Chapter 105: Southern Expedition to Great Wei

When Ye Xiong and Lei Ben were working hard, Xiao Jingxuan was not idle.

During this time, Xiao Jingxuan went to the farmland almost every day to watch the growth of crops.

If it is really as the envoy of Fanbang said, the yield of these crops is indeed huge, then the benefits to Yan are too great.

Fortunately, because of Xiao Jingxuan's generous promise, these Fanbang envoys expressed their willingness to wait until the crops were ripe before leaving.

The statements of the envoys greatly increased Xiao Jingxuan's authenticity to these crops.

With sufficient food, then the military strength of the Yan Kingdom will also be greatly improved at that time.

As spring turned to autumn, the harvest season soon came, and the yield of new crops on several farms on the outskirts of Yingzhou stunned many people.

And Xiao Jingxuan, who received the news, came to the farm with the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military might.

Looking at the people whose faces were full of joy, Xiao Jingxuan was also infected.

According to statistics, the yield of corn and potatoes is even more astonishing than the accounts of the envoys of Fanbang.

Seeing this, Xiao Jingxuan summoned those Fanbang envoys, and after praising them, Xiao Jingxuan also fulfilled his promise.

Xiao Jingxuan ordered that these envoys of Fanbang be given a whole boatload of gold, silver and jewelry.

At the same time, Xiao Jingxuan also promised that as long as these Fanbang envoys can bring more crop seeds, they will definitely not disappoint these people.

After a bumper harvest at the farm, Xiao Jingxuan looked at Zhou Wei, the second assistant of the cabinet, and said.

"Zhou Aiqing, the retention and promotion of these crops will be left to you. The yamen of all ministries also need to fully cooperate. ”

"The ministers obey."

After solving the problem of crop promotion, Xiao Jingxuan returned to the palace.

A few days ago, Lei Ben came with good news, saying that he had pacified all the barbarians around Shenzhou and Baicheng.

At the same time, the main body of Xiongzhou City has been almost built, and the rest will be slowly filled in later.

Now coupled with the bumper harvest of crops, Xiao Jingxuan can be said to be double happy during this time.

Xiao Jingxuan felt that Yan Guo's luck had obviously increased significantly, and his Holy Emperor Overlord could finally continue to cultivate.

During this time, with the improvement of his cultivation, Xiao Jingxuan obviously felt that the opportunity for great changes in heaven and earth was coming soon.

The Holy Emperor Overlord Body was cultivated using the power of luck, so it was very sensitive to changes between heaven and earth.

In today's world, there are many strange things happening, which also gives some characters such as Jianghu Warlocks a chance to cholera people.

In addition to these Jianghu warlocks, there are also many Taoist disciples who began to walk the rivers and lakes to promote the concepts of their own sects.

Some reckless rivers and lakes have also taken advantage of the situation, and wealthy families in various places have also begun to move.

For these, Xiao Jingxuan can only stand still for the time being, although Xiao Jingxuan is not afraid of anyone in the bottom combat power, but the top combat power, Yan Guo is still not enough.

Taking advantage of the sharp rise in Yan Guo's luck this time, Xiao Jingxuan is now faintly shining with divine light in the acupuncture points around him.

As long as he goes further, Xiao Jingxuan believes that gods will inevitably be born in the acupuncture points around his body.

When the time comes, the powerhouse at the peak of the gods, Xiao Jingxuan's backhand is a suppression, and he will definitely not let these people run rampant.

However, what Xiao Jingxuan lacks most now is time, as long as he waits until the Yellow Turban Lux finishes training and competes for the world, he will have enough confidence.

In order to gain more luck, military expansion cannot be stopped. So Xiao Jingxuan set his sights on the Wei State.

Nowadays, among the countries, Yan only borders the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, and Man. The barbarians are nomadic peoples, sparsely populated, and too scattered to be completely conquered in a short period of time.

There are not many state capitals left in Zhao Guo now, and it can be said that they are struggling to survive, but after all, Yuwen Valve has the existence of a god ancestor, and he can't be forced too tightly.

Then there is only one choice left for Yan State, and that is Wei State.

Wei is not only the most populous and powerful of all the nations, but also the nominal suzerainty.

If you want to go south, Yan must be fully prepared.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jingxuan immediately issued an order to promote Xiao Yuan, the deputy general of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, to the chief general of the Xuanjia Army.

Select some elites from the tiger and leopard cavalry, and then select young and strong people from various state capitals to form 50,000 horse infantry elite soldiers, stationed in Yingzhou, and obey orders at any time.

At the same time, it was ordered that Tang Wanyi, the squire of the troop transfer department, was appointed as the head of the Pingcheng battalion.

Hu Yanzhuo, the governor of Pingcheng, was the chief general of the Tianzhu Army, and some elites were transferred from the Pingcheng battalion, and then young and strong were drawn from various state capitals to form 50,000 horse infantry elite soldiers. Garrisoned in Pingzhou. Always on call.

With the issuance of Xiao Jingxuan's will, it can be said that the entire Yan Kingdom was shaken this time.

Yan currently has about 250,000 soldiers, and with this expansion, the total number of troops has reached an astonishing 350,000.

According to the current national strength of Yan State, it can be said that it is very difficult to raise so many soldiers and horses.

However, Xiao Jingxuan had no other choice, did not have sufficient troops, and the chances of victory in the southern expedition were not great.

As the conscription order arrived in various places, the young people from all over the country also began to gather in the state capitals, and then under the leadership of the soldiers of the state capitals, they marched towards Yingzhou and Pingzhou.

Ye Xiong, who was the chief general of the tiger and leopard cavalry, was not idle, and soon received a secret order from Xiao Jingxuan and began to advance towards Pingzhou in hiding.

