Chapter 907: Economic Plunder
The fact that Jebu could say such a thing was enough to prove that he was afraid.
In fact, from the first time I saw Su Shi, it was still in the ice and snow, and when Su Shi took the Su family army to appear, he packed them up. It was from that time that he had a very fearful emotion towards Su Shi in his bones.
Cowardice before a fight is the most appropriate way to describe Jebu's mood.
And now, the most feared person is coming soon, and it also makes Jebu want to flee without a fight, anyway, the grassland is very big, as long as he hides, it is not easy to be found.
After such a long time of living in luxury, Jebu was no longer the number one warrior of the Kaqi tribe, and he thought that he would probably die on the battlefield and lose everything he had, and at this time he had already become extremely timid and afraid of death.
Jebu actually retreated, wanting to abandon a big city like the original city and run to the grassland to live the previous life without a fixed place, this promise obviously made Uzhige very angry. "Jebu, how dare you once be? When did you become so timid?"
Faced with the question of the flag owner, Jebu was much bolder. "Banner Master, you must know that this time we are facing Su Shi, the Dragon Army. Even the mighty Liao State is so vulnerable, do you think we can stop them?"
"It's a war that can't be won, and even if that's the case, why do we fight when we know the outcome? Is it because we have a long life, or because we don't have enough to gain now?"
"Banner Lord, in the past few years, we have looted too many benefits on the grassland, with these, we can live a better life wherever we go in the future, since this is the case, why must we fight a battle here that has no chance of winning at all?"
"Let's face the facts, the banner lord and you, we can't win this battle at all, retreat in time, and still retain enough vitality. Maybe one day, Su Shi dies, and at that time, our children and grandchildren can still consider coming back. And before that, all we have to do is give up here, just give up for the time being."
I have to say that Jebu's mind is still very clear.
Although he hadn't read any books and didn't even know a few words, as a general who led the troops, he just had the kind of intuition that others couldn't compare and could see the situation clearly.
It's a pity that not everyone can be as free and easy as him, willing to give up everything he has now. It's like Adamu, after hearing these words, he feels that his opportunity has come.
Compared to Jebu, Adamu is younger and more courageous. It's just a pity that no matter how he behaves, in the eyes of the Mongols, Jebu is the number one warrior in their clan, and he is the real commander of the army.
For this reason, Adam has thought of a way more than once, but unfortunately, the real military power among the Mongolian people is in the hands of those old people of the original Kaqi tribe, and only such people can make the owner of the Wuzhige Banner truly rest assured and trusted.
With the support of these people, no matter how hard Adam tries, it is impossible for him to have more voice in the army than Jebu.
This made the young and vigorous Adam very dissatisfied. Now that he finally has a chance, and he can still blame Jebu in front of the flag owner, how could he let go of such an opportunity. "General Jeb, you're too alarmist. In this world, there is no one who is invincible, and there is no truly undefeated army, as long as you dare to fight and choose the right way, everything is possible."
"Possibly? By you? I just lost to the dragon army not long ago." Looking at Adam's confident appearance, Jebu couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
Knowing that he was looked down upon again, Adamu was not to be outdone, and said, "It depends on me, no matter what, if I dare to fight, it will always be better than you coward."
After saying this, Adamu didn't look at Jebu at all, but directly shifted his gaze to Urig and said, "Banner Master, the grassland is our home and our territory. No one is more familiar with this place than we are."
"Now Su Shi wants to seize our homeland, and I guess none of us will agree. In this way, the time, the place, and the people are all accounted for by us. As long as we start to shrink the strength now, and then seek
If we find the right opportunity, even if we can't defeat the Dragon Army, we can inflict heavy damage on them, and let them know that we are not easy to provoke, and it may not be that this Su Shi has no possibility of retreating."
Adamu was about to take the initiative to ask for battle, and these words fell on Urige's ears, making him hesitate a little.
"Banner Master, General Adamu has a point. Since ancient times, fighting a war is nothing more than for profit, when the dragon army came from afar and found that there was nothing to gain in the grassland, on the contrary, after paying a huge price, it would not be long, even if Su Shi was very powerful, he would leave. After all, fighting a meaningless war is meaningless for any wise man, and it is also a matter of compensating for the loss."
The elder Hatu spoke, not that he was supporting Adam, but that he believed that the current situation had not yet reached the most critical moment, and there was no need to leave these cities now and return to the steppe nomadic herding.
