Chapter 731: Putting Satellites
As Yang Feng speculated, Wanyan Xiyin immediately abandoned Taiyuan and retreated to Datong after learning that Yanjing had been taken by the Song army.
It no longer makes sense for him to defend Taiyuan.
The Song army that captured Yanjing could go out of Feihuyu to copy his back road, or simply go out of Juyongguan to their Xijing Datong, where he had to guard, Taiyuan only came to them last year, and it was captured after a bloody battle, if the Song army surrounded Taiyuan, they didn't have to think about it to know that the Han people in the city would shout and beat them.
He withdrew crisply.
Not only Taiyuan gave up, but the entire south of Yanmen Pass was completely abandoned and completely withdrawn to the territory of the old Liao.
However, even so, the 10,000 Khitan and Han troops left on the southern front were still blocked in Lingshi by the Zhekeqiu Division, and when Wang Yan's troops entered Jinzhong from the Weisheng Army, this part of the Jin Army simply chose to surrender, and the Miao Fu Division from the Zhenxiang West was the first to reach Taiyuan and robbed the first effort to recover Taiyuan. At about the same time, Han Shizhong's troops seized the three prefectures of eastern Hebei, and then encountered a small Jin army heading south at Yuguan, but the latter not only did not break through the formation of the forward Gao Shidan, but was also attacked by the Song cavalry, and finally left more than 1,000 dead bodies and fled. At this point, the Great Song Dynasty not only restored the old situation and completely captured Youzhou, which had been dreamed of for more than 100 years from Zhao Da, but also brought the northern boundary of the Central Plains regime back to before Zhou Dewei lost Yuguan in the Later Liang Dynasty.
This is important.
Of course, the war in Hebei is still not over.
First, Han Shizhong still had to recapture Juyong Pass and various passes on the Flying Fox Road, and second, he had to prepare for the possible southward movement of the Jin army.
The capture of Youzhou is only the first step.
Defeating the Jin army's counteroffensive is the most important ......
Well, there's no more counterattack from the Golden Army!
Just when Wanyan Xiyin retreated to Shuozhou, Yelu Yujian raided him in the middle of the night, this Khitan version of Wu Sangui obviously lived up to the nickname given to him in history, and poor Wanyan Xiyin had to flee to Fenghua Prefecture, that is, Xuanhua, despite his anger. Yelu Yujian did not pursue him, but led his subordinates to the Khitan army to kill back to Datong, chopped up all the Jurchen officials in the city, proclaimed himself the acting king under the recommendation of several Khitan warlords, and then sent envoys to Taiyuan as fast as possible to contact the Great Song court.
He wants to claim vassal to the Great Song Dynasty.
In this case, Yang Feng happily met his request.
Then this product became the acting king of the Great Song Dynasty.
After Wanyan Zongfu and Wanyan Xiyin rendezvous, they still controlled the Xuanhua generation, and Wanyan Wu Qimai, who originally wanted to gather an army to go south for a counterattack, immediately gave up this idea, and the 50,000 Jin army that had tried their best to piece together in the western Liaoning area had to clean up Yelu Yujian first.
However, the rulers of the Great Song Dynasty at this time were no longer the brainless ones of the past.
Under the order of Yang Feng, Han Shizhong's cavalry went out of Yuguan, took advantage of the lack of defense in this area of the Jin State to break through Run, moved, and came to Sanzhou, that is, Haiyang Town, Qinhuangdao, Shanhaiguan, Suizhong Qiansuo, and then approached Jinzhou all the way north, and the Khitan and Han people in the Liaohe area were all ready to move. The Jin army, which had just arrived in Xuanhua and was preparing to attack Datong, had to retreat, but when they withdrew, Han Shizhong did not hesitate to withdraw to Yuguan. However, he also understood that he had changed from offensive to defensive, and it was obvious that what he would do in the future would depend on Yang Feng's face, especially after the swordfish fleet of the Song Army's Dengzhou Navy appeared in Liangfangkou to show off his might, he finally made the most rational choice and sent an envoy south to find Yang Feng for peace talks.
"Don't talk about it, what's there to talk about this kind of thing?"
Yang Feng sneered.
"We will take the land of the Northeast after all, it is difficult to say when, but we will fight it eventually, so what's the use of signing a covenant? Will you be accused of betraying the alliance again in the future? Go and tell the envoy of the Jin State that the battle between Song and Jin will not end, and unless the Wanyan family surrenders, it will continue to be fought! As for when to hit them, it depends on when we are interested! ”
Then he said.
"That's fine, now that I'm strong and weak, I really don't need to talk about peace anymore, so as not to leave someone to talk about it in the future."
Uncle Zhang said.
