Chapter 018 - The Lost Three Sisters (Part 1)
(XX website www.xxx.***)(XX website www.xxx.***)(XX website www.xxx.***) Qianyezi said "oh", walked over and opened the door, but was stunned. Wu Zhi smiled on his face and stood outside the threshold.
"Brother!" Qianyezi greeted happily, as if there were signs of rushing into Wu Zhi's arms. Suddenly, he saw Xiao Qianqian behind Wu Zhi, cheering and pounced into Xiao Qianqian's arms. Xiao Qianqian hugged her with a smile. The two of them often had awkwardly in the past, so how could they be so intimate?
When Qiqiao saw Wu Zhi at the door, she was busy packing up the plates on the table. Wu Zhi smiled and said, "Come out, Qianqian is back!"
As he spoke, Xiao Qianqian had already taken Qianyezi's hand into the bedroom. Qiqiao looked up and down at Xiao Qianqian, and saw Xiao Qianqian uneasy and lowered her head and said, "Aunt..."
Qi Qiao wanted to ridicule her, but saw Wu Zhi winked at her and pointed at Xiao Qianqian's eyes. Qi Qiao looked over. Xiao Qianqian's eyes were swollen. It seemed that she had just cried. Qi Qiao sighed and said softly: "Qianqian, come back, come on, aunt loves you!"
Qi Qiao walked over and put Xiao Qianqian in her arms, but she didn't forget to take the opportunity to twist Qianyezi's little face. Qianyezi broke free from Qiqiao's arms and rolled her eyes.
Wu Zhi smiled and turned around and walked out...
In March of the second year of Xuanhe, the Liao Kingdom went to Beijing and the imperial palace.
In the imperial study, Emperor Liao Yelu Yanxi sat silently behind the desk, his face looking extremely ugly. Xiao Fengxian also silently on the soft chair in front of the desk.
After a long time, Yelu Yanxi sighed: "After the Southern Dynasties destroyed the Jin Dynasty, will we let our dynasty go?"
Xiao Fengxian nodded, "The emperor, the southerners will definitely declare war on our court with the remaining power of destroying the Jin Dynasty!"
Yelu Yanxi nodded slightly: "Then go according to your wishes!"
Xiao Fengxian nodded, "The elite troops of the Southern Dynasty fought fiercely in Huanglong Mansion and reported in detail. Zhongjing was all soldiers from Jiangnan, and most of them were tired. If our soldiers took Zhongjing in one go, Zongze would become a lonely army and go deeper, and our dynasty would join forces with the Jurchens. If Zongze's troops could be destroyed in Huanglong, our dynasty would be free of worries within a few years. At that time, the emperor worked hard to govern, and it would not be impossible to keep our dynasty safe!"
After Xiao Fengxian returned to Liao, he immediately sent a secret envoy. He hit it off with the Jin people and secretly signed an offensive and defensive alliance. Month ago, Zong Ze led 80,000 imperial guards to the Huanglong Mansion of the Jin Kingdom. Now he has been fighting for several days. Aguda sent envoys to ask for troops. Xiao Fengxian proposed a plan to raid the extinction of households in Zhongjing. If Zhongjing could be conquered, Zongze would be cut off. The tens of thousands of Song troops in Liaoyang Prefecture were isolated and had no help, and his morale was sluggish. By then, the Liao and Jin teamed up to kill the hundreds of thousands of Song troops.
Yelu Yanxi sighed after hearing Xiao Fengxian's words, and he could only do this. Is this the only way to fight? Although even if he temporarily conquered Zhongjing and destroyed Zongze's tribe with Huanglong, he could not conquer Youyun Tianqian Pass. When the Southern Dynasty breathed a sigh of relief, he would probably have a hundred times more revenge, but if this was not the case, would he watch the Southern Dynasty destroy the Jurchens and then freed up his hands to deal with him?
"Go and arrange it!" Yelu Yanxi waved his hand, Xiao Fengxian stood up and left, looking at Xiao Fengxian's back. Yelu Yanxi sighed again, remembering that when the Liao Dynasty just ascended the throne, the Liao Dynasty was still singing and dancing. A hundred countries bowed, but for more than ten years, the country's power was weak, and there was a vague danger of destroying the country. Yesi Yanxi was quite discouraged and picked up the tea cup on the table in depressed manner and drank tea.
