Homo Chenrui noticed the scout's nervous expression and couldn't help but frowned: "What's wrong?"
"General, something bad has happened!" The scout had a look of horror on his face, "The Nanman navy moved up the Qinshui River, cooperated with the people inside and outside the city, and succeeded in the sneak attack. Hanoi County has fallen!"
"What did you say?!" Hou Mochen Rui's expression changed drastically, and he almost missed the knife in his hand, "What about Wude County?!"
In fact, he didn't need the scout to answer, he got the answer himself.
Wude County is still downstream of Hanoi County, and Hanoi County has already been lost. How can Wude County be mentioned? Qinshui, Qinshui, I actually forgot about Qinshui!
Or in other words, Hou Mochen Rui did not expect that the Han navy had such a strong attack capability and could capture a city so quickly. Even if there were internal agents, this shouldn't be the case!
It is an indisputable fact that the Han army's navy is powerful, but the main force of the Han army's infantry and cavalry are dragged here by themselves, so Hou Mo and Chen Rui do not think that the Han army's navy alone can quickly capture these two
The fortified city on the south bank of Qinshui River. After all, I still have a lot of defenders in the city, so I can’t even beat the guys in the water, right?
But the truth was so cruel, it slapped Hou Mochen Rui hard in the face.
As a result, the southern bank of Qinshui is no longer owned by the Northern Zhou Dynasty!
"Retreat, call me gold quickly!" Hou Mochen Rui also got confused and got on his horse.
"General, what should we do now?" Several trusted generals couldn't help but asked in panic.
Hou Mo Chen Rui grabbed the reins of his horse and said directly: "Retreat to Xunzhang City!"
Xunzhang City was a fortress built by the Northern Qi general Hu Luguang during the confrontation between the Northern Qi Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty in order to prevent the Zhou army from directly attacking Hanoi after crossing Qiziling.
Like Huagu City and Yubi City, they look at each other and act as horns to each other. They jointly block the road from Hedong or Hanoi to the north across Qinshui to Yecheng.
It's just that this road is not a main road. For the enemies coming from the east of the river, this is certainly a good choice to go directly to Yecheng. However, for the Han army who now has a powerful navy, crossing the river and Qinshui River is just a matter of course.
There is absolutely no need to take a detour on flat ground, let alone go into the mountains.
This is why former strategic points such as Xunzhang City were not within the attack range of the Han army, and are still in the hands of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. It has also become the last place where Hou Mochen Rui can escape.
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Three hours later, Li Xingchen arrived at the battlefield with the main force of the Han army.
Li Ping has already led the victorious Han army in pursuit, leaving only the marching chief Yin Sengshou and his rearguard to clean up the battlefield, of course to welcome His Majesty.
"My lord, Yin Sengshou, the marching director of the imperial guards, is here to see your majesty!"
"Ai Qing, please get up." Li Xingchen stretched out his hand to support her while looking around.
The corpses on the battlefield have been reduced, but the broken clothes and scattered weapons on the ground told Li Xinchen how cruel the previous battle was.
"Thank you for your hard work." Li Xingchen said seriously.
The head of the Yin monk hurriedly handed over his hand: "I and others fought bloody battles for the Han Dynasty, not only for the sake of today's people, but also to inherit the unique knowledge of the past saints and create peace for all generations. This is what we should do."
Li Xingchen was a little strange. The phrase "carry on the unique knowledge for the past saints and create peace for all generations" originated from the Northern Song Dynasty thinker Zhang Zai and Zhang Hengqu. Li Xingchen rarely mentioned it in public. How could Yin Sengshou say it so smoothly?
Yin Sengshou also noticed Li Xingchen's strange expression and hurriedly explained: "The dog is stupid and has no real talent and knowledge. The knowledge he learned in Jinling Academy has always been regarded as a guide and he often mentioned it to me. I think it makes sense, so
Take this as a motto to encourage and warn yourself."
Li Xingchen suddenly realized.
Although these sentences have not been mentioned in any public places or edicts, they were specially added when compiling the academy textbooks.
The Chinese culture has endured for thousands of years, and even foreign nations were eventually assimilated by the Chinese. In Li Xingchen's opinion, it has a lot to do with this noble character and sentiment of "creating peace for all generations."
Benefiting future generations will last forever, and it is a very important thing for every generation in China.
In order to pass on the wisdom and spirit of the sages and to make future generations happy and healthy, they did not hesitate to throw their heads and blood, and they would rather fall themselves.
It is precisely because of the existence of this spirit that China will continue to endure.
"You call me Yin Qiao?" Li Xingchen asked curiously.
Yin Seng was inexplicably excited for a moment. His son's academic performance in the academy was also outstanding, but after all he was just a child, and His Majesty actually knew his name.
"The dog is indeed Yin Qiao." Yin Sengshou's voice was trembling.
The name Yin Sengshou always feels familiar, so it turns out that it is. Li Xingchen was also surprised.
Yin Qiao, also known as Yin Kaishan, was a hero who founded the Tang Dynasty, one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, and a famous prime minister of his generation.
However, Li Xingchen knew Yin Qiao because this guy's grades in the academy were really good. The academy cultivated the next generation of monsters. Even though Li Xingchen had a lot of things to do, he would still take the time to read the test papers of these students and understand their abilities.
The road to ideological growth and change is to prevent towering trees from growing crooked and wasting time.
"He is a good boy with potential," Li Xingchen said with a smile, "I have read his papers, and there are many thought-provoking ideas in them."
Yin Sengshou hurriedly handed over his hand: "The dog is not talented and makes Your Majesty laugh."
"If the future pillar is born in Aiqing's family, loving Qing should also be honored." Li Xingchen reached out and patted Yin Sengshou's shoulder, lowering his voice, "loving Qing should also work hard, and the glory should not be obscured by the towering trees of the future.
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Yin Sengshou felt an inexhaustible energy coming up, and he raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, please rest assured, no matter how incompetent I am, I am still determined to wipe out your Majesty's heart and soul!"
"Okay!" Li Xingchen said with a smile. He knew that from today on, the middle-aged man who lives a miserable life will serve the big man wholeheartedly.
Looking up at the distant horizon, Li Xingchen returned to the topic: "Tell me, what is the situation now?"
Chief Yin hurriedly ordered his subordinates to unfold the map: "Your Majesty, please see, the main purpose of the Imperial Guard's march north is actually to lure Hou Mochen Rui to lead the main force to attack. In this way, the navy can cooperate with the white robes in the city and win the battle.
City. Obviously Hou Mo and Chen Rui did not expect that our navy was so well-equipped. Both Wude County and Hanoi County, although not on the verge of Qinshui, were still within the range of our army's artillery, so they could not hold on for too long.
time."
Li Xingchen nodded. There should not be many defenders in the two cities themselves. Moreover, under the artillery of the Han army, even if a large army gathered, how long could they really hold on?
Hou Mo and Chen Rui were afraid that it was because they understood this truth that they decided to go out of the city to fight the Han army.
It's a pity that he still underestimated the capabilities of the Han navy and the white robes.