Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 300 The Farce of the Northern Expedition
Han Qi was still very appealing. As soon as he wrote the book, the court responded, and the little emperor nodded his praises. The matter of attacking the Liao Kingdom was put on the agenda.It's really because people who are a little bit more pragmatic are suspected of the "School of Objects" and have been kicked out of the capital. Those who don't pay attention to Ouyang Xiu are labeled as "I don't know soldiers" by others, and it doesn't matter much. blocking effect.

However, after it was confirmed that troops were sent to attack Liao, two embarrassing things were placed in front of the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty. One was who would command the army, and the other was where the money and food would come from.

Over the years, the Great Song Dynasty fought several wars and accumulated some famous generals, but they were basically not to the liking of the little emperor and Han Qi.Di Qing was killed just now, Zhang Kang and Jingtai were classified as "Practical School", Zhong Jiajiang, Zhang Shouyue and other Shaanxi and Guangnan famous generals were brought out by Li Buqi, even if they won the battle, That glory will also be counted on Li Buqi.Therefore, there are really not many people left who can fight and who are qualified to lead the army.Guo Kui is one of them, but Guo Kui is clearly opposed to attacking Liao, and he has already stated that he is difficult to take on the big responsibility.The same is true of Jia Kui, who played brilliantly on Huanqing Road.In short, none of the famous generals in Shaanxi and Hedong can be used.

Han Qi really had no one to use, and in the end the little emperor appointed a famous general to lead the army that attacked Liao from Hebei.When the news came out, Li Buqi was so cold that he didn't even have the idea of ​​hoping that the Song army would not be defeated too badly, because the emperor actually ordered Gao Zunyu.

Not kidding, Gao Zunyu can really be regarded as a famous player in Song Dynasty.Not for anything else, just because Gao Zunyu did follow Li Buqi to enter the Liao Kingdom, so when people mentioned that wonderful battle, they naturally had to mention his name.But the common people naturally couldn't know that what Gao Zunyu did in this battle was to run along with Li Buqi on his horseback. Later, Gao Zunyu's name was also included in the sequence of the Zhenwu Army led by Di Qing, but in fact Gao Zunyu was not at all. Didn't show up, just put up a name.Therefore, although Gao Zunyu's resume is very good-looking, his level is really not good.

Li Buqi thought that it might be because Han Qi thought that as long as he used firearms, the Liao Kingdom would be no problem, and Gao Zunyu belonged to the person who drew a clear line with Li Buqi earlier, and his qualifications were relatively high, so he gave Gao Zunyu such a Chance.

People can be fooled, but money and food cannot be fooled.If you dare to give chaff to the soldiers who went to the battlefield, they will definitely mutiny on the spot, but now there is really no money and food in the treasury of Song Dynasty for war.

In the last few years of Zhao Zhen, due to the development of commerce and trade, the reform of the currency system, and the influx of Jiaozhi rice and grain, the life of the Song Dynasty was much easier. Except for the use of troops in Shaanxi and the cost of making firearms, he did save some money and grain.But Zhao Shu wants to let the world see his filial piety, organize a big funeral for Zhao Zhen, and empty out that little family property, even if there is a little leftover, it is not enough to support the huge consumption of Faliao.But this is not a problem for Han Qi and the little emperor. Didn't Li Buqi invent the method of issuing national debt, so he just borrowed it.Neither the little emperor nor Han Qi expected that Li Buqi was waiting for them to issue the national debt.

Li Buqi hopes that Da Song will be well, but he knows that there are some things he can't stop himself, so he doesn't mind taking advantage of them.As for the result, Li Buqi is not worried yet—the Great Song Dynasty is big enough, and it is not easy to collapse—as for the suffering of the common people, as long as someone is punished at that time, the common people can only choose to be satisfied.

When the news of Da Song's re-issue of national debt just came out, another news also spread throughout Da Song, saying that a dozen banks with high-ranking officials and dignitaries as their backers wanted to borrow Da Song's financial resources through the issuance of national bonds. The four banks that are the strongest but do not have a strong backing are squeezed to death.These four banks are Industrial Bank, Shipping Bank, Overseas Development Bank and Shaanxi Development Bank, and the method of crowding them out is very simple, that is, to allocate a large amount of national debt to the four banks, drain the cash flow, and then instigate a run, forcing the four banks to The bank sells itself.And when the four banks can't maintain it, they can only buy those national debts at a low price, and then it will be a bloody robbery.

