The use of maritime transport has never been carried out, but over the years, especially after the railway breakthrough, maritime transportation has not been an accident, but an inevitability.

The entire transportation of the Northern Song Dynasty was built on the huge canals and the water network that spread throughout the north and south, with the help of this network, they could pass more conveniently through various cities and communicate with each other.

However, in the whole network, Cao Yun is the most important, which is related to the food problem of the whole north.

Since the Han and Tang dynasties, with the over-exploitation of the north, coupled with the fact that the climatic conditions in the north have begun to change, the north has been unable to bear the huge population.

Because it has always been the center of the relationship, the population in the north is very large, especially Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty, a city of one million people, plus Gyeonggi and the surrounding important cities, this number is even more.

Under such a premise, in order to ensure the grain problem in the entire north, Cao Yun almost occupied most of the capacity of the entire canal.

In this case, before, there were not too many problems, after all, there were not many people in the entire Northern Song Dynasty who wanted to use this kind of capacity, and it was almost okay in addition to Cao Yun.

However, under the premise that the rise of the Dinghai Navy and industry and commerce have become an important pillar of the Northern Song Dynasty, this capacity issue has become the key.

Compared with ordinary road transportation, Cao Yun should save a lot, but compared with sea ships, the difference is not a little bit, Ding Navy's large-scale use of Western-style sailing ships, in the non-monsoon season, can also transport this, enough to improve efficiency and save a lot of costs.

After the contradiction in transportation capacity appeared, under the reminder of the Dinghai Navy, the sea transportation was opened, from the beginning, there were only 10 ships, almost 200,000 materials a month, and the capacity has increased to now, almost 10 million materials per year, which has been improved very extensively, and basically solved the food problem in the north.

If this group of forbidden troops only carries the necessary materials and advances lightly, the speed of the march will be much faster, and it is possible to arrive at the destination within half a month.

Even further, with the sea ship directly transport 50,000 troops, this is not the Liaodong Peninsula period of thousands of people, nor the Liaodong class when the time comes, carefully selected, this is a standing army, a minimum of more than 30,000 troops, they are not every one suitable for boats, the same, the distance of this transport is also a little longer, from Jiangning on the ship, all the way down the winding down, until Guangzhou, almost 3000 miles, not the Liaodong Peninsula, just one day, at most two days on the ship, so at least counted, more than 10 days.

However, the military situation is urgent, and this is no longer a question of whether to send troops or not, but how to send troops.

Han Qi, Fu Bi, and the ministers of the Privy Council, after a simple discussion, finally decided that all the armies would be concentrated, starting from Bianliang, and arriving directly in Jiangning by train, and after arriving in Jiangning, they would be divided into two routes.

There are about 8,000 people all the way, carefully selected from the elite, as pioneers, directly by boat, together with most of the supplies, through the sea ship, to Guangzhou, by sea.

Relax a little along the way, set off here in Jiangning, carry the necessary supplies and equipment, and take the overland route to Guangzhou.

It is expected that the fastest sea will arrive in Guangzhou in half a month, and the slowest will take a month to arrive in Guangzhou by land.

In the eyes of many Zaifu, although Yizhigao surrounded Guangzhou, Guangzhou's city defense was strong enough, as long as you were careful, you shouldn't have to worry about being breached, and there should be no big problem in a month's time.

When the resolution was issued, the entire Privy Council and the military began to act, and the civilian officials led by Han Qi began to check and fill in the gaps.

In the past two years, the government's finances have been abundant, and many things have been put on people's livelihood issues, because they defeated the Liao State and took back Youyun, even the Western Xia was almost wiped out, and it seemed that there was no provocative force around, but Yi Zhigao was like a heavy slap in the face.

The Northern Song Dynasty was not without any threats, and there were still some problems in the face of the complicated situation on the border.

Before the entire city defense construction, most of them were concentrated in the north, Youyun almost built 600 fortresses, and there were many in the northwest, almost more than 300, it was they that gave the Northern Song Dynasty strong support, and you don't have to worry about being breached.

Relatively speaking, there are too few in the south, if there are even 10 bastions in Guangnan, it is enough to withstand Yi Zhigao's attack, and will not be directly hit under the city of Guangzhou.

It's a little too late to think about this now, Han Qi and the Privy Council, almost jointly formulated, in addition to this plan to send troops, is the plan to build fortresses, in the south, at key points, where it is relatively bad and there is a possibility of war, large-scale construction of fortresses, a total of almost 500.

Left and right is just to invest one or two million guan, this number, put in 4 years ago, is a big number, under the premise of a sudden, even the three divisions can't be taken out, but now, the financial income of the Northern Song Dynasty is 5 times more than before, although there are also a lot of places to spend money, and there are a lot of expenses for similar needs, but one or two million guan, just squeeze out.

Bianliang of the Northern Song Dynasty, the camp of the forbidden army, the urgent horn, when it came in the early morning, sounded, after a day of intense preparations, 30,000 troops, as well as a large number of livestock, nearly 100,000 horses of all kinds, most of them were prepared.

Minfu does not have to be transferred in Bianliang, because the role of Minfu is very simple, almost all of them are prime-age laborers, and there is no need for professional skills and training, so 20,000 people can be transferred near Jiangning, followed by means of transportation such as horse-drawn carts and ox carts, which can play a role.

Almost all the trains to the south of Bianliang have been transferred, and the otherworldly carriages can probably accommodate about 120 people, a total of more than 100 carriages, enough to accommodate 12,000 infantry, or 3,000 fully armed cavalry.

The railway is a railway, the train is a train, and under the premise of no steam engine, the power system cannot be improved, and under the premise of horse-pulling, three or five knots are already good, which restricts the speed.

But fortunately, Bianliang has become a nearby railway hub, and the 100 cars that were urgently transferred are temporarily transferred, and this number will be amplified in the next two days.

Tomorrow will be about 300 knots, the day after tomorrow will reach the peak of 500 knots, and there will be 100 knots returning from Jiangning, a total of 600 knots.

3 days, at most 3 days, close to 1,000 knots of capacity, enough to transport 30,000 fully armed troops from Bianliang to Jiangning, and then the rest depends on the arrangement of Jiangning.

Such a war thousands of miles away has touched the hearts of many people, but for the Privy Council and the high-level, it is really a small matter, even if Yizhigao uses 100,000 troops, it is only a slight wavering, as long as the army arrives, it can solve the problem immediately, and when the time comes, it will only be consolidated.

Dingjun, under the premise that the commercial tentacles have penetrated into the entire Northern Song Dynasty, a lot of news can be obtained in advance, and Guangnan is still too remote.

In later generations, Guangdong was one of the most developed places in China, but in this era, even Hunan and Jiangxi were not fully developed, and Guangzhou was a barren land, and only around the city did there be some development.

At present, the grain production area is in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is concentrated in Hubei, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, where the products are abundant, the living conditions are better, and the commercial strength of the Dinghai Navy is also a little greater.

However, in Quang Nam, there are only a few cooperative businessmen, and they have not yet received the information.

The information transferred through Fu Bi and the Privy Council quickly arrived on Jiangning's side, and any information related to the war was the first priority, and this information was directly transmitted to the Dinghai Navy without much delay.

The southern part of the Northern Song Dynasty was attacked, which was not very good news for the Dinghai Navy that was being deployed in the northeast, but after carefully investigating some information and knowing what kind of origin Yi Zhigao was, he was relieved a lot, this is just a southern Tu tribe, which may be able to affect a small number of cities, and it is impossible to shake the foundation of the Northern Song Dynasty.

According to the usual practice, the news still needs to be copied and sent to Zhao Xin, Zhao Xin just opened it as a rule, but he was taken aback.

In the entire Northern Song Dynasty, or rather, specifically referring to the Renzong Dynasty, the rebellion of Yizhigao was still a big thing.

From the eighth year of Qingli, until the emperor's blessing, it has not been effectively contained, but has become bigger and bigger, under the premise that it is very likely to be as deteriorating as the Western Xia, Renzong and the ministers of the court, decisively, sent Di Qing to come.

This is probably Di Qing, in the history of the general, the highest moment, in the entire south erosion, may sweep the entire south of the time, Di Qing withstood the pressure, Kunlun Pass, perfect victory, only under the sweep, quickly quelled this rebellion, stabilized the south of the Northern Song Dynasty.

After this battle, Di Qing achieved the pinnacle of military generals because of his accumulated merits, not only the first person in the military among military generals, but also became a privy deputy envoy.

