Chapter 209: The Money Is Mine
"Wonju Army!?" The sound of the explosion was together, Han Li shuddered, and said in surprise, this explosion is too familiar, the father of the first emperor under the city of Yuanzhou was knocked off the horse by this, and he was seriously injured, but he quickly denied his idea, Yuanzhou is separated from here by thousands of mountains and rivers, how can it appear here!
Han Li shook his head and shook off the unrealistic conjectures in his mind, and hurriedly went out of the tent to check the situation, only to see that there was a continuous fire like a meteor in the air, and then there was a loud noise, and the sergeants in the stockade did not know what was going on in the road, and they also wondered very much, this place is said to be their own territory, how can there be an enemy sneak attack. But Lai remembered his duty and gathered to wait for orders.
Han couldn't leave the wall to look at the river, accompanied by the loud sound and dazzling firelight, he could see clearly, more than a dozen large ships on the river were lined up in a row one mile long, and they were launched together to be even more spectacular, and the entire river and the night sky were reflected in the fiery red, and he was immediately 'intoxicated' in this magnificent picture.
"Marshal, how to meet the enemy?" Pharmacist Guo leaned over and asked in his throat, seeing that Han Li's eyes were shining, staring intently at the warship on the river, Pharmacist Guo thought he was scared stupid, and hurriedly reminded him.
"Ahem..."Han Li coughed lightly and looked at his camp at this moment, which was also shrouded in firelight, and was already in chaos under the sudden attack, the sergeants were scurrying around in the camp, dodging the thunder falling from the sky, and the frightened horses broke free from the restraints and rampaged. The officers also tried to rein in the rebels, but often a fireball landed and exploded. Lying on the ground, there is no way to gather together.
"Marshal. How is it good, everyone is waiting for you to come up with an idea! "Pharmacist Guo also found out that it was not good at this time. The battalions came one after another, suffering heavy casualties under the attack of the enemy, and the other side did not seem to have any intention of stopping, and continued to throw the exploding iron balls into their large camp.
"Retreat, the whole army retreats three miles to meet the enemy!" Han Li can't do anything, the enemy is hiding in the boat, using firearms to carry out long-range strikes, but on his side, let alone the boat, there are not a few who can swim. It's all fucking landlubbers, and if you stay where you are, you can only be beaten, and besides, if there is a boat, who will fight in the water, you can only wait for them to go ashore.
"Marshal be careful..."Guo Yaoshi suddenly saw a black iron ball smashed down at them with a whistling sound, and shouted, fortunately it didn't hit them, but smashed on the wall at their feet, and it collapsed with a bang...
Needless to say, there is only such a fleet equipped with artillery, and the only fleet under the control of Zhao Tan is Cheng Xishou's fleet, and it is definitely no coincidence that they appear here. Peace was negotiated between the Song and Jin countries. After Zhao Heng promised to pay compensation for the land cution, Zhao Ta considered not allowing the Jurchens to bring back such a large sum of money.
There is a lesson to be learned from the past, as Japan at the time of the Meiji Restoration was completely westernized and its national strength increased. However, at that time, it was still a third- or fourth-rate country in the world, but in the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan became an upstart in Asia. They received 230 million taels of silver from the Qing Dynasty in war indemnities; The value of the war trophies such as ships was more than 100 million yen, and the annual revenue of the Japanese government at that time was only 80 million yen.
Japan received this money and its national strength was greatly enhanced. After more than ten years of development with this money, they not only got rid of their semi-colonial status. Moreover, it has become a first-class country that can compete with the old powers such as Russia, Germany, Britain, and France. In the same way, if the Jin Kingdom gets this money, it will also fuel their aggressive ambitions, and it will greatly improve their domestic economic situation, of course, this money will also increase their strength when it comes to their own hands. Therefore, Zhao Ta planned how to snatch this piece of fat back from the mouth of the Jurchens.
It is not easy to regain such a large sum of money from thousands of troops, and if the loyal and brave troops are dispatched, they will have to rush thousands of miles across the enemy-occupied area, and such a long distance cannot be completed without logistics and support. And to dispatch a special combat team, this is not a special task to assassinate an individual and grab a few small things. Even if they succeeded in snatching the silver with one hundred, it was a full 10 million taels of silver, not banknotes, not counting the property looted by the Jin army along the way, not to mention carrying them back, and pressing them into meatloaf!
Thinking about it, only their own fleet can meet these two conditions, they have two brigades of marines, with the support of naval guns is enough to repel tens of thousands of enemy troops, and it is just a robbery and not let them completely annihilate the enemy army, and when the Jurchens mobilize a large army, they will have already slipped away. As for the issue of transportation capacity, there is no tool in the world today that is greater than the transportation capacity of a ship, and two 10 million taels can be pulled away for him!
People have found it, but the boat is not like a horse, it can go if there is a road, it needs to have navigation conditions, and to meet the needs of this battle, at least ten small ships of 2,000 hu, and the small river ditch cannot be opened. At this time, Zhao Ta spent more than ten years collecting the hydrological and geographical data of various places useful, and after careful screening and consulting historical data, Zhao Ta found that this boundary river between the original Song and Liao countries could be used.
When Zhou Shizong Chai Rong attacked Liao, he took a boat from the Qianning army to the north, passed through Duliukou, and turned west to Mengjin Pass, only to abandon the ship and land because of the shallow water. Chai Rong was the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty at that time, and the boat he took was definitely not a small sampan, it must be a large building boat, and the Baigou Post Road was the only way for the Jin army to return north, and it happened to be ambushed here.
Zhao Ta then sent a letter to Cheng Xishou at the Dengzhou base, ordering him to complete the robbery mission. After receiving the order, Cheng Xuan immediately mobilized two large ships and 12 small ships of 2,000 Hu hidden at the base of the island in Bohai Bay to form a fleet, and immediately set off with 3,000 marines to reach the mouth of the Jiehe River in March.
This place is more familiar than the prince, and he used to do business with the Khitans here. With the assistance of the Intelligence Department, he mastered the exact route and time of the Jin army's march, and yesterday he took advantage of the rising tide to enter the Jiehe River in a formation of 2,000 ships, and two large ships stayed at the mouth of the sea to meet them.
In the past, the Song army had set up eighteen villages here to defend the boundary river, and now the two countries exchanged troops, and after the Jin army came, the two sides of the bank had long been out of people, and became empty villages. But Cheng Xishou didn't dare to be careless, he anchored ten miles downstream of Baigou Ferry, and sent a small boat to block the river, intercept passing ships, and prevent news from being revealed. It wasn't until the Jin army finished camping that he set sail into the waters of Duliuzhai and kicked off the battle with a surprise attack! (To be continued......)