National Beauty

Chapter 189 189

The army of the Northern Expedition was divided into three groups. On the side of the West Route Army, Emperor Xuande appointed Pan Xun as the head coach of the Zhongwu Army Jiedu, and appointed Wang Sheng as the supervising army. He also appointed the veteran general Huwei General Li Jizong as the lieutenant. fifty thousand. Li Jizong was the grandfather of Princess Gong Li Mulan, so Wang Gong and his wife also led an errand on the West Road Army.

At the beginning of February, the army set off and went all the way north. After successfully conquering several small towns, it finally arrived outside Huanzhou City in late February, which was one of the fourteen Youyun prefectures occupied by the Liao State.

The guards of the Liao Army closed the city and did not leave the city. The Supervisor Wang Sheng ordered Li Jizong to take the army to attack the city. When he agreed on a strategy for the siege, King Gong listened to the side. There were four gates in total. The king was anxious, knocked on the north door of the sand table with his big hand, and said loudly: “Leave the north door to this king!”

Wang Sheng glanced at him, then turned his gaze to coach Pan Xun. Pan Xun looked down at the sand table without making a sound. That is the prince, who was spoiled in the capital, learned a good kung fu. He has never been on the battlefield before, and has not experienced the blood and blood of the battlefield. He sent Prince Gong to siege the city and lost. Who will explain to the emperor when you go back? If you don’t send it, you will offend Prince Gong.

“General Li, what do you think?” Pan Xun refused to take the move, and Wang Sheng kicked the ball to Li Jizong.

Before Li Jizong spoke, Prince Gong grinned flatteringly at him: “Grandfather, you send me to fight at the north gate! Father asked me to go out for training, but you have not allowed me to send troops. How can I do the training?” Pulling her helper, she turned her head and asked the princess: “Mulan has been itchy hands a long time ago, didn’t she?”

Li Mulan ignored him, but when his grandfather looked over, the heroic female general also showed a faint pleading.

Li Jizong is not a person who spoils his children. Although Prince Gong is a prince, he is also his own grandson-in-law. Since he is studying martial arts, is there any reason why a general should not be on the battlefield? Moreover, the West Route Army came as violently as broken bamboo, and there were only eight thousand Liao soldiers in Huanzhou City, so the chance of victory in this battle was great.

“Okay, leave the North Gate to Prince Gong and Concubine!” Li Jizong happily became the master.

King Gong was overjoyed, and slapped his wife with a glamorous look. Li Mulan glared at him, and the couple walked out of the camp side by side, and they were ready to go. On the way to the North City Gate, Prince Gong thought about something and asked in a puzzled way: “My grandfather did not lose to those two men, why did the emperor arrange for his grandfather to be his deputy?” Witnessing the prestigious old man had to listen to Wang Sheng and Pan Xun. Prince Gong was really aggrieved by the arrangement.

Li Mulan looked ahead without explaining, but she knew the reason. The Li family was famous for generations, but his grandfather was a general of the former Han. When the Emperor Gaozu changed his dynasty and led troops to attack the former Han, it was his grandfather who led his soldiers to resist. He fought hard for months and refused to surrender. The king of subjugation took the initiative to surrender, and the emperor Gaozu met his grandfather again, who became the general of the Great Zhou.

The emperor Gaozu and the present-day sage treats his grandfather not badly, and his grandfather has also made countless exploits for the Great Zhou. However, in the end, it is better to use Wang Sheng and others to rest assured that the generals should be used by the emperor?

But grandfather doesn’t care, what grandfather wants is to serve the country faithfully.

The battle broke out, and in a blink of an eye, Huanzhou City was caught in a **** battle, and the veteran Li Jizong led 20,000 elite soldiers. It took two hours before he broke through the city gate and swarmed in.

The following day, the victory of Huanzhou City was rushed into the capital by 800 li.

Emperor Xuande stroked his palms and applauded.