After reaching the peak, Di Qing also became the target of civil officials, and the civil and military disputes in the Northern Song Dynasty reached their peak in this dynasty of Renzong, Di Qing not only never fought again, but was also attacked and humiliated by a large number of civil officials, and finally died of depression.

The far-reaching impact of this station, in the follow-up, almost ran through Shenzong and several emperors behind it, so that the generals completely lost the ability to manage the army, and even fight, and finally, the powerful Northern Song Dynasty forbidden army, in the time of Huizong, became a juggler, and was wiped out by a Jin army.

In terms of time, yes, the state of the war is also right, this is the far-reaching war, of course, in terms of the current situation of the Northern Song Dynasty, financially, compared with history, I don't know how many times better.

In history, Renzong had to wear a dragon robe and reduce all kinds of expenses, so that he could save some funds and use them for the use of the court, but now for the Northern Song Dynasty, no more than 10 million yuan, it is not a big investment, even if the three divisions are not at present, wait a little longer, and you can make it up.

Sending troops to quell the chaos will not be like in history, adding fuel tactics, as well as local offense and defense, and in the end, one wrong step, one wrong step, the final consequences will become bigger and bigger, affecting the pattern of the entire Northern Song Dynasty and the south.

The pacification of the rebellion may be just a matter of hand, or even as long as the powerful forbidden army arrives in Quang Nam, the pacification of the war will be decided.

On the frontal battlefield, the iron cavalry that can fight against the Liao State and the Western Xia, and even the new forbidden army of the Northern Song Dynasty, which can win in battle, will not be able to defeat the southern natives who can't even get together armor and weapons, and if there is no impact of the plague, even if a general is sent casually, it can be easily pacified.

Because of this, in the analysis of the intelligence received, the most important thing to pay attention to is that if the Northern Song Dynasty really proposes and needs support, it can be supported in terms of transportation conditions, just like the previous battle of Liaodong.

But after reading the entire intelligence, as well as some analysis of the Ding Navy, and all the requirements of Fu Bi and the Privy Council, Zhao Xin had a different idea.

If the chaotic place is in Guangxi, in Kunlun Pass, I'm afraid Zhao Xin won't even think about it, he has already opened the strategy of the north, as well as the development of Jeju Island, Hokkaido, and the Dinghai Navy has already used its energy to the extreme, and it is impossible to open another front casually, so it is too radical.

But in Guangzhou, which is a city close to the sea, and can even be accessed from the mouth of the Pearl River, warships can sail to the vicinity of the city wall, which can be considered.

Similar to the Opium War, the British army's approach, entering from the mouth of the Pearl River, with warships as the main body, and then assisting a small part of the army, may not be able to play a vital role, but it can still be done to relieve the siege of Guangzhou and kill and injure the enemy on a large scale.

Whether it is the battle of Liaodong or the battle of Vladivostok, at most it is the role of pressing the formation, in this case, whaling alone is no longer enough to continue to improve combat effectiveness.

Yi Zhigao's power is not high, his combat effectiveness is not strong, and he has not even seen thermal weapons and naval artillery, which is a weak point, but no matter how he says, this is also a war, as long as it is fought, it should be able to play a partial role.

Training is only part of the idea, but in Zhao Xin's heart, the bigger idea is to show his muscles.

It has been almost 4 years since the establishment of the Dinghai Navy, and with the development of the Dinghai Navy, it will no longer be as it was at the beginning, once it confronts the Northern Song Dynasty, a large number of people will flee.

At the same time, with the development of the Dinghai Navy, especially the gradual prosperity of the Dinghai Navy, some contradictions are still emerging, why within two or three years, large-scale retreat, product transformation, development is one aspect, contradictions in various places, including the action of local officials and nobles.

A Dinghai Marquis, can't stop everyone, not everyone knows Zhao Xin's identity, and in the face of enough interests, many people will ignore it even if they know it, as long as they don't put it on the bright side, what can they do, some potential perceptions, compared with actual interests, anyone will choose.

The navy must be unveiled, itself, Zhao Xin is ready to wait until after the destruction of the Liao State, but now, this opportunity in Guangnan is really good, as long as the large-scale army is not used, show the power of the navy, and deter some people, it is really a good choice.