Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1118: Ye Chen's Decision

However, Chengtong County, the most critical strategic location, is stationed with [-] Dangjin elite cavalry. With a gloomy expression, Ye Chen pulls out the small red flag representing his side from Chengtong County and replaces it with the blue flag representing the enemy. The action immediately shocked Luo Yaoshun and Hei Yue on one side, and Tang Xingwu's expression naturally did the same.

The three of them looked at each other, and they all saw shock in each other's eyes.

But Ye Chen didn't stop, he kept pulling up the small red flags and planting the small blue flags. After a while, all the 11 Song troops on the right wing who had already surrendered had all been replaced with small blue flags.

Luo Yaoshun's eyes widened, he looked at the blue flags that were densely scattered all over the sand table, and then looked at the red flags surrounded by four sides, and couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, have all the surrendered Song troops rebelled again!"

However, Hei Yue took a deep breath, the meaning of His Majesty was already obvious.The friendly army has now become the enemy, and His Majesty's actions have shown that the Song army joined forces with the Liao army and turned against each other.

Especially the [-] Song Army in Chengtong County, they are the most elite [-] cavalry in the Northwest Frontier Army. His Majesty put them in Chengtong County to keep them safe.But now, the [-] elite cavalry have become enemies, which means that their retreat will be cut off.

Thinking of this, Hei Yue and Luo Yao were covered in cold sweat by the way, Chengtong County became an enemy, the right wing was wide open, and the entire flank was exposed to the enemy's attack surface, while the main force of the Xiangfu National Army was distributed hundreds of miles away On the left-wing battlefield of China, any part may be attacked, and it is an attack that cuts off the rear.

Ye Chen has calmed down from the initial anger and panic, staring at the almost desperate army under his command, but countless thoughts turned in his mind in an instant.There is no doubt that the operation of Dongzheng to rescue Zhao Zan has failed, or it is a scam in itself.Even the victory of the Third Northwest Road that has been won may be completely lost, but this is no longer within the scope of his consideration. What he needs to consider now is how to safely bring the troops back, withdraw from Hebei West Road, and return to the Northwest Road. to the northwest.

The first thing is to unite the Xuanwu Army and the White Wolf Army. As long as the nearly [-] officers and soldiers of the two armies can be successfully assembled, then Ye Chen will have the confidence to lead them out of the siege and return to Xiangfu Kingdom.

But if I can think of this, the other party must know that the first thing they have to do is to cut off the connection between all the armies, and encircle and annihilate the brigades and battalions that the two armies have dispersed. Fatty, Guo Wuwei, and Xiao Wanda are all capable leaders, and they will never give themselves this opportunity easily.what to do?Ye Chen fell into deep thought.

"Tang Xingwu!" Ye Chen said.

"Your Majesty!" Tang Xingwu responded loudly.

"Send someone to Chengtong County right away to check if there is any change in Lu Fengyun's department!" Ye Chen still had hope in his heart. He had met Lu Fengyun before, and he could feel Lu Fengyun's admiration for him and the auspicious talisman. The country's yearning comes from the heart.If Ye Chen thought, what if Lu Fengyun didn't listen to Dang Jin and betrayed him?Then the opponent's conspiracy this time can even become a great opportunity for him to hit the opponent hard.

"Luo Yaoshun, send people to report to Huang Dongqiu, Zhan Xiongwu, and Tuoba Gelu, and tell them to quickly gather their troops and retreat to assemble. The location of the assembly is Xingwen County!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Luo Yaoshun immediately turned around and left the tent.

Hei Yue looked at Ye Chen in surprise, and after a long while, asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, why didn't you order the two armies to gather at the camp of the Central Army in Heihong Mountain?"

A smile appeared on Ye Chen's face, and he said, "Heiyue, have you ever thought that if I ordered the two armies to gather at Heihong Mountain, would they have fallen into the trap of the enemy and been tricked by them?"

Hei Yue thought for a while, and understood Ye Chen's meaning, but still looked at Ye Chen worriedly, and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. Your Majesty's safety is the most important thing at this time!"

Ye Chen nodded and said, "Hei Yue, although you rarely talk, only I know that you are extremely intelligent and a true general. You guessed it, Li Mingxuan designed such a big trap, But it’s not for destroying the [-] army led by me? As long as I, Ye Chen, are around, even if the two major armies of the White Wolf and Xuanwu, as well as the [-] soldiers of the Heavenly Guard Corps brought by you, will all be wiped out by them, but within a year, I can make the two major armies reappear. What's more, these two armies are only two of the nine field armies in my Xiangfu country. Tell me, what is Li Mingxuan's purpose?"

Hei Yue said in a low voice with an extremely difficult face: "He is for His Majesty, he wants to kill His Majesty!"

