Chapter 246 Official promotion to second grade

After receiving the imperial edict, Yelu Dashi was appointed as the Grand Marshal of the Liao army. Although Emperor Tianzuo was stupid, he was not stupid and knew who the Liao Kingdom could beat the most. In fact, many foolish kings had good IQs, such as Song Huizong, Li Houzhu, Tang Xuanzong, etc., but they were smart and could not resist **, and they were behind and regarded as the negative example by later generations.

After Yelu Dashi took over, he immediately ordered Di Henan. The Liao army in the southwest occupied the nearly to resist the Song army route. After giving a death order, the Song people must not be allowed to control Dihe. Because Dihe is connected with the Tuhe, Huanghe and other four rivers, once they are all controlled, the consequences will be unimaginable. The people in Linhuang Mansion can only escape.

To avoid the Song people controlling Dihe, they must dig out Laizhou. Otherwise, they will inevitably be attacked from both sides. When the Liao soldiers near Laizhou exceeded 100,000, Yelu Dashi finally appeared.

Yelu Dashi was in a bad mood. His logistics were hit hard yesterday. Thirty cannons and 300 stones of food and grass were turned into gray by Wang Yan. Although Wang Yan's troops paid a heavy price, Yelu Dashi knew that at present, there was no shortage of soldiers in the Liao and Song dynasties, but what they were short of supplies. For example, the Song people erected only a hundred heavy cannons on the city wall.

The first big firecracker in history was born between Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty. Because of Ouyang, history was decades ahead of schedule, Laizhou began its first firecracker in history. Since the cannons had no sights at that time, Ouyang's geometry was bad and there were no experts in aerodynamics. In addition, each cannon and shell were made by hand, luck in such firecrackers is a factor that must be considered.

Yelu Dashi occupied two small hills west of Laizhou. When the cannons were transported, the two sides started fighting. After three rounds of shooting, due to the distance, the guns and gunners on both sides were intact. The main generals of both sides were ashamed. Fortunately, this was embarrassing to everyone. In the fourth round, the Liao cannon hit the wall and made a stone chip to cut the hand of Song Pili's gunner. One to zero. The Song Kaihuan exploded, no casualties, and one cannon was lost, two to zero.

The distance is long and solid cannons are used. If they are replaced with incendiary bombs, the accuracy will be greatly improved because of the short range. The artillery battle lasted for one day. Song was bombed four cannons, destroying one of them. Liao was bombed three of them. There were no casualties for the time being.

That night, Yelu Dashi took advantage of the noise that day and sent 500 warriors to steal the camp. Zhang Jun was very prepared and could not succeed, so he was chased by the Song cavalry for a while. When Yelu Dashi was overjoyed, Zhang Junming Jin and the cavalry retreated. Yelu Dashi was ambushed but failed.

The next day, neither side was interested in playing solid cannons, and Yelu Dashi began to attack the city. The infantry advanced and burned heavy artillery to suppress the artillery fire on the top of the city. Both sides suffered heavy losses on this day. Although the Song army occupied the geographical advantage and suffered small losses, the hand-shaking cannons were used frequently and the stock was severely out of stock.

The next night, Zhang Jun ordered the stolen camp. Yelu Dashi was also a famous general. He was prepared for the two cavalry and drove the Song cavalry to flee everywhere. But at this moment, Wang Yan fought his life again, leading a thousand people to assault from behind, igniting gunpowder, and then fought hard to break out of the siege. Unfortunately, Zhang Jun did not have a mobile phone, radio, or pager. He thought it was Yelu Dashi who was playing tricks and did not cooperate with the attack, which delayed the opportunity to fight. But in the end, he still took Wang Yan's 400 people into the city. Most of Wang Yan's part disintegrated, but had achieved the strategic goal.

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After Ouyang Chunyong finished, he was reading the newspaper. There was the latest report of returning by sea. The Song Dynasty suddenly turned against the water and indeed caught the Liao people off guard. The powerful military pressure gradually defeated the Liao army south of Dihe. Han Shizhong's branch sent troops from the former Western Xia to start a harassing attack between Western Liao and Eastern Liao. The purpose was to give the Liao people the illusion that the Liao people had to cut off the Liao retreat. This area was different from the southern Liao area. The socialization of slaves was relatively serious. The powerful people here owned a lot of land and did not have to pay taxes to the court. The Liao Central Army was very rare in these places. The Liao combat troops here were mostly composed of the slave owners' policy of the whole nation.

