Chapter 244: Eve

Ouyang smiled bitterly: "You are a god stick, you won't let the sea be free of waves!" It's just a gamble on luck, what else? Is it really true that 30,000 people were eaten by the Liao? "Sea ships have keels, deep drafts, and can withstand wind and waves. The craft of the river boat is relatively simple, and it is easy to be overturned under high winds and waves. In addition, the design of the river boat is relatively shallow, and it is easy for a wave to come over, and the cabin is covered. But if the wind is calm, it is not impossible.

Kublai Khan's attack *** used flat-bottomed inland ships. Sea ships have keels that riverboats do not have, and the keel can resist strong winds. Due to the lack of weather forecast, Kublai Khan's fleet traveled for six days and then encountered a strong typhoon storm in the *** Sea, and overnight, all the fleet sank. The Yellow River to Laizhou, but a four-day sea journey, is an offshore voyage, if you are lucky......

At present, it can only be a dead horse right to be a live horse doctor, and Taixuzi immediately set off to the political hall. Li Gang was overjoyed when he heard this method and immediately met Zhao Yu. After receiving permission, he left the palace and began to negotiate with the merchants. There are not many merchant ships staying on the Bianhe River, but there are more than 20 of them. It is completely possible to transport 100 heavy guns with gunpowder. But as soon as the businessmen heard that they were going to sea, they didn't refuse, but the price made Li Gang crazy.

Li Gang also wanted to forcibly expropriate it, but when he saw that the ship was empty, he couldn't even see a single shipwright. Knowing that coercive measures are bound to cause a lot of trouble and delay for a long time. Besides, it is true that riverboats cannot be forced to venture out to sea. He can carry infamy, but Zhao Yu can't. In desperation, I had to play Zhao Yu.

"181 trips per boat?" Zhao Yu almost jumped up. It's a robbery! "Which businessman is so bold?" ”

“…… It's Ou-sama. Li Ganghan said: "Lord Ou said that they are all life-threatening, and they must be considered to be likely to die at sea, so more money is also to subsidize the widow." ”

Zhao Yu was furious: "Okay, you Ouyang ......"

Li Gang hurriedly said: "Originally, the boatmen were reluctant to take risks, but it was easy for Lord Ou to persuade and intimidate before agreeing. Thinking about it, Lord Ou has a point, since he is adventurous, he always has to give people some settling-in expenses. ”

It also makes sense, Zhao Yu thought about it and said: "You go back and tell him, 10,000, just do it, don't do it." ”

Ouyang did it. So the loading began, and Ouyang drew an intermediary fee of 3,000 per ship. When things are done, it is necessary to earn some pocket money by the way. The merchant shipping is subordinate to two shipping companies, which are quickly coordinated, and enjoy one-stop service for cargo transportation and loading. Compared with the loading of the van army, it is only fast and not slow. That night, the fleet was escorted by the forbidden army--。 And Tokyo sent fast horses to recover the supplies that had not yet left the Song Realm.

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People's attitudes are different, and Li Gang is grateful to Ouyang for his help. And Zhao Yu counted Ouyang in the palace for half an hour, and the main words were: making a fortune, sorry for the emperor, sorry for the ancestors, lack of morality, and so on.

Ouyang saw that Zhao Yu was tired and said, "Your Majesty, that's not how the accounts are calculated. Inland ships at sea are extremely dangerous. If half of the ships were destroyed, His Majesty would be accused of being a dumb king. Ouyang dared to say this.

Zhao Yu asked weakly: "What else?" ”

"But the price of 10,000 yuan for a boat, Your Majesty is different. Everyone will say that His Majesty is worried about the soldiers, and it is the businessmen who have a black heart. Even if they all died at sea, no one felt that there was anything wrong with His Majesty. ”

Zhao Yu nodded: "You mean to say that I made it instead?" ”

"So to speak."

"Then what's the matter with you collecting three thousand per ship?"

"Back to Your Majesty, their internal price is four thousand, and the six thousand more that Weichen won is half of one person."

"You ......"

Ouyang hurriedly said: "If they don't charge 10,000, it won't mean that they are dark-hearted." But in order to prevent them from making more money, Weichen intercepted part of it. ”

"Four thousand, you dare to open eighteen thousand." Zhao Yu gritted his teeth and said: "You are really for the country and the people." ”

Ouyang was embarrassed: "The merchant and Li Xiang are grateful to Weichen, and Weichen is indeed flattered. ”

"......" Zhao Yu was speechless, and he also had to thank Ouyang for solving a big problem. Besides, this person has always been such a character, but this time he actually said that the money was also collected for the court, which was too cheeky. Zhao Yu was the emperor after all, so he asked in a smooth tone: "I heard that the strategy arranged by Tong Guan was proposed by you?" ”

"Yes!" Ouyang didn't expect a reward.

