In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 330 The Super Productivity of the Song Dynasty

Among the five states that the Song army wanted, Yizhou and Linzhou faced Mongolia, and Suzhou faced Dongxia Kingdom.

This is really helping Goryeo defend the country, and everyone is on the front line of Goryeo.

When the news reached Kaijing, the Goryeo government and the public unanimously agreed, and they were overjoyed. In the future, the Song army would help them fight and defend the country. The powerful minister Cui Yu certainly agreed.

In addition to the various conditions previously agreed to by Goryeo, including war horses, furs, ginseng, gold and silver wine vessels, silk and silk, etc., Goryeo also had to provide food and grass for 5 people to the Song army every year.

For Cui Yu, this condition is just a cabbage price. They will be given some food and grass every year, and the Song army will help them guard the country. It is a great thing.

At the end of the first month of the first month, the Song Army began to mobilize troops from Shandong, and another [-] Song troops were transferred to Goryeo. Goryeo used all the ships in the country to help transport them.

Fifty thousand Song troops gathered in Goryeo and were stationed in the five states of Uiju, Soju, Cheolju, Guju, and Linju.

At the same time, the Song army asked the Goryeo army to perform well in this Mongolian invasion. The more capable Cui Chun tribe, Li Zisheng, Li Zhimao brothers, Pu Xi and Jin Qingsun tribes and other [-] Goryeo troops were stationed in Anbeifu and Cizhou. The two places are close to the Song Army's garrison.

After the Song Army was about to start spring, the Goryeo Army and the Song Army fought together first against the Eastern Xia Dynasty and then against the Mongolian Army. All the gains from the battle were divided into [-] and [-], but after Liaodong was captured, of course it all belonged to the Song Army.

Cui Yu actually didn't want to fight anymore, but the Song army asked Goryeo to send troops, so he had no choice but to agree. Moreover, after the Dongxia was eliminated, it would indeed be good for Goryeo and him.

After the Liaodong Mongolian army and Dongxia were defeated, Goryeo could still take back the five states.

A few days after the Mongolian army retreated.

Outside the east gate of Guizhou City, generals such as Lu Wende, Lu Wenxin, Yue Ke, Mo Xiaoqi, and Bai Zhongqi were all there.

A large number of Goryeo civil and military personnel gathered outside the city. Among them, the Goryeo military generals Cui Chun, Li Zisheng, Li Zhimao, Pu Xi and Jin Qingsun were bringing more than 2 Goryeo troops to gather. There were also Anbeifu, Guozhou, Cizhou, and Xijing. , Goryeo officials from various prefectures in Huangzhou, and some important officials of the Goryeo court also arrived at the scene early.

It's still quite cold today, and the chill is blowing on our faces. More than 2 Korean troops are coming from the direction of Anbei Prefecture to gather. The queue is very long and sparse. The first ones to enter are still a little noisy when they arrive at the scene. Many people are stamping their feet in place and putting their hands in their hands. Blowing air, some people are unwilling to take weapons, so they hold them between their legs.

The Goryeo officials and generals at the scene looked at the appearance of their Goryeo army and secretly shook their heads from time to time.

The Goryeo army had poor military discipline, poor equipment, and even poor combat effectiveness. No wonder the Mongolian army was devastated in the early stage and swept across most of the country.

"Stand still, stand still, damn it, don't move, look at the Song Army." General Li Zisheng kept scolding his subordinates, motioning them to look at the opposite north.

The entire Goryeo army gathered in the south, opposite the Song army in the north.

There are six thousand Song army infantry camps in the north, all standing as straight as arrows.

The key is that the Song Army entered the battlefield less than half an hour ago, and from the time they entered the city until now, they have been standing there without anyone moving.

At first, I thought it was interesting to watch Goryeo Civil and Military Affairs, and many people even thought, I don’t believe that the Song Army has always been like this.

As a result, less than half an hour passed, and six thousand Song troops stood still, motionless, like statues, which was very shocking.

