Chapter 245: Surprise Attack

Ouyang in Tokyo was worried about the life and death of the flat-bottomed merchant ships. Not only because these people were incited by themselves, but also because the safety of these ships was related to the victory or defeat of the battle and the life and death of the 30,000 people ahead. The arrow was on the string, so it was impossible to stop. Tong Guan, who was in charge of the middle road, did not know that these problems had occurred. When the agreed time came, the Northwest Army Road and Yongxing Army Road slowly moved towards Dihe. It would take them half a month to expose their intention to start the war, because in the strategic arrangement, Laizhou must attract enough attention from the army in the south to make them move hidden and fast.

Waiting is painful. Zhao Yu saw that Ouyang was a heartless person. Although he asked Ouyang not to leave Tokyo for the time being, Ouyang was too relaxed. He traveled around and visited friends from the business association. He was also interested in holding meetings with local businesses and holding a symposium on promoting the spirit of rising land prices in Tokyo. In Baiyun District, Yangping, only houses and land use rights were sold, but in Tokyo it was sold. How can the land be valuable? Then build a suitable humanistic life on the land and create a comfortable living environment. Then everyone helps to hype and make rumors. There are more officials in Tokyo and more rich people and strong purchasing power, so the land price will naturally rise.

However, Ouyang was relaxed and unexpectedly found that Zhao Yu had gone to Guangde Palace. Ouyang came over when he heard the news and he also lived in Guangde Palace. Ouyang knew that Zhao Yu was a person who did not believe in Buddhism and could come here, which means that she was really unsure and lacked confidence. What made Ouyang dissatisfied was that he caught the Taoist priest halfway and asked that Wang Wenqing asked Zhao Yu to burn incense and bathe in a quiet place for three days according to the rules to show sincerity. If this matter was born in Yangping, Wang Wenqing probably would have to go to prison for dinner. It's nonsense. The current situation is so unclear, and as the emperor, he is in the mood to waste three days here.

But Ouyang could no longer see Zhao Yu by then. The guard at the door was sorry and said to Ouyang: "Your Majesty has ordered that you should not disturb you within three days. If you have important matters, you can ask Li Xiang to deal with it."

Ouyang asked: "I think, if I rush in, will you cut me down?"

The inner guard hurriedly said, "Of course not, but Lord Ou will definitely not make things difficult for the brothers, right?"

Ouyang asked: "Who proposed to let the emperor come?"

After thinking about it, the inner guard said, "It seems that it was Li Xiang's advice."

"Li Gang?" Ouyang was shocked, what, Li Gang wouldn't be that idiotic.

"No, it's Li Bangyan and Li's Right Prime Minister."

Well? This guy is not that idiotic either. Ouyang suddenly remembered the stuff of supplies, and a flash of inspiration. Could it be that Li Bangyan rushed? Is he going to do bad things? There is definitely a motive. The emperor trusts Li Gang and basically undermines the two right prime ministers. Moreover, Li Gang and Li Bangyan have long become political enemies. Li Gang's two demotions were related to Li Bangyan's behind-the-scenes instructions and false accusations. Such villains may not be able to do something.

Ouyang said: "I have something to do to meet the emperor."

The Neiwei shook his head: "Mr. Ou really wants to force himself, so we can only use force. After hurting the master, we cannot explain to His Majesty. Please don't make things difficult for us."

"Oh..." Ouyang could only sigh and leave.

...

When Taixuzi heard that the emperor was encouraged by Li Bangyan to go into seclusion and practiced, he jumped up: "There must be a conspiracy."

"What conspiracy?" Ouyang asked.

"It's too simple." Taixuzi said: "The emperor ordered General Li Gang to send everything to the Political Affairs Hall. If it was given to the emperor, who would dare to do anything from the eunuch to the imperial guards? But the Political Affairs Hall is different. There are many people and complicated things, and Lord Li has to deal with many official documents. If there is one or two important draws, the emperor will immediately cause trouble for Lord Li. For example, if Tong Guan, who is in charge of Yongxing Army, suddenly needs to change his strategy because he needs to change his strategy, he will inevitably send the official documents to the Beijing for the emperor to take a look. Without the emperor's approval, the established plan cannot be changed. It may take a month for the official documents to be released, which is a delay of the opportunity to fight."

Ouyang shook his head: "It may not be such a coincidence."

Taixuzi said: "It's really not so coincidental. Li Bangyan is not a god-making calculation. But why did this kid suddenly tell the emperor to worship the god?"

