Chapter 334: Things are getting big

Cao Yu urged him to hurry, Zhao Xing looked back at the north bank and found that the servants who had landed in the future had begun to build temporary camps. On the south bank, Shuai Fan had handed over some of the troops, and the remaining few servants were left.

Sighing, Zhao Xing waved his hand: "Since that's the case, let's go!"

Cao Yu hurriedly replied: "I will lead the way and come with me. This place happens to be my control. I will do my best to be the landlord..."

Shuai Fan looked at the North Bank with concern and shook her head: "I'm here, I'll notify you if there is any news!"

Zhao Xing smiled lightly and said casually: "There is no soldiers on hand, what can I do... I'll deal with it first!"

After saying that, Zhao Xing followed Cao Yu and other officials into Shunbao Village.

As soon as he sat down, the third group of comfort envoys sent by the court also arrived. The leader was Zhao Xing's "same year" in the past, Xu Shixi, the Tanhua Lang, who was then.

Xu Shixi is old. Ten years ago, he was a thirty-year-old Tanhualang, so much so that Chun Shisanniang wanted to steal him home to be his husband. But now he is just a cautious little bureaucrat with an old-fashioned manner and an unknown look on his face. I guess if Zhao Xing hadn't been "rampant" here, the court ministers would not have remembered that there was such a Tanhualang there.

Xu Shixi was a Hanlin. Such an official was an extremely noble official position in ancient times. He could not take on a great job without great knowledge. However, that was all. There were too many talents in the Song Dynasty, and there were many great poets. Xu Shixi was not as good as those great poets when writing poems and essays, so he could only be a small Hanlin. Emperor Ti compiled books and memorials, and could only survive with caution in the cracks of party struggles. Such an official career made him quickly grow up and he would never see the enthusiasm of the first heroic and romantic figures.

"As soon as I saw you, I knew how depressed life in the capital is. Your appearance is simply the best commentary on life in the capital." Zhao Xing joked at Xu Shixi: "Now, Chun Shisan Niang from the Huang family sees you again, and she doesn't want to steal you home to be her husband again."

Xu Shixi's lips moved, and finally couldn't hold back the fight back. He replied a little bit. He fought back and said, "I wondered when I saw you. Why did more than 20 demoted officials go to Lingnan and die there? You are still lively and so arrogant?"

Xu Shixi's offensive words made Chen Guan's face change - Zhao Xing is now a person in the Song Dynasty that needs to be pleased, but Xu Shixi's words are so rude. Everyone knows that Zhao Xing can't mess with him, so it's a big deal to say so.

Chen Guan looked at Zhao Xing with concern and found that Zhao Xing had no sign of losing his temper. Instead, he showed a complacent expression. Lei Ran said: "Where my heart is my hometown - others are full of resentment. They live in Lingnan, and naturally feel unhappy everywhere. But I don't have resentment in my heart. Even if I am in Lingnan, I am happy. Naturally, my body and mind are healthy and I have no worries about everything."

Xu Shixi retorted bluntly: "You are happy, but I was extremely unhappy when I saw the King of Chameng staying in the capital. Recently, I saw the King of Dali again, and I guess he was not happy either - what did you do in Lingnan? You have bullied all the little kings in Nanyang. You are happy, and all the kings in Nanyang are depressed! This is really a good person who doesn't live long and will harm you for thousands of years!"

"What, I am a good person, a very good person!" Zhao Xing rolled up his arm and shouted angrily: "Yes, I bullied the little king of Nanyang, but I have harmed me, the common people of the Song Dynasty. Yes, I robbed the king of Nanyang, but the money I robbed was cheaper than the people of the Song Dynasty. You guys go to Guangnan to inquire, I have one of the people of Guangnan who said I am not good? I am an official of the Song Dynasty. As long as I am worthy of the salary of the Song Dynasty and the people of the Song Dynasty, you care how many foreign kings I have robbed!"

Chen Gongchuan and Li Yuan were both present, and after hearing Zhao Xing's words, he looked embarrassed and had a grievance. Chen Guan quickly winked at Xu Shixi, hoping that he would change the subject.

Zhao Xing just said something wrong: the climate in Lingnan is hot and the humidity is very high. Officials who are used to living in the capital feel extremely uncomfortable after being demoted to Lingnan. However, the undeveloped land has very difficult living supplies. The demoted officials who lack food and clothing are in a difficult city, and there are many living equipment that are rich and cannot buy, so they are in a bad mood.