The Great Week started smoothly, Zhao Heng was also relieved, returned to the palace in the evening, stayed in the front yard for a while, and then went to the backyard to accompany the princess’s daughter. Since the army set off, he came here so early for the first time. Looking at the happy expression of the man, Song Jianing guessed that there was good news on the front line, and deliberately asked: “How can the prince have a leisure time today? ?”

Zhao Heng was holding up his daughter and letting her little feet step on his knees to play, and said with a smile: “The Western Front is a great victory, Huanzhou City has been broken.”

Song Jianing was puzzled, where is Huanzhou City?

Zhao Heng saw him, put down his daughter, and ordered the maid to get the map.

Song Jianing had obtained a map from him when he read “Historical Records” before, and both of them knew where to put it, and they quickly laid it on the low table. Song Jianing moved his stomach and was ready to look next to him as before, but this time the couple could no longer speak and listen quietly, because there was a little princess in the family.

As soon as Shuang’er laid the map, Zhao Zhao stood up from his father’s arms and lay on the table to play with the map. Song Jianing was so scared that Song Jianing hurriedly covered it.

“Can’t pull it, it’s broken, mother is crying.” Zhao Heng grabbed his daughter’s chubby hands with one hand, and said with a smile.

Zhaozhao opened his mouth and looked at his mother, why would she cry if she broke it?

The prince said that, Song Jianing had to cooperate and pretended to rub his eyes. Anyway, one is her man and the other is a daughter, so she is not afraid of embarrassment.

Zhao Zhao couldn’t bear to let his favorite mother cry, and was anxious to use her little hand to pull the hand that wiped her tears, and shook her head to ensure that she would not pull.

Song Jianing “breaks his tears into a smile” and rewards his daughter with a kiss.

Zhao Heng silently watched her coax her daughter and waited for her to sit down again obediently. Zhao Heng raised his hand and pointed out the location of Huanzhou City to the princess. He was in a good mood. The Shou Wangye also said a few more words to the little princess: “Take Huanzhou.” The city, and then take Shuozhou, Yingzhou, Yunzhou, the four northwestern states, and then return to the Central Plains.”

Song Jianing looked at the four small places on the map and knew that King Gong and his wife were in the West Route Army. She couldn’t help but ask: “It took just over half a month to retake one state, and there are three remaining states. Wouldn’t there be another two? Can be beaten in a month?” She was born in May. If so, Sister Mulan might be able to rush back to give her second cock, He Xisan.

Zhao Heng laughed, marching and fighting, it’s really easy to count this way.

After holding his daughter in his arms, Zhao Heng’s gaze fell on the northern kingdom of Liao. The land of Liao was vast, and the east and west stretched thousands of miles. This time, the father sent troops at a rapid pace. The Liao Kingdom was at war with Goryeo in the east. For the time being, the West Road and the Middle Road armies won the two states in one go. At the beginning, no one can be sure what will happen later.

These are very complicated, and Zhao Heng didn’t tell his princess again.

Soon after the capital received the victory from the West Route Army and the Middle Route Army, the East Route Army also got the news.

In the head coach’s account, the privy envoy and coach Cao Yu leaned back on the back of the chair, holding the victory in his left hand, and rubbing his forehead irritably with his right hand. During the Northern Expedition, the imperial court sent 200,000 troops, and his East Route Army accounted for 100,000. Those two routes combined were as large as him. But the emperor said that his 100,000 was mainly to contain the main force of the Liao State, and he was asked to march slowly, waiting for the West Road and the Middle Road to take the eight states on the two sides, and then rushed over to join his East Road and attacked in one fell swoop. Youzhou.

This strategy is really good, but he hasn’t started fighting on this side. He has already made military exploits on the West Road and the Middle Road. In the future, fighting Youzhou will also be evenly divided between the Three Route Army. When rewarding the merits, wouldn’t his East Route Army be credited? least?

Cao Yu was uncomfortable, and the generals who were uncomfortable with the East Route Army were not alone. Hearing that the two soldiers had done meritorious service, they rushed to the coach’s camp and asked Cao Yu to send them out. Seeing that people were almost there, Cao Yu simply summoned all his generals to discuss countermeasures.