At the same time, Wu Zhi held a letter in his hand and was slightly out of sight. The letter was written by Zong Ze, which explained the various disadvantages of the rapid advance of the Northern Expedition. In particular, the defense of Zhongjing is very problematic. Zhongjing is now mostly soldiers from Jiangnan and has been distracted for a long time. If the Liao rebels the alliance and raids Zhongjing, he is afraid that Zhongjing will not be able to defend for half a month. Now the plan should be steady and steady. To comfort the people in Zhongjing Dading Prefecture and Tokyo Liaoyang Prefecture, it is safe to wait until the foundation is stable. It will be safe to attack Jin after several months.
Wu Zhi looked at the letter and sighed. When the letter arrived in Tokyo, he urged Zong Zebei to enter the land of Shengyu, probably because he had already arrived at Liaoyang Prefecture. Now Zong Ze's army has come to Huanglong City.
These days, the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Dynasty were immersed in the joy of successive victory. All the ministers hoped that Zongze's troops would destroy the Jurchens in one fell swoop, expand their territory, and achieve unprecedented glory in the Southern Dynasty. Even the most conservative An Gongtao also expressed his hope that the Empress Dowager would urge Zongze to advance north. As for Wu Zhi, he had already ordered the supply of immortal tea to the Jurchens and Liao nobles. I think these nobles would make the Jin and Liao kingdoms mess up, right?
Wu Zhi was originally a radical faction, so he naturally hoped that Zong Ze would destroy Jin in one fell swoop and take the opportunity to take the Liao Kingdom to the capital. He was full of confidence, but after reading Zong Ze's letter, a trace of uneasiness surged into Wu Zhi's heart. Zong Ze analyzed the current situation of Dading Prefecture and Liaoyang Prefecture very thoroughly. Now there are more than 100,000 Jiangnan imperial guards stationed on Zhongjing Road of Dading Prefecture, and Liaoyang Prefecture has more than 100,000 Youyun soldiers. The two sides are supporting each other. However, if they attack Jin, Liaoyang Prefecture will distribute most of the troops to attack Huanglong Prefecture. If Zhongjing is attacked, Liaoyang Prefecture will not be able to send reinforcements. Youyun can only rely on Youyun to send troops to rescue. Most of the places left by Youyun are infantry, and they are afraid that the journey will not be reached.
What's more, Zhongjing and Tokyo have just been quelled, and there are quite a few Khitans. If the Song and Liao dynasties attacked, they were afraid that these Khitans would take the opportunity to cause trouble, which would be a big problem.
Wu Zhi looked at Zong Ze's letter, sighed, stood up and opened the window, looked at the dark clouds in the northern sky, speechless for a long time...
Under Huanglong City, continuous camps surrounded Huanglong City. The flags in the camp covered the sun. Most of the soldiers coming and going looked up from time to time and looked at the shadowy Jurchens on Huanglong City. No one expected that Huanglong Mansion would be so difficult to get off the Huanglong Mansion. The Jurchens were so fierce that they fought fiercely for half a month, and they lost thousands of troops. Huanglong City remained unmoved.
In the central army camp, Zong Ze sat on the commander's chair and silently looked at the urgent official documents sent by the school. The official documents were from the Liaoyang Prefecture. The Liao people raided Zhongjing. When the official documents were issued, the fierce battle of Zhongjing Dading Prefecture was in full swing.
Zong Ze felt heavy in his heart when he looked at the official document. The situation he didn't want to appear actually happened. If Zhongjing was lost, the blow to the morale of Youyun soldiers would be fatal. Although Liaoyang Prefecture is still abundant in food and grass, and Liaoyang Prefecture has Laizhou Harbor, which can be replenished from the sea, no matter what, the soldiers' psychology will inevitably be covered with the shadow of fighting alone. For Youyun soldiers, who have never experienced the baptism of failure, they will not know what kind of blow they will cause.
Zong Ze also knew that Dading Prefecture was the weakness of the Northern Expedition, but the letter sent to the noble king had just been sent. The emperor urging the Northern Expedition had arrived. He had no choice but to launch an army to the Northern Expedition. This was also a matter of deep concern. Disobeying orders was naturally the worst. Zong Ze calculated that if the army captured Huanglong Prefecture by lightning, even if the Liao Kingdom had any sinister thoughts, he could only take it back quietly. What Zong Ze did not expect was that Agu meditating was in charge. The 30,000 Jurchens in Huanglong Prefecture fought desperately like madmen. The Hebei army's destructive offensive was gone. After more than ten days, the Hebei army did not gain any advantage and failed to take a step to the city. This gave the Liao people an opportunity to take advantage.
