Chapter 731 Putting Satellites
As Yang Feng speculated, Wanyan Xiyin immediately gave up Taiyuan and retreated to Datong after learning that Yanjing was taken down by the Song army.
It is no longer meaningless for him to defend Taiyuan.
The Song army that captured Yanjing could have left Feihuyu to seize his retreat, or simply left Juyong Pass to their Xijing Datong, where he had to guard. Taiyuan only got them last year, and it was captured after a bloody battle. If the Song army surrounded Taiyuan, there was no need to think about it and the Han people in the city would be shouting at them.
He retreated very simply.
Not only did Taiyuan give up, but the entire south of Yanmen Pass gave up and completely retreated to the territory of the Old Liao.
However, even so, the 10,000 Khitan and Han troops who remained on the southern line were still blocked by the spirit stones by Zhe Keqiu. After Wang Yan's troops entered Jinzhong from the Weisheng army, the Jin army simply chose to surrender, and the Miao Fu troops heading west from Zhenling to reach Taiyuan first and snatched the first contribution to restoring Taiyuan. At about the same time, Han Shizhong's troops seized the three prefectures of Hebei and then encountered a small group of Jin troops heading south at Yuguan. However, the latter not only did not break the formation of the vanguard Gao Shidan, but was also attacked by the Song cavalry, and finally left more than a thousand dead bodies and fled. Gao Shidan's troops took advantage of the victory to pursue and seized the crucial Yuguan. At this point, the Song Dynasty not only restored the old situation, but also completely captured Youzhou that he had dreamed of for more than a hundred years since 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 very important.
Of course, the war in Hebei is still not over.
First, Han Shizhong had to regain Juyong Pass and various passes on Feihu Road, and second, he had to prepare for the possible southward movement of the Jin army.
Capturing Youzhou is only the first step.
Defeating the counterattack of the Jin army is the most important thing...
Well, there is no counterattack from the Jin army!
Just when Wanyan Xiyin retreated to Shuozhou, Yelu Yuji 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. Poor Wanyan Xiyin was furious, but still had to flee to Fenghua Prefecture, which is Xuanhua. Yelu Yuji did not pursue him, but led his Khitan army to return to Datong and chopped off all the Jurchen officials in the city. He called himself the Dai King under the recommendation of several Khitan warlords, and then sent envoys to Taiyuan as quickly as possible to contact the Song court.
He wanted to be a vassal to the Song Dynasty.
Since this is the case, Yang Feng happily met his request.
Then this guy became the king of the Song Dynasty.
After Wanyan Zongfu and Wanyan Xiyin met, they still controlled the Xuanhua generation. Wanyan Wu Qimai, who originally wanted to assemble an army to fight south, immediately gave up this idea. The 50,000 Jin troops who had tried their best to piece together in western Liaoning had to deal with Yelu Yujian first.
However, the rulers of the Song Dynasty at this time were no longer those who were stupid in the past.
Under Yang Feng's order, Han Shizhong's cavalry went out of Yu Pass, and took advantage of the emptiness of defense in this area to break through Run, moved, and came to the three states, namely Haiyang Town, Shanhaiguan, and Suizhong Front, and then approached Jinzhou northward. The Khitans and Han people in the Liaohe area were all ready to move. The Jin army, who had just arrived in Xuanhua and prepared to attack Datong, had to retreat, but when they retreated, Han Shizhong withdrew without hesitation. The furious Wanyan Wu Qimai ordered a strong attack on Yu Pass but was defeated again. However, he also understood that he had changed from an offensive to a defensive. It was obvious that what he did in the future depends on Yang Feng's expression, especially after the swordfish fleet of the Dengzhou navy of the Song army appeared in Liangfangkou and showed his power. He finally made the most rational choice and sent an envoy south to find Yang Feng to negotiate.
"If you don't talk about it, what's the point of talking about this kind of thing?"
Yang Feng sneered.
"We will eventually take what the Northeast land is hard to say when, but we will fight. So what's the use of signing a covenant? Will we be criticized for breaking the alliance again in the future? Let's tell the Jin envoy that the battle between Song and Jin will never end, and unless the Wanyan family surrenders, they will continue to fight! As for when to fight them, it depends on when we are interested!"
Then he said.
"It's good that way. Now that I am strong and weak, I really don't need to negotiate anymore, so as not to leave anyone with any talk in the future."
Uncle Zhang said.
Speaking of which, the officials of the Song Dynasty were also a little sad at this time. After all, they were beaten to make peace by someone last year, and now they have beaten to make peace by just one year. This is a bit big. However, refusing peace talks is a consensus between the government and the opposition. Even if they don’t fight for the time being, they cannot sign a written peace agreement and leave a message for others.
