Chapter 346: Ten thousand horses in the South Court

Shuai Fan quickly replied: "I brought five base ammunition with the army. If the Liao people want to negotiate, these ammunition reserves should be enough. I am just worried that there are too few generals on hand to stand alone. At present, there is a lack of a host on the temporary camp in the North Bank. I plan to hand over the army to you and then rush back to the landing site. What letter will you give me, and I will bring it back to you along the way."

Zhao Xing also sighed: "Our Guangdong Martial Arts School has been established for too short and lacks teaching staff. When we go back this time, we must strengthen and improve it and cultivate several generals who can stand alone."

The two of them shouted and Zhao Xing ordered the officials to prepare letters. After waiting for the letter, a new demon army soldier rushed over to report the message, trembling all the way. Shuai Fan stared at the soldier and sighed: "Why is the difference between the north and the south? When the southern soldiers arrived in the north, they really suffered a great loss in nature. We chose the winter that was most unsuitable for combat. The sudden attack effect was achieved, but they had no strength to expand the results of the battle. Unfortunately... Did the Liao people send a peace talks envoy?"

The next sentence of Shuai Fan was to ask the soldier who reported the letter. The soldier nodded and reported: "Sir Shuai, Lord Zhao, the governor of the Chongyi Army of Liao Kingdom, Han Zirang, who was entering the city. The soldiers on the city had experienced the experience and read his clearance document, which contained the peace talks signed by the Xuanhui envoy of the Southern Court of Liao Kingdom, the Han people's palaces, and the deputy Privy Councilor Wang Shiru...

After a moment of pause, the soldier added: "I see that Mr. Han was seriously injured and coughed all the way..."

Zhao Xing wondered: "I'm surprised that our shooting accuracy is not high. In terms of range, we can only charge in the front row soldiers. Why did the soldiers actually kill one Jiedushi and seriously injure another... Interesting. My luck is really extraordinary. Jiedushi actually took the lead in charging - go and find Lord Jiang Zhiqi."

Shuai Fan quickly explained: "I have sent someone to investigate. Unfortunately, when we arrived in the Liao territory, it was as obvious as the lice on the bald man's head. So far, we have only found the news that the Liao people wanted to give us. For example, the cold land is frozen today and the business and travel are not available. Why did the Liao people attack us, why did this war happen, and how the war happened, I don't know anything now... Give me some time and I will definitely find out the truth!"

Jiang Zhiqi had nowhere to go. He was standing in the Song army camp and curiously observing the soldiers of the Suzaku Army to make ammunition.

When Zhao Xing encountered the Liao army, he had the idea of ​​not having a long life. He vented most of the ammunition and many soldiers had empty ammunition bags. Now, the soldier was preparing new lead bullets. He took out a lead plate from his backpack, which stamped many grooves on it, and divided the lead plate into many lead strips.

The soldier broke off one of the lead strips, cut the lead strips into pieces with scissors, put them into a ceramic bowl, and then placed the porcelain bowl on the alcohol stove. When he operated all this, he was focused, and Jiang Zhiqi looked at it seriously. He forgot about his identity as a scholar.

After a while, the lead strips melted. The soldier used a clip to pick up the porcelain bowl, injected the lead liquid inside into a small iron box, and then buried the iron box in the snow to cool it. The iron box was inserted into the snow and made a squeaking sound. After a while, the soldier dug out the small iron box with a steaming heat from the snow. When he opened the iron box, Jiang Zhiqi found that the iron box was a mold. The injected lead liquid had condensed into round projectiles in the iron box.

Since this mold wanted to let the lead juice flow everywhere, the cast lead pellets were connected to each other. Jiang Zhiqi counted curiously and found that the lead bullets were divided into six rows, each row of twelve lead balls. These lead balls were fishing nets, and the net knots were round and rolling bullets.

