Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1114 Take Over East Road

Dasan Pass fell, and Chencang County Guard and Magistrate directly opened the city gate and surrendered on the day when the White Tiger Army troops approached the city.So far, Qinzhou City has become an isolated city.

Immediately after Dangjin led the Northwest Frontier Army to surrender, news of the fall of Gyeongju spread to Qinzhou, and a mutiny occurred in Qinzhou City. The general and his confidantes were killed by several deployments. Qinzhou was also captured by Yang Jiye.

On December [-], Han Tao led the White Tiger Legion and the main force of the South Army led by Yang Jiye to Jingzhao Mansion at the same time. Along the way, the two big cities of Weizhou and Yan'an Mansion and nine counties directly opened their doors and surrendered.

On December 47th, the White Tiger Legion, the Suzaku and Qinglong armies successfully joined forces outside the city of Jingzhaofu.So far, Qinfeng Road, Yongxing Jun Road, thirteen prefectures, and [-] counties have all belonged to Xiangfu Kingdom. Only the ancient capital of Han and Tang Dynasties and Jingzhaofu, which has been the core of the northwest for thousands of years, remains, that is, Chang'an City.

Chang'an City is one of the most famous cities in the world, and it is also a strong city that is extremely difficult to conquer from the outside in history.Even in history, Chang'an City has never been conquered from outside the city, and every time it fell was because of internal problems.In the early stage, the Song Dynasty also shrank many capable soldiers from the two routes to Chang'an City. In addition to the city defense army in the city, there were as many as 12 defenders. There are all kinds of weapons and equipment for defending the city, the most important thing is to stockpile food and grass for the army to use for three months.The Xiangfu Kingdom's three major legions consisted of 16 people, plus the [-] Song Army who surrendered all the way, for a total of [-] people, who possessed various siege weapons of Xiangfu Kingdom.

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In this southern expedition, Daliao can be said to have poured out of the country. Of the 20 elite Leather Army standing cavalry, in addition to the 15 on the Xijing Road to defend the Xiangfu Kingdom, the other [-] came out in full force.In addition, [-] Bohai navy and more than [-] Han troops were dispatched.Behind, there are still a steady stream of tribal troops being recruited...

The army was divided into east and west, and Shi Fat commanded an all-hundred thousand leather army, all of which were cavalry.On the other hand, Xiao Wanda, the great king of the Southern Academy, commanded [-] Pishi Army, [-] Bohai Navy, and more than [-] Han Army.

Therefore, the real focus is naturally on the West Road Shifa Road.The key to this battle is also in Zhending Mansion.In addition, Xiao Wanda's [-] troops were divided into two groups: [-] cavalry from the Pishi Army went directly around the city, and went south all the way to burn, kill, loot, and raid grass valleys.The other [-] Pishi Army plus [-] Han Army and [-] Bohai Navy have conquered four counties and seven military strongholds these days, and now they are attacking Hejian Mansion with all their strength.

Therefore, the war between Song and Liao is now mainly concentrated in the two big cities of Zhending Mansion and Hejian Mansion.As soon as these two big cities were destroyed, the Song army's Hebei two roads went north from the Daming Mansion where Li Jixun personally sat in town, and except for the territory of the rebels such as the violent bear, basically all fell into the hands of the Liao people.

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The army of the Xiangfu Kingdom broke through Gyeongju, and all the Northwest Frontier Army of the Song Dynasty surrendered under the leadership of Dangjin. An army of 12 came straight to Hedong Road.

When the news spread to Hedong Road, the twelve prefectures in Hedong were full of cheers, and the people and gentry were all rejoicing. In the past few months, Hedong Road has been the hardest-hit road among the three northwest roads, with the largest number of refugees, but because it is relatively the farthest from Xiangfu It is difficult for the refugees to cross the Yongxing Army Road and reach the legendary paradise Xiangfu Kingdom without food on the road, so the number of people starved to death and the number of thieves are also the most. Not only farmers, ordinary citizens in the city, even wealthy businessmen, Both grain gentry and landlords were affected.In addition, most of the territory of Hedong Road is originally the territory of the Northern Han Dynasty, and it has only been five years since it became the territory of the Song Dynasty. Compared with other roads, it does not have such a strong attachment to the Song Dynasty court.In short, on Hedong Road, no matter if they were poor or rich, even many officials and generals, they were all full of resentment and even hatred towards the court of Song Dynasty and the emperor.In the eyes of the people in Helu, the army of the Xiangfu Kingdom is their savior, the righteous army who liberates the people, not to mention the legend that His Majesty the Emperor of the Xiangfu Kingdom personally led troops to rescue millions of people. among.

Under such circumstances, except for the capital Jinyang City in the twelve prefectures and 73 counties on Hedong Road, they either fled, or the guards and officials abandoned the city. Two counties were neither willing to surrender nor to leave. The guards and civil officials were directly surrounded and beaten to death by the furious people, and the officers and soldiers in the city turned a blind eye in the process.

On December [-]th, Ye Chen led troops to besiege Jinyang for three days. The scholar of Guanwendian, Guo Wuwei, the transfer envoy of Hedong Road, and Wu Yupeng, the commander of Hedong Road, opened the gate to offer the city. Hundreds of officials and [-] defenders in the city surrendered. .

