Chapter 19: To each his own mind

"The Huaidong ship is large, sturdy, and follows the wind on the sea, faster than a galloping horse. Even if all the naval armies under the jurisdiction of Goryeo County are concentrated, they can have an advantage in numbers, and the warships have suffered too many losses, and they still can't win, so what should they do? After changing the high candle twice, the morning light had leaked in from the window, and Na He Xiongqi still grabbed Qin Zitan and asked about the details of the naval battle; There was no sleepiness, so he took the offensive and defensive battles of Danluo Island and asked Qin Zitan for advice.

"The Huaidong Sea warship is large and strong, which is its benefit. However, in order to increase the speed of the ship, the bottom of the Huaidong ship was ridged to facilitate the breaking of the waves, and the draft was very deep, which was not conducive to shoals and land river operations," Qin Zitan explained carefully, "Goryeo gathered a naval army, and in peacetime it could hide in the land river where it was easy to block the mouth of the river, and in wartime, it would take advantage of the tide fluctuations, and take advantage of the convenience of small boats to enter and exit the shallows, and flexibly engage with the Huaidong boat, which may not be at a disadvantage." ”

"You can't go out to the sea, you're always at a disadvantage," Na Hexiong Qi pondered the tactics that Qin Zitan said, which was similar to fighting by the city on land, although he could recover some disadvantages, but he was too limited, and asked, "Goryeo is currently going to solve the danger of Danluo, gather the navy to aid Danluo, and rescue the governor of Haiyang, what should I do?" ”

"From Haiyang to Danluo, it's only two hundred miles of waterway. When the wind is good, when Haiyang chooses to go to sea when the wind is good, but in half an hour, it is impossible for the Huaidong Water Battalion to gather its forces in the sea area between Haiyang and Danluo all the time, so that this side can't even find a gap for half a day," Qin Zitan said, "As long as the governor of Haiyang County holds Seogwipo City, Goryeo should avoid engaging Huaidong at sea, but take advantage of the opportunity to send troops to Seogwipo." As long as the control of Danluo Island is strife, Huaidong has no place to stand in Haidong, and Shuiying will naturally be unable to hang alone overseas! ”

"......" Na He Xiongqi is a veteran, listening and thinking about Qin Zitan's words.

"Speaking of which, these are all expedient measures, and they are very passive in the timing and location of the battle," Qin Zitan said, "Building a water battalion that can compete with Huaidong is fundamental!" ”

"What Mr. Qin said is very ......," Na He Xiongqi nodded in praise.

"Haidong is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and it is plagued by pirates, and the counties have many water armies, and there are also generals who know how to fight water, and the commander of Shannan County can be regarded as a famous general in naval warfare," Qin Zitan said, "If General Nahe can persuade Goryeo to use the power minister to lead the water army, he will have a greater chance of victory!" ”

"Urging the Minister?" Nakh Xiongqi wrote down the name.

During the day, he had to meet with the Prime Minister of Goryeo, and Hu Cong, who was in charge of arranging the schedule, reminded him several times, and Na Hexiong Qi was reluctant to let Qin Zitan go back to the pavilion to rest.

Qin Zitan left, and Azige, who had been sitting with him all night, said with emotion: "This surnamed Qin has two brushes." The Khan King has the intention to recruit talented and learned Han people, is it possible to ......?"

Na He Xiongqi sighed slightly, shook his head and smiled, and said, "I can't recruit it!" ”

Qin Zitan's understanding of naval warfare is rare in the world and is already rare and comprehensive.

Nahe Xiongqi has been quite attentive to naval battles and water camps recently, but there is no precedent to follow, and he meditates hard, and what he gets is only scratching the surface, and he talked with Qin Zitan all night, and he has a feeling that Mao Sai is suddenly open, and he knows that if he can pull Qin Zitan to join Donghu, Donghu can build a water camp and get twice the result with half the effort. But the luxury family annexed Zhejiang and Fujian, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and the ambition was very big, Qin Zitan was quite valued in the luxury family, and his status was not low, what did Donghu take to let him abandon the luxury family to vote?

