Yang Shi stood on the bow of the boat, letting the sea water splash on him, without any change in his expression.
He is over 60 years old, but his body is extremely strong. Facing the sea, he has endless heroic feelings but no panic at all.
"Lord Hu Yan, Hu Yanzhuo, the double whip of Liangshan, is also a member of your tribe, but is this so?" Yang Shi said.
"Not bad!" A 30-year-old young man stood beside him and nodded.
This man was called Hu Yanqing, and he was the commander of the Ping Navy in the late Northern Song Dynasty. He was proficient in the languages of various countries. In history, he and Ma Zhi once went as envoys to the Jurchens, and discussed with the Jurchens to destroy the Liao Dynasty together. It is also often mentioned in later romance novels
I highly praise this person. He is also a descendant of Hu Yanzan, the famous founding general of the Song Dynasty, and his seniority is extremely high. Although he is younger than Hu Yanzhuo, his seniority is two generations higher than Hu Yanzhuo.
"After returning from Goryeo this time, if Wu Dong is still unwilling to submit to the imperial court, are you willing to go to Hedong and persuade Hu Yanzhuo, Hu Yanting and his son to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side?" Yang Shi said.
"Of course I am willing!" Hu Yanting nodded.
Yang Shi took a deep breath, and a smile appeared on his face. Although the current situation in the world is a bit difficult, and Wu Dong, the rebel, has grown bigger, there is still a solution. He feels that as long as the court works hard and wants to wipe out the rebels,
It's also extremely easy to be a thief.
"Jiangnan and Sichuan are both fertile places in the world, and they are now under the control of the imperial court! It's just that Jiangnan has just experienced the Fangla disaster, and it will take time to recover. The food output of these two places far exceeds that of the north, and
The biggest problem in Liangshan today is food! They are aggressive and aggressive, and even though they have conquered a large territory, without food, they will collapse on their own in a short time, and the people in the north will inevitably rise up, and then it will be their end." Yang Shi added.
smiled.
Until now, almost all officials from top to bottom in the imperial court believe that Liangshan has a food problem. As long as food smuggling is controlled, it will not be difficult to deal with Liangshan.
"Thieves are bandits after all. It is wishful thinking to conquer the world! As a citizen of the Song Dynasty, he has no loyalty. Wu Dong really deserves death, and everyone in Liangshan deserves death! Mr.
Yes, if we have to go to Goryeo to convince Wu Dong, in my opinion, we should send troops to directly exterminate these rebels," Hu Yanting said.
"The rebels have a lot of troops. If we send out troops to annihilate them, the world will suffer another military disaster. This is definitely not what I want to see." Yang Shi shook his head.
"I admire you for your kindness and righteousness, sir!" Hu Yanqing said.
The boat the two of them were traveling on was provided by the Dengzhou Navy. When they heard the conversation between the two, the sailors and boatmen next to them all had expressions of disdain on their faces. Liangshan had already conquered Dengzhou before it captured Goryeo.
Ruan Xiaowu has always been in charge of the Dengzhou Navy and Dengzhou Customs. On the surface, they are officers and soldiers of the imperial court, but in fact they are all subordinates of the Liangshan Navy.
The boat set off in the morning, and after traveling for less than an hour, suddenly countless large boats appeared in the distance! Yang Shi and Hu Yanqing were admiring the scenery at the bow of the boat, but their expressions changed drastically at this moment.
"What's going on? Why are there so many big ships on the opposite side?" Hu Yanqing hurriedly called the navy general on the ship over and asked.
"Those should be the battleships of the Liangshan Navy." The general said calmly.
"Quick, get out of here!" Hu Yanting ordered.
"Master Huyan, you don't know something. The warships of the Liangshan Navy are extremely fast. It's impossible for us to escape now. I think it's better to stay here." The general said again.
"Confused! Return quickly!" Hu Yanqing shouted.
"Okay, I'll give it a try." The general curled his lips.
However, although the general said so, in fact the ship did not move at all. When Hu Yanqing was anxious to call the general over again, Liangshan's naval warships had already surrounded the ship.
