Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 260 Already Learned
Yang Yanping said: "The general does not need to blame himself, it is not too late to write to them now."

Ye Chen nodded and said, "Exactly."

"General, we will arrive in Yuanzhou tomorrow evening. Do we have to rest for half a month before fighting like the other two armies?" Zhan Xiongwu, who rarely spoke, was the last one to read the secret letter, and suddenly said.

Ye Chen's eyes flickered, he glanced at the five people, and said: "Our three-way army came all the way from Kaifeng, and the local army is gathering to prepare for battle. The Southern Han Dynasty court and army must have known about it. The East and Central armies are not acclimatized The number of people is large, and it must not be hidden from the South Han. The longer the delay, the more adequate the preparations of the South Han will be, such as the more equipment and equipment used to defend the city. When the time comes, we will attack the city. At that time, it will bring more casualties to our army."

Speaking of this, Ye Chen paused for a moment, and continued: "So, the longer you wait, the more unfavorable it will be for our army. The army led by Generals Pan and Zhao has nothing to do, but our army has no non-combat reduction, let alone soldiers. Naturally, there is no need to wait for them. I will let the intelligence personnel of Huaxia Weifu spread the news in Guizhou, saying that there are also a large number of soldiers in our army who are not acclimatized. Now start the mobile sentry to extend five miles outward, don't let any Southern Han spies approach, lest our army's real situation be found out."

The five people cheered up. They actually thought the same as Ye Chen. Just now, they were worried that Ye Chen would listen to Pan Mei and wait for the other two armies. Now it seems that although Ye Chen led an army to fight for the first time, he really has extraordinary knowledge. , strategic vision is also very keen.

Ye Chen glanced at the faces of the people and knew that the five people had no disagreement, so he continued: "I mean, I will take a day off in Yuanzhou and attack Guizhou immediately after gathering the [-] Southwest Forbidden Army. Do you have any different opinions? .”

After hesitating for a while, Yang Yanping said, "General, I have different opinions at the end."

Ye Chen was not unhappy, but his eyes lit up, and he said, "Let's talk about it first."

Ye Chen led five people into the army tent, opened the map, Yang Yanping pointed to the map and said: "General, the last general thinks that attacking Guizhou is worse than attacking Shaozhou."

Ye Chen encouraged: "What's the reason?"

Yang Yanping said: "Reporting to General, our army's victory or defeat in the first battle and how much we lost have a direct impact on the morale of our army and the morale of the enemy. Therefore, the final general believes that the focus of the first battle is not whether we can capture the big city, but must win. And the loss should not be too great. Guizhou is a big city with towering walls, and there must be relatively many garrisons. And because another [-] southwestern forbidden troops of our army are assembled in Yuanzhou, the general of the Han army in Guizhou must have expected that we will attack Guizhou first. Although we can spread the news that our army is not acclimatized and is still resting, this may cause the Guizhou defenders to be negligent. But the Guizhou defenders are prepared after all. Even if our army can defeat Guizhou, the loss will definitely be great. Not small."

"And if our army suddenly attacks Shaozhou, it will definitely catch the enemy by surprise. Although Shaozhou will be prepared, it must not be compared with Guizhou. In addition, Shaozhou is a small city with fewer soldiers, and its wall protection must be better than that of Guizhou. Weak, our army will capture Shaozhou, and the loss will be small."

Ye Chen was a little moved, but his early strategic preparations were all aimed at Guizhou, and hundreds of Huaxia Guards had even sneaked into Guizhou.Although Shaozhou also has a stronghold of the Huaxia Weifu, and there are also personnel from the Intelligence Department, but the number of people infiltrated by Huaxiawei is only a few dozen.

He looked at the map and found that although it was farther from Yuanzhou to Shaozhou than to Guizhou, the journey seemed to be easier, and the time spent on the road might be less than going to Guizhou.

After Ye Chen pondered for a while, he already had a decision in his heart, but he didn't rush to say it, but asked, "What do other people think of General Yang's words?"

Wang Chao was the first to say: "I agree with General Yang's opinion that the first battle is indeed very important to the morale of our army. So we must ensure a complete victory."

Luo Yaoshun also said: "If Shaozhou can be captured with a small loss first, the morale of the Guizhou defenders will definitely be hit hard, and the will to defend the city will be weakened."

Cao Wei said: "In fact, there is another advantage to attacking Shaozhou. Shaozhou is located on the bank of the Zihe River and near Jinghu Lake. It is one of the main waterways in Jingnan. Although the city is small, it is very prosperous. There must be a lot of food and grass in the city. Didn’t Gao Yi say it the day before yesterday! There was chaos in Sichuan and Sichuan, and the supply of food and grass to our army was a bit tight. If we can capture Shaozhou, it will just solve the problem of our army’s possible lack of food and grass.”

Ye Chen looked serious, and said: "Okay, let's fight Shaozhou. In the past few days, let the military craftsmen start preparing to build siege equipment."

In Hengzhou, outside the city, in the army camp on Dasong Facing Hanzhong Road, the accompanying military doctors in the army were busy running around. The doctors in Hengzhou city were also forcibly taken to the barracks by Pan Mei to treat the soldiers.

The sick soldiers were lying in the temporary hut, surrounded by the smell of realgar smoke, the miasma, and the sound of vomiting and moaning. Their mood was very bad.

