Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

At this time, the vanguard of the siege, carrying the ladder, began to walk down the city.

A small city like Weichu has no moat, which is basically no difficulty for Song Jun.

Soon the ladder was erected, and the soldiers began to climb up one by one.

Although wearing armor, but still able to climb up.

"Quick! Go to the top of the city! The enemy has no arrows!"

The Dali soldiers behind the city began to replenish their forces, and they quickly climbed towards the top of the city.

It was also during this brief gap that the Song army boarded the top of the city, and the two sides fought each other at the top of the city, fighting hand to hand.

However, the Dali soldiers slashed down with a knife, leaving only a trace on the armor.

However, when Song Jun passed by with a knife, it was a bloody wound.

The situation immediately turned one-sided.

The battle situation exceeded everyone's expectations.

Even Yang Zhixing and the others did not expect that the top of the city would fall so quickly.

More and more Song troops climbed to the top of the city and occupied the city wall.

In the afternoon, the Dali army retreated steadily and was defeated.

Yang Yuyan hurried over: "Father, Song troops are guarding the gates of the south, north and west, the gate of the east gate has been lost, and the gate has been passively opened!"

Yang Zhixing immediately said: "Quick! Surrender quickly, lest the people be massacred!"

"Father!"

"Don't make unnecessary sacrifices!" Yang Zhixing's face turned pale, "Since it's Master Wang, I hope they can spare the people in the city."

After a while, scouts ran over: "Shuai Wu, a white flag is raised in the city."

Wu Lin thought for a moment, and then said: "Let Yan Pei stop first, and call their prefect Yang to come to my commander."

"Yes!"

Yang Zhixing was notified soon.

"Father, let my son go, if they want to kill him, they will kill him too!"

"No, it's useless for you to go."

Yang Zhixing left the city alone, went to Wu Lin's camp, and met Wu Lin.

He knelt on the ground and said: "We have eyes that don't recognize Mount Tai and offended Master Wang. I hope you will spare the people in the city. I am responsible for everything. If killing me alone can save the people in a city, I will immediately draw the sword." Kill yourself."

"Are you ready now?"

"Convince yourself!"

"It's okay to ask Ben Shuai to spare them, but there is one condition."

"You're handsome, but it's okay to say."

"Xiawei Chu's government has issued a high-volume crime, saying that the son of heaven and the king are just. Not only will this commander not kill them, but he will also not kill you."

"This..." Yang Zhixing became troubled, "That Gao Xiangguo is an outstanding man from the Gao family of our Dali Kingdom, who loves the people like a son and sympathizes with their strength. I...

"The Son of Heaven is a sage of benevolence and virtue throughout the ages. At the beginning, the Son of Heaven resisted all opinions and wanted to open business with Dali to benefit the people. How does he treat the Son of Heaven now?"

"This……"

"You, Dali Kingdom, have made a lot of money in the Celestial Dynasty. A few years ago, a lot of goods from the Celestial Dynasty went south, and you all turned a blind eye to it?"

"I……"

"Don't you want to protect the people of the city?" Wu Lin's voice became cold again.

Yang Zhixing felt the cold killing intent in Wu Lin's tone, he said: "Everything respects the orders of the commander-in-chief."

Wu Lin said: "Good!"

Chapter 817 Regret sending troops to Dali? (first update)

On June [-]th, Chen Gui went to Wende Hall early in the morning.

Zhao Ning was munching on noodles, and when he saw Chen Gui coming, he didn't ask if he had eaten, so he ordered: "Go and prepare some noodles with Chen Shilang."

"Thank you, official." Chen Gui held a document in his hand and said, "Official, this is "Detailed Description of the Manufacturing of the Great Song Navy's Tiger Crouching Cannon."

Zhao Ning put down his chopsticks and looked with interest.

He watched carefully.

The old rules are also written very carefully, with extremely detailed notes on the operation method, range and potential risks of the tiger squatting gun.

Not long after, the noodles arrived.

The monarch and his ministers were eating noodles in Wende Hall.

"All the fifty bronze cannons came out?"

"It's all finished." Chen Gui said cautiously, "However, there is still a risk of bombing."

Exploding the bomb is a probabilistic risk. Science cannot absolutely avoid the risk, but it can reduce the probability of the risk.

"Let the navy use it first, and prepare enough shells. According to your idea, build a firearms supervisor secretly in Hangzhou to manufacture this kind of artillery so that the navy can get supplies at any time, but keep it secret."

"Yes, the officials can rest assured that the minister will make arrangements."

Zhao Ning suddenly remembered something and asked, "About the production of bows and crossbows, what is the current annual output?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, a total of 8000 million arrows were manufactured last year, nearly 3000 million more than during the Xuanhe period, which is enough to meet the current needs of arrows used in all parts of the country."

"Where's the rocket?"

"Rockets are limited by raw materials, and there are only 100 million rockets a year."

"It's enough for now." Zhao Ning nodded, and asked again, "How about the firecracker?"

"Currently the first batch has been manufactured, and [-] pieces have been manufactured, and the proportion of explosive chambers is still being tested."

Fire Gun is not in a hurry.

Because the power of the first generation of firecrackers is actually very limited, not as powerful as that of crossbow bolts.

