The Eighth Prince did not expect Yang Peng to be so kind to them. Seeing that Yang Peng was not old and had a broad mind, the Eighth Prince said, "Sir, how old are you and where are you from?" Yang Peng said to the Eighth Prince, "I don't know the specifics. You are about nineteen years old, right?" I don't know where I am. I was in a mass grave in an iron mine. My master saved me. He also taught me a lot of skills. My family must be rich, and at most they are not very wealthy. Bad, because my talents and learning are not bad, at least my family is also a craftsman, because I know how to make iron and how to make farming tools for the people, oh. I can also bake green bricks, but I forgot to seal the water in the end, I didn’t expect Just burn it into red bricks, which are the bricks used in the houses that people live in now. The price is reasonable and it burns quickly, haha."
"Master taught me martial arts, marching and fighting, military advice, and how to be good to the people and do more good deeds. Only in this way can we have our Tianjing New City." Lin Qing'er said to Mrs. She, "No. Listen to his nonsense, why is he so weird? Sister, you also know how much I weigh, so I have such great ability," Kou Zhun said, "Sir, teach me how to break the situation." In fact, it is not difficult, he said It's simple to start with, no matter how far he goes, stick to the rest, don't go out of the city to fight, we just need to attack all the way, and finally surround the point to provide reinforcements. If it hurts, it would be better to cut off one of his fingers and let him feel the pain.
The Eighth Prince said, "Wonderful, wonderful. If they attack the city, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties. They will come to the rescue in the end. We will set up an ambush and the crisis can be solved." What if Empress Dowager Xiao disagrees with the matter of hunting? The Eighth Prince said. Yang Peng said, "Then just make her agree to the beating. Doesn't it mean that whatever he says is what it is? If so, he will be leading others by the nose. This is a taboo for military strategists. It is a truth that every soldier knows. If they don't agree, If so, then I will capture Yingzhou first and see Queen Mother Xiao’s reaction. If there is no reaction, then I will go to those Mozhous and attack Youzhou to see if they want Youzhou.”
"Those of you in Yingzhou will have to pay a high price. Yingzhou is a big city after all, so I'm afraid it won't be that easy." The Eighth Prince said. Yang Peng said, "Soldiers are deceitful. I sent 6,000 men to attack Mozhou and set up an ambush with 4,000 men. The Khitan army in Mozhou was less than 1,000 men. The armies of Youzhou and Yingzhou will definitely come to rescue them." Zhou has an army of two thousand people. The rescue force of Mozhou is at least 1,500. Then there are still 500 people in Yingzhou, which is not enough to rival my Jinyiwei in Yingzhou. There will not be more than 100 people to capture Yingzhou. casualties. If there are hard-working generals like you fighting face to face and charging, the death rate is very high. This time we sent troops to the Youzhou Iron Mine, two people died. We rescued more than 700 workers and earned money back. More than one million taels, this is a war. If you don’t make money from a war, why fight? If you don’t pay to your death, you will die.”
"Haha, Lin Qing'er, you are really a good disciple of the church, a master who does not suffer losses, and makes money in wars. This is the first time I have heard of this. I have never heard of it since ancient times. No wonder you have been so busy in two years It took only a short time to build such a big city, all with money earned from fighting. It’s not easy!” Yang Peng said, “We started with nine people and ended up with a hundred people in one year, and we earned more than two million yuan from fighting. In the end, it was my junior sister who paid the bills. The Khitans wanted my junior sister everywhere. For a year, the Khitans didn’t even know we existed. It was only after I built Tianjing New City that they found out about us in Cangzhou. Exist. At this time, they can no longer defeat us. If they want to defeat us without 300,000 troops, they will not be able to capture our new city. If the Khitans do not have 300,000 troops, they will still defend Yanyun Sixteen Provinces like this, haha .This is the art of war. Those Confucian theories are useless. Literature cannot govern a country, and martial arts cannot march and fight. They can only cultivate sentiments. Look at the people who are calling for it. Look at how serious it is that the Song Dynasty now emphasizes literature over martial arts. It is clear that Song Taizu was not in the right position. , then you can’t continue to suffer as before and attack military generals. This is digging a hole for future generations."
