Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

In November, Jiangdong chief envoy Li Guang came up with a memorial.

The content of the memorial letter is relatively simple. Qin Hui changed rice in Jiangdong to pull hips for Sang Zhengji, and the heavy responsibility obviously fell on Li Guang.

Li Guang naturally had no experience, so he sent someone to Hangzhou to find Qian Yuqing to ask for advice and learn.

The people sent over saw that the original model was very simple, that is, the so-called privatized trading company combined with the bank to operate together.

This model can be moved to Jiangdong, so Li Guang drafted a new policy strategy for Jiangdong to change rice to mulberry while cleaning up the previous bad debts.

Zhao Ning himself intended to support Li Guang, so naturally he praised him and gave him a platform.

This matter is not over yet. After half of the officials in Jiangdong were investigated, the total property seized exceeded 300 million!

By the end of the year, won't the problem of official salaries across the country be basically solved?

He actually allocated 100 million guan to Qin Hui, and now he got back 300 million guan, making a net profit of 200 million guan, and severely suppressed Qin Hui.

No matter what, it's a profit.

numb!

On the third day of November in the ninth year of Jingkang, Xixia, Xingqing Mansion.

The envoy sent by Li Qianshun to the Kingdom of Jin has returned.

This emissary was none other than Wei Anhui, the former prime minister of Xixia who had instigated Song Xia's relationship before.

"How, what is the Jinren doing now?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Jin people are now fighting with the Song people in Fuzhou, Liaodong, and have been fighting for nearly a year."

"I'm just asking, the Jin people have lost the important towns of Fuzhou and Daizhou, so don't they take further actions?" Li Qianshun asked anxiously.

Linzhou, Fuzhou, and Daizhou were all taken back by the Song army.

From the map, all the strategic locations to the east of Hengshan have returned to Song State, which means that the battle line between Song and Xia has been stretched again.

But Li Qianshun simply didn't have that many troops to deploy such a long front line of defense.

Wei Ming Anhui couldn't help feeling proud.

In the court hall of Xixia, he was a pro-Jin and Song Dynasty faction.

Now that Song Guo took back the Fuzhou area, further posing a greater threat to Xixia, Li Qianshun began to worry.

Don't talk about pro-Song, now Li Qianshun is afraid of Song.

He has already begun to regret that Jingkang did not cooperate with Jin Guo to go south in the second year.

"Your Majesty, the new emperor of the Jin Kingdom has just ascended the throne, and his focus is on Liaodong Fuzhou. He has lost interest in Daizhou and Fuzhou." Wei Ming Anhui saw that Li Qianshun was already afraid, and he further threatened Li Qianshun. There are still elites in the middle, so there is no need to worry about the Song army going out of Yanmen Pass from Daizhou, and they don't need to go to Fuzhou and Daizhou to take it back."

Li Qianshun's face was gloomy, and he asked Brother Li Cha: "Prince Jin, do you have the latest information from Linzhou?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there is no latest information about Linzhou. After the Song army took over Linzhou, they only repaired Linzhou City. The same is true for Fuzhou. This is the result of our many investigations."

Li Qianshun fell into deep thought.

Brother Li Cha said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. It's winter now. Even if Song Jun takes action, he won't choose this time. We still have plenty of time. Don't forget, after so many years, my great summer is also here today." It’s not what it used to be, and there are plenty of armored troops in Hengshan.”

Li Qianshun didn't know that Zhao Guan's family was already raising money for Mie Xia.

On the fourth day of November, Fugu.

Wu Jie was comforting the injured girl in Wenrou Township when he was suddenly called out by Guo Hao.

After he put on his clothes and went out, Guo Hao said, "Wu Shuai, we are all waiting for you!"

"Oh, let's go."

Wu Jie arrived at the meeting hall.

Wei Xiang said: "Wu Shuai, there is a very important matter to discuss today."

