Chapter 1048 Southern Expedition and Northern Expedition-Moving the Capital or Raising Tigers
Although Yang Jian and Wang Fu opposed each other in unison, Wu Haogu still wrote two memorials himself and asked Yang Jian to take them to Beijing, one of which was about Jianbai, who moved the capital.
Of course, this is a secret text. Even Wu Haogu dared not publicly suggest that Zhao Ji move the capital.
But as Zhao Ji's good friend, Wu Haogu would give advice no matter what. Otherwise, his kind heart would hurt!
In his opinion, although the Song Dynasty changed a lot, it did not become much stronger. In particular, the force controlled by the court was so strong that it could only be said to be limited.
Zhao Ji, the "Genghis Khan", is obviously a Western-style product. Even if he gives him the real Genghis Khan's family, he probably won't be able to play with any flowers.
Therefore, to save the future misfortune of Zhao Ji and the Song Dynasty. The most feasible way is to give up Kaifeng Prefecture, a capital that cannot be guarded at all.
Even if the capital cannot be moved to Haizhou facing the ocean, it should be moved to Xiangyang, which is convenient for the Yangtze River and the Han River.
As for virtue but not danger, it is meaningless to Kaifeng Prefecture. Because Kaifeng Prefecture is trapped by transportation and the increasing poverty of surrounding land, even the problem of eating for more than one million people is solved, so what kind of virtue is there?
In contrast, Xiangyang has Han River to transport grain, and is close to the two major granaries, Jinghu and Sichuan. It can be afforded even if you have a mouth open.
Moreover, Xiangyang is close to Shaanxi, the base camp of the Western Army, and can use the grain and wealth of Jinghu and Sichuan to support Shaanxi's soldiers. It is also very beneficial for maintaining the country's military power.
Another memorial proposed a way to incite the Jurchen tribe alliance to revolt if you don’t move the capital!
Because Wu Haogu had already sent engineers to help the Jurchens demolish the Goryeo cities, it is estimated that the Helandian War should end with the complete failure of the Goryeo.
This way, I owe Wu Haogu a great favor.
In addition, Wu Haogu's army is now at the city of Xijin Prefecture, and Yelu Yanxi is approaching Kaifeng Prefecture step by step. The power of the Liao Kingdom seems to be used on the Song Kingdom, and the Liaodong Dao must be empty and empty. It seems to be an excellent opportunity to have a Jurchen uprising and rebellion.
Once the Jurchens were born, Yelu Yanxi would never have been able to visit Kaifeng Prefecture City anyway.
That is the real "Gunda"! Of course, having a Jurchen is also the real test of the Song Empire!
The Xixia that he had defeated before was just a small strongman. He was tortured by Shenzong and Zhezong for two generations, and his country had long been exhausted and the people were poor. There were no "house slave soldiers" and "dynasty knights" in history, and Song Huizong almost destroyed Xixia.
Therefore, the victory of the "Battle of Pingxia" did not mean that the Song Dynasty's military strength had been substantially improved.
The battle of Anxi with the remnants of the Western Xia and the Educational Group as the main force was even more crushed by absolute advantage. No matter how powerful Xixia is, it is a "monster in East Asia", and it has been fought in more than a hundred years of cruel war. The powerful Tianfang Sect cannot be more deceptive than the military system of the Tianfang Sect. They cannot fight by their own people, and they rely entirely on slave soldiers they bought. Moreover, they cannot buy compatriots from the Tianfang Sect as slaves, so the larger the territory of the Tianfang Sect in Central Asia, the fewer slaves they can buy. Of course, the fewer the number of Gulam warriors...
As for the three Buddhas, Zhuxian and Java, which mainly rely on maritime power, are the first in the shipbuilding industry in the world, and the total output will definitely exceed the second to last, and the total output will be several times more than the second to last, and it is not worth mentioning at all.
Although the military power of the Song Dynasty was weak, it could still rank firmly in the top three in the world at that time.
The Jurchens are the world champions of the military competition today, and the Khitan should still be the runner-up. As for the fourth place, they are still a bunch of scattered sandy scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered s
This is probably the unlucky place in the Song Dynasty.
The Khitan had just weakened, and the Jurchens were rising again. After the Jurchens were weakened, Mongolians followed.
The third place in the world in the Song Dynasty is always the world's number one, and it's coming one after another...
What’s even more terrible is that the current capital of the Song Dynasty is in Kaifeng Prefecture, which cannot be defended!
That's really impossible to afford to lose!
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"Gao Qiu, Zhang Shuye, Wang Bing, what do you think?"
When Yang Jian arrived in Kaifeng Prefecture with Wu Haogu's memorial, Gao Qiu had already arrived day and night with 4,000 cavalry (of which half of the auxiliary soldiers accounted for).
So today I also appeared in Chongzheng Hall to study Wu Haogu’s suggestions together.
"Your Majesty," said Gao Taiwei, who was obviously fat, "I think the capital is the foundation of the country, it is not solid at all, and the earth is shaken!"
"Do you agree to move the capital?" Zhao Ji asked. In fact, he agreed with Wu Haogu's proposal to move the capital.
Kaifeng Prefecture does not have Xiangyang insurance!
Gao Qiu was silent for a while, then shook his head and said, "Now is not the time to discuss moving the capital. The Khitan is coming to the Yellow River. If the capital is moved at this time, it will definitely cause panic. Wu Haogu wrote this memorial, obviously he did not want His Majesty to move the capital immediately."