Although these people were taken care of by Zhao Xingdi in Lingnan, they were extremely depressed from the prosperity of the Song Dynasty. The entertainment program was extremely difficult, which made them unable to pass the long life of demotion. At that time, the little emperor of Zhezong was only in his teens at that time. He wanted to wait until the little emperor died and pardoned them, or wait for the little emperor to forgive them for pardon. It seemed that there was no future. Seeing that they would live in the poor land of Lingnan for the rest of their lives, most of the demoted officials were discouraged. In addition, they were not adapted to the local climate and could not bear the minor illnesses and disasters, and they died one after another.

Zhao Xing did not belong to this era. The prosperous life in the Song Dynasty was not as rich as the entertainment content of the Internet era. He was not very good at poetry and was not very interested in official banquets. After arriving in Guangdong, he devoted himself to weaving his Nanyang network, which made him feel very accomplished in humiliating the natives of Nanyang. This made him feel happy, so life passed quickly. Before he knew it, he spent two terms in Guangdong.

He survived not because of his tenacity and a stick in his body, but because he was able to think about it, and he happily enjoyed every day in the Song Dynasty...

Xu Shixi also wanted to retort. Chen Guan's reminder woke him up and immediately changed the topic and said: "The court has ordered Zhang Shangying to be the Zhending Mansion and I have brought the edict of Fusu Gong and Su Che. Do you think it will be sent to Lingnan by the court, or will it be done by you?

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In addition, the imperial court has appointed you as the Chief of Procuratorial Officer and Deputy Privy Councilor - these edicts are all here with me. Now that Yangzhou is sealed with the river, the imperial court cannot pass on the south side if there is any news. I will give these edicts to you."

The prosecutor of the Taiwei means that Zhao Xing can enjoy the power of the Taiwei. This official position is a second-rank official, which also means that Zhao Xing finally took a step forward and moved towards a first-rank official.

Zhao Xing took the pile of edicts with his face unchanged expression and made a gesture behind him. A general stepped forward and replied: "Dalang, we had already sent the order yesterday. The First Squadron of Guangnan received the order and would immediately start the anchor and return to Guangdong. If nothing unexpected happens, the ban on the Yangzhou River will be lifted in two days."

Zhao Xing turned around and handed the pile of edicts to his servants, leaving only the appointment letter of "Prosecutors and Chief Executive Officer". He was proud: We are also a second-rank official in the Song Dynasty! The speed of promotion is really satisfactory. Three term of office. In ten years, many people are still struggling on the threshold of the fifth-rank territory. For example, the Tanhua Lang Xu Shixi in front of us, but we are already a second-rank official who is about to tremble even when the Song Dynasty is about to tremble - the Prosecutors and Chief Executive Officer, which is equivalent to the Deputy Minister of National Defense. I am satisfied, so satisfied!

When the previous emperor was in great destruction and the new emperor ascended the throne, Zhao Xing was promoted. This was not surprising.

This is a practice in ancient China, and the so-called "one emperor and another minister" is like this. Generally speaking, after the new emperor ascended the throne, it was a practice to add the important officials appointed by the first emperor to a very glorious official title, and then find an opportunity to find a small mistake and drive them home to support the rest of their lives. Then the new emperor appointed a group of his own confidants to control the government affairs - for example, the six envoys of funerals were awarded the title of a Duke, among which Zhang Dun was specially promoted to Duke Shen.

"Come, please pass these edicts to Guangnan and order Chen Buqun to return to the voyage immediately without any errors. In addition, quickly transfer the servants from the river mouth to enter the river. Order them to take a boat and quickly get here..." Zhao Xing gave an order to the general of his family, and winked at him. The general of his family took the edict. He turned around and wanted to run away, but Chen Guan quickly stopped him: "Master Zhao, no!"

Relying on the close relationship between Zhang's brothers and Zhao Xing, Zhang Dunli interrupted without hesitation: "Brother Li Ren, have you accepted Xuan's comfort? Why are you still mobilizing troops here?

This is not good. The new emperor ascended the throne and the country needs stability the most. At this time, you are a local town occupying the mouth of the Yellow River. What does it mean to keep increasing troops? Be careful of the bomb-imperial officer."

