The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 707 The Admiration of the Broken Soldiers
In Donghefu City, the offensive and defensive sides are engaged in psychological warfare and public opinion warfare.

In other places in Donghe Mansion, the fighting between the two armies did not stop.

The Yong army was attacking the imperial court and defeated the troops, and at the same time, it had to guard against the invasion of the Xiaowuwei and Xiaoqiwei cavalry.

It's just that the intensity and scale of the battle at this time is no longer as grand as it was at dawn, and the offensive and defensive sides are only in slight contact.

On the other side, the Yong army who stayed on the west bank of the Han River had already used boats to cross the river to build a floating bridge on the bridge.

With this thing, the Yong army left behind on the west bank of the Han River, especially the mobile cavalry, all entered the territory of Donghe Mansion through the pontoon bridge.

"The cavalry of the imperial court annoyed our army. Immediately send an order to Wu Jianqing to go to the northeast. There are military guards from the imperial court!"

"Send an order to Chen Yuhe, let him take people to the southeast, and defeat the vicious knight guards!"

The two men who were pointed out were the two guards who crossed the river first, and they were gathering on the east bank at the moment.

"Yes!"

What makes Zhao Yanxun unhappy right now are the two imperial cavalry guards.

They are extremely maneuverable and pose a great threat to the infantry of the Yong army, and their repeated attacks are annoying.

When the Yong army cavalry crossed the river, other troops staying in Xi'an began to deliver food to the front line.

Fighting for a whole morning consumes a lot of physical strength, so it must be replenished in time.

Time soon came to noon, Zhao Yanxun knew the situation of Donghefu City, and sent someone to reward Gao Zhengan for his actions.

At this moment, Zhao Yanxun is in the camp of the imperial army, listening to reports from the various guards under his command.

Overall, the results were quite fruitful.

All five guards of the imperial court were defeated, at least [-]% of them were lost.

At this point, according to the current thinking of war, these five guards are tantamount to being defeated.

The infantry guards could only hide in the city, while the remaining two cavalry guards played tricks of harassment at most, and the ability to keep the army from collapsing on its own was already a test of the generals' skills.

Besides, at the station of the Yong Army, the guards participating in the battle also suffered a lot of damage. In each guard, two or three hundred people were killed in battle, and nearly a thousand people were injured to varying degrees.

As for the guards of the Guard Division, the losses were much smaller.

Of course, compared with the casualties of the imperial army, these casualties of the Yong army are nothing at all.

"So, the total number of guards and civilians captured now exceeds 10?" Zhao Yanxun asked in a deep voice.

"Exactly!" Hu Dabiao replied.

One hundred thousand captives means one hundred thousand mouths, which is very difficult to deal with.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Yanxun asked: "Take care of them for three days first, and then send someone to explain to them that our army is doing justice for the heavens, helping the court eliminate traitors, and killing the faint king for the people of the world!"

"Yes!"

But after answering, Hu Dabiao raised his head and asked, "My lord...how about three days later?"

"Release the people, give them three days of rations, group them according to their hometown and territory, and let them go back to their place of origin!"

Hu Dabiao couldn't understand these operations after three days of food supply, and three more days of food supply, and these people had to go back to their hometowns.

"Yes!" Hu Dabiao responded immediately.

Although I don't know the meaning of it, but past experience tells Hu Dabiao that all decisions of Zhao Yanxun are correct.

In fact, Zhao Yanxun's intention is easy to understand.

Now occupying the imperial camp, a lot of food has already been seized, and roughly calculated to feed these 10 people, it will be no problem to support it for seven or eight days.

So Zhao Yanxun simply used the "picked up" food in this way, which is also considered "giving kindness".

Let these be favored, and then repatriate them to their original places, Zhao Yanxun has a group of propagandists.

Even if only half of the 10 people think him well, it will directly and indirectly affect many people around him.

Of course, during these three days, Zhao Yanxun would also choose an opportunity to appear to teach these people a good lesson.

At this moment, a guard came to report: "My lord, Xiao Wuwei has withdrawn for seventy miles!"

Zhao Yanxun immediately gave instructions: "Send an order to Wu Jianqing so that he can stop chasing, but we must prevent Xiao Wuwei from invading!"

Pursuing [-] li to the east is considered a solitary advance, and Zhao Yanxun made this order just to be on the safe side.

"Yes!"

Walking out of the camp, Zhao Yanxun rushed towards Donghe Mansion with a group of guards.

Although this city is not very threatening, if you skip it and go directly to the east, you may be harassed by him in the rear.