The soldier picked up scissors and cut projectiles from the fishing net-shaped bullet board. The hardness of lead was relatively low, and the soldier focused on trimming each projectile with scissors to keep it round. Jiang Zhiqi was stunned, his lips were still squirming. He heard the call from Zhao Xing. He asked quickly: "Mr. Zhao, why do soldiers still have to make projectiles? Can't they prepare them in advance for the soldiers to carry them with them?"

Zhao Xing smiled: "Mr. Jiang, the lead balls are soft in nature. The projectiles prepared in advance are easily deformed during transportation, and the finished lead plates are easy to carry. Trenches are stamped on the lead plates, and each lead strip can make 72 projectiles. The soldiers made them on-site, which can make them more familiar with guns and reduce the cost of transportation of our ordnance."

Jiang Zhiqi asked again: "I thought the projectile was an iron egg, so why did I need to use lead? Isn't the iron egg harder?"

Zhao Xing patiently explained: "Mr. Jiang, the shells are iron, but the bullets are lead. One reason is that processing so many iron beads is very expensive to make projectiles, and it takes a lot of time. We cannot afford that money; the other reason is that shooting with lead pellets is better.

We have compared it: using lead balls as bullets. Although the shooting distance is not as good as iron balls, it has stronger penetration ability. The person hit is injured more severely, and almost all are accompanied by internal organ bleeding. I think this is because the lead melts rapidly after being heated, and the liquid-like lead fills the entire gun chamber, allowing the power of the gunpowder to be fully exerted, and the iron balls cannot do this...

Let’s go, Lord Jiang, Lord Han Zizhang has arrived. As the peacekeeper, you should go and see Lord Han who was injured by muskets.”

The famous generals of the Liao Kingdom who had just entered the city were also watching, but he was not qualified to enter the Song army camp and observe the Song army soldiers to make bullets to kill him. He was observing the group of war horses brought by Shuai Fan. There were 300 horses, and some of the horses were immediately knights with the habit of "head-down army" of the Liao Kingdom. They were taken to Danluo Island by Zhao Xing for at least three years. This time they set foot on the land of Liao Kingdom again in order to protect the communication of the Song army.

After observing these cavalrymen with obvious marks of Liao, Korean capital looked at the group of Danluo's tall horses with envy. When he saw Zhao Xing coming, he didn't even ask about his name and exclaimed: "Good horse, good horse! There is such a strong horse among the horses. The tall horse is the only one I have seen in my life. I wonder how valuable it is for such a horse?"

Zhao Xing looked at Han Zirang with his hands behind his back. Although the name of this Han man grew up in Hu, he could not detect much of the Han man's taste. His eyes were yellow-brown, with obvious Xianbei genes; he was short and strong, with a little circle on his legs; his clothes were left-sided; he could not see much of the temperament of Confucians all over his body.

Jiang Zhiqi took a step forward and introduced himself: "This official: Bachelor of Tianzhang Pavilion, Zuo Zhengyan Jiang Zhiqi."

Han Zirang nodded and replied: "This official: Han Zirang, the governor of Chongyi Army, was ordered by Xiao Changge, the envoy of Xuanhui of the Southern Court, and Wang Xiangwang Shiru, to come for a peace talk... Who is the master behind you?"

Zhao Xing had a long title. He repeated his many scary titles in one breath, and then Shuai Fan also stepped forward to introduce himself. During this period, Han Zirang's eyes turned around on Zhao Xing and Shuai Fan, as if he wanted to identify which one injured him, while Zhao Xing was looking at the other party's bulging chest with great enthusiasm. His chest was bulging and seemed to be bandaged very thickly. Zhao Xing muttered dissatisfiedly: "The technique is wrong, how can I bandage it like this? It's too a layman."

Zhao Xing's words made Korean students find the right target. He turned to Zhao Xing and said, "I remember that Lord Zhao is the one who was 'can't mess with' on Huanqing Road in the past. This injury should be Lord Zhao's masterpiece, right?"

The handsome fan was willing to let him go: "Look at your injuries, Lord Zhao doesn't seem to have much credit. Maybe when you attacked my temporary camp, you got shot me."