Zhang Dunli means: Even if Zhao Xing has other intentions or has any agreement with the new emperor, he should also be concerned about the impeachment of the censor in the future. If the censors are very dissatisfied, the young emperor will also have the intention to kill the donkey.

While retreating outside, the general of the family explained to everyone: "We only had two thousand people on the north shore, and this little horse is not sure of winning when we met the Liao soldiers. My family is transferring his servants to come and prepare to pick up the Zhuque army on the north shore - the servants. It is not considered a formal army..."

The general of the family said this and had approached the door. Without waiting for the people present to react, he quickly turned around and ran away quickly. The rest of the people wanted to stop him. Zhao Xing had already explained: "Everyone, the king of the Liaoning Southern Academy, Yelu E Jiaxin, died, and the Liaoning Southern Academy is empty. If the Liao people dare to provoke me at this time, they will be unlucky.

I also know a news: Not long ago, I heard from the sea merchant that Gao Yu, the King of Goryeo, was also dead; the Jurchens had raised troops in the northern part of the Liao Kingdom and frequently harassed Liao Kingdom and Goryeo. I was thinking about asking the court to test the strength of Liao Kingdom. This trip north happened to be the Liao people attacked my Song Dynasty tribute envoy in the river - this reason is not much or too little, enough. Dear masters, if the Liao Kingdom asks and the court inquires, you all pretend not to know, and I will take revenge on the 'revenge of being robbed'."

Cao Yu spoke at this time and officially stated about Zhao Xing's actions: "Since the Alliance of the Emperor's Republic of China, the border between Song and Liao has been stable for several generations. Now the Liao Dynasty's tribute envoy died in our Song territory. Their Nanyuan King had just passed away. If Lord Zhao wanted to condemn Liao's country on the ground of "Liao soldiers robbed the tribute envoy", I was afraid that Liao would have enough reason to shirk it. Even if the Liao people punished it, the other party would at most be a crime of "not being strict in the ruling army" and "slack in the military preparations", but the Nanyuan King was already dead. Who would the Liao Dynasty blame?

However, Lord Zhao sent a firearm camp to break into the Liao territory. If it fails, if the Liao Kingdom suffers a great loss, the Chanyuan Alliance will no longer work. In this way, the northern border of our Song Dynasty will be unstable again. The court has to present heavy troops to the north, and the burden on the people will deepen - now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, in my opinion, Lord Zhao should send people to the north bank and recall the soldiers."

Zhao Xing looked at Cao Yu with his eyes slanted, silent.

The two were in a stalemate, and Shuai Fan hurried back and said loudly: "Immediately, the Zhuque Army on the north bank suffered a small loss. They suffered an assault from three thousand cavalrymen and lost all of them. Because there was no officer command, they were retreating to the riverside, sending messages to the soldiers to report and demanding urgent support."

The people present were shocked and shouted in a stack of shouts: "Why is it good? Why is it good?"

In the panic of everyone, Zhao Xing nodded calmly and said calmly: "The boys finally understand that the battle between infantry and cavalry is far from as simple as imagined. The battlefield depth of the infantry is five miles and five miles long. It takes half a morning to mobilize infantry once, and the battlefield depth of the cavalry is one hundred miles. It can break into the battlefield from places beyond the reach of people's eyes and launch an assault at any time."

Shuai Fan interrupted Zhao Xing impatiently: "Now is not the time to summarize the lessons. What's the use of saying these? Sir, please send someone to reinforce me quickly and I'll take someone there in person."

Zhao Xing pointed to the two stranded ships and replied: "Take my guards, my Gurkha guards are still on the ship. In addition, I asked four medium-sized sailboats to the beach and ordered them to be stranded on the north shore. You rely on the four warships to build defensive positions on the spot - don't panic, we still have enough time to react."

When it comes to dealing with the war, everyone at the scene was not qualified to interrupt in front of Zhao Xing. Shuai Fan took the military talisman from Zhao Xing and ran out of Shunbao Village without saying a word.

When Shuai Fan walked away, the people at the venue realized that the war finally left according to Zhao Xingdi's baton. The Song Dynasty had to add troops one after another to prevent the Liao people from attacking.

