Just when Zhao Tuan decided to return to Beijing, Emperor Wan Yan Yong of Jin also gathered the ministers of civil and military affairs in Nanjing to discuss whether to fight or retreat. Su Shi Lie Zhining, Bai Yanjing, as well as the right deputy marshal Po Sa, Taishi Zhang Hao, the head of the household Cai Songnian, and Wanyan Changzhi, who had just returned to Laizhou from the sea and rushed to Nanjing overnight.

Zhang Hao said: "This time the Southern Song Dynasty invaded, most of the state cities occupied were recovered by our army, and now the Song army is defending the line of Xuzhou in Suzhou, and it cannot be easily defeated for a while, not to mention that there are many rebels in Hebei and Shandong, especially the Shandong rebel Yang An'er, together with Li Quan, etc., is now self-reliant as the king. ”

Cai Songnian also said: "Your Majesty has been out of Beijing for a long time, how can a monarch leave the capital for a long time?" What's more, my Dajin's national strength is difficult to support now, so it's better to withdraw troops and return to Beijing as soon as possible. ”

Wan Yanyong frowned and did not speak.

Su Shi Lie Zhining couldn't help but say: "Could it be that this time we were burned by the Song army in vain, and then occupied Suzhou and Xuzhou?" Since the founding of my Taizu Taizong, I have always been the only one who has occupied the city and seized the land, and there has never been such a big defeat. Now at least we must recapture Suzhou and Xuzhou. Since the defeat of Xuzhou, his aggressive momentum in the past has been greatly reined, and after the white-robed army that led 100,000 troops to chase Yang Yan to no avail, he is much more low-key. This time, Wan Yan Yong summoned ministers to discuss war peace, and he didn't say much, but when he heard Cai Songnian and Zhang Hao advocate withdrawing the troops, he finally couldn't help but speak out against it.

His words were in line with Yan Yong's intentions, this time the Northern Expedition of the Song Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom lost Suzhou and Xuzhou, and was turned upside down by Yang Yan's thousands of white-robed troops. Although in the battle on the coast of Dengzhou, the white-robed army was defeated by Wanyan Changzhi, Bi Jing was still rescued by the Song army. And the naval battle of Fushan Island, the Jin army was defeated by the Song army, although Wan Yanyong did not like to fight, but this breath could not be swallowed no matter what. Naturally, they were absolutely unwilling to withdraw their troops. Therefore, when he heard what Su Shi Lie Zhining said, he immediately asked: "What did Su Shi Lieqing say, and what good strategies do you have to recapture Suzhou and Xuzhou?" ”

When Zhang Hao heard this, he immediately turned his head and asked Su Shi Lie Zhining: "Lord Su Shi Lie, if you lead the army, how many men and horses are needed, and how much time can you recapture Suzhou and Xuzhou." ”

Su Shi Lie Zhining was speechless, and asked himself in his heart, he was not sure that he could recapture Suzhou and Xuzhou. But when asked by Zhang Hao, he couldn't be speechless. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he said, "Your Majesty, we can force peace with war." ”

Wan Yan Yong was stunned for a moment, and said: "Forcing peace with war? Can you elaborate on that? At this time, several other people also looked at Su Shi Lie Zhining, waiting for him to explain in detail.

Su Shi Lie Zhining coughed, straightened out his thoughts, and said: "Although our army lost the naval battle, as far as the current situation is concerned, it is still our army that is the main attack, and the Song army is the main defense. If we make a big noise now and pretend to attack the Song Dynasty, I think the Song Dynasty will definitely make a big splash. We are sending people to secretly communicate with the lord and ministers of the Song State, induce the Song State to negotiate peace with our Dajin, and force the Song State to cede the land and claim the ministers, and pay the currency every year, which can also make up for the loss of our Dajin. ”

In order to force the war to make peace, Jin Guo also used it back then. In the tenth year of Shaoxing (1140), the fourth prince Wanyan Zongbi led an army to attack the Song Dynasty, but was defeated by Yue Fei. Later, Zong Bi changed his lord and negotiated peace with the Song State, and as a result, he couldn't help but exchange the Song State for cutting the land and claiming to be a vassal, and there were 250,000 yuan of silver and 250,000 yuan of silk every year. The greater gain was that the Song State killed Yue Fei and self-destructed the Great Wall, and Dajin no longer had any worries. The goals that could not be achieved on the battlefield were obtained one by one in the negotiation of peace.

Therefore, when everyone heard this, they all felt that Fu Shi Lie Zhining's plan was feasible. The two factions of the Song Dynasty have always disputed each other and refused to give in to each other. They know that. It's just that now Emperor Zhao Tuan is advocating the Northern Expedition, so the main battle faction is gaining momentum, but the main and faction will never be reconciled, and once there is an opportunity, it will definitely do everything possible to seize it. Therefore, under the current situation that both sides are unable to fight again, it is a feasible way to force the Song State to negotiate peace and cede land and pay currency. However, now the emperor of the Song State is Zhao Tuan, who intends to recover, not Zhao Gou, who is bent on peace. Will this work with war and peace?

