In 1125 AD, the fifth year of Song Xuanhe, and the second year of Jin Tianhui, Xiao Ming in Nanjing ushered in a Jin envoy, the arrival of this person not only surprised all the officials in Nanjing, but also surprised Xiao Ming, because this person turned out to be Xiao Zhonggong!

Xiao Zhonggong followed the king of the North Courtyard, Yelu Yujian, to surrender to the Jin State, Yelu Yujian was named the Privy Envoy of the Left Ban Tongzhi of the Great Jin State, and Xiao Zhonggong was named the Xuanhui Envoy of the Left Ban, the Jin State is different from the Liao State, the cabinet is divided into the left and right classes, and the ministers and generals of the Taizong line, and the ministers and generals of the Taizu line, this division is also a helpless move, and finally it is also the source of civil strife in Jin.

Xiao Zhonggong came this time because he volunteered, he asked Wanyan Zonghan for his life, saying that Xiao Ming, the king of the Southern Courtyard of Liaoguo, was his sworn brother, and he could go to persuade him to surrender to him, Wanyan Zonghan was of course overjoyed, so Xiao Zhonggong came, but he came, but Xiao Ming didn't see him at first, knowing that when Xiao Zhonggong came to Nanjing, Xiao Ming already knew what he meant by coming.

Although Xiao Ming still received Xiao Zhonggong in accordance with the highest etiquette, he did not see him immediately, but asked the officials at all levels of Liunan Mansion to explore Xiao Zhonggong's tone first, but the realization of officials at all levels in Liunan Mansion really made Xiao Ming a little funny, these people were a little envious of Xiao Zhonggong, and after learning that Xiao Zhonggong and Xiao Ming were sworn brothers, they even gave him gifts and desperately stammered with him.

This kind of thing also made Xiao Zhonggong a little crying and laughing, but he couldn't complete the mission if he couldn't see Xiao Ming, which couldn't help but make him a little anxious, after waiting for three or four days, Xiao Zhonggong finally couldn't bear it, he went directly to break into Xiao Ming's palace alone, but was stopped by the guards mercenaries at the door, Xiao Zhonggong couldn't help but be angry.

"Brother Xiao Ming! Don't you want to see me when my brother has come to your door? Brother Xiao Ming! You come out...... Come out! ”

He was shouting there, but Xiao Ming was secretly having fun in the back, and when he saw that there was not much left, he ran out, pretending to be panicked, and repelled the guards mercenaries, and confessed to Xiao Zhong in a loud voice!

"Oops! Brother Xiao, my brother just came back, and I've been so busy these past few days, I'm really snubbing my brother! Hurry up, please! ”

Xiao Ming let Xiao Zhonggong into the living room and instructed the following: "Hurry up and serve wine, ask for good wine!" My big brother Xiao only likes to drink when he comes to me! ”

"Big brother has arrived in the bitter cold land of the Jin Kingdom, I'm afraid he won't be able to drink really good wine, right?" Xiao Ming asked.

Xiao Zhonggong was still snorting angrily, and only after a bowl of wine was in his stomach did he turn his anger into joy, he patted his chair and said loudly: "Brother Xiao Ming, I know why you don't want to see your brother, do you think I am embarrassed by surrendering to the Jin Kingdom, right?" ”

He drank another bowl of wine and sighed, "It's still your wine here, damn it!" The one brewed by the Jurchen barbarians is also called wine! He turned his head to Xiao Ming and said, "Brother is really unspeakable, don't you know...... I ......"

Xiao Ming stopped him and said: "Big brother, don't say it, I know everything, but I'm really busy these days, but now that you're here, I'll accompany you even if I'm busy."

"Humph! You don't have to coax me with words, busy! It's just an excuse for you."

Xiao Ming smiled, "Big brother don't have to doubt it, I was going to inspect the training of recruits, since my eldest brother doesn't believe me, why don't you go with me?" ”

Xiao Zhonggong was dragged by Xiao Ming to the western suburbs of Nanjing City, where is the camp of recruits, and now Xiao Ming's special more than 3,000 soldiers are trained here independently, when Xiao Ming arrived, they were practicing the spear phalanx, "Hehe, ho, ho, ho......!" The low roar was still far away.

