Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 21
The capital city of the Northern Han Dynasty, Jinyang, and the Song Army have been encircled on all sides, and it has been nearly a month.

The siege battle continued every day, but the scale was different, and the number of dead people was more or less.

This year, Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin was just 41 years old.

It is the age when his experience, energy, and wisdom have reached their peak.He has a talented strategy and a strategic vision that looks at the overall situation.he knows.Now the Southern Tang, Southern Han, Wuyue, and even Chen Hongjin, who was actually a separatist regime in the Ming Dynasty, were all vulnerable.Sooner or later, he will face a formidable enemy that is truly worthy of a battle with him - the Khitan in the north.

So here he comes.

Although the reason for his personal conquest against the Northern Han Dynasty was that he failed in an indirect plan, he had the idea of ​​the Northern Expedition in a fit of anger.But in fact, how could he be impulsive with the mind of the founding emperor.

His ulterior motives are naturally in Khitan.His purpose is to take advantage of the unstable political situation in the Northern Kingdom and the turmoil in the imperial power, to take down an important bridgehead for the Khitan to invade the south one day - the Northern Han Kingdom.At the same time, it also prepares for the Great Song's future crusade against Khitan and the recapture of Youyun Sixteen Prefectures.

Under his personal command, the imperial guards of Song Dynasty were like tigers and horses like dragons.All the way west, the momentum is like a broken bamboo.Not even a decent resistance was encountered.Even Liu Jiye, the so-called invincible general of the Northern Han Army.It also collapsed in one battle.Flee.The cities and counties of the outer states and counties of the Northern Han Dynasty have fallen into his hands one by one.Now there is only this lonely city left, the last support of the Northern Han Dynasty.

Here, he finally encountered his first tough battle, and it was also the last battle of this imperial conquest.

Zhao Kuangyin reined in his horse and stood on Gao Gang.Overlooking the crumbling Jinyang City in front of him.That city is like a solitary boat in the huge waves, it will be overwhelmed at any time, but it always reappears on the top of the waves.The top and bottom of the city are like a tireless meat grinder, rapidly harvesting human lives...

Zhao Kuangyin, who is experienced in battle, was once the best general in the previous dynasty (Later Zhou Dynasty), and he was also a benevolent general who refused to hurt innocent people more.He knows how to be sympathetic to the soldiers, and it's not that he doesn't know how much sacrifice and how many lives are needed to fill up the moat that has never been crossed for half a step by using this cruel method to forcibly attack.

However, the arrow was on the string and had to be fired.I have to send it quickly, and I have to fight for time.

Zhao Kuangyin knew that Khitan would be slow to respond to his Northern Expedition due to internal disputes.But the Khitan army will definitely come to support the Northern Han in the end, there is no doubt about it.

Speed ​​is the most important thing in this battle, and what he is fighting for is time. He wants to conquer the Northern Han before the Khitan army comes to support the Northern Han.

However, Liu Jiye, the general of the Northern Han Dynasty, really lived up to his reputation, and he was seeing this point.Therefore, the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields was implemented, and the forces were concentrated in the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty, and a large amount of food, weapons, and a large number of defense equipment were hoarded in the capital to fight a protracted war with the Song Dynasty.Waiting for the Khitan army to come to support.

Today, although the Song Dynasty has a strong army, it will definitely be able to conquer the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty in the end, but whether it can conquer the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty before the arrival of the Khitan army has become the key to this battle.

God knows when the sickly but ambitious new emperor of the Northern Kingdom will be able to integrate all the tribes and send troops south to support the Northern Han Dynasty in time.

And in this case, when will the Khitan army arrive?And the marching route, who will command the troops?becomes extremely important information.

Zhao Kuangyin looked to the north worriedly, looking at the desert grassland with thousands of miles of wind and majestic passes. Did the group of barbarians have such a long-term vision, put aside internal disputes for the time being, and rescue the Northern Han Dynasty?If they can't capture the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty as soon as possible, if they send troops to help, won't they return in vain?

Zhao Kuangyin stared blankly for a while, then looked back at the impenetrable city under his feet. Sooner or later, the city would fall into his hands. Sooner or later, the emperor in this city would prostrate at his feet like other emperors. But, will God give him enough time to win the battle?
The city is like an isolated island, and the battle is like clouds. Looking down from the top of the mountain, thousands of soldiers are like swarms of ants.Once, he was also one of these ants.Now, he has been wrapped in a yellow robe and has become the emperor of one dynasty.

When the emperor got angry, he lay down millions of corpses and bleed for thousands of miles. Whether he wanted to or not, his hands had to be stained with blood, just because...he was the emperor!
The Song army besieged Jinyang, which was roughly divided into four camps: east, west, north, south, and north.They also aimed at the four gates of Jinyang City.

There is a river in the north of Beidaying, named Fen River, which is the largest tributary of the Yellow River in the Northern Han Dynasty.In order to prevent the Khitan army from sneaking across the waterway, a small number of naval warships were stationed in the Fen River.

Today, when this navy warship sailed out of the Fen River and arrived at the Yellow River for patrol, it found a lifeless person floating in the river.Because in the past half a month, no one has come and gone from the direction of Yongle border city. The most important thing is that Da Song is lurking in Yongle border city, and the scouts sent out have not returned.Therefore, the commander of the navy deduced that the man who fell into the water might have come from the border city of Yongle, and he took a chance and rescued the man who did not know what to do.

In the end, the man was really alive, and not to mention the token of his own cavalry, but also the military information was found from his arms.

