Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 696: Chasing the Battle (2)
Just as Ye Chen and Yang Jiye expected, the night still played its role. Once the two sides handed over the crossbow, the crossbow would lose its effect. Soldiers were afraid of accidentally injuring their comrades, so how could they fire indiscriminately? On both sides, when the other soldiers rushed to the front, they had to pause for a while, and then swung their knives and slashed after seeing the enemy clearly. In this way, the northwest frontier army could naturally take advantage of the loopholes. ###Chapter 690 The fifth chapter breaks the three states
Faced with such a situation, Yang Jiye was helpless. Gao Huaide had lost his geographical advantage, but he made full use of the time. Fortunately, no matter how troubled the Northwest Frontier Army was, its main attack direction must be the mountainous area leading to Gyeongju. In this unnamed mountainous area, there are many defense lines. Soldiers inside the defense lines are not allowed to move rashly. The soldiers blocked at the bottom of the mountain can only charge forward with their backs to the mountains. Therefore, all the soldiers who rush up the mountain must be the Northwest Frontier Army. Just shoot arrows, knives and guns in the dark. Come on.Once he was approached by him, fell into hand-to-hand combat, and ordered Ye Chen's side to hand over short soldiers only forward and not backward, the northwest frontier army that could protrude ushered in another line of defense.

Under such a style of play, the soldiers of the Northwest Frontier Army had to pay a heavy sacrifice every time they took a step forward. In this unnamed mountain area, which was not very high, let alone dangerous, there was almost a dead body every step, and the whole mountain area was stained red with blood.

In the middle of the night, the northwest frontier army finally broke through the siege with tens of thousands of lives, and fled into the vast mountainous area leading to Gyeongju under the cover of night. Divide up the troops to chase after them. At this time, only about 1 troops were able to escape from the Northwest Frontier Army. The soldiers and horses just ran forward. Everyone is fighting.

Assault, get rid of, intercept, charge again, get rid of again, and chase again..., killing one person in five steps, blood in one step, everyone is crazy, just rushing forward instinctively, the Northwest frontier army in the front has even already After rushing out of this mountainous area, I saw the outline of Gyeongju City from a distance with the light of the stars and the moon.

In this unnamed mountain area more than ten miles away, a road has been paved with dead bodies and blood.

The Northwest Frontier Army moved forward boldly, fighting against the enemy, everyone's blood pierced their eyes, and displayed unprecedented powerful combat power amidst the scars, which also caused a lot of damage to Ye Chen's party who was trying to intercept and outflank.

In this way, the northwest frontier army fought and left, except for the hundreds of personal guards guarding around Gao Huaide, no one knew that the commander was here, seeing the army dragged into a loose team and rushing in In the mountainous area, Gao Huaide wanted to straighten out his team so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy, but he lost all his flags and drums during the overnight charge, even if he tore his throat, few people could hear his orders.

In the chaos, of course, some soldiers of the Northwest Frontier Army dropped their weapons and surrendered at the critical moment of life and death, and became prisoners.But they were quickly divided into three groups and handed over to Zhan Xiongwu and Yang Yanguang, Zhang Dawei and Han Hu, Zeng Shangfei and Yang Yanqing. After some coercion and temptation, they were taken to Shunzhou, Jingzhou and Huizhou respectively. .

At this time, Zhan Xiongwu, Zhang Dawei, Zeng Shangfei and other six defenders were dressed in the same clothes as the Northwest Frontier Army, and they were chaotic, with bloodstains and even scars on their bodies, and they staggered, looking exhausted and panting. appearance.

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Jingzhou City is like facing a big enemy, and it is ready to fight. As soon as someone approaches, the Song army on the city wall has already opened its bowstring.

"Damn it, open the city gate quickly, hurry up, the Dangxiang army is catching up!"

"My dear mother, who are you aiming your arrow at? I am a soldier of the Northwest Frontier Army Commander. After fighting all night, I am almost paralyzed. Open the door, open the door!"

"I am Wang Zhiming, Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Northwest Frontier Army. Xu Dongfang, you bastard, don't you know Lao Tzu? Open the door quickly. The Dangxiang cavalry is behind."

More than 1000 rebels shouted and cursed under the north gate of Jingzhou City.

The guard at the head of the Jingzhou city was Xu Dongfang. He really knew Wang Zhiming, and he also knew that his identity was indeed Yuhou, a military capital of the Northwest Frontier Army.

At this time, similar scenes were staged in front of the city gates of Huizhou and Shunzhou. After the soldiers in the city recognized that there were indeed members of the Northwest Frontier Army among the defeated soldiers, they couldn't bear it any longer. Gao Huaide, the commander of the Northwest Frontier Army, sent troops How can the guards of the three states not know about such a major event as King Xiangfu? Now it seems that Gao Huaide has lost, and the defeat has been miserable.Below the city is not a couple of [-] robes, but thousands of wounded soldiers all over the mountains and plains. If the city gates are not opened, and they are hoisted up in baskets after their identities are verified one by one, then it will be the year of the monkey?Especially after the loud and orderly sound of horseshoes appeared in the distance, the guard did not dare to hesitate any more. If the enemy cavalry chased them and chopped them down in front of the city, even if Gao Huaide didn't chop them up when he turned around, the court would not spare them.

The guards of the three state cities had no time to think. Amidst the yelling and cursing, they opened the city gates one after another in a panic, and the rebellious soldiers rushed in. As soon as the Han army under Ye Chen, who was disguised as the Northwest Frontier Army, entered the city, Zhan Xiongwu, who was among them, entered the city. , Han Hu, Zeng Shangfei, Zhang Dawei, Yang Yanguang, Yang Yanqing and others shouted and immediately acted. The defenders in the city were caught off guard, and the defenders at the gate of the city were beheaded to the ground in a daze. The [-] black cavalry outside were divided into three teams, each with [-] black cavalry headed for the three state cities. At this time, they were all lined up in two horizontal rows and rushed towards the city gates.