Koreans made their eyes flash: "Is it you who guarded the camp? Not bad. The more you fight, the more you are more organized. When I attacked for the last time, your artillery fire was so fierce that even the central army could not help but be affected."

Shuai Fan raised his chest: "We are each other. You, Lord Han, are getting more and more organized. If we had sufficient troops at the beginning, we would definitely wipe out you out of your first contact. Unfortunately, when my reinforcements arrive, you will not be able to find anyone."

Korean capital asked his eyes to Zhao Xing and Shuai Fan, and said thoughtfully: "I heard that Lord Zhao and Shuai destroyed countless countries in the south. I originally thought that bullying the small southern country was not considered a strength. Now it seems that the Guangnan Army is really hard to crack."

Zhao Xing said happily: "It's okay, it's okay. What you encountered before is only one of the five central parts of my Guangnan Army. The reinforcements that entered the city are not as good as my Guangnan "'No. 1 Strongest Army'. My Guangnan Five Armies divided the demons, eliminate demons, destroy ghosts, and eliminate monsters, collectively known as the "demons, ghosts and monsters". The Demon Elimination Army is only ranked second. The Vermilion Bird Army, which is the army you encountered first, can only be considered an out-of-staff member. I trained Mr. Zhang Ju. Unfortunately, Mr. Zhang Ju died early, and the people of Xixia could not taste the taste of the Vermilion Bird Army.

Lord Han tasted the taste of the Vermilion Bird Army today. Please tell the people of Xixia that Mr. Fan Chuncui has taken away part of the Vermilion Bird Army. After this battle, the Vermilion Bird Army will gradually transfer it to Mr. Fan Chuncui."

Korean Zirang stared at him: "What, you said that I only met an extra-staff member from Guangnan, and some of them were taken away by Lord Fan Chuncui. Is this really the case?"

Jiang Zhiqi proudly added with his beard: "Not only! I ascended the throne from the new emperor, and took away part of the Vermilion Bird Army. At present, there is still a part of the Vermilion Bird Army left on the South Bank, so the North Bank army you encounter can only be considered half of the Vermilion Bird Army."

Korean Zijie widened his eyes and asked with confidence: "The Suzaku Army... How many people are there in the entire Suzaku Army?"

Jiang Zhiqi opened his mouth, Zhao Xing smiled honestly and said first: "I won't tell you!"

Korean capital made his eyes flash again and said unwillingly: "My Chongyi Army is not all here. If you have the chance, I will transfer Chongyi Army and we will compete."

Zhao Xing looked at Han Zirang with interest and shook his head gently: "Mr. Han may not have a chance. Your face is flushed and your body temperature must be very high; your forehead is very hot. Now you are holding on to your spirits... I think it is difficult for you to survive this injury. Although it is winter now and there are few diseases, I don't think: according to the situation of Liao Kingdom, you can cure your injury."

Han Zirang Gong bowed: "The descendants of the Han family must not forget each other because of their gifts."

Jiang Zhiqi found that the conversation between the two sides was polite at the beginning, but now the smell of gunpowder is getting stronger and stronger. He quickly smoothed out: "General Han, I wonder if you are willing to let our army doctor treat it. This injury comes from the Song army, and our Song army has its own methods of diagnosis and treatment."

Zhao Xing nodded and took the topic calmly: "My Song army has methods to diagnose and treat the local area, but this method is a bit incredible. People often say: 'Body hair is affected by parents, and they cannot bear the damage'. However, this method of diagnosis and treatment is contrary to tradition - it is necessary to cut the wound and clean the toxins in the wound. Lord Han, your injury is not light. Do we need to treat it? Please decide as soon as possible?"

Korean Zijie nodded: "Poison? Your thunderbolt bomb is poisonous?... Haha, I can still support it, but the Wang Xiang has not arrived yet, so I cannot go to the hospital. I will send a letter to Lord Wang. After Lord Wang enters the city, I will ask two of you to take care of this injury - I will not thank you. This injury was caused by you, and you should have been treated. However, my sons and nephews are going to guard the side."

