The first day of the first month of the second year of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty and the first day of the first month of the second year of the Great Liao Dynasty.

For the Kingdom of Goryeo, which is across the sea from the Great Song Dynasty, this year is also the second year of Qian's reunification. Because Goryeo was a vassal of the Great Liao, it could not have its own era name, and had to use the Liao era name to show obedience.

The capital of the king of Goryeo is still as deserted as ever. If you look at it from the perspective of later generations, this Goryeo royal capital cannot even become a "city", it is just a mountain and water surrounded by curved earthen walls. The area of the city is not small, the circumference of the city wall is 29,700 steps (almost 40 kilometers), and there are 22 gates. In terms of floor space, it's quite large.

But the inside of the rammed earth city wall is no different from the outside, they are all the same mountains and rivers. It is only near the half-moon-shaped inner city of Kaikyo that it has become a little more popular, with some half-dead businesses and handicrafts, and some more imposing-looking merchant residences.

Adjacent to this commercial district of Kaikyo is the southern gate of the inner city, which is home to the settlements of two classes of nobles, some temples, and a full moon platform of the imperial city built against Songgu Mountain. However, most of the inner city area is still the same as the outer city, and a hill called Songgu Mountain occupies more than half of the inner city of Kaegyong in Goryeo.

If any barbarians invade the capital, what awaits them is not street fighting or plundering, but a mountain and jungle war - in the capital of the Koreans, guerrilla warfare is definitely possible!

This is probably the reason why the Jurchens were not interested in destroying the Goryeo Kingdom in history, right? What if you perish? Do you want to go hunting in Kaegyong, Goryeo? Then you might as well just stay by the tiger water.

At this time, Wu Yanpet had already developed from the Jiehe Commercial Market, which had miraculously developed, and returned to Kaijing, where he had to be careful of encountering wild boars and wild wolves when he went out at night. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, he was with several important ministers, following the king Wang Hao to worship his ancestors in the Taimiao.

Many of the systems of the Goryeo Kingdom were copied from the Great Song Dynasty, but they only copied the fur, and the things in it were still their own in Wu Yanzhong's opinion, such as incest - the Goryeo royal family engaged in intra-clan marriage, and it was most popular for older brothers to marry younger sisters. However, they also know that it is against humanity for an older brother to marry a younger sister, so when they marry their sister, they will change their sister's maternal surname.

In addition, the Goryeo Kingdom's emphasis on literature and light on military force and imperial examinations are also a bit similar in shape but not in god......

At this time, Wu Yanzhong followed Wang Hao into the temple court dedicated to King Xianzong of Goryeo. The monarchs and ministers first worshiped the tablet of Xianzong and offered sacrifices, and then they heard Wang Hao recite a poem of King Xianzong in fluent Chinese: "In the year of Gengxu, there is a lot of dust, and the war goes deep into the Han Riverside." At that time, Jiang Gongce was not needed, and the whole country was left-handed. ”

Wu Yanpet set his sights on the Shoutai Master and Zhongshu Ling, who was worthy of enjoying the temple court of Xianzong, the founding marquis of Tianshui County, and promoted the tablet of Jiang Handzan, a meritorious hero.

This Jiang Handan is the Jiang Gong who made great contributions in the Khitan War in Goryeo in the past! He is a descendant of Kang Gongjin, the founder of Goryeo, and in the reign of Seongjong of Goryeo, he was the champion and the first - there seem to be several champion military strategists in the Goryeo kingdom - and worshiped as the marshal in the later Hyeonjong period, and in the last battle between Goryeo and Khitan, he led 200,000 Goryeo troops (of course it is called) to meet the 100,000 Khitan army, and won a great victory in Goryeo Guju.

After the victory in Guizhou, Jiang Handan did not have bad luck because of his high merit, but served as the subordinate of the Goryeo Kingdom and the subordinate of the Inner History of Pingzhangshi, that is, the prime minister, until Zhishi, after retirement, he was still glorious and rich, and he was repeatedly added to the rank of knight, and he lived to die at the age of eighty-four.

Jiang Minzhan (born in Jinshi), Cui Chong (Zhuangyuan, known as Confucius of Haidong) and other famous Goryeo generals of the era who agreed with Jiang Han also enjoyed glory after the war.

Judging from the fact that all of these Goryeo champions can go to the battlefield and die well after winning the battle, the Goryeo people have indeed not learned the essence of Wenyu Wu......

"In the year of Gengxu, there is a lot of dust, and the fight goes deep into the Han River. At that time, Jiang Gongce was not needed, and the whole country was left-handed. ”

After Wang Hao finished reciting the seven quatrains left by his ancestors to commemorate the heroes, the ministers who accompanied Wang Hao also recited them together, and then bowed to Jiang Handzan's tablet together.

Wu Yanzhong understood in his heart: The king must have made up his mind to go to war, so he paid tribute to Jiang Gong with great fanfare when he paid tribute to the first king of Xianzong.

This is to encourage the two classes of important ministers to keep up with Jiang Gong!

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The Miyagi Full Moon Terrace in the Kingdom of Goryeo, like Kaegyeong, was built between a hill.

In terms of land area alone, it is much larger than the imperial city of Kaifeng Mansion, but within the earthen walls of the imperial city, there are many undulating hills scattered in between. The three palaces, known as "Shouchang Palace", "Rende Palace" and "Shoude Palace", look like three Song Dynasty landlord compounds, scattered on the flat ground between the hills, and the layout is messy and not neat at all.

