To the west of Jinling City, on the bank of the river, a steamship docked. Envoys from various countries, including Ana'er and the Jade Bone Dragon Chi brother and sister, got off the ship and stepped onto the solid land on the shore.
"Brother Xian Xian, Miss Song, see you later. We will go to Goryeo when you have time!"
Li Yuanlao, the Korean envoy, said goodbye to Yugulong Chi brother and sister warmly and reluctantly.
"Brother Li, see you later!"
Ana'er and Yugu Longchi waved to Mr. Li.
"Both of you, go to Dali Kingdom when you have time. I'll sweep the court and wait for you. But maybe next time, Dali will be under the rule of the Song Dynasty."
Wang Xun, the envoy of Dali Kingdom, bid farewell to the Yugulong Chi brothers and sisters, seeming a little listless.
After taking a train, visiting the Daye Iron Works, and taking a steamship cruise, all the illusions in his heart were shattered.
"Brother Wang, take care of it!"
Yu Gulongchi and Wang Xun said goodbye, feeling a bit like they were in the same boat.
They were also neighboring countries of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty had strong soldiers and horses and frequently used troops abroad. They seemed to have to make a choice.
Seeing Yugu Longchi's ugly face, Ana'er made a joke.
"Jade Bone Longchi, when you come to Jiangnan, the beautiful mountains and rivers here have made your face just a little whiter. Why has it started to turn darker again?"
"Anal, how many artillery pieces can the Daye Iron Works make in a month?"
Yugu Longchi said suddenly, his brows still furrowed.
"It seems that five or six hundred artillery pieces, large and small, can be built. Why do you ask?"
Anael asked in surprise.
After the one-day train trip, they visited the Daye Iron Works. The size of the factory and its strong production capacity were truly astonishing.
But for a woman like her, there is no intuitive impression.
"Anar, the Song Dynasty is too powerful! Too powerful! If we, Gao Changguo, follow the Tatars, we will die sooner or later!"
Jade Bone Dragon Chi was worried and said it with a dark face.
Well-trained and endless tiger and wolf divisions; indestructible and frightening firearms; vast land and unimaginable riches...
Now there are steamships and trains!
Only when you have seen it can you know how powerful it is, and only then can you know the gap between you and the other party. This may no longer be a gap, but a difference between heaven and earth, cloud and mud.
"Yugu Longchi, what's wrong with you? Are you scared by the Song Army? Although the Song Army has firearms, steamships, and steam trains, their cavalry is not very powerful. If they meet on the battlefield, they will still It’s not clear who wins and who loses.”
Ana'er burst out laughing and quickly covered her mouth.
She is young and beautiful, and she is a foreigner, which attracts the malicious eyes of many men around her.
"The Song Army's cavalry is not powerful. Who told you? You really don't understand anything!"
They say my sister is smart, but now she looks like a little girl.
"In those elementary schools, all the seven- and eight-year-old children are good at stabbing. Everyone practices horseback riding, bomb-throwing, and takes some physical education classes. All the schools are the same. It's really scary to think about it!"
As he spoke, Jade Bone Longchi's face turned dark again.
If one of 10 men joins the army, the Song Dynasty can gather millions of soldiers. Whether it's Gaochang or Tatar, how many people are there in total? How to compete with the Song Dynasty?
"What's this? Aren't we warriors on the grassland all practicing riding and shooting since childhood? What's so scary about this?"
Anael was still confused.
"You really don't understand anything! How many people are there in the Song Dynasty and how many people are there on the grassland?"
Jade Bone Longchi shook his head and analyzed it carefully for his sister.
"All the children in the Song Dynasty went to school, and everyone practiced spear spearing, riding horses and using firearms. Think about it, how many people are there in the Song Dynasty and how many people are there on our grasslands? Seventy million versus one million, based on the number of people in the Song Dynasty. The national strength, under the leadership of this terrifying Emperor of the Song Dynasty, not only our Gaochang Kingdom, but also Wokuotai and the others will be in danger of extinction!"
As Jade Bone Longchi spoke, his heart became heavy again.
The Song Dynasty had strong soldiers and horses, and it would only take a year or two to restore the Central Plains. Next, it should be Gaochang Kingdom and the Western Regions.
"Yugu Longchi, you are right. I thought that the Song Dynasty was a state of etiquette and splendid articles. Now it seems that the Song Emperor has a good way of governing the country and using troops, and he is very ambitious. He didn't even think of people like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. In his eyes, he must take back my Gaochang Kingdom!"
Anal suddenly realized, her face became serious, and she no longer had the joy she had just now.
The Song Emperor was young and promising, and it would be too difficult for Gao Changguo to escape.
"That's right! Just thinking of these, I'm so scared in my heart! The Song Dynasty is not something that my little Gaochang Kingdom can resist!"
Jade Bone Dragon Chi is like a treasure from every family, come one by one:
"Trains, steamships, carriages, martial arts schools, normal schools, naval schools, major elementary schools, weapons manufacturing departments, branch departments, machine manufacturing departments, glass, ceramics, soaps, soaps, etc. The Song Dynasty has them all , does my country, Gaochang, have one?"
Now there is another train. Although it seems to have nothing to do with military affairs, it reflects the rising national power of the Song Dynasty.
"But the Tatars are on the east side of my country, Gaochang, so what can I do with my country of Gaochang? If we really fall out with them, our country of Dachang will be destroyed in less than a month!"
Anal's face turned pale with fright.
The Tatars are a country of tigers and wolves, and cannot be offended. The Song Dynasty was at the height of its military power and did not dare to offend. I heard that the army of the Song Dynasty was about to go on the Northern Expedition. If the Northland was recovered by then, it would probably be too late for Gaochang to surrender at that time.
