Chapter 1163: The Two Armies Meet
Zhou Zichuan didn't expect it well, when he and Liang Yue and the others discussed those plans in Xiancheng, the northern fiefdom and the northwest border Lancheng finally ended the attack that lasted for more than nine months. lā
At that time, the northwest where Ye Qian's father and son were located now belonged to the Qianlan Kingdom, and in addition, there was naturally the entire territory of the Thousand Song Dynasty.
If you want to call the six southeastern countries now, I'm afraid you have to add Qianlan.
And Lancheng, an important town that was not a border city back then, was also scarred by this baptism of blood and fire.
For more than nine months, the Qianlan army and the grassland people attacked repeatedly, if it wasn't for the Qianlan people retreating halfway and attacking the Southern Qi instead, I am afraid that this city would have fallen.
And once this place falls, there will be no barrier on the western front of the northern fiefdom, and I don't know how many cities within a territory of thousands of miles will be looted by the steppes, and I don't know how many people will be ruined.
From the first day he entered this city, Ye Hong never took a step back. For the past nine months, he has been dealing with enemies who are stronger than him and outnumbered his own forces.
No matter which city wall or which tower, it has deeply imprinted his sweat and footprints.
He fought fierce hand-to-hand combat with the enemy on the towers and outside the city gates. In the past nine months, the walls of Lancheng have collapsed and the gates have been broken, but the enemy has never succeeded in attacking it.
He and his army of 300,000 were like a nail, nailed here. Now, not only did the 300,000-strong army have only 140,000 left, but even the people in the city have died tens of thousands.
However, their enemies suffered more casualties than theirs. The steppe people had already retreated a day ago, and there were less than 100,000 people who returned to the steppe alive.
It is foreseeable that after this battle, Ye Hong, a name that has not attracted too much attention in the past, will completely spread out of the Southeast Region.
However, both Ye Hong himself and the generals of the Northern Army and the Northwest Army around him knew very well that the reason why this battle was able to hold out until the day of victory was due to the contribution of the remnants of the Thousand Song Dynasty.
Without their galloping across the steppe, the steppe people would not have been in a hurry in the rear, and they would not have been forced to return from the front.
However, for this remnant army of the Thousand Song Dynasty, the feelings of every insider in the month **** are extremely complicated.
They helped themselves, but without them, the northwest would not have fallen so easily, and the two generals of Ye Qian and Ye Cheng would not have been killed so easily......
The Thousand Song people are now the biggest enemies of the people of the Moon Kingdom.
Their actions on the grassland have indeed helped their own side in disguise, and in the past few months, the two sides have even had some joint actions. However, this does not mean that the Qiansong people have become close comrades-in-arms of the Yueguo people because of this.
They do it because they want to live, don't they?
If it weren't for the Moon Country attracting the main force of the grassland army, their remnants would not have survived on the grassland.
They cooperated this time only because they had no choice, just because they had a common enemy.
Just like the Wuxia Kingdom and the Shenyan Empire are feuding, but this time they have also formed an alliance, which also does not mean that Wuxia and Shenyan have become brothers since then.
Now that the grassland people have retreated, how should the Qiansong people face it?
Everyone unconsciously turned their eyes to the young general on horseback at the front of the crowd.
On his battle helmet, there was still blood stains that could not be washed away, and on his armor, there were still some holes that had not had time to be repaired.
However, every general and every soldier behind him looked at his back with such convincing.
Without him, they wouldn't be where they are today.
Yu Wencheng, the former general of Pingyuan of the Northwest Army, was the highest-ranking person who survived after the attack on the Northwest Army.
He followed Ye Qian through countless battles back then, and in the past nine months, he has been fighting by Ye Hong's side. And now, this man who is nearly fifty years old, can't help but feel warm in his eyes.
At first, he was worried that Ye Hong would not be able to carry such a heavy burden, after all, the situation this time was too sinister. Whether it is Qianlan or the grassland, they have sent more troops than they can bear.
Ye Hong, after all, is still too young.
And now, he doesn't think that way anymore. Ye Hong has done an excellent job from the beginning, and until now, he has never disappointed anyone.
He never gave the enemy anything to take advantage of, he was always where he should be, and he could cheer up every fighter.
Come to think of it, the general will also be gratified by him in the spirit of heaven, right? Little general, he has never insulted the name of the Northwest Army from beginning to end!
Only, this time......
The heavy city gate, which had been repaired many times, was opened with great difficulty.
Outside the city gates, 40,000 cavalry stood silently.
They were dressed in different ways, some dressed like the steppe people, while others wore tattered standard armor. The similarity was that each of them had a long sword hanging from his waist and a bow and arrow on his back.
In addition to this, each of them owns at least two horses at the same time.
If you only see such a lineup, some people may think of them as steppe cavalry, because the latter has always been a similar battle.
But the spear they held in their hands, as well as the Thousand Song Dynasty flag and military flag in front of them, completely revealed their identity.
Under the military flag embroidered with the word 'Ji' on one side, Ji Bingyun, who was dressed in light armor, looked at the group of people and horses who were slowly galloping from afar.
Just a day ago, the two sides were joining forces.
But now, even she doesn't know what will become of her.
Yes, the Thousand Song Army and the Moon Army have finally officially converged. It's unlikely that they'll go to war this time, but whether they'll continue to work together is anyone's guess.
