Chapter 335 Head-on Conflict

Yuanyeping has now recovered his identity in Japan. The Japanese court and the Kanto Warrior Order are very proud of this person being an official in the Song Dynasty. Therefore, although the Japanese court appointed a higher official title to Yuanyeping, the Japanese were still proud of Yuanyeping's "Ninth-rank Promoter of the Celestial Dynasty". They did not like to mention Yuanyeping's Japanese official name and stubbornly called him "Yuan Promoter".

This time, Yuan Yeping brought a group of small boats. These boats were huge in number and the simple pier in Shunbaozhai could not stop. The matter was urgent, Yuan Yeping had to board the north shore alone and come to accept Zhao Xing's instructions, while the other small boats stopped in the middle of the river, waiting for the next order.

Yuan Yeping saw a group of court ministers, and his eyes were full of stars. He followed the etiquette of the officialdom in the Song Dynasty and followed the etiquette of the officials below. He smiled with a flattering smile on his face. In a moment, he forgot about the important matter. Jiang Xin Xiaozhou had no choice but to watch Yuan Tuiwang chat with others on the shore.

In such an occasion, Zhao Xing was not convenient to pull him aside and had to ask publicly: "Respondent Yuan, how many people have you brought?"

Yuan Yeping looked aggrieved: "Sir, I have all archers and spearmen under my command, but none of them are musketeers. Now there are 3,000 people on my boat, including 300 warriors, and 500 soldiers brought by the Xiao brothers behind them. They are also spears and big swords as weapons. Do you want them all?"

People present did not know that Yuan Yeping had been staying on Danluo Island and helped Zhao Xing manage the Danluo Island horse farm. Occasionally, Zhao Xing summoned him to board the Song Continent. At that time, the affairs of Danluo Island were under the charge of the Xiao brothers. The population captured by Zhao Xing from the Liao Kingdom, among which the horse-herding talents were hidden in Danluo Island. This time, Zhao Xing lacked troops, which showed Zhao Xing's long-term plan to operate Danluo Island: it only took three or five days to mobilize troops from Danluo Island to enter the mouth of the Yellow River, and an army of thousands of people arrived, which was faster than mobilizing troops from the capital.

Danluo Island is far away from Zhao Xing's eyelids. Zhao Xing can only control it remotely. His small island is close to the northern strong neighbors: the Jurchens and the Liao people. In order to prevent the leakage of advanced weapons, Zhao Xing equipped them with more ground weapons than cold weapons. Yuan Yeping yelled that he had not obtained firearms for several years. At this moment, he was finally in battle, and it was considered to have found an opportunity to complain.

But Zhao Xing's will was unshakable, so he ignored Yuan Yeping's complaint and ordered: "Transfer one hundred samurai to the samurai regiment - now there is no one around me to send a command. Give me some manpower first, and take all the rest to the North Bank. The Supervisor is fighting on the North Bank. Your task is to bring them back and safely."

Yuan Yeping rolled up his sleeves excitedly, but answered inadvertently leaked the details of Danluo Island: "I, Danluo Warriors, have been training for seven or eight years. This time, please see the bravery of our Danluo Warriors. Sir, please rest assured, I have long learned about the strongest cavalry in the Central Plains. This time, let's have a peak showdown."

After saying that, Yuan Yeping turned around and ran to the riverside. After he left, everyone present frowned and thought about Yuan Yeping's words leaked by accident. Zhao Xing muttered on Yuan Yeping's back: "Peak duel. This 'peak' of the Song Dynasty cannot be represented by the Japanese. This battle also depends on firearms as king."

After a long time, under everyone's frequent hints, Zhang Dunlifang twisted his body and asked carefully, "Are these soldiers all the servants of the adults?"

Zhao Xing smacked his lips and said with a little regret: "Yes, the number is a little more!"

Not just a little more, it's simply...

Seeing Zhao Xing avoiding the important things, Chen Guan couldn't help but ask, "Sir Zhao, why do you also buy a manor in a foreign land? These people are your servants in a vassal state?"

