Chapter 267 Only Please Xiao Jiedu to Find a Way to Delay the Contract
Chapter 267 I can only ask Xiao Jiedu to find a way to delay it first (two updates in one)
Author: sunny
Chapter 267 I can only ask Xiao Jiedu to find a way to delay it first (two updates in one)
"Dad, this flat bow is so powerful. I'm afraid the distance is about a hundred steps, right?"
Gao Zhang shouted exaggeratedly. The corner of Gao Qiu's eyes glanced at Xiao Fengxian, who had a mustache and pretended to be his own son. He spoke without revealing any flaws.
"This is natural, otherwise why would I, the Great Song Dynasty Tiger Ben, change his bow to this one?"
"Being able to penetrate iron armor at about a hundred steps, this way, no matter it is Xixia or Liao.
In the future, if they want to fight with me, the Great Song Dynasty Tiger Ben, on the battlefield, they will have to taste the pain of arrow rain first."
"Two hundred steps away, leather armor can be pierced. Within a hundred steps, no matter what kind of iron armor you have, you can't escape the fate of being pierced."
Listening to the great captain of the Song Dynasty boasting and showing off proudly in front of him.
I saw the iron plates that were removed from the carriage, the thickness of the iron plates, and the arrows that pierced them one after another.
Even though Xiao Fengxian had full confidence in Daliao's elite, he couldn't help but feel a little weak now.
Gao Zhang naturally saw the change in Xiao Fengxian's expression and continued to communicate with his father.
"But Dad, since you said that the flat bow is so excellent, wouldn't it be easy for the enemy to capture it if the entire army of the Song Dynasty were equipped with it?"
"What if they learn how to make such weapons and use this flat bow to fight the Song Dynasty?"
Xiao Feng, whose mind was already in a mess just now, heard Gao Zhang's words first, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
Oops, this child prodigy, the top scholar, a truly special god, actually asked me what I was thinking.
That's right, if you, the imperial army and the frontier army of the Song Dynasty, all have a good treasure like this.
Whether it's Xixia or Daliao, it couldn't be easier to get it.
After all, this thing is not as exquisite as the divine arm bow, and it is rare in quantity and difficult to make.
"Zhang'er, you have to understand one thing. Among all the countries in the world, we, the Song Dynasty, are the richest. This is why the number of soldiers in the Song Dynasty wearing iron armor exceeds 60%."
Speaking of this, Gao Qiu, who became the number one player in the Song Dynasty military by playing ball, showed an evil and cool smile.
"Whether it is Xixia or Liao, the number of soldiers wearing iron armor is less than one or two, and the rest mostly wear leather armor."
"What's more, Xixia and Liao both have well-organized cavalry armies. They can't use such bows..."
Gao Qiu's words immediately made Xiao Fengxian, whose eyes lit up just now, instantly turn gloomy again.
This is really true. When it comes to wealth, this is the Song Dynasty.
At least Xixia was just a bunch of poor people. Liao could still be a little richer, but the problem was compared with the Song Dynasty.
Haha, it's like a poor peasant and a rich man standing side by side with a rich man with a hand full of gemstones and rings and a dog chain hanging around his neck.
Therefore, even if the Xixia Kingdom sells iron and steel, they will probably be able to gather 30,000 to 40,000 elite men covered with iron armor.
As for the Liao Kingdom, with one hundred thousand armored elites, there would naturally be no problem.
But here in the Song Dynasty, there are now perhaps 300,000 armored soldiers, if not 500,000.
Then, they were all swishing around with such long-range weapons all day long... Nima, how about a fight?
After all, when fighting at such a distance, whoever has better armor and the largest number of soldiers and horses will gain the greatest innate advantage.
Moreover, this kind of shooting speed is not inferior to that of ordinary bows and arrows, and can break armor at a distance of a hundred steps.
The advantage of the cavalry will be weakened to the extreme. Even if it is a horse archer, you have to rush within fifty steps before you can kill the enemy with a mounted bow.
But the problem is that cavalry archers are generally light cavalry wearing leather armor. They start an assault from two hundred steps away and brave at least three rounds of arrow rain. How many people are left alive?
Although everyone knows very well that in marching operations, victory or defeat cannot be determined by relying solely on data.
But the problem is that compared with the Liao Dynasty, the combat power of the Song State's army is not much different.
If they were allowed to obtain such weapons, it would definitely be an extremely dangerous thing for Daliao.
Next to him, Gao Qiu was talking with his son Gao Zhang.
Xiao Fengxian tried his best to open his ears and was finally able to hear the general content.
It turned out that this Gao Qiu was telling his own son Gao Zhang that the Song Dynasty military was very turbulent and frequently called for battle, intending to recapture the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyan.
