allonlinenovel Chapter 122: Attacking the Royal Court
Chapter 122: Attacking the Royal Court
"Your Majesty. Zhenyuan Prefecture is in danger!" The Minister of War stated the battle report received three days ago.
The Dali Dynasty was unable to withstand the attack of the Mo people, who occupied Yanping Prefecture and were already approaching Zhenyuan Prefecture... Now they are only eight hundred miles away from Lijing.
"Do you want me to cede land and beg for mercy from the villain?" Song Changyu grabbed the dragon throne with his veins exposed, and all his movements showed his dissatisfaction.
There was silence in the hall for a moment, and Prime Minister Liu Hanwen stepped forward to give advice on behalf of the ministers.
"Zhong'an Prefecture is 1,600 miles from the capital. Although it serves as the gateway to the northwest and southwest, a temporary loss wouldn't damage the foundation of Dali. However, the crisis in Zhenyuan Prefecture is imminent. If we fail to defeat the Mo Clan, Lijing will be in imminent danger.
If the Ming rebels send troops to resist the desert, it can not only rescue our dynasty but also consume our troops.
Once the crisis in the north is resolved, I will give the remaining troops a year to rest and recuperate, and then it will not be difficult to retake Zhong'an..."
After he finished speaking, the ministers knelt down one after another to agree with him.
Under the earnest requests of dozens of shrewd eyes, Song Changyu had to agree.
Of course, the negotiating envoys of the Li Dynasty also tried to make efforts. During the tug-of-war with the Ming Dynasty, they first proposed to set up Zhong'an Prefecture as a co-governed area between Li and Ming, but the Ming envoys refused, and finally had to sign the cession letter of Zhong'an Prefecture.
In October, King Ming personally led his troops to war.
Xu Siyu thought that she was a subject after all, and should express her gratitude for the army's northern expedition.
Xu Siyu went to Xu Nianyue's clothing workshop and ordered a batch of vests to give to the soldiers going to the expedition.
"Second Madam Lin, what do you want in return?" Pingxia encouraged her behavior in front of the people who were seeing her off.
"I've heard the mutton from the desert is delicious. I wish Your Highness a hearty feast! When you return victorious, I'll give you my furs and skins, and I'll be grateful."
No gold, silver or jewelry, just sheepskin and fur, which are not very valuable locally, as a souvenir.
very good!
"I agree. From now on, all the furs of the Ming Dynasty will be yours."
In this way, Xu Siyu is about to have another business.
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Going north in winter is a challenge for soldiers.
Pingxia knew Li Chao's plan, but he also had his own plans.
After taking over Zhong'an Prefecture, Pingxiang will be stationed in the prefectural city.
Of the troops that were to set out on the expedition, three groups of soldiers remained to link up with the old garrison at Baoping Camp and head east. One group secretly joined forces with the Shenwei Army in Xiangzhou to prepare for a pincer attack from the south. He, with his five thousand elite troops, continued northward, disappearing into the vast snowy plains.
Ninghai, where the royal court of the Mo tribe is located.
The snow-white grassland and the howling north wind.
Five thousand Ming troops hid in the leeward mountain pass north of Ninghai, waiting for the opportunity to attack.
Risking being discovered by the Mo people, they took a detour northward against the weather. For days, they marched when the wind and snow stopped, and hid when the wind and snow started. They crossed steep mountains and walked for 27 days before finally approaching the outskirts of the Mo royal court.
It was a risky sneak attack, but also a journey that left a deep impression on them in their memories afterwards.
Pingxia has always been very bold in leading troops, and he would rather die than fail. But after climbing the snow-capped mountains, he was very confident of success this time.
These five thousand elite soldiers were the ones who had been with him the longest. Most of them had experience fighting in the north, and many of them had relatives who had died at the hands of the Mo people.
They can bear the hardships of fighting in the north, and they deserve a resounding victory.
The night is pitch black, with only the lights shining.