The last time Zhao Zhen issued 600 million treasury bonds before and after the Guangnan War. The Liao Kingdom is much larger than Jiaozhi. To defeat the Liao Kingdom and take back Yanyun, it is also possible to issue 2000 million treasury bonds and apportion them to four banks. It can break the cash flow of the four banks.This not only makes the practitioners of the four banks nervous, but also the businessmen and factory owners who deposit in the banks are also extremely nervous.Because these four banks are in some respects like mutual aid institutions for merchants and factory owners. After depositing money in them, the loan can be discounted according to the amount of your deposit, and the interest rate is lower than those banks whose sole purpose is to lend money. of.If these four banks fail, these merchants and factory owners can only borrow usury when they need capital turnover.

Because these businessmen and factory owners rely on low-interest credit, they did not choose to run on the bank this time, but chose to resist. Large-scale merchant strikes took place in Shaanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong, and the factory owners encouraged workers The wave of petitions to the government has made the emperor and the prime ministers burnt out.

To them, this was an unwarranted disaster, because after the investigation by the Imperial City Secretary, it was reported that it was all caused by rumors. Some people in various banks just brought up this matter, and they haven't had time to connect with each other. I don't know why the rumors spread first. .

No matter how the news was leaked, this ass emperor and prime minister must be wiped out.During a war, of course they understand the reason why the rear must be stable, so they declared that the national debt will never be apportioned.Since then, these four banks did not buy a penny of government bonds.

But the national debt is not worried about selling, because I have tasted the sweetness of buying national debt twice, and because the interest rate of national debt is set very high this time, many people are waiting to buy it.In November of the third year of Zhiping, the first phase of government bonds with a total amount of 1000 million yuan was sold, and the subscription was completed before entering the twelfth lunar month. The common people can’t even drink soup—nonsense, why are the interest rates on government bonds so high? Isn’t it just to take care of themselves? People, how could it be possible to cheapen irrelevant common people?
With money and food, the soldiers can go to war after paying enough rewards.Just after the first month of the fourth year of Zhiping, Da Song became busy for the war.

Han Qi was still the same as Meng Lang when he fought Xixia, hoping to win Yanyun in the first battle, so he planned three Song armies with a total of 30 people to attack Liao.Among them, Guo Kui led an army of 20 troops to attack Datong, the capital of the Liao State, on the Hedong side, and Chen Shengzhi, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council on the Hebei side, deployed Han Xiong to lead an army of 50 troops from Xiongzhou to the north. The main force was [-] troops commanded by Gao Zunyu. The army, claiming to be [-], went straight to Youzhou.

In order to prepare for this great war, the peasants in Hebei transferred to Dao, logging on the edge to open up the marching route, and the little emperor also sent envoys to accuse Liao of invading.With such a big momentum, can the Liao Kingdom not be wary?A lean camel is bigger than a horse, and the Liao Kingdom also gathered more than 20 people on the border of Hebei.

Han Qi and the others also tried their best for this attack. For example, in order to reduce the consumption of food and fodder, the attack time was set at the end of March, so that the grass had already grown, and the large number of war horses of the Song Army could graze on the spot, relying on logistics slightly less.However, all these plans are obviously useless, and the firearms they relied on did not work as they imagined.

Over the years, the Liao army has repeatedly fought and failed in front of the Song people in the Liaodong Peninsula, but it is not in vain. At least they are familiar with firearms and have a great understanding of the range and power of Song people's firearms.Although the gunpowder weapons used by the Imperial Army of the Great Song Dynasty were made by the skilled craftsmen of the Bianliang Army Supervisor, they have a longer range and greater power than the firearms used by the Liaodong Song people, but there is no difference enough to subvert the way of fighting.

After several attempts to understand the performance of the firearms of the Great Song Army, the Liao Army once again used its usual tactics, using cavalry to attack the Song Army when the two armies came into contact. The edge turned suddenly. If Song Jun couldn't hold back and shot too early, he would miss the target.At this time, hesitant crossbows and firearms have to be reloaded, and there is a gap in firepower, which will create opportunities for the Liao army cavalry.

Li Buqi emphasized discipline very much when training troops. Soldiers aim at the enemy and can only fire when the enemy is close to 50 meters. Fire without a warrant will be severely punished. Moreover, when he was in Shaanxi, the backbone of the army had relatively rich combat experience, so they used firearms to deal with them. The Xixia cavalry is like searching for something.But this time the little emperor sent [-] capital guards with no combat experience to join the attack. Don't even expect them to be able to obey orders and fire their guns under the impact of the rain of arrows and the stormy waves of enemy cavalry.

Under the city of Zhuozhou, in almost one round, the imperial army from the capital was defeated, causing a huge gap in the formation of the entire Song army, and the Liao army swarmed in through the gap...

At this time, the most unexpected thing happened. Gao Zunyu led a team of people and ran to the south first, so there was nothing left.

PS: Thanks to Feilong Xitiruoli and Boheng for their rewards, today's double update.

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