As more and more [-] Goryeo troops gathered here, many Goryeo soldiers were shocked and moved when they saw the Song army motionless like a statue.

Choi Chun, the fierce Goryeo man, looked even more incredulous.

He had fought with the Song Army, but today he was so impressed by the discipline and formation of the Song Army.

Not to mention that the Song Army's various equipment crushed the Mongolian army, and with such a disciplined formation, he doubted that the Mongolian army could be defeated in frontal and field battles.

However, the Song army likes to use tricks when fighting, making full use of the terrain and intelligence, and thinking of various ways to deceive the opponent.

The advantage of this is that the Song army can often achieve the greatest victory at the smallest cost.

Cui Chun had a thoughtful expression on his face. He wanted to learn the Song Army's tactics, but he wanted to know more about the Song Army's military training techniques.

The [-] Goryeo troops shuffled in and gathered from all directions. It took more than an hour to see many Goryeo civil and military personnel vomiting blood.

It's such a cold day. Isn't it cold for everyone waiting outside?
The Goryeo army was a little noisy at first, but when they saw the terrifying and motionless formation of the Song army on the opposite side, they were a little surprised.

As a result, it took them more than an hour to assemble. When the Song army on the opposite side remained motionless, the Koryo army was a little shocked. Many Koryo soldiers stared blankly at the Song army and subconsciously did not dare to move.

Soon, tens of thousands of people stood outside the city in the wilderness, but it gradually became silent. The scene was quite quiet, with only the howling cold wind making bursts of sound.

At the same time that the Goryeo army entered the scene, another part of the Goryeo army, about 5000 people, was dragging a large number of people out of Guizhou City.

These people are all civil and military officials and sergeants who surrendered in the early days of Goryeo, including the family of Xianxin Zhenlang general Zhao Shuchang who was the first to surrender, the family of Linzhou defense envoy Hong Fuyuan, and the 4000 Goryeo soldiers who surrendered to Mongolia and helped Mongolia attack Goryeo, and Most of the family members (including hundreds of young and beautiful girls have been picked up by the Song people in advance and sent to the country).

A total of nearly 4 men and women, old and young, were dragged in to the scene.

It took a long time to drag out the nearly 4 people. Just as the Goryeo army was gathering, almost all of them were driven outside the city. Each group of ten people were bundled into a group. A dense crowd gathered outside. When the cold wind blew, , except for Song Jun, all the Koreans at the scene couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

Because of the Song people's request, all the nearly 4 people were killed as a warning.

The leader of the Song Dynasty, Lu Wende, was looking in the direction of Dongxia with a dazed look on his face.

Official Zhao Yurui gave him instructions. After entering Goryeo, he should first occupy the outlying states to reduce Goryeo's wariness.

Lu Wende asked for the five remote states, which were the front lines of Goryeo. As expected, the Goryeo people were overjoyed and lent them to the Song army without hesitation.

It was said that it was a loan, but in fact, Song Jun was not confiscated a penny, and Song Jun was also required to be provided with food and grass.

Then attack and destroy Dongxia first. Because Dongxia has a weak foundation, a small territory, and no cohesion, the Mongolian army will be destroyed in a single attack. So now Zhao and Rui have to attack first so that they can occupy part of Liaodong.

The middle wanted to drag Goryeo into the water, keep the Goryeo army fighting, and weaken Goryeo's national power.

According to His Majesty's wishes, you may have to deal with Korea in the future?

Lu Wende was thinking about something when suddenly there was a weak voice beside him: "Lv Dianshuai".

The palace commander in the Song Dynasty originally referred to the commander of the front office of the palace.

But Zhao and Rui established new capitals in various provinces across the country, and the top leaders were also called capital commanders. The Koreans didn't understand.

Therefore, the Korean people called him Lu Dianshuai.

Lu Wende turned around and saw that it was Cai Songnian, the Goryeo general.