"The order was sent to Han Shizhong and Guo Yong to prepare for them. After the spring of next year, they will immediately attack outside the pass and then seize Runqian's two states. The place in Yuguan is not safe enough. The defense line must be pushed to Qianzhou, and then another larger and more complete Guancheng in Qianzhou, and a Great Wall can cross the passage to both sides!"
Yang Feng said.
Yuguan is not Shanhaiguan.
Although the two have the same meaning in theory, they are actually in Funing.
Of course, Yang Feng did not build Shanhaiguan either.
The defense of the fortress is useless, and offense is the best defense. Even if he really builds a Shanhaiguan, it is useless. It is a link of the entire Great Wall defense system. He can't build the Great Wall too? By the way, the national teacher has traveled so much time and space, but he has never done this. In fact, he told Wanyan Wu Qimai in this way. He would definitely not have a peace talk, and he would definitely not sign a peace talk, but I have no interest in fighting this battle. In the future, this fortress will be our dividing line. Wanyan Wu Qimai will understand that A Guda's younger brother is also a smart man, and his mind is not much worse than his brother. For example, A Guda doesn't want to beat the big painter, but he insists on beating him and earns a first prize.
In addition, Yang Feng also told the officials and gentry in China that he would not continue the war. His goal was to advance to Qianzhou and establish a more secure line of defense.
This way the latter will be relieved.
In fact, the voice of the imperial court and Song Dynasty was quite high when they were about to stop when they were good. After all, they were used to being unambitioned. Now they not only saved their territory, but also realized their ideal of pursuing more than a hundred years. It can be said that they are completely satisfied. It would be bad if there is a little surprise when the attack is a little unexpected. What's more, it costs money to attack the attack, and the finances of the Song Dynasty are becoming increasingly tense.
That's all, everyone will be happy when they hit this level and then stop.
"National Teacher, Datong Liaison Office Telegram."
Wu Ge suddenly walked in and said.
Now these staff members are already a bit like real staff, especially Wu Ge and Yang Yizhong, who joined later, performed outstandingly.
After Wu Ge broke through Bianliang in history, he not only tried to protect Zhao Chen from his armed forces, but also secretly collected volunteers to prepare for a counterattack. Although the Jin army broke through Bianliang at that time, he was so scared that he never dared to go down the city wall by the huge size of nearly two million people in the city. It is said that the population of Bianliang exceeded that of the men, women, and young and old of the Jurchen clan. They couldn't help but be afraid. If a city came, they would be drowned. Unfortunately, the officials in Bianliang City were not as good as Wu Ge. They were afraid that Wu Ge would fail to take action and instead angered the Jin army to implicate them. Then they designed to trick Wu Ge into scattering the sword to solve this guy who dared to resist the national ronghe for the old man of Jin.
He was a nobleman and descended from Wu Tingzuo, the founding father of the Zhou and Song dynasties.
Yang Feng smiled immediately after receiving the telegram.
"Ha, our Dai King is over!"
He said with a smile.
Yelu Dashi went south.
But instead of attacking the Jin Kingdom, we first attacked Yelu Yuji. This telegram was sent by the Datong liaison office. Yang Feng forced to send liaison officers to all the vassal states that were currently called vassals to the Song Dynasty. These liaison officers actually worked part-time intelligence officers, and all were equipped with radio stations. This kind of thing even had a role in this era than a cannon, and there was no danger of being imitated.
By the way, cannons and firearms are easily imitated.
At this time, many local officials in the south had already started to manufacture bowl-mouth guns and three-eyed guns under the banner of setting up reserves. It is said that even rockets have begun to imitate them. In order to be able to fight against the national teacher in the future, these guys have tried their best, which has made the Song Dynasty technology seem to be explosive.
The national teacher is very pleased with their growth.
But the radio station cannot be imitated no matter what.
"Then let's send troops?"
Uncle Zhang asked tentatively.
"Of course we have to send troops. After all, the King of Dai has already called me a vassal of the Song Dynasty. Then I, the Song Dynasty, cannot be saved by death. But now when I see it in winter, our soldiers will not be able to get cold, not to mention that there are soldiers and generals in his place, and the city is strong. It is okay to defend until next year. I will send troops to rescue him next year!"
Yang Feng said.
OK, Uncle Zhang understood in seconds.
This guy is not going to care about Yelu Yu's life or death.
