Xiao Ming's proposal is like child's play, Xiao Ming's arrogance can be seen, Jin Taizong has to be cautious, now that the Great Jin Kingdom and the Great Song Kingdom have reached an agreement, do you still have to pay attention to Xiao Ming's gambling game, but the combat effectiveness of the Song Dynasty army is very weak, whether it can help him to conquer Xiao Ming is still unknown, it is better to buy the land of the West Eight States at a good price, and there are more than one million amounts of silver in the account.

But if you ignore Xiao Ming's gambling match, wouldn't it make the people of the Great Song Dynasty laugh at it, such a cowardice! How can you be considered a Jurchen warrior? Can't his 10,000 soldiers and horses beat his 3,000 soldiers and horses? Even if you lose, there is not necessarily room for maneuver, when the time comes, you can kill Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi, and the land matter can be negotiated, just like negotiating with the Great Song Dynasty.

So Jin Taizong decided to accept Xiao Ming's gambling game, not for anything else, but for the title of the Jurchen warrior of the Great Jin Kingdom, Jin Taizong decided to gather 100,000 troops ten miles away from the Chunqiu Ranch, and the Jin Kingdom can basically make progress and retreat, and he is not afraid of Xiao Ming's tricks.

Xiao Ming's move is also just a bluff, less than the beginning of March, the Jin soldiers reorganized 300,000 soldiers and horses to approach Nanjing in three ways, at the same time the Great Song Dynasty also gathered heavy troops on the Song-Liao border, and the Liao soldiers on the front line of Xiongzhou and Bazhou were basically taken away by Emperor Tianzuo, and the remaining garrison was obviously insufficient, so Xiao Ming transferred all these horses back to Nanjing.

Xiao Ming was also prepared on this side, but it was not easy to persuade everyone to accept his suggestion to give up Nanjing, fortunately, Nanjing only gave up to the Great Song Dynasty, as the Han Liunan officials can still decide such a decision, as a Liao people, although they can not accept the rule of the Great Song Dynasty emotionally, but in this case, it may be the best way to give up Nanjing and retreat to Liaodong.

The time is getting closer and closer to the agreed gambling game, the end of March is the date of the official confrontation, the official offices and personnel that should be withdrawn in Nanjing Mansion have also gone almost, the Song Army has been in contact with Xiao Ming, and some small states and counties Xiao Ming has been completely handed over to the Song Army to guard, and this time it is the old commander of the Western Army who is in command in the Daimyo Mansion!

This time Xiao Ming's abandonment of Nanjing is also equivalent to giving up Youzhou, Shunzhou, Wuzhou, Xiongzhou, Bazhou, Lanzhou, and Confucianism at the same time.

So far, the Great Liao State has passed through a century to occupy the land Youyun Sixteen Prefectures half of the Song Dynasty, and has not spent a single soldier, the original Liao State is in the eastern section of the Great Wall, only a lonely city in Youzhou remains. Waqiao Pass fell into the hands of the Song Dynasty, and the Flying Fox Fortress was attacked on its back and was already abandoned. The Liao and Song forces directly confronted each other on the front line of Gubeikou and Dushiling. The Song State held Nanjing, the Liao State, hostage, and condescended, threatening the Dading Mansion of Beijing. It has changed the passive situation for a hundred years and regained its strategic advantage.

And with Xiao Ming's gradual withdrawal from Gubeikou and the first line of Dushiling, after occupying Nanjing, the Great Song Dynasty at least lost the initiative in the strategic position of the Jin State that occupied the Liao State, not to mention that there is still Xiao Ming in Liaodong eyeing the country, and when the land of the Western Eight Prefectures also returns to the Song hand, the Great Song Dynasty can have a deterrent to the Jin State according to its geographical advantages.

The Great Song Dynasty and the Jin State were in full swing bargaining on the sale and purchase of the Western Eight Prefectures, Xiao Ming was in full swing to withdraw the wealth and personnel of Nanjing City, on the one hand, he was in full swing to train the 3,000 new troops, and it was getting closer and closer to the day of the gambling competition at the end of March, and Xiao Ming finally waited for the baggage items transported from Hangzhou Mansion on this day.