Cai Songnian was also accompanied by Prince Qian of Huai'an of Goryeo. The two of them stood in front of Lu Wende cautiously with flattering expressions.

"Well, General Cai - what's wrong?" Although Lu Wende despised the Koreans in his heart, he was still polite on the surface.

Cai Songnian looked back at Wang Gan, and the two of them almost said in unison, trembling: "Are they both going to be killed?"

The two people obviously thought that with nearly [-] Korean soldiers and civilians present, how could they all be killed?

The main ones who surrendered at the beginning were Zhao Shuchang and Hong Fuyuan. These two people were killed as long as their entire families were killed. There were also seven thousand Korean soldiers who could be killed for some reason, but was it appropriate to kill their family members as well?
Lu Wende's voice was a little heavy: "If those who surrender can live vigorously, how can they stand up to those loyal martyrs who fought bloody battles to the death?"

"This?" The two of them were stunned. There were many Korean civil and military officials around, and everyone looked at each other with thoughtful expressions.

Lu Wende added: "Tiezhou defense envoy Li Yuanzhen and judge Li Xiji led the people in the city to fight bloody battles for half a month. After the city was broken, the women and children in the city were locked up in warehouses and burned alive."

"Why did they do this and burn their wives, daughters, father and son to death?"

"Because he knew that the Mongolian army was brutal and would rather commit suicide than suffer humiliation."

"Afterwards, Tiezhou City was massacred from top to bottom. Tens of thousands of people in the city were not spared. Many women suffered the humiliation of the Mongols."

"The ones responsible for attacking the city are the troops from Korea in front of us."

"If we don't kill their family members, would we be fair to the families of the tens of thousands of Korean martyrs who died tragically in Tiezhou City?"

Lu Wende's voice became louder and louder, and at the end of the sentence, Cai Songnian and Wang Qian lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.

Lu Wende added: "The Mongolian army invaded Pingzhou and massacred all the officials and civilians in the state. They burned every household and left no chickens or dogs. Not even a dog survived in Pingzhou City."

"Tens of thousands of people and their families were killed or burned to death."

"What's wrong with them?"

Now the Korean civil and military officials present had no objections.

Cui Chun then said: "Kill, kill fiercely. This should serve as a warning to the officials and soldiers in various states. Whoever dares to surrender to the Mongolian Tatars in the future will surely have their scores settled in the future and their clan and whole family will be destroyed."

"Kill." Li Zisheng, Li Zhimao and other generals shouted.

"Kill." Soon more and more Korean sergeants were shouting for death.

In the end, it was simply the sound of a roaring mountain and a tsunami.

Following Lv Wende's order, five thousand Goryeo troops marched off in person, and entire teams of Goryeo surrenderers were beheaded.

Puchipuchi, heads were rolling on the scene, blood was everywhere, and a strong and unpleasant smell of blood soon filled the air.

On that day, under the supervision of the Song army, the Koreans carried out a massacre of the Koreans and beheaded all the Koreans and their families who had surrendered to the Mongolian army, killing nearly 4 people in one day.

Many Goryeo civil and military officials and sergeants who were observing the scene were also trembling.
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During the period of mass killings in Goryeo, Lin'an City also experienced heavy snowfall.

Early this morning, Zhao Yurui left the imperial city in a carriage.

Sitting in the carriage was six-year-old Zhao Qi. Zhao Qi was born to Jia Yuhua. Six-year-old Zhao Qi had not started school yet and was playing in the palace every day. Zhao Yurui often accompanied him.

Zhao Qi was dressed like a giant panda today and was crawling around in the carriage. Because the temperature in the carriage was relatively high, his face was red.

Zhao Yurui only remembered after seeing his blush and quickly took off two coats from him.

He had been on the throne for several years, but it was not until the year before last that he gave birth to his second son Zhao Yu. Of course, this Zhao Yu was no longer the historical Song Duzong, and his mother was Queen Xie.

The queen's son was several years younger than Jia Yuhua's son, which caused considerable controversy in the court.