After all, last year, they were beaten by others and took the initiative to sue for peace, and now they have taken the initiative to sue for peace in just one year, and this turning point is also quite big, but the refusal of peace talks is the consensus of the government and the opposition, even if they don't fight for the time being, they can't sign a written peace treaty and leave a handle for people again.
"Send an order to Han Shizhong and Guo Yong, let them prepare, and immediately attack outside the pass after the beginning of spring next year to recapture the two states, Yuguan is not safe enough, and the defense line must be advanced to Qianzhou, and then build a bigger and more complete Guancheng in Qianzhou, and extend to both sides to build a Great Wall that can cross this passage!"
Yang Feng said.
Yuguan is not Shanhaiguan.
Although theoretically the two have the same meaning, in practice Yuguan is in Funing.
Of course, Yang Feng is not Jianshan Customs.
The defense of the fortress is useless, the offense is the best defense, even if he really builds a mountain pass, it is useless, it is a part of the entire Great Wall defense system, he can't also build the Great Wall, right? In other words, the national teacher has crisscrossed so many time and space, and he really hasn't done this thing, he actually told Wanyan Wu to buy in this way, peace talks will definitely not be discussed, and peace agreements will definitely not be signed, but I have no interest in fighting this battle again, and this fortress will be our dividing line in the future. Wanyan Wu begs to understand, Ah Guta's younger brother is also a smart person, and his mind is not much worse than his brother, for example, Ah Guda didn't want to beat the big painter, and he insisted on beating and suddenly made a jackpot.
In addition, Yang Feng also told the domestic officials and gentry that he would not continue the war, and his goal was to advance to Qianzhou and establish a safer defense line.
In this way, the latter is also relieved.
In fact, the voice of the Great Song Dynasty in the imperial court is also quite high, after all, they are all unambitious, and now they have not only kept the country, but also realized the ideal of pursuing more than a hundred years, so it can be said that they are satisfied, and it is not good to attack forward in case of a little accident, not to mention that it costs money to attack forward, and the finances of the Great Song Dynasty are becoming more and more tense.
That's it, hit to this point and then stop, and basically everyone is happy.
"National teacher, telegram from the Datong Liaison Office."
Wu Ge suddenly walked in and said.
Now these staff officers have the appearance of real staff officers, especially Wu Ge and Yang Yizhong, who joined later, are outstanding.
Wu Ge in the original history of the Jin army after breaking through Bianliang, not only tried to protect Zhao Chen to break through, but also secretly collected volunteers to prepare for a counterattack, when the Jin army broke through Bianliang, but by the city's huge population of nearly two million people, frightened never dared to go down the city wall, it is said that the population of Bianliang exceeded their Jurchen tribe of men, women and children combined, which is not afraid of them, in case they come to the city to shout that they will be drowned. But it's a pity that not all the officials in Bianliang City are like Wu Ge, they are afraid that Wu Ge's unsuccessful move will provoke the Jin army to implicate them, and then design to trick Wu Ge into going to solve this guy who dares to resist the national ronghe for Uncle Jin.
He was a nobleman, after Wu Tingzuo, the founding father of the Zhou and Song dynasties.
Yang Feng took the telegram and immediately smiled.
"Ha, our acting king is finished!"
He laughs.
Jerod Stone went south.
But instead of attacking the Jin Kingdom, he first attacked Yelu Yujian, this telegram was sent by the liaison office of Datong, and Yang Feng forcibly sent liaison officers to all the subject states that were currently claiming to the Great Song Dynasty, and these liaison officers were actually part-time intelligence officers, all of whom were equipped with radios, and this kind of thing was even more useful than cannons in this era, and there was no danger of being imitated.
In other words, cannons and muskets are easy to imitate.
At this time, many magistrates in the south have already started to make bowl-mouth guns and three-eyed guns under the banner of running reserves, and it is said that even rockets have begun to be imitated, in order to be able to fight against the national teacher in the future, these guys are also doing their best, so that the Great Song Technology is having an explosive development.
The national teacher is very pleased with their growth.
But the radio can't be copied in any way.
"So let's send troops?"
Uncle Zhang asked tentatively.
"Of course I have to send troops, but the king has already called my Great Song Dynasty, so my Great Song Dynasty can't see death without saving, but now I see it in winter, our soldiers are reluctant to be cold, not to mention that he has soldiers there to strengthen the city, and it is no problem to defend it until next year, and I will send troops to rescue him next year!"
Yang Feng said.
Well, Uncle Zhang understood in seconds.
This guy wasn't prepared to care if he lived or died.
