Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 327 Six Kingdoms Attack Zheng
The battle report went all the way south with the cold rain, and Pegasus went straight into Chang'an.

The entire Dazheng court had never encountered a foreign invasion to the south of Yannan Road. The important town of Hedong Road and Qing County, the hub of the Northland, were actually attacked by the Dai people.The whole court is shaking!
At the beginning of October, the official court of Longhua Palace was cancelled, and Emperor Zhanghua only summoned the prince, three assistant ministers, and six ministers to discuss matters in the imperial study room all night.But Zhang Xinzhi's errand with Su Mingyan was forgotten for a while.

"Two battle reports have been obtained in half a day," said Yue Jichao, who is in his 50s, and is introducing the information in his hand to everyone in the imperial study at the moment. "One was dictated by Xuehou before he fainted, and the other is from the prefect of Fushan County. Battle report sent."

Yue Jichao first took out a battle report with bloodstains, which was the battle report of the frontline commander, Old Xuehou.

"On the night of October [-]rd, Dai Guojing cavalry suddenly appeared at the foot of Qingjun City. The city gate fell extremely quickly. About [-] Dai Guo cavalry rushed in at that time. Most of the [-] cavalry in the city were lost, and they were able to escape from the south gate. Xue Hou retreated to the Yellow River (the Yellow River in this world is narrower than the real Yellow River). There are less than [-] people in Chen Guojin. All the food, grass and equipment gathered in Qing County in this dynasty have all fallen into the hands of Dai Guo!"

"This battle report was written by Commander Lao. That night, Xue Hou's main office was attacked by an unknown army. As soon as Xue Hou left the room, he was stabbed in the abdomen by the army's Sima Xieman, and he passed out immediately. And Xie Man was immediately chopped into meat paste by Xue Hou's guards. Xue Hou woke up once after arriving in Chen Guojin and ordered Lao Yucheng to report on his behalf. Xue Hou judged that Keshan Pass would definitely fall. Hengshan County lost the condescending Keshan Pass Shielding and responding has become a desperate situation. Xue Hou mentioned that the loss of Keshan Pass and Qingjun City Gate this time is too strange."

"Strange?" The livid-faced emperor said coldly, "Isn't it weird? Some of us used eight sedan chairs to invite those Dai Guo Jingqi into Keshan Pass."

The emperor glanced at the people in the room, and asked Yue Jichao again.

"Do you know the distribution of the country's troops?"

"Return to Your Majesty, Lao Yucheng has rewards. He estimated that there are 2 fine cavalry and [-] infantry outside Hengshan County, at least [-] in Keshan Pass, and [-] cavalry from the Dai Dynasty occupying Qing County. Reported from Fushan County in the southwest of Qing County, there is no trace of Dai Guo Jingqi for the time being, and I think it should still be repaired in Qing County."

Sun Gezheng glanced at Qiu Yu outside the window, frowning.

As the chief assistant, he needs to give the emperor his own advice as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, I think that the reason why the Dai people did not sweep the rest of the counties in Hedong immediately is that they are waiting for the autumn rain to stop. The autumn rains have been incessant for the past few days, and the northern land has become damp and cold. In order not to freeze the horses, the Dai people will stay in Qing County. In the city. After the autumn rain, it will be the time when the generations will start in the east of the river."

The emperor looked at Sun Gezheng. The emperor still valued the ability of this chief assistant.

"Shoufu thinks, how to deal with it?"

"My minister's intention is that the imperial court will immediately send an army to the north and station at Fengyaodu in the south of the Yellow River. It faces Chen Guojin on the other side of the river and forms a three-legged rivalry with Fushan County. At the same time, it orders all the troops and horses in the north to go. The gathering of Fengyaodu will firstly block Dairen's attempt to drink horses and go south, and secondly isolate Dairen's army and horses in the Qingjun area in the northeastern part of the river."

Everyone in the imperial study heard what Shoufu's decision actually meant.

The chief assistant must give up the northern part of Hedong Road and the entire western part of South Yanshan Road as soon as possible!This area includes Hengshan, Yanyang, Qingjun, Caozhou and Chichuan five counties.