But Zhao Yurui is still young, not even 30 years old, and relatively healthy. From time to time, he even takes people from the Imperial City Division to run and play football in the Imperial City, so no ministers will mention it at this time. Regarding this matter, only Wei Liaoweng and a few other old subordinates often reminded the emperor that he should spend more time with the harem and spread more branches.

Emperor Li has made it clear, look at Ning Zong's ten biological sons, none of them survived to adulthood, Your Majesty, please have more children.

Zhao Yurui thought to himself that it was because the palace did not take good care of it, and Ning Zong could not control the entire imperial city.

The experience of ancient people was not worth mentioning in front of him.

In Zhao Yurui's opinion, as long as you are careful about the cold, don't eat randomly, and have adequate nutrition, your children will basically have no major problems.

Zhao Qi has grown to be six years old in good health.

"Come here." Zhao Yurui called to his son at this time.

Zhao Qi raised his head and glanced at his father, then obediently snuggled into his father's arms.

Zhao Yurui asked him to sit on her lap, helped him pick up two coats, and put them on one by one.

"嚅" Niu Bao's voice sounded outside, the carriage should have arrived. "Go out and rub your face." Zhao Yurui wanted to carry his son out of the carriage, but thought about it and put it down.

He got off the carriage first, and a cold wind blew outside. He looked at his son worriedly.

But Zhao Qi's little head had already poked out of the carriage, and then he got out of the carriage cautiously and clumsily.

Niu Bao was so anxious watching on the side that he wished he could hug him and just hug him down.

But after Zhao Qi was five years old, the emperor began to ask Zhao Qi to do everything he could by himself.

Now the wet nurse doesn't dare to feed him, so Zhao Qi eats it all by himself.

Niu Bao’s own youngest son is still being fed at the age of eight. I’m really speechless when I think about it.

After Xiao Zhao Qi jumped off the carriage, he first reached out to hold his father's hand. Then he thought something was wrong, so he quickly let go and rubbed his red face.

He didn't understand why he was rubbing his face and once asked his father.

Zhao Yurui didn't know either, because when he was a child, when he went out in winter, Zhao Yurui's father in his previous life also asked him to rub his face.

"Let's go." Zhao and Rui led little Zhao Qi, and the two father and son walked into the craftsmanship bureau together.

Li Pingbao, the Forbidden Army general who was originally responsible for garrisoning the capital and the craftsmanship bureau, has been appointed as the deputy capital commander of Henan Dusi.

The person currently in charge of the craftsmanship bureau is deputy commander Meng Chen.

Meng Chen is the second brother of Meng Gong. In history, Meng Chen went to Hubei to establish history and was the founding father of the country.

Now he is mainly in the capital, serving as deputy commander of the capital army and responsible for the defense of important departments such as the Craftsmanship Bureau.

Meng Chen should have gotten the news and had brought people to wait at the door of the craftsmanship bureau early.

When Zhu Wenwu saw the emperor, they all wanted to kneel down.

"Come in quickly, come in quickly, it's a bit cold today, just wait inside from now on." What Zhao Yurui means is, you don't have to go outside to pick me up every time. You guys wait inside when it's freezing.

Everyone also knew the emperor's character, and even surrounded Zhao Yurui into the courtyard.

There are three posts and one guard inside, and five posts and one sentry inside. The defense is very tight. Every two teams can be seen patrolling with a dog. This is also a unique guard of the Song Dynasty and is very useful at night.

At night, the craftsmanship bureau will reduce sentry posts to allow everyone to rest.

The Craftsmanship Bureau sent patrols outside the Craftsmanship Bureau at night, leading dogs to circle along the fence.

The wall here is six meters high, with sharp spikes on it, and sentry towers at every hundred steps. It is basically impossible for anyone to climb over.

After entering the craftsmanship bureau, Zhao Yurui went straight to the square.

He doesn't like to be polite with officials and gets straight to the point when something happens.

The officials also knew his character and had already arranged everything when he arrived at the square.