There were hundreds of large ships in total, and each large ship was filled with soldiers. All the soldiers held strong bows in their hands! The leading ship was more than 40 feet long and more than ten feet wide. Yang Shi,
Hu Yanqing had never seen such a big ship before, and was stunned for a while.
"There is such a big ship in this world?" Hu Yanting exclaimed after a long time.
The ship they were on was already the largest ship in the Dengzhou Navy, but compared with this ship, it was like a baby standing in front of an adult.
Soon, more than ten planks were erected from the opposite ship, and the two ships were connected.
Countless soldiers rushed over from the opposite side, but the soldiers here did not intercept them, but looked at those people with smiles. After a while, a general came from the opposite side, and the soldiers saluted when they saw the general. He only had more than 20
Year old, with a hearty smile on his face, when he arrived on the big ship, he immediately cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Yang Shi, General Huyan, I have admired your name for a long time."
Yang Shi was extremely well-educated. Even in this dangerous moment, his expression remained calm. He just listened to him: "Who is your Excellency?"
The young general smiled and said: "I am Ruan Xiaoqi, commander of the Liangshan Navy's First Army. You two must have never heard of my name?"
Yang Shi and Hu Yanqing were stunned. They had indeed never heard of Ruan Xiaoqi's name. In recent years, Liangshan's power has become more and more powerful, and the area it occupies has become larger and larger. However, the only famous people in Liangshan are Wu Dong, Lin Chong, and Hua Hua.
Rong, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others,
The imperial court knew very little about the other generals. However, both of them knew that under the Governor of Liangshan, the eldest was the legion commander, and those below the legion commander were the commanders of an army. This man was only in his 20s, but he was already the leader of an army.
Long, it seems that his status is not trivial.
"It turns out it's General Ruan. I don't know if I have any advice." Yang Shi said.
"Our chief governor heard that the two of them were going to Goryeo, so he specially ordered me to greet them." Ruan Xiaoqi said with a smile.
In fact, as soon as Yang Shi and Hu Yanqing left Bianliang, the Liangshan intelligence department got the news. By the time they arrived in Dengzhou, the relevant information had been sent to Goryeo, and Wu Dong had also given instructions. Ruan Xiaoqi's navy was on the way.
Jizhou area, so Wu Dong sent them to pick up these two people.
"You guys got the news so quickly!" Yang Shi frowned. He thought his actions were top secret, but he didn't expect Liangshan already knew about it.
"You two please come on board our boat." Ruan Xiaoqi smiled again.
"No need! We are ministers of the Song Dynasty, so we can just stay on the Dengzhou Navy's ship." Yang Shi shook his head.
"To be honest, the emperor of Liao is on our ship. He heard that you two are here and wants to see you." Ruan Xiaoqi said again.
"What? The Emperor of the Liao Kingdom?" The two of them stayed there for a while. Although they all knew that Liangshan had captured the Liao Kingdom, they did not expect that the Emperor of the Liao Kingdom was actually above the sea. After a while, Yang Shidian
He nodded and refused no longer. After the two of them got on the boat, they became more aware of how big the boat was. Standing on this big boat, the boats next to it became like smaller ones. Huge, vast, majestic, all the words
There are not enough words to describe this boat.
"What a boat!" Yang Shi couldn't help but admired it.
"This ship was developed by more than ten shipyards in Goryeo over several years. In order to develop this treasure ship, almost all the famous shipbuilders from Jiangnan were invited to Goryeo. At present, there are only ten ships in the entire Liangshan. What you saw today
Only one of them arrived. It is 44 feet long and 18 feet wide. It can accommodate 1,500 officers and soldiers, and there are artillery on it. There is no one on the sea who can defeat it." Ruan Xiaoqi smiled.
road.
It turns out that such treasure ships only appeared in the early Ming Dynasty. Zheng He sailed on treasure ships of this size when he sailed to the West. Now in Goryeo and Liangshan, such giant treasure ships have been developed.
