Chapter 45: The Dust Settles
On December 7, the Dali army captured Yanjing City, which was exactly five months from the assassination of the eldest prince of Duanzhuang, and Dali only took less than five months to realize the promise of Emperor Kang, and used Dali's male soldiers to level the land of the Central Plains, and stepped on the ground with the feet of Daliang and could not turn over forever, which was regarded as avenging Duan Zhuang, the great prince of Dali.
In this battle, the supreme commander of the Northern Liang Dynasty, General Meng Chaoda, led the troops to defend Yanjing City to the death, but was gently cut off by the second prince of Dali, Duan Chong, the commander of the forbidden army, and quickly helped Dali calm the chaos in Yanjing City, and opened the city gate to welcome the troops of Emperor Kang of Dali outside the city, but the remnants of the Great Liang army commanded by Xiao Beiping and Xiao Zhengrong outside the city were rejected by the cannons erected on the walls of Yanjing City, and could not advance at all, and the emperor of Northern Liang, Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao He, was nowhere to be found in this station.
This time the Dali army also suffered extremely heavy losses, especially the 30,000 Dali soldiers led by Emperor Zheng Kang outside the city, the number of people after entering Yanjing City was less than 15,000 people, and more than half of the damage was lost...... 35,000, and outside the city there are 100,000 Liang troops led by Xiao Beiping and Xiao Beiding, yes, and the army of this Liang has been entrenched outside Yanjing for a long time and is unwilling to leave, because he saw a glimmer of the last hope, Dali's army is a tired division, and the ammunition has been almost used, but it is a pity that Daliang's army did not dare to grasp the best opportunity, after a few feints, in the face of the artillery fire of Dali's army, he chose to ...... retreated, but everyone knew that these were the last few shells in Dali.
After missing the best opportunity to save Yanjing City, Dali's reinforcements also crossed the Yangtze River late, rushed to the outside of Yanjing City, at this time, Daliang's army had to accept the fact of defeat, leading the remnants of the defeated army to the northeast retreat, wanting to do the final struggle, Daliang's army still has more than 100,000 people, which is a mixture of the Southern Liang and Northern Liang coalition forces, and is still an extremely powerful force, so Dali's army did not choose to pursue, they need more time to recuperate, to reserve the granary, More importantly...... made cannonballs, so he let the army of Daliang slowly march northeast, until he came to the eastern seashore and stationed himself on the land adjacent to Dongyi.
There is no doubt that although this Dongyi is a small place, it is also the most inviolable place in the world, in Dongyi, there are not many troops, but there are the largest number of masters in the world, a full twelve martial arts masters gathered in the grass on the Fusang Island in Dongyi, and at the same time there is the most terrible great master in the world, these two alone are enough to discourage anyone who covets the land of Dongyi, and the reason why Dali's army chose to station here, It is to know the uncertain nature of the great grandmaster of Dongyi, if Dali's army wants to attack it, it is bound to make the land of Dongyi stained with the smell of artillery fire, then the consequences can no one predict, maybe it will annoy our great grandmaster of Dongyi, and transfer the anger to himself, which is also the last guarantee of the Daliang army.
And Dali's army has actually been held to the limit, urgently need to replenish troops, prepare food and grass, the number of Dali's army is very small, to be able to support such a large-scale battle is already a miracle, in the loss of ammunition support, at this moment Dali has no extra energy and ability to deal with the 100,000 troops, even if from the south 50,000 heart to recruit reinforcements, it is only able to control the situation in the various cities, and now Yanjing City is also a mess, After being cleaned by the Dali army with artillery, the ruins and broken tiles can be seen everywhere, there are broken houses and roads everywhere, it takes a long time to return to the original state, and the army of the Dali reinforcements went all the way north, and the cities they arrived at were all falling from the wind, there were dozens of cities, and a certain number of Dali troops were needed to take over power from these cities and arrange the handover matters, all of them needed a certain number of Dali troops as a guarantee, in fact, Dali's army, even if it was counted as reinforcements, was already beyond its means, So it led to an extremely interesting scene, while the officials of Daliang City opened the city gate to welcome the arrival of the Dali army, the commander of the Dali army waved his hand: We don't have the manpower to take over you, you can play by yourself first......
But in any case, this Dali can be regarded as a real sense of the capture of the entire Liang, so far, the South Liang and the North Liang are considered to have fallen, the phenomenon of the division of the north and south of the river is over, and the end of this phenomenon of separation is not the North Liang people, let alone the South Liang people, but ...... Dali, history is like this, always like to make countless jokes to people, so that history settles in the unexpected ending.
