Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 722 Changes in Fuzhou
Longzhou, the camp of the Fuzhou army.

"Brother, there are less than [-] defenders in Longzhou City. If we attack again, we will surely break the city." Zhe Yuxuan said to Zhe Yuxun, the Patriarch of Zhe Family.

Zhe Yuxun nodded, but there was not much joy on his face, he turned his head and said to the officials in charge of military affairs in the prefecture beside him: "Is there any movement in the Liao Kingdom?"

The official said: "My lord! According to the plan, Khitan is going to send 2 troops, divided into [-] and [-] troops to Xiangfu Kingdom, all the way to conquer the Dangxiang Bashi on the Hengshan grassland, all the way to Xiazhou. But so far , none of our spies found the Khitan army appearing."

Zhe Yuxun's face suddenly became ugly, and he couldn't help cursing: "Khitan dog, I know that Khitan people can't be trusted. Khitan has always been most afraid of Song Guo, because Song Guo has always wanted to take back Yanyun Sixteen Therefore, the Khitan people will only enjoy the success of the Xiangfu Kingdom, so why would they join us in destroying the Xiangfu Kingdom? I really believed in that old thief Yufeng at the time."

Zhe Yuxuan hurriedly asked: "Brother, what shall we do now?"

Zhe Yuxun said: "What else can we do? We have already sent troops, we have offended Xiangfu Kingdom, and we have made a death feud with Ye Chen. Now we can only continue. I only hope that Gao Huaide can successfully destroy the Xuanwu Army. Jin has the ability to break through the four military strongholds and invade the Xiangfu Kingdom. At that time, the army will be used on three sides, and the Xiangfu Kingdom has few soldiers after all, so it can't take care of it, and then the Xiangfu Kingdom will be destroyed."

Just as he was saying this, a spy with a flag on his back rushed in, knelt down on one knee and said loudly, "Commander, Tuoba Gelu of Xiangfu Kingdom led [-] Dangxiang cavalry less than [-] miles away from Longzhou. "

When everyone heard the words, their faces changed greatly.

Zhe Yuxun lost his voice and said: "Could it be that Gou Ri's Dangjin has already been defeated by Yang Jiye. Otherwise, forty thousand versus forty thousand, how dare Yang Jiye divide his troops."

As soon as he finished speaking, another spies rushed in to report: "Marshal Qi, just got the news that Tuoba Gelu led the 1 cavalry of the Xiangfu Kingdom's White Wolf Army, and the troops were divided into two groups. 2 people came straight to us."

"Brother, Tuoba Gelu dares to attack us with 3 people, we have a full army of [-], not to mention they are exhausted soldiers who have come from a long distance, we will be able to defeat Tuoba Gelu when we line up and wait for them." Zhe Yu Xuan said.

However, Zhe Yuxun's face changed several times, and after a while, he sighed, a look of determination flashed in his eyes, and said: "Even if Tuoba Gelu is defeated, so what if you hurt the enemy one thousand and yourself eight hundred?" .After destroying 4 Dangxiang cavalry, how many of our more than 2 people will be left. 1, or even [-]. Even if we follow the imperial army to destroy Xiangfu Kingdom by chance, by that time, we will not have the strength to defend the mansion The foundation of the state. Without [-] to [-] troops to rely on, the Song court will never allow our town to continue to exist."

"So, pass on my order and prepare to withdraw immediately."

Wars between countries have never had only one battlefield, but an all-round contest.It's not just a matter of military power, but also national power, financial power, people's support, weather, location, harmony and so on!
Especially siege!
First of all, before breaking through the city, you have to invest a lot of money and food to feed your soldiers.

Just like the current battle, if any force wants to break through a strong city in Xiangfu Kingdom within three days, it needs at least [-] troops.

And when an army of more than [-] is dispatched, the money and food that people eat and eat is a very large expense, which is absolutely unaffordable for ordinary people or forces.

This is also one of the reasons why the plundering Khitan people don't like to go south to attack the cities of Song Dynasty unless they have to.

What's more, with the war, the commercial roads will naturally be cut off, and a large number of laborers will be required to transport grain and grass, which will delay a large number of farmers from farming, and cause some crops to be barren and left unattended. Harvests were drastically reduced.

It can be said that every grain eaten by the army in every war was picked out of the mouths of the people.

Therefore, in addition to protecting one's own country against foreign invaders, ordinary people generally will not support wars of sending troops to attack other countries.Because, in the end, it won't benefit them at all, and it will only be them who will be hurt.

In this regard, the state of Song is the same as Fuzhou and Linzhou.On the contrary, the property plundered by the Khitan can be distributed layer by layer, and the ordinary herdsmen of the tribe can also get some benefits.This is also the direct reason why they like playing Grass Valley.

Therefore, as early as ten days ago, Shangguan Bingyun was ordered by Ye Chen to lead people into the prefecture, and he didn't have to worry too much about the people in the prefecture becoming obstacles or enemies in everything he did.

Zhe Yuxun's third younger brother Zhe Yushi stayed behind in Fuzhou, with 5000 defenders.

Because Bai Canghai and Lian Jicheng brought assassins to assassinate the Zhe family's descendants and generals in the early days, the Zhe family's security is extremely tight now, and Zhe Yushi, who is in charge of staying behind, has a large group of bodyguards who stay with him twelve hours a day. Even when doing things with women and going to the toilet, there are layers of guards around the outside.

