The next morning, Xiao Yi's three-pronged army had captured the three major states in the northern border of the Song Dynasty.
After experiencing a great battle with the Song army, he defeated the Song army's nearly 400,000 elite troops head-on, and captured the famous Song general Song Yu. This was an indescribable transformation for an army. The morale of the army increased greatly and was condensed again.
The military spirit must be far better than in the past.
The internal strength of many soldiers has also been greatly improved due to the possession of the power of the military soul.
Therefore, it took almost no effort to capture the three states.
Later, Xiao Yi continued to advance, but was blocked by the Song army.
At this time, the Song State had gathered garrisons from nearby states and organized an army of 500,000, commanded by a military general.
However, at this time, the Weiguo army was no longer what it used to be. With Xiao Yi personally commanding it, it was naturally overwhelming. The army of 500,000 people was killed and defeated, 80,000 were beheaded, 250,000 were captured, and 170,000 were routed.
Naturally, these temporarily formed miscellaneous legions could not be compared to a special unit like the White Tiger Legion. With less than 100,000 casualties, they began to rout, allowing Xiao Yi to capture a large number of troops.
At this time, Xiao Yi first selected some elites from the prisoners to supplement the lost soldiers.
Then, Xiao Yi broke up and reorganized the remaining more than 200,000 captured soldiers, but the top leaders were replaced by his own people.
If Xiao Yi wanted to occupy more territory of the Song Dynasty, he needed more troops. Therefore, he accepted more than 200,000 newly surrendered soldiers.
Of course, there are hidden dangers in this. Once the surrendered troops defect before the battle formation, it is likely to lead to defeat.
But Xiao Yi is not worried. First of all, they are a miscellaneous army, and their loyalty to the Song Dynasty is far less than that of elite armies such as the White Tiger Army.
Secondly, as long as Xiao Yi remains invincible, Jiang Jun will not have the courage to betray him.
Moreover, Xiao Yi will divide the more than 200,000 surrendered troops into three groups, follow the three armies, and act as the vanguard. Even if they betray, it will be easy to suppress them.
After Xiao Yi's army reorganized, its strength was increased to 550,000, leaving 50,000 troops to garrison the three states, and continued to advance in three directions to capture the territory of the Song Dynasty.
In the rear, grain inspector Chen Xiang led county troops to transport grain to support the army in combat.
Xu Longxiang's 50,000 elite troops also reorganized 220,000 prisoners, and then led the army to march from both sides of the newly occupied three states to attack the states and counties that Xiao Yi's three armies had missed.
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In the evening of the next day, the envoys from Chu State had arrived at the capital of Wei State.
In the imperial city, Han Xuan was responsible for entertaining the Chu envoys.
In order to facilitate the journey, there were only four envoys from the Chu State. One was a Confucian sage who was comparable to the Earth Immortal as the main envoy, and there was also a Legalist who was comparable to the late Sanxian as the deputy envoy, and two were comparable to Jindan Zhenren.
The military generals served as assistant officers.
With a strong man at the level of Earthly Immortal as his envoy, the Chu State is far more powerful than the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao, and Qi. This is because the Chu State is a dynasty above the kingdoms. Its full name is the Great Chu Dynasty, and its territory is a hundred times that of the Chu Kingdom.
kingdom!
Han Xuan also felt the pressure, but he said calmly: "Two envoys are here to visit. I don't know why?"
A middle-aged man in a blue official uniform said coldly: "Why did Prime Minister Han ask so clearly, knowing that Song is a vassal state of our Chu Dynasty, and your country is attacking its territory without permission? Is it possible that the sword that deceives our Chu Dynasty is not sharp enough?"
Han Xuan still looked calm and said: "What your envoy said is a big mistake. The Song Dynasty attacked our country of Wei for no reason, how can we not take revenge?"
Next to him, another old man wearing a purple official robe said: "What Prime Minister Han said is not unreasonable, but now that the Wei Kingdom has occupied several states in the northern border of the Song Dynasty, I must be angry enough, and I would like to ask your country to withdraw its troops."
