The struggle of the reborn prince

On the third day of June, Tan Ma Lai reported that the Song army withdrew from Fengzhou and rushed to aid Linzhou. The No. 11 and No. 12 soldiers from Lanshi Road went to Yincheng, and the No. [-] and No. [-] soldiers from Zelu Road went to Liancheng. The tenth command of the army sent reinforcements to Jialuzhai, Dahebao, and Quyezhai, and the commander-in-chief of Prince Yan appeared in Mingtangchuan.

"Did you really see the flag of the loyal and brave army commander?" Brother Cha asked the scout.

"My lord, my subordinate is only one mile away from the Song army, so I can't mistakenly read it. It is indeed the commander-in-chief of the Hedong Economic Strategy System!" The scout reported back.

"Haha, the lord has a clever plan, and he broke the siege of Fengzhou without a single soldier. How can a child from the Song Dynasty be the lord's opponent? I'm afraid he's so scared that he peed his pants!" a person in the big tent said. Wei Pianjiang said with a laugh.

"The situation seems to be a bit wrong. The urgent report sent by Fengzhou the other day also said that the Song army was besieging the city and the attack was imminent. Please send reinforcements quickly. It only took two days for the Song army to travel more than [-] miles to Mingtang Chuan, there may be fraud in it!" Brother Cha ignored the flattery of his subordinates, thought for a while and said.

"My lord, there may be suspicious soldiers deployed by the Song army under the city of Fengzhou. They are afraid that the Fengzhou army will pursue and kill them, so they use the suspicious soldiers as a cover. The brigade retreats secretly to reinforce Yeli Nasi. After all, this is the root of Hedong. If there is any loss, Even if he is a prince, I'm afraid he can't afford to walk around!" Xia Jun Youzhou soldiers and horses said.

"What Commander Moore said is also reasonable. It will take three days at the fastest to send the battle report of Fengzhou here, but Fengzhou cannot be captured in a short time. They use suspicious tactics with few soldiers. In order to avoid two If you are fighting on the front line, you can only play tricks, and you will not be able to enter the elegant hall!" Wuli said.

"But I think this matter is strange. Since he can deploy suspicious soldiers under the city of Fengzhou, and the golden cicada escapes its shell, why can't he also deploy suspicious soldiers opposite us to buy time for the capture of Fengzhou!" Brother Cha frowned and waved his hands.

"My lord suspects that the Song army on the opposite side is the real suspect. Now the main force of the Song army is still in Fengzhou City!" Wu Li said.

"Well, that's exactly what I mean. I ordered the scouting range to be extended another fifty miles to the northeast. Everyone, follow me out of the camp!" Brother Cha said in a deep voice, and immediately ordered [-] soldiers to prepare the horses to leave the camp.

Brother Cha and others climbed a dirt slope [-] steps away from the camp of the Song Army and looked over there.It is square, and there are two small camps on the left and right, which are the outpost warning and the horns of each other.A two-foot-wide trench was dug in front of the camp, covered with horns and horses, and an arrow tower was erected every thirty steps to watch out for the enemy.

The most eye-catching thing in the camp is a flagpole more than six feet high, and an apricot-yellow king flag that is more than ten feet high flutters in the wind.There is a large "Zhao" embroidered on the face, which is the handsome flag of Prince Yan Zhao Tun, and the rest of the flags also have six displays, which match the number of the main force of the Song Army according to the intelligence.

Brother Cha narrowed his eyes and looked at the entire camp.But facing the sun, he couldn't see clearly, "Let's get closer!" Cha Ge beat his horse to move forward.But he was held back by Ling Jieyan, the commanding officer of the Brave Army Division.

"Your Majesty, you must not. The soldiers of King Yan of the Song Army are equipped with a weapon. The sound is like thunder, the fire is like lightning, and when you shoot an iron ball the size of a bowl, if you are hit within [-] steps, no matter whether you are a man or a horse, your bones will be broken." There is another kind, which is smaller and can be held by a single soldier, and can penetrate heavy armor within [-] steps, so it is impossible to defend against, and the prince must not rely on it!" Ling Jieye quickly explained.

"I have also heard that it is equipped with this kind of divine weapon, which is extremely sharp, so it can defeat our army repeatedly, but I have never seen its power, and I don't know who helped him to have this sharp weapon!" Cha Ge reined in his horse, said with a sigh.

"My lord, I've heard legends from the people of the Song Dynasty that the King Yan of the Song Dynasty was once instructed by the gods. No one in the Song Dynasty can beat the gods. He captured him, but he brought floods to wash away more than [-] people from his vanguard battalion, and no one survived!" Thinking about what he had personally experienced last year, Ling Jieye still had lingering fears and said in a trembling voice.

"Nonsense, if he has that kind of ability, will he be chased by you?" Xia people are also very superstitious, and they are afraid of ghosts and gods. Seeing the fearful faces of the generals around him, Cha Ge sternly reprimanded him for fear of disturbing the morale of the army.

"Yes, yes, what the lord said is absolutely true!" Ling Lingjie quickly admitted his mistake, but he didn't take it seriously in his heart. Those things were all experienced by himself, so how could it be false.

"My lord, the Song army discovered that we were exploring the camp, so they retreated quickly!" At this moment, the soldiers rushed over to report.

"Wait and see!" At this time, the bell rang in the Song army's camp, and after a while of commotion, the gate of the camp opened wide, and more than a thousand cavalry rushed out, rushing towards them, but Brother Cha wanted to see what happened, so he waved his hand and said .

"My lord, retreat, look at their attire, they are all the soldiers of King Yan, if it is too late, it will be too late!" Ling Jie said in a panic.

