Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 804 Guerrilla War

"When the enemy advances, we retreat, when the enemy is stationed, we harass, when the enemy is tired, we fight, and when the enemy retreats, we pursue." Xiao Dage was full of emotion. He had never commanded such a war, and had never faced such an enemy. "Speaking of it These sixteen words seem simple, but every sentence is full of insights, and I think it is tailor-made for all the rebels in the world since ancient times."

The mob is not worth mentioning.Qian donkeys are poor in skills, but their skills stop here. This is what Shi Fatty said when he first heard about Ye Chen, the emperor of Xiangfu Kingdom, planning to mobilize the people in Yinzhou to fight against the Liao Dynasty with a rebel army.But after seeing the so-called "Instructions for Trapping the Enemy in the Vast Sea of ​​the People" that Ye Chen sent people to spread in Yinzhou, and after Xiangfu Kingdom issued a reward order, he could no longer say such words.

The guidance written by Ye Chen himself is one aspect, and more importantly, in this way, the entire Yinzhou is likely to become soldiers, and even some warriors from Xiangfu Kingdom outside Yinzhou will be attracted.Ye Chen wrote very clearly in the "Guidebook for Trapping the Enemy in the Vast Sea of ​​the People" distributed in Yinzhou not to fight recklessly with the aggressors, but to procrastinate with constant harassment, and not to let the robbers take the stolen goods easily Leave, otherwise the robber will get the sweetness, and there will be no peace in the future.And the longer everyone worked together, the more reinforcements the imperial court dispatched from everywhere would arrive.In the end, there will be an overwhelming advantage.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Yinzhou City will not be captured, or that Hekou County where Ye Chen is located will not be captured.On the contrary, for the Liao army, the only way to keep the fruits of victory at present is to capture Yinzhou or kill or capture alive the daring emperor of Xiangfu who stayed in Hekou County.

However, in their view, it was just a simple siege battle, and the attack was on a county with not many defenders, and the city walls were not very high or very thick.But now because of Ye Chen's arrival, or because their target is Ye Chen, it has become very difficult and very troublesome.

A single reconnaissance, or even a small group of reconnaissance cavalry never returned, and then only found headless corpses.Or in the camp, a loud arrow suddenly appeared in the middle of the night; or when marching, a few arrows, stones, even feces, and rotten eggs flew by the side of the road.This is no longer two incidents at the same time, and more than one or two were injured.With the reward order and the personal guidance of His Majesty the Emperor, who is regarded as a god by the people, more and more hunters, gangs, warriors, and even ordinary people in and outside Yinzhou began to attack and harass the Liao Dynasty by all means they could think of. military.

For the Liao army, although it is only ringworm and leprosy now, in Xiangfu country, except for them, almost everyone is their enemy, and they all have potential hands-on ability. If they really group up and attack , even if it is as elite as Daliao, it will suffer a loss more or less.Too many mosquitoes can kill cows!
To solve this problem, sufficient troops are the top priority.

It is a pity that the [-] army has nearly [-] dead in battle, and they are divided into various places. Whether it is stationing at Daxia Pass, transporting food and grass, or intercepting the reinforcements brought by Yang Jiye and Zeng Shangfei from two directions, they cannot act rashly.Therefore, there is no extra troops at all.

In addition, it is far more difficult for a large group of cavalry to march from a narrow mountain pass than the same number of infantry.Marching on the rugged mountain road, cavalry will not be faster than infantry, and the consumption of food and grass will be five times and ten times. The specific number depends on the ratio of horses to cavalry. To carry food and grass.

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On November [-]th, Empress Dowager Xiao's messenger, escorted by a thousand palace guards, followed the route that Xiao Dage led his troops, passed through the Song Dynasty, passed the Daxia Pass, and arrived in the evening , with Empress Dowager Xiao's orders, and also a little bit of news that he was shot by random arrows in the mountain road after passing the Daxia Pass.

"I took seven or eight arrows along the way. None of them were strong bows. They should be the people of Xiangfu Kingdom. However, there have been a few masters of the rivers and lakes following along, waiting for the opportunity to plot against me!" The messenger was a guard of the Liao Kingdom's palace. Commander, nicknamed Iron Palm Lion Tuo, is also an extremely powerful and first-class martial arts master.He said it very calmly, as if it was no big deal.

"Where did you meet?" Xiao Dage stared, "Such thieves should be wiped out immediately!"

Iron Palm Lion Tuo shook his head: "This is not an urgent matter."

Xiao Dage and Shi Fat didn't speak, waiting for Iron Palm Shituo to say Queen Mother Xiao's will.

"Brother Yeluxiu led 20 troops and suffered heavy losses in Zhenxi Fort and Zhenbei Fort. It is difficult to eliminate the rebels by relying on Brother Yeluxiu. So what the Queen Mother means is that the hope now can only be with you."

Xiao Dage's and Shi Fat's expressions suddenly became solemn, and the invisible pressure on their bodies and the uneasiness in their hearts became more and more serious.

Both Xiao Dage and Shi Fat felt that the Queen Mother should have another plan, which they had discussed these days.But since the queen mother didn't disclose it to herself, the two didn't intend to guess.The most important thing is to concentrate our forces now, capture Hekou County, and then capture the emperor of Xiangfu Kingdom Ye Chen alive.