!Otherwise, the Chu Dynasty will have no choice but to intervene forcefully!"
Han Xuan looked neither humble nor arrogant: "This is a major matter that I cannot rule on. I can only report it to the regent King Yong. I will send a summons to inform His Highness King Yong and wait for a reply. I also ask the two envoys to wait for a few days!"
The envoy of Dachu naturally knew that this was a delaying strategy, but he did not press too hard. After all, the Wu League was powerful, so if he could avoid provoking it, it was better not to do so.
The next morning, in the northern border of Song Dynasty, Xiao Yi had just captured a city when he received a message from Han Xuan and learned about the arrival of Chu's envoys.
He was not surprised by this. Without the protection of Chu State, the suzerain state, Song State would have been destroyed by Qi State long ago.
Immediately, he sent a message back and asked Han Xuan to negotiate peace with the Chu State to delay time.
Xiao Yi, on the other hand, continued to lead troops in the war. He wanted to occupy enough territory of the Song Dynasty before formal peace talks.
You can't become a big fat man in one go. The Wei State is too small to swallow the Song State, but it must annex one-tenth of it no matter what.
As Weiguo's territory expanded, it was also convenient for him to expand his military power and accumulate strength.
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Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye. Xiao Yi's five-pronged army is overwhelming, occupying half of the northern border of the Song Dynasty, totaling ninety states.
During this period, the Song State also organized large armies to resist many times, but Xiao Yi led the army to easily defeat them, killing and capturing more than a million enemy troops.
Xiao Yi's army fought more and more, and now the Five Route Army has more than 2 million troops, of which the majority are captured and surrendered.
However, because Xiao Yi was victorious in every battle and often rewarded, many meritorious soldiers were promoted, so the soldiers who surrendered gradually returned to their duties.
At this time, the envoy of Dachu, who had been delayed again and again by Han Xuan, reached the limit of his patience and issued an ultimatum.
And with the foundation of Weiguo, annexing territory ten times its own territory is already the limit.
Therefore, Xiao Yi stopped his march and sent the news back, allowing the three kingdoms of Wei, Song, and Chu to formally negotiate for peace.
However, at this time, there were still many Song troops in the newly occupied territories who had broken into pieces and were hiding in mountains, forests and cities. They wanted to fight guerrillas with him, so they had to be wiped out to calm the people.
The results of the peace talks came out quickly. The Song Dynasty recognized that the Ninety Prefectures occupied by the Wei State army belonged to the Wei State, and compensated some property. The two sides signed a non-aggression treaty within ten years.
Three days later, Xiao Yi either surrendered or killed, and basically eliminated the Song army in the territory.
At this time, he transferred a group of civil servants such as Han Xuan to take charge of the government affairs of the newly occupied states and counties.
But the ninety major states need too many civil servants.
Therefore, Xiao Yi had no choice but to activate a large number of demoted officials to maintain stability in various states first.
A few days later, Han Xuan introduced his fellow disciples and brought a large number of Legalist disciples to join him, finally alleviating the pressure of insufficient civil servants.
At this time, senior officials from the Song Dynasty's Wumeng branch also came to see Xiao Yi and expressed their willingness to join the army. To put it bluntly, they were sharing the cake.
They also contributed when Xiao Yi attacked the various states. But now that Weiguo has greatly expanded its army, it lacks some ordinary middle-level generals.
Therefore, Xiao Yi hired some martial arts masters, but they had to enter the martial arts academy to study for a period of time.
The military soul and dharma are not something that can be condensed casually. It requires the guidance of middle-level generals. This skill needs to be cultivated.
Xiao Yi was able to successfully condense the military soul and Dharma for the first time because the ordinary generals under his command had already received training from military generals and had a foundation.
In order to stabilize the situation, Xiao Yi chose to guard the border and concentrate on training.
