The Eighth Prince did not expect that Yang Peng's attitude towards them would be so good. Seeing that Yang Peng was still young and broad-minded, the Eighth Prince said, "Sir, how old are you and where are you from?" Yang Peng said to the Eighth Prince
He said, "I don't know the details, maybe nineteen years old? I don't know where he is. I was in a mass grave in the iron mine. It was my master who saved me. He also taught me all the skills, and I
My family should also be a wealthy person, and at most I won't be too bad, because my talents and learning are not bad. At the very least, our family is also a craftsman, because I know how to smelt iron and how to make farming tools for the common people.
I can also bake green bricks, but in the end I forgot to stamp them with water, so I fired them into red bricks without thinking. They are the same bricks used in the houses that people live in now. The price is reasonable and the bricks are burned quickly, haha."
"Master taught me martial arts, marching and fighting, military advice, and how to be good to the people and do more good deeds. Only in this way can we have our Tianjing New City." Lin Qing'er said to Mrs. She, "No.
Listen to his nonsense, why is he so weird? Sister, you also know how much I weigh, so I have such great ability," Kou Zhun said, "Sir, teach me how to break the situation." In fact, it is not difficult, he said
It's simple to start with, no matter how far he goes, stick to the rest, don't go out of the city to fight, we just need to attack all the way, and finally surround the point to provide reinforcements. If the pain of hitting his ten fingers is worse than cutting off one of his fingers, it will be enough to make him feel heartbroken.
The Eighth Prince said, "Wonderful, wonderful. If they attack the city, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties. They will come to the rescue in the end. We will set up an ambush and the crisis can be solved." What if Empress Dowager Xiao disagrees with the matter of hunting? The Eighth Prince said. Yang Peng
He said, "Then just make her agree to the beating. Doesn't it mean that whatever he says is what it is? If so, he will be leading others by the nose. This is a taboo among military strategists. It is a truth that every soldier knows. If they don't agree,
Then I will capture Yingzhou first and then see Queen Mother Xiao’s reaction. If there is no reaction, then I will attack Youzhou in those Mozhous to see if they want Youzhou.”
"You guys in Yingzhou will have to pay a high price. Yingzhou is a big city after all, so I'm afraid it won't be that easy." The Eighth Prince said. Yang Peng said, "Soldiers, it's a trick. I'll go with six thousand people."
To attack Mozhou, 4,000 people set up an ambush. The Khitan army in Mozhou is less than 1,000 people. The armies from Youzhou and Yingzhou will definitely come to rescue. Yingzhou has an army of 2,000 people. It will take at least 1,500 to rescue Mozhou.
People, then there are still 500 people in Yingzhou, which is not enough for my opponents in Yingzhou Jinyiwei. The casualties in taking Yingzhou will not exceed 100 people. Then there are fighting generals like you who fight face to face, charging, so
The mortality rate is very high. This time we sent troops to the Youzhou Iron Mine and two people died. We rescued more than 700 workers and earned more than one million taels of silver. This is a war. If you don’t make money from a war, then why fight?
, then it’s not worth it.”
"Haha, Lin Qing'er, you are really a good disciple of the church, a master who does not suffer losses, and makes money in wars. This is the first time I have heard of this. I have never heard of it since ancient times. No wonder you have been so successful in two years
It took only a short time to build such a big city, all with money earned from fighting. It’s not easy!” Yang Peng said, “We started with nine people and ended up with a hundred people, and we earned more than two million from fighting in one year.
In the end, it was my junior sister who paid the bills. The Khitans wanted my junior sister everywhere. For a year, the Khitans didn’t even know we existed. It was only after I built Tianjing New City that they found out about us in Cangzhou.
Exist. At this time, they can no longer defeat us. If they want to defeat us without 300,000 troops, they will not be able to capture our new city. If the Khitans do not have 300,000 troops, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures will still be defended like this, haha
.This is the art of war. Those Confucian theories are useless. Literature cannot govern a country, and martial arts cannot march and fight. They can only cultivate sentiments. Look at how serious it is that the Song Dynasty now emphasizes literature over martial arts. It is clear that Song Taizu's throne is not right.
, then you can’t continue to suffer as before and attack military generals. This is digging a hole for future generations.”