Kou Zhun said, "Since ancient times, there have been scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants. Scholars are the first gentlemen, don't you think?" Yang Peng said. "Do you look down on craftsmen, or do you mean that craftsmen are lower than you, scholars?" " Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce have been established since ancient times. The city lord should study more." Wang Qinruo said disdainfully.
"Then I would like to ask Mr. Wang, who should mention scholars, farmers, industry and commerce first?" Yang Peng felt happy and finally found a breakthrough point. Seeing him like this, Yang Peng sneered and said: "Since Mr. Wang dare not say it, or is embarrassed to say it, how about I help Mr. Wang say it?" Without waiting for Wang Qinruo to speak, Yang Peng continued, "The famous Prime Minister of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period. Guan Zhong once said that the four peoples, scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, are the stone people of the country! Sir Wang, have I ever been wrong?"
Hearing Yang Peng's words, Wang Qinruo instinctively felt that something was wrong, but at this moment he could only nod in approval. But what Yang Peng wanted was to stimulate these guys and make them stand on the opposite side of him. He would let them go no matter what, so he continued: "But among the four people, the scholars, farmers, industry and merchants mentioned by the Prime Minister, not one of them is a scholar!" Isn't that a scholar?" At this time, the old lady She who was the best in admiration raised doubts again.
Yang Peng smiled at him and said: "Old lady She doesn't know something. Although the scholars, peasants, industry and merchants mentioned in recent years refer to soldiers, farmers, craftsmen, and businessmen respectively, there are no scholars." In the end, he shamelessly referred to the soldiers as scholars. That is to say, it was changed from the literati group of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, because they wanted to improve the treatment of scholars, so there is no harm in reading, at least it means being sensible and understanding. But you cannot destroy other doctrines. The existence of Mohism, Taoism, and Legalism has its own reasons. We in Tianjing Xincheng rely on Legalism to formulate laws for us, and weapons rely on Mohism to help us. Martial arts and fighting rely on Taoism for guidance, while poetry and poetry rely on Confucianism.
The Eighth Prince said, "There is another saying, why don't I know this?" Yang Peng said. "Master Kou is well-read in poetry and books. He is a genius that is rare to see in a century. Master Kou can explain it to the Eighth Prince." Kou Zhun said, "Sir, you are right. Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are what the Prime Minister said. At that time, there was no Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. According to the theory, scholars should be soldiers, and this is certainly true. It was only in the Han Dynasty that scholars were scholars. This is certainly true."
The Eighth Prince said, "Well, Mr. Yang can also write poems. How about writing a poem for Mrs. She?" Yang Peng stood up and looked at Mrs. She and said, "I want Master Kou to write for me." All of a sudden, I have it. ""Broken Arrangement·Write a poem for Mrs. She to send it to."" Yang Peng stood up and said, "I was drunk and looked at the sword by the light of the lamp, and I dreamed of blowing the trumpet company." Eight hundred miles away, the people under his command are burning, and the sound of fifty strings turning over the Great Wall. Autumn brings troops to the battlefield. The horse moves very fast, and the bow is as frightening as a thunderbolt. Finish the affairs of the king and the world, and win the reputation during and after death. Misfortune happens in vain! "
After Yang Peng finished speaking, he saluted Mrs. She and said. "Are you satisfied, Mrs. She?" Mrs. She stood up and said, "I am absolutely satisfied. Mr. Kou, can you write something for me so that I can remember you, haha?"
After Kou Zhun finished writing, he gave it to Mrs. She. Mrs. She looked at the poem Yang Peng wrote for him with eyes wide open. I was extremely excited. This was a reflection of a military commander, no matter which military commander he was.
The Eighth Prince said, "This poem speaks the heart of the general. I would like to ask the old lady to come forward this time to meet the Queen Mother Xiao of Liao Kingdom. Mr. Yang, can you write a poem for the old lady?" ," Yang Peng stood up and walked slowly down the hall to the soldiers and said, "Bring a glass of wine." Yang Bamei waved to the soldiers and gave Yang Peng a glass of wine. Yang Peng finished it in one mouthful. He said to Kou Zhun, "I would like to ask Mr. Kou to write the book. Thank you very much."
