I was the richest man in Da Song

Chapter 92 Personal expedition
As the commander-in-chief of the army, Xiao Talin has already brought the first batch of troops to a few miles away from Chanzhou City, accompanied by Sanning Dingge Han Dening.

"My lord, when will we attack Chanzhou?" Brother Sanning Ding asked.

"Under the city of Yingzhou, secretly withdraw the troops in small batches, and the last batch withdraws late at night, but don't withdraw the camps."

"This is to paralyze Fu Qian"

"Fu Qian is as timid as a mouse, and the way of battle changes rapidly. Tomorrow, he will attack the city at dawn. By the time that idiot reacts, Chanzhou is already in my hands." Xiao Talin felt that he had the chance to win.

"Chanzhou now only has Yang Si's 3 horses. We will be able to defeat the city with ten times as many soldiers. It seems that this time King Xiao will make an indelible contribution." Brother Sanning Ding laughed.

"I hope everything goes well, this Yang Si is not Fu Qian..."

Yingzhou was very quiet that night. Fu Qian did not dare to go up to the top of the city after the last lesson, while Shi Pu patrolled the city wall in armor.

There were bonfires burning everywhere in Liaoying not far away, but Shi Pu always felt that something was wrong, the most obvious thing was that there were a lot less sentry posts.

No matter what doubts Shi Pu has, he has no decision-making power and can only report this situation to Fu Qian.

But Fu Qian didn't care. After all, the Liao army must have felt tired from the uninterrupted siege day and night. It is also reasonable to camp and repair. Both sides lost a lot of troops and took this opportunity to take a good rest to prepare for the bloody battle after dawn. .

After dawn, the Liao army still did not attack the city. Shipton felt bad. After sending out scouts, he found that the Liao camp was just an empty fortress!
"30 troops disappeared overnight"

Shi Pu suddenly remembered the Chanzhou mentioned by Yang Wenguang, and his heart skipped a beat!
Xiao Talin had already led a large army to the city of Chanzhou just after dawn. The Weilu army was trained by Yang Si himself with strong combat effectiveness, and now it is joined with Kelan's army.

Under the city of Chanzhou is a fiercer battle than Yingzhou. The safety here is related to the whole country of the Song Dynasty. Even Yang Si, at such an old age, puts on his armor and goes into battle.

Empress Dowager Xiao and Emperor Liao are also supervising the battle. Xiao Talin originally thought that Chanzhou would be conquered with ten times as many troops, but the defenders of Chanzhou were more tenacious than anyone imagined.

"King Xiao, didn't you say that there are only [-] Weilu troops in Chanzhou?" Queen Mother Xiao asked.

"Originally there were only [-] people, but someone arrived in Chanzhou one day before we attacked the city"

"Who can actually see the king's intentions?" The others were also a little surprised.

"Yang Wenguang, Kelan Army"

"No matter what, as long as we break through the entire East Road in Chanzhou, it will fall into my hands."

Chanzhou is divided into Nancheng and Beicheng, with the Yellow River in the middle, connected by more than 20 pontoon bridges.

The Liao army fought like a fire at all costs and had just captured Beicheng during the day, and at dusk the Song army took it back at all costs.

Yang Si, who was watching the battle at the top of the city, looked sideways. The Weilu army was strong but not so brave. After careful inquiry, he found out that it was the Xiang army!

With the blessing of He Shao's God of Wealth buff, this group of Xiang troops is not afraid of death. In their eyes, every Liao army killed is real gold and silver besides military merit.

Perhaps the only person who has confidence in this war is He Shao, but the absolute disadvantage in numbers makes the war extremely bloody.

After several back-and-forth tug-of-wars, the Weilu Army's Kelan Army suffered heavy losses, and the North City had been lost. Yang Si directly ordered to cut off all the pontoon bridges connecting the north and south of Chanzhou, and incorporated all the young and strong in Chanzhou into the army. No exception, if there are those who fear the war, they will be decisive.

The Chanzhou crisis spread to the capital as quickly as possible. Under Kou Zhun's insistence, Zhao Heng was also preparing for a personal conquest in Kaifeng City.

"Your Majesty, the cities of Qi, Zhao, Xing, Bao, Yun, and Mo prefectures on the east road have all fallen into the hands of the Liao people, and now they are approaching the city of Chan prefecture. The Royal Conquest cannot be delayed any longer."

Zhao Heng has been procrastinating after agreeing to the imperial conquest, and now that the time is imminent, Kou Zhun urged him once again in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

"Kou Zhun, what is the strategy if I promise you to personally conquer the Privy Council?" Zhao Heng asked.

"Your Majesty, the entire Hedong Road is now under the iron hooves of the Liao army. The old general Yang Si was in a hurry for eight hundred miles. Tens of thousands of soldiers in Chanzhou City fought bloody battles with several times the enemy for three days. The North City has been lost.

Chanzhou is the gateway to Kaifeng. This place is very important. If it is lost, it will threaten the safety of the capital. I ask your Majesty to come to Chanzhou to strengthen our army. "

Seeing Kou Zhun's resolute attitude, Zhao Heng could only agree.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you to make the arrangements for my personal conquest."

"The minister has already made arrangements, and we can leave after the court meeting!"

At the court meeting, some details were discussed, but Wang Dan suddenly came out.

"Your Majesty, if you are unable to win the conquest yourself, how can you deal with it?"

With Wang Dan's words, the hearts of all the people in the court were suspended. Is this to remind the emperor to explain the funeral first?The eyes of Wang Qinruo, Kou Zhun and others were all focused on Wang Dan.

This is also the issue that everyone is most concerned about. The Liao army is the most powerful in the world, and the emperor's personal conquest in the face of a national crisis.

Everyone knew that they should ask, but no one dared to ask so blatantly. Anyone who dared to ask the emperor to explain his funeral would be treasonous.

Even Zhao Heng's face darkened and his eyes stared at Wang Dan. Wang Dan was born with an ugly face and nose, and his throat was protruding. mean.

Zhao Heng also knew what Wang Dan was doing as the left-behind in Kaifeng City, so he finally spoke after a moment of silence.

"Prince Li"

Zhao Heng was a little angry, but he also knew that such a major event as the succession of the throne should be left to someone as upright as Wang Dan to rest assured.

"The army is out, follow me to the north to defend against the enemy"

Originally, the people of Kaifeng City were a little restless after knowing that the Liao army was about to capture Hedong Road. If troops were dispatched from Hedong Road, they would be able to reach Kaifeng City in one day at the soonest. Many wealthy households had already made preparations. The news will escape in the fastest time.

But when they saw the emperor appearing in the army going north, all the people spontaneously walked up the imperial road and knelt on both sides and shouted long live.

Zhao Heng rode Huang Lu Kou Zhun on horseback and followed Huang Lun to the left and right, and saw the people outside through the curtain.

"Your Majesty, if your emperor moved south to move the capital today, nearly 200 million people in Kaifeng City will flee from this place where their ancestors lived for generations."

Zhao Heng also knew that what Kou Zhun said was right, his father and uncle were both emperors on horseback, and if he retreated, everyone would be panicked.

"The hearts of the people in my Great Song Dynasty are available, as long as the monarch and ministers are united, why worry about not being able to retreat from the enemy"

(End of this chapter)