142 Expedition Down
The little emperor of Liao personally led an army of 300,000 to inspect Yanzhou, Fengting and other cities and set off on a southern expedition. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info mobilized a very large number of troops, if the monarchs and ministers of Chu have a little brains, of course they understand that this time the little emperor of Liao led such a huge army to Yanzhou, it will definitely not be as simple as inspecting and kissing his daughter.
In fact, Emperor Xuanye of Chu Xian was also an aspiring young emperor, he wanted to sweep the northern Liao State to prevent future troubles, he sent a large army to the north, but it backfired, resulting in the defeat of the Chu State and the humiliation of the country.
At the same time, he also expected that the Liao State would take advantage of this great victory to accelerate the pace of annexing the Chu State. So he did not hesitate to bow down to the palace master of the Tianxian Palace, Xian Wuchen, for help with the respect of the emperor; It is hoped that the Tianxian Palace will send a strong martial arts fairy to assassinate the emperor of Liao, once the little emperor of Liao can be killed, then all forces in Liao will be in civil strife in order to regain the throne, so that Chu may turn defeat into victory and regain hegemony.
Of course, Emperor Chu Xian also thought that once he failed to send a heavenly fairy to assassinate the Liao Emperor, the Liao Emperor would be furious at that time, and the Liao army would definitely attack the capital of Chu ~ Chu Capital. So no matter what the result is, the two kingdoms of Chu and Liao are still inevitably in a war; For this reason, Emperor Chu Xian also made full preparations and prepared for the worst.
According to Emperor Chu Xian's idea, if Xian Wuchen and they succeeded in assassinating the emperor of Liao, the army of Liao would be chaotic at that time, and he could lead the army to unite with Xiliang and attack Liao together, and when the time came, he could recover Yanding Erzhou, or even invade Liao; That's it.
Of course, the worst plan is to assassinate the Liao Emperor unsuccessfully, and the Western Liang State will not send reinforcements, so that the Chu State is isolated and helpless, and the Chu capital will be broken by the Liao army, and he will flee to other places with the remnants of the defeated army.
Emperor Chu Xian was also prepared that once the Chu capital was lost, he would retreat to Hongcheng and then try to develop. Emperor Xian of Chu chose Hongcheng because Hongcheng is now the most populous and powerful of all the cities in Chu State; The main thing is that Hongcheng is the seat of the Hongzhou town guard. The city lord of Hongcheng is the town guard envoy of Hongzhou, and the eldest daughter of the town guard is the concubine of Emperor Chu Xian, so Emperor Chu Xian believes that he has a relationship of honor and disgrace with Hong Guifei and the city lord of Hongcheng, and believes that they will not betray him.
Princess Xiao Lin originally wanted to go back to Liaodu, but when she returned to Dingzhou City, she learned that the emperor's younger brother's army had set off from Liaodu. Princess Xiao Lin suddenly didn't want to go back, anyway, the Empress Dowager Xiao didn't send anyone to urge her to go back, and she could also help the emperor's younger brother if she stayed, and besides, it was so boring in the palace.
So Princess Xiao Lin was waiting for the arrival of the emperor's younger brother in Dingzhou, the defenders of Dingzhou City Yang Wuwei was a very far-sighted general, so he was deeply liked by Han Jiangxue in the past, he had already guessed that the real purpose of the little emperor was to attack the capital of Chu when he led the army from the little emperor, so he was also ready to attack Chu for the little emperor.
Yang Wuwei's military rank belonged to the general, and he led the Liao army near Dingzhou City with about 30,000 troops, including about 10,000 mobile troops. Yang Wuwei understood that once the little emperor officially marched south, his 30,000 troops might have to be transferred to the front line with 1 to 20,000 horses, of course, the specific number depends on the tension of the little emperor's troops during the southern expedition.
Of course, in addition to the martial arts of Dingzhou City, Meishuang of Yanzhou City is stepping up preparations, after all, the success or failure of the little emperor's southern expedition is related to the national fortune of the Liao State in the future. If the capital of Chu can be broken this time, then it is possible that the Liao State will be the beginning of the unification of the entire continent.
Of course, for Mei Shuang personally, if he can assist the little emperor in his southern expedition to victory, then he is also a great hero of the Great Liao; At that time, his military prestige can be close to Han Jiangxue in the past, because he assisted Han Jiangxue to achieve a big victory in the past, and now he assists the little emperor to break through the capital of Chu State, which fully shows his military talent.
