The rise of the prince

Chapter 866
Thirty miles away from Shangjing, the two armies confronted each other. Jing's army was small, and Yang Hongzhao left four battalions of infantry to guard the several ferries of the Liaohe River in the south.

As a result, there are only 2 Jing troops on the front line, and there are still [-] upper and lower Mongolian troops outside Shangjing.

However, Yang Hongzhao, who has several actual combat experiences, also understands the strengths of the new army, especially in positional warfare. He thinks he is invincible in the world.

Therefore, with four battalions of the New Army and four battalions of the Leihuo Army, the two highlands in the east and west of Obo were arranged, and the infantry was stationed by the Podi River.

Large battalions of cavalry were on the flanks, and riflemen and artillery occupied the high ground.

With such an arrangement, if there is an emergency, the peripheral infantry will reject it, and the flanking cavalry will support it, but the main force is the more than 3000 musketeers and hundreds of artillery who are protected in the middle.

The two armies confronted each other, and the Mongols were also very afraid. After all, the Jing army had become too famous in recent years, especially the new army under the command of the grandson of Emperor Jing Guo.

First captured Youzhou and several surrounding states to destroy the Liao Kingdom, and then defeated the Jin army that was several times larger than his own and defeated the Jin Kingdom, gaining a great reputation.

The Kingdom of Jin is the old enemy of the Mongols. It has always been riding on their heads to collect protection fees, and even kill their people to weaken their strength.

Before Temujin unified the various tribes of Mongolia, even if the Jin Kingdom was so wrecked, they never thought of being an enemy of the Jin Kingdom. This shows how powerful the Jin Kingdom is in the hearts of the Mongols.

And such Jin Guo is not the opponent of Jing Guo at all, they have to be careful.

So when Jing Guo's army was stationed thirty miles away, the people in the Mongolian camp that besieged the city became uneasy.

Mu Huali quickly spread the news that Jing Jun was ordered to rescue the emperor's grandson's concubine's family and the officials of Jing State, not to fight against them, and he didn't care whether the King of Jin lived or died.

So people felt at ease, but the news also spread out. Some dissatisfied Mongolian soldiers yelled at the head of the city, and the city also got the news, and the news spread quickly.

So the envoys of Jingguo and Pucha's family in the city became popular at once.

They were fawned on by everyone.

Shangjing is dangerous, and there is always the risk of breaking the city. The Mongols are inherently brutal, and they have blood feuds with the Jin people.

But up to now, there is always the danger of breaking the city, everyone is in danger, and everyone hopes that Jing Guo can save them.

Pu Chayi stood at the top of the city with a livid face, and looked at the flames spreading for several miles outside the city. They were all Mongolian camps. There were a lot of obstacles outside the city gate, and hundreds of mourning soldiers were tied to wooden posts in the distance.

They were soldiers who were besieged by the Mongolian army and surrendered outside the city. The Mongols hung them up, stripped off their clothes, and placed a burning brazier under their bodies. They would feel warm at first, but as time went by, they would be roasted and burnt out of their body fat. , Died slowly and painfully.

The Mongols wanted to frighten them, and Pu Chayi ordered someone to shoot them to death from the top of the city, but the Mongols had a good grasp of the distance, two hundred paces away, and the crossbow could not reach them at all.

At night, there were women crying miserably in the camp from time to time. They were women captured by the Mongolian army from the surrounding villages.

The Kingdom of Jin was too cruel to Mongolia at the beginning, and the Mongols are also known for their cruelty.

Pu Chayi felt resentful in his heart, and he also noticed that everyone was wooing and approaching him, and he also heard the rumors that the Mongolian army yelled and scolded him every day, so he felt angry and helpless, with mixed feelings.

Jingguo's army came, just thirty miles behind the Mongolian army, and the southern monsters dared not continue to attack the city recently.

Jing Guo's army came for two reasons. It is understandable to take away the Han Chinese envoys in the city, but there is another thing to protect their Pu Cha family, because his daughter Pu Chaling is now Li Xingzhou's concubine, and there is Pregnant!

This made him very angry and ashamed.

Many military academies in the army suddenly followed him all the time in recent days, serving him respectfully, presumably they also wanted to find a way out.

Obviously, this matter was regarded as a disgrace to the Kingdom of Jin before, and everyone kept silent. Talking about changing color was a taboo. After the Kingdom of Jin was snatched away, this kind of thing was as disgraceful as it was, so many people began to intentionally He has no intention of staying away from their Pucha house.

But now it's the other way around, and everyone thinks this is a life-saving straw!Come and please him.

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Pu Chayi was in a daze for a while, and even this afternoon, even the emperor invited him to a banquet in the palace, and kept praising him as the leader of the country, a reliable loyal minister, and revealed to him that he was going to take out all the gold and silver in the palace treasury To win Jing Guo's favor, as long as Jing Guo is willing to send troops to rescue him.

Pu Chayi's heart turned cold, helpless and desolate. Although the emperor was polite and respectful to him, he obviously agreed with those words, and felt that he was now an outsider, a native of Jingguo, or could connect with Jingguo. people who talk.

But when has he been from Jingguo?
He is the thigh of the Taizu, a descendant of the Pucha clan, one of the four Jurchen clans, but now he can't explain it to everyone, and he has sufferings.

