Chapter 124: Receiving the Enemy (For Book Friend Xu Feng)
always likes to think more, in fact, Wang Xiao just wants them to accompany him to fight the landlord.
Of course, the more people there are, the better. There's nothing else to do, don't overthink it.
In any case, the battle was fierce on this night. It was so intense that when the mandarin duck came to look for him at noon the next day, Wang Xiao hadn't been able to get up yet.
"It's not a good thing to stay up late."
Wang Xiao yawned and asked Mandarin Duck, "What's the matter?" ”
The mandarin duck saluted and replied, "Someone from the palace took the second master away today, and the old lady was in a hurry, so let the slave come and invite the second master over." ”
Wang Xiao knew about this, and Lin Ruhai vaguely mentioned it to him yesterday.
His daughter has suffered so much in the Jia family, it is impossible not to retaliate. The difference is only that for Wang Xiao's sake, it is not so intense.
Lin Ruhai hated Mrs. Wang deeply, and it was only natural that Dabao Face was implicated as Mrs. Wang's son.
Although it will not take his life, it is inevitable to endure hardships.
"It's useless to look for me." Wang Xiao spread his hands and made a helpless gesture, "The emperor wants to arrest him, what can I do?" You go back and tell the old lady that even for the sake of Xian Rongguo, Baoyu will not lose his life, at most he will suffer some hardships. ”
The hardships in Wang Xiao's mouth are really bitter.
Dabao's face was directly assigned to the military camp as a wrestler, which is the one that Xue Pan had done before.
But compared to Xue Pan, he is not bad.
is also a nephew, Xue Pan was directly taken down and imprisoned with the men of the Wang family. If it weren't for Wang Xiao's intercession and giving him a chance to be assigned to the death camp, then wait to cut off his head with the Wang family's men.
Wang Xiao didn't pay attention to something and wanted to call his Jia Mu, how could people who were busy with big things revolve around them every day.
In the afternoon, the emperor sent someone to summon him to the palace again to discuss the military aircraft.
Before talking about the matter, the emperor first promoted Wang Xiao to an official in recognition of his meritorious deeds when he cleared Hongyi.
The title has not changed, but the military rank has been directly promoted from guerrilla general to deputy general of the second rank, and the military rank has jumped two levels.
This is also because the Beijing camp suffered heavy losses, and a large number of generals in the army were lost in Saibei.
The emperor was anxious to restore the strength of the Jingying camp and began to vigorously promote new people.
The generals who followed Wang Xiao and Lin Ruhai to the East China Sea have all had great luck, and they can at least be promoted to the next level.
"I'm going to transfer you to the Zhenwu camp, what does Aiqing think?"
The main force of the Zhenwu battalion followed the prince to vacate the fortress, and the soldiers were basically wiped out. There are only a few remaining auxiliaries left on the side of the capital.
Even if it is an emergency conscription supplement, most of them are recruits who have little experience and training and have just put down their hoes. Combat effectiveness is worrisome.
However, the good thing is that the emperor did not appoint a new battalion leader of the Zhenwu battalion, and the deputy general was Wang Xiao alone.
If he performs well in the next battle against the tribal alliance, then it is only natural that Wang Xiao will rise to control the Zhenwu camp again.
"Thank you Your Majesty for your love, how dare you not serve your strength."
After rewarding the generals who went out to Hongyi, the emperor finally announced a major event.
"I have made up my mind, I ask the Emperor Taishang and me to lead the troops out of Beijing together, and fight to the death with those grassland captives!"
After a whole night of consideration, the emperor finally made up his mind and accepted Wang Xiao's proposal to fight to the death with the captives who had gone south.
As soon as these words came out, the ministers were naturally shocked and dissuaded in various ways.
What emperor is the true dragon son of heaven, do not move lightly. Just captives, why should the emperor personally go to battle. The Emperor Taishang is too old to travel long distances.
For these civil servants who are bent on nostalgia for the frivolous days of the Emperor Taishang's era, and hate the current emperor's continuous ruthless rectification of the officials. The emperor didn't talk nonsense either, just one sentence.