Zhang Dunli was born in a self-controlled general. He asked, "Mr. Zhao. I heard from my ancestors that cavalry charges, it is best to charge two or three miles apart. If it is too far, the horses rush to the front of the formation and the horses are exhausted and cannot exert much power. Why does Mr. Zhao say that the battlefield of the cavalry is 100 miles deep - a surprise attack from 100 miles away. Is it possible?"

Zhao Xing frowned and looked out the window, saying absent-mindedly: "Zhang Fuma, the cavalry tactics are not just about riding a horse and charging. That's right, when he came from a hundred miles away, the legs of the war horses were already weak and could not fight at all. But the legs of the people riding on the horse were not weak, so they could dismount. After a little rest, launch a walking attack from our side and rear wings.

I guess the men may not have thought of the Liao soldiers' tactics, so they suffered a small loss. Alas, I lacked horses in the Song Dynasty, and now the smuggling is intensifying. It seems that there is no shortage of war horses, but we lack even less people who understand cavalry tactics. It seems that all the generals and officials are bound by the word "cavalry". They don't know: the soldiers riding horses are also called cavalry."

Zhang Dunli nodded and suddenly realized: "If you say so, I understand: if you don't care about your horsepower, the cavalry will attack from a hundred miles away, which is more than an hour (two hours), and they can appear on the left wing of our army or behind our army. The battlefield is in their hands, and they can choose the battlefield and the attack point as they wish. That's right!"

Zhao Xing nodded and replied: "Yes, over the years, my men have suppressed the South China Sea without any effort, but they have developed a sense of arrogance. They don't know that bullying the natives of South China is not a great achievement. The real power lies in the north. The northern cavalry is our most brutal enemy."

Cao Yu woke up and said thoughtfully: "Mr. Fan left early. If the team of musketeers he brought with him did not have the experience of fighting against the cavalry, he would probably suffer a great loss when facing the people of Xixia."

Zhao Xing turned his face and said disdainfully: "The people of Xixia are not afraid! I have already developed a large gun (cannon). The city walls of Xixia are no longer any obstacles. How big a wave can the tired dog make? What I am worried about is the Liao people. Although the Liao Kingdom is weak, I didn't expect that the 'a hundred-foot insect will die without being stiff'. The king of their Nanyuan died, and the Liao soldiers without command were still so fierce."

Zhao Xing was a conscious test this time. After natural disasters and his "man-made disasters", the national strength was extremely weak. According to his speculation, the northern nobles of the Liao Kingdom had already caused the conflict between them and the Jurchens to break out early. However, the weak Liao Kingdom still surprised him.

The gap in combat awareness cannot be made up by personal efforts. There are a gap in cavalry awareness between the two countries of Song and Liao. History books often say that "Song soldiers are weak", but they do not know that in the era of cold weapons, the victory and defeat between cavalry and infantry, and victory and defeat cannot be expressed by a saying of "insufficient personal courage".

Zhang Dunli looked humbly and asked, "I heard that Lord Zhao had also fought against the people of Xixia in Huanqing and defeated the people of Xixia. Why did Lord Zhao seem so unconfident in defeating the Liao soldiers?"

"You forgot that I relied on the field of a strong city to set up a formation in that battle. If the Xixia cavalry wanted to detour me, they needed to bypass the entire city. The soldiers on the top of the city would observe their actions and tell me in time - because of this situation, the Xixia people gave up the detour attack and fought against me, and my great Song soldiers were not afraid of fighting against strong enemies."

Cao Yu also agreed with this view, and he nodded and echoed: "Looking at the battle between our dynasty and the Xixia people, our Song soldiers fought against the Xixia people, and never fell at a disadvantage, even against the Liao people. I am afraid that the enemy cavalry will be elusive and always launch an ambush from our flanks and behind, which makes the soldiers always alert and lead to mental collapse."

Zhao Xing turned to Cao Yu and said, "In the future, Lord Cao will guard Daming Mansion. The safety of my front towards the north depends on you. Zhang Shangying is a useless person, who can only flatter and talk, and maybe add some corruption. So I ask Lord Cao to pay attention to the cavalry that is invincible in this era. My Song Dynasty must have a cavalry team to ensure stability in the north.

I heard that the Liao Kingdom was famined, and most of the Liao people fled south, and among the officials who fled south, there were also people who knew cavalry tactics. And I only knew a little bit of fur. Please be careful, collect such talents, and compile a cavalry tactics. I need to understand the common tactics of the Liao people's cavalry."

