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First acquaintance with the temple, Chapter 246: Promotion to the second rank

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    Chapter 246: Promotion to the Second Rank Following the imperial edict, Yelu Dashi was appointed Marshal of the Liao Army and Horses.  Although Emperor Tianzuo was fatuous, he was not stupid. He knew who the most capable person in Liao was.  In fact, many mediocre kings had good IQs, such as Song Huizong, Li Empress, Tang Xuanzong, etc., but their intelligence could not withstand temptation. As a result, they fell behind and were regarded as negative examples by future generations.  After Yelu Dashi took over, he immediately ordered the Liao army in Henan and southwest to occupy dangerous roads to resist the Song army. He issued a death order and the Song people must not be allowed to control the Dihe River.  Because the Dihe River is connected to four other rivers, including the Tuhe River and the Huanghe River, once they are all controlled, the consequences will be disastrous.  The people in Linhuang Mansion could only run for their lives.  To prevent the Song people from controlling Dihe, Laizhou must be dug out.  Otherwise, we will inevitably be attacked from both sides.  When the Liao soldiers exceeded 100,000 near Laizhou, the Yelv Stone finally appeared.  Yelu Dashi is not in a very good mood. The logistics received a severe blow yesterday.  Thirty cannons and three hundred stones of grain and grass were turned into ashes by Wang Yan.  Although Wang Yanbu paid a heavy price, Yelu Dashi knew that there was no shortage of soldiers in the Liao and Song Dynasties, but supplies.  For example, the Song people erected no more than a hundred heavy cannons on the city walls.  The first big firecracker in history occurred between Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty.  And because of Ouyang, history was advanced by several decades, and Laizhou began its first firecracker in history.  Because the gun did not have a sight at that time, Ouyang's geometry scores were extremely poor, and he had no aerodynamics experts.  In addition, each cannon and cannonball are hand-made, so luck is a factor that must be considered for such a firecracker.  Yelu Dashi occupied two small hills in the west of Laizhou, carried artillery up there, and the two sides started fighting.  After three rounds of shooting, due to the relatively long distance, the artillery and gunners on both sides were intact.  The generals on both sides were ashamed.  Fortunately, this shame is shared by everyone.  In the fourth round, the Liao cannon hit the wall, causing a stone chip to cut the hand of a Song Pili gunner.  One to zero.  However, the Song Dynasty's fireworks exploded, no one was injured, and one gun was lost, two to zero.  For long distances, solid cannons are used. If they are replaced with incendiary bombs, the accuracy will be greatly improved because of the short range.  The artillery battle lasted all day long. Four of Song's guns were blown up and one of them self-destructed.  Three gates of Liao were blown up.  There are no casualties yet.  That night, Yelu Dashi took advantage of everyone being disturbed by the noise and sent five hundred warriors to steal the camp.  Zhang Jun was on guard and could not succeed. Instead, Song cavalry opened the door and chased him for a while.  When Yelu Dashi was overjoyed, Zhang Jun issued a gold medal and the cavalry retreated.  Yelu Dashi ambush failed.  The next day, neither side was interested in playing with solid cannons, and Yelu Dashi began to attack the city.  The infantry advanced, and the incendiary heavy artillery followed to suppress the city head and bombarded the city gate.  Both sides suffered relatively heavy losses on this day.  Although the Song Army occupied relatively small losses due to its geographical advantage, the hand cannons were used frequently and were severely out of stock.  The next night, Zhang Jun ordered to steal the camp. Yelu Dashi was also a famous general. He was prepared for it. Two lines of cavalry came out and drove the Song cavalry to flee in all directions.  But at this moment, Wang Yan risked his life again, leading a thousand men to attack from behind and igniting gunpowder.  Then he fought his way out of the siege.  Unfortunately, Zhang Jun didn't have a mobile phone, radio, or pager, so he thought it was Yelu Dashi playing tricks and not cooperating with the attack, thus delaying the opportunity to fight.  But in the end, they took Wang Yan's 400 people into the city.  Most of Wang Yan's troops were defeated, but they had achieved their strategic purpose.  ¡­ ¡­ Ouyang Chun finished swimming and was reading the newspaper.  Over there are the latest reports coming back by sea.  The Song Dynasty suddenly rebelled and really caught the Liao people by surprise.  The strong military pressure defeated the Liao army south of Dihe step by step.  Han Shizhong's first branch sent troops from the original Xixia and began a harassing attack between Xiliao and Dongliao.  The purpose was to give the Liao people the illusion that Song was going to cut off the Liao's retreat.  This area is different from southern Liaoning. The socialization of slaves is relatively serious. The powerful people here own a lot of land and do not have to pay taxes to the court.  There are very few Liao Central Army troops in these places. Most of the Liao combat troops here are composed of the slave owners' all-people-military policy.  