Zhao Yu nodded and said casually: "I heard a rumor, I don't know if it's true. ”

"What rumors?"

"It is rumored that you are quite close to a woman named Myolie Wu."

"Your Majesty is joking." Ouyang said: "Little girl, my eldest niece." I just have some friendship with her father, Hu Wansan. ”

"Your boss is not too small." Zhao Yu said: "Since you and General Liang separated, you have not been married. "According to the regulations left by Song Renzong, men marry fifteen and women thirteen. However, it seems a little unreasonable, but even according to the Tang Dynasty's twenty men and fifteen women, Ouyang is too much. The Han Dynasty recorded that if a woman was not married between the ages of fifteen and thirty, the fine was five times the fine. And the average woman in the Great Song Dynasty is about sixteen when she gets married. As for whether it is a year old or a virtual age, it is not very clear. Of course, five times the fine is by echelon.

Ouyang was very strange that Zhao Yu suddenly talked about this, didn't he marry everyone who should be married? So he carefully asked, "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

"I mean to let you marry a woman sooner." Zhao Yu said: "The Ministry sent a list of illegal officials a few days ago, and you Ouyang is the only one who is not married when you reach the age." I often visit brothels, and my reviews are very bad. "This is not the first time, especially Ouyang, as a magistrate, not taking the lead in getting married is a more serious violation. In ancient times, there was a high rate of premature death and a labor-intensive society, so each dynasty paid great attention to increasing the birth rate.

Ouyang Dao: "Your Majesty is not unmarried. ”

"I ...... What does it matter to you that I'm not married? Zhao Yu looked left and right, there was only one Ninth Gonggong. The Ninth Father-in-law, the Great Khan, seems to know a little bit more. Fortunately, Zhao Yu retracted his gaze and said, "I am in my position, and everything is helpless." Zhao Yu said with a hint of helplessness.

Since the emperor said it, Ouyang said politely: "If Your Majesty really cares about Weichen so much, let Weichen marry General Liang." ”

"Nonsense." Zhao Yu shouted: "Could it be that you Ouyang want to be a family member of the army?" ”

"Then don't marry for the time being." If you have the ability, you will be dismissed, anyway, the fine brother can afford to pay. Ouyang actually knew that his behavior was wrong. According to the requirements of the ruler, as the parent official of the county, he must take the lead. Fortunately, it is more tolerant now, and in the Southern Song Dynasty, Ouyang will be impeached for not marrying a wife under this condition, which is not a light crime.

Ouyang didn't say that if he really wanted to marry, he would marry Zhao Yu, after all, the first time someone else occupied himself, not to mention ancient times, even modern times, they had to show some attitude. Either marry Liang Hongyu, or any other famous lady, I'm really not interested.

Zhao Yu was not angry and said, "Whatever you want." There is a serious matter that I want to hear your opinion, but it may be too early to talk about it at present, but if you don't talk about it, I'm afraid that I won't find you, the county governor of Youfang. ”

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"If according to the plan, the Song Dynasty occupies the south of the Dihe River, and Laizhou and Jinzhou are prominent military sites. To the north is Tongzhou, which connects Huanglong Province. If the Liao people retreated north to Tokyo, a situation would be formed in the Northern Liao Kingdom, the Southern Song Kingdom, and the Eastern Jin Kingdom. You also know that the Jurchens and the Khitans are currently in a ceasefire and truce. Even though it has been announced that Liaoning will fight against Jin, there is still no war between Liaojin and Jin. Can you find a way to change that? ”

That is, to sow discord, at least not to let them share the same hatred and turn enemies into friends. Ouyang thought about it and said: "The one who is deployed in Tongzhou and Tokyo is the only and most difficult famous general in the Liao State, Yelu Dashi, this person not only knows the military, but also understands ***." And on the side of Huanglong Mansion is Wanyan Zonghan, the son of Jin Guoxiang Sagai. This man is brave and resourceful, and he is a first-class good general. The generals on both sides are the best generals of the two countries, and their wisdom and courage are not inferior to General Han. It's quite difficult to provoke them. ”

Zhao Yu asked, "Is there anything you Ouyang can't do?" ”

"Your Majesty is too condescending to say this. However, rebellions often broke out in the Liao State. And Yelu Dashi is a Liao royal family, and he is also dissatisfied with Emperor Tianzuo's mediocrity. But you can consider dividing the person. Liao changed anyone, and it was easier to deal with than this person. "Historically, Yelu Dashi was dissuaded by Emperor Tianzuo and established himself as the king and founded Western Liao. He really complained about Emperor Tianzuo's mediocrity.

