The rise of the prince

Chapter 608 Did You Miss Something

In mid-June, the food, grass and supplies raised from various places have begun to board the palace ship one after another.

The officers and soldiers of the new army were almost ready. A few days before departure, the three armies were rewarded with wine and meat every day. On the evening of June [-]th, Li Xingzhou went to the new army camp in person, and Di Zhi called everyone to line up.

Cheng Guo, who was training, also reflected that so many people assembled and lined up, and in just three to four minutes, many soldiers had already lined up and stood on the school field.

The school field is very large and there are too many people. Li Xingzhou talked loudly, but he didn't necessarily let everyone know that what he wanted to do was mobilize before the war.

"Brothers in the new army, have you eaten and drank well these two days?"

"Okay!" came a loud echo from the audience.

Li Xingzhou smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, this is not a meal of death. The king took you to fight, not to die. Otherwise, even if I die in this capital, I will not go north. Who is not afraid of death?" .”

"Hahaha" caused a burst of laughter from the audience.

Li Xingzhou didn't care, and continued with a smile: "The last time when I suppressed the rebellion in the south, thousands of brothers died. At that time, most of the dead were from Luzhou. Many of the locals in Luzhou had never fought, and they put on their armor in a hurry. With a knife, after a few days of practice, follow me to the battlefield, and die there as soon as you go to the battlefield.”

As he spoke, everyone below fell silent.

"At that time, the king was thinking, am I committing crimes? How many lives are lost under my hands? The corpses can be piled up into a hill, and there is no military salary. That is behind the enemy lines. Luzhou people can eat well. , where did so much money come from?
Later, we will finally fight Linyang City, and we will basically win the game if we take down that city, but the city wall is three or four feet high, let alone fighting, if you climb up and accidentally fall down, you will fall to death.

That night, I took people up the hill to investigate the enemy's situation. There was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child who looked at the city wall in the distance and told me that if there was a fight, he would be the first to go to the city.

I was very surprised and asked him if he was not afraid of death?
He told me that he was afraid, but his father told him that people are not afraid of death, only that death is boring.

That's when I realized, yeah, everyone doesn't want to fight, they want to live and work in peace and enjoy the peace and order with their families.

But the world is always like this, the heart of defense is indispensable, there will always be people who covet your things, ranging from petty theft, robbers and robbers, to the Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom, if we don’t fight or rise up to resist, we will become That piece of fat on the cutting board! "

He spoke loudly, many soldiers listened quietly, and in the night, the entire camp of the new army fell silent: "Later I thought in my heart, if I can't change the cruel reality, at least I must let everyone live a meaningful life, Death also has meaning.

This time going north, the journey is long and the battle is dangerous. I can't guarantee that each of you will come back alive, but at least I will tell you what the significance of this battle is.

It's not about a dead king, a dead country, and a dead country, but he said clearly, why did he attack Yanshan Mansion!

Because there is no Yanshan Mansion, when the people of the Kingdom of Jin rest and recuperate, maybe next year, maybe the year after that, they can directly go south from Yanshan Mansion and Qigou Pass, and go straight to the Central Plains.

At that time, millions of households in Jingguo will suffer, including your family members, but now there is only one way to prevent all this, and that is to take down Yanshan Mansion and guard it according to Yanshan Mansion, so as to protect the safety of the people in the Central Plains .

At such a critical moment of life and death, what the court can rely on, and what millions of people can rely on, is not the invincible Yang family army, nor the elite Guanbei army, nor the tens of thousands of veteran imperial troops.
Only you!At this moment, you are the last hope of Jingguo. This is the meaning of this expedition. There is no consummation of merit and virtue, no one step to reach the sky, the road ahead is long, it may be dangerous, or it may be smooth, but no matter what, we can only Try to do your best, and strive to have a clear conscience.

Everyone, do you have confidence in this Northern Expedition? "

"Yes!" Many soldiers shouted in unison, their faces flushed, and at night, the flames shone brightly, just like the mood of their assassins.

"Okay, then prepare well and follow me to kill Yanshan Mansion!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

"."

The high morale makes the cold night become hot.
Seeing the high morale of the new army, Li Xingzhou was finally relieved.

The new army was fine, but when they returned home, they had to face another problem. The three little girls, Gillian, Yue'er, and Qiu'er had red eyes. Although they pretended to be fine, they had obviously cried and didn't want to. let him worry.He Qian rushed over after hearing the news from her father, holding his hand tightly.

Li Xingzhou was distressed, so he could only take a few little girls to comfort him for another night. Time was running out.

The army has been prepared and will set off on June [-]th.

This day is an auspicious date calculated by Degong himself by the divination officer of the Ministry of Rites. Li Xingzhou didn't believe it, but Degong believed in it, so he agreed without any delay.

The troops were divided into two groups. In the first group, Di Zhi led 5000 people, including 400 musketeers, [-] gunners, and [-] cavalry. The remaining [-] people were logistics support troops.

Due to the limited space of the big ship, it is not possible to bring too many cavalry, and horses are not easy to cross the sea, so Di Zhi only needs [-] light cavalry to be used as scouts.

He wanted Di Zhi to bring more people, and the big ship could indeed bring more, but Di Zhi refused, because more people meant ammunition, and gunpowder would decrease. Di Zhi wanted more firepower, not more People, Li Xingzhou agreed to all the decisions he made. With 5000 people and sufficient ammunition supplies, outsiders thought he and Di Zhi were crazy, even Degong He Zhao.

Siege warfare is the hardest thing to fight, and it often lasts for a long time. Therefore, the military books also say that siege is the worst strategy. Usually, only the troops several times the enemy will choose to siege. As a result, Dizhi now has only 5000 people, and Liao has twice the number of them. In this way, he dared to go deep into the enemy's rear to attack the city, whether he was crazy or something.

The most incredible thing is that Di Zhi is still full of confidence, he doesn't know whether it is arrogance or ignorance.
On the other way, Li Xingzhou led 1 people, went north along the west side of Taihang Mountain, and then directly attacked Weizhou, Anding, and fought Dizhi on both sides.

Among the 1 people he led, there were [-] light and heavy cavalry, and most of the rest were firearms. There were only [-] artillery pieces. It was an artillery squad, because almost all the heavy firepower was concentrated on Di Zhi.

Di Zhi was in the east, and he was in the west, fighting on both sides. This was Li Xingzhou's original idea. Yan Shen, as the artillery commander, followed Di Zhi all the way, and Wei Yubai, as the cavalry commander, followed Li Xingzhou to the west.

There is also Liu Ji who has been hidden in his family's house for a long time. Li Xingzhou also brought him this time, and Xiao Hongqi, a businessman from the Liao Kingdom who can speak Khitan, Jurchen, and Mongolian, was also transferred back from Yan Kun and prepared to take him with him. head north.

In two days, the army was about to leave. Before that, he suddenly thought of a big event.

The next night, he took Gillian, Qiu'er, and Yue'er to look for her in Shiyu's room. When Shiyu saw him coming with three little girls, she blushed and called him a rascal, but didn't chase him away. go out.

Li Xingzhou hurriedly explained that he was here to talk about business, but he was suddenly stunned after explaining, did he miss something.

(End of this chapter)