One Piece of Song Dynasty

Yu Wenxuzhong followed Wan Yanchang to participate in the war mobilization meeting. After returning home, he was very confused. Now that the emperor was gone, what was the point of him being an internal agent? Originally, he took the initiative to agree to Zhao Gou to come to Jin as an envoy just to be an internal agent. , but now that the emperor was gone, he was very disappointed, but in the end he wrapped the secret book he had written in a wax pill, hid the wax pill in the servant's hair with a hairpin, and when it was dark and there was no one around, he let the servant go out on horseback and asked Report from Jiangnan.

Yu Wenxu thought that no matter who was in power, he would send the news out, because after all, he was from the Song Dynasty, not the Jin Dynasty.

Of course, not only did Yu Wenxuzhong send the message, Liang Xing also sent the message immediately after receiving the message from Fan and Wang, and the speed of carrier pigeons was faster than that of humans.

Li Xin received the secret letter and learned that Wu Shu personally led an army of to attack Shaanxi again, so he immediately sent a secret order to Liu Fa and Wu Jie.

The secret decree was quickly delivered to Liu Fa and Wu Jie. Liu Fa asked: "This time Wu Shu, the fourth prince of the Jin Kingdom, personally leads the army. There are more than troops. Are you confident in defeating the Jin army again?"

Wu Jie replied: "Don't worry, Commander Liu. The general will be confident of defeating the Jin army again. Monk's original terrain is there. No matter how many enemy troops come, they must dismount and fight on foot. Although the enemy troops are strong this time, we can't." It is also much stronger than last time. This time there are more squatting tiger cannons than last time, and the bows and crossbows are strengthened, which is enough for the Jin army to drink a pot."

Liu Fa nodded and said: "As long as you have confidence, just fight at the front, I will watch for you from behind, and Zhai Jin's five thousand cavalry will also go to the front with you."

Wu Jie clasped his fists and said, "Thank you very much, Liu Shuai. I will go back to the front line to make arrangements."

After Wu Jie returned to the front line, he personally led his brother Wu Lin to select strong bows and crossbows and add tiger squatting artillery to form an army, named the Artillery Army. The two brothers personally visited the front line positions and took advantage of the condescending favorable terrain to actively command the defense. .

During the entire battle, Wu Shu, the commander-in-chief of the Jin army, personally directed the attack at the foot of the mountain. Wu Shu wore a red robe, gold chainmail, and a long beard, making him look even more majestic. The Wu brothers fought fiercely with a hundred thousand gold troops, and they fought endlessly for three days and nights.

On the battlefield, Jin troops from all walks of life climbed up the mountain all over the mountains and plains. Wu Jie's artillery army fired thousands of arrows, dense as rain, and mixed with artillery shells. A group of Jin troops were knocked down, and another group of horses came, and the situation happened again and again.

At the foot of the mountain, corpses of Jin soldiers shot by arrows were piled up one after another, filling the ravines, and then forming mountains of corpses. The Jin army used the mountain of corpses as cover and fired back at the Song army. The Song army used ropes to roll the huge stones down the hillside one by one, flattening the mountain of corpses and blocking the Jin army. However, the Jin army continued to attack tirelessly and risk their lives.

Faced with such a situation, Wu Jie did not retreat but advanced, and proposed two tactics. One was to take the initiative, organize death squads to go down the mountain to rob the food road, sneak attack the Jin army's stronghold, and mix into the enemy's formation to chop and kill indiscriminately to disrupt the Jin army. The second is to concentrate firepower to attack the enemy's command center, that is, to organize artillery troops and specialize in the art of commanding operations in red robes.

In the overwhelming rain of arrows and bullets, the Wushu war horse was hit by the exploded gravel and fell to the ground. He changed horses and fought again. With an arrow in his arm, he had to take off his eye-catching red robe and retreat on horseback in an orderly manner under the cover of the guards.

