Chapter 216: The Song Emperor was shocked, and the Liao Emperor was also shocked

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Double click to enter.

Instead of being greeted by various files, several more folders appeared.

"Domestic area, European and American area, Japanese and Korean area, uncensored area"

Zhao Zhen's small eyes were full of doubts.

What the hell is this?

Wait a minute.

Domestic, European, American, Japanese and Korean?

Could it be that this is what Da Sun said, the high-end technology of later generations made in China, Europe, America, Japan and South Korea?

Good guy.

Dasun also hid such a good thing, but he didn't show it to me.

Zhao Zhen expressed his strong dissatisfaction with Zhao Jun's behavior of hiding good things, and then the mouse wandered between several areas.

Should we first look at the high-tech products produced in our country in the future, or should we look at the high-tech products from other countries first?

Um.

Look at European and American ones.

Didn’t Da Sun say that?

Europe and the United States still control the world's high-end technology.

Our Greater China is still in the stage of catching up. Let’s take a look at what powerful inventions foreigners have!

Zhao Zhen double-clicked the mouse again and entered the European and American areas.

Then.

His pupils shrank and he saw a sight that he would never forget.

Ah, this, this, this.

Zhao Zhen's hand trembled and he almost threw the mouse away.

Every one of them is in movie format, and the pictures on the covers are simply unsightly and extremely obscene.

In his excitement, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but say "Ah" loudly.

"Official family?"

Wang Shouzhong who was outside the door heard the voice and quickly poked his head in and asked, "Do you have any orders from the officials?"

"No, no, it's okay."

Zhao Zhen stuttered. He wanted to close his laptop, but he couldn't keep his eyes away from the computer screen. He could only stutter and said: "I, I still have some state affairs to deal with. Close the door. Anyone can do it." No one is allowed to see me."

"yes."

Although Wang Shouzhong was a little puzzled, he still followed Zhao Zhen's words, retracted his head, and then closed the door.

As the door slowly closed, Zhao Zhen looked at the window next to him guiltily, rubbed his hands, got up and walked to the window, and even peeked out, focusing on the two people not far from the window. On the palace guards standing guard.

The two soldiers had their backs to the window, but for some reason, they suddenly felt a sharp gaze staring at them from behind, making their hair stand on end and their hearts trembling.

The two couldn't help but glance back.

Seeing Zhao Zhen staring at them, the two soldiers were startled. They quickly knelt down on one knee and kowtowed: "Your Majesty."

"Cough cough cough"

Zhao Zhen pretended to cough twice and said: "The wind is a bit strong. I have to close the windows. You don't have to stand here anymore. Just patrol around."

"yes."

The two people stood up, and then Zhao Zhen closed the window.

Seeing the window slam shut, and even the sound of being locked came from inside, one guard asked another guard: "Sanlang, is it windy today?"

"I can't come."

"Maybe Your Majesty thinks it's windy."

"I can't come."

"Forget it, it's useless to ask you. Let's go."

"All right."

The two people left in confusion.

Inside the room, Zhao Zhen glanced around and made sure that all the doors and windows were locked, then he tiptoed back to the desk.

He sat on the chair, his breathing became much faster, and his whole face turned red.

Place your right hand on the mouse.

He glanced around again, and after finally confirming that he was the only one in the study, his excited heart and trembling hands finally...

"Didi."

Double-click the left mouse button to open one of the videos.

But the next second.

The "o, yes" coming from the notebook startled him.

Zhao Zhen couldn't help but hurriedly adjusted the volume button to the minimum, and looked at the door with a guilty conscience.

After confirming that Wang Shouzhong didn't break in suddenly, he breathed a sigh of relief.

But then he looked at the video screen.

"hiss"

Zhao Zhen took a breath of air.

Too outrageous.

terrible.

Too beautiful..

This European and American area turns out to be such a European and American area...

This blond hair and blue eyes, this tall figure. Oh, why is it so big, my God?

Zhao Zhen was dumbfounded.

Stare at the screen intently.

Even breathing seemed much slower.

