Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 647
There is still a faint mist outside the window in the early morning, and the morning light makes the antique room brighter and brighter.Han Ke'er's onion-like fingers gently put on every piece of clothing for Ye Chen. At this moment, Ye Chen felt soft and warm in his heart.

Her movements were soft and slow, as if she was deliberately delaying the time with him, she threw herself into Ye Chen's arms again, tiptoed and whispered in his ear: "Husband, come back early." After saying that, Ye Chen He took a deep breath into the pit of his neck.

Ye Chen reached out and stroked her shoulders a few times, then walked out of the bedroom with his head held high.

At this time, there was no tenderness on Ye Chen's face, but only a murderous air!He pressed the softest place in his heart, he knew very well that in the current situation of Song Dynasty, or in this world, only iron and blood can defend what he cares about!

King Wei and Zhao Pu had already plotted to kill him, and he also thought about killing all these people directly, and supporting the little prince as emperor, that would be the end of it all.But if this is the case, it will definitely hurt the vitality of all the court officials. You must know that many court officials have died.In addition, it is bound to ignore Pan Mei, give her time to grow up, and even establish a country in Sichuan and Sichuan.

And the most important thing is that he has seen clearly the character of his prince student, not that he is not suitable to be emperor, but if he forcibly supports Zhao Defang to be emperor, he will definitely kill Zhao Dezhao, and before Zhao Dezhao takes action to hurt Zhao Defang, The latter is still full of deep affection for his elder brother. Under such circumstances, there will inevitably be a gap between him and Zhao Defang.I have already killed a royal Jin Wang who is going to be the emperor, if I kill another Wei Wang who is going to be the emperor, no matter how deep the relationship between Zhao Defang and his teachers and students is, under such circumstances, this kind of barrier is driven by someone with a heart. Well, one day, his Ye family will be plunged into a place of eternal doom. You must know that no matter how powerful Ye Chen is, he will always die, and people's hearts will always change.Ye Chen can't plant the bane of death for all the people in his lineage and his descendants.

For the current plan, only by destroying Pan Mei's rebels quickly can he do something...to solve some hidden worries.

Thinking about these things, Ye Chen got on his horse, and when he arrived at the gate, he saw a hundred black cavalry in armor and ready to go. To see you off at the door.Two days ago, the King of Jin sent people to attack Ye Mansion. In half a day, nearly a hundred of the four hundred black cavalrymen died, and nearly half of the five hundred Huaxia guards died.

Ye Chen glanced at several people and said, "Take care of your home."

Kou Zhun bowed and said yes with a determined face, while Shui'er showed reluctance.Hei Yue, Ma Gangzi and Zhang Dawei had already knelt on one knee and said yes.Ye Chen got on his horse and left. A hundred black cavalrymen silently followed behind Ye Chen without calling.The envoy of the security department at the gate of the city, Han Hu and Hu Sanguang were waiting for him with a thousand Huaxia guards.In this expedition, the thousand Chinese guards and one hundred black cavalry are Ye Chen's personal soldiers.

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Outside the city, the Forbidden Military Academy.It was already a sea of ​​people, flags were fluttering, and there was a look of death.The [-] army has been assembled.

As the sun rises and it turns red like blood in autumn, 5 people knelt down on the ground together, shouting loudly: "See you, Commander."

Ye Chen's status is too high, and he is famous and vicious. Even though the Huaxia Weifu kidnapped the families of these generals of the imperial army a few days ago, Ye Chen was somewhat separated from them, but because of this, no one dared to do it in person. Ye Chen, who was the commander of the expedition for the first time, did not violate or neglect in the slightest.Just imagine, what a terrifying thing it would be if King Xiangfu or the Huaxia Weifu mistakenly thought that he was dissatisfied with King Xiangfu.

Ye Chen inspected the army and ordered the army to start preparing for the march.Then convene dozens of military generals to discuss matters in the barracks lobby.There are too many people, some are full of chairs, and some can only stand.Ye Chen said: "Have all the ministries assembled?"

Each will report in succession.Ye Chen nodded after hearing this. At this time, Hu Sanguang had already placed a vertically hanging map. Ye Chen said: "The last meeting before dispatching troops, half an hour later, the army will start! This battle is aimed at rushing quickly There are our spies in the rebel army, and we are in control of the whereabouts of the rebels. And the targets they plan to plunder every day will be notified in advance by spies. According to the marching speed of the rebels, ten days later, the rebels will pass by Dazhou. After Dazhou is the Shu Road, it is very difficult to plunder food and grass. Therefore, the rebels will capture Dazhou and plunder enough food and grass before entering the Shu Road. We will rush to Dazhou within ten days , and before the rebels capture Dazhou."

"Yesterday, the plan has been issued to all of you. The total force of the forbidden army will be [-], with more than [-] horses. This commander has decided to lead [-] cavalry, one man and two horses, and travel lightly in advance. Except for the necessary equipment, nothing else will be brought. [-] infantrymen came later."

"Marching route: First go to Junzhou, go to Jinzhou, turn all the way to the southwest, and then go straight to Dazhou. The whole army only carries five days of rations, lightly packs to Jinzhou, and rests for a day. The third division has already prepared the army's logistics; we arrived at Jinzhou After the state, the rations will be supplemented for another ten days. After that, they will rush to Dazhou within five days. The average daily march is nearly [-] miles. The commander-in-chief leads [-] cavalry, all of whom are elite, and each of them has two horses. It should be able to do it. After arriving, There will be troops from Bazhou, Dazhou and other places rushing to help with food, so there is no need to worry about the problem of food and grass. I hope you will encourage each other."

