Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 693

As the beauty spoke, she knelt down as soon as she lifted the fur, and the two pretty maidservants behind her knelt down in panic when they saw this.

This beauty is Yufeng's number one confidant, the niece of Wang Zhutong, the fourth elder of the temple, named Gao Yuyan, and Yufeng will not do anything to Wang Zhutong because of Wang Zhutong's face.

Yufeng waved his hand with a sullen face, and said: "This seat will hand over five black crows and twenty elite spies to you, and you will closely monitor the every move of those two old immortals, and everything will be fine. Everything, big or small, must be reported to this seat in time."

Gao Yuyan quickly answered yes, Yufeng pondered for a moment, his eyes flickered, gradually revealing a murderous look, and sneered: "It seems that if you want to accomplish great things, you have to settle down first. In the past, I was too indulgent for the sake of the overall situation. .”

Gao Yuyan couldn't help feeling awe-inspiring when she heard the words, but she still reminded: "Grand Elder, that Cui Xi's strength is terrifying."

Yufeng glanced at her, and said: "Cui Xi fought several battles with my little junior sister, was slightly injured, and is currently retreating in a private retreat. This is a good time for me to do it. However, this matter is of great importance. , I still need to make a good plan with your uncle. You just arrived, and it’s inconvenient to walk in the cold, so stay here for now, go change your clothes, take a bath and rest.”

Gao Yuyan knew that the Great Elder had calmed down after hearing the words, and quickly agreed, and glanced at Yufeng with mixed joy and anger, charming herself, got up slowly, and retreated with the two little maids.

As soon as Gao Yuyan left, Jing Yuanwai came up, Yufeng waved his hand, and ordered: "Go down and prepare, and arrange an identity for me, I want to meet Zhou Hongcheng, the transport envoy of Yongxing Army Road of the Great Song Dynasty."

"Humble job, let's arrange it now." Jing Yuanwai was relieved. In front of this great elder who he rarely sees, there is always an invisible heavy pressure in his heart, because the other party is a big man who can wipe him into ashes with the movement of his little finger. Hide as far as you want.

Seeing the sceneman retreating like walking on thin ice, Yufeng let out a sigh of relief and sat down with some headaches.Since Ye Chen's rise, he has been against him in everything, and he is mostly at a disadvantage. He escaped or survived the sure-fire assassination of Ye Chen time and time again.Now that Ye Chen has ruled Hexi, it is not impossible to establish a country and become the emperor, and it is not impossible to stand on the same footing with Song and Liao. At that time, it will be even more difficult to deal with Ye Chen.

Especially in the Northwest and Western Regions, it is no less difficult than in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period when the princes and generals appeared one after another. With Ye Chen's ability and strength, he is just like a fish in water in this environment. In just a few years, he has laid down a large territory, and his army of cavalry will only increase. However, the power of his temple has shrunk greatly in Ye Chen's hands in the past few years.With this ebb and flow, he will only become less and less Ye Chen's opponent.And he and Ye Chen had already formed a death feud, if he didn't kill Ye Chen, with the latter's strength and influence, even he would have trouble sleeping and eating.

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In Yang Jiye's tent, Ye Chen, Hu Sanguang, and Ma Wentao who were in Xiazhou had arrived at some point. In addition to the three of them, there were also Yang Jiye, Tuoba Gelu, and Li Guangshun, as well as those who had just declared their allegiance to Ye Chen. Huang Dongqiu, the former commander of the Northwest Front Army, also carefully sat on the side.

Everyone was sitting around a big brazier, talking about the current war.

Yang Jiye sat next to Ye Chen. It was not easy for him these five days. This battle was the first battle he led the army after he came to the northwest to join Ye Chen's camp. The opponent was Gao Huaide, a famous old general in Song Dynasty. , he didn't dare to take it lightly, so he was worried about everything, and he was a little thinner, but his expression was extremely full and concise, and he was confident.

The expressions of all the people present were also very excited. The enemy's food road has been successfully broken. This war, which is of great significance to Ye Chen's founding of the country, is under control. Everyone has seen a bright future, and they are naturally relieved and happy.

The major events of the six army villages have been decided, with Han Xizai and Li Junhao sitting in Xiazhou, and another [-] recruits guarding the city. Ye Chen didn't worry about the rear at all, so he brought the remaining [-] black cavalry to the front line in person.It wasn't that he doubted Yang Jiye's ability, but that he was worried that such a tragic war in such cold weather would cause the [-] party cavalry to rebound.That's why I came to sit on the front line in person.

Tuoba Gelu said respectfully: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the conditions are even colder and more difficult than this. Our clansmen often fight, and they don't have enough to eat and don't wear warm clothes. Now that they are given such a generous commission, they can follow the black moon Every time the commander sent troops to attack the Song army's grain team, he gained something. In the past battles between the grassland tribes, even if they won the battle, they could at most get some cattle and sheep. How could there be so many military supplies to capture? Hehe, those wolf cubs below Having tasted the sweetness, they all rush to go around the back to plunder the food and grass. So the morale of the soldiers is very high."

Li Guangshun also repeatedly said yes.

