Chapter 1625: The party messenger comes, Xia Liao headed to the army
Chapter 1625: Dangxiang’s envoy arrives, Xia and Liao head march in
"The personal guards are holding swords and guns with me on the left and right, announcing that the party's messenger has entered the account!"
Shen Tang shouted sharply!
Not long after, the tent door opened, and several party messengers entered the tent. However, as soon as they entered, these people were shocked!
But inside the big tent, there were more than ten people on the left and right wearing armor, holding long knives, and their eyes were fierce! It was as if they were going to be killed if they disagreed with each other!
"When you meet a certain handsome man, why don't you worship him?"
Lei Zheng rises into the thunder, his eyes are like copper rings!
"bye!"
The guards in the tent shouted in unison!
Several Dangxiang messengers' legs weakened and they fell to the ground!
Shen Tang stood up with a sneer, "Why are you here?"
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Yue of Xia Kingdom, has sent a message to meet the Commander-in-Chief!"
The leader said in a trembling voice, "We are here to urge the general to send troops north as soon as possible. Our 70,000-strong Xia-Liao coalition army has already formed troops with Zhuoluo and Nanjun Division, and can march eastward to Lintao Road at any time!"
"Sending troops north?"
Shen Tang said in a cold voice, "Go back and tell Li Renyou that if the first batch of military pay and supplies cannot be transported to my army within five days, I will immediately join forces with the Jin Kingdom and march to Xining Prefecture! At that time, I promise you I will go and get the things myself!"
"get out!"
After the words fell, several party envoys hurriedly escaped from the tent. They did not expect that when the Song people, who had always been cowardly, became so violent?
Hasn't this always been their patent?
Now it's the other way around?
After the party members left, Shao Hongyuan smiled and said, "Commander, do you think these party members will obediently deliver the supplies?"
Shen Tang narrowed his eyes, "Don't worry! Even if Li Renyou empties his pockets, he will still deliver the things!"
Now that Li Renyou is secretly seeking the country, how could he fall out with the Song Dynasty because of this money?
For him, as long as the plan goes smoothly, everything is worth it.
Moreover, as long as the Song and Xia Liao coalition forces actually went to war with the Jin Kingdom, although the three parties would secretly guard against each other, they would also contain each other.
In this way, when he succeeds in stealing the country, in order to maintain this alliance and continue to fight against the Jin Kingdom, the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom will also help him secure the throne to prevent the Jin Kingdom from annexing the Xia Kingdom and strengthening itself!
This is just like the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty. The Jin Kingdom was the most powerful Wei, and the Xia, Liao and Song Dynasties were the Shu Han and Soochow. The weak countries coveted each other and plotted against each other, but they would not really give the big countries a chance to defeat them. Annexed by a weak country!
"Report!"
Another long shout came, "Commander, urgent report from southern Xinjiang!"
"Enter!"
After the soldiers entered the door, they handed a secret letter to Shen Tang!
Under the watchful eyes of the generals, Shen Tang opened the letter and looked at it. After a moment, he raised his head and laughed, "On Gengshen Day, the fifty thousand ghost soldiers of Luo's Ghost Kingdom entered Luzhou and Changning in two groups. The deputy commander immediately sent orders to all troops. The horses marched as planned! On Renxu day, the Xuhen tribe, Anyuan Village, Dazhou Fort, and Jiuzhi City intercepted and killed Luo's ghost soldiers. They won a great victory! More than ten thousand of the Luo ghost kingdom's remnants fled, and the Xuhen tribe ordered all troops and horses to pursue them. Kill, encircle and suppress!"
"On the same day and night, Changning's army recaptured Luzhou City. The 10,000 ghost soldiers and their generals in the city killed more than 7,000, and the rest were captured!"
"On the day of Kuihai, Shiying's troops set up an ambush in the Nanguangshui area and defeated 20,000 Luo's ghost soldiers. They killed and captured more than 12,000 ghost soldiers, and the rest of the remaining soldiers fled!"