Sighing, Zongze stood up and shouted: "Summon all the generals to discuss matters!"
The drums were heard, and Wen Da, Li Cheng, Hu Sanmei, Lu Junyi and others recorded the account after hearing the sound. Zong Zeping left the school and passed the official documents to the generals. Li Cheng was shocked and said, "The Liao people attacked Zhongjing? I'm afraid that Zhongjing will be difficult to defend, right?"
Zong Ze looked at him with anger and sighed in his heart. Even these generals and officials have never experienced adversity?
"Zhongjing may not last long. For the sake of the current plan, I have carefully considered it and can only withdraw the troops quickly. As long as Zhongjing can hold on for half a month, I can send troops from Liaoyang Prefecture to rescue him! What do you think?"
Some of the generals thought, some nodded and sighed. Zong Ze looked at Hu Sanmei indifferently and asked, "General Hu, what do you think?"
Hu Sanmei nodded. The sign was feasible.
Zong Ze smiled bitterly in his heart. He knew that the noble prince and Hu Sanmei were close. At first, he saw that Hu Sanmei was extremely cold to him and thought he was self-reliant and had strong support. He pretended to be arrogant. After a long time, he realized that the little girl was so by nature. I am afraid that she would not say a word when facing the emperor, right?
Zong Zefang wanted to send an order, but suddenly heard the "report..." outside the camp, pulling a long-awaited report and hurried into the big tent, kneeling down on one knee, "Report to the general, there is an urgent official document from Liaoyang Prefecture outside the camp!"
Zong Ze was stunned for a moment. The official documents were only available for tea, so why did the official documents be delivered? He hurriedly said: "Transfer it quickly!"
Soon, the sound of rapid footsteps came from outside the tent. A messenger hurriedly ran in and took out a sealed document. The school took it and uploaded it. Zong Ze opened the public paper bag and took out the paper to look at it. His face changed suddenly. None of the generals had seen the calm marshal who had lost his composure and looked at each other, knowing that there was something big mistake this time.
Zong Ze slowly sat back on the chair and smiled and said, "The soldiers of Yelu Chun from the Western Liao Dynasty sparked the Youyun!" Yelu Chun from the Western Liao Dynasty established the capital of Datong Prefecture, bordering the Youyun Prefecture.
"The drunkard's intention is not wine. No matter how ambitious Yelu Chun is, he knows that he will not defeat Youyun!" Wen Da sighed.
Zong Ze nodded in approval: "It's just to restrain Youyun. In this way, Youyun can't send reinforcements to support Dading Prefecture!"
"Will the Dading Mansion be lost?" Li Cheng's face looked very ugly.
"Not only will it be lost, but it will be lonely and helpless when hearing this, and its morale is low, I am afraid it won't last a few days!" Zong Ze shook his head.
"Now we can only withdraw quickly. Otherwise, if Zhongjing is captured, the Liao army will definitely come out to Longhua and Yikun attack our army. At that time, our army will inevitably be attacked from both sides!" Lu Junyi said a rare thing, but it hit the nail on the head.
Zong Ze sighed and said nothing. The situation was much worse than they thought. Huanglong Mansion was far away from Liaoyang Mansion. The nearest prefecture under the Southern Dynasty was Tongzhou, which belonged to Huanglong Mansion on Tokyo Road.
Since the Liao people can join forces with the Western Liao, they regard the Southern Dynasty as a life-and-death enemy. I am afraid that Longhua and Yikun's Liao army have already attacked. I don't know if the Tongzhou defenders can survive until the Northern Expedition revolve. If Tongzhou is lost, his 80,000 imperial guards cannot turn back to Liaoyang Prefecture, but there is no way to heaven and no way to enter the earth.
Seeing Zong Ze pondering, Li Cheng said anxiously: "Sir, if you don't retreat quickly to Liaoyang, it's too late!"
Zong Ze was speechless.
"Is it too late to withdraw the army now?" Hu Sanmei's cold voice sounded. She rarely spoke. Suddenly, a comment appeared. The discussion in the tent stopped immediately, and all the generals looked at Hu Sanmei.
Hu Sanmei said calmly: "Tongzhou!"
Most of the generals were silent, and only Suo Chao shook his head and said, "Tongzhou? What's wrong with Tongzhou?" But no one paid attention to him.
