Chapter 770: Right in front of you
That night, Zhang Ao urgently met Jin Yan, and after making a promise that he would give the other party a certain gold and silver reward and allow him to do business, Huangzhou moved the city and surrendered. Some of the dragon armies entered the city, but more dragon armies converged with the large army from Haizhou and went straight to Kaijing overnight.
The moment the sun slowly rose in Beijing, it fell into a state of panic again.
Last night, the city gates were not closed, and the magnates and gentry in the city moved with their families.
In front of the city gates, there was only a long line of carriages, and there was no end in sight.
The king wants to move the capital, which is enough to prove that the current Kaijing City is no longer safe, for fear that the dragon army will confiscate the family property and kill all the family members, but all the Goryeo people who have some family property are all moving away.
The palace is also packing things, just hundreds of years of accumulation, how can it be cleaned up in just a few days. Until now, only a quarter of the belongings had been packed.
After Wenzong got up early in the morning, he instructed the little eunuch around him to pack up all kinds of things, and he was not in a hurry, but after the urgent audience of Zheng Toe, Li Qi, Jin Xizheng and Pu Zidao, his face was no longer as indifferent as before.
"Huangzhou has also fallen?" Hearing the news from the courtiers, Wenzong's face was dark and terrifying, and his eyes seemed to sweep away Jin Xizheng's body without intention.
The Huangzhou Valerian branch official was a member of the Jin family, and he surrendered to the Dragon Heavenly King so quickly, which made Wenzong very disappointed, and he also had a lot of opinions about Jin Xizheng.
"Your Majesty, the dragon army is coming from Huangzhou, I am afraid that the army will soon open the capital, and now we still have to find a way to resist the enemy, and at the worst, we must prepare enough time for our relocation of the capital." Zheng Toe saw that Wenzong's face was not good, so he hurriedly spoke up, intending to divert Wang Hui's attention.
Speaking of which, the people who guard Haizhou are all from their Zheng family.
If you have to treat the Jin family's unfavorable crime of guarding Huangzhou, then you have to eat melons, for your own good, Zheng Toe at this time must say something.
Jin Xizheng cast a grateful glance at Zheng Toe, and then said to Wenzong, "Your Majesty, the minister recommended General Jin Yao to lead the troops to resist the enemy and keep the dragon army out of the capital."
This is Jin Xizheng who wants to make up for it, and when these words are caught in Wen Zong's ears, he knows that he can't cure the other party's sin now. Then he nodded and said, "In this way, I am alone, and I will be named the general of Goryeo and lead the troops to resist the enemy."
"Your Ministers obey." When the ministers heard Wenzong's will, they hurriedly responded with their fists. After following a few people out of the palace, Jin Xizheng began to cry to several colleagues, to the effect that under the chaos, Jin Yao's troops were limited, and in order to ensure that he could block the dragon army, he prepared enough time for everyone's evacuation, and asked several adults to give various supports.
"I, the Li Clan, can send 5,000 troops." Li Qi was the first to respond.
With Li Qi taking the lead, Pu Zidao also said that he could send 5,000 troops to help. Even Zheng Toe, who was the weakest and the latest to start, saw that the situation was like this, and said that he would send 2,000 people to help.
This is 12,000 men, and there are about 40,000 Goryeo troops near Kaeongseong, so there must be no problem with transferring 38,000 people from it, adding them together, a total of 50,000 people, and they have the strength to fight with the Dragon Army.
"Thank you, my lords, and please send reinforcements to the city gate barracks, and General Jin Yao will naturally gather everyone together." Kim Hee-jeong let out a long breath. As long as there is merit in defending the city this time, presumably the king will no longer care about the loss of Huangzhou.
Several adults went separately, and Li Qi quickly returned to the mansion, and when he saw the servants who were busy preparing for the move, his face turned cold, and he waved his hand to call the housekeeper and asked, "Didn't you say that?" We're not in a hurry to move, what are you doing here?"
"Master, this is not my order, it is the order of the master in your backyard. Didn't you say that if the master is not at home, that person's command can represent your command? The little ones don't dare to disobey." The butler said with an embarrassed expression.
Hearing that it was Meng Youde's order, Li Qi was not so angry, so he waved his hand at the housekeeper and let him go about his own business, while he himself strode straight to the backyard.
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The front yard is chaotic, but the backyard is quiet. When Li Qi arrived here, what he saw was the scene of Meng Youde sipping tea in a hurry.
"Mr. Meng, why did you give the order to move, didn't you say that our Li family could stay?" As soon as he saw Meng Youde, Li Qi hurriedly stepped forward and asked loudly.
"Plans have changed." Meng Youde put down the teacup in his hand and said unhurriedly: "The Heavenly King has an order, the Li family wants to leave with the King of Goryeo, the opportunity is right, and the king can be captured directly, which will be a great achievement in the world, which will also be very beneficial to the development of the Li family in the future." How? Isn't Master Li unwilling?"
"This... To do things for the Dragon Heavenly King, of course Li is willing." When Li Qi heard this, he knew that he had no choice.
