Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1139 An Unprecedented War

After the abdication ceremony, the Liaocheng ceremony was held, burning firewood to sacrifice mountains and rivers, and celebrating Ye Chen's acceptance of Zen as emperor.Ye Chen issued an edict to add the title of empress to his deceased parents, canonize Yu Daoxiang as queen, Han Ke'er and Yu Qingyan as noble concubines, his daughter as princess, and his son as prince.

In addition, Ye Chen specially decreed Kaifeng, Luoyang, Chang'an, and Xiajing as the four capitals on this day, but he has already made plans to move the capital to Chang'an in the near future.

Then came the appeasement of the officials and the preferential treatment of the abdicated emperor. The emperor Zhao Mu was canonized as the king of Song Dynasty, and he performed Song Zhengshuo. Zhao Dezhao's empress dowager's title and treatment follow the old rules and will not be reduced.

After the official appointment of hundreds of officials, Ye Chen officially moved out the official system that he had already been extremely skilled and sound in Xiangfu Kingdom, and made some adjustments on this basis, changing the system of left and right prime ministers to a cabinet system .

Cao Bin, Han Xizai, Ma Wentao, Li Junhao, and Yang Jiye joined the cabinet, and they became first-rank officials.As for conferring titles, according to Ye Chen's intention, wait until the Liao Kingdom is defeated, and Jiangnan and the territory occupied by the Dali and Jiaozhi Kingdoms in the southwest will be taken back.

Although it was extremely simplified under Ye Chen's repeated requests, it still took two full days to complete the whole set of procedures for the abdication and enthronement ceremony, which made Ye Chen very irritable, especially when Cao Bin also began to respect him in front of him. When he regarded himself as a courtier, this kind of irritability became more intense, not to mention that when the matter in Kaifeng was settled, his mind was already on the Liao army in Hebei.

"Your Majesty, do you want Yang Yanding to escort the queen, the two concubines, the prince and the princess to Kaifeng immediately?" Ma Wentao said in the imperial study.

Ye Chen shook his head and said: "There is no rush, the most important thing right now is to drive out the 15 Liao army cavalry in Hebei. Yang Yanding's [-] Tianwei army is still very useful, but they have to shoulder the burden of the whole journey." The role of the army."

Ma Wentao was stunned for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty has just established the country and ascended the throne, and seven or eight of the civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty have been accepted. Although Zhang Dong and Mr. Cao have sorted out and identified for His Majesty, they have not experienced some things. , ability, and whether you are truly loyal to His Majesty are really difficult to distinguish clearly. Therefore, in my opinion, Your Majesty should focus on stabilizing the court situation at this time."

Ye Chen shook his head and said: "Don't Ma Aiqing think that expelling the Liao army is an opportunity to use external pressure to completely stabilize the world and the court. It is also an opportunity for me to completely control the Song army. Therefore, not only should I send troops immediately , and I want to personally conquer."

After Ma Wentao, Han Xizai, Yang Jiye, Li Junhao, Cao Bin and others heard the words, they couldn't help thinking.

Before Ye Chen's personal conquest, Shui'er suddenly appeared and sent Shangguan Bingyun over. In front of Ye Chen, Shui'er used a drop of Ye Chen's blood to refine a blood gu and planted it in Shangguan Bingyun's body. From then on, Shangguan Bingyun was completely controlled by Ye Chen, and when Ye Chen died, Shangguan Bingyun also died.

After Ye Chen verified that what Shui'er said was true, considering that Shangguan Bingyun's mental skills were really the best candidate to lead the security department, he still let Shangguan Bingyun take charge of the security department, while Zhang Dong and Tang Xingwu were Shangguan Bingyun's leader. deputy.

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Daxiang Kingdom, the year of Tianfu, on March 21, Ye Chen personally marched.

However, apart from letting Cao Wei draw [-] troops from the newly formed Huaxia Army to accompany him, Ye Chen did not continue to lead more troops to Hebei, because Hebei has enough troops. COFCO Grass is really unsustainable.

On April [-]st, at the Wanyan Beach in Xingzhou, West Road, Hebei, the various armies of the Daxiang Kingdom on the ground in Hebei met here, and it can be said that the army gathered.

On Xiangfu country's side, there are cavalry brigades, infantry brigades, trebuchet companies, crossbow gun companies, and hundred-shot crossbow companies, all lined up neatly and with bright banners.Ye Chen was dressed in a special military uniform, sitting on a high podium, Yang Jiye, Huang Dongqiu, Zhan Xiongwu, Tuoba Gelu, Zhe Yuxun, Li Guangshun, Li Jixun, Cao Wei and other generals gathered to surround him at the very end central.

"Going north from here is the fifteen prefectures and more than 40 counties of our Daxiang Kingdom occupied by the Liao army. Within half a month, I will take them all."

Ye Chen's words stunned the audience for a moment. Now that the original Xiangfu Kingdom and the Song Kingdom have merged into one, the military strength of the two countries has greatly increased. Now gathered around Ye Chen is the reorganization and supplement brought by Huang Dongqiu from Hedong Road The four legions of Xuanwu, White Wolf, Black Wolf, and Zhelan had 16 troops. In addition, Li Jixun had tens of thousands of troops in Zhending Mansion. Ye Chen asked him to bring only 18 elite soldiers, and the other second-rate troops were all reduced to heavy soldiers.Including Cao Wei's [-] Huaxia Legion, a total of [-] troops.In addition, in Zhending Mansion, there is Zhao Zan's [-] troops.The [-] special forces led by Gao Wuyang are also hiding somewhere behind the enemy.