After the plot was played out for more than ten minutes.

His right hand finally couldn't help but reach where it should go.





In April of the second year of Baoyuan of the Song Dynasty, just when Zhao Jun left Shaanxi for Shanxi and Zhao Zhen clicked on the folder of Man and Nature, the Xixia envoy finally arrived at Dading Mansion in Zhongjing.

The capital of the Liao Kingdom was Shangjing in Linhuang Prefecture, but like the Song Dynasty, in addition to the capital Shangjing, there were also three accompanying capitals, namely Liaoyang Prefecture (Liaoyang) in Tokyo, Xijin Prefecture (Beijing) in Nanjing, and Dading Prefecture in Zhongjing ( Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia).

Among them, there were only two when the Liao Kingdom was first founded. In 1007 AD, Yelu Longxu, the emperor of the Liao Dynasty, established a new capital in King Xi's Yazhang, named Zhongjing Dadingfu, as the accompanying capital of the upper capital, and together with the original three capitals, they were called the Four Capitals.

Then in the thirteenth year of Chongxi year (1044), that is, five years later, Xingzong of Liao Dynasty was promoted to Datong Army in Xijing as Datong Prefecture. Since then, the Liao Kingdom has had five capitals.

In fact, among the five capitals, Shangjing of Linhuang Mansion is still the capital, and the others are companion capitals.

However, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom was more warlike. He would not just stay in Bianliang and Kaifeng Mansion like the emperor of the Song Dynasty. Instead, he would wander around the five capitals and achieve strategic goals by traveling among the various capitals.

For example, in history, in the fourth year of Tianxi of the Song Dynasty and the ninth year of Kaitai of the Liao Dynasty, in 1020 AD, Yelu Longxu, the Holy Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, returned to Shangjing Road from Zhongjing Road and headed west to Zhenzhou in the name of hunting.

Shangjing Road borders Xixia. Halfway there, Yelu Longxu suddenly mobilized 500,000 troops and attacked directly from the grasslands of Inner Mongolia towards the border of Xixia.

That battle frightened Li Deming so much that he quickly went to resist in person, and finally fought back Yelu Longxu desperately.

Therefore, the Liao emperor wandered between several capitals, sometimes with implicit threats. If he stayed in Nanjing, he might attack the Song Dynasty; if he stayed in Shangjing, he might attack Xixia.

This form is called "Four Seasons Nabo".

It's just that in recent years, Yelu Zongzhen mainly lived in Dading Mansion in Zhongjing. It was not that he wanted to invade the Song Dynasty, but that Dading Mansion was most suitable for the rule of the Liao Kingdom.

From here, go west past Datong Prefecture, which is very close to Xixia. Go south to Nanjing Road, which is very close to the Song Dynasty. To the east is Tokyo's Liaoyang Prefecture, which can intimidate Goryeo and the Jurchen tribes in Changbai Mountain. To the north, you can return to Beijing.

It can be said that in addition to being unable to radiate the Greater Khingan Mountains in the northeast and the Mongolian grasslands in the northwest for a period of time, the main enemies of the Liao Kingdom, the Song, Xia, and the rising Jurchens, can all be deterred.

The Xixia envoys set out in March. After traveling for more than a thousand kilometers, they finally arrived at Dading Mansion. Like Kaifeng, Dading Mansion was divided into an outer city, an inner city, and the imperial palace.

But in terms of overall scale, Dading Mansion is still far behind Kaifeng Mansion.

Zhang Yuan entered from the outer city gate on horseback. Under the leadership of the accompanying officials of the Liao Kingdom, he walked through the straight street and arrived at Deyang Gate in the inner city. Then he met the Liao escort outside the Liao Kingdom Palace.

Yelu Zongzhen still attached great importance to this meeting, and sent the son of Nanfu Prime Minister Yelu Guiyin and his more valued favorite Beimian Linya Yeluren to come first.

After the meeting, the two parties removed their weapons, including the grenade, which was also taken away by the Liao people before they could enter the palace.

Soon Zhang Yuan met Yelu Zongzhen in the Liao palace.