Zhao Ji nodded. Now he couldn't move the capital! He wanted to come, but how could all the civil and military officials agree?
Zhang Shuye also said: "Your Majesty, when Taizu founded the country in the past, he also felt that Kaifeng Prefecture was not very suitable for building a capital, but Taizu wanted to move westward to Luoyang at that time."
"Although Luoyang has dangers, it is difficult to transfer, and it is indeed not as good as Xiangyang." Gao Qiu said, "But it is not appropriate to suddenly propose to move south to Xiangyang. Perhaps Nanjing can be moved from Yingtian Prefecture to Xiangyang, so that it can build a large-scale construction and expand the Xiangyang Castle."
"Okay! OK!" Zhao Ji nodded, "This is what old man thinks about planning the country.
So, what about the joint birth of Jurchens? Is it feasible?"
"It's feasible." Gao Qiu nodded immediately without thinking too much, "If you can raise an army with a Jurchen, Yelu Yanxi may have to go back to Xijin Mansion."
Zhang Shuye also said: "This is also the best time to have a Jurchen army to raise troops... If His Majesty can give them some money, he will be even more sure."
"Money is a trivial matter, and weapons can also be supplied!" Zhao Ji thought for a while, and then said, "It's just that the Jurchens will eventually be far away. Yelu Yanxi's army is almost at the Kaide Mansion, but what can you do?"
Gao Qiu knew that this question was asked by himself. Although he was also afraid of fighting with the Liao people, he could only bite the bullet now.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the model new army to resist the Liao army."
"Okay!" Zhao Ji nodded repeatedly, thinking: Gao Qiu is still reliable! Wu Haogu is so unreliable!
He thought about it and lowered his voice: "I had no intention of starting a feud with the Khitan. If I could turn swords into jade and silk this time, even a million-dollar monies could be granted!"
ah!?
This time it was Gao Qiu's turn to be stunned.
The Jurchens look like they are starting a military force. How can you give me million-year-old monies to negotiate peace with the Khitan? Isn’t this selling the Jurchens?
And it turned out to be 500,000 yuan, and the Khitan would become one million after a while. They would have to come often in the future!
"Your Majesty, that's not like this, right?" Gao Qiu said tentatively.
"Now I don't discuss peace, are you waiting for the Yellow River to freeze?" Zhao Ji's face darkened, "You should lead troops out of the city quickly... Remember not to fight in a vain, build a tough camp and fight a stupid war, do you know?"
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When Gao Qiu led his troops to fight to the bank of the Yellow River to resist the Daliao heavenly soldiers who invaded the south, the Dasong soldiers also appeared in front of the Dagong Ding, the Jiedushi of Chenzhou, the Fengguo Army of the Great Liao Dynasty, who was more depressed than Gao Qiu.
The Great Liao Dynasty was the number one robber in Tianzi. There was never only the Great Liao Dynasty who robbed the Great Song Dynasty. When did the Great Song robbers come to Liaodong to play wild?
He actually encountered such a bizarre thing.
That morning, Gao Yongchang, the commander of the Fengguo Army of Chenzhou, brought him incredible news that a large number of Song army warships had blocked outside the port of Chenzhou Port.
At first, the Grand Duke Ding didn't believe it very much. It was not until he and Gao Yongchang climbed to the top of Chenzhou City that he found hundreds of warships (including transport ships) scattered densely outside Chenzhou Port.
The dozens of sailing warships that took the lead even rowed their long oars with all their might and rushed to the dock.
"This is this..." Da Gong Ding, who was born in the Bohai Da clan but was loyal to the Khitans, could not believe his eyes. After holding it for a long time, he finally said, "What are these Song people's warships coming to Chenzhou for doing?"
"Jie Shuai, are they here to loot?" Gao Yongchang certainly knew what the Song Dynasty warships were here for? He had a share of Ma Zhi's business!
"Looting?" Grand Duke Ding opened his eyes wide and looked at Gao Yongchang, "How is it possible? The Song Dynasty came to rob the Khitan?"
As soon as his question came out, Gao Yongchang's clan brother Gao Yaoshi suddenly shouted: "The soldiers of the Song people, the soldiers of the Song people rushed to the dock!"
Is there really a soldier?
The Grand Duke Ding hurriedly squinted his eyes and looked at it, and the result was a lot of cold air!
Those who rushed down from a Song Kingdom's galloping warship that had just approached the dock were all strong men wearing war armor and holding long Mo swords (they were hand-to-hand combat soldiers on the warship, so they took the lead because they were not seasick). They were all fierce and evil. When they saw the Fengguo Army soldiers guarding the dock, they chopped them down.
Most of the soldiers of the Fengguo Army were from Bohai and could not be trusted by the Khitans, so they had no good equipment. Most of them didn't even have armor, only a short knife, a battle jacket, and a felt hat. How could they block the Song army wearing war armor and holding a long Mo sword? In a blink of an eye, they were all killed. Then, more soldiers rushed from the Song army's warships to the dock, all of whom were soldiers holding long spears, swords, shields and crossbows, forming a formation and rushing towards the nearby Chenzhou Market in an orderly manner! Looking at their deployment, operations and equipment, you will know that they are elite soldiers that should not be underestimated.
Chapter completed!