Harivarman was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that there was Jiaozhi.

Yin Jiangtao on the side immediately said: "Your Majesty, the Jiaozhi country cannot be trusted!"

Harivarman hesitated again and walked back and forth.

"Is the Song army attacking the city now?"

"The attack on the city has stopped." Zhao En said, "The Song army does not dare to attack the city anymore! Now send people to ask for reinforcements. Once the Jiaozhi army comes, the Song army will undoubtedly die!"

Seeing that Harivarman was still hesitating, Zhao En continued to fan the flames: "Your Majesty, think about it, if you surrender to the Song army and return those Song merchants to them, wouldn't you offend Jiaozhi? After the Song army leaves, Jiaozhi will use this

If we raise an army to investigate, what should we do?"

"Your Majesty, please send someone to Jiaozhi quickly to ask for help!"

"Your Majesty, you must not do this. It is still too late to go out and surrender!"

Harivarman thought for a moment and said: "Zhao En, please quickly select a group of people and go to Cochin to ask for reinforcements!"

"yes!"

On March 11th, the early summer breeze gently caressed the water of the Bian River, and the city of Tokyo entered the most beautiful season of the year again.

There are many pedestrians on the roadside, girls wearing brightly colored clothes, holding bamboo baskets in their hands, chatting and laughing.

A horse galloped quickly along the imperial road and finally stopped at the entrance of the palace.

Zhao Ning received the latest intelligence from Guangnan West Road. In February, Wu Lin recruited 30,000 forbidden troops and trained day and night.

The 10,000 pairs of armor shipped from the capital to Guangnan West Road have also arrived in Wu Lin's hands.

From this information, we learned that the Song Dynasty increased the number of gambling venues in Jiaozhi, causing Jiaozhi to relax its vigilance, and Wu Lin would launch a surprise attack on Jiaozhi in March.

Wu Lin's plan was to capture Thang Long City, the capital of Jiaozhi, within half a year.

If the fight goes well, this time will be shortened.

This information is secondary, after all, the results have not been released yet.

Zhao Ning received a more important piece of information today: the Kingdom of Jin began to set up a seaport at Sanchakou.

The Jin Army wants to develop the rhythm of sea-going ships.

Zhao Ning stared at the map, and the three intersections were in Tianjin in later generations.

It seems that the Song Army's raid on Fuzhou, Liaodong by ferry from Dengzhou Prefecture reminded the Jin Army that the sea could also be used as a marching route.

It is not unusual for the Jin army to want to sail and fight.

Historically, Wan Yanliang went south to conquer the Song Dynasty, divided into four routes, one of which came from the sea situation, with a total of 70,000 people and 600 warships.

But Wan Yanliang was unlucky. He met Li Bao, a famous naval general of the Song Dynasty, and all 70,000 people along the way were defeated and annihilated.

The Jin people are now building a seaport at Sanchakou, and their purpose is obvious, which is to open up another route to the south.

It seems that the peace faction in the Jin Kingdom does not completely have the upper hand. The war faction is still preparing intensively.

Not long after, Zhang Shuye came.

Zhao Ning said: "The Jin people built a seaport here, I'm afraid they have other plans!"

"It must be a plot to attack the Yangtze River estuary." Zhang Shuye deduced, "Cangzhou and Jingdong East Road at the mouth of the Yellow River are heavily guarded by our army, and they are not far from Hejian Mansion. There is absolutely no need to take the sea route to advance troops.

From the mouth of the Yangtze River to the sea, we face the southeast and enter the Yangtze River. We can reach Jiangning and go straight into the hinterland of the southeast!"

Zhao Guanjia said: "There is another possibility that Hangzhou is also within the attack range of the Jin people."

Zhang Shuye's face darkened: "So, our government is going to increase its troops again, and the military expenditure will inevitably increase significantly."

This is a very helpless thing, and the enemy is also finding another way.

Although the war has not started yet, if it does, if there is no force to guard the Yangtze River estuary and Hangzhou Bay, the Jin army will take advantage of it.

In fact, the Song Dynasty set up a seaport in Dengzhou and had a seaport in Liaodong. Now the Jin Kingdom is also in trouble.

They also deployed a lot of troops in the Liaoyang Prefecture area.

