Chapter 866: Some people are happy and some are sad
The battle in the south is the only way for Dayan to unify the country!
In Dayan, the military generals of Wenchen are in a state of ignorance about this vast area.
After defeating the Wu Yue Cai coalition army from Shiyan City and capturing Hu Weiyue and the others, Lin Feng instructed these people to outline the southern terrain, landforms, and the various city defenses they knew.
In addition, after Su Qin took charge of the dark sword and was promoted to the head of the Intelligence Department, according to Lin Feng's requirements, he strengthened the reconnaissance of the south, and strived to draw the detailed topography of the southern countries and the number of city defenders before the Yan army went south.
The Yan army went south, knew itself and knew the enemy, and won all battles!
Now, the map of Cai Guo has not been completed, and Lin Feng is a little jealous of the Yan army's southward movement, not worried that the Yan army is not strong, on the contrary, he is worried that the Yan army will not adapt to the terrain and environment in the south.
The northern region is mostly plains, the southern part of the hills and mountains are widely spread, and more importantly, there are dozens of large rivers, and the topography is diametrically opposed to the north.
In the plains, the cavalry is invincible in battle, and the superiority in maneuver and charge can be vividly and completely exploded, and he dare not predict whether the cavalry will have an advantage in the south.
This time, agreeing to Fan Changwen's request and sending troops south, not only to help Cai Guo resist Chu State, but also to take the opportunity to ask Cai Guo to help Yan Guo train sailors and build dragon ships, and more importantly, to test the idea of whether the Great Yan cavalry can adapt to the terrain and environment in the south.
This time, the Yan army went south, carrying too much hope for Dayan, and Lin Feng's inner sustenance.
If the Dayan cavalry, which has been invincible in the north, cannot adapt to the terrain and environment in the south, Dayan must change the current situation in which the cavalry occupies the main force in the army, and vigorously train infantry and ironclad infantry to adapt to the southern environment.
Therefore, when sending troops, Cai Guo and Lin Feng did not dare to be sloppy and hesitant.
When Fan Changwen decided that Dayan would send troops to help Cai Guo fight against the Great Chu troops, a glimmer of hope rose in his heart.
After paying homage to Lin Feng, he hurriedly left the Yan Palace, returned to the post station non-stop, and sent a deputy envoy to return to Cai Guo in the starry night, striving to persuade Cai Jun to send a dragon boat on the north bank of the Yangtze River to carry the Yan army across the river to fight in the first time.
In Fan Changwen's view, the Great Yan cavalry defeated the Chu army in the north, and the five countries attacked Yan, and the Chu army did not occupy a little territory of Great Yan, on the contrary, the loss of troops was hundreds of thousands.
If the Yan army crossed the river and went south, entered the Cai State, and united with the Cai army, after losing hundreds of thousands of elite Xuanjia soldiers, Da Chu might not have the strength to stop the 100,000 cavalry and go on a rampage in the south.
Perhaps taken by the combat effectiveness of the Yan cavalry, the Chu army will retreat without a fight.
In the next two days, Yanjing City gradually calmed down, and after Lin Feng discussed with Zhao Hongru and Wen Jishi, he sent Feng Yi's army from far away to cross the river to the south.
To put it bluntly, Feng Yi led 100,000 cavalry under his command to cross the river into Cai State, and if he wins, the Yan army will deter the southern princes, and if he is defeated, the first time that Great Yan goes south will become a catastrophe, and 100,000 cavalry will die tragically.
After that, for a long time, the princes of the north and the south will maintain a confrontation situation across the river, unless one side suddenly rises, and will take the initiative to invade the other.
During this period, Hou Mingfeng appeared in Yandong and sent people back to send back the news that Jian Yuyan, Gu Lefeng and the children of the Su family, when Liu Xuanyuan rebelled, retreated to the small city of Yandong, carried the Xuanjia soldiers, and kept the sailor.
In addition, the 80,000 cavalry that left Jinyang City also converged with the ironclad cavalry and were on the way back to Yanjing.