Ouyang sighed after reading the newspaper. Why is there no news from Taixuzi? Han Shizhong can't do villainous things, but he does not object to others doing villainous things. This is his greatest advantage. Ouyang thought about it, and he has just received the battle newspaper from Laizhou. How could he receive the results of Taixuzi? Since the Jurchen labor violence incident, the Jurchens have been silent. They do not attack or send envoys. You should know that the troops in Liaotongzhou are currently empty, and the Jurchens can take Tongzhou in one fell swoop, or even Linhuang Mansion. But they did not, and they watched the fun quietly.

"Sir" Huilan shouted.

Ouyang dug up his clothes and asked, "Huilan? Why are you here?"

"Of course, it's good news. The Fleet of Flight has returned and arrived in Quanzhou twenty days ago." Huilan handed over a manuscript. Ouyang was overjoyed and said that the first batch of Quanzhou to arrive were twenty warships and nearly fifty merchant ships, with the main general Liang Hongyu also among them. It is reported that the fleet will arrive directly in Haizhou, and then after merchants from various Mediterranean countries face Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu will turn the trading market into a trading market, and after determining the transaction currency and tax profits, they can officially trade with the Song people.

"I don't know if you choose Hangzhou, Yangzhou or Quanzhou?" Quanzhou has always had a foreign trade port, but the transaction is too limited. The farthest one is to sell goods to Arabia, and then Arabia arrives at the Black Sea through land and transport it to the Mediterranean. Judging from its current scale, Quanzhou cannot meet the needs of both parties.

"It should be Hangzhou." Huilan said: "Foreign businesses also have to buy local goods. There are a large number of silk, porcelain, tea, and Hangzhou. It seems that this time it is the real world coming to the court."

"There is no way, who lets us open up the sea line?" Ouyang smiled and said, "I don't know how Li Bao, who is walking on another line, is like." Li Bao walked in the Arctic Ocean and crossed the Bering Strait. During this period, he would stay and visit and exchange with Russia. The temperature in that area was relatively low, and I wonder if these people could adapt. Compared with the destruction of Western Xia, Ouyang cared more about this long voyage. The political, economic, cultural and other purposes included are not simply measured by how much money it earns or how much land it takes.

"General Li is a lucky person. Don't worry, sir. I'll prepare the manuscript, and I'll do tomorrow."

"Em" Ouyang nodded: "Write it well, this matter can not only inspire people's spirit, but also inspire morale."

"Yeah" Huilan left.

Ouyang drank: "Ouping, add more dishes today, please come and have a drink." Take the newspaper and read it again. Although it is boring, you can make time

"Okay", Ou Ping, who was practicing calligraphy, said to the handmaid: "Add a dish today."

The handmaid smiled and said, "I heard it."

"Ouyang?" a voice shouted.

Who is so big or small? Ouyang doesn’t need to look at it and knows that Myolie Wu is here. What are you here to cry? Of course, she is here to cry. It’s so happy and sad.

"I'm sorry." Wu asked, "Have you read the newspaper today?"

"Watching the third time." Lack of entertainment can increase literacy opportunities.

Myolie Wu said: "How much money do you think we will lose?"

Ouyang ignored him and continued to search for the newspaper and asked: "Do you know, why are all iron, coal and hot tincture oil used by the imperial court given priority this year?"

"Yeah? Does this matter?"

"Why is it okay?" Ouyang said: "The court's money is something that people have to make money anyway. Since the Hu family is willing to pay for the soldiers, the court will naturally take care of the Hu family. Otherwise, if your Hu family loses all their money, who will ask for insurance? You are not as good as your father. Your father knew it was a loss-making business, so he asked you to handle it. Of course, if the loss-making business is handled well, it may not necessarily lose money."

“How to say it?”

"How to say? Have your business not increased recently?" Insurance set up four points in the Song Dynasty, Hangzhou, Yangping, Tokyo, and Taiyuan Prefecture. Ouyang said: "You don't pay much, but you have gained popularity. There are so many news about wars, everyone is interested in the news about the edge of the corner, let alone your insurance industry? The plans I gave you for shipping, river insurance, logistics insurance, etc. should be almost started. You can also contact the North and South Post Office to establish registered insurance, which means mailing a letter to add more money, which can guarantee it. Otherwise, it will be compensated as much as possible. On the one hand, it can increase the credibility of the post office, and on the other hand, it will be a business income."

"Hello, just sit here and move your mouth."

"You can't do it, let your father replace him, you don't even have to touch your mouth." Ouyang put down the newspaper and said, "I'm going to swim, please give in."

