Chapter 31 Blitzkrieg
As the Ningyuan Army's actions of sending troops to prepare for war became increasingly greater, all the forces in China stared at the Ningyuan Army. Seeing that the Song army on the opposite side were so obedient, the Khitan Emperor Yelu Hongji, who had just ascended the throne last year, simply transferred all the Khitan troops to the Bohai Bay area, and immediately surrounded the Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo and Xijin Prefecture in Nanjing. You must know that this area is the most elite place of the Great Liao court.
The Ningyuan Army and the 300,000 infantry temporarily recruited took iron fishing boats and wooden ships from the Song Dynasty and entered the East China Sea waters directly from the mouth of the Yangtze River, and then headed north along the route. The vast army shocked everyone, and the people from Jiangnan ran out to watch this rare scenic spot in a century.
"Grandmaster Shen, this is not right! These are all temporary soldiers, and the elites of King Ning did not seem to appear." Grandmaster Han also came to Jiangning Mansion with Grandmaster Shen. He felt strange when he looked at the vast army in front of him.
"Hmph! It must be that King Ning was guarding against the court and was not prepared to do his best in this Northern Expedition." After all, Grand Grand Duke Shen had been dealing with Suning for more than two years and had long noticed Suning's depth and treacherousness, but he had never figured out whether Suning was Cao Cao or Wang Mang.
"Yes! I heard that these 300,000 infantry were all surrendered troops from Dali and Jiaozhi back then, so King Ning must have noticed the resistance in the southwest, so he took the opportunity to send troops to Khitan to consume the resistance in the southwest." At this time, the Grand Prince Han couldn't help but remember the Goryeo strategy of Emperor Yang of Sui, and guessed that Suning wanted to kill two birds with one stone.
"Hey! Our young King Ning is the real thousand-year-old fox. Whether it is victory or loss in this northern expedition, it will make Ningyuan's army more stable in the south of the Yangtze River."
"Grandmaster Shen, I heard that you are interested in betrothing your eldest granddaughter to King Ning?" Then Grandmaster Han suddenly looked at Grandmaster Shen on the side with meaningfulness and asked.
"Uh? I'm hesitating." Mr. Shen knew that many nobles knew their intentions, and still couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
"Oh? King Ning has formed a situation of being at its peak. Why do you still have concerns with Grandpa Shen?" Grandpa Han was a little surprised at this time, because no matter whether Suning succeeds or fails in the end, the title of Prince Prince will definitely not be lost.
"Han Da Gong, we have been ministers in the same palace for so many years, so I won't tell you that it's empty. Now Ningyuan's army is all in the body of King Ning, and the three descendants are so young. If there is an emergency in this Ningwang, the entire Jiangnan land and Ningyuan's army will collapse." Shen Da Gong did not have any need to hide it, and then carefully expressed his biggest concern.
"Yes! King Ning has completely cut off relations with the Gu family, which is indeed a puzzling trick. If the Gu family is the foundation of the Ning prince's mansion, then he will be a real top powerful man in the Song Dynasty." At this time, Grand Prince Han shook his head with some regret. The young children and the decline of the family are Suning's own biggest shortcomings.
"So, whether the next Jiangnan is a flash in the pan or a rising star depends on Ning Wang's personal fortune."
"Shen Da Gong said it is reasonable!"
Looking at the Ningyuan Army fleet that was marching through the Yangtze River toward the estuary, the two great grandpas at this time had an extremely complicated mentality. They hoped that the Ningyuan Army would successfully seriously injured the Khitans that had been overwhelmed by the Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years, and wanted the brutal Khitan soldiers to directly wipe out the powerful Ningyuan Army. Perhaps their greatest expectation was that the Ningyuan Army and the Khitans would both suffer losses, so that the Song Dynasty court would have the upper hand when it faced the Khitans, and at the same time, they could also capture Suning in Bianjing City and be imprisoned closely.
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At this time, all the coasts near the Bohai Bay were on guard. Of course, not only the Khitan soldiers were nervously watching the coastline in front of them, but the Song army here was not much better. The British Duke had already visited the front line of the Bohai Bay early, just to see the specific battle situation of the Ningyuan army and the Khitan soldiers with his own eyes, so that it would be easier to formulate the next step of how to prevent the Ningyuan army.