Ouyang sighed after reading the newspaper, why is there no news from Tai Xuzi?  Han Shizhong will not do villainous things, but he does not object to others doing villainous things. This is his greatest advantage.  Ouyang thought about it, too. He had just received Laizhou's battle report newspaper now, how could he possibly receive Tai Xuzi's results.  Since the Jurchen labor violence incident, the Jurchens have been silent.  No attack, no envoys.  You must know that Liao Tongzhou is currently empty of troops. The Jurchens can take Tongzhou and even Linhuang Mansion in one fell swoop.  But they didn't, and watched the excitement quietly.  ¡°Sir,¡± Huilan shouted.  Ouyang hurriedly put on his clothes and asked, "Huilan? Why are you here?" "Of course it's good news. The voyage fleet is back and arrived in Quanzhou twenty days ago." Huilan handed over a manuscript.  Ouyang was overjoyed and said that the first batch to arrive in Quanzhou included 20 warships from the Hangzhou fleet and nearly 50 merchant ships, including the commander-in-chief Liang Hongyu.  According to reports, the fleet will arrive directly at Haizhou, and then after merchants from various Mediterranean countries meet with Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu will circle the trading market.After the transaction currency and tax profits are determined, you can officially trade with the people of Song Dynasty.  ¡°I don¡¯t know whether to choose Hangzhou, Yangzhou or Quanzhou?¡± Quanzhou has always been a foreign trade port, but the transactions are too limited.  The farthest one also sells goods to Arabia, and then Arabia reaches the Black Sea through land and transports them to the Mediterranean.  Looking at the current scale, Quanzhou cannot meet the needs of both parties.  "It should be Hangzhou." Huilan said: "Foreign businessmen still need to buy local products. Silk, porcelain, and tea are all in large quantities in Hangzhou. It seems that this time is the real coming of all nations." "There is no way, who can let us do it?  Opened sea line." Ouyang smiled and said: "I wonder what happened to Li Bao who took the other line." Li Bao took the Arctic Ocean and crossed the Bering Strait.  During this period, he will also stop for visits and exchanges with Russia.  The temperature in that area is relatively low. I wonder if these people can adapt.  Rather than destroying Xixia, Ouyang cared more about this voyage.  The political, economic, cultural and other purposes contained in it cannot be measured simply by how much money you make or how much land you occupy.  "General Li, good people have their own destiny. Don't worry, sir. I'll prepare the manuscript tomorrow." "En" Ouyang nodded: "Write it well. This can not only inspire people, but also boost morale." "En" Hui  Lan leaves.  Ouyang drank: "Ou Ping, we are adding dishes today, please come and have a drink." He took the newspaper and read it again.  Although it's boring, it can kill time. "Okay." Ou Ping, who was practicing calligraphy, said to the maid: "We will add more dishes today." The maid smiled and said, "I heard you." "Ouyang?" a voice shouted.  Who is so young and old?  Ouyang knew that it was Myolie Wu who was coming without looking.  What are you here for?  Of course I came to cry.  It¡¯s true that some families are happy and some are sad.  "It's a shame." Hu Xingru asked, "Have you read today's newspaper?" "I'm reading it for the third time." Lack of entertainment programs can increase literacy opportunities.  Myolie Wu said: "How much money do you think we will lose?" Ouyang ignored it and continued to flip through the newspaper and asked: "Do you know why all the iron, stone, coal, and fire oil used by the imperial court were purchased from your father this year?" "Huh?"  Does it matter?" "It doesn't matter." Ouyang said, "The court has to make money anyway. Since the Hu family is willing to spend money to supplement the soldiers, the court will naturally take care of you.  The Hu family has lost everything. You are not as good as your father on this point. Your father already knew that it was a loss-making transaction, so he asked you to handle it. Of course, if the loss-making transaction is handled well, it may not be a loss.  "Say?" "What do you mean? Has your business not increased recently?" The insurance has established four locations in the Song Dynasty, namely Hangzhou, Yangping, Tokyo, and Taiyuan Prefecture.  Ouyang said: "You didn't lose much, but you gained popularity. Everyone is interested in such fascinating news as the war, not to mention your insurance industry? I will give you shipping, river transportation insurance, logistics  It¡¯s almost time to start the insurance and other plans. You can also contact the North and South Post Offices to set up registered insurance. That is how much money you add to mail a letter, and it can be guaranteed to be delivered. Otherwise, you will be compensated for some amount. This can increase the post office¡¯s  Reputation, and secondly, it¡¯s a business income.¡± ¡°Hello, you can just sit here and talk.¡± ¡°If you can¡¯t do it, ask your father to replace you, and you don¡¯t even have to talk.¡± Ouyang put down the newspaper.  Said: "I'm going to swim, please give in, girl." "De Xing" Myolie Wu said and left in a hurry.  She didn't want to be looked down upon.  ¡­ The war against the Liao Dynasty was still going on, and Generalissimo Yelu Dashi encountered trouble.  