So in Zhao Yanxun's view, the city still needs to be removed first, but he hasn't decided on the process yet.

It was difficult for Zhao Yanxun to decide whether to directly build siege equipment or wait for Yuanyang to send the "explosives".

The former will cause heavy casualties to subordinates, while the latter needs to wait seven or eight days.

Since he couldn't make up his mind, Zhao Yanxun decided to go and have a look first, and then think of other ways.

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Time flies, and it is the next day in a blink of an eye.

Sixty miles to the east of Donghe Mansion, there is a county town of Yangxi.

The soldiers and civilian husbands who retreated from Donghe Mansion entered the boundary of Yangxi County at a high speed. These people were running away day and night.

At the gate of the county seat, a carriage was driving out, accompanied by several warriors, and two middle-aged men in luxurious clothes.

But not long after these people walked out of the city gate, they were targeted by the rout soldiers.

"Stop stop..."

"Stop immediately..."

Dozens of rout soldiers rushed over and surrounded the carriage with weapons, which made Zhang Yuanying immediately nervous.

"You presumptuous, what are you going to do? Do you know whose carriage this is?"

This group of people is specially to send Qiu You back to Beijing first.

More than ten days have passed since crossing the river to persuade Zhao Yanxun to surrender, and the imperial envoy has already returned to the capital.

Qiu Youxian fainted. After the doctor saw it, he told him not to act violently, otherwise his life might be in danger.

Therefore, the team escorting Qiu Youxian traveled very slowly to meet the imperial court's rout.

"Brothers have taken a fancy to this horse, I don't care whose carriage it is... If you are sensible, hand it over!"

Zhang Yuanying and his party had guards, and they would definitely die in a fight. This made the rout soldiers worry, so they used words to force them to hand over things.

They wanted the horse for no other reason than that they thought they were too hungry.

"I see that you are dressed as officers and soldiers of the imperial court. Why do you do such banditry?"

Hearing Zhang Yuanying's words, everyone immediately became furious, holding knives and wanting to die.

When the two sides were at war, an old voice sounded from inside the carriage: "Is the court defeated?"

Naturally, Qiu Youxian was inside the carriage. He pulled up the curtain to see the situation outside, and expressed his judgment at this moment.

He hoped it wasn't what he said, but it's a pity that the rout soldiers didn't give him face.

"That's right, we lost, so don't use the imperial court to suppress the grandpas, the imperial court can't control us now!"

Qiu Youxian coughed violently, Zhang Yuanying rushed to take care of him, but Qiu Youxian coughed up blood again.

"I knew it, I knew it...the court is in danger!"

After coughing again and again, Qiu Youxian said, "I only hope that the imperial court will listen to Meng Zhengqing's and my opinion and transfer the southwestern army to Jishui for defense!"

"My lord, the imperial court will accept your opinions, so don't worry!"

It has been seven or eight days since Meng Zhengqing returned to the capital, but he did not report the situation to Qiu Youxian.

"Give the horse...to them, you can't take your life for me, Qiu You, ahem, ahem...your lives!"

Whether the imperial court accepts the opinion, Qiu Youxian has no control at the moment, but he has to take into account the lives of the people around him at the moment.

"My lord...without the carriage, how can you return to the capital and how can you make suggestions to the imperial court?"

Just as Qiu Youxian was about to persuade Zhang Yuanying, someone among the besieged soldiers asked, "Are you Qiu Youxian, Lord Qiu?"

Barely suppressing his cough, Qiu Youxian turned his pale face to the man, and replied, "Exactly!"

"Oh... it's Mr. Qiu, we dare not ask for your things!"

"Brothers, this is Lord Qiu!"

A group of defeated soldiers talked a lot, and their hostility was also weakening at this moment.

The scene in front of them surprised Qiu Youxian and Zhang Yuanying. What's going on?Do you have such a big face?
I only heard the person who asked the question just now say: "Master Qiu, you go to the Yongjun camp alone, brothers who don't admire you, we don't want your things!"

Qiu Youxian went straight to the Yong army alone, and the news spread in the barracks.

Now that he has seen the strength of the Yong army, Qiu Youxian is even more heroic, so how can he not let these defeated soldiers admire him.

Feeling happy, Qiu Youxian coughed a few more times, and then asked: "Then...would you like to follow me...back to Gyeonggi, and together resist King Yong's bandit army?"

Faced with this proposal, the defeated soldiers present hesitated.

But in Qiu Youxian's heart, he set a new task for himself.

Gather up the broken soldiers as much as possible, and add strength to the defense of the imperial court.

(End of this chapter)