The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 8
The big tent of the Chinese army in the Northern Han Dynasty!

Emperor Liu Chong of the Northern Han Dynasty sat in the middle, his face glowing red. After all, he had already captured Jinzhou, and at this speed he could break through Hou Zhou's Liang Liang just around the corner.

"Zhang Aiqing, you have contributed a lot this time. I will reward you heavily when you return to the court. General Zhang, please drink up this cup." Looking at Liu Chong's complacent look, it seems that Da Zhou has been completely taken care of by him!

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I feel that right now we should pay close attention to the Zhou Dynasty's movements, especially the Zhou Dynasty's movements." Zhang Yuanhui is quite thoughtful.

"Especially at this time, Emperor Chai Rong of the Zhou Kingdom is very likely to lead a personal conquest. Maybe this is just an opportunity. Do you want to send another army..."

"General Zhang was too worried, but that kid Chai Rong didn't dare to conscript himself, besides, he was newly enthroned, so he definitely wouldn't.

Besides, we and the Khitan coalition have hundreds of thousands of troops, and we will surely reach Daliang smoothly. At that time, we will have a good time in Bianliang, but today we will only talk about romance, not about government affairs. "

Liu Chong still thinks that Chai Rong will not conscript himself, but unfortunately he underestimated Chai Rong, he is not Chai Rong either!
Zhang Yuanhui wanted to say something, but when he saw Liu Chong's appearance, he swallowed his words again.

At this time, on the way to Jinzhou, Chai Rong was sitting in Yu Huan, and there were two people beside him, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Xu.

"Kuangyin, your son is really a wonderful person. He said that Zhenzheng was supporting his own children in fighting, hahaha, thanks to him being able to say it."

Chai Rong didn't feel nervous before the war at all.

Zhao Xu, who was on the side, felt a little embarrassed. He didn't expect Zhou Shizong to have such a side! .

On the contrary, Zhao Kuangyin excused his son:
"Your Majesty, how can Xu'er understand His Majesty's grand goals when she is still young?"

"Okay, Kuangyin, you and I don't need to say these polite words. I just like Zhao Xu. If I have a princess, I will marry him, hehe."

Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin are brothers, and they are considered to be joking with their father and son.But this made Zhao Xu a little embarrassed.

"I must show my prestige this time, and let those old ministers see if I can command the army in the world, so as not to always think that I am young and can be bullied."

"By the way, Zhao Xu, you used to be under Li Yun and entered the Northern Han Dynasty. What do you think is the chance of winning this time?" Chai Rong turned to Zhao Xu.

Zhao Kuangyin winked at Zhao Xu, which meant to say something more auspicious, but Zhao Xu ignored it.

Zhao Xu said calmly, "Your Majesty, the key to victory lies in morale and the command of the commander. I cannot guess the outcome."

Chai Rong's face was a little displeased when he heard these words, after all, everyone likes to hear compliments, and saints are no exception.

"Xu'er, if you can talk to His Majesty like this, of course His Majesty's personal conquest will be of no avail, Your Majesty..."

Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly explained.

Chai Rong waved his hand:

"Kuang Yin, well, what Zhao Xu said is right, the war really requires morale and commanding ability, but I firmly believe that this time I will definitely win and drive the Northern Han Dynasty back to Jinyang." Chai Rong is full of confidence.

Out of the emperor's court, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Xu were riding outside together:
"Xu'er, you must be careful when you talk to Your Majesty in the future. He is now the Emperor, not the old Uncle Chai that you can ride on his neck to pee on. Remember?"

"I know daddy is right daddy, our task this time is to protect the emperor, just now the emperor asked me to practice with you during this period of time."

"That's fine. The main duty of our imperial guards is to protect the emperor. During this period of time, you can follow me. Yours has also been assigned to me. I think they are well-trained and they will be hundreds of thousands in the future." Master of War."

Just now, Chai Rong asked Zhao Xu to follow Zhao Kuangyin into the inner guard army, and even Zhao Xu's men and horses followed him into the inner guard army.

"By the way, this time, you are temporarily acting as the commander of the right wing of Hujie and the commander of the battalion and infantry. You should pay attention to it. I heard that Zhao Chao is a minister with the inner court..."

"Xu'er, don't talk nonsense, we just need to be diligent and don't ask too much about other things, you know?" Zhao Kuangyin yelled at his son.

Chai Rong looked gloomy in the palace alone:
"Feng Dao, you old ministers are restless. Don't blame me for being rude to you. Zhao Chao, you are an idiot. You have no brains. I must cultivate my cronies. Kuang Yin can see it. At this time, the personal conquest must be done. victory."

Just when Chai Rong was approaching Gaoping, news came from the front that Luzhou was occupied by the Northern Han Dynasty, Jinzhou was already dangerous and defensible, and the forward troops were defeated.

It turned out that when Chai Rong ordered the personal conquest, he had already ordered Fan Aineng, the commander of the horse army and the military governor of Wuding, and He Hui, the commander of the infantry army and the military governor of Zhaowu, to lead their troops to the battlefield.

The generals who lead the army are most afraid of being greedy for meritorious deeds, let alone being impatient. It is a pity that Fan and He Er have committed both.

They sent capable subordinates as vanguards. One of the two generals was Cui Yaqiang and the other was Han Shuangye.In the front tent.

