Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 675 Reaction of the Parties
Gao Huaide was stunned, looked up at the hot sun in the sky, suddenly felt blood rushing straight to his head, followed by dizziness, and several soldiers nearby were shocked when they saw his commander shaking his horse, and hurriedly jumped off the horse , ran over to help the commander-in-chief off the horse, fed him and drank two sips of water, Gao Huaide's body recovered a little bit, but with an unbelievable expression on his face, he muttered to himself: "How is this possible? What about Chen?"

"Hahahaha...Ye Chen...Monstrous! Sure enough, he has great powers."

"So the armor on the [-] Dangxiang people was sent to them by Ye Chen. Ye Chen's dog thief is ambitious and has been planning for a long time!"

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The three commanders Tang Peng, Lu Long, and Huang Dongqiu looked at each other and sighed.Ye Chen has great supernatural powers. Since he came to Song Dynasty, he has created many miracles that ordinary people can't do. The three of them have already experienced it at the beginning of the year.To be honest, the three of them disagreed with Ye Chen this time, but Gao Huaide insisted on going his own way, but they could only obey orders.

Huang Dongqiu hesitated for a moment, and said, "Marshal, shall we chase or not."

Gao Huaide shook his head, and said: "So what if you catch up, [-] Dangxiang cavalry, plus [-] Huaxia Guards, [-] black cavalry, and the legendary Ye Chen's magical arrow technique that can destroy thousands of troops with one arrow, the strength It is no weaker than our [-] army. Not to mention capturing Ye Chen alive, it is difficult to defeat him."

Speaking of this, Gao Huaide lowered his voice and said: "The most important thing is, don't forget that your majesty is also poisoned, and only Ye Chen, a dog thief, can cure it."

The commanders and envoys of the three chambers heard the words, their faces were as usual, but they couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief in their hearts. From the bottom of their hearts, they were unwilling to be an enemy of King Xiangfu at this time.

Staff Liu Xianhua said: "Marshal, what should we do now? Do we just watch Ye Chen leave like this?"

Gao Huaide looked dejected, and said quietly: "What else can we do? Your Majesty is highly poisoned. If we are not sure of capturing Ye Chen alive, we will not dare to act rashly. Otherwise, we will annoy Your Majesty, and no one can bear the consequences. Sigh...it was my commander who made a mistake this time, pass me an order to let Zhang Hu continue to watch Ye Chen and the [-] Dangxiang army all the way, and we...follow behind as well!"

"Commander! The weather is too hot this autumn, why don't the three of us lead the army to monitor Xiangfu King all the way. Commander returns to Huaizhou to rest." Huang Dongqiu said.

Gao Huaide shook his head and said, "No, I let the [-] party members come in. If I don't watch them leave, I don't feel at ease. And Ye Chen... I always feel that something is wrong... "

Before Gao Huaide finished speaking, a young general in the distance led a team of about [-] cavalry galloping forward.Everyone looked up.

"Marshal! It's Zhang Hu, the commander of the reconnaissance cavalry battalion! Huh... there seems to be another wounded soldier." Tang Peng had the best eyes, and was the first to recognize the identity of the visitor through the raised dust.

Soon, Zhang Hu and his entourage arrived, and the burly Zhang Hu flew off his horse from a distance, and personally carried a wounded soldier, came to Gao Huaide, and said loudly with a serious expression: "Marshal! This is the soldier sent by Longzhou messenger."

Then he said to the wounded soldier in his arms: "This brother, this is the commander-in-chief, hurry up and tell the commander-in-chief what you said earlier."

Saying this, he had carefully placed the wounded pawn on the ground and drank a sip of water from him.

The wounded soldier was obviously seriously injured, took a sip of water, and said intermittently: "Marshal! The [-] party cavalry wearing our army's armor are divided into eight groups to attack Lingzhou, Yanzhou, Dingzhou, Jingzhou, Longzhou, Shunzhou, Shengzhou, and Huizhou. Five states have fallen..."

Having said this, the wounded soldier tilted his head and passed out.

Hearing this, Gao Huaide felt a thunderbolt from the blue sky, as if struck by lightning, and said loudly: "How is this possible, how is this possible with [-] cavalry... Ye Chen, what a powerful method."

As soon as the words fell, Gao Huaide staggered and fell off the horse directly. Fortunately, the soldiers next to him reacted quickly and hugged him, otherwise Gao Huaide might become the first marshal who fell to his death from a horse in the history of the Song Dynasty .However, at this time Gao Huaide had already passed out.

Everyone was in a hurry, Gao Huaide's personal soldier, the general Chinese medicine officer, came to him, and after making a diagnosis, he said: "The commander is old, the weather is extremely hot today, the commander has signs of heatstroke, and just now he was very angry, so he fainted In the past. Now the commander-in-chief must be moved to a cool place in the house as soon as possible, otherwise the commander-in-chief is likely to be ill."

Gao Huaide's personal battalion commander was extremely loyal to Gao Huaide. Hearing what the medical officer said, without saying a word, he brought a stretcher and a simple shade cloth.Five hundred soldiers guarded Gao Huaide and ran towards Huaizhou nearby.

Tang Peng, Lu Long, and Huang Dongqiu looked at each other, their expressions fluctuating. It stands to reason that the three of them have the highest positions at this time. Whether it is to implement Gao Huaide's order before he fell into a coma, or from the perspective of being loyal to the country, they should continue to lead the army at this time Keep up with King Xiangfu and his party.

