Chapter 299 Sword of the Son of Heaven
On the fifth day of the second month, the 100,000 infantry of the Huanqing Army traveled all the way to Datong City.
All the soldiers were covered in dust, and they marched all the way with almost no rest time.
In addition to them, more than 50,000 young people from the Production and Construction Corps came here. These young people were responsible for transporting food, supplies, siege weapons, defending the city equipment, etc. Moreover, if the war is tense, they may also be involved in the war. Although they are the Production and Construction Corps, they have regular military training in the past, and their combat power is even greater than those under Zhao Gou's army.
"I didn't expect our army to conquer Datong so quickly!"
"Not only Datong, Yanmen Pass, Ningwu Pass, Panguan and other places were also defeated by Liu Qi and General Zhang Xian!"
"really?"
The news that 100,000 infantry and 50,000 young men had just arrived in Datong City, Yanmen, Ningwu and other places were conquered here, and their morale was immediately excited and everyone was excited! These Chinese nations have lost their heroic passes for more than a hundred years, and now they have finally returned to the hands of the Han people again!
The generals of the Huanqing Army had already hurriedly arranged for the soldiers to rest. They had traveled all the way here, and their bodies were extremely tired and they had to recover immediately.
The young people from the Production and Construction Corps have also received orders. They will take a break and transport the materials to Yanmen Pass, Ningwu Pass and other places.
Yue Fei was standing on the Datong city wall at this moment, looking out to the north.
The heavy snow had already stopped, but it was still a vast white area outside. When spring came, it would become a vast grassland. Datong City was originally built in the northwest of the Central Plains and bordering the grassland. During the Tang and Song dynasties, the entire Datong City was surrounded by the grassland.
"Yanmen Pass, Ningwu Pass, and Pianguan are the three outer passes in the Central Plains. They guard the important places in Hedong. In the past, we Han people defended these places, but foreigners could not enter the Central Plains at all. But now we are guarding these places and prevent Wanyan Zongwang from passing through here from the south." Yue Fei said.
"What the general said," Dong Xian stood behind Yue Fei, nodded, and said.
"These places were extremely important, and it was very difficult for us to attack. However, firstly, this place became the Neiguan of the Jurchens. The Jurchens did not pay enough attention to these places. Secondly, the population of the Jurchens was limited and their total strength was not much. They placed 200,000 troops in Hedong and Guanshan areas, and there was no extra force to defend these places. Therefore, we were able to successfully capture these passes. The same is true for us to easily capture Datong." Yue Fei said.
Dong nodded first.
"The number of our Han people is far better than that of the Jurchens, and our number of soldiers is also better than that of the Jurchens! This time we use 200,000 troops, and 100,000 infantry is enough to defend Yanmen Pass, Ningwu Pass, and Pianguan. With so many soldiers and countless cities and equipment in our city guarding, Wanyan Zongwang will find it difficult to capture it even if he arrives! Yang Linggong was here on the same day, and his tens of thousands of Western troops could resist the Liao army! Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, the strength of our Song Dynasty has been far better than that of the Western Army back then, and its combat power is almost ten times that of the past! Under such circumstances, it would be strange if we cannot defend these places!" Yue Fei said.
"If you just defend, 100,000 infantry soldiers are enough! Yanmen Pass, Ningwu Pass, Panguan and other places are all powerful passes in the world, and they cannot be easily captured! Our city-guarding equipment is far better than the Jurchens, and it is enough to defend these places." Dong Xian said.
"Send the order! Order 100,000 infantrymen to rest for a day and immediately go south and participate in defense of these passes! Order Zhang Xian to lead 20,000 cavalry to go south and feign attack Taiyuan City! Taiyuan City is the base of the Jurchens in the Central Plains. Countless supplies of the Jurchens were stored there, and countless Jurchens were there! When feinting attack Taiyuan, Wanyan Zongwang would definitely go north!" Yue Fei said.
"Not bad." Dong Xian nodded.
"Tell Zhang Xian that after the feint attack on Taiyuan, he immediately led 20,000 cavalry across the Taihang Mountains and into Hebei, Shandong and other places! After arriving in Shandong, he feinted the feint attack on Jinan Prefecture and forced Liu Yu to return to defense." Yue Fei said again.
Hebei and Shandong are the foundation of Liu Yu. Liu Yu's son is now the prefect of Jinan. Moreover, many of the Liu Yu's puppet army come from Hebei and Shandong. Once a large army appears in Hebei, Shandong and other places, Liu Yu will definitely not dare to take the 300,000 puppet troops to Guanshan, and he will definitely return to Shandong.
"General, is it a bit too dangerous for General Zhang Xian to go deep alone?" Dong Xian said.
