The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

The Song Army camp outside Zhaozhou City was completely silent. Even the flags of the generals in the camp were drooping their heads and looking dejected. It was already noon, but there was no smoke rising. If it weren't for the soldiers coming and going on the wall,

Walking around, one can't help but feel that this is an empty camp.

"Zheng Ping, we have been eating compressed dry food for three days, why are you giving us this today?" A lunch meeting was being held in the handsome tent. There were several plates of compressed dry food, two plates of dried meat, and a pot of water on the table.

Wei picked up a hard piece of dry food and shook it and said.

"Today's is different from yesterday's. Today's is peanut-flavored. On weekdays, I wouldn't be willing to take it out to entertain guests!" Zheng Ping did not turn against Jiang Wei's 'rudeness' and said with a smile.

"Peanuts are sold in Beijing for a hundred cents per catty. They are more expensive than mutton, and you still refuse to eat them." Zhang Shengkui, the commander of the Krug army, broke off a piece and put it in his mouth and chewed it.

"Yes, this one is more delicious than the old soybean one, and it tastes quite fragrant." Dragon General Commander Li Gong ate it with gusto, and wiped the dry food residue stuck to the corner of his mouth and said.

"Jiang Wei, please eat something. It's better than being hungry. Besides, the compressed dry food now is much more delicious than what His Majesty made back then." Zheng Ping wolfed down the broken dry food and quickly drank a large cup.

Shui said, looking at the way he ate, he knew he meant what he said.

"Don't mention what happened back then..." After being advised to finish the meal, he just picked up a piece of compressed dry food and was about to eat it. When he heard Zheng Ping's words, he felt dry and couldn't eat anymore, so he grabbed a few pieces of dried meat.

Chew hard and stop breathing.

"Du Tong, is there any allusion to this?" Zhang Shengkui looked at Zheng Ping's depressed look and leaned over to ask in a low voice. Li Gong also looked curious and stretched his ears to hear some inside information.

"It's a long story..." Zheng Ping looked at the two curious people on his left and said with a wry smile. Zhang Shengkui was not from Beifu, but was selected from the Forbidden Army when His Majesty went to the northwest, and Li Gong joined

It was even later. Zhao Yong joined the army when he was ordered to go to the residual Liao Dynasty to form the Krug Army. Of course, he would not know the past events of that year.

"I warn you not to say anything, otherwise I will commit the crime of disrespect and let His Majesty chop off your head!" Jiang Wei said angrily, obviously not wanting anyone to know about the embarrassing incident many years ago.

"Haha. This matter is not a secret. There are many people who know about it. If His Majesty wants to behead someone for this, I'm afraid no one in the court will go to court." Zheng Ping rolled his eyes and ignored Jiang.

Wei Wei, minding his own business, said to the two people around him, "You still don't know that this dry food was invented by His Majesty back then.

He had just returned to Beijing from Xiangyi, so he had nothing to do and made all kinds of dry food. In order to verify whether it could be stored for a long time and whether it could satisfy his hunger, he made a large amount of dry food for the guards in the mansion.

Servants, chamberlains, and subordinates tasted the food... Gee, I don’t know how I survived those days!"

"Oh, it must be that the dry food made by His Majesty is much more delicious than that produced in the workshop. Dutong and Commander Jiang were used to eating it in the palace back then, so now they can't eat the food made in this kind of workshop." Li Gong said in a 'sudden way'.

"Fart, it's not as delicious as these! But His Majesty forced us to eat it intermittently for a year. We often ate it from morning to night for more than ten days in a row, and the whole palace almost rebelled after eating it." Jiang Wei couldn't bear it anymore.

Unable to hold on any longer, he said loudly.

'Haha...' Li Gong and Zhang Shengkui were stunned for a moment. Then they laughed. So that's it. This thing is good for temporary emergencies. They couldn't swallow it after eating it for three days. Think about Jiang Wei and Zheng Ping.

They had eaten for such a long time, and of course they felt nauseated when they saw it. How could they eat it?

"Jiang Wei, how dare you say dirty words about His Majesty's invention of dry food? Believe it or not, I will kill you right now?" Zheng Ping did not smile. He struck the case and said sternly.

"As long as you don't let me eat this, you can kill me now without any complaints." Unexpectedly, Jiang Wei showed no fear and said with a pinched neck.

"You... you should eat some, please! Just hold on for a few more days. Once I defeat Wanyan Yuying, I will roast sheep for you every day." Zheng Ping almost cried with anger, this kid couldn't get enough food and salt.

He immediately changed his face and begged.

"It's almost the same, but we still have to wait a few days!" Jiang Wei also said with a sad face. In fact, he was making such a fuss because he was 'dissatisfied' with Zheng Ping about the withdrawal of troops that day.

That day, the Lion Generals withdrew from Shaliang under the support of the Dragon Generals. Then Jiang Wei asked for an immediate counterattack to drive the enemy troops into the river. He knew that it was completely possible to assemble the Dragon Generals, the Krug Army and the Lion Generals who still had a certain fighting capacity.

This would not only cause great casualties to the Jin army, but also allow Zhaozhou to be occupied. However, his suggestion was rejected by Zheng Ping. Although this was Zhao Li's decision and was also for the victory of the entire campaign, Jiang

Wei is still aggrieved.