He is only 23 years old this year, 6 years younger than Zhao Zhen and 13 years younger than Li Yuanhao. He is wearing traditional Liao costumes. Although he is not old, his eyes are full of majesty.

"My humble minister, Zhang Yuan, pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor of Liao!"

Zhang Yuan went up and knelt down on one knee. He spoke in Chinese and used Xixia etiquette, but he called himself a minister of the country. He completely forgot that Li Yuanhao issued letters of credence to the Liao and Song Dynasties respectively, asking both parties to recognize him as an equal.

no way.

If Li Yuanhao had beaten the Song Kingdom first and then the Liao Kingdom as in history, this would naturally be the case.

But now, how dare Zhang Yuan do it.

Yelu Zongzhen lay lazily on the chair, glanced at Zhang Yuan below, and responded with a sneer in Chinese: "Oh? I remember that a few days ago, Li Yuanhao wrote to me, saying that the founding of the country was Xia and he established himself as emperor. Why do you call yourself a foreigner now?"

Since both were in Chinese, there was no barrier to communication between the two parties.

The main reason is that both Xixia and Liao are deeply sinicized, especially Liao, which often compares itself to Yan and Huang.

Although they belong to the Khitan ethnic group, they admire the style of the Han and Tang Dynasties, so they use Chinese as the official language. Just like the Xixia people, all nobles can basically speak Chinese.

Zhang Yuan did not panic when he heard that Yelv Zong was really responsible.

Because Zhang Yuan actually discussed this issue with Li Yuanhao. They both knew that Yelu Zongzhen was definitely going to make trouble, so they naturally had countermeasures.

Then Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Emperors are also different. His Majesty Daliao is the emperor of the upper country, and my lord is the emperor of the lower country."

"hehe."

Yelu Zongzhen laughed and said: "Li Yuanhao raised his troops to attack south, but was beaten by the Song Dynasty and fled in embarrassment. It is said that even he himself almost died in the hands of the Song army. Is he worthy of being the emperor?"

Zhang Yuan's face changed slightly, and then he argued with reason: "It's not that my lord is incapable of defeating the Song Dynasty, but he didn't expect the Song Dynasty's firearms to be powerful. What's more, His Majesty Shengzong led an army of 500,000 to attack Daxia, but was repelled by the late Emperor of Xia. Can’t it prove the strength of Daxia’s soldiers and horses?”

These words made Yelu Zongzhen immediately angry and shouted: "You guys, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

"Of course I'm afraid."

Zhang Yuan was actually sure that Yelu Zong would not kill him, because as long as the other party saw the power of the grenade, he would definitely unite with Xixia, so he confidently said: "But before killing me, I want to ask your majesty, if the Song Dynasty becomes stronger, What should we do if we no longer send envoys to pay tribute, or even go to the north to recapture Yanyun?"

"snort!"

Yelu Zongzhen sneered and said, "Give them some courage."

"It was indeed not possible before, but now that the Song Dynasty has those firearms, I am afraid that the Liao Kingdom may not necessarily be the opponent of the Song Dynasty."

Zhang Yuan said: "My lord suddenly encountered this thing on the battlefield, and was defeated by surprise. If Lord Liao doesn't believe it, he can choose a school field to demonstrate it in public. After seeing how powerful that thing is, Lord Liao will naturally have something in his mind." decision."

In fact, Li Yuanhao had sent someone to tell Yelu Zongzhen about the grenade before. He heard that this object was the nemesis of the cavalry. It was extremely powerful. The explosion could make a huge noise, and the splattered fragments could hurt the horses, making them frightened and frightened. Scattered in all directions, causing the army to collapse, making Yelv Zong really curious.

After all, the Liao Kingdom is also a nation of horses, and their powerful strength also relies on the Liao Cavalry. If there is a cavalry nemesis, then Yelu Zong really needs to consider whether to go south to invade the Song Dynasty to prevent the Song army from equipping a large area and threatening the territory of the Liao Kingdom.

"Okay, I want to take a look."

Yelu Zongzhen said.