Of course, he wouldn't care. The matters inside the Khitans were the only thing that Yelu Yuji had for the Song Dynasty was to add a hostile force to the Jin Dynasty. But even if Yelu Dashi destroyed Yuji, he would not be peaceful with the Jin Dynasty. Even Yelu Dashi was more suitable for the Song Dynasty than Yelu Yuji, because the latter was only satisfied with being a dynasty king, but the former still had the title of Emperor Liao on his head, which means that he wanted to restore the territory of Liao. He would integrate these Khitans to regain the old Liao land controlled by the Jin Dynasty to the east, so the Song Dynasty was just in a good mood.
No matter what the Yelu family and Wanyan family ended, the fisherman of the Song Dynasty benefited.
Since that's the case, just watch the fun.
"Also, why didn't Zhe Keqiu take back the place that Xixia robbed? Send a report to him and Zhang Jun that all the lost land must be reclaimed before the end of the year!"
Yang Feng continued.
Wu Ge hurriedly ran to send a report to the commander of the Song army who was not helpless in the cold winter, asking them to attack the Helio in the west of Datong this winter. However, Zhe Keqiu's performance was indeed not active enough. You should know that at this time, Qin Feng and other four-way commanders Liu Guangshi were almost completely driven out of the Western Xia army. He was favored by the national army and did not even see him. He was promoted to Quduan, the general manager of Jingyuan Road thousands of miles away, and led his subordinates to Wu Jie, Wu Lin, and Yang Zheng, who were originally a pillar of the northwest of the Southern Song Dynasty, in history, to fight for the first place, to regain the lost Huaide army in one fell swoop, and defeated the Western Xia cavalry with Wang De's troops in the field.
The latter's cold forged armor cannot withstand the axe and gun after all.
What's more, Wang De's troops also had thousands of three-eyed guns. The momentum of that thing was so muffled, could be described as horror for the Xixia people who had encountered the first time.
Although this thing can't kill people, it's scary!
In short, Liu Guangshi is becoming a rising star of generals, and the glory of the Liu family is also covering up the northwest families such as the Yao family and the northwest families. The success of their family is making the originally dead Western military system full of movement. After all, everyone knows what the Liu family is. Even the Liu family can be so popular with military merits. Are the other families not as good as them? At this time, the military leaders from all walks of life in Shaanxi were like blood, and there were also letters asking to enter the Western Xia to teach these guys who dared to take advantage of the situation.
As for this...
This will be discussed later.
The national teacher has no interest in the outside world for the time being.
His next main energy must be focused on the right side.
He has to carry out economic development.
"This is my first five-year plan in the Song Dynasty!"
Yang Feng then took out a large stack of documents and said.
“First, steel big yuejin.
Reorganized Liguojian, smelting pig iron with a new coke furnace, using a new hydraulic blower, smelting cooked iron with a new steel furnace, and using a new hydraulic forging hammer, so that the steel output of Liguojian's will increase to 30 million jin within five years."
Yang Feng said.
The ministers took a breath of air.
"The national teacher, at most, there is only an annual output of 1.5 million kilograms. Isn't it too much to have twenty times in five years?"
Tang Ke said carefully.
"Not much, what is the steel plant if you don't produce 10 million kilograms a year? It's just building more blast furnaces, mining more ore, and mining more coal. There is no shortage of these things there. As for how to manage it, you don't have to worry about it. I have a complete management model!"
Yang Feng said.
He does have a complete management model, and has used it many times, solving many hidden dangers that only arise even after decades.
“Second, the textile industry is big yuejin.
The large number of kapoks in Fujian and Guangxi has been planted, leading them to the north. The population in Hedong, Hebei has been destroyed by war and has dropped sharply. Especially Yanshan Road has been poisoned by the war for more than ten years. Zhending, Taiyuan and other places have been slaughtered by the Jin army, and there are a large amount of idle land. These lands are used as official fields to plant kapoks. My husband has new textile technology that can greatly increase the output of cotton cloth, which can be tried there."
Then he said again.
At this time, kapok was cotton, and it was planted in Fujian and Guangdong. Later, the Shaoxing peace agreement included cotton cloth among the things that paid tribute to the Jin Kingdom. Since this was the case, of course it was necessary to accelerate its spread. After all, this thing was stronger than linen, especially cotton's ability to keep warm is far higher than linen. With a large number of cotton jackets, it can ensure the battle in Liaodong. Otherwise, even officials of the Southern Song Dynasty would like to say that this thing was particularly happy! Don't underestimate the improvement of the ability to keep warm. This represents the substantial expansion of the Han people's controlled area from south to north. With the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, there were only thousands of Han people living in Chaoyang, but by the Ming Dynasty, they could already go to Kaiyuan to engage in armed immigration.
This is what improves the ability to keep warm.
Although fur is better, we can’t expect everyone to wear it!
Chapter completed!