Boom!
When Chen Baxian's Chen army began to collapse, the gates of Hefei City were quickly opened. Xie Yan led three thousand troops to counterattack, helping the Huai army's cavalry and speeding up the defeat and destruction of the enemy.
"Chen Baxian is dead, why don't you abandon your weapons and surrender?"
Yang Kan's voice echoed across the battlefield for more than ten miles.
After hearing these words, Nanchen's army, which had already collapsed, had no desire to resist at all. Cao Jingzong led the cavalry to continuously disperse and gather them.
Groups of Nanchen soldiers knelt down and surrendered, while some broken troops fled in all directions. The Huai army cavalry, led by the general, pursued them like a trap.
About an hour or two later.
The fighting situation in the battlefield dozens of miles around Hefei City slowly calmed down.
The battle between Yang Kan, Xie Xuan and the ninth-level general Nanchen had already ended when Chen Baxian fell.
at this time.
Zhuge Jin and Pei Ju took the civil servants in Hefei City to assist the army in counting the results of the battle and counting the casualties.
"Congratulations to General Yang. He was invincible with a hundred thousand cavalry. In less than half a day, he defeated Nan Chen and beheaded Chen Baxian. This is the achievement of destroying the country!"
Pei Ju took the initiative to congratulate Yang Kan with a smile on his face.
At this time, everyone was in the gate tower at the top of the city.
Outside is a battlefield like a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. The stench of corpses and blood can make normal people pass by it, but for these battlefield generals, this environment has long been accustomed to it.
Xie Xuan was covered in blood and looked tired.
These days, he almost relied on his own efforts to withstand the siege of hundreds of thousands of Nanchen troops. While making it impossible for the enemy to break through the city, he also caused huge casualties to the opponent.
This kind of record can already be compared with Wei Xiaokuan who stuck to the jade in history.
In addition to Xie Xuan, Zhuge Jin and his son were also present.
Yang Kan immediately waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Shang Shu Pei is overly praised. The defeat of Nanchen in this battle is mostly due to General Xie and all of you. If you hadn't held on to Hefei and held back hundreds of thousands of Nanchen's troops, how would we be today? Victory?"
"I will definitely report the details of this battle to the king, especially General Xie's contribution, which cannot be denied!"
As a general, what he pursues is military exploits.
Especially in the power of the Huai Army, if soldiers want to be promoted, they need military merit. If they want to obtain more advanced cultivation methods, they still need military merit.
The more military exploits you have, the higher your status in the military will be. Especially now that King Huai is about to establish the country, the military generals and generals are waiting for the canonization at the founding of the country. When the time comes, they will be ennobled based on military merit.
If Yang Kan gets the power to destroy Nanchen, a marquis will be able to secure it when the country is founded in the future.
However, Yang Kan has no intention of taking the credit of others as his own.
Especially Xie Xuan is the Xie family of Chen County. The head of the family, Xie An, has defected to the king. He will definitely become an important minister in the court in the future and have a deep influence.
Both in terms of emotion and reason, Yang Kan must make friends with him.
Xie Xuan could also feel the other party's overtures, so he immediately cheered up and thanked him. He had just joined the Huai Army and really needed a contribution to gain a foothold in the army.
The two parties were polite for a while, and they divided the credit this time in a tacit understanding.
Among them, Xie Xuan was the first contributor, Yang Kan was the second contributor, and then the contributions of Zhuge Jin, his father and his son, and Pei Ju were ranked below them. Pei Ju already had the Ministry of Rites of the Six Central Departments in his hands, and he could not enter the three provinces even if he made more achievements.
As for Zhuge Jin and his son, they just wanted to enter the Huai Army safely at this time, so they had no objections.
At this time, the results of the battle results and casualty statistics were also sent.
Nanchen has too many soldiers and horses. He wants a specific number of casualties and a list of seized supplies. It won't be possible to count them in a few days. What is sent now is only a rough number.
The purpose is to deliver good news to King Huai first.
Pei Ju took over the roster, glanced at it, and the smile on his face became even brighter, and said: "This battle defeated the main force of Nanchen in one fell swoop. The battlefield stretched for dozens of miles. Before Nanchen attacked Hefei, he claimed to have 400,000 troops! Now there are 400,000 The army was wiped out in one fell swoop!”
"When the Nanchen army attacked the city, it lost about 50,000 soldiers and horses. Today there are tens of thousands more casualties, almost a quarter of the battle losses. Even the elite iron army cannot bear it! In addition to the casualties of the soldiers, our army was killed on the spot. There are nearly 200,000 prisoners, and other defeated troops are running around... If this good news is reported back to Yangzhou, the king will be very happy!"
Yang Kan and Xie Xuan were both excited after hearing the result.
"Also, Chen Baxian and Wu Mingche of Chen Jun were killed on the battlefield, generals Xiao Moke and Zhou Tiehu were captured alive, and Hou Andu, Yu Shiji and Chun Yuliang were missing!"