"It doesn't seem right, the bows and arrows they hold are no different from those of other Song soldiers!" Cha Ge saw that the Song Army cavalrymen who were getting closer had already bent their bows and set up arrows, and they were shooting at them, and asked Ling Jieni suspiciously.

"That's right, King Yan's soldiers never use bows and arrows, don't they, but the armor and flag belong to them!" Ling Lingjie looked at it carefully and said doubtfully.

"Withdraw, we've been caught!" Brother Cha suddenly sighed and said, beating his horse back to the camp first.

Back at the camp, Brother Cha immediately gathered the generals to discuss matters and assign tasks, "We can't wait any longer, otherwise Fengzhou will be lost, and troops must be sent tomorrow, and the deputy capital will command the army, and you will lead Xiangyou Army Division 2 horses to stay behind In Yulin County, clear the grain roads, protect the right wing of the army, and prevent the Song army from leaving Jialuchuan to attack our army's rear; Liang Yiyou, the commander of the Baotai Army, led 2 troops from the headquarters to detour northward along Mingtangchuan to Tumaochuan, cutting off the Song army. Retreat and block the reinforcements of the Fuzhou Army; the Jingsai Army Division Army Ma is the front army, the Jianing Army Division Army Ma is the rear army, and the king leads the central army himself, and the troops enter the Jialu River Basin. He opened up the post road with the Liao Kingdom, and solved the siege of Fengzhou!" Brother Cha is worthy of being a famous general, he judged the fraud from the Song army's equipment and a few words, and took decisive measures to make up for it.

"General, urgent report from Fengzhou!" Just after setting up the task, the soldiers came in to report.

"Hurry up and bring someone to see me!" Brother Cha said after a moment of thought.

"General, please send troops quickly. The Song army has already begun to attack the city. The attack is fierce. Fengzhou is in danger!" As soon as the Fengzhou envoy entered the tent, he knelt down and begged, but seeing this man's ragged clothes, blood stains, and dusty face, He couldn't see his face anymore, but his expression was extremely exhausted.

"Come on, this person is a spy, pull him out and chop him up!" Brother Cha read the letter, and suddenly pointed at the envoy and shouted.

"Ah?!" Hearing Brother Cha's words, some soldiers came to knock down the envoys long ago, but all the generals were stunned. The lower officials refuse to accept!" The envoys couldn't stop shouting for grievances.

"Your letter was sent five days ago, why did it arrive today? According to the law, such an urgent report must be delivered within two days, so it is not wrong to kill you!" Brother Cha yelled.

"My lord doesn't know. Ten days ago, the Song army surrounded Fengzhou City like an iron barrel. My lord sent people to deliver letters several times, but the envoys were all blocked by the Song army or killed. The next official is to take advantage of the night." From the east city to the city with a long cable, down to the deep ditch to get out of the city, turned around in the mountains for two full days to get out of the siege of the Song army, but did not dare to take the main road, and later met the tribesmen from the past by chance, mixed among them You can only see the prince at the Song army checkpoint!" The envoy explained.

"Recently, there have been constant messengers from Fengzhou City. How can you say something as dangerous as you? If you are so quibbling, who will you be instructed by?" Brother Cha was shocked, but he still didn't want to believe that his judgment was wrong, and asked with complicated emotions .

"My lord must have been tricked by the Song dog. Ten days ago, the Song army captured Zhuolun Village and wiped out all the ethnic groups in the territory. Only Fengzhou City was left. All the messengers sent were intercepted. How could they come to the lord?" Daying must have been impersonated by Song!" the envoy shouted.

"Hey!" Brother Cha sighed, waved his hand to let the guards let go of the messenger, and let him sit down, "You came from Fengzhou City, what's the situation there, can you hold the city?"

"My lord, before the Song army besieged the city, the prefect of Qingyang gathered all the surrounding tribes into the city. There were more than 30 young and strong people, nearly [-] shi of grain and grass, and countless cattle and sheep, which could feed an army of [-] for two months. The Song army relied on sharp firearms, and Weng Li's soldiers and horses went out of the city to fight and were defeated. Afterwards, they held on to the city and did not dare to fight. Now the Song army attacked the city day and night, and suffered heavy losses. The siege is still going on, and the prefect of Qingyang is afraid that there will be changes in the future, so he ordered his subordinates to risk their lives and go out of the city to ask the prince to rescue the troops quickly!" The messenger replied eagerly, drinking his saliva.

"Qingyang is a capable minister, but Weng Li has suffered a lot from the Song Army's firearms, and he still doesn't know how to be cautious. Losing soldiers and losing generals is damned!" Brother Cha felt a little relieved when he heard that Fengzhou's soldiers had enough food, but he was still lumpy. Uncomfortable, "The Song army is vicious, if the city is broken, it will be slaughtered, and the people in the city will suffer!" Brother Cha said.

"My lord is right. The Song army swept the entire territory of Fengzhou, and all the people who were taken away were enslaved. Those who disobeyed and resisted were all beheaded. Now not only the people of Fengzhou, but also the people of Hezhou are deeply affected by it. Suffering. Wild interests are brutal and unkind. After the fall of the Song Dynasty, they stole the post of prefect of Hezhou. !” The messenger bowed again.

"Since you have traveled all the way, have you ever seen the banner of King Yan of the Song Dynasty, do you know where he is, and where are the relatives?" Brother Cha asked again.

"Song Junshuaiqi has always been in Fengzhou, and his pro-army has been stationed in Yong'an Village and Baoning Village, and has been besieging Fengzhou with the Fuzhou Army!"

"You can't read wrong?"

"Of course, in the Song army, only Yan Wang's own army has firearms, and the uniforms are very different, so it's easy to distinguish!"

"Okay, you go down to rest first!" Brother Cha waved his hands to let the soldiers lead the messenger down to rest, while he sat weakly in the big tent.To be continued. .