Tan Zhengyang held the phone tightly with his right hand and said firmly: "Grand Governor, please rest assured that our army has deployed heavy troops in Funing Mansion.
As long as the Song army dares to come, our army is confident to destroy the Song army.
After the mechanized force of the Song Army was eliminated, they could only stay in the coastal areas and be gradually eliminated by our army.
With the national strength of Song State, it was impossible to send reinforcements again.
Our army will definitely drive the Song army out of the country."
Tan Zhengyang put down the phone and walked to the sand table.
The Shu army had already laid a dragnet and was only waiting for the Song army to fall into the trap.
Tan Zhengyang had full confidence in encircling and annihilating the Song army.
At this time, Chief of Staff Xu Jingbei walked in anxiously.
"General Tan, something big has happened."
Tan Zhengyang saw Xu Jingbei panting and obviously running over.
He handed over a cup of tea: "First drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat. Don't worry about big things."
Xu Jingbei took the tea cup but did not drink it. He calmed his breathing and told the latest news he had received.
"The Song army was in Taoyuan County and suddenly returned to the seaside.
They also plundered more than ten thousand young people in the three counties of Taoyuan County, Wuning County, and Sangbei County.
If it were not for the limited transportation capacity of the Song army, they would have dared to plunder all the more than 200,000 people in the three counties."
When General Tan Zhengyang heard that the Song Army suddenly withdrew, he immediately thought that the news of the siege of the Song Army had been leaked, and that there were spies from the Song State at the top of the Shu Army.
He was thinking, who could be the spy?
They must not be the senior people who made the decision. There are spies among these people. The news of the arrival of reinforcements from the Shu Army has already been passed on.
The Song army would not risk attacking Funing Mansion at all.
There can only be spies among the middle-level generals.
This group of people is so large that it is not easy to find spies.
When he heard what Chief of Staff Xu Jingbei said, he immediately overthrew the Song army because he had received the news in advance and retreated.
He had felt before that Song Jun's movements were strange.
His previous speculation was that the Song army was just feigning an attack and taking the opportunity to divert the tiger away from the mountain.
This speculation looks more and more like Song Jun's true reaction.
Tan Zhengyang said loudly: "Hurry up and call the Governor's Office.
Ask Wan Fang and Youji about the movements of the Song army."
The military system of the vassal state was modeled on that of the empire.
The imperial army is divided into A Division and B Division.
The A-type division is the most elite field army. It is the main force that goes abroad to fight the enemy and defends against enemy invasion. The A-type division is responsible for the main force.
The B division, also known as the patrol battalion, is specifically responsible for the defense of a certain area.
The main task is to eliminate banditry and suppress riots.
They are all under the jurisdiction of the metropolitan governor's office, except that Division A is directly managed by the metropolitan governor's office, and division B is managed by the local governor's office.
This was also a way for the imperial court to check and balance the army.
After receiving the order, the staff immediately called the relevant departments and bureaus of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to inquire about the situation on the battlefield.
Tan Zhengyang and Xu Jingbei soon received a telegram from the Governor's Office.
Xu Jingbei read the telegram and said in surprise: "What is the Song army doing? The army attacking Funing Prefecture this time is not the main force of the Song army.
Their main force is actually destroying our country's industrial areas and plundering the population of towns and villages.
How dare the Song Dynasty do this? He is not afraid of imperial sanctions."
After Tan Zhengyang read the battle report, he gritted his teeth and said: "The Song Army is going to run away, and before running away, they chose to plunder our country's resources and population.
Now it can be determined that the Song army on the front line was feigning an attack.
As for the imperial sanctions, the Song army did not do anything extraordinary.
The plundering of resources and population is not prohibited by the Jianye Convention.
In the past, when the two countries went to war, they were basically able to avoid disturbing the people.
That's because the warring countries regard the local population as the future population of their own country.
Now that the Song Army is doing this, it is a bad start and will make it even more difficult for the people in the future."
Chief of Staff Xu Jingbei said anxiously: "We must return reinforcements now. If we give the Song army some time, the populations of the two prefectures will be plundered by them."
Tan Zhengyang sighed: "I have to bear the responsibility of judging Song Army's strategic mistakes.
Now I apologize to the King of Shu and ask for help."
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In the palace of the King of Shu, King Qian Mingyi of Shu was furious.
"The population of our Kingdom of Shu is only nine million, including the indigenous people.
The core population of young and middle-aged Han Chinese in the country is only about three million.
This time, the Song Dynasty plundered more than 400,000 people in the land of Sanfu, including at least 300,000 young men.
They only plundered the Han people, not the natives.
This time our country directly lost nearly one-tenth of its core population.