"..." Ouyang took a breath and asked: "Do you know the hanged filial son? His relatives seem to be coming in the past two days."

"You mean someone incites his relatives to cause trouble?"

"Think about it, after all, people were hung outside the Li Mansion. There were various discussions among the people. No need for anything else, if you make such a fuss, Li Xiang will inevitably be distracted from dealing with this matter. Some bad people can even issue official documents in the name of Li Xiang. For example, a official document says: If the materials are not in place, the Northwest Army Road and Yongxing Army Road are not allowed to attack. Afterwards, Li Xiang was unable to tell the difference. However, the seriousness of this matter is that it is difficult to calm the public's anger without killing Li Gang."

Taixuzi was puzzled: "Will anyone make a joke about the lives of 30,000 soldiers?"

"Zamao, you are in the Jin Kingdom, and the upper and lower levels are relatively united. Go and see the history, how many people ignore the interests of the country in order to frame the political enemies." Not to mention the distance, Ouyang knew Yue Fei. Although Yue Fei had a little bit of a sense of self-respecting force, no one knew what trouble would be without Yue Fei. There was also Qin Hui's main force borrowed the name of anti-corruption vanguard and defeated a bunch of political enemies. There was also the art of keeping a low profile that had been learned in the political struggle that had already formed a doctrine in the Tang Dynasty.

Taixuzi also understood that Li Gang and Li Bangyan could only have one. The two had different ideas and their personalities. Li Bangyan has always been very ill-fighting against political rivals. For example, Wang Fu, who was so popular in the reign of Song Huizong, was incompatible with Li Bangyan. In order to directly cling to Cai Jing, Li Bangyan privately colluded with Cai Jing's eldest son Cai You while Cai Jing had problems with Cai Jing's eyes. Liang Shicheng hurt Wang Fu to lose his official position and demoted him to a commoner. Therefore, Li Bangyan has always been the second most powerful person in Song Huizong's group. Because this person is cruel and such an alien is relatively rare in Song officials. When Wang Fu was abolished, Wang Fu hated him to the core, but he did not dare to offend him. Now Zhao Yu is a wise ruler and can't frame him purely. Zhao Yu trusts Li Gang, sooner or later, Li Gang will deal with officials like himself, and it is very possible to take action first.

Taixuzi thought of Wang Fu and an official who was dragged off by Li Bangyan and nodded: "This person was originally the first minister of Cai Jing, but he didn't expect that Lord Li would suddenly take office, so he must be very dissatisfied. However... we have no right to go to the Political Affairs Hall, so we can't be guarded at all."

A servant came in: "It would be better if Lord Ou is here too. The uncle of the filial son who died a few days ago carried the filial son's coffin from the charity village to the front of the door and asked the master to give them an explanation."

"Did you inform Li Xiang?"

"The master has an explanation and said that he would handle this matter personally, so he has sent someone to invite him."

Taixuzi said to Ouyang: "It seems that someone is going to do something bad. What should I do? Why don't you go to see the emperor secretly?"

"Damn, such a bad idea. What if the emperor is taking a shower? Even if not, I will sue me for blasphemy in the future, causing God XX to go wild. I will take my leave without expectation." Ouyang said angrily: "You will sacrifice me to fulfill your master. Your wages are mine, don't forget."

Taixuzi smiled: "What should I do?"

"You go out first." Ouyang ordered his servants to leave and think about it and whispered: "Since he will frame the accusation, we will also make a false accusation. I wonder if there are any official documents written by Li Bangyan?"

"Of course there is, I'll ask someone to find you."

Ouyang Xiao said in a daze: "But, after the matter is done, you have to help me with an errand."

...

While Li Gang was communicating with his uncle, more than 20 imperial guards entered the Political Affairs Hall. The leader was Zhang Xuanming, who had been unknown for a long time, and there were two inner guards sent by Da Nei. Why were there inner guards? Ouyang borrowed two to support his office, so Da Nei would still give face.

There are many people in the Political Affairs Hall. When everyone saw this situation, Zhang Xuanming, the leader, knew that someone was going to be unlucky. Li Gang was not there, and Wang Min and Li Bangyan naturally came forward to greet him as deputy prime ministers. Zhang Xuanming did not enter the house, took out a letter, and only revealed the signature and asked: "Whose private seal is this?"

Li Bangyan took a look and took a look at Wang Min without answering it. An inner guard shouted: "Whose private seal is it? Is it from your political affairs hall?"