Xu Shixi's lips moved. Without saying a word, Zhang Dunli had a brother in Huanqing. He knew Zhao Xing's thoughts best and said with a smile: "Li Ren can never forget the people of Xixia. Don't worry. The court transferred you from Huanqing, which was a mistake. Although the court sent Mr. Fan over now, he was old. After a few years, the court probably needed your people to stay in Huanqing. I think that handsome man is good, and it is probably his turn to come to the next group. But now the Xia people have asked for peace. I don't know if Mr. Shuai has this opportunity."

Zhao Xing has now been promoted to the second-rank official, and he has left Jingzhao Mansion with a second-rank official. It seems a bit overused, so Zhang Dunli does not talk about letting Zhao Xing return to Huanqing, but only talks about handsome style.

There was a huge noise at the entrance of Shunbao Village. Several people in the room could not sit still. Seeing Zhao Xing frequently looking north, Cao Yu took the opportunity to greet him: "Shunbao Village is under the jurisdiction of my Daming Mansion. I just happened to have some power. Lord Zhao. Why don't we go to the entrance of the city to take a look?"

Zhao Xing took a few steps and turned to Cao Yu and said seriously: "Mr. Cao, you'd better order now. I'll transfer the Japanese army and Gong Sheng army from Daming Mansion to come up. I'm going to Hekou to take charge and transfer my servants to come up. The cannon just now, and my servants were probably already leaving when they heard the cannons. They arrived as soon as they said. Please prepare for Lord Cao!"

Shunbao Village stands by the water and stands on the wall of Shunbao Village. You can see that four medium-sized ships have been stranded on the other side of the river. In addition, small boats are constantly coming and going on the river. Two stranded ships are unloading goods. After the cargo is transported, the two large ships tied up to float, and the hull has begun to shake, as if they can float.

Shunbao Village Ding cheered because Shunbao Village Ding had already climbed to the north shore with reinforcements. The situation was urgent, Shunbao Village Ding had no idea of ​​retrieving the ship. He directed the boat to the beach directly - the look of moving forward without caring about it, which made Shunbao Village Ding cheer in unison.

After the boat rushed to the river bank on the opposite bank, it ran aground on the bank. Due to the excessive rush, the four ships would not be able to be recycled. But Shuai Fan didn't care about this. He jumped in the mud and directed a large group of alien soldiers in black to jump off the boat and began to unload several large guns from the boat. This large gun carried light wooden wheels, and the people left on the shore led a few seized war horses and put the large guns on the war horses. Shuai Fan didn't even have a formation and directly directed the group of people to run north.

After Shuai Fan left, four medium-sized fast sailboats stranded on the beach continued to jump off countless people and began to carry things from the boat. The whole ivory was buried underground as a horse-rejected horse by them without hesitation. The precious Vietnamese mahogany, sandalwood, and African ebony were chopped out of sharp peaks with an axe without hesitation, and nailed the thick I-shaped nails. In the blink of an eye, a simple temporary camp was set up on the other side.

Chen Guan casually threw the treasure on the river bank and felt distressed. He stomped his feet frequently and sighed in annoyance. Cao Yu murmured in a low voice: "Prodigal son, prodigal son! How much does a mahogany cost and how much does ivory cost, he was casually treated as a horse-rejection. The position was set up in this way, enough to make a circle of gold."

Now, Cao Yu and Chen Guan did not suspect that Zhao Xing was simply escorting the tribute envoys - look at these ships, all of them were full of tributes... But there were no tributes like this, they were all treasures. According to the welfare policy of the Song Dynasty, after the emperor received the tribute, he would reward the ministers so that the ministers could also feel the blessing of the rain. These things were also related to the ministers in front of him. Maybe they were their property, so the ministers were very sad.

Cao Yu was also very distressed, but Chen Guan, the leader of the censor, remained silent. They did not dare to speak, so as not to appear petty. Xu Shixi was young and did not dare to speak at all, but from his bitter wrinkled face, he was also heartbroken.

Zhang Dunli didn't have that scruple. He shouted in great pain: "Mr. Zhao, I said my master! These are all tributes, why did you throw them on the shore casually? How much should we spend in this battle?... It's not yours, you don't feel sorry for you."

Zhao Xing had a gloomy face and replied: "Victory - it's worth paying all the price."

At this time, sail shadows appeared on the river in the distance.
Chapter completed!