Chapter 246: Official Promotion to Second Grade

After receiving the holy decree, Yelu Dashi was appointed as the generalissimo of the Liao soldiers and horses. Although Emperor Tianzuo is mediocre, he is not stupid and knows who the most capable person in the Liao State is. In fact, many mediocre kings have good IQs, such as Song Huizong, Li Houzhu, Tang Xuanzong, etc., but they are smart and can't resist ***, and as a result, they are backward and are regarded as negative examples by later generations.

After Yelu Dashi took over, he immediately ordered the Liao army in the south and southwest of the Dihe River to occupy the road that was dangerous to resist the two Song armies, and gave a death order that the Song people must not be allowed to control the Dihe. Because the Di River is connected to the Tu River and the Huang River, once it is completely controlled, the consequences will be unimaginable. The people of Linhuang Mansion could only flee for their lives.

And to prevent the Song people from controlling the Dihe, Laizhou must be dug up. Otherwise, it will inevitably be attacked on the back. When there were more than 100,000 Liao soldiers near Laizhou, Yelu Dashi finally appeared.

Yelu Dashi's mood was not very good, and the logistics were hit hard yesterday. Thirty cannons, as well as three hundred stones of grain and grass, were turned into ashes by Wang Yan. Although Wang Yanbu paid a heavy price, Yelu Dashi knew that there was no shortage of soldiers in Liao and Song at present, and what was lacking was materials. For example, the Song people erected no more than 100 heavy artillery pieces on the city wall.

The first artillery battle in history took place between Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty. And because of Ouyang, history advanced by several decades, and Laizhou began the first artillery battle in history. Because the cannon had no sights at that time, Ouyang's geometric results were so bad that there was no expert in aerodynamics. In addition, each cannon and shell is handmade, so luck is a factor that must be considered in such a cannon battle.

Yelu Dashi occupied two small hills to the west of Laizhou, transported artillery up, and the two sides began to fight. After three rounds of firing, due to the relatively long distance, the artillery and gunners of both sides were intact. The generals of both sides were embarrassed. Fortunately, this shame is a shame for everyone. In the fourth round, the Liao cannon smashed into the wall, causing a stone chip to cut the hand of a Song thunderbolt gunner. One to zero. And Song Kaihua cannon exploded, no casualties, and the loss of one cannon was two-to-zero.

The distance is long, and the solid guns are used, and if you replace them with incendiary bombs, because the range is short, the accuracy will be greatly improved. The artillery battle lasted for a day, and Song was blown up with four cannons and one self-destructed. Liao was blown up three gates. There were no casualties for the time being.

That night, Yelu Dashi took advantage of the fact that everyone was disturbed by the noise for a day, and sent 500 warriors to steal the camp. Zhang Jun was well guarded and could not succeed, but was chased by the Song cavalry for a while. When Yelu Dashi was overjoyed, Zhang Junming was golden, and the cavalry retreated. The ambush of Jerod was unsuccessful.

The next day, there was no interest in playing with solid cannons on either side, and Yelu Dashi began to attack the city. Infantry***, incendiary heavy artillery followed to suppress the city head artillery fire bombardment of the city gates. Both sides suffered relatively large losses on this day. Although the loss of the Song army was relatively small, the hand-throwing cannon was used frequently, and the shortage was serious.

On the night of the second day, Zhang Jun ordered to steal the camp, Yelu Dashi was also a famous general, and he had already taken precautions, and the two cavalry went out together to drive the Song cavalry to flee in all directions. But at this time, Wang Yan played with his life again, leading a thousand men to assault from behind and ignite gunpowder. and then fought his way out of the encirclement. It's a pity that Zhang Jun didn't have a mobile phone, a radio, or a pager, thinking that Yelu Dashi was playing tricks, and he didn't cooperate with the attack, delaying the fighter. But in the end, he took Wang Yan's 400 people into the city. Most of Wang Yan was scattered, but he had already achieved his strategic goal.

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Ouyang Chun finished swimming and was reading the newspaper. That's the latest report coming back by sea. The Song Dynasty suddenly turned against the water, and indeed killed the Liao people by surprise. Strong military pressure led to the defeat of the Liao army south of the Dihe River. Han Shizhong's first division, which sent troops from the former Western Xia, began a harassing offensive between Western Liao and Eastern Liao. The purpose is to give the Liao people the illusion that Song wants to cut off the back road of Liao. This area is different from southern Liaoning, where the socialization of slaves is more serious, and the magnates here own a lot of land and do not have to pay taxes to the imperial court. However, the Liao Central Army was very small in these places, and most of the Liao fighting troops here were composed of slave owners' all-people military policy.