Li Bangyan said dissatisfiedly: "You sixth-grade, seventh-grade, and unqualified people dare to break into the government affairs hall privately. They are still so arrogant? Who is the commander?"

Zhang Xuanming ignored him and pointed to the official watching the fun and said, "Come here to see if it is your private seal and handwriting in the Political Affairs Hall?"

An accused official did not have the courage of Li Bangyan. He walked over and looked at him and said, "This is Li Youping's private seal, and the words on it seem to be 70 to 80% similar."

Zhang Xuanming nodded and shouted: "Li Bangyan has evidence to communicate with the enemy. He will take it down for me and wait for the emperor's holy ruling."

"False accusation, when will I, Li Bangyan, collude with the enemy?"

"Li Xiang, I am a sixth-rank official. If there is no evidence, would you dare to take Li Xiang?" Zhang Xuanming pointed to the person who had just identified the handwriting and private seal and said, "Unless he was lying?"

The official hurriedly said, "A quick look seems to be only four or five percent."

"40% or 50%. Didn't you just say that it was 70% or 80%?" Zhang Xuanming said coldly: "You have made it clear. You are not the only one who can identify it here."

"80% and at least 80%." The official hurriedly replied.

Zhang Xuanming nodded and said, "I don't dare to make things difficult for Sang Li, but in order to avoid someone colluding with the enemy, Sang Li will still have to live with me in the Privy Council these days. Sang Li, please."

What does it mean to have falsehood? It means that there may be, and there may not be. Since there is doubt, isolation is normal. Li Bangyan wonders who is going to frame him? Li Gang cannot. Li Bangyan understands his opponent, and Li Gang is an upright gentleman. But it is impossible not to leave at the moment. Li Bangyan snorted dissatisfiedly, shook his sleeves and left.

Zhang Xuanming ordered: "You are here to accompany the General of the Inner Guard to check if Li Xiang has any suspicious official documents."

"yes"

...

Li Bangyan was detained. Although there was a certificate of Jingji's punishment in the afternoon, the letters on the letter were forged and not written by Li Bangyan, Zhang Xuanming still seized Li Bangyan. Ouyang's temporary counterfeit letters still could not stand the test. There was no result here, but there was good news on the side of the Zhengshi Hall. After Li Gang heard that the matter was returned to the Zhengshi Hall, he could not find the corresponding seal. Finally, he found it in Li Bangyan's room. In ancient times, offices were a bit like today's companies. The managers had their own offices and employees used open offices. The room was only separated by a screen, and there were many gaps where people could see the movements in the room.

When questioning Li Bangyan, Li Bangyan said that he had been framed. He said that someone had put the evil seal in his room. Zhang Xuanming also interrogated the provider of the fake letter, a servant from Li Gang's mansion. The servant said that someone took advantage of the chaos in front of the door and stuffed it to his waist. He did not dare to make decisions, so he went to find Ouyang, who was a guest at Li Gang's house. Ouyang then contacted Zhang Xuanming.

There are many witnesses of the servants, and several servants have letters on their waists. Moreover, this family member does not recognize the scholars, so there is no way to copy them. Of course, Zhang Xuanming guessed that it might be Ouyang, but he dared not accuse him of no evidence. So the letter became a mystery.

When Zhao Yu came out of seclusion, he knew that he could not get out of Ouyang. However, Zhao Yu was not stupid. Although he came here for three days after his head was hot, he regretted it very much during the period. Naturally, he would also think about why Li Bangyan did this. Zhao Yu didn't know that Li Gang and Li Bangyan were in a wrong way, but this was a technique of weighing. If Li Gang did something bad, Li Bangyan would definitely report it. If Li Bangyan did something bad, Li Gang would not let it go. If the prime ministers all vented their anger, Zhao Yu would instead worry about whether they would deceive their superiors and conceal their subordinates. Obviously, Zhao Yu thought Ouyang's view of Li Bangyan was too extreme.

Ouyang actually didn't stick to his own ideas, and he was not sure whether Li Bangyan would delay national military operations because of the detriment of Li Gang. Everything was speculation. However, Ouyang was right to insist on his own actions, and said sternly: Li Bangyan must frame him. Zhao Yu also had no choice but to wave Ouyang to return to Yangping and not be allowed to interfere in the court. In the end, Li Bangyan turned into a free agent because he could not prove that he had no movement and could not rule out the suspicion. The official still had a first-rank official.

