Li Yong developed silently in Qiantang. After the banditry here subsided, now everyone's travel and business are much more thorough. If that doesn't work, you can also ask the Zhennan Escort Bureau to escort him. Because of his battle with the Qiantang bandits, he is now like Li Yong. Even if he has made a name for himself, even in the green forest, he will give him two points of praise.
When you go out, even if you give me face and I give you face, you can't pay me nothing for tolls. It's a lot of fun. In this way, everyone benefits from each other, and they are naturally happy and worry-free.
But in other parts of the Song Dynasty, things were turbulent at the moment.
First of all, of course, the War of Song and Liao was attracting the attention of the whole country at this time. Now it has entered a fever pitch. Emperor Zhao Heng personally led the 200,000 forbidden troops to march north.
However, because the frontline coach Fu Qian chose to avoid fighting, it aroused heated discussions, with everyone demanding severe punishment.
In October of the second year of Xianping, the Liao army began a large-scale invasion of the south. Because Fu Qian was deployed in Zhen, Ding, and Gaoyangguan camps, he refused to fight. Finally, after several rebuke from his general Fan Tingzhao, who was deployed in Dingzhou camp, he finally sent 8,000 troops. The cavalry and two thousand infantry fought against the Liao soldiers.
Fan Tingzhao deployed Kang Bao Yi to Gaoyang Pass for help. Kang Bao Yi led his army to the west of Yingzhou, but was surrounded by Liao troops and fought to the death.
Fan Tingzhao reunited in time in the future, but Zhang Ning, the commander of Gaoyangguan Road, and Li Chonggui, the deputy commander of the Gaoyangguan Road camp, deployed to support them. The two were attacked from both sides and fought bravely, but because the enemy was outnumbered, we gradually became exhausted.
At this time, Zhang Ning's son Zhang Zhaoyuan, who was accompanying the army, held his father under his arm and fought out with a gun in one hand. Zhang Zhaoyuan was no more than sixteen years old in ten years.
The Battle of Yingzhou ended in a disastrous defeat for the Song Army, but the Liao Army did not fare well either. Kang Baoyi, Zhang Ning, Li Chonggui and others fought to the death one after another. Although the Liao Army won, it was only a tragic victory, and its march was slightly delayed. .
In December, Zhao Heng led the army to personally conquer the country and stationed it in Daming Mansion. He immediately ordered Fu Qian to come. Once he arrived, he was dismissed from his post and imprisoned for investigation. He was eventually sentenced to death. Zhao Heng showed extrajudicial mercy and exempted him from the death penalty. Exiled; Zhang Zhaoyuan, who was under the jurisdiction of Zhen, Ding, and Gaoyang Guanxingying, was also implicated, and was also dismissed from office and exiled.
Zhang Ning and Li Chonggui, who escaped in a desperate battle, were both rewarded, and relatives of Kangbao people who died were rewarded heavily by Zhao Heng. Then Zhao Heng replaced the founding general Gao Qiong as the new commander, took office in Dingzhou, and ordered Fan Tingzhao, Zhang Ning and others to reorganize the army and prepare for war.
On January 9, the third year of Xianping, Fan Tingzhao led his army to another decisive battle with the Liao army in the west of Yingzhou. This time, the Song army had sufficient personnel and weapons, and the generals were united. The emperor personally sat in the rear. The three armies used their lives and beheaded 20,000 people. , traveled north to thirty miles east of Mozhou, and met up with Cangzhou general Zhang Ning's troops. They beheaded more than 10,000 people and captured tens of thousands of plundered people, old and young.
The Liao army retreated, and the Song army avenged its humiliation. Zhao Heng also felt that he had saved his face, so he immediately composed two "Poems of Happy Victory" and personally wrote the poems on the walls of the palace, and also ordered ministers to write poems in response.
Seven days after the Battle of Mozhou, Zhao Heng returned to Beijing from the daimyo, announcing the end of the imperial expedition.
This time, Zhao Heng's expedition only lasted fifty days from the time he went out to return.
Judging from the battle situation, the Song Army won the battle, but as a passive defensive party, their victory was not as great as imagined.