These materials are the gifts that Ding Jianpeng said he wanted to give to Xiao Ming, Xiao Ming couldn't wait to open them, in addition to the latest steel cannon, that is, dozens of long wooden boxes, after opening the wooden boxes, Xiao Ming took out a weapon that had been wrapped in oiled paper from it, and opened it carefully, it was a large Mauser rifle similar to the Prussian army used in the early nineteenth century!

Why is it said to be large, because the caliber of this rifle is too big, Xiao Ming visually measured that it was twelve to fifteen millimeters, and the barrel was also very long, because there was no way to pull out the rifling, the ammunition still used lead shots, but this projectile was made oval, and the lower part was wrapped in an eggshell made of cardboard shells!

The weight of the whole gun is very heavy, the wood is made of pear wood and walnut, and it is heavy in the hand, the characteristics of this gun are the bolt type, one shot is loaded with one shot, the internal components of the bolt are all made of fine carbon steel, the hammer made of high-pressure springs, the operation is flexible and not difficult to get, Xiao Ming loaded the bullet and let people set up two wooden targets at a distance of less than one hundred and fifty steps, and he raised the gun to aim.

"Bang!" There was a dull gunshot, and all the people around were startled, and after a cloud of smoke, Xiao Ming's cold face was revealed.

"What is that flaming stick in the king's hand for?"

"I don't know, but it's quite loud!"

This shot directly punched a hole in the wooden target a hundred steps away, and the projectile still flew out through the target for a long time, Xiao Ming continued to aim at the wooden target one hundred and fifty steps away, and shot another shot! This time, I shot through the target's target!

"Two hundred steps! Two hundred and fifty steps! In the end, the projectile hit the wooden target two hundred and fifty steps away, and the lead projectile had already formed a puddle of metal, but it had already entered the wood for three minutes, Xiao Ming gasped: "The power is so great!" ”

Through careful observation, Xiao Ming found that there were still three rifling wires in the barrel, spiral until the muzzle position, and I don't know how Ding Jianpeng got it, if there was no rifling, the oval projectile would definitely not be able to fly so far in the air! Moreover, the crosshair of this gun is very well made, the standard scale is very clear, and it can basically shoot at targets 400 steps away!

The surrounding soldiers who watched the excitement talked about this thing, and they were all very interested in this projectile weapon, and Xiao Ming was very satisfied with this gun through the test firing, and he shouted loudly: "The money is gone!" Where did you bastard? ”

"Old money is here! Lord! ”

"Go, get me thirty tiger guards, who else? The one named Guo Shouxin shouted together! ”

"Yes!" Qian Baguang took the order, but he asked with a tired face: "Lord, can this thing give me old money to play with?" ”

Xiao Ming turned his head to look at him and scolded: "That one over there is what you play, oh, the latest cannon!" Go and call someone for me first! ”

Qian Baguang was excited, and hurriedly turned around and ran, Xiao Ming continued to check the supplies, and was pleasantly surprised to find that there were two short guns under the box, saying that the short guns were actually more like short guns! It looked too similar, except that the two guns were bolt-drawn guns, like shortened versions of the spears, and the handles were made at a strange angle by the craftsmen, like a large curved ruler.

Judging by the length of the barrel, such a short gun should be incredibly powerful at a distance of less than a hundred and fifty paces! Ding Jianpeng carefully made a leather holster nailed to a wide cow belt, and there were bullet belts on the belt, and each bullet was inserted into it, which was obviously a self-defense weapon tailored for Xiao Ming.

The accessories of the spear are only a bayonet that can be mounted on the muzzle, and the ammunition is not too much, with an average of 200 rounds of projectiles per gun, and the number of thirty spears is indeed too small, but there is one thing that is a lot, that is, "ceramic grenade" This kind of thing Xiao Ming used when he was on the Western Expedition, and it was really a good melee killing weapon, so this time Ding Jianpeng actually brought him several large boxes at once!