"All troops and horses have gathered in all directions to surround the fleeing ghost soldiers and prevent them from escaping..."
After Shen Tang finished reading the secret letter, all the generals in the tent were overjoyed!
"Commander, if you think of it, Luo's soldiers and horses have damaged 60,000 people! Now, the land of Luo is just an empty shell, almost easily accessible! Congratulations, commander, for your contribution to the destruction of the country..."
Facing the congratulations from everyone, Shen Tang was also happy in his heart, "Everything is just the generals using their lives, and the deputy commander Nong Li emphasized the troops and generals!"
"The commander-in-chief should send a message to all the tribes to attack Luo's territory!"
The generals below laughed and said, although this battle was apparently fought by powerful farmers, who didn't know that it was Shen Tang's fault?
Shen Tang first patrolled various ministries in the south, and then made successive plans and mobilized troops and generals, which led to the current great victory! Otherwise, with the prestige of strong agricultural power, it is a question whether he can command the troops and horses of various ministries.
"Don't rush to send troops yet!"
Shen Tang smiled lightly and said, "I have already ordered all the ministries to guard the key points around Luo's Ghost Kingdom. It is absolutely impossible for Luo's Ghost Kingdom's soldiers and horses to disturb the people in all directions! Now, let them take the rest. Clean up the remnant soldiers. Although these remnant soldiers are not many in strength, if they are left alone, the people will suffer!"
"The land of Luo Shi is just hanging on for a breath! When the remaining soldiers outside are wiped out, Luo Shi will be in my hands!"
"The commander-in-chief is considerate of the people, and we admire him!"
All the generals surrendered their hands!
In fact, in this era, there are not many dignitaries who really care about the people! Especially when the army is fighting, in order to gain military exploits, the people will not take it to heart no matter how much they are hurt, and the court will not reprimand them too much! And! Shen Tang, who was able to stick to his true heart in the face of the destruction of his country, really impressed them in their hearts.
They may not be able to do it, but that doesn't stop them from respecting those who can!
Immediately, Shen Tang replied to Nong Liqiang, asking all the troops to completely annihilate the Luo clan's rebels, and then surround the Luo clan's land! However, the ministries could not rush into the army rashly!
Although Luo Shi is now seriously injured, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. In addition, the terrain of Luo Shi's land is complicated. A hasty invasion of troops will definitely cause casualties to the Song Dynasty soldiers and horses! After all, home battles and away battles are completely different things!
Shen Tang sent orders to all troops to advance slowly, fight steadily, and not to rush for victory! As long as the Luo family's territory is slowly compressed, the Luo family's ghost kingdom will be within their grasp.
Four or five days later, Dang Xiang indeed delivered the first batch of silver coins and supplies, which greatly relieved Shen Tang's pressure!
Tens of thousands of troops were mobilized this time, and the daily consumption was astronomical! Although Zhao Shen had promised Shen Tang that he could first collect some grain and grass from the four areas, he was unable to do so for a long time! And now there are With this batch of military pay and supplies, it was enough to wait for the imperial court to transport grain and grass from other places.
After paying this batch of supplies, Dangxiang once again sent a messenger to urge Shen Tang to advance the army! Shen Tang shied away, saying that the Xia-Liao coalition had not yet entered the army, and he would be the target of public criticism if he went north, and would surely suffer heavy losses, so he did not dare to rush into the army!
Dangxiang urged several times to no avail, and finally made an agreement with Shen Tang that after the Xia and Liao troops marched in, Shen Tang had to march north within half a month. Otherwise, not only would follow-up supplies be cut off, but the Xia and Liao coalition forces would also break the war with the Jin Kingdom and send troops to the Song Dynasty.
So, on October 20th, Xia and Liao troops were divided into three groups. One group surrounded Shizhou, the other group captured Anxiang and Guancheng, and then moved into Hezhou. The last group attacked Jingyuguan. , Xiguanbao, troops are coming to Lanzhou!