Chapter 451: Picture Scheme

Liu Zhongwu's soldiers were indeed powerful soldiers in the world. With Zhao Xing's order, they jogged forward without a sound, one after another, and one skilled and very skilled in completing the five military obstacles. After reading it, Zhao Xing nodded with satisfaction. He walked to his guards, pointed at the obstacles as usual, and ordered: "Follow."

When Zhao Xing came to the guard, the commander of the guard was eating grapes. The washed grapes were put in the helmet. He pulled the grapes one by one from the helmet and threw them into his mouth. After Zhao Xing gave the order, he chewed the grapes and spit out the grape seeds. He glared at him and asked: "Why? There is no such item in the duty order? Is it newly added by the Taiwei? Please change the duty order first!"

Zhao Xing walked to Liu Zhongwu with his head down, and a burst of laughter rang out behind him. Zhao Xing spread his hands and replied, "This is the difference between you and me."

"No way?" Liu Zhongwu opened his mouth in disbelief, pointed at the guards, stuttered for a long time, and asked, "The Grand Tutor is kidding me, where did you find this team of gangsters? Can such an army fight?"

Zhao Xing asked patiently: "How did your soldiers defeat them?"

Liu Zhongwu recalled: "The Gao Transport Author led us into the mountainous area. There were bandits behind the mountain. Lord Gao ordered guns to be fired. After two rounds of guns, the drums became louder and louder. Lord Gao ordered the troops to shoot together and must suppress the bandits' drums."

Zhao Xing asked curiously: "What? Then your soldiers hit the barrel hot. When the bandits really appear, the barrel can no longer be filled with gunpowder, right? You were defeated by a group of unseen bandits. You were defeated, and you didn't even see the shadow of the other party. You were defeated, right?"

Liu Zhongwu couldn't believe it: "Trial Master. Isn't the ban in the army the main? Although Gao Dadi was reckless and the orders made no sense, he used gunfire to intimidate the bandits. The subordinates agreed. However, the signs were wrong later. The subordinates ordered the personal guards around him to suspend firing guns so that the barrel would cool down, but Gao Dadi was under strict orders..."

Zhao Xing asked again: "Do you think my guard will abide by such orders?"

Liu Zhongwu shook his head: "The guard of the adults cannot comply with such orders. But the officer just talked about the doctrine. I know that the adults like to use doctrine to restrain soldiers. So what should we do if the doctrine does not exist? What if the change in the battle situation exceeds the scope of the doctrine and the adults' soldiers do not obey the order, what should we deal with it?"

Zhao Xing's answer was: Walking back to the guards, he whispered and ordered: "This is an order, I order you to climb over the obstacle immediately!"

The officer was stunned for a moment and turned the hat and helmet over. The remaining grapes fell to the ground. He didn't even look at it. He held the hat and helmet on his head, tied the hat rope, and straightened the military uniform. He shouted: "Everyone has - stand at attention, climb over the obstacle at once."

With the order, the guards suddenly changed. The soldiers stood straight, and they trotted into the training ground and began to climb over obstacles at once...

When the soldiers were in a complete formation, the image of the entire guard changed. Hou Meng nodded slightly: "I believe it a little now. It's this army that fought all over Nanyang."

Zhao Xing had already walked to Liu Zhongwu, and he slowly replied: "The war has changed. A cold weapon war that is purely a fight with swords and guns. It requires soldiers to fight against the enemy's gun tips without fear of life and death. But now is the age of firearms. This is an "invisible war". Often, the battle has begun before the soldiers on both sides can see each other clearly.

This is a war that emphasizes combat skills. Personal fighting skills and personal courage have gradually retreated to the second place. What remains is the ability to master weapons and the ability to master combat skills. To put it simply, I require soldiers to fight, not to be able to fight. I do not require soldiers to attack the enemy's position head-on. I ask them to find gaps and break through the enemy's defense line.

Of course, I also ask them to strictly abide by the order, but if they feel that the order is inappropriate, they can challenge it, and if their doubts are rejected, they must be strictly enforced - this is my Regulations."

Zhao Xing paused for a moment and added gently: "With my soldiers fighting the Huaixi battle, they may fire the first round of guns, but they will never continue to fire the second round of guns, and they will never keep firing the barrels hot and not stopping."

