After the minister arrived in Xifu, he carefully thought about several battles in the north, except for the battle of Mancheng, which forced the enemy to the desperate situation of Xishan, and only destroyed more than sixty percent of the enemy, and the rest of the five percent of the enemy could not be annihilated even if it was a great victory at Yanmen Pass, let alone annihilating the entire army of the other party. However, in the battle of the Heiliao River in Liaodong, the enemy was captured or killed nearly seventy percent, and the rest of the Liao army all fled, and none of the troops were formed and fled. ”

"Song Qing, there's no way, the enemy is mostly cavalry, and the speed is fast."

"It's fast!"

In fact, there is another example, in the battle of Gaoliang River, Yelu Xiuge did not have many troops in his hands, and Yelu Xiuge passed out in a coma, and the generals of the Song army commanded it properly, and just like that, they also killed the Song army very badly. If Yelu Hugo had more troops in his hands in that battle and did not fall into a coma, it can be said that most of the main force of the Song army would have stayed in Youzhou.

This is the pain in Zhao Kuangyi's heart, Song Jiu can't say it.

In another case, Yelu Xiuge killed Cui Yanjin and others very badly, chasing all the way from the Juma River to Mozhou, but did not fully defeat the Song army, Zhang Shi was beheaded by Yelu Xiuge, but his subordinates safely withdrew to Waqiao Pass.

So Yelu Hugo saw the tenacity of the Song army.

But if Cui Yanjin's troops and horses are far away in Youzhou, without the cover of the rear city and the fortresses, what will be the consequences?

Therefore, Song Jiu said: "I am a soldier in the court, the armor is heavy, more than ten years ago in Hezhou, General Gao Huaide used arrows to shoot the steel plate made of new steel, I think I am happy." The minister is also happy. The fact that it did reduce the casualties of the soldiers. Danchen was in Liaodong, and the Liao army was defeated and captured many weapons and armor. Some of the armor and weapons were thrown away by the army when the Gaoliang River was a small setback. ”

Song Jiu said very tactfully. In fact, there were too many things lost in that war, all kinds of weapons. Armor, grain. Materials, soldiers, sigils, and banners, including some ambush crossbows, tiger cannons, and gunpowder......

"The Khitans have changed my armor and removed nearly half of the armor, and the minister curiously sent people to interrogate some captured heavy generals. Most people don't know about it, but there are two generals who know about it, that is, the armor of our dynasty is not suitable for Khitan soldiers to wear, such as foot armor. The vest is too heavy, which affects the speed. The minister didn't pay much attention at that time, thinking that the Khitan people were hardy and didn't like to focus on armor. When I returned to the capital and came to Xifu, I learned that Lu Dao had won several battles. Some of the captured Khitan Han soldiers were also transformed by capturing our dynasty armor, which was also changed to be lighter. The minister thought of one thing, my dynasty to aid the Liaodong Jurchens, one is through the transformation of the old armor that has been changed. Later, when the minister arrived in Liaodong, His Majesty deliberately created some new armor, but all in order to save helmets. There is only a helmet, arm guards and armor. But it's this simple armor. Since the weight is only half of my armor, it allows the Jurchens to fight more flexibly on horses. ”

Song Jiu is not entirely right here.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty in history, there was a lack of iron. There were not many soldiers equipped with iron armor, and it was not until the rise of the Western Xia that the Western Xia Iron Harrier was fully equipped with heavy armor and strong combat effectiveness, and the Song Dynasty began to attach importance to heavy armor. and then to the heavy armored cavalry of the Jin people, which made Zhao Gou sigh how to resist the enemy without armor, and the heavy armor armed forces reached their peak.

Because of the appearance of Song Jiu, the steel production of the Song Dynasty surged, so the heavy armored infantry cavalry appeared in advance.

But it can't be said that Song Jiu is against the trend.

Because this trend is not progressive in military history, but a kind of regression.

Without a speed advantage, it is difficult to win, and although the heavy armor reduces casualties, it seriously slows down the speed. If the speed of the march cannot catch up, it will not be able to reach the decisive battle site quickly, so that the enemy army will prepare in advance.

If there is no speed, there will be no timely rescue.