In the final analysis, Hatu is also a little greedy for his current life, and he doesn't want to go out of the city to live the kind of days when he has no fixed place to live and doesn't know where tomorrow will be.
Urige, who had been a little loose in his thoughts, finally made up his mind and said after hearing that even Hatu was also thinking like this: "Yes, a war without any interests is not owned by a wise man, Su Shi is a smart man, he has no reason not to see this clearly, even if this is the case, then let's fight with them here." Adamu, the lord of this banner has commanded you to be a great general and to control all the armies of the Mongols. Hatu is the military advisor, and he is responsible for the planning of this battle, and at the same time see if there is a chance to negotiate with Su Shi."
Uzhig finally decided to fight, but he did not fully trust Adam, so he arranged for Hatu to be in charge of the army with him.
"Yes." When Adamu and Hatu heard the order, they stood up together and made a Mongolian salute to the banner lord Uzhige with his right hand on his chest.
The Mongols finally made up their minds to start a decisive battle with the dragon army, but what they didn't know was that even if they wanted to go without a fight this time, they couldn't.
Su Shi is different from others, when other emperors fight, they do need to calculate the gains and losses as Hatu considered. This is also the reason why the dynasties of the past have not been able to take the Mongols, even if they can recover it for a while, it will be the opposite in the end.
Without it, there is simply no point in fighting such a war.
What you get is completely disproportionate to what you give.
Su Shi did not have such concerns, on the contrary, in order to solve this problem once and for all, so that his descendants would not be threatened by these steppe people, this time this time this problem must be solved.
There is another important factor that prompted Su Shi to make this decision, the Dragon Empire wants to expand outward, and the grassland is a hurdle that cannot be avoided, even so, if you don't solve this place first, then how can you think about moving from here to Eurasia and thus entering Europe?
Su Shi didn't want to be attacked by Mengqi when his army passed by here in the future. In that battle, the destruction of Mengqi became something that had to be done.
So no matter what choice the Mongolian people make, Su Shi will continue to move forward.
Not only that, behind him, every time Su Shi led the dragon army to pass by, there were dragons building roads and cities.
Every time Su Shi goes, he will leave a lot of resources and various raw materials nearby. It can be said that in addition to the construction machinery is not as good as the later generations, compared to the preparation of materials, it is quite sufficient, enough to even if it is the future of the great infrastructure, there is no country can compare.
Under such conditions, the road sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, appearing behind Su Shi's army. The straight and wide cement roads, which are growing in length every day, are like miracles in the eyes of everyone.
The road is there, the city is also under construction, this is the speed of Su Shi, this is the speed of the Dragon Empire, which also represents the speed of the rise of the Han people.
When marching towards Mengdi, Su Shi did not forget to send people to infiltrate the land of Zhao and Song.
Countless caravans began to march from Liao to Song.
These caravans, any one of them had the size of hundreds of carriages, and they were loaded with all kinds of goods, all of which could not be made in this era, and the people of this era did not
I've seen it.
Wherever the caravan went, it would become the most popular presence of the local magnates and gentry, and in many places, the goods would be looted by the rich as soon as they arrived.
Truckloads of goods, in exchange for truckloads of gold and silver, the wealth of the Song Dynasty began to go out in large quantities, which also indicated that the war of economic plundering of Zhao and Song officially began.
Exchanging some non-essential living materials and luxury goods for the gold and silver of the Great Song Dynasty and disintegrating their economy was another way to hasten the Zhao Song Dynasty to failure.
Zhao Song didn't know all this, on the contrary, he was still entertaining himself.
Zhao Zongshi became the emperor and changed his name to Zhao Shu and Song Yingzong.
His son became the emperor, Zhao Yun made others so proud, although he was still unable to be named the emperor because of the pressure of opposition in the court, but he believed that this day would come sooner or later.
Speaking of which, Zhao Song's current court is mainly divided into three factions.
The first is the villain faction who supports Zhao Yunrang.
These people belong to the kind that falls with the wind, whoever gains power, will be attached to whom, and they are very good at patting horses, but their ability to govern the world is very average. And such people are usually very greedy, pointing to such people, it is difficult to achieve anything big.
The second is the opposition, which is still loyal to Injong.
They did not believe that Renzong Zhao Zhen and Jing King Zhao Xi would be assassinated by Su Shi, the first emperor of the dragon, and in their opinion, this style of assassination was not Su Shi's style.