Chapter 216: Emperor Song was shocked, and Emperor Liao was also shocked

Double-click to click in.

Instead of all kinds of files, several more folders appeared.

"Domestic Zone,Europe and the United States,Japan and South Korea,Uncensored Zone"

Zhao Zhen's small eyes were full of big doubts.

What the hell is this?

Wait.

Domestic, European, American, Japanese and South Korean?

Could it be that this is what Dasun said, the high-end technology of domestic production, Europe, America, Japan and South Korea in later generations?

Boy.

The eldest grandson also hid this kind of good thing, but he didn't show it to me.

Zhao Zhen expressed strong dissatisfaction with Zhao Jun's behavior of hiding good things, and then the mouse wandered between several areas.

Do you want to look at the high-tech produced in our future generations, or do you want to look at other countries first?

Well.

Look at Europe and the United States.

Didn't the eldest grandson say it?

Europe and the United States still control the world's high-end technology.

Our Greater China is still in the stage of catching up, let's see what powerful inventions foreigners have!

Zhao Zhen double-clicked the mouse again and entered the European and American regions.

Subsequently.

His pupils narrowed, and he saw a scene that he would never forget.

Ah, this, this, this.

Zhao Zhen's hands trembled, and he almost didn't throw the mouse away.

All of them are in movie format, and the pictures on the cover are simply unsightly and obscene.

Under the emotion, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but say "ah" loudly.

"Official?"

Wang Shouzhong, who was outside the door, heard this voice, and hurriedly poked his head in, and asked, "Do you have any instructions from the official family?" ”

"No, no. Nothing"

Zhao Zhen stammered, instinctively wanting to close the notebook, but his eyes couldn't leave the computer screen, so he could only stumble and say, "I can't do it. There are still some state affairs to be dealt with, and you close the door, and no one is allowed to ask to see them. ”

"Yes."

Although Wang Shouzhong was a little puzzled, he still did as Zhao Zhen said, retracted his head, and then closed the door.

As the door slowly snapped shut, Zhao Zhen looked at the window next to him again, rubbed his hands, got up and walked to the window, and even looked out, his eyes on the two palace guards standing guard not far from the window.

The two soldiers had their backs to the window, but somehow, they suddenly felt a sharp gaze staring at them, which made their hairs stand on end, and their hearts were furious.

The two couldn't help but glance back.

Seeing that Zhao Zhen was staring at them, the two soldiers were startled, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee and kowtowed, "Your Majesty." ”

"Ahem, cough, cough"

Zhao Zhen pretended to cough twice and said, "This wind is a bit strong, I have to close the window, you don't have to stand here, patrol around." ”

"Yes."

The two of them got up, and then Zhao Zhen closed the window.

Seeing the window slamming shut, and even the sound of locking inside, one guard asked another, "San Lang, is it windy today?" ”

"I can't get it."

"Maybe Your Majesty thinks it's windy."

"I can't get it."

"Forget it, it's useless to ask you, let's go."

"Okay."

The two of them walked away in confusion.

Inside the room, Zhao Zhen glanced around, and after making sure that all the doors and windows were locked, he tiptoed back behind the desk.

He sat down in his chair, his breathing was much shorter, and his whole face was flushed.

The right hand is placed on the mouse.

After glancing around again, and finally determining that he was the only one in the study, his excited heart and trembling hands finally ...

"Didi."

Double-click with the left mouse button and click on one of the videos.

But the next second.

The "o, yes" from the notebook startled him.

Zhao Zhen hurriedly turned the volume button to the minimum, and looked at the door like a thief.

After making sure that Wang Shouzhong did not suddenly break in, he breathed a sigh of relief.

But then he looked at the video screen.

"Hiss"

Zhao Zhen gasped.

It's outrageous.

It's horrible.

Too. It's good-looking..

This European and American area turned out to be such a European and American area.

This blonde and blue-eyed, this tall figure. Oh how is the roar so big, oh my God.

Zhao Zhen looked stupid.

Keep your eyes glued to the screen.

Even breathing seems to be much slower.

The plot lasted more than ten minutes.