If you chase the enemy, without speed, you will not be able to completely annihilate the enemy army, and even if you are defeated without speed, the whole army will be annihilated.

Therefore, until the appearance of the Yuanmeng army, the light armor and light cavalry gave full play to the speed advantage, creating the most powerful army in the history of cold weapons in the world.

Song Jiu said again: "So Chen just thought of this problem, although the heavy armor foot cavalry reduced casualties, but it slowed down the speed. If you can't completely annihilate the enemy, you will even lose and fall into a desperate situation due to the slowdown of your speed. Therefore, the minister believed that it was necessary to further send craftsmen to improve the armor, remove some non-lethal parts of the armor, and reduce its thickness. ”

"If that......"

"Your Majesty, the minister does not intend to reduce his defense. Although in order to reduce the weight, some armor pieces were removed and the thickness was reduced, but the cost of the armor could not be reduced. First of all, steel, no matter what kind of steel, it is not exactly iron, there are some other metals, these metals in it, some play a role in strengthening toughness, some play a role in rust prevention, some play a role in strengthening, but some play a role in some reaction. At the moment, there is no technique to distinguish the composition of these metals, but the finished product can be tested. Let the craftsmen test the quality of each subway ore after smelting, and choose specialized high-quality iron ore to build armor. Secondly, each armor increases the number of tempers to increase its strength and toughness. That is, to reduce its weight, but not to reduce the cost, and to strengthen the defense. ”

Ignoring Song Jiu's expectations, Zhao Kuangyi immediately agreed.

Song Jiu suddenly wanted to laugh, Zhao Kuangyi agreed so quickly that it was nothing more than Gaoliang River, at that time he was wearing a heavy vest to personally command, so the speed of the horses when he fled was not very fast, and he was almost chased by the Khitans to the sky and the ground. If Yang Ye hadn't arrived in time, he might have been captured by the Liao.

The two of them deliberated for a while.

It has nothing to do with technical issues, it is the responsibility of the Ordnance Superintendent.

The issue of corruption prevention was also discussed.

A pair of armor weighs nearly fifty pounds, but the cost is as much as forty pounds. The cost of iron accounts for a relatively small proportion in the middle, mainly the cost of manufacturing.

Therefore, the phenomenon of ink greed is serious, and the armor used to be unqualified because of ink greed. Now reduce the weight by a third to a half, and there will be more room for ink.

This must be a more rigorous set of supervision and inspection measures, from the selection of iron ore, to the smelting of iron and steel, to the generation of nail flakes.

Song Jiu also said one thing, in the future, the Song Dynasty will not be a civil war, and the main enemy will be nomads, so the occupation of field battles will increase.

Therefore, the crossbows in the army must be miniaturized, and Cao Bin should actually be corrected, but Cao Bin is the privy envoy and Shen Yilun is the same. He is a careless Lord, still as before. Many large volcanic crossbows were produced, which caused unnecessary waste.

The discussion is over. Zhao Kuangyi said: "Song Qing, let's dine with me today." ”

Song Jiu fired at Zhao Pu, a little ignorant, but Zhao Kuangyi didn't blame it, but liked it, because as Song Jiu said, he was not good at scheming.

Such a minister, if he is not good at long-term government affairs, it will be like that, but he is good at long-term government affairs. The military talent is not bad, and the ambition is not big, so Zhao Kuangyi attaches great importance to it.

However, Zhao Kuangyi suddenly said another sentence: "Song Qing, why did the dancing guy in your family let her stay overseas, who do you think I am?" ”

"Ahh

Song Jiu was very surprised, which made Zhao Kuangyi happy, and said: "Do things for me well, that is the greatest peace." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Song Jiu said.

Zhao Kuangyi didn't care too much at first. However, the lady didn't let her come back for several years, plus Li Yu's death, Zhao Kuangyi couldn't be suspicious? But the caution of Song Jiu is not excluded.

After eating, Song Jiu went back.

Pan Li'er asked worriedly, "Official." You provoked Wang Pu today? ”

"Li'er, if he has the courage and bones, he is highly virtuous. I will be in awe, I will be jealous. But he lost his spirit and was willing to be a dog that others bite. Is it worth worrying about a person who enters a coffin, regardless of his previous qualifications? ”

"Your Majesty, how can you let Zhao Pu do whatever he wants?"

