Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 254

Since Ye Chen rescued Yang Jiye back then, he knew very well the abilities of the generals of the Yang family, so how could he let him go.In the past year, every year and festivals have been going to visit the Yang family, and because Ye Chen saved Yang Jiye, the whole Yang family treated Ye Chen very politely. These two grown-up yamen also ate and drank a few times. Although their relationship was not as close as that of Wang Chao, Luo Yaoshun, and Cao Wei, they were still called brothers on weekdays.

Naturally, Ye Chen would not let the Yang family go when they attacked the Southern Han Dynasty.During the Chinese New Year, when a few boys from the Yang family came to see the maze in Ye Mansion, Ye Chen once privately encouraged and consulted Yang Yanping, the eldest son of the Yang family. At that time, Yang Yanping was very excited. They gave up their hearts, but everyone in the younger generation was about to suffer from illness. They had long wanted to join the Great Song Army, spread their wings and fly high, and make a name for themselves.When Ye Chen proposed at the time, Yang Yanping also thought that Ye Chen intended to help him, and was very grateful to Ye Chen, and asked Ye Chen to take him with him when he attacked the Southern Han Dynasty, even if he was Ye Chen's personal soldier.

Ye Chen knew how powerful Yang Yanping was. In the original history, he was a former general of the Northern Song Dynasty. He had outstanding military exploits.In the early years, he followed Yang Ye to make contributions to the Northern Han Dynasty. Whether he fought against the Khitan people or the original Song army, he won more and lost less.

In the original history, in the third year of Yongxi in the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 983), the Northern Song Dynasty and the Khitan started a war. In the middle of the battle, the Khitan could not get any benefits, and even the Liao soldiers retreated steadily.In order to boost morale, Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao Kingdom visited the front line of Youzhou in person to confront the Song army.Empress Dowager Xiao saw that the Song army fought bravely, and the Liao army repeatedly attacked the Northern Song Dynasty and was defeated by it.So Empress Dowager Xiao came up with a strategy of "advancing through retreat" and invited the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty to Jinshatan for discussions under the pretext of negotiating.

In the Song Dynasty, Yang Jiye saw through the trick, and because the eldest son Yang Yanping looked like the emperor, he suggested to Zhao Guangyi that Yang Yanping wear the imperial robe and pretend to be the emperor to negotiate with the Empress Dowager Xiao of Liao.Zhao Guangyi agreed to replace him with Yang Yanping and lead the army to Jinshatan.And Empress Dowager Xiao also ordered King Tianqing to take her place and lead the elite soldiers of the Liao Kingdom to Jinshatan to actively prepare for the battle.

This triggered the historically famous Golden Beach Yang Family Destruction War.

In the original history, the entire Song army was wiped out in this battle. Yang Jiye didn't want to be arrested and humiliated, so he bumped his head to death in front of Li Ling's tomb.Dalang Yang Yanping was strangled to death by Liao soldiers.The other seven brothers also died in the battle due to various reasons, and only Yang Liulang actually survived.

Now because Ye Chen, a relatively strong butterfly, flapped his wings and changed some history, the fate of the general of the Yang family has obviously changed.However, Yang Yanping's personal military ability to lead troops in battle will not change. What's more, he himself followed his father in the Northern Han Dynasty and often led an army alone on the battlefield. He also commanded thousands of battles .

Zhao Kuangyin also had a slight impression of Yang Yanping's deeds in the Northern Han Dynasty. He knew that he was a general, but Zhao Kuangyin was very happy to see Ye Chen's ability to convince the Yang family to work for the Song Dynasty. Even if he said: "Yang Yanping I have also heard of this man, he is quite like a father, he is a general, you can choose him because you have a vision. I agree, and also promote him to the military capital Yuhou, temporarily lead four commanders, 2000 troops, and also Assigned to the Privy Council."

The little yellow gate next to him immediately wrote down that the decree will be passed on to the Privy Council in the future, and the Privy Council will issue transfer orders and promotion orders, and the dispatch of corresponding personnel will also be deployed by the Privy Council.

Ye Chen thanked Zhao Kuangyin again, and then said: "This fifth person is a friend I met in the folks. He is the son of Zhan Xiongwu, the general of the Later Jin Dynasty during the troubled times of the Five Dynasties. General, he is highly skilled in martial arts, and now he is also a citizen of our Great Song Dynasty. He came to this minister a few days ago and said that he wanted to join the army and fight for His Majesty on the battlefield. The minister saw his extraordinary ability and agreed to him."

Speaking of this, Ye Chen glanced at Zhao Kuangyin, looked at the eyes of the emperor who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and couldn't help but tremble in his heart, knowing that Zhan Xiongwu's other identity cannot be concealed, and now he has completely gained Zhao Kuangyin's trust, Some things can actually be properly stated.

After Ye Chen pondered for a while, he continued, "I dare not lie to Your Majesty. This Zhan Xiongwu used to be the leader of the Jianghuai Clan, but after I was kidnapped by Shangguan Bingyun, a demon monk of the Maitreya Sect in Jianghuai last year, he was also led by Zhan Xiongwu." People desperately rescued the minister. On the one hand, the minister was grateful for his life-saving grace, and at the same time, because of his high martial arts and military skills, he persuaded him. Zhan Xiongwu has now abandoned the dark and turned to the bright. He told the minister, and the minister later told Wu Desi. This time, the minister recovered the 80 military salary in Heiquan Town in the northwest, thanks to him. Therefore, the minister begged His Majesty to pardon him and let him perform crimes and meritorious service in the army. His Majesty serves."