"Even if Yu Shiji and Chun Yuliang break through and escape, they will have little impact, so don't worry about them. The bodies of Chen Baxian, Wu Mingche, and the captured Xiao Moke and others must be escorted back to Yangzhou quickly!"
Except these.
When Pei Ju asked people to count the results of the battle, he also asked some Huai Army cavalry and Hefei defenders to quickly dispose of the corpses left behind on the battlefields inside and outside the city wall.
If the bodies of their own soldiers were found, they would find a nearby place with beautiful scenery and bury them collectively.
The corpses of enemy soldiers were also disposed of quickly to prevent the corpses from rotting and causing plague.
Fortunately, the weather at this time has just begun, and the hot summer has not yet arrived. Otherwise, the diseases caused by the decay of more than 100,000 corpses in the two armies would have caused a plague to break out in Hefei City.
In addition, the weapons, war horses captured on the battlefield, and some of Nanchen's remaining grain and baggage, although the remaining quantity is not large, is relative to a force.
A complete inventory also takes time.
"General Yang, although Chen Baxian has died in the battle, Nanchen's power still exists, especially in Chao County, where the family records of Chen's soldiers and some of the remaining elites are located."
"Please also ask General Yang to send troops to capture this place, and immediately separate the elites to take over Hezhou and guard against Ming army Chang Yuchun's troops!"
Pei Ju finally reminded.
Hezhou and Dangtu, the important town of Jinling, are across the river, and this place is a key place for attacking Jinling from the Jianghuai River. If Chang Yuchun knew that Chen Baxian died in the battle, he would definitely choose to cross the river and go north to capture Hezhou first.
If Hezhou falls into the hands of the Ming army, they will use it to start a tug-of-war with the Huai army. Even if this place cannot be saved in the end, it can still frustrate the Huai army's vigor.
"I understand!"
Yang Kan's expression moved slightly, accepting the other party's kindness.
…
In Yangzhou City.
The hustle and bustle of the morning had just died down. The people on the street were still in a state of excitement, and they were all discussing the civil and military officials of the Huai Army who had gathered outside Guiyan Palace in the morning.
After Wang Jing returned to Yangzhou with his ministers, Shen Yi, Bu Zhi and others who were originally stationed in Sihong also escorted Queen Da Qiao and other concubines from the harem.
Everyone knows that the king is about to establish a kingdom and proclaim himself emperor, and the future focus of the dynasty will slowly shift from Sihong to Yangzhou and Jinling.
Before taking Jinling, Yangzhou was the temporary capital of the dynasty.
Although the terrain of Yangzhou is not very good, it is connected in all directions, is an important node of the Grand Canal, and is famous enough.
It is more than enough to serve as a temporary capital.
When the important officials of the Huai Army gathered in Yangzhou, under the leadership of Xiao Daocheng, Shen Yi and others, they carried out the first persuasion to advance.
Of course, Wang Jing refused on the spot, saying that his talents and virtues were too shallow to ascend to the throne.
As for why Xiao Daocheng was the first person to persuade people to enter, the main reason was that the other party was the first to persuade them to enter, and he was also the former emperor of the Southern Qi Dynasty and had a high status in history.
Not long ago, the ministers knelt down in front of the palace to persuade them to come in. This was the second time.
Anyone who has read history books knows the so-called three concessions.
When it comes to the third time to persuade people to move forward, it is necessary to mobilize the people to show the support of the people of the world.
At this time, both the civil and military personnel of the Huai Army and the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers in Jinling knew that Wang Jing was about to proclaim himself emperor.
Return to Yan Palace and Chengming Palace.
At this time, Wang Jing was summoning his close friends.
Most of the generals in the army were still on guard in various places. Only Pei Sui, Li Shanchang, Fan Yun and Cen Wenwen temporarily put aside their affairs and rushed from various places.
There are also Shen Yi, Bu Zhi, Wang Guangyang, Xie Hui, Gao Xi, Han Xizai and others located in the hall.
"Your Majesty, I have ordered the people and craftsmen to build a high platform thirty miles outside the city and seal off all directions. The officials have also practiced the etiquette skillfully... Now there is only one major thing left, and that is the title of the founding of the country! The king and everyone need to make a decision!"
Gao Xi came out first to report the construction of a high platform for worshiping heaven and proclaiming emperor, as well as the etiquette and procedures for proclaiming emperor.
These matters were originally the tasks of Pei Ju, the Minister of Rites.
However, Pei Ju needed to go to Hefei, so these matters fell on Gao Xi. Gao Xi was a real prime minister and could handle these matters easily.
He took officials at all levels from the Ministry of Rites and quickly completed the task.
At this time, the Huai army only had one thing left, and it was the most important thing, which was to determine the country's name.
Shen Yi muttered: "The name of a country is either based on the name of the place. For example, the Great Qin was named after living in Qin for generations. The Han Dynasty was named after Liu Bang was named the King of Hanzhong... There is also the title of the country. And decide the name of the country! For example, Duke Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty, Yang Jian, the Duke of the Sui Dynasty..."
