Chapter 615: A Businessman Who Treats His Home and Country as Nothing (First Update)
Chapter 615
Yanzhou Assassin Shi Ye Cibo gave the order to lay down his arms and surrender, and the soldiers around him were escorted by the Song army soldiers to inspect various places in Yanzhou City and shout.
At least nearly 1,000 Western Xia soldiers who were hiding in the neighborhoods of their houses laid down their weapons and walked onto the streets to surrender to the Song soldiers.
The resistance in the city was already very small, and at noon, the old driver of Zhi Kexing also rushed to Yanzhou in a hurry.
His face was full of tiredness, but the energetic Zhi Kexing strode across the walls of Yanzhou City, and he was already smiling so much that he couldn't close his mouth.
After the old general left 3,000 foot soldiers in Qin's camel's mouth, he continued to lead the army and marched towards Yanzhou, but he was only halfway through the way, and he met a messenger sent by Zhe Keshi to Qin's camel's mouth, and learned that Yanzhou City had been taken.
I couldn't help but be overjoyed, and on the one hand sent a messenger to the Dingbian army, and on the other hand, I accelerated towards Yanzhou, but the old general was in too urgent mood, and thought that the foot soldiers were really walking too slowly, so he simply let them continue to move forward, while he led five hundred elite horsemen to rush towards Yanzhou first.
Standing in front of the east gatehouse of the city, Zhi Kexing was a little excited and couldn't help himself, and slapped his nephew Zhi Keshi's shoulder with his big hand.
“…… Yanzhou is really already my Great Song Dynasty. The kid did a good job, Lord Xiao Wang, thanks to you, otherwise, I really don't know when the banner of the Great Song Dynasty will be able to be planted on the head of this Yanzhou city. ”
"The general has an overreputation, if it weren't for the soldiers' lives, and General Liang Shou and General Li Bing were willing to help, I am afraid it would be difficult to break through the mouth of Qin Camel and this Yanzhou overnight." Wang Yang shook his head and said modestly.
"Haha, you're too modest." Zhi Kexing smiled and stroked his long white beard, looking at Yuanyan, at this moment in the distance, he could still see the occasional smoke and dust rising, it was the two thousand Song cavalry sent out to pretend to be the Western Xia cavalry, presumably found out the enemy traces of the rout from Hongzhou, and was hunting down those unlucky ghosts.
"This time, after taking Qintuokou and Yanzhou, it has formed an angle with Nayouzhou and Hongzhou, and it has divided the southern territory of Western Xia into two, Li Qianshun is afraid that he can't even cry at this moment."
"Yes, as long as these three states are under the control of my Great Song Dynasty, then the four eastern states of Western Xia are already surrounded by our Great Song Dynasty border army on both sides, and now, Western Xia has been defeated in successive battles, and its elite main force has suffered heavy losses, and it is simply unable to rush to help Xia Zhou and other places."
"But at that time, this young lord of Western Xia is very likely to break the jar, and maybe he will turn to Northern Liao for help......" The old driver of Zhi Kexing smashed his mouth and said with emotion.
Wang Yang narrowed his eyes and said with a cold smile. "So what, my Great Song Dynasty border army has fought with the Western Xia again and again, and has already cultivated a good fighting elite soldier, and the Northern Liao does not want to forge ahead, the Son of Heaven is lazy, and does not ask about political affairs, even if he wants to help the Western Xia, then he has to wait for their Northern Liao Son of Heaven to have time to ask about the government......"
Hearing Wang Yang's words, the uncles and nephews of the Zhe family and the generals of the Song Army couldn't help laughing out loud, well, and it was that kind of malicious smile, because Wang Yang, the old driver, really made sense.
On the way to Shaanxi Road, Wang Yang has been working hard, although he does not dare to say that he knows everything about the northern frontier of the Great Song Dynasty, but he has a clear understanding of the political trends of Western Xia and Northern Liao.
The fate of the young lord of the Western Xia can be said to be not much different from that of Zhao Xu, the son of heaven of the Great Song Dynasty, they are all looking forward to the pro-government, and finally one day after they have to get out of the cage, they will definitely be eager to finish what other emperors have done in their lives in a few days.
And the emperor of Northern Liao, who has been the emperor for many years, has long been negligent in political affairs, and has been away from home all the year round on safaris, and all political affairs are thrown to the important ministers of Northern Liao to deal with, but only military power, this emperor is also very clear, and has always been firmly grasped in his hands.
Therefore, if the Western Xia wanted to ask for help from the Northern Liao, they had to wait for the ministers of the Northern Liao to meet the Northern Liao emperor who was traveling all over the country and was coquettish.
"In this battle, we captured Yanzhou, killed more than 2,700 enemies, captured nearly 5,000 enemies, and the rest fled, with 3,000 iron armors, more than 8,000 horses, about 10,000 loads of grain, and 2,000 cattle and more than 30,000 sheep......"
"In Yanzhou City, there are not many people, but there are only 20,000. But there were more than 2,000 vendors. Many of them are Hu merchants from the Western Regions, as well as merchants from the Western Xia, and there are dozens of smugglers from our Great Song Dynasty, and these smugglers from our Great Song Dynasty have all been imprisoned now......"
Zhi Kexing looked at Wang Yang with some doubts. At this time, it was the nephew next to him, Zhi Keshi, who opened his mouth first. "Uncle, those smugglers smuggled iron from my Great Song Dynasty to sell them to the Western Xia people, and then bought low-priced salt from this salt state, making huge profits from it......
"Here, there are also several guards of the walled fort......" Speaking of this, Zhi Keshi did not continue.
Zhi Kexing's face was already terrifyingly pale. The Western Xia were remote and not rich in mineral resources, and part of the iron they obtained was obtained through trading with the Northern Liao.
The other part has a great relationship with these smugglers of the Song Dynasty who have no sense of family and country, and do not have any courtesy, righteousness and shame.
Wang Yang's expression revealed a sense of coldness. "General Zhe, don't worry, in this matter, the lower officials will definitely pay to Master Su. In addition, Wang also wants to play His Majesty, and ask His Majesty to issue an edict that if the Great Song Dynasty disregards the country's prohibition and conducts business and trade with the enemy country or the people of the enemy country, those who have the resources to the enemy and help the enemy will have their family property confiscated, and the family will be mated to the extreme south places such as Jiaozhi. ”
"Xiao Wang's words are very much in line with the old man's intentions. In the life of the old man, he hated this kind of greedy and shameless person who did not have the slightest idea of the country. Zhi Kexing nodded approvingly, and slapped his big hand heavily on the solid wall tiles.
"Don't mention these troublesome things, such a mouse, there will be a way to clean it up when the time comes, and now Yanzhou City has fallen into the hands of my Great Song Dynasty, I don't know if the general has started to do it."
"I heard this, that Western Xia lord Li Qianshun specially transferred 20,000 of the most elite forbidden army garrisons from Xingqing Mansion, but I don't know what kind of mood they will feel when they know that their back road Yanzhou has been taken by my Great Song Dynasty." When Zhe Keshi said this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud with a wicked taste.
Wang Yang looked to the east with an expectant look on his face, and the mountains in the distance were all covered by the snow, which looked extraordinarily dazzling in the reflection of the sun. "To be honest, I'm looking forward to it too...... However, I believe that it will not be long before the banner of my Great Song Dynasty will be able to be planted all over this old land of the Han and Tang Dynasties and restore the glory of China. ”
Wang Yang's words rang in the ears of all the Song generals, and the hearts of the cadres were surging, and Zhi Kexing's eyes fell on Wang Yang's face that looked extremely young in the middle-aged generals.