But now the officials are still hesitant about whether the Song Dynasty should go to war with the Liao Kingdom.
After all, the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom have been at peace for a long time, and the relationship between the two countries is very harmonious.
If it is indeed inappropriate to engage in war rashly, it will easily be criticized by the world.
"By the way, Zhang'er, have you ever found out why the Liao envoy came to the Song Dynasty as an envoy?"
"This kid really doesn't know. After all, the Liao envoy hasn't had a chance to meet you yet. I'll ask you later."
"Well, that's fine, be sure to find out..."
The voices of the father and son gradually became lower.
Just hearing these contents directly made Xiao Fengxian's face covered with cold sweat. Fortunately, he tried hard to control himself and not reveal any flaws.
It was not until Gao Zhang said goodbye to his biological father that Xiao Fengxian let out a sigh of relief.
The military exercise seems to be going on, but Xiao Fengxian has no intention of enjoying it anymore.
"Brother Xiao, Brother Xiao?"
They had already turned onto the official road and had not gone far. Gao Zhang called out several times before Xiao Fengxian, who seemed to be sleepwalking, came back to his senses.
Xiao Feng wiped his face vigorously first and came closer.
"Thank you, dear brother, for helping Xiao gain knowledge. I didn't expect that today's Song Dynasty would actually get such good weapons.
In the future, the strength of the Song army will increase greatly, and I am afraid that the world will be troubled again."
"What did Brother Xiao say? I, the Song Dynasty, have always believed that I will not offend others unless they offend me."
"As long as we, the Song Dynasty, are not angered, we, the Song Dynasty, are naturally willing to live in peace with other countries. For example, our Song Dynasty has been at peace with the Liao Kingdom for a long time."
"Infuriating the Song Dynasty..." Xiao Feng first thought of the letter of credence that he was preparing to submit to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty in accordance with the imperial edict of the Emperor of Liao Dynasty, which clearly contained a commanding tone.
The cold sweat on his face dripped down again when he saw the strange look Gao Zhang cast.
Xiao Feng laughed first, then whispered into Gao Zhang's ear and asked him something that Gao Zhang wanted to say but didn't say out loud that day.
The corner of Gao Zhang's mouth tilted, revealing a very strange smile.
"Brother Xiao, it doesn't matter if I tell you, I think you should know that we, the Song Dynasty, believe in and respect the Tao just like the two Han Dynasties..."
Since the founding of the country, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty has always held Taoism in a very high position.
Treating Taoist people in the world well will elevate the status of Taoist sects in the world.
"Finally, the devout Taoist heart of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty alarmed those Taoist immortals who had helped Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty."
"This immortal who once helped Emperor Guangwu gave me the immortal weapon of the Great Song Dynasty that helped Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu to be invincible and invincible."
"???"
Looking at Xiao Fengxian's dark face, he had a doubtful expression on whether he would die if he didn't brag.
Gao Zhang suddenly became unhappy. "It seems that Brother Xiao, you really don't believe me. Anyway, you have come here today, so I will take you to have a look."
"However, we can only watch from a distance of ten miles away, because the immortal weapon that can cast falling meteors is surrounded by spies and dead soldiers from the Imperial City Department of the Song Dynasty."
"Anyone who breaks within ten miles without permission will be shot without mercy..."
"You can actually see it from ten miles away?" Xiao Fengxian couldn't help but complain.
"Brother Xiao, don't you know that those immortal weapons usually float in the sky and can be seen not to mention ten miles away, even twenty miles away, but that place is very hidden."
"That is to say, little brother, I heard the official mention it accidentally before, and then I know its approximate location..."
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More than an hour later, Xiao Fengxian stood on a hillside, his eyes as wide as bells, and his mouth stretched to the extreme.
What did he see? He saw seven or eight silver-white spheres floating in the sky at least ten miles away, large and small.
Gao Zhang, who was next to him, explained it carefully to Xiao Fengxian.
These fairy weapons are one or two hundred feet above the ground. If it comes to war, these fairy weapons can fly over the enemy's heads and rain down meteors of heavenly fire that fall to the ground.
Don't believe it, if you really don't believe it, then please go back and read the historical records, which describe the process of the Skyfire Meteor helping him kill the enemy.
That Emperor Guangwu achieved a miraculous victory precisely because of the immortal's intervention.
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Yelu Hongguang, sweating heavily, began to rummage through the set of "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" that he had just sent someone to buy.
Soon, in the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty, The First Chapter of the Records of Emperor Guangwu", I saw a record about the sky fire and meteors assisting Emperor Guangwu in killing his enemies.