Ye Chen ordered Li Guangshun, the head of the Black Wolf Army, to lead 4 horses and 6 horses out of the 1 horses that surrendered on the East Road to stay, to take over the defense of the twelve prefectures and 73 counties on the East Road, and at the same time prevent the Xijing Road army from the Liao Kingdom from going south.Because most of the civilian officials on Hedong Road chose to surrender to Chengxiangfu Kingdom, Ye Chen ordered Xia Jing, Han Xizai and Ma Wentao to select some domestic officials to come to Hedong, and only need to grasp the key positions. In addition, because there are more than 100 million disaster victims on Hedong Road who are facing winter, However, the local people on Hedong Road couldn't provide food and some supplies, but Ye Chen couldn't just sit back and watch these people who regarded him as a savior starve to death or freeze to death, or be forced to become rogues.

As for Guo Wuwei, Ye Chen was not at ease, and continued to rush towards Hebei Road along with the 20 Song soldiers from the Hedong Road who surrendered.In this way, the total strength of the army led by Ye Chen has not changed, it is still 11, but [-] of them are [-] each from the two major armies of the White Wolf and Xuanwu, [-] elite soldiers from the Tianwei Army, and [-] from the Dangjin Army. He defected to the Song Army led by Guo Wuwei.

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Xia Jingcheng, two messengers with three red flags on their backs galloped wildly while shouting: "Your Majesty Tianwei, the army is mighty, Yongxing Army Road, Qinfeng Road, and Hedong Road have been taken."

Where the messenger passed by, there was a burst of jubilation. The people of Xiajing City threw away the things in their hands and frantically ran forward following the messenger. In just two months, they took down the Northwest Third Road of the Song Kingdom. Such a great victory , Such a result is enough to inspire any patriotic people in Xiangfu country, and under the propaganda of "Xiangfu Express" and "Xiajing News", the patriotic enthusiasm of the people in Xiajing City is the highest, so there is a wave of joyous calls Then a wave resounded through the city.Soon some people started setting off firecrackers.

Government Affairs Hall.

Ma Wentao, Han Xizai, Li Junhao, Shangguan Bingyun, Jia Xian, Zeng Shangfei, and Yu Wen are in the middle of a day's routine meeting and meeting, when there is loud humming outside, everyone is stunned. stood up.

"It seems that His Majesty's Heavenly Army has won another battle!" Ma Wentao said in surprise.

As soon as the words fell, an official from the Ministry of Security rushed over, his face full of ecstasy, he glanced at Shangguan Bingyun first, and the latter said: "Hurry up!"

Then the official from the Ministry of Security said: "My lords, hurry up and report the victory in eight hundred miles. Qinfeng Road, Yongxingjun Road and Hedong Road have been captured by our army!"

In the government affairs hall, six people including Han Xizai, Ma Wentao, Li Junhao, and Jia Xian were taken aback for a moment, and then stood up at the same time with ecstatic expressions on their faces. Only Shangguan Bingyun was sitting on a chair, but he also had an expression of joy on his face.

After a while, everyone calmed down, and Ma Wentao said loudly, "Colleagues, it's a great joy for me to return the Northwest Road of Song Dynasty to Xiangfu Kingdom, but there are too many follow-up things that we need to do."

Everyone calmed down after hearing the words, especially Jia Xian frowned tightly.

"Master Jia! How much money can the Ministry of Household provide? How much food and grass can it mobilize?" Han Xizai looked at Jia Xian and asked the key question that everyone was thinking of at this time.

Jia Xian obviously knew it well, took a deep breath, and said: "In order to relieve the more than 200 million victims of the disaster, plus the expansion of the army by 9 people, the cost of the new military pay, armor, weapons and other weapons and equipment, the money is very expensive. Like running water, the Ministry of Household Affairs has run out of money, and the food and grass used to be enough for our two armies for five months, but now if we add the nearly 20 descended troops from the Song Kingdom and the Third Army, it will only be enough for two months at most."

Jia Xian's words are like a ladle of cold water pouring on everyone's heads. What should the people of Sanlu who have no money and food, have just experienced a catastrophe and are in urgent need of money and food for the winter?What about the army fighting outside?
Ma Wentao was silent for a moment, and said: "We all know that money and food are in short supply in the household department, but no matter what, we must not hold back the front line because of money. Master Jia, what can you do?"

Jia Xian gritted his teeth and said, "Officials all over the country can owe this month's salary first. I think the officials in Xiangfu Country will not think about it."

Han Xizai and Ma Wentao looked at each other, and everyone nodded. This is quite possible. The monthly salary of officials in Xiangfu Kingdom is as high as 200 million taels of silver, which is not a small sum, but it is obviously not enough.

Jia Xian said again: "In addition, the soldiers of the state and county defense forces across the country..."

"This won't work!" Zeng Shangfei, Shangguan Bingyun, Ma Wentao, Han Xizai, Li Junhao and others shook their heads together, and Zeng Shangfei said: "Although the defense forces of the states and counties did not fight, most of the field troops of our nine legions sent troops to the Song Kingdom. , They shoulder the important task of guarding the territory, don't forget that there are hundreds of thousands of troops on the Xijing Road of the Liao Kingdom, and they may send troops to attack at any time, so they can owe anything, at this time, they must not owe the army."

"I can scrape together 100 million taels of silver from my family!" Han Xizai said suddenly.

When Ma Wentao and the others heard this, they couldn't help being surprised. It is well known that the Han family is rich, but Han Xizai's willingness to give away 100 million taels of silver surprised everyone and had to be admired by everyone.Only Shangguan Bingyun looked at Han Xizai meaningfully.

(End of this chapter)