Chapter 383: The attack begins

Zhao Xing replied: "There is a Lion City in the west of Palembang, and the entire Song Dynasty on the east side is. He took it to Palembang and could not make any tricks. Sri Lanka is different. Arab merchants are very arrogant in Colombo. The local Lion Mountain and the Buddha Tooth Palace are considering relocating Buddha Tooth to avoid religious invasions. If he goes to Sri Lanka, it will not take long before that small island will have nothing to do with my Song Dynasty."

Wan Qi Yong shook his head and interrupted: "The adults returned to the army this time because the Arab merchants in Sri Lanka signed an agreement to divide the market with us. In just a few months, the adults brought more soldiers over and tore up the agreement, as if..."

Zhao Xing smiled lightly: "The agreement is for tearing it down, which is what the Arabs said."

Wan Qiyong advised again: "Sir, the head of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau is hanging in the air, Hangzhou is not as good as Guangzhou. If the imperial court orders the new chief officer and appoints a new chief officer, what should we do?"

Zhao Xing nodded: "This is a problem, but now, the court may not be able to take care of it for a while - the matter of Xixia has not been over, and the renovation of the Yellow River has consumed a lot of energy from the court, plus the plan to plant trees in the north, plus..."

It’s best if Zhao Xing didn’t say a word.

At Cai Jing's suggestion, the little emperor was eager to create, and he devoted all his energy to designing gardens for himself - Gen Yue. When Gen Yue's design was not completed, Cai Jing's mind was to gain a foothold, but it was so easy to gain a foothold.

History has changed slightly here. After the old party gained power, it cleaned up the new party. However, Han Zhongyan's desire was strongly blocked by Zhao Xing, causing the new and old forces in the court to intertwin. Because they were against each other, the entire court did not just be timid towards the emperor like normal history, in order to protect his official position. The current court dares to refute the emperor's imperial edict. With the support of Zhao Xing, the old party members such as Su Che were still very strong, and Cai Jing had to carefully seek a foothold under the confrontation between the two parties.

His time to gain a foothold this time was longer than normal. Zhao Xing estimated that within one or two years, the court had no external enemies, and his energy was mainly focused on planting trees in the north and dredging the Yellow River. The emperor's energy was designed in gardens, and Cai Jing's energy was intrigue, and no one had the intention to provoke him.

"I went to Guangzhou first. I wrote to the court, saying that I was checking this year's deposit plan in Guangzhou, and then set out from Guangzhou, saying that I was going to urge overseas taxes, and you should keep my home for me..."

After a moment of pause, Zhao Xing remembered something again and said slowly: "Old Mr. Fan Chuncui is old. I guess he will receive bad news from the old man in the past two years. After Mr. Fan passed away, I don't know what the court had about Xixia. I will leave a few memorials. If the court wants to calm down, you will hand over my memorials. Pretend that I am still in the country and ask the court to send generals to Shaanxi and make a break with the people of Xixia."

Shuai Fan raised her chest: "I'll go!"

Zhao Xing nodded. Wanqiyong immediately asked, "Who is the successor?"

Wanqiyong asked who was in charge of the Hangzhou army after the commander Fan left. Zhao Xing pondered for a moment and replied: "Su Guo was once a county magistrate and promoted him to the position of governing the military in the state, so that he could serve as the commander of the military commander of the state. Hangzhou was in his hand, and the rest were easy to say, I mean..."

Zhao Xing did not say that candidate after all. Wan Qi Yong understood it a little, so he bowed his hand. He replied: "The eldest son has already been kind to him, so it is better to let the eldest son participate in this year's tribute."

Zhao Xing saw that Wanqi Yong understood his meaning and nodded slightly. After leaning a little, Wanqi Yong whispered: "Pu Yian just told me that under the pressure of Wanyan Aguda, the mature Jurchens in the East China Sea surrendered, and they were willing to accept the rule of Aguda, which also means that our trade leader in Suzhou City will face Jurchens in the future - Last winter, Aguda broke into Goryeo and robbed. Although he did not touch Suzhou City, we can see from his actions that this thief was robbed and paid with a knife when trading with others. I am afraid..."

Ten days later, the troops were assembled, and Zhao Xing ran south. Ten days after he left, his memorial was passed to the court. When Jiang Zhiqi saw the memorial, he was furious: "How come Zhao Xing is so domineering? This matter of using thousands of warships and mobilizing thousands of troops and horses, he could only say it to the court afterwards. What did he think the court was?!"