Xiao Fengxian saw those immortal weapons hanging high in the sky with his own eyes, and coupled with the fact that this is definitely not the record in the "Book of the Later Han" that Gao Zhang made up blindly.
This caused the originally noisy hall to become completely silent.
"This, this is actually true..." Yelu Hongguang and Xiao Feng looked at each other first, and both saw the shock and fear in each other's eyes.
This damn thing is no longer an excellent weapon. This horse-riding guy has already done magic. How can people play with it?
"Can those immortal weapons really obey the orders of the Emperor of Song Dynasty?"
Yelu Hongguang swallowed his dry and tight throat and asked in a low voice.
"I don't know for sure, but those things did appear outside Bianliang City in Tokyo during the Song Dynasty. How can it be false?"
"Those are like crystal clear orbs, hanging one or two hundred feet high in the sky, staying there quietly."
"If the Song Dynasty goes to war with Daliao, they will not only have a large number of bows similar to those of the Divine Arm.
A good bow that can penetrate leather armor in nearly two hundred steps, break iron armor in a hundred steps, and shoot as fast as an ordinary bow."
"To be able to have such an immortal weapon go into battle, we, Daliao, have no chance of winning unless we are far away in the desert north..."
In the dead silence, an official finally whispered.
"We, the Liao State and the Song State, have always been on good terms for hundreds of years. Is the Song State still willing to start a war lightly?"
"Don't even think about what we are doing on this mission.
If that letter of credence angers the kings and ministers of Song, do you think Liao and Song can still be as harmonious as they were in the past?"
Xiao Fengxian's ferocious old face was so gloomy that it almost dripped with water.
"The Xixia thieves, they must have known that the power of the Song State has greatly increased, so they humbly surrendered to the Song State."
"But they kept it secret from Daliao. I deserve to die. If I had known this, I should have asked Your Majesty to kill that bastard Li Qianshun as well."
"Yes, if it weren't for Xiao Jiedu's good judgment and your friendship with Gao Zhang, who made him a close friend, I'm afraid we would still be kept in the dark."
"Once the credentials are delivered, it will be too late..."
Xiao Feng nodded heavily first, and after exhaling, he looked at Yelu Hongguang, who was wily and experienced in diplomacy.
"Brother Hongguang, what should we do now?"
"...This, this is the only way to go now. I'm afraid I can only ask Xiao Jiedu to pretend to be sick first and find a way to delay the meeting with Emperor Song."
"We will order people to immediately pass the news we found in Bianliang, Tokyo, back to Daliao, and ask your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible."
Yelu Hongguang, who had already taken the same boat with Xiao Fengxian, paused and lowered his voice in Xiao Fengxian's ear.
"If possible, please Xiao Jiedu try to inform the empress. After all, if the empress can help to say a few words."
"Perhaps I can persuade Your Majesty to make a decision early so that Xiao Jiedu can return home safely..."
"As for the Xixia incident, in my opinion, I only need to mention it briefly. I will settle the accounts with them in detail after we return to Liao."
Xiao Fengxian immediately reacted and couldn't help but nodded approvingly towards Yelu Hongguang.
"Brother Hongguang, you are so resourceful, so let's do it."
"But, then Gao Zhang..."
"Gao Zhang is a favorite of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. In this case, Xiao Jiedu must try to win him over."
"And since you, Xiao Jiedu, are going to do big business in partnership with him, I think this very clever Prime Minister Gao Si certainly doesn't want Song and Liao to be hostile..."
At this moment, the whispers in the hall were quietly transmitted along the eavesdropping pipe network to the eavesdropping room disguised as a resting place for handymen.
The spies of the Imperial City Department tried their best to hold up their ears and hold up their pens, but they were still unable to put them down.
Today, the group of Zi Liao envoys and officials, after experiencing loud noises at the beginning, later spoke like whispers.
This made them curse inwardly, but they dared not make a sound for fear of alerting the members of the Liao mission who were eavesdropped.
But at least, these members of the Liao mission have believed the story of the immortal weapon to be true...
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"What?" Gao Zhang looked at the Liao official standing in front of him in confusion.
"You said Ambassador Xiao is seriously ill?"
"Exactly, Xiao Jiedu suffered from a serious illness due to the cold. The doctors accompanying him are currently treating him. He is afraid that he will not be cured in the near future."
"That's why I specially ordered my subordinate to come to see Prime Minister Gao Si. This is the letter our deputy envoy Yelu Hongguang asked me to forward to Prime Minister Gao Si."
"..."
The previous book "The First Family of the Tang Dynasty" has too many typos and is being revised. It contains more than 6 million words and more than 3,000 chapters. I really need to vomit blood...