After all, the deaths of Ye Qian and Ye Cheng have not even been a year yet. And they were killed by the Thousand Song people. The Northwest Army was also killed and dispersed by the Thousand Song Dynasty.
Although Bai Yuanhao, Shen Peng, Wei Yangping, and Qiu Wendong have all died, it does not mean that the hatred between the two sides is over.
The current attitude of the people of the Yue Kingdom towards Qian Song is one-sided hatred, which seems to be enough to prove everything.
Ye Hong is Ye Qian's son and Ye Cheng's own brother!
For others, it is a national hatred, but for him, it is a family hatred.
He is the one who has the most reason to take revenge on the Qiansong people among all of them. Ji Bingyun knew this very well, so much so that she didn't know how to face this once gentle Second Brother Ye now.
In front of the drawbridge, the Moon Army slowly stopped.
The moat, which had long been filled, seemed to have become a moat, and the two armies looked at each other from afar, but they did not know what would become next.
Yu Wencheng has already decided that even if the little general orders the whole army to attack now, he will not hesitate to carry it out.
He believes that everyone around him and behind him thinks so.
Under the gaze of all eyes, the long-haired young man with a slightly dark complexion slowly took off his battle helmet and jumped off the horse.
Ji Bingyun was happy in his heart, at least, this meant that Second Brother Ye was willing to talk to them.
She also took off her helmet and jumped off her horse with the help of the man beside her.
The long-haired man in front stepped on the drawbridge alone, and waved his hand to block the dissuasion of the generals behind him, and walked forward on his own.
Under the gaze of nervous, excited, or vigilant, he smiled slightly at the tens of thousands of Song troops in front of him.
"Fifth brother and fifth sister, I haven't seen you for a long time, you have suffered. ”
The gray-clothed man with a sword beside him shook violently, perhaps because he was agitated, and his voice trembled unprecedentedly: "Second brother......"
He took Ji Bingyun's hand and walked quickly towards Ye Hong.
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The 40,000 Song army did not enter the city in the end, although the commanders of the two armies, Ye Hong and Ji Bingyun, had been talking happily since they met, but this was still not enough to make the two armies close.
The rift between the Thousand Song and the Moon Kingdom is not so easy to resolve, and may even last forever.
Not to mention the attitude of ordinary soldiers of the Northern Army, there are still tens of thousands of Northwest Army soldiers who fled back from the Northwest at the beginning. At the beginning, they were the soldiers under Ye Qian and Ye Cheng, and for them, the Thousand Song people could never become friends.
Whether it is Ye Hong or Ji Bingyun, they can't ignore their attitudes.
Yu Wencheng and the others didn't give Ji Bingyun a face, it was for the sake of the little general's friendship.
After all, now everyone knows the experience of Lin Si, Mu Zheping, Ye Hong, Xie Shaoying, and Yue Luoning, which is already a good story in the Moon Kingdom.
In addition, Xie Shaoying and Ji Bingyun did not participate in Bai Yuanhao's plan, and they could barely accept these two. As for the other Qiansong generals, they did not scold or even rush up to fight and kill, which was already very restrained.
Of course, Ye Hong was the victim, but what about Xie Shaoying and Ji Bingyun? Their father did not support Bai Yuanhao's plan in the first place, otherwise he would not have been placed under house arrest at that time, and now they are also dead.
It's a pity that even if they want to be accepted by the Chinese people every month, it is still unlikely.
And among the 40,000 troops, there are those who followed Bai Yuanhao into the northwest at the beginning, such as Geng Yuan.
The hatred has been planted by Bai Yuanhao himself, and now who can clear it?
Even if two days later, Tang Xiaozhi and Fujun General Li Mu brought the goodwill of Lord Yue Luoning, it would not change anything.
These two armies may be able to coexist for a while, or they can work together, but it is better not to be in the same place.
As Yue Luoning said at the beginning, Tang Xiaozhi has now become an important figure in the northern fiefdom. And this decision, at the beginning of its promulgation, naturally attracted a wave of opposition.
The official rank of the imperial order is not very high, but no one can ignore the authority in charge, which is actually equivalent to the number two person in the fiefdom.
The reason why Yue Luoning, the fiefdom lord, can be accepted by everyone is because of Lin Si's will, and on the other hand, because she is the princess of the Moon Kingdom and has a noble status.
And in addition to this, there is one of the most important reasons, that is, her talent deserves this position. After all, she was originally cultivated by Yueshan as the next Moon King.
For the princess's ability in government affairs, both Yang Yu and Du Qi are extremely convinced.
But Tang Xiaozhi, her talent, was not known to outsiders. You must know that before that, she was just an assistant to Fuyao and others, and suddenly turned into the number two person in the fiefdom, which is of course difficult to accept.
They felt that this was Yue Luoning's nepotism, after all, Tang Xiaozhi was Lin Si's woman and her younger sister. However, even if there is an exception to preferential treatment, there must be a limit, right?
It's just that in this matter, Yue Luoning showed an extremely tough attitude. Under her insistence, the official position of the imperial order, which had never existed, finally belonged to Tang Xiaozhi.
Now that more than half a year has passed, Yang Yu and the others have gradually become accustomed to the existence of this Tang Imperial Order. Not only because they had all read the last sentence of the last sentence, but also because she had gradually shown the ability to match the position.