Fan Ning's eyes lit up, and he walked out of the big tent quickly, and outside the account was Han Qi in a cyan cotton suit, Han Qi resigned because of the Liao army's cavalry sneak attack on Hebei and plundering tens of thousands of people, of course, this is not the main reason for his resignation, the fundamental reason is that the Empress Dowager Cao refused to hand over power, Han Qi's repeated persuasion was ineffective, and he resigned angrily, Zhao Ji wanted to keep him, but the Empress Dowager Cao directly approved his resignation and reappointed as the Hebei Xuanfu envoy and Zhizhen Dingfu.

Now that Fan Ning has taken over his post as the Hebei Xuanfu Envoy, Han Qi has also changed the sentence to know the affairs of the Daimyo's Mansion, he came to hand over his post to Fanning, and then went south to the Daimyo's Mansion.

Han Qi still likes Fan Ning very much, when Zhang Yaozuo was powerful, Fan Ning was one of Han Qi's few henchmen, and it was Fan Ning who proposed to let Zhao Zhongzhen enter the palace to change the situation and make Zhang Yaozuo fail.

Although Han Qi and Fan Ning had some contradictions in running the Southern Continent, it was only a political disagreement between the two sides, and there was no personal contradiction, especially this time Fan Ning persuaded the Empress Dowager Cao to give up military power and financial power, which really made Han Qi extremely pleased.

When Han Qi saw Fan Ning, he laughed and said, "Little Fan Xianggong has finally become a pillar of talent!" ”

Fan Ning pretended to be angry and said: "I have made so much money overseas to give to the imperial court, am I not a pillar of talent?" ”

"That's right! How can a boy who makes money not be a pillar of talent? ”

The two laughed, and Fan Ning hurriedly invited Han Qi into the tent, and motioned for several craftsmen to step back first.

Han Qi sat down and said: "I received an edict from the Son of Heaven, I agree with your idea of fighting a long-term war, with our strengths, attacking the Liao Kingdom is short, this is a good idea, so what are you going to do in the first step?" ”

Fan Ning said slowly: "My first step is to prepare to implement the clear of the wall, even if the cavalry of the Liao army penetrates five hundred miles into the Great Song Dynasty, they will not want to plunder the population and food. ”

Han Qi pondered and said: "This time the Liao army attacked Dingzhou and penetrated into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty for hundreds of miles, they were 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry cooperating, the infantry was responsible for attacking the city, and the cavalry was responsible for plundering everywhere, they retreated because winter is coming, and soon the first snow will come, and by next spring, they will make a comeback, their mixed infantry and cavalry tactics are very effective, how are you going to deal with it?" ”

Fan Ning got up and came to the map, he pointed to the many small counties on the border and said: "Since you want to defend it, there is no need to grab it with your beard and eyebrows, just defend the fortified city, abandon the small county town, let the people retreat south, and minimize the population in the north of Hebei."

Last year, the imperial court sold overseas islands, holding a large amount of land in its hands, I heard that the second round of island sales and land sales began again, it is estimated that a lot of land will be obtained, these lands are just used to settle the people evacuated from Hebei, I calculated for the Son of Heaven, at least 500,000 people will be withdrawn from Hebei, those who are willing to go overseas can go overseas, and those who do not want to go overseas will be resettled with official fields. ”

Han Qi nodded, "The role of these small counties is also to prevent the Liao cavalry from going south, if you pull them out, it will be easier for the Liao cavalry to drive straight in, Xiao Fan, you will be under a lot of pressure!" ”

Fanning smiled and said: "The long drive is just a spectacle, it is okay to apply pressure, but it has no real effect, besides, we also have a way to deal with them, they can be killed happily, I want to see how they come back?" ”

Han Qi didn't ask deeply, he asked with a smile: "Let's talk about your killer idea!" Could it be that your sailor will always stop at Laizhou Harbor? ”

Fan Ning said lightly: "To be precise, I have already sent troops, and 10,000 troops are deployed under the nose of Liao, so I don't know if Liaoguo has discovered it." ”

Fan Ning pointed to the mouth of the Yalu River, "There are several large islands near here, and the naval army I sent has already occupied them, and they will greatly restrain the forces of the Liao State." ”

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Of course, Fanning will not put the water army in Laizhou, the water army is his killer weapon, of course, it must be put in the most useful place.

The Song army and navy currently occupy three large islands in Liaodong, two of which are located in the sea outside the mouth of the Yalu River, one is called Jingliao Island, and the other is called Pingdao, Jingliao Island is now the largest island in North Korea, with an area of more than 50 square kilometers, and the island can build cities and relocate population.

And Pingdao is the famous Phi Island at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the area is about half of Jingliao Island, the Song army will also occupy here, 3,000 soldiers, and Jingliao Island is each other's horns, echoing each other.