"I and the Emperor Taishang have already made up their minds about this matter, and you Aiqing don't need to persuade you again."
Although it is not clear how the emperor persuaded the emperor, it is thought that a palace battle is indispensable.
More than ten years ago, he was able to overthrow the former crown prince who was in the ascendant and forced the emperor to pass on the throne to him, and there are still means to do so.
In addition to the Beijing camp that urgently recruited troops, the Imperial Forest Army stationed in Longshouyuan to protect the Emperor Taishang will also go to battle.
The emperor also ordered the nobles and generals in the army to go out as one.
'This is a national war! ’
With this sentence, no one can object.
Those who retreat at this time will have the title of knighthood in the family at the end.
The emperor appointed Lin Ruhai as the commander of the army, and all military affairs were entrusted to him.
This is also something that can't be helped, the army can fight and is qualified, and the most important thing is that the generals who are loyal to the emperor are basically buried in Saibei.
At this moment, only the Jingying Festival, who had just won the victory in the East China Sea, made Lin Ruhai the most qualified.
What surprised Wang Xiao was that King Zhongshun was also on the list of expeditions.
The king of Zhongshun enjoys and loves to have fun. The one with a wide body and a fat body is a big fat man. Such a person goes to the battlefield, and once the battle situation is unfavorable, he can't run away if he wants to.
"It seems that the emperor is even on guard against the loyal king."
Most of the Chinese officials of the DPRK remained behind, but the military generals and nobles were basically taken away. Even an empty lord like King Beijing, who has lost his military power for many years, is no exception.
In addition to the Dragon Forbidden Captain, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, and the City Defense Army. All the troops in the capital were emptied.
Through emergency conscription, most of the strength of the Beijing battalion was restored. With the addition of the Imperial Forest, the total strength is close to 150,000. It is still claimed to be an army of 500,000 to the outside world.
Wang Xiao received the tiger talisman and went home to salute and say goodbye, and then went to the Lin Mansion to say goodbye to Lin Daiyu.
Lin Daiyu handed Wang Xiao a sachet with her hair hidden.
"If you are shrouded in horse leather, the concubine will live and die together."
In the face of the deep love of the beauty, Wang Xiao couldn't say a word.
Under the sunset, the two hugged each other tightly.
For Wang Xiao, he is really a veteran of this kind of thing.
After the army left the capital, Lin Ruhai directly entrusted all military affairs to Wang Xiao in front of the emperor. Just like when I went out to Hongyi before. And Wang Xiao naturally arranged it properly.
As for the Emperor Taishang, he and the King of Longwu County were tightly guarded by the Imperial Forest Army in the huge royal carriage, and he never showed up at all.
"The main force of the captive cavalry is stationed under Pingliang City at this moment. Although they are strong in field warfare, siege is not their strong point. Pingliang City can hold on for at least ten days and half a month. ”
In the emperor's handsome tent, Wang Xiao analyzed the battle situation in front of the civil and military officials, "Our army went out of the capital and went to Fengxiang, and then went all the way north through Longxian County to enter Huating." Those captives will either go south to fight our army to the death, or they will retreat and plunder and return to the steppe. ”
King Zhongshun asked suspiciously, "Won't they wait for us under Pingliang City, so that they can wait for work?" ”
Wang Xiao smiled, "Lord Wang, you don't understand the things of war. Our army is fighting at home this time and is well informed. And the captive rider was black-eyed. Their advantage lies in the large number of horses and strong mobility, if they stay under Pingliang City and wait for our army, it will become a war of attrition that will voluntarily give up their advantages and fight with us. There are only so many of them that they can't afford to fight at all. ”
Speaking of this, Wang Xiao ignored the ugly face of King Zhongshun, and said regretfully, "If you have an elite cavalry in your hand at this time, you can go out of the division and take the Qingyang line to detour and go straight to Xiaoguan." In this way, the captives who entered the customs were wrapped in dumplings. ”
There are also cavalry units in the Beijing camp, but it is a pity that they were taken to Saibei by Wang Ziteng before and never came back.
