Chapter 211: The War of Yan (I)
On the other hand, seeing that Makikawa went to guard the mausoleum, the emperor began to worry about another problem, that is, the war on the border, without Makikawa's command, the generals on the border have begun to be unstable.
In the early morning of the next day, many ministers proposed to elect new candidates to continue to lead troops to meet Yunnan, but the discussion was long and no conclusion was reached.
After the early dynasty, the emperor sighed while admiring the flowers in the back garden, if no new people are elected, I am afraid that the border will be leaderless and fall into chaos.
At this time, I saw Zhen Yufu come over to ask for peace, because he heard the prince talk about the early dynasty, so he immediately went over to recommend himself.
"See the emperor, see the emperor's sad face, I don't know what's going on?" Zhen Yufu asked Antao.
The emperor looked at Zhen Yufu and suddenly thought of something.
"Erchen heard that the emperor was distressed by the recent border war, so he came to send tea to calm the gods, so that the emperor could calm his mind, and in addition, he also wanted to introduce someone to the emperor." Zhen Yufu said.
"Oh? Who is that? ”
I saw Zhen Yufu shouting at the door, and a young man walked in, knelt down and said, "The minister knocks to see the emperor." ”
When the emperor saw it, it turned out to be Zhen Yufu's younger brother Zhen Qingyun.
"Your Majesty, my brother has just returned from the Ministry of War, and I have a free experience for war strategy, and my son wants to recommend my brother, and I ask the emperor for permission." Zhen Yufu said.
Looking at Zhen Qingyun, the emperor was a little hesitant, although he had heard of his name, he was still a little worried, after all, he had not participated in the war.
"Your Majesty, the ministers should do their best to defeat the Yunnan Kingdom." Zhen Qingyun orally arrived.
Thinking about the main hall, the ministers pushed one after another, obviously not wanting to face Mo Xuanyin, and now only Zhen Qingyun recommended himself, so he had to agree.
"Okay, since the Qing family has this will, I will make you the commander of the three armies, reward Shang Fang's sword, and set off in two days."
Seeing that the emperor had already agreed, Zhen Qingyun thanked him: "Thank you, Emperor." ”
Zhen Yufu on the side also smiled.
A few days later, after watching Zhen Qingyun lead his troops to the border, he could be regarded as letting go of his heart, and the next thing was to send troops to Yan Kingdom.
However, all the troops in his hands have been sent to the border, and if Yan Guo rushes to the aid of Yunnan at this time, he will be caught in the middle of the attack.
Therefore, the most important thing for him now is to let Lanling State deal with Yan State before the war is won.
"Your Majesty, it's really rare to take the initiative to summon like this." Gu Miaoxuan teased while drinking tea.
"Princess... No, it should be said that it is the county lord, do you remember the covenant between us? Now that the South Yue Kingdom and the Yunnan Kingdom are fighting each other, if the Yan Kingdom rushes to the aid at this time..."The emperor took a sip of tea and squinted at Gu Miaoxuan.
Gu Miaoxuan sneered: "The emperor's intention, the lord of this county understands, but you must know that my Lanling Kingdom only has 100,000 troops, if the emperor is negligent and gives Yunnan Kingdom a chance to raid, then wouldn't I suffer heavy losses?" ”
Since the last time the two countries had a conflict, the relationship has begun to become a little delicate, and it can even be said that it is secretly competing.
However, judging from the current war, it is still in Gu Miaoxuan's expectations, but if at this time, Nanyue State relaxes its vigilance and asks the people of Yunnan State to support Yan State, he will definitely not be able to hold it, although Yan Country is weak, but Lanling Country is also a small border country, so naturally there is not much advantage.
"That's natural, I will really find a way to drag down Yunnan Kingdom, the county lord can rest assured." The emperor put down the teacup and said.
Gu Miaoxuan looked at the emperor's face, so calm that she felt a little scared, because she no longer had his handle, if she took the opportunity to make trouble at this time, Gu Miaoxuan would naturally have a headache.
After returning to the palace, Gu Miaoxuan was a little worried, the strength of Yan and Lanling was basically comparable, but in the earlier battle with Nanyue, he also lost one-fifth of his troops, if there was anything wrong with the battle with Yan, then Lanling would lose the opportunity to dominate the world.
But if she doesn't make a move now, she obviously can't say anything.
"Pass the order, send all the troops of Lanling Country to the border of Yan Kingdom!" Gu Miaoxuan waved her hand.
"Yes!"
A few days later, the whole Yan Kingdom began to be in chaos, and in the face of the sudden arrival of an army of 100,000, King Yan was a little at a loss.
"Your Majesty, the Lanling Kingdom poured out of the nest this time, presumably to take advantage of the war between Nanyue and Yunnan to take the opportunity to annex us, and now that the Yan State is weak, it is the best policy to negotiate peace." Thought the minister said.
"My lord's words are wrong, the war between Nanyue and Yunnan, Yunnan is weak but has not surrendered half of it, we surrender before fighting, is it inevitable that we will be in a bag?"
The generals and ministers in the audience suddenly felt the smell of gunpowder, the civil officials said that they were for the people of Yan, but in fact they were also for themselves, and the generals thought that Yunnan did not flinch in the face of the powerful South Vietnam, how could they have a reason to surrender?
