Six hundred and seventy-eight, the Jin Army goes south
"Emperor." In the evening, Wanyan Li came back half drunk. Pu Chaling hurriedly came forward, and then called the palace maid to fetch water to wash his face.
Wanyan Li was served by everyone, with a smile on her face. She felt her hands were a little cold and was about to ask the palace maid to change to a basin. Unexpectedly, the emperor waved his hand: "No, I have been following my father since I was a child to fight south and north, sleep in the wind and open air, and what are you afraid of if the water is cold? I am not the spoiled waste in Jingguo! Hum...
Just now, everyone agreed to my decision to march south, that my father's general, the great clan of the headquarters, and the queen's elder brother also agreed to what I said."
"A brother is a minister, so he naturally has to share the worries of the country and move forward for the emperor." She said hurriedly.
As he said that, he began to untire the emperor's clothes and serve him to sleep.
Pu Chaling felt depressed and suddenly understood why the emperor came to him tonight. A few days ago, the Goryeo Kingdom presented thirty Goryeo beauties. The emperor was lucky every day and never paid attention to her.
In fact, since the army was sent to Beijing, the emperor rarely stayed in her boudoir. She didn't understand why, and after thinking about it, she didn't understand. Could it be that she was not beautiful enough and was old and ugly? She didn't dare to ask the emperor.
When the emperor lay down, she was still looking forward to it. She quietly pulled the delicate silk cloth on her chest slightly down. She owed her body, but she heard a slight snoring. Her white fingers trembled, and her heart suddenly became cold and fell to the bottom of the valley.
Sighing lightly, the Emperor came for her family......
Among the most powerful forces in the Jurchens are their Pucha clan, and her father is the current patriarch.
If you want to go south to fight, the emperor needs their support, so you will stay here tonight.
The reason for this is that the Pucha family and the Jurchen tribes in the northern snowy field are different. Their family has been a family of officials for generations since the previous dynasty.
The previous dynasty established the Liaodong Jiedushi in Liaodong. The ancestors of the Pucha family were originally working under the Liaodong Jiedushi established by the court. The Jiedushi were all officials sent by the central government to Liaodong. They were unfamiliar with the land and needed help from local people. The Pucha family was a local family, so they naturally became the person they depended most under the Jiedushi.
The governors of all dynasties needed the assistance of their Pucha family. The coastal areas of Liaoyang were controlled by the Central Plains dynasties, and the Han system adopted by them, and the geographical advantage, and the climate was warmer. They have always been the center of Liaodong's gathering of people and trade exchanges.
The Pucha family became the richest tribe in the Jurchens, and their family would help some tribes who struggle to survive in the northern snow forests from time to time. They would help them every time there were natural disasters and man-made disasters.
Over time, the Pucha family became the most famous family among the Jurchens, and had good relations with various Jurchen tribes, and had marriages. With the imperial court, the Pucha family has always been a good minister who was highly valued by the governor of Liaodong. They were the most "civilized" or sinicized branch among the Jurchens, and they were very famous and very popular among the Jurchens.
But because they were the commanders of the military governors, they did not dare to raise too many warriors, and there were not so many warriors. However, due to their reputation, with a wave of their arms, all Jurchens in the northern snowfield were willing to fight for their original favors.
After the demise of the previous dynasty, Liaodong returned to the Liao Kingdom, and their Pucha family took over Liaodong. Since the Khitans, the senior officials were invincible and their national affairs were abandoned. For extravagance and enjoyment, they have been constantly exploiting all the Jurchen tribes.
At this time, while dealing with the Liao court, the Pucha family protected the Jurchens who committed the crime due to dissatisfaction, and their prestige was even higher.
Later, Pu Chaling's father realized that Taizu was civil and military, and the Jurchens could not bear the exploitation of the Liao Kingdom, so he joined forces to fight all the way to Shangjing...
It is precisely because of these that the Pucha family is very special and has a great reputation. It has few soldiers, but it can easily affect the overall situation.
Perhaps because of this, Emperor Taizu had to choose her as his daughter-in-law, rather than being good-looking and able to give birth to a child. Pu Chaling felt that he had realized it later. After so many years, he slowly sorted out this matter.
That night, she slept on the same bed with the emperor, unable to sleep for a long time. Many things flashed through her mind like a flash of flowers, and many things were filled with sorrow that she couldn't explain clearly, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.
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The next morning, the emperor drank high and did not wake up leisurely until the sun was noon.
Pu Chaling had been waiting for a long time. She had been thinking about her father's instructions to ask the emperor to pay attention to the Jingguo naval army and set up more defenses, but what should I say...
