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"Empire Hegemony" Chapter 177
The Qinghe army led by Chen Ziang attacked the city and pulled out the stronghold all the way. It was unstoppable, and the sharpness of the soldiers made people look sideways.
It's just that Chen Ziang deliberately suppressed the speed of his march, otherwise, he would have already approached the capital of the king.
Facing the fierce Chen Ziang's troops, all the prefectures and counties in Gyeonggi Province were also in panic all day long, and urgent letters flew to the capital like snowflakes.
The Royal Capital is the political, economic and cultural center of the Far Eastern Dynasty, and countless dignitaries also live in the Royal Capital.
Chen Ziang's troops entered the Gyeonggi Province, which made these pampered high-ranking officials and dignitaries terrified.
While being angry, the old emperor hastily adopted a series of measures. He ordered soldiers from all over the country to come to King Wang Duqin, and at the same time ordered the prince to form a garrison to curb the offensive momentum of Chen Ziang's troops.
After the prince took over the Imperial Guard, he discovered that the Imperial Guard, known as the elite division, had been rotten to the bone.
The Imperial Guards are not only short of weapons, armour, and staff, but also have a large shortage of soldiers. If they haven't practiced for a long time, they are already unbearable.
If he were to lead this Imperial Guard to fight now, the chances of winning against the Qinghe Army, an elite division of hundreds of battles, would not be very high.
The prince naturally didn't want to put his political future on the table, but under pressure, he still sent 20,000 soldiers and horses, led by the left general Yang Yunfeng, out of Zhen'an Mansion, planning to delay for a while.
Yang Yunfeng is a direct descendant of the Yang family, a military family. He is not only the left general of the imperial guards, but also a first-rank military marquis with a prominent background.
? Yang Yunfeng led his troops to meet the enemy with the welcome of countless people in the capital, although the fifth battalion under his command had a normal strength of 25,000.
But in fact, Yang Yunfeng's troops are only in the early ten thousand, and the rest of the vacancies are taken up by officers at all levels.
These guard soldiers in their early 10,000s are filled with the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and their combat effectiveness is also mixed.
Fortunately, Yang Yunfeng's personal barracks are the elite he selected from the family, and they are well equipped, which makes him a little bit more confident.
After all, the Yang family has been a military family for more than 400 years. Although the whole family is no longer as brave as it used to be, after all, the military family still retains a little foundation.
The troops led by Yang Yunfeng went south along the official road, and finally entered Zhen'an Mansion before Chen Ziang arrived.
Zhen'an Mansion is one of the five prefectures of the Gyeonggi Province, guarding the main road leading to the royal capital, and has always been a battleground for military strategists.
Originally, there were 5,000 imperial guards stationed in Zhen'an Mansion, and they were still in panic all day long in the face of rumors flying all over the sky.
Now that Yang Yunfeng led his troops to arrive at Zhen'an Mansion, all the officials, big and small, of Zhen'an Mansion finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, Yang Yunfeng came from a military family, and he led so many troops here, so they have enough confidence.
?That night, the admiral of Zhen'an Mansion ordered a large banquet to welcome Yang Yunfeng's troops.
The admiral of Zhen'an Mansion also came from the Lu family of a military family, and has a close relationship with the Yang family.
This clean-up banquet in Zhen'an Mansion not only has delicacies, but also invites the best troupe from Zhen'an Mansion to sing on stage.
During the shuttle of countless beautiful maids, the generals had a meal with smiles on their faces.
"Yang Houye, the bandit army is coming fiercely, and the Zhen'an Mansion relies on the Houye's care."
After drinking and eating, the admiral of Zhen'an Mansion waved his hand, and the servants brought in more than a dozen boxes.
Yang Yunfeng made a gesture, and a soldier stepped forward to open a box at the door. Under the dim light, the box was full of golden coins.
Seeing this scene, Yang Yunfeng's eyes suddenly narrowed into a line of laughter, and he was very happy.
