In fact, for the sudden visit of the shopkeeper Chen Jinbao also dared to be very strange, although Chen Jinbao is a famous businessman in Yangzhou, but compared with the Longtai Commercial Bank, the difference is too far, in the past, Chen Jinbao came to visit the shopkeeper of the Longtai Commercial Bank, but today it is someone who automatically came to the door, but even so Chen Jinbao did not expect that this matter would be related to Li Qing.
"Brother Chen, this person in front of you is indeed not a pirate."
Shopkeeper Sun said to Chen Jinbao: "He is the sixth young master of our Longtai Commercial Bank, and he is also His Royal Highness the Yan King of the Great Xia Empire. ” Sun's words were like a meteorite hitting Chen Jinbao's head, this simple sentence revealed too much information, at least two points can be proved, first: Li Qing is the prince of the Great Xia Empire, and it was not a pirate who robbed him at the beginning, but a sailor of the Great Xia Empire; Second: The master behind Longtai Commercial Bank is the Li royal family of the Great Xia Empire; Chen Jinbao is a very shrewd person, and he quickly thought of this.
Looking at Chen Jinbao's surprised gaze, Li Qing said: "My father-in-law has a lot of questions in my heart, if there is anything you want to ask, just ask, as long as you don't touch the secrets of my Great Xia Empire, this king will definitely tell you the truth." ” After being shocked, Chen Jinbao reacted and said, "Since you are the prince of the Great Xia Empire, how could you go to the sea to become a pirate?"
"This secret about the Great Xia Empire, this king can't tell the truth."
Li Qing said to Chen Jinbao.
"I heard that now that Song Xia is back in the north, how could you, as the prince's daughter, come to Jiangnan," Chen Jinbao continued to ask.
"That's exactly what I'm going to tell you."
Li Qing said; "I need sea boats now, a lot of sea boats; Originally, I also wanted to rush to the shipyard to order a batch, but now it seems that the order is far from enough, this king hopes that his father-in-law can come forward to help this king purchase a batch of sea ships, the more the better, the money is not a problem. ” Li Qing said while taking out a dozen silver tickets Hua Yuan from his body and said: "This is three million taels of silver tickets, you can see the tickets in Longtai Qian Zhuang to cash silver, in addition to these three million, this king will send a letter to his father, let Longtai Commercial Bank allocate a part of the money for the purchase of sea vessels, the reason why you don't use Longtai Commercial Bank's sea boats, is that this king doesn't want others to find out about this matter." ” Three million taels is a huge amount of money at any time, seeing this huge amount of money, Chen Jinbao smiled very brightly and said to Li Qing: "Don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter as soon as possible." ” As soon as Chen Jinbao's words came out, it was equivalent to the Chen family completely falling to the Great Xia Empire, which actually did not have a big impact on the Great Xia Empire, and the real impact was on Li Qing, the king of Yan, with Chen Jinbao's support, many things that Li Qing was not good to come forward could be handed over to Chen Jinbao to do, and it was also equivalent to Li Qing planting a nail in the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty.
"By the way, in addition to sea ships, there are also a large number of grain, grass, cloth, herbs and other materials, the more these things, the better, don't be afraid to spend money, there is more money."
Li Qing said to Chen Jinbao.
It is thanks to Li Qing's strong support that the Chen family has entered a stage of rapid development, and in a short period of time, the Chen family has become the largest overseas trade merchant in the entire Jianghuai region; With the support of these materials, Li Qing's power on the sea developed very quickly, and many materials were transported to the north by sea, providing logistics supplies for the Xia army in the north, and also hitting the logistics system of the Song army, of course, this is a later story; After talking to Chen Jinbao about all this, Li Qing left Yangzhou with Chen Shu the next day, after all, Li Qing's identity is here, and it is not safe to stay in the Great Song Dynasty.
On the Hedong battlefield, Li Bingchang led the army to make way for the Song army, so that Zhao Yu could calmly evacuate from the 100,000 Song army to Pingyao; In fact, Li Bingchang was not willing to let the Song army evacuate like this, but there was no way, after all, the Xia army was unstable now, and it did not have an advantage in terms of troops, so he could only let the Song army withdraw calmly.
After the Song army withdrew, Li Bingchang and An Qinggui joined forces, for the news of Taiyuan was captured, Li Bingchang did not hide it again, on an unknown hillside, Li Bingchang said loudly to more than 70,000 Xia army soldiers: "Brothers, the news of the loss of Taiyuan has been flowing out of the army recently, this king will tell you now that there is something to do, Taiyuan has indeed fallen into the hands of the Song army, and our back road has indeed been temporarily cut off, but it is not enough for our army to be defeated, and the Song army has not many troops to attack Taiyuan, Taiyuan will soon be back in our hands, and our army in the rear will not eat dry; And we still have enough food and grass, we can hold out until the arrival of follow-up reinforcements, and although our army's rear road has been cut off, the initiative on the battlefield is still in our hands, this king assures you that no matter what happens, this king will always be with you, life and death together" "Life and Death, Life and Death" Li Bingchang's lecture played a great role, and after the lecture was completed, An Qinggui found Li Bingchang and said: "Lord, do we let the Song army withdraw so calmly." ” "So what do you mean?"
"Lord Wang, this is a great opportunity, the Song army is mostly foot soldiers, and our army still has more than 50,000 iron cavalry, if you lead the army to cover and kill the Song army, you will definitely be able to win a big victory."
An Qinggui said to Li Bingchang; "Most of the plains here are completely suitable for cavalry combat, and the Song army left the camp completely to kill themselves."
"It's impossible for Zhao Yan not to know this, and he will definitely be prepared."
Li Bingchang said.
"What can you do if you are prepared, the last general thinks that our army has this ability, and the opportunity must not be lost, please ask the prince to break it quickly."
An Qinggui arched his hand and said.
"Okay, in that case, this king will order you to lead an army to cover up and kill the Song army."
Li Bingchang ordered; "If there is strong resistance, you can retreat immediately."
"Yes, the last general commands" "By the way, in what direction did the Song army retreat," Li Bingchang continued to ask.
"In the direction of Pingyao, it seems that Zhao Yan intends to shrink all the Song troops into Pingyao."
An Qinggui said.
"How can Pingyao be Pingyao?"
"Lord Wang, the reason why the Song army evacuated was because the prince burned the grain and grass camp of the Song army before, and the Song army evacuated because of lack of food."
"In this way, Pingyao must have a large amount of grain and grass from the Song army."
Li Bingchang suddenly realized; "If the Song army's ordnance and grain and grass are stored in Pingyao, it will be easy to do."
"Lord Wang, do you have any plans" An Qinggui asked Li Bingchang.
Li Bingchang said to An Qinggui: "In this way, you lead 10,000 iron cavalry to cover and kill the Song army, and the remaining 40,000 iron cavalry will be handed over to the commander of this king, this time this king will let Zhao Yan lose to the bottom." ” "Yes, lord."
An Qinggui commanded.
"No matter how many Song troops you can kill, the most important thing is that you can drag the Song army for this king."
An Qinggui led 10,000 iron cavalry to set off, although there were only 10,000 cavalry, but it was not difficult to drag the Song army on this plain, in fact, for the pursuit of the Xia cavalry, Zhao Yan had already expected it, and also made some arrangements, but Zhao Yan's arrangement did not achieve the expected effect, Zhao Yan seriously underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Xia cavalry, and also overestimated the field ability of the Song army.
The second is to continue to ask for support: