Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 798
Especially the Qiang, Tu, Tubo and other ethnic minorities, all adult males are experienced warriors. The reward offered by the Xiangfu Kingdom court will definitely make many people tempted.

It's not right to let them fight the Liao people head-on on the battlefield, but it's wrong to pretend to be ordinary people!They were originally civilians, and it was still possible to sneak into the Liao Army-occupied area, or to assassinate or snipe the Liao Army scouts, spies, sentries, and other individual or small groups of troops.

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"Something happened, something happened, something happened"

A young man who was as thin as a monkey with a monkey-like face almost rolled into the northwest building.

Outside the building, the cold wind often blows in the northwest Xiajing, and with the sound of the wind, there are voices in the building: "Did you hear that?"

No matter which country you are in, as long as you live in the capital city, you must have a pair of good ears. Who doesn’t know that there must be bad news in Beijing today, and the atmosphere in the market is obviously not right. A half-centenarian in his fifties has a low voice Yes, and said solemnly: "But Fuzhou lost to Liaogou?"

"It's not Fuzhou." The voice of the monkey-like man trembled violently, his eyes were wide open, and the protruding eyeballs seemed to be about to fall out, "It's not Fuzhou, it's the gate of Yinzhou, which is lost at Daxiaguan. , the Liao army has encircled Yinzhou."

He yelled in a voice that was somewhere between a scream and a scream.

A group of people in the restaurant jumped up and said, "How is it possible? Could it be that Song Guo also sent troops to attack."

Anyone with a little knowledge of geography will understand that Yinzhou is not adjacent to Liao State at all, and Daxia Pass, the gateway of Yinzhou, is also directly facing Jiazhou of Song State, which is seven or eight hundred miles away from Liao State.

The half-bai old man pointed at the skinny monkey man's nose and shouted: "Zhao Laosi, don't talk nonsense! Yinzhou is less than five hundred miles away from Xiajing, how could it be lost? Be careful to be caught in the Yamen and punished. I heard that recently The Overwatch Council promulgated another crime of spreading rumors."

"Bah, when did I, Mr. Zhao, talk nonsense?" Mr. Zhao spit on the ground angrily, "Uncle Wang, you old nobleman forget things, forget about my brother-in-law who works in the yamen of the military headquarters Is it true that Yinzhou is under siege? And it’s not the Song army, it’s the Liao army. As for why the Liao army appeared on the border of Yinzhou, I heard my brother-in-law say that the Song people dare not send troops to our Xiangfu country. Liaogou led the [-] Liao army to Yinzhou, and the Song army also provided Liaogou with food and grass."

Uncle Wang was silent for a moment, the neighbor Zhao Laosi who often drank together did have a brother-in-law who worked in the military headquarters, and he knew about it.

"This is not a good time." A middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian sitting in the back of the store said with a solemn expression: "Yinzhou is more than 500 miles away from Xiajing. Once Yinzhou was lost, the Liao army drove straight in and approached the capital. Xia Jing!"

The middle-aged man's words made everyone pale
"Mr. Liu, don't scare yourself. You can't tell if the siege of Yinzhou is real or not!" Zhao Laosi puffed up his eyes again when he heard this, but Mr. Liu pretended not to see it, " Ten thousand steps back, Yinzhou is really under siege, as long as His Majesty steps out, the Liao army will be driven away."

"However, the fact that Yinzhou was besieged is probably true." Mr. Liu said again, "Why don't you think about it, after so many days of war, Liaogou is still blocked on the border between Fuzhou and Jinsu, if they didn't use What's more, it's a strategy of attacking east and west, how could it be so slow? Liaogou's iron cavalry is strong, and it has been invincible in the world these years. How can you stop the mercury from pouring down the ground? After fighting for so many days now, the Liao army has not captured a single area in Fuzhou and Jin Su, and they have not taken an extra step, so it must be a feint."

This Mr. Liu is somewhat famous in the workshops around the Northwest Building. He is a teacher at the No. [-] Mentorship School in Xiajing City. A group of people admire his knowledge. Hearing what he said, there is still a little bit of luck left. Hearts, all vanished into thin air, and each one's face turned pale.Many people even moved to tidy up their clothes and prepare to run after them.

At this time, a large group of cavalry rode away on the street in front of the building.

Everyone on the street looked sideways, because these cavalry were not ordinary cavalry, but the black cavalry personal guards of His Majesty the Emperor.Everyone in Xiangfu Kingdom knows that only His Majesty, the Empress, and two concubines can mobilize black cavalry, and obviously only His Majesty can mobilize so many black cavalry.

"It's black knights, the number should be around [-]."

"Why so many?"

"This is heading towards Yinzhou. Could it be that His Majesty is going to march in person again?" one person guessed.

But at this moment, the voice of a newspaper boy selling newspapers came from downstairs: "Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, the Song Dynasty borrowed the Liao dog, the Daxia Pass fell, and Yinzhou was besieged. Your Majesty will personally conquer."

"The newspaper is sold, the newspaper is sold, the imperial court took out 500 million taels of silver and issued a reward order. A Liao soldier's head is worth ten taels of silver, and a Liao army general is worth ten thousand silver. He can be included in the list of good people and his points will be doubled."

Everyone in the northwest building stood up with a whoosh, and there was an uproar.

"I didn't expect Yinzhou to be besieged. Now Xia Jing is in danger."