As expected of the chief assistant, he is really courageous and courageous!This action almost gave up all the plain areas of Dazheng Yannan and Hedong.

The soldiers and horses of the Dai Kingdom were capable but not many, and the soldiers and horses of the Dai Kingdom who besieged Hengshan County could not be mobilized much. To digest and plunder such a large area, the elite cavalry of the Kingdom of Dai in Qing County had to be divided into four directions.And what Sun Ge was looking for was the opportunity to divide the troops on behalf of the people and the time to gather the troops of the Great Zheng Beidi.

"Zun Zuo, who do you think is better for the first minister?" The emperor agreed after a little thought, and the question he asked later was a supplement to Sun Gezheng's plan.The emperor meant that he was going to unify all the military and political power in the Northland and concentrate it in the hands of one person to deal with the Dai people.

And for this person, the emperor actually thought of himself, and this kind of right cannot be bestowed on a minister!
"Boldly, I recommend the prince to lead the war in the north, and lead the [-] imperial forests in Nanshan to Fengyaodu!" Li Danian immediately stood up and recommended the prince solemnly.

The emperor glanced at the prince who immediately lowered his head, hesitating for a moment.

Obviously, Xuehou's defeat made the prince extremely passive. This idea should have been discussed by the prince and Li Danian long ago.

Although this idea had a strong princely selfishness in it, the emperor just hesitated rather than opposed it immediately.Gu Chiu knew the emperor best, and immediately stood up to report.

"In the Northern Territory, all powers are concentrated in one place, and the prince cannot grant it! The prince has not joined the army, so I have the courage to recommend someone as an assistant."

"Sell any lawsuit, just say it." The emperor was never polite to Gu Chiu.

"I recommend Guo Qi, Marquis of Nanxiang!"

Gu Zhe's words surprised everyone. Guo Qi, the Marquis of Nanxiang, is now the chief general of the Southern Expedition, and he is currently leading his troops in Zhaoyang to look south at Jinling.To some extent, Gu Zuo's recommendation was actually a proposal to end the war with Nanwu immediately.

The emperor started to smile with a half-smile: "Nan Wu, I met with the prince again yesterday. Hehe, the attitude has changed a lot!"

All the important officials immediately looked at the prince.The prince also sneered a few times, and told the latest conditions of Nan Wu.

"I heard that my Dazheng was lost for a while, and the people of Southern Wu became more angry, and made three more demands. First, the amount of compensation was changed from 500 million guan to 300 million guan, and [-]% of it should be offset with Nanwu special products. The second is to give up the matter of ceding the land, even Zhaoyang County, which is already in my hands, will return half of it; the third is to ask this dynasty to make the Su family a princess and marry her, half of Zhaoyang County will be her dowry."

Yue Jichao immediately became angry: "Wu people are willing to die! In a country that is called a subject, its lord is no more than the prince of this dynasty, and his son should only be the county king. The Su family is now the county lord, and when he gets married, he will be named the county lord again. He is marrying the prince of Wu. Match! If the Su family is a princess, wouldn’t it mean that I, Da Zheng, admit that the crown prince of the Wu Kingdom is comparable to the prince of this dynasty, so what is the Lord of the Wu Kingdom? It’s just a dream to be equal to my Da Zheng!”

The emperor also suddenly thought of Su Mingyan and Zhang Xinzhi who he sent to persuade Su Mingyan.But he immediately put these two behind him, and at this time he couldn't care about these two.

"Let the people from Honglu Temple take over the work under the crown prince and continue to talk with the Wu people. Just delay it first, the Wu people are always happy!" The emperor quickly made up his mind.

"Guo Qi and the Jiangnan navy immediately moved northward, entering the Yellow River to the east of the river, connecting the waterways between Chen Guojin, Fengyaodu and Fushan County."

"That's all I know, and I don't dare to ask more." Yang Shangyang sat in front of Zhang Zhe, and changed into his old clothes again, "This is more comfortable to wear."

In the past few days, everyone in Shizhong Temple has been busy without touching the ground, even including a few new recruits.Only Yang Shangyang and Zhang Zhe, who was deliberately left in Liucheng County, were free.

Yang Shangyang couldn't stand those eclectic battles, so he found an excuse to "escape" from Chang'an and came to Liucheng County.

"Little brother heard from the second sister-in-law that the third sister has a letter but this one is in the second brother's place. I don't know?" Yang Shangyang is more lively than before. In the past, if he wanted to say this sentence, he would at least be embarrassed for a long time before he could say it.

Zhang Zhe was judging the situation from the various news brought by Yang Shangyang, and he didn't bother to take Qiao him, directly took out a letter and threw it to "Little Brother Yang".

Yang Shangyang received the letter like a treasure, turned around and prepared to go back to his room.

The next moment, Zhang Zhe stopped him.

"Do you mean that the prince has already led the army to set off, or is he marching in the rain?"

"I left the army yesterday. I said that if the autumn rain stops, the cavalry of the generation will have no fear. They will come to Henan to sweep all the way. I am afraid that this journey will not be peaceful."

Zhang Zhe nodded, and was about to absorb and digest the latest news, to see what could be used to help Su Mingyan.

Suddenly, Zhang Zhe looked up at Younger Brother Yang.

"Are you going to live in the post house?"

Younger Brother Yang nodded: "Of course, they are all busy, and I am the only one who is free. I have been on leave for a day, and it will not be too late to go back tomorrow."

"I am in charge of the servant Zhong Yousi, why didn't I know you asked for leave?"

"I," Yang Xiaodi heard Zhang Zheyu's earnest voice before he had time to explain.

"Although you are the emperor's grandson, you are also a Jinshi who has worked hard to pass the examination. You should be dedicated to your duties and be an example to others. You are taking a day off. If you don't return today, you will miss your duty tomorrow. In my opinion, You should go back to Chang'an today!"

Zhang Zhe seldom advised Yang Shangyang so solemnly. After being stunned for a moment, Younger Yang also sighed greatly, and hurriedly bowed to thank the second brother for his earnest teaching.

"Since you are going back to the city today, I have a letter with your sister-in-law here, so take it with you!"

Zhang Zhe threw the letter he had written earlier to the "postman" who came to the door for free, and turned his head to think about the situation again, but he didn't notice Yang Shangyang's dumbfounded expression.

On the third day, Yang Shangyang drove again excitedly, and brought Meng Xiaowan's reply letter.

"Sister-in-law promised to go and tell grandma to transfer all the beautiful girls from our servant Zhong Yousi. Haha, my younger brother is just delivering a letter for her, so why should you worry about it?"

"Third brother, are you asking for leave again?"

"Of course, this time I'm on sick leave, so I can take a good rest for a few days."

Zhang Zhe read his wife's reply behind Yang Laosan's back, and almost laughed out loud for a moment.

Meng Xiaowan did pay Yang Shangyang to deal with the beautiful girls in exchange for him being a free "postman" again.However, what Meng Xiaowan told her master was that she suggested transferring all those beautiful girls to the south of the Yangtze River to enrich the Prince's Mansion of Zhaoyang County which was being renovated.

She also specially reminded the old lady that Wang Fu, Chang Shi, Sheren and even some official positions of the King of Zhaoyang County are all being selected.Concubine Shentu deeply agreed and agreed.

It's ridiculous that Youngest Yang thought he would never see those beauties again.

Yang Shangyang sued for sick leave four or five times in October, and almost alarmed the emperor who was dealing with the war.However, he seldom spends the night in the posthouse, and Zhang Zhe always finds various excuses to send him away.It's because Su Mingyan always played the piano on the porch at night, and then chatted with him in the air.

After spending this period of time together, Zhang Zhe has understood that Su Mingyan's thoughts on revenge cannot be changed, and she must go to Nanwu.Fortunately, the battle in the north of Dazheng is unclear now, and both Zhengwu and Wu are deliberately arguing, so there is no need for Su Mingyan to go to Beijing.

The days at the post station in Liucheng County are very peaceful, Zhang Zhe only thinks about two things, one is that Meng Xiaowan's delivery date is approaching, and the other is how to persuade Su Mingyan to give up the revenge method of "destroying jade and stone together".

