Qian Song

Chapter 105 Gloating (please subscribe, ask for a monthly pass!)
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Jiangbei.

Liu Yanqing, Xin Xingzong and other Song Army officers and soldiers were both resentful and shocked as they watched the tiger and navy army wipe out the vanguard army like cats and mice.

For a long time, the soldiers of the Song Army have never cared about the Huben Army, thinking that as long as they gather enough ships, they will be able to destroy the Huben Army.

But after seeing the strength of the Huben Navy with their own eyes today, the generals of the Song Army finally re-evaluated the Huben Army, and felt that at least the Huben Navy was really strong. Even if they transferred the Dengzhou Navy, it would definitely not help.

Yes.

Pinghai Navy and Chenghai Navy can be regarded as the largest navy in the Imperial Army of the Northern Song Dynasty.

But the problem is that the Chenghai Navy only has two crossbowmen in command, and the Pinghai Navy is the same. The two armies together only have four commanders of 2000 people. How can they compete with the Huben Navy with [-] soldiers and thousands of large ships?

The key point is that these four commanders have never studied water warfare, and their martial arts are lazy. They have not had combat missions for many years. Now they are maintaining the law and order in Xinyang, Banqiao, and Taoluo, Mizhou, off the coast of Shandong. I count on them Come to fight water battles on the Yangtze River, it is really not as good as the Western Army to find a way by themselves.

Speaking of which, this is actually quite normal. After all, since the founding of Zhao Song, Zhao Song’s enemies are mainly Liao and Xixia, and at most Tubo is added. It is all an army duel, and there is no need for a navy at all. How could the army be so strong?

No solution.

Facing such a powerful tiger and ben water army, the song army was at a loss. Now, all the ships owned by the song army were taken away by the tiger ben water army in one battle, and this battle was even more impossible to fight on the water.

How to do? !

Tong Guan, who was standing on the wall of Yangzi Town at the moment, was also thinking with a sinking face: "What should I do?!"

For the battle that they were determined to win, they hadn't exerted much force yet, but they were cut off by the Tiger Ben Navy. Tong Guan was shocked and angry, his face was ashen, as if he had been punched hard.

Tong Guan slapped the city wall in front of him fiercely, and squeezed out a name from between his teeth: "Yuwen Huangzhong!"

The matter is already obvious. Even if Yuwen Huangzhong did not rebel against the Song Dynasty, the crime of being unfavorable in doing things would definitely not be able to escape. Otherwise, how could the Huben army be so well prepared that they dispatched more than 2000 large ships to lock the Yangtze River. This is simply a trap set up for their operation, the purpose is to wipe out all the ships in their hands, so that they can no longer pose a threat to the Huben army in a short time!
Li Cuneng counted to such an extent that even if Tong Guan was killed, Tong Guan would never believe it.

So the problem can only be with Yuwen Huangzhong, the planner and main executor of this surprise attack!
Tan Zhen, who had been watching the battle with a cold face before, was extremely active at this time.

Tan Zhen was heartbroken and Cai You, who had no military knowledge at all, said: "Although only more than ten thousand soldiers were lost in this battle, our army was defeated in this battle!"

Cai You asked without knowing it, "What do you mean by that?"

Tan Zhen immediately explained to Cai You enthusiastically: "In this battle, the purpose of the ant thief is not to annihilate our soldiers, but to aim at the ships. The ant thief must know the background of our army and use Tong Xuanfu to trust his confidant Yuwen to control. Set up a trap to trick our army into sending all the ships across the river, and then seize all our ships in one fell swoop."

Mr. Cai You said angrily, "The boat is taken away and rebuilt. Why are you so worried?"

"It is not easy for our army to build ships."

Tan Zhen pointed to the five-tooth warship of the Huben Navy: "The materials used to build this ship can only be made after three or four years of drying in the shade, and more than ten years of drying in the shade."

"When the thief Li Cun first arrived in Hangzhou, he sent ant thieves to snatch the ship department of Hangzhou City and the ship department of Mingzhou City. Li Cun, that thief, did the same thing and robbed the Xiuzhou Shipping Department."

"According to what Ma Xuanzan said, in the area occupied by Li Cunna's thief today, the official and private shipyards, official and private ships, official and private shipbuilding materials, and boatmen are all owned by Li Cunna's thief. Only the servants have such a strong navy."

"There is no shortage of ships in the Great Song Dynasty. The imperial court needs a large number of tank ships to carry food and other goods in the southeast every year. Therefore, the imperial court has shipyards in many places, and thousands of ships of various types are built every year. However, the large shipyards are all in Guangzhou. In the southeast coastal areas such as Quanzhou, Mingzhou, Wenzhou, and Hangzhou, there are official shipyards and private shipyards. Official workshops build warships, tank boats, etc., and private workshops build merchant ships and cruise ships. Therefore, the ant thief If you occupy the southeast, you will take advantage of the ships."

