The rise of the prince

Chapter 583 The Good News of the Surprise Day

There was no going to court that day, but today's good news spread quickly in Kaiyuan City. Li Xingzhou was one of the first few people who knew about it in the yamen of the Privy Council.

At that time, the sun was just rising, and he had not been in the Yamen for a long time. He was reading the letter returned by the right army, and guessed in his heart based on the time, it should be more than ten days ago.

Wei Chaoren said that according to his speculation, the food and grass in Yizhou City can last for about half a month. They also found someone who could speak Khitan dialect, shouting in the city every day, as long as the city surrenders, the safety of the people in the city is guaranteed.

Wei Chaoren said in the letter that he would be able to win Yizhou City within a month at the latest.

How can Li Xingzhou not understand Wei Chaoren's old way, in the officialdom, everyone will leave a way for himself, Wei Chaoren's words are also the same, he guesses that Wei Chaoren said one month, it is a conservative estimate plus some time, he guesses what Wei Chaoren is thinking It was half a month, which means that when he saw the letter, Yizhou City should have been breached.

The other is the report from Yang Hongzhao. Yang Hongzhao is not only the commander of the three armies, but also the army with the largest number of troops. The army in the middle route is close to [-]. It is very inconvenient to move. In addition, the roads in Yizhou and Zhuozhou are not spacious, so he has always used his sons Yang Jianye and Tong Guan. As the vanguard, adopt the tactics of elite vanguard approaching, and most of them supporting at any time.

Li Xingzhou agrees with this kind of elite tactics very much. Yang Hongzhao is indeed an old man who has fought in wars. There are not many soldiers but good soldiers. If ten timid and fearful people are stuffed into a hundred brave people, everyone may be in a war. and fled together.

This is the advantage of the elite tactics. If the scale is too large, it will be difficult to mobilize even if it is not good for command. Using the elite as the forward and supplementing follow-up support can not only boost morale, but also effectively command.

The victory of the Central Route Army's first encounter was inseparable from this.

Yang Hongzhao's train of thought was obvious, he was going directly to Nanjing City, and that's why he let the Right Route Army trap Yizhou, and he wanted to make a quick decision.

He mentioned in the report that the reason for this was that he wanted to attack Nanjing before the Jin people captured Xijing Datong, but he also vaguely mentioned another problem, that is, the imperial army's military discipline was lax, their morale was not very high, and they were marching outside for a long time. May affect morale.

He didn't dare to say it clearly, because Zhong Daoyu was dismissed from office and demoted to the common people because of this matter.
Li Xingzhou was also helpless. The imperial army had been deducted from military pay for so many years, lacked training, and had a dark interior, so they might have fighting spirit.

Just when he was about to withhold the report and not submit it to the emperor, the clerk at the gate of the yamen suddenly rushed in and hurriedly handed a report to him, smiling from ear to ear: "My lord, Good thing, great thing!" He was out of breath, unable to explain clearly, Li Xingzhou took the report and looked at it himself.

The letter is not long, just a few dozen words, and there is another handwritten letter. Li Xingzhou's heart skipped a beat after reading it!
In late April, the Changsheng Army stationed south of Nanjing in the Liao Kingdom, under the leadership of its commander Guo Yaoshi from Tiezhou in Bohai, surrendered to Tong Guan, the forward of the Central Route Army, along with the other leaders of the Changsheng Army Zhang Linghui, Liu Shunren, Zhen Wuchen and others.

More than 5000 people in the whole army disarmed and welcomed the Jing army into the camp. At the same time, Guo Yaoshi ordered all the Changsheng troops to stop resisting and surrender in Kaesong. In less than two days, after the handover, Zhuozhou and Yizhou two The state fell into the hands of Jing Jun without a knife.

Jing Jun can drive straight in until the city of Nanjing.

And the other letter is the letter Guo Yaoshi wrote to the emperor.

This is the biggest victory since Jingguo dispatched troops!

Li Xingzhou hurriedly asked people to prepare horses, and he personally sent the report and Guo Yaoshi's letter of surrender to the emperor. The office of the Privy Council is in the palace, and horses are not allowed in the palace, but he is a prince and has this privilege.

Along the way, Li Xingzhou was full of thoughts. He predicted that Jing Jun's capture of Zhuozhou and Yizhou would be at least after June.

Because Zhuozhou and Yizhou are the southern gateways of Nanjing in the Liao Kingdom, they have resisted Jingguo all the year round. During this period, not only the Xiang Army was stationed, but also an Ever-Victorious Army. The Ever-Victorious Army added up to at least 2 people. So many people occupied the city As for defense, it is not so easy to break through.

But they never expected that the Changsheng Army surrendered before fighting. In this way, the southern gate of Nanjing was wide open, and Jingguo's army could drive straight in.

He hurried to the gate of Kunning Palace, and before he entered, he heard faint human voices coming from inside.

"Your Majesty, this is inconsistent with reason. How can the crown prince stay in the palace at such an important time?"

"Yes, the army is out, and the prince needs to stabilize the court"

"Think twice, Your Majesty"

"Your Majesty, the crown prince has been banned for almost half a year, which is enough for the ancients."

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Li Xingzhou walked in directly. Since he took over the Privy Council, he has gotten used to it. There are more than a dozen inside, kneeling in front of the stone steps of the main hall of Kunning Palace, just as you and I are saying something, there is no response from the emperor.

Soon, these officials found him, and the scene fell silent instantly.

"My lord," someone stammered, while the others quickly lowered their heads.

Li Xingzhou smiled: "It's okay, you continue to talk." Then he went straight into the main hall, he was used to it a long time ago.

After he entered, no one spoke outside the hall. Above the hall, the emperor was looking at the memorial. Seeing him coming in, he didn't mention the people at the door, but asked him directly: "Is there anything wrong?"

Li Xingzhou nodded, and handed over the new report and Guo Yaoshi's pitching letter with both hands, the emperor looked suspiciously, then grew up from the seat, staring straight at the outside of the hall, the muscles on his cheeks trembled a little.
After a while, he beckoned: "Go, quickly go to the Political Affairs Hall, go to the Privy Council, call the people from Zhongshu, call the people under the door, I want to pass the decree!"

Li Xingzhou nodded, the office of the Zhengshitang is also in the palace, Zhongshu, Shangshu, and the door are all there.

Father Fu'an next to him hurried over to support the emperor who was so excited that he could hardly stand still.

When Li Xingzhou left the gate of the main hall, more than a dozen officials were still kneeling there, but they didn't dare to speak.

"My lords, go back and come back another day." Li Xingzhou said kindly to them.

All the officials bowed their heads and hurriedly dispersed as soon as he left.

The Changsheng army surrendered, Jingguo won Zhuozhou and Yizhou, and the news that he was going straight to Nanjing soon spread from the palace to the outside of the palace, and spread all over the streets and alleys, making everyone very happy.

Jing Guoli has never been so close to regaining the Land of Nether Clouds.Winning Yizhou and Zhuozhou is almost a certainty.

The story was spread wildly in the streets and alleys, the singers sang "recover the homeland", and even the children ran past Li Xingzhou and Meixue chanting "The scene has changed, Nanjing has changed hands".

The restaurant on the side of the street, some people even discussed from the point of view of Taoist feng shui, whether to change the name to Yanjing Mansion or Yanshan Mansion after taking Nanjing
Victory is only one step away.

It is only one step away to regain the old place.

When he returned to the palace, everyone in the palace was overjoyed, from the steward to the maid nurse, they all talked about it excitedly.

(End of this chapter)