Just seven days after the prince led his army to leave Beijing, a new battle report reached Chang'an.

The prince led the army to win the first battle, beheaded Qiansi, and won six hundred horses!And the location of the battle was very strange, it was actually in Han County, eighty miles south of Fengyaodu.

In the autumn rain, [-] generations of national elite riders suddenly appeared in the south of the Yellow River, accurately found the prince's location, and launched a night attack.At that time, there happened to be only three hundred soldiers from the Eastern Palace around the prince.

When the Dai people rushed into the post house, countless rainproof wind lamps were lit in the mountains around the post house.There are only three hundred soldiers in the East Palace in the post house, but the other post guests staying in the post house are all dressed as luan-clothed knights.

This flaw was deliberately exposed by Liu Jiansheng. The so-called "Prince" was just Yang Shangchuan, the second son of the prince with a beard glued on, in order to improve the morale of the army through a victory "personally commanded" by the prince.

Three thousand imperial cavalrymen controlled the avenue outside the post house, and tens of thousands of imperial forest heavy armor surrounded the entire post house. After a fierce battle in the middle of the night, only a hundred Dai Guo cavalrymen managed to escape.

When the battle report came, not only the morale of the Northland rose sharply, but even the gloom in the capital was swept away.

Yang Laosan came here again, but it was in late October.

At this moment, Yang Shangyang's face was full of panic, and the anxiety on his face could hardly be suppressed.The first time Zhang Zhe saw him, his heart skipped a beat, but it must not be that something happened to the prince, he didn't want to assist Yang Shangyang to make troubles.

"Brother, what are you talking about!" Youngest Yang rolled his eyes, but Zhang Zhe was also shocked by what he said next.

"Uncle Prince's side is safe and sound. Old General Guo Qi has led the navy to Chen Guojin. The Dai people hardly dare to go near the water. What can happen?"

He immediately said with a pale face: "It's the other directions that have something to do. The Chen State in the north and the Wei State in the northeast each raised [-] troops and surrounded You'an County and Beihai County. Zheng! On the southwestern side of the country of Lu, I somehow convinced the Baimans in the mountains. The mountain road between Wuling County and Shangyin County was occupied by the Baimans. Zou Tianyang lost his supply route and retreated to Lanke County in a hurry. He was severely wounded by Lu Jun. Now he is gathering remnants of soldiers to attack the mountain, intending to open the passage to Dazheng. Lu Guo's soldiers and horses are not restrained by Zou, and they are also starting to advance towards Xijiang County. Your old benefactor, Lord Yan Yun, has even stepped forward Please fight."

"The most troublesome thing is the Southern Wu side. Wu Guo actually instigated the four aristocratic families in Chen Shanyao's camp, and the two aristocratic families who supported Chen Shanyao were slaughtered in their sleep. Chen Shanyao was defeated and retreated to the border of Wu and Lu. The place. Jinling also recruited several groups of thieves, and it seems that Southern Wu is about to settle down."

The previous bad news only worried Zhang Zhelue, but the changes from Wu State surprised him.All countries unite against Zheng, and once the situation in Southern Wu is good, Su Mingyan's situation will become more and more difficult. If the situation takes a turn for the worse, she may even become a victim of the deal between the two countries.

"How about the Southern Expedition Three Route Army?"

Hearing Zhang Zhe's question, Yang Shangyang clapped his hands annoyedly: "The troops and horses in the middle route were the first to withdraw, and almost all of them reached Chen Guojin in the north. Today's Zhaoyang County is guarded by Xue Xiong, and there is no danger of the city being strong there. Mr. He from the West Road I have always been cautious, and gathered my troops early, and retreated to Yunmeng South Road. Qijun only left the county to guard, and the rest of the counties gave up. The people of Wu treacherously attacked our West Route Army, but found nothing. "

"Only the [-] troops on the East Road, due to the large number of people, retreated for a few days, and Cai Guojun suddenly entered the Wu territory to reinforce. The [-] main forces of the southern expedition are now entangled by the Wu-Cai coalition army! The emperor's grandfather was so angry I dropped the teacup."

(End of this chapter)