Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 398 How to Conquer a Country

Naturally, the strength of these fish that slipped through the net would not be too strong, so the methods they chose were relatively dark.Secretly stirring up the undercurrent among the people, sprinkling spices and stimulants on the emotions of the Wuyue people, in just half a month, the protests everywhere have become more intense and frequent than before.

These were all within Ye Chen's expectation.Wanting to take over Wuyue Kingdom peacefully is not something that can be accomplished overnight.

The Great Song Mission brought a large number of capable civil servants, and went to the counties and prefectures of Wuyue State in batches. Together with the local officials of Wuyue State who had completely belonged to the Song Dynasty, with the cooperation of spies from the Huaxia Weifu Intelligence Department, they decisively Various effective measures were taken and wave after wave of propaganda campaigns were launched.

In addition, the original Wuyue royal family and the court followed the trend, especially the full support of the army controlled by Gao Chengxiang.The propaganda about the benefits of peace and non-war, about the benefits of being a citizen of the Song Dynasty, and the common prosperity of China's orthodoxy, was launched vigorously.

To suppress the protests in various places and prevent these protests from turning into uncontrollable civil uprisings requires the troops of the original Wuyue Kingdom itself.

Ye Chen didn't want Song State's army to march into Wuyue State prematurely. If Song State's army clashed with Wuyue local people and some people died, the Song army would be stained with the blood of Wuyue people.In the end, under the manipulation and instigation of people with good intentions, real hatred appeared in the hearts of the people of Wuyue, and the situation would get out of hand.

So far, two groups of rebels have been suppressed by the army led by Gao Chengxiang.Of course, these rebels are nothing more than a hundred bandits in the Wuxiao Mountain Forest. Although the original Wuyue army is not strong enough, it is not a problem to be responsible for suppressing and exterminating these rebels.

Because of the uncertain situation and the rebellious mentality of some Wuyue citizens, some surprisingly powerful business houses and gentry in Wuyue Land began to feel a little uneasy. Facing this trend, Ye Chen decisively let Qian Zhiyin To make a move, use the dual pressure of Wuyue Qianzhuang and Gao Chengxiang to lead the army.It directly shocked the changes of all merchants.

During this period, Ye Chen and the mission led by Xue Juzheng jointly sent various memorials and orders to Kaifeng, and kept asking the emperor of Song Dynasty for relevant matters in a timely manner.Especially with regard to the changing and garrisoning of large armies.

In addition, in order to prevent the Southern Tang Dynasty from suddenly sending troops to the land of Wuyue, the [-] troops of the Song Dynasty had already moved south to the north of the Yangtze River, and the navy was ready to cross the river to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty at any time.Of course, because the Southern Tang Dynasty had already claimed to be a vassal state of the Song Dynasty after all, it was nominally a cross-regional drill by the Song army.Although no one believes this nominal excuse, this name is also necessary before the two countries completely tear their skins apart.This is at least a fig leaf for the monarchs of the two countries.

Conquered the territory of two roads, more than ten states, and nearly a hundred counties.It is not something that can be done by signing a paper and changing the name of the official. The key is to subdue the hearts and wills of the people in this territory, and it will take several years.Even decades, hundreds of years.

Because, after all, it has been nearly 60 years since the founding of the Wuyue Kingdom, especially the successive kings, royal families, and even the imperial court of the Wuyue Kingdom have always done a good job in terms of people's livelihood.Under the circumstances that are very popular, it will be a long process to completely let the people of Wu and Yue return to Song.Fortunately, Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin and the Song Dynasty court were very aware of this, and did not act foolishly in any extreme manner.This made Ye Chen very grateful and gratified.

All along, Ye Chen was not in a hurry, but he was worried that His Majesty the Emperor of Song Dynasty and the important ministers of the two governments were too anxious. Now it seems that this is his worry.Obviously, both Emperor Song and the important ministers of the two governments are smart people with the talent to help the world.

In Ye Chen's view, to subdue or conquer the people of Wuyue Kingdom, the most important thing is the war of public opinion, which requires all kinds of spare no effort to propagandize the offensive, and all kinds of very real policies that are directly related to the people's most concerned interests need to be introduced to buy people's hearts .In short, it is necessary to give the people of Wuyue an excuse to convince themselves, and a reason to recognize the Song State from the bottom of their hearts.

For this reason, although there is already a huge mission led by Xue Juzheng, Ye Chen still needs to work tirelessly these days to prepare for all matters, especially his unshakable noble status in the Song Dynasty and the relationship with the Wuyue royal family, With these two special and key identities, they kept meeting wealthy businessmen and local big shots with real power in Hangzhou City.Give the other party a quasi-letter, so that the other party can be completely at ease.

This process is very tiring and boring, but Ye Chen knows that this matter is extremely important.As long as these hearts are settled down, the entire land of Wuyue will be considered settled down.

If it wasn't for Ye Chen's strong physical body and abundant energy, Ye Chen would have been too tired to climb down.However, this also caused Ye Chen to have dark circles on his face these days, and his face turned pale, looking extremely tired.

In fact, only Ye Chen knew that the reason why his physical condition looked so poor was because the true energy in his dantian was getting more and more simmering and violent.He has to spend a lot of mind and will to suppress it anytime and anywhere.