In this battle, the Lion Army rushed to the battle in the middle of the night, seized Shaliang, and the subsequent fierce offensive and defensive battles. It can be said that they fought extremely passively, with more than a thousand casualties. It is said that the damage in this battle was negligible compared with that of the Jin Army, but

This is the first time that a lion general has suffered such a heavy blow, so

Jiang Wei wanted to take revenge, but his orders could not be violated, so he found ways to "trouble" Zheng Ping to vent his dissatisfaction. These days, in order to deceive the Jin army and create the illusion of food shortage, the Song army did not use fire.

, eating solid food every day gave him another excuse...

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Wanyan Yuying has been doing good things one after another these days. The battle at Zhaozhou made him a prince and became famous all over the world. He has become the leader of the new generation of generals in the Jin Kingdom. He has also won the trust and respect of the emperor and the grand master. Now he has a heavy army. Who can

They all understood that as long as he could successfully repel the Song army on the west route and turn the capital into danger, he would become a hero of the Jin Kingdom and the future successor of the Grand Master.

But Wanyan Yuying has never been happy, not only facing the upcoming war, but also the fear and uneasiness of lying about the results of the war. Exaggerating the results has been nothing new in the military since ancient times. Wanyan Yuying did this in order to stabilize the morale of the military and boost morale.

There is nothing wrong with his conduct, but in order to conceal his casualties and highlight his achievements, he ordered the bodies of the men and horses who died in the battle that night to be thrown into the river at night.

Seeing tens of thousands of mutilated corpses floating down the river and slowly sinking to the bottom, dyeing the water pink, Wanyan Yuying could not express her feelings at that time. These soldiers are the last flesh and blood of the Jurchen clan. In order to realize

He rushed forward without hesitation and fell down again, fulfilling his name as the God of War, but ended up dead without a burial place, which made him feel uneasy, as if he saw countless innocent ghosts roaring and screaming on the river, asking for help from him.

life.

In addition, there has been no news of the troops who attacked Changchun City, and they don't know whether they succeeded, which makes Wanyan Yuyingcheng uneasy. At the same time, he also has to face the expectations of all parties, and the Song Army's next combat plan is lingering.

Let him bear the uncertainty

Under tremendous pressure and unable to relieve his depression, he had no choice but to turn to the gods. He went to the Buddhist temple in the city every day to burn incense to bless himself with victorious battles. He also paid monks to build dojos for the victims so that the innocent souls could be reborn as soon as possible.

Get comfort for your own soul.

After several days of suffering, as the Jiangbei army continued to gather from all directions, Wanyan Yuying regained his confidence. The troops who attacked Changchun City finally sent back the news. After three days of uninterrupted attacks, the Song Army

The casualties were heavy and gradually exhausted. The Jurchen people in the city took advantage of the chaos and opened the city gate to use it.

They had to take the city, and the remnants of the Song army set fire to the warehouses when they broke through the city. However, the Song army's returning reinforcements had already cut off their return, so they had no choice but to avoid it and turn towards Longzhou. It was said that the grain and grass supplies had been captured

After being destroyed, the West Route Army deployed Zhao Li to collect food and grass from everywhere, preparing to send troops to Zhaozhou again.

Wanyan Yuying breathed a long sigh of relief. This could be said to be an unexpected surprise. At first, he did not expect that the strange troops he sent could capture Changchun City, but he only hoped to force the Song army to retreat or divide its troops so that he could annihilate its vanguard.

Army. Now there are only two ways for the Song Army to collect grain and grass again. One is to collect food and grass on the spot, and now it is far away.

There are still some days left for the autumn harvest, and the grain reserves are not enough to meet the long-term needs of a hundred thousand troops; secondly, grain must be transported from other places, and the nearest place has to be transported from Datong, which also takes time. In addition, there are also bullets and gunpowder needed for guns and cannons.

It couldn't be gathered together in a few days, which gave me time to calmly encircle and annihilate the Song army stationed outside Zhaozhou City.

Everything was ready and the fighter planes were maturing. Wanyan Yuying ordered the Jiangbei army to cross the river overnight to surround the Song army's camp. In order to completely destroy the Song army's Northern Expedition, Taishi Wushu also spent a lot of money. He would go to Ningfu Road

All the garrisons in the various state capitals such as Muke and Meng'an were mobilized, and part of the Jiang defense troops were all placed under the command of Wanyan Yuying. Together with his own troops and horses, hundreds of thousands of troops had gathered in Zhaozhou City, with a strength far exceeding that of the Song army.

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However, in a situation where the troops were superior, Wanyan Yuying was still cautious. He only ordered to strengthen the harassment and surveillance of the Song army camp outside Zhaozhou City, and surrounded the enemy without attacking. Because the recent battle of Shaliang gave him a full understanding of the situation.

The Song army was on defense

He showed strong combat effectiveness during the war. If he launched an attack forcefully, even if he could annihilate the Song army, he would pay a huge price. So he waited until this lone army ran out of food and fodder and was too hungry to mount their horses before beating up the drowned dogs.

After several days of siege, the besieged Song army also realized that they could not wait for reinforcements and began to try to break out. However, they were surrounded like an iron barrel and were repelled after several attempts. Wanyan Yuying also found that the Song army had many enemies.

The fact that they did not raise a fire during the day meant that they had run out of food and grass and had no rice to cook with. In a few days they would kill horses to satisfy their hunger, and that would be the time of their demise.

But just when Wanyan Yuying was about to launch a decisive battle, suddenly news came from the Jiangbei camp, which made him feel like he was struck by five thunders, and he almost fainted - a Song Army brigade suddenly appeared on the other side of the river in Yichun, preparing to cross the river, asking him to

He quickly mobilized troops for reinforcements, but he knew that there were no troops left in Jiangnan... (To be continued)