Zhao Xing glanced at Zhang Dunli and decided to drag the Zhang family into the water: "Yes! When I was in Mizhou, I joined forces with Zhang Tuanlian to loot some war horses in the Liao Kingdom, and captured some horse wranglers. However, Mizhou has a large population and a small land, and there is no place to raise horses. I discussed with Gong Pu of Goryeo to buy an island near Goryeo. He specialized in raising horses. After Yuan Tuan stepped down, he helped me run the Maha Island, and this time he escorted the tribute envoy. Because I was going to sail near the waters of Liao Kingdom, I was worried that something would happen, so I asked them to be alerted at the mouth of the Yellow River... If it weren't for the urgent situation, I wouldn't plan to let them enter the mouth of the river."

Zhang Dunli stared at Cao Yu, and Cao Yu understood the meaning of this look--the soldiers and horses from Danluo Island enter the Yellow River as they wish, which also means that the defense of the Song Dynasty was useless. Fortunately, the Liao people had limited navigation capabilities. If the Liao people had strong navigation capabilities, they would advance along this river Beishui River and approach Bianliang, which would be dangerous for the Song Dynasty.

However, this is a problem that Cao Yu could not solve. Originally, Liubeishui River also had a naval army to guard against the Liao people. However, the Yellow River would be frozen in winter and the ships could not be launched. In addition, Liubeishui River was cut off a few years ago, and the ships could not be used at all, which caused the Yellow River defense line of the Song Dynasty to be unprepared.

How to make up for this phenomenon?

Is it because the Yellow River is frozen in winter, and everyone should carry a large boat as huge as Zhao Xing’s boat onto the shore, and wait until spring begins to carry it into the river?

It's impossible at all.

When facing such a giant ship, the boat has no defensive ability. As long as this giant ship is crushed, the boat will be as fragile as a walnut under an iron hammer.

Not to mention the giant boat, even Zhao Xing abandoned the four medium-sized boats on the north shore at will, which was not something the Yellow River Navy could resist.

Therefore, in the face of the powerful naval army, the Yellow River defense line of the Song Dynasty was like a sieve. Cao Yu thought of taking charge of the affairs of Daming Mansion in the future, and felt that the burden was so arduous that he could not bear it.

After Yuanyeping's boat left the shore, he walked in Jiangxin and shouted a few Japanese sings. A group of soldiers began to take off their coats, sang the Qin song "Under the World" loudly. They wade on their heads and wade to the other side. The soldiers in the temporary camp on the other side rose fire and waited for their landing.

Soon, the soldiers who landed on the shore ran to the fire naked, drank a few sips of strong wine, wiped them dry, and put on their clothes. They obtained clean armor and weapons from the temporary camp, and were well equipped. Then they sang all the way, rushed out of the camp happily, heading north, and into the depths of the Liao continent.

At the same time, some of the ships in the Jiangzhong fleet also boarded the south bank. The Japanese warrior led by the leader had a strap on his head, and two Chinese characters were written in red fonts, saying: "Must win". They made some rectifications on the shore and rushed to Baozhai...

Chen Guan squinted his eyes and looked at the soldiers, saying with appreciation: "I often heard that Japan claims to be a small Chinese. These people's clothes and dresses are very similar to the style of the Tang Dynasty, such as wooden clogs and skirts. They even had the right lapel."

The so-called "right lapel" is the era of the Five Barbarians' invasion of China. China distinguished the characteristics of the Han ethnic group from the Hu people's clothing. The Han ethnic group put the right lapel on the top of the skirt. It was called "right lapel", while the Hu people placed the left lapel on the outside, which was called "left lapel".

In the Tang Dynasty, the central dynasty inherited the characteristics of "right lapel", and the Song people were the same. Since the Song Dynasty, the left lapel has become the mainstream. The shirts worn by modern men are left lapels, and only women have a few right lapels. This is because the Qing Dynasty implemented the "men surrender to women but not surrender" strategy, allowing women to still maintain the Han national tradition when wearing clothes.