Apart from Ye Chen himself, Lian Jicheng and Hu Sanguang knew something about Ye Chen's physical problems, so Lian Jicheng and Hu Sanguang's expressions were extremely serious these days, and Ye Chen's personal security work was also handled by The two personally arranged the arrangements. Hu Sanguang led Qi Bian, Ding Yingcai, Zhang Xiong, Yue Zhengye, and four other gold-medal killers who originally protected the princess, plus four sword slaves, a total of twelve first-class masters. He never left the ten-foot range of Ye Chen.

In addition to the above-mentioned public opinion, heart attack, and profit bribery, the conquest actually requires powerful and irresistible force in essence.Only with strong force as the foundation.People in the land of Wuyue will be passive and humiliated to accept being annexed by Song State.

So when the situation in the land of Wuyue calmed down a little bit, the [-] cavalry of Song Guo stationed in the original Southern Han Dynasty—now Nansi Road began to move closer to Wuyue.Like a black cloud destroying a mountain, it is unstoppable.

This is the most critical and most symbolic thing.If the State of Song did not garrison troops in the land of Wu and Yue, what kind of conquest would it be?
Although it is already autumn, the summer heat in the south of the Yangtze River has obviously not dissipated completely, and the hot sun is shining wildly in the sky.

The hundreds of people standing outside the city of Hangzhou that day, apart from the members of the Song State Mission and the former Wu Yue State court officials led by Qian Zhiyin, Gao Chengxiang, and Hangzhou Governor Liang Peng, were the subordinates of the Huaxia Weifu led by Ye Chen.

The ground gradually trembled, and Gao Chengxiang's body standing beside Ye Chen gradually trembled.This was originally the commander of the Eight Capitals of the Wuyue Kingdom, No. 1 in the military, and now the deputy envoy of the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty.Unable to control the gloom in his heart any longer, his expression became extremely complicated.On the contrary, Qian Zhiyin looked calm.

The officials of the former court of Wuyue Kingdom also had complicated expressions, some were pale, some were afraid, some were emotional, and of course there were also some rejoicing.

The people of the Song Dynasty Mission and the Huaxia Weifu naturally looked proud and joyful.

Everyone revealed their true emotions with growing trembling sounds.Only Ye Chen remained calm.In fact, Ye Chen's thoughts at this time are no longer here. As the days when Yu Qingyan was taken away by Lou Yanming became longer and longer, he became more and more worried.Although because of the agreement with Lou Yanming, Yu Qingyan should be fine, but if Yu Qingyan falls into Lou Yanming, a half-step congenital powerhouse with extremely evil means and character, and supernatural powers, I'm afraid something will happen It's all possible.

What Ye Chen didn't know was that the moment Lou Yanming lifted the restraint on her body, Yu Qingyan had taken some kind of strange poison, turning herself into a poisonous person.An ordinary person, even an ordinary master, is a poisonous person who will die at the touch of one touch.Even Lou Yanming was extremely afraid, he didn't dare to touch Yu Qingyan too much, let alone want to belittle Yu Qingyan.

The south gate of Hangzhou City is the end of the official road.There was a rumble of thunder, which caused the earth to tremble.The small gravel in the loess on the ground was shaken and rolled up.

A cavalry appeared in sight, followed by two, three, ten, hundreds, thousand, and 1, densely packed cavalry.It pressed forward mightily from the southwest towards the direction of Hangzhou City, with a majestic and majestic aura.From there, it directly enveloped all the people in the suburbs.

Song Jun is here.All the cavalry came.

The black cavalry slowly approached Hangzhou City like this.They represent the powerful military power of Song State.It represents the irresistible and powerful will of His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, and it also represents conquest in a true sense.

The Song State dispatched a total of [-] cavalry troops to the Wuyue Kingdom, of which [-] will be stationed in the city of Hangzhou, and the other [-] will go to the Wuyue land and the border of the Southern Tang Dynasty to guard against and prevent the invasion and changes of the Southern Tang army.

These [-] cavalry were the elite cavalry used by Zhao Zan and Pan Mei to attack the Southern Han Dynasty, and their combat power was astonishing.It has been three months since the Southern Han Dynasty took over, and the general trend has been set.However, if you transfer troops from the mainland to the land of Wu and Yue, if you detour from the Southern Han Dynasty, the journey will be far away, and it will be difficult to reach it in a month or two. live an adventure.Therefore, with the order of the emperor of Song Dynasty, he just transferred the elite cavalry stationed in the land of the Southern Han Dynasty to the land of Wuyue.

Thinking of the far-sightedness, decisiveness and wisdom shown by His Majesty the emperor who is far away in the capital of Kaifeng, but remote control of Wuyue affairs, Ye Chen couldn't help but feel a little admiration in his heart.

The wind and dust gradually rose, and it was dark.

Rolling directly from the official road to the big city, the speed of the Song cavalry gradually increased.Ye Chen couldn't help narrowing his eyes.Covering his mouth and nose, he didn't know who gave the order for this deterrent force, and he didn't know if it would make the former officials of the Wuyue court and the scholars and common people inside and outside Hangzhou feel resentful.

(End of this chapter)