Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 801 Yinzhou
The streets of Yinzhou City today are full of people who fled into the city with their children and daughters. Even though they were lucky enough to escape the looting and killing of the Liao army, and fled into Yinzhou City with the only remaining soft belongings, the huge Many cities have no place for them to settle down, and most of them can only live under other people's roofs.

In November of the lunar calendar, the northwest was already extremely cold. Dozens of people would freeze to death in one night. The government arranged several carriages to go through the streets and alleys, picking up the unattended corpses one by one and sending them to the incarnation field.The incarnation field is in the southwest corner of Yinzhou City, and it is still smoking.

This is how any city in the current Yinzhou City will be besieged by the enemy, and most of it will be this miserable scene.

In fact, if it wasn’t for His Majesty the Emperor personally leading the news that the reinforcements are coming, the news would have spread in Yinzhou City, which caused a great shock in Yinzhou City. The people were greatly encouraged, otherwise the scene in Yinzhou City would only be more miserable than the one in front of them.

"The Liao thieves are attacking the city again."

"The Liao dog attacked the city again.

The voice was shrill, like the howling of a night owl, and the chaotic market immediately fell silent.

The silence lasted only for a moment, and then a wave of people surged ahead, cocks crowed and dogs barked, mules and horses neighed, and cries and shouts were boiling.

People pushed and shoved each other, even though the city walls were still high and the city gates were already closed, the pedestrians on the street were still rushing about like headless chickens.

However, there are also government yamen who arrest heads and yamen servants are organized. In addition, the government uses the reward order as an inducement to coerce and lure some black and white gangs who have seen blood in the city, as well as the guards of various big families and commercial firms. Another 4000 people were gathered, and armor and weapons were distributed. After simple training, they went to the city wall to help defend the city.

In addition, more than 4 young and middle-aged men selected and recruited from ordinary people were organized. Their faces were pale and fearful, but they were still nervous and orderly to help carry the defense supplies to the top of the city.

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"Within three days, Yinzhou must be captured?"

On the commanding platform of the Liao Army outside Yinzhou City, Xiao Dage was in high spirits.

For a long time, Brother Yeluxiu has been known as the No.1 general of the Liao Kingdom, but he was defeated by the Xiangfu Kingdom in the hostage exchange half a year ago.Recently, there was news that Brother Yeluxiu led a full 20 leather army, not only failed to wipe out the rebels, but also failed to capture the two temporary military forts built by Xiangfu Kingdom, and suffered heavy losses.

Now Xiao Dage led the army to conquer the Daxia Pass and took down most of the territory of Yinzhou. Such a great achievement was unmatched by anyone in the Liao Kingdom.

"There are only [-] defenders in Yinzhou City, but it is far more difficult to attack than we imagined. Now we have sent a full [-] troops to intercept and deal with Yang Jiye. There must be reinforcements from Xia Jing. We only need to capture Hekou County first, and prevent the reinforcements from Xia Jing before we can attack Yinzhou with peace of mind." Xiao Dage, the King of the Southern Academy, was surrounded by the Privy Council envoy Fatty sent by Empress Dowager Xiao, he sighed softly, and said, "Not to mention It is said that we are not familiar with the land in Yinzhou, no more than in Fuzhou and Jinsu area, although we have the advantage now, we still have to be cautious."

An envoy of the Privy Council, a King of the Southern Court, and two important ministers of Daliao stood on the podium behind the Liao army outside Yinzhou City in the hinterland of Xiangfu Kingdom, looking at the armies of both sides attacking and defending Yinzhou from afar.

"There is someone leading the way, so why worry." Xiao Dage raised his head and laughed, "These merchants are not small in energy and courage. It is thanks to these merchants that they helped us to take their The guards were replaced by our warriors, who sneaked into Daxiaguan as internal response. I think they dared to sell the rope to hang them.”

"I heard that His Highness killed a businessman a few days ago?" Shi Fat asked suddenly.

"It's not the people of Daliao. It's not a big deal to kill or rob a few." Xiao Dage laughed loudly, "Don't tell me, the wives and concubines and two daughters of that merchant's family look very good. They are very tender, if the family is interested, how about this king giving you the merchant and the woman?"

"Hey! They help me in Daliao, so it's better to save their lives." Shi Fat shook his head helplessly, "There is a saying in the Han people, it's called Qianjin City Horse Bones. Keeping them and using them can attract more people." More merchants from Xiangfu Kingdom or Song Kingdom will join us."

Xiao Dage had also heard the story of Qianjin City's horse bone, so Shi Fu didn't need to explain it, and at this moment, he didn't take it seriously.

"Daxia Pass is already in our hands. Three of the five counties under the jurisdiction of Yinzhou have been defeated. Hekou and Lingwu counties are just a few days away. If Yinzhou City can be captured, the situation will be good and the offensive will go smoothly. , even if we take advantage of the situation to send troops to Xia Jing, it is not impossible for Xiangfu country to destroy the country." Xiao Dage saw that Shi Fatty shook his head slightly, his eyes flickering, and said: "From Mr. Shi's point of view, next time How to do?"