Only then did Ye Chen nod his head slightly, and let go of the worries in his heart completely. He already had a whole set of plans to get the entire Dangxiang Bashi to return to his heart. Even if Tuoba Gelu and Li Guangshun died by then, he didn't have to worry about losing the Dangxiang Bashi. control.It's just that this process cannot be completed overnight. At least it will not start until Zhang Bo repairs the Han Qu and Qin Qu, and then reclaims the hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land.

Yang Jiye has always been curious about why Tuoba Gelu and Li Guangshun obeyed Ye Chen's orders, and they absolutely obeyed from the heart.He once asked Hu Sanguang about this in private, but the latter's face changed slightly on the spot, and he said that this was the biggest taboo of King Xiangfu, and he should not speak nonsense.After that, Yang Jiye didn't dare to inquire about this matter again, but he felt Ye Chen's inscrutability more and more in his heart.These trivial matters flashed through his mind, and Yang Jiye said: "Most of Gao Huaide's subordinates are infantry. It is more difficult for infantry to march in heavy snow and cold winter. Now Gao Huaide does not have enough troops to transport food and grass, and he cannot completely control this vast snowfield. In our hands, our cavalry can come and go freely, and if the goal is pure destruction, if Gao Huaide cannot increase his troops in large numbers, he will not be able to solve the problem of grain transportation."

Ye Chen smiled slightly: "Gao Huaide sent troops this time without waiting for the emperor's will and the order of the Privy Council. The supply of supplies was only supported by Gyeongju. The supply of food and grass was already extremely tight. We looted or burned them, and we couldn’t last for a few days.”

As soon as Ye Chen finished speaking, a party soldier ran into the tent. He knelt down towards Tuoba Gelu, but after seeing the people in the tent, he hesitated and said, "Report...His Royal Highness King Xiangfu, Patriarch, the Song army has begun to retreat."

Ye Chen was slightly taken aback, then sighed softly, and said in a tone of admiration and admiration: "Retiring so quickly, this decisiveness alone shows that Gao Huaide is worthy of a generation of famous veterans."

Yang Jiye said: "Your Majesty! The last general wanted to wait for him to run out of provisions and had to retreat, so he used all his strength to counterattack and kill him. Now Gao Huaide's army still has surplus food, and the soldiers are not panicked. If they retreat calmly, If the soldiers and horses from the rear were to respond, it might not be easy to succeed. After all, it would be easy to cut off his food and grass by taking advantage of his aggressive advances. If he retreats with his entire army, it doesn't matter if he wants to pursue or stop him, then it will be a real battle. With the strength of our [-] troops, coupled with Gao Huaide's military skills and the fact that the Northwest Frontier Army of the Great Song Dynasty is all elite, we may not be able to take advantage of it."

Ye Chen nodded, pondered for a while, then slowly raised his head, his eyes flickered, and said: "If you add the [-] Han from Lingzhou, Yanzhou, Longzhou, Yinzhou, Dingzhou, and Shengzhou Where is the army!"

Everyone was taken aback, Ma Wentao objected: "My lord, if the defenders of the six states move, if Gao Huaide has another ambush or the army of Fuzhou and Linzhou comes to attack, the land of the six states will not be handed over."

Ye Chen shook his head and glanced at Hu Sanguang, who immediately said: "Lord Ma, don't worry, the two thousand spies from our intelligence department have already spread out, covering all places around the six prefectures. Our eyes, and Fuzhou and Linzhou have Bai Sishi and Lian Deputy Shishi who personally lead people to watch them, and dare not make any changes..."

Here, Hu Sanguang was still explaining to Ma Wentao that Ye Chen had already got up and came to the sand table. Everyone understood and immediately got up and rushed over. Ma Wentao and Hu Sanguang also stopped talking and walked over.Ye Chen waited for everyone to rush to his side, stretched out his hand to point to the current location on the sand table, then slowly moved eastward, and finally stopped in a mountainous area more than 20 miles away from Qingzhou City, and said: "Yang Taiwei, Tuoba Gelu and Li Guangshun led the 500 iron cavalry under their command to attack with all their strength, making sure to slow down Gao Huaide's marching speed. At the same time, Hu Sanguang sent my order to the six state guards with a fast horse, asking them to keep 500 men each to garrison, and then bring [-] troops to guard. [-] people joined Taiwei Yang, and before Gao Huaide entered the unnamed mountain here, we joined forces to attack, with the superior force, in order to severely injure the enemy!"

Yang Jiye nodded and said, "My lord is wise, this risk is worth taking!"

Ye Chen smiled softly, and said: "With the intelligence department of my Huaxia Weifu's intelligence department, there is no risk to take. This king is clearly bullying others, and Gao Huaide may fall ill again."

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"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu... It surged viciously, overwhelming the sky and covering the sky.In the sky, Hai Dongqing screamed, folded his wings and rushed towards the Song army, barely flying over the top of the flag, with a flap of his long wings, he rose again into the night.

Gao Huaide reined in his horse, pointed his halberd and shouted: "Set up the thorn array on the left and right, and the moon array in this array, meet the enemy!"

(End of this chapter)