There is a long table in the middle of the square. When Zhao and Rui get closer, they will see a new walking bow.

This is a new walking bow built by the Craftsman Bureau based on his description and guidance, similar to the compound bow of later generations.

The difference between a compound bow and a recurve bow is that its two ends are bent forward. Later generations could use steam treatment and forcefully pull the laminate, so that the resulting back bend can produce greater power.

If you add pulleys and other objects, you can achieve a labor-saving effect, so that twenty pounds of force can pull fifty pounds or even more force.

Zhao Yurui cannot use steam treatment now. Fortunately, there is another way in later generations, which is segmentation.

At this time, an official from the Craftsmanship Bureau came forward to explain to Zhao Yurui.

The middle section is made of eucalyptus, which is the best wood for making bows, followed by eucalyptus and eucalyptus, and the worst is bamboo.

Bamboo is mostly used by Sichuan Miao Army and other tribes.

When the Song army entered Goryeo, we could also see that the Goryeo army had bamboo bows, which were very economical.

The two ends of the bow are made of ox horns, preferably white, medium green, and undeveloped horns; "The horns are two feet long and five inches (nearly fifty centimeters), and the three colors are not unreasonable. It is called an ox wearing an ox." This is It is the best horn material (during the war, the price of one horn was equivalent to that of a cow, so it was called Niu Dai Niu).

Now Zhao Yurui's new compound bow needs to be divided into sections, so there is the middle and upper part, and then the two ends.

The middle and upper parts are made of ironwood, which is a hardwood used for building ships and cars. It is not tough enough and is very strong.

However, because the middle and upper parts of the compound bow do not require much toughness and rely entirely on the two ends and pulleys at the back, it is a good material to replace eucalyptus wood. This is also the result of the craftsmen's experiments for more than half a year.

At this time, Zhao and Rui were holding the new bow in their hands. It was a little heavy because of the addition of two pulleys. The pulleys were made of brass. These two pulleys were the heaviest.

In later generations, aluminum alloy was used for lighter weight, but Zhao and Rui didn't know the ratio at this time, so they had to use brass first.

"The bow strings are made of animal muscles, which are beaten repeatedly to remove the moisture, then soaked in yogurt, and finally combed with a comb to make them as fine as hair."

Soaking in yogurt or learning from the Mongolian army can remove fat. Of course, there may be no concept of fat now, but the bowstring soaked in acid such as yogurt will be better and more durable.

There are many types of bow strings. The horseback people on the grassland basically used animal sinews and animal skins as bow strings. In the Song Dynasty, sinews were used, hemp silk ropes (god arm bows), and mulberry silk were used.

The main types of glue that can be used are deer glue, horse glue, cattle glue, rat glue, fish glue, and rhinoceros glue. Of course, among the Song army, deer glue, horse glue, cattle glue, rat glue, and isinglass glue were the main ones. The most common ones are deer glue and isinglass.

Zhao Yurui raised a large number of deer on Jeju Island and Daemang Island, and deer were also traded from Korea.

The deer raised by Zhao Yurui are the same as the Korean variety, which are large mountain deer.

Venison can be made into dried meat for dry food, deer skin can be used to make armor, and deer glue and sinew can be used to make bows.

Of course, according to experience, isinglass is the best, and it is also the mainstream of the Song Army. After all, the Song Army has no shortage of fish.

Usually, Song Jun used isinglass in important parts and animal glue in unimportant parts.

Because the string of a compound bow is twice as long as a normal walking bow, the range of the bow string is much smaller.

The Song army used beef tendons, deer tendons and mulberry silk. To extract the tendons, the entire length of the tendons was required, and cattle and deer were generally relatively large.

Sometimes only one backbone of a cow or a deer can be taken.

For example, "Tiangong Kaiwu" records: "Each beef backbone has a strip of sinew, weighing about 30 taels. Kill it, dry it, soak it in water again, and break it into pieces like ramie silk. There is no silk in the wild, and the bowstrings are all tangled. This thing is made of cotton. In China, it is used to cover the bow stem and to make cotton slingshot strings."