With the order of the bishop Alima, the whole phalanx immediately transformed into a triangle, which is an offensive formation, the pikemen all put their spears flat, and rushed forward five or six steps with a loud shout and then stopped abruptly, Alima ordered the flag to wave, the triangle changed into a circle, and the spear stretched out in all directions, like a hedgehog, but the pikemen in the inner circle struggled to throw the spear out, pierced around the circle, and then drew a black crossbow from the back waist, loaded the arrow and crouched down to make a shooting posture.

The whole formation remains the same, the soldiers' movements are uniform, apparently the result of a long time of training, there is a group of people on this side practicing "archery", that is, the first person shoots the crossbow arrow into the bull's-eye, and then the second and third so that the people behind all use arrows to shoot the butt of the first arrow, to see if they can be connected, and there are four arrows connected to one of the target positions!

This is a kind of kung fu that requires extremely accurate shooting, and requires the basic quality of crossbow shooters to be very high, and there are hundreds of crossbowmen who can participate in such a competition, they are competing in a team, and seeing which team can win this competition, such a scene makes Xiao Zhonggong speechless.

Xiao Ming came to present the award this time, among the soldiers of the new army, one of the soldiers surnamed Guo actually won the tiger guard in the last competition, which made the new army very excited, Xiao Ming also heard the news, and came to present the award to him this time.

As soon as the fierce sheepskin drum stopped, the soldier surnamed Guo stepped forward solemnly, Xiao Ming pinned a hammer and saber cross gold medal on his shoulder, this was the first time that an outsider got a gold medal except for Huwei, the soldier trembled excitedly, Xiao Ming patted him on the shoulder encouragingly.

"What's your name?"

"I ...... My name is Guo Shouxin! ”

"You need to use a report to answer Shangguan's question, you are very good, keep up the good work!"

"Yes! …… Oh no, report! Be! ”

Xiao Ming stepped down and said to Xiao Zhonggong: "Big brother, what do you think of my soldiers?" ”

Xiao Zhonggong nodded, gave a thumbs up and said, "They are all elite soldiers, but!" He hesitated for a moment and said: "Dissatisfied brother said, I have seen the soldiers of the Jurchen barbarians, they are indeed strong, and they can be used to deal with my Daliao elite soldiers, can one be five, brother can rely on these elite soldiers to stop the Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom?" ”

Xiao Ming said: "I don't rely on the courage of soldiers to fight, but on discipline and the honor of soldiers!" There is also a little trick that the Jurchens will not understand! Brother Xiao, I know the purpose of your visit this time, let's go back and talk."

Xiao Zhonggong told Xiao Ming the conditions of the Jin State for Xiao Ming's gold reduction, that is, he promised Xiao Ming as: King of Dongdan, Yongzhen Liaodong and hereditary replacement! Xiao Ming smiled and said, "Then I, the king of the Southern Courtyard and the earl of the West Sea, are not as good as a king of Dongdan?" ”

"Big brother! Glory and wealth are just passing by the clouds, those Jurchen barbarians of the Jin Kingdom will definitely not be satisfied with the huge country, we are Liao generals after all, how long can he tolerate you? ”

Xiao Zhonggong said: "The emperor of the Great Liao Kingdom has lost the ancestral inheritance of Nuoda cleanly, can my brother still be his subordinate?" ”

"Emperor Tianzuo?" Xiao Ming smiled and said: "He is not my dish yet, anyone can do it, you, me, everyone, but Jin Guo and I are mortal enemies, even if he can tolerate me temporarily, he will clean me up in the end, and for me, Da Jin Guo will never change their greedy and barbaric character, this is my dish, I will eat him!" ”

Xiao Zhonggong said: "Brother, I understand what you mean, but now I can't help you, Yelu Yu sees that the prince and I have the grace of recreation, I must protect him, and it is also expedient for me to stay in the Jurchen, but you can rest assured, you will sit in the country that day, and the eldest brother will be a pawn for you!" ”

"In the future, I will definitely need Brother Xiao's help, but now I am not in a hurry, for the sake of the people of the world, Big Brother must take care of his health!"

