In September 1125 AD, Xiao Ming went north to Liaodong again, the beginning of autumn was high and cool, the latest steam-powered ship Gu's treasure ship went north at the fastest speed, after the ship entered the Yellow Sea, Xiao Ming asked Wu Song to call out for breath, he deliberately brought Wu Song to Liaodong this time, it was to give this big man a chance to display his talents and ambitions.

Wu Song has been the same as Qian Baguang, and recognizes Xiao Ming as his father-in-law, which Qian Baguang is very uncomfortable, he is different from Wu Song, he follows Xiao Ming in order to make money, drink wine, have money to play, and have simple requirements, but Wu Song is loyal to the death, Qian Baguang is always called Wu Song's second child, which means that he is the boss, Wu Song laughed at this.

Xiao Ming wants to stay in Weihai for a day, he wants to install the latest cannon on the turret of Weihai, the current Weihai Navy Port is basically staying with the merchant ships doing business with Liaodong, and then there are a few warships of the Great Song Dynasty Naval Division, the Great Song Naval Division once contacted Weihai, and wanted to find a port that could be anchored from the estuary area, and Laizhou where the water city was too dilapidated, and finally chose Weihai.

Zhang Shuye felt that it would be best to have the sailor warships of the Great Song Dynasty stay again, so the pirates in this area would not dare to come and make trouble! So I enlarged a few warships of the Song Navy Division to come in, but I found that these ships were all small-tonnage river boats, mainly used to catch thieves in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, with few personnel and broken equipment.

There was a time when pirates landed in Weihai and prepared to harass nearby construction sites and villages, but they were driven away by the bronze cannons left in the turret by Xiao Ming. For this reason, Uncle Zhang asked Xiao Ming for a few more cannons, because the current Weihai base is already a small city, and the defense is very weak!

Of course, the latest steel cannons are in the military port, and the bronze cannons that have been eliminated are used to be placed in Weihai City! As a very good defense and deterrent force, in addition to some village warriors, there are only the Tiger Guard cadets of the Weihai base left in the entire Weihai guards, and these people have just been rotated from Hangzhou for training, basically once every six months.

The problem of piracy near the coast is still a problem that bothers everyone, and Xiao Ming is preparing to find Qingdao in the future to be a base, if the problem of coastal defense cannot be solved, no matter how many bases are in vain, Zhang Shuye said: "Now that we have people, we can basically have a coastal defense army!" ”

"Is it just these townspeople?" Xiao Ming asked.

"Of course not, but these people are still trained by one person, if you recruit and train soldiers according to his method, the local villagers are brave enough to defend their hometown!"

"Oh! Who is this person? ”

Uncle Zhang pretended to be mysterious and said: "Hehe, you will know it as soon as you see it!" ”

When Xiao Ming saw that person, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Brother Han! How could it be you? "That person is Han Shizhong!

Han Shizhong because of the dirty relationship with his boss Wang Yu, in a fit of anger to resign, came to Dengzhou, Zhang Shuye and he also have a relationship, Han Shizhong also because Zhang Shuye is known as a love and honest official name and came to defect, left and right to train the village for Weihai City, Han Shizhong was depressed for a while, fortunately, there is a confidante Liang Hongyu for him to explain, saying that the manly husband is the heart of the world, when the standby rises, it is better to lie dormant for a period of time, and will eventually encounter the opportunity to serve the court again.

Hearing what happened to Han Shizhong, Xiao Ming couldn't help laughing, this future one of the four generals of the Great Song Dynasty, he has always wanted to receive his command, but the young Han Shizhong's thinking is too orthodox, where would he easily leave the orthodoxy of the official family and follow a businessman like himself! Now he is down, and he needs to be pulled by someone, when will he not accept it at this time?

"Brother Han, you are familiar with the military books and tactics, and you have the talent to learn, are you willing to train the townsmen here?"

Han Shizhong frowned, was silent for a long time, looked at Uncle Zhang and then at Xiao Ming, and then looked at Uncle Zhang with expectant eyes and said, "Lord Zhang...... I! ”

Uncle Zhang said at night: "Good minister! The big husband has something to do and something not to do, the road is his own choice, this is not your destination after all! Do whatever you want! ”

Han Shizhong nodded, and said to Xiao Ming: "If you want to come to King Xiao to stabilize Liaodong, you must need manpower, and the good ministers are not talented, so they are willing to follow around!" ”

Xiao Ming was very happy in his heart, beckoning the two to drink together, although Weihai City is a military base, but it is also a civilian city, there are many residents in the city, there are more and more shops and houses, this piece of land was originally made by Zhang Shuye at a low price for Xiao Ming, the land sale in the city is still in accordance with the regulations of the Great Song Dynasty, and the income from taxes and other taxes in recent years is not small, which basically alleviates the financial pressure of Zhang Shuye, and the money for land sales, Xiao Ming is almost all smashed on the construction of the base, plus the construction of factories such as cement factories and iron factories. A large number of idle laborers in rural areas are working in factories, and public security is much better than in other places, which is why Zhang Shuye often comes to Weihai to deal with government affairs.

The three of them found a restaurant, stared at a private room, sat down to drink, Xiao Ming said to Uncle Zhang: "The Weihai base has begun to take shape, but my Great Song Dynasty does not have a large ship that can be called a warship, in recent years, I have spent a lot of money to build a warship, in the future I will help the Great Song Dynasty to recover Liaodong, without a warship, I can't control Goryeo, I hope I can solve the problem of Goryeo this time"

Han Shizhong asked, "Why did Goryeo suddenly send troops?" ”

Uncle Zhang said: "This is related to Yelu Chunxian, the king of Yan of the Liao Kingdom, you may not know this, the old man has been committed to recovering the land of the Han family for many years, and there is special information in this regard, I will tell you in detail."