Throughout the ages, there are no heroes who can find Sun Zhongmou. On the dance pavilion and singing stage, the wind is always blown away by the rain. Grass and trees in the setting sun, ordinary alleyways. Humane slaves once lived. I think back then, when we were strong and strong, we could swallow thousands of miles like a tiger.
Yuan Jia hastily sealed the wolf in Xu, and won a hurried visit to the north. Forty-three years later, I still remember the beacon fire on Youzhou Road. But looking back, under the Buddha and Li Temple, there is a sacred crow drum. Who can ask: Lian Po is old, can he still make a living?
The Eighth Prince shouted, "Good words, tell the truth of Mrs. She's heart. Mrs. She, you are so honest, can you still make a living?"
Mrs. She said, "Yes. This time I will take the lead in meeting with the Queen Mother Xiao in Yingzhou. Our female generals of the Yang family are not vegetarians. The Eighth Prince only needs to mobilize 10,000 troops and horses in Bianjing, as well as our family." All the female generals have been transferred to Cangzhou. I want to see if the Khitans are that scary? Nephew Yang Peng, are you willing to help me?" Yang Peng said, "As long as you have a destiny, you will not give up even if you die."
Mrs. She said to Lin Qing'er, "My sister is willing to help me once. My sister can be the commander-in-chief. I can do whatever I want without saying a word." Lin Qing'er said, "Sister, please don't say that. Zhe Sha Nu's family, I "I will go into battle for my sister and never refuse," Mrs. She said with great pride to Hua Jieyu and the others, "Daughters-in-law, are you willing to go out with me?"
Hua Jieyu, Zhou Yunjing, Huyan Chijin, and Du Jin'e all said, "As long as you have a destiny, you will never give up even if you die." Yang Peng looked at the bunch of widows in the Yang family and felt uncomfortable. This is life, and this is the fate of the Yang family.
Yang Peng said to the Eighth Prince, "I want to make a request here. I hope the Eighth Prince will go back and tell the officials. What's more, it must be done. I can get Yingzhou and Mozhou for you in exchange," the Eighth Prince said. "Please tell me," Yang Peng said, "The first is the Pan family. I don't want to commit murder, so all the Pan family can be exiled to Lingnan. The second is to build a Martyrs' Shrine near Tianbo Yang Mansion to commend the Yang family's achievements. A sign can be molded at the door of the Yang family. Civil servants get off their sedan chairs, and military generals dismount their horses. To show respect for the Yang family. This condition can wait until you get Yingzhou and Mozhou to implement it. This time when you go back, the Pan family's affairs will be handled first, so that I I also have an explanation for my master, and I also have an explanation for my seventh brother. If I can't do it, then I will start a killing spree. The Pan family's chickens and dogs will not be spared. This is a promise I made to my seventh brother. Tomorrow you and I will go to the military camp. Just look at it and you will know that I, Yang Peng, promise a thousand pieces of gold."
The eighth prince said to Yang Peng, "Okay, if I don't do this, I won't do this as prince. I will come to your Tianjing New City to be a master, whether it is teaching or educating people, I will inevitably feel guilty. Eat. No, if you can’t sleep well, you might as well settle down in peace.”
The Eighth Prince's heart finally dropped, and Kou Zhun breathed a sigh of relief. The Yang family's daughter-in-law looked at Lin Qing'er with envy, and even Mrs. She held Lin Qing'er's hand tightly. At the same time, he looked at Yang Peng with gratitude. Although the Pan family members were not dead, they also saw the kind-hearted side of Yang Peng. For this, the Yang family would be grateful to Yang Peng for the rest of their lives.
At noon, Yang Peng hosted a banquet in honor of the Eighth Prince and his entourage. Looking at Yang Peng's dishes at the dinner table, he was simply shocked. There was no such way of eating in the palace. The taste is simply immortal. Only immortals can eat such food. It's amazing. Kou Zhun was also surprised that there was still such a way of eating in the world.