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Dazhou, a land of long wars, fought bloody battles here many times during the Five Dynasties and later in the Song Dynasty and Shushu. Now the guard of this state city is named Li Guangwu, and there are two thousand local forbidden troops and eight thousand Xiang troops under his command. .

Li Guangwu, like Zeng Shangfei, was a general who surrendered to the Song Dynasty from Houshu six years ago.Since the surrender, he led troops to suppress bandits and horse thieves only during the Sichuan and Shu riots last year.But this does not mean that Li Guangwu's ability to lead troops to fight is not good, but because Li Guangwu was a surrendered general, and it was too late to surrender at that time, so he could only defend the city in the hinterland of the Song Dynasty, and could not go to the front line to fight in the battlefield.

In the past few years, every time Li Guangwu heard that a general had made great contributions in the Northern Han, Southern Han, Southern Tang and other wars, he was promoted and conferred a title. How nice it should be.

At this time, Li Guangwu held his head high, held his sword with his left hand, and stood on the top of Dazhou city, taking a deep breath in the wind.There seemed to be a breath of war on the wind, but at the moment nothing was seen or heard.

Just yesterday, the secret agents of the Huaxia Weifu had already detoured to overtake the rebels at a speed of [-] miles, and arrived in Dazhou ahead of schedule, and told everything to the governor of Dazhou Wang Chengxiong and the guard Li Guangwu.Compared to the prefect Wang Chengxiong who looked extremely worried, Li Guangwu was so excited that he didn't fall asleep all night.He felt that he changed his destiny, made great contributions, and the opportunity to be promoted and honored has come.

"Xiangfu Wang sent someone to say that Pan Mei will definitely lead people to attack our Dazhou. General Li thinks it is credible." Wang Chengxiong said with a worried face.

The atmosphere was already tense, and Pan Mei's vanguard was less than [-] miles away from Dazhou; Li Guangwu only had [-] forbidden troops in his hand, and there was still a big gap between the [-] Xiang army and the forbidden army.

After a long time, Li Guangwu turned his head and said: "King Xiangfu's judgment is not wrong. Pan Mei has no choice. If the more than 4 rebels under his command don't want half of them to starve to death on the Shu road, they must raise enough money before entering Sichuan and Shu." Food and grass, and now Dazhou and Bazhou have been fortified and cleared in the past two days, and all the villages and towns have been transported into the city. If Pan Mei wants to get enough food and grass, he can only attack Dazhou."

Wang Chengxiong sighed again, and continued to worry: "This battle is difficult! General Li only has 4 imperial troops in his hands, and our Dazhou [-]-army army has hardly been trained... Pan Mei will come to the city in the future , There are more than [-] rebels, and they are all elite."

Li Guangwu said: "Although there are more than 4 rebels under Pan Mei's command, according to the secret agents of Huaxia Weifu, the soldiers suddenly became rebels, abandoned their wives and children, and had no food and grass supply. The property is strong and the soldiers are strong, but the morale is also bound to be unstable. As long as we grit our teeth and persist on the first day, the morale of the rebels will definitely drop. If we persist for seven or eight days with the strength of the whole city, King Xiangfu will lead the army Come here. At that time, it will be the time for you and me to make meritorious deeds."

"No matter what, it's four or five times our strength." Wang Chengxiong still sighed.

Li Guangwu said in a very positive tone: "Last year there was a riot in Sichuan and Shu, and I would have been lucky enough to fight the last battle under the command of King Xiangfu. I know very well that King Xiangfu is powerful, so King Xiangfu will definitely come to rescue us."

"It's possible, but King Jin has just been punished, King Wei has just entered the imperial city, and the situation in the capital is unstable. I'm afraid that King Xiangfu and the army will be delayed by some things." Wang Chengxiong said.

"Last year, King Xiangfu led 2000 people galloping hundreds of miles and attacked [-] bandits at night. It can be seen that King Xiangfu will definitely seize the opportunity and will never let the rebels come after they enter Sichuan and Shu. What's more, the king My lord, don't forget that what King Xiangfu is best at is creating miracles." Li Guangwu shook his head thoughtfully.

Wang Chengxiong still stubbornly said: "If King Xiangfu doesn't arrive with the army in time, we will be completely finished."

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A few days later, Pan Meibing came to the city.Li Guangwu and Wang Chengxiong stayed behind closed doors and could not hold out.Pan Mei camped and deployed ten miles east of the city, neither approaching nor besieging the city, and the siege troops were slightly insufficient.

Except for the occasional skirmishes between scouts in the field, the two armies have not yet shown signs of fighting.

In the rebel camp, Xu Fangyi said: "Ye Chen guards the Weapons Department of the Huaxia Weifu very strictly. Even if he is in the next time, he can't enter at will. This recipe is that I intercepted the gunpowder privately, and found someone to test it secretly for nearly a year. It was only a few years ago that the prescription was obtained. The general has asked someone to prepare gunpowder these days, is it ready?"

Pan Mei said: "It's been set up, and it's filled with eight large coffins. Charcoal is easy, but sulfur is a bit more difficult, and the worst thing to get is saltpeter. Fortunately, the villages and towns we passed along the way were all rich and prosperous, and we met wonderful people. There are few caravans, otherwise it would be hard to find."

(End of this chapter)