Sure enough, Zhang Hao immediately asked: "What if the peace negotiation fails?" And what if? ”

Su Shi Lie Zhining said: "Even if the peace cannot be reached, the government and the opposition of the Song State can quarrel endlessly, and the party and friends attack each other. At this time, my Dajin may have a chance. ”

Wan Yanyong nodded and said, "This plan is very good, do you have any opinions?" ”

At this time, Cai Songnian, who had not spoken, said: "May I ask Lord Sushi Lie, although this is good with war and peace, how many men and horses do you need to use and how many days will it be wasted?" If it's been a long time, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to support it. "He is the secretary of the household department, in charge of finance, and with this opening, everyone knows that the current financial resources of the Jin State may be insufficient.

Wan Yanyong immediately asked, "Songnian, are you currently lacking in financial resources?" ”

Cai Songnian said: "No, the current financial resources can still support it. But there is not enough food. In order to meet the Song army, all the grain reserves of Hebei, Shandong, and Nanjing Zhulu were called, not to mention, but also most of the grain reserves of Jingzhaofu Road and Zhongdu Road. But most of them were burned by the Song army in Heiyang Mountain. At present, Hebei, Shandong, and Nanjing have no grain to adjust, and there is not much grain to adjust in Jingzhaofu Road and Zhongdu. It can only be mobilized from farther Beijing Road and Xijing Road. However, the distance is long, and it takes a lot of food to transport people along the road, and it is good to be able to transport three or four out of ten stones to the front line. ”

As soon as he said this, everyone's hearts were all about the current food shortage situation.

Cai Songnian then said: "At present, the shortage of grain in Hebei, Shandong, and Nanjing Zhulu is quite serious, and the price of grain has risen three times compared with last year, and there is still no market. Displaced people are forming, and it is also because of this that there are many rebellions in Shandong. Therefore, there must be a part of the grain and grass mobilized from Beijing Road and Xijing Road to calm the market and appease people's hearts. Otherwise, there will only be more and more riots among displaced people. ”

Wan Yanyong was silent for a while, and said: "Song Nian, how long can the current people and food be supported?" ”

Cai Songnian said: "Three months." ”

Wan Yanyong said: "Okay, it's limited to three months, no matter whether you can force peace by war or not, the army will be dispersed immediately after three months." ”

After everyone dispersed, Wanyan Changzhi returned to his residence and visited Wanyan Chen, a monk who was recuperating from his injuries. Monk Wanyan Chen's internal injuries were serious, although he had to be disillusioned and other three monks took turns to heal his injuries, but now he still can't use force with people, but his actions are not affected by riding horses.

After listening to Yan Changzhi's decision to discuss today's ministers, Wanyan Chen Monk frowned and said, "Changzhi, do you think this plan of war and peace will work?" ”

Wanyan Changzhi shook his head and said, "I don't know, this plan depends on the will of heaven for five points, and for people for five points." It's not within the reach of manpower. ”

Wanyan Chen monk also nodded and said, "That's all it can be." Then he asked about the Battle of Fukuyama Island. So Wanyan Changzhi described the process of the naval battle of Fushan Island to him in more detail.

After hearing this, Monk Yan Chen was dumbfounded, and said, "Is the Song Army's water army so powerful?" We had twice as many troops as them, and we were beaten so badly. ”

The way of the long face: "The strength of the water war cannot be determined by the number of people. The performance of the Song army's warships far surpassed ours, and the skill of the boats was beyond our reach. Their ships are far larger than ours, but they are more agile and faster than ours, and they can control them as easily as we ride horses. In addition, the firearms are powerful and the range is long. In my opinion, even if we have ten boats, we may not be able to win against one boat of the Song army. ”

After listening to him, Monk Wanyan Chen frowned again and said: "After the first round, you should be able to see that we can't defeat the Song army, why didn't we disperse the army in time at that time, and still have to fight the Song army in the second round?" ”

Wan Yan Changzhi nodded and said, "Yes, what you said is good." At that time, I knew that we were invincible to the Song army, but I just wanted to experience more of the water warfare. ”

Monk Wanyan Chen was stunned and said, "Do you want to fight a water war with the Song army?" But is it necessary? Although the naval forces of the Southern Song Dynasty are far stronger than our Dajin, the contest between our Dajin and the Southern Song Dynasty still depends on cavalry and infantry to decide. ”

Wanyan Changzhi approached him and said, "Because I have a new idea......"

