Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 746 Liaoyang City Destroyed
In the early court, two upcoming decrees were being debated fiercely. The court meeting was an effective means used by the emperor Zhao Xu to check and balance the Zhizheng Hall. After it was proposed by Fan Ning, it was implemented by Zhao Xu and achieved excellent results.

This is the second time for the system of enfeoffment of overseas feudal titles to go to court. The military clause in the first plan was strongly opposed by the court officials, so it failed to pass. Today is the second time to go to court after revision.

There is no problem with the military clause. All overseas fiefdoms cannot have an army. Only militias can be organized in accordance with the Song Dynasty Militia Law. Possess military crossbows, weapons of mass destruction, and warships of more than ten thousand stones.

In addition, in the overseas territory management system, the army is also abolished. The islands and land purchased by merchants cannot even be owned by the militia. If there is a need for the army, they can ask for help from the nearest overseas government.

The two laws were revised and passed, but there are still some details that need to be perfected.

"Your Majesty, private purchases of islands and fiefdoms must have a certain scope. I suggest that within a thousand miles of the coast of the Song Dynasty, private individuals cannot become lords and state lords. At most, they can purchase manors and manage them as manors in the Song Dynasty."

It was Cai Que, the supervisory censor, who put forward this proposal. His plan was approved by many ministers. Wang Anshi came out and said: "Your Majesty, Cai Yushi's suggestion is indeed very timely. In addition, I would like to add that it is not only the coastal areas of the Song Dynasty. Within the range of thousands of miles, and on the land where the Song Dynasty has already formed counties overseas, it can only be suitable for manors, including Kunzhou, Luzon Prefecture, Lunan Prefecture, Baozhou, and the counties of the Southern Continent."

Zhao Xu nodded and asked, "Do the other ministers agree with Cai Yushi and Wang Xianggong's plan?"

Fu Bi and the others discussed for a while, Fu Bi bowed and said, "All ministers support me!"

Zhao Xu said happily: "This article is added to the two laws as a supplementary regulation. Besides, what suggestions do you have?"

Fu Bidao: "The other thing is about the authority to identify kingdoms, principalities, prefectures, counties, and townships. The Zhizheng Tang agrees that it should be directly managed by the Zhizheng Tang instead of going through the Overseas Economic and Strategic Office. The overseas enfeoffment of the royal family should also follow the overseas enfeoffment laws, and regarding overseas supervision, separate supervision regulations should be formulated."

Fu Bi's proposal was unanimously approved by the ministers, Zhao Xu nodded, "It can be approved!"

Zhao Xu asked loudly again: "In addition to the above suggestions, do you have any additional suggestions or objections regarding the Overseas Enfeoffment Law and the Overseas Territories Law?"

Zhao Xu asked three times, but no one objected anymore, so Zhao Xu nodded and said, "Since there are no new objections, the two items just now can be passed after they are perfected, and there will be no court discussion."

The morning was over, the crowd walked out of the main hall in twos and threes, but several ministers came to Ziwei side hall to wait, the emperor summoned them to discuss something else.

Fu Bi smiled at the crowd and said, "It happens that everyone is here, so let's have a vote too!"

Everyone laughed bitterly, and the emperor clearly said that it was passed. What is the meaning of the Zhizheng Hall vote, but everyone didn't have any opinions. After all, the emperor had clearly consulted everyone's opinions during the court meeting, and several prime ministers had also discussed it, so It can be regarded as a vote in the Zhizheng Hall, but the ceremony of raising hands is missing.

All the people raised their hands in favor, which means that the two laws have been passed.

According to the list, there is currently one kingdom, seven principalities, 97 prefectures, and more than two hundred counties and townships each.

The only kingdom is Fan Ning’s North Island, which will be enfeoffed as the State of Chu, and the South Island will be enfeoffed as the Duke of Jin. The main reason is that Cao Yi was enshrined as the Duke of Jin. The other six principalities are all near Luzon, and almost all of them are royal relatives. For the relatives of the state, the conditions for conferring a kingdom are relatively strict. Even first-rank heirs and county kings cannot be conferred, and the royal family is no exception.

At this time, a eunuch shouted: "Your Majesty is here!"

When the emperor arrived, all the ministers took their positions one after another. At this time, the emperor Zhao Xu walked into the hall, and everyone stood up to salute.

Zhao Xu waved his hand, "You don't need to be too polite, everyone, sit down as you please!"

Everyone sat down, Zhao Xu said: "The reason for calling everyone is to discuss a matter. I received an urgent letter from the King of Chu early this morning. He suggested that I add another 20 troops to form a crushing trend against the Liao Kingdom. I think it is feasible, so I want to Discuss with everyone."

Everyone was a little surprised, it was always the right of the emperor to transfer troops, since he thought it was feasible, then it was fine to transfer troops, what else was there to discuss?
Could it be for the supply of food and grass supplies, but Youzhou has mobilized food and 50 tons of fodder for a million troops to feed for half a year, as well as various military supplies. There should be no shortage of food and grass, so what else is there to discuss?
It was Fu Bi who reacted the fastest. He smiled slightly and said, "Does Your Majesty want to conquer in person?"