In the winter of the thirty-second year of Jia'an, Xiao Jingxuan officially started the battle of attacking Wei in the name of the Qing monarch.

Xiao Jingxuan ordered that the crown prince Xiao Zongze should be the supervisor of the country, the first assistant Wei Ming, and the second assistant Zhou Wei would be the auxiliary ministers to stay in Yingzhou.

Xiao Jingxuan personally led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Xuanjia Army, the Tianzhu Army and the Huwei Army of the Youzhou Battalion, a total of 170,000 troops to conquer Wei in the south.

After more than half a month of rapid marching, Xiao Jingxuan led the troops to gather in Youzhou.

The secret guard, who was Xiao Jingxuan's eyes, also acted quickly, putting the news of several border cities in Wei on Xiao Jingxuan's desk.

The number of Wei garrisons in the border states was not large. As Cangzhou, Lizhou, Qingzhou and other places bordering Youzhou, the garrison is mostly between 20,000 and 30,000.

Among them, Qingzhou is the most, with a garrison of 30,000, and the garrisons of the other two places are about 20,000.

After learning about the military situation of Wei, Xiao Jingxuan began to give orders to the generals.

Xiao Jingxuan issued an order and ordered Wang Xuan to serve as the chief general of the Right Route Army and attack Cangzhou.

Ordered Hu Yanzhuo to serve as the chief general of the Middle Route Army and attack Lizhou.

As for Qingzhou, which has the largest number of troops, it was handed over to Xiao Yuan, the commander of the Xuanjia Army with the least seniority, to attack.

Xiao Jingxuan led the tiger and leopard cavalry and the pro-army as the rear army, pressing the formation for each army.

Xiao Jingxuan's military order surprised the generals, you must know that in the past wars, Xiao Jingxuan chose the most difficult battlefield to go into battle in person.

But now that he has retreated to the rear army, is it true that the rumors that Xiao Jingxuan's martial arts have been lost?

Or is it that the difficulty of the battle today is too small to arouse Xiao Jingxuan's interest?

Seeing the puzzled expressions of the generals, Xiao Jingxuan did not explain much, but ordered them to set off immediately and attack their respective targets.

After Xiao Yuan received the military order, after returning to the Xuanjia Army barracks, he immediately gave the order to pull out the camp and march towards Qingzhou.

The total strength of the Xuanjia Army is only 50,000, while the strength of Qingzhou has reached 30,000.

Most of the troops under Xiao Yuan's command were formed temporarily by young and strong, and their combat effectiveness was naturally inferior to that of Qingzhou's veterans. It can be said that in terms of troops, Xiao Yuan does not have an advantage.

Then since the strong attack fails, then it must be outwitted, Xiao Yuan carefully studied the map of Qingzhou on the map to see if he could find a way to outwit.

Hu Yanzhuo's side is not easy, although Lizhou City is a small city, after excluding the garrisons of the surrounding counties, there are only more than 15,000 people left in Lizhou City at most, in terms of troops, it is more than three times that of the other party.

However, as a temporary patchwork army, Hu Yanzhuo was skeptical about the combat effectiveness of this army.

It can be said that among the three armies, the most advantageous is Wang Xuan. Cangzhou City has always been the granary of Wei.

The grain stored in Cangzhou's warehouse can be said to supply the entire Northland Prefecture. Cangzhou's troops are also not much, except for the grain transport soldiers and the garrisons of the counties under his command, Cangzhou City can definitely not exceed 8,000 fighting soldiers.

After Wang Xuan saw that his side had a great advantage, he directly launched a strong attack on Cangzhou.

Xiao Jingxuan didn't care too much about the battle strategy of the generals under his command. This time, Xiao Jingxuan is not only training soldiers, but more importantly, training generals.

The scouts from all walks of life kept reporting to Xiao Jingxuan on the battle situation of the three-way army, so that Xiao Jingxuan had a clearer understanding of the movements of each army.

After Xiao Yuan faced the situation in Qingzhou, he adopted the strategy of luring the enemy into depth, directly attacking several county towns under Qingzhou, and forcing the defenders of Qingzhou to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with him.

Hu Yanzhuo is worthy of being a scheming man, first sneaked up on the grain transport team that went to Lizhou City to transport grain, and then selected 3,000 elite soldiers from his command to make up a grain transport team and sneak attack Lizhou City.

As for Cangzhou, Cangzhou, as the granary in the border state, has a lot of soldiers and horses who come to transport grain every ten years, so Wang Xuan also adopted the same strategy as Hu Yanzhuo.

Sometimes I have to admit that although some strategies are old, the effect is quite good.

Xiao Jingxuan sat in the tent, listening to the scouts report on the movements of the various armies, and was very satisfied.

Hu Yanzhuo, Wang Xuan, as a veteran, is not surprising that he has this tactic, but he didn't expect Xiao Yuan to be able to take charge of himself now, how can he not be satisfied with this.

At this moment, Ye Xiong came to the handsome tent and vented his dissatisfaction to Xiao Jingxuan.

"Your Majesty, Hu Yanzhuo and the others are all having a good time killing outside, I don't know when the tiger and leopard rider will be dispatched?"

Looking at the eager appearance of the love general under his command, Xiao Jingxuan shook his head and said with a smile.

"What? Seeing how many of them made meritorious contributions, their eyes were red? ”

Ye Xiong responded with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry has always been the vanguard of all armies, when will it serve as the rear army, isn't this putting the cart before the horse?"

"Yo, that's good, I can even say the sentence of putting the cart before the horse, not bad."

Seeing that Xiao Jingxuan didn't answer, Ye Xiong could only smile awkwardly, but he didn't back down, obviously waiting for Xiao Jingxuan to give an explanation.