During the surge of the Chinese army, Pan Meizheng was having a meeting with the commanding envoy and the generals, and everyone's faces were grim.

Guo Jin, Pan Mei's deputy general, said weakly: "I didn't expect the miasma in the south to be so severe. One-third of the imperial guards in the capital have fallen ill, which has caused a great reduction in our troops. Even I am not acclimatized, what a fucking bad luck." .”

The person in charge of the logistics of the Chinese army was a civil servant sent by the third department, named Wang Mei, who also frowned and worried: "Miasma is really difficult to deal with. I purchased a lot of medicinal materials from nearby counties and counties, and gave them to the sick soldiers, but they didn't see them. it is good."

"Hey! This is the first time we have come to Jingnan. Who knew that the miasma in the south would do so much harm to us northerners." An army commander said with a sigh.

Pan Mei suddenly remembered that she had heard people say that in the Han and Tang Dynasties, the south was under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, but the last thing officials wanted to do was to be an official in the Southern Han, and it was regarded as a place of disfavor and exile, because many people from the north came All the officials were sick and died because of miasma and acclimatization.

"General, under the arrangement of the medical officer of the Forbidden Army Hospital, everyone has separated the sick people into separate camps for treatment. In addition to copying the medical books, the treatment methods are based on local doctors, and they use herbs to treat them. Some of them can be cured, but some of them are getting worse." Guo Jin felt a little wobbly when he was talking, and he was covered in cold sweat, and he also fell ill.

When Pan Mei saw it, her expression became even uglier, and she hurriedly said, "Hurry up and help General Guo go down for treatment and take medicine."

"General! The old man thinks that under the treatment of the military medical officer and the local local doctor, those who continue to improve and recover will stay in the camp and continue to be treated, but those who have not improved are getting worse and worse. Let the magistrate of Hengzhou help with the treatment. Living in thatched huts and tents in the army is not conducive to their recovery, and it also seriously affects the morale of the troops." Wang Mei, the logistics officer, said.

After a little hesitation, Pan Mei said, "What Mr. Wang said is very true. Please ask Mr. Wang to arrange this matter."

Wang Mei bowed his hands and said yes, then turned and left.

Pan Mei's expression became more and more frantic. This time the Southern Han Dynasty was divided into three armies, and there was naturally a comparison between them. Whoever took the capital of the Southern Han Dynasty first would be of great significance.Pan Mei thinks that she is no less qualified in the army than Zhao Zan, and she is better at leading troops in battle than Zhao Zan.As for Ye Chen, in his opinion, he may have some skills, but the little boy who has never led a soldier, was sent here by His Majesty, probably because of the agreement with Ye Chen at the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting at the beginning of the year.

Therefore, although Zhao Kuangyin did not clarify who the main force of the three-way army was, in Pan Mei's view, the army he led was the undisputed main force, and he himself was the commander-in-chief of the three-way army.

But now, just after arriving at the front line, before the war started, one-third of the people had already fallen ill.Why not let him get angry.

Pan Mei's eyes slowly swept over the generals and officers, seeing that everyone's faces were a little disheartened and listless, she couldn't help but tremble in her heart, secretly thinking that this is not going to work, otherwise the morale of the troops will drop to the bottom, and they will even give a fart.

Thinking of this, the ashen color on Pan Mei's face dissipated immediately, and she regained her confident expression and said, "Don't worry too much, most of my [-] imperial troops are from the north. After adapting, it will naturally get better after a while. You also know the military strength and national conditions of the Southern Han Dynasty. Compared with my Song army, it is vulnerable. As long as we adjust our bodies, it will be easy to defeat the Southern Han Dynasty. Come to think of it, the Eastern and Western armies and the We are in the same situation. Therefore, when you go back, you must do everything possible to recover the sick soldiers as soon as possible. We must seize the first city of Nanhan, the first state, and the first Fight to the capital city of Nanhan."

The expressions of the generals and officers improved a little, their morale recovered, they stood up one after another, clasped their fists and said yes, and then left the tent.

Outside the city of Jizhou, in the camp of the East Army led by Zhao Zan, nearly one-third of the camp was similar to that of Pan Mei's Central Army.

The wind brought the warmth of spring, and only in the morning did there remain traces of the cold spring.The petals on various trees are blown in the air by the wind, and the light red color embellishes a touch of softness for the army of swords and guns. The torrent of steel, peach blossoms, the image of strength and fragility form a significant contrast, but in a moment Blend naturally.

"Crack, click, click..." The overall sound of heavy footsteps is relatively orderly, just like the main theme of this symphony, simple and rough with rhythm; .

When Ye Chen led an army of [-] to Yuanzhou, the [-] Southwest Forbidden Army who had arrived a few days earlier received a military order from the Privy Council, and at the same time the same military order was sent to Ye Chen.

Just as Ye Chen and Zhao Pu expected, riots broke out in the Sichuan and Sichuan areas. In just ten days, they grew to 2 people, and even captured two counties.The [-] Southwest Forbidden Army that was originally assigned to Ye Chen to attack the Southern Han Dynasty was urgently transferred to the Sichuan and Sichuan regions to quell the chaos.

In fact, before the military order of the Privy Council was delivered, Ye Chen had already obtained a piece of information from Huaxia Wei. From this information, Ye Chen knew the truth and some specific circumstances of the riots in the Sichuan and Sichuan regions.

(End of this chapter)