Chapter 368: February 2, the dragon raises its head
There was nothing going on in the Hetao area. Sashan and the coalition forces from the Western Regions seemed to have taken a trip to Jiayuguan Pass. With the heavy snowfall, they had already led their troops back home. Yelu Chixian from the Wuzhou direction was personally led by Bian Zhongxing, and had a little peace with them.
They met in Hetao and knew that they could not gain any advantage, so they had to retreat to the city of Wuzhou. Near the Yinfeng Mountains on the southern line, although Li Xiao had an army of 80,000 in his hands, he ignored the fight between the Song and Li families.
However, most of the troops were stationed near Jianmen Pass and the Yinping Ancient Road, forcing the Song family to maintain a certain amount of troops here.
On the other hand, in the Yumenguan area where Wu Xiaolangjun was stationed, they initially guarded against the Tie Ying Qiu Ming coalition forces and never left the pass. However, when the heavy snow came and Tie Ying Qiu Ming withdrew their troops, Wu Xiaolang Jun led 20,000 cavalry to follow.
Chase. However, they did not pursue the Uma army that everyone thought was a soft persimmon, but bit on the tail of the iron eagle. Dodi did not expect that Wu Xiaolangjun was so cunning and was eaten by accident.
After killing a cavalry team, Dodi was furious. After Bian Zhongxing got the news, he was not surprised at all. He left the Five Young Masters at Yumen Pass just to let them mature earlier. If they didn't even have this ability, then
Bian Chongxing also felt that his time was wasted.
Haotian doesn't care about these things. He only has the 220,000 Northeastern Allied Forces in Henan in his eyes. In any case, Haotian is not ready to let the 220,000 remnants of the Northeastern Three Kingdoms and the Eastern Japanese Army escape Yuzhou.
Road, even if they retreated all the way to Yangzhou Road, he would catch up and crush them to death. Compared with the 220,000 coalition forces, Haotian not only had an absolute advantage in military strength, but also had as many as 160,000 cavalry, which was the opponent's
More than twice as much. Jin Zongbiao and others tried to retreat to Youyun Sixteen Prefectures twice when the river was frozen. However, due to the powerful attack power of the Hetao cavalry, they had to leave some corpses and retreat to Xuzhou and Ruzhou.
On February 2, the dragon raises its head.
Haotian also raised his head today. The whole morning, Haotian had a heart-to-heart fight with several ladies in the room. As a result, when Rishang Sangan walked out of the room, the dragon, which had still raised its head, could no longer lift it.
"My lord, today is the second day of February and the dragon is raising its head. Why does my lord look so depressed?" As soon as he walked into the meeting hall, Dugu laughed and said.
Haotian saw that the four Luo Xiangxuanji and Xuesha had arrived. Everyone had a knowing smile on their face. Haotian's face turned slightly red and he quickly said: "Well, I'm busy with official duties. Well, everyone
Now that everyone is here, let me talk about today’s strategic plan.”
Dugu laughed again, but looking at Haotian's somewhat annoyed expression, he wisely closed his mouth.
Many years later, when the writer of the Secret History of the Martial Arts asked the descendants of King Tianhu Ben Shigeyuki, he was curious as to why the five great war generals of the empire at that time could get along so harmoniously with Emperor Haotian, even though several of them had different levels of experience.
Expose the shortcomings of the emperor, and many times even make the emperor unable to step down. As for direct admonishment in front of the palace, arguments in the tent, being motivated by passion, forgetting etiquette, and even making mistakes with words, these are common things, but why
The emperor never blamed anyone.
At that time, the descendant of King Tianhu finally said after a long silence: The emperor values the most affectionate person. Although he is often stubborn and terrible, he is extremely generous to his comrades who have been with him through life and death. The emperor hates hypocrisy and politeness. In
In front of the emperor, what is needed is a person's true temperament. If you are deliberately pretentious, it will only make the emperor feel disgusted. And at that time, the founding eight kings, nine princes, ten princes, five emperors and one princess all abide by the principle of not relying on favors but being arrogant.
Fight for power and gain, do not form cliques for personal gains, do not take favors from the emperor, and do not seek power for his heirs. It is precisely because they have done these five things, and the friendship between them and the emperor is indestructible, so no matter when, the emperor will
He has never failed them. Of course, there is another important factor in this, and that is the existence of the empire's only queen.
Haotian quickly entered the state. Of course, one of the main reasons was to hide his embarrassment: "Now, after a winter of rest, our troops are strong. The Huaihe River thawed a few days ago, and the moon
The first batch of military rations sent by Wan Rang Huai River has arrived, and we already have the capital to fight a war. Today is a great day for the Holy Bliss to teach, establish the Qing Dynasty and proclaim the emperor, although the military generals will go to Guazhou Jinwan
County, oh, no, Jinwan County should be called the Holy Capital of Paradise now. But their army will definitely be prepared, so we will continue to keep our strategic target on the more than 200,000 troops of the three Northeastern countries."
