I rebelled in the Song Dynasty

Mi Xing grimaced, "A scholar? You also need to be able to quote scriptures. The popularity of scholars these days is as high as the sky. How can you do it?"

It is not impossible. At this time, Khitan, Xixia and Song were similar to the Three Kingdoms. Although the other two countries were foreigners, they yearned for and learned from Chinese culture and often regarded themselves as Chinese. This is why Khitan and Song became fraternal countries. reason.

In the Song Dynasty, there were often unsuccessful scholars who went to serve as officials in Xixia and Khitan. The most famous one was Zhang Yuan who became the prime minister of Xixia.

Although the scholars in the Song Dynasty were addicted to officialdom, their ambitions were getting higher and higher. If they wanted to win over the scholars, they had to be promised high-ranking officials and generous salaries, and Shuozhou didn't seem to be able to satisfy them no matter how they looked at it.

Seeing Liu Sheng's expectant eyes, Mi Xing nodded helplessly.

"General, let me try."

Liu Sheng also knew that it was indeed a bit difficult for Mi Xing to get a few scholars to come to a bitter and cold frontier place like Shuozhou at this time.

He patted Mi Xing on the shoulder and said: "Mi Xing! You have to be lively when doing things, especially those doing intelligence work.

If people don't come, you can coax them or lie to them! Don't stick to formalities. How do they know the real situation in Shuozhou?

You go to Song Guolian to coax and get a few scholars to come over. After they arrive in Shuozhou, they can't leave if they want. If they want to leave, let them write letters to their classmates. Once they have recruited ten scholars, they will be allowed to leave. "

Mi Xing's face was full of horror and he said: "What is the difference between what the general did and what he did? This kidnapper is a scholar, and he has let the court know how many heads he can chop off."

Liu Sheng said with some displeasure: "What is the difference between Renyazi and Renyazi? Renyazi is human trafficking, which is a crime. We just want them to build Shuozhou. If the court knows about it, they may not give us awards. Among them You have to understand the difference."

"There will always be a day when we are exposed. If we are collectively denounced by scholars, the court will not be able to protect us." Mi Xing is still a little reluctant. People who grew up in the Song Dynasty know that you can't provoke scholars even if you provoke the emperor, because they can really make you Life is worse than death.

There is a natural fear of scholars.

Liu Sheng said calmly: "Scholars are all about saving face. When we come, we will entertain you with good food and drinks. If we leave, we will give you a large sum of money. Which scholar is willing to go around and say that he has been cheated?"

Mi Xing looked at Liu Sheng dumbfounded, as if he had been opened to a new world.

"What the general said seems to make sense."

Liu Sheng just needs a transition period. In three or two years, he can achieve the literacy rate of 70.00% of the people in Shuozhou and Wuzhou.

The main problem now is that the literate population base is too low, unless Liu Sheng is willing to give in and use the big family whose homes were confiscated.

One teaches two, two teaches four, and it won't take long before the number rises exponentially. With a little training, you will be a good hand in handling government affairs.

At that time, it would be useless to keep scholars from the Song Dynasty, but they might become a disaster.

Liu Sheng stayed in Mayi City to deal with the aftermath.

During this period, Liang Shouyi also rushed back from Yingzhou with [-] horses.

Liang Shouyi energetically told Liu Sheng what had happened in the past few days.

"Then Yerunan doesn't follow martial ethics and actually wanted to fight with nothing. Fortunately, I took a precaution. The scholar-general was in Yunzhou City. He picked up the torch and approached the gunpowder pot. If he didn't give the horse, we would both die."

Liu Sheng was a little dumbfounded. He was confident in Yunzhou. Even if he was not given, he would not let go. How could a fool put himself in it just to threaten others?

But Liang Shouyi held a torch and approached the gunpowder pot. It can only be said that he was really not afraid of death.

Twenty thousand gunpowder pots were exchanged for three thousand war horses, and Yerunan would not lose money.

Twenty thousand gunpowder jars equals [-] kilograms of gunpowder. Whether it is materials or labor time, it is more than war horses.

Moreover, the usefulness of gunpowder is far beyond that of three thousand horses.

[-] gunpowder cans can be used as soon as you light them, but [-] horses may not necessarily produce [-] cavalry, not counting various expenses.

Liu Sheng also helped the Khitans, hoping that they would not lose too quickly like in history.

Before Liang Shouyi's butt felt warm, Wu Ze came over.

He wanted to use the three thousand horses brought back by Liang Shouyi to form a heavy cavalry force.

Heavy cavalry is still very powerful. As a sober descendant, Liu Sheng knows that before mature thermal weapons, cavalry has always been the only weapon on the battlefield.

After personally experiencing the defensive power of the Song Army's infantry armor, Liu Sheng even had the illusion that if the Tie Fu Tu was moved to the late Qing Dynasty, he dare not say that he could defeat the Eight-Nation Allied Forces, but the British and French Allied Forces would definitely not get any big benefits.

In the 18th century, muzzle-loading guns were used, which were slow to load and the power of the bullets could not penetrate more than 50 kilograms of armor.

The firing range is only 40 meters. At this distance, it only takes a few seconds for the cavalry to sprint directly into the position and massacre the British and French troops lined up to fire.

However, the cost of three thousand heavy cavalry is much higher than that of three thousand soldiers with rifles, and training is extremely difficult.

This is why people still phase out bows and arrows even though their stability and accuracy are higher than those of early firearms.

A mature archer needs to practice for at least three or four years, while a mature gunner only needs to practice for two or three months. It's not that bows and arrows are not easy to use, but that guns are more cost-effective.

Before he could build the Minie rifle, Liu Sheng had no intention of making other firearms except artillery. Others were similar to fire sticks and basically could not penetrate the heavy armor of this era.

Moreover, the rate of fire is too slow, and it is basically useless on the battlefield and as a target.

Liu Sheng hadn't seen Wu Ze in the past few days and didn't know what he was doing. He seemed to be in a bad mood. Liu Sheng didn't refuse Wu Ze's request. He directly moved three thousand war horses with a big stroke of his hand. Gave it directly to Wu Ze.

Liang Shouyi stopped him from the side and said, "General, it's not the time yet. I'm afraid even five hundred of the three thousand horses won't be able to come together."

Besides, does this kid know what heavy cavalry is? Want to practice? "

Liu Sheng thought for a while and said: "Battle Commander Liang, I have to trouble you to go to Yingzhou, bring salt and pig iron, and exchange some war horses with Yerunan. It is best to have [-] horses."