It turned out that after Yelu Chun was demoted to a concubine by Emperor Tianzuo, he had been in Beijing and Hengfu, and after the Liao was destroyed, he also cried and refused the invitation of the Jin State to make him an official many times, but this person has a noble status, which has also become an excuse to be used. As a result, it turned out that Li Chuwen, the minister of the inner court of the Liao State, actually persuaded Yelu Chunxian to become the emperor of the Great Liao State, changed the name of the country to Yuan Jianfu, and vowed to recover the homeland of the Great Liao.

Under the planning of Li Chuwen, the remnants of the Liao State and the elders have gathered around Yelu Chunxian, Li Chuwen does not know where to get the Liao Taizong Yelu Deguang's honorific title treasure inspection and gold seal, dedicated to Yelu Chunxian, respect Yelu Chunxian as the Emperor of Dade, everyone escaped from Shangjing and went south to Zhongjing Mansion, and got the support of the original Liao army general Guo Yaoshi, but the land of Zhongjing was surrounded by the Jin forces on all sides, so he decided to go south to capture Nanjing.

It happened that the court of the Great Song Dynasty got the credit for taking Nanjing alone because of Tong Guan's jealousy and hatred of Zhe Kecun, and slandered him, saying that Zhe Kecun should let him return to Beijing to retire when he was old and sick, and Huizong played it, so he returned to Beijing to recuperate, and the imperial court ordered the Taishi to lead the Privy Council Tong Guan as the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi, Hedong and Hebei Road, and Liu Yanqing as the capital commander and guard Nanjing.

In June, Guo Yaoshi and Xiao Yuqing, the commander of the inner court guards, led Zhang Linghui, Liu Shunren, and Zhen Wuchen to lead 2,000 soldiers each, and attacked Nanjing with 6,000 soldiers and horses.

Liu Yanqing lost Yanshan Mansion and was demoted, and Yeluchun first occupied Nanjing and then decided to be here, but within a month, he died of illness, his wife Xiao Puxian was the queen mother and began to control the government, and Guo Yaoshi was the general of the unified army, after the Great Song Dynasty lost Yanshan Mansion, Huizong was furious, and then ordered Tong Guan to reorganize the army and take back Yanshan Mansion again.

The entire Yanzhou region is now a mess, the Jin State turned a blind eye to this, and collected the forces to the north, but the Great Liao regime also ignored the Xiao Ming forces entrenched in Liaodong, and the whole chaos in the west of Liaodong became a pot of porridge, and at this time the Goryeo State sent troops, Zhang Shuye's analysis is that the Goryeo State sent troops at this time to take the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity of Liaodong's involvement in the Yanzhou Rebellion to gain some benefits, and it is best to pocket the area east of Changbai Mountain.

"So that's the case" Xiao Ming said to himself, Xiao Gan Wu Yong and others, Xiao Ming gave them the right to take administrative self-care, and may have taken inevitable measures, the Yanzhou Rebellion has not yet affected Liaodong, so they did not take measures, only when Goryeo attacked, Xiao Tzu Buye sent a message to Xiao Ming, in fact, it was not that they didn't want to report Xiao Ming, but there was no means of communication.

After thinking about it for a long time, Xiao Ming decided that it would be better to rush back to Liaodong as soon as possible, the current chaos seems to be something that only he can handle, and he said to Uncle Zhang: "The imperial court has hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops, and there are newly built cavalry iron cavalry, but it has lost battles again and again, why is this?" ”

Uncle Zhang sighed and shook his head silently, Han Shizhong lowered his head and drank silently, Xiao Ming said: "Now that the traitors in the court are in charge, even if it is a godsend, it is even more difficult to restore the Han family, Lord Zhang, please don't leave Shandong, if the court announces that you will enter Beijing, you must also find a way to stay, and use this place as a basis to recruit troops and horses to prepare for the future Northern Expedition!" ”

Uncle Zhang said: "Why is this so, huh...... I see, the person who is interested in the Northern Expedition may be Your Excellency! ”

Xiao Ming said: "When the snipe and the clam are fighting, the Jin people are sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight, this is the great trouble of the Great Song Dynasty, I am going to Liaodong, I want to quickly solve the Goryeo problem, you need to quickly form a fleet that can transport troops here in Weihai, now I see that the shipbuilding industry along the coast of Shandong is thriving, just for your use, once the Goryeo problem is solved, it will be simple to go back and solve the matter of Yanzhou." ”

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On the second day, Xiao Ming replenished supplies such as fresh water and coal, and then said goodbye to Uncle Zhang, and took Han Shizhong to set off again and went straight to Port Arthur in Liaodong, he wanted to go directly to Tokyo from Port Arthur, and the front line of Kaizhou, Yelu Yungu had been ordered to lead 20,000 cavalry to reinforce, after Xiao Ming arrived in Lushun, he let the 3,000 new troops trained in Jinzhou rush to Kaizhou, because he himself could not go fast after going ashore, because he brought too many supplies, and the road of the port base was being renovated, and he needed to hire a carriage.

This batch of supplies is very important, and the two thousand rifles of it are the top priority! This was followed by a large number of grenades and grenades...... Xiao Ming was in a hurry to rush back to Tokyo, so he took the guards to take the first step and let the supplies slowly follow, he now wanted to know what the Jin Kingdom thought, after all, does the King of Dongdan still belong to your Dajin Kingdom!

But after Xiao Ming really got the news, he had to be a little angry! And it's surprisingly angry!

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