"Dude, it suddenly started to fog this morning. I believe that Ningyuan's army would not advance." The deputy general looked at the sea level where the fog suddenly started, and couldn't help but smile and said to the British Duke with a relaxed tone.
"Hmph! Yesterday, the Imperial City Department urgently reported that the Ningyuan Army's fleet had entered the Bohai Bay, and we had to wait cautiously." The British Duke said cautiously at this time.
"Dude, there is no need for our Song army to be so nervous, right? You must know that Ningyuan army is also part of our Song army sequence and I believe it will not attack our Song realm." Seeing that the British Duke in front of me was so nervous and cautious, the deputy general smiled disapprovingly.
"Well, it is unlikely that the Ningyuan Army will directly attack our Song Dynasty. Otherwise, there would be no need to go around such a large bay to attack from the sea. But I still have to see the strength of the Ningyuan Army with my own eyes. You must know that the Ningyuan Army is the confidant of my Song Dynasty court."
"Ah? Duke of the Kingdom, will the Ningyuan army still rebel against the court?" When the British Duke was so cautious about Ningyuan army, who was also a friendly army, the deputy general showed a shocked expression at this time. After all, the king of a different surname was already out of reach among them.
"Hmph! General Yang, haven't you noticed that the supply of materials has been getting more and more difficult recently?" Seeing that his deputy general was so stupid, the British Duke asked angrily.
"Ah? Duke, do you mean?" the deputy general still looked at the British Duke in front of him in a daze and asked.
"The taxes in Jiangnan account for 60% of our Song Dynasty court. Without these 60% of the taxes, how can we fight against the Khitan and Xixia, so our Song Dynasty and Ningyuan Army will have a battle next." Although his deputy general is indeed a little stupid, he is an outstanding child of the great Song Dynasty lineage, so he is naturally willing to spend more time and patiently teaching by example.
"ah?"
In the vicinity of Tianjin in later generations, Khitan soldiers were also nervously on their faces. When they saw the sudden heavy fog on the sea surface, they couldn't help but feel relieved. They all thought that Ningyuan's army would not attack today. The navy on the Khitan side slowly relaxed and then stopped at the temporary dock nearby. After all, Khitan soldiers did not have the specialty of water battles.
"General, what do you think it is?" At this moment, a Khitan soldier suddenly pointed at the sea in the distance and shouted, as if he had seen some amazing giant beast.
The Khitan general looked at the sea in surprise and followed the soldiers' directions to look at the distance. A huge iron ship appeared faintly from the fog, like a monstrous beast from ancient myths. Six huge muzzles were aimed at them, the Khitan soldiers. Just as they opened their mouths in horror and stared at everything in front of them, the six extremely thick gun barrels opened fire on them mercilessly.
As countless shells blew up and exploded, the defense line on the Khitan was easily torn apart. This battleship was naturally a modern battleship taken out by Suning from the space world. After the six main guns of the battleship roared fiercely for a quarter of an hour, the mighty Ningyuan army finally vented its anger. Then several tanks appeared behind the battleship and landed ships rushed up quickly. Then the tanks inside the landed ship rushed to the shore directly through the springboard, and there was no even a trace of resistance on the shore, because the remaining Khitan soldiers were fleeing with their parents for a few less legs.
After all the tanks rushed to the shore and set up their formation, the Ningyuan cavalry rushed to the shore through the landing ship. After only half a day, they formed an attack formation again. Then, under Suning's order, they rushed towards the Khitan Nanjing Xijin Prefecture. The Khitan cavalry troops they encountered along the way were directly eliminated by the tanks. The Ningyuan cavalry behind them also followed the tanks and quickly advanced. Soon the Tan cavalry combination of Ningyuan had already arrived at the city of Xijin Prefecture in Nanjing, Khitan. Finally, the 300,000 infantry of Ningyuan's army also landed on the shore one after another through fishing boats and wooden boats, and directly controlled the city captured by the assault troops in the way of autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves.
There was also such a Ningyuan army group near Dalian in later generations, which had successfully advanced to the Khitan Liaoyang Prefecture, Tokyo. Such a novel and rapid combat method directly confused the Khitan army. The Khitan side had no ability to form a blocking defense line. The Khitan cavalry troops who had usually beaten the Song army also became lambs to be slaughtered.