From a practical point of view, it is easy to make strings from mulberry silk, but its elasticity and range are not as good as those of beef tendon, and it is not durable enough. However, beef tendon is difficult to obtain, and the small quantity is also a big problem.

When Zhao Yurui heard this, he felt that this new bow was not easy to make, especially the two pulleys.

"How long does it take to make these two pulleys?" Zhao Yurui asked as he pulled them gently. There was a feeling of frustration. It was far from the smoothness of later generations of compound bows, but he could feel that it was heavy first and then light, which was obviously a labor-saving mode.

"We use the mold filling method." The official continued to explain.

That is, a mold is made first, then the brass is melted and poured in. After removing the sand and cooling it, it becomes a pulley. It sounds like it can be made very quickly, but it takes a long time to polish it afterwards.

The model produced by the pouring method is relatively rough, and it takes a worker an hour to polish it to form a complete pulley.

According to Zhao Yurui's requirements, all pulleys should be almost the same size and weight, and the error should not be too large.

Of course, for compound bows, appropriate errors will not affect the output.

"The longest range is about two hundred steps, and the effective range can be extended to 150 steps." This data seems to be similar to the God's Arm Bow.

But it saves effort and shoots faster than the God Arm Bow.

Now even these civil servants and even women can pull them up easily.

This is far more than an ordinary walking bow. If equipped with heavy arrows, it can break armor in about 130 to 150 steps.

Zhao Yurui personally tried a few arrows and found that the range was far enough.

"Zhao Qi, come here." Zhao Yurui called the prince Zhao Qi at this time.

All the civil and military officials were stunned, and then watched Zhao Yurui standing behind Zhao Qi, teaching him how to draw the bow and load the arrow.

The first time Zhao Qi didn't hold the arrow well, which shocked Zhao Yurui.

Fortunately, after adjustment, I got it right the second time.

Zhao Qi, who was only six years old, suppressed his blushing face and actually pulled up the bowstring. Of course, Zhao Yurui's hand was holding his hand at this time, and he also had some of Zhao Yurui's strength.

"Listen, 1, 2, 3 let go."

"Whoosh" As Zhao Qi let go, the sharp arrow flew out. Although it did not hit the target, it flew ninety steps away before falling.

There was a burst of praise from all around, praising the little prince for his greatness.

"Is it fun?" Zhao Yurui asked his son.

"It's fun." Xiao Zhao Qi looked eager to try, but it seemed that he was not satisfied.

Zhao Yurui called Niu Bao and asked him to take little Zhao Qi to the edge to shoot a few more arrows.

Several generals present had envious expressions on their faces.

"What about the shortcomings? What about the output?" Zhao Yurui is quite satisfied with the new walking bow, but due to the technology of this era, there must be shortcomings.

The disadvantage of this thing is that it is expensive and difficult to build.

The bow body needs to be matched with pulleys, and the process is different from that of ordinary bows. The bow string is still long. The key is that after adding pulleys, it is not as durable as ordinary bows.

Officials say the cost of making the bow is ten times that of an ordinary walking bow and twice that of a divine arm bow.

A factory with [-] craftsmen and [-] workers can only produce [-] pieces per year.

Sound like a lot?

But during the Song Dynasty, a huge amount of crossbows were made.

Historical records: "The Gongnuyuan makes more than 650 million horn-handled bows every year, and the various states make more than 620 million yellow birch, black lacquer crossbows, etc. every year."

“For example, Sichuan Gongnuyuan’s annual supply can reach hundreds of thousands of crossbows and millions of arrows.”

This was the highest record in the Song Dynasty before Zhao Yurui ascended the throne. The imperial court and various places produced a total of more than 2000 million bows and crossbows throughout the year.

The weak Song Dynasty, as everyone calls it, has unimaginable productivity. It is the only one in the world at this time.

(End of this chapter)