The rise of the prince

Chapter 835 Missing + Discussion
At the beginning of October, the sky was gloomy, so gloomy and cold that people shivered, the sky was gray, and Kaiyuan was still lively, with people coming and going.

There were many more discussions here, and some news had flowed out of the palace, and some people saw a large number of speeding horses running towards the palace with the vermilion flag.

Dozens of vermilion flags, no one knows what kind of good news came here.

In the next few days, gossip spread. Some said that the emperor's grandson's army had attacked the capital of the Jin Kingdom, some said that it had attacked Jinzhou, and some said that the army did not go north, but went to Liaoyang.

In short, there are different opinions, and there is no definite news from the palace. No matter what kind of statement is said, it is exciting and exciting.Discussions in the streets and alleys have been in full swing.

But this time the palace is not in a hurry. In the past, no matter how big or small the victory was, the palace would immediately issue a notice to the world. The news made people wait anxiously.

And many gossips are mostly from the servants of important officials in the court. There are a lot of information in just a few words, but it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false, and everyone is itchy.

Unlike ordinary people, although there are not many people who know the exact news, it is a different scene at this time.

Needless to say, some important officials in the court, Prince Kang was the happiest.

The entire mansion was full of joy, and even started to hold banquets in the past few days to invite relatives and friends.

This made Princess Yongming blush a lot. She hadn't even passed the door yet, but her father was so unreliable talking about son-in-law and son-in-law everywhere.
But a heart that had been hanging for several months was finally let go.

When the first battle report came to Beijing, she didn't have Di Zhi's share, so she wasn't worried that Di Zhi wouldn't be able to make meritorious service, she was only worried about his safety but didn't say a word.

The father is worried that Di Zhi, as the most important person of the emperor's grandson, has not achieved an inch of merit. Could it be that he is at a disadvantage in the battle?
The worry persisted for months, and she had trouble sleeping at night, sometimes even having nightmares.But his father used his contacts to inquire about what Di Zhi was doing and why there was no news about him. The army had won many victories, and there was no information about his meritorious deeds.

The points of concern are different, but the people are the same. The whole palace has been revolving around the war in the north for half a year, but just like "beacon fire lasts for three months, and family letters are worth ten thousand gold", thousands of miles away, or on the battlefield, to get news How difficult.

Because of this, she was restless and worried for half a year. In the middle of the night three days ago, she was awakened in a daze by a noise from the outer courtyard. She asked the servant girl and said that it was her father who was called into the palace by the emperor.

It was in the middle of the night at that time, and she guessed that there must be a big event, and even vaguely felt that there would be a bright future in the war with the north.

Sure enough, when the rooster crowed in the mansion the next day, the sun was just rising, and my father came back from the palace with a red face, and he talked to her excitedly, and the first thing he said was, "Your husband is really good, my father expected this!"

Princess Yongming blushed a lot, she hasn't been through the door yet!Besides, he was not like this before, he was restless and scolded Di Zhi a few times.

After reading the battle report, even she was shocked beyond measure.

I thought that capturing Datong Mansion, Shanhaiguan Pass, and Ningyuan was already a great feat. Jing Guo has been established for more than a hundred years, and no one can match this feat except old general Zhong Daoyu.

But what is unexpected is that attacking Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan are just "sounding east", while Di Zhi and Shenlin's East Route Army, who have not heard from for a long time, are actually the ruthless move of "attacking the west".

Di Zhi crossed the sea and landed from Liaodong, which was empty of troops, and conquered dozens of coastal states in one fell swoop, and even won Liaoyang, the most important town in Liaodong!

Then, relying on the support of the cannons on the battleships, they lured the main force of the Kingdom of Jin and used the ambushed battleships to defeat them in one fell swoop.

The battle situation that had been stalemate in Ningyuan for several months was suddenly reversed. The Jin army was defeated for thousands of miles, losing again and again, and even lost Jinzhou, Zhongxing Mansion and a dozen surrounding states one after another. The capital of the country goes up to the capital!
Yongming doesn't know anything about military affairs, but she knows history and is familiar with history books.

Knowing how hard Jing Guoli had been in the Northern War for a hundred years, now just looking at the names of places that were conquered by the army on several pages listed in the battle report, I feel a little out of breath.

She didn't know about soldiers, but she also felt that the emperor's grandson's hand strike was so beautiful that it instantly made the Jin army who had been steadily confronting each other lose an inch, and was in a dilemma.

What made her even more happy was Di Zhi's credit. Li Xingzhou, as the coach, was naturally the first creditor. !

For a moment, she was in a daze, the clumsy talker who always made her angry, and made her unable to sleep, had come to this point.

His father can't do anything else, but he has a good eye for people.

Father Wang also told her, don't learn from her aunt and those women who always hold the view of family status, that is short-sighted and a woman's view.

The really powerful big clans rarely have a view of family status, and almost every year when the rankings are released, they wait to find someone, and specially pay for those children from poor families with good potential.

