"Your Highness, I think the news should be released to the public. When the time comes, people with ideas will definitely come to visit Your Highness. At that time, we will just choose from among them." Kong Fu came up with another idea.
"Okay, it's noon now. Let the news out immediately. We will select the person in the evening and announce it in the hall tomorrow." Tang Jia nodded, with a flush of excitement on his face.
He could finally legitimately intervene in local military affairs, which gave him a feeling of real power.
Under Kong Fu's deliberate spreading, the news that Qingzhou Commander-in-Chief Lu Jiangling was suspected of shielding his nephew Lu Se quickly spread in Daliang City. At the same time, another piece of news also spread, that is, His Royal Highness Prince Shun had deliberately replaced Lu Jiangling.
, choose a new general to serve as the commander-in-chief of Qingzhou.
This is the position of the general. I don’t know how many generals are coveting it. Now that the position is finally available, many people’s minds are starting to get excited. In this way, from the afternoon to the evening, the palace of Prince Shun is full of people visiting
If you look closely, you will see that they are all military generals with some qualifications.
Naturally, they couldn't come empty-handed when they appeared here. They all brought gifts, and they were generous gifts. They seemed to want to use money to impress King Shun.
It was the curfew time in the evening, and the palace of Prince Shun became quiet again. Tang Jia and Kong Fu looked at the gifts that were spread all over the floor, and their faces lit up with smiles.
After counting, the harvest this afternoon was converted into millions of taels of silver. Among them, a man named Cui Ke sent the most. He alone sent 600,000 taels of silver, which was almost this amount.
Most of a person's worth is gone.
"This Cui Ke is good, and he has served as a captain of ten thousand men, so let him be the one." Looking at the gift list and some introductions to his qualifications, Tang Jia made the final decision.
"Your Highness is wise." Kong Fu flattered him, and then the master and the servant looked at each other and laughed.
The next day's court meeting was naturally extremely smooth. Cui Ke was appointed as the new Qingzhou Commander-in-Chief, and would lead people to Qingzhou to replace Lu Jiangling. At the same time, he also had the task of raiding the Lu Mansion and trying to find Lu Se as much as possible.
The murderer was handed over to the Great China for entrustment.
Since ancient times, there have been no secrets in the court, and this matter was spreading as fast as the wind. It soon reached Shangdu City and reached the ears of Lu Jiangling.
Seeing the news from his close friends in the court, Lu Jiangling's expression changed drastically. He didn't expect that the people above him were so brilliant, and that his nephew's matter would actually implicate him.
When I think about it, if I no longer have the position of commander-in-chief, I am afraid that when the wall falls and everyone pushes against it, how can I still survive at that time?
The frightened Lu Jiangling quickly wrote a letter and sent it to Ezhou by his confidants. His master Yan Xi was the commander-in-chief of Ezhou. Now he could only ask his master to help him speak to see if there was no chance of survival.
The news also reached the Hua Kingdom. Tang Ao smiled when he saw the news, and said to Shi Lei who was waiting for instructions: "Inform Meng Ziqing that he can leave Chaicheng, and tell the army in Mincheng to mobilize before the war.
, march to Qingzhou in three days."
At the end of December in the 25th year of Hanchang, three months after the founding of the Great China Kingdom, the Great China Army made its first appearance in front of the world. It came from Suzhou Mincheng to Qingzhou Chaicheng Prefecture, which was only a few hundred miles away in a straight line. The temperature was below zero.
At around 20 degrees, pedestrians were trembling slightly when walking on the road. A Shanshan Guard light cavalry brigade (actually two brigades, the brigade commander of the 4th Wild Wolf Brigade Gu Dashou and the first-level officer of the regiment were in Longyuan
To further study. This time, in order to strengthen the Snow Leopard Brigade, Tang Ao simply handed over the two brigades to Commander Tai Shijin, making this time the number of Shanshan Guards in one brigade reached 30,000), and two field divisions
(Only 30,000 people from each division came in advance, and there were 15,000 people for logistics and transportation support.) In addition to a firearms brigade (15,000 people), a total of more than 100,000 people appeared on the official road like a mighty force.
The soldiers of Great China wearing black armor look a little bloated. The armor is outside and wrapped in black down jackets. They are not beautiful in shape, but they are extremely warm. Among ordinary people, a coat with cotton is already It is very expensive, but when placed in the army, it is a warmer and lighter down jacket, allowing them to travel lightly without being tired by heavy equipment.
And just this down jacket cost Dahua Country nearly ten million taels of silver. But it doesn't matter, Hua Country has nothing else but money. Didn't they just defraud Dahua Country of fifty million taels of silver?
After the protective measures were in place, it was time for them to show their strong combat power. The pace of the team was only slightly faster than usual, slowly approaching Chaicheng.
During the coldest time of the year, the defenders of Chaicheng all huddled in the battlements and warmed themselves by the fire. In this weather where no one had a chance to poop, who would have thought that an enemy would come?