Kou Zhun said, "Since ancient times, there have been scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants. Scholars are the first, don't you think?" Yang Peng said. "Do you look down on craftsmen, or are craftsmen lower than you, scholars?"
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce have been established since ancient times, so the city lord should read more." Wang Qinruo said disdainfully.
"Then I would like to ask Mr. Wang who mentioned the scholar, farmer, industry and commerce first?" Yang Peng was so happy that he finally found a breakthrough point. Seeing him like this, Yang Peng sneered and said: "Since Wang
Your Excellency is too afraid to say it, or is too embarrassed to say it. How about I help Lord Wang say it?" Without waiting for Wang Qinruo to speak, Yang Peng continued, "Guan Zhong, the famous prime minister of the State of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period, once said that the four common people, the scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, are the stone people of the country!
Mr. Wang, have I ever made a mistake?"
Hearing Yang Peng's words, Wang Qinruo instinctively felt that something was wrong, but at this moment he could only nod his head in approval. But what Yang Peng wanted was to stimulate these guys and make them stand on the opposite side of him. If he was willing to let go, he would continue immediately.
Said: "But among the four peoples mentioned by the Prime Minister as scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, not one of them is a scholar!" "Isn't that a scholar?" At this time, the best admirer, the old lady She, raised doubts again.
Yang Peng smiled at him and said: "Old Mrs. She doesn't know something. Although the scholars, peasants, industry and merchants mentioned in recent years refer to soldiers, farmers, craftsmen, and businessmen respectively, there are no scholars." All of them, scholars want to know.
In the end, he shamelessly called the soldiers scholars. That is to say, they were changed from the scholars of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty because they wanted to improve the treatment of scholars. So there is no harm in studying. At least it means being sensible and understanding. But you
We cannot destroy other doctrines. The existence of Mohism, Taoism, and Legalism has its own reasons. We in Tianjing Xincheng rely on Legalism to formulate our laws, and weapons rely on Mohism to help us. Martial arts,
To fight a war, we must rely on Taoism for guidance, and for poetry and song, we must rely on Confucianism.
The Eighth Prince said, "There is such a saying. Why don't I know about this?" Yang Peng said. "Master Kou is well-read in poetry and books. He is a rare talent that can only be seen in a century. Master Kou can explain it to the Eighth Prince." Kou Zhun said.
"Sir, what you said is correct. Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce were the words of Guan Xiang. At that time, there was no Confucius theory in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Scholars should be soldiers. This is certainly true. It was only in the Han Dynasty that scholars were scholars. This is certainly true.
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The Eighth Prince said, "Well, Mr. Yang can also write poems. How about writing a poem for Mrs. She?" Yang Peng stood up and looked at Mrs. She and said, "I want Master Kou to write for me."
All of a sudden, there was it. ""Broken Zhenzi·Write a poem for Mrs. She to send it to."" Yang Peng stood up and said, "I was drunk and looked at the sword by the light of the lamp. I dreamed of blowing the trumpet company. Eight hundred miles away, I burned under my command, and fifty
The sound of strings turning outside the Great Wall. Autumn troops are deployed on the battlefield. The horses are flying fast, and the bows are like thunderbolts. The strings are frightened. They have solved the affairs of the king and won the reputation before and after life. This pity happened in vain!"
After Yang Peng finished speaking, he saluted Mrs. She and said, "Are you satisfied, Mrs. She?" Mrs. She stood up and said, "I am so satisfied. Mr. Kou, can you give me what you wrote so that I can keep it?"
It’s a fantasy, haha”
After Kou Zhun finished writing, he gave it to Mrs. She. Mrs. She looked at the poem Yang Peng had written for him with eyes wide open. She was extremely excited. This is a portrayal of a military commander, no matter which military commander he is.
of.
The Eighth Prince said, "This poem expresses the heart of the general. This time I would like to ask the old lady to come forward to meet the Queen Mother Xiao of Liao Kingdom. Mr. Yang, can you write a poem for the old lady?"
," Yang Peng stood up and walked slowly down the hall to the soldiers and said, "Bring a glass of wine," Yang Bamei waved to the soldiers and gave Yang Peng a glass of wine. Yang Peng drank it all in one gulp and said to Kou Zhun.
