The news of the Jin army's large-scale invasion of Goryeo and the dispatch of a naval army to attack Seumi Island was sent to the capital as quickly as possible, and then transferred to the emperor's hands, and when Zhao Ta returned to the palace, a group of civil and military ministers were already waiting outside the palace gate to be summoned.

"Your Majesty, the Jin army invaded Goryeo on a large scale, besieging our naval army at the base of Shenmi Island, it has been five days, how to deal with it, please show your Majesty!" As soon as Zhao Ta sat down, the Privy Council made Zhao Ren immediately play.

"Well, Goryeo has formed an alliance with my Great Song Dynasty, and according to the oath, we have the responsibility to send troops to rescue, what do you think?" Zhao Ta nodded, looked left and right, and said.

"Your Majesty, the cold winter is about to enter September, and my Great Song Dynasty soldiers are out of the bitter cold of the Central Plains, which is not conducive to attacking; In addition, we are not connected to Goryeo by land, and we are also powerless to rescue Goryeo, so I think it is better to wait until the spring of the next year is warm before using a large army to attack the Jurchens and force them to withdraw! Right Minister Chen Gongbo expressed his opinion.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate, the Jurchen sent 200,000 troops to attack Goryeo, and Goryeo has been in civil strife for many years, and the soldiers are outnumbered, I'm afraid that the country will be destroyed in the next year, or forced to re-claim the title of minister to Jin, then our years of efforts will not be in vain, and there are thousands of our officers and soldiers on Mi Island, we can't help it!" Chen Guoting, the secretary of the military department, said urgently.

"The Jin Dynasty naval army dispatched no less than 500 warships and tens of thousands of soldiers, while our army only had more than 2,000 people on the island, and the disparity in strength was huge, I am afraid that ...... Alas, avenge them later! Chen Gongbo's face darkened, and he sighed and said, most of the people in the palace have the same idea, the land of projectiles is under the siege of tens of thousands of people, even if they are trampled on it, they are afraid that it will be flattened, and those officers and soldiers are afraid that it will be difficult to survive.

"No, it won't. Although there are few soldiers on Minmi Island, it has been renovated and has become an impregnable wall. And the supplies are sufficient, and they can hold on to help. It will never fall so soon, and please send rescue troops as soon as possible! Zhao Yi, the squire of the military department, said.

"Cheng Dutong, what do you think?" Zhao Ta turned to Cheng Xuan, the commander of the naval army, and asked.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Jin Shui Army will not be able to break through the Shenmi Island, not to mention the garrison on the island, there is also our detachment there, even if it can't be defended, it can be safely evacuated, and now they have no news that the Jin Army has not been able to break through the base of the Shenmi Island!" After receiving the emperor's order, Cheng Xishou arrived from Dengzhou Pegasus without sleep for a day and two nights. Seeing that the emperor ordered the general, he replied loudly.

"Cheng Dutong, your fleet only has two warships, how can you resist the hundreds of large and small warships of the Jin Army, let alone break out of the encirclement, and you can't talk about military affairs!" Zhang Shuye, the secretary of the criminal department, glanced at him and said, he is the former secretary of the military department, and of course he doesn't want his former subordinates to be convicted for his words.

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare to speak falsely!" Cheng Xishou nodded slightly at Uncle Zhang, and thanked him. He saluted the emperor on the throne.

"Well, I know it!" Zhao Ta waved his hand and said, "If you are ordered to go to war, you can send troops to Goryeo in a few days." Use soldiers to solve the siege of Midao! ”

"Your Majesty, the Dengzhou Navy can be dispatched at any time, and it can reach the waters of Goryeo in three days. It only takes this town of water army to repel the Jin State water army and hit him hard! Cheng Xuan sighed slightly.

"The army has no jokes!" Zhao Ta asked solemnly.

"Your Majesty. The minister is willing to make a military order, if he can't defeat the Jin State Naval Army. Break out of the siege of Midao, and dare to be a military lawyer! Cheng Xishou said solemnly.

"Okay, I'll just wait for your words!" Zhao Ta clapped his hands and smiled, "I am determined to rescue Goryeo, and the entire navy is ready for battle, and it will set sail at any time." ”

"Your Majesty, Gaochang is unstable and needs to use troops, if you mobilize the army to open up the land route to reinforce Goryeo, I am afraid that the strength will not be enough!" Xu Jingheng, who had been silent, hurriedly persuaded.

"The matter of Gaochang has been decided! If Goryeo is not saved, he will lose his trust in the world, how can I rule the world in the Great Song Dynasty, even if I use troops on a large scale, I will not hesitate! ”……

The ministers saw that the emperor had already calculated, and if Goryeo was all lost and recaptured, it would cost more troops and materials, so since it was better to fight early, they would no longer be persuaded to fight. Therefore, the Great Song Dynasty Wartime Committee headed by the emperor and the members of the Zaizhi was immediately established, and because of the possibility of facing the situation of fighting on two sides, Zhao Ta and everyone discussed and decided to set up a Western Expeditionary Army headed by Gao Zhong to Chang'an Zhenfu Division and Hedong Zhenfu Division to deal with the Gaochang Incident. Led by Zhao Yong, the Eastern Army was established to aid Goryeo, because this time it was necessary to fight across the sea, and the troops dispatched were mainly naval forces, supplemented by infantry cavalry.

The matter of Gaochang is still in the preparatory stage and can be postponed, but the matter of Goryeo is already burning eyebrows and cannot be delayed. After discussion, it was decided to take the Dengzhou Navy Headquarters as the first echelon, and Cheng Xishou, the deputy commander of the Eastern Army, could lead the troops to crush the Jinshui Army's attack on Shenmi Island, gain a foothold, and find out the current enemy situation; At the same time, the leopard generals, the lion generals and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Brigades of the Marine Corps could go to Mingzhou, form a second echelon with the Mingzhou Naval Division, and then set off to land on Shenmi Island led by Zhao Yong, occupy the surrounding islands, resume maritime communication with Goryeo, and choose the opportunity to annihilate the Jinshui Army; The third echelon was formed by the Tiger General and the Mingzhou Naval Division, which was on standby in Dengzhou, while the Mingzhou Naval Division was responsible for the escort of material transportation.

The main difficulty now is that the enemy situation is unknown, Goryeo's attitude is unclear, and no one can say anything about sending troops to rescue Shenmi Island, and it would be best if Goryeo could block the attack of the Jin army alone, and if the Great Song Dynasty landed on its territory without authorization, it would cause unnecessary misunderstandings. And now that the weather is getting colder, once the port is frozen, it will not be possible to increase troops, so Zhao Ta decided to first garrison Midao, mobilize materials, and then make the next decision according to the situation, so as not to be caught off guard by the expansion of the war and have no troops available.

Everyone is still full of doubts about the emperor's aid to the Goryeo battle with the navy as the main force, because there has never been a war in history that has been completed by relying on the navy, and the Great Song Dynasty has never had such a precedent, if it fails, the navy that spent a lot of money to build will be unbearable for the Great Song Dynasty, and the confidence of the people across the country will also be a deep blow, and the people's will will be unstable, thus affecting the emperor's foundation.

But when everyone saw that the emperor was full of confidence, talked eloquently, and arranged the troops in a good way, it seemed that the battle had already been planned......

But where does Zhao Ta's confidence in the water army come from? In fact, in his eyes, the cannon is only one aspect, not the most important link. In Zhao Ta's previous life, there was a saying that was widely circulated in the West: "30 years of the army, 50 years of the air force, and 100 years of navy." This refers to the time required for the construction of various branches of the military.

The construction of the navy is the longest, and it is not just as simple as having ships and people. This construction includes the people's maritime plot, the government's sense of sea power, and the maritime habits of military personnel...... and other aspects of software construction; At the same time, it also includes the construction of information and intelligence sources, the collection of hydrological and water information, the design of ships, and the application of ships...... a multifaceted reserve of knowledge of the sea and naval warfare; At the same time, it is also the construction of overseas bases, ship supply, maintenance and other supporting equipment.

The German Navy in World War II did not meet this standard of construction. Therefore, although its single ship has huge combat power and high speed, as long as it goes to sea, it can only fend for itself. "Graf. The pocket battleship "Spee" is the best example of this. Because Germany's entire maritime and naval warfare system is not sound - only a powerful memory is not enough to improve the quality of the entire computer.

The most lethal thing about the Jin State Navy is that the time to form the army is too short, and although the generals are old, the age of the Navy is still 'young'. The real history of the establishment of the Golden Water Army is only a matter after the Wushu mastered the military power in recent years, and the time is not long, and from the commander of the water army to the main general, they are all born in the cavalry army, and the water army is part-time, and the self-proclaimed proficiency in water warfare is of course only compared to those landlubbers. In order to avoid stillbirth, to avoid the blows of the Song navy, he has been hiding in the boudoir, training in the rivers, and occasionally going to sea to avoid the time of the Song army's sea patrol, and the sailors have only been on the ship for three or five years, and their level can be imagined.

The Song Dynasty navy was different, they inherited the mantle of the previous dynasty, and they themselves also went through nearly 200 years of development, the prosperity of water trade, but also for the manufacture of ships, the opening of shipping routes laid a solid foundation, and provided a group of skilled sailors to operate the boat.

The commander of the Jin Shui Army, Xian Mao Ali, had no experience in fighting with the Song army, and several of the main generals also had the same situation. The Ignorant Dreadnought also applies to the military, and the Vulture chose them to lead the naval army in addition to the general of the Shoziliba, which may also be one of the reasons.

Because the Jin army was defeated by the Song army many times, the sharp firearms and terrifying lethality of the other side often left the deepest impression on them, resulting in a fear of war, and they did not participate in several battles against the Song because they had not participated in the country at home. Of course, Xianmao Ali and the others had not heard of the Song army, and they had heard of how powerful the firearms they were equipped with, but they were only like this, and they did not see the power of firearms in person, and of course they could not imagine the horror of firearms.

On the other hand, after Zhao Ta built the first merchant ship armed with artillery, he began to cultivate his own naval army with it as a seed, although they did not experience any major wars, but under his 'guidance' they accumulated experience, explored a set of matching tactics, and cultivated a group of talents. After gaining power, his navy has been developed for more than 20 years, gradually maturing, and after receiving the old navy, he has obtained a large number of experienced sailors and generals, who can be integrated with only their own methods and training.

In addition to the Marine Corps, the generals of the Song Navy were all born on the sea from the commander of Cheng Xuan and below, and even included him, and there were some officers who originally had a certain amount of experience in water combat and command ability in the old Navy Army, but they took refuge in them for various reasons, and they were several times stronger than the officer corps of the Jinshui Army who became a monk halfway, so that the combat experience of such an old Xian Mao Ali and others was not as rich as that of a young officer who had only been in the army for more than ten years...... (To be continued......)