Ouyang sighed after reading the newspaper, why is there no news from Taixuzi's side? Han Shizhong will not do villain things, but he also does not object to others doing villain things, which is his greatest advantage. Ouyang thought about it, too, he had only received the battle report and newspaper from Laizhou now, how could he have received the results of Taixuzi. Since the Jurchen Labor *** incident, the Jurchens have been very silent. No attack, no envoys. You must know that the current Liaotongzhou army is empty, and the Jurchens can take Tongzhou in one fell swoop, and even take Linhuang Mansion. But they didn't, and it was quiet to watch the excitement.

"Your Excellency!" Whelan shouted.

Ouyang hurriedly put on his clothes and asked, "Huilan?" How did it come? ”

"Naturally, it is good news, the expeditionary fleet has returned, and it arrived in Quanzhou twenty days ago." Whelan handed over a manuscript. Ouyang was overjoyed and said that the first batch of people to arrive in Quanzhou included 20 warships of the Hangzhou fleet and nearly 50 merchant ships, and the main general Liang Hongyu was also among them. According to reports, the fleet will arrive directly in Haizhou, and then after the merchants of the Mediterranean countries meet Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu will circle the trading market, determine the transaction currency and tax profits, and then officially trade with the Song people.

"I don't know whether to choose Hangzhou, Yangzhou or Quanzhou?" Quanzhou has always been a foreign trade port, but the trade is too limited. The furthest was also sold to Arabia, which then traveled overland to the Black Sea and then to the Mediterranean. Looking at the current scale, Quanzhou cannot meet the needs of both sides.

"It should be Hangzhou." Whelan said: "Foreign businessmen also have to buy local goods. Silk, porcelain, tea, Hangzhou has a large number of wholesale. It seems that this time it is the real coming of all nations. ”

"There's no way, who let us open up the sea line." Ouyang smiled: "I don't know what happened to Li Bao who took another line." "Li Bao walked through the Arctic Ocean and crossed the Bering Strait. During this period, we will also stop in Russia for visits and exchanges. The temperature in that area is relatively low, and I don't know if these people can adapt to it. Compared with the destruction of Western Xia, Ouyang was more concerned about this voyage. The purpose of the economy, culture and so on contained in it is not simply measured by how much money is made and how much land is occupied.

"General Li Jiren has his own natural appearance. Adults can rest assured. I'm going to prepare the manuscript and send it tomorrow. ”

"Yes!" Ouyang nodded: "Write well, this thing can not only inspire the people's morale, but also boost morale." ”

"Yes!" Whelan leaves.

Ouyang drank: "Ou Ping, add vegetables today, please come and have a drink." "Take the newspaper and read it again. It's boring, but it's a good way to pass the time

"Good!" Ou Ping, who was practicing calligraphy, said to the maid: "Add vegetables today." ”

The maid laughed, "I heard you." ”

"Ouyang?" A voice shouted.

Who is so big and not small? Ouyang didn't need to look to know that Myolie Wu was coming. What are you here for? Naturally, I came to cry. It's really a few joys and a few sorrows.

"Lost to death." Hu Xingjin asked, "Have you read today's newspaper?" ”

"I'm watching it for the third time." Lack of entertainment increases literacy opportunities.

Myolie Wu said: "How much money do you say we have to lose?" ”

Ouyang ignored it and continued to flip through the newspaper and asked, "Do you know that why all the iron and stone, coal, and fierce fire oil used by the imperial court are purchased from your father this year?" ”

"Huh? Does it matter? ”

"It doesn't matter." Ouyang said: "The money in the imperial court has to be earned anyway." Since the Hu family is willing to take out money to subsidize the soldiers, the imperial court will naturally take care of the Hu family. Otherwise, if your Hu family loses everything, who will you find to get the insurance money? You're not as good as your dad in this regard. Your father knew it was a loss-making business, so he asked you to do it. Of course, if the loss-making transaction is handled well, it may not lose money. ”

"How?"

"How so? Hasn't your business been on the rise lately? "Insurance has set up four points in the Great Song Dynasty, Hangzhou, Yangping, Tokyo, and Taiyuan Prefecture. Ouyang Dao: "You didn't lose much, but you gained popularity." The war is such an attractive news, and everyone is interested in the corner news, let alone your insurance industry? I gave you a plan for shipping, river insurance, logistics insurance, etc., it is almost time to start, you can also contact the north and south post offices, set up registered insurance, that is, how much money to mail a letter, can be guaranteed to be delivered, otherwise how much will be compensated, one can increase the credibility of the post office, and the other is a business income. ”

"Hello, you just sit here and move your mouth."

"If you can't do it, let your father change people, you don't even have to move your mouth." Ouyang put down the newspaper and said, "I'm going to swim, please give way to the girl." ”

"Virtue!" Myolie Wu said a word and left in a hurry. She didn't want to be looked down upon.