"I would also like to ask Mr. Kou to write it, thank you very much." "Yong Yu Le · Nostalgia for the Past in Bei Guting, Jingkou New City"
Throughout the ages, heroes have never found a place for Sun Zhongmou. Dancing pavilions and singing platforms, the romance is always blown away by the rain and wind. The grass and trees in the setting sun, the ordinary alleys. The slaves of humanity once lived. I think of those days, when they were armed with iron horses, they could swallow thousands of miles like a tiger.
Yuan Jia hastily enshrined the wolf in Xu, and won the hasty visit to the north. Forty-three years ago, I still remember the beacon fire on Youzhou Road. Looking back, under the Buddha and Li Temple, there is a sacred crow drum. Who can ask: Lian Po
I am old, can I still eat?
The Eighth Prince shouted, "Good words. Tell the truth of Mrs. She's heart. Mrs. She is so honest and old, can she still make a living?"
Mrs. She said, "But this time I will take the lead in meeting with the Queen Mother Xiao in Yingzhou. Our female generals of the Yang family are not vegetarians. The Eighth Prince only needs to mobilize 10,000 troops and horses in Bianjing, as well as our family."
All the female generals have been transferred to Cangzhou. I want to see if the Khitans are that scary? Nephew Yang Peng, are you willing to help me?" Yang Peng said, "As long as you have a destiny, you will not give up even if you die."
Mrs. She said to Lin Qing'er, "My sister is willing to help me once. My sister can be the commander-in-chief. I can do whatever I want without saying a word." Lin Qing'er said, "Sister, please don't say that. I will destroy the slave family."
"I will go into battle for my sister and never refuse," Mrs. She said with great pride to Hua Jieyu and the others, "Daughters-in-law, are you willing to go out with me on the battlefield?"
Hua Jieyu, Zhou Yunjing, Hu Yanchijin, and Du Jin'e all said, "As long as you have a destiny, you will never give up even if you die." Yang Peng looked at the bunch of widows in the Yang family and felt uncomfortable. This is fate, and this is the fate of the Yang family.
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Yang Peng said to the Eighth Prince, "I'm here to make a request. I hope the Eighth Prince will go back and tell the officials. What's more, it must be done. I can get Yingzhou and Mozhou for you in exchange," the Eighth Prince said.
"Please tell me," Yang Peng said, "The first is the Pan family. I don't want to commit murder, so all the Pan family can be exiled to Lingnan. The second is to build a Martyrs' Shrine near Tianbo Yang Mansion to commend the Yang family's achievements.
A sign can be made at the door of the Yang family. Civil servants will get off their sedan chairs and military generals will dismount their horses to show respect for the Yang family. This condition can wait until you get Yingzhou and Mozhou to implement it. This time when you go back, the Pan family's affairs will be handled first, so that I
I also have an explanation for my master, and I also have an explanation for my seventh brother. If I can't do it, then I will start a killing spree. The Pan family's chickens and dogs will not be spared. This is a promise I made to my seventh brother. Tomorrow you and I will go to the military camp.
Just look at it and you will know that I, Yang Peng, promise a thousand pieces of gold."
The eighth prince said to Yang Peng, "Okay, if I don't do this, I won't do this as prince, and I will come to your Tianjing New City to be a master, whether it is teaching or educating people, I will inevitably feel guilty. Eat.
No, if I can’t sleep well, I might as well settle down in peace.”
The Eighth Prince's heart finally dropped, and Kou Zhun breathed a sigh of relief. The Yang family's daughter-in-law looked at Lin Qing'er with envy, and even Mrs. She held Lin Qing'er's hand tightly.
At the same time, he looked at Yang Peng with gratitude, knowing that the Pan family was not dead, but he also saw the kind-hearted side of Yang Peng. For this, the Yang family would be grateful to Yang Peng for the rest of his life.
At noon, Yang Peng hosted a banquet in honor of the Eighth Prince and his entourage. Looking at Yang Peng's dishes at the dinner table, he was simply shocked. There was no such way of eating in the palace. The taste was simply immortal. Only immortals could eat such food.
Kou Zhun was also surprised that there was such a way of eating in the world.
