Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 528 Unexpected Pursuit

At this time, Deng Chongxuan, the commander of the only cavalry battalion in the Shilipu garrison, heard something that surprised him from Ye Chen, the imperial envoy.

"What pursuit?" Such a rhetorical question, Deng Chongxuan only dared to exclaim in his heart, naturally he did not dare to say it in front of Ye Chen, but the thoughts in his heart were more or less expressed. After nearly two days of hard work, Deng Chongxuan Now I just want to sleep well, and I have no intention of pursuing more achievements.Moreover, chasing the enemy with thousands of horses and thousands of horses is clearly courting death.

Deng Chongxuan's face turned pale, but at his level, he couldn't even speak in front of Ye Chen, so he could only look at his superior Liu Shijun for help.The latter was also racking his brains to get rid of Ye Chen's thoughts, and finally couldn't help but said at this time: "My lord, this may be a trap set up by the Seventh Department of the Party and Xiazhou Li Guangrui, and the Gyeongju reinforcements don't know anything yet. it's time"

If the troops retreated because the reinforcements had arrived, of course they had to go out of the city to catch up. As long as they disrupted the retreat of the party members, the reinforcements behind would be enough to keep half of the party members behind.But reinforcements may be on the way now, but no one can tell how far it is from Ten Mile Fort.

Ye Chen shook his head, glanced at Liu Shijun and Deng Chongxuan, and said, "The Eight Departments of the Dangxiang have always been a major problem for our Song Dynasty. Although the Dangxiang people have surrendered to our Song Dynasty in name, in fact they took the opportunity to recuperate and grow stronger and more powerful. , especially Li Guangrui in Xiazhou has an army of [-], including [-] cavalry alone. This strength has even surpassed the Northwest Frontier Army. The sky has already changed. Therefore, compared to the Seventh Department of the Party, Li Guangrui of Xiazhou is our confidant of the Song Dynasty. Now I am following up, but not only to deal with the Seventh Department of the Party, the most important thing is not to let the Seventh Department of the Party be taken by Li Guangrui of Xiazhou True unification. You must know that with Li Guangrui's current strength, if he annexes the Seven Departments of the Party, he will have the strength to build a country. By that time, there will never be peace in the Northwest of the Song Dynasty."

Everyone, including Huang Louping, Hu Sanguang, Lian Jicheng, Liu Shijun, and Deng Chongxuan of the Huaxia Weifu, was shocked when they heard the words, and they all never expected to go so far and so deep. Hearing that this matter is so serious, it is related to the safety of the Northwest of the Great Song Dynasty, but I don't know how to dissuade Ye Chen.

Ye Chen saw that everyone no longer objected, smiled and said: "You can rest assured, I mainly want to see with my own eyes, and then wait for the opportunity to do something. Just keep an eye on them. If they come after them instead, just run away. They won’t fight recklessly, but act according to the camera.”

Everyone listened to what Ye Chen said was reasonable, not to mention that Liu Shijun and Deng Chongxuan did not dare to disobey Ye Chen's orders. Chen turned his face, so he really wanted to try military law.

With fear in his heart, although Deng Chongxuan was still unwilling, he had to accept the order. Accompanied by the sound of war drums, he led more than 400 cavalrymen under his command, 100 black cavalry of Huaxia Weifu and more than [-] Huaxia Weifu through the cavalry battle formation. Trained masters, a total of about a thousand elite cavalry, went out of the city and followed.

Ye Chen carried the eight-stone bow on his back, wearing the high-level general Mingguang armor. Deng Chongxuan believed that after seeing this armor and knowing that the imperial envoy himself led the team, he might be able to turn the seven party members who had gradually left away like a magnet. attract back.Deng Chongxuan tightly held the spear in his hand, he couldn't imitate Ye Chen's relaxed demeanor, he gritted his teeth and straightened his body: "At worst, let's risk our lives!" 'I thought so in my heart.

Nearly a thousand cavalry galloped in the valley, and the sound of hooves in the next field was like drums, which made people's blood boil.

On more than a dozen roads and trails leading from Ten Mile Fort to Yandi Valley, Tuoba Zhenli and the other six clan chiefs had set up enough sentries from a distance, and released dozens or hundreds of rangers.Every channel that might allow them to be attacked was firmly blocked and monitored.They not only guarded against the sneak attack from the defenders in Shilibao, but also about 3000 remnants of Balipo and Shipingzhai behind Shilibao. These 3000 people were the original garrisons of Balipo and Shipingzhai.The original total was [-], of which more than [-] were attracted by the Dangxiang people two days ago with a small group of grass-grabbing troops. The left-behind troops were almost wiped out by the party members.The two army commanders who commanded the army in the past two days, on the one hand, sent messengers to the direction of Gyeongju to ask for support, and on the other hand, they led people to wander around, waiting for an opportunity to take back the army camp.