Zong Ze sighed. Since he was in command of the army, he had never encountered such a state of retreat.
"Sir, I think I can only attack Huanglong Mansion now!" Hu Sanmei suddenly said.
"Attacking Huanglong Mansion? Isn't it a joke? If the Khitans attacked Huanglong Mansion within a few days, how can our army deal with it?" A general sneered and said, "This general was originally a military officer from Shandong, who called Zajuanming. Most of the military generals in the Hebei army knew that the noble king had a very strong relationship with Hu Sanmei. In addition, Hu Sanmei was famous, and everyone was always polite to Hu Sanmei, but Qin Ming did not know the depth and could not stand Hu Sanmei's appearance. At this time, he couldn't help but retort.
Li Cheng glanced at Zuming, shook his head, thinking that you are lucky, if the noble king is here, you will not strip you alive? Speaking of which, Wu Zhi usually acts fairly and sternly, but Li Cheng somehow thinks that the noble king loves to take care of his shortcomings the most.
Hu Sanmei ignored Qin Ming and looked at Zong Ze and said, "I would like to bring five thousand light cavalry to surprise Beijing!"
Everyone was upset. Hu Sanmei naturally meant to surround Wei and save Zhao, but thousands of light cavalry attacked Beijing? What a joke? Is the Khitan camp in Beijing a vegetarian land? Thousands of people were just dying for nothing.
Zong Ze shook his head repeatedly. He couldn't even say it. When the Jurchens attacked Liao, why didn't they go westward to attack Shangjing? Instead, they went south to break Liaoyang, took Zhongjing, and took the siege against Shangjing. It was not because the capital of a country was the most tightly defended. In the Southern Dynasty, the number of imperial guards in Bianjing was roughly the same as the total number of local imperial guards. Even if thousands of cavalry successfully attacked the capital, they would be killed by the imperial guards in the imperial guard camp outside the capital in the blink of an eye.
"Do you think there is a better way?" Hu Sanmei asked Zong Ze.
Zong Ze sighed: "Not yet. But the solution is to come out. Today, everyone will go back and think about it, and we will discuss it tomorrow morning!"
The generals stood up one after another and retreated with their own worries.
Zong Ze sat on the coach's chair, thinking hard about countermeasures, and came up with several solutions. He shook his head and rejected them. He felt helpless for a moment. This time, the Liao, Jin, Western and Liao countries joined forces, and the noble king had no information. It seemed that the three countries were alert.
It is said that arrogance will be defeated. Have you been confused by the recent victory? Zong Ze sighed. Perhaps, because the information sent by the noble king is always so accurate, he gradually became lazy. He has not thought about the reactions of the Three Kingdoms recently. Although he had thought that the Three Kingdoms might join forces, he could not have thought that as soon as the other party took action, he seemed to force himself to a cliff."
Zong Ze was thinking a lot, suddenly he heard the sound of horses outside the camp, and then the sound of hooves was thunderous and gradually faded away. Zong Ze was stunned. Just as he was about to go out to see what happened, a small school stumbled in and shouted loudly, "Sir... General Hu led his light cavalry out of the camp..."
"What?" Zong Zeteng stood up and strode out of the handsome tent. In the west, sandstorms rolled, and a group of people rushed away.
The school ran out, holding a letter in his hand, and said carefully: "Sir, General Hu will give you a letter..."
Zong Ze snorted. Although Hu Sanmei had a deep relationship with the noble king, she did not obey the military order, which really made Zong Ze angry.
He reached out and took the letter and spread it out. There were not many words on the silk paper. "Hebei Army, his efforts should not be abandoned."
Zong Ze was stunned when he looked at the words, his blue face gradually stretched out. He looked up at the west and sighed, but his eyes were a little wet. Hu Sanmei's thoughts naturally understood. In order to relieve the danger of the Hebei army, she was willing to attack Shangjing, which made the Khitans not have time to divide their troops to rescue Huanglong. The Hebei army could take the opportunity to conquer Huanglong. Even if Tongzhou was lost, the Hebei army could return to the army south to recover Tongzhou after Huanglong resting, avoiding the embarrassing situation of Khitan in front and Jurchen in the back.
Zong Ze turned his head and shouted loudly: "Call the generals! Attack Huanglong!"
Hu Sanmei slowed down her horse and asked Yu'er to run at the same rhythm as the light cavalry around her. Looking at the soldiers around her, Hu Sanmei sighed in her heart. I wonder what the fate of this trip is. Will you still see him again in the future?