Liu Zhongwu paused for a moment and said thoughtfully: "The Taiwei means that your soldiers will never exhaust the three armies by one general. Because they will refuse to execute the orders without reason... However, although this kind of soldier sounds beautiful, I still like to use my soldiers.

Others can't use soldiers like Taiwei because they are too rebellious, and only Taiwei can suppress them... Although this kind of soldiers can fight, and having this kind of soldiers is not worried about defeat because of the incompetence of the general, who would like a group of soldiers who always question their orders? The Taiwei can use them because the Taiwei is wise and can always convince them. Other generals can't help but worry that they may be wrong. The generals are hesitant in their hearts about the war. This is not a good thing."

Liu Zhongwu meant: Zhao Xing trained all his soldiers into generals. This was a group of "generals" going out to fight, so when Zhao Xing let them go out, he was not worried that he would not have a famous general commander. Liu Zhongwu felt that he would not make mistakes in command. He still liked to lead a group of soldiers who were prohibited from following orders. As long as this group of soldiers dared to fight, he was confident that he could lead them to defeat the bandits who roared together in the mountains.

Zhao Xing shrugged indifferently: "Of course, any kind of army can fight, and a disciplined army is full of combat effectiveness and attack power. This is inevitable. My soldiers can fight, but they often bargain with me and make conditions. I also have a headache. However, with this army, I don't worry about them disintegrating, because they know why they fight, know their purpose, and have the courage and skills to complete tactics. This is the army I hope.

Of course, every general has his own style of fighting, and there is no need to be consistent. The purpose of me to show you is: Musketeers have musketeers tactics. If you want to command musketeers better, you must understand musketeers to ensure that you will not issue stupid orders in battle - soldiers know musketeers best, so communicate with them more. Avoiding mistakes in your command is the right way."

Liu Zhongwu said in contemplatively: "The Grand Master just said that you cannot fight after the rain. The defeat in Huaixi made me understand that muskets cannot engage in protracted warfare. What are the taboos in commanding musket soldiers?"

Zhao Xing replied: "My staff headquarters is studying the 'front'. According to them, formation cannot be paid attention to when fighting with muskets. Because of the existence of artillery, dense queues can cause great casualties. For this reason, musketeers must be arranged into fronts.

You just said that musketeers are not durable for a long time. Perhaps this is a solution. Arrange musketeers into three to five rows of fronts, and let them rotate guns and fire, which has both loading time and time to cool the barrel. Although dividing soldiers into five fronts weakens the overall firepower output in the moment, this way, it can put continuous pressure on the enemy...

For this matter, you go to the General Staff Headquarters. The young people there are very creative ideas. They are pondering new musket tactics. Many of the ideas are very innovative. You might as well try them in the army. Try them and tell me the results."

When Liu Zhongwu heard this, he approached Zhao Xing's guard without hesitation, grabbed several soldiers and began to ask about their heart virtue. He looked focused and completely forgot about the existence of Hou Meng and others. Zhao Xing pulled Hou Meng and Zheng Juzhong and signaled them to follow him. He asked while walking: "Brother Hou had said before that the bandits in Liangshanpo, how are they doing?"

Hou Meng grinned: "Bandits entered Liangshanpo. Of course, they didn't want to fish in the lake. There were only a few fishermen in the lake. How could they support many idle men? So they finally left Liangshanpo. Now they pass through the prefectures and counties, which made the government army run away. You just talked about the Lantian Township Agreement. I am going to go back and implement the self-defense of the neighbors and the joint defense of the neighbors according to the township agreement. In order to restrain their activities."

After a moment of pause, Hou Meng sighed again, "The utility camp you set up in Mizhou is very good: those who are good at military force have their own weapons and armor to serve the army. The court does not need to pay, but only gives official positions. The utility makes money by catching bounty. I am going to recommend this method and offer a reward of 1,000 guan to arrest robberies in Liangshanpo. There must be brave men under the reward. As long as the utility is holding muskets and waiting on the roadside, no matter how outstanding the bandits are, it is difficult to prevent a single shot from being fatal. In this way, it is cheap to spend only one thousand guan to suppress the bandits."

Zhao Xing asked intentionally or unintentionally: "Brother Hou has advocated recruitment?"