"I said Admiral Lu, you are too outsider, too outsider, hahaha." Yang Yunfeng patted the admiral on the shoulder, looking very happy.
"A small gift is not a tribute, so please don't dislike it, Lord Hou." The admiral also smiled.
"Hahaha, don't dislike it, don't dislike it."
Yang Yunfeng regards money as his life, so naturally he waved his hand and accepted it all.
The admiral of Zhen'an Mansion is also very good at being a man. He not only gave Yang Yunfeng a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, but also gave gifts to Yang Yunfeng's lieutenants, generals and others, and everyone was very happy.
Although a lot of money was sent out to curry favor with Yang Yunfeng and others, the money was not given by the admiral himself.
Zhen'an Prefecture is?The main traffic road leading to the royal capital, there are constant businessmen coming and going, and the admiral has also made a lot of money over the years.
The money he used to curry favor with Yang Yunfeng this time was filial money temporarily collected from these merchants. If anyone was not filial, he would be charged with collaborating with the enemy, and the merchant's family would be ruined.
This night, the city of Zhen'an was very lively, and the wine shops were overcrowded. Soldiers of the Imperial Guard wandered around in groups of three or four, and there were more than ten fights.
Facing these imperial guards from the royal capital, the servants of Zhen'an Mansion didn't dare to control them, and could only watch helplessly as these imperial guards with lax military discipline messed around.
Yang Yunfeng is self-aware anyway, he has no confidence in the combat effectiveness of his troops.
Therefore, he did not dare to take the initiative to fight with the Qinghe Army, but led his troops to station in Zhen'an Mansion, preparing to defend the city.
Chen Ziang led his troops all the way, and the towns along the way were all fleeing, so they hardly encountered much resistance.
A large number of homeless refugees fell under Chen Ziang's command, so that in a short period of time, Chen Ziang's army expanded to nearly 40,000 people.
If it weren't for Chen Ziang's strict control of the quality of the soldiers, he could pull up a team of 100,000.
Although the soldiers and horses under their command were rapidly expanding, they captured many prefectures and counties along the way, and there was no shortage of food, gold, silver and jewelry, but the troops did not go through battle.
An army that has not fought is a mob. What Chen Ziang needs is an elite team.
After learning that a imperial guard army had arrived at Zhen'an Mansion, Chen Zi'ang immediately led his troops to Zhen'an Mansion, preparing to practice with this Imperial Guard army.
When Yang Yunfeng woke up from a drunken sleep, he suddenly found that Zhen'an Mansion had been surrounded by the Qinghe Army.
"What, the bandits surrounded Zhen'an Mansion?"
When Yang Yunfeng was woken up, he still didn't believe it, because the news he got was that Chen Zi'ang's troops were still dozens of miles away, why did they arrive at Zhen'an Mansion overnight?
"Master Hou, if you don't believe me, go to the city and have a look."
Yang Yunfeng went up to the city wall of Zhen'an Mansion suspiciously, but when he saw the Qinghe Army with banners and flags waving outside the city, he also took a deep breath.
Chen Ziang and the others now have 30,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry. Such a large number of troops have set up a stance outside Zhen'an Mansion, with flags unfurled, spears like a forest, and the army is in full swing.
More than 30,000 infantrymen were all well-equipped. They marched and trained. At this moment, they stood like javelins in the wilderness. There was a murderous look in their silence, which was naturally incomparable to those loose military guards.
When the flustered Yang Yunfeng hurriedly ordered his troops to go to the city to prepare for battle, a Qinghe army general with a serious face had already rushed towards Zhen'an Mansion.
"Call!"
Lin Yu rode his horse to a place about a stone's throw away from the south gate of Zhen'an Mansion and reined in his horse.
"Listen up, people in the city! We are the vanguard of the Qinghe Army, and you are ordered to open the city and surrender within a quarter of an hour, otherwise the day you break the city, you will die!"
Lin Yu's voice sounded like thunder, his tone was full of arrogance and domineering, and there was no room for negotiation. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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