Ouyang smiled bitterly: "You are a charlatan. You won't let the sea be without waves. Just bet on luck. What else can you do? Do you really think that 30,000 people are eaten by the Liao people? "A sea boat has a keel, and it is deep to withstand wind and waves. The process of river boats is relatively simple, and it is easy to be overturned when the wind and waves are high and rushing. In addition, the design water level of the river boat is relatively shallow, so it is easy to come over a wave and cover the cabin. But if the waves are calm, it is not impossible.

Kublai Khan used flat-bottomed inland ships to attack Japan. The sea boats had keels that river boats did not have, and the keels could withstand huge winds. Due to the lack of weather forecast, Kublai Khan's fleet encountered a strong typhoon storm in the Sea of ​​Japan for six days, and all fleets sank overnight. The Yellow River to Laizhou, but only four days of sea journeys are all near-sea navigation. If you are lucky...

At present, only the dead horse can be used as a living horse. Taixuzi immediately went out to the Political Affairs Hall. Li Gang was overjoyed when he heard this method and immediately met Zhao Yu. After obtaining permission, he left the palace and began to negotiate with the merchants. There were not many merchant ships staying on the Bian River, but there were about twenty. He could transport hundreds of heavy artillery and gunpowder. However, when the merchants heard that they were going to go to sea, they refused, but the price made Li Gang crazy.

Li Gang originally wanted to force the collection, but when he saw that the boat was empty and even a boatman could not see it. Knowing that compulsory measures would inevitably cause annoyance and would delay it for a long time. Besides, it was true that the river boat could not be forced to take risks on the sea. He could bear the infamy, but Zhao Yu didn't. He had no choice but to report back to Zhao Yu.

"Each ship is 18,000?" Zhao Yu almost jumped up. This was a robbery and asked, "Which businessman is so bold?"

"...It's Lord Ou." Li Ganghan said: "Lord Ou said they are all living a life of life. We must consider that they may die at sea, so if they have to pay more money, they will also subsidize their widows."

Zhao Yu was furious: "Good you Ouyang..."

Li Gang hurriedly said: "Originally, the boat workers were unwilling to take risks, but Lord Ou finally agreed to it. Thinking about it carefully, Lord Ou made a point. Since he took risks, he always had to give him some settlement expenses."

It makes sense, Zhao Yu thought about it and said, "You go back and tell him, "If you do it, just do it, don't do it."

Ouyang did it, so he started loading. Ouyang collected 3,000 yuan of agency fees per ship. It was necessary to make some pocket money by the way. The merchant ship belonged to two shipping companies and coordinated quickly, transporting goods and loading goods and enjoying one-stop service. It was only faster than the loading of the wing army. That night, the fleet set sail under the escort of the imperial guards. Tokyo sent a fast horse to recover the batch of supplies that had not yet left the Song Dynasty.

...

People have different attitudes. Li Gang is very grateful to Ouyang for helping. Zhao Yu scolded Ouyang for half an hour in the palace. His main words are: national crisis and wealth, the emperor is sorry to the emperor, the lower is sorry to his ancestors, moral deficiencies, etc.

When Ouyang saw Zhao Yu say he was tired, he said, "Your Majesty, the account is not settled like this. It is very dangerous to travel inland ships on the sea. If half of the ships are destroyed, Your Majesty will be accused of being a foolish monarch." Ouyang dared to say this.

Zhao Yu asked weakly: "What else?"

"But it would be different if your Majesty gives you a ship of 10,000 yuan. Everyone would say that Your Majesty is worried about the soldiers, and it is the merchant who has ruined his heart. Even if they all die at the sea, no one feels that there is anything wrong with Your Majesty."

Zhao Yu nodded: "You mean, I made a profit?"

"So that's it."

"Then what happened to you collect 3,000 guan per ship?"

"When you go to your Majesty, their internal price is 4,000, while the 6,000 you win is only half of each person."

"you……"

Ouyang hurriedly said: "If they don't collect ten thousand, it means they won't be rude. But in order not to let them make more money, Weichen intercepted part of it."

"Four thousand, you dare to open 18 thousand." Zhao Yu gritted his teeth and said, "You are really for the country and the people."

Ouyang was ashamed: "The merchant and Li Xiang were both grateful to the ministers, but the ministers were indeed frightened as if they were favored."

"..." Zhao Yu was speechless. He said that he had to thank Ouyang for solving a big problem. Besides, this person has always had this personality, but this time he actually said that he was collecting money for the court, which was really too shameless. Zhao Yu was the emperor after all, so he asked in a casual tone: "I heard that the strategy arranged by Tong Guan was what you proposed?"