The soldiers in the first and third squads of the 1st company of the 2nd battalion of the Selection Regiment are all veterans. They have all participated in the battle of Yingzhou Mine, and have killed bandits and seen blood. Yang Peng has equipped these two squads with
Telescopes and war horses were arranged thirty kilometers north of Tianjing New City, and they were always on guard whether any Khitans were entering the country.
On the fifth day of August in the first year of Xianping, the first and third squads were patrolling north of Tianjing New City and encountered Khitan scouts. They encountered not only Khitan scouts, but also a group of people who were captured by Khitan scouts in the grass valley.
The people. Before they could see the Khitan scouts clearly, they were startled by the deafening wails. The soldiers rode up to a high place and saw an outrageous scene.
More than twenty Khitan scouts, wielding machetes and whips, drove away a group of ragged Song people on the plains and drove them to the west. There were three to four hundred people, and it was unknown which state or county they were from.
Residents. It may be that the place where they lived was attacked by Khitan scouts. They encountered Khitan scouts while fleeing, so they fell into the hands of this group of Khitan scouts. Khitan people often attack cities without stopping. Once they encounter fierce resistance
The city was about to be massacred. The people of the captured city could only save their lives by fleeing.
Unfortunately, this group of people still encountered Khitan scouts on their way to escape. There were both men and women among the people. Some women and children were still holding their children, crying and running. The old people who couldn't run fell from time to time, and some of them could survive after struggling on the ground a few times.
They stood up and continued running. Some fell to the ground and could not get up again, lying on the ground forever.
The children who lacked physical strength gradually couldn't run anymore, and one of them fell behind. When a Khitan man saw this backward child, he came up and stabbed him. Blood splattered everywhere, and the child was slashed on the neck with a knife, and blood spurted out.
He fell into a pool of blood. The Khitan man who killed the man burst out laughing, raised his blood-stained saber, and shouted loudly. When a woman in the refugee crowd saw this scene, she howled loudly.
He staggered and ran behind the crowd, heading towards the child's body.
The Khitan man next to him whipped the woman in the face, causing the woman's face to be bruised and bruised, and she fell to the ground. A man in the crowd couldn't bear this scene and howled loudly. He walked through the escaping crowd.
The crowd rushed towards the murderous Khitan regardless, wanting to avenge their children. But before he took two steps, a Khitan wearing heavy armor rushed over beside him. The Khitan waved a long
The saber struck the man on the back. The man let out a scream, fell to the ground like a sandbag, and never got up again.
The Khitans killed two people and became more excited. They shouted and drove the people to the west. But the scene of the Khitans killing two people frightened the fleeing people. The people did not know that this group of Khitans wanted to kill them all.
We still wanted to drive them away, but they were afraid that if they ran further west and the Khitan people would kill them all, they scattered and fled to the south. Seeing that the fleeing Ming people had dispersed, the Khitan people shouted and rode horses to the far south, towards the fleeing people.
The people in front were cut off.
A shirtless man was overtaken by an unarmored Khitan man and stabbed into the back of his heart with a knife. He vomited blood and fell to the ground screaming. A woman holding a child was killed by a man wearing cotton armor.
The Khitan caught up and was slashed on the back with a knife, and fell to the ground with a thud. The one and a half year old child in her arms was hit hard on the ground, probably injured, and she let out a shrill cry.
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The Khitan man wearing cotton armor drove the horse with a ferocious smile, causing the horse to trample the crying baby on the ground. The heavy hoof of the war horse hit the baby hard, until the child was bruised and bloody, and could not cry.
So far, more than twenty Khitan people killed more than a dozen people in a row, and then they frightened the people who were fleeing to the south, gathered the panicked people back together and drove them to the west.
Seeing such a tragic scene, the eyes of the soldiers from the two squads of the Selection Corps were bloodshot. They say that in troubled times, human life is as cheap as a dog, but when had the people of the Song Dynasty suffered such a massacre? The soldiers shouted loudly: "Squad leader, we
Go up and fight these Khitan dogs!" "Squad leader Yao, let's go up and kill these damn Khitan dogs!" "Squad leader Yao, let's save these people!"
The commander of these two classes was the squad leader of the first class, Yao Changle. He put down the telescope and pondered for a while, then looked at the squad leader of the third class. Seeing that the squad leader of the third class also had an angry look on his face, Yao Changle nodded.