And at this moment, Duan Chong is standing on the head of the Yanjing Imperial City, looking at the ruins and broken tiles under his feet, he doesn't know what it feels like, Xiao Beiping and Xiao Beiding have already led an army of 100,000 to Dongyi, and the 100,000 army seems to be huge, but in fact, it is already dying, the entire Liang has fallen, if you want to maintain the supply of this 100,000 army, it is a very difficult thing, not only grain and grass, but also the materials needed to build camp tents, and the cotton clothes for soldiers to spend the winter are a great problem. And without the support of the city, the 100,000 army of the Northern Liang has no usual supply of materials at all, if the 100,000 army is allowed to go down, sooner or later it will fall apart, this Duan Zhong and Zheng Kangdi see it very clearly, so you can also rest assured and boldly let the Liang army leave, unless Dongyi supports, otherwise, the army of the Great Liang wants to survive the spring, it is an extremely difficult thing.
But Duan Zhong didn't care about these things, and Duan Zhong always remembered Xiao Beiping and Xiao Zhengrong. Although the current situation is that Duan Chong and these two have completely broken up, but Duan Chong has never been able to let go of the friendship between the three, Duan Chong used his cannon to bury Xiao Beiping's country with his own hands, and Duan Chong not only buried Xiao Zhengrong's country, but I am afraid that in Xiao Zhengrong's eyes, he is still the murderer and sinner who killed the emperor of the Northern Liang Kingdom, and no one would have imagined that this Liang Wu Emperor Xiao He would be robbed by Xiao Li.
And there is no doubt that Duan Chong is using his own hands, step by step to push Xiao Beiping and Xiao Zhengrong into the abyss of no return, Duan Chong took a deep breath, this is an extremely uncomfortable emotion, and when Dali calms down the entire Liang country, reorganizes the army, and manufactures more artillery and ammunition, he will start to clear the remaining troops of this Liang, and at that time, the 100,000 army of Daliang is afraid that in the case of lack of soldiers and food, it will definitely be seriously reduced. Therefore, even if Dali's army does not use weapons such as artillery, it can easily wipe out the last strength of the Great Liang Kingdom.
And when the time comes, the task of exterminating the remnant party is likely to fall on Duan Chong's head again, and Duan Chong will face the fate of pointing his sword at his brother, which is really not what Duan Chong wants to face.
And Duan Zhong is still worried about Xiao Li, this Xiao Li has been lurking for a year, and finally broke through to become a pseudo-grandmaster-level master, this layer of Duan Zhong has also experienced, so until this Xiao Li's cultivation at the moment is not as good as himself, but it will continue to improve, with the emergence of Xiao Li, Xiao Li's forces will gradually surface, I believe this will be another great threat to Dali, in the palace of Yanjing City, Duan Chong did not see Wang Haitang Wang Queen, this is Duan Chong's doubts, if it is according to Duan Chong's thoughts, This Wang Haitang Wang Empress is in cahoots with Xiao Lixin, I am afraid that she has betrayed Liang Wu Emperor Xiao He a long time ago, otherwise this Liang Wu Emperor Xiao He would not be so stretched in this Yanjing defense battle, you must know that the power of this Wang Haitang Wang and Empress is extremely terrifying.
For a while, the thoughts in Duan Chong's mind were extremely complicated, and he felt a very headache, but when he was helpless, he felt that a person was walking towards the palace wall, it was none other than Dali Zhengkangdi, Duan took a breath, but hurriedly turned around to meet him: "Father!" ”
Emperor Zheng Kang looked at Duan Chong, nodded with satisfaction, and then walked to the top of the palace wall, and said while looking at the scenery in the distance: "Chong'er, you have done a very good job these days, and my father is very satisfied!" ”
Duan Zhong nodded, naturally knowing that what Emperor Kang was referring to was his achievements in leading the team to conquer cities these days, which was a great feat, so Duan Chong touched his nose: "Thank you, father!" ”
Emperor Kang pursed his lips, but he sighed faintly: "Chong'er, do you know who is the person who most desires Dali to dominate the world!" ”
Duan Zhong hurriedly replied: "The people of Dali all hope that Dali can complete the great cause of dominating the world!" ”
Zhengkangdi shook his head: "It's Zhuang'er!" ”
Duan Chong was silent for a while, but he also knew that Duan Zhuang attached great importance to power in his heart, and had always hoped to complete Dali's hegemony of dominating the world, but unfortunately he died in advance, Emperor Kang shook his head and sighed helplessly: "It's a pity that Zhuang'er can't see all this, even so, we can be regarded as having fulfilled Zhuang'er's wish!" ”
Duan Zhong nodded hurriedly: "What my father said is very true, the eldest brother will be very pleased if he knows it!" ”
Emperor Zheng Kang nodded, very satisfied with Duan Chong's reply, but suddenly changed his words: "Chong'er, do you know that as soon as this Zhuang'er leaves, the burden of Dali will fall on your shoulders!" ”
Duan Chong was shocked when he heard this: "My father is still in the prime of life, it's a bit too early to say this!" ”
Zheng Kangdi shook his head: "It's not early, I've reached the pinnacle of my life, and I should ...... Abdication! ”