After the founding of the Kingdom of the Holy Sect of Paradise, Cheng Xianqing ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. He settled the capital in his hometown of Jinwan County, Guazhou, Yangzhou Road, and renamed it the Holy Capital of Paradise. However, the number of people in the entire Guazhou area now only exceeds 500,000.
One-fifth of its peak period, the population of Jinwan County was only more than 30,000. However, Cheng Xianqing did have a lot of affection for his hometown. He not only built palaces wantonly, but also moved a large number of people. According to Soul Eater's secret report
, now the Holy Capital of Paradise is somewhat presentable.
Xuanji knew it was time to speak for himself: "According to our estimates, the current Northeastern Allied Forces in Xuzhou and Ruzhou areas are only 2,230,000. Because last month they planned to cross the river and return to Youyun Sixteen while the river was frozen.
Prefecture, so the troops in Ruzhou Prefecture and Wuyou County have concentrated a lot of troops in Xuzhou Prefecture. The only territories still under their control are the prefectures in Xuzhou and Wuyou County. The troops in Wuyou County should be in
There are about 20,000 Japanese soldiers here. Although the Eastern Japanese and Northeastern Allied Forces still maintain an alliance, due to the heavy losses in the Battle of Yuzhou, there are only more than 20,000 defeated soldiers of the 200,000-strong army, and 100,000 naval forces.
The entire army was wiped out, so we have actually parted ways with the Three Northeastern Kingdoms. The highest military commander here is the Eastern Japanese Marshal Watanabe Shitata. If we attack Wuyou County, Watanabe Shitata is likely to retreat into the territory of Yangzhou Road. They and Ji Le
The Holy Religion, oh, our relationship with the Paradise Empire is very good, so there won’t be any problem in this regard.”
Haotian pondered for a moment: "The Eastern Japanese soldiers should have very good combat effectiveness in defensive battles, but if they go out of the city and face heavy cavalry, there is absolutely no chance of luck. With just 20,000 defeated soldiers, I don't think they can do much damage.
The storm."
"There are about 50,000 soldiers in Ruzhou County, of which about 15,000 are Mandan soldiers, and the rest are all Haixi soldiers. However, the chief general here is the Mandan prince Yelu Minghui. As for the Haixi soldiers
Although Jin Tuhu controlled more than 30,000 soldiers, he could only serve as deputy general. The relationship between the two was not harmonious, so Bai Jing and Haixi always believed that Mandan did not fulfill its alliance obligations in the Battle of Yuzhou.
In Xuzhou City, the total military strength is about 150,000, including 90,000 from Baijing and 60,000 from Haixi. The main military generals of the two countries are gathered here, among which the commander-in-chief is Jin Zongbiao from Haixi and the deputy commander is Baijing.
On the eve of the present day, Jin Qiliang from Haixi and Prince Trikbus and Romankos from Beijing are also here." Xuanji continued.
Haotian waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "The troops in Xuzhou City are strong, and Jin Zongbiao and Yao Jinxi are both very knowledgeable people. It is impossible to take them down in a hurry. We haven't seen the Wuyou County town yet.
In my eyes, therefore, the first blow will naturally fall on Ruzhou. I wonder what everyone’s opinions are?”
Luo Xiang twitched his beard and said in agreement: "Of course it is. Although there are the Yan Elegy Army and the Zhu Zhao Army of the Bliss Holy Sect in the south of Ruzhou and near Raozhou, the Yan Elegy Army is currently under the supervision of Ye Hengsheng.
Commander, this person has no prestige in the army. It is difficult to mobilize the entire army. As for Zhu Zhao's army, although this person is a strong enemy, he has already gone to the Holy Capital of Paradise to attend Cheng Xianqing's enthronement ceremony. If we take the initiative to attack,
They will definitely fight back and it will be difficult for them to take advantage, but if we set the target in Ruzhou, they probably won't have the courage to come to the rescue."
Haotian calculated that from Zhuli County to Ruzhou Fucheng, it would take the infantry at least four hours along the official road, but with the speed of the cavalry, it would only take half that time. However, if he wanted to use cavalry this time, he would go there.
It is impossible to attack the city, so it must be coordinated by infantry and cavalry.
Thinking of this, Haotian pondered for a while and said: "The generals in Ruzhou City are not in harmony with the weak troops and their morale is low. Our attack now will naturally get twice the result with half the effort. However, although we have the upper hand now, the three northeastern countries have always been strong, so we must guard against them.