In the Song Dynasty, except for the Song Dynasty, only Japan in Asia maintained the right lapel. Goryeo and Jiaozhi began to "right lapel" after the fall of the Song Dynasty.

Chen Guan was very curious when he saw the Japanese people with right laces. He sighed and asked again: "Mr. Zhao, among these people, there are horse-wranglers from the Liao Kingdom. Are the Han people from the Liao Kingdom also with right laces?"

This question is exactly what Zhao Xing wanted to know. He answered calmly: "I heard a poem from the sea merchants, which was written by the Liao people. The author didn't know who it was. The poem said: 'Yu Ting was full of prosperity, and the king met with Qichen. He inherited the will of heaven everywhere, and he all praised the center of the sun. The articles were connected to Li Valley, and the voices taught the thin chicken forest. When the Dayu looked at Jiaotai, he should know that it was unprecedented."

Zhao Xing took a breath and then added: "The Khitan Han Confucians thought they were the main theme of the Central Plains Daotong of the 'Yu Ting Kaisheng Track'. It is said that the scholars there all believed that the Khitan was the mainstream of Central Plains culture, and the Song Dynasty was a vassal and ministerial country that bowed down. Of course, our Song Dynasty also paid tribute to the Liao Kingdom every year. Although we call it "Sui Given", the Liao people called it "Sui Gong" - this phenomenon further exacerbated the pride of the Liao people.

The Khitans believed that their country was established in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Since their country was established, the two Jin Dynasties perished and the Tang Dynasty perished. The Song Dynasty also paid tribute to them. Therefore, the Han people there were proud of their country's inheritance for more than 700 years and believed that they were the well-deserved overlord of the Central Plains. However, the Han people there were no longer used to right-sided lapels. Regarding this, I heard that many ministers of the Song Dynasty had discovered it when they were on mission to Liao and wrote poems and notes as records. For example, when Su Sanzhang (Su Che) was sent to Liao, there were poems and essays."

Speaking of this, Chen Guan was a little embarrassed. The Song Dynasty bowed its head to the Liao Kingdom, which was an embarrassment for the entire Song people, but it was also this that made the Song people dispel the blind arrogance of the Celestial Empire and began to have equal exchanges with other countries - but this happened to be in line with the advanced ideas of modern "equal diplomacy".

The Khitans think that they are the true story of the Central Plains, which is not only the Khitans. There is also a faction in the world history community who believes that the word "china" is the transliteration of "Khitan", because for about a thousand years, communication between Western society and China must be achieved through the Khitan country. The Khitan country was nearly a thousand years old and was the longest-standing country on China's land. Therefore, it is natural that the word "Khitan" should be called China.

This statement also embarrasses modern Chinese people, so the Chinese historian community has adopted the practice of covering their ears and forbidden the people from knowing this statement.

"What is the situation in Liao? My Song Dynasty has been in vain. I have always wanted to test and see how the military situation of Liao is. In the past, our officials used to go to Liao. The scenes they saw were just generalized and did not go deep into the Liao territory. In general, the information they sent was not as detailed as the information sent back by merchants..." Zhao Xing looked to the north, frowned and added worriedly: "I heard that the northern part of Liao had begun to be in chaos, the Jurchens had a big conflict with the Liao people, and the two sides had begun a large-scale war, and the Liao people suffered a great loss.

Now, the king of the Southern Court of the Liao people has just passed away. With the emptiness and lord of the Southern Court, what is the situation in the Liao Kingdom? This is what I want to know. In addition, whether the Liao people can withstand the female Naomen, and whether they will swing the whip to the south after the female Naomen wins... These are all things I want to know!"

