The Song army's navy was indeed the elite in the world and was very good at fighting, and even Su Yonglin had never opposed this.

When the Song army was beaten into sieves, the navy was never disappointed. It successfully blocked the attacks of the Jin army many times, making great contributions to the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty.

So Xin Qiji calculated the success rate of the Ming Navy's direct attack on Lin'an.

"Based on the whole, the success of direct attack on Lin'an may be less than 50%.

Su Changsheng frowned.

"Can you attack if you have less than 50% chance of winning? Is this too dangerous?"

"It is because it can only attack less than 50%. If it exceeds 50%, reaching 70% or 80%, Song Ting is not stupid. It is impossible to put the center in Lin'an and wait for us to raid. It is precisely because Song Ting is very confident in his own naval army that he lives in Lin'an safely."

Su Changsheng didn't understand military affairs very much. He was born in intelligence and only ordinary people understood this kind of military skills. Since experts like Xin Qiji said it was OK, then he was fine.

"I do not know much about this, but I still understand a little bit about intelligence."

"What we need is intelligence."

Xin Qiji smiled and said, "The Song army's cavalry and infantry army looks like a native chicken and a tiled dog to us. Even the Jin army cannot defeat it, let alone the elite of our Ming Dynasty. However, the Song army's navy has always been known for fighting. We are very clear about the tactics of the Song army, but at present, we hope to know the scale and approximate combat effectiveness of the Song army as a reference."

Su Changsheng hugged his arms and was silent for a while.

Su Changsheng didn't find it strange to the fact that the Ming army had mastered the tactics of the Song army's naval division, because the Ming army's naval division was basically trained in the way of the Song army.

This is actually a historical issue.

The Su family started out as a private salt dealer. As a private salt dealer or a private salt dealer operating at sea, it is impossible not to deal with the Song army navy.

In fact, the earliest Sujia private salt fleet was composed of retired veterans of the Song army's naval division.

Su Yonglin's grandfather Su Dingguang used his power to secretly recruit some naval veterans who were dismissed after the Shaoxing peace agreement to lay the foundation for Su Jia's private salt fleet.

Many of the veterans of the navy were skilled sailors who made contributions in the Song and Jin War, as well as some grassroots officers. However, after the Shaoxing Peace Agreement, the court did not need such a large navy, so they were all dismissed, leaving only the most basic navy personnel.

Su Dingguang seized the opportunity and recruited some good players from it, asking them to teach the Su family's skills and essentials of water battles, and train their water combat capabilities and long-distance abilities.

So at the beginning, the foundation of the Su family fleet was built by veterans of the Southern Song Dynasty naval divisions. Su Yonglin and the Su family who went north with him also mastered the tactics and tactics of the Song army naval divisions.

This historical problem directly led to the fact that the Ming Army Navy was created according to the Song Army Navy as a template when it was first established, and the training scale, tactics and strategies were the same.

Therefore, the Ming Navy is not aware of the Song Navy, but at least it is also aware of oneself and an enemy.

You can know the tactical strategies, but the current scale of the Song army's naval division and other sensitive issues such as commanding soldiers and generals are not so easy to answer. These are military secrets and will change every year. If you want to know, you need to look at the latest information.

Su Changsheng thought about Xin Qiji's needs for a while and nodded slowly.

"Although it's a certain difficulty, I think that as long as I'm willing to spend money, this kind of information may not be impossible. Officer Song Ting has dealt with me. In my opinion, it's the kind that can sell warships to you as long as they pay enough. OK, I understand. Please rest assured that I will find every way to get this information and then send it back to Zhongdu."

"Thanks a lot."

Xin Qiji once again held Su Changsheng's hand: "If you can get real information and if my navy can directly attack Lin'an, half of the credit will be given to you."

Su Changsheng smiled bitterly.

"Let's get the information first. Our navy also needs more training. The Song army's navy is really elite and good at water warfare. Our army must not underestimate the enemy."

"I see."

Xin Qiji nodded.

Of course he understood that the Song army's naval army was very good at fighting. When the Jin army went south with great enthusiasm, the Song army's cavalry and infantry were completely defeated, and only the navy could defeat the Jin army.

But then again, the Ming army's navy was not weak either.

The Ming army navy started during the period of the Restoration Army, or the entire Su Yonglin group was transferred from the navy army. They all studied water warfare, but later they changed their positions and became the Ma infantry and infantry army.

When Su Yonglin first established the navy, there were less than 100 ships in the Ming army. Later, Sun Ziyi led the navy north to attack the Jin Kingdom, defeated the Jin Kingdom Navy, seized a large number of ships in the battle, and expanded the scale of the Ming army Navy to more than 300 ships.

Later, the Ming army navy carried out transportation and beach landing missions many times. Although there were no more battles, it was also expanded many times.

At present, there are more than 1,000 warships and transport ships of various sizes of the Ming Navy, including more than 700 main battleships, more than 300 auxiliary ships, and more than 13,000 sailors, which is quite large.

Su Yonglin also attached great importance to the navy. He allocated funds for repairs and built new ships many times, ordered the increase in naval troops many times, and continuously expanded the scale of the navy.

After the establishment of the Ming Empire, the navy was independent of the Five Army Corps and set up a separate army, giving the Jiaolong Army a name. Kong Zhende, the former Sun Ziyi's deputy, was the chief general of the Jiaolong Army, and the other deputy Zhou Mancheng, led the navy to station on the coast of Daxing Prefecture.

The Jiaolong Army built a new port at the original port of the Jin Kingdom, specifically for use by the navy.

At the same time, Shandong and Liaodong each have a special naval port. In daily life, the Jiaolong Army will walk around the waters in this area when it needs to perform transportation and training tasks. The maritime routes are very familiar and the driving skills are also good.

Xin Qiji felt that although the Song army naval army had a lot of background, it had not started a war for more than ten years. Although the Ming army naval army was young, it grew up in the fierce war. In various senses, even if it could not crush the Southern Song naval army, it would not be defeated.

On this basis, if you can obtain specific data from the Song Army Navy, it will be known to know yourself and the enemy, and it will not be difficult to achieve the final strategic goal.

Xin Qiji had already expected that the Southern Song Dynasty would never pay annual monies easily, because Su Yonglin said that things that could not be obtained on the battlefield would not be obtained at the negotiating table.

At worst, I will go to search the mountains and check the sea to capture Zhao Gou again, so that Zhao Gou can recall his desperate journey more than 30 years ago. This should be a good thing for him and will make him have a memory boost.

The two talked for more than an hour and almost finished the main thing, so Xin Qiji asked Su Changsheng some less important things.

"Are you familiar with Lin'an City?"

"I always come here a few times a year. I'm not too familiar with it and I have some understanding. What do you want to know?"

Su Changsheng asked with a smile.

"Before I came, His Majesty told me that there were many small vendors selling food in the shopping street next to Zhong'an Bridge. They said that the taste was very good and told me that there was a vendor selling clear juice and field snails that were very delicious. I specifically told me to try it. Do you know that this shopping street is still there?"

"The shop street next to Zhong'an Bridge?"

Su Changsheng became interested and said, "Your Majesty must be aware of the situation. There are four very good shops and streets in Lin'an. The ones next to Zhong'an Bridge are the ones with the most food, many stores and many stalls, making delicious foods. They sleep at midnight and get up day and night."

“So prosperous?”

Xin Qiji was very interested: "I have never seen such a market before. I have been sleeping at midnight or five minutes? Do Lin'an merchants don't sleep?"
Chapter completed!