Water Margin people

Chapter 571

Zongze asked many more questions, all about the war between the Liao Kingdom and the Jurchens.

Gao Yaoshi, Cao Xiaocai, and Lang Rong dared not lie under Zong Ze's sharp eyes, and told everything they knew.

"Wang Zhizhou, I have nothing to ask."

Zong Ze's expression was extremely ugly, and he cupped his hands at Wang Shizhong.

"You and the other three should have been executed on the spot for trespassing on the territory of our Great Song Dynasty, but considering that it was an unintentional mistake, they will be temporarily detained until the decree comes."

Wang Shizhong looked at Gao Yaoshi, Cao Xiaocai, and Lang Rong and said.

"Give them the mouth to sign!"

Wang Shizhong waved his hand, and the secretary behind him took a few pieces of paper and walked in front of Gao Yaoshi and the others.

"Sir, forgive me!"

The three of them were frightened out of their wits, thinking that some people in Master Wang were going to hook them up.

"This is your confession. I will send it to Tokyo and intercede for you. If what you said is true, you should be pardoned and you can even live in Song Dynasty!"

Wang Shizhong looked at the three men and said, those few sheets of paper were all the conversations of today's interrogation. Another purpose of calling Zong Ze, the general judge, here today is to be a witness.

Yaoshi Gao and the three of them read the words on the paper, and felt relieved, so they quickly signed on it.

Yasi brought the papers to Zongze again. Zongze took a look and signed his own name, and then Wang Shizhong also signed with a smile.

Such a top-secret military information about the changes in the Liao Kingdom is summed up, as long as it is sent to Tokyo, the emperor can be trusted immediately.

"Zong Tongpan, this is a great achievement for us!"

Master Wang laughed.

"What's the joy? I can't see it!"

Zong Ze shook his head solemnly.

"The Liao Kingdom is about to perish. Isn't this a happy event! I, the Song Dynasty, have been waiting for the moment to destroy the Liao Dynasty for a hundred years!"

Wang Shizhong laughed more and more happily. The court's attitude towards the Liao Kingdom was very different. The main combat faction and the main peace faction often attacked each other, but he was a staunch main combat faction. He always wanted to fight for the country and destroy the Liao Kingdom.

"The Liao Kingdom is not the opponent of the Jurchens. If the Liao Kingdom falls, how will we deal with the Jurchens? This is not killing the hungry wolves and coming back with fierce tigers."

Zong Ze looked at Wang Shizhong and asked, he knew that Wang Shizhong was from the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and later fled back to the Song Dynasty. Many members of his family died at the hands of the Liao Kingdom. He hated the Liao Kingdom extremely, but state affairs should not be involved Personal feelings are mixed, let alone short-sighted and short-sighted.

"The Jurchens only have more than [-] people. There is nothing to be afraid of. As long as there are Yanyun sixteen prefectures and relying on Yanyun's defense line, the Jurchens are nothing to worry about."

Wang Shizhong didn't think so, Jurchen was just a tribe that had just established a country, with a small number of people, and it couldn't be successful.

"Zong Tongpan, did you forget the late emperor's will? Yan Yun must take it back!"

Wang Shizhong looked at Zongze and said coldly, Zongze is also a main fighter, so he would tell Zongze this secret, but Zongze is not radical, which makes him very dissatisfied.

"Let's see what the court says."

Zong Ze shook his head helplessly. The matter of Jurchen and Liao Kingdom still needs to be investigated clearly. Whether it is war or peace is not something that he, a small state governor, can control.

The two walked out of the prison city, and Zongze was going back to his house to think about the northern affairs.

"Master of Zhizhou! Master of Judgment!"

Hu Yanqing's shout came from a panicked situation.

Wang Shizhong and Zong Ze looked at Hu Yanqing, whose face was covered in dust and his face was pitch-black. Their hearts sank, something serious happened to Ping Haijun.

"General Huyan, what's the matter?"