If you really feel that you have potential, it doesn't even matter whether the other person's birth is good or not, first marry the female relatives in the family.

The other party is often grateful, and will repay the favor and support the younger generations in the family after they have achieved success in the future.

In this way, even if there are no capable people at home, you can still recruit some capable people from your own family, and there will be many people outside to help you in the future.

And those families who always hold the view of family status and short-sightedness often don't go far.

There is no guarantee that capable people will be produced from generation to generation. Even if there are capable people, they may fall into a lonely and helpless situation.

This is a way of survival for these rich and nobles.

From that day on, Yongming looked forward to the triumphant return of the army every day, and would go to the river to have a look from time to time, because the news said that Di Zhi was the head of the new army's navy, and the fleet was coming back from the river.

In the palace, there was another discussion. Before the triumphant return of the army, many things had to be determined, such as credits and rewards.

".It's so beautiful. When the ships of the new army left Beijing, they walked quietly. I thought they were accompanying His Highness's army, and they were going to the south bank of the Bohai Bay, advancing by land and water.

Unexpectedly, Dian was so clever and courageous that the navy sailed to the Bohai Sea and landed directly from Liaoyang after crossing the Bohai Sea."

In the side hall of Changchun Hall, many ministers gathered here, and the emperor was also there, sitting in a circle. On the side of the sandalwood stand, there was a detailed large map, which was more than half a person high. Leave.

There were a lot of battle reports sent to the Privy Council, and they were all in a mess, and they were all written in the form of battle reports. Each army wrote their own reports, and the general report written by the coach Li Xingzhou was too brief.

It looked like they could know the general idea, but they couldn't know the detailed battle process, and everyone couldn't wait to know how the battle was fought, and how it was fought like this!

Therefore, Wen Daoli, as the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council, was naturally obliged to compile the battle report for everyone, and did a detailed research on the development of the war before telling everyone.

"After the landing, the two generals Di Zhi and Can Lin used their troops very wisely, and they were relaxed.

Among them, there is a taste of sound.The participating general led the fleet to attack the states along the coast, giving the Jin people the illusion that the main force of the enemy was on the coast.

In fact, the main force of the new army's navy, led by General Di, galloped over the mountains and went straight into Liaoyang. If there is no attraction at this time, no matter how empty Liaoyang is, the surrounding counties can abandon the city defense and concentrate the defenders in Liaoyang.

But they probably didn't expect that the main force of our navy could reach the city of Liaoyang so quickly."

Everyone nodded, and the emperor praised Di Zhi. As soon as the emperor spoke, everyone understood that Di Zhi must be a giant in the court in the future. All he needs is time.

But He Zhao, who was sitting on the side, saw it a little deeper. He understood that the emperor not only appreciated his ability to fight well, but also saved him because of Di Zhi.

On the other side, Wen Daoli continued to talk, and the more he listened to the audience, the more unbelievable he became.

This is a big deal, a big operation, and the control of the entire macro battlefield. Some people listened to it like a fantasy, some people sighed, and some people thought it was nothing. I can do it myself.

"Now it seems that His Highness has been prepared for a long time, and kept the hatchback guards in Yanshan Mansion in order to prevent the enemy from Shangjing from coming south from the Juyongguan area and threatening the rear of the army.

Although the Jin army was pressed at every step from the beginning to the end, unable to divide the troops, but this is a surefire strategy."

"So far, the main force of our Jing army is in the west, and the Tatars are harassing the Wushabao area in the north, and there is a new army and navy in Liaodong. In just half a month, the situation has turned from confrontation to a sharp turn. Jin Kingdom is attacked on three sides, running from east to west. The big money made Jin Guo dizzy and in a dilemma.

No matter which side you save, you will face the enemy.”

"The Battle of Liaodong was also the last victory. It was the key to giving the Jin army a fatal blow. General Shen cooperated with General Di to first swing the big ship to the side and anchor it, and set up a circular formation on the sea at the ferry, and then took advantage of the night to lure the main force of the enemy to chase in the direction of Chenzhou.
You can’t see far at night, and the main force of the Jin army chased them to the beach, but they didn’t know that there were all new army ships in front of them, until more than 200 cannons fired at the same time as the new army soldiers waiting on the beach.”

Wen Daoli spoke vividly, because he was a person who had been on the battlefield, and he knew many things better than the emperor and a group of civil servants, so he added more oil and vinegar, which was naturally attractive.

Although the war has lasted for more than half a year, Jin Guo lost one-third of the fertile land, but Wen Daoli is an old fritters. From the battle report, he can see that there are only four truly decisive battles, and the rest are small It's a small fight, but in these four battles, no matter how much he adds fuel and vinegar, he can't overdo it. The more exaggerated he is, the happier the emperor will be.

In one case, Yang Wenguang and Zhe Weizhong led the West Route Army to regain Datong Mansion, conquer an important town, and at the same time ensure the safety of the army's rear.