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Afterwards, Xiao Ming blamed himself, and he rebelled against Xiao Zhonggong, a straightforward man, with his rhetoric, Xiao Zhonggong stayed in the Jin Kingdom, naturally he was Xiao Ming's eyes and ears, and he would be the first to know any dynamics of the soldiers and horses of the Jin Kingdom, was he too despicable?

"it! Lao Tzu has always been worthy of his heart, with the day of my existence, I don't know how many people in this world will be spared from war, will not die, but the wife is separated, the family will not be ruined, and the slave of the country will not be destroyed! Besides, I'm not sorry for anyone! ”

For the current situation, Xiao Ming also felt more confused, he decided to discuss with Ding Jianpeng, when using flying kites to transmit information, Richanglong has two kinds of flying kites, one can be extremely far, the distance can reach thousands of miles, and a horizontal gyroscope has been used in the parts, similar to a tumbler, this exquisite mechanism was invented by the Mo family's craftsmen very early, and his application was directly put on his story treasure ship by Gu Shouzhen.

However, this extremely distant flying kite is prone to malfunction, after all, at this stage, the craftsmen of the Mo family are not able to grasp complex weather and meteorological data, and cannot be compared with the computers of later generations. In addition, there is a small flying kite with a short flight distance, which can fly up to five or six hundred miles, with extremely fast speed, and very high stability and reliability.

Xiao Ming decided to use this small flying kite to contact Ding Jianpeng, after the flying kite takes off, it will arrive at the destination within a few hours at the earliest, just pass through the transfer halfway, and the flying kite that takes off from Nanjing will pass through one or two transfers on the way, and it is generally possible to transfer at the Weihai base, because it is a straight line distance, it will be faster.

Ding Jianpeng's suggestion is basically the same as Xiao Ming's idea, that is, to carry out armed secession and draw a place in the whole of northern China as a buffer zone between the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Jin Kingdom, but now this geographical location of Nanjing is very embarrassing, it is far away from the Liaodong base and cannot be connected with Xiao Ming's Liaodong circle of influence, and it is easy to be besieged and isolated by the Jin soldiers.

In order not to have this situation, Xiao Ming had to take the initiative to attack and lay another place in the area north of Yanshan to connect with the territory of Liaodong as a whole, he told Ding Jianpeng his idea, Ding Jianpeng affirmed his idea, and told him a good news, that is, Ding Jianpeng actually successfully collected hydrogen and helium in the laboratory!

Xiao Ming is not proficient in chemistry and knows the role of these two gases, and he can't help but be overjoyed, with hydrogen it is easy to make balloons and airships, this is the best way to supremacy in the air, if the guns of hot weapons are an amazing innovation, then with hot air balloons and airships, the way of war has become a three-dimensional cross way, which has an impact on the ancient people who are still in the age of cold weapons, Xiao Ming dare not imagine.

After several months of large-scale investment, the arsenal of the Hangzhou base was built by Ding Jianpeng on a priority basis, which was actually greatly assisted by Gu Shouzhen, Ding Jianpeng told Xiao Ming that in another month, a large number of good things would be shipped to him, so that he could wait patiently.

This can make Xiao Ming look forward to it a little, but it is a difficult problem to fight for a month so that the Jin soldiers will not do it to themselves in advance, thinking that there are signs that the military mobilization of the Jin State is underway, and the target is the Liaodong region, and they also know that if the Liaodong region is not taken, it will not be able to completely surround Xiao Ming, and the war is still on the verge of breaking out.

Xiao Ming took a different approach, he decided to rely on this to delay the Jin soldiers for a month, and at the same time he stepped up the training of the new army, and at the same time prepared to march into Liaodong for support......

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