"Virtuality" Myolie Wu said, leaving in a hurry. She didn't want to be looked down upon.

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The war against Liao continued, and the Grand Marshal Yelu Dashi met the trouble. It is said that he had a tacit understanding with the Song people. He surrounded Laizhou but did not go down, and did not reinforce the two groups of Song to sweep the Liao army. The Liao emperor had sent people to ask questions. Yelu Dashi knew that if this situation was still the same, the court would sooner or later tell him that he would go back and make it clear.

But as of now, although the Song army suffered a considerable loss, the Laizhou defenders had no choice but to fight to the death. The Laizhou battle lasted for a month, and the Laizhou defenders, who could not support, stabilized their defenses because of the supplies of the Hangzhou fleet. Moreover, because the Royal News announced that the Hangzhou fleet's morale was greatly boosted after returning from a long voyage, and Yelu Dashi could not take it down with a large number of people. In addition, the Hangzhou fleet's warship auxiliary flanks, Laizhou is quite difficult to chew.

The Hangzhou fleet showed a great role in this war. The Hangzhou fleet was divided into two, and one fleet was a combat ship. Yue Fei personally took over and implemented the warships A tactic. When the siege in Laizhou was fierce, ship A pulled ship B, and ship B fought on the coast with the risk of stranding. If the enemy attacked ship B, ship C burned and covered the beach, when the situation was critical, ship A would pull ship B away. Although it provided effective support to the Laizhou defenders, the Hangzhou fleet suffered heavy losses. After all, Yelu Dashi was also a conspiracy. Some of the warships could not be pulled away, and some were rushed onto the ship by the Liao people to fight in hand. Even if they were pulled away, the stranding damage might cause the hull to be damaged and sunken.

The Hangzhou fleet's transport fleet also made great contributions, one was to transport supplies continuously, and the other was to transport severely wounded people away. Whether in modern or ancient wars, the wounded people were very important reasons that affected morale. Laizhou lacked medical treatment and medicine. Although there was also a shortage of on board, as long as it was transported away, the officers and soldiers in Laizhou could breathe a sigh of relief. After all, it means that there is a rescue. After all, don't hear the wounded wailing every day, and you feel much more emotional. At this time, people always think about the benefits.

The northwest and Yongxing armies also encountered a lot of trouble. In order to win the attack time of Laizhou, Yelu Dashi divided his troops to reinforce and defend the dangerous places south of Dihe. Yelu Dashi was like chewing gum, sticking to the pace of the Song army's attack.

Although Yelu Dashi was very strange, why the first supply of Hangzhou fleet was not people but supplies, he believed that the next batch of supplies was likely to be people. If Laizhou adds another 20,000 new troops of the imperial guards, it would be even more difficult to attack. So he organized a large-scale night attack.

He equipped 80% of the firearms and divided the team into three parts. The first part was grenadier, the second part was thunderbolt, and the third part was heavy artillery. This was very vicious. Because the defenders were not visible in the dark, they did not expect that the Liao army would attack like a tide without considering life and death.

Among the three soldiers, the most killing of the imperial guards was the mine-throwing soldiers. Laizhou was not brightly lit, and a landmine was thrown on the road, but there was no special mine-de-de-arms. When defending the city in an emergency, he was accidentally stepped on. Not only was he strong lethality, it caused the Song army to fear, but it also greatly slowed down the guardians' garrison on the city walls.

Finally, the west city gate and the city wall were occupied. Zhang Jun was best at fighting desperate battles. He told his personal soldiers that if he retreated, he would be the sea. If he drowned or was killed, everyone would choose. A female field reporter shook her flag and shouted: If he died in battle, he would be worth 500 yuan, and he would jump into the sea without paying any money. So the morale rose.

Xue Bing, Wang Yan and Zhang Jun went out in three ways. The two routes moved through the city walls on both sides to directly reach the west gate. Zhang Jun, as the main general, occupied the city gate. The whole army was united and finally regained the city gate and the city wall. Yelu Dashi's most failed tactic was that he did not arrange cavalry. However, the arrangement of the three soldiers and the dark night was indeed difficult to send cavalry into the city in chaos.

This battle almost exhausted both sides' firearm reserves, and all bows and knives were put out. After seeing the flag words, Yue Fei immediately made a decision and dismantled half of the heavy artillery of the warships and sent them to Laizhou. Although the shell reserves were not much, the deterrent power should not be underestimated. However, in this way, the defenders had to defend more of the enemy from the north gate, and the pressure was still relatively high.