"Yes" Ouyang didn't expect a reward.

Zhao Yu nodded casually and said, "I heard that a rumor is true."

"What rumors?"

"It is rumored that you are quite in love with a woman named Myolie Wu."

"Your Majesty is kidding." Ouyang said: "Little girl, my eldest niece. I have some friendship with her father Hu Wansan."

"You are not young anymore." Zhao Yu said: "Since you separated from General Liang, you have never married." According to the regulations left by Song Renzong, a man married for fifteen and a woman married for thirteen. However, it seems a bit unreasonable, but even according to the Tang Dynasty, a man is twenty and fifteen, Ouyang has too many. The Han Dynasty records that women who have not married for 15 to thirty years old are fined five times. However, in the Song Dynasty, women who get married for about sixteen are not clear. As for whether they are one year old or a year old, they are not clear. Of course, the five-fold fine is based on the ranks.

Ouyang was very surprised that Zhao Yu suddenly mentioned this matter. Didn’t he marry all the people he should have married? So he asked carefully: “What does Your Majesty mean?”

"I mean to let you marry a woman earlier." Zhao Yu said: "The Ministry of Personnel sent a list of illegal officials a few days ago. You Ouyang is the only one who doesn't marry at the age. You often go to the hospital for a bad reputation." This is not the first time. Especially as a county magistrate, Ouyang did not take the lead in getting married was a serious violation. In ancient times, the death rate was high and a intensive labor-intensive society, so every dynasty paid great attention to increasing the birth rate of the population.

Ouyang said: "Your Majesty is not unmarried."

"I... what does it have to do with you if I am not married?" Zhao Yu looked around and there was only one Ninth Grandpa. Ninth Grandpa was very angry, and he seemed to know a lot. Fortunately, Zhao Yu withdrew his gaze and said, "I am in his position, and everything is helpless." Zhao Yu's words were filled with a hint of helplessness.

Since the emperor said that, Ouyang said politely: "If Your Majesty really cares about Weishu so much, let Weishu marry General Liang."

"Nonsense." Zhao Yu shouted: "Does Ouyang want to be Suijun's family?"

"Then don't marry for the time being." If you have the ability, you will be dismissed. Anyway, you can afford the fine. Ouyang actually knew that he was wrong. According to the requirements of the ruler, as a county magistrate, the parents and officials in the county magistrate should take the lead. Fortunately, they are more tolerant now. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Ouyang would be impeached and unfilial if he did not marry his wife. That would be a serious crime.

Ouyang didn't say that if he really wanted to marry, he would either marry Zhao Yu. After all, he had occupied him for the first time. Not to mention ancient times, even modern times, he would have to show his attitude. Or he would marry Liang Hongyu, and other famous ladies were really not interested.

Zhao Yu didn't angrily say, "It's okay. I want to hear your opinion on something serious, but it may be too early to talk about it, but if you don't talk about it, you may not be able to find the magistrate of the traveling county at that time."

"Please say it, Your Majesty."

"If the Song Dynasty occupied the south of Dihe River, Laizhou and Jinzhou to the south of Dihe River. Toward the north is Tongzhou connecting Huanglong Prefecture. If the Liao people retreated to Tokyo in the north, it would form a situation like the Northern Liao Kingdom, the Southern Song Kingdom, and the Eastern Jin Kingdom. You also know that the Jurchens and the Khitans are currently ceasefire and truce. Even if they have announced the alliance with Liao and Jin, there will still be no war between Liao and Jin. Can you find a way to change this situation?"

In other words, to sow discord, at least they cannot share the same hatred of the enemy and turn the enemy into friends. Ouyang Xiangxiang said: "The one who deployed defense in Tongzhou and Tokyo is Yelu Dashi, the only and most difficult famous general in Liao. This man is not only military, but also knowledgeable about politics. On the Huanglong Mansion is Wanyan Zonghan, the son of the prime minister of the Jin Dynasty. This man is brave and resourceful, and is a first-class general. The defenders on both sides are the best generals of the two countries, and they are not inferior to General Han's wisdom and strategy. It is quite difficult to provoke them."

Zhao Yu asked, "Is there something you Ouyang can't do?"