Yang Shi frowned. He didn't know what artillery was. But the ship was so huge and there were so many soldiers on it. I was afraid that the navy of the Song Dynasty would not be able to resist such a treasure ship. However, although he was worried,
He didn't take it too seriously. Wars in the Central Plains have always been based on land warfare. No matter how big Liangshan's ships were or how powerful the navy was, the threat to the Song Dynasty was extremely limited. In his heart, this ship was eventually classified as a miraculous skill.
Within the realm of obscenity.
When he came to the door of the cabin, Yang Shi tidied his clothes first. In any case, the people sitting inside were the kings of the Liao Kingdom. They were once equal to the emperors of the Song Dynasty. Even if he stepped down now, he must maintain a certain level of dignity.
Respect.
The cabin was extremely spacious and extremely bright inside. If they were not on the sea, they would have thought they were in the hall of a wealthy family. There were several people sitting in the cabin, one of whom was Yelu Yanxi, the Emperor of the Liao Kingdom, and the rest were
It was Xiao Fengxian, Xiao Sixian, Li Chuwen, Xiao Qian and others. None of these people looked very good. After all, they were the kings and ministers of a subjugated country, so how could they feel better.
"Yang Shi of the Song Dynasty has met His Majesty the Emperor of Liao!" Although Yang Shi did not kneel down, he bowed and saluted.
"He is no longer His Majesty the Emperor. Just two days ago, the Governor sent a decree that this person has been renamed the King of Liao." Ruan Xiaoqi reminded from the side.
"With what virtue and ability do you have, you dare to make His Majesty the Emperor of Liao the King of Liao?" Yang Shi turned around and asked.
"How can we be so virtuous? We destroyed the Liao Kingdom and captured them. Let alone being demoted to the king of Liao, even if they were directly killed, it would be nothing." Ruan Xiaoqi said a little funny.
At first, Zhu Wu respected these monarchs and ministers of Liao Kingdom quite a lot, but Ruan Xiaoqi was born as a fisherman and had a free and easy temper on weekdays, so he did not have the slightest respect for these monarchs and ministers of Liao Kingdom. Now that he said such words, the people of Liao Kingdom
The monarchs and ministers could only sigh secretly, and no one dared to speak out to refute.
"The destruction of the Liao Kingdom was God's will, not your ability in Liangshan! Don't worry, Your Majesty, after I go to Goryeo, I will definitely persuade Wu Dong to surrender to the Song Dynasty. As for you, you can also go to Bianliang in the future. Your Majesty arrives in Bianliang
After that, I, the Song Dynasty, will still treat you like a king." Yang Shi said again.
"Persuad Wu Dong to surrender to the Song Dynasty?" After Yelu Yanxi and others heard this, they stayed there and couldn't believe it. Now Liangshan has occupied the sixteen states of Hedong, Liaodong, Yanyun, and most of the entire north.
Under Liangshan's control, Liangshan's military strength was strong
It is far more than the Song Dynasty. How could Liangshan surrender to the Song Dynasty now? Does the governor of Liangshan want to be a slave by nature? Or is he a madman or a fool? Even if he is willing to surrender to the Song Dynasty, he is afraid that his subordinates will
The generals will never agree?
After all, the Liao people are Liao people. Although they have lost their country, they are by no means as pedantic as Yang Shi. In the hearts of Yelu Yanxi and others, conquering the world relies on the sword, not the mouth.
Yang Shinai is a famous scholar in the world. They had heard of him in Liao Kingdom before, but now after hearing Yang Shi's words, they underestimated him a lot. But soon Yang Shi started talking to these people, and he
As for Kankan, Confucian classic sentences kept popping out of his mouth, and he talked about many world affairs.
From time to time, he expressed his opinions, and Yelu Yanxi and others next to him admired him very much. They thought that this person was indeed not a wasted reputation, and maybe he could really convince Wu Dong. But Ruan Xiaoqi was dizzy after hearing this.
Although I have learned some writing over the years, how can I understand the long speeches of the great Confucian scholars?
The treasure ship was extremely fast. In just two days, the treasure ship arrived at the dock of Incheon Port and finally stopped.