Hou Meng smiled and replied: "That group of people is hard to change. My recruitment announcement has been sent to Liangshanpo. I don't think I will surrender to the government and military areas without waiting for them to end my journey."

Zhao Xing nodded: "Yes, when the incident first started, we can use the strategy of amnesty, because no matter what, officials always force the people to rebel, and the blame is not on them. But if they start robbing the people, they should not encourage people to 'kill people and set fire to the golden belt' and 'rebellion if they want to be officials'. Once they harm the people, they should deal with it according to law."

Hou Meng nodded: "During the process of suppressing bandits, we found that your carriage is very good. Two or three archers are equipped with short carriage and hand guns. They run away after seeing the bandits beat them, and they play a big role in surrounding bandits. I plan to purchase another batch this time. Do you still have the goods?"

As they were talking, the two had already returned to Zhao Xingdi's study. In the study, Wanqi Yong was accompanying two businessmen dressed in strange clothes. The two businessmen were whispering in strange language while looking at the map on the wall. Hou Meng was in charge of the work of the Beiyang Affairs Bureau for a while. He heard that the other party was speaking Jurchen language and dressed in Jurchen clothes. He exclaimed in a low voice and whispered: "These two are talking - the Song Dynasty is uncontrollable!"

Zheng Juzhong couldn't get in the middle of the conversation just now, and he asked softly: "Who is so bold?"

Wanqi Yong's hand quoted and introduced: "These two are the Jurchens in the Hesu Pavilion, and the one who is the old acquaintance of the Grand Tutor: Brother Wen Meng."

Brother Wen Meng turned around, stared at Niu Ling's big eyes, and corrected: "I have changed my surname to Han now, and my name is Brother Tong. This is my nephew Tong."

Zhao Xing walked to the map. This map was a map of the South China Sea. It detailed the sphere of influence of the Song Dynasty in the South China Sea. Compared with the Song Dynasty, the territory that the Song Dynasty had overseas at this time had already spread across several Songs. These two people looked at the map and sighed: The Song Dynasty cannot be controlled!

Zhao Xing pointed to this map. The curved island in the South China Sea formed a terrain-shaped force belt like a scorpion hook. He said proudly: "You can call it 'oxtail' or 'scorpion hook'. In your understanding words, this is an oxtail. When a ox is angry, it does not necessarily attack with its ox horns. The oxtail is also a weapon."

Mr. Tong obviously understood Zhao Xingdi's hint, and he nodded: "We have recently recruited oxtail attacks. There is a group of strange people in the Bohai State. They hold quick guns and harasse them everywhere. The Liao soldiers cannot control them. Some people say that this is the quick gun team of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, and where is the Taiwei. The Supervisor. Now? Some people say that they see him in Liaodong?"

Zhao Xing patted Hou Meng on the shoulder and said with a silly smile: "For the Liaodong matter, I should ask this master of the Beiyang Affairs Bureau."

Hou Meng spread his hands: "The Liao Kingdom should be asked about the court."

Mr. Tong smiled gently and shook his head and said, "We have sent people in the capital. Huang Xiang is worthy of the name of Lu Zhi, and he is really Lu Zhi."

Zhao Xing asked interested: "How did he answer?"

Brother Tong Meng interrupted: "Huang Xiang asked us what identity we used to use to the Song Dynasty."

Zhao Xing asked foolishly: "Yes, what identity do you use to come to the Song Dynasty? What identity do you use to negotiate with the court?"

"We answered: Jin Kingdom."

Zhao Xing asked again: "How do you answer Huang Xiang?"

Brother Tong Meng replied honestly: "Huang Xiang answered: Jin Kingdom? You must not hear from him!"

Huang Tingjian's answer was: Jin Kingdom, I have never heard of it.

This answer is awesome.

That's right. The Jin Dynasty was founded, but the Song Dynasty did not recognize it. It did not establish diplomatic relations with the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the envoys of the Jin Dynasty did not enjoy the identity of envoys in the Song Dynasty. They were just ordinary merchants. The problem that ordinary merchants complained was nothing more than commercial competition. They complained about the merchants of the Song Dynasty. Could it be that the Song Dynasty court did not protect the interests of its own merchants, but instead safeguarded the interests of a country that had never heard of any Mingtang?