Who doesn't want to get ahead, although Mei Shuang was the maid of Empress Dowager Xiao in the past, she is now a prince of the Megatron side.
The strength of the Liao army near Yanzhou was more than 80,000 horses led by Mei Shuang, and the strongest combat effectiveness among the 80,000 horses was the 30,000 Flying Eagle Army led by General Nighthawk and 5,000 iron cavalry led by Vice General Du Muyi, and the 50,000 horses led by Vice Marshal Mei Shuang personally led by the headquarters The combat effectiveness was relatively poor.
The reason is very simple, the 50,000 men and horses of the headquarters of Vice Marshal Meishuang are mainly used to defend the cities, while the 30,000 Flying Eagle Army led by Admiral Nighthawk and 5,000 iron cavalry led by Vice General Du Muyi are the elite forces of mobile warfare. Of course, both Nighthawk and Dumuyi are now Meishuang's subordinates.
At that time, Hanjiangxue also cultivated a total of about 80,000 Flying Eagle Army, and the little emperor used more than half of the Flying Eagle Army strength to go on this expedition, and carefully analyzed that the Sky Eagle led 20,000 Flying Eagle Army, plus the Night Eagle General led 30,000 Flying Eagle Army, and Vice General Du Muyi led 5,000 Flying Eagle Army Iron Cavalry, so that the total is more than 55,000 Flying Eagle Army soldiers and horses. Now only Yun Ying led 20,000 flying eagle troops to stay in the entire Liao capital, it can be said that this time the little emperor personally conquered, and the main force and elite of the Liao army were exhausted. (This Yun Ying is ostensibly the general of the Flying Eagle Army, but in fact he is the person in charge of the intelligence work under Han Jiangxue).
Empress Dowager Xiao and the Little Emperor transferred most of the elite of the Flying Eagle Army to the expedition, not only to ensure the success of this expedition, but also to consume Han Jiangxue's cronies by the way.
The real purpose of the little emperor's visit to Yanzhou this time was to go to the Chu State, in fact, only a few important ministers of the Liao State knew, but the little emperor nominally went to Pingnantai to inspect and kiss his daughter. Of course, most people with a little military acumen know it, but they don't dare to say it.
The little emperor led an army of 300,000 to roll south, and when Lin Guifei's father, Lin Haotian, the general of Pingdong, led 50,000 vanguard soldiers and horses to Dingzhou City, Dingzhou City Guard Yang Wuwei personally led 3,000 elites to greet him.
Because Lin Haotian led too many soldiers and horses, it was inconvenient to live in the city, so Yang Wuwei arranged a garrison for the army outside the city as early as possible.
Lin Haotian saw that he praised his martial arts and ability, and personally led more than 10,000 troops into the city, because Princess Xiao Lin was also in the city, so Yang Wuwei accompanied Lin Haotian to meet Princess Xiao Lin.
Princess Xiao Lin originally wanted to wait for the little emperor, but considering that it would take at least ten days to half a month to wait for the arrival of the little emperor's Chinese army, how could she wait. So the next day, with Lin Haotian leading the army, she also set off.
As the vanguard of the noble and fast, Lin Haotian led an army of 50,000 and soon arrived in Yanzhou City. Vice Marshal Meishuang sent Nighthawk to lead the men and horses to meet Lin Haotian.
Lin Haotian is a middle-aged man in his forties, and he is dissatisfied with the young female general Nighthawk, and he thinks that if this woman is not Han Jiangxue's cronies, how could she be a general at a young age. So Nighthawk greeted him politely, and he only responded politely to Nighthawk.
Of course, Lin Haotian was also very dissatisfied with Han Jiangxue, and he also thought that Han Jiangxue relied on Empress Dowager Xiao to rise step by step. However, he didn't dare to obviously offend this Nighthawk, after all, Nighthawk was the most elite Flying Eagle Army in the Liao Army, and he was worried that Nighthawk would report to Han Jiangxue, if Han Jiangxue united with Mo Guifei to deal with his daughter, it would be bad.
His daughter is now just a concubine, and Han Jiangxue is the queen, if his daughter wants to be the queen, he must remove the big obstacle of Han Jiangxue. Of course, Lin Haotian didn't know that the queen was pretending to be someone else, and the real Han Jiangxue had already left the Liao Palace. (To be continued.) )