Said: "Catch one or two alive and take them back. Our patrol mission will be considered a meritorious service. Let's go!"
The sixteen soldiers made up their mind, loaded their rifles with bullets, and rode towards the Khitan dogs. The scouts rode a hundred meters and slowed down their horses 350 meters away from the Khitan scouts.
Walking slowly, they gradually moved closer to the Khitan scouts. The Khitan people saw Yao Changle's team and started shouting. Dozens of Khitan people howled loudly to communicate in Khitan language. In the end, five Khitan people were left to guard the people, and 24 people were sent out.
Come and kill the scouts.
Those Khitan people were used to killing Song soldiers, and they were very trustworthy. Usually even hundreds of Song soldiers would be overwhelmed when they encountered these Khitan soldiers. How could they take this small group of sixteen Song soldiers seriously?
? They waved their swords with their teeth and claws, increasing their horse speed little by little to cover them up. Seeing the Khitan scouts approaching, the scouts jumped off their horses one after another, squatted on the ground and aimed at the enemy. The distance was three hundred meters, two hundred fifty meters, two hundred meters.
Mi Yao Changle shouted loudly: "Aim at them all! Let them go a hundred steps before shooting!"
One hundred steps equals one hundred and fifty meters. It is more accurate to let the enemy go to one hundred and fifty meters. The scouts held their breath and held their muskets firmly at the Khitan scouts who were galloping over, preparing to shoot. One hundred and eighty
Ten meters, one hundred sixty meters, one hundred and fifty meters! Yao Changle shouted loudly: "Fire!"
Sixteen rifles spit out tongues of flame, sprayed conical flintlock bullets fiercely out of the barrel, and rushed towards the Khitan scouts a hundred steps away. In the first salvo, thirteen high-speed rotating sharp bullets hit the target.
Ten of those Khitan scouts were "infantry armor" among the Khitan soldiers, wearing cotton armor with iron plates embedded in them. But how could these cotton armors stop the high-speed rotating bullets? The iron plates embedded in the cotton armor
He was penetrated by the bullet at once. The bullet made a hole in the cotton armor, plunged into the body under the armor, rotated and shattered the organs under the skin.
Five infantrymen were hit by bullets. They screamed and fell down from their horses. They fell hard to the ground and died soon. Five Khitan scouts did not wear armor or only wore cotton armor without iron plates.
The "followers" were even less able to resist the bullets. The three "followers" were hit in the body by bullets, their internal organs were shattered by the bullets, and they immediately lost their fighting power and fell from their horses.
Nine of the twenty-four Khitan scouts were the elite "vests" of the Khitan scouts, wearing heavy armor. Three of the vests were hit in the body by flintlock rifles. However, these vests wore two layers of armor, with iron plates embedded inside.
There was also a layer of chain mail underneath the cotton armor. At a distance of 150 meters, the kinetic energy of the bullet weakened after passing through the two layers of armor. It was not able to kill the three vests immediately, but only caused minor injuries to the three vests.
The three vests were injured, their faces became more ferocious, and they howled loudly. Two bullets did not hit the people, but hit the horses. One of the horses fell to the ground and twitched after being shot, pressing a vest on its back.
Under the horse. Another war horse stood up after being injured, and threw one of its armor behind the horse.
The fallen horses and personnel in front caused confusion among the Khitan scouts behind. A horse with infantry armor did not have time to turn its head and tripped over the corpse in front. The horse stumbled and fell to the ground, knocking off the vest on its back.
Half dead. The Khitans who were thrown off their horses also temporarily lost their combat effectiveness. The Khitan scouts who were arrogant just now were half disabled by the riflemen.
A single volley from the scouts of the Selection Regiment knocked out the combat effectiveness of the eleven Khitan scouts. Only then did the Khitan scouts realize that they had encountered a strong enemy and panicked. The way forward was blocked by horses and human corpses on the ground.
The only way to continue charging is to stop the horse and go around these obstacles, and the speed of the impact is greatly reduced. The soldiers in front may shoot again at any time! This is not a battle, this is an execution! Where did this Song Dynasty army come from? Why is it like this?
The few infantry soldiers and followers who were still alive suddenly lost their fighting spirit and raised their whips to escape.
If you want to know what happens next, let’s look at the breakdown in the next chapter.