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The war against Liao continued, and the generalissimo Yelu Dashi was in big trouble. There is a legend that he had a tacit understanding with the Song people, and he besieged Laizhou without going down, and did not reinforce the Liao army that swept the Song two roads, and the Liao Emperor had sent people to interrogate. Yelu Dashi knew that if this was still the case, the imperial court would have to send himself back sooner or later to make it clear.

But at present, although the Song army has suffered a lot of losses, the defenders of Laizhou have no way to retreat, and there is no choice but to fight to the death. The Battle of Laizhou lasted for a month, and the defenders of Laizhou, which could not support it, were able to stabilize their defenses because of the supplies of the Hangzhou fleet. What's more, because the royal newspaper announced that the Hangzhou fleet had returned from a long voyage, the morale was greatly boosted, and it was not Yelu Dashi that could be taken down by relying on a large number of people. Coupled with the auxiliary flanks of the warships of the Hangzhou fleet, Laizhou is quite difficult to bite.

The Hangzhou fleet played a great role in this war. The Hangzhou fleet was divided into two, one of which was a combat ship. Yue Fei personally sat down. The tactics of ship armor were implemented. When the siege of Laizhou was fierce, Ship A towed Ship B, and Ship B risked running aground and forced its way to the coast. If the enemy attacks Boat B, Boat C burns and covers the beach, and when the situation is critical, Boat A will pull Boat B away. Although it provided effective support to the defenders of Laizhou, the Hangzhou fleet suffered heavy losses in its warships. After all, Yelu Dashi is also a scheming person, some warships can't be pulled away, and some are washed on the ship by the Liao people in hand-to-hand combat, even if they are pulled away, the grounding injury may lead to the destruction and sinking of the hull.

The transport fleet of the Hangzhou fleet also made a great contribution, firstly, by continuously transporting supplies. The second is to transport away the seriously wounded. Whether it is modern or ancient warfare, the wounded are a very important cause of affecting morale. There is a shortage of doctors and medicines in Laizhou, and although there is a shortage on the ship, as long as they are transported away, the officers and men in Laizhou can breathe a sigh of relief, after all, it means that there is salvation. After all, don't hear the wails of the wounded every day, it's much better to feel better. At this time, people always think about the good.

The Northwest and Yongxing military roads also encountered a lot of trouble. In order to gain time to attack Laizhou, Yelu Dashi divided his troops and horses to reinforce and defend the dangerous place south of the Di River. Yelu Dashi was like chewing gum, sticking to the pace of the Song army's attack.

Although Yelu Dashi was very strange why the first supply of the Hangzhou fleet was not people but materials, he believed that the next batch of supplies was likely to be people. If Laizhou adds another 20,000 new troops of the forbidden army, it will be even more difficult to attack it. So he organized a massive night raid.

He armed eighty percent of his firearms. Divide the team into three parts. The first part is a grenadier, the second part is a mine-thrower, and the third part is heavy artillery. This hand is very vicious. Due to the darkness of the night, the visibility of the defenders was not high, and they did not expect the Liao army to attack like a tide regardless of life and death.

Among the three soldiers, the one who killed the forbidden army the most was the thunder thrower. Laizhou is not brightly lit, a mine is thrown on the road, and there are no special deminers. When the city was in an emergency, he was accidentally stepped on. Not only was it highly lethal and caused fear in the Song army, but it also greatly slowed down the garrison of the forbidden army on the city wall.

Finally, the west gate and the city walls were occupied. Zhang Jun is the best at fighting desperate battles, and said to his own soldiers that if he retreats, it will be the sea. Drown or be killed, the choice is yours. A female war reporter waved her flag and shouted: The insurance for the death in the war is 500, and there is no compensation for jumping into the sea. And so the morale went up!

Xue Shan, Wang Yan, and Zhang Jun went out in three ways. The two roads move through the city walls on both sides to the west gate. Zhang Jun was the main general and forcibly occupied the city gate. The whole army worked together to finally regain the city gate and city wall. And one of the most failed tactics of Yelu Dashi was that he did not arrange cavalry. However, with the arrangement of three soldiers, coupled with the darkness of the night, it was indeed difficult to send cavalry into the city in the midst of the chaos.

The battle had almost depleted the firearms reserves of both sides, and bows and knives had all been laid out. After Yue Fei saw the flag, he immediately made a decision, dismantling half of the heavy artillery of the warship and sending it to Laizhou, although the artillery shell reserve is not much, but the deterrent power cannot be underestimated. However, in this way, the defenders will have to defend the north gate more against the enemy, and the pressure is still relatively high.

At such a critical moment of battle, the Liao Imperial Court sent someone to issue an order to the army, asking Yelu Dashi to hand over the military power to the brother of Emperor Tianzuo's concubine, Xiao Fengxian. Then he returned to Linhuang Mansion to report on his work. Yelu Dashi didn't want to reply, and wanted to reply with the general's foreign monarch's order, but Xiao Fengxian made him give up his insistence.

Xiao Fengxian and Yelu Dashi have a good relationship, Xiao Fengxian said to Yelu Dashi: If you don't return, Liao will be defeated. First, even if Laizhou was taken back, Yelu Dashi could no longer disobey the Southern Song army that did not return to Pingdi River. Second, if you can't get back Laizhou and finally retreat, Yelu Dashi will become the head of the defeated army. In this case, it is better to go back to Linhuang Mansion first, if the time is fast, you can go back and forth in more than half a month. At that time, the supply of the Hangzhou fleet of the Song army had not yet arrived. And in the past half a month, Xiao Fengxian has also been able to exert pressure on Laizhou.

Yelu Dashi thought so, according to his strategic vision, if it was delayed, Laizhou would no longer be the key to strategy, and the defense of Dihe would be the focus. Yelu Dashi then explained that Xiao Fengxian had to block the river, and Laizhou and Jinzhou Guanyi hoarded heavy troops for defense. Then he arranged a strategy, attacked Laizhou openly and secretly abandoned Laizhou, and planned the battle plan of Jinzhou. Use the main force of Liao and the main force of Song to fight Jinzhou to gamble. It's just that Yelu Dashi has missed one point when he calculates, that is, Xiao Fengxian's ability to lead troops and the psychology of picking up snails. After all, at present, Laizhou's defense capability is about to be drained.

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Ouyang was pulled into the camp again, and the holy decree arrived, and Ouyang was sent to receive the merchant group. In order to illustrate the high specifications, Ouyang Erpin Longge University Scholar was specially given. Why do you have to Ouyang? The reason is very simple, Quan Da Song is proficient in many foreign languages. Ouyang is also known as a genius of the ages because of this, and he can learn many Chinese languages in a small time in Yuzhou.

Maybe Zhao Yu was still very unhappy with Ouyang's interference in the court, maybe it was because Zhao Yu was embarrassed to remove Ouyang Erpin's official position sooner or later, and Ouyang didn't have to go to Beijing, and went directly to Haizhou with the guards by water. The officials in Tokyo, on the other hand, traveled overland to Haishu. Because Li Gang couldn't leave, the Ninth Gonggong was sent out to replace Zhao Yu to Haizhou.

The press corps also struck hard, and the royal newspaper prepared an additional edition to report on the event. After receiving the news, the second fleet also arrived in Quanzhou, but there was still no news from Li Bao's fleet.

Ouyang appeared in a second-grade official uniform, and the ministers and officials who came to greet him were very polite. Ouyang did not have many political enemies, and although he was a close confidant of the emperor, he never had a fight. And everyone admires Ouyang's own ability. When a person overtakes you a few times, you get jealous. When a person reaches a position that you can never reach, you will only admire. Even when Zhao Yu heard that Ouyang would step down as the chairman of the North-South Chamber of Commerce next year, he thought that Ouyang really had no ambition at all.

The representative of the ninth prince this time is Zhao Yu, with a big face, waiting for Ouyang to meet in the big tent of the fleet station, good boy, the account that made a fool of himself last time has not been calculated. But he didn't think that Ouyang didn't have time to pay attention to himself, not only did he come by himself, but he also brought Myolie Wu and was selling insurance to the ministers.

What insurance? One is the insurance for the dismissal of officials, with an annual insurance of 200 yuan, and if they are dismissed, they can get 3,000 yuan of insurance money, which is the gospel of the Qing officials. Ouyang said: Because of the Qing officials, it is inevitable to be plotted by bad people. In order to ensure that the Qing officials do not shed tears when they lose their officials, this insurance business was specially launched. As soon as everyone heard it, the meaning in the words was that if they were not guaranteed, they would not be clean officials. As a result, most of them took out the dismissal insurance.

The second is the insurance for copying the house, paying a hundred premiums, if the house is raided, you can get 3,000 yuan of insurance, the more you insure, the more you will lose. When the bond reaches a certain amount, a land deed of exile and a number of real estate will also be given.

The third type is accident insurance, such as death and disability during employment, which will be compensated.

The fourth is education insurance, which is insured for future generations. Places are limited.

: In view of the general concern caused by more than 10,000 per day, you don't need to be nervous. The truth is...... Since March, I have been writing more than 1,000 words a day, and now I don't have any pears at all. Next month, it will be 5,000 killed!