Qiming 1158

Chapter 289 Not only the monk ran away, but the abbot also ran away

As far as the current situation is concerned, whether or not the earliest artillery can be produced is not to be said, but the lives of this group of people must be saved first.

There are not many firearms craftsmen in him, all of them are treasures, and none of them are indispensable. If there is one less, his progress will be delayed.

If possible, Su Yonglin still hopes that this group of people can make a cannon that can be used, even if the quality is not so good, it can be improved, which will force the progress of iron smelting technology.

After the special funds were allocated, Su Yonglin did not pay special attention to the people from the Ordnance Department.

He hoped that they could create a miracle and come up with the earliest artillery, but it's okay if they can't come up with it for the time being.

Because he is not in a hurry to use it, the strategic decisive battle with the Jin Army obviously does not expect that firearms will be of any use. This is a tactical and strategic duel, and it is a decisive battle of courage and persistence on both sides.

So take your time, it is the most important to be able to improve the iron smelting technology through continuous experiments.

To cast a gun, first of all, there must be enough high-quality raw materials. If the iron smelting technology is not good, the quality of the gun tube will be very poor, so the blasting of the chamber will be a common occurrence. At that time, it is equivalent to playing a set of seven wounding fists. Just out of mind.

Copper is a good raw material for casting guns, but China itself is short of copper, and copper is an important and indispensable existence in the currency system. Things that can cast money are expensive.

There's another problem with this thing.

Once the copper content is high when casting money, it will cause private copper coins to be kept privately by the people. They will not take out for circulation and wait for appreciation, which will lead to deflation. If the copper content is low, it will cause currency devaluation, inflation, and money worthless. .

How to balance the relationship between the copper content in coins and the economic market has been a headache for all dynasties.

Especially in this era of large-scale outflow of copper coins with commerce, if copper is used on a large scale to cast guns and fight wars, the cost is really not affordable for ordinary courts.

Therefore, if we want to roll out and install firearms on a large scale and enter the era of hot weapon combat, the key is the breakthrough in iron smelting technology.

Before all this is immature, it is better to use cold weapons.

At least the production process is mature, the output is stable, and the installation is not a problem.

Until then, let’s focus on improving the organization and training of the army.

When Su Yonglin was building a navy army, and when he was about to give Wanyanliang a big surprise, Zhao Zuoliang also returned to Linyi smoothly.

He cooperated with the people Su Yonglin sent to assist him, acted according to the plan, spent money to get through the joints, and successfully met Zhao Xiuye ​​who was locked in prison. Hand beat him.

"Let you gamble! Let you embezzle! Let you not learn well! Do you know the consequences now? Do you know?"

Zhao Xiuye ​​was beaten to death, and he finally hugged Zhao Zuoliang's thigh, desperately begging for mercy, and desperately admitting his mistake, which made Zhao Zuoliang reluctantly let him go.

Zhao Zuoliang took a breath and looked at Zhou Shaoning who came with him.

"Team Leader Zhou is laughing. The dog is not good. I hate being a father. It's hard to get rid of my hatred if I don't fight."

"This is Duke Zhao's family business. I will only treat it as I haven't seen it, and I won't spread it out. Today's incident will never happen."

Zhao Zuoliang nodded.

"Thank you very much, then I would like to ask Team Leader Zhou to pay more attention to the next things."

Zhou Shaoning said he understood.

It is nothing more than spending money to ask people to help, and come out with a civet cat to exchange for the prince.

The specific operation is to cooperate with everyone and find someone to go to jail instead of Zhao Xiuye. Of course, it also costs money, which is equivalent to spending money to hire someone to go to jail.

Anyway, they are all from the Zhao family. Everyone knows it well and knows that the Zhao family will definitely be released, so they don't care that much. They can still make money by cooperating with them. Why not do it?
If something is going to happen, let Zhao Xiuye ​​come back and go to jail and put on a pretense. If you can run away, the monk can't run away from the temple, right?

Under normal circumstances, for the government or prison, this is of course a sure-fire business.

But the problem was that none of them thought that this time not only the monk ran away, but the abbot also ran along with them.

The abbot didn't want the temple anymore, and ran along with him!
Zhao Zuoliang's family fled directly from Linyi overnight, headed north quickly, and quickly arrived at Su Yonglin's control area. In early April, they arrived in Wuji County, and then came to Hejian Mansion, where Su Yonglin is currently stationed, completely safe.