Jingliao Island and Heping Island at the mouth of the Yalu River are the land of Goryeo, which was occupied by the Song army, and the Liao State was not aware of it for a while, but the third island is different.

There is an island hanging overseas in Liaodong Bay, with an area of about ten square kilometers, it is the largest island in Liaodong Bay, and it is only ten miles away from the sea distance of the western corridor of Liaoning, the Tang and Song Dynasty courts called this island Peach Blossom Island, and the Liao State called it Juehua Island, which belongs to the jurisdiction of Xingcheng County.

The island was very important to the Liao State, not because of its strategic location, but because it was home to the Liao Kingdom's royal temple, Juehua Temple, where the Buddhist Yelu Hongji offered incense.

In addition to Juehua Temple on the island, there are more than a dozen temples of all sizes, this morning, dozens of huge blessing boats suddenly appeared on the sea east of Juehua Island, the monks of Juehua Temple were the first to find out, and immediately rang the big bell, but Juehua Island except for more than a dozen monasteries, there is no army stationed, the monks watched a big ship enter the port and dock in the north harbor, and a group of Song soldiers got off the boat.

In just one morning, 10,000 Song troops were stationed on Juehua Island, and a large number of grain and grass materials were unloaded from the ship, and at the same time, more than 1,000 monks were gathered to lecture, and a rough-looking Song army general shouted: "I am Miao Shunli, the commander of Laizhou, from now on, Peach Blossom Island has belonged to the Great Song Dynasty, and you are Liao monks, not suitable for living on the island, I will send you back to the land, continue to become monks or return to the world, whatever you want." ”

Hearing that the Song army would not kill them, the monks were relieved, but when they thought of losing the monastery from now on, they were also very sad in their hearts, and they bowed their heads one by one and remained silent.

Miao Shunli didn't have the heart to sympathize with them, and immediately asked them to pack their belongings and leave the island early tomorrow morning.

The monastery on the island became the military camp of the Song army, Miao Shunli took his subordinates to inspect everywhere, he saw that there were many monks' houses, the grain in the warehouse was enough to have tens of thousands of stones, countless cloths, several halls were magnificent, carved beams and painted buildings, extremely extravagant, so he said to everyone: "I have heard for a long time that the Liao Emperor emptied the treasury for the Buddha, and when I saw it today, it was true, this is only one of the thirteen royal monasteries, it was so extravagant, and it was said that the Liao State was strong, and I think it was also a strong foreign force, and it was not far from extinction. ”

The generals agreed, and at this time, a commander said: "Since Peach Blossom Island is hanging overseas, how can its food and materials be transported?" The lowly thought that there must be a ship, and we did not yet know it. ”

Miao Shunli suddenly felt reasonable, and immediately asked the abbot Wenhui to find him, and he shouted: "Can the old monk speak Chinese? ”

Abbot Wenhui clasped his hands and said: "The old monk was originally a Han from Yanzhou, why can't he speak Chinese?" ”

A general next to him shouted angrily: "Since you are Han, why do you serve the Khitan thief chieftain?" ”

"Amitabha, the poor monk only serves the Buddha, not the king of Liao."

Miao Shunli waved his hand and asked again, "Let me ask you, how do you communicate with the land?" ”

The abbot did not hide it, and said frankly: "There are more than twenty cargo ships in Xingcheng County, which are specially responsible for transporting supplies to our island. ”

Miao Shunli was vigilant, he didn't know that there were ships in Xingcheng County, so he hurriedly asked, "How big is the cargo ship?" ”

"About 500 stones!"

"Is there a garrison in Xingcheng County?"

"Yes! It was near the county office, and there were about 1,000 people. ”

Abbot Wenhui knew everything, and found another map for Miao Shunli, Miao Shunli was overjoyed, and asked the abbot to rest.

In a meditation room, Miao Shunli discussed countermeasures with the generals, and Miao Shunli said to everyone: "You must fight, but how to fight is effective." Let's talk about it. ”

Commander Zhang Yandao: "I think that the position of the ship must be ascertained first, and then the attack on the garrison will be carried out after the ship is controlled, so that nothing goes wrong." ”

Another general also said: "The county government and the military camp are located on the Hulu Peninsula, we can land from the south, go around to the rear of the enemy army, and sneak attack at night, and we will definitely be able to completely annihilate the enemy army." ”

As soon as everyone said a word, a bold and perfect battle plan was gradually formed.

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After the Ming Dynasty, the north entered the Xiaoice Age, and the Bohai Sea will have thick ice in winter, but now it is the Northern Song Dynasty, the climate is relatively warm, and the Bohai Sea only freezes along the northern coast in winter, and the sea surface between Juehua Island and the land will not freeze, even if it encounters individual cold winters, it will only form a thin layer of ice, and it is difficult for people and horses to walk.

Although it was now winter and snow had begun to fall on land, there was still no ice floe on the sea, and under the cover of night, the Song ships sailed silently into the harbor south of Huludao.