She thought of the emperor's temperament, sat quietly in front of the bed and thought for more than an hour, and finally got some idea. After the emperor got up, she served the emperor to dress and wash, while saying, "The emperor's civil and military skills are now trying to expand territory for the future generations of the Jin Dynasty. He is really a wise monarch."
"Hahaha, you really know how to talk." The emperor was in a good mood, and he held his hand in a draw, allowing himself to tie his shirt pocket.
"I, a woman, don't understand military and national affairs, and I also think that going south to attack the Central Plains is to create peace for future generations, and it is a great contribution." Pu Chaling said carefully.
"Hahaha, not bad, you are more sensible than some ministers in the court." The emperor was very happy.
While tidying up the clothes for the emperor and smoothing out some wrinkles of the gorgeous clothes, she continued inadvertently, "But I heard that the army on the ground in Jingguo is far less than my Dajin, but the navy is very powerful, Your Majesty must be careful." "Who did you hear this?" The emperor frowned.
"What am I wrong?" She pretended to be nervous and said, "The emperor forgives the crime. I heard about it when I was talking to the eldest princess before. If the emperor thinks I am too talkative, I will stop talking."
The eldest princess is a hero in the army and is fully engaged in military affairs. Now she is married to Liaodong. It is very appropriate to use her as an excuse to make excuses. It is reasonable and there is no evidence.
After waiting nervously for a while, the emperor really lost his suspicion and said casually: "She and Liu Xu always talked about the Jing State naval army. After going to Liaodong, I will be clean.
What can the navy be so powerful? After all, I have to go ashore. Once I get ashore, my cavalry can stomp them and step on them!"
"The Emperor is right." Pu Chaling said: "But my woman's family's thoughts are different from those of the Emperor. Since we are the best in the world in the Great Jin Dynasty, why can we not have the powerful naval army in Jing State? If we can defeat the people of Jing State on the water and land, it will be a glorious."
As soon as she said something, the emperor was stunned and sighed. Pu Chaling understood that what she said was useful.
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Before we knew it, it was early June, and the weather began to rain. Several floods were suffered in the south of Jingguo. Fortunately, it was not serious and local officials handled it properly.
Li Xingzhou ushered in a great deal, and the first batch of 1,500 Mongolian horses arrived!
Li Xingzhou went to the city to pick up these horses and treated them like treasures.
These horses are not as tall and mighty as Central Asian horses or Arab horses, and are not even as tall as some of the war horses produced in the southwest of Jingguo. They look short and have poor appearance, have large heads and short necks, strong body, wide chests and long manes, thick skin and thick hair.
But Li Xingzhou knew that these horses grew wild in the lower half of the plateau environment, and their environmental tolerance was very terrifying. They could withstand the lowest temperature of minus 40 degrees Celsius and fight wild wolves on the grassland! They had excellent endurance and were suitable for long-distance raids!
This is the ideal partner of the new army. The new army does not need them to charge, nor does it need the tall war horses to provide short-term explosive power to attack the enemy's front.
What the new army needs is the transportation horses that can accompany them on long distances. Mongolian horses have extremely strong endurance, can adapt to harsh environments, can walk rugged paths, and are suitable for long distances. Horses that are rushing to attack for a long distance are the best choice for the new army!
These are just the first batch, and there are still several batches of transactions behind them, and He Xu is responsible for it.
Li Xingzhou even ordered that the iron armor and leather armor eliminated by the new army could be traded with the Mongolians.
He knew that most of the heavy cavalry in Mongolia in history were equipped with armor seized after the capture of the Jin Kingdom, and the best armor in the Jin Kingdom was seized when it captured Ducheng of the Northern Song Dynasty.
So now there are not so many excellent heavy-armed cavalry on the Mongolian grasslands, and heavy-armed cavalry are actually the main force of Temujin's tactics.
Therefore, armor is much more attractive to the grassland tribe than weapons, and armor itself is much more valuable than weapons.
As the tactics of the new army improve, too thick armor will gradually become a burden.
Using these eliminated armors to replace the new army with horses, and ultimately achieving at least one horse for two new army troops, or even one horse for one horse, is the ideal state that Li Xingzhou wants.
He probably can achieve this within two years.
The good news was accompanied by bad news. In early June, in the pouring rain, Yanshan Prefecture News, which was rushing to speed up by 800 miles, brought news. Wei Chaoren observed the movements of the Jin army near Shanhaiguan, sent scouts to inquire many times and concluded that the Jin army might go south on a large scale!
This news made the court nervous.
Li Xingzhou is constantly planning the Northern Expedition in two years, but if he can't stop this time, let alone the Northern Expedition, it might turn into a recovery of lost territory.
Chapter completed!