Of course, it is impossible for these guards to stay awake all the time. They are divided into two shifts to guard Zhe Yushi in turn.

On this day, one of the guard leaders returned to the residence and found a woman lying on his bed, a very beautiful woman.The leader of the guard had quasi-first-class strength. Although he was amazed by the beauty of the woman, his reaction was also extremely fast. When the weapon in his hand was out of its sheath, he had already retreated quickly.

However, as soon as he moved, his face changed drastically, and then his body limp and fell to the ground.

The woman on the bed smiled charmingly, sat up and muttered to herself: "Ghost doctor's cartilage powder is really powerful. The most important thing is that it is colorless and odorless."

This very beautiful woman is naturally Shangguan Bingyun.

The next day, the guard went to change shifts as usual, and went to serve as a guard beside Zhe Yushi.

On March [-]th, Zhe Yushi received the news that his eldest brother led the army and retreated while fighting with the cavalry of the White Wolf Army of the Thirty Thousand Xiangfu Kingdom.Moreover, the food road was robbed, and there was not much food and grass left for the army.

Regardless of the dissuasion of the remaining generals, Zhe Yushi resolutely chose to lead the [-] left-behind troops out of the city for a hundred miles to meet his own army, leaving only [-] troops behind in the city.

At the same time, Tuoba Gelu, head of the White Wolf Army, received an order from Ye Chen and Haidongqing, asking him to send 1 people to detour to attack Fuzhou City, and 1 people to ambush on both sides of a mountain road outside the city. , the last 1 people continued to fight with the main force in Fuzhou.

On March 5000th, when Zhe Yushi led [-] people through a valley with steep mountains on both sides, he ignored the opposition of his generals and forced them to rest in the valley on the grounds of shelter from the wind. The wolf army killed nearly half of them with rocks, rolling logs, bows and arrows, and the other half fled to the two ends of the valley in a panic, and was wiped out by several charges of the white wolf army cavalry who had been waiting there for a long time.

At the same time, another 500 white wolf army took half an hour to easily capture Fuzhou with only [-] people stationed there.

March eighteenth.

Zhe Yuxun's central army tent was dead silent, seeing that he could return to Fuzhou before this evening, he didn't want to be shocked to hear that Fuzhou had fallen, he could hardly believe his ears, but the subordinates who had fled all the way from Fuzhou could not believe it. It is possible to lie. If one person speaks, there will not be more than 100 people lying. Their almost collapsed bodies and expressions of despair and panic all reveal an undoubted news-Fuzhou has really fallen into the hands of Xiangfu Kingdom. .

Zhe Yuxun's second younger brother, Zhe Yuxuan, couldn't bear the oppressive atmosphere in the tent, and couldn't help saying: "Zhe Yushi, that idiot, idiot! He shouldn't have been left in the first place to guard the prefecture. I should have kept him. Let it go!"

"Brother, our home in Fuzhou, our family, clan members, all...all..."

Zhe Yuxun looked sideways, and gave him a sideways glance, Zhe Yuxuan felt a chill in his heart, and didn't dare to say any more.

Zhe Yuxun's number one advisor, Chen Weiwen, took a deep breath, and said, "My lord, we have conspired with the court, Linzhou, and Khitan for the Xiangfu Kingdom. Could all this have been known to Ye Chen from the very beginning?" .Or this itself is a trap set by Ye Chen for us. His real purpose is to lure our main force out of the city..."

Zhe Yuxuan gasped, twitched his beard and said, "Ye Chen has such a deep scheming, such a big appetite, is he really so powerful?"

Ever since he heard that Fuzhou had fallen, Zhe Yuxun's pale cheeks, which were already exhausted and unwell, were even less blood-colored. He sat there in a daze, like a clay-carved wooden body, and remained silent for a long time. The conversation between Wei Wen and Zhe Yuxuan made Zhe Yuxun startled, he suddenly came back to his senses, he slowly raised his head, at this moment, he seemed to be getting older, his cheeks were loose Chi, with a pale face, suddenly changed from the majestic Zhelan King to a weak old man.

With a little daze in his eyes, he asked slowly: "Impossible...Impossible, it is impossible for Ye Chen to know our plan, otherwise he would never let the Xuanwu Army go to Linzhou. It's just that these things have already been said now." It doesn't make any sense.....the priority is where do we go from here, where is our way out?"

Chen Weiwen couldn't wait to say: "My lord, wait until the three armies hear the news, and the morale of the army will be useless. At that time, if Tuoba Gelu makes a loud attack, once he loses the wind, the three armies may collapse immediately. My lord, take advantage of this opportunity." It’s still too late, let’s retreat immediately.”

Zhe Yuxun let out a miserable laugh and said, "Retreat? Fuzhou is lost, where do you want me to retreat?"

Chen Weiwen hurriedly said: "My lord, we can retreat to Linzhou. Linzhou is only more than 300 miles away from here. The messenger also sent Linzhou's military situation yesterday. Gao Huaide personally sat in Linzhou. The Song army and the Yang family's army combined There are nearly 3 people, and the most important thing is that we have enough food and grass. As long as we retreat to Linzhou and stand firm, with the support of the imperial court, there is still a chance to make a comeback."

(End of this chapter)