The sudden appearance of 30,000 Snow Leopard light cavalry caught everyone off guard. Only when the earth trembled because of their appearance did anyone feel that something was wrong. When the city soldiers climbed up the tower to take a look from a distance , the Shanshan Guard Cavalry was already less than five miles away from the city.
"No, it's the enemy. Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Seeing the endless cavalry team in front of them, each of the Chaicheng defenders started shouting in panic.
"Kill!"
At this time, the cry of killing suddenly came from the North City Gate. Hundreds of warriors in black uniforms rushed over, catching the defenders off guard. Unprepared, many soldiers even I didn't bring any sword or gun with me. After all, it was cold and it would be a pain to hold it in this weather.
Facing enemies who didn't even have a group of weapons and no defense at all, hundreds of black-clothed warriors eliminated these enemies at extremely fast speeds. Nearly a hundred people were hacked to death and hundreds of others kneeled down and surrendered knowingly. Already.
"Open the city gate quickly and welcome the army into the city." Zou Zihe, the leader of the black warriors, shouted loudly and led his Longya team members to open the north gate of Chaicheng from the inside.
The 30,000 light cavalry of the Shanshan Guard arrived just in front of the city and entered the city without any hindrance. There was the sound of iron hoofs trampling the ground everywhere on the streets. Many people were frightened and screamed and fled. The whole city fell into chaos. In chaos.
The new governor, Qin Shi, was entertaining the dignitaries in the city at his mansion. Suddenly he got the news that the Dahua cavalry had entered the city. He was panicked at the moment. He left everyone behind and ran towards the back room, where he had some loot that he had plundered recently. Money, he wants to escape with these things.
Not long after Qin Xi came to Chaicheng, all he did was collect money. He had never even been to the military camp in the city. He thought, where could there be any war in such severe cold weather? The army We can talk about it later next spring.
Who would have thought that the Dahua Army would actually come and kill them?
Even the county guard lost his sense of proportion, let alone other people. All the dignitaries in the city dispersed and fled towards their homes. Then they took the gold, silver and soft goods and prepared to escape. But after learning that the four city gates were After being controlled by the cavalry of the Great Chinese Army, they all seemed to have changed their faces. They took the golden dragon flags that had been hidden at home and prepared a look to welcome the Great Chinese Army into the city.
From the time the cavalry appeared to taking control of the whole city, it was all over in less than three hours. From beginning to end, they did not encounter any decent resistance.
After learning that they were the elite cavalry of the Great China Kingdom, the 5,000 Daqian troops guarding the city quickly chose to surrender. For many ordinary soldiers, they had long lost their will to fight. All this stemmed from Daqian. It is too corrupt, and the polarization between the rich and the poor is extremely obvious. The rich and powerful are eating and drinking every day, but ordinary people and soldiers cannot even provide for two meals a day.
With such people and such an army, how can you still accuse them of working for you? That is a fantasy.
With no one to resist, Chaicheng not only fell, but also fell so completely that no news even spread out of the city.
Chaicheng is actually not very big. If it were not close to Suzhou, I am afraid that there would not be more than a thousand soldiers guarding the city. Such a city certainly cannot allow nearly 150,000 Dahua troops to be stationed here. Therefore, the General Staff has already planned the military operations after capturing this place.
After the First Field Army entered Chaicheng, Taishijin handed over the task of city defense to the opponent, and then led 30,000 light cavalry out of the city. They also had their own new goal - to reach Wucheng through the Buha River.
After Zhou Qian brought his army to Chaicheng, he did not stop too much. He only left two battalions with a total of 2,000 people to stabilize the situation, and then led the other 43,000 people straight to the Qaidam Basin. direction of Gecheng.
Around dark time, the Fourth Field Army entered Chaicheng and stationed to rest.
It was too dark and too cold, and it was really inconvenient to move in the dark, so Commander Lei Ming decided to rest here for the night. After dawn tomorrow, he would run towards his goal, Huangcheng.
Each of the three groups of infantry and cavalry had their own goals, but they were overwhelmed by the First Firearms Brigade, which entered the city at noon. They originally thought it was like siege the city, but their firearms troops were indispensable. When the cannons fired, what? What kind of city can't be blown up by you?
I originally thought that I would be a good person, but now the brigade commander Shen Ping'an has sadly discovered that they seem to have become a burden, and everyone actually dislikes them.
Of course, it is very profitable to have artillery when attacking a city, but the problem is that the officialdom in Qingzhou is too broken, even a little terrible, which greatly hinders the advancement speed of the firearms brigade. Coupled with the strength of the Qingzhou Army The troops guarding the city cannot be considered elite. In the eyes of the Chinese army, they are at the level of a third-rate army. To defeat them, artillery is not needed.
Even if they are not used, who will take them on the march? Wouldn't this affect one's time and opportunity to make military exploits?