Officials of the Privy Council smiled bitterly when they heard Jiang Zhiqi's complaints.

There is no way, he has an independent and loyal army, an independent logistics system and a fiscal revenue and expenditure system, and the independent appointment and removal of officials in his jurisdiction are all in his hands. Although Zhao Xing himself firmly denied it, claiming that he was the most loyal official to the court and that he was just an ordinary "Taiwei" under the jurisdiction of the court, in fact, everyone knows that Zhao Xing had been an independent town since Guangzhou.

It is still good to report to the court to the big military event, which shows that he still remembers the court. If the court angers him, he probably won’t remember to notify the court when he leaves and when he comes back.

Jiang Zhiqi roared for a long time, and an aide raised his courage to suggest: "What if you send me a prime minister to inform Your Majesty of this?"

Jiang Zhiqi woke up and shook his head in annoyance: "Your Majesty has no intention of meddling in this nostalgic business? He knew that at most, he just asked what he was going to do. Zhao Liren said in the memorial that he was urging the Guangzhou deposit token, and Your Majesty would only praise him for his diligence!"

The staff once again suggested: "Political Affairs Hall..."

Jiang Zhiqi shook his head: "Su Ziyou can't get through there, he will definitely exonerate Zhao Liren. Zeng Xiang and Han Xiang are not willing to provoke this person... Forget it, for it, he is promoted to the Nanyang Affairs Bureau. As long as his army goes south rather than north, he will."

Jiang Zhiqi's words meant: As long as Zhao Xing's army did not come to Bianliang, the Privy Council would bear this tone.

In February of the first year of Chongning, Guangnan Baoqian Gang arrived in the capital as scheduled, and all officials were rewarded. The court had a large sum of money to maintain normal expenses. Su Che and other officials who liked to do practical things were busy governing the north, and the two were busy fighting against each other. The little emperor had money and started to build a garden. During this period, the "Guangzhou Guild Hall" in the capital was completed, and the little emperor took over the real stonemasons who participated in the construction and began to build a "Genyue" for himself.

The entire empire presented a kind of laziness of peace. In this lazy atmosphere, Zhao Xing led a large army to appear in the waters of the East Seljuk.

The season was exactly the dry season. The Song army suddenly appeared with Thunder Land weapons, blew across the southern ports of Seljuk like a storm. The Song army's giant ships and cannons came up and sank all the warships anchored at the pier, and then broke into the port, robbed a large number of merchant ships, and turned to Sri Lanka.

The powerful country of Zhunian trembled under the thunder of the Song army. The Eastern Seljuk was originally a tribal alliance country, but he did not react for a while. After the southern port was swept away, several small tribes in the south united and sent an envoy to the Song Dynasty warship to negotiate.

The person sent was a small official, who was translated as "Major Aduli". I don't know which tribe he was from. In the Song Dynasty, he was just like the village chief assistant.

The Aduri had a humble expression, but his words were aggressive: "I heard that the Lord came from the Song State. The distant Song State in the east had our land there. We were not disrespectful to the great Song Dynasty. The merchants of my country were spreading that it was a country of gentlemen. But Lord. We were warned by a group of gentlemen, our villages were burned down, our people were kidnapped, and their property was robbed by a group of gentlemen. Even the empty home was burned down. Lord, can I know why your anger was ignited?"

The translation is a member of Pu Yi'an. This guy was born in the Song Dynasty and his words were very similar to those of the official kiln articles in the Song Dynasty. The taste of Seljuk is almost impossible to tell.

Zhao Xing glanced at the officers beside him casually. Chen Buqun's face was full of satisfaction. The officers were fiddling with their harvest. The expressions on his face were still unfulfilled. The previous success aroused the greed of the Song army. This greedy desire made the officers who participated in the battle of Guangjie Army and Xuan Yi Army, who had never had the courage to fight bloody battles, also seemed eager to try, with bloodthirsty eyes in their eyes.

Zhao Xing swept the expression of one of his people into his eyes, and he continued to answer in a lazy tone: "Ah, ask me, what does my anger come from? It will be far away when I say it in detail. For example, we can start with the Tang Dynasty. The nine Turkic surnames in the Tang Dynasty plundered the Central Plains..."