In this way, Du Commander, you lead one hundred thousand infantry, and Blood Commander, you lead fifty thousand cavalry. I will not give you a time limit, but it is best to capture Ruzhou within two days. If the time drags on for too long, Zhu
Zhao and others will definitely rush back to help. Qingcheng, Qingcheng?"
Xue Sha and others all smiled. Haotian then remembered that he had a big battle with Qingcheng and others this morning. This girl should still be washing herself in the boudoir. Why did she come out so quickly?
"Well, Commander Xin, you lead 30,000 bloody cavalry and attack Wuyou County directly. As for the specific combat mission, I won't go into details. I think you can judge the situation." Haotian said. The Dongwa soldiers were fighting with him.
After the Scarlet Cavalry fought several times, they already had a fear of the Scarlet Cavalry, as if they had seen a natural enemy. Let Xin Ke take the Scarlet Cavalry, thinking that it would be more intimidating.
"Commander, you will lead 50,000 cavalry to monitor the movements of the Northeastern Allied Forces in Xuzhou City. Kasimbas is a cunning and cunning man. He is his proud disciple far away from home, and he is indeed a bit unreasonable. As for Jin Zongbiao, the third commander of the Hercynian Army
We cannot underestimate this person." Haotian continued.
After allocating combat tasks, Haotian thought about it and felt that there should be no loopholes. Dugu and Xuesha led an army of 150,000 to attack Xuzhou. They ordered 30,000 cavalry to attack Wuyou County and 50,000 cavalry to monitor the capital of Xuzhou.
He led an army of 140,000 troops to sit in Zhuli County and provided support to all parties.
"Everyone, do you have any comments?" To be on the safe side, Haotian continued to ask.
Luo Xiang smiled slightly and said in a deep voice: "My Lord, I still have some opinions, but they have nothing to do with this military operation."
Haotian was surprised and said with a smile: "Sir, please tell me."
"My lord, you are now the King of Jingbei. When calling yourself, you should use the name "I" instead of just saying "I". This is not a big deal among us, but if it spreads, it will make people laugh after all." Luo Xiang smiled.
He said.
Haotian originally thought it was a big deal, but when he heard that it was such a trivial matter, he immediately said nonchalantly: "What's the difference? It's just a title. I just want to say whatever I feel comfortable saying.
Just say what you say casually. Also, don’t be restrained. We are all old brothers who fought together from the Hetao. There is no need to worry about these minutiae. It’s too much to be the king all day long. Besides,
, these titles are all backed by strength. When I was the Marquis of Jingbei, I was the Marquis when I opened my mouth and shut up, but what I said at that time was compared to what I said now when I open my mouth and I said it, which one has more weight?"
Xue Sha and the others laughed when they heard this. Luo Xiang was also laughing, and he was very happy. At least, Haotian understood the truth that the big fist is the boss.
In fact, Hetao has no clear regulations on titles. Just like Luo Xiang himself, sometimes he calls himself an old man, sometimes he is a subordinate, and sometimes he is just me. The same goes for Xue Sha and others. Anyway, he is the commander in chief.
I and I have always used them alternately, saying whichever one is easy to say. But Haotian doesn't mind either. In Dugu's words, if anyone feels dissatisfied, he can stab him with a knife, and he will be satisfied even if he is not satisfied.
"Okay, everyone, go and do your own thing. Haha, I said that I would give Cheng Xianqing a big gift. It's up to you today." Haotian said with a laugh.
Cheng Xianqing's dragon also raised its head, and he was also smiling, and he was smiling as happily as Haotian.
Since the founding of Qingfeng, the Holy Sect of Paradise, including the Sun God Sect, has never been so prosperous. One hundred years later, after a hundred years of gloomy and tolerant life, the Holy Sect of Paradise finally rose on the land of China and achieved unprecedented achievements.
The long-cherished wish came true, to proclaim the emperor and found the country! What a great achievement. At this time, whether it was Cheng Xianqing, Bing Heng, or the ordinary church members, they were all excited and burst into tears. From today on, they no longer have to bear the burden of a cult.
The sign of the demon people, they can finally stand up with their heads held high and say loudly: I am a citizen of the Paradise Empire!
The Paradise Empire was established, and he, Cheng Xianqing, proclaimed himself emperor. What a grand event was this? Not only the allies the Three Northeastern Kingdoms and the Eastern Japanese Dynasty sent envoys, but also the Jinhua Mitsukoshi, the Luoche Dynasty, the Sashan Dynasty and the Northwest Dynasty, who had never been friends with each other.
Envoys from the nomadic people also came to celebrate. Cheng Xianqing naturally understood in his heart that this was not because of his great reputation, but because the strength he possessed was enough to attract the attention of these forces, and he finally got rid of the monsters, rogues, and rebels.
The title has become a force that can stand on equal footing with them.