On the afternoon of the second day, Su Qin came with good news, the members of the Dark Sword pursued for thousands of miles, moved to most of Yannan, crossed the Yangtze River, and captured Xiong Hui who killed people and set fire to Yanjing City in a small village in the territory of Shuguo.
The quiet members in front of him, dressed as businessmen, escorted Xiong Hui to successfully cross the river, entered the land of Yanxi, and were escorting Xiong Hui back to Beijing.
Whether Hou Mingfeng led 80,000 cavalry to return, or the members of the Dark Sword captured Xiong Hui alive and escorted him into Beijing, it made Lin Feng feel very good.
The former means that Yandong rebelled and the dust was completely settled. The latter, to achieve a sentence of Dayan, those who commit Dayan, although far away, will be punished!
At the beginning, Yanjing City was hit by a fire, and he swore to the ends of the earth to hunt down Xiong Hui and the members of the Dark Arrow, and sure enough, he did it.
Some people are happy, some people are worried, this seems to be an eternal truth, when Lin Feng is in high spirits, as an opponent, Xiong Wu's situation is very bad, which can be described as terrible.
He felt that before he invaded the north, he was always the overlord of the south, calling for wind and rain, and the princes and countries did not dare to disobey. When the army invaded the north, his life changed dramatically, falling from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the valley, falling into the abyss, half dead.
Hate, gritted teeth, he couldn't wait to break Lin Feng's body into ten thousand pieces and put it into the oil pot to cook.
Chu State, Yingcheng, in the palace.
Xiong Wu stayed in the queen's bedroom, his face was annoyed, like a lion who had been robbed of his territory, his eyes were cracked, and he had the urge to kill.
In the battle of the Northern Expedition, Han Zhitong, Yue Yunshan and 350,000 Xuanjia soldiers were lost, which made the strength of Great Chu plummet.
In order to conquer Cai Guo, he specially ordered the spies to send a message to Xiong Kui who was fighting in Yandong, so far, two months have passed, but there is no trace of Xiong Kui, let alone the letter sent back by the spies, he dare not imagine what kind of relatives Xiong Kui encountered in the Yandong area.
Today, in the early dynasty, the spies sent back the news that Emperor Yan was in his own expedition to Yandong, calm the rebellion, Xiong Kui ventured forward, and was captured, 150,000 Xuanjia elites, only 30,000 escaped by boat.
didn't have time to digest the bad news, and another spy returned, saying that Xiong Hui was captured on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the members of the Dark Sword were escorted back to Yan Kingdom.
He lost two generals before, and now two members of the Great Chu royal family are imprisoned in Dayan, and within half a year, the four people he pays the most attention to were all captured by Yan Junsheng.
At present, in the great Chu State, there is only the strategist Han Xiangzi, and this time he attacked the Cai State, and in a desperate situation, it was also Han Xiangzi who led the troops to fight.
Even so, Xiong Kui was still in pain, losing four Wenchen generals, undoubtedly cutting off his right arm and right arm, more than 400,000 Xuanjia soldiers were destroyed, and undoubtedly breaking the ribs on his chest.
At this moment, Xiong Wu only felt a splitting headache, and his whole body felt an indescribable discomfort, and he sighed that God did not bless him!
Next to her, the Empress of Chu State, Sister Duan Mengrou, a woman with a beautiful and cold expression, Duan Mengya stood quietly not far from Xiong Wu, her demeanor was not wavering, like a snow lotus in the Tianshan Mountains, and there was no trace of affection in her eyes.
At this moment, looking at Xiong Wu's terrible expression and listening to Xiong Wu's venting with anger, this icy and jade woman guessed the meaning of Xiong Kui's words very early.
She has lived in the deep palace for a long time and has few desires, but the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace who like to chase after the wind and shadows have already spread the news of Da Chu's fiasco in the north.
For this reason, Xiong Wu was angry, and he also killed three eunuchs and made an example of chickens and monkeys, and the rumors in the palace subsided slightly, but they were not completely eliminated.
After Xiong Wu's words were vented, Duan Mengya comforted: "Your Majesty, the concubines dare not intervene in government affairs, but the concubines know very well that the Yan Kingdom has risen in the north, and Great Chu and Great Yan should have no war, not to mention that the emperor and Emperor Yan are brothers-in-law, but unfortunately the emperor is too anxious and did not pacify the south, so he invaded the south, which led to the situation of Great Chu today, why not the emperor personally repair a book, temporarily apologize to Emperor Yan, and strive to exchange Han Zhitong and other generals as soon as possible?" ”
Duan Mengya is in the Chu Palace, because of her family relationship, her status is very high, but her relationship with Xiong Wu is not as glued as Duan Mengrou and Lin Feng, she is the queen, but Xiong Wu has her own favorite concubine.
The two are husband and wife, and they have not seen each other for ten days and a half months, but they are sparse and ordinary, and they are almost an open secret in the Chu State.
Therefore, Duan Mengya married earlier than her sister, but unfortunately, Duan Mengrou had already given birth to a prince in the Yan Palace, but she had never been pregnant, let alone given birth to a princess.
She knew very well that Xiong Wu's attitude towards her was completely the attitude towards the Duan family, she wanted to refuse, but she couldn't leave, so she had no choice but to put it on hold.
However, whenever there is a need, Xiong Wu will find her again and cooperate with the Duan family, unlike a husband and wife, and the Duan family is not like a monarch and a minister, the two sides are more like businessmen, because of interests, they are united, and she becomes a victim of the interests of both parties.
Therefore, the two parties are husband and wife, but they have little affection.
Xiong Wu came to the queen's bedroom today, not to listen to Duan Mengyao's rambling lecture to him, on the contrary, to ask Duan's family, otherwise, he would not easily step into the queen's bedroom.
The combination of the two is because of interests, there is not much affection, and the queen often has a cold demeanor and rejects people thousands of miles away, which makes Xiong Wu very unhappy, if it weren't for Duan's prestige in the south, he would have abolished Duan Mengya a long time ago and appointed his favorite concubine Li Yuhe as the queen.
At this moment, hearing the queen's words, Xiong Wu became impatient in his heart, his merits and demerits, it was not Duan Mengya's turn to comment, and he would not leave the book to apologize to Lin Feng.
According to Duan Mengya's suggestion, where is his face, and where is Da Chu's face.
However, his right-hand men, all trapped in Dayan, had a great impact on Da Chu and Cai, and he hoped to use the relationship between the Duan family and Yan Guo to rescue Han Zhitong, Xiong Kui and others, otherwise, the loss of the three famous generals of Da Chu would be a very bad thing for Da Chu and for him.
Holding back the queen's long-winded words, Xiong Wu was patient but unpretentious, and directly said his intentions: "Empress, the Duan family has a close relationship with Yan Chu, and the second lady of the Duan family is a concubine in Dayan, I heard that she has a close relationship with Emperor Yan, can the queen lobby the people of the Duan family to go to the north to lobby Emperor Yan and release Han Zhitong and others." ”
Xiong Wu didn't have a taste in his heart, he was very annoyed by the Duan family's wall grass, the family was divided into two, and he was very annoyed by the behavior of supporting Yan and Chu, if it weren't for the prestige of the Duan family, he would have the idea of eradicating the Duan family.
Duan Mengya heard the voice, her words were light, her expression was like the water of a peaceful lake, and she said: "Your Majesty, the concubine has been married into the Yan Palace for several years, except for going home to save relatives, she rarely goes out of the palace, and my sister is far away in the north, for several years, we have never met, the emperor suggested to rescue General Han and others, the concubine did not dare to guarantee, my sister would agree." ”
Hearing this, Xiong Kui glared at Duan Mengya, and said, "Queen, whether it is successful or not, you should give it a try, but if there is any hope, I don't want to give up, otherwise, the power of Da Chu will plummet." ”