Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 265 Navy Construction
Pang Ji watched Gao Ruona being tongue-tied by the question, and couldn't help but smile wryly in his heart.He knew that since the Privy Council sent the officials sent by the Police Department back to the Police Department to conduct intelligence, the information handed over to him has become more and more incomprehensible. How can this kind of person who only talks about writing articles know how to engage in intelligence.

However, Gao Ruona was an orthodox civil servant after all, and Pang Ji couldn't let the emperor down on the orthodox civil servants, and he couldn't let Li Buqi see a joke, so he quickly changed the topic: "Where is the Xingshan Army of the Liao Kingdom?"

The emperor hurriedly ordered people to fetch the map of Liao Kingdom.

Lian Guangzhi hurried to the map, and Li Buqi also walked over.In the end, Li Buqi found the position of the Xingshan Army first, which convinced the emperor a little more about Li Buqi's views on the Liao people.In fact, Li Buqi looked for the location of Qinhuangdao in the later generations from the very beginning, because Qinhuangdao is a deep-water and ice-free port.As a port, it is very important for the Liao Kingdom not to freeze in winter.

As a result, when everyone saw that the location of the Xingshan Army was so close to the border between the two countries, they gasped.Pang Ji was also eager to distract Zhao Zhen's attention, pretending that the situation was serious: "The place where the Liao man-made ship is not far south can either enter the Yellow River, or copy Cangzhou behind Ni Guzhai. Therefore, I think Jingdong Road is not a big deal. , but whether it is the Liao people going up the river or transporting tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to Hebei, it will be a serious disaster, and we must guard against it."

Pang Ji actually just expressed the emperor's concerns, and the emperor immediately turned to Li Buqi.Li Buqi didn't wait for the emperor to ask, so he smiled and said: "Pu She knows that the Liao people are able to rule the world, all rely on riding and shooting. Pu She let the Liao people drill into the narrow Yellow River, or go upstream, just one meal Throw the kerosene bombs newly made by the Military Weapons Supervision, and they will all be wiped out. Pu She must know that the Liao people conquered Xixia the year before last, and Xiao Hui on the South Road went west along the Yellow River. It is said that the boats stretched for hundreds of miles. Only Pu She knows Are the boats of the Liao people just for transporting grain, fodder and luggage? The Liao people gave up their horses and used the boats, which means they cut off their arms and let others slaughter them."

"As for sending an army to copy Niguzhai, it is possible. It's just that the Liao army copied it with infantry? Or with the horse army? I feel worried for the Liao people."

Liang Shi said: "The Liao people are good at riding and shooting, so they naturally carried horses ashore with ships, and fought with horse troops."

Li Buqi smiled even more: "Pu She has thought about transporting the horses to Hebei by boat, how to get the horses to the shore?"

"This..." Liang Shi really didn't think about this question. Seeing Li Buqi's smiling expression, he hesitated in his heart—couldn't it be enough to drive the horses directly to the shore?
Li Buqi said: "It takes at least three hundred miles to detour from the port of Liao to Cangzhou. The horses must be transported by large ships. If there is no suitable wharf, the large ships cannot dock. The horses must be transferred to small boats before going ashore. And not It is said that such a speed of transfer can allow the Liao people to gather a strong enough cavalry in one day, but how to transfer the horses from the big ship to the small boat? Do the Liao people have this technology?"

Liang Shi also started out with literature, but he is known for his proficiency in laws and regulations, and his courage and strategy. He really doesn't understand these technical issues. Facing an expert like Li Buqi, he dare not talk nonsense and can only shut up.

Seeing that Liang Shi had stopped talking, Li Buqi said: "In short, it is not easy to transport a cavalry to Hebei to fight. As long as the imperial court stationed an army in several ports in Hebei where large ships can berth, if the Liao When the army and navy came to attack, they burned the port, and the Liao Kingdom could only use infantry to go ashore to fight. The strength of the Liao Army depends entirely on the cavalry, and the infantry is dominated by the imperial army of the Song Dynasty. If the Liao Kingdom really landed on Hebei or Jingdong Road, as long as there is one The navy interfered with the unloading of the Liao army, and then mobilized a large army to refuse to go ashore, and the Liao army turned into a half-crossing attack, and it was difficult for the Liao army to be undefeated."

Seeing Li Buqi talking confidently, Zhao Zhen and Pang Ji looked a little better.But Pang Ji still looked solemn: "In this way, the imperial court will have to expand the navy to station on Jingdong Road and Hebei, and I don't know how much food it will cost."

The emperor was more straightforward than Pang Ji: "Don't give up, how much money does this navy need? Now the court can't afford the money."