When Wu Jie saw Wu Shu running away, he led his crossbowmen in pursuit and said, "I won't recognize you if you take off your red robe. Take aim at that long beard and let your arrows fly."

Wu Shu was hit by an arrow again, so he hurriedly cut off his beard, threw the corpses all over the mountain, and fled in embarrassment, competing with Boss Cao in cutting off his beard and robe. In this battle, more than half of the Jin soldiers were lost. Hundreds of Wushu's famous horses were almost all killed, and only six remained after the war.

After the war, the Song army captured more than Jin army leaders, more than soldiers, tens of thousands of weapons and armor, and war horses. The second victory of Monk Yuan completely resolved the situation on the Western Front of the Song Dynasty. Decline.

Although Li Xin knew in advance that this battle would be won, he still praised the case after receiving the news in Lin'an: "Wu Jie fought well, Mr. Zhao, and sent a reward of taels of silver to the West Road Governor's Mansion for the dead and wounded. The soldiers should be well cared for, and all the prisoners should be sent to mine."

Zhao Ding replied: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Xin asked: "How is the situation of bandit suppression in Jiangxi and Hubei?"

Zhao Ding said: "Your Majesty, Pan Kui's tribe has been wiped out, and Pan Kui himself has been brought to justice. Currently, the two generals Han Shizhong and Yang Yizhong are stepping up their efforts to exterminate the two thieves Cao Cheng and Zhang Yong. However, according to Han Shizhong's report, Cao Cheng's tribe is fleeing to Hunan. Yue Fei's troops in Hubei had already defeated Kong Yanzhou's troops across the Yangtze River, and Kong Yanzhou surrendered to the puppet Qi after crossing the river."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Yes, kill all the captured leaders of Pan Kui's tribe, and send the rest to various places to be resettled according to refugee standards. He ordered Hunan Xuanfu envoy Zhe Yanzhi to block the main roads to prevent Cao Cheng's tribe from fleeing to Hunan, and ordered Liu Qi's tribe to Speed ​​up and rush to Jiangxi, join Han Shizhong and Yang Yizhong to quickly quell the banditry in Jiangxi, and then tell the three generals to pay attention to Cao Cheng's subordinate Yang Zaixing. Be careful when encountering this person. It is best to capture him alive. After the banditry in Jiangxi is quelled, Liu Qi's troops They were stationed in Jiangxi, and Han Shizhong and Yang Yizhong quickly returned to Lin'an."

Zhao Ding bowed and said, "I understand."

After Zhao Ding left, Li Xin called Yan Yunfei and Gao Ping. The new banknotes had been launched for three months, and Li Xin needed to know the issuance status of the banknotes.

Li Xin asked: "Yan Yunfei, it has been three months since the first edition of Chinese coins was issued. How is the issuance going? Counterfeit coins have been found in the market."

Yan Yunfei replied: "At present, tens of billions of Chinese coins have been issued, mainly circulating in Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangnan East Road, Xinghan, and Jeju. The recovered copper coins, gold, and silver are worth tens of millions of dollars. This is still Thanks to the prince’s Tianxiang Building and shops, etc., they actively cooperated with the use of Chinese coins.”

Li Xin nodded and said: "Well, if we don't even use the banknotes we issue, how can we let others use them? Currently, banknotes and copper coins circulate in parallel. After the transition next year, can banknotes be used throughout Jiangnan in the next year? Sichuan-Sichuan circulation”

Yan Yunfei replied: "Yes, the current slow promotion of Huabi is mainly due to the slow progress of Salt Bank. We are too short of manpower. Currently, Salt Bank only has business locations in the above five places. Our next goal is Guangdong. , Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hunan, southern Hubei and other places.”

Li Xin said: "Okay, I will continue to promote the promotion of Hua coins. From now on, I will issue military pay in these five places in Hua coins."

Yan Yunfei said excitedly: "That's great. This will speed up the promotion of Huabi."

Li Xin asked: "How many deposits has your Salt Bank received since its opening, and how many loans has it granted?"