"Xie Bao, after we go to the Western Regions, will we still use the country name of Dai Jin?"
After the family cried for a while, Wanyan Xiebao's uncle Wanyan Zongxian wiped away his tears and asked about the specific matters of heading west to open Xinjiang.
Even if they don't want to, they have to leave... because they have no future here on Jinjing Beijing Road.
During the eighth year of Hongwu's reign in the Song Dynasty, short bastions sprouted up like bamboo shoots after a rain at various mountain passes at the southern foot of Yanshan Mountain and on the Bashang grassland northwest of Yanshan Mountain.
Most of these bastions are small bastions with three sides and six corners. Most of them belong to the military mansion (Zhechong mansion), and some are private fortresses of the Xungui ranch of the Song Dynasty. There are not many permanent garrison troops, but they are equipped with a sufficient number of camel cannons. Although the Song army did not have enough camels (if they had any, they would not raise them!), they weighed more than eighty kilograms and fired eighty taels of projectiles. The effect of mounting the artillery mount on a simple bastion was unexpectedly good.
The weight of the "Eight Liang Camel Cannon" improved by craftsmen of the Song Dynasty has been reduced from more than a hundred kilograms to more than eighty kilograms. It is made of bronze and is cast by the artillery factory in charge of the Luoyang Artillery School. An "Eight Liang Camel Cannon" The cost of "two camel cannons" can be as low as forty guan.
A three-sided hexagonal bastion with sixty "eight-tael camel cannon" is enough to protect it from any danger. The total price of these sixty cannons is only 2,400 guan.
As for the bastion made of straw bales, the cost is even cheaper. Including the warehouses and barracks in the city, the cost is more than 2,000 guan.
In other words, a bastion with three sides and six corners and 60 8-tael camel cannons is enough to build with 5,000 guns. With 5 million, you can build a thousand of them!
The Tatars, who had not learned mathematics, physics and chemistry well and did not have heavy firearms, wanted to build a bastion. The only way was to surround it. And the bastion does not require many people to hold on, and it can withstand a long siege better than a traditional castle.
Although the Kingdom of Jin now has many artillery, their mathematics and physics are still not good enough. It is definitely not up to the level of Marshal Vauban, the great French military strategist and engineer in the 17th century.
Therefore, facing the large number of fortresses that appeared on the Monan grassland, even "Big Crow" Wanyan Xiebao was helpless.
If the number of Song people's forts further increases and they continue to be built northward, controlling the water sources in the Hanhai Desert, and then pushing them to the Mobei grassland, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Xiebao's western expedition will be difficult!
"We still use the name of the country Jin," Wanyan Xiebao said, "Jin means gold. Gold is valuable everywhere, so it looks noble when used as the name of the country!"
Wanyan Zonghan nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes...gold is good. Our family will be called the Golden Family from now on, and our country will be called the Golden Kingdom. When we meet the barbarians in the west, we will call ourselves the Golden Kingdom from the East. It looks impressive!"
Hebule was about to cry now, the title of the Golden Family was being used.
Wanyan Zongxian asked again: "Then what does the leader of our Golden Kingdom call himself? King or emperor? Now the Western Tang Dynasty is proclaimed emperor. If we call ourselves kings, will we be inferior to the Western Tang Dynasty? If we call ourselves emperor... ...Dajin now has an emperor!”
Wanyan Xiebao frowned and said, "We still have to keep a low profile, or let's call him the Jiedu Envoy first... let's call him the Jiedu Envoy of the Western Jurchen Department of the Kingdom of Gold."
Wanyan Zongxian was a little puzzled: "Aren't we called Jiedushi a head lower than the Western Tang Dynasty? It sounds like we are a vassal state of the Western Tang Dynasty..."
Wanyan Xiebao explained: "Second uncle, my nephew just wants to pretend to be a subordinate of the Western Tang Dynasty for a while... We will travel thousands of miles to meet each other, and we will need supplies from the Western Tang Dynasty for food, clothing, horses and weapons." , but you can no longer act like the boss.
Secondly, the Western Regions are big and the Western Tang Dynasty is small, and the Western Nvzhens are even smaller. Only when the two little ones hug each other can they look bigger and scare the people of the Western Regions!
Thirdly, the Western Region is vast and sparsely populated, and the population is concentrated in oases or valleys. It is not easy to unify, and it is easy for small states to emerge. The Western Tang Dynasty, which was based in the Western Regions, has been somewhat dispersed in the past two years, so we temporarily pretend to be members of the Western Tang Dynasty without worrying about being swallowed up by them. "
Wanyan Zonghan snorted: "Swallow us? Do they dare?"
"Of course they don't dare!" Wanyan Xianbao said, "Not only do they not dare, they will definitely be afraid that we will devour them in turn... so they will definitely use the strategy of driving away tigers and devouring wolves to help us. Go west or go south.”
"Where to the west? Where to the south?" Wanyan Zongxian asked with interest.
"Go south to the Dashi Kingdom and the Persian Kingdom...these two countries are now controlled by the Turks." Wanyan Xiebao said, "Persian horses are abundant there!"
Wanyan Zonghan finally showed a smile and said with a smile: "Persian horses are good! They are exciting to ride and look beautiful!"
Wanyan Zongxian asked: "What about going west?"
