Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1101 The Liao People Are Coming
This year, the Empress Dowager Xiao, who was in charge of the Liao Kingdom, saw that the Song Dynasty was divided into three parts, and the real situation was greatly reduced. Then there was a catastrophe, which can be said to be a serious injury. Then he ordered Xiao Mu, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, to sit in the Datong Mansion in Xijing, and send the envoy to the Song Dynasty to find excuses to threaten.If you can get all kinds of generous compensation without moving a single soldier, let the Song Dynasty renegotiate the border cession of the Liao and Song Dynasties.Nature couldn't be better.

Of course, if the State of Song refused to give it, it would naturally send troops to take it.Empress Dowager Xiao and Shi Fat dared to send troops to Song State at this time. It was Guo who got the news for them: more than 200 million refugees from Song State poured into Xiangfu country, and the number is still increasing. Xiangfu country has been devastated by these refugees.

In the past, there were not a few refugees in the Liao Kingdom. From the Empress Dowager Xiao to the court, every official judged others by himself, or judging from their personal experience in the past, so many refugees really made the court have no time to care about others.If they hadn't been too afraid of Ye Chen and the nine armies of Xiangfu Kingdom, Empress Dowager Xiao would have taken the opportunity to send troops to Xiangfu Kingdom to wipe out this confidant and mortal enemy in one fell swoop.

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Xiangfu Kingdom, Xia Jing.

There are only three people in the huge imperial study room.Sitting under Ye Chen's head were Yang Jiye, General Zhuguo of the Military Division, and Shangguan Bingyun, Minister of Security.

"Your Majesty, General Yang, Khitan privy deputy envoy Xiao Mu arrived at Yinshan Mountain ten days ago, and the Great King Xiao Wanda of the Southern Academy led the army to cross Yinshan Mountain. This is consistent with the information that Xing Xiyang and Yu Jianye received half a month ago." Shangguan Bingyun While speaking, he handed two documents to Ye Chen and Yang Jiye, "However, the Ministry of Security found out information that the Khitan army crossed the Yin Mountain in the name of chasing rebels. There is no report of their continued march."

"Yin Mountain is separated from us by the East Road." Shi Yue turned over the document in his hand, threw it on the desk, and cast his eyes on the large map hanging on the wall next to him. "According to what Xing Xiyang and Yu Jianye said, the Khitans think that we are troubled by refugees and have no time for others, so they are really ready to seize the opportunity to take down the Song and Hebei roads. The Empress Dowager Xiao is indeed courageous, but...he But I don't know that the praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows behind."

"Song Kingdom will be destroyed sooner or later. Even Dali and southern Dayue Kingdom are ready to move, not to mention Liao Kingdom. It would be strange if Empress Dowager Xiao didn't take the opportunity to get a good share of the pie." Yang Jiye laughed. .

Ye Chen snorted coldly, and said: "I, the land of China, how can I allow others to touch me! The seven legions of White Tiger, Qinglong, Suzaku, Xuanwu, White Wolf, Black Wolf, and Zhelan are ordered to send troops to attack Song at any time, or Liao's preparations."

Yang Jiye said: "I would like to obey His Majesty's will."

After a pause, Yang Jiye said again: "Your Majesty, Huang Dongqiu has asked for battle several times, and wants to bring the Volunteer Army to participate in the battle against the Song Dynasty. How about..."

Ye Chen smiled and said: "The last time Huang Dongqiu, Yelu Hanye and Shilang took back Shazhou with less than [-] casualties, beheaded [-] elites, severely damaged the Xizhou Uighur Kingdom, and let them cede land and pay horses. It's a great achievement to raise my Xiangfu country's national prestige. It really needs a big reward, and Huang Dongqiu came from the northwestern frontier army of the Song Dynasty, and he is the most familiar with the Song country's army, so it is reasonable to invite him back."

Speaking of this, Ye Chen pondered for a while, and said: "I will pass on my will, the three major armies of Baihu, Qinglong, and Xuanwu will form the South Army, and the four armies of Suzaku, Xuanwu, White Wolf, Heilang, and Zhelan will form the North Army. Huang Dongqiu was promoted from Lieutenant General to Zhenxi Shangjun, commander of the Song Dynasty Army in the North Road. Yelu Hanye was promoted from Major General to Lieutenant General, and from Deputy Army Chief to Volunteer Army Chief. Shi Lang was promoted from Dadu School to Major General , was promoted from the commander of the first cavalry brigade of the Volunteer Corps to the deputy commander of the Volunteer Corps, and the three of them took up their posts immediately after receiving the order. In addition, Yang Aiqing personally led the army on the South Road, ready to attack Song Guohe East Road, or Liao Kingdom Xijing at any time Road preparation."

Yang Jiye said respectfully: "The minister obeys the order. Immediately after returning, let the military department draw up documents and issue orders."

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The Tianding of Xiangfu Kingdom is three years, October [-]st.

Dasong, Hebei Road, Bazhou, Siwan Station.

Wu Jinfeng, commander of the fourth battalion in the first chamber of the Northern Camp of the Song Army, led more than a dozen soldiers and a cavalry infantry from the capital, and was patrolling this posthouse located in the northernmost part of the Song Dynasty. Siwanhe is the Liao Kingdom.

This is just a routine patrol.The Song army did not have a single soldier in Siwan post, but only one beacon tower, which was guarded by Yi Chengshun of Siwan post.Therefore, the Imperial Army of the North Camp in Bazhou must come here frequently to patrol. The usual focus is to check the passing merchants. Since the Liao Kingdom made a shameless request more than a dozen years ago, and the army has suppressed the border, the focus has become Siwan River. The movements of the Liao people on the other side.

