Chapter 1881: Tianzhu's Summoning
God knows when the war between the Song Dynasty and Tianzhu will stop. The Song Dynasty did not destroy Tianzhu in an instant. This is a gradual act. For the Song Dynasty, it has the advantage of the territory after occupying Pengjialuo.
The Song Dynasty did not violently occupy land, and then exploit and plunder the land. In fact, management is the way to make the most profit.
Therefore, the army of the Song Dynasty was stationed in Pengjialuo but did not rush to attack. Defense became the primary task, consolidating Pengjialuo's land and waiting for everything to mature. Whether it is a farm or a factory, it is increasing at a daily visible rate.
This is the strategy of the Song Dynasty. It not only needs to occupy the land in Tianzhu, but also maximize the value of these lands and become an enviable place of wealth to fill the financial expenditure in military use.
People often say that "war money is the easiest to be made", but in fact, war is the most profitable transaction. The money paid is huge and the harvest is also considerable. The Finance and Investigation Department of the Sansi calculated that Pengjialuo was well managed and could bring nearly ten million taxes to the Song Dynasty every year.
Compared with such a huge fiscal revenue, the cost of military use is almost a drop in the bucket.
When did Zhao Zhen do a loss-making business?
Compared to the "leisure" state of the Song Dynasty, Tianzhu was anxious and nervous. The news brought back by the messenger had already made the entire Polo dynasty panic. Unexpectedly, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty not only wanted to punish Tianzhu, but even if he occupied Peng Jialuo, he still could not satisfy his appetite.
The ultimate goal is to capture Qunun City and destroy the entire Polo Dynasty!
This is a battle to destroy the country! Compared with the calm attack of the Song Dynasty, the Polo Dynasty had to do its best to defend itself to resist the attack of the Song Dynasty. After all, this war was a punishment for the Song Dynasty, but for India it was related to the life and death of the Polo Dynasty.
The Indians naturally did not dare to neglect them. No matter what, the war would come. Of course, on the other hand, they could not stop asking for peace from the Song Dynasty. While preparing for war, Yepolo kept sending envoys to the Song Dynasty for peace.
Of course, there are conditions to seek peace. Zhao Zhen was not a war madman. As long as the Polo dynasty could satisfy his appetite, it was not impossible to truce. However, the bargaining chips given by the Indians when seeking peace were too low.
The officials of the Song Dynasty were so low that they could not stand it. The compensation for the Song Dynasty was just some valuable local specialties. These things were either looked down on by the Song Dynasty or were not rare.
As for what the Song Dynasty wants? That’s not simple? Gold! A lot of gold!
The most circulating goods in most countries and civilizations in the world are gold and silver. Gold and silver are naturally currency, and currency is not gold and silver.
The gold output in India is not very high, but the demand for the environment is huge. The main function of their trade is to exchange the environment and constantly exchange output and export for gold.
Especially after learning that the official banknotes of the Song Dynasty could be directly exchanged for gold and silver, the status of the official banknotes of the Song Dynasty began to rise in Tianzhu. Some merchants in Tianzhu stored a large amount of money while earning the official banknotes of the Song Dynasty, in order to collect them and exchange them for gold bricks.
The Song Dynasty did not restrict the behavior of the Indians from exchanging gold because of this. On the contrary, the Song Dynasty would specially prepare gold for the Indians for exchange, but the exchange price was determined by the Song Dynasty. After all, the handling fee still needs to be generated...
In a sense, the more gold the Indians exchanged, the more they lost, but they didn't find it themselves.
The amount of gold exchanged for the same materials is much less than that of buying other goods, but even so, the Indians still enjoy it. Not only the Indians need it, but even the Indians need it!
The Indians have the custom of storing a large amount of gold, or worship, and this kind of environmental worship has reached their core.
The high castes were proud of owning a large number of gold jewelry, and there were many people wearing gold and silver. This nation with polarized wealth and power was flocking to gold, and the Song Dynasty asked them to compensate gold was obviously more painful than taking their lives.
The news came back to the Polo Dynasty, and the ups and downs were shocked. They still couldn't bear to give up gold as a bargaining chip to buy peace. They believed that there was still a possibility of a battle with the Song Dynasty, and they vowed to defend their wealth to the death.
The Indians' greed for gold had reached the point where they wanted gold but were not alive. They would not easily compromise with the Song Dynasty, and this was exactly what Zhao Zhen expected. From the very beginning, he knew that the Indians would not agree to the Song Dynasty's conditions.
Peng Jialuo could not satisfy the "appetite" of the Song Dynasty. Besides, this time it was not only to deal with India, but also to shock Seljuk. How could it end with a slash?
The battle to destroy the country was a major event. The Song Dynasty had already taken down two places, Pengjialuo and Tamil, and these two places happened to be the north and south of India, but in this era, the capture of the royal city basically means the destruction of this dynasty.
Therefore, Tamil was not very important to the Song Dynasty. Even if it could send troops from here, the army boarded a ship from Fujian and then circled a large circle to reach Tamil, and then went north from Tamil to seek distance.
It is better to use Pengjialuo's land to march towards Qunu City directly. Only with a dignified army and a righteous flag can you defeat the enemy. The Song Dynasty basically does not need so-called strange strategies now. Strategy is mostly used when the enemy is strong and we are weak.
With the power of the Song Dynasty now, the army was almost invincible in its territories, but it took some time to adapt to conquering the territory outside the territory.
Pengjialuo is the best experimental place. The soldiers of the Song Dynasty adapt to the climate here and train tactics against the Indians here. Even if the Song Dynasty has strong military strength, the enemy cannot be underestimated.
With 50,000 soldiers and 330,000 soldiers coming from Yunnan Road, Pengjialuo stationed a total of 80,000 elite soldiers. These soldiers are all elite soldiers in the imperial guards. Elite soldiers are not easily obtained, but are mostly veterans who have been through the battlefield.
The reason why these people are called elites is not only because they have been through the battlefield for a long time, but also have combat capabilities similar to instinctive on the battlefield. These veterans are rare, but they are tempered by thousands of tempers.
They have strong will, meticulous skills, tacit cooperation and excellent equipment on the battlefield.
Before the Battle of Destruction of the Kingdom, the 80,000 Song troops began to train and be familiar with the route and terrain of India. Thanks to the information of the Black Hand, these were not difficult. Even the eight hundred Black Hands were scattered among the armies to assist the army in combat, because they had a very thorough understanding of India.
Chapter completed!