Now the war situation between the Xia and Song dynasties is very unfavorable to the Great Song Dynasty, the Song army is in a passive position on all fronts, and because Li De led the army to fight in the Central Plains before, now the situation in the entire Central Plains has been eroded, and now the remnants of the Xia army of Li De, the king of Liang, have swept through several states in Huaibei, and in less than half a month, Li De claimed to have an army of 500,000, which made the Song Emperor Zhao Xu rush to a deep fear, because Huaibei is too close to Jiangning Mansion, the new capital of the Great Song Dynasty.
Jiangning Mansion Great Song Palace, in the imperial study.
Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty listlessly said to the two important ministers beside him, Zhang Dian and Zeng Bu: "The remnants of the two Aiqing Liang King Li De have reached the north bank of the Huai River, and the army has expanded to 500,000 people, I really don't know how long I can stay in this Jiangning Mansion." ” Prime Minister Zhang Duan said to Zhao Xu: "Your Majesty is worry-free, although Li De claims to have an army of 500,000, but the old minister thinks that he is just bluffing, even if the Xia army recruits some soldiers and horses in Huaibei, it will not exceed 100,000 people, and in addition to tens of thousands of Xia army elites, the rest are a group of rabble; We still have 600,000 Jianghuai forbidden troops, which is enough to wipe out the remnants of Li De. ” "Lord Zhang's words are reasonable, Your Majesty doesn't need to worry too much, the dragon body is important."
Zeng Bu also said to Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty.
"Yes, I still have 600,000 troops, tell me where my 600,000 army is now," Zhao Xu suddenly asked.
"Your Majesty, 200,000 of them are stationed in Jiangning Mansion, 100,000 troops are stationed in Chuzhou, another 100,000 troops are stationed in Chuzhou, and the remaining 200,000 troops have been assembled in Haozhou, and have crossed the Huai River and set up a camp on the north bank."
Zhang Dian reported to Zhao Xu; "Your Majesty's 200,000 troops crossing the Huai River were originally intended to be handed over to the commander of the Great Plant, but now they are blocked by the Xia Army, which separates the commander from the army, which is a taboo for soldiers; Therefore, the old minister asked for his own order to lead an army of 200,000 to recover several states in Huaibei. ” "Zhang Aiqing is loyal and courageous, and I am very relieved."
Zhao Xu walked up to Zhang Dian and said: "Zhang Xuan obeys the order, and I order you to be the privy envoy and the commander of the front of the palace, and the marshal of the left road to lead the 200,000 forbidden troops of Haozhou to attack the Xia army in the north. ” "The old minister commands, long live my emperor, long live, long live."
Zhang Dun took over the holy decree.
Then Zhao Xu then issued an order: "Zeng Bu listened to the order, and I ordered you to be the privy deputy envoy and the commander of the Ma Bujun of the guard, and the marshal of the right road, and lead the 100,000 troops stationed in Chuzhou to cross the Huai River to the north to recover Xiapi and other places. ” "Weichen commands, long live my emperor, long live, long live."
Zeng Bu also took the holy decree and said.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Xu said: "This time I have decided to drive the expedition in person, and the two Aiqing are my left and right vanguards, and I will personally lead 250,000 troops to support you. ” As soon as Zhao Xu's words came out, Zhang Xuan immediately stopped Zhao Xu and said: "Your Majesty must not, you are the body of the Son of Heaven and ten thousand gold, how can you be in danger, Your Majesty can rest assured that the old minister will also wipe out the Xia thieves and ensure the safety of Jiangning Mansion." ” "Your Majesty, Lord Zhang is reasonable, it is better for Your Majesty to sit in Beijing on the battlefield, and once Your Majesty leaves Beijing, I am afraid that there will be a small disaster and chaos in the government, please think twice."
"I have made up my mind, so the two Aiqing don't need to persuade me anymore."
Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty said to the two; "This battle is related to the life and death of my Great Song Dynasty, although I am personally on the expedition, but I will not be on the battlefield in person, but I still have a large army around me to protect it There will be no danger, this time I will carry a hundred civil and military officials to move forward together, and the two Aiqing don't have to worry."
"In this case, the old ministers will no longer persuade each other, Your Majesty should be careful in everything."
Zhang Dian said to Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty; "Now that the military situation is urgent, the old minister went north overnight today, and he will no longer ask His Majesty for resignation."
"Your Majesty, the old minister is also going north today, Your Majesty take care."
Zeng Bu saluted Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty and said.
"The two Aiqing cherish all the way" On the same day, Zhang Dian and Zeng Bu left Jiangning Mansion and went north, and at the same time, Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty issued an order to drive the northern expedition, and ordered Zhao Hao, the king of Chang, and hundreds of civil and military officials to go north together; This is Zhao Xu's first personal command of the army, this year Song Emperor Zhao Xu is only fourteen years old, although he is still young, but the emperor Zhao Xu, who grew up in troubled times, is already very old and mature, Zhao Xu will take Zhao Hao, the king of Chang, is afraid that he will have something to do during his departure from Beijing, after all, Zhao Hao has a criminal record, and he took the civil and military officials to the north together to wait to take the court of the Great Song Dynasty to the north, so that the entire Great Song Dynasty is still in the hands of Zhao Xu all the time.
In addition, Emperor Zhao Xu's northern expedition also drew the most elite 150,000 troops from the 200,000 forbidden troops stationed in Jiangning Mansion, and in addition to the 100,000 forbidden troops stationed in Chuzhou, Zhao Xu had 250,000 troops in his hands, which was definitely the most elite force of the Great Song Dynasty.
The Emperor's Imperial Expedition was just a symbol to boost morale.
In order to prepare for the imperial expedition to the Song Emperor, Zhao Xu prepared for ten days, and everything was brought with him, almost with pacifier diapers; On the day of the expedition, Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty also held a grand expedition ceremony in the camp of the forbidden army north of Jiangning Mansion, and after the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, the earth and the ancestors was completed, Zhao Xu stood on the colonel's platform and looked down on the 150,000 soldiers of the Song army.
Although it seems still a little immature, but Zhao Xu's imperial spirit still reveals infinite majesty, Zhao Xu said to all the soldiers: "Soldiers, the Xia thieves brutally invaded my land, occupied my city, and killed my people, many of you came from the north like me, and many of your relatives fell under the butcher's knife of the Xia thief, and now the Xia thief is burning and looting north of the Huai River, how can we sit idly by, I am here today and swear not to break the summer thief's oath not to return to Beijing."
"Don't break the summer thief, swear not to return to Beijing, don't break the summer thief, swear not to return to Beijing" The 150,000 army roared with thunder.
Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty drew his sword and pointed to the front to give a military order: "Go to the battle" 150,000 Song troops came to the Yangtze River, where a large number of ships have already gathered, but even how the 150,000 troops all crossed the Yangtze River took three days, and at this time Zhang Dian and Zeng Bu had already come to the front line camp, Zhang Dian under the command of 200,000 troops had crossed the Huai River, before Zhang Dian arrived, the Song army had been wandering on the north bank of the Huai River, watching the Xia army burn and loot in Huaibei.
Song Jun Huaibei camp inside.
Zhang Dian reprimanded the camp general with a dark face: "Look at you one by one, you are not as good as me as an old man, just tens of thousands of remnants of the Xia army will scare you like this, it is really a shame for the old man; The herald ordered to scuttle all the boats crossing the river, since our army has crossed the Huai River, we will never go back until the Xia army is annihilated, and the army will go north tomorrow to meet the Xia army. ” "Yes, follow the orders of the commander" Since coming to the camp, Zhang Dian found a very terrible phenomenon, that is, the Song army from the top to the bottom of everyone is full of fear of the Xia army, how to fight with the Xia army, I am afraid that it has been defeated before the war, so Zhang Dian had to cut off his back road, forcing his subordinates to fight to the death with the Xia army.
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