Aduli cut off Zhao Xing's words: "That's a very distant thing. Tiankehan (Li Shimin) has punished us. We have left our hometown for hundreds of thousands of miles. Hundreds of years have passed, but we still dare not return to our hometown. I think it's too funny to use such a distant grudge as an excuse."

Zhao Xing said a few times, his face turned red and his heart was beating, "Then let's talk about it. I, Song Shang, are often robbed in the nearby waters, which makes me unbearable. As their shelter, I should come here to punish those criminals!"

Aduri sneered, "Who is the accuser?"

Zhao Xing could not show the accuser, so he gave Chen Buqun a wink. Chen Buqun raised his foot and was about to walk outside. Aduli sneered and replied: "Sir, don't bother creating accuser. As far as I know, the floating sails on this sea belong to the Arabs. As far as I know, you have made an agreement with Arabs to stop the Song ship from Sri Lanka.

We Seljuk people are a nation that rides horses. Although the sea provides us with countless nutrients and goods, our boots are not contaminated with sea water. The merchants of our country were robbed in this sea area. You should ask the Arabs and ask about the agreement reached by both of you?"

Zhao Xing laughed, with no embarrassed expression at all: "Yes, let's throw away those illusory excuses. I am a person who believes in free trade. I firmly believe that our ships are only qualified to travel directly to Jerusalem. Your Excellency, I am now declaring my power to this world, and you also know that sometimes, demanding power requires the use of iron and fire.

If you need a reason, then this is the reason. The Seljuks destroyed countless countries. When they attack others, they also need a reason. I don’t want to give you reasons today. According to your habits, I come with iron and fire and exert my power. Isn’t that enough?”

Aduri bowed and asked calmly: "Can I think the war has begun?"

Zhao Xing nodded: "You can think so. I can tell you clearly that the previous attack was the first echelon, which was done by my pioneer, and what I brought was the second echelon. You can see me here now, which means that my second attack has begun."

Aduri bowed again: "Your Excellency, can I go back and tell the others this news?"

Zhao Xing nodded: "Your life is guaranteed, and you can travel through my front as an envoy who is not attacked. Goodbye, I believe that meeting you again should be..."

Aduli just said goodbye. Before the small boat he was riding on had landed ashore, Zhao Xing had already ordered: "The attack began!"

With this order, the warships anchored on the sea cheered deafeningly. Many people looked up at the battle flag raised by the flagship, tidied up their own combat equipment while shouting at the top of their lungs.

Aduli was still on the boat. He looked up at the Song army's warships with pale faces and found that the Song army's warships were folding up their anchor chains in turn. The decks of the first warships were already filled with soldiers in red costumes. They did not carry knives, and they were holding two short weapons in their hands, cheering loudly at the river bank, as if a treasure was hidden on the river bank.

Adu asked Song Bingjia, who was ferrying in dissatisfaction: "Aren't we a peace talk? Why haven't my negotiations been completed yet? You are ready to launch an attack. I often hear that the Song people are gentlemen. Is this the gentleman style I have seen?"

The man on the boat translated Aduli's words truthfully. The sailors on both sides were smiling and paddling. Looking at him without saying a word, the commander on the boat touched his upper lip and replied leisurely: "My adult said that negotiation is negotiation, and a ceasefire is a ceasefire. We must not relax our attacks before we receive the order to surrender.

Well, I heard that your national tradition is: there is no need to keep the promises to the enemy, so there is no agreement or promise between you, and we reserve the right to attack at any time..."

Before Aduri could refute, the officer immediately added: "The attack order has been issued, and now instead of nagging and complaining like an abandoned woman, it is better to think about something more practical - such as the conditions for surrender."

While he was speaking, the vanguard of the Song army had already begun to move. The Song army on the deck sang in unison, singing a tune that Aduli couldn't understand. The song was sonorous and powerful, and the four syllables beat, and the singing was neat and loud. As the people on the deck sings were singing, someone on the boat also hummed. Aduli wanted to ask the lyrics of the lyrics, but when he saw the soldiers on the boat looked angry and seemed to be excited, he endured it and asked carefully: "Can I ask you to speed up? I have a mission and must tell the waiting people the results of the negotiation before the war."

The officer waved his hand and the soldiers on the boat sang in unison: "In the six-he River, the emperor's land..."
Chapter completed!