Zhao Xing's eyes flashed and he agreed readily: "No problem. When treating Lord Han's injuries, he should be accompanied by Lord Han's nephew to prove that we have not done anything."

Han Zirang asked about his injuries, relieved his heart, and pointed at the horses again. He asked with a smile: "Mr. Zhao hasn't answered me yet, how valuable is this horse? I wonder if I can exchange it with you for a hundred war horses?"

Zhao Xing's eyes flashed and he replied with a smile: "I plundered this kind of war horse from the extreme west. It was originally owned by a king in the extreme west. I bought a few horses at a high price. If Lord Han wants it, I will charge you a cost price - take gold equal to the horse's weight and I will sell it to you."

Korean capital changed his face: "The cost price, you still need to wait for heavy gold? Lord Zhao is joking!"

Shuai Fan Hanhan replied: "It is indeed the cost price. I know that this kind of war horse, one male and one female, one pair of stallions, can be exchanged for three cities, and it is a very rich city. The local city in Liao Kingdom has nothing to be exchanged for, and this price is very simple!"

Han Zirang snorted, turned around and left.

The gold that Zhao Xing said was as heavy as the horse's body, but Korean capital could not afford it. This horse had six or seven hundred kilograms, and such a quantity of gold exceeded the taxes in the southern part of the Liao Kingdom for one year, and even the entire Liao Kingdom did not have so much tax. How could Korean capital pay such a sky-high price?

After Korean students left, Shuai Fan said: "What kind of nephew is accompanying you? I guess he is going to find a group of doctors to see how we deal with this injury!"

Jiang Zhiqi said in annoyance: "The official was rash and even spoke too much to let the Liao people peek at the secret... However, Lord Han is the envoy who came to negotiate peace. He was going to die here, and I'm afraid the peace talks would not be possible to continue."

As he was speaking, the Korean master turned back and solemnly reminded: "Several, for the sake of peace talks, our Daliao opened a road for the Song army so that the Song army could pass letters, but except for that open road, please do not cross the border at will. Please remember."

After Han Zirang finished speaking, he turned around and left. Shuai Fan mocked behind him: "No more grace! When he first came, he was still as handsome as a man, praising our combat effectiveness. Now he is actually foolish and said that the road is open to us. Do we need them to open? Isn't this road we broke through?"

Zhao Xing looked at Han Zirang's back and said curiously: "I'm very puzzled. I really want to know how he was injured. How could he be? He was shot but he didn't even hit him. His body appeared in front of us intact. Was he really done his gunshot wound?"

Shuai Fan's face changed and he slapped his forehead: "No, they seized our guns. If they couldn't get the guns, the gunshot wounds of Han Zirang were fired when they fiddled with the guns...No, they have learned to fiddle with the guns."

Zhao Xing replied slowly: "It's nothing strange. He fought with us for a few days, and found the soldiers' movements clearly. It doesn't require too complicated movements to fiddle with muskets. It's just about pouring gunpowder and loading bullets... As long as he finds a musket that has loaded bullets but has not fired, he can immediately learn to shoot."

Shuai Fan hesitated and said, "This guy was not intentionally injured. Is it specifically to see how we treat this injury?"

Zhao Xing shook his head: "It is impossible. Few Liao soldiers who were caught in our guns survived. Korean capital made it impossible to take such a big risk. If we don't have a treatment method, or we have a treatment method but firmly stand by, then he will definitely die."

Jiang Zhiqi finally found an opportunity to interrupt: "You just said that lead bombs are poisonous, how can they be poisonous? This method is unkind and righteous."

Zhao Xing retorted impatiently: "Our bullet is not poisonous. It is the material of lead pill itself. When it hits the body, the muscles on the ground are contaminated with liquid lead liquid. It is necessary to cut off the piece of meat to be diagnosed and cured. If it is too late and poisoned into the blood, there is no help. I see that this adult has been infected with lead poison in his blood, his face is flushed, and his body temperature is too high. Even if he is rescued, he will be disabled."