"Brother Han, do you think that His Majesty made a big fuss this time, and the general asked us to lead the striker against Beihan, isn't that looking down on us?" Cui Yaqiang complained to Han Shuangye.

"Brother Cui, don't complain. Your Majesty has just ascended the throne. Of course, you have to make contributions and establish authority. The general asked us to play the vanguard because we are important to us. We must do our best to fight this round and win a good start for His Majesty. When the time comes Wealth and honor are not up to us.”

Cui Yaqiang's full beard covered his entire face, so he couldn't see his true face clearly, and he seemed to be on par with Meng Zhang Fei.

"Brother Han is right. Wouldn't it be better for us to capture Zhang Yuanhui and present it to His Majesty?" The two laughed loudly in the big tent.

The armies of the two sides met in Gaoping, and the commander of the opposing army was still the same Zhang Yuanhui who killed Mu Lingjun with tricks.

This time Zhang Yuanhui was cautious about Zhou Guo's reinforcements. Before he found out the details of the opponent, he did not rashly order to fight, but carefully observed the formation of the Zhou army.

Da Zhou's army was neat and powerful, which made Zhang Yuanhui admire Da Zhou's strong troops, but he was not afraid of it.

He deeply knows that marching and fighting depends not only on morale, but also on the command of the general on the battlefield.

Looking at such a mighty Da Zhou army, he knew that it would be difficult to win head-on, so he prepared to catch him by surprise and catch him by surprise?

The two sides tentatively fought several small-scale battles, all of which ended in the defeat of the Northern Han Dynasty.

This inflated both Cui Yaqiang and Han Shuangye's confidence. They felt that the Northern Han army was so vulnerable that they could wipe out the Northern Han army overnight.

So they relaxed.The two of them were drinking and having fun in the big tent of the Chinese army, and Zhang Yuanhui saw that his goal of confusing the enemy generals had been achieved.

The whole army was ordered to attack the central tent of the Zhou army. For a while, the entire army of the Northern Han Dynasty dispatched, especially the cavalry, and the infantry on both wings covered it, and rushed directly towards the tent of the central army of the Zhou army.

The two chief generals of the poor Zhou army were still drinking, and the enemy cavalry arrived outside the gate.

Seeing this, the left and right wings of the Zhou army guarding the Chinese army immediately rushed up.

For a while, the whole barracks was shouting and killing, and there was a lot of wailing, and there were stumps and broken arms everywhere. I don't know if it was from the Zhou army or the Northern Han army.

But since ancient times, infantry has always been at a disadvantage against cavalry on land. For a while, the strength of a battalion guarding the central tent of the Zhou army has almost been wiped out.

The Zhou army on the left and right flanks was also tightly entangled by the Han army who rushed over. The cavalry rushed into the Chinese army tent, and the wine and food inside were still warm!
Besides, General Cui and Han Er, who were drinking inside, saw that the soldiers could not stop the cavalry of the Han army, and they were frightened out of their wits. Instead of commanding the army to resist, they ran faster than rabbits.

Zhou Jun, who had lost his commander, was in a mess.When they saw the commander running away, they threw away their helmets and armor in spite of everything, and ran away.

However, many soldiers were still surrounded, some were beheaded, and a small number chose to surrender. So far, Da Zhou was defeated again.

The Han army was shouting long live, and their morale was greatly shaken, but because of the escaped Zhou army, all the soldiers drooped their heads and were listless.

Thousands of dead soldiers were left behind, Cui.General Han Er ran for more than ten miles and finally escaped the sight of the Han army. Everyone's backs were drenched with sweat. Fortunately, he finally saved his life.

Then look at the soldiers who escaped with him, they are all in tatters, their faces are dark, and they look like beggars.

The tens of thousands of troops are now less than one thousand. What's more nonsense is that they lost their way and ran to nowhere.

What is even more infuriating is that Cui Yaqiang and Han Shuangye, who were defeated on the battlefield, led the defeated army to rob all the way and spread rumors about how powerful the army of the Northern Han Dynasty was. This caused great panic, and many generals were timid before fighting. .

They were really two idiots. When Chai Rong heard that the two of them fled and the army was defeated, he smashed all the things that could be smashed in the Yuchao.

"These two wastes actually fled the battle, causing my right army to surrender without a fight. The soldiers were killed and injured. What's even more hateful is that they spread rumors and made the soldiers panic. I will definitely tear them to pieces."

Chai Rong hated these two generals for running away, and hated them even more for disturbing the morale of the army. In his heart, he had already sentenced those who fled before the battle to death.

For the sake of national law and military discipline, for his own authority, and to give an explanation to those dead soldiers, he had to do this.

Chai Rong looked into the distance, thinking that in the future, he must vigorously rectify the Forbidden Army. Even the Central Forbidden Army fled, let alone other troops.

In order to unify the world, we must rectify the imperial army. After this battle, it seems that I will reorganize the army. His eyes are deep and long.

No one thought that this young emperor had already thought of unifying the world at this time, and he had already thought about the next step before the battle started.

When Zhao Xu heard about the defeat, he felt that the wheel of history hadn't changed much because of his arrival.

Gaoping is the place where Zhao Kuangyin made his fortune, and now Zhao Kuangyin is already a commander. If he makes more contributions in the battle of Gaoping this time, awards will definitely be indispensable.

Under Chai Rong's urging, the army quickly advanced to Gaoping, and according to Chai Rong's strategic intention, Gaoping should be surrounded.

(End of this chapter)