At this time, there were only two or three thousand people in the army who could fight on horseback, and they couldn't do such a thing as running thousands of miles to attack Xiaoguan.
The emperor didn't understand military affairs, so he could only turn his inquiring eyes to Lin Ruhai.
Lin Ruhai nodded slowly: "That's very good." ”
When he left the tent, King Beijing came over.
Handsome and compelling, the king of Beijing, who laughed like a spring breeze, smiled and said, "Brother Shi is really a handsome man in the world." After returning to Beijing after the victory, the younger brother set up a banquet to congratulate the younger brother. When the time comes, please be sure to appreciate the light. ”
Wang Xiao smiled and arched his hand: "It must be." ”
Looking at the back of King Beijing's departure, Wang Xiao complained, "I really don't dare to go to your banquet." ”
There are emperors, there are emperors, there are nobles and hundreds of officials, there are heavy artillery drags, and the speed of action of the army is not fast.
Fortunately, Guanzhong is rich, and all counties along the way can provide a large amount of grain and grass materials, saving a lot of trouble, and there is no danger of being cut off from the grain route.
When the army passed Fengxiang, it received a report from the reconnaissance cavalry that there were traces of captive cavalry near Longxian.
"Isn't it that those captives have already broken through Pingliang City?"
Someone immediately questioned Wang Xiao.
"It's impossible." Wang Xiao didn't believe this: "They are not a Mongol army. ”
Contrary to the impression, in addition to the excellent cavalry and archery field battles, the Mongols also had good siege capabilities.
The famous siege weapon was made by them.
But the grassland captives of this era absolutely do not have this kind of technical strength. This is not the main force of the captive cavalry, but more like a partial division that fights the grass valley.
Looking at the people in front of him who were noisy and panicked just when they met a partial division, Wang Xiao directly smashed his fist on the sand table.
"Shout what! It's just a partial division, eat them! ”
One of the subsequent effects of Wang Ziteng's fiasco was that everyone suffered from a phobia of captivity.
The elite army of more than 100,000 or 200,000 has been defeated by others, and the vast majority of these people who have never been on the battlefield can not be afraid? In their eyes, those captives seemed to have become invulnerable rakshasa ghosts.
Even if it's just to boost morale, this battle has to be fought!
Located at the foot of Chaojia Mountain on the bank of the Thousand River, a group of seven or eight hundred horsemen is grazing horses by the river.
They belonged to a small tribe on the grassland, and when the main force was besieging Pingliang City, they were sent out to fight the grass valley. To put it bluntly, they are allowed to plunder and make a fortune.
The commander of the steppe coalition is well aware of the nature of these tribes, and it is not okay not to give them some benefits.
This captive horse was addicted, and actually went all the way south to the left near Longxian County.
Soon a group of soldiers and horses under the banner of Da Zhou appeared nearby, and after seeing them, they did not come forward to engage but fled in a panic.
After breaking through the level, the captives, who were accustomed to seeing this kind of thing, laughed and got on their horses and began to pursue.
Compared with gold, silver and jewelry, these people on the grassland prefer the iron-armored weapons on the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty. This is an extremely important strategic material in the grassland with backward smelting technology.
Although after the Battle of Saibei, they basically managed to have one piece per person through the capture, but who would think that there are too many such good things.
The two sides chased and fled gradually approached, and when they crossed a wooden bridge across a thousand rivers, the captives were surprised to find that countless flags had been erected in the mountains and forests around them, and one after another soldiers and horses were rushing out. The sheer number of them is simply a tingling of the scalp.
I wanted to retreat, but when I turned around, I found that there were many figures in the water under the bridge that crossed the river before, and the bridge was demolished.
Hundreds of horsemen stood on their backs, facing thousands of soldiers and horses pouring out.
Before the fight began, someone had already turned their horses' heads and rushed directly into the river.
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