Chen Guan was a little confused. Zhao Xing led the army to the mouth of the river. With his secret conversation with Tong Guan, anyone thought that Zhao Xing seemed to be trying to help the new emperor, and there was even a great possibility. Zhao Xing was summoned by the new emperor. But now it seems that Zhao Xing has always been a back-up. He is ready to deal with Zhang Dun's manpower, but suddenly turns to the Liao people, which makes Chen Guan very confused. He feels that guessing Zhao Xing's thoughts are really hard.

However, if Zhao Xing's thoughts are something that an ordinary person can guess, then this "ordinary person" is also a time traveler.

Originally, Zhao Xing led his troops to avoid the "end of the world" under the rule of Song Huizong. Although during the reign of Song Huizong, the "art emperor", Song Huizong entered the most glorious era, and the artistic achievements born in this era often made future generations look up to it. However, what supported this art era was the inflation caused by the excessive issuance of "Jiaozi (paper currency)" and the bankruptcy of government credit caused by the "Huashigang" of the people's property. Therefore, when the Jin soldiers were at the city, no one in the entire capital resisted. Everyone wanted to end this chaotic era early and died together for this.

With this purpose, he also brought a strong sense of worries about the situation in the north. Zhao Xing led the army to the mouth of the Yellow River. From time to time, he looked up north. This place was an important defense line in the northern part of the Song Dynasty. He stayed here. On the one hand, he wanted to force Zhang Dun to resign to end the damage caused by the party struggle. On the other hand, when the situation in the dynasty was clear, he wanted to "stop the way" to see the reality of the Liao Kingdom. Coincidentally, the Liao people sent her a reason to get angry.

Zhao Xing did not expect that because Zhang Dun had a wrong position on the issue of succession, his appearance allowed the little emperor to solve Zhang Dun smoothly, but the little emperor was obviously undecided. Although Zhao Xing has constantly influenced the little emperor's thoughts through letters over the years, the little emperor obviously regarded his brother Zhezong as an example and still wanted to change the current image of the Song Dynasty through changes. At present, the entire Song Dynasty is embarrassing the Liao Kingdom and the Xixia. These two countries, one was forced to pay annual tribute, and the other occupied Yinxia, ​​which forced the Song Dynasty to spend money to buy peace.

It has to be said that although the Song Dynasty is in an era of navigation and a commercial era, it is still not very interested in things outside. It even disdained it. Thinking back to the original history, a defected Liao businessman told the Song Dynasty the monarch and ministers the Liao Kingdom about the information, which made the entire Song Dynasty suddenly realize that the Liao Kingdom had actually reached the verge of destruction. Now, in the historical time and space where Zhao Xing is located, the Song Dynasty officials are still watching the affairs of the Liao Kingdom in a fog, hazy. Most of the content Zhao Xing said was first learned. The officials present were shocked and felt a little novel.

Cao Yu's duties were related, so he couldn't help but interrupt and asked: "Mr. Zhao, are you all saying true? Who did you hear from the female Zhiman who rebels? Can I see those people?"

Cao Yu was concerned about the actual situation, and Chen Guan was still indignant: "The Liao people actually thought they were the true story of the Central Plains - very hateful! Lord Zhao, what books do the scholars of the Liao Kingdom read? Don't they know etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame?"

"The Liao Kingdom also received the imperial examination. I got the news that there were twenty-eight Jinshis in their place of admission this year." Zhao Xing looked absent-mindedly at the north bank. At this time, a team of Liao people's silenced cavalry suddenly appeared on the north bank and rode their horses to peep at the temporary camp of the Song army on the north bank. When Cao Yu saw it, he immediately stamped his feet: "It's broken, and the Liao soldiers have reached the river bank. Your musket soldier is afraid that he has been surrounded or is being annihilated...why is it good, how is it good to have a life?"

Although Chen Guan was pedantic, he was still an official of the Song Dynasty. When he heard this, he interrupted in annoyance: "Everyone blames me, everyone blames me. If I had finished the comfort of my life, as long as Lord Zhao or Lord Shuai is alone in the army, how could the Liao people succeed so easily?"