Let's take Gaizhou and Xiaoling River, one is by the sea and the other is connected to Jinzhou by the sea.

In addition, the Liao River also flows into the sea. After entering the Liao River, you can reach the Hun River, and Shenzhou is on the edge of the Hun River.

It is already the hinterland of Liaodong, not far from the most prosperous Liaoyang.

The Song army captured Fuzhou and opened up sea lines, forcing the Jin Kingdom to readjust its domestic forces.

What's interesting is that now that there is peace, both sides are increasing their troops and expanding their defense and troop dispatch lines.

Zhao Ning said: "The national treasury is not short of money!"

Of course he was not short of money. He had just copied a batch from Jiangdong, and the treasury was full. Now Qin Hui had set his sights on Huaidong, digging three feet into the ground in Huaidong to get money.

"But now we have too many troops."

"I originally planned to set up a naval military town in the southeast. Now that sea trade with Japan has begun, there will be disputes wherever there is interest. The Song Dynasty did not have a navy, so how could Japan do business obediently?"

"this……"

"When Qian Yuqing completes the capture of the city, the imperial court will reward them based on their merits and promote a group of outstanding naval generals." Zhao Guanjia said lightly, "I am still very interested in Japan's gold and silver."

"Your Majesty is going to..."

"The court must prepare in advance. I just want to go to Japan to mine gold. If the Japanese are unwilling to cooperate, there must be a way to persuade them to cooperate, right?"

"Your Majesty is right, but the veteran didn't think it through enough."

"Let's wait for the news from Qian Yuqing." Zhao Ning said, "But the Military and Political Council can now send people to Hangzhou to contact private shipyards and recruit a team for the use of the court. The ships must be built in advance. As for the cost, it will be based on normal military expenditures. yes."

"yes."

"This matter is confidential for the time being. I don't want Japan to misunderstand it."

"I understand."

On the evening of March 13th, a group of people suddenly arrived in Siming Prefecture at the border of the Song Dynasty and Jiaozhi.

On that day, Siming Prefecture was taken over by the army.

In the next few days, a large number of grain merchants from Guangnan West Road secretly transported grain in the Simingzhou area and stocked it into the military camp.

Group after group of Song troops also secretly arrived in Siming Prefecture.

Then came the military and civilians responsible for logistics.

On March 15, Wu Lin, who was still in Yongzhou, asked Yan Pei to check the number of war horses.

"There are a total of 4,300 war horses, right?"

"Yes, these are all bought from the Southwest Tea Horse Company. They are basically Dali horses." Yan Pei said, "Zhang Bangchang told Xia Guan that he dug three feet into the ground to find these, but there are really no more. Yes, most of the horses from the Southwest Tea Horse Division have been given to us this year.”

"How well trained are these people?"

"After training for a month, I can mount a horse and attack, but it is impossible to bend a bow and shoot an arrow on a horse."

"That's enough. They don't need to have a strong impact. It's more than enough to deal with the Jiaozhi Army."

In fact, the main task of this group of cavalry was not to defeat the Jiaochin Army head-on, but to pursue it after the main infantry defeated the Jiaochin Army, so as to eliminate the enemy's effective strength to a greater extent.

Wu Lin stood up, looked at the generals in the room, and said: "Jiaozhi massacred 300,000 people of our Song Dynasty back then. Although Guo Kui defeated Jiaozhi, the Jiaozhi Kingdom was still in the southwest, often plundering our people of the Song Dynasty and making them slaves. The Emperor has informed the world about Jiaozhi's crimes, and I want to go south with you, destroy Jiaozhi, and conquer the southwest to avenge the people of the Song Dynasty who were harmed by Jiaozhi!"

The three hundred thousand that Wu Lin mentioned was the atrocities committed by Jiaozhi when he went north to massacre the city on Guangnan West Road during the Shenzong period.

Everyone shared the same enemy and shouted loudly: "Destroy Jiaozhi and swear to avenge the country!"

After saying this, Wu Lin and others also set off for Siming Prefecture.

The coach has left Yongzhou, and the news may spread to Jiaozhi soon.

So Wu Lin must be fast!

On March 20, the forward battalion of the Song Army crossed the border between the two sides and quickly entered the country of Jiaozhi.
Chapter completed!