Just because you can't get it doesn't mean you can't cooperate. At present, there is no direct conflict, and there is a common enemy of Huaidong, and it is the common goal of both sides to contain and suppress the forces of the Huaidong Military Division, and there is a basis for cooperation.

Na He Xiongqi hesitated in his heart, did he take this opportunity to persuade the King of Khan to form an alliance with the Hao family?

At this time, someone came from behind the screen, held a stack of papers and handed it to Nahe Xiongqi, and said: "Listen to the general's orders, what I talked about last night was copied word for word, please check it out to the general!" ”

"You sort it out quickly, and don't lose the original manuscript," Na Hexiong Qi was afraid that his subordinates would misunderstand, so he changed Qin Zitan's original words, causing disagreement, and asked people to keep the original manuscript, and ordered, "After I meet with Goryeo, you can read it to me." If it is correct, send a fast horse to Liaoyang, and face the king of Khan! ”

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Out of the front yard, Qin Zitan rubbed the Sun Hall, he didn't sleep all night, and he was very sleepy. The servant behind him asked: "Mr. told me unreservedly, if the Donghu people are allowed to build an elite water camp all the way, it may not be beneficial to Zhejiang and Fujian!" ”

"The Huaidong Water Camp is so easy to gnaw, it won't be as headache as today," last night's words, Qin Zitan really didn't have reservations, almost because he had thought about naval warfare in recent years, and he claimed to stand above everyone, otherwise it would not be enough to move the Donghu people, but he had other thoughts in doing so, and explained with a smile to the servants behind him, "An elite water camp is not so easy to build, Donghu has no shipyards, no craftsmen, no skilled sailors, and no sailor generals, then He Xiongqi is here, More often than not, they still want to use the power of the Goryeo naval army to disturb the Jinhai grain route and achieve the purpose of weakening the Yanbei defense line......"

"The Jinhai Grain Road has the dual protection of Jinghai Sea Camp and Dengzhou Water Camp, how can it be so easy to disturb it?" Hu Cong followed Qin Zitan to learn military affairs, and his insights were also quite in-depth, "The Goryeo naval army is scattered and weak, and it can't fight the Dengzhou naval division, let alone compare with the Jinghai water camp, and the Goryeo people may not be willing to be driven by the Donghu people." ”

"Even if they listen to what they said last night and have the intention to build a water camp, it is not something that they can compete for in a short period of time," Qin Zitan said with a smile, "I look at Donghu's war on the front line of Yanbei, if they insist on besieging Datong with heavy troops, attract Li Zhuo to send reinforcements over, fight a war of annihilation against the reinforcements around Datong, and consume the imperial court's troops on the northern front, it is more preferable." They really want to spend a lot of energy to build a water camp, whether they can build it or not, or two things, and more importantly, to weaken their investment in the war in the direction of Datong, isn't it a good thing for Zhejiang and Fujian? If the Donghu people do not build a water camp themselves, but choose to urge the Goryeo people to build a water camp, if the Goryeo people have a strong water division, the Donghu people's control over Goryeo will inevitably weaken, so why not? ”

"Sir's clever plan!" Hu Cong agreed.

"At present, it is the common willingness of the two families to contain and suppress Huaidong, to see if there is an opportunity to send a ship to the sea back to Jin'an in the near future, and ask Hou Ye for advice on this matter," Qin Zitan said, "If you can make a secret alliance with Donghu, Goryeo's attitude towards Huaidong can be dominated by Donghu; If I go to Kyushu Island again and convince those Fuso feudal states, I can get twice the result with half the effort......"

"Crossing the sea at this time, I'm afraid it's dangerous!" Hu Cong said worriedly.

"From the west end of Danluo to the east end, there are one hundred and sixty or seventy miles of land, and further east, the surging sea is hundreds of miles, and the Huaidong warships can block it?" Qin Zitan smiled slightly and said, "The key now is to promote Goryeo's large-scale use of troops against Danluo Island!" That's enough to give Huaidong a headache! ”

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At the urging of the Donghu envoy Nahe Xiongqi and others, the attitude of Goryeo towards the war on Danluo Island soon came together.