At this moment, the Song army's temporary landing site on the North Bank, Zhao Xing's servants were still busy nervously. Zhao Xing looked at the movements of the Liao soldiers from the telescope, shook his head, and said to himself: "No, the tactical awareness is too poor."

The Liao soldiers were whistling, and while quickly passing by the place close to the Song army camp, they shouted arrogantly, as if they wanted to lure the Song army to attack again. The Song army faced the river bank, because of the cover of warships, they did not erect fences, but on the other three sides, the wooden fences had gradually taken shape. Looking from the south bank, you can see the Song army's every move, but facing the north bank, the Song army's actions were hidden behind the high wooden fences, making it impossible for the Liao people to peek.

"This is the army below the head!" Zhao Xing pointed to the north bank and said to Chen Guan and Cao Yu: "Don't you both want to see the Han people in the Liao Kingdom? The South Court of the Liao Kingdom is a place where Han people gather, and it is governed by our Song Dynasty official system. This army is composed of Han people. The Liao people call it the "army of the head". They are the most fierce army of the Liao Kingdom, and this fierceness is mainly directed at the Song army."

Zhao Xing often looked out at the sea and developed the habit of observing things in the distance. When the two adults saw the figures as big as mung beans in the distance, they were very uncomfortable. The well-behaved Japanese warriors handed over a few telescopes. The adults were unreasonable and held the telescopes to observe the other side.

Zhang Dunli was also very eager to see the situation on the other side of the shore, but he was just accompanying Cao Yu here, without a formal title, so he didn't get a telescope, so he could only stretch his neck to look at it. When Zhao Xing saw this scene, he deeply forgot about Zhang Dunli's eyes, handed the telescope in his hand, pointed to the other side of the shore, and patiently explained to him: "Mr. Zhang, look, the hats worn by the army under the head are pheasant feathers, and the ice iron knife and spear are inserted on it. Here is Chihou of the army under the head, and they are immediately wearing horn bows."

In the original history, Tong Guan led the 200,000 most elite army of the Song Dynasty, and wanted to take advantage of the Jin people's invasion of the Liao Kingdom when they destroyed the Liao Kingdom. Unexpectedly, Tong Guan, who received brainwashing education since childhood, was washed away only one cell. He foolishly thought that as long as he told the Liao people, "the Song soldiers are coming", the Han people in the Southern Court of the Liao Kingdom should "see the scenery", so he ordered the Song army not to fight back against the advance Liao troops, and to hold high the banner of "benevolence, righteousness and morality" and accept the other party's surrender.

As a result, the most elite troops of the Song army encountered an efficient massacre. It was the efficient massacre of the Liao army, which caused the Song army to be completely killed after this battle. As a result, when the Jin soldiers were at the city, the capital could not gather all the soldiers guarding the city walls, and they actually relied on gangsters and Taoists to defend the country. As a result, they betrayed the country.

What Zhao Xing said just now is also reminding the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty not to have unrealistic fantasies about the people of the Liao Dynasty.

No one has ever won a war by relying on "benevolence, righteousness and morality". Victory of war depends on iron and fire.

The Liao soldiers on the opposite side - No, the Han soldiers on the opposite side of the Liao Kingdom were still hustling and hustling. In the temporary camp of the Song army, the horses and fences had been laid out. Several Song soldiers shouted and led the cannon carts to the fence and began to load the cannons. After a while, the few cannons were laid out, but the Song army did not happen for a long time, as if they were still waiting for the orders from the other shore.

Zhao Xing couldn't sit still, so he stood up and urged his servant: "Come on, change my clothes and order them to prepare the ship, and I will go over and command it myself."

Chen Guan was very afraid: "Mr. Zhao, no, you are the Grand Chief of the Procuratorate. Once you step on that land, the meaning is completely different - you cannot climb to the other side."

Zhao Xing glared: "Who said I want to step onto the land on the other side? Will Lord Chen say it? Will Lord Cao say it? If you don't say it, who will know?"
Chapter completed!