"If you want to go west, you have to go to the Roman Kingdom," Wanyan Xiebao said. "I don't know much about the situation in the Roman Kingdom, but I heard that there are also good horses there, especially the land of Rus in the north of the Roman Kingdom. It is rich and open and rich in products. Good horse."
That’s the famous Ukrainian young horse!
Wanyan Zonghan asked: "Then where should we go?"
Wanyan Xiebao said: "Wherever we go, we have to see whether the Romans or the Turks are willing to ally with us? If the Romans are willing to fight the Turks with us, then we will go south! If the Dashi Kingdom and the Persian Kingdom are willing to help us pacify Rome , then let’s go west.”
This "big crow" was also very smart in his calculations. He also knew the deep hatred between the Seljuq Turks and the Eastern Romans. Therefore, as long as you unite with one of them, it will not be difficult to gain a foothold in the West.
"I think it's okay!" Wanyan Zonghan laughed, "Then let's set off as soon as possible... I will send someone to the west of Qianli Pine Forest to invite Hebule to come over and discuss the matter of heading west!"
Hebule is still hanging out with the Kingdom of Jin! His headquarters was beaten by Zhao Kai and there were not many people left, so he could only act as mercenaries for the Jurchens. Wanyan Zonghan arranged him on the front line west of the Qianli Pine Forest, facing the Yelu Dashi.
"Brother," Wanyan Zongxian thought of Yelu Dashi at this time, "The Khitan remnants of Dashi Linya won't stop us from passing by, right?"
"No," Wanyan Xiebao took over the question, "He is currently busy cleaning up the territory in Mobei. He has built short forts in the Xueliangge River, Longju River, and Onan River, and also cooperated with various tribes in Mobei. The war started and I was very busy."
Yelu Dashi was indeed very busy during this period, busy pacifying the Mobei Grassland - this was what Zhao Kai meant. Zhao Kai's positioning of Daliao is "Outer Mongolia", maybe adding some territory in Siberia. But they did not intend to give all the rich grasslands and plains east of the Thousand Miles of Pine Forest to Daliao.
So while Zhao Kai was holding back weapons such as the 5-pound, 10-pound long cannon and the 25-pound hot pot cannon from Dashi, he also provided him with a batch of eighty-two cannons, and also exported the construction technology of three-sided hexagonal bastions.
In this way, Yelu Dashi can establish a very solid rule on the Mobei Prairie at a relatively low cost!
You must know that Liao Yi released waste!
Once the Liao Kingdom establishes a solid rule on the Mobei Prairie, Sakyamuni will soon replace Changshengtian...
"God bless me Dajin, no, bless my Golden Family!" Wanyan Zonghan said with a smile, "Now that everything is ready, just wait for the weather to get warmer, and then head west to open up a new world for our Golden Family!"
...
When the Wanyan family's "big crow" was preparing to take two to three hundred thousand people to open up a new world, people on the sea had already arrived at their new world.
It was noon on the first day of the first lunar month of the ninth year of Hongwu in the Song Dynasty.
Hundreds of ships, large and small, have taken advantage of the disappearing north wind to break through the waves off the coast of Kyushu, Japan, and rush into the unsuspecting Hakata Bay.
Then I saw the sea boat rushing at the front, rushing desperately to the beach of Hakata Bay, and landed on the soft sand with a bang.
Before the ship could stop, the traitor invaders packed full of people on it had already jumped off. The first one was from the Liaodong Han'er Army under Wang Bolong. He was a veteran of about forty years old. He was wearing a Jurchen's wide-sleeved leather robe without armor. He had a side tag tied to his arm and was holding a long-handled sword. He jumped off the deck. Following him, a large group of traitor invaders also rumbled down, all of them staggering... seasick!
They boarded the ship from Goryeo Haeju and headed south along the west coast of Goryeo, crossed the Goryeo Strait, and arrived at Hakata Beach. Only then did their feet set foot on the ground again. Before, most of them were dizzy and crying while floating on the sea. . Now we have finally arrived at our destination... Now that we have arrived, it’s hard to say what will happen!
Because this journey across the ocean has exhausted the power of the "Shogunate of the Generals of the Song Dynasty to Conquer Yi", and they are no longer able to organize a second attack... They can't even go back to Goryeo Haeju.
Goryeo Haizhou is not the territory of the "Shogunate of the Generals of the Song Dynasty", but lent to Wanyan Yan by the Kingdom of Jin... If they fail, they will really be homeless!
So when going to sea, Wanyanyan cried until her eyes were red, and she even told everyone in tears that if she lost this time, she would jump into the sea with her two children!
If we win...Kyushu, and even the entire country of Japan, belongs to everyone!
Everyone can get land, and everyone is a landlord. Wanyanyan and his two sons only get one-sixth of the land!
When the words have reached this point, everyone understands that there is no way out this time... It's a desperate matter, if you lose, you will die!
So no matter how rough the sea was, no matter how many boats capsized on the road, everyone moved forward without hesitation... until now, we finally set foot on the land of Japan!
"No, no... no defenders! The surprise attack was successful!"
Wanyanyan was on the big ship and remembered Li Cheng's roar: "There are no Japanese defenders on the beach of Hakata Bay. We have won!"
Wanyanyan, who was feeling a little haggard due to seasickness, breathed a sigh of relief, hugged her son Zhao Shanzhen beside her and said, "Zhen'er, we two have to live..."