"The king rises to Jianghuai. If the name of the country is determined by the place name, it will be "Huai". But the word Huai is too narrow, and the name of the king alone is a bit weak. If it is established as the name of the country, it is even more inappropriate!"
Everyone nodded secretly when they heard Shen Yi's words.
This is very true,
When Wang Jing first claimed to be King of Huai, he had not yet completely conquered Jianghuai. He claimed to be King of Huai and had the intention of unifying Jiang and Huai. However, when the Huai army crossed the Yangtze River and swept south, it swept all directions.
This king's name won't work anymore.
And when establishing a country, the character Huai cannot be taken into consideration.
"Now that the king has taken over the eastern half of the Yangtze River, plus the land of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, if the country is named based on place names, it would be better than Chu and Wu!"
Bu Zhao said.
"Chu and Wu... are also too intolerant, and Chu's orthodoxy is still in the land of Jingchu. If our army calls itself Chu, wouldn't it make the world laugh?"
Han Xizai said quickly.
The people who spoke at this time were all familiar with various classics.
However, the country names they chose were based on place names and titles, but from these two aspects, the country names did not sound very good.
"I heard that there are also examples of using prophecies to determine the country's name. For example, Kublai Khan used the Dazai Qianyuan in the Book of Changes as the basis and named the country Dayuan. Well, if our army uses Daqian as the country's name, there would be something wrong. ?”
Wang Jing watched everyone continue to discuss, his heart suddenly moved, and he said slowly.
In the world of China, the dynasties after the Warring States Period have basically come, and they have no differences in choosing a country name.
But for a dynasty like Wang Jing who started from scratch and has never appeared in history, we must first exclude the dynasties that have already appeared in the world of China.
The best way is to think about it in terms of prophecies or religion, just like the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties.
The Ming Dynasty was taken from the Ming Dynasty, and it also means that the sun and the moon are in the sky, illuminating the universe, which sounds very good. The Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty were both national titles based on prophecies.
The Great Yuan Dynasty was achieved by the Great Qianyuan Dynasty, which was vast and boundless, which just set off the unprecedented vast territory of the Great Yuan Dynasty.
The Qing Dynasty was very afraid of the Ming Dynasty. In order to restrain the Ming Dynasty's fire virtue, it specially took the word "Qing" to use water to restrain fire.
in the hereafter.
Wang Jing has read a lot of stories about hegemony, in which the protagonist's country names include Daqian and Dali... which all sound good.
"Da Qian, the king's intention is to take the universe? Qian is the sky, and the sky encompasses the four levels and all directions. It has the power to unify the world. I feel very good!"
After hearing this, Chen Yi thought about it and felt that this national title had a good meaning.
Wang Guangyang on the side recited silently for a few times and said: "Daqian, the connotation is indeed good, but it sounds like it means the "previous" dynasty, which is quite taboo and unknown!"
Wang Jing, Chen Yi and others in the hall frowned when they heard this.
Indeed, if Da Qian is taken as the country's title, it will become "Da Qian Dynasty" in the mouth of other forces, which can make people laugh to death.
"Then, sir, what country name should we choose?"
Wang Jing asked with his brows moving slightly.
"I think the country's name might as well be "Xia"!"
"Xia is the first country name in history and the first dynasty in history... In addition, Zuo Zhuan of the Spring and Autumn Period says: Xia is a great country. China has great etiquette, so it is called Xia; it has the beauty of uniforms and seals. , call it Hua.”
"There is also a record in Shangshu: Mianfu Huazhang is called Hua, and the great country is called Xia."
"Finally, Xia is also the old name for the east of the Central Plains. The king rose to the east of China and took Xia as his country name to dominate the east. Whether it is a prophecy or a place name, it is very suitable!"
Wang Guangyang said respectfully.
Summer!
Wang Jing thought to himself that if the word "Huaxia" were used, Daxia would indeed sound much better than Dahua.
And those who came to the world of China were basically dynasties after the Warring States Period.
The Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties never appeared.
The name of the Shang Dynasty... Wang Jing was not a businessman, and the reputation of the Yin Shang Dynasty in history books was too bad. Taking the Shang Dynasty as the name of the country would definitely be subconsciously rejected by celebrities and scholars all over the world.
Zhou Dynasty... There was Wu Zetian's Wu Zhou, Chai Rong's Later Zhou, and Yu Wen's Northern Zhou. The word "Zhou" was also somewhat overused.
On the other hand, the word Xia was used. Except for Xixia during the Song Dynasty and Dongxia, a small power during the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, few people took this name.
"I think what Mr. Wang said makes sense..."
Shen Yi also voted in favor of Wang Guangyang's suggestion at this time.
Wang Jing thought for a moment and glanced at everyone in the hall. Seeing that Gao Xi, Han Xizai, Xie Hui and others had no objections, he immediately made a decision.
"Okay, if that's the case, then let's take Mr. Wang's advice and name the country Daxia!"
"Your Majesty has made a clear decision!"
All the ministers in the palace bowed down.
After determining the country's name, the next step is to wear the emperor's uniform, change the military flags, and the dragon flags everywhere in Yangzhou...