Regardless of the heavy snow blocking the road, those post horsemen wearing black armor rode out of Hanyang Mansion one after another, with the edict of the Son of Heaven of Haidong, mobilized the soldiers and horses of the counties and counties, gathered in Haiyang, and formed the Pinghuai Army, which means "Pinghua Huaidong".

Zuo Jing, the prime minister, led the Pinghuai army by himself, and appointed Nahe Xiongqi, the envoy of Donghu, as the deputy commander of the unified army. Nahe Xiongqi sent an envoy to Goryeo, accompanied by 2,000 elite cavalry, and rushed to Haiyang County first, urging Goryeo to use troops against Danluo.

In addition, Goryeo also set up the Pinghuai Naval Division, pumped the water army from various counties, prefectures and counties, and transferred the commander of the Shannan County Naval Army to be the commander of the Pinghuai Naval Division.

At the same time, the manuscript of the night talk secretly copied by Nahe Xiongqi was also sent to Liaoyang by the fast horse.

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As early as more than 1,000 years ago, the Warring States Yan general set up a county in the Liaohe River to expand the territory, built Xiangping City, and later changed to Yanzhou City. The forces of all sides are vying for each other, and there are no ordinary wars of all sizes. After the establishment of the Yuan clan and the capture of Liaodong from the Goryeo people, the city was officially named Liaoyang. Donghu won the old county of Liaodong, moved the capital here that year, and strengthened the determination to run Liaodong and the Central Plains in the south.

After the Donghu people set the capital of Liaoyang, they operated it on a large scale, and successively built a new city and a palace city on the east bank of the Taizi River, and now Liaoyang has become Yanbeixiong County.

In the Beigong Imperial Garden, the cold snow covers the sky, and the winter willows on the banks of the Taizi River are covered with frost and snow.

Listen to the wind pavilion on all four walls, but there is a dark furnace underground to burn charcoal for heating, people in the pavilion, there is no wind against the wind cold, will not feel cold at all.

Yezier, the king of Donghu Khan, was wearing a leather jacket to protect him from the cold outside his Confucian robe, sitting in the Tingfeng Pavilion, holding in his hand the manuscript of the night talk Shuiying that was secretly copied by Nahe Xiongqi from Hanyang, his face was thin and pale, and his thin fingers pressed on the manuscript, and said to the concubine who was waiting behind him: "This Qin Zitan is really a talent, talking all night, and talking about the affairs of the boat division and engaging in the war, regardless of the thickness of the matter. Liaodong can be compared with him, but there are only three or five people. With this manuscript, Liaodong wants to set up a battalion of boat divisions, and there are traces to be found......"

Na He's lightly wrapped in a pure white fox fur, she was a little chilled, and said, "He knows that Liaodong's mind is in Yanxi at this time, but he is so heartfelt that he has explained the benefits of the sea journey thoroughly, and also explained in detail the way of the water master, I don't think he has any good intentions!" ”

"During the Warring States Period, Qin and Han competed, and the Han faction went to Qin to offer advice and repair the long canal to achieve the purpose of consuming Qin's national strength and preserving Korea. Qin later learned about Korea's plan, and arrested this fine work and wanted to take it to behead. He refuted King Qin: 'I offer this policy, which can ensure that Korea will not die for ten years, but it can protect the foundation of the Qin State for all generations, which is a small achievement in Korea and a great achievement in the Qin State, so what is the crime?' Yezir laughed.

"The Khan has made up his mind to set up a sailor in the Golden State?" Nahesh asked.

"At present, the main focus is to urge Goryeo to expand the naval army, but Jinzhou also needs to set up a water camp immediately, and there is no need to draw too much strength from Yanxi," Ye Zier said, "If my royal division can break through Yanbei and go south, or with Huaidong, or with Zhejiang and Fujian at sea, there will eventually be a battle, and we can't only be in battle at that time!" In addition, you drafted a letter for me to Na He Xiongqi, asking him to make a secret alliance with the luxury family in Hanyang, the conditions can be more relaxed, and it is also possible to draw Huai as the boundary, in the final analysis, you still have to rely on strength to speak. ”