The advent of gunpowder made Li Liangzuo experience a period of excitement, and Li Liangzuo even thought about letting the Xia army directly enter the age of firearms, and watched his army sweep the world in his lifetime; But reality poured cold water on Li Liangzuo, as far as the current science and technology are concerned, Li Liangzuo's imagination is to think about it after all, and it is almost zero to want to achieve it.
After the research and experiment of new weapons ended in failure, Li Liangzuo left the abbreviation of the Firearms Research and Technology Agency of the City in great disappointment; Li Liangzuo's departure made Xiao Zhuozi, Li Yue and others feel a lot more at ease, they were afraid that Li Liangzuo would appear here again, if they accidentally played themselves to death, then their sin would be great.
Leaving Li Liangzuo from the city and returning to Xingqing Mansion, he once again returned to the ordinary days, in addition to dealing with political affairs every day, he teased the palace maid and teased the imperial concubine, and the small life was very nourishing, but most of the political affairs Li Liangzuo was handed over to the cabinet to deal with, and once again decentralized, after all, Li Liangzuo did not want to exhaust himself to death, of course, major decisions of some countries must be approved by Li Liangzuo.
"Your Majesty, the latest report from Yipintang."
Xiao Fuzi took a secret mail to Li Liangzuo and said.
Li Liangzuo said directly: "You open it and tell it to me, pick up the important ones." ” Xiao Fuzi opened it and looked at it and said: "Your Majesty, the report said that the Song army has captured Wudi Town, cut off the sea passage of the Liao army, and the Liao army has been completely besieged by the Song army in a radius of more than 100 miles with Anling Town and Yongjing Army Town as the core. ” "The siege is not enough, hasn't Yelu Hongji already changed generals, Xiao Yuanshan is not a simple character, there is no problem for the Liao army to continue to hold on," Li Liangzuo said softly; "It's better to fight, and you can lose both."
Now although the Song and Liao are still in a state of war and there are no peace talks, but both sides have stopped the offensive and began to lick their wounds, although the Liao army has suffered huge losses this time, but the harvest is also huge, all the places occupied by the Liao army have been swept away, gold, silver and jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, grain and cloth, these have been countless, and more importantly, the Liao army still has this bridgehead, with this bridgehead the Liao army can continue to attack.
Although the war on the front line has stopped, but the Great Song Dynasty still has no sense of security, open the map to see that the Great Song Dynasty has been having the problem of northern border troubles since the beginning of the founding of the country, before the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, the Khitan people have established a powerful Liao State, and annexed the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun located south of Yanshan, the Song Taizong period had a northern expedition to the Liao State to recapture this strategic place in the north can end in failure.
The failure of the Northern Expedition forced the Great Song Dynasty to build strong cities and military towns in the north to encircle the northern frontier, and at the same time to establish a solid defensive line for Bianliang, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty; In fact, the first strategic defense line of the Great Song Dynasty was not in the border area, but a deep strategic defense system composed of Taiyuan, Zhending, and Hejian as the core; The second strategic line of defense is the natural barrier of the Yellow River.
However, today these two important lines of defense are gone, the first strategic line of defense has been ceded to the Great Xia Empire, and the second line of defense of the Yellow River is no longer meaningless due to the diversion of the Yellow River into the sea; Now Bianliang, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, is directly exposed to the peaks of the Xia and Song armies, as long as the Xia army gathers enough cavalry troops in the north to go south, it can reach Bianliang, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, in a month.
Bianliang, inside the Great Song Dynasty Palace.
Song Shenzong Zhao Ji personally met with Zhao Zhen, the king of Zhao, who had returned from the front, and the pioneer general Seed Master Dao, and the current army on the front line of the Song army was temporarily handed over to Liu Changzuo and Zhang Dunli to command; Zhao Ji said to Zhao Yan with a smile on his face: "Third brother, this battle was fought beautifully, and I have earned enough face, and I have decreed that I will feast the ministers for you tonight." ” Zhao Yan said humbly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, in fact, this battle is all due to the proper command of the generals, and the soldiers exchanged their lives for this victory; In addition, the younger brother also brought back 30,000 iron horsemen according to His Majesty's will, and they are currently stationed outside the city. ” "Hmm."
Zhao Ji nodded and said; "There are some things that should not be delayed any longer, and it is time to settle them."
"What does the royal brother mean?"
"Don't worry, how can I say that we are also brothers of the same mother, I will not kill him, I am afraid that it will be bad to set off a bloody storm in the whole Bianliang now, originally in the war against Xia Liao, my Great Song Dynasty has already injured my vitality, I don't want to hurt my life in vain."
"Brother Chen understands, please rest assured."
"This matter is not in a hurry, it will all be postponed" Zhao Ji coughed, coughed, coughed violently after speaking.
When coughing, Zhao Ji hurriedly covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and when the handkerchief was opened again, he could see some blood stains on the handkerchief; Zhao Yan was shocked and said, "Brother Huang, you" Zhao Ji waved his hand and said, "Don't tell anyone about this." ” "Yes, my brother obeys."
Then Zhao Yan said to Zhao Ji: "Brother Huang, my brother still has something to report." ” "If you say anything, we don't have to be so polite between brothers."
"This matter is about the state affairs of the Great Song Dynasty, and you still need to make a detailed report to you by the general."
Zhao Yan said.
"Let's talk about it in the Imperial Study."
In the imperial study, the seed master said to Zhao Ji and Zhao Yu: "Your Majesty, Lord Wang; Since the Great Song Dynasty lost the three northern towns, Bianliang has been under the peak of the armies of Xia and Liao; Now the northern border is less than 800 miles away from Bianliang, the capital of our Great Song Dynasty, according to the speed of the Xia army's cavalry, it can be approached within five days, and it is only more than 700 miles away from the western border; This is extremely unfavorable for my Great Song. ” "I also know this, is it possible that you want me to move the capital," Zhao Ji said with a frown.
"Wechen doesn't dare."
Seed Master Dao continued: "Wechen wants to ask Your Majesty to build a comprehensive defense line along the northern and western borders, Wechen has already drawn the defense drawings, and I also ask Your Majesty to preview it. ” "Tong Guan, go and hang the picture for me."
This is a huge map of the northern and western borders of the Song and Xia dynasties, encompassing the entire Central Plains, with detailed descriptions of every city, every road, and every river; Unlike other maps, there are many fortifications drawn on the borders and depths of the Song and Xia dynasties, which is a plan for the completion of future fortifications, and the construction is rare in a large time.
"Your Majesty, this is the Central Plains defense map that Weichen gave to Your Majesty."
Seed Master Dao introduced to Zhao Ji; "The entire defense system takes Bianliang City as the core, forming a large defense in depth and establishing a complete defense system in the north."
Zhao Ji looked at the map and said intently: "This project is not small, and the cost is huge, if this defense system is built, how many troops do I need to garrison in the Great Song Dynasty, how much does the entire project cost, and how much does it cost to maintain every year, have you calculated these things?"
"Your Majesty, Weichen hasn't calculated it yet."
The seed master said with a blushing face.
Zhao Ji looked at the map and continued: "You tell me in detail, if you can talk about me, I will approve this plan." ” Today's first update presents: