Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 799 Bai Zixuan Offers Suggestion

The several staff officers obviously came prepared, and they talked a lot, which is generally in line with the principles of the art of war, because the number of troops that can be mobilized is still much lower than that of the Liao army, so the main thing is to fight steadily, find the right time, and concentrate Troops, sneak attacks and the like.

As a staff officer, what they said was qualified, but it was far from being a clever plan.

Just when Ye Chen was disappointed and frowned in thought, a hidden guard came in to report that it was Bai Zixuan from Jianzhuang asking to see him.

"Bai Zixuan, let him in!" Ye Chen was a little surprised, but then his heart moved. Bai Zixuan didn't want to be an official in the court. He arranged a mysterious task to give him 100 million taels of activity funds a year. Let him secretly establish a mysterious Jianghu organization covering the Song and Liao countries, with the purpose of winning over and controlling the world's Jianghu masters as much as possible. Bai Zixuan's heart is in the Jianghu, and he immediately showed great interest and enthusiasm for this task.It has been nearly half a year since he led hundreds of swordsmen from Jianzhuang to the Jingzhao Mansion area of ​​the Song Kingdom. He didn't expect to return to the Xiangfu Kingdom to appear here at this time. Obviously, he made a special trip to see him, and it was probably related to this war.

After Bai Zixuan came in to salute, he cut straight to the point and said, "Your Majesty is worried about the safety of Yinzhou? I have a way, and I can contribute a little bit." Although Bai Zixuan didn't want to be an official, Ye Chen still gave it to a deputy captain of the special brigade The special brigade was established by Bai Canghai, so Bai Zixuan reluctantly agreed.

Ye Chen looked pleasantly surprised, and said: "What good plan does Zixuan have, tell me quickly."

"Huanglong Mountain in the Daxiaguan area at the border between my Xiangfu State and the Song State has high mountains and deep forests. Since the Five Dynasties, there have been many bandits and bandits who have ruled the mountains. There are as many as hundreds of hills, and as few as a dozen. There are as many as seven or eight thousand, adding up to 3 or [-]. In the early years, the northwestern frontier army of the Song Dynasty also sent troops to suppress bandits, but because of the high mountains and dense forests, the bandits hid in the depths early after the Song army came, so the effect was not Very good, but let them take advantage of the officers and soldiers of the Song Army to gain momentum and become more and more powerful. If Your Majesty can take these bandits for his own use, let them attack the Liao army from behind, recapture the Daxia Pass, and completely cut off the Liao army With a heavy supply of food and grass, the Liao army's morale will inevitably drop when they are attacked by the enemy."

Ye Chen's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and the several staff officers also secretly cried out ashamed, why didn't they think of this.

At the end of hearing, Ye Chen slightly nodded, expressing his affirmation, this is a standard way to open up a battlefield behind enemy lines!

If it can be done, it can greatly relieve the current pressure. Ye Chen doesn't expect them to be able to create a vast ocean that can surround the city like later generations, but as long as they can restrain the Liao army's [-] to [-] troops and make the Liao army panic, Ye Chen was already very satisfied.What's more, he and Yang Jiye are both on the front. Although they are not as strong as the other side, first of all, they are at their own home court, and secondly, they ask themselves that the military strength of the army that has been trained by the professional army for more than half a year in the future should be higher than that of the Liao army.This point has been proved to some extent from the recent field battles in Zhenxi Fort and Zhenbei Fort, as well as Zhangjiabao in Fuzhou where Han Tao went out of the city and won two thousand against four thousand.

"However, it's not easy to subdue them." Ye Chen said with a frown.

Bai Zixuan smiled slightly, and said: "There are a few of the biggest bandit leaders in that mountain, whether they are martial arts or scheming, I wanted to win them into the Jianghu alliance, so I just made some preparations these days. So the minister is willing to go in person."

Ye Chen said, "How sure are you?"

Bai Zixuan said: "Originally, I was only [-]% sure, but now His Majesty has issued a reward order. With His Majesty's prestige and reputation deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the world, there should be [-]% certainty."

Ye Chen said with a smile: "Okay, in addition to issuing a reward order, I will give you another vacancy of the legion to recruit them."

There was a flash of light in Bai Zixuan's eyes, and he said, "Your Majesty is so courageous."

Ye Chen smiled and said: "Naturally, there are conditions. Tell the bandits that if they can capture the Daxia Pass, or behead more than [-] people, I will recruit them and give them a legion vacancy."

Bai Zixuan said happily: "In this way, I will be [-]% sure."

Ye Chen thought that Bai Zixuan should be almost [-]% sure that he had set such a high price, but unexpectedly it was only [-]%.

Bai Zixuan saw Ye Chen's doubts, and said: "Your Majesty does not know, the leader of the biggest group of bandits in Huanglong Mountain has been investigating secretly these days, and suspects that they are from the Holy Hall, so if you want to subdue the bandits in Huanglong Mountain, We have to kill this person first. It’s just that this person is very powerful, and he has more than 8000 bandits under his command, so it’s not easy to kill.”

Ye Chen glanced at Shangguan Bingyun who had been standing in the corner dressed as a maid, and said, "I asked Shangguan Bingyun to go with you."

Bai Zixuan said with a smile: "Since there is Miss Shangguan personally taking action, as long as Yufeng or Cui Xi are not in Huanglong Mountain, I will be almost [-]% sure."

Ye Chen thought for a while, and said: "Cui Xi is a new generation of Demon Lord. It has been a long time since he appeared. He will definitely not appear in Huanglong Mountain, but Yufeng is not impossible. And the matter of subduing Huanglong Mountain bandits is no small matter. No defense. You contact Bai Canghai, and if you find Yufeng's trace, let Bai Canghai deal with him."

Bai Zixuan nodded solemnly in agreement.

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Right after Bai Zixuan and Shangguan Bingyun left, someone came to see him again, and the identity of the person surprised Ye Chen even more: "This Tang Xingwu is the Song Guoju who he and Kou Zhun met in Xiangfu Academy!"

Hu Sanguang immediately said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, it is this person. He is also the person who made great contributions in the assassination of Concubine Yu Gui by the Eagle Eye Guard of the Liao Kingdom last time, and he is currently ranked No. 1 in the list of good people."

Ye Chen said: "What is the origin of Tang Xingwu, have you found out?"

Hu Sanguang immediately said: "It has been found out that Tang Xingwu was born in Tangjiazhuang, a well-known martial arts family in Chuzhou, but this Tang family is not an ordinary martial arts family. In the Jianghuai Chuzhou area, the status is extremely special. Tang Xingwu was born to Tang Cunju, the current head of the Tang family, after drinking with a maid. When Tang Xingwu was 11 years old, his mother was killed by his aunt. Undoubtedly. He practiced martial arts since he was a child, but since he left his hometown Chuzhou at the age of 15 and traveled around the world, he suddenly became interested in reading and research at the age of 19. He studied in Luoyang Taiyi Academy for seven years, and after being admitted to Juren, He has never been admitted to Jinshi. Last year, something went wrong with the exercises he practiced, and he fell into a serious illness, which delayed the exam. He completely lost all thoughts about the Song State Exam. Half a year ago, he came to our Xiangfu Kingdom alone, and went directly to Xiangfu College. I have already found out that his acquaintance with Kou Zhun was just a coincidence. Last time when he found out about the assassin who assassinated Concubine Yu Gui, I asked him personally, and he just happened to find out by accident. After a thorough investigation, I found nothing The problem is, the reason why he was able to discover the assassin is also because his own strength has reached the first-class level. Now it seems that Tang Xingwu may want to find a family background in our Xiangfu country and gain fame."

Ye Chen nodded and said, "Then let him in!"

This was the first time Ye Chen met Tang Xingwu, the latter gave him a good impression, he was neither humble nor overbearing, and he made no secret of his desire to get ahead and gain fame, and Ye Chen had already known through Kou Zhun that he was quite talented.As the emperor of a country, Ye Chen naturally likes such a person very much.

After Tang Xingwu gave Ye Chen a big gift, Ye Chen highly appreciated and personally expressed Tang Xingwu's contribution to the assassination of Yu Guifei last time, and expressed without hesitation that as long as he can show superior talent, he sincerely wants to be in Xiangyang. If Fu Guo has made great achievements, he will definitely be stingy with his chances to get ahead.Tang Xingwu also showed his excitement at the right time.

Then Ye Chen went straight to the topic: "You came to see me, do you have a clever plan to offer me?"

Tang Xingwu said respectfully: "Your Majesty has learned from you. I have some opinions on the current situation of the Xiangfu Kingdom and the Liao Army. I want to share it with Your Majesty. I hope it can be helpful to Your Majesty."

Ye Chen thought for a while and said, "There are still Hekou County and Lingwu County in the five counties of Yinzhou. From your point of view, where will the Liao Army go first?" Ye Chen looked at it with the eyes of an examiner When talking about Tang Xingwu, he didn't wait for him to speak first, but directly asked the examination school. In this way, it was possible to avoid the possibility that what Tang Xingwu said came from other sources.

"It's Hekou County!" Tang Xingwulue said after thinking about it, "If only Hekou County and Lingwu County are left in Yinzhou, we should attack Hekou County first!"

Ye Chen remained calm and said, "Tell me why the Liao people first attacked Hekou County instead of Lingwu County?"

"Hekou County is the exit from Yinzhou to Xiajing. Once the Liao army occupies Hekou County, the connection between Yinzhou and Xiajing will be severed. If the Liao thieves attack Lingwu County, His Majesty will be able to stabilize Hekou County when he arrives in Hekou County. , when the time comes, Hekou County and Yinzhou will become horns of each other, Xiao Dage, King of the Southern Academy of the Liao Army, will not fail to see this."

If there is a terrain layout military sand table in front of them, people with certain strategic thinking can easily judge the next move of the Liao army.However, there is no map or sand table at this time. If you want to make a judgment, you have to rely on your daily accumulation, and you need to have a certain understanding of military and geography.

The common sense of natural geography that later generations take for granted is extremely rare and untaught knowledge in this era.Even the geography class taught by Xiangfu College is just the beginning.Therefore, it is not that after a thousand years, there are very few officials who have a certain understanding of mountains and rivers and geography, and it is even rarer to know a little bit about military affairs at the same time.Tang Xingwu was able to quickly make an accurate judgment. It is good to show strategic thinking. What is valuable is that as a Song countryman, he is familiar with the terrain of Xiangfu country. Although it can be seen that he must have done a lot of homework in advance, it is not easy .

(End of this chapter)