Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 734 Cut Yu Daoxiang into Thousand Cuts
However, what Zhang Wumeng said was too magical and absurd, and she still had some doubts.But when it comes to the safety of her mother and her son, even if what Zhang Wumeng said is only slightly possible, she is absolutely unwilling to take such a dangerous risk.

Facing tens of thousands of palace guards and palace guards, even a top-notch expert like Yu Daoxiang had no possibility of escaping, so Yu Daoxiang chose to be captured without any resistance.Of course, this is also because Xiao Chuo finally decided to imprison her temporarily instead of executing her immediately.Otherwise, with her personality, even if she knew she was invincible, she would have to kill without any scruples before dying.

The Song army abandoned their luggage and rushed all the way, and arrived at Tushizhai that day. The elite evacuated quickly. There were as many as a hundred soldiers who ran out of breath on the way, and more than 1000 infantry surrendered in total.There are countless soldiers and armor left on the road, which have become the spoils of the Black Wolf Army.

Relying on careful planning, Dangjin finally got out of the most dangerous area. There were only more than 3000 infantrymen who surrendered and were killed along the way.However, at this time, the Song army's morale was slackened, and the walls and food reserves of Tushizhai gave them a chance to breathe, but this place was still not safe, and they still needed to continue to retreat.

Once they started fleeing, the Song army would no longer be a major threat in this battle. Li Guangshun led the cavalry of the [-] Black Wolf Legion, approaching the Tushizhai with awe-inspiring momentum, without any fear of the opponent's superiority in strength.Dang Jin tried his best to boost the morale of the Song Army, personally led the troops out of the city, and used the advantage of numbers to widen the front, forcing back the Black Wolf Army.

The morale of the Song army has recovered slightly, relying on Tushizhai to confront the Black Wolf Army, which is half the distance from Gyeongju, their supplies are sufficient, and the roles of the two sides have been temporarily reversed. Instead, the Black Wolf Army has become the attacking side, and the Song Army Garrison camp.

Dangjin hoped to restore morale in Tushizhai, but Ye Chen would naturally not fight a decisive battle with the Song Guobing who was relying on the strong city, but just took the opportunity to rest and let the engineering soldiers bring the corpse machine from behind to consume the strength of the Song army.

After only two days of delay, Dangjin received the news that Tuoba Gelu and Zhe Yuxun each led an army of [-] to detour behind him, and then Ye Chen sent out ten teams of one hundred to ride between Qingzhou and Qingzhou. The Tushi village was attacked wildly, and most of the grain transported by the Song army to the Tushi village was lost that day.

Dang Jin didn't dare to wait for long, so he abandoned the Tushizhai and retreated the next day. Only part of the Tushizhai's city wall had time to be demolished, and the south wall was demolished less than a foot.In order not to disturb the black wolf army, they didn't even burn the stored food, and directly discarded it to the enemy.

When the Song army retreated, the troops were divided into two routes, one to Qingzhou and the other to the bend of the river, making a trap. Once the Dangxiang army crossed the Tushizhai eastward, the other route might turn back and cut off the retreat.

Ye Chen did not hesitate. After discussing with Yang Jiye, he concluded that the Song army did not have the confidence to conduct a U-turn and outflank operation at this time. He decisively ordered Li Guangshun to continue to lead 1000 cavalry from the Black Wolf Army to pursue in the direction of Gyeongju. The remaining 2000 troops took more than [-] prisoners. Take it back to the army camp.

After the evacuation began, the Song army was a little out of control, and the army had no fighting spirit at all. This is the panic that is most likely to arise in the state of being pursued, and Dang Jin has no way to eliminate it.In ancient times, when the command system was backward, the psychology of soldiers was very easily affected. Even in later generations, it was extremely dangerous to evacuate in front of the enemy.

After the first battle in Fuzhou, Bai Canghai, who had disappeared without a trace, led his five hundred powerful subordinates. They were so bold that they attacked the [-] Song troops who were retreating to Gyeongju along the way. The Song troops who were eager to withdraw had no intention of chasing them This small group of powerful troops gave Bai Canghai and the others a lot of room to move, and also caused great panic to the soldiers of the Song Army.

And Li Guangshun led [-] cavalry to follow behind the Song army brigade, and continued to make an impact posture with the battalion command as a unit, dragging the speed of the Song army's guards. If the main force evacuated ahead too fast, the guards would be separated. There will be a large-scale cavalry attack, and the cavalry of the Black Wolf Legion is like a tail, firmly following behind.

Dang Jin was well aware of the seriousness of the situation, and did not dare to entrust the delayed task to his generals. He personally led the guards, controlled the marching speed of the whole army, and prevented the guards from being bitten off piece by piece. Even so, the Song Army continued to pursue troops. Continuous loss under attack.

Under the restraint of the chasing soldiers, the Song army only walked about fifty miles that day, and they set up camp at night.Bai Canghai led nearly a hundred masters and gunpowder packs to sneak into the Song camp for a night attack. This non-violent night attack caused the Song army to roar in a small area, and more than 1000 soldiers were killed in the chaos.The most important thing is that Song Jun never rested from top to bottom.

At dawn on the second day, when the Song Army was most exhausted, Li Guangshun led [-] cavalrymen and [-] cavalrymen led by Tuoba Gelu, who had been waiting in the nearby valley for a long time, rushed to the camp with all their strength.The Song army completely collapsed after resisting for less than an hour, and began to flee in the direction of Gyeongju.

