Under the persuasion of Li Gang, Emperor Zhao Mao of the Song Dynasty officially decreed that Wang Kai was canonized as the king of Jinghu, and Wang Kai became the first prince of the Great Song Dynasty with a different surname.
Soon in the Jiangning Mansion in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, some rumors began to circulate that Emperor Zhao Mao of the Song Dynasty was unfair, in terms of qualifications and merits, Wang Kai could not compare to the Dao of the Planter, and the Dao of the Seed Master was a veteran figure in the Xia Army, and in terms of the relationship with the royal family, Wang Kai could not compare to Zhang Miao; And the spies of Yipintang were even more dissatisfied, and even spread rumors about them, and the two were already very dissatisfied and wanted to plot a rebellion.
The key thing is that the two of them didn't have the slightest reaction to this matter, which shows that they have long been very dissatisfied in their hearts, and after Wang Kai became the king, their hearts have been very unbalanced, and on the second day of the rumors that broke out in Jiangning Mansion, the seed master Dao and Zhang Miao both wrote a letter of resignation, all of which asked for orders to return to their hometowns, in fact, their real purpose was to put pressure on Emperor Zhao Mao of the Song Dynasty.
Now that the Xia army is pressing, the generals on the front line who can command the Song army of such a scale to deal with the attack of the Xia army can no longer find anyone else except for the cultivation of Shidao and Zhang Miao, without the two of them, both qualifications and abilities are the most suitable, and the two of them have been continuing to fight against the Xia army, and they are very clear about the tactics of the Xia army, and it is too late to change generals in the battle now.
In the imperial study of the Great Song Palace.
Emperor Zhao Mao of the Song Dynasty scolded: "Bastard, brute; They are plotting rebellion, I must kill them, kill them" After some scolding, Emperor Zhao Mao of the Song Dynasty sat back on the dragon chair and wrote down two holy decrees, which were two holy decrees canonized by the master and Zhang Miao, and now Emperor Zhao Mao of the Song Dynasty still needs the two of them to resist the attack of the Xia army for themselves, so these two holy decrees Zhao Mao must be given, the emperor should be in this position, Zhao Mao is really enough, but who makes the Song Emperor Zhao Mao have less strength in his hands and Zhao Mao needs to rely on them.
The turmoil of the king caused a chain reaction in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty greatly declined, and was replaced by the local Haoqiang, these powerful factions gradually broke away from the control of the Great Song Dynasty, although on the surface they are still a whole, but in fact they have been divided, especially the three people who have been called kings, but they are also wishful thinking in their own hands.
In Shuzhou in the south of Dabie Mountain, the east bank of Anhui has been a large army is rapidly marching south, in this process the Song army did not find the slightest, because the Xia army's marching route is in the mountains, although the mountain road is rugged and difficult, but it also plays a role in covering, the 200,000 troops under the command of Li De, the king of Liang, have become the key to whether the Xia army can break through the Song army's Yangtze River defense line.
Late at night the Yuzhou legion camped.
Li De, the king of Liang, gathered his henchmen and generals together and said: "Generals, now we have arrived at the designated position, although it is a few days later than planned, but on the whole it is still very good, today the king got the news, under pressure, Emperor Zhao Mao of the Song Dynasty has officially decreed that Wang Kai, Seed Master Dao and Zhang Miao are officially crowned kings; In other words, the three of them are basically out of the control of the Great Song Dynasty; After crossing the Yangtze River, we will mainly face the Praetorian Guards in the city of Jiangning Prefecture, as for the Jiangnan Naval Division of the Song Army, you can rest assured that the Jiangnan Naval Division is now fighting fiercely with the Xia Army's Naval Division in the eastern sea Let's assign combat missions."
After all the tasks were issued, Li De, the king of Liang, asked everyone: "Is there anything else that the generals are not clear?"
"The Last Will Understand" "Alright, then let's go our separate ways," Li De said to everyone.
"Obedience" The Xia army's combat plan is actually very simple, because there is no threat of the Song army's Jiangnan water division, the Xia army can cross the Yangtze River very calmly, the Xia army will cross the river at the confluence of the Anhui River and the Yangtze River, although the water surface in this area is wide, but it is not very turbulent, you can cross the Yellow River with a raft, at this time the 20,000 forwards of the Xia army have collected some boats, but the number is far from enough, the army wants to quickly cross the Yangtze River, must prepare a large number of rafts.
From the next day, each tithing group began to build rafts, all the rafts were cut down from the Dabie Mountains to build trees, it stands to reason that the Xia army should be aware of such a big movement, but I don't know why the Song army did not notice it until the Xia army attacked, the 200,000 Xia army will cross the Yellow River in five batches, 40,000 people each time, and the army is also the most vulnerable to attack when crossing the river.
Under the command of Li De, the king of Liang, the Xia army quickly crossed the Yangtze River under the cover of the night, and it took at least two days for the 200,000 troops to cross the Yangtze River, but the Xia army created a miracle again, and it was all successful in one day, of course, although the Xia army was not attacked in the process of crossing the river, the losses were still not small, and the remaining more than 10,000 people were transferred into the Yangtze River and never came back.
After crossing the Yangtze River, the Xia army rushed eastward at the fastest speed, and the Song army did not have any resistance at all where the Xia army passed, after all, the strength of the Song army was not very large, and there were 10,000 people in various places, and they were all second-line troops with weak combat effectiveness, and they simply did not have the courage to compete with the Xia army, so the Xia army burned to the city of Chizhou without much effort.
Chizhou is the first target of the Xia army after crossing the Yellow River, Chizhou City is located in the south of the Yangtze River to the east of Guichishui, here is a transit station for the Song army's Yangtze River transport, the Song army's large quantities of grain, grass, ordnance and other baggage must be transferred here, or transported to the south of the Yangtze River, or transported to Hongzhou and Jianghan region, if the Xia army takes Chizhou, it is equivalent to cutting off a stronghold of the Song army on the Yangtze River, so that most of the Cao transport ships are not allowed to dock here.
The next battle in Chizhou City is going on fiercely, although the Xia army crossed the Yangtze River to kill under the city of Chizhou, but the heavy siege equipment of the Xia army was far behind, without those siege equipment, the siege ability of the Xia army dropped by at least half; Due to the lack of heavy siege equipment, the Xia army could only use simple ladders and battering rams to attack the city, and even catapults were gone.
The Song army has a very complete city defense measures in Chizhou, although there are not many defenders, but relying on nearly 10,000 defenders in Chizhou City and a large number of young and strong people, the Xia army relies on the current ability to capture Chizhou, while paying a great price of casualties, I am afraid it will take a lot of time, at that time the Song army's reinforcements basically arrived, and the nearest reinforcements of the Song army are only a river away from Chizhou
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