"Now let's see what happened during the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty."
Jade Bone Dragon Chi said quietly.
"You mean, the Song Army is going to make the Northern Expedition?"
Anael was shocked again.
The Song army has strong soldiers and horses, and sooner or later the Northern Expedition will be launched. Once troops are used, Gaochang State will inevitably be recruited by Mongolia. By that time, it will be difficult to escape the flames of war.
"You can speak Chinese and are just having fun. Haven't you read the newspaper? Also, haven't you noticed that Daye Iron Works and Jiangnan Ordnance Manufacturing Department are transporting firearms in large quantities? Haven't you noticed the steady flow of Song troops? Are you constantly gathering to the north? Look at the countless warships and grain ships on the sea and rivers, all the way to the north. They are all for fighting a big war, for the Northern Expedition!"
Jade Bone Longchi secretly rejoiced that he still knew a little Chinese.
"Then... can Wo Kuotai beat him?"
Anael asked anxiously.
The Song Dynasty used Confucianism to govern the country and culture to govern military affairs. Perhaps the Song army was just a bastard and vulnerable to a single blow.
"You learned Chinese for nothing!"
Jade Bone Longchi lightly tapped his sister on the head.
"In the battle of Hanzhong, Wokuotai was frightened, and Tuo Lei was killed by the Song army. How could those Han troops in the two rivers block it? Think about it, the Song army's such a large formation is not the Northern Expedition, is it just the Northern Expedition? Want to play?"
"Will Wokuotai send more troops to Lianghe? He won't ask us, Gaochang State, to send troops there again, right?"
Anael continued to ask, taking chances.
"More troops? Why increase them? It's not the vassal states of Gaochang and Dongliao!"
Jade Bone Longchi shook his head and snorted coldly.
"In the Battle of Hanzhong, the Tatars lost more than 70,000 cavalry and 40,000 Han troops. Think about how many soldiers and horses there are on the grassland. If they had more troops, they would have gone south to take revenge! In contrast, in the Song Dynasty, those vassal states They were willing to send troops to help, but they were blocked by the Song Dynasty."
"The soldiers of the Song Dynasty are so numerous that they don't care. Fortunately, Wo Kuotai did not send any more troops southward this year, otherwise, all the strong men of our Gaochang Kingdom would have died."
Anal spoke out with lingering fear, and then asked:
"Jade Bone Longchi, what should we do now? Is there any way to stabilize the Song Dynasty and Wokuotai at the same time, and prevent Gaochang State from adding more troops to the two rivers?"
"If you want to be a wallflower, there may be only one way to try, which is to make peace with the Song Dynasty. In this way, even if the Song army goes north, I, Gaochang, will have room for maneuver."
Jade Bone Longchi looked at his sister and waited for a while before speaking.
Song Emperor Zhao Hong was in his prime, but he was only eight or nine years older than his sister. If they could get married, Gao Chang would have someone to rely on.
"Marriage with Song Dynasty?"
Ana'er was stunned for a moment, and then half of her face turned red.
If you want to marry the Song Dynasty, you won't let yourself marry the Emperor of Song Dynasty, right?
Anal's heart started to beat loudly.
"Yes, make peace! Make peace with Song Dynasty!"
The Jade Bone Dragon's red eyes shone brightly, obviously after careful consideration.
"When Xixia fell, all the royal family was about to be killed. It was because of the marriage with the Song Dynasty that they had a way out. Ana'er, you admire Chinese culture so much, and the Song Emperor is a well-known writer in the country. If you marry him, Gaochang can be saved."
"I become Emperor Song's concubine? Will he agree?"
Anal's face turned red and her heart beat even harder.
It was a dream to become the concubine of the wise and powerful Emperor of the Song Dynasty, and to be honored by her mother in the world.
"You are 22 years old now, and you have never married, not because you look down on ordinary people. Look at that Goryeo envoy, who is proud of being a vassal state of the Song Dynasty. If I, Gaochang, can become another Goryeo, that will be good .”
Jade Bone Dragon Chi betrayed his sister directly after talking eloquently.
"When you go to Jinling Martial Arts Lecture Hall to meet Emperor Song, you can raise this matter in person and test Emperor Song's tone. Whether Gao Chang can escape the disaster is up to you."
It had to be said that he was already scared in front of the Song people's absolute strength.
A steamship and a train are enough to show the national power of the Song Dynasty and the strength of the Song army. How can it be compared with other countries, including Mongolia?
"Shall I tell you?"
As a descendant of the grassland people, Ana'er has a bold personality, but she still has some scruples in her heart.
If she does this, Emperor Song won't look down on her, right?
"Of course you go! You speak Chinese so well. If you don't go, could it be that I go?"
Looking at his sister's expression, Jade Bone Longchi knew that his sister was already attracted.
"It can be seen from Emperor Song's poems that Emperor Song will definitely send troops to the Western Regions. Even if Emperor Song accepts me, I am afraid that Gaochang Kingdom will be recovered by Emperor Song. I don't know if Atta will agree?"
Anal thought for a moment and then said.
"Ata didn't listen to Ana! You don't want the Gaochang Kingdom to be littered with corpses and rivers of blood, right? It's not bad to vote for the Emperor of Song and be a pawn of the Song Dynasty, and live a lifetime of prosperity and wealth. That's not bad."
Yu Gulongchi seemed to have already made some comparisons in his heart.
It is related to the life and death of Gaochang State, and getting married to the Song Dynasty is not necessarily a bad thing. Even if they cannot continue to maintain the rule of Gaochang State, they can still be wealthy for a lifetime.
I believe that their parents, Baershu, will make the right choice.
