Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 274

This time when Li Buqi returned to Guangzhou, there was no urgent military situation waiting for him, but the people from his family were already waiting in the yamen.The letter was written by Zhao Min, and at first glance it looked like a family letter declaring safety, but when Li Buqi brushed it with alum water, the handwriting written in the blank space appeared.

Because it is a secret letter, there are not many words, it is simple and concise, and it only said two things.One is that the Liao Kingdom has dispatched [-] people to build a navy, and Tao Lin's men have already entered the Liao Kingdom pretending to be merchants, claiming to help the Liao Kingdom train the navy, and the Liao Emperor treats them like honored guests; With the determination of the warship, Tao Lin has frequently used the tactics of arrogant soldiers recently.The second is the defeat of the Japanese army by the Abe family of the Japanese country. Now the sea merchants of the Great Song Dynasty are also quietly adopting the Beihai Island model to dump iron farm tools to the daimyos of Kitakyushu and Shikoku Island. It is estimated that the crops on these two islands There will be a greater improvement after delivery.

These things are handled by someone, and Li Buqi is out of reach in the south now, so he wrote back to let me carry out the original plan. He still has to do his best to deal with the issues of Guangdong and Guangxi.The front-line army reported that after Di Qing seized Kunlun Pass, he often sent troops to harass the Jiaozhi army. After interrogating the prisoners, he learned that there were more than 5 Jiaozhi troops in Yongzhou.In this way, including the Jiaozhi Army guarding the grain road in Qinzhou, Lianzhou and Guangyuan Prefecture, it is estimated that the total strength of Jiaozhi has exceeded [-].

Li Buqi doesn't have enough troops to fight back the Jiaozhi Army now, so he can only compete with Da Song and Jiaozhi who can hold on.Li Buqi was not planning to attack either, but was busy farming and training soldiers.For this reason, he can be said to have racked his brains.Aiming at the lack of fertilizers in this era, and farming can only result in extensive planting and low harvests, Li Buqi also specially ordered to carry out experiments on composting with fish and shrimp waste and useless small fish and shrimps in the coastal areas.

As expected, in mid-June, the generals of the Song Army who were on guard against Qinzhou and Lianzhou suddenly reported that the Jiaozhi people occupying Qinzhou and Lianzhou retreated towards Yongzhou after massacring the local people and burning down the town.It seems that the Cochin people can't hold on anymore.

The Cochin people in this place have been cut off from sea transport for half a year, and they have nowhere to go for looting. All the food and fodder are shipped from Yongzhou. It is not easy to survive until today.Li Buqi estimated that it would be difficult to transport grain and grass during the rainy season, and that the Jiaozhi people occupying Yongzhou should have retreated, so he quickly sent a messenger to remind Di Qing.

In a few days, Di Qing sent someone to report that the Jiaozhi people retreated from Yongzhou. Di Qing led an army to chase and kill them.In particular, the 5000 Jiaozhi troops who retreated from Qinzhou and Lianzhou to Yongzhou were intercepted, ambushed and chased by Dongman along the way. The marching speed was slow, so they lost their time.Before they arrived in Yongzhou, Di Qing entered Yongzhou and cut off their way back.After the Jiaozhi army was unable to break through the blockade of the Song army, it had to escape into the mountains, but was encircled and suppressed by the Dongman, and it was unknown how much they could go back.In short, by the time Di Qing sent out the good news, Di Qing and Su Yan had already received a large number of Jiaozhi prisoners. In addition to those captured by the Song army, there were more than [-] Jiaozhi prisoners currently detained in Yongzhou.

However, Di Qing's success report also described the tragic situation in Yongzhou after the Jiaozhi people retreated.Before retreating, the Jiaozhi people carried out a massacre. Corpses littered the fields inside and outside the city of Yongzhou, the river was completely red, and there were no living people for hundreds of miles.Wang Han estimated that at least [-] people in Yongzhou were massacred by Jiaozhi people.

So Li Buqi immediately set off for a trip to Yongzhou, one was to condolences to the army, and the other was to pay homage to the people who died.In order to build momentum for the conquest of Jiaozhi, Li Buqi personally wrote a sacrificial rite, beheaded ten Jiaozhi generals and schools in front of the mass grave built to collect the bones of the dead people outside the city, and burned the oath to repay the blood debt to Jiaozhi in public to tell the world.

This was also in case the emperor convulsed and made Li Buqi intercourse. With this affidavit archived in heaven, Li Buqi had absolute reasons to persuade Zhao Zhen with public opinion.

However, this affidavit shouting for blood debts is only to cheer up the officers, soldiers and common people in Guangnan, and the matter of revenge has to be taken slowly.Among other things, the army led by Di Qing, although equipped with a lot of medical officers, and more and more consciously implemented the health regulations Li Buqi made for the Zhenwu Army, and even basically shaved their heads, but still because of the soil and water Many people died of disobedience.So many people died inside and outside the city of Yongzhou. Although the corpses of Jiaozhi captives and Nongzhigao soldiers were collected and a large amount of lime was used to disinfect them, the plague still inevitably appeared in midsummer.Di Qing had no choice but to lead his army out of Yongzhou, disperse the summer heat, and avoid fighting in this hot season.