While the more than 1000 Dangxiang troops who besieged Shilipu retreated, the more than 4000 Dangxiang troops stationed in Balibao and Shipingzhai in the rear also brought food, grass, weapons, property and other things they had robbed in the two military villages Retreating, this scene was naturally discovered by the [-] Song soldiers who were waiting for an opportunity nearby.While hurriedly leading people to take over the two military strongholds, the two military commanders also sent people to escort the party members.Soon, they also knew that the main party army had also retreated from Ten Mile Fort, and soon joined the four thousand party army.Immediately afterwards, they received an order from the imperial envoy brought by the messenger from the direction of Shilibao: Each of them jumped out of a thousand elite cavalry and went to Yandi Valley to obey orders.

Relying on the spy net arranged in advance, Tuoba Zhenli and other leaders of the Seven Party Departments immediately discovered the [-] cavalry led by Ye Chen who was chasing up from behind.

When they heard about the urgent military situation from the sentry sent back, Tuoba Zhenli and others scolded the people of Song Dynasty for their courage to chase them with [-] cavalry. In addition to the extremely concealed joy in the depths of the eyes, the expressions of the other six patriarchs became more and more gloomy.They naturally didn't believe that the Song army would fight them with this strength at this time, but if they suddenly attacked from behind when they were fighting with Li Guangrui's [-] cavalry from Xiazhou, the consequences would be unimaginable, even enough to make them doomed.

Afterwards, while retreating with the army, Tuoba Zhenli had a secret conversation with the envoy of the Holy Church who was almost killed by some irascible patriarchs of the party before. According to news, the three thousand Song troops were led by Ye Chen himself.

The battle flags flying high under Shilibao in the Dangxiang army were put away, and the low, eager, and worried morale could be felt from the silence during the march.The ending of toil and futility made it extremely difficult for the party officers and soldiers who had fought for two or three days and killed and injured nearly half of them.Tuoba Zhenli and other seven patriarchs can clearly feel that his prestige in the clan is declining step by step.

At dawn, Ye Chen saw a thousand cavalry personally brought by the two army commanders stationed at Balipo and Shipingzhai at the southeast entrance of Yandi Valley.

"Guardian Wei Qingyuan of Balipo pays his respects to the Imperial Envoy!"

"Gu Meng, the guard of Shiping Village, pays his respects to the Imperial Envoy!"

The two army commanders and envoys stopped a hundred paces away, then stepped forward alone, got off their horses ten paces away, and quickly ran to Ye Chen's horse and knelt down on one knee. The negligence of the village allowed more than 2 troops from the Seventh Department of the Party to enter the hinterland, which led to the siege of Shilibao by the imperial envoy.Along the way, the two of them felt uneasy for a long time.

Ye Chen glanced at the two of them, expressionless, and said: "Xiazhou Li Guangrui led fifty thousand cavalry to attack the rear of the Seventh Department of the Dangxiang. This imperial envoy will give you a chance to redeem your crimes. Take your people and me to go deep into Hengshan to wait for the opportunity." Row."

Although Wei Qingyuan and Gu Meng knew that it would be risky to go deep into the Hengshan party members' lair with such a small force, but Liu Shijun, who had experienced hardships with Ye Chen in Shilibao, dared to say some doubts and tactfully persuaded Ye Chen. If you dare not, quickly respectfully say yes.Then he ran back to the base, brought his own people and Ye Chen and his party together.In this way, Ye Chen and his party are three thousand elite riders.

As soon as he entered the Yandi Valley, a spy returned from the front and said to Ye Chen: "My lord, Tuoba Zhenli from the Seventh Department of the Party led more than 5000 people under his command to stop at the other end of the Yandi Valley. Look at the signs It’s about building a stronghold.”

"Building a fort at the entrance of Yandi Valley?!"

Ye Chen was taken aback immediately.Tuoba Zhenli is not Han, he is a member of the party.The camps of nomads have always been known for their fragility, and the party members are no exception.They are all broken at once, and have no defensive value.Unlike the Song Army, they are unrivaled in the world in terms of military engineering capabilities, and the forts they built are much stronger than some small villages.Tuoba Zhenli temporarily built a camp, and it was still located at the exit of Yandi Valley. If he didn't suddenly become an idiot, then he had other intentions. You must know that Li Guangrui from Xiazhou was facing the threat in their lair behind.But no matter why Tuoba Zhenli stopped suddenly and built a fort at the exit of Yandi Valley, his actions clearly invited Ye Chen to attack him.

Ye Chen calmed down first, and ordered: "Keep an eye on the other side of Yandi Valley, if they really want to build a fort, report back immediately."

The spies of the Huaxia Weifu were ordered to leave quickly.Ye Chen and the others frowned in thought.

Huang Louping thought for a while, his eyes lit up, and said: "My lord, the Tuoba clan is located in the northernmost part of Hengshan, the farthest away from Xiazhou, and the Tuoba clan is much stronger than the other six clans. There are 1 cavalry, and there are [-] cavalry in Shilibao this time, and there should be [-] cavalry in the tribe. The most important thing is, judging from their sudden retreat before, it is likely that Tuoba Zhenli got the news in time, which shows that he is interested in Xiazhou has been on guard for a long time."

(End of this chapter)