It was only then that everyone suddenly realized that the officials wanted to conquest in person, so they had to bring half of the imperial court with them. No wonder they had to discuss with Zhizhengtang.

Zhao Xu blushed a little, nodded and said: "The letter from the King of Chu also suggested that I should conquer Liao personally. I originally planned to destroy Liao in two years, but now it seems that the time to destroy Liao will be greatly advanced. This is a century-old event in the Song Dynasty. I think Be a witness."

Wen Yanbo also said with a smile: "This is indeed a century-old event, and we all want to witness it with our own eyes. Even if His Majesty doesn't want to go, we will encourage His Majesty to go there personally."

Everyone chattered and expressed their support for Yujia's personal conquest. Zhao Xu was overjoyed and immediately said: "Since all the lovers agree, I will immediately issue an order to mobilize 20 militiamen from Jingdong Road, Kaifeng Mansion, Yingtian Mansion and Henan Mansion to the capital. Including the 30 Imperial Forest Army, a total of [-] troops will follow the imperial conquest."

Zhao Xu's will was quickly issued to the state capitals on Jingdong Road, Kaifeng, Henan and Yingtian. 20 militiamen quickly assembled in the capital. Yanshan Mansion.

Just seven days after Zhao Xu's order to gather troops was issued, 30 troops followed the emperor Zhao Xu and hundreds of courtiers to go northward to Yanshan Mansion. Zhao Xu also named Youzhou as the accompanying capital. .

The siege of Liaoyang City has been going on for ten days. The Song army used super trebuchets to carry out a brutal attack on Liaoyang City, burning the whole city three times, and bombing the whole city twice with thunderstorms. More than half of the residents and [-] troops were killed. Killed in the fire and explosion, Liaoyang City is riddled with holes, almost no complete buildings, and Yelu Hongji's palace covering thousands of areas was burned to nothing.

That night, there was another night of explosions, but this time the explosion was aimed at the city wall. The Song army used 120 large-scale iron fire mines that exploded the city. The continuous earth-shattering explosions made the earth tremble, as if a small earthquake had occurred. Half of the city wall of Liaoyang City in Tokyo, which had a circumference of fifty miles, was blown down, and dust and thick smoke filled the city.

At dawn the next day, the sun shone on the severely damaged city wall, and there were large pieces of collapsed city walls everywhere. The situation inside the city was completely exposed. The inside of the city was pitch black, and the buildings near the city wall were completely burned, and there were ruins everywhere.

Looking at the miserable images in the city, Cao Shi slightly shook his head and sighed, "It's too cruel."

Zhong Er said coldly: "General Cao, this is a war to destroy the country. There must be no woman's benevolence. It is related to the long-term stability of Liaodong. Cruel means must be used to deter the Khitan people. If the means are too soft and gentle, there will be endless troubles in the future. Especially the [-] troops in the city are the elite cavalry of the Liao Kingdom, if possible, it is best to wipe them all out."

At this time, a huge cavalry force galloped out of the city, nearly 2 people, and Zhong Er immediately ordered: "Send the signal immediately, the enemy has come out!"

This is when the [-] elite cavalry led by Xiao Weixin were about to break through, and half of the [-] cavalry in the city were burned to death. He didn't care about the newly recruited soldiers.

They didn't stop, and ran north quickly, preparing to flee to Shangjing.

At this time, several rockets flew into the sky and exploded in the air, which told the army in ambush ahead that the enemy had broken out.

The [-] cavalry galloped all the way to the north, about [-] miles away, and the Liao River in front of them turned and flowed eastward.

It is convenient to enter the hilly area in front of it. There is a long river valley in front of it, which is [-] to [-] miles long. There are cliffs on both sides. The Liao army walked slowly along the river bed. They slowed down. Many soldiers jumped off their horses one after another when they saw that the water was not deep. After drinking water from the river to wash it, Xiao Weixin felt relieved a little. They fled for fifty miles, and they should escape the pursuit of the Song army.

However, the lack of water in the river made him a little surprised. Now is the high water season, how can the river be so shallow?
Suddenly there was a muffled thunder-like sound from behind, and when Xiao Weixin turned his head, he was frightened out of his wits. He saw the white waves surging towards the sky, and the violent river water rushed towards them like a wild horse that had run loose.

He turned his horse's head and ran wildly. The soldiers shouted in horror and urged their horses to flee for their lives. Thousands of soldiers bathing in the river had no time to escape and were instantly swallowed by the river.

The Liao army fled for their lives in the valley, but the river became faster and faster, engulfing the fleeing Liao army continuously. When it was five or six miles away from the mouth of the valley, the rushing water engulfed Xiao Weixin and his three hundred soldiers. None of the [-] cavalry escaped, and they were all submerged by the rushing Liaohe River.

(End of this chapter)