The right hand, at last, couldn't help but reach out to where it was supposed to go.

In April of the second year of the Great Song Dynasty Baoyuan, when Zhao Jun left Shaanxi and went to Shanxi, Zhao Zhen clicked on the folder of man and nature, and the envoys of Western Xia finally arrived at Dading Mansion in Zhongjing.

The capital of the Liao Kingdom was Shangjing in Linhuang Prefecture, but like the Great Song Dynasty, in addition to the capital Shangjing, there were three accompanying capitals, namely Tokyo Liaoyang Mansion (Liaoyang), Nanjing Xijin Mansion (Beijing) and Zhongjing Dading Mansion (Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia).

Among them, there were only two when the Liao State was just founded, and in 1007 AD, Liao Shengzong Yelu Longxu established a new capital in the tent of King Xi, called Zhongjing Dadingfu, which was the capital of Shangjing, and the original three capitals were called four capitals.

Then in the thirteenth year of Chongxi (1044), that is, five years later, Liao Xingzong promoted the Datong army to the Xijing Datong Mansion. Since then, the Liao State has had five capitals.

In fact, Shangjing of Linhuang Mansion is still the capital, and the others are all accompanying capitals.

However, the Liao emperor was more belligerent, and would not stay only in Bianliang Kaifeng Mansion like the emperor of the Song Dynasty, but would wander around between the five capitals, and achieve strategic goals by moving between the various accompanying capitals.

For example, in the fourth year of Song Tianxi and the ninth year of Liao Kaitai, in 1020 AD, Liao Shengzong Yelu Longxu returned to Shangjing Road from Zhongjing Road to Zhenzhou in the name of hunting.

Shangjing Road borders Western Xia, Yelu Longxu walked halfway, suddenly transferred 500,000 troops, and directly slaughtered from the Inner Mongolia grassland to the Western Xia border.

That battle scared Li Deming enough, and hurriedly went to resist in person, and finally desperately repelled Yelu Longxu.

Therefore, the emperor of the Liao State wandered between several capitals, sometimes it also implied a threat, if he was stationed in Nanjing, he might attack the Song Dynasty, and if he was stationed in Shangjing, he might attack the Western Xia.

This form is called "Four Seasons Bowl".

It's just that in recent years, Yelu Zongzhen has mainly lived in Dading Mansion in Zhongjing, not because he wanted to invade the Song Dynasty, but because Dading Mansion was the most suitable for the rule of Liao.

From here, go west through Datong Mansion, very close to Western Xia. Go south to Nanjing Road, very close to the Song Dynasty. To the east is the Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo, which can deter the Jurchen tribes of Goryeo and Changbai Mountain, and to the north can return to Shangjing.

It can be said that in addition to not being able to radiate to the Great Xing'an Mountains in the northeast and the Mongolian steppes in the northwest for a period of time, the main enemies of the Liao State, the Song and Xia, and the rising Jurchens, can be deterred.

The envoys of the Western Xia set out in March, and after a long journey of more than 1,000 kilometers, they finally arrived at Dading Mansion, which was the same as Kaifeng, divided into an outer city, an inner city and an imperial palace.

It's just that in terms of overall scale, compared with Kaifeng Mansion, Dading Mansion is still too much worse.

Zhang Yuan rode a horse to enter from the outer city gate, and under the leadership of the accompanying envoy officials of the Liao State Pavilion, he walked through the straight street to the Deyang Gate of the inner city, and then met the people who received the Liao State outside the Liao State Palace.

Yelu Zongzhen still attached great importance to this meeting, and sent the son of Yelu Guiyin, the prime minister of Nanfu, and his favorite minister from the north, Lin Ya, came over first.

After the meeting between the two sides, the weapons were unloaded, including the grenade, which was also taken away by the Liao, so that they could enter the palace.

Soon Zhang Yuan met Yelu Zongzhen in the Liao Imperial Palace.

He is only 23 years old this year, 6 years younger than Zhao Zhen and 13 years younger than Li Yuanhao, wearing traditional Liao costumes, although he is not very old, his eyes are full of majesty.