The remaining materials are some crossbow arm accessories and cannon ammunition, although the gun is a little less, but Xiao Ming feels that it is enough, this kind of gun may be the best product made by Ding Jianpeng's arsenal, but it can be seen that it is basically handmade, and it is not clear when it will be mass-produced, but Xiao Ming still thinks that the speed is fast enough!

If the manufacturing speed can be accelerated, this gun should be the best war weapon in the world, Xiao Ming decided to add another firewood, directly through Ding Jianpeng to place an order for another five thousand rifles, and at the same time allocated a large amount of silver, he intends to use this squeezing method to promote the accelerated development of the arsenal, and it is best to become the most mature factory in the short term.

Time was pressing, Xiao Ming called the thirty tiger guards with the best crossbow shooting, and asked them to familiarize themselves with and operate this rifle, it is worth mentioning which Guo Shouxin, this person seems to be born a shooting genius, and he is the fastest person to master the use of rifles! At the same time, he was extremely calm when shooting, almost hitting the target, which made Xiao Ming admire him greatly.

"Will you follow me?" Xiao Ming asked.

"The villain can't ask for it, of course he wills!" Guo Shouxin knelt down and said.

Xiao Ming patted him on the shoulder, and asked Guo Shouxin to carry a rifle and follow him, and Gu Xiaoliu to serve as his personal guard.

With these things, Xiao Ming didn't wait, and ordered the new army to follow him to the Chunqiu Ranch, in order to ensure safety, Xiao Ming arranged 10,000 specially trained cavalry in three miles behind him, and each person had two war horses for backup.

In late March, Xiao Ming led the army to arrive at the spring pasture of the Liaohe Plain, which was once the place where the emperor of Liao was located, the spring bowl meeting will be held here every year, the water and grass here are abundant, the flowers bloom on the grass in spring, there are many small animals, deer muntjac and foxes are common, the spring breeze goes north, the herdsmen will drive the flock of sheep like clouds here, and the primeval forests and hills in the distance are quiet and serene.

But at this time, the Chunqiu hunting ground was full of Xiao Killing Qi, and the 10,000 iron horsemen of the Dajin Kingdom had already set up a formation waiting for Xiao Ming, the golden soldiers were all black armor and dark red armor, the wolf flag was towering, and the hunting sound, it looked like a group of wild wolves from a distance!

After Xiao Ming arrived, he sent someone to contact him, and agreed to a decisive battle in three days, but now Xiao Ming felt that he was a little ridiculous, he actually used this medieval knight duel to deal with the relationship with the Great Jin Kingdom, and these people in the Jin Kingdom actually agreed!

Xiao Ming knew that Jin Guo would not be so honest, and there must be ambushes behind them, so he sent scouts to investigate, and sure enough, he found that there were 50,000 cavalry of Jin soldiers less than ten miles behind Jin Bing to respond, and he also had 10,000 cavalry behind him.

The battlefield chosen by the two sides is a shallow grassland, with a radius of only twenty miles, and the location is open, and they do not worry about what tricks the other side will paint. The commander of the 10,000 Jin soldiers and several generals of the Jin Kingdom had already camped on the battlefield, and they were not only a little stunned when they saw that Xiao Ming had really only brought 3,000 men and horses!

"Is he really so big, or is his army so capable of fighting?" The commander of the army is a commander of ten thousand people, and also a general of the elite Ningjiang army of the Jin State, this army is Wanyan Aguda after the victory in the battle of Ningjiang Prefecture, Aguda personally named and formed, it can be said that it is the strongest army in the Jin soldiers, they saw Xiao Ming leading 3,000 men and horses to come with a big grin, they were a little angry.

So Bo Lieji decided to give it a try, and he didn't notify the envoy of Taizong, nor did he tell the Three Wolf Lord Wanyan Zongwang, so he gave an order directly......

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