"Duke of Britain, what is the siege weapon used by Ningyuan Army?" The Song army witnessed the Ningyuan Army destroying the Khitan cavalry in a terror, and the deputy general stared at the Duke of England in horror and asked.
"Hey! I don't know! I only know that our Song Dynasty is completely over." The British Duke shook his head in a daze, and then predicted bitterly that their Song army had no ability to resist at all.
"ah?"
In fact, the British Duke said nothing wrong. Ningyuan's army only took a month to besiege Shangjing Linhuangfu, the Khitan. The four other capitals in the east and south of the Khitan have been captured by Ningyuan's army, so all the elite troops in the Khitan territory were lost, and the last army that defended Shangjing Linhuangfu had no will to resist.
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It took only one month for Ningyuan Army to destroy all the elites of the Khitan, and directly shocked the city of Bianjing, which was still singing and dancing. However, the old emperors and grandpas who were stationed in Bianjing were all ashamed. Once again, he was convinced that Ningyuan Army really looked down on their Bianjing City, otherwise they would have turned them all into prisoners.
"Duke of England, let's talk about the specific situation of the battle?" the old emperor looked at the British Duke in the audience with a bitter face and asked.
"Yes! Your Majesty." The British Duke quickly bowed and responded, and then explained the specific situation in a concise manner. "On April 1, Ningyuan's army attacked from Haijin Town (Tianjin) and Tokyo Daohua City (Dalian) of the Liao Kingdom, using super-large giant ships and gun cars that had never appeared before, and directly destroyed all the defense lines of the Khitan. On May 1, it had occupied four capitals in the east, south and south of the Khitan, and had sieged the Khitan's Shangjing Linhuangfu."
"Oh? Why didn't Ning Wang and Ningyuan's army directly attack the Khitan Shangjing? Logically speaking, the remaining Khitan soldiers should not be able to resist?" While the old emperor was shocked and shocked, he couldn't help but look at the British Duke in confusion and asked.
"Your Majesty, the old minister speculated that King Ning should want to fish." Before the British Duke could answer the old emperor's question, Grand Grand Duke Shen, who was thinking about it, suddenly came out of the line and said to him.
"What? Fishing? The elites in the Khitan have been exhausted. Where did reinforcements come to Shangjing to support?" The old emperor couldn't help but feel puzzled again.
"Your Majesty, King Ning must be waiting for the first-pin hall of Xixia."
"Oh? How can Mr. Shen explain this? Will Xixia go to support the Great Liao?"
"Yes! You must know that after the Great Liao was destroyed by the Ningwang and Ningyuan army, the only remaining Xixia is definitely not an opponent of the Ningyuan army. Naturally, they would not miss this opportunity to support the Great Liao to go to Beijing."
"Well, it makes sense! So does Mr. Shen think that King Ning can resist living in Xixia Yipintang?" The old emperor nodded with agreement at first, and soon became a little worried. The court knew very clearly the strength of Xixia Yipintang.
"Your Majesty, since King Ning destroyed Dali two years ago, he has been secretly contacting martial arts people all over the world. It is said that he forcibly conquered Murong Longcheng and Murong Bo, father and son of Yanziwu, Gusu City. In addition, he also made friends with Xiaoyao Sect in Piaomiao Peak in Tianshan. He became friends with Wuyazi, the new leader of Xiaoyao Sect. I believe there should be no problem in fighting against Xixia Yipintang."
"Haha, then it seems that our King Ning is really planning and then moving!" At this time, the old emperor smiled bitterly, realizing that he was no match for Suning and Ning Yuanjun at all.
"Your Majesty, this is a great joy for our Song Dynasty court. When King Ning and Ningyuan Army captured the Khitan royal family, Your Majesty you can go to the Taimiao to offer prisoners."
"Ah? Offering a prisoner?" At this time, the old emperor couldn't help but feel his breathing rapid.
At this time, King Yong and King Yan attended the court meeting because of adopting the son of the royal family. Therefore, the indignant King Yong immediately looked at the old emperor and suggested, "Your Majesty, the matter of offering prisoners does not need to be considered immediately. The most urgent task now should be to send a large army to take over the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun as soon as possible."
"What?" At this time, all the officials in the court looked at King Yong like fools.
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Chapter completed!