"Yes." Zhao Yu didn't say anything anymore, stood up and said, "It's rare to have a day of leisure, go with me!" ”

"Yes!" Ouyang regretted that he was arrested for some reason, is it easy to make so much money? I have to stir up the relationship between Jin and Liao.

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Zhao Yu asked the palace maids and eunuchs in the imperial garden to get out of the way, "Have you read sleepwalking?" ”

Ouyang replied: "Weichen generally only reads the books of sages, universities, the mean, and the like. ”

"You said that I am tired one day and don't want to be the emperor anymore, but I don't feel at ease to hand over the country to the descendants of the Zhao family, what should I do?"

Ouyang knew that none of the princes who were sent to the University of Tokyo for further study could get into Zhao Yufa's eyes. In fact, many emperors are not at ease with the transfer of the throne. Mingjun can only tell his son to pay attention to this and that, but few of them think they are completely suitable, or better than themselves. However, this question is not something that Ouyang can answer, Ouyang replied: "Your Majesty, this is a matter of the Great Interior, and Weichen is just a foreign official." ”

"I read the sleepwalker, which says that there is a national capital, and it is the capital of a constitutional monarchy. It is said that the emperor made the law, but he has no real right. ”

There was a question with this, and Ouyang hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, do you want Weichen to find out the author of the book and cut it down?" ”

Zhao Yu still ignored Ouyang and continued: "The book says that the system has been passed down for two thousand years, and the emperor is still a descendant. It doesn't matter if the emperor is mediocre or shrewd. Even if you are a fool, you can pass it on. I have looked at thousands of years, and once it was only 800 years at most. It's only been a few decades. ”

Ouyang wiped his cold sweat: "Your Majesty, what do you mean?" ”

"What do I mean? I'm not bored. Zhao Yu said: "The Emperor is mediocre and incompetent, how many Emperor Taishang are like this next?" ”

"......" Ouyang said: "Your Majesty also has such a Ming Jun." ”

Zhao Yu waved his hand and asked in a circle: "What do you see?" ”

"I didn't see anything."

"The palace is deep and the walls are high." Zhao Yu shook his head and said: "I'm afraid Wu Zetian also regretted it after becoming the emperor, why did he want to be the emperor." Ouyang, if Liaojin can be successfully pacified, I also want to be the emperor. The prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty was created by me, shouldn't I enjoy it? ”

Ouyang asked carefully: "Then I don't know if Your Majesty has chosen someone?" ”

"Ouyang is Ouyang, Li Gang was scared half to death when he heard it, and then said that it would not work if he didn't die." Zhao Yu said: "The candidates are not very satisfied." ”

"After all, they are not their own children." Ouyang almost said that if he gave birth to one, whether he had a child was a very critical question, his own child loved him, and he couldn't wait to pick all the stars in the sky to him.

"If you say it today, you can know it in your own heart." Zhao Yu said: "I just want to help me share my worries if I need it in the future." ”

Ouyang said with a smile: "Your Majesty has become the emperor, and Weichen will take Your Majesty to take a good walk around the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"You really can't speak." Zhao Yu smiled and didn't care, Ouyang was such a person, and he would not be dissuaded by death or life. If you don't do it, I'll take you to play. Zhao Yu looked into the distance and muttered to himself: "I don't know what happened to Zhang Jun?" ”

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A few days later, Zhang Jun found that he had encountered such a big trouble, due to the lack of information, the scouts in Liao were all assigned by the Liao. Zhang Jun didn't know why there was no news about the materials for a long time. Seeing that it was getting farther and farther away from the Dihe River, and the time to make an appointment with the Hangzhou fleet was getting closer and closer, he was anxious, so he discussed with Xue Shan. After the two discussed, they thought that there should be something wrong with the batch of supplies. Since something went wrong, how do you solve it?

The two had some differences of opinion. The two of them had in common that they would take Laizhou first, but then Xue Shan believed that the supplies were tight, and the strong enemies were looking around, and the strategic goal could not be achieved, and they should retreat from the sea. Zhang Jun's proposition is to hold on to Laizhou and wait for rescue.

Xue Shan disagreed, took out the information and map provided by the Si family and said: "General Zhang, look at it, we have 100,000 Liao soldiers in Tongzhou in the north and 15,000 in Jinzhou. There are 80,000 people in Dadingfu in the west and 8,000 Dihe garrisons in the south. It is six times the strength of our army, and if we take Laizhou, our armament war time will only take two or three days. And the equipment of our army is far inferior to that of the Liao. The nearby Liao people had 150 heavy artillery pieces with a range of 500 paces, more than 800 rocket vehicles, and countless hand-throwing guns. Coupled with the low ground of Calais, the defense is not good, and once we find out our intentions, we have no choice but to jump into the sea in a hurry.