The Yan King above was also helpless, because the strength of the Yan Kingdom was only tens of thousands, and compared with the Lanling Kingdom, which was more than twice as large, the gap was particularly obvious.
Coupled with the long-term exploitation, military spending is even more stretched.
Thinking of this, King Yan also felt that the method of negotiation might work.
Just when everyone was still arguing about this matter, I saw a voice outside.
"The Yan Kingdom is in command!"
Hearing Meng Qijun's name, everyone immediately quieted down, and even the generals who shouted the loudest immediately stood aside.
I saw Meng Qijun walk in, looked at the civil officials on the side coldly, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, minister, Meng Qijun, I am willing to lead the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom to set off to meet the Lanling Kingdom!" ”
Meng Qijun's words encouraged the generals on one side, and stepped forward and said: "The minister is willing to follow in the footsteps of Commander Meng and fight in Lanling Kingdom!" ”
Subsequently, more and more generals responded, and King Yan saw them working together so together, which could be regarded as a relief in his heart.
However, the civil official on the side couldn't stand it: "Commander Meng, we all know that you are brave and good at fighting, but that is more than twice the number of troops, you are just acting bravely and letting the soldiers of Yan accompany you to death." ”
Meng Qijun didn't speak, but just swept his eyes coldly, and the faces of the civil officials who could see that they were talking suddenly changed.
A general took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, Gu Youxiang Yu broke the cauldron and defeated the Qin army, what is the reason for the double strength of the army? Since ancient times, less is more than more, since the ancients could do it, why can't we? ”
King Yan also felt that it was very reasonable, so he said: "I will arrange for an envoy to ask for assistance from Yunnan Kingdom, I believe that with them, Lanling Kingdom will definitely return this time!" ”
Hearing that King Yan had agreed, Meng Qijun also began to prepare and send troops to the border.
However, a few days later, the war that came back from the border was not as good as they imagined, and the Lanling Kingdom had already taken three cities before Meng Qijun's people arrived at the border, and had begun to gradually approach the national capital.
Even more troublesome, the envoy to Yunnan has no news so far.
When Meng Qijun arrived, he found that his territory had shrunk a lot, so he could only adjust his direction and camp at a nearby checkpoint.
In the evening, Meng Qijun discussed the direction of the war with everyone.
"Commander, now that the Lanling Kingdom is in a state of strength, it has captured several checkpoints and cities, if this place is being broken through, the Yan Kingdom is in danger."
Meng Qijun pointed to the map and said: "Lanling Kingdom is overcrowded this time, presumably thinking about taking Yan Kingdom in an instant, once the time is delayed, the more unfavorable it will be for them, we will start sending troops tomorrow to stop them here!" ”
The generals looked at the map and saw that it was the flat ground outside the checkpoint, and they were suddenly a little uneasy.
The next day, the generals of Lanling Kingdom came to the checkpoint to curse the battle, but the soldiers defending the city did not respond, so they ordered to prepare for an attack.
At the beginning of the siege battle, I saw the tide-like Lanling soldiers rushing up, and the soldiers guarding the city wall were also ready to fall one after another, which could be regarded as temporarily blocking their footsteps.
Meng Qijun, who was watching from the city wall, felt a little strange, how could Lanling Kingdom use just ordinary battering rams and ladders, how could it be possible to win so many territories of Yunnan Kingdom in such a short period of time?
Moreover, the people under the city wall have been killed and injured more than 100, and if this continues, the casualties of the city will be almost 10,000, and this tactic makes him a little puzzled.
However, what the other party moved out next subverted her thoughts.
The general of the Lanling Kingdom saw that it was a little tricky, and immediately shouted: "Pull out the trebuchet!" ”
At this time, something in the distance slowly approached here, and at first glance it was a trebuchet, and it was very large, and I felt its deterrent power at first sight.
However, Meng Qijun saw that it stopped far away, according to her understanding of trebuchets, this thing should not shoot so far.
"Put!"
"Whew!"
I saw that the general gave an order, and the stone flew out, and with a "boom", it directly smashed the city tower.
"What is this?"
Seeing such power, Meng Qijun felt that something was wrong, and immediately went down to lead the troops to rush out, taking it before the other party had an advantage.
"Everyone, follow me!"
The soldiers of the Lanling Kingdom who were forced to retreat retreated one after another, waiting for a gap in the city wall before charging, only to see the city gate open, and Meng Qijun rushed out with the soldiers.
"Rush!"
Meng Qijun looked at the catapult in the distance, which was as high as the city gate, and the surface was covered with iron sheets, which was enough to block the fire attack.
Looking at such equipment, Meng Qijun commanded the cavalry to charge inside the opponent, striving to take down the opponent's catapult.
However, it backfired, even if Meng Qijun rushed inside alone, but she was too far away from the catapult, and there were layers of heavy guards, and the cavalry led by Meng Qijun had already suffered heavy casualties before they rushed inside.
Meng Qijun rushed left and right alone, but in the end, he didn't stop the catapult from throwing a second boulder.
"Whew!"