"Let's talk." Wu Jie sat down in the middle, picked up the hot tea on the table and began to eat.

"We have settled down in this area, and this area, and this area, and built a city wall to advance to the hinterland of Xixia." Wei Xiang said, pointing to the map.

The places he was referring to were the areas east of Hengshan.

Yinzhou is now in Liu Kai's hands, standing on Hengshan like a sharp sword, threatening Xixia's defense line at all times.

If Wu Jie also built a large city in this area, the Song army would surround Xixia from the side, putting the strongest place in Hengshan into a deadlock.

Wei Xiang continued: "We did all these things very covertly. By the time the Xixia people noticed it, we had already sent troops there."

Chapter 840: A tiger crouching and shooting a kidnapper? (first update)

Wu Jie looked at Wei Xiang speechlessly, and spread his hands: "So?"

Wei Xiang was stunned for a moment, and said: "After building a large number of fortifications in this area, it can form a dynamic depth with Yinzhou."

"Isn't this a clichéd arrangement?" Wu Jie said with a sullen face, "Is it a cliche for you to bring me here early in the morning?"

Several people were stunned.

Wu Jie looked at Guo Hao resentfully: "Say it!"

Guo Hao said: "General Counselor Wei said that he has something important to do with Wu Shuai."

Wu Jie's anger reached Wei Xiang, and Wei Xiang said: "This matter is very important, and I think it is necessary to confirm with Wu Shuai again."

"Speak! Keep talking! Tell me what you want to confirm with me! Don't repeat what has been confirmed in the past."

"The next official is saying that the process of this matter must be accelerated!"

"How to speed up in the snow and ice?"

Wei Xiang added: "The first batch of candy has arrived in Fuzhou, and the first batch of bronze artillery has also arrived."

This time it was Wu Jie who was surprised: "When did you arrive?"

"It was early this morning, when the sky just dawned."

"Where?"

"It has entered the military stockpile."

"Get two sets out, I want to have a look."

"Yes!"

Wu Jie regained his spirits.

He has tasted the sweetness of new weapons. He used the return cannon to attack Fuzhou before, and it went smoothly.

Everyone was outside in the snow, and after a while, bronze cannons were delivered, two in total.

Under the demonstration of the artillerymen, two deafening sounds erupted, and the iron cannon fired hundreds of meters away.

"This thing doesn't shoot as far as that cannon." Wu Jie frowned slightly, "And this iron cannon is a bit small."

"But it is very convenient to carry." Wei Xiang said, "It is also much more convenient to operate than that cannon, which greatly reduces the difficulty of marching."

Guo Hao emphasized it again, and said: "The most important thing is that the nozzle of this thing is raised, which is suitable for field battles between mountains."

Guo Hao is right, the tiger crouching cannon is actually more suitable for mountain warfare, and it is a bit stretched to use it for sea warfare.

The Hongyi cannon is the most suitable for naval battles, but with the current iron smelting and forging technology of the Song Dynasty, it is still impossible to make Hongyi cannons.

The demand for overseas expansion has already been put on the table, so Zhao Ning can only use the tiger squat gun first.

Going back to the war against Xixia in the Northwest, the tiger crouching cannon is most suitable for destroying Xixia.

After all, the Hengshan battlefield is full of mountains.

Wei Xiang added: "This bronze cannon with crossbow arrows is a perfect match for fighting against western thieves in the mountains!"

Wu Jie asked, "How many did you send?"

"Twenty."

Wu Jie turned around and walked back.

"Wu Shuai, where are you going?"

"Go back and write a letter to ask His Majesty for more of these bronze cannons." Wu Jie didn't turn his head.

"How many does Wu Shuai plan to have?"

"At least one hundred first!"

"Wu Shuai, the official said that this item should be reported to the imperial court by the Jingzhao Mansion and distributed by Zhang Xianggong. The big head should be at Liu Kai's place."