The place where the king of Goryeo handled government affairs and received ministers on a daily basis was the Janghwa Hall of Indeok Palace, which was modeled after the palace of the Song Dynasty, but it was rough everywhere, and it looked like a so-so inferior imitation.

Wang Hao, the king of Goryeo, was sitting upright in the dimly lit Changhe Hall at this time, wearing a red robe. This king has a big beard, and his sitting posture is also very powerful, with a little military general's demeanor, and his throne is also usurped by ability, so in the current Kaijing, there are many ministers who regard him as a Ming monarch who has made great achievements.

At this time, Wang Hao, the male lord, was listening energetically to the minister Wu Yanzhong's report on the progress of the "arms trade".

And Wu Yanpet has already finished talking about the method of "exchanging tax mortgages for weapons", and is talking about his analysis.

"His Royal Highness...... According to the minister's observation, the Great Song Dynasty is now more and more like a calculating profiteer, they want to recover the land of Yanyun, but they are not willing to really take the road of strengthening the army and preparing for war, so they can only opportunistically, wanting to achieve their goals by supporting the opponents of the Liao State. And my Goryeo national strength is thriving, and I already have the shadow of a strong and powerful country, which is the only hope of the Song people. ”

"If there's only hope, why don't they give us weapons?" King Wang Hao of Goryeo asked lightly.

"Because the Great Song Dynasty was afraid of the Khitan, they did not dare to openly support our Northern Expedition to give birth to Jurchen." Wu Yanzhong replied, "That's why they want to provide us with weapons in the form of trade...... However, we only need to give 2 million to get a ready-made weapon worth 6 million. It is much more cost-effective than buying raw materials and manufacturing and processing them yourself. ”

Of course, the Goryeo sticks of this era did not have the idea of developing manufacturing, and for the same money, it was certainly more cost-effective to get ready-made weapons than to get raw materials. As for the problem that the quality of the weapons of the Great Song Dynasty Weapons Supervisor was a little poor, the monarchs and ministers of the Goryeo Kingdom did not care. After all, no matter how bad it is, it's better than the Koreans' own things.

The current capital of Goryeo is like a forest park, and you can imagine what level of their handicraft industry is. Although there is no shortage of fine products - the Goryeo Kingdom is a manor economy, and there are some good craftsmen in the estates of the two classes of nobles - it is not enough to prepare an army of more than 100,000 or 200,000. And if you want to expand production, you have to send a conscription to pull the strong men, and as for whether the strong men will do manual work, then it doesn't matter.

With this land, population, and wealth, it is impossible to support a large number of government-run handicraft laborers, and since the end of the war between the Hyeonjong Dynasty and the Khitan, it has been peaceful for more than 80 years, and there is no need to raise so many craftsmen who make weapons.

"Yin Qing, what do you think?"

Wang Hao did not make a decision immediately, but asked for the advice of Yin Qiang, a member of the Privy Council. Yin Qian has visited Liao and the Great Song Dynasty many times, and is familiar with the situation in the two countries.

"His Royal Highness, the minister agrees to buy Haizhou Pass and Busan Pass to the Song people in exchange for 4 million yuan for the purchase of weapons." Yin Qian said, "Because my country has not encountered a major war for 80 years, although the national strength is at its peak, the matter of war has not been repaired for many years. And the Jurchen tribes have been fighting for years, and there are many brave men in each department, and it is necessary to use ten times the force to ensure victory. ”

"How many warriors are there in the Jurchen tribes?"

Yin Qian said: "If the various departments are combined, there should be 20,000 strong soldiers. If you only look at the strongest troops, there are about 3,000 elites. As for the Lazy Dian Tribes, the maximum number of soldiers available is 2,000. ”

"Hahaha," Wang Hao laughed, "In the past, 100,000 Khitans were defeated by me, but now there are only thousands of Jurchens...... It seems that I have a great hope for Goryeo.

Yin Qing, how many soldiers and horses do you think it will take to make the birth girl really surrender? ”

"Two hundred thousand!" Yin Qian replied.

"Do you need so many soldiers?" Wang Hao was taken aback.

The Jurchens have an army of 20,000 if they die, and they want to send 200,000 on their side, so they look too highly at the Jurchens, right?

"Your Royal Highness," Yin Qian explained, "100,000 of the 200,000 army can be used to conquer the Jurchens of the Lazy Dian and Taibai Mountains. Another 100,000 were stationed on the Great Wall to prevent the Khitans from moving south.

If our army is progressing smoothly in the Lazy Dian and Taibai Mountains, we can take advantage of the situation to appease the Jurchen tribes such as the Hushui Wanyan Division, and use their cavalry as a guide to march to the Tokyo Road of the Liao State, and restore the lost homeland of our Great Goguryeo in one fell swoop. At the same time, it is also necessary to unite with the Great Song Dynasty and incite the Bohai people. ”

Yin Qiang's words fell into Wang Hao's arms, and lazy was not his ultimate goal, but his goal was to restore Goguryeo's homeland!

In order to achieve this goal, the Goryeo Kingdom must first defeat the Jurchens, and then subdue or appease the Jurchen tribes. As long as all the Jurchen tribes sided with Goryeo, then Goryeo could further incite the Bohai people to revolt and unite with the Song Dynasty to fight against the Khitan.

Wang Hao nodded heavily: "Okay!" According to Yin Qing's words. Wu Qing, please go to the Great Song Dynasty immediately in the name of purchasing envoys, meet the Lord of Song, and inform my country of the strategy of the Song Dynasty! Let's try to see if we can hand over the New Year's coins from the Song Kingdom to the Khitan in the future and transfer them to my Great Goryeo! ”