"Your Majesty said this so much that the empress is too proud. However, the Liao Kingdom often rebelled. Yelu Dashi was a member of the Liao royal family and was dissatisfied with Emperor Tianzuo's incompetence. But you can consider divorcing this person. If anyone in the Liao Kingdom was replaced by anyone, it would be easier to deal with." In history, Yelu Dashi, under Emperor Tianzuo's dissuasion, established himself as king and founded the Western Liao. He really complained about Emperor Tianzuo's incompetence.

"Yeah." Zhao Yu stopped saying anything and stood up and said, "It's rare to have a day of leisure, accompany me for a walk."

"Yes" Ouyang regretted that he was arrested for no reason. Is it easy to make such a little money? He also has to provoke the relationship between Jin and Liao.

...

Zhao Yu asked the palace maids and eunuchs in the Imperial Garden to get out and asked, "Have you read the story of sleepwalking?"

Ouyang replied: "Wei ministers usually only read books of sages, universities, or the doctrine of the mean."

"You said that I was tired one day and didn't want to be the emperor anymore, but I was worried about handing over the country to the descendants of the Zhao family. What should I do?"

Ouyang knew that all the princes and princes sent to Tokyo University to further study were not in the eyes of Zhao Yu. In fact, many emperors were not at ease with the handover of the throne. The wise king could only remind his son to pay attention to this and that, but few of them thought it was perfectly suitable or better than him. However, this question was not answered by Ouyang. Ouyang replied: "Your Majesty, this is a matter of the great internal affairs, and the weak minister is just an external official."

"I read the Sleepwalking Book, which says there is a capital of a country, which is a constitutional monarchy. It says that the emperor made laws, but there is no real right."

There was something wrong with this, Ouyang hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, do you want me to find out the author of the book and cut it down?"

Zhao Yu still ignored Ouyang and continued: "The book says that the system has been passed down for two thousand years, and the emperor is still a descendant of the same surname. It doesn't matter whether the emperor is stupid or smart. Even a fool can still pass on it. I see that for thousands of years, it's only 800 years at most. There are only a few decades."

Ouyang wiped his cold sweat: "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

"What do I mean? I'm boring." Zhao Yu said: "The Supreme Emperor is incompetent. How many other emperors are there next?"

"..." Ouyang said: "Your Majesty has such a wise ruler."

Zhao Yu waved his hand and asked for a while: "What did you see?"

"I didn't see anything."

"The palace is deep and the wall is high." Zhao Yu shook his head and said, "Wu Zetian may have regretted it after becoming the emperor. Why should he be the emperor? Ouyang, if he could successfully pacify the Liao and Jin Dynasties, I would also want to be the Supreme Emperor. The prosperity of the Song Dynasty was created by me, shouldn't it be enjoyed?"

Ouyang Xiaojing asked: "I wonder if anyone has chosen His Majesty?"

"Ouyang is Ouyang. Li Gang was scared to death when he heard that, and then said that he would not be able to do without me." Zhao Yu said: "As for the candidate, I'm not very satisfied."

"After all, they are not their own children." Ouyang almost said that he had given birth to one of them. Whether his own children is a very important issue. His own children love him and he wished he could pick all the stars in the sky.

"If you want to do this today, you can know it in your heart." Zhao Yu said: "I just think that if I need it in the future, you and Li Gang can help me share my worries."

Ouyang smiled and said, "Your Majesty has become the Supreme Emperor, so I will take Your Majesty to have a good tour of the Song Dynasty."

"You really can't speak." Zhao Yu Xiaoxiao didn't care. Ouyang was such a person and would not try to dissuade him. If you don't do it, I'll take you to play. Zhao Yu looked away and said to himself, "I wonder how Zhang Jun is?"

...

A few days later, Zhang Jun found that he had encountered such an annoying thing. Due to the lack of information, the scouts in Liao were all assigned by the Liao people. Zhang Jun had no idea why there was no news about the supplies. Seeing that they were getting farther and farther away from Dihe and the time to meet with the Hangzhou fleet was getting closer, he was anxious, so he consulted Xue Bing. After discussing, the two believed that there should be something wrong with the supplies. How should we solve the problem if there was a problem?

The two had some differences in their opinions. Their common points were to take Laizhou first, but Xue Bing believed that the materials were tight and strong enemies looked around, and they could no longer achieve their strategic goals and should retreat from the sea. Zhang Jun's proposal was to defend Laizhou and wait for rescue.

