Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 909 Meng Feiyang and Little Silver Wolf

"Where is Shuai Cao?" Cao Xuekai asked loudly.

The defeated soldiers outside the village looked at each other, no one knew what happened to Cao Xuexiong.

"How did you lose? Who is the leader? Find someone to come out and answer."

Yan Yishan stood up from the crowd and replied: "Cao Xuekai, hurry up and open the door for me. Suzhou has already surrendered to the Xiangfu Kingdom. We were ambushed in the Wusu Grand Canyon. Cao Shuai and I ran away and separated. Before, Cao Shuai asked me to rush back to Guazhou City on Qingqi to report, so that Guazhou City could prepare for defense."

As soon as he said these words, the defenders of the Hulu River were in a panic, and the Guiyi soldiers guarding the crossing looked at each other with suspicion and fear.

"You dare to disturb my army's morale?" Cao Xuekai roared in a stern voice, but his heart was already shaken.

Yan Yishan gave him a wink, and the other people around him stepped forward, knelt on the ground with a plop, and cried, "Please forgive me...please forgive me..."

Suddenly, the defeated army outside the village was crying and begging.

Cao Xuekai listened carefully to what these people said, and looked at their demeanor, it didn't seem like a fake.He secretly groaned in his heart, if it was true as Yan Yishan said that the Long family in Suzhou had surrendered, and the two families joined forces to ambush Cao Shuai's 7-strong army, it would indeed be possible to defeat Cao Shuai.What's more, his little Hulu River can't be defended no matter what. The only way out now is to cross the river with Yan Yishan and report the news, and then burn the ferry boat that can't be taken away.

He was thinking about it in his mind when he suddenly saw someone in the defeated army jump up and shout loudly: "Yan Yishan has..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was hacked to the ground by a person around him.Those "defeated soldiers" who were still crying on the ground just now jumped up, roared loudly, and rushed towards the gate of the village.These people were very close to the gate of the village, and when the Guiyi soldiers guarding the village were panicking, something happened suddenly, so before they could shoot their arrows, these people had already chopped down two logs at the gate of the village.Hundreds of people shouted in unison and rushed into the camp.These [-] confidants of Yan Yishan and [-] soldiers of the Special War Battalion led by Sun Lixing, who pretended to be defeated soldiers, slashed and killed while shouting: "Cao Xuexiong has been captured alive, surrender quickly! Cao Xuexiong has been captured alive by the Xiangfu army , if you want to survive, surrender quickly!"

The Guiyi army guarding the ferry was distracted and had no intention of resisting at all, and ran towards the ferry in a swarm.

"It's been tricked." Cao Xuekai had no choice but to follow his subordinates and desperately retreat towards the ferry.But it was too late.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Suzaku and Azure Dragon Corps each have 5000 troops, and the special brigade has 3000 troops. A total of 3000 troops have already rushed to Lanzhou with all their strength. However, the journey is far away, and the army will be assembled again. It is estimated that the fastest will be at least ten days. Only then can they arrive. Therefore, as long as Lanzhou City can hold on for ten days, the reinforcements will arrive, and the Tubo people will never come back.” Xia Jing, the Imperial Palace, Zeng Shangfei, Chief of the General Staff of the Central Military Department of the Government Affairs Hall, bowed and said.

The atmosphere in the hall is rather dull, but not very dignified.After all, big countries like Liao and Song have been defeated one after another, so what are the Tubo people? It is already very nervous to dispatch these 3000 troops, but Xiangfu's monarchs and ministers are very confident in defeating the [-] Tubo army.

It's just that the process of the Tubo people's invasion made Xiangfu's monarch and ministers very angry, full of conspiracies and tricks of third-party forces, and instigated troubles.

Anyone who understands can easily see that the White Tiger Army has obviously fallen into a trap. Although no new news from Lanzhou has yet come, based on the speculation of Ye Chen, Hu Sanguang, and Zeng Shangfei, the White Tiger Army must have suffered heavy losses. The city was likely to be surrounded by the Hehuang Tubo army, so without waiting for the messenger from Lanzhou to ask for help, Ye Chen decisively asked the military hub to mobilize the two major armies of Suzaku and Qinglong, which are closest to Lanzhou, and the special brigade to Lanzhou.It's just that they didn't expect that the loss of the White Tiger Legion was far beyond their speculation.

Ye Chen pondered for a while, and said: "The Ministry of Security sent Deng Chongxuan and Zhang Dawei my order through Haidongqing. If Lanzhou City falls when they go, there is no need to rush to attack the city, so as to intercept and burn food roads and cut off their retreat. , sending troops to Wu Shengjun, etc. to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, and force the Tubo people to go out to fight in the field. As for Bai Canghai, don’t worry about it, just let him play freely.”

Hu Sanguang bowed and said yes.

Ma Wentao hesitated for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, Deng Chongxuan, Zhang Dawei, and Bai Canghai, who is the commander in chief? If there is no commander in chief, I'm afraid they will fight on their own, which may delay the opportunity of the battle."

Ye Chen thought for a while and said: "What Ma Xianggong reminded is that Hu Sanguang added my will to their letter, with Deng Chongxuan as the commander and Zhang Da as the deputy commander."

Wait for Hu Sanguang to say yes respectfully.Ye Chen turned to Ma Wentao and the frowning Jia Xian again and said, "Mr. Ma and Jia Aiqing have to work hard to get the food and grass for the reinforcements going to Lanzhou."