Shuai Fan continued to speculate: "Except when you encountered infantry head-on, we did give the Liao people a lot of damage. In the previous few times, the Liao people used cavalry to attack, although our volleyball was heavily fired, the Liao people's cavalry suffered very little losses. The Han brothers could not charge in person in those attacks. Perhaps, they saw the power of our muskets and were thinking about the seized muskets. A disaster happened accidentally. The Chief Censor Han Junyi should also be present, so he was seriously injured and died. The Korean capital gave up his life and was only affected and brought some minor injuries...

Do the Liao people also have the habit of deceiveing ​​their superiors and concealing their subordinates. They were injured by their mistakes in their operations. They might be embarrassed to say it out, so they put the blame on us? But why did this Korean master say that he was bombarded by us when he attacked our riverside camp? I didn't put any of the people who attacked the camp, so how could anyone still go back alive?"

Zhao Xing waved his hand: "Why do you have to waste your time guessing? How did Korean capital get hurt? It's meaningless to us. In the case of information asymmetry, we can't make a correct judgment at all. In short, this guy was injured. The injury was caused by me. Because of his injury, we won this victory by chance. I hope luck will always be with us. Everyone, let's prepare for that negotiation, right?"

The peace talks made Wang Shiru come very quickly. This person was named "Shiru", so he was naturally very taboo about the "resonance of heaven and man" and the "Five Elements and Eight Trigrams". Shortly after the Korean Zirang arrived in advance, Wang Shiru appeared outside Wuqing City with a large group of people.

Zhao Xing stood at the head of Wuqing City, observed the army brought by Wang Shiru with a telescope, and nodded easily. He turned to Jiang Zhiqi and also said to Han Zirang: "I am sure that Lord Wang is here to negotiate."

He Haogu, who was present, had a low official position and did not understand what Zhao Xing said. Han Zi made his face dark and his expression depressed.

Wang Shiru, the last Han official in the Southern Court, brought the Nanjing Road Imperial Army. This army was originally the most fierce military slave in the Liao Kingdom. However, because of the prosperity of Nanjing Road, the Khitan nobles often sent their children to this army to seek military merits and a way out. Gradually, the army was in a mighty shape but could not stand the battle.

Outsiders didn't know the details, but when they saw the luxurious equipment of this army, they thought that this army was particularly capable of fighting. But Zhao Xing was no longer a rookie on the battlefield. Wang Shiru brought such an imperial guard to show off his power, but unexpectedly showed his appearance in front of Zhao Xing.

Speaking of which, in terms of the luxury of the equipment, the Liao army in front of us, although the most outstanding army in Liao was distinctive and well-equipped, compared with the Zhao Xing's army, it was a beggar team. In terms of cavalry, Zhao Xing's cavalry all had BMWs weighing as much as gold. Although it was small in number, it was enough to take out a war horse to buy all the war horses in the opposite army.

As for weapons, in front of the new generation of muskets, the Liao people made the swords and arrows sharp, and they were also a scum in front of the cannons.

If we talk about the equipment on our own, the Liao people would be even more unbearable. Zhao Xing's soldiers had a tool kit with small hardware tools, which could make repairs and adjustments to their weapons by themselves, but the Liao people had never heard of those hardware tools.

In addition, Song Jun was equipped with a single tent, down sleeping bag, tweed coat, and even each person was equipped with a set of glass alcohol stoves, using expensive spirits as burning tea and lead like fuel without spending money. This extreme wasteful behavior seems to be a crime in Korean capital.

Originally, according to the traditional view, such an army that pursues comfort, enjoyment, and has a luxurious environment that is greedy for enjoyment, has a weak sense of combat, and lacks the spirit of fighting to the death. However, the Korean capital who fought with them knows that the ferocity of this army is no less than the most elite army in the Liao Kingdom.