This last battle lasted for a whole day. Only less than 2000 people from the Song army fled to Gyeongju in the end, and more than 1000 people fled back intermittently in the next few days.

During the entire offensive operation of the four army villages, only more than 4 of the 3000 Song troops finally fled back. Almost the entire army was wiped out, and almost all the luggage, supplies and tents were discarded.

The 300 Black Wolf Army killed more than 100 soldiers and more than 500 engineers.More than [-] people were injured, including more than [-] seriously.

Judging from this number, it is natural that the Black Wolf Army won a big victory.

In the offensive and defensive battles of the four military strongholds that lasted for half a month, the 1 men of the Black Wolf Legion confronted the 80 elite Song Army head-on and severely damaged the main force of the Song Army. Be big.Not only did they drive the Song army back to Gyeongju, but the Song army didn't even hold on to Tushizhai and Huangwan Pass, which is equivalent to expanding the territory of Xiangfu Kingdom by more than [-] miles in this direction.

After a day of confrontation under the city of Gyeongju, the Black Wolf Army withdrew to the Tushizhai, collected the loot along the way, transported away all the armor and clothing, and searched for hundreds of fleeing soldiers on the road, and escorted them all back to the Tushizhai. Did not dare to pursue at all.

Ye Chen asked the engineer battalion of the Black Wolf Army to take charge of mobilizing the captured soldiers to repair the Tushizhai and the Xiahe Valley, and began to build a tower around it, preparing to formally control the Tushizhai area and make it the territory of Xiangfu Kingdom.

After deciding to stick to the earth-stone village, Ye Chen and Yang Jiye discussed it, and planned to turn Xiahegu and the earth-stone village into a large barracks and a large construction site. The engineer battalion was responsible for the specific construction, and the staff left behind to supervise the construction. Ye Chen was also on his way. An urgent decree was sent to Xiazhou Zhongshu Province, asking Han Xizai and Ma Wentao to send corresponding civil officials over as soon as possible to actually control the villages and towns near the two stockades, and strive to actually control this area within a month.

Next, in accordance with the requirements of Xiangfu Kingdom’s post-war regulations, the Military Central Department should organize the troops to summarize and discuss from bottom to top, post-war evaluation and compensation, and write a report on the results.

In front of the city gate of Tushizhai, Ye Chen was holding the secret letter that Xiao Xiuming had just sent from Khitan Shangjing in his hand, and the murderous aura emanating from his whole body was as real as it was.

Yang Jiye, Hu Sanguang, and Bai Canghai knelt in front of Ye Chen to persuade them to die.Li Guangshun and more than 2000 black knights stood motionless behind Ye Chen, with calm expressions.

"I have made up my mind, I will personally lead people to sneak into Shangjing to save the queen." After a while, Ye Chen said decisively.

Yang Jiye smiled miserably, drew out the long sword from his waist, put it at his throat, and said: "If your majesty insists on going to the capital in person, the old minister will kill himself on the spot."

Ye Chen's pupils shrank, his face moved with horror.Seeing this, Hu Sanguang gritted his teeth, drew a dagger from his sleeve, put it at his throat as well, and said: "If Your Majesty insists on risking himself, I will also splatter blood on the spot."

Bai Canghai said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty! Let me go! You can assure Your Majesty that you will save the Empress even if you risk your life and the lives of five hundred subordinates."

Hu Sanguang went on to say: "Your Majesty's goal is too big. Going to Shangjing is more likely to be exposed, but it is not conducive to rescuing the queen. I will lead the security department to come out and cooperate with Master Bai to sneak into Shangjing. I will be able to rescue the queen. Please think again, Your Majesty."

Ye Chen watched the three of them remain silent for a long time. After an unknown period of time, he took a long breath, closed his eyes slightly, then opened them, and said, "Okay, you two will lead your subordinates to sneak into Shangjing and try your best to rescue the queen. Tell Xiao Xiuming, including himself, even if all the people in Beifu are lost, we will cooperate with you to rescue the queen."

For thousands of years, in the vast territory of the Northwest and even the entire Western Regions, no matter who is in charge, they have adopted indirect control methods over various foreign tribes. The person who is known as the Lord of the Western Regions has no right to control the territory under his jurisdiction. Instead of implementing vertical and direct management with the people, indirect rule must be carried out through the chieftain, headman, patriarch, and leader of the tribe.Taxes should be paid in the form of tribute through them, people should be able to manage indirectly through them, and when it is necessary to fight foreign enemies, they must be used to recruit and use soldiers.This also determines the limitations of the supreme ruler's power and the instability of the regime.

Although it is still difficult for Xiangfu Kingdom to break away from the category of feudal dynasty, it must have a unified household loan management system, a universal military service system, a formal taxation system, and a judicial system. A more advanced and democratic feudal regime.

However, if we want to implement these systems and establish such a country, the twists and turns are full of many unknowns and difficulties.

Because, in this process, the power and vested interests of the tribal leaders, chieftains, and patriarchs will be directly weakened, and the biggest force is the Dangxiang Bashi. The Dangxiang army, and then with a far better material life than before, gradually made the Dangxiang Ba clan recognize Xiangfu Kingdom and Ye Chen, the "king" above the patriarch.

However, if Ye Chen wants to forcibly change the living habits of the party members completely, bring them back into the rule like the Han people, even if Tuoba Gelu and Li Guangshun have great authority among the party members, even if all the party members Everyone recognizes his existence as the 'king', and there will be a huge backlash.

(End of this chapter)