“Pingzhang, what do you say?” After some discussion, Cao Yu asked Guo Xiao, who was always silent. Guo Xiao was Guo Boyan’s son and Princess Duanhui’s husband. Although young, Cao Yu did not dare to despise this young man.

Guo Xiao looked around, all in his account were senior military commanders who had made military exploits. He didn’t care about this, and he didn’t care whether the Northern Expedition was won or lost. He calmly said: “The last general is only to be sent by Cao Shuai.”

The implication was that he would do whatever Cao Yu asked him to do, and he would never object to it.

Cao Yu nodded. Since there was no objection, he got up and left his seat, walked to the sand table, pondered for a moment, and pointed to Zhuozhou Road to the south of Youzhou City: “The emperor ordered me to wait for the marching army, mainly to wait for the three armies to merge before attacking You. Zhou, I think, it’s better to take advantage of Liao’s lack of preparation, and let’s take advantage of Zhuozhou and Youzhou first. Wang Sheng and Han Da have only 50,000 soldiers and horses. We have one hundred thousand. Isn’t it better than them?”

Generals, generals, wait for merits in the battlefield. Only with merits can they get ahead. Otherwise, why should he be a clerk with low merits?

“Okay, let’s set off now and catch Youzhou by surprise! Haha, the Empress Dowager Xiao is now fighting with Han Rang, and when the adulterer is relieved, Youzhou is already ours!”

Cao Yu’s proposal immediately received the support of the generals. The generals were rude and even took the opportunity to make fun of the regent Queen Mother Xiao of the new widow of Liao. Guo Xiao agreed with a smile, but his mind was transferred to the step-sister in the capital because of Empress Dowager Xiao. The stepmother was a widow and Empress Dowager Xiao was also a widow. There were new men around her. It was obvious that a woman had a fickle heart and would not always remember her ex-husband.

After making a decision, Cao Yu mobilized an army of 90,000 and set off first. The car was light, and the grain and grass were walking slowly, and he was left behind for the time being.

Liao, the capital, went to Beijing, and received the loss of Huanzhou City and Xincheng City. Empress Xiao, who was only 28 years old, had her slender eyebrows slightly frowned, worried, but there was no trace of panic. After reading it twice, Empress Dowager Xiao handed the memorial to Prime Minister Han Rang, and said sadly: “The Great Week is coming, what should we do?”

Liao Xiang Han Rang took the memorial, and after reading it, he threw it on the table and calmly said: “The queen mother does not need to panic. The minister will dispatch troops to support Youzhou. The Daliao cavalry will run fast and will be able to make it to the city. Arrived in Youzhou before the break. And Yelvxiong and his officials said that he expected the old thief from Xuande to take the opportunity to enter, and he has already deployed in advance. The old thief from Xuande will come again, and Daliao will tell him to go and never return.”

Speaking of Emperor Xuande, Empress Dowager Xiao smiled, with clear eyes and disdain: “Is he still coming? Last time Ye Luxiong sent him two arrows, his courage was pierced early, right?”

Han Rang thought so too.

After teasing Emperor Xuande, Empress Dowager Xiao’s expression returned to a heavy expression. She left her seat and walked to the high-hanging map on the east side, looking up. Looking at it, the burly man hugged her from behind. Empress Dowager Xiao clapped his hand, raised her chin towards Youzhou and Zhuozhou, and said unhurriedly: “The Da Zhou soldiers were divided into three directions, but they were really called The old thief from Xuande is right, I really can’t take action to repel him at the same time. In this way, you will rush to Youzhou with me and lead your troops. Let’s repel the East Road first, and then go to support Yunzhou and Weizhou.”

Han Rang was taken aback and asked in disbelief, “You want to do it yourself?”

Empress Dowager Xiao raised her eyebrows and asked gently, “No?”

Although she is a woman, she dares to watch the world.

Han Rang loved her the most, he slammed the person sideways and went to the inner room.

It is true that he has an affair with the queen dowager, but the old thief Xuande must have never imagined that his queen mother is not an ordinary woman.