"Don't worry, Zhang Xian will do such a thing! And he mainly set up a suspicion array to create momentum, and the bigger the momentum, the better. At that time, the chaos in the north will be difficult for both the Jurchens and the Jurchens to continue attacking Guanshan. Moreover, in the Guanshan area, Zong Ze, Wang Yan and others exist, and the Jurchens have left, the situation in Guanshan will become extremely stable and safe within a few months." Yue Fei said.
Dong nodded first.
"I'll send an order to lead the rest of the cavalry to the north immediately! I will lead 80,000 cavalry to the north together with General Liu Qi to face the two Jurchen armies head-on! I will leave 10,000 cavalry to you. If there is an emergency in Datong, Yanmen, Ningwu and other places, you can use it to reinforce." Yue Fei said again.
"General, the two Jurchen army have more than 300,000, and you only have 80,000. This is really too dangerous." Dong Xian said.
"Eighty thousand people are enough! When Wei Qing went to the desert to fight against the right wise king of the Xiongnu, he used only 30,000 soldiers and horses! When Huo Qubing just led his troops, he had only 800 soldiers and horses to defeat the Huns! In the Battle of Jikou in the early Tang Dynasty, Li Jing led only 3,000 light cavalry to attack Dingxiang at night and defeated tens of thousands of Turkic troops! Xue Rengui was in Tianshan, facing the 130,000 Turkic Tielle Uighur coalition, and he had only 60,000 Tang troops under his command. However, he relied on his personal courage alone, three arrows from 800 steps away to kill the three main generals of the Turkic Tielle. The enemy was in chaos. Xue Rengui took the opportunity to lead his troops to cover up the killing, defeat the enemy, and captured the three Uighur leaders in the chaos.
Brothers, he is so powerful that there will be no external troubles in the Tianshan area since then. The name of "General Three Arrows to Determine Tianshan" has been passed down through the ages! Although I, Yue Fei, admire these seniors, I, never think that I am not as good as these seniors! The seniors can defeat the foreign barbarians with fewer and tens of thousands or even thousands of troops. I, Yue Fei, can do it! I, Yue Fei, will prove to Your Majesty that I am the strongest general today, and no one can go to my right! Whether it is personal bravery or the ability to lead troops to fight, I am not inferior to all seniors! I can lead 80,000 cavalry to defeat hundreds of thousands of Jurchen soldiers!" Yue Fei was so proud of his words!
Any peerless general has his own pride, and Yue Fei is no exception. Over the years, except for making contributions in the Battle of Guan and Shaanxi at the beginning, he has no chance to make achievements. He has endured for several years and held back for several years. Now such an opportunity has finally come again. This is also the time for heroes to prove himself, and he wants to prove his existence to the world.
Of course, only in front of a brother from a hometown like Dong Xian would he say such arrogant words.
As the wind blew, Yue Fei's clothes kept swaying. He held the sword in his hand, as if he was about to sheath out at any time...
Yue Fei, who had defeated almost all the elites of the Jin Dynasty and was about to recover the Central Plains in history, has changed his role now. He is now the commander of the Song Dynasty. The number of troops he commanded was several times higher than that of the Yue family army. The training intensity, combat power, morale, and advanced military system were even better than that of the Yue family army in history.
And Yue Fei is now so capable that he is no less than Yue Fei in history.
He accepted various modern military ideas taught by Zhao Chen, Genghis Khan's strategies and tactics, and integrated them into one, and his vision and knowledge were even better than him in the same period of history.
He has full confidence in the Battle of the North!
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At this moment, in Baidi City, Sichuan, the climate here is much warmer than in the north, but now it is late winter and early spring, and there are also cold winds here.
Zhao Chen was standing on a high platform by the river at this moment, and he was also holding a sword in his hand.
It is the world-famous Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword!
He raised the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword and stroked the scabbard with his hands.
Although the sword has not yet been unsheathed, I can still feel a cold air coming to my face.
"Do you know what a sword is?" Zhao Chen said.
Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Wang De, Kang An and others were all standing beside Zhao Chen. They were stunned and didn't know how to answer this question.
"If you can kill the enemy, this is a sword! The sword has the sword of a common man, the sword of a prince, and the sword of a emperor! Like the knights in the world, they kill one person ten steps and do not leave a thousand miles away. This is a sword of a common man! Lin Lingsu of Jiangnan, has extremely high martial arts skills, but he is still just a common man, and what he uses is still a sword of a common man, which is not worth mentioning! The sword of a prince led thousands of troops to fight south and north, conquered cities and land, and spread the courage to all directions. The hero Jing Cong was used by him. This is the sword of a prince!