Only then did Cai You realize that things were not as simple as he had imagined before, so he put away his previous indifference and frowned and asked, "The Song Dynasty is so big that only the southeast can build ships?"

Tan Zhen replied: "Jinghutan, Dingzhou and other states, and Xiegu, Fengxiang Prefecture, Shaanxi Province also have shipyards, but the far water is not as good as the near thirsty, and Jinghu and Shaanxi can't match the number of ships built and the size of the ships built in the southeast. compared to."

Cai You knew that Tan Zhen was from the water transport industry. He and Chen Yun were in charge of transporting grain from the Southeast Sixth Route to the warehouse in the capital. They belonged to water transport experts, so what Tan Zhen said should not be wrong.

Cai You frowned even tighter: "When I came, I met dozens of big boats along the river, why are there no boats?"

Tan Zhen said: "That boat is a boat or a boat, used for water transportation or carrying passengers. It is not a warship or a horse boat. It is not suitable for fighting ants in the river."

Fearing that Cai You would not understand, Tan Zhen patiently explained to Cai You: "The big river is not like the sea, and it is not easy for a big ship to turn. The scholar has also seen it before. The bandit ships charge in groups, travel far away and then slowly turn around and fight back. Therefore."

Tan Zhen said again: "The other boats are all private boats. Most of the imperial court ships are trapped in the southeast because of transporting autumn grain, and they are seized by ants. If private boats are to be acquired, the imperial court must allocate a huge sum of money to rent and buy them. Otherwise, they will compete with the people for profit. and also."

Speaking of this, Tan Zhen sighed: "Besides, our army has a lot of northern troops. They are not good at water warfare and are afraid of the heat. If we lose this battle, the right time, place and people are not in our army, so this defeat is a big disadvantage for our army."

Tong Guan could no longer listen to Tan Zhen gloating over there, he put down his demeanor and said, "Who gave this to you, don't you know?"

Tan Zhen waited until Tong Guan answered, and he immediately said impassionedly: "I lost because the southern soldiers were too useless and missed my big job. If I had Tong Xuanfu's elite soldiers and strong generals, I would have wiped out the ant thieves several times."

——The implication of Tan Zhen's words is that I was defeated because the southern soldiers were not good at fighting.
As a competing political enemy, Tan Zhen was never afraid of Tong Guan.

The reason why Tan Zhen was so restrained in front of Tong Guan before was because his two defeats made him fall into a passive position, and he had to keep his tail between his legs for the time being.

Now it's all right, Tong Guan also lost, and it was a defeat that had an equally huge impact.

Coupled with the defeat of Wang Tian who represented Tong Guan before.

Tan Zhen can be said to be on par with Tong Guan.

In this way, why is Tan Zhen still afraid of Tong Guan?
Can Tong Guan play with Zhao Ji again and replace him with Tan Zhen?
If Tong Guan really dared to do this, then Tan Zhen would join forces with Liang Shicheng and Wang Fu to drag Tong Guan into the water as well.

Someone may want to ask, can't Zhao Ji replace Tong Guan and Tan Zhen together?
Certainly not.

Zhao Ji, no, it should be said that the vast majority of emperors in Zhao Song Dynasty did not trust military generals. Therefore, military generals in Zhao Song Dynasty (especially Northern Song Dynasty) rarely obtained the power to command troops.

And most of the literati can't fight.

Key literati were not as reliable as eunuchs.

Therefore, eunuchs commanding troops became the best choice for Emperor Zhao Song.

Looking at the current Zhao Song, the only eunuchs who can be commander-in-chief are Tong Guan and Tan Zhen, and there is no third one.

Therefore, Zhao Ji didn't use Tong Guan and Tan Zhen, and there was no one available.

In this way, Tan Zhen, who has Tong Guan standing there and has a deep background, will definitely save the day.

Under such circumstances, Tan Zhen, who had been humiliated by Tong Guan for a long time, of course would not be polite to Tong Guan anymore.

Tong Guan knew that he, who had just achieved a big defeat, would definitely not be Tan Zhen's opponent in a war of words.

Moreover, what Tan Zhen said was not unreasonable. If Tan Zhen had an elite western army in his hands during the battle of Danyang, it might really be the Tiger Army in the defeat.

Therefore, Tong Guan snorted again and ignored Tan Zhen.

On the contrary, Cai You, who somewhat understood that the current situation is very unfavorable to Da Song, couldn't help worrying for Zhao Song: "What should I do now?"

Tong Guan also counted on Cai You to be merciful so that Zhao Ji would not punish him severely.

Therefore, Tong Guan said confidently to Cai You: "You don't need to worry about the Grand Scholar, I'll be here soon..."

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