Chapter Fifty-Eight: Heading to Jingzhou City
The city of Jingzhou was in danger, and Emperor Zhao Songhui listened to the words of the traitor and advocated peace. In this peace, the Longteng Empire compensated the Great Yan Empire with one million taels of gold, and ceded two cities outside Jingzhou City and a radius of hundreds of miles of land to the Great Yan.
The people of the Dragon Empire were indignant, and there were people in all the major cities who were talking about it, and regarded this peace meeting as a great shame. There have been peace talks in the past, but at most it is just a reparation. This time, not only did the reparations but also cede the territory, and the dignity of a dignified empire was swept away, making the world laugh!
After the land was ceded and the compensation was paid, the Great Yan Iron Cavalry retreated hundreds of miles and was stationed in the city ceded by the Longteng Empire. Emperor Zhao Songhui finally breathed a sigh of relief, he thought that at least for a short time, the Great Yan Empire would not come again.
This indemnity made the empire's treasury empty, and the emperor Zhao Songhui ordered all kinds of taxes to be doubled, and the people of the empire suffered unspeakably. However, only half a month after the land cession indemnity, the Dayan Iron Cavalry once again came to the city of Jingzhou, which made Emperor Zhao Songhui furious and scolded the Dayan Empire for not keeping its promises.
Tai Yan and Zhao Tie didn't expect that the Great Yan Empire would come to Jingzhou City after half a month, which was inconsistent with what they secretly said at the beginning. Once they discussed with the Great Yan Empire, the compensation for this land cession should be calmed down for at least half a year, but the Great Yan army broke its promise.
"Prime Minister, how should this be?"
In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Taishi Zhao and Tai Xuan sat at both ends of the tea table, and there was a melancholy in each other's eyes.
"The Dayan Empire is a pack of wolves, and we use each other with them to seek skin with wolves, and I know very well what they think. After getting great benefits, they didn't keep their promises, and they still wanted to capture Jingzhou City in one fell swoop? Do they think our Longteng Empire is really easy to bully?"
Tai Ye's face was gloomy and not good-looking.
"Prime Minister, what should we do now? Why don't we take this opportunity to let Xiao Fan go to Jingzhou City to die!"
Zhao Tie said, mentioning Xiao Fan's name, a cold light flashed in his eyes.
"Xiao Fan must die this time, as well as his 50,000 soldiers. You and I immediately enter the palace to face the saint, and let the emperor order Xiao Fan to lead an army of 50,000 to Jingzhou City, and at the same time we must persuade the emperor to mobilize the elite soldiers of Fengshou County to be ready to rush to the aid of Jingzhou City at any time, and it is impossible for the Great Yan Empire to break through the city!"
"Well, what the prime minister said is very true. This time, we must let the Great Yan Empire understand that our Longteng Empire is not without the strength of a battle, so that they will keep their promises in the days to come, otherwise we are afraid that we will always be led by their noses. ”
Zhao Taishi sneered, stood up after drinking the most tea, and went to the palace with Prime Minister Tai to meet the emperor.
On the morning of the second day, several fast horses galloped to the Huai'an Domain military camp with the emperor's holy decree. The person who announced the decree was a little arrogant, and when he entered the main tent of the camp, he asked Xiao Fan to kneel down to accept the order.
Who is Xiao Fan? When he saw the emperor in the palace hall, he never knelt down, not even bending his waist, how could he kneel in front of the holy decree. In the end, the person who made the decree had no choice but to read the decree with a grim face.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, order Xiao Fan, the general of Sanpin Yuyan, to lead the 50,000 troops of Huai'an Domain to Jingzhou to resist the enemy army of Dayan on the same day, and must arrive before tomorrow afternoon, without delay, Qin this!"
"The last general will take the order!"
Xiao Fan stretched out his hand to receive the decree, but the person who announced the decree retracted his hand, put the hand holding the decree behind his back, and looked at Xiao Fan playfully and said: "General Xiao, don't you know that you have to kneel down when you receive the decree?
Xiao Fan didn't look at him, and glanced at the general next to him. The general understood the meaning and snatched the decree from the hand of the person who made the decree.
"You guys, bold!"
The two guards who had followed the proclaimer immediately drew their swords.
"Dare to draw a sword in the general's main tent? Pull me out, and blast out of the barracks!"
"Yes!"
Immediately a group of sergeants rushed in, surrounded the proclaimant and his two guards, collected his weapons, and dragged them out of the tent, followed by a terrible cry of pain.
"Hahaha, it's really enjoyable! Damn, I don't open my dog's eyes to see where this is, and I dare to be presumptuous in front of the general!"
Qin Han Dalu said with a smile, he knew that Xiao Fan was the first person to be the chief disciple of the Tianxuan Sect in the contemporary era, how could he kneel down to receive the order? Just like Yang Zilong, he would never kneel in front of the emperor, and presumably Xiao Fan was the same in the palace hall. Today, the guy who announced the decree actually asked Xiao Fan to kneel, and after reading the holy decree, he wanted to make things difficult, which was really self-inflicted.
"Okay, you hurry up and gather all the troops and horses in the school field, and we will immediately set off to Jingzhou City. ”
"Yes!"
The lieutenants gathered the soldiers and went, and Xiao Fan, the adjutant general and the partial general walked to the school field.
