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Chapter 751 Hope was dashed by the words of Su Xueshi (second update)

Chapter 760

Zhong Shidao took a deep breath, then took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Su Dongpo.

"Bachelor, this is a message that the last general has just received from the Suide Army. Just a few days ago, the secret sentry of the Suide Army noticed that the Xia Army in Longzhou and Yinzhou is now on the bank of the Wuding River. The gathering in the area is not only the local garrison, but also the more than [-] Yanzhou troops who have not evacuated before..."

"And now that I've heard Lord Xiao Wang's analysis, I'm afraid... I'm afraid that this matter is likely to be the same as Lord Xiao Wang's analysis."

"Are you saying that the Liao Kingdom's mobilization of troops and horses is very likely to target the three states occupied by the Song Dynasty?" At this time, Su Dongpo finally stopped caring about maintaining his image and ordered his followers to hang the map of Shaanxi Road. Standing up, his eyes fell on the eastern territory of Xixia, which was exactly the same as the Song Dynasty.

"General Zhong, is this the news we just received?" Wang Yang walked to Zhong Shidao and asked in a low voice.

"That's right, this is the news I just received. Mr. Chong just came to report to the bachelor. I didn't expect you to come too, Mr. Wang, and you brought such news..." Mr. Zhong said with a bitter smile .

"I don't want to either, but after summarizing all the information, I'm terrified. After all, now that Xixia's national power is declining, it's not unusual to seek refuge in the Liao Kingdom, but I don't know why the Liao Kingdom is so helpful." Wang Wang Yang sighed helplessly.

"I don't know if there is any news from Xingqing Mansion. If there is any clue, that would be great. It's a pity, since we occupied Yanzhou, Xingqing Mansion is like seeing a ghost. Even Past business contacts are also banned, so there is no news to pass on."

During this period of time, the Imperial City Division had no news from Xingqing Mansion at all, and it must have had a lot to do with Xixia's tough measures.

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"However, there is no real evidence for all of this. They are all just our guesses. The court council has already set the tone on this matter. Even if we make a statement to the court, it will definitely be pressed. Even if it is your majesty, I'm afraid it's hard to talk." Su Dongpo's face also gradually became sad.

Yes, at least he also felt that there was a high possibility that the land of the three states would be attacked. Unfortunately, everything must be based on evidence. It won't play any role, and maybe it will be impeached by those important ministers who hate Wang Yang and Su Dongpo to the bone.

After all, these two men really offended the officials in the court. The aftermath of the previous Yanzhou smuggling businessman case has not yet completely passed. Whenever the ministers mention Wang Yang and Su Dongpo, they will have dense forests of emotions in their hearts. middle finger to express their praise for Wang Yang and Su Dongpo, two excellent shit-stirring sticks.

"This lower official naturally knows, so it is impossible for the lower official to go up to the emperor without proof. After all, His Majesty has already helped us too much, so we can't make it difficult for His Majesty anymore." Wang Yang also said He nodded in agreement.

"So I can only figure out a way by myself, but now, I have nothing to do, so I can only come here to ask the bachelor, hoping to get help from you."

"Soldiers and horses, it is impossible for the old man to give them to you. After all, it is impossible to mobilize soldiers and horses without authorization, even if it is the appeasement envoy of the Shaanxi Road Economic Strategy around the old man, because it is not a time of war." Su Dongpo shook his head helplessly.

During the war, the economic and strategic pacification envoys and even the defense envoys have the power to make emergency decisions, but now is not the time, and Su Dongpo does not want to cause trouble. The important thing is that although Wang Yang's guess is very reasonable, it is just guess.

And what we have done can only be regarded as preparation in advance.Naturally, many things cannot be done too much or too blatantly.

"It's okay if the soldiers and horses can't be transferred to the three states for reinforcements for the time being, but I hope that you can provide a batch of bows, arrows, knives and guns to the three states of Yan, You, and Hong. armor."

"Although there are [-] troops in the three provinces, they lack bows and crossbows, let alone armor. If the Liao Kingdom really makes a big attack and goes to battle without armor, the casualties will be very heavy."

Su Dongpo set his sights on the cultivation of teachers. Regarding this aspect, it seemed that the cultivation of teachers would have more say.

"We can provide you with 30 handles of various crossbows, [-] bows, [-] rounds of crossbows and [-] arrows each, my lord Xiao Wang. As for [-] sets of swords and shields, [-] spears ..."

"But the armor, please forgive me, there is nothing we can do. But all the armor is registered with the soldiers and cannot be given away lightly, and we don't have any extra armor at all. Although many were captured before, we eliminated them and replaced them. Those armors and the surplus armors have also been transported to all sides."

"After all, in the past, it was difficult for us to make armor in the Song Dynasty. I think Mr. Xiao Wang, who once worked in the Military Weapons Supervisor, should know a thing or two. Up to now, there are still at least one third of the hundreds of thousands of frontier troops in the Song Dynasty who can only stand in leather armor. .”

Wang Yang felt his scalp tingle after hearing what Mr. Zhong said. "It seems that this armor is really a big problem."

"If it's not a big problem, why did you know how excited the soldiers of the Song Dynasty were when you invented the Yuanyou Armor? After all, with excellent armor, the soldiers would have an extra life." Su Dongpo also said. Not without emotion.

Zhong Shidao nodded in agreement. "But now, the time is too short. The Yuanyou Armor cast now is not enough to supply the imperial army alone, and only a small amount can be distributed among the frontier army. If it is not for you, Mr. Wang, and our Shaanxi Road It just happened to go through a great battle, otherwise, how could we get so many Yuanyoujias."

"By the way, Bachelor Su, please remember, our Shaanxi Road can make armor, right?" Wang Yang rubbed his tight eyebrows and asked Su Dongpo.There was always some hope, but it was quickly extinguished by the words of Scholar Su Dongpo.

"Yes, it is indeed possible to cast and repair armor, but the problem is that in order to maintain the production of Yuanyou armor, almost all iron materials are shipped to the capital. As far as our inventory on Shaanxi Road is concerned, do you think it can be forged? How many sets? Don’t forget, if there is a real war, those damaged armors will always need to be repaired..." Su Dongpo spread his hands and said helplessly.

"What about the leather armor?"

"Making leather armor will be more troublesome. First of all, we don't have much leather. After all, if we want to make leather armor, we must use the leather of large livestock. After all, only large livestock are big enough and the quality of the leather is thick enough."

"Iron armor doesn't work, neither does leather armor. Could it be possible to use some paper armor to cover people's eyes and ears?" Daguan Wang stood up very painfully and walked back and forth in the hall, very fidgety and authentic.

"This is really a way!" At this moment, Zhong Shidao slapped himself on the thigh and roared excitedly.

(End of this chapter)