Shi Fatty said without thinking: "I want to fight to promote peace, and I will accept it as soon as I see it."

Xiao Dage opened his eyes wide in surprise, and asked, "Have you told the Queen Mother?"

"That's exactly what the Queen Mother meant!"

Shi Fat was more and more trusted by Empress Dowager Xiao, which made Xiao Dage a little uncomfortable.However, he can agree with the judgment of the current situation.

The deeper you go into Yinzhou, the greater the danger the Liao army will face.The land of Yinzhou is too cramped for the Khitan cavalry who like to gallop their horses to chase the wind.There are only a few ways to advance and retreat, like a mouse getting into a bellows, which makes them very insecure.

Accept as soon as it is good, force Xiangfu Kingdom to hand over the rebels, transfer Fuzhou to Liao Kingdom, and compensate 500 million taels of silver.The Empress Dowager Xiao knew very well that the foundation of the Xiangfu Kingdom was stable, with tens of thousands of strong troops, gunpowder packs, giant crossbows and other military weapons. Eight hundred enemies.Even if the Xiangfu Kingdom is really destroyed, it will definitely cause heavy losses to the domestic army loyal to her Empress Dowager Xiao. At that time, it will definitely not be able to suppress the various large tribes in the country that have been dissatisfied with him, and the Jurchen, Mongolia and other affiliated alien races It will also take advantage of the situation to rebel.It's really not worth the candle.

Just then, a rider came from the west, passed through the camp, and rushed under the podium where they were standing.

A moment later, one of Xiao Dage's personal soldiers came up and handed over a military report.When Xiao Dage opened it, his expression changed.

"What's wrong?" Shi Fat's heart skipped a beat and he asked anxiously.

Xiao Dage's dark face was as dark as dark, and he said gloomyly: "Ye Chen really lived up to his reputation. He led three thousand black cavalry to help. Shu shot the main general Xiao Lifeng to death, defeated our army, and chased and killed Baili, our army of more than 3000 lost more than [-] people. Now Ye Chen has entered Hekou County!"

"Ye Chen actually personally led the conquest!" Shi Fat paused every word, his tone sinking as if he was under great pressure.

"What's wrong with Ye Chen's personal conquest." Xiao Dage shook his head, his face black as iron, "Didn't the Queen Mother say that as long as we invade Yinzhou, Ye Chen will most likely be a personal conquest!"

"Is this news true?" Shi Fat couldn't care less about the prime minister's demeanor, and asked anxiously, "Where did you get it from!"

Xiao Dage handed the information in his hands to Shi Fatty, and said: "What a bunch of trash who returned from the defeat in Hekou County said."

Xiao Dage paused for a moment, his eyes flickered, and he continued: "However, according to this information, there were originally only a thousand defenders in Hekou County, and nearly half of them died in one day of their siege. That is to say, the number of people brought by Ye Chen is less than four thousand."

Shi Fat looked at the military situation, sighed, and said, "As long as Ye Chen is guarding there, 4000 people should be used as 1 people at least. To capture Hekou County, at least [-] soldiers and horses are needed. And according to Eagle Eye Guards The spies report that the [-] reinforcements from Xia Jing are about to reach Qingshan County."

"There aren't that many soldiers!" Xiao Dage frowned in distress, "Besides, Yinzhou hasn't been captured yet."

The defenders in Yinzhou have persisted to the end, and even their morale has been inexplicably high. This makes the Liao army feel very difficult, and they avoid it like facing a hedgehog.

Xiao Dage gritted his teeth and said: "As far as I'm concerned, since Ye Chen has come, instead of letting him hide and trick us secretly, it's better for us to take Hekou County first, maybe we can kill or live Ye Chen, The destruction of the Xiangfu country will be just around the corner."

After meditating for a while, Shi Fatty gradually became a little moved, and said, "Besides, the defense of Hekou County is much different than that of Yinzhou, and it is easier to attack. It's just that the [-] reinforcements from Xia Jing must not let them enter Hekou County. , otherwise with Ye Chen in charge, it would be too difficult for us to attack."

The two exchanged a look, and they both saw the desire for great achievements in each other's eyes, and nodded at the same time: "Since Ye Chen dared to bring 3000 troops to Hekou County and not leave, and give us a chance to kill him or capture him alive, how can we do that?" You can waste his kindness!"

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Ye Chen's Son of Heaven Xingyuan has already been set up in Hekou County.In order to fight to the death with the invading Liao army, Ye Chen's side Hu Sanguang and Tang Xingwu led a group of staff from the General Staff Headquarters, as well as the county magistrate of Hekou County and the battalion commander in charge of defending the city were all desperately preparing.

In the past two days, they gathered in the public hall every day, without exception, their faces were solemn.Only Ye Chen looked very leisurely, but on the second day after arriving in Hekou County, Ye Chen wrote a pamphlet by himself. Hu Sanguang, Tang Xingwu and others knew that this was written by His Majesty himself, but Ye Chen They have not disclosed it all the time, and they dare not ask.

It wasn't until Ye Chen took it at this time that Hu Sanguang said: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is this?"

(End of this chapter)