However, immediately after the Liao Kingdom reported that several tribes of the Jubu people rebelled, the Liao army marched northward, focusing on countering the rebellion.

Immediately afterwards, the Liao people originally blocked the border, but opened it again, and the business travelers who came and went began to walk normally.Although only merchants went north these days, and almost no merchants came south, this is not too unusual, and there will be such a few days every few months.What's more, the business opportunities are obviously on the side of Liao, which is preparing to fight.However, is the war prepared by the Liao Kingdom really a rebellion against the blockers?

Even though Zhao Zan's strict order in the northern camp still kept the troops below on guard, the people below saw that the business on the border was normal, and after hearing the news of the blockers' rebellion, they still relaxed their vigilance to a certain extent.

Therefore, although Wu Jinfeng followed Shangfeng's order and led people to patrol, he didn't really believe that the Liao people would really commit crimes in the south, especially at this time.

While Wu Jinfeng rode forward listlessly, he watched a group of rogue bandits of four to five hundred people several miles away fighting guerrilla warfare with a group of Xiang troops with a similar number.

"My lord, should we go and wipe out those rogue bandits and make some military achievements." Dou Xing'an, the deputy commander of the battalion next to Wu Jinfeng, said.

Wu Jinfeng snorted coldly, and said: "Fuck that, those are people who have been forced to have no way out, so it's worth noting such military exploits. Besides, we have to patrol, and the higher-ups haven't asked us to deal with the rogues, so we can't leave our posts without authorization."

It was then that Dou Xing'an remembered that Wu Jinfeng's hometown was in Fenzhou on Hedong Road, which was the hardest hit by the disaster. Some time ago, there was news that a dozen relatives from Wu Jinfeng's hometown were going to join him, but they disappeared halfway. There is also the family of Kou Xing'an's own sister, who have not heard from each other until now.Cursing himself for being stupid, Dou Xing'an thought that he had caused Wu Jinfeng a little unhappy just now, so he changed his tone and said, "My lord, you said that nearly ten million people were affected by the drought and locust plague on Hedong Road, Yongxingjun Road, and Qinfeng Road. , there are four to five million refugees, why didn't the imperial court send people to rescue the disaster? If the people affected by the disaster can survive, who would want to be this person, ghost or ghost?

Unexpectedly, Wu Jinfeng was resented by Dou Xing'an, and said: "It's a bitch, the imperial court did not do anything, did not save the people, and sent troops to drive them out of the country. On the contrary, as long as Xiangfu Kingdom is a refugee, it will They refused to accept them all, and even used food to save our refugees from the Song Kingdom. The imperial court drove more than 200 million people to Xiangfu Kingdom in an attempt to restrain the latter from sending troops to our Song Kingdom. How powerful is Ye Chen? It can be seen that people will not know. But people know that it is a trap, but they still provide food for disaster relief. Compared with this, that dog..."

"Your Excellency, be careful!" Before Wu Jinfeng could finish speaking, Dou Xing'an hurriedly interrupted him.

Only then did Wu Jinfeng realize that he had lost his composure just now. He glanced at the supervising army behind him who pretended not to hear anything, and stopped talking.

Dou Xing'an rolled his eyes and said again: "Speaking of these rogues, the imperial court issued a notice seven days ago saying that the black tigers on the West Hebei Road, the violent bears on the East Hebei Road, the flying leopards on the East East Road, and the goshawks in Sichuan and Shu, These four thieves have as many as tens of thousands, and as few as [-] to [-]. Although most of them are ordinary refugees, but I heard that they are extremely cunning. They have already looked good in battles, and they have broken through cities, robbed the county government treasury, equipped them with some weapons and armor, and robbed some war horses."

Hearing this, Wu Jinfeng sighed, and said: "The notification seven days ago is out of date. In the notification that just came yesterday, another man nicknamed Hungry Wolf appeared on Yongxing Army Road, and he also brought tens of thousands of refugees with him. He is also a formidable character who only robs wealthy households in three county towns. However, the person who moved the court the most is probably a guy named Poison Scorpion in the Central Plains. He will break through the imperial court's blockade and gather more than half of the hundreds of thousands of refugees who went to the Central Plains. They burned, killed and plundered everywhere, and they only picked wealthy households. I heard that the imperial court sent [-] imperial guards to encircle and suppress them. Although hundreds of thousands of refugees were defeated, the poisonous scorpion led thousands of core elites to escape. Ten thousand guards followed suit After suppressing him for a month, he insisted on not doing anything to him, but making the poisonous scorpion stronger and stronger."

Hu Bo, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said: "If the Liao army came to invade at this time, most of these thieves who were difficult for the imperial court to suppress for a while would transform into officials and soldiers."

Dou Xing'an was stunned for a moment, and said, "Master Hu, why is this?"

Wu Jinfeng said sarcastically, "Zhaoan...what is that?"

Seeing that Wu Jinfeng didn't say a word, everyone's face suddenly changed, they couldn't help being stunned, they all followed the direction of his finger, looked back, and saw the northern sky, with smoke and dust rising high, covering the sky and covering the earth!

Everyone's hearts sank immediately.

"Get on the horse!" Immediately afterwards, Wu Jinfeng heard himself shouting instinctively, "Get on the horse!"

Immediately afterwards, all the Song people in the south of the Siwan River saw dense black spots in the north, rushing towards them.

(End of this chapter)