Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 148
Thinking of this, Pan Mei gave a sneer in her heart, put away the cover quietly, then jumped off the horse, supported Chen Yu who was still kneeling on the ground with both hands, and said kindly: "Just now Pan didn't know that Mr. Chen actually With such a sincere heart, I have offended you so much, and I hope you don’t mind.”

Enduring the severe pain in his knees, Chen Yu smiled obsequiously and said, "Don't dare, dare not, the general is so heroic, I admire him very much, and I hope the general will take care of you more in the future."

Pan Mei made a few words of humility, and after being polite, she said slowly: "Since you have loyally submitted to my Great Song, you are a person of merit. My Great Song will protect you as a whole. You don't have to worry about it!"

Chen Yu took a lot of risks and traveled hundreds of miles on the road. Baba came from Panyu to hand in the letter of surrender, in order to get Pan Mei's promise. He was relieved, but this matter is related to He still couldn't completely let go of his wealth and money, and tentatively asked: "May I ask the general for anything special? Let us serve the general a little bit."

Pan Mei was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the other party was worried that she was not satisfied with the gift. The envelope just now did include a gift list, most of which were rhino horn, ivory, pearls and other South China Sea special treasures. I don't have much interest in the useless gadgets, so I just skipped it after a cursory look, without showing the slightest joy, but it caused the other party to misunderstand, so I was more worried.

He laughed out loud twice, and pretended to be hearty and said: "Thanks to Mr. Chen for giving us precious things, Pan Mei is very useful. It is quite enough to have such a lot of goods." After a short pause, he lowered his voice and said to Chen Yu: "Pan is only the deputy commander, and His Royal Highness Tianshui County Prince is in charge. You must not just deal with Pan and despise His Highness!"

Only then did Chen Yu's heart truly sink back into his stomach. According to his past life experience, if the other party was willing to accept money, he would no longer intentionally make things difficult for others. People, that's even more reassuring.

Pan Mei suppressed her smile, and immediately summoned the banner officer and asked, "Have the soldiers and horses been assembled?"

The banner officer folded his hands and reported: "One thousand fine soldiers and three thousand horses are all ready, and according to the general's order, the general has distributed three days' worth of dry food to each of them.

Pan Mei jumped on her horse and said sharply to the flag officer: "I will lead the army myself, and the rest of the horses will not stop. We will drive all night and change horses all the way. We must raid Panyu City around dawn, and you will lead the rest of the troops. , Come to Panyu to join me at noon the next day at the latest!"

The flag officer was shocked. Long-distance raids at night are no joke, let alone galloping on horseback. What's more, there are mostly rugged and steep mountain roads here. Inevitably, some of the mounts would be frightened and accidentally rolled down the mountain stream, and even the horse and man would be smashed to pieces. After galloping all night, there would be no more than five hundred soldiers left in Panyu. If Pan Mei, the deputy commander in chief, also encountered difficulties on the way, it would cause a big mess.

But the banner officer knew that since Pan Mei had issued the military order, it would be useless to persuade him, so he had to say tactfully: "You are the courage of the three armies, so you must not move lightly. The general is willing to attack on behalf of the general. The general can lead the rear army slowly. Come—”

"No need, I can only go to this battle myself!" Pan Mei raised her hand to stop the rest of the flag officer's words, thinking in her heart: "I'm not going here to attack the city, but to add fuel to the fire. For the cleaning, you are a small general, can you survive such a big scene?"

Immediately afterwards, Pan Mei turned her head and grinned at Yu who had been stunned for a long time, showing her white teeth.

"Mr. Chen, since you and the 33 people sincerely want to submit to my Great Song Dynasty, it must be possible to do it inside the city gate, right?"

Chen Yu was dumbfounded, and said in astonishment: "This... this... I don't know that the general is marching so fast and is not ready yet. I should let the villain go back and report a message. After calmly arranging, we can properly respond... "

How can Pan Mei allow him to be calm? She picked up Chen Yu's neck with one hand like catching a chicken, put him on a mount, and then specially ordered a small group of soldiers to accompany and guard this person. He was afraid of waiting for an opportunity to escape during the march, but he was worried that this person was not good at riding, and it would be bad if he rolled down the mountain stream at night and fell to his death. After all, he was counting on this person to call open the city gate.

Looking up at the light moon that had just risen in the eastern sky, Pan Mei waved her hand and ordered to set off, and the sound of hooves was thundering for a while. The Song Army's [-] cavalry each carried two horses for rotation, like a Like a long black dragon, galloping towards the south.

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At four o'clock, Panyu City, a mountain depression in the northern suburb of Wuli.

This mountain depression is several miles away from the official road, it is very secluded, and it can cover the lookout from the top of the city. It is a good place for temporary rest for Tibetan soldiers.

Thanks to the good weather tonight and the huge full moon in the sky, this night's mountain night road was easier than Pan Mei expected, so she arrived a little earlier than expected.

Pan Mei sent an order to dismount for a short rest and let the soldiers drink water and dry food. Taking this opportunity to roughly check the number of people, he found that after running on the mountain road for a night, less than half of the soldiers had lost, including those who fell behind along the road, and Accidentally fell off the mountain stream, and the horses were especially damaged. A total of [-] horses were brought together, and only [-] remained here.

Due to the inability to effectively control the Northwest and Youyan and other places where horses are raised, the Song Dynasty has always been short of horses, especially trained war horses, so such a loss makes Pan Mei feel quite heartbroken, but if If this trip can achieve its goal, it is still worthwhile.

Pan Mei ordered someone to call Chen Yu, who was half dead on the road, and said to him with a dry smile, "Mr. Chen, the next step is to open the city gate, so it's your turn to go out. Mister is a great opportunity for me to make great achievements in Song Dynasty, haha..."

After finishing speaking, Pan Mei waved her hand, and immediately a lieutenant general stepped forward and bowed to Chen Yu, and said loudly: "Mr. Chen, I will lead fifty brave fighters to act as the general's entourage later." , Go to the city and call the door!"

Chen Yu was frowning. He originally thought that this kind of thing of going out of the city to ask for surrender could not be easier. At most, it was just a long journey. As long as the two parties agreed on the terms, and then he surrendered with courtesy, he never imagined that, The general of the Song Dynasty actually forcibly changed the "surrender" into a "sneak attack". If you are not careful in such a dangerous thing, it will cause big trouble!

(End of this chapter)