Such a force, coupled with the various field and siege weapons of the original Xiangfu Kingdom, has never had a plastic surgery. Daxiang Kingdom has the confidence to win from top to bottom, but the Liao Kingdom is not a weak country. Their army is equally strong, and the number of troops is also large.

In the beginning, Shi Fatty and Xiao Wanda led 23 troops each to the south, conquering these prefectures and counties in Hebei Province, especially when they conspired with Li Mingxuan and Ye Chen, they fought against the Xuanwu and White Wolf armies led by Huang Dongqiu, and these days The cost in the offensive and defensive battle with Zhao Zan and the field battle with Huang Dongqiu totaled [-] to [-].But recently Empress Dowager Xiao sent another [-] tribal troops, which added up to a full [-] horses.

From the perspective of the generals of the Daxiang Kingdom, defeating the 23 Liao army is only a matter of time, but if they want to win completely, it may take three months at the earliest, or even more than half a year.But now His Majesty boasted that Haikou would take over the lost land within half a month, defeat the Liao army, and even drive them out of the country. If Ye Chen hadn't said this, they definitely thought it was impossible.

At this time, a few miles away from the opposite side, the Liao army was dominated by Shi Fat, Xiao Wanda was the deputy, and the troops had already assembled. The light of the sword is cold, and it really is a strong soldier and a strong horse.

"Yang Aiqing, I will only watch from the sidelines in this field battle, and you will command the army to defeat the enemy for me according to the plan we made before."

"The minister obeys the order!"

With the sound of war drums and the fluttering of military flags, Yang Jiye began to dispatch troops and generals, and the army began to mobilize slowly following the instructions of the trumpeters and semaphores around Yang Jiye of the Chinese army.

On the opposite side, Shi Fat sat on a horse, with a large flag behind him, looking solemnly at the slowly unfolding formation on the opposite side.

Shi Fat glanced over the generals, and said slowly: "Ye Chen's imperial conquest, although the morale of the enemy army is high, but they are the two armies that have just joined forces, so there must be inconsistencies between them. In this battle, we only need to block Xiang The first wave of the army's powerful offensive will definitely dampen their enthusiasm, and then we will defeat them with our superior force. Ye Chen has just established a country, and his prestige will inevitably be affected. The country is unstable, and they just suffered a catastrophe last year. In addition, the Empress Dowager has already sent people to sneak south to get in touch with the Jiangnan Wu Kingdom and Wu Yue Kingdom. As long as our side wins, the two countries will definitely take action in order to protect themselves. By that time, we will Not only will it be able to stabilize the land it has gained, but it may even be able to take the opportunity to continue the army going south."

Hearing this, all the generals were refreshed, their eyes lit up, and what Shi Fatty said was indeed true.

Shi Fat frowned at this moment, and asked, "When will Violent Bear's [-] troops arrive?"

An official of the Liao army beside him hurriedly said: "My lord, the violent bear came from Dezhou. On the way, Gao Wuyang led a special brigade to attack. There was a delay. There are still two hours to arrive at most."

Xiao Wanda next to him said: "That's fine, the two armies will fight later, and when we get tired from the battle, there will be an army like the Violent Bear suddenly rushing out, it will be a miracle."

Shi Fat thought for a while, frowned slightly, and said: "It has been less than half a year since the violent bear surrendered to my Daliao. Although it has been confirmed that the person who killed his whole family was led by a grandson of Li Jixun, Li Jixun is still living under Ye Chen's command. High position, according to the common sense, it is impossible for the violent bear to surrender to the Daxiang Kingdom, but just in case, Yu Jianye, you bring 5000 troops and wait on the side of the direction where the violent bear came. If the violent bear kills the enemy, Then you lead people to charge with the violent bear, but if the violent bear makes any changes, you lead people to stop them."

Next to him, Yu Jianye respectfully said yes, and then 5000 people were taken away quickly in accordance with Shi Fat's requirements.

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"Dong dong dong..."

The drums roared, the horns sounded, and the infantry of the Daxiang Army took the brigade as a unit, and the spear phalanxes had been set up one by one.The cavalry also uses the brigade as the combat unit, wearing black steel plate armor, holding a fast crossbow in the left hand, and a long spear with a flat steel tip in the right hand.

Other long-range attack units such as stone-throwing machine companies, giant gun-crossbow companies, and hundred-shot crossbow companies were interspersed in the gaps between the infantry phalanxes. They seemed chaotic, but they were actually orderly.

Although Daxiang Kingdom has no shortage of war horses, there are still fewer cavalry than the Liao army, so the field is basically a battle of infantry and cavalry.

Although not all of the armies of the two sides were placed on the frontal battlefield, the strength of each of them in front of them would not be less than one hundred thousand.

The ground trembled, hoofs sounded like thunder, the sound of killing soared into the sky, and the smoke and dust filled the air. The cavalry and cavalry, infantry and cavalry on both sides collided fiercely, and people were turned on their backs. Thousands of people were killed and injured in an instant...

Yang Jiye and Shi Fat did their best to mobilize troops, and soon they all launched attacks on the other side's flank army at the same time, and a full-scale melee began...

Yang Jiye and Shi Fat sit in the middle army and continue to invest their troops. The battle group grows stronger and stronger. Looking down from the top of the mountain, the entire plain is full of rampaging soldiers and horses.All the forces of both sides have been invested in it.

(End of this chapter)