"What's the danger? I didn't hear that His Majesty has already personally conscripted. Liaogou will be kicked out soon."

"That's right, that's right, the imperial court dared to let the newspapers confess the truth about the siege of Yinzhou, which shows that they are not worried about it at all."

"That's right. Who would have thought that the National Congress of Song would give Liaogou an excuse, so the siege of Yinzhou was an accident. Wherever His Majesty led the black cavalry, Liaogou would soon collapse."

"Hey! The newsboy said just now that there is a reward of 500 million taels of silver, and the points on the good person list will be doubled. What's going on?"

"You ask me, I ask who to go, buy a newspaper and read it."

"Don't worry, there are not only Doctors of Tea and Doctors of Wine in the Northwest Building, but also Doctors of Newspapers, who will come up with this new newspaper and explain it to us soon."

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In the dark, with the sound of horses' hoofs, Ye Chen took three thousand black cavalry in the hopes and worries of Xia Jingcheng's soldiers and civilians, and did not bring any emperor's ceremonial guards. He pretended to gallop away from Xia Jingcheng and rushed to Yinzhou.However, Zeng Shangfei led the [-] capital city defense army, but it is not easy to leave, and he has to prepare various things, and he will not be able to set off until tomorrow at the earliest.

Of course, Ye Chen couldn't really bring only three thousand black cavalry, and Hu Sanguang took most of the most elite spies from the Ministry of Security to drive around, either openly or secretly.The General Staff Department of the Military Hub also has the best staff to follow.The Dark Guard Division also has five hundred of the most powerful dark guards accompanying them.

Ye Chen and his party were flying on the wilderness. On a moonless night, only the criss-crossing roads could be seen clearly. If they were placed in the wild or on the roads of Xiangfu Kingdom at the beginning of the founding of the country, if they were flying like this at night, as long as they were not careful, they would be killed immediately. Will break the horse's hoof and fall hard to the ground.

But after the founding of the country, the official road near Xiajing has undergone a lot of repairs, but the situation of potholes is still inevitable, just like the western-style crescent moon that cannot illuminate the ground. If you continue to run, the possibility of breaking bones will increase. But Ye Chen didn't mean to slow down

Ye Chen walked very fast all the way after leaving Beijing, he didn't even care about the deep night, from the west of the sun to the time when the lights were turned on, he ran for more than 50 miles, and the lights of Qingshan County were already in sight.

When Ye Chen and his party were more than ten miles away from Qingshan County, they were greeted into the city by the civil and military officials of Qingshan County who had been waiting here early.The black cavalry and the dark guards have their own board and lodging arrangements from the Qingshan county government.

The largest mansion in Qingshan County has become Ye Chen's temporary bedroom. After Ye Chen ate the meals prepared by Qingshan County, Hu Sanguang came to report the latest information he just got.

"Your Majesty, I just got the news that three of the five counties under Yinzhou's rule have fallen. Among them, Guan Wen, the magistrate of Shapo County, has surrendered to the bandits. The magistrates of the other two counties have already died in battle with the guards."

Several staff officers of Fangzhong's military center suddenly looked angry. If they didn't dare to make mistakes in front of His Majesty, they would have cursed a long time ago.On the contrary, after Ye Chen frowned, he regained his composure, because he knew that there was never a shortage of people who surrendered in history, and many people with higher status became traitors during the Japanese invasion in later generations. It's nothing.

"How did you get this news?" Ye Chen asked calmly
"Reporting to Your Majesty, today, Guan Wen and several rebels were sent by Liao thieves to the city of Yinzhou to persuade them to surrender."

Ye Chen nodded and said, "Hekou County and Lingwu County haven't been lost yet?"

"According to the spies' report, Xiao Dage's 4 troops dispatched 5000 people to intercept the 5 Zhelan and Black Wolf Legion led by the general. Another 4 were stationed at Daxia Pass, and 1 troops escorted food and grass. There are [-] people left. [-] people are attacking Yinzhou City, and [-] people are attacking counties near Yinzhou one by one. Therefore, Hekou County and Lingwu County have not been lost yet.”

Ye Chen thought deeply, and said: "Xiao Dage wants to conquer Yinzhou wholeheartedly. Even if there is no food and grass support from the Song army, the food and supplies stored in Yinzhou city will be enough for them to eat for two or three months. And with Yinzhou City, they can attack when they enter, and they can defend when they retreat. Then they will cooperate with the tribal army of the Liao Kingdom who attacked Fuzhou and Jinsu County, and the 20 leather army of Brother Yeluxiu to destroy our Xiangfu Kingdom in one fell swoop. Empress Dowager Xiao, you really did a great job! This time, I underestimated this woman."

"Okay, tell me, should I go to Hekou County or Lingwu County. Or what should I do after I go?" Ye Chen said to the best staff officers selected by Zeng Shangfei.

The spirits of these several staff officers were refreshed, and they rushed to speak out the thoughts they had been thinking all the way.

In general, the analysis of the several staff officers is quite satisfactory, or they all made the analysis and decision with Ye Chen's safety in the first place, so because Lingwu County is close to the boundary of Xiajing, it is also the closest to here , Several staff officers agreed that Ye Chen should preside over the overall situation of the anti-Liaoning in Lingwu County.

Such a result was obviously not what Ye Chen wanted. He shook his head and said, "You guys have a good strategy to fight Liao."

(End of this chapter)