The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1635 Song Army's New Defeat
"What did you say, tell me again?" So some people were taken aback by Zhao Kuangyin's move. When did it happen? Why did Zhao Kuangyin get so excited? It wasn't that he was excited but that he lost his composure.

"Your Majesty, there is urgent news from the front. The Khitan defeated our Song army. Our Song army lost countless lives and lost the land of two states."

Xiao Shunzi had to say it again, these were just news from the front line, and Xiao Shunzi didn't dare to say too much here, so he had to honestly say the original words.

"Xiao Shunzi, who sent this news? Is it true?" Zhao Xu was also surprised. Zhao Kuangyin knew exactly how powerful the Song Army was. For so many years, it had been specially trained against the Liao Kingdom, but now But it was defeated, how could this be possible, even if it was defeated, it would not be possible to lose several states in a row.

"His Royal Highness, the Khitan generals in the border area jointly signed the memorial. Among them, General Gao Qiong specially presented the memorial to His Majesty, saying that His Majesty will know it at a glance."

After he finished speaking, he handed a memorial to Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin didn't say much, and then opened it directly to read it, with a rather ugly expression on his face.

"Okay, let's stop here today, Queen, you all go back, it's getting late, go back and rest, Prince, you stay here, I still have something to tell you."

Zhao Kuangyin's birthday dinner was almost over, so he directly drove everyone away except Zhao Xu's.

Under the leadership of Empress He, they all left soon after walking towards the emperor, leaving only Zhao Kuangyin and his son, and even Xiao Shunzi stayed outside to wait on him, surrounded by guards.

"What's the matter with Father? What did Gao Qiong say in the memorial?" Zhao Xu was also puzzled. How did Zhao Kuangyin put out such a strange order and become alert? This made Zhao Xu puzzled.

"Look, these people really want to kill them all, these people really disappoint me."

Zhao Kuangyin handed the memorial to Zizi's son. It was Gao Qiong's memorial. Zhao Xu knew it after reading it. He didn't expect such a thing to happen.

It turned out that this time the army led by Gao Qiong lost its reputation. On the contrary, they turned the tide at the last moment. This is not Gao Qiong's meritorious service, but just stating a fact.

These are just a foreshadowing, the most important thing is to come later, this is the reason why Zhao Kuangyin is angry, and also the reason why Zhao Kuangyin keeps his own.

"The general inadvertently discovered that the armor of our frontier army could not withstand the slashing of the sword. The general inspected it carefully and found that these armors and weapons were all defective products, so the general secretly thought that this failure was not The quality of our soldiers in the Song Army is not good, but in combat equipment."

equipment!

It refers to the equipment of the frontier soldiers. Although these have not been investigated clearly, it should be more reliable. Who would have known that Zhao Kuangyin gave Gao Qiong the right to play alone. It seems that Zhao Kuangyin should have arranged for Gao Qiong before he left. Otherwise, Gao Qiong would not have performed alone.

"Father, this doesn't explain anything. Maybe it's just Gao Qiong's guess. It's very possible that it's just a coincidence. We have to investigate clearly before we talk about it."

Zhao Xu didn't know if it was true or not, but he couldn't be so sure with this memorial, and Zhao Kuangyin was trying to persuade Zhao Kuangyin not to be so angry.

"Hmph, I believe this should be true, and I will know whether it is true or not after a while, so just wait here."

Zhao Kuangyin was very confident. The father and son didn't say a word, they just stayed there for more than half an hour, and finally Zhao Kuangyin's face became even more ugly, and another news came. It turned out that what Gao Qiong said was almost inseparable.

"The equipment in this frontier is led by the Ministry of Households and supervised by the Ministry of Industry. How could there be a problem? I must investigate and find out. These people disregard the laws of the country in order to seek benefits. If this is the case, I will never tolerate it." If such a person comes to harm the country, no one will be spared."

Zhao Kuangyin still has a back hand, he still has his spies in the army, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten such news so soon, no wonder he was so angry.

"Father, it's better not to do that. What we need to do now is how to reverse the previous battle situation. We will investigate later. We have lost two of the sixteen prefectures we got from Liao. If If we don’t take action, we’re literally doomed.”

If there is really a problem with the equipment, then the most urgent task is to solve the problem of those equipment, otherwise Da Song will not know how many soldiers will be lost later, so the most important thing now is to solve the problem of equipment,

"Well, I know that there are still 10,000+ sets left in the treasury. Since we completed the equipment change, those have been stored in the treasury. This time, you can let them use these things first."

These equipments were born in the past and were eliminated, and it cannot be said to be eliminated, because these are still relatively advanced, but they are indeed a bit behind for the current Song Dynasty.

"It just so happens that I can take this opportunity to send it to the frontier, which saves time and does not affect their use. That's it, let's start tonight."

Zhao Kuangyin really acted swiftly and resolutely, since he had ready-made equipment, let's transport it to the frontier as soon as possible.

"By the way, if the war is urgent, then it should not stop and let the garrisons from all over the country assist. What I want is to send this batch of equipment to the front line as soon as possible. I will never forgive anyone who delays."

Zhao Kuangyin wanted to transport this batch of equipment to the northern border non-stop. People would be tired, but if the local garrison assisted in the transportation, people could rest and the equipment would not rest.

In this way, this set of equipment could only arrive in a month, but under Zhao Kuangyin's strict requirements, it only took more than ten days to arrive, but at this time, Song's army also suffered heavy losses.

"Haha, this time our Khitan warriors once again proved our invincible existence. In this month, we have already conquered ten prefectures of the Song Dynasty. I have already reported the victory to Your Majesty. Your Majesty is very satisfied and I want to give you credit. .”

Yeluhaowu is no longer Yeluxian's bodyguard at this time. As Yeluxian's cousin, he has already been named the King of the Southern Court, and he is responsible for attacking the Song Dynasty. This result is very gratifying.

It took more than a month to capture ten states of the Song Army. I didn't expect the Song Army to be so vulnerable. If I had known it earlier, would I have to wait ten years?

These Song troops are really vulnerable, and it is only a matter of time before they reach the capital of the Song army.

(End of this chapter)