Ma Wentao said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely do a good job in this matter, so that the soldiers will have no worries."

Jia Xian scolded secretly: "If you do this well, you need the court to have extra money!" Thinking of this, Jia Xian couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty, fighting on both sides will consume food and grass. If it takes a long time, it will definitely be unsustainable. Yichen estimates that it can last for a month at most. That is to say, within a month, if both sides fail to end the conquest, the imperial court's finances will fall into financial crisis."

Han Xizai, who had always been hesitant to speak, also gritted his teeth at this time, and said, "Your Majesty, I think Mr. Jia's words are reasonable, and a war between the two sides is really too risky for our Xiangfu country. If one side loses the battle, the war Needless to say, there is still Song and Liao coveting. If they send troops to attack our Xiangfu country again, and go to war on three sides or even four sides, the consequences will be unimaginable. In the mind of my minister, Your Majesty will issue an order to the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army. The general of the country, let him stop the conquest for the time being, and consolidate the lands of Liangzhou and Suzhou. After the court solves the border troubles in Lanzhou, the court's various fiscal revenues and autumn taxes, the treasury will be filled, and then open up territorial wars. This can be done for sure.”

Ye Chen frowned, speaking from his heart that what Han Xizai was worried about was not impossible.And what Han Xizai said is also pertinent and safe.

Ye Chen didn't make a decision immediately, but looked at Hu Sanguang and said, "Hu Sanguang, what do you think?"

Hu Sanguang obviously had an idea in his heart, and said at this time: "Your Majesty, I think that what Han Xianggong said has to be guarded against. Although the Liao Kingdom has led the Ministry of Security to follow His Majesty's order, select capable people, go deep into the affiliated ministries of the Liao Kingdom, and secretly contact As a result, the tribes of the Liao Kingdom rebelled repeatedly. Although they were all suppressed by the Queen Mother Xiao of the Liao Kingdom with thunder and fierce means, they almost never stopped. If there is a slight chance, he may not transfer the internal conflicts of the Liao Kingdom to our Xiangfu Kingdom. Although the Song Emperor is fatuous and incompetent, the intelligence sent by Shiwa and Huang Louping in the past three months It has been mentioned that Zhao Pu, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, also had the opportunity to send troops to our Xiangfu country to install cronies in the Song country's army, so as to take charge of the army. This time, the Tubo people invaded our Lanzhou. Based on the information currently held by the Ministry of Security, it is likely that It was also provoked by Zhao Pu's people."

Ye Chen closed his eyes slightly, pondered for a while, and then slowly opened his eyes. He had made a decision in his heart and said, "After Ganzhou, there are Suzhou, Guazhou and Shazhou. The farthest Shazhou is two miles away from Xiajing. More than 3000 miles away, we just received the Ganzhou victory report yesterday, which is obviously ten days ago. We have no idea what the battles in Suzhou, Guazhou, and Shazhou were during these ten days. It will be too late to regret if the decree ruins the great opportunity of the Western Expedition. Therefore, I passed on my decree to Yang Jiye, and told Yang Jiye all about the situation in Lanzhou, as well as Han Xianggong and Hu Sanguang's concerns. It is up to him to decide whether to fight or stop."

Han Xizai bowed first and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Hu Sanguang, Ma Wentao, Zeng Shangfei, and Jia Xian immediately said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise."

Ye Chen said solemnly again: "It's still the same sentence. The Ministry of Security will watch the Song and Liao countries to death. If there is any trouble, I and the border generals must know it at the first time."

Hu Sanguang said solemnly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the minister leading the security department will not violate His Majesty's will."

Ye Chen nodded, and said to Zeng Shangfei: "Pass the decree to Li Guangshun, Zhe Yuxun, Zhan Xiongwu, and Tuoba Gelu to keep them vigilant. If there are provocations and temptations at the Song and Liao border gates, they will be charged ten times." Take the initiative to retaliate, and even take the lead in sending troops to invade the borders of the two countries, so as to directly cancel the luck of the two countries."

Zeng Shangfei said: "I obey the order."

Ye Chen turned his head to look at Jia Xian again, and said, "How is the construction of the glass factory going?"

Jia Xian did not dare to be negligent, and immediately bowed and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the place for the glass factory has been selected, it is in the Quchuan Valley in the east of the city, and next to Quchuan Mountain there are limestone and quartz placer mines that are essential for glass making. Now the plant has started construction, and it is expected that everything will be in place within a month, and the glass plant will be profitable in two months."

Ye Chen nodded, and said to Hu Sanguang: "The glass craft formula must not be leaked out. The Ministry of Security is responsible for this matter."

Hu Sanguang immediately said: "I would like to obey His Majesty's will."

At the same time, Meng Feiyang was waiting for Ye Chen to be summoned in the audience hall beside the government affairs hall.

There are two palace servants inside the door of the audience hall, and two guards outside the door, standing straight and motionless.It's just that, compared to usual, they are really motionless, and their expressions are a little dull.

Meng Feiyang closed his eyes slightly at this time, as if he was taking a nap, but he seemed to be thinking about something.Not long after, a little silver wolf ran in silently from outside the door like a silver ghost, and walked straight towards Meng Feiyang, as cute as a puppy, sitting on Meng Feiyang's back. in front of you.

(End of this chapter)