The two introduced the current situation to Tiezhang Shituo, especially that Ye Chen was in Hekou County, which was basically surrounded by troops.Iron Palm Shituo's eyes lit up immediately, and he said, "Then what are His Royal Highness the Great King of Nanyuan and Mr. Shi Xianggong waiting for? Since there are only less than 4000 troops in the county and the city defense is ordinary, why don't you capture that Ye Chen alive and immediately kill him?" Immortal deeds."

Xiao Dage said: "The troops were withdrawn from Yinzhou yesterday, leaving only 5000 people watching. According to the plan, a [-]-strong army had already launched a fierce attack on Hekou County today, but it was delayed by Ye Chen's tricks along the way. Last night The soldiers have not rested well, and they are going to rest for a whole day, and start a fierce attack tomorrow."

Next, Shi Fatty recounted Ye Chen's "Guidance Book on Enemy in the Vast Sea of ​​the Common People" and the distribution of reward orders.The iron palm lion frowned and wanted to say something.

Unexpectedly, but at this time, another soldier came rolling in: "Report to the king and his family. The three teams of food and supplies transported to various places at Daxia Pass were attacked, and all the food and grass were burned!"

Xiao Dage jumped up, and Shi Fat almost couldn't sit still. The faces of the two were ashen, and Shi Fatty said: "Fortunately, there is still a lot of food and grass in Yinshan County, which is enough for all the troops to last until the next Daxia Pass. Food and grass delivered."

However, another soldier rushed in immediately: "Report to the king and the minister. All the grain and grass in the Yinshan County warehouse were burned! More than [-] stones of hay and beans in the forage field outside the city were also burned It's brilliant."

Xiao Dage, who had just stood up, staggered and almost fell to the ground.At this moment, he wished that the guards who escorted the grain and guarded the grain and grass in Yinshan County would be hacked into pieces.

Yinshan County is located in the middle of Yinzhou and is a transportation hub.The amount of grain and grass stored in the city is extremely large, close to 30 shi, some of which were already stored in the warehouse, and some were recently looted. This is one of Xiao Dage's greatest strengths, and now everything has been burned to the ground.

"I wonder what the two of you plan to do now?" Iron Palm Shituo asked in a low voice.

Xiao Dage thought about it for a while, and then said: "As long as you go and grab the food, you will never be short of it. But the missed opportunity will be irreversible. We will still follow the previous plan to block the reinforcements from the Xiangfu Kingdom, and do our best Attack Hekou County and capture Ye Chen alive. As long as you capture or kill Ye Chen, the entire Xiangfu Kingdom will fall apart in an instant. As for those volunteers, especially some of them, they seem to be a big trouble now. Food and grass are burned, Maybe there is a big reason for what they did."

Iron Palm Shituo said: "I brought a lot of masters with me when I went south this time. These masters of the rivers and lakes who offered rewards to the court of Xiangfu Kingdom will be handed over to me. As long as the prince and Mr. Shi are killing or capturing Ye Chen alive, they will be killed immediately. After the great meritorious deeds, it is enough to add my name when reporting the meritorious service to the Empress Dowager."

Xiao Dage glanced at each other, and the former said: "Okay, this matter will be handed over to Commander Shituo. Don't worry, Commander Shituo, after the matter is completed, Commander Shituo will certainly be credited."

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The atmosphere in Hekou County is like a bow that has been pulled apart. The bowstring is tightened a little bit, almost cracking, almost suffocating.

The people in the city couldn't see smiles on their faces, and the hotels and brothels were out of business.However, the city gate of Hekou County was only open for one hour at noon every day because there were already Liao people's scouts and scouts nearby.At this time, even the local rogues and rascals are wise enough to stay at home obediently, making the county government very quiet.

In the entire county, the only place that was still somewhat angry was Ye Chen's Xingyuan.

Hu Sanguang never gave up persuading Ye Chen to evacuate: "If your majesty is not fully sure, please evacuate as soon as possible when the encirclement line of the Liao army is still ten miles away?"

Ye Chen shook his head and said with a smile: "Since ancient times, no one has dared to say that they are [-]% sure of winning. If someone really said that, it must be a lie."

These days, Tang Xingwu gradually discovered that Ye Chen is really an emperor who doesn't have much airs or doesn't pay much attention to etiquette, so his speech is much more casual than at the beginning. At this time, he said in a timely manner: "But at least your majesty has a great deal, otherwise your majesty Don’t take that risk.”

"You have faith in me."

"After seeing His Majesty's arrangement these days, I feel more and more confident." Tang Xingwu said, "Of course, this is also because of Your Majesty. If it is replaced by someone else, even if the arrangement is the same, I can at most be sure of it."

Ye Chen was silent, and shook his head after a while: "The hope of winning or losing should not be pinned on one person. Even I can't do it."

"But this time your Majesty stopped in Hekou County because he hoped that the Liao thieves would only focus on His Majesty?" Hu Sanguang said.

Ye Chen turned his head when he heard the words, glanced at Hu Sanguang and Tang Xingwu, and said, "I really want to use myself as a bait, hoping that the Liao people will come to gamble, and I don't know if I can succeed."

(End of this chapter)