Zhang Jun said: "These places are all places where the Liao people hoard heavy troops. It is estimated that the firearms of the Liao people are all here. If they dare to take it all out, we will abolish half of them. Besides, people still have to keep some firearms in Linhuang Mansion, and the pressure from Laizhou may not be unbearable. General Xue should not forget one point, the Jurchens are still in Huanglong Mansion. Do the soldiers and horses of Tongzhou dare to go south to Laizhou? One was careless, the Jurchens killed it, took Tongzhou, and could directly attack Linhuang Mansion. ”

Xue Shan shook his head: "It doesn't make sense, our original plan was to attract enemies from the south and southwest to support Laizhou, and let the Northwest Dao and Yongxing Dao outflank it." If we are in such a material situation, the Liao people will not only not mobilize reinforcements from the south and southwest, but will fight the grass and surprise the snakes, and send reinforcements to the south and west with Linhuang Mansion as the center. ”

"Coupled with the Hangzhou fleet, Lao Tzu has 50,000 people, he dares not to send reinforcements, Lao Tzu directly to Linhuang Mansion." Zhang Jun felt that he was a little inappropriate: "The military order that the general received was to stick to Laizhou and occupy Jinzhou." The military order is like a mountain, knowing that it is death, the general will not hesitate to do it. The general just hopes that the overseer will cooperate with the general to restrain the soldiers. ”

Having said that, what else can I do? Although Xue Shanshan was the supervisor of the army, he was also the duty of staff and monitoring whether there was a rebellion, changes in strategy, and the route of the march, and the supervisor had no right to participate. Xue Shan could only hold his fists and say, "Xue did his best." ”

"Thank you, here!" Zhang Jun instructed his own soldiers: "Send someone to the rear army to give orders, and immediately rush to chase the main army." ”

"Yes!" The rear army of 10,000 people fell 100 miles away for various reasons, and its duty was to grab supplies, use some heavy weapons to arrange defenses, and the rest went towards Laizhou. At present, the materials could not arrive on time, Zhang Jun didn't want to have a fluke mentality, so he decisively gave up the interception, and the whole army rushed to Laizhou.

Night. Zhang Jun beckoned the generals and commanders at all levels to come to the big account. The general has a certain command of the military and horse headquarters. The battalion command and the box command are the settings of the headquarters of the commander-in-chief. There are not many generals in the forbidden army, not because they are unwilling to set up, but because they sometimes have to fight, and their ability requirements are very high. Some of the main players also did not dare to fully trust the generals to follow the rhythm of their attacks and retreats. But the general generals who have strong abilities like to set up, and there is a general headquarters that can be flexible. There is only one general in Zhang Jun's headquarters, named Wang Yan. In history, this person was an anti-gold hero stationed in Matthei Hang Mountain, founded the Eight-Character Army, and had more than 100,000 people under his command. Looking at the history of the Song Dynasty, there were many volunteers, and Zong Ze actually gathered two million troops back then, and was called Grandpa Zong by the Jin people. Of course, because he didn't know how to manage money, Grandpa Zong forgot the daily expenses of two million people, and he lacked the strong support of the imperial court, so he couldn't support such a big family business, not to mention Zong Ze's time, even now it is very difficult to raise an army of two million. Unless civil servants take a pay cut.

Wang Yan's 5,000 men will be the vanguard, marching for a day and a night to attack the city of Laizhou. According to Zhang Jun's meaning, there is a wharf in Laizhou City, and after all, there is a city wall, if the troops are scattered all over the place, they can only be broken by each one. But there are also negative effects, the enemy can concentrate heavy artillery attacks. For this reason, Wang Yan himself asked for battle, and after defeating Laizhou, he dispersed his headquarters and attacked the enemy's heavy artillery, grain and grass logistics with dead soldiers. Zhang Jun agreed, and this would greatly ease the pressure of defending the city. After all, the Liao State is not a pure cold weapon army like the Western Xia. Since the advent of heavy artillery, the walls have become weaker and weaker.

Part of the Hangzhou fleet was to carry the forbidden army, and the other part was to provide naval fire support inside and outside the city. If necessary, you can land to assist in the defense. Although the ship's cannon is limited, it can be regarded as a way to boost morale.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the forbidden army was the absolute main force, but in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Zhangjia army, the Yuejia army and other warlord armies became the main force.

That night, Xue Zhi led his guards to attack the Liao 300 people who followed the army, and took it in one fell swoop without losing soldiers. At dawn, Zhang Jun waved a banner and announced the true purpose of the trip. Fifteen thousand soldiers were undaunted, and they ...... It's useless to be afraid. The collective response set off towards Laizhou. The vanguard army had already set out in the middle of the night, and each of them carried only three days' rations and eight hand-throwing cannons, except for one knife. Wang Yan broke the kettle and sank the boat, and did not go to Laizhou for three days, and the whole army would rather starve to death.