No one thought of this.

When Zhao Zuoliang's family arrived at Hejian Mansion and settled down, Su Yonglin was not here. He was inspecting the construction and training of the navy in the coastal area of ​​Cangzhou, and arranged the next tasks.

When Su Yonglin was building a navy, he learned that Zhao Kaishan in the south was fighting with Kong Yanzhou, who was left behind in Nanjing in the Jin Kingdom.

The reason was that Kong Yanzhou attacked Caozhou and Shanzhou, which belonged to the Nanjing Road establishment, and threatened Zhao Kaishan's rear. When Zhao Kaishan decided to send an army to retake Caozhou and Shanzhou, Kong Yanzhou chose to close without fighting and retreat.

If you retreat, retreat, but they also slaughtered Caozhou and Shanzhou. The soil was scorched, miserable, and there were countless deaths. Zhao Kaishan was angry at that time and dispatched his army directly to Kaifeng.

As for the confidence that he dared to open such an important town, it was probably given to him by Su Yonglin.

Anyway, Su Yonglin just won the battle in the north, and the Central Army of the Jin Kingdom could not go south. A large number of the surrounding troops were pinned down by Su Yonglin, including Hedong's army. It is estimated that they would not dare to rush south to support Kong Yanzhou. They would be very worried that they would be attacked by Su Yonglin as soon as they were dispatched.

Even better, the Southern Song Dynasty and Nanjing Road bordered on the south. Even if the Song army did not fight, it would be able to contain part of the frontier troops of the Jin Kingdom, so that the Jin Army of Nanjing Road could not go all out to fight against Zhao Kaishan's army.

The combination of various factors made Zhao Kaishan's attack on Kaifeng Mansion at a very good time.

Su Yonglin was somewhat envious of Zhao Kaishan's situation and the timing of attacking Kaifeng Mansion.

At this time, not only did he have the advantages he thought, but further north, the Khitan rebels would also give him more help in his military operations, so that even if Wanyan Liang knew about the crisis situation in Kaifeng, he would not be able to transfer troops from the north.

To the west, in the Guanzhong and Shaanxi area of ​​the Jin Kingdom, there are indeed important military strongholds of the Jin Kingdom, but the southern part of Shaanxi is the Sichuan Theater of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the northwest is the Western Xia. It won't be big either.

The military situation in the four-sided territory of the Jin Kingdom really provided Zhao Kaishan with an excellent opportunity to conquer Kaifeng Mansion.

But if Zhao Kaishan won the Kaifeng Mansion, how would the Southern Song Dynasty feel?

And in this military operation, will the Southern Song Dynasty send troops to help and take the opportunity to return to Kaifeng Mansion and the Central Plains?
Su Yonglin thought about it for a while, and felt that if the emperor was Xiaozong, it was indeed possible, but if it was Zhao Gou...

That's really hard to say.

As far as Wanyan Gou's virtue is concerned, it is a great virtue not to make troubles behind his back, will he help you?
Su Yonglin's guess was correct. When Zhao Kaishan and Kong Yanzhou were passionately facing each other, the Southern Song Dynasty really did not move.

Zhao Kaishan's chances of winning are not small, especially in terms of the number of troops and the situation of the war, Zhao Kaishan has the absolute upper hand. For a certain period of time, Kong Yanzhou cannot get the assistance of friendly forces in any direction, so he is fighting alone.

However, Zhao Kaishan's army is not without weaknesses.

The army's greatest weakness is exhaustion.

Yes, tired.

The nearly three-month battle of Nanle completely drained their energy. After winning the Daming Mansion, they rested for less than a month, and were forced to go south to fight again. The march of hundreds of miles arrived in Caozhou and Shanzhou. Encountered the enemy, only to see a piece of scorched earth, so morale is even lower.

On the way to attack Kaifeng across the Yellow River, he had to fight fiercely with the Jin army who was waiting for work, and his exhaustion had not been effectively relieved.

Due to the long-term struggle, the restoration army's ordnance supply has problems. Bows and arrows and stones are not enough. Some large ordnance parts are worn out due to excessive use, so that they cannot be used. to an effective repair.

Faced with the defense of the camps built by the Jin Army, the Restoration Army almost used human life to pile it up.

One tough victory after another piled up.

(End of this chapter)