In particular, although they won the battle, they did not cut off the main strength of the Liao army, let alone break their bones.
In this way, the Song Dynasty was still on the strategic defense side, and the Liao army still held the initiative.
Although they shouted loudly for this southern expedition, it was actually just a trial, especially the division of troops into different groups, which left the Song army with no time to look around. Therefore, the victory of the Song army in the battle of Mozhou was only a slight replenishment of blood, but overall it was still a loss. .
In order to prevent the Liao people from invading the south again, after Zhao Heng returned to the capital, he mobilized his troops and made strict arrangements to prepare for the upcoming war at any time.
But at this time, a brief period of peace will be restored on the Song-Liao border, and this will also be the calm before the storm.
When Qiantang received news of the war situation in the north, it was still delayed by more than half a month, and the full picture was not known until early February.
Of course, Li Yong is already familiar with this period of history, and he has not intervened to change it, so everything remains the same.
But after he intervenes in the future, it is obvious that the current situation cannot continue to develop as it has been historically. Feeling this, Li Yong has to arrange another batch of plans in advance.
Modern warfare is an information war, and the use of high technology in warfare is simply a dimensionality reduction strike. The United States is the leader in this regard. Gulf and Yinlak are rich in experience.
In this era of cold weapons, information is also very important. When marching and fighting, scouts and reports are absolutely indispensable. If some military information can be transmitted in time, it may even directly change the outcome of a war.
The so-called knowing yourself and the enemy, and fighting a hundred battles without danger, is nothing more than this.
Now, what Li Yong needs to know is the intelligence on the Song-Liao border. He must not only detect the situation, but also transmit it back as soon as possible. This requires the arrangement of capable manpower, placing them in key positions, and fast communication methods.
At this time, homing pigeons are naturally an excellent choice.
Of course, you can also rely on traditional official power, such as post offices, which are equivalent to the existence of postal services in later generations.
In the so-called eight hundred mile rush, the role of the posthouse cannot be ignored. Without supplies and horse replacement in the middle, if we travel day and night like this, even if the people are not sleepy, the horses will be exhausted.
Of course, in this era, if you want to explore places for information, brothels, restaurants and even gambling houses are the most suitable places - in fact, it will be the same in later generations, but because it is illegal, it becomes more secretive.
Of course, the Li family merchants who travel around are also sensitive to information, but they are only the porters of information, and they still have to open up local channels to get the information they want.
According to Li Yong's idea, of course, he would first use the official post house's line to figure out how to send messages, and then use it in a new way.
Something like this, something that others had passed down for many years, would have better results than what he had fumbled for himself.
In addition, the merchant ships he sent out to explore the sea route did not know where they were now. It might be a month or two before any news came back.
After all, it was the first time, so he only arranged some cheap iron tools, crops and other practical things, which he would use in exchange for the alliance of the Jurchens.
To a certain extent, what he is doing now is considered "collaboration with the enemy and treason."
However, the Jurchens have not yet been unified, and the Jin Kingdom is far from appearing. Both the Jurchens and the Song Dynasty have a common enemy, and that is the Liao Kingdom.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, but now Song cannot defeat Liao alone, and the Jurchens are not enough to pose a threat to Liao, so they naturally need his help.
At this time, there were still five years left before the Chanyuan Alliance. This so-called alliance that "promoted the economic and cultural exchanges between Song and Liao, and was conducive to the economic development, cultural prosperity and national integration of Song and Liao" was a big deal. To really gain momentum, if Li Yong wants to change this situation, he must use the Jurchen chess piece to contain the Liao people in the past few years.
On the other hand, he also needs to develop and strengthen his power.
So he sent people to Yizhou again to plant another nail for the Song Dynasty.
According to history, Wang Jun, the commander of the Divine Guards here, would launch a mutiny on Zhengdan day and occupy Yizhou. Wang Jun would even proclaim himself emperor Jianyuan, and his country would be named Shu.
Of course, the rebellion was quickly put down.
Since the Song Dynasty, there has never been complete peace in Shu.
As early as December last year, Li Yong had already sent people to Sichuan to contact Yang Huaizhong and gave him three tips.