Xue Bing disagreed and took out the information and maps provided by the Si family and said: "General Zhang, we have 100,000 Liao soldiers from Tongzhou in the north and 15,000 Jinzhou in the north. There are 80,000 Dading Prefecture in the west and 8,000 Dihe garrison troops in the south. It is six times the strength of our army. It takes only two or three days for our army to prepare for war. Moreover, our army's equipment is far inferior to the Liao people. The nearby Liao people have 150 heavy artillery with 500-step range, more than 800 rocket cars, and countless hand-swinging cannons. In addition, Calais is low and unfavorable to defend. Once our intention is realized, we will have no choice but to jump into the sea in a hurry.

Zhang Junze said: "These places are places where the Liao people are heavily hoarded. I guess some of the firearms of the Liao people are here. If they dare to take them out, we will destroy half of them. Besides, they still have to leave some firearms in Linhuang Mansion, and the pressure in Laizhou may not be able to bear it. General Xue should not forget one thing, the Jurchens are still in Huanglong Mansion. Do Tongzhou soldiers dare to go south to Laizhou? If you accidentally, the Jurchens will come out and take Tongzhou, and you can directly attack Linhuang Mansion."

Xue Bing shook his head: "It's meaningless. Our original plan was to attract the enemies in the south and southwest to support Laizhou and allow Northwest Road and Yongxing Road to surround us. If we have such material conditions, the Liao people will not only not mobilize reinforcements from the south and southwest, but will instead alert the enemy, and send reinforcements to the south and Westland with Linhuang Prefecture as the center."

"In addition, I have 50,000 people transported by the Hangzhou fleet. He dared not to send reinforcements, so I went directly to Linhuang Mansion." Zhang Jun felt that he was a little inappropriate: "The military order I received was to defend Laizhou and occupy Jinzhou by the attendant. The military order was like a mountain. Even though I knew it was death, I would do whatever I could. I just hope that the supervisor would cooperate with me to restrain the soldiers."

What else can be done if you say this is the case? Although Xue Bing is a military supervisor, she is also a staff officer and surveillance officer with rebellion, a change in strategy, a marching route, and the military supervisor has no right to participate. Xue Bing could only hold his fist and said, "Xue does his best."

"Thank you, come here." Zhang Jun ordered his personal soldiers: "Send someone to the rear army to send orders and immediately rush to chase the main army."

"Yes" the rear army fell hundreds of miles away for various reasons. Their duties were to grab supplies, use some heavy weapons to arrange defenses, and the rest were heading towards Laizhou. At present, the supplies could not arrive on time. Zhang Jun did not want to be lucky anymore, so he decisively gave up the interception and rushed to Laizhou.

That night, Zhang Jun greeted the general and commanders at all levels to come to the big account. The general has a certain command authority for the headquarters of the army and horses. For battalion command, the command of the wing is the setting of the main general headquarters. There are not many imperial guards, not because they are unwilling to set up, but because the general sometimes has to fight independently and has very high ability requirements. Some generals dare not fully trust the generals to follow their own attack and retreat. However, most generals who have strong abilities like to set up, and there is a general headquarters that can be flexible and mobile. There is only one general in Zhang Jun's headquarters.

The general, named Wang Yan. In history, this person was a hero of the anti-Jin period in Taihang Mountains. He founded the Eight Character Army and had more than 100,000 people under his command. Looking at history, there were many Yi soldiers in the Song Dynasty. Zong Ze actually gathered two million troops back then and was called Grandpa Zong by the Jin people. Of course, because he did not know how to manage finances, Grandpa Zong forgot the daily expenses of two million people and lacked strong support from the court, so he could not stand such a large family business. Not to mention Zong Ze at that time, it was very difficult to support a two million army now. Unless the civil servants reduced their salary.

Wang Yan would serve as vanguards, and then marched for one day and one night to attack Laizhou City. According to Zhang Jun's intention, there were docks in Laizhou City, and after all there were city walls. If the troops were scattered in various places, they could only be defeated by them. However, there were negative effects, and the enemy could concentrate heavy artillery attacks. For this reason, Wang Yan asked for battle himself. After conquering Laizhou, he would disperse the headquarters and attack the enemy's heavy artillery and food logistics with dead soldiers. Zhang Jun was aware of this, so that the pressure to defend the city could be greatly alleviated. After all, the Liao Kingdom was not a purely cold weapon army like Xixia. Since the appearance of heavy artillery, the city walls became weaker.

Some of the Hangzhou fleets carry the imperial guards, while the other part will provide maritime fire support inside and outside the city. If necessary, they can land and assist in defense. Although the ships and guns are limited, they are also a way to boost morale.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the imperial guards were the absolute main force, but in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Zhang family army, Yue family army and other warlord-like troops became the main force.
Chapter completed!