Ye Chen said inexplicably: "That's right! Li Mingxuan, Zhao Dezhao, and many others, their goal is my life. And only my life can let Zhao Dezhao, Li Mingxuan, Dang Jin, Shi Fatty, Xiao Wanda These people who were fighting to death before joined hands. So, at this time, if the two major armies approach me, not only will they not be able to save me, but they will also be trapped. On the contrary, let them stay away from me and go to Xingwen County. Gathering will inevitably contain a large number of enemy troops, so that whether it is them or us, the possibility of escape is much greater."

Ye Chen seemed to suddenly relax, but Hei Yue didn't dare to think that way. After thinking for a while, he said, "Your Majesty is everything to Xiangfu Kingdom. If something happens to Your Majesty, Xiangfu Kingdom may fall apart, just like what His Majesty said earlier. As we said, as long as His Majesty is still there, it will only take a year for the two major armies to recover after their destruction, so why should Your Majesty risk himself!"

"It is much more difficult to assemble all the troops to me now than they break through on their own. The other party will definitely think that I will gather the two major armies to Heihong Mountain in the first place. Therefore, if I have not guessed If it is wrong, once the conspiracy starts, the enemy's main force will definitely rush to this direction to intercept it. Even if Zhan Xiongwu, Huang Dongqiu, and Tuoba Gelu can break through the encirclement and reach my side, how many people are left? How much combat power can we have left? At this time, we will definitely be surrounded by the enemy, that is the end of the world, and there is no way to escape!"

After a pause, Ye Chen went further: "If you want to fight back, let them go to Xingwen County along their respective routes. Well, with Huang Dongqiu's ability, he will definitely make a tactical deception move towards Heihong Mountain at the beginning of the battle. , Feint a shot, and then kill Xingwen County. In this way, the opponent will definitely be surprised, and the possibility of them breaking out will be greatly increased. At the same time, they will also attract a large number of chasing troops. In this way, our place On the contrary, the pressure has decreased.”

"Your Majesty is right!" Hei Yue nodded in admiration, "But Your Majesty, the enemy's initial target was Your Majesty. Even if Huang Dongqiu and the others break out of the encirclement, our place is still the enemy's focus of attack, and after Huang Dongqiu breaks out of the encirclement, he will definitely think about it." Come back for reinforcements, the enemy can still use this to attack them!"

"Regarding this issue, the Zhenhui will strictly prohibit Huang Dongqiu, Zhan Xiongwu, and Tuoba Gelu from returning to rescue in the order. They must retreat to Jinyang on the East Road and stick to it, and completely give up the land they occupy on the Hebei Road." Ye Chen said.

"But in this way, how will His Majesty break through?" Hei Yue was a little anxious, "If Your Majesty can't escape, what's the point?"

Ye Chen smiled lightly, and said coldly: "It's not that easy to kill me. Since their goal is me, I might as well be a target."

Hei Yue understood that Ye Chen was going to use himself as a bait in exchange for other troops to break through and return. Although he knew Ye Chen's power in his heart, he was still worried, because in his heart, Ye Chen was more important than the [-] troops, or even All the people in the whole world weigh much more together.

Ye Chen looked at Hei Yue with a worried face, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, maybe our 1000 people will suffer heavy losses, or even wipe out the entire army, but I will never die."

Walking to the sand table, pointing to the battle situation between the enemy and us, Ye Chen said again: "Hei Yue, come and see, which part of the enemy will attack us first?"

Hei Yue thought for a moment, then pointed to a place and said, "Your Majesty, I thought that if Dang Jin and Guo Wuwei's Song Army really rebelled, the first target of the [-] elite cavalry of Lu Fengyun from Chengtong County must be The cavalry of the two brigades of the Xuanwu Army stationed here, because they are close to Chengtong County, and the whole army is cavalry, once they know that something happened in Chengtong County, they can take the lead in responding, so Dang Jin will definitely let Lu Fengyun attack them first , if Lu Fengyun's attacking speed arrives before the messenger sent by His Majesty, Deputy Army Commander Yang Tingding, who is in charge of the two cavalry brigades, will probably suffer a lot!"

Ye Chen's face became heavy as well, and he said: "You're right. From us, the courier will take two days to arrive at the fastest speed. If Lu Fengyun attacks within two days, Yang Tingding will be caught off guard and will suffer a big loss." , and Lu Fengyun's leadership ability is not inferior to Yang Tingding's, and his experience in facing the enemy is even higher than Yang Tingding's, now I only hope that Yang Tingding will be fine, otherwise, I really don't know how to explain to Yang Jiye."

Hei Yue sighed, and said: "Your Majesty is too worried. The general will inevitably die before the battle. Although Yang Tingding is the second son of the general, the general is a veteran in the battlefield, so he naturally understands this truth."

Hei Yue retreated, there are too many things to do right now, and there will be an extremely cruel battle, the [-] Heavenly Guards must make all preparations.

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Ye Chen's judgment was not wrong at all. After the people arranged by Dangjin killed Lu Fengyun and completely wiped out the soldiers in the Northwest Frontier Army who were unwilling to betray Ye Chen, the first thing they did was to attack Licheng Tong County. Not far away are two cavalry brigades of the Yang Tingding Xuanwu Army.

(End of this chapter)