Looking back at the floating clouds in the south, Hu Sanmei sighed softly.
"General... General... you... do you have any worries?" A cavalryman following Hu Sanmei stammered and said, and when Hu Sanmei turned around and looked over, his face immediately turned red.
If Wu Zhi was there, he might be able to recognize that this was the military soldier who was indomitable and repeatedly fell off his horse and got up again and again in order to be selected for the cavalry team. However, Hu Sanmei had no impression of him. Now, looking at his outfit, he is already a centurion.
"What's your name?" Hu Sanmei said lightly.
"Report to General, Young General Yue Fei!" The military soldier's face was full of excitement.
"Yeah!" Hu Sanmei nodded and looked forward.
"Yue Fei, are you afraid of death?" Hu Sanmei looked at the cavalry beside her and felt something.
"Don't be afraid!" Yue Fei said loudly.
Hu Sanmei nodded and stopped talking.
"General! I am not afraid of death when I come with the general today! They all know what the road ahead is!" Yue Fei added loudly.
Hu Sanmei clamped her legs and ran forward, saying, "Yue Fei! Come and lead the way with me!" There was already a fork in front of her. Hu Sanmei studied the topographic map sent by Wu Zhi every day, and naturally knew where to go to Shangjing as fast as possible and avoided the eyes and ears of the Liao people.
Yue Fei was overjoyed and responded, chasing him over, looking at Hu Sanmei in white, Feng Feng, with admiration in his eyes.
At the end of March of the second year of Xuanhe, the champion general of the Southern Dynasty, Hu Sanmei, led 5,000 light cavalry to suddenly appear at the Shangjing City. At that time, the gate of Shangjing City opened and the officers and soldiers guarding the city were not as good as defense. The light cavalry team had already entered the city like the wind. Hu Sanmei, with white helmets and white armor, was in front, and all the light cavalry teams in black soft armor were behind, roaring into Shangjing City, and immediately bloody storm.
Hu Sanmei was like an invincible sword. Wherever she passed, the Khitans screamed and fell down in the bloody rain. A young general next to Hu Sanmei had a spear in her hand, flying up and down. Wherever the spear passed, the Khitans were poked to the ground. Hu Sanmei had some leisure time and turned around and praised: "What a handsome gunshot!"
Yue Fei immediately felt like he had taken stimulants, and his marksmanship made him even more anxious. The light cavalry team was invincible and he rushed to the Liao Dynasty Palace.
The gate of the imperial palace was closed, and crossbowmen on the top of the city shot arrows. Yue Fei's heart sank and turned to say, "General, do you want to retreat!" He didn't expect to break into the palace, but he didn't expect the Khitans to react quickly. Although the imperial city is not as tall as the city wall outside, the cavalry has no way to do it. If he does not retreat, the Khitan army outside the capital will arrive in a blink of an eye. Thousands of light cavalry may not stir up any waves and will be destroyed in the sea of people. The light cavalry is here to harass him. If he fails to hit the attack, he will retreat and hide immediately. If he comes again the next day, this is Yue Fei's strategy.
Hu Sanmei did not stop at all when she spoke in Yue Fei. She opened the arrow and ran straight towards the imperial palace gate. Yue Fei exclaimed in surprise. Although she knew she would die, she also instigated the war horses and followed closely, and was about to advance and retreat with the general.
Yue Fei imagined that the impact on the city gate did not happen. The black light flashed in Hu Sanmei's hand. Somehow, a big hole had been broken into the palace gate, and Yu'er rushed in immediately.
Yue Fei pulled the reins and followed closely behind. The other light chairs rushed forward in the rain of arrows without fear of death.
In the palace, he screamed in surprise, but Hu Sanmei was familiar with the way and headed straight to the harem. The black light flashed, and the guards in heavy armor all screamed and fell to the ground. Yue Fei was shocked and even more energetic. Although the spear could not pierce the guards' heavy armor, every shot was taken, he also knocked the heavy armored guards away.
After taking a few steps, Yue Fei suddenly shouted: "General Hu has an order, not as good as the eunuchs in the palace, men, women, young and old! They will be killed all of them!" Since he entered the palace, it would be a big regret if he did not kill the Liao emperor! But if he continued to search like this, it would not be a solution. Who knows whether the Liao emperor would pretend to be a eunuch or something, killing them all is the best way. As for the young and old, it would be best to kill the prince.
Chapter completed!