The reason for investing in mass production is actually to promote the scientific research of gunpowder.

Many technological breakthroughs started from the military.

"Then send the bronze cannon to Hangzhou Shipping Department first, and hand it over to Qian Yuqing."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will make arrangements."

Not long after Chen Gui resigned, Wang Huaiji brought over some memorials.

"There are a lot of notes today." Zhao Ning said curiously.

"Officials, this is a letter from Lu Fayuan, the prefect of Chengdu, and it is an urgent report."

"Oh?" Zhao Ning took it, opened it, and immediately frowned.

He glanced at Wang Huaiji, and Wang Huaiji quickly avoided Zhao Guanjia's eyes.

Zhao Ning opened some other memorials.

In the end, he watched a total of 10 minutes, of which there was a fifteen-point memorial, which was actually similar to that of Lu Fayuan.

They all expressed their insights about Zari's unfavorable situation in the Southwest War.

With that posture, he was only short of scolding Fan Zongyin as an out-and-out stupid pig in Zou Zha!

It seems that as long as they pass, they can push the Wumeng Mountains horizontally, step on the Dali Kingdom, and overturn the mountains and rivers in the southwest with one breath.

If Zhao Ning hadn't told Fan Zongyin to stand still, he might have been fooled by these memorials.

The servant of the household department of the imperial court went south, summoned tens of thousands of troops, mobilized countless resources, and crusaded Dali.

With the opposition of countless people in the court, the forward team was defeated, and the main force was blocked in Wumeng Mountain, making it difficult to move an inch.

What will happen if such a report is sent to the capital?

This is to tell Zhao Guanjia that the southwestern war has started unfavorably at the beginning, and there will be more and more problems in the future.

Zhao Ning read one memorial after another.

His expression was indifferent, and he couldn't see his attitude towards these memorials.

After reading it, he put the note aside, but didn't say anything.

"You go down first."

"Yes." Wang Huaiji walked out.

After Wang Huaiji went out, he went to a hidden place and said to a servant: "The officials have no position on the Southwest War situation, you go and inform them."

"Yes."

At noon, Tangchu (the place where the prime minister and senior officials eat).

Cheng Zhen, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, sat next to Cai Mao, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Cai, the officials have not made any statement."

"What's the rush? If you don't express your opinion, it doesn't mean you don't have any ideas. The war in the Southwest is more expensive than fighting in Hebei. The transportation of food and materials is a huge waste. I have calculated that at least [-] guan is spent a day. Now the court is strongly supporting it. On the northern line, including Han Shizhong, how can there be so much money to go to the southwest!"

"Cai Xianggong means that the officials will soon lose their composure?"

"Just wait." After speaking, Cai Mao started to eat again.

Cai Mao was right.

If Fan Zongyin is really required to lead an army of more than 20 to [-] to fight Dali, the military expenditure will definitely be higher than any local battle fought in these years.

Because there are too many mountain roads in the southwest, if you recruit peasants in Shu, they may not be willing to go if you have less money, and the food consumed on the mountain roads is greater than that on the plains.

For example, with an army of 20, 40 shi will be consumed in a month on the plains, and 50 shi will be consumed in a month on mountain roads.

Because of the mountain road, the peasants not only eat more, but also lose a lot of food on the road.

The price of grain in the southwest is higher than that in the southeast and Gyeonggi, about [-] yuan per stone.

According to Cai Mao's calculation of military expenditure, it will cost 150 million guns a month.

This kind of cost is higher than Yue Fei's current cost in Hebei, and much higher than Han Shizhong's cost in Liaodong.

Everyone has an account in their hearts, spending so much money to go to Dali, why not throw the money to Hebei, Liaodong or Shaanxi?

Didn't Dali just fail to follow the rites of emperors and ministers of the Celestial Dynasty?

Da Song still does business with Dali every year, and the trade is in surplus, and Da Song makes money.

Now early in the morning, not only is Da Song not making any money, but he has to invest 150 million yuan a month.

Normal people know that this kind of behavior is brain damage.

However, Cai Mao's calculation was wrong, because Fan Zongyin only claimed to have an army of 20, and at most [-] to [-] were killed, and a considerable part of the local Xiang army, and the rest were civilian husbands.

And it also stopped at Wumeng Mountain, where it was done by pretending to be aggressive.

The main force who really attacked Dali was Wu Lin.

Once an elite army goes deep into the enemy's country, and the enemy's main resources are all in the Wumeng Mountain area, the rear will be empty.

This battle cannot be described as spending money.

This principle is similar to Mingxiu plank road and dark Chencang.

What's interesting is that a large number of people in the court who opposed the war had already sent countless pairs of eyes to Fan Zongyin.

There are also a large group of people who want to take this opportunity to start a political struggle in the court, make things bigger, and pour water on Zhao Ding who supports Dali.

Cai Mao finally said: "Calm down, within a month, the Zhao family will regret sending troops to Dali."

Chapter 818 There are pits everywhere! (Second more)

In the evening, Cai Mao returned home.

His grandson Cai Heng also came back.

Cai Heng sighed, changed his clothes, and went to greet Cai Mao.

"Grandson greets the patriarch."

"You're back, sit down."