The heavy snow and wind came again, at this time.
In this kind of weather, the Mo people won't notice the movements of the Ming army at all! So... now is the best time to launch a surprise attack!
Under the cover of wind and snow, a detachment of 5,000 elite soldiers quietly approached the outskirts of the Mo clan's royal court. At this moment, Pingxia's sharp eyes had penetrated the wind and snow and locked onto the "Golden Tent" that symbolized the Mo clan's supreme royal power!
The hairs on his body trembled uncontrollably. Less than twenty meters away from the royal court, he issued an order:
"Attack across the board!"
In an instant, to the Mo people, countless Ming soldiers seemed to have descended from the sky, braving the wind and snow to charge into their royal court.
The remaining troops of the Mo clan royal court were caught off guard and defeated by these divine warriors!
The Mo people, who had been living comfortably in the royal court, were unable to organize an effective defense in the panic. They fled in all directions in the camp, and many of them only regretted that they had two more legs so that they could not run fast enough.
They were indeed not running fast enough, at least not as fast as the Ming army's swords that were marching across the snow-capped mountains with great vigor and confidence.
Pingxia found the elderly Mo King Bamur Khan in the tent. The young general, carrying the hazy memories of his old kin, brandished his sword, finally letting the blood of his father's murderer drip onto Ninghai, wrapped in snow...
Twenty years later, he finally avenged his parents and siblings!
Win, the Ming army won!
The soldiers are tired but their morale is high!
They roasted the cattle and sheep of the Mo people, drank the hard-earned celebratory wine, and celebrated all night with half laughter and half tears.
But Pingxia did not dare to stop. After arranging the wounded and the guards, he took two thousand troops and Bamur Khan's head and marched from west to east, directly to the north of Yanping Prefecture, and launched a surprise attack on the 30,000 Mo people who invaded from the south.
"Bamur Khan is dead! Ninghai is broken!" A whistling sound came from north to south.
Pingxia's 2,000 elite soldiers were naturally no match for the 30,000 main force of the Mo people, but the Ming army and the Li army in the south and west, who received the signal, launched an uprising at the same time.
The Mo people were attacked from both sides.
Seeing the head of King Mo hanging high on the enemy's spear, and hearing the heartbreaking words from the north that the king's tent was broken and his family was killed, their army soon became morale-conscious, suffered frequent defeats, and had to retreat to the northeast and hide in the mountains.
Pingxia fulfilled his promise to Li Chao. He led his men in and out of Yanping Prefecture openly, greeted the Li Chao defenders with a fist salute, and then returned to Zhong'an Prefecture.
The Ming Dynasty's territory was expanded again, reaching Ninghai Grassland in the north, Guangshun in the south, Xia Kingdom in the west, and Baoping Camp in the east.
Xu Siyu's sheepskin has arrived.
The person who delivered the goods was the deputy general of Yuanzhou camp.
"Second Madam Lin, the prince asked me to apologize to you. The soldiers were excited and slaughtered the sheep rudely, so the fur may be a little dirty."
"Your Highness, you are worrying too much. Just wash away the blood stain. This is all the meritorious service of the soldiers."
"Your Highness, please ask Second Madam Lin to make some preparations. After the snow melts and the sheep and horses on the grassland are in good spirits, please ask Second Madam Lin and Second Young Master Lin to go and select a pasture."
"I remember now. Thank you for telling me, General."
Pingxia was really reliable. In just one winter, he resolved the war that the Li Dynasty had not been able to resolve for a whole year.
Of course, the most reliable thing is that there really is a ranch to be given to her.
The Xu family’s recent leisure activity is learning horse riding.
There are still three months before departure, but Xu Siyu can't wait any longer.
She, a 25-year-old mother, started learning on the same day as five-year-old Lin Xuan, but from the second day on, their progress was completely different.
There is only one private horse farm around Changjia Prefecture, and it is very difficult to book a horse.