There is a legend that he had a tacit understanding with the Song people. He besieged Laizhou without attacking, and did not reinforce the Song Dynasty's two-pronged sweep of the Liao army. The Liao Emperor had already sent people to ask questions.  Yelu Dashi knew that if the situation continued like this, the court would sooner or later send him back to explain clearly.  But at present, although the losses of the Song Army are not small, the Laizhou garrison has no retreat and has no choice but to fight to the death.  The Battle of Laizhou lasted for a month. The Laizhou garrison, which had been unable to hold on, stabilized its defense due to the supplies from the Hangzhou Fleet.  What's more, because the Royal News announced that the Hangzhou fleet had returned from a long voyage, its morale was greatly boosted. Yelu Dashi could not be taken down just by relying on large numbers of people.  Coupled with the auxiliary flanks of the Hangzhou fleet warships, Laizhou is quite difficult to attack.  The Hangzhou Fleet played a great role in this war.  The Hangzhou fleet was divided into two, with one fleet being combat ships.  Yue Fei personally took charge.  Implemented the tactics of armored warships.  During the fierce siege of Laizhou, ship A towed ship B, and ship B forced to approach the coast at the risk of running aground.  If the enemy attacks ship B, ship C will burn and cover the beach. When the situation is critical, ship A will pull away ship B.  Although effective support was provided to the Laizhou garrison, the Hangzhou fleet suffered heavy losses in warships.  After all, Yelu Dashi is also a man with plans. Some warships can't be pulled away, and someIf the Liao people rushed to the ship and fought hand-to-hand, even if they were pulled away, the grounding damage might cause the ship's hull to be damaged and sink.  The transport fleet of the Hangzhou Fleet also made a great contribution. First, it continuously transported supplies.  Secondly, the seriously wounded were transported away.  Whether it is a modern or ancient war, wounded people are an important factor affecting morale.  There is a shortage of medical treatment and medicine in Laizhou. Although there is also a shortage of medicine on the ship, as long as it is transported away, the officers and soldiers in Laizhou can breathe a sigh of relief. After all, it means that they can be saved.  After all, it would be much better psychologically if you didn't have to hear the wounded wailing every day.  At this time, people always think of the good.  The Northwest and Yongxing military roads also encountered a lot of troubles.  In order to gain time to attack Laizhou, Yelu Dashi divided his troops to reinforce and defend the dangerous places south of Dihe River.  Yelu Dashi is like chewing gum, sticking to the Song army's offensive pace.  Although Yelu Dashi is curious as to why the first batch of supplies for the Hangzhou Fleet is not people but materials, he believes that the next batch of supplies is likely to be people.  If Laizhou adds another 20,000 new troops to the Forbidden Army, it will be even more difficult to attack them.  So he organized a large-scale night attack.  He equipped 80% of the firearms.  Divide the team into three parts.  The first part is grenadiers, the second part is mine throwers, and the third part is heavy artillery.  This move is very sinister.  Since the visibility of the defenders was not high in the dark night, they did not expect that the Liao army would attack like a tide regardless of life and death.  Among the three soldiers, the ones that caused the most damage to the Forbidden Army were the thunder-throwing soldiers.  Laizhou is not brightly lit, a landmine is thrown on the road, and there are no dedicated demining soldiers.  During the critical moment of defending the city, he was accidentally stepped on.  Not only was it highly lethal, causing fear in the Song army, but it also greatly slowed down the Forbidden Army's defense of the city wall.  Finally, the west gate and city wall were captured.  Zhang Jun is best at fighting in desperate situations. He told his soldiers that if they retreat, they will reach the sea.  Drown or be killed, it's your choice.  A female war reporter waved the flag and shouted: If you die in battle, you will be insured for 500 yuan, but if you jump into the sea, you will not be compensated for a penny.  So morale improved, and Xue Bing, Wang Yan, and Zhang Jun went out in three groups.  The two routes pass through the city walls on both sides and go straight to the west gate.  General Zhang Junren seized the city gate.  The whole army worked together and finally recaptured the city gate and wall.  The most failed tactic of Yelu Dashi was that he did not arrange cavalry.  However, with the three soldiers arrayed and the darkness of night, it was really difficult to send the cavalry into the city in the chaos.  This battle has almost exhausted the firearm reserves of both sides, and all bows and knives have been laid out.  After Yue Fei saw the flag message, he immediately made a decision and dismantled half of the warships' heavy artillery and sent it to Laizhou. Although the artillery shell reserve was running low, the deterrent power should not be underestimated.  However, in this way, the defenders would have to defend the north gate more from the enemy, and the pressure would still be relatively high.  