Of course, he won't care, the left and right are internal things of the Khitans, and the significance of Yelu Yujian to the Great Song Dynasty is only to add a hostile force to the Jin State, but even if Yelu Dashi destroys the Yu Jian, it will not be at peace with the Jin State, and even Yelu Dashi is more suitable for the Great Song Dynasty than Yelu Yujian, because the latter is only satisfied with being a acting king, but the former still has the title of Emperor of the Liao State on his head, which means that he wants to restore the territory of the Liao State, and he will integrate these Khitans to regain the old Liao land controlled by the Jin State to the east, so the Great Song Dynasty is just watching the excitement.
No matter what the result of the Yelu family and the Wanyan family is in the end, it will be the benefit of the Great Song fisherman.
In that case, it would be nice to watch the excitement.
"Also, why don't you take back the place that Xixia stood? Send a report to him and Zhang Jun that all the lost land must be recaptured by the end of the year! ”
Yang Feng then said.
Wu Ge hurriedly ran to send a report to the commander of the Song army, who was reluctant to be cold in winter, and asked them to attack outside the river west of Datong in this winter, but the performance was indeed not positive enough, you must know that at this time, Qin Feng and other four-way systems made Liu Guangshi have almost driven out the Western Xia army completely. Favored by the national teacher, he didn't even see him, and he was promoted to Quduan, the head of Jingyuan Road, thousands of miles away, and led his subordinates, who were originally called the pillars of the northwest of the Southern Song Dynasty, Wu Jue, Wu Luan, and Yang Zheng, to fight bravely to take the lead, recapture the lost Huaide army in one fell swoop, and defeat the Western Xia cavalry in the field battle with Wang De's troops.
The latter's cold-forged armor can't withstand the axe and gun after all.
What's more, there are thousands of three-eyed guns in Wang De's department, and the momentum of that thing's face is completely terrifying for the Xixia people who encountered it for the first time.
Although this thing can't kill people, it's scary!
In short, Liu Guangshi is becoming a rising star of a generation, and the brilliance of the Liu family is also covering up the northwest families of the Yao family, and the success of their family is making the originally lifeless Western military system ready to move, after all, everyone knows what kind of goods the Liu family is, and even the Liu family can be so favored by military merits, so are the other families not as good as them? At this time, the military leaders of all walks of life in Shaanxi were like fighting blood, and they also wrote a letter asking to enter Western Xia to teach these guys who dared to take advantage of the fire to rob.
As for this ......
I'll talk about that later.
The national teacher is not interested in the outside world for the time being.
His main focus for the rest of the day will have to be on the inside.
He has to engage in economic construction.
"This is my first five-year plan for the Great Song Dynasty!"
Yang Feng then took out a large stack of documents and said.
"First, steel big yuejin.
The reorganization of the Li Guojian and the use of new coke furnaces to smelt pig iron, the use of new hydraulic blowers, the use of new steel frying furnaces to smelt wrought iron, and the use of new hydraulic forging hammers, so that the iron and steel output of Li Guojian increased to 30 million catties within five years. ”
Yang Feng said.
The ministers gasped.
"National teacher, the maximum annual output there is only 1.5 million catties, isn't it too much for twenty times in five years?"
Tang Ke said cautiously.
"It's not much, what kind of steel plant is it if it doesn't produce 10,000 catties a year? It's nothing more than building more blast furnaces, mining more stones, and mining more coal, there is no shortage of these things, as for how to manage you, you don't have to worry about it, the old man has a whole set of management models! ”
Yang Feng said.
He does have a whole set of management models, and he has used them many times to solve many hidden dangers that only appear after decades.
"Second, the textile industry is big.
Fujian and Guangzhou have been planted in large quantities, leading its species to the north, Hebei Hedong area for the war to break the population sharply, especially Yanshan Road for the war poison for more than ten years, Zhending, Taiyuan and other places were slaughtered by the Jin army ten rooms and nine empty, there is a large amount of idle land, these lands are included in the official field to plant kapok, the old man has a new textile technology can greatly increase the output of cotton cloth, just can be tried there. ”
Then he added.
At this time, kapok is cotton, which is planted in Fujian and Guangdong, and later the Shaoxing Peace Treaty included cotton cloth in the tribute to the Jin State, since this is the case, of course, it is necessary to accelerate its spread, in the final analysis, this thing is stronger than linen, especially the ability of cotton to withstand the cold far exceeds linen, with a large number of cotton jackets can ensure the battle in Liaodong, otherwise even the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty have commented on this thing! Don't underestimate the improvement of this ability to withstand the cold, this represents the substantial expansion of the Han control area from south to north, with the strength of the Tang Dynasty, only a few thousand Han families lived in the Chaoyang area, but by the Ming Dynasty it was already possible to run to Kaiyuan to engage in armed immigration.
This is what comes about the increased ability to withstand the cold.
Although fur is better, you can't expect everyone to wear it!
Looking at those ministers who were humbly recording, Yang Feng continued to put his satellites: "Third, the reform of the salt industry, the old man has a new salt-making technology......"