Among them are five thousand industrial workers.
You know how much our country has paid to train these industrial workers.
My heart is bleeding now, we have lost so much, how long will it take for us, Shu, to lick our wounds before we can recover."
The Grand Governor He Feng stood up despite the anger of Shu King Qian Mingyi.
"Your Majesty, our army failed to investigate for a while and allowed Song State to commit such evil deeds.
When the two armies were fighting, who knew the Song Dynasty would take action against civilians?
This kind of thing has no precedent before.
Who would have thought that the regular army of a country would behave like this?
We have mobilized the army of Funing Prefecture and immediately went to encircle and suppress the Song army. This time we will definitely drive the Song army into the sea."
King Shu Qian Mingyi snorted coldly: "Although I don't understand military affairs, the situation is so clear. How can I not understand it?
The Song Dynasty obviously cannot defeat our army and is preparing to retreat.
Before retreating, they chose to plunder.
It was precisely because they wanted to retreat that they revealed their wolfish nature and plundered the local people without worrying about leaving a bad reputation.
Work is work, mistakes are mistakes.
Our army was able to defeat the Song army and crush the Song army's delusion of occupying our country. This is a credit that cannot be denied.
But this time we failed to prevent the evil deeds committed by Song Jun, and we must bear responsibility."
King Qian Mingyi of Shu's attitude was very clear, merits and demerits could never be offset.
Those who have merit must be rewarded, and those who have made mistakes must be punished.
Li Jiu, the prime minister of Shu, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, what Song did is disgraceful. Our country wants to make it known to the whole world and make people aware of Song's predatory nature.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Our country has suffered such great losses, and the Song Dynasty must pay the price.
Let the reputation of Song State be so bad that they will not be able to find allies to cooperate with in the future."
King Shu Qian Mingyi sighed: "Then let's arrange it this way."
He waited for a moment and then ordered again: "Let the troops on the front line speed up their march and try to recover our country's losses.
These people are still in the Song Army's camp, and it will take some time for the Song Army to transport them back to the country."
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In the palace of the Song Dynasty, King Zhan Tie of the Song Dynasty saw the battle report and couldn't help but laugh a few times.
"Okay, that's great.
If we can recruit 400,000 people, this battle is worth fighting.
These are not 400,000 indigenous people, but 400,000 Han Chinese.
With these 400,000 people filling the domestic labor shortage problem, a large part of it can be solved.
We can also send more people to colonize."
Song Wang Zhantie couldn't help but laugh every time he thought that they were about to gain an additional core population of 400,000.
The value that these 400,000 people can bring cannot be measured by silver coins. This is the true heritage of a country.
King Zhantie of the Song Dynasty looked at Lu Tingfang, the governor-general, and asked: "The military must make every effort to ensure that these 400,000 people are transported back to the country."
The Metropolitan Governor Lu Tingfang said confidently: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that the Metropolitan Governor's Office has already formulated an evacuation plan, which includes the evacuation of these 400,000 people.
Military transport ships alone cannot transport hundreds of thousands of people in a short period of time.
But our country is a naval power and has sea control on the battlefield.
Our country is an island country and its foreign trade mainly relies on sea transportation.
There are more than thousands of cargo ships of various types.
Now is the spring and summer season. Even a flatbed cargo ship can transport a large number of people with a little modification.
Civilian cargo ships combined with military transport ships will definitely be able to evacuate the troops in Shu in a short time.
If time is urgent, we also have a plan.
Evacuate people directly to Beisanfu, and the distance by sea is shorter.
If the Shu army really dares to pursue, we have control of the sea, coupled with the severe cold in the three northern prefectures, and our army is in a favorable location, we will definitely teach the Shu army a profound lesson."
Song King Zhan Tie smiled. He chose to vigorously develop the navy, and finally played a powerful role at this time.
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Fengyu Port of Shu Kingdom, the original small fishing port of Shu Kingdom, has been expanded into a large port.
A large number of transport ships and civilian cargo ships lined up at the port to transport people and materials ready to board the ship.
Navy Commander Gu Ling stood on the deck of the battleship Lango.
He looked at a large number of Shu people, who were escorted by the army and boarded the transport ship.
These people will be transported to the Song Dynasty.
Gu Ling smiled and said: "General Guo, I suggest to the Governor-General that the army and the people mix.
Now these Shu people still yearn for Shu.
Only when they go to our country and obtain certain assets can they live peacefully in our country.
Now these people, I don’t know when they will resist.
Once there is resistance during transportation, it will cause great casualties.
When suppressed by the army, these people will behave like sheep.
After all, we have to take them away from Shu, and many people will have to be separated from their loved ones."