In the second game, the Emperor Taisun led the Central Route Army to break through the Shanhaiguan Pass, open up the road to the north, and defeated hundreds of elite battalions of the Jin Army's former army, causing the Jin Army to be injured.

In the third game, the Emperor Taisun led the Central Route Army outside the city of Ningyuan without chaos, immovable like a mountain, and defeated the main force of Yan Zongbi's Jin army's final counterattack. After this battle, the Jin army was completely unable to resist the Jing army on the frontal battlefield.

The fourth and final scene is that Di Zhi and Shen Lin set up an ambush with the artillery on the big ship in Liaoyang to lure the enemy into deep, and defeated the last main force of the Jin army in one fell swoop. .

These four battles are decisive battles, which completely determine the overall victory of the entire battlefield. As for other victories, they are also victories, but they are all minor fights, which have a role in promoting the battle situation, but are not decisive.

As the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Wen Daoli still has this vision, so he said that the battle situation will give people a clear and well-organized sense of the whole war process.

And if you let everyone read a lot of battle reports by themselves, whether it is the emperor or Degong, or He Zhao, Xue Fang, Tang Zhouwei and other important officials, it can be seen that there are victory reports everywhere, but surprise is surprise, excitement is Excited, it is difficult to understand the battlefield war thoroughly and see it clearly.

Because they do not understand the specific process of war, and have not personally commanded or experienced large-scale wars, this is called specialization in the art industry.

After hearing Wen Daoli's words, the emperor also felt enlightened, "According to what Wen Qing said, the first victory in the second battle was Xingzhou, followed by Di Zhi, Yang Wenguang, Shen Lin, and Zhe Weizhong?"

Wen Daoli nodded: "Yang Wenguang and Zhe Weizhong's West Route Army was supported by rebels when they broke through Datong Mansion. It sounds like they will lose their merit, but their capture of Datong Mansion is to ensure the stability of the army's rear, which is of great significance from the overall perspective. "

The emperor nodded.

"However, Di Zhi and Shen Lin's Eastern Route Army not only captured the city and conquered the territory, but also made the Jin army suffer from the enemy, and also adapted to local conditions to give the main force of the Jin army the final blow.

Seeing that the emperor agreed again, Wen Daoli went on to say: "The emperor's grandson is in control of the overall situation, planning strategies, arranging the strategic deployment of the three armies, and being the commander in chief, the first contribution is inevitable.

But his subordinates, such as Yang Hongzhao, are mature and prudent, and have repeatedly made military exploits; Wei Yubai is alone, leading the army in battle many times, with outstanding achievements.

Wei Chaoren, the magistrate of Yanshan Prefecture, raised food and grass for the army, protected the food roads, collected corvees, and provided logistics for the prime minister.

But Liu Ji and Yan Shen are fierce generals in the present age, they will kill the enemy without regard for their own lives, attack cities and pull out strongholds, and have repeatedly made military exploits, they are rare talents.

Liu Ji also led [-] battalions of cavalry to defeat the personal guards of the King of Jin several times outside the capital. "

Speaking of this, the emperor and all the ministers smiled happily. Not only did Liu Ji frighten the people in Shangjing to tremble, but also because of the word "lord"!
After this battle, Jin Guo lost his title of emperor and surrendered to Jing Guo. What could be more exciting than this!The emperor's smile can't even be hidden, from now on, the overlord of the north, the mighty King of the Kingdom of Jin will also be his subject!
"There is also Gu Lichuan, the defender of Pingzhou. This man has made great achievements in defending and attacking the city. His Highness has also praised him." The emperor nodded, and then asked everyone to do more research. The reward plan comes.

On the day of the army's triumphant return, the emperor wanted to pay homage to the ancestors of heaven and earth, and went out of the city to greet them in person.

Before that, the regulations for the rewards have to be determined.

When Li Xingzhou and others were in Ningjiang Mansion, stories about him were spread everywhere, and the officials were also touting and spreading them.

Most of them are saying that he strategized and controlled the overall situation thousands of miles away.

It was funny to him, he did have a strategic plan, but it would be nonsense to say that he planned and controlled the overall situation thousands of miles away.

Even modern communication and detection methods are difficult to do this, because the enemy always has the fog of the battlefield.

But the current conditions are even more difficult. He doesn't know the position of the enemy, nor the position of his own people. How can he control it?

The time that Di Zhi had agreed with him in advance was actually too late. He almost thought that the battle had failed, but luckily he caught up in the end. There was a lot of luck in it, and there were also many generals' temporary judgments on the battlefield.

According to his prediction, about 10,000% of the part will go, but this is already a very high level. The battle line spanning thousands of miles, from Datong to Liaoyang, with an army of [-]+ people, and the complex and changeable situation between the enemy and ourselves, he can also predict in advance. about [-]%.

"Laozi is a fucking genius." Li Xing couldn't help being narcissistic.

Tomorrow, Yang Wenguang and Zhe Weizhong will also arrive, and they will enter Beijing at that time.

(End of this chapter)