"Zhang Yuan, the minister of the lower country, meet His Majesty the Emperor of Daliao!"

Zhang Yuan went up and knelt down on one knee to worship, he spoke Chinese and used the etiquette of the Tangut people, but he claimed to be a minister of the lower country, and completely forgot that Li Yuanhao sent a letter of state to the Liao and Song dynasties, asking both sides to recognize that he was on an equal footing.

No way.

If Li Yuanhao beat the Song State first and then the Liao State like in history, it would naturally be like this.

But now, where does Zhang Yuan dare.

Yelu Zong really lay lazily on the chair, glanced at Zhang Yuan below, and also responded with a sneer in Chinese: "Oh? I remember that a few days ago, Li Yuanhao wrote to me, saying that the founding of the country was Xia and he established himself as the emperor, why is he claiming to be the next country now? ”

Since they are both in Chinese, there is no barrier to communication between the two sides.

The main reason is that the Western Xia and the Liao State are very sinicized, especially the Liao State often compares itself to the orthodoxy of Yan and Huang.

Although it is a Khitan nation, it admires the style of the Han and Tang dynasties, so it takes Chinese as the official language, and like the Western Xia, as long as the nobles can basically speak Chinese.

Hearing Yelu Zongzhen's duties, Zhang Yuan did not panic.

Because Zhang Yuan actually discussed this issue with Li Yuanhao, they all knew that Yelu Zongzhen was definitely going to make trouble, so they naturally had a countermeasure.

I saw Zhang Yuan smile and said: "The emperor is also different, His Majesty Da Liao is the emperor of the upper country, and my lord is the emperor of the lower country." ”

"Huh."

Yelu Zongzhen laughed and said: "Li Yuanhao raised an army to attack the south, but was beaten by the Song State and fled in embarrassment, it is said that even he himself almost died in the hands of the Song army, is he also worthy of being the emperor?" ”

Zhang Yuan's face changed slightly, and then argued: "It's not that my lord is incapable of defeating the Song Kingdom, but I didn't expect the Song Kingdom to have powerful firearms. What's more, when His Majesty the Holy Sect led 500,000 troops to attack Great Xia, and was repelled by the first emperor of the Xia Kingdom, doesn't it prove the combat power of Great Xia's soldiers and horses? ”

These words made Yelu Zongzhen suddenly angry, and shouted: "This guy, aren't you afraid that I will kill you? ”

"Naturally, I'm afraid."

Zhang Yuan was actually sure that Yelu Zong would not kill him, because as long as the other party saw the power of the grenade, he would definitely unite with Western Xia, so he said confidently: "But before killing me, the minister wants to ask Your Majesty, if the Song State is strong and strong, no longer send envoys to pay tribute, and even want to go north to recover Yanyun, what should I do?" ”

"Humph!"

Yelu Zong really sneered, "Give them a few guts." ”

"It really didn't work before, but now that the Song Dynasty has that firearm, I'm afraid that the Liao State is not necessarily the opponent of the Song State."

Zhang Yuan said: "My lord suddenly encountered this thing on the battlefield, and he was caught off guard before he was defeated. If the Liao lord doesn't believe it, you can choose a school field to demonstrate in public, and after reading the power of that thing, I think the Liao lord will naturally have a decision in his heart. ”

In fact, Li Yuanhao had sent someone to tell Yelu Zongzhen about the grenade before, and he heard that this thing was the nemesis of the cavalry, it was extremely powerful, the explosion could cause a huge sound, and the sputtered fragments could hurt the horses, so that the war horses were frightened, so that they were frightened and scattered, resulting in the rout of the army, which made Yelu Zongzhen very curious.

After all, their Liao State is also a horse nation, and their strong strength under them also depends on the Liao State cavalry. If there is really a cavalry nemesis, then Yelu Zong really has to consider whether to invade the Song Dynasty in the south to prevent the Song army from being equipped in a large area and threatening the territory of the Liao State.

"Okay, I'd like to take a look."

Yelu Zongzhen said.

Then everyone left the palace and went north to the school field outside the city.