Ouyang was also responsible for provoking the relationship between Jin and Liao. Since he had an agreement with Taixuzi, Taixuzi had to take Ouyang Mingshu and find Han Shizhong. With Taixuzi as the charlatan, Ouyang believed that Jin and Liao had a certain possibility of fighting.

Almost at the same time, Laizhou City experienced a great battle. Wang Yan led 5,000 people to Laizhou. After nightfall, he used the clothes of hundreds of Liao people killed to open the city gate. Five thousand imperial guards divided into three teams to raid the whole city. The Liao people did not expect the Song people to turn against each other, nor did they expect the Song people to come so quickly, and there was no preparations at all. In addition, their military abolitions were all destroyed. The eight thousand Liao troops in the city were all bombed and fled to Jinzhou. They were covered by Wang Yan until noon the next day, after Wang Yan looted a county, they broke into pieces, divided the team into five, and each occupied the mountains, lonely villages and other places where they were originally planned to be stationed. Wang Yan and Zhang Jun calculated that the Liao people would think that they all defended Laizhou City.

On the third day, Zhang Jun's main force entered the empty city of Laizhou. While setting up defense, he sent scouts to search for the Liao army. At noon on the fourth day, the Hangzhou fleet arrived in Laizhou and unloaded 20,000 imperial guards. Zhang Jun ordered these people to repair them near the dock for two days before joining the combat team. The empty ship Hangzhou fleet returned to sail and returned to the Dengzhou base to replenish the supplies. Another 30 warships will assist in defending Laizhou.

Therefore, Laizhou became a key point to restrain the Liao people. If they did not work together, they could not take over Laizhou at all. If they worked together, it would be equivalent to marching northwest road and Yongxing road. If they were ignored, the imperial guards of Hebei East Road in Dengzhou would continuously replenish troops and supplies to Laizhou through sea routes. Once they grew stronger, they could directly take Linhuang Mansion.

Laizhou is backed by the mountains in the east and the sea in the north. Only the south and west can march. The first Liao army with 5,000 people arrived first, but the general who led this army was brave, but his intelligence was not very good. He actually chose to station and wait for reinforcements ten miles from Laizhou. The Hangzhou fleet had already learned about the local hydrology, rushed into the beach, and bombarded the ships. The density of ships and guns was quite high, with twenty burning cannons on one side, and five ships were side by side, with one hundred shells at a time. The Hangzhou fleet also bullied the incompetent Khitans, and actually set up two rows of ships to bombard the Liao army. You must know that in this formation, if the enemy assaulted, it would not be possible to turn around quickly, and use rockets that were not close or far away to burn the ten ships. Unfortunately, the Liao army ran away.

After this battle, no one in the Liao army dared to approach the north. The only choice to attack the city gate was the South and West Gate. However, the Song people also overestimated the war coordination capabilities of the Khitan troops. It was not until seven days later that 60,000 Liao troops were gathered nearby and divided into two camps.

The time was five days longer than expected, which made the seasick and death-lost imperial guards recover. The most important thing was to wait for the supplies transported by the caravan. Perhaps it was Zhao Yu's worship of the gods, or maybe it was good luck. The wind in the Bohai Sea was very small recently, with the highest waves of only three meters. Zhang Jun and others were crying when they saw this batch of weapons. They were even more happy to see the list of weapons. There were twenty heavy artillery inside and outside the flowering shells, followed by more than two hundred shells that had been manufactured. After the shells landed, they would explode again regularly, and the iron sheet inside and outside the shells were blown into pieces to kill the enemy. After actual combat, the function of solid heavy artillery was far less than that of burning heavy artillery. However, the range of burning heavy artillery was relatively close. The appearance of flowering shells made up for this defect.

But what made Zhang Jun collapsed was that the fireworks were indeed the product in the test. In the first round of test fire, two cannons were reimbursed, killing one person and injuring three people. He didn't know that these were the bottom of the Tokyo Construction Bureau's goods, and the inventory had long been shipped to the two armies or to Dengzhou. However, the power did give Zhang Jun some comfort. The gunner... the regular caller called Pili gunner also learned intelligence, and he ran away without a trace, for fear that the unlucky thing would come to him.

In addition to artillery, there are more than a dozen guns, which are the "rocket guns" purchased by Ouyang Rang Tong Guan. Zhang Jun is quite satisfied with this thing, and the close-range lethality is quite large and accurate. Yangping military rations are just as unpalatable as Yangping military surveillance, but they can also be eaten. Prices rise and the procurement fee is determined to die. This time, the quality of military rations is even worse than the first batch of military surveillances produced.
Chapter completed!