Soon, all the troops and horses gathered in the school field, and they were arranged into phalanxes according to the different types of troops.
"Soldiers, during this period of training, you have made rapid progress, and these generals have seen it. You are already a powerful army, you haven't been on the battlefield for a long time, you haven't smelled blood, do you want it?"
"Eager, longing, craving!"
The voices of the 50,000 soldiers were neat and unanimous, and the momentum was shocking, like thunder, which shook the four fields and rumbled.
"Not long ago, the imperial court negotiated and reparated the land to be ceded up, do you feel ashamed? Your relatives and friends have been devastated by the war, are you angry? Today, General Ben received a holy decree ordering us to go to Jingzhou City to resist the Great Yan Iron Cavalry, facing 300,000 enemies, are you afraid?"
Xiao Fan's voice was majestic and heavy, like a muffled thunder, and the sound shook people's hearts.
"Don't be afraid, follow the general to fight on the battlefield, bloody and crazy!"
"Don't be afraid, follow the general to fight on the battlefield, bloody and crazy!"
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"Soldiers, our goal is not only to resist the Great Yan Iron Cavalry, but also to drive them back to the north and regain the lost land. Only in this way can your loved ones live in peace and live a peaceful life. For the sake of your loved ones, for the sake of this land that gave birth to you, burn your blood, and kill the enemy army!"
"Fight for your loved ones, for the generals, for this land! Kill! Kill!"
The morale of the 50,000 soldiers is like a rainbow, and it is at its peak to the point of no return, and everyone's enthusiasm is boiling.
"Very good! polish your weapons, and follow me to Jingzhou City in half an hour!"
"Yes, General!"
Next, Qin Han and others arranged for some soldiers to stay in the barracks, and Xiao Fan returned to the main tent and listened to the military report he had just received. At this time, the Dayan Iron Cavalry had already launched a siege war, and Jingzhou City fell into smoke again. Due to the huge disparity between the number of defenders of Jingzhou City and the strength of Dayan, the city was in turmoil, and it was possible to be breached at any time.
"General, how long can Jingzhou City last? I'm afraid we won't be able to arrive before the city is broken!"
Qin Han and the others said, their faces were worried. It is thousands of miles away from Jingzhou City, and if 50,000 troops march, it usually takes as soon as tomorrow evening to arrive.
"Don't worry, I've thought about this a long time ago. Fighting on the march inevitably involves pressing matters, so I asked the soldiers of the arsenal to forge a ring for each soldier, on which my seal was engraved with the formation. ”
"Storage rings?"
Qin Han and the others were dumbfounded, and then they were pleasantly surprised.
"Yes, it's a storage ring. Now you and others quickly distribute the rings to each soldier, and let them put all the armor and weapons and all the equipment they carry with them into the storage rings, and we will rush to Jingzhou City lightly. In addition, the soldiers have Bigu Dan on their bodies, which can supplement their physical exertion, and they will be able to reach Jingzhou City early tomorrow morning. ”
"Okay! During this time, under the general's true qi pill, everyone has entered the realm of martial arts, and the foot strength is comparable to that of ordinary troops, and they can definitely reach Jingzhou City tomorrow morning!"
Qin Han and the others were a little excited, so they immediately withdrew from the main account and led people to take out the storage rings from the armament depot and distribute them to every soldier.
Half an hour later, Xiao Fan left the Huai'an Domain camp with his soldiers and headed for Jingzhou City. When they learned that only a small part of Xiao Fan's 50,000 troops were wearing light armor, and most of them did not even have armor and weapons, they were a little surprised, and then they laughed.
The Huai'an Domain Battalion had not been supplied with equipment for many years, and Prime Minister Tai and Taishi Zhao naturally thought that they really had no armor and weapons. Moreover, Xiao Fan had only taken over the Huai'an Domain not long ago, and now he was suddenly asked to lead the army to fight, and it was too late to add armaments.
However, the news received next surprised Prime Minister Tai and Zhao Taishi, because the army led by Xiao Fan marched too fast, and it did not stop for several hours, and it was half the way when it was dark.
This news made Prime Minister Tai and Zhao Taishi suspicious, but they didn't think too much about it. In their opinion, Xiao Fan led a group of ruffians, and he had no combat effectiveness at all, so he could only be sent to death.
On the way to the march, Xiao Fan received battle reports one after another, and Jingzhou City became more and more critical. However, due to the fact that it was already dark, Dayan temporarily withdrew his troops, adjusted his army, and prepared to take Jingzhou City early tomorrow morning.
"We're here for a break. ”
On a wide flat land, Xiao Fan ordered the soldiers of the whole army to take a rest, a few hours of hurrying, even if there is an elixir, the soldiers are very tired, if they do not rest, even if they rush to Jingzhou City, their combat effectiveness will be affected.
"Report!"
Shortly after stopping to rest, the men of the reconnaissance battalion brought a battle report.
"Say!"
"General, General Liu was seriously wounded in today's battle and has almost lost his ability to fight. Early tomorrow morning, Dayan will attack the city with all his might, and General Liu will send someone to send a message for help, so that the general can arrive as soon as possible!"
"Stand down. ”
"Yes!"
Xiao Fan sighed, the city defender will be seriously injured, which is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the soldiers. However, the Dayan army should not know the severity of General Liu's injuries, otherwise they would attack the city overnight.