not as strong as it used to be." Chen Dexing paused, sighed and said, "In the past, there was only a corner of the land left, how similar is it to my China?" ”

"I don't know how the military books of his country are better than my China?" Lu Shihu asked tentatively. He originally thought that the stone machine offered by Chen Dexing was the handiwork of his father Chen Huaiqing. But now he guessed that the stone machine might have come from books that had been introduced to China from the Western Regions.

"I haven't seen a book on the land war in his country," Chen Dexing smiled, "but I've seen a book on the war of the navy...... This country is on the verge of the sea in the far west, this sea is called the Mediterranean, the surrounding powers are stacked, the smoke on the sea has not been extinguished for two thousand years, and it is naturally good at fighting water wars. There are also several patterns of warships, which are also quite good. ”

"The torsion machine is ......"

"It is a sharp weapon on the warships of his country," Chen Dexing generously admitted, "and can throw fireballs and burn enemy ships." ”

Lu Shihu's color changed slightly, "If the Beiyu learns about it, it will be placed on its warship, and I am afraid that my Song Navy will ......."

Chen Dexing shook his head and said, "Sooner or later, the Beiyu will know, because the iron cavalry of the Beiyu has already hit the edge of the Fuluo Kingdom, and maybe the Fuluo Kingdom has been destroyed by now...... According to the merchants of Lin'an, many of the great powers in the far west have been wiped out by the northern captives. Today's Beiyu is already a big country with tens of thousands of miles in length, a population of tens of thousands, and millions of armored soldiers. ”

Lu Shihu's body shook and was silent for a long time. The Mongol expedition to the west and the countless things that destroyed the country were not a secret to the high-level leaders of the Great Song Dynasty at this time. On the one hand, they could learn about this information through the merchants of the big food countries who traded with Guò; On the one hand, the fine work sent to the north will also bring back similar news - there are many Han craftsmen in the Mongol expedition to the west, and some Han army princes also sent troops to participate in the Mongol expedition to the west. For example, Guo Kan, who followed Hülegü's expedition to the west and claimed to have broken through more than 300 cities in West Asia, was a general sent by Shi Tianze, the marquis of the Han army, and it is said that he is also a descendant of Guo Ziyi.

I don't know how long it took before I heard Lu Shihu say: "Qingzhi, can you borrow the book of water soldiers you got?" ”

"Why not?" Chen Dexing smiled heartily, "Brother Shi is interested, I should present a copy of this book with both hands, just ......" Speaking of this, he frowned, "It's just that there are some things in the book that are quite important, and they must be dedicated to the Privy Council first, well, just wait a few days, and when the stone machine sample is completed, it will be presented together, and then give it to Brother Shi?" ”

"That's nature, that's nature...... Then I'll wait to see this Western Regions War Book. Lu Shihu's expression remained unchanged, and he just nodded.

It is also a credit to present the military book, which is Chen Dexing's luck, although he is envious, but he will not snatch it. As a subordinate of Lu Wende, he doesn't need to be so unscrupulous. Moreover, Lu Zhaoqi, the old army leader, had just suffered a big loss under Chen Dexing, and he had no interest in trying Chen Dexing's methods again.

Thinking of this, he arched his hand at Chen Dexing, "Qingzhi, don't leave it today, tomorrow I will listen to what is going on with Dashi and Tianzhu's arithmetic, if there is anything unclear, I hope to give advice." ”