How can he talk to Jing Guo!

The only exchanges of information are a few letters from home, written by my daughter!Not to mention Li Xingzhou, even the officials of Jingguo's nearest Huizhou and Zhongxing Mansions had no contact with him!

But people don't believe it, he can't explain his suffering, and he can't wash it off even if he jumps into the Yellow River.

Indignantly, there was nothing he could do, even to complain to Liu Xu, but he was refused.

But from the bottom of my heart, I also look forward to Jing Guo's army, Jing's army is good at fighting, and they will definitely be able to break the siege of Shangjing.

So Pu Chayi was very conflicted in his heart and didn't know how to deal with himself.

The Mongol army outside the city is arrogant and brutal. It is said that there is a large camp of the Jing army in the distance. It is only [-] miles away, and it takes half a day to reach the city. If the Jing army comes, Pu Chaling believes that the Mongols are by no means opponents. It's amazing.

Pu Chayi, who was full of conflicts in his heart, was speechless for a long time, and even thought for a moment, if he didn't follow the trend, he would surrender to Jingguo. Since you have slandered me so much, then I will show you!

For a while, he also had such thoughts of abandoning himself, but he stopped soon. The sky does not stop winter because of the coldness of people, the land does not go far and wide because of people's evil, and the gentleman does not stop walking because of villains.

He can only hope that Jing Jun can rescue Shangjing, which is what everyone is looking forward to.

When the capital was in danger and the north was facing a confrontation, in the far south, Li Xingzhou and Shiyu also counted the votes sent by the generals.

All officials above the battalion level have the right to vote, and more than 400 people participated in the voting.

In the end, most of the votes went to Zhao Si and Qiu Er's group.

Probably because of the influence of Shen Lin's words, Shen Lin saw it very accurately, which has epoch-making significance for the development of ships, which means that future ships can travel without looking at "God's face", especially at sea.

Although steamships still have the shortcomings of insufficient power, insufficient tonnage, and long preparation time at this time, as long as there is a market, their progress will be accelerated.

However, there are also practical considerations.

Xia Guo will fight in the past two years, and the steamship has too many shortcomings now.

Holding his daughter in his arms, Li Xingzhou thought about it and said to Shiyu, "I think we can build four boats of Guan Zhong and the others first, and then build the steamboat."

Shiyu shook his head and criticized him: "You are just whimsical, you are doing it randomly, do you think that building a ship is a simple matter.

If you are determined to build a ship, it is a matter of concerted efforts of tens of thousands of craftsmen from all over the place. In addition to those in the Wangfu Shipyard, there are also businessmen who supply materials from all over the place.

Just like the wood for the mast of a big ship has to be transported from the south, there are no such big trees in the north.

Once a model is set, the scaffolding and docks of the shipyard must be built according to the size of the ship, and many craftsmen must study and become familiar with the new drawings.

If you build a few ships and change them, all these procedures have to be repeated. Not to mention the loss of money, even the time will be delayed for a year and a half. Can you catch up with the war? "

Hearing what she said, Li Xingzhou was very surprised: "Is there such a trouble?"

"Of course, you think you're building a house, and you don't care about running outside every day, so naturally you don't know." Shiyu said aggrievedly.

Li Xingzhou put the child on the bed, stretched out his hand and pulled her into his arms: "Thank you for your hard work, good wife."

The poem was made numb by him, and he pinched it lightly, "I'm just talking, this is the duty of a woman, I know all the big things you do outside, you are for the world, you are a man, I am a little Girl, a man has the thoughts of a man, and a little girl has the thoughts of a little girl. I am angry that you have been wandering outside all year round.
But think about it carefully, if I don’t complain, I don’t always miss you at home, and I contribute to the world, but I can’t help it, maybe the sage said that women are jealous.”

Poetry is a little lost, even self-blame.

After listening to him quietly, Li Xingzhou felt warm in his heart. For men, especially middle-aged men, after they are full of blood, they have a more "early adopter" attitude towards female sex, or a rebellious mentality. In fact, I just wanted to try it, and didn't care so much.

For a powerful person like him, it is not a difficult task, just like he detained Puchaling and took it by force, there is such a bad taste at work.

But there are some people who always have endless things to say, and they can communicate with each other. After the carnal paralysis, the mind and mind are incomparably compatible and tacit.

"If you are jealous, be jealous. I like jealous women." Li Xingzhou rested his chin on her shoulder: "When I level the Xia Kingdom and stop running around, I will show you all over the world. We just stick together shamelessly every day, being a dog and a man and woman, and making others jealous."

Shiyu blushed slightly, and then snorted: "Hmph, maybe you go to Xia Guo this time and grab another one back."

"Ahem, how could it be, I swear to God"

"Don't swear, be careful of God's punishment!" Shiyu pinched him.

In the end, it was decided that only one type of steamship would be produced, that is, the steamship proposed by Zhao Si and Qiu'er, and they would strive to produce twelve by the end of next year, the more the better.

Li Xingzhou and the lieutenant officers discussed that at least eight such fireships were needed before the war against Xia started.

At the same time, the naming work for the new ship is also in full swing.

(End of this chapter)