At such a critical moment of the battle, the Liao court sent an order to the army, asking Yelu Dashi to hand over the power of general Yelu Dashi to Xiao Fengxian, the brother of Emperor Tianzuo Yuanfei and the supervisor of the army.  Then he returned to Linhuang Mansion to report on his work.  Yelu Dashi didn't want to go back, and wanted to respond by saying that the general's life was not accepted, but Xiao Fengxian made him give up his insistence.  Xiao Fengxian and Yelu Dashi had a good relationship. Xiao Fengxian said to Yelu Dashi: If you don't come back, Liao will be defeated.  First, even if Laizhou was taken back, Yelu Dashi could no longer disobey the order and not go back to pacify the Southern Song Army in Dihe.  Secondly, if we cannot get back Laizhou and finally retreat, Yelu Dashi will be defeated.  In this case, it is better to go back to Linhuang Mansion first. If time is fast, we can go back and forth in more than half a month.  At that time, the supplies for the Song Army's Hangzhou fleet had not yet arrived.  And in more than half a month, Xiao Fengxian was able to put pressure on Laizhou.  Yelu Dashi deeply agreed. According to his strategic perspective, if the delay continues, Laizhou will no longer be the strategic key, and the defense of Dihe will be the focus.  Yelu Dashi then told Xiao Fengxian that the river must be blocked, and Laizhou and Jinzhou Guanyi accumulated heavy troops for defense.  Then he laid out his strategy, attacked Laizhou openly and secretly, and planned the battle of Jinzhou.  Let's take a gamble by using the main force of Liao and the main force of Song to fight Jinzhou.  However, Yelu Dashi missed one thing after all his calculations, and that was Xiao Fengxian's ability to lead troops and his mentality of picking up snails.  After all, at present, Laizhou's defensive capabilities are almost drained. ?¡­ ?Ouyang was promoted again, and the imperial edict arrived, sending Ouyang to receive the business group.  In order to illustrate the high standard, Ouyang was specially given the title of Grand Bachelor of the Second Rank Long Pavilion.  Why does it have to be Ouyang?  The reason is very simple. Ouyang was the only one in the Song Dynasty who was proficient in many foreign languages.  Because of this, Ouyang is also known as a genius of the ages. He can learn multiple languages ????in such a short time in Yuzhou.  Maybe Zhao Yu was still unhappy with Ouyang's interference in the court affairs, maybe it was because Zhao Yu was embarrassed that Ouyang would be dismissed from his second-grade official position sooner or later, so Ouyang did not need to go to Beijing and went directly to Haizhou with the guards by water.  Officials from Tokyo went to Haizhou by land.  Because Li Gang couldn't leave, Ninth Eunuch was sent to replace Zhao Yu and go to Haizhou.  The press team also attacked hard, and the Royal Newspaper prepared an extra edition to report on this event.  After receiving the news, the second fleet also arrived in Quanzhou, but there was still no news about Li Bao's fleet.  Ouyang appeared in a second-grade official uniform??, the ministers and officials who came to greet him were all very polite.  Ouyang didn't have many political enemies, and although he was a close confidant of the emperor, he never had any airs.  And everyone admires Ouyang's abilities.  When someone spends time with you, you will feel jealous.  When a person reaches a place you can never reach, you can only admire him.  Even Zhao Yu thought that Ouyang really had no ambition at all when he heard that Ouyang would step down as chairman of the North-South Business Association next year.  The representative of Ninth Eunuch this time is Zhao Yu, who is very handsome. He is waiting for Ouyang to meet him in the big tent at the fleet station. My dear boy, I haven¡¯t settled the accounts for making myself look embarrassed last time.  But he didn't expect that Ouyang had no time to pay attention to him. Not only did he come by himself, he also brought Myolie Wu with him and was selling insurance to the ministers.  What insurance?  One is the insurance for dismissal from office. The annual insurance is 200 guan. If you are dismissed from office, you can get 3,000 guan insurance, which is good news for upright officials.  Ouyang promoted: Because he is an upright official, he will inevitably be plotted by bad people.  In order to ensure that honest officials will not shed tears when they lose their official positions, this insurance business was specially launched.  When everyone heard it, the implication was that if they were not guaranteed, they would not be honest officials.  So most of them participated in dismissal insurance.  The second type is home confiscation insurance. If you pay a premium of 100 yuan, if your home is ransacked, you will get 3,000 yuan in insurance money. The more you insure, the more you will lose.  When the deposit reaches a certain amount, a deed of the exile land and a number of properties will be given.  The third type is accident insurance. For example, if you die or become disabled while on the job, you will be compensated.  The fourth type is education insurance, which is to insure future generations. This insurance is jointly sponsored by major academies and Yangping University.  limited spots.  ps: There is widespread concern about daily updates exceeding 10,000, so don¡¯t be nervous.  The fact is I started writing a thousand words a day in March, but now I have nothing to lose.  It will only be 5,000 people killed next month.
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