The current Dragon Heavenly King is at the time of great power, if he dares to refuse, then what awaits him will be the result of the Li family's beheading. When Su Shi's strength was not so great before, he still dared to fight his own careful thoughts, but now, the situation is like this, he never dares to think about it like this.
"Okay, that's the case, Master Li is ready to move. By the way, Meng will go with you." Meng Youde smiled. He wants to follow, which is also Su Shi's intention, but he can't fully believe in Li Qi's personal ability, and with Meng Youde here, he can be reassured.
"Yes." Li Qi promised repeatedly, he didn't want Meng Youde to leave now, he also wanted to use the next time to contact the other party to contact his feelings, if he let the person go now, if the Dragon Heavenly King turned his face in the future, who would he find to intercede.
In order to curry favor with Meng Youde, Li Qi then told him about the process of entering the palace to see Wenzong just now, and then added, "Mr. Meng, don't worry, the five thousand people from my Li clan can fight back at any time."
"No." Meng Youde shook his head very directly after hearing this.
If Li Qi is ready to reveal his identity now, there will naturally be no problem for Li Qi's courage to fight back. But the problem is that Li Qi still has to follow the king of Goryeo, and if it is exposed at this time, it will be a great disadvantage.
"In this case, you tell the five thousand Li people sent out that they can't work on the battlefield. You have to believe in the strength of our dragon army, to be honest, with or without the help of your five thousand Li clan, these 50,000 cobbled together rabble will not be an opponent."
When talking about these, Meng Youde is extremely confident, this is confidence in Long Jun, and even more confident in Su Shi.
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The north slope is outside the capital city.
Thirty miles away from the city, the terrain is flat, and this is the outer city where the Goryeo army is stationed.
After General Jin Yao got the royal order, he rushed here early, and the children of the Li, Pu, and Zheng clans were also sent over, and a full 50,000 troops stood here, which became the biggest obstacle to the southward movement of the Dragon Army.
Ordered to be in danger, Jin Yao's face was full of caution.
The name of the dragon army has been heard for more than a year, but it has never really fought, but you can see the results of its battles to know that it is not an idle person. For this battle, Jin Yao, as the main general, is not optimistic about it. Fortunately, he was only ordered to hold the northern slope for seven days.
As long as he held it for seven days, it was equivalent to preparing time for the evacuation of Wang Shang and others, and he could be regarded as a great achievement.
The 50,000-strong army only defended for seven days, and was familiar with the geographical advantage, when Jin Yao gathered the generals, he showed a state full of confidence.
"The bows and arrows of the royal capital have been sent, remember, without the order of the general, everyone can only use bows and arrows to fight back. The dragon army is cunning, and no one is allowed to attack unless under the military order, otherwise, don't blame Ben for being court-martialed and unsympathetic. All right, the armies will prepare themselves according to the previous plan."
On the big chair of the military tent, Jin Yao said with a serious expression, setting rules for the generals.
After the generals left, Jin Yao slowly exhaled a long breath and muttered, "I won't fight hard with you, and I won't take the initiative to attack, just defend for seven days, hum!" No matter how powerful your dragon army is, you can't rush through it."
To say that Jin Yao's strategy is not wrong, at least in the face of the dragon army in its prime, it is indeed easier and more secure to fight a defensive battle than an offensive battle.
However, the strength of the Dragon Army is much greater than that of the Goryeo Army, and as soon as Jin Yao gave the order here, the generals of the Li family over there notified the head of the family of the content of the meeting, and Li Qi reported it to Meng Youde, so Su Shi naturally knew.
"Guard? Don't you know the art of war, and if you keep it for a long time, you will lose?" After receiving the information from Meng Youde, Su Shi smiled, and then called through the communication channel of Ji Zhu, who was in charge of the war on the front line, and reminded Jin Yao's combat methods: "Ji Zhu, treating these 50,000 Goryeo troops is like killing a pig, if you don't do it, you will take the fatal place, and if you move, you will take the vital place, and you will beat the morale of our army in a battle, understand?"
"Rest assured, the Celestial King knows how to do it." Ji Zhu happily agreed, and then called Wang Can, commander of the Black Cavalry Reinforced Battalion, Hu Tongtian, commander of the Second Regiment of the Dragoon Army, Hu Yunfeng, commander of the Third Regiment, Wang Manlou, commander of the Second Regiment of the People's Army, and Tie Shan, commander of the Third Regiment. Look at the book
Five elite regiments, plus 10,000 peasant soldiers and 20,000 assistant peasant soldiers, this is the number of troops in Jizhu's hands.
It can also be said to be the main force of the Dragon Army. In addition to the first regiment of the Dragoon Army still in Huangzhou and the first regiment of the People's Army still in Haizhou, the dragon army that could be transferred came with them.
Under a big tree, Jiju called several regiment commanders for an impromptu meeting. His eyes first glanced at the generals, and then he said with a little excitement: "The king of Goryeo is close at hand, whether you can inflict a heavy blow on the Goryeo army is in front of you, do you have confidence?"