Kai Fu Han

Chapter 515: Poor Values

Wanyan Zongjun was unwilling at first, but Wanyan Sheng persuaded him: "A great man cannot afford five pots of food when he is alive, and he will have five pots of food when he dies. How can he admit defeat so easily?"

Wanyan Zongjun also felt a little unwilling in his heart. On the way back north, he thought day and night about how to crack the Xinghan League's musket formation. Finally, he thought of the cart-shield formation. He wanted to practice it and didn't want to be decadent and useless. Die.

"It turns out that you thought of those bad moves." Liu Xinqi said.

"On the battlefield, everything is done to the best of its ability. There is no question of damage or loss." Wanyan Zongjun retorted.

Knowing that he couldn't talk to him, Liu Xinqi changed the subject: "How did you escape from our search circle?"

"Without him, he's just dressing up in disguise and staying out day and night." Wanyan Zongjun replied.

"Okay, you can enjoy the rest of your time in peace and have a good relationship. In terms of ability, you Wanyan family are all tigers and wolves, and I admire them very much. But from the standpoint of the Han people, you have driven the Han people to act as shields and ruined so many lives. It is an unforgivable crime to have many Han people. When we return to Penglai, I will execute you and your brother Wanyan Zongbi together to commemorate the sacrifice of our Han soldiers and the people who died in vain."

Wanyan Zongjun remained silent, making no impassioned speeches or begging for mercy.

Liu Xinqi turned around and left the cabin, came to the deck, looked at the vast sea, and felt very comfortable.

"Alliance leader, since you don't plan to be king, why can't we exchange these two princes with the Jin Kingdom for the two captured Zhao emperors, and then use the emperor to command the princes. By then, except for the Southern Zhao Emperor's own trusted troops, I believe that other states will The people in the government will definitely not dare to go against our Xinghan League." Zhao Liang suggested.

"You are wrong. Other state capitals do not dare to go against us. It can only be because of our strength, not because we have the Supreme Emperor in our hands." Liu Xinqi retorted: "Besides, we have nothing to do with the two uncles. Go ahead, wouldn’t you be asking for trouble?”

Liu Xinqi looked down upon the little benefit of "holding the emperor from power to control the princes".

If it weren't for the ignorance of the people, he would have wanted to directly skip the concept of "Emperor". However, with the current composition of the main forces of the Xinghan League, he would definitely have to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor in the future.

"What a pity." Zhao Liang sighed.

"It's a pity. Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Zongjun's effect on the Jin Kingdom is very different from that of the two emperors of the Zhao Kingdom on us. If it were exchanged, our Xinghan Alliance would suffer too much and it would not be cost-effective." Liu Xinqi explained.

Wanyan Zongbi, a Jurchen named Yuchui, also practiced Wushu, which is also known as Jin Wushu.

This man has always been the representative of the war faction against Zhao, and he treated the Han people very cruelly. The idiom "searching the mountains and checking the sea" is his deeds. Wanyan Zongbi was the commander-in-chief of the Jin Kingdom who chased the Han emperor up the mountains and into the sea.

Compared with Wanyan Zongbi, Zhao Guo's two overlords are too inferior.To put it bluntly, the combined ability of the two of them in governing the country and leading the army in combat is less than one-tenth of Wanyan Zongbi's.

"Nan Zhao is still unwilling to trade with us?" Liu Xinqi didn't want to continue talking about this topic. In the minds of his subordinates, the two princes of the Wanyan family had not yet risen to prominence, while the Supreme Emperor of Zhao seemed very noble.

Values ​​are different.

"Yes, since the Jin army began to move south, Southern Zhao has become more wary of us. The imperial court also ordered that merchants are not allowed to sell food to our Xinghan Alliance." Zhao Liang replied.

"It's not allowed to trade again?" Liu Xinqi was puzzled.

"It's okay secretly. The big grain merchants don't want to miss us as a good buyer. They secretly transport grain overseas and trade with us at sea." Zhao Liang replied.

"This group of grandsons who are secretly stabbing in the back will send troops to rob Donghai County after we are done with this, and establish a power over Southern Zhao." Liu Xinqi cursed angrily.
In Liu Xinqi's concept, there were no large islands north of the Yangtze River and on the East China Sea near the mainland.But Yuzhou Island broke this concept.

In December of the first year of Jingyan, when the Xinghan League organized a fleet to go south for the first time, the fleet stopped at Yuzhou Road.Zhao State established Donghai County on Yuzhou Island. Donghai County was across the strait from Qushan County, Guofu County in Haizhou.

In later generations, Haizhou was just a district of Lianyungang and did not face the sea.

In other words, in later generations, Yuzhou Island was annexed by the mainland. According to some miscellaneous information Liu Xinqi read, during the Qing Dynasty, the East China Sea coast underwent large-scale expansion.

"The sea rose and the sand silted up, and the seaport gradually became blocked." That is to say, Yuntai Mountain was connected to the mainland in the Qing Dynasty.

Having said all that, in short, the location of Yuzhou Island is very advantageous.

The Xinghan League had the advantage of controlling the sea, and it was very easy to capture Yuzhou Island. Yuzhou Island was separated from the mainland by a strait, and it was also very easy to defend.

If Yuzhou Island is occupied by the Xinghan Alliance, it will be like a stab in the heart of Haizhou on the Huainan East Road. It will threaten the Nanzhao Army stationed in Haizhou at any time and put the Nanzhao Army in a dilemma.

If we advance, our logistics line will not be maintained; if we retreat, we will lose Haizhou.

"Oh? Half of the docks in Donghai County are now in our hands. It is too easy to seize Donghai County. I will arrange it?" Zhao Liang's eyes lit up.

The army conquered cities and territories in Hebei and made great achievements.The navy can only transport food and people, ensure smooth sea routes, and do some logistical support work.This gap makes the navy, which already has steam engine-powered mountain-class battleships, very frustrated.

Since the Battle of Shizikou, the navy of the Jin Kingdom has been in ruins under the pressure of the Xinghan Alliance Navy.

After the Battle of Tuima, the navy of the Xinghan Alliance inspected the sea of ​​Japan and destroyed all the ports along the Jin Kingdom's Shangjing Road and the sea. The ports along the Shangjing Road and the sea were all frozen ports and would freeze in winter, so the Jin Kingdom had not developed this area before. .After the defeat at Shizikou, just as they were preparing to make a comeback from here, the Xinghan Alliance developed its power here again, crushing the Jin Kingdom's ideas.

Although the overall strategy for this war with the Jin Kingdom was called "Bohai Rim Strategy," the main direction of attack was land, and the navy only played the role of a transport team.

"Wait a minute, the resale trade is still possible now, at most, the cost of purchasing grain has increased a bit, and it's not time to tear your face." Liu Xinqi shook his head.

At present, we are mainly dealing with the Kingdom of Jin, and it is not appropriate to start a war with two powerful countries at the same time.

"Well, since you have this idea, I will make preparations first. When the new Marine Corps is trained, I will try the knife in Donghai County." Zhao Liang geared up and seemed eager to try.

"Have you finished recruiting recruits?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"Recruitment has been completed, and [-] new recruits will be recruited after the year, [-] sailors will join the army, and [-] infantry will join the navy." Zhao Liang replied: "We are currently training new recruits in Penglai, and they are expected to be able to enter service in early April. "

"By the beginning of April, it is estimated that the strategy around the Bohai Sea will be completed." Liu Xinqi replied.

The completion of the Bohai Rim Strategy means that you can free up your hands to focus on dealing with the Puppet Qi or Nan Zhao.

(End of this chapter)