The soldiers of the first and third squads of the first company of the second battalion of the Selected Frontier Regiment are all veterans. They have all participated in the battle of Yingzhou Mines and have killed bandits and seen blood. Yang Peng equipped these two squads with telescopes and war horses, and asked them to deploy them 30 kilometers north of Tianjing New City to always be on guard for Khitan people entering the country.
On the fifth day of August in the first year of Xianping, the first and third squads were patrolling north of Tianjing New City and encountered Khitan scouts. They encountered not only Khitan scouts, but also a group of people who were caught by Khitan scouts in the grass valley. Before they could clearly see the Khitan scouts, they were startled by the deafening cry and howl. The soldiers rode up to the heights and saw a shocking sight.
More than twenty Khitan scouts, wielding machetes and whips, drove away a group of ragged Song people on the plain, driving the people westward. There were three to four hundred people there, and it was not known which state or county they were residents of. It may be that the place where they lived was attacked by Khitan scouts, and they encountered Khitan scouts while escaping, so they fell into the hands of this group of Khitan scouts. The Khitan people often attacked the city endlessly, and once they encountered fierce resistance, they would massacre the city. The people of the captured city could only save their lives by fleeing.
Unfortunately, this group of people still encountered Khitan scouts on their way to escape. There were both men and women among the people, and some women and children were still holding their children, crying and running at the same time. Old people who can't run fall down from time to time. Some struggle on the ground for a few times and can stand up and continue running. Some fall to the ground and never get up again, lying on the ground forever.
The children who lacked physical strength gradually could no longer run, and one fell behind. When a Khitan man saw this backward child, he struck him with a knife. Blood splattered everywhere. The child was slashed on the neck with a knife. Blood spurted more than one meter high and he fell into a pool of blood. The Khitan man who killed the man succeeded with a sword, laughed loudly, raised his blood-stained saber and shouted loudly. A woman in the crowd of refugees cried loudly when she saw this scene. She staggered and ran to the back of the crowd to go to the child's body.
The Khitan man next to him whipped the woman in the face. The woman's face was torn open and the flesh was torn, and she fell to the ground. A man in the crowd couldn't bear this scene anymore and howled loudly. He passed through the fleeing crowd and rushed towards the murderous Khitan man regardless, to avenge his child. But before he had even taken two steps, a Khitan man wearing heavy armor rushed towards him. The Khitan man brandished his long saber and slashed at the man's back. The man let out a scream, fell to the ground like a sandbag, and never got up again.
The Khitans killed two people and became more excited. They shouted and drove the people westward. But the scene of the Khitans killing two common people frightened the fleeing people. The people didn't know whether the Khitan people wanted to kill them all or drive them away. They were afraid that if they went further west and the Khitan people would kill them all, they scattered and fled south. When the Khitan people saw that the fleeing Ming people dispersed, they shouted and rode horses to the south, slashing at the people who were running in front.
A shirtless man was overtaken by an unarmored Khitan man and stabbed into the back of his heart with a knife. He vomited blood and fell to the ground screaming. A woman holding a child was chased by a Khitan man wearing cotton armor. She was slashed on the back with a knife and fell to the ground with a thud. The one-and-a-half-year-old child in her arms was hit hard to the ground, probably injured, and let out a shrill cry.
The Khitan man in cotton armor drove the horses with a ferocious smile, causing the horses to trample the crying baby on the ground. The heavy hooves of the war horse hit the baby hard, trampling the child until it was bloody and bloody and could no longer cry. More than 20 Khitan people killed more than a dozen people in a row before frightening the people who were fleeing to the south. They reunited the panicked people and drove them to the west.
Seeing such a tragic scene, the eyes of the soldiers from the two squads of the Selection Regiment were bloodshot. It is said that in troubled times, human life is as cheap as a dog, but when did the people of the Song Dynasty suffer such a massacre? The soldiers shouted loudly: "Squad leader, let's go up and fight these Khitan dogs!" "Squad leader Yao, let's go up and kill these damn Khitan dogs!" "Squad leader Yao, let's save these people!"
The commander of these two classes was the squad leader of the first class, Yao Changle. He put down the telescope and pondered for a while, then looked at the squad leader of the third class. Seeing that the squad leader of the third squad also had an angry look on his face, Yao Changle nodded and said: "Catch one or two alive and bring them back, and our patrol mission will be considered a meritorious service. Let's go!"