Taking advantage of the calm of the war, Li Buqi brought back [-] Guangnan "militiamen" who had been sent to accompany Di Qing to see the world, and continued to practice. .In the autumn, he set off again to attack Jiaozhi, and this was Li Buqi's main force.

With the arrival of summer, sea-going ships returning from the western seas are constantly sailing into Guangzhou Port.For merchant ships entering the port, Li Buqi ordered the Municipal Shipping Department to levy [-] port construction fees for each ship.Of course, it is reasonable for Li Buqi to collect taxes. He clearly told the merchants that they need money to clean up the Jiaozhi Navy, and they need money to build a dock lighthouse. There are also discounts on behalf of money.

It is precisely because of the announcement that some sea merchants who have been at sea for many years know that Li Buqi is in Guangzhou.Yang Baisheng, the fleet manager of the Yang family in Hangzhou, came to see Li Buqi and reported to him the process of the Yang family's fleet exploring the south of Manbasa.

Li Buqi asked, "Do you know anything?"

Yang Baisheng's lips trembled with excitement: "We saw Qilin. It's really Qilin!"

Zhu Changsheng, who was sitting with him, asked in surprise: "Is there really a unicorn?"

Yang Baisheng nodded vigorously: "Really. The painter on the boat has already drawn the appearance of the unicorn."

Immediately, he carefully took out a stack of thick paper from his arms and handed it to Li Buqi respectfully.Li Buqi picked up one, looked at it, and nodded—it was indeed a giraffe.What he noticed more was that the picture was so vivid that it could be regarded as a natural painting.

Li Buqi handed the picture to the curious Zhu Changsheng for him to appreciate slowly, and then asked Yang Baisheng: "Are there any strange goods in the south of Manbasa?"

Yang Baisheng hurriedly said: "It's quite a lot. There's a lot of gold, precious stones, and copper, as well as high-quality ivory and rhino horns. This time I also got a lot of good leopard skins, and by the way, there is also a kind of horse with stripes all over its body." It's very strange, and I got a few skins."

Li Buqi said casually, "Zebra."

"It turns out that Mr. Li knows this thing? It turns out that this thing is called a zebra." Yang Baisheng was overjoyed, took out a brocade box from his arms, opened it, took out some shiny things from it, and said, "Does Mr. Li know what this is? Although we It is expected that this thing must be valuable, but I don't know what kind of gem it is."

Li Buqi picked up the brightest one, looked at the sunlight coming in from the door, and said, "Diamond is also called diamond. It is the hardest thing in the world, and it can be used to cut glass. Remember it when you go to Barcelona This diamond is as small as a grain of sand, so I have to buy it back. That thing is a good material for cutting glass. Moreover, this diamond is a rare gem, especially because it has good transparency. If it is cut well, it can produce colorful light. It is the size of a hazelnut. Although it is still rough when cut and polished, it will be dazzling after careful processing. This one is worth at least a thousand gold. It's just that people nowadays probably don't know this thing, so it may not be able to sell for a good price. You can keep it at home as a family heirloom .”

Yang Baisheng nodded repeatedly.Li Buqi scratched in the brocade box again and said: "You can first take out these poor-looking ones to let people gain knowledge and cultivate the market, and then I will write something to you, explaining the benefits of this diamond Let people know the benefits of it."

Yang Baisheng was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Thank you, Mr. Li." He took out the diamond that Zhu Changsheng put back from the brocade box, held it in front of Li Buqi with both hands, and said: "Since this thing is still rare, let's buy it." Give it to officials as embellishers."

Li Buqi pushed the diamond back and said: "Your Yang family has helped me with a lot of things over the years, and I should have done this. If you have to thank me, then you can promote Guangzhou sailing in Hangzhou for me." Research institute. Navigation is a science. The more research you do, the farther you can sail and the safer you can go back and forth. You Hangzhou are probably secretly slandering me for not setting up this research institute in Hangzhou, but the South China Sea is just outside of Guangzhou. Do some research. Research is much more convenient than in Hangzhou."

Yang Baisheng quickly patted his chest and said that he would definitely convince the head of the family to support the Guangzhou Navigation Institute when he went back.

Although Li Buqi still holds more than 300 million yuan in money and food, he spends money everywhere, so Li Buqi saves every penny he can. Things like setting up research institutes can only mobilize businessmen and big households. paid.Li Buqi is now thinking of grabbing a hand in hand, so that he can live a relaxed life for two days.But anyway, Jiaozhi is also a country, and the political environment of Song Dynasty will never allow Li Buqi to lose a battle.Therefore, Li Buqi can only wait for the summer to pass, and take a step-by-step approach to slowly advance his plan.

(End of this chapter)