It is conceivable that the uncle and nephew of Tong, who was disappointed, must have been ashamed and angry, and he came to negotiate with Zhao Xing in every way. Zhao Xing was interested in the position of the Hesu Pavilion, and he immediately asked: "Jin Kingdom, has Hesu Pavilion joined the Jin Kingdom?"

Tong's uncle and nephew nodded: "The rise of the Bohai people, and my position of the Heisu Pavilion is very embarrassing. The Heisu Jurchens invited each other to be of the same clan. After all, we are from the same clan. Instead of relying on others in the Bohai Kingdom, it is better to join the same clan and get a share of the pie. So I have joined the Jin Kingdom since last year."

Zhao Xing asked tightly: "Has the Hesu Pavilion moved?"

Historically, the Hoshuguan announced his joining the Jurchens after the Jin Dynasty drove away the Khitan army on Tokyo Road. Of course, at that time, a group of Bohai people also announced the restoration of the Bohai Sea, but the short-lived Bohai Kingdom was immediately destroyed under the joint attack of the Hoshuguan Jurchens and the Black Water Jurchens. The entire Bohai Kingdom turned into the territory of the Jurchens in a blink of an eye.

"This is what we want to negotiate with." Mr. Tong smiled gently and continued, "The Bohai people want to live, and the Hesu Pavilion must live. That land is shared by us and the Bohai people, but now, although the Bohai people do not attack our Hesu Pavilion village, they ask us to accept their rule. Among them, the team of quick gunmen helped the evil and had already broken several of our villages.

My Jin and the Song Dynasty are not enemies. As early as more than 20 years ago, the Song Dynasty and the people in the Huisu Pavilion had agreed to sell horses and tea. It was my Xiusu Pavilion who kept importing war horses into the Song Dynasty. We were kind to the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty should not help the Bohai people oppress us so much. In resisting the Khitan people, we have the same position as the Song Dynasty and the Bohai people."

Zhao Xing laughed: "You resell war horses, not because you have done favors to us. The war horses are not for free, but because we buy land with real money. This is just a commercial transaction, and there is no grace. Commercial transactions are fairness that you are willing to do, so don't come to me to talk about grace."

Mr. Tong nodded: "Well, don't talk about kindness, talk about life. The Bohai Kingdom has now captured the Linhai Army and closed the Yanshan Pass. Now the Bohai Kingdom has included the Liaodong Plain. Based on the past business exchanges, I beg the Song Dynasty to leave us a way out and let us continue to survive on that land. Is it okay?"

Zhao Xing laughed: "The same sentence - what identity do you use to talk to me? If you use the identity of a merchant living in Liaodong, everything is easy to talk about, but the identity of a Jin man is different. We have not established diplomatic relations with the Jin Kingdom. If we want to raise this matter to affairs between countries, we will not be able to decide this matter."

Hou Meng interrupted with a smile: "My Beiyang Affairs Bureau is responsible for diplomatic affairs between Goryeo and Japan, and the court has not transferred the affairs of the Liao Kingdom. However, in my opinion, it may be difficult to get the court to recognize the existence of the Jin Kingdom."

Mr. Tong bowed deeply: "In this way, there is no need to discuss the affairs between you and me?"

Zheng Juzhong nodded: "No need to talk about it - due to the existence of Liao Kingdom, the court will not recognize the Jin Kingdom in the short term. Until now, the court has not recognized the existence of the Bohai Kingdom, let alone the Jin Kingdom?"

Mr. Tong smiled and nodded: "So, we have said goodbye!"

Zheng Juzhong was stunned. Hou Meng's eyes narrowed, and Zhao Xing was still smiling. He watched the two of them walk out of the study without looking back, and gently spit out two words: "Scary!"

Zheng Juzhong was still wondering, and Hou Meng understood: "It's really terrible! The two of them turned around and left without any entanglement. They are decisive people. Such people are terrible and such nations are terrible. I wonder if there are all such people in Liaodong?!"

Zhao Xing said word by word: "The existence of the Beiyang Affairs Bureau is what restricts them. The Jurchens of the Hoshu Pavilion have done business. They know the terrible maritime power. The Beiyang Affairs Bureau will frequently patrol the sea area in the future. Once there is something wrong, it must have the ability to quickly carry tens of thousands of soldiers to land behind them. In this way, the Jin Dynasty will be concerned."
Chapter completed!