Wu Jie stopped, looked at Wei Xiang, and said, "How much did Liu Jinglue allocate?"

"Should be... more than us." Wei Xiang reminded, "You should write to Mr. Zhang first. It's not good to pass him."

"Well, what you said makes sense." Wu Jie still admired Zhang Jun. After all, Wu Jie was promoted and hired by Zhang Jun when the situation was in crisis.

At present, Wu Jie's troops in Fuzhou and Linzhou are basically assigned to Shaanxi, under the unified command of Jingzhaofu, to fight against Xixia.

Including the construction of a large number of city walls east of Hengshan that Wei Xiang said before, are all strategic deployments issued by Jingzhaofu.

On the fifth day of November, Liaodong Fuzhou.

The heavy snow dyed everything in the world into silver.

A team of scouts rushed over: "Han Duhu, all the way the Jin army bypassed Heizikou in front and appeared five miles away, and they are rushing towards us."

The biting cold wind blew on Han Shizhong's dark and rough face, and the ice and snow cut between his armor.

Binghan couldn't shake his will, just like he couldn't shake the will of the guards stationed in Liaodong.

During this year, Song and Jin have successively invested 10,000+ troops here.

First, the Jin army took turns to attack Fuzhou with a strong posture. After Han Shizhong returned from Korea to aid, the two sides began to launch high-frequency and multi-depth battles in the mountains between Duli City and Fuzhou.

After the imperial court's reinforcements slowly caught up, the war situation entered a protracted state.

Countless loyal bones have been buried among the rolling mountains and rivers.

"How many people came?"

"There are at least [-] cavalry and more than [-] infantry."

"This is already a main force." Geng Zhuo said, "It seems that after being repelled many times, the Jin army does not give up on the city of Duli!"

Han Shizhong said: "Duli City is the only supply point in Liaodong. If the Jin army takes Duli City, Fuzhou will be destroyed without attack. Now the Jin army is to contain Fuzhou and mainly attack Duli."

Geng Zhuo said: "In the valley ahead, we can set up an ambush."

"It's useless, the hillside is not well covered, and the scouts of the Jinren can easily find it." Han Shizhong said.

Geng Zhuo suddenly said: "Han Duhu, didn't the Military and Political Council send someone to send fifty bronze cannons not long ago, and this time, the lower official sent someone to bring them together. In the mountain road, the bronze cannons were used to bombard the kidnappers head-on. I don't know. What is the effect."

"I heard that the cannon might explode," Han Shizhong said.

"It's all here, let's talk about it after using it." Geng said with a smile.

Han Shizhong looked around.

It's not that Han Shizhong is ignorant of the power of the bronze cannon. He tested it after it was delivered.

But it is undoubtedly a dream to attack the highly maneuverable kidnapper with just the tiger crouching cannon.

Just need to calculate a probability on the line.

If in a plain field battle, the hit rate of a tiger squatting cannon hitting a kidnapped horse head-on is 30%, and 30 guns are fired at once, and the hit rate increases to 50%. Even if it is increased to 60%, only 18 kidnapped horses will be hit. .

And in the time it takes to change the iron cannon, the kidnapper horse hundreds of meters away may have already rushed there.

This is why the Ming army of later generations had a tiger crouching cannon, but it was still unable to effectively defeat the Mongols and the Manchu army.

It is not possible to beat barbarians with artillery.

We really have to wait until the hollow phalanx of flintlock guns comes out before we can initially overcome the cavalry's mobility charge.

And it was Ma Keqin who completely ended the cavalry.

But the current situation is another story.

There is a saying in the art of war that the right time, place and people are in harmony.

Geography is also very critical.

The Jinren in Shandao also knew that it would be difficult for the Song army to hide and ambush, so under the investigation of a large number of scouts, the Jinren marched with confidence and boldly.

But don't forget that the mountain road is not wide, and a row can accommodate up to four horses, and the distance between them will not be too wide.