The school grounds are huge and large, and in addition to the drill of soldiers and horses, it is also used to hold Keju competitions, so there are long stands.

Don't look at Keju originated in China, but the surrounding Liao Kingdom, Goryeo and later the Jin Kingdom also liked it very much.

Especially in the Liao Kingdom, it can be said that everyone can kick two hands, and the "Keju Map" handed down in the Liao Dynasty recorded the enthusiasm of the Liao people for Keju at that time.

At this moment, on the high platform, Yelu Zongzhen sat down, and in the middle of the school field in the distance, the Liao soldiers returned the grenades they had collected to the Western Xia soldiers.

The soldier was a survivor of that battle and had seen firsthand how the Song people used grenades.

I saw him take the grenade and take out the fire fold.

That grenade became a dud because the lead inside was broken.

Western Xia craftsmen carried out the restoration.

However, it was impossible to achieve the craftsmanship of the Song Dynasty, so the Western Xia soldiers ignited the outer fuse with a fire breaker, and then threw it violently.

I saw the grenade cut a parabola in the air and landed on the ground about two or three seconds later.

"Bang!"

A loud voice suddenly sounded.

Even from a distance of hundreds of zhang, Yelu Zongzhen could still feel that the sound was like thunder.

In addition to the loud sound, what made him feel uneasy the most was that the thing was thrown to the ground, and it directly exploded into a huge amount of dust, which was very terrifying.

You must know that in the past, Song Jun's Earthquake Thunder could also achieve this effect, but the problem is that the operation of the Sky Shaking Thunder is complicated, and it requires horses to mix the line.

If the knight notices the line on the ground and doesn't touch it, the Skyquake Thunder is almost useless.

But now this Song military firearm is not only powerful, but also small in size, easy to carry, and not as complicated as the earth-shaking thunder, ten times better than the earth-shaking thunder.

If the Song army brought tens of thousands of them at a time and threw them out, let alone the cavalry, I am afraid that even the infantry would not be able to bear it.

Yelu Zongzhen finally realized the seriousness of the matter, and even his originally lazy expression changed color, and he asked Zhang Yuandao next to him with a solemn face: "You Xixia should also have firearms, why don't you want to imitate them?" ”

"I can't prevent it."

Zhang Yuan shook his head and said: "We are also like the Song army, we put gunpowder in that small hammer and shoot it by pulling the lead, but the power is very different from that of the Song army. Craftsmen believe that this may have something to do with the difference in the gunpowder inside. If we couldn't get Song Jun's gunpowder formula, we wouldn't be able to make it. ”

"Then does this mean that there is no other way than to ask Song Guo for the formula for this thing?"

Jerod asked.

Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "The Liaoxia army is pressing, and it can make the Song Kingdom fearful. ”

"Hmm"

Yelu Zongzhen narrowed his eyes slightly, and a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes.

There were also firearms in the Liao State.

But their gunpowder is also the same as the previous Song army, mixed with a lot of messy things, coupled with the wrong ratio of gunpowder, and the raw materials are not pure, resulting in little power, and has always been used as a toy.

But now the firearms of the Song Dynasty have obviously made epochs, seriously threatening the cavalry of the Liao State.

Now in front of Yelu Zongzhen, I am afraid that there are only two paths.

One is that the Song State paid tribute to the gunpowder formula.

The Liao State also had grenades, and the two sides were equal in science and technology, and with the advantage of cavalry, they could still suppress the infantry phalanx of the Song army by throwing grenades through the mobility of the cavalry.

The second is to kill the Great Song Dynasty.

Taking advantage of the fact that the inventory of firearms in the Great Song Dynasty may have been used in the Western Xia battlefield this time, and the inventory was not much, he immediately invaded the south, drank the Yellow River, and defeated the Song State.

Otherwise, if the Song State is allowed to develop for a few more years, whether it is to continue to hoard more such grenades or to build other powerful firearms, it will be a nightmare for the Liao State!

So at the moment, the Liao State really has to consider uniting with the Western Xia people to put pressure on the Great Song Dynasty.

(End of chapter)