In front of such an army, the Nanjing Imperial Army that Wang Shiru used to show off seemed ridiculous. The soldiers had impetuous and arrogant expressions on their nutritional faces. They stared at the Song army arrogantly, but their expressions revealed panic. It was this panic that exuded their bottom...

On the top of the city, the Song generals following Zhao Xing looked at the army with a telescope and sneered on the corner of their mouths, and their eyes involuntarily fell to the necks of the soldiers, as if thinking about how to cut them.

Wang Shiru, a civil servant, wore a green Tang armor similar to the Mingguang armor of the Tang Dynasty. He rode on a horse and walked into Wuqing City with his might. When the Han brothers were fighting fiercely, this man led the most elite armed force on Nanjing Road, which was the imperial guards, to hide in Anci, and wandered. Now that the war has subsided, Wang Shiru has the opportunity to show off. He was proud and rode on the horse, and stepped into Wuqing City with a condescending expression... Immediately at the city gate, he met Zhao Xing, who was riding a horse higher than his crotch.

At this moment, not only Zhao Xingzai was there at the city gate, but also Shuai Fan, the Japanese Yuan Yeping and the Xiao brothers. They each rode a steep and tall war horse. Looking at Wang Shiru, who entered the city with a short Mongolian "horse (also called "horse donkey")", he shouted condescendingly: "Who is coming?"

This sentence is nonsense.

Because before Wang Shiru came, someone had already handed over his famous letter in advance, and the people in the city knew who was coming.

But I have to ask this sentence, because Zhao Xing is a master of psychological warfare. He likes to use many means to destroy people's psychology, which makes people involuntarily despair about his situation - letting Wang Shiru who entered the city sign up for his own surname is also a kind of psychological destruction.

Wang Shiru couldn't help but answer casually: "This official: Deputy Privy Councilor Wang Shiru."

Zhao Xing was arrogant and reported: "I am the envoy of the Imperial City, the bachelor of Fu Wenge, the envoy of the Nanyang Survey, the secretary of the Privy Council of the Procuratorate, the transfer envoy of Guangdong and Guangxi, the commander of the Guangzhou Maritime Warrior, the commander of the Guangnan East Road Water Initiative Cavalry, the commander of the General Administration of the Guangdong and Guangxi Coin Crime Department, the chief of the Guangdong and Guangxi Coin Crime Department... Zhao Xing and Zhao Li were summoned to negotiate with the Liao Kingdom."

Zhao Xing was not the righteous envoy of the peace talks, but Jiang Zhiqi turned from behind. In this cold winter, he waved his fan lightly and followed him to his house casually. After Jiang Zhiqi finished reporting his long official name, Zhao Xing bent down and asked arrogantly: "Mr. Wang, you said less than two words - obeying the imperial edict. Could it be that your peace talks were not obeying the imperial edict?"

The Southern Academy of Liao Kingdom was established completely imitating the official system of the Song Dynasty. Wang Shiru, the deputy Privy Councilor, was also of the same rank as Zhao Xing, the "Secretary of the Privy Councilor". In addition to Zhao Xing's "Du Zhangping State Affairs", the status of the deputy negotiating envoy sent by the Song Dynasty was equivalent to that of Wang Shiru. If Jiang Zhiqi, the second-rank right-right, would be inferior to that of the Liao Kingdom's negotiating envoy.

Therefore, if the negotiator of the Liao people did not follow the imperial edict, then there was no need for negotiation between the two sides.

Wang Shiru's psychology was already weak, but Zhao Xing grabbed the handle again. His straight chest immediately stopped. He smiled awkwardly and replied weakly: "My Great Liao South Court has always been managed by the King of the South Court. Although your negotiations have not been approved by His Majesty's edict, if an agreement is signed, this agreement will definitely be valid in Nanjing Road..."

After a moment of pause, Wang Shiru quickly explained: "We have already sent the news to Shangjing. I believe Your Majesty will reply soon. According to the system of our Great Liao Dynasty, Your Majesty will not deny our agreement."
Chapter completed!