Kai Fu Han

Chapter 522
In order to meet the needs of the Bohai Rim Strategy, Xinghan League's gunpowder production was operating at full capacity, and all the raw materials that could be purchased and produced were used up.

A large number of saltpeter fields were built on Jingdong East Road, forcing people to collect their feces and urine into the saltpeter fields to produce "nitrate".

But after all, this production method is too backward and the output is not high.

The grenades can only be used by the northern line and the main force of the golden army. The western and southern lines are only equipped with a very small amount, and the rebel army does not even have any.

"I don't understand what the Emperor of Zhao is thinking?" Liu Zhijie's face was full of disbelief: "The Jin State destroyed the capital of Zhao State and kidnapped the two emperors before and after it. The Emperor of Southern Zhao did not want to take revenge and regain the lost territory. Instead, he Blindly fleeing south. Now our Xinghan League has withstood the southward march of the Jin Kingdom and restored the dominance of the Han people in Hebei. Instead, they, the Zhao Kingdom, invaded the whole country."

"How stupid this bitch is." Zhao Yinghao still hasn't recovered yet and keeps cursing Song Gou.

"I don't know if it's stupid or not. From my understanding, to the Zhao Guoguan family, the threat of our Xinghan Alliance is greater than the threat of the Jin State, so he reacted like this." Liu Xinqi said.

The Kingdom of Jin was the political power of the Jurchen Tatars and belonged to a foreign race.The Xinghan League was a political power of the Han people.

In the view of Emperor Song Gou of the Zhao State, foreigners may not be able to destroy the Zhao State, which accounts for [-]% of the Han people, but the Han Alliance will definitely be able to revive it.

As the Xinghan Alliance continues to develop, there will inevitably be a battle with Zhao State in the future, a battle that determines life and death.

Instead of waiting for the Xinghan League to flourish, it is better to join forces with the Jin Kingdom while the Jin Kingdom still has a certain strength to eliminate the Xinghan League in its young state.

In the eyes of these royal families, there is no righteousness at all, only the world.

When Yue Peng was recalled by the Twelve Gold Medals in later generations, Song Gou only considered Yue Peng's great achievements and how Yue Peng would affect the peace between Zhao and Jin, and did not consider that Zhao might use this battle to turn around.

At this point, some people in later generations speculated that the condition for the Jin Kingdom to stop the war and live in peace was to kill Yue Peng, and when the two masters were taken away, they also took away the concubines and princes in the harem, including Song Dynasty. Gou's mother and wife.Therefore, whether it was to meet the requirements of the Jin Kingdom or to protect his relatives from torture and humiliation, Song Gou had no choice but to agree to the murder of Yue Peng.

Liu Xinqi didn't agree with this. If you could be an emperor, how could you have any family ties? The seat under your butt was more important than anything else.

"Then what should we do now?" Liu Zhijie asked.

The Bohai Rim Strategy is about to bear fruit, and now that the entire army has turned south, it is tantamount to defeating the enemy.Giving Jin Guo a chance to breathe, the future development is uncertain.

Moreover, the four brigades' gunpowder has been consumed by 70 points this time in the northward march. Now that they are going south, are they going to fight with [-] forbidden troops on bayonets?

This question appears in everyone's mind.

"I am also a little undecided, so I summoned everyone to discuss it." Liu Xinqi replied.

"Is it possible to repeat the Daming Mansion incident?" Zhao Yinghao asked.

Liu Xinqi looked at Jiao Rui, and Jiao Rui stood up:
"If necessary, the special operations battalion guarantees to complete the mission."

"Song Gou is in Hangzhou, thousands of miles away from here. It's too late." Liu Xinqi shook his head.

"It's okay, use the golden eagle to send a message to Zhao Nan. I believe he can complete the task. It's uncertain how large-scale the disturbance will be. It's absolutely no problem to assassinate Song Gou accurately." Xu Zhong interjected.

Liu Xinqi looked at the expectant eyes of the generals and let go of the last reservation in his heart.

"Okay, send a letter to Zhao Nan, let him arrange someone to wait for the opportunity to act, and kill the chief evil Song Gou." "Yes!"

Time was running out, so Xu Zhong immediately left the camp to deliver the message. The golden eagle should be able to reach Hangzhou before dark. There are high-level communication points in Hangzhou, and there will be lights to indicate the landing point at night.

"The victory of the Bohai Rim Raiders is just around the corner, and we can't just give up." Liu Xinqi looked at Liu Zhijie: "You take the Seventh Brigade and the Eighth Brigade to stay in Hebei, and the goal is the Zhongdu Road and Tokyo Road in the Kingdom of Jin. It would be best to add Shangjing Road and Haolan Road to open up the channel between Tokyo Road and the Japanese Sea, and then we can get support from the First Field Brigade."

"Yes! Promise to complete the mission." Liu Zhijie and Wu Jin stood up and accepted the order.

"Twenty thousand garrison troops will be left to you, and orders will be sent to the rebels to assist you."

"Yes!"

"The fifth and sixth brigades will repair for a day and then go to sea and take a boat to Hainan East Road." Liu Xinqi ordered.

"Yes!" Zhao Yinghao stood up and accepted the order. Liu Xinhui was still in Gu'an.

One day was set aside for repairs, on the one hand because the soldiers were really tired, and on the other hand, the troop transport ships needed to be mobilized.

After the meeting, Liu Xinqi immediately wrote to Gao Yuan, asking him to send a ship to transport troops, and then organize warships to cooperate with the army's next move on Huainan East Road.

"Lianjin destroys Han, I will set your backyard on fire."

The Yellow River and the Yangtze River are natural "Great Walls" for Zhao Guo, but they are not Zhao Guo's wall. Liu Xinqi intends to guard the wall and trap Zhao Guo within the wall.

The first step is to fence the Yellow River on the outside, and the second step is to fence the Yangtze River on the inside.

On the 24th, the ships coming to transport troops gradually arrived. The soldiers of the [-]th and [-]th brigades began to take small boats along the Lugou River and the Boundary River eastward into the Bohai Sea, and then transferred to large ships.

On the 25th, the ships of the two fleets were fully loaded, and more than half of the soldiers were not on board. As a last resort, the cavalry battalion and part of the infantry battalion had to go south by land to give priority to the artillery to board the ship.

Liu Xinqi stood on the deck of the Taishan, watching the busy crowd let their thoughts drift away.

During the great voyages of later generations, both the Netherlands and the United Kingdom issued private captivity warrants. Now that Zhao's pro-official class was so out of touch, Liu Xinqi began to consider whether to arrange a "private captor fleet" to target these troublesome gentry. , wealthy businessmen, cut off their arms to make money.

The Taishan has been renovated, and the latest steam engine has been installed, which is more advanced than the Huashan. With the same volume, it has more power, further increasing the ship's sailing speed.

Having such a ship cruising tightly at the mouth of the Yangtze River can make the sea in Nan Zhao miserable.

"Let's go!"

The steam engine started to operate, and the roar of the machine could be heard far away. With this sound, Liu Xinqi took back his dirty thoughts.

With the help of industrial civilization, if he can't defeat Zhao State, he will find a piece of tofu to kill him sooner or later.

As the steam in the chimney became denser and denser, there was a click, and the power was connected to the propeller. The Taishan began to move forward slowly, accelerating much faster than the sailboat, and soon left the makeshift dock.

(End of this chapter)