Guo Xuyan praised sincerely: "This is indeed a good method."
If it were up to him to arrange it, these people would be directly locked in the cabin and transported back to the country.
This simple and direct method is easier than mixing now.
He asked with a somewhat anxious expression: "The Shu army is running wildly in the direction where we are.
In three days, the Shu army will arrive at the camp.
Now the army can still cope with the attack of the Shu Kingdom's local defense army.
They have no intention of fighting anymore, and they cannot resist the angry Shu army for long."
Gu Ling said confidently: "General Guo, please don't worry, I have asked the country for instructions to transfer the people in the camp to Beisan Prefecture first.
The country will then arrange where these people go.
There is no need for ships to line up to cross the strait, the vast ocean can accommodate more transport ships, and all the troops on the shore will be able to evacuate before the Shu army arrives."
Guo Xu felt relieved after hearing such a promise.
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"Welcome to Oriental Radio, I am the host Wang Xiaohu.
The recent war between Song and Shu has ended.
During this war, many new problems emerged.
Today we invite Lu Wen, a professor at Imperial Huaxia University, and Mi Youde, a famous scholar from Chu State, to be our guests."
Wang Xiaohu's painting style changed: "Professor Lu, the Song Dynasty plundered hundreds of thousands of people in the Shu Kingdom. In response to this phenomenon, will the empire impose sanctions on the Shu Kingdom?"
Professor Lu Wen replied solemnly: "The empire has stated many times that it will not easily intervene in wars between vassal states.
Some countries have bad intentions and want to bring down the empire and attack their competitors. This approach is simply not feasible.
The empire has already made requirements for the vassal states.
The "Jianye Convention" is a consensus established by all countries. As long as it is violated, the empire will inevitably intervene.
The empire will not intervene unless it violates the relevant provisions of the Jianye Convention.
There is no circle without rules.
It is precisely because there are rules now that people in the vassal country will not panic.
It is precisely because of the constraints of the empire that vassal countries will not do evil deeds.
In the Shu Kingdom, the Song Dynasty neither used inhumane weapons of mass destruction nor massacred civilians.
The Empire will not get involved in this matter at all.
The Kingdom of Shu cannot protect its own citizens, and the relevant costs will be borne by the Kingdom of Shu itself."
Wang Xiaohu said politely: "Thank you Professor Lu for your answer.
Issues between Song and Shu should be resolved by the two countries themselves.
The empire will not easily intervene in wars between vassal states."
After Wang Xiaohu made his concluding remarks, he looked at Mi Youde again and said: "The war between Song and Shu is over.
Both countries claimed to the outside world that they had won the war.
Song's reason was to plunder more than 400,000 people and a large amount of industrial equipment from Shu.
The foundation of the Song Dynasty increased and its national power grew rapidly.
The Shu Kingdom also claimed that they had won the war. They completely drove the Song army out of the Shu Kingdom and captured a large number of Song troops.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Because both countries claim to have won the war, the peace talks between the two countries cannot proceed.
I would like to ask Mr. Mi Youde what kind of analysis he has made about the future of the two countries."
Mi Youde chuckled and said: "Both Song and Shu said they won.
Has it really won? My point is that both countries have lost, and they have both lost their future.
A large number of people were plundered from the Shu Kingdom. With the current world situation, it is impossible to introduce people from other places.
The newly developed industry in Shu will collapse.
Shu can protect itself, but it is basically impossible to expand abroad.
At best, the Shu Kingdom can only maintain its current status. It is basically impossible to become a regional hegemon.
The Kingdom of Shu has been eliminated, and the Kingdom of Shu will not be able to obtain any of the future benefits of the European region."
Mi Youde paused for a moment and continued: "The Song Dynasty will be even worse.
During this war, the Song State directly exposed the true strength of its army.
The Song Dynasty's navy was extremely powerful, but its army was the lowest among many vassal states.
There are many rules in this world, but one of the core rules is that the weak eat the strong, and the strong dominate everything.
The Song army had a big problem, and even if it was demolished and rebuilt, it might not be able to solve it.
Countries know the weakness of Song State, and they will definitely make plans against Song State.
When the Song Dynasty tried to attack a certain country again, the results were worse than the results achieved by the Shu Kingdom.
With Song's current strength, it would be extremely difficult to find an ally.
Song State is also a country without a future.
At least here in Europe, I think my judgment is not wrong."
Host Wang Xiaohu heard Mi Youde say this.
He was a little surprised, and then immediately added: "This is just the statement of Mr. Mi Youde's family and does not represent the position of Oriental Radio.
We will wait and see what the future holds for Shu and Song."