Xiang Yu, he used the sword of the princes, whose strength was to draw mountains and his aura was vast, but in front of the real sword of the emperor, the sword of the princes was still vulnerable! The sword of the emperor used the sword body of the world, the hearts of the people as the sword soul, the knowledge of people as the sword spine, the perfect system as the sword thigh, the sword tip of the millions of heroes as the sword tip, the emperor's art as the sword hilt, and the sword was driven with wisdom, courage and confidence! This sword is straight and unprecedented, and it is the supreme, and the clouds are above, and the world is below the dead! This sword comes out to help the princes and the world is peaceful."
"I have been awarded the title of crown prince in the first year of Jingkang, and until now, I have cast this sword for six years! Now, this sword has taken its shape! This sword has changed color and swept across Jiangnan, Central Plains, Yanzhao, Qilu, Liaodong, and grasslands, and no one can stop it and no one can defeat it!"
"It's time for this sword to be unsheathed today!"
Zhao Chen said slowly.
"Your Majesty, our army will definitely win this battle!" Wu Jie stood beside Zhao Chen in armor, excited and said.
"How are the army prepared?" Zhao Chen said.
"Your Majesty, the 100,000 army has arrived at Baidi City two hours ago. They are replenishing various supplies! Over the years, we have reserved countless supplies in Baidi City! Now, they should have replenished them!" Wu Jie said.
Wu Jie and Wu Lin originally had only 60,000 troops, but in the past two years they have replenished their troops, and the number of troops under them has reached 100,000. Their training methods are in line with the imperial guards, and they are also practicing diligently every day. At this point, the strength of this army is already the top in the world.
"Very good! Let's board the ship!" Zhao Chen said.
At that moment, Zhao Chen, Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Wang De, Kang An and others headed towards the Yangtze River ahead.
At this moment, thousands of huge warships were floating on the surface of the Yangtze River! These warships were over 30 meters in length. In this era, this was a rare big ship! The warships were covered with dense soldiers, all of which were holding weapons. Their eyes were looking at Zhao Chen, with a fanatical light.
"Your Majesty, these warships are made of century-old giant trees in the forest of Hanzhong! Since we arrived here in the end, we have begun to order people to make these warships. They are extremely strong and far better than all the warships of the navy before!" Everyone was heading towards the warships, and Wu Jie followed Zhao Chen and said.
Zhao Chen nodded, they came to the boat, and the soldiers saluted immediately.
Zhao Chen can see countless huge crossbow arrows on the bow of the ship!
"Your Majesty, these are special giant crossbows, enough to shoot five hundred steps away! The arrow shaft is almost as thick as someone's fingers, and it is extremely lethal!" Wu Jie said.
Zhao Chen nodded.
"This is a catapult. If you encounter an enemy ship on the river, it will be enough to shoot down the enemy ship!" Wu Jie said.
"How are the soldiers' weapons prepared?" Zhao Chen said.
"There are a large number of divine arm bows in our navy! The number of divine arm bowmen has reached 50,000! Whether it is water or land battles, there is no one to stop them! Ten thousand arrows can be fired at once, and all enemies can be eliminated!" Wu Jie said.
"What is the situation of the Jiangnan Navy?" Zhao Chen asked again.
"The Jiangnan Navy is vulnerable! Your Majesty, over the years, the threat from the north has been extremely great, and we are also extremely threatening to Jiangnan! Jiangnan is making every effort to develop infantry. Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong and countless rebels have consumed all the military expenditure of Jiangnan. They have no intention of caring about the navy! Only Jiangling and Lin'an have some navy troops, and there are almost no other ones!" Wu Jie said.
"Very good!" Zhao Chen nodded.
"Your Majesty, Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others will launch a mutiny soon, and we must go south immediately!" Wang De said on the side.
Wang De is the head of the Intelligence Department. The reason why he followed Zhao Chen to the south this time was to contact the soldiers of the Intelligence Department in various parts of Jiangnan! The Intelligence Department accounts for almost half of the power in Jiangnan. The battle in Jiangnan is the most important thing at present, so you must be careful.
"Order to leave!" Zhao Chen said.
On the warship, the yellow dragon flag was raised, and the sound of the war drums also sounded!
Zhao Chen stood at the bow of the boat, wearing a dragon robe, and the sun shone on his body, shining with golden light.
When the ship started, there were waves of "Long Live" sounds coming from around.
Long live the army everywhere, and the people who were saying goodbye to each other were constantly shouting long live!
"This battle will definitely win!"
"King Kang's rebel thief has been in Jiangnan for five or six years. Now it's time to kill this rebel!"
"This traitor, who blatantly usurped the throne and actually tried to kill the regicide. He deserves to die! Now it's time to let him accept punishment!"
Chapter completed!