However, the three of them have experienced the power of Ye Chen, especially after the death of the first emperor, Ye Chen first ordered the assassination of more than 20 ministers of King Jin's lineage, and then killed King Jin in mysterious ways in front of the imperial city. Powerfully deters thousands of troops and horses from acting rashly.Immediately afterwards, it took ten days to lead the army to attack thousands of miles away. In the first battle, they defeated the more than 4 rebels led by the famous general Pan Mei of the Song Dynasty, and captured Pan Mei alive and brought him back to Kyoto.Later, Ye Chen fell out with His Majesty the current emperor. The latter arranged an army to ambush Ye Chen in the palace, but was hijacked by him. His Majesty the Emperor cracked the earth to seal the king, and poisoned His Majesty the Emperor.

These things, the previous few things have already spread all over the world.There were too many parties involved in the last incident that happened in the palace later on. Zhao Dezhao, Zhao Pu and others wanted to hide it, but they couldn't hide it at all.These days, it has already begun to spread among court officials, and even secretly among the people.While causing His Majesty's prestige to plummet, it also almost deified or demonized Ye Chen and the strength and power in his hands.

In short, Ye Chen has almost become the person who cannot be offended, the most terrifying person in the world.That is to say, such tenacious founders as Gao Huaide, Li Jixun, and Zhao Pu dared to attack Ye Chen. Ordinary officials and generals would not dare to offend Ye Chen if it was not necessary. Otherwise, who knows when they would be assassinated in their dreams .

The three commanders all thought this way, and some of the generals below also thought the same way. The last group of generals looked at each other for a while, and I don't know who finally lowered their heads and said: "Yixiang King Fu's method is very likely to send someone to assassinate the commander in chief. We should lead our troops to protect the commander in chief."

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone immediately agreed. Tang Peng, Lu Long, and Huang Dongqiu also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and even led their troops to chase Gao Huaide.

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Ye Chen brought people to Xiazhou, and Wang Baoxing, the prefect of Xiazhou, welcomed Ye Chen and his party into the city ten miles away.

Xiazhou, Yinzhou, and Lanzhou had already received relevant documents from Zhongshu Zhengshitang and His Majesty's imperial decree, coupled with Ye Chen's prestige, and the matter involved the life and death of His Majesty the Emperor.Therefore, no one dared to neglect the prefects and generals in the Yin and Xia prefectures, and the military and political handover was completed very quickly.

As for why Ye Chen brought [-] Dangxiang cavalry in Song army armor, these people were extremely clever and ignored it.

Ye Chen's fiefdom is the most thorough one, and all military and political powers belong to Ye Chen, so all the officials of the Yin and Xia prefectures and the nine counties under the two prefectures have also been handed over.As for Lanzhou, it is still more than 800 miles away from Xiazhou.Ye Chen has already sent Xu Xuan and Wang Chao to lead five thousand black cavalry to hand over, so it seems that there will be no problems.

This involved a huge amount of affairs. Fortunately, Han Xizai led more than 30 officials who had been officials in the Southern Tang Dynasty for many years. The experienced officials had already made preparations, and the transition was generally smooth.

However, there is a problem that is unavoidable - the local civil service system under Ye Chen's command is seriously insufficient.In order to solve this problem, Ye Chen ordered to forcibly gather the civil servants of Chuyin and Xiazhou in Xiazhou, coerced and lured them personally, and held a symposium.Then all the officials whose families were in the local area continued to stay in their posts. Except for a very few civil officials who were transferred from the mainland who were willing to stay, all the others left and waited for new appointments by the Song Dynasty court.

In addition, the resettlement of the 30 family members brought by Ye Chen, the reappointment of the following people, etc., are all extremely complicated and cumbersome things.Fortunately, Han Xizai has more than 20 years of experience as an official and more than [-] years of experience as a prime minister. Not to mention his rich experience in handling these things, his ability to coordinate, distribute, and coordinate work can be said to be at its peak. After consulting Ye Chen for seemingly messy things, After arriving in his hand, he followed orders one after another, and began to unfold in an orderly manner.This saved Ye Chen a lot of heart.

Of course, what made Ye Chen most vigilant and worried during this period was the response from the northwestern two roads of the Great Song Dynasty and the reaction of the court after he forcibly occupied the land of the five states.

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[-] Dangxiang cavalry, dressed in the armor and military uniform of the Song Dynasty army, inserted behind the six military strongholds, attacked eight state cities at the same time, and finally captured five state cities.When the news spread to Qingzhou, Huaizhou and other places, it immediately caused an uproar. All the military and political officials of the two northwestern roads of the Great Song Dynasty——Qinfeng Road and Yongxing Army Road, as well as the prefectures and counties below became tense like never before. In the state of combat readiness, police posts were densely deployed for a while, and horses were sent to and fro. Both soldiers and generals were sleeping with their clothes on and pillows on their pillows.

However, the strange thing is that apart from a series of memorials and secret letters sent to the Imperial Palace, the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Privy Council in Kyoto at a speed of [-] miles, no one proposed to send troops to take back the five state cities.

At the same time, the foreshadowing that Ye Chen prepared in Kyoto also started to move.

(End of this chapter)