Wang Shizhong looked at Hu Yanqing and asked.

"There are enemies, the enemy bombarded the sword fish village, the sword fish village is over!"

Hu Yanqing said with snot and tears.

"Bombard Daoyu Village! Who did it?"

Zongze's face changed drastically. The news was like a thunderbolt, which was far more shocking to him than the rise of the Jurchens. The Swordfish Village is just outside Dengzhou City. If the enemy can bombard the Swordfish Village, wouldn't it be possible to attack Dengzhou Prefecture?

The enemy is already close in front of them, but they still don't know it.

"I don't know. There was a sudden sound of gunfire at night, and there was an indiscriminate bombardment of Daoyu Village. The enemy was hiding in the thick fog and couldn't see anything!"

Hu Yanqing opened the mouth and said.

Wang Shizhong and Zongze's faces were extremely ugly. It was foggy for the past few days, and boats could not sail on the sea at all. Where did the enemy come from?But they heard the noise last night, now that Hu Yanqing said it, they realized that it was indeed the sound of artillery.

"How is it possible, how can the enemy have artillery?"

Zong Ze looked at Hu Yanqing and asked, firearms have always been a secret of the Great Song Dynasty and should not be used easily, even the Imperial Army did not have the firepower last night.

"It's true, the magistrate, please see the magistrate!"

Hu Yanqing quickly asked his soldiers to lift up a round iron ball with bumps and holes on it.

"Such a big projectile!"

Wang Shizhong touched it with his hand, and it was cold. It was indeed a bullet commonly used in artillery, but the problem was that the bullet was much larger than those used in the army.

"I gonna go see!"

Zong Ze looked at the bullet and said to Master Wang.

"Then trouble Zong Tongpan to go there, Sun Li, you go with me!"

Wang Shizhong looked at Sun Li at the side and said.

"The last general will go too!"

Hu Yanqing also said that he was going to evacuate with his soldiers at night, and now he had to go back and have a look.

Master Wang nodded and agreed.

Zong Ze took Sun Li and Hu Yanqing out of Dengzhou Mansion in the thick fog.

"Such a thick fog, where did the enemy come from!"

Zong Ze looked at the thick fog outside the city. Even the navy dared not go out in this kind of weather. Once they went out to sea, they would definitely get lost in the fog. How did the enemy manage to move freely through the fog.

"My subordinates don't know that the fog has been there for several days, and it is impossible for ships to sail on the sea."

Hu Yanqing opened the mouth and said, he is also a powerful naval officer, proficient in naval warfare, who would dare to sail in this thick fog?
"But the enemy did come from the sea!"

Sun Li opened his mouth and said, he is the commander of Dengzhou soldiers and horses, and he is in charge of local security.

Even if there is heavy fog, it is impossible for a large group of enemies to cross the border without any noise, not to mention that there are so many cannons that cannot move without oxen and horses, and they must take flat official roads. no.

"This is the problem, this group of enemies is not easy!"

Zong Ze said worriedly, the situation in the north is now turbulent, the Liao Kingdom is weak, the Jurchens are watching, and the Song Dynasty is facing an unprecedented crisis.

And now there is such a strange group of thieves, not only with artillery, but also directly attacked Ping Haijun, where in the world are there such bold thieves?

"Master Tong, could he be a Liao, a Korean, or a Japanese?"

Sun Li said that there are no thugs in Dengzhou, and the only ones who can really be counted as enemies are foreigners from overseas.

"Impossible. Although Liao, Goryeo, and Wa have fleets, they will never have artillery, and it is even more impossible to come across the sea in such a foggy day."

Hu Yanqing said, Liao, Koryo, and Japanese have ships, but their navies have average combat power, how could they have the strength to cross the sea and attack Ping's navy.

There is an official road from Dengzhou Prefecture to Daoyu Village, and Zong Ze led the people along the official road to Daoyu Village soon.

(End of this chapter)