At this time, Li Buqi looked embarrassed: "This is really difficult. Maintaining a navy is not as simple as building ships. Ships need to be maintained, and personnel need to go to sea for training. The cost is even greater than shipbuilding."

Hearing what Li Buqi said, the emperor was even more shocked.But I heard Li Buqi continue to say: "However, there are ways to spend less money."

Everyone's eyes immediately widened, and Li Buqi continued: "Didn't it cost a penny to recruit pirates to harass the Liao court? Why don't you continue to use this method."

Gao Ruona immediately objected: "No! If it wasn't for harassing the Liao Kingdom with pirates, how could the Liao Kingdom think of attacking by sea? Such a big mess has been caused, how can we still use this method?"

The method of using pirates to contain the Liao Kingdom was originally proposed by Lian Guangzhi, and Lian Guangzhi naturally had something to say: "Private Gao dared to pat his chest and say, if there were no pirates to contain the Liao Kingdom, would the Liao people accept the condition of reducing the old coins?" When it comes to this matter, the lower official has something to say. Originally, the lower official recommended Tao Lin to raise the matter, but then the Privy Council sent two people to raise the matter, leaving Tao Lin aside. If these two people are qualified for this That's all, but these two people don't know anything about the sea, and they can't go out to sea because of seasickness, and they can't add ships and troops to Dengzhou inspection to supervise the pirates, so they can only let the sea merchants and pirates go their own way. According to the police department According to information, after the peace talks, the imperial court stopped the pirates, but the coastal tycoons went to the Liao Kingdom to plunder privately, and these two could not stop them, which led to today's disaster."

He turned to Zhao Zhen: "Therefore, I think that it is the Privy Council who should be responsible for this matter."

Even Guangzhi beat him up, but Gao Ruona really had no choice.To be honest, he didn't care about the pirates on Jingdong Road at all after he became the privy envoy, because there were not many reports there, and he really didn't know the inside story.And if Lian Guangzhi dared to say in front of the emperor that the two people appointed by the Privy Council could not even get on the boat, it must be true, and no one dared to talk nonsense about such an easy-to-verify matter.Therefore, Gao Ruona was once again choked and speechless.

This made Zhao Zhen extremely disappointed in the Privy Council, and now he has begun to think in his heart whether he should really replace someone who understands the real thing as the Privy Envoy, otherwise, let such a bunch of useless people be in charge of the army. Although they can't rebel, they can He can't sleep either.

But he knew that now is not the time to dwell on this issue, so he immediately changed the subject: "Don't give up, what do you think should be done?"

Li Buqi said: "I thought that I could give a navy a number, send a capable person to recruit pirates, recruit fishermen and sailors to form a fleet. Entering is for military training, and leaving is for pirates to plunder the Liao Kingdom. Among them, the constant robbery It is very important to plunder the Liao Kingdom. Because only by constantly haunting the coast of the Liao Kingdom, can you keep track of the movements of the Liao people. In this way, you only need to maintain a small-scale navy and find the right time to fight the Liao people. Otherwise, you don’t know when the Liao people will Going out to sea, I don’t know where the Liao people are going, so I have to fortify everywhere. At least two naval forces must be deployed on Hebei and Jingdong Roads, which will cost twice as much money and food. Secondly, the gains from plunder or trade can slightly supplement the imperial court’s The navy is short of money and food. But..."

Li Buqi hesitated at this point, the emperor asked: "But what?"

Li Buqi said: "But in this way, the leader of the navy needs to be very capable, and may not appear on the imperial roster for a long time. Those who want to get promoted and make a fortune must not do so. Who gets to do it is the difference between success and failure.”

Zhao Zhen habitually asked Pang Ji and others: "Who do you think can take on this important task?"

Quiet, no one answered.With the lessons learned from the past, no one dared to recommend people at random, because no one in his pocket was very proficient in maritime affairs.

Seeing that Zhao Zhen didn't speak, he suddenly thought of Tao Lin just mentioned, and said, "How about letting that Tao Lin raise this matter temporarily?"

Liang Shi asked Li Buqi: "I heard that Tao Lin was originally Yunshi's bodyguard, what does Yunshi think of him?"

He is taking this opportunity to remind Zhao Zhen of the relationship between Tao Lin and Li Buqi.But he didn't know that the emperor didn't take this navy too seriously, because according to the knowledge that Li Buqi and others gave him in the past, no matter how powerful the navy was, they couldn't get ashore, right?

Li Buqi replied: "Tao Lin went to Jingdong Road to preside over maritime trade a few years ago, and he is very familiar with maritime affairs. I think Tao Lin is qualified for this position."

(End of this chapter)