That's right!The person who fell into the water was Ye Chen.

Soon, Ye Chen was sent to the commander-in-chief of the North Camp, and ordered Xuanhui South Court envoy Cao Bin.

Cao Bin has a burly figure, from head to toe it fully demonstrates that he is a muscular man, but such a person is full of elegance.

Cao Bin was a famous general in the Great Song Army. In the second year of Qiande, Cao Bin led the army to destroy Houshu. He was famous for not killing indiscriminately.

Cao Bin is a truly good general with double reputation as a titan and a Confucian general.He is good at fighting tough battles, is stricter than governing the army, especially respects military discipline, and is a clean and honest official, and he is extremely stable in doing things.He is highly valued by Zhao Kuangyin.

In the tent of the North Camp, Cao Bin led all the commanders and generals under his command to watch as two soldiers carried Ye Chen into the tent on a stretcher and placed it among the crowd.

hula...

Including Cao Bin, everyone looked at Ye Chen, who was still in a coma, but his face was ruddy and lustrous, and his body temperature and heartbeat were normal.

Seeing this, there was a look of surprise and uncertainty on everyone's faces.

"This military intelligence was found on this son? And the token of the spy chief Liu Nan is also on this son?" Cao Bin's eyes flickered, his voice was quiet, low and magnetic, even though the matter was important, Still unhurried, even elegant and calm.

"That's right!" Said the commander of the water army firmly.

"Then why don't you wake him up quickly?" Cao Bin frowned and shouted in a deep voice.The content of this military report is not trivial, and it is extremely important to the current war situation. If he hadn't needed to further confirm the authenticity of this information, he would have sent it to Zhao Kuangyin himself at this time.

The name of the commander of the navy was Zhang Ping. He had an ordinary appearance, and even had a somewhat wretched temperament.But those who are familiar with Zhang Ping know that although his personal force is mediocre, he is extremely proficient in water warfare, he is also quite measured in his actions, and he can be regarded as a courageous person.

Seeing Cao Bin's unkind expression, Zhang Ping shuddered in his heart, and hurriedly bowed and said, "The commander-in-chief doesn't know anything! This son's situation is really weird. Judging from the general's experience, this son has been soaked in water for at least ten days. Naturally, he didn't eat anything during this period, but you look at him, he looks like a person who has been in the water for so long. In addition, the most weird thing is that the general led people to use various methods, such as beating, kicking, and needle pricking. While making a loud noise, and so on, all kinds of methods have been exhausted, but it is difficult to wake this child up."

Zhang Ping finished speaking in one breath, seeing everyone stunned, most of them showed disbelief.

One of the commanders of the compartment glared at him and said, "Really, Zhang Ping, you don't drink too much, do you?"

Hearing this, Zhang Ping saw Cao Bin's expression of disbelief, and couldn't help feeling anxious. He came to Ye Chen's side, slapped him twice on the face, and pinched Ye Chen's thigh forcefully.

And Ye Chen remained motionless, without any reaction.

This time, everyone exploded, and they were all amazed.Fen Ge stepped forward and began to touch Ye Chen.Even Ye Chen's eyes were opened.

After a more exaggerated action than Zhang Ping just now, everyone looked at Ye Chen who was still unresponsive, with expressions of disbelief and astonishment.The most important thing is that they discovered a new situation. With their strength and hands, it is reasonable to say that normal people would have bruised, purple, red and swollen patches, but everything on Ye Chen's body was white and rosy. Delicate and smooth, healthy couldn't be healthier.

There was a general of five ranks and three roughs who didn't believe in evil, crawled to Ye Chen's ear, took a long breath, and yelled loudly, like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, which made the hearts of everyone in the tent jump and cursed secretly.

Cao Bin didn't think it was disobedient, but just stared at Ye Chen, and found that Ye Chen was still not awakened by such a loud noise.

Seeing that Ye Chen hadn't woken up, the general frowned and grabbed Ye Chen's shoulder and shook vigorously a few times, but Ye Chen still showed no sign of waking up.

This time, the general's Niu Xing was provoked, he grabbed Ye Chen's left ankle, lifted it casually, shook it violently up and down a few times, and then started waving it left and right like waving a weapon.

After a while, the general gasped for breath, his forehead covered with sweat, and put Ye Chen back to his original position.

"Bring a dagger!" Cao Bin frowned tightly. Although he couldn't believe the unimaginable scene in front of him, as one of the main generals of the Great Song Dynasty, he was more concerned about waking Ye Chen up quickly so that he could confront him face to face. Determine the authenticity of the military situation.

A soldier brought over a dagger, Cao Bin glanced across Ye Chen's body, and casually scratched his exposed thigh because of the tattered trouser legs.

With a snort, Cao Bin's strikes were very measured, but he just cut through Ye Chen's skin, causing him pain and a small amount of bleeding.

A strange scene happened, almost immediately the bleeding stopped, and blood clots formed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Cao Bin stretched out his hand to remove the blood clot, and everyone gasped.The wound on the finger had healed, leaving only a white mark.

Amidst the noise and astonishment of the generals, they began to observe Ye Chen carefully again as if they were watching a monster.Only Cao Bin, who had read the content of the military situation, was equally horrified, but his brows were getting deeper and deeper.

After Cao Bin pondered for a while, he said, "Come here! Hurry up to Zhongying and ask Qian Shenying to come over, and tell me that I am suddenly sick. Hurry up..."

(End of this chapter)