After listening to this, Monk Yan Chen gasped and said, "That's it...... In this way, it is too risky. ”

Wanyan Changzhi nodded, stood up and walked to the window to look at the bright moon outside the window, and said: "This is indeed very risky, but once we succeed, we can easily destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, unify the world, and achieve Dajin's eternal foundation." ”

Monk Wanyan Chen was silent for a while and said, "What do other ministers think of this idea?" What does the emperor think? ”

Wanyan Changzhi turned around and said, "Now I only told you about this idea, and I didn't tell anyone else." ”

Monk Wanyan Chen was a little puzzled: "Why, when are you going to propose it to the emperor?" ”

Wanyan Changzhi sat down again and said, "Now I use this strategy to force peace with war, and it is useless for me to be there, so I will take leave from the emperor and send Uncle Phantom Kong's coffin back to Huining Temple." I want to ask the ancestor first and then propose it to the emperor, and if your injury drags on, I am afraid that it will affect my life, and only the ancestor can heal it completely. ”

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The clear sky and the highly transparent ocean compete to show the turquoise colors, stretching the clear and deep edge into the distance. You can clearly see the fish swimming on the surface of the water, the splashes on the side of the ship glow like pearls, and the distant horizon separating the sky from the water has a blue-gray hue, forming a world that looks like a blue veil surrounded by the summer sun.

Yang Yan, Li Gongzuo, Xin Qiji, Cao Xun, Gao Zhen and others stood on the ship's floor, facing the strong sea breeze. After the First Battle of Fushan Island, the sailors of the Song army were no longer hindered in any way, and traveled unhindered for four or five days, and they were about to arrive in Haizhou. At this time, everyone's mood was as clear and mirrorful as the sky.

At this time, he only heard the sound of the stairs "kicking, kicking, kicking", Wei Chang came out of the water with a fire rifle and a fire dragon in his hand and walked up to the ship. Yang Yan, Wei Chang and others saw with their own eyes the power of the firearms of the Song army in the naval battle of Fushan Island, such as fire bows and arrows, fire crossbow arrows, smoke balls, thunderbolts, thunderbolts, iron artillery, tribulus fireballs, and fierce oil bombs. However, he was very interested in firearms such as assault muskets, flying muskets, and fire dragon water. In the past few days, he and Wei Chang have been studying the performance and use of firearms together. I happened to have nothing to do today, so I asked Wei Chang to take a fire spur and a fire dragon out of the water table to try it out.

Wei Chang first handed the fire dragon water to Yang Yan, and Yang Yan looked at it as a bamboo slip more than five feet long, with a wooden dragon head in front and a wooden dragon tail in the back. It is equipped with several arrows and a total of 4 bazookas in the front and rear, and it looks like a flying dragon with four wings.

Wei Chang said: "The two sets of rocket leads in front and behind the fire dragon are kinked together. The bottom of the front rocket cartridge is connected to the lead from the dragon's head. When fired, the four powder cartridges on the lower part of the dragon's body are lit to propel the dragon forward. After the powder cartridge is burned, the rocket inside the dragon's body ignites and flies out, shooting at the enemy. As he spoke, he lit the fuse, and with a whoosh, the fire dragon flew out, and several rockets flew out of the dragon's body on the way, shooting at least four or five hundred paces away.

Yang Yan stammered: "Shoot so far, it's almost the same as a bed crossbow." ”

Wei Chang said: "Although the range of this fire dragon out of the water is long. However, the directionality is too poor, and after the shot, you can only resign yourself to fate. ”

Yang Yan said: "Can you use a larger bamboo slip, load a few more rockets, and launch them together when launching, if it is against a large number of enemy troops, it is very useful, and it is nothing if you can't shoot accurately?" ”

Wei Chang scratched his head and said, "I can give it a try when I go back." He handed the assault rifle to Yang Yan and said: "This assault musket is developed on the basis of the assault fire Jane, and the inner security of Ziyi, such as burning, and then the flame is sent out, such as the sound of cannons, it can be as far as two hundred steps." However, it can only be used with one, and one less is used. I remember that in the second year of Shaoxing (1132), when the rules and regulations of De'an Mansion were observed, more than 20 long bamboo pole muskets were made with artillery powder, and two people were used to hold one together, and 60 people were sent to hold muskets on the tower of the West Gate City to burn the overpass erected by the Jin army besieging the city. ”

Yang Yan was most interested in the assault rifle, took it in his hand, and watched it carefully. In fact, it is a large bamboo slip about five feet long, the mouth is sealed, and only one lead is exposed. "If you use an iron barrel, can you use it several times?" ”

Wei Chang shook his head and said, "I've tried to use an iron cast barrel before, but it doesn't work, not only is the barrel easy to burst, but after firing once, it will be hot, and it can't be used again within a quarter of an hour." ”

Yang Yan shook his head regretfully.

Xin Qiji on the side laughed and said: "The unsatisfactory people in the world are ten constants**, and it is very good to have this assault rifle now." What's more, since ancient times, warfare has been dominated by people, and the quality of weapons is secondary. ”

Yang Yan smiled: "What Mr. Xin said is true. ”