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Chapter 1217 When it comes to demagoguery, few are better than him (first update)
Chapter 1226

In the end, Emperor Zhao Xu carefully stored the information in his imperial study, and told Wang Yang that once the guards returned to the capital, he would summon them in person, and by the way, he would also take a look at those high-grade iron guards. ore.

As for the fact that the Women's Straight Alliance was now going to pay tribute to the Song Dynasty, after four repeated discussions, they finally agreed that there was no problem.

After all, the so-called peace between the Great Song Dynasty and the Northern Liao Dynasty is just an illusion, or in other words, a hypocritical peace under the circumstances of equal strength.

Once the strength between the two sides is tilted, then there will inevitably be a war, but now, judging from the international and domestic situation.Presumably, the chances of Da Song taking the lead will be even greater. After all, the current Da Song is well equipped, morale is strong, and the country is rich and the people are strong. It is indeed worthy of a battle.

But there are a few issues that need to be addressed.Ranked first is the attitude of the civil and military ministers of the Great Song Dynasty towards the war.

These guys are all adhering to the belief that more things are worse than less things, and less things are worse than nothing, and everyone can be corrupt, accept bribes and scrape the land in peace, do they beat and kill criminals?
Those military expenditures that were wasted are better left in various places, so that the majority of officials and eunuchs can make more money, hello, hello, hello, everyone.

The Son of Heaven, Zhao Xu, is very distressed, but there is nothing he can do about it. This is not only the will of those important officials of the Song Dynasty in the court, but also the will of many local officials, and even a large number of generals have the same meaning.

The old-fashioned mentality affects the entire Great Song Empire. Only the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty, which has been tempered by blood and fire in the midst of wars and chaos all year round, is like a sword that is unparalleled in sharpness and capable of fighting at any time. A sharp blade that unsheaths and decapitates the enemy.

However, the elites of the Song Dynasty on Shaanxi Road and North Shaanxi Road have a total strength of only [-] troops. If you want to rely on more than [-] elites, you want to conquer the entire Beiliao, ha ha...

Unless these more than [-] elite soldiers are really warriors with one enemy against ten, and all of them have to be equipped with Yuanyou Armor, under their crotch is a Dawan horse that travels [-] miles a day, and there must be Thousands of Yuanyou trebuchets followed behind them, and wherever they went, there were flat and solid concrete straight roads for them to gallop on.

It is impossible at this stage, even with the full support of the emperor Zhao Xu, the annual output of the Military Weapons Supervisor is only [-] sets of Yuanyoujia, and the cavalry of the Song Dynasty is still pitifully small.

In addition, although the Yuanyou trebuchet is amazingly powerful, there are several major problems. First, the wood that needs to be consumed is an astonishing amount. manpower.

As for the nearly 30 imperial troops stationed in the capital, they should belong to the main force of the Song army. However, the emperor Zhao Xu, the emperor who loves military affairs, also realized it after many visits and inspections.

The combat effectiveness of these 30 imperial troops may be better than that of ordinary troops, but compared with those of the Great Song and Western Army, it is really not on the same level.

This is why the Son of Heaven is very partial to the Western Army of the Song Dynasty in distributing the weapons and armor produced by the Military Weapons Supervision.

In the past, more than [-]% of high-quality weapons and equipment would be distributed to the Imperial Army stationed in Beijing, and only [-]% would be distributed to the many frontier troops in the world.

But now, with the help of the war in Shaanxi and the excuse of reforming the weapon manufacturing system of the Song Dynasty, the distribution system in the past has been changed.

Every year, the Yuanyou crossbow and Yuanyou armor supplied by Shaanxi Road and Shaanxi North Road have reached [-]% of the total output of the Military Weapons Supervision.

Of the remaining [-]%, the Imperial Army accounted for [-]%, and the other [-]% was allocated to other border armies.However, at present, only a small amount of the Yuanyou trebuchet is manufactured and distributed to Shaanxi North Road.

Because Wang Yang has discussed with the emperor many times, he believes that the advantages and disadvantages of the Yuanyou stone trebuchet are equally obvious, and the wooden structure of the weapon has a big problem that it is easy to age.

And Wang Yang is confident that within three to five years, he can produce a new type of weapon that is far more powerful than the Yuanyou catapult, and has greater advantages over the Yuanyou catapult in terms of manufacturing cost and other aspects.

Therefore, the emperor Zhao Xu decided to continue to recharge his batteries, and decided to work hard to increase Song's strength first and wait for the opportunity.Because everything takes time to prepare.

Although he was sure that he was willing to accept the loyalty expressed by the Women's Straight Alliance, Wang Yang did tell these bigwigs who could influence Song's foreign strategy, that the women's straight people were not credible.

In history, or in another historical time and space, Da Song also formed an alliance with female straight people, and supported these guys wholeheartedly. Then, the two sides began to attack the common enemy Beiliao, but what happened?

In the end, Song Dynasty perished in the hands of this former ally, and nearly half of the land was lost.It is impossible for Wang Yang to let such a thing happen again before his eyes.

Even in that historical time and space, it was the Women's Straight Wanyan Department that presided over the Women's Straight Alliance and established the Kingdom of Jin. Now, there are no more than ten thousand people left in the Women's Straight Wanyan Department, who are struggling to survive between the white mountains and the black waters. .

However, among these alien races, which one is not cruel, savage and greedy, not to mention Yuan Meng, who is still accumulating strength and ready to stretch out even more terrifying fangs at any time.

Wang Yang's opinion is that our Great Song Dynasty can promise that the Enzun Women's Straight Alliance will become one of the many foreign countries in our Great Song Dynasty, and will also provide some necessities to the Women's Straight Alliance.

But if you want more, let the stuff speak for itself.In other words, make a deal with Da Song.For example, let the Women's Straight Alliance take the Liaodong Peninsula and hand it over to Da Song, then Da Song can provide them with more weapons, equipment and food.

"Liaodong Peninsula..." Emperor Zhao Xu immediately reacted, and his subconscious eyes fell to the side. According to the map marked by Wang Yang, there are also iron and coal mines in the Liaodong Peninsula.

The important thing is that the Liaodong Peninsula has a good natural port, and the distance between the Liaodong Peninsula and the Jiaodong Peninsula can be reached within three to five days by boat.

As long as iron ore and coal mines are mined from the Liaodong Peninsula, they can be continuously transported to the Jiaodong Peninsula by sea, and after a section of land, they can be transported to Kaifeng along the Yellow River waterway.

"Can those straight women agree to such a condition?" Zhang Wei frowned and shook his head slowly. "Let's not talk about whether straight women can agree, then the Liaodong Peninsula probably doesn't have too many people. If I, Song Dynasty, want to gain a foothold there, it will inevitably require a large number of people to migrate there..."

"The method is thought up by people. If there is such an opportunity, wouldn't I, Da Song, be indifferent?" Su Dongpo stroked his long beard and smiled.

"Zhang Xiang, don't underestimate people's hearts. When it comes to deceiving people's hearts, there are few people in Song Dynasty who can beat him. As long as His Majesty is willing, I believe that Wang Wushan will definitely have a way..."

Hearing this, Wang Yang smiled shyly. "If it really comes to that point, I will definitely come forward and please be the Liaodong Road Manager's comfort envoy."

(End of this chapter)