Song Jiu shook his head: "No, I also thought that His Majesty was too indulgent to Zhao Pu, but now I know that Lu Dao is not." ”

Zhao Kuangyi deliberately said Shen Yilun, Chu Zhaofu, Lu Duoxun, Wang Renzhen, in fact, because of Zhao Pu, he punished many courtiers, big and small, but why did he deliberately mention only these four people?

Not only because of their high official positions and deep qualifications, if they think like that, Song Jiu has no cure.

In fact, these four people all have one thing in common, that is, they have a close connection with Zhao Kuangyin! Even if it's Ludoson.

When Zhao Kuangyi first ascended the throne, in order to appease people's hearts, he gave these four high-ranking officials Houlu, but they could never be regarded as his people. Don't say that Shen Yilun and the other three are Zhao Kuangyin's overlord heroes, even Lu Duoxun was also transferred by Zhao Kuangyin.

But it doesn't seem very appropriate to let Zhao Kuangyi do it himself, after all, these people have laid some auxiliary foundations for his successful ascension to the throne, so they took advantage of the contradiction between Zhao Pu and them to take the opportunity to win together. If Xue Juzheng doesn't die of illness, he will also be taken down.

Maybe Lu Duoxun was a little wronged, but this was the price that Zhao Kuangyi paid for Zhao Pu to be his loyal thug.

It's not just because of Zhao Tingmei.

In other words, the real outcast is only Lu Duoxun, and he can only be regarded as half an outcast.

As for the others, it has nothing to do with the abandoned son, although Zhao Pu assisted Zhao Kuangyi to defeat Zhao San, but Zhao Kuangyi gave Zhao Pu the right to be prime minister, and it is impossible to pay such a big price.

The four bigwigs went down, moved a lot of space, and let Zhao Kuangyi transfer the people he was comfortable with to enter the two mansions. That's the truth. Therefore, Zhao Kuangyi prevented Song Jiu and Zhao Pu from going toe-for-tat many times.

called him into the inner palace, implicitly reminded him, and also released another meaning. All this is under my control, you don't understand, so don't be smart and ruin my big things.

Song Jiu said again: "Your Majesty said that I should bring the lady back to the capital." ”

"Then bring it." Pan Li'er said. The actual lady is also heartless, Li Yu died, which made her sad for a while, and then it was fine, staying in Nanyang, everyone regarded her as a housemother, although the weather was hot, but she was originally from Jiangnan, a little more heat-resistant than the northerners, plus the unrestrained Nanhai, all of them respected, it seems to have become Liu Chan, and she is happy to miss Shu in Nanyang.

Hearing this news, Pan Li'er was relieved and depressed, but in the end, she was a family, one in the South China Sea, one in the North, and one in the capital, what had become of this?

"Let's see." Song Jiudao.

Zhao Kuangyi deliberately asked Song Jiu to call the lady back, and also let Song Jiu take the peace of mind pill, and he himself seemed to have the confidence to control it. But Song Jiu is not at ease, if the situation is not good, even if it is him, he will still be used as a pawn by Zhao Kuangyi, at most the result will be better than Lu Duoxun.

Therefore, Song Jiu did not regret what he had done.

People are good at being deceived by others, horses are good at being ridden by others, and so is people, and so is the country.

If he really doesn't say a word, Zhao Puhe may not let himself go, and if he doesn't say a word, it will give people the impression of being weak and bullied.

At that time, Wang Pu also took seventy-two ministers to bite him like he did with Lu Duoxun, and Zhao Kuangyi may not be able to protect it if he wants to.

So take a second look, and if the situation is favorable, you will take the lady back.

Pan Li'er suddenly became worried: "As you said, then General Cao Bin and his father will be in danger. ”

Song Jiu shook his head: "They are different, Your Majesty wants to take back Yan Yun, but there is a lack of a reassuring boss, and he will be inseparable from them for a while." ”

But then several major events happened, so that Song Jiu had no time to distract him...... (To be continued......)