The sixteen soldiers made up their minds, loaded their rifles with bullets, and rode towards the Khitan dogs. The scouts rode a hundred meters and slowed down when they were 350 meters away from the Khitan scouts. They walked slowly towards the Khitan scouts. The Khitan people saw Yao Changle's team and shouted. Dozens of Khitan people howled loudly to communicate in Khitan language. In the end, five Khitan people were left to guard the people, and twenty-four people were sent to kill the scouts.
Those Khitan people were used to killing Song soldiers and were very trustworthy. Normally, even hundreds of Song soldiers would be overwhelmed when they encountered these Khitan people. How could they take this small group of sixteen Song soldiers seriously? They waved their swords with bared teeth and claws, and gradually increased their horse speed to cover them. Seeing the Khitan scouts coming towards them, the scouts jumped off their horses and squatted on the ground to take aim at the enemies. The distance is three hundred meters, two hundred and fifty meters, two hundred meters. Yao Changle shouted loudly: "Aim at them all! Let them go a hundred steps before shooting!"
One hundred steps equals one hundred and fifty meters. It is more accurate to let the enemy reach one hundred and fifty meters. The scouts held their breath and held their muskets firmly at the Khitan scouts who were galloping over, ready to shoot. One hundred and eighty meters, one hundred sixty meters, one hundred and fifty meters! Yao Changle shouted: "Fire!"
Sixteen rifles spit out tongues of flame, sprayed conical flintlock bullets out of their barrels, and rushed towards the Khitan scouts a hundred steps away at top speed. In the first salvo, thirteen high-speed rotating sharp bullets hit the enemy. Ten of those Khitan scouts were "step armors" among the Khitan soldiers, wearing cotton armor with iron plates embedded inside. But how can these cotton armors stop high-speed rotating bullets? The iron piece embedded in the cotton armor was penetrated by the bullet at once. The bullet made a hole in the cotton armor and plunged into the body under the armor, spinning and shattering the organs under the skin.
The five infantrymen were hit by bullets. They screamed and fell down from their horses. They fell hard to the ground and died soon. There are five Khitan scouts who are "followers" who don't wear armor or only wear cotton armor without iron plates. They have no resistance to bullets. The three "followers" were hit by bullets in the body, their internal organs were shattered by the bullets, and they immediately lost their fighting ability and fell from their horses.
Nine of these twenty-four Khitan scouts are the elite "vests" of Khitan scouts, wearing heavy armor. Three vests were shot in the body by flintlock rifles. However, these vests wore two layers of armor, with a layer of chain mail underneath the cotton armor embedded with iron plates. At a distance of 150 meters, the kinetic energy of the bullet weakened after passing through the two layers of armor. It was not able to kill the three vests immediately, but only caused minor injuries to the three vests.
The three vests were injured, their faces became more ferocious, and they howled loudly. Two bullets did not hit people, but hit horses. One of the horses fell to the ground and twitched after being shot, and a vest on its back was pressed under the horse. Another war horse stood up after being injured and threw one of its armor behind the horse.
The fallen horses and personnel in front caused confusion among the Khitan scouts behind. A horse with cavalry had no time to turn around and tripped over the corpse in front. The horse stumbled and fell to the ground, knocking off the vest on its back. Half dead. The Khitans who were thrown off their horses also temporarily lost their fighting power. The Khitan scouts who were arrogant just now were half disabled by the riflemen.
A single volley from the scouts of the Selected Frontier Regiment knocked out the eleven Khitan scouts. The Khitan scout then realized that he had encountered a powerful enemy and panicked. The path forward was blocked by horses and human corpses on the ground. To continue charging, they had to stop their horses and go around these obstacles, which greatly reduced the speed of the attack. The soldiers in front may shoot again at any time! This is not a battle, this is an execution! Where did this Song Dynasty army come from, and why was it so strong? The few infantrymen and followers who were still alive suddenly lost their fighting spirit and raised their whips to escape.
If you want to know what happens next, let’s look at the breakdown in the next chapter.