In the darkness, the soldiers in Jingzhou City could only see a large area of ​​blackness rushing towards Jingzhou City in the distance. At first glance, the number of cavalry was no less than [-], and at the second glance, there were as many as thousands of enemy troops mixed into the city. Among them were the soldiers of the original Northwest Frontier Army, which meant that the Northwest Frontier Army was not only defeated, but also many people had already surrendered. With this realization, the faces of the defenders all changed drastically.Guard General Xu Dongfang thought about King Xiangfu's strategy and terror again, his face was extremely pale, and he saw the panic on the faces of almost all the soldiers on the city wall, but his heart had sunk to the bottom, the soldiers had no fighting intention, only thinking about Run for your life, this battle is lost without a fight.

Half an hour later, Zhang Dawei and Han Hu led people to occupy Jingzhou City, and guard Xu Dongfang and Zhifu led a part to escape from the south gate.

At the same time, Ye Chen's side in Shunzhou and Huizhou used the same method to break down the city gates. There were also 1000 black cavalrymen each. Like the generals in Jingzhou, they had already lost their will to fight. The guards and the prefect also led people away. In less than an hour, Zhan Xiongwu and Yang Yanguang also took control of Shunzhou.But Huizhou is different. The prefect Li Wenshu and the guard Zheng Sanhu led most of the defenders to fight to the death. Until dawn, the guard Zheng Sanhu died and the prefect was captured. Zeng Shangfei and Yang Yanqing took Huizhou, but More than [-] people were lost in battle.

Before dawn, Ma Wentao received Ye Chen's order to persuade and screen the arrested civil and military officials in Huizhou, Jingzhou, and Shunzhou.Han Xizai received the order and began to arrange manpower to take over Shunzhou, Huizhou, and Jingzhou.

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A post station leading to Jingzhao Mansion in Qingzhou, three riders galloped from a distance, and dismounted in front of the post post. In the cold winter weather, the horse was sweating profusely, and its four strong and powerful horse legs were trembling.The knight on the horse jumped off his horse, staggered at first, and was hurriedly supported by the postman.

The people in the post house are well-trained, and immediately someone brought warm salt water, and someone helped them untie the bag on their shoulders, and returned to the room to quickly pack some easy-to-carry food such as dried meat and steamed buns, and someone led away the horse , brought three new horses with complete saddles and saddles, and three military envoys with small flags on their backs and a letter box on their backs took the ladles and drank them. On their shoulders, the three of them threw the ladle into the arms of the post emissary, turned around and took the reins, jumped on the horse, whipped hard, and galloped away again.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Could it be that the Dangxiang army has come to attack the city again?" A postman said doubtfully, looking at the backs of the three messengers.

The old Yicheng sighed with a complicated expression, and said: "His Royal Highness King Xiangfu has arrived in the northwest, and the party members will no longer raid grasslands to plunder our Han people, but... I am afraid that after the northwest There's a war."

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"Snapped!"

Zhao Dezhao smashed a high-grade punishment kiln teacup on the royal table of Chongzheng Hall, and a furious voice roared throughout the hall: "Fifty thousand elite soldiers from the Northwest Frontier, the land of the three states, will be buried in Gao Huaide's hands like this! The remnant soldiers who went to Qingzhou were only over [-] defeated. When the first emperor was in power, he had never suffered such a defeat. My generals in the Song Dynasty have never suffered such a defeat! A disastrous defeat! This is a disastrous defeat!"

"Who allowed Gao Huaide to send troops without authorization? He made a claim without authorization, lost troops and generals, and lost the land of the three states. He deserves death... Ye Chen is a thief, I will definitely smash his body to pieces one day."

All civil and military officials, including Zhao Pu, bowed their heads and bowed their heads, keeping silent like a cicada, and no one dared to speak.

Zhao Dezhao slapped the case angrily, pointed at Cao Bin, and shouted: "Master Cao, you are the envoy of the Privy Council. You said that Gao Huaide sent troops without authorization, which caused my Great Song Dynasty to lose troops and generals, and lose the land of the three states. What should I do?"

When the emperor asked about it, Cao Bin couldn't help but speak. He held his wat out of the class, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Gao Huaide's memorial to Chen Jun has arrived. I have read it carefully. Ye Chen has already started annexing the six villages trapped in the village. There are 1 elite soldiers in the army camp, and the imperial court's order to send troops has not yet arrived. Gao Huaide can't just watch the 1 elite soldiers being annexed by Ye Chen. Therefore, Gao Huaide made a decisive decision to send troops decisively. It was really a last resort. !"

Halfway through Cao Bin's speech, Zhao Dezhao's face turned red. The imperial court's order to send troops has not yet arrived?Why is it so late?Wasn't it because he was hesitant about the poison in his body, Cao Bin said so, could it be that Gao Huaide's loss of soldiers and generals and the loss of the three states became his responsibility?

Zhao Dezhao said angrily, "Sophistry is pure sophistry. I just want to ask you, Gao Huaide did not follow the edict and sent troops without authorization, so that he lost the battle, lost the army and lost the land of the three states because of him. What crime should this be!"

Cao Bin sighed in his heart, and said: "Running the army should be strict, with clear rewards and punishments. Gao Huaide sent troops without authorization and lost the battle, so he should be severely punished."

(End of this chapter)