Zhao Kuangyin stared at Ye Chen for a while, and said: "If someone else begs me, not only will I not use this person, but I will also arrest and kill Zhan Xiongwu. But I believe you, so I will give it to you." Zhan Xiongwu has a battalion commander who is Dangdang, and his subordinates can only temporarily lead two commanders, 1000 troops. However, if there is something wrong with Zhan Xiongwu, all the blame will be placed on you."

Ye Chen heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. With these five people leading the [-] imperial guards in the capital, he already had at least half of the confidence in his heart.Immediately, he knelt down to Zhao Kuangyin and saluted Zhao Kuangyin: "Thank you for your majesty's permission. I am willing to accept full responsibility for Zhan Xiong Wu Ruoxing's betrayal of your majesty and my Great Song Dynasty."

Luo Yaoshun, Cao Wei, Wang Chao and Yang Yanping were not worried at all, and he had only half confidence in Zhan Xiongwu before. In fact, he wanted Zhan Xiongwu to join the army incognito, but he might not be able Agreed, and finally decided to speak directly to Zhao Kuangyin.It seems that the result is quite satisfactory.From this, it can also be seen that Zhao Kuangyin has great trust in him now.

Zhao Kuangyin has always been vigorous and resolute in his work, so he asked the little Huangmen beside him to deliver an order to the Privy Council on the spot.

"That's the first request, what about the second request?" Zhao Kuangyin asked again.

Ye Chen already had a plan in mind, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, this time to attack the Southern Han Dynasty, there are three armies and three routes. I want to choose the west route to attack the Southern Han Dynasty through Junzhou, Xiazhou, Chenzhou, and Yuanzhou. .Please allow your majesty."

Zhao Kuangyin pondered for a while, and said: "The route you mentioned is roughly similar to the westbound route in the strategy set by the Privy Council, but as far as I know, this road is not easy to walk, and there are several mountains to climb. I originally wanted Pan Mei takes this route, do you really plan to choose this route?"

Ye Chen said without hesitation: "Report to Your Majesty, I have already made up my mind."

Ye Chen naturally chose this route for a reason. The Great Song Dynasty’s attack on the Southern Han Dynasty was nothing more than the east, west, and middle routes going south at the same time. The three sides attacked the Southern Han at the same time. Shangnai is a vassal state of the Song Dynasty, and Li Yu dare not refuse at all, and even provides some food and grass.The middle road crosses the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and goes south through Yuezhou.The West Road is the one Ye Chen mentioned just now.In Zhao Kuangyin's and Manchu Wenwu's opinion, compared with the other two, the route Ye Chen chose is the most difficult one, because there are many mountains and relatively few people.

But Ye Chen chose this route for two reasons.

First of all, he is very familiar with the topography of the mountainous areas on the West Road. Combined with the field survey conducted by Huaxia Wei, he can easily find a passable mountain road in the mountainous area, without having to climb over the mountains.And because there are many mountains and few people, it is difficult for the army of the Southern Han Dynasty to detect his marching route and the location of the army.Yi's army caught Nanhan by surprise.We must know that morale is the most important thing in fighting in the era of cold weapons, so if the first battle can be won completely, the morale of each other will rise and fall, and the military strength will undoubtedly be doubled, which will have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.

Secondly, on this route, the territory of the Song Dynasty is connected with the Southern Han Dynasty. The intelligence network of the Huaxia Weifu has already been covered in the Song Dynasty. Every state has a stronghold of the Huaxia Weifu. , and has already infiltrated into the Southern Han Dynasty. In this direction, several states in the Southern Han Dynasty already have strongholds of the Huaxia Guards. states.

Zhao Kuangyin saw that Ye Chen had made up his mind, so he said: "Okay! I promise you that you will lead an army of [-] to go west to attack the Southern Han Dynasty."

After Ye Chen bowed and thanked Zhao Kuangyin, the latter looked at a Huaxia Wei passing by in the distance, and said, "I heard that you took out the body training technique passed down from your master, and asked the people in the Operation Department to follow this method." Training, and the training effect is excellent, you take me to see."

Ye Chen became more and more sure that there was Zhao Kuangyin's nail in the Huaxia Weifu. He thought about it, and it was probably from the five thousand forbidden troops led by Han Hu. There was no way to avoid this kind of thing, and Ye Chen could understand it, but he had secretly decided, It's better to be more cautious in what you do in the future.

When Zhao Kuangyin came to the 800-meter obstacle course, there happened to be a group of Huaxia Guards training here. Li Junhao selected some personnel from the intelligence department to train here.

After Zhao Kuangyin read it carefully, he insisted on trying it himself. Ye Chen and Wang Jien, who was following him, tried to persuade him for a long time before dispelling the emperor's idea.Just kidding, it is common to get injured during the training of the 800-meter obstacle course. Zhao Kuangyin is already in his 40s. If he breaks a bone, it will cause Ye Chen great trouble.

"What's the name of this training ground?" Zhao Kuangyin asked Ye Chen regretfully while watching other people train.

Ye Chen said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this training ground is called the Super Soldier Training Ground."

Zhao Kuangyin said: "The training ground for special soldiers... the name is not bad, it is very appropriate. Hmm! It is very suitable for the scouts of the imperial army to train according to this method. Most ordinary soldiers are in the field on the flat ground, mainly in battle formations and military formations. There is no need to cooperate."

(End of this chapter)