At such a critical moment of fighting, the Liao court sent someone to issue an order to hand over the power of General Yelu Dashi to the brother of Emperor Tianzuo's Concubine, Xiao Fengxian, and then returned to Linhuang Mansion to report his duties. Yelu Dashi did not want to return, and wanted to respond to the orders of the general outside the king, but Xiao Fengxian asked him to give up his persistence.

Xiao Fengxian and Yelu Dashi had a good relationship. Xiao Fengxian told Yelu Dashi: If you don’t return, Liao will be defeated. First, even if you take Laizhou back, Yelu Dashi can no longer disobey and go back to Pingdihe Southern Song army. Second, if you don’t take Laizhou back and retreat in the end, Yelu Dashi will succeed and lose the troops. Since this is the case, it’s better to go back and forth first. If the time is fast, you can go back and forth in more than half a month. At that time, the supply of the Song army’s Hangzhou fleet had not yet been in place. Moreover, in more than half a month, Xiao Fengxian could also put pressure on Laizhou.

Yelu Dashi agreed deeply. According to his strategic perspective, if he delayed it, Laizhou is no longer the strategic key, and Dihe's defense is the key. Yelu Dashi then told Xiao Fengxian that he must block the river channel, and Laizhou and Jinzhou Guanyi hoarded heavy troops to defend. Then he arranged a strategy, attacked Laizhou openly and secretly abandoned Laizhou, and planned the Jinzhou battle plan. He used the Liao main force and the Song main force to fight Jinzhou to take a gamble. However, Yelu Dashi missed a little after all, that is, Xiao Fengxian's ability to lead troops and his mentality of picking up snails. After all, at present, Laizhou's defense ability has been almost drained.

...

Ouyang was once again promoted, and the imperial edict was sent to send Ouyang to receive the business group. In order to illustrate the high specifications, Ouyang was specially given the title of the Second-rank Longge Grand Secretary. Why did he have to? The reason is very simple. Ouyang was proficient in many foreign languages ​​in the Song Dynasty. Ouyang was also known as a genius of all ages because of this. He could learn multiple languages ​​in Yuzhou for a short time.

Perhaps Zhao Yu was still very unhappy about Ouyang's use of tricks to interfere in the court, or perhaps because Zhao Yu was embarrassed to revoke Ouyang's second-rank official position sooner or later, Ouyang didn't have to go to Beijing and went directly to Haizhou with the guards. The officials in Tokyo went to Haizhou by land. Because Li Gang could not leave, the ninth eunuch was sent out to replace Zhao Yu to Haizhou and his rank.

The press team also attacked heavily, and the Royal News prepared a report on the grand event. After receiving the news, the second fleet also arrived in Quanzhou, but there was still no news for Li Bao's fleet.

Ouyang appeared in the second-rank official uniform, and the ministers and officials who came to greet each other were very polite. Ouyang had few political enemies, and although he was a confidant of the emperor, he never had airs. And everyone admired Ouyang's own abilities. When a person passed by you some time, you would be jealous. When a person reached a position you would never reach, you would only admire him. Even when Zhao Yu heard that Ouyang would step down as chairman of the North-South Business Association next year, he believed that Ouyang had no ambitions at all.

The ninth eunuch is Zhao Yu, who is very handsome and is waiting for Ouyang to meet in the big tent of the fleet station. Good boy, the account that made him foolishly last time has not been settled. But I didn't expect that Ouyang didn't have time to pay attention to him. Not only did he come by himself, but he also brought Myolie Wu and was selling insurance to all ministers.

What insurance is? For insurance for dismissal, 200 trump cards are required for annual insurance. If you are dismissed, you can get 3,000 trump cards. It is a blessing for the honest officials. Ouyang promoted: Because of the honest officials, it is inevitable that they will be plotted by bad people. In order to ensure that the honest officials lose their official position and do not shed tears, this insurance business was specially launched. When everyone heard this, the meaning of the words was that if they were not protected, they would not be honest officials. So most of them participated in the dismissal insurance.

The second type is home search insurance, which pays a premium of 100. If the home search is raided, you can get a 3,000-ton insurance premium. The more you insured, the more you pay. The insurance premium reaches a certain amount, and a deed of exiled land and several real estates will be given.

The third type is accident insurance, such as those who die and have disabilities during their employment will be compensated.

The fourth type is education insurance, which is insured for future generations. This insurance is jointly organized by major academies and Yangping University. The quota is limited.
Chapter completed!