Immediately everyone left the palace and headed north to the school grounds outside the city.

The school ground is vast and huge. In addition to military and horse training, it is also used for Cuju competitions, so there have been stands for a long time.

Even though Cuju originated in China, the surrounding countries of Liao, Goryeo and later the Jin were also very fond of it.

Especially in the Liao Kingdom, it can be said that everyone can play with both hands. The "Cuju Picture" handed down from the Liao Dynasty records the enthusiasm of the Liao people for Cuju at that time.

At this moment, Yelu Zongzhen was sitting on the high platform. In the center of the school field in the distance, the Liao soldiers returned the grenades they had taken away to the Xixia soldiers.

This soldier was a survivor of that battle and had seen with his own eyes how the Song people used grenades.

I saw him take the grenade and take out the fire bomb.

The grenade became a dud because the fuse inside broke.

Xixia craftsmen repaired it.

However, the craftsmanship of the Song Dynasty could not be achieved, so the Xixia soldiers used fire breakers to ignite the fuse outside, and then threw it out violently.

I saw the grenade drawing a parabola in the air and landing on the ground about two or three seconds later.

"boom!"

A huge voice suddenly sounded.

Even though he was hundreds of feet away, Yelu Zongzhen could still feel the sound like thunder.

In addition to the loud sound, what made him most uneasy was that when the thing was thrown to the ground, it directly erupted into a huge cloud of dust, which was very powerful.

You must know that the Thunderbolt of the Song Army could also achieve this effect in the past. The problem is that the Thunderbolt is complicated to operate and requires horses to switch lines.

If the knight noticed the line on the ground and didn't touch it, Zhentian Lei would be almost useless.

But now this Song Army firearm is not only powerful, but also small in size, easy to carry, and its operation is not as complicated as the Thunder Thunder. It is ten times and a hundred times better than the Thunder Thunder.

If the Song army took tens of thousands of them and threw them out at a time, not to mention the cavalry, even the infantry would not be able to bear them.

Yelu Zongzhen finally realized the seriousness of the matter, and even his originally lazy expression changed color. He asked Zhang Yuandao next to him solemnly: "You Xixia should also have firearms, why don't you think of ways to imitate them?"

"Can't prevent it."

Zhang Yuan shook his head and said: "We are also like the Song Army, loading gunpowder into the small hammer and firing it by pulling the fuse, but the power is very different from that of the Song Army. The craftsman believes that this may be due to the difference in the gunpowder inside. Relationship. If we can’t get Song Jun’s gunpowder formula, we won’t be able to make this thing.”

"Then does this mean that there is no other way besides asking Song Guo for the formula for this thing?"

Yelu Zongzhen asked.

Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "The Liao and Xia armies are pressing down on the border, which will certainly frighten the Song Dynasty."

"Well"

Yelu Zongzhen narrowed his eyes slightly, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes.

The Liao Kingdom also had firearms.

But their gunpowder was also mixed with a lot of messy things like the previous Song Army. In addition, the gunpowder ratio was wrong and the raw materials were not pure. As a result, it was not very powerful and was always used as a toy.

But now the Song Dynasty's firearms were obviously epoch-making and seriously threatened the Liao cavalry.

Now there are only two ways to go before Yelu Zongzhen.

One is that the Song Dynasty paid tribute to the gunpowder formula.

The Liao Kingdom also had grenades, and the two sides were technologically equal. With the advantage of cavalry, they could still suppress the Song Army's infantry phalanx by throwing grenades through the mobility of the cavalry.

The second is to kill the Song Dynasty.

Taking advantage of the Song Dynasty's inventory of firearms, which may have been used in the Xixia battlefield, and when the inventory was low, they immediately went south to invade, drank the Yellow River, and defeated the Song Dynasty.

Otherwise, if the Song Kingdom is allowed to develop for a few more years, whether it continues to hoard more such grenades or creates other powerful firearms, it will be a nightmare for the Liao Kingdom!

So now, the Liao Kingdom is indeed considering joining forces with the Xixia people to put pressure on the Song Dynasty.

(End of chapter)