Jiangyin, formerly the Imperial Palace of Southern Qi.
This palace served as Wang Jing's residence at this time. In the early spring, the grass grew and orioles flew, and the palace was filled with exotic flowers and grasses. The scenery was pleasant, and there were many maids serving in the palace.
After hundreds of thousands of troops crossed the river and gathered here, it became the temporary core of the southern expedition.
The palace, which was originally filled with the aura of gentle mist and rain from the south of the Yangtze River, was now filled with solemn and evil aura.
Outside the palace hall, groups of personal guards were guarding the surrounding area, wearing armor and holding long spears. No one dared to approach.
Inside the palace.
Wang Jing was dressed in regular clothes and was dealing with a thick memorial with his ministers.
Among them are memorials transferred from Yangzhou, and memorials closely related to the Southern Expedition...
As the privy envoy, Gao Xi was mainly responsible for the military affairs of the Chinese army's 500,000 elite soldiers after the Southern Expedition. He was required to handle everything from the allocation of grain and grass to the replenishment of supplies.
Zhang Juzheng was the head of the Secret Supervisory Office and helped Wang Jing handle the internal affairs transferred from Yangzhou.
As for Xie Hui, who serves as a staff officer, and Gu Yong, the chief envoy of Zhenjiang Province, they also have their own tasks.
After arriving in Jiangyin, everyone was busy.
"Report! There is an urgent military situation from the Zhenjiang camp!"
A report came from outside the hall.
Wang Jing, Gao Xi and others were immediately attracted by the report. Urgent military information was conveyed first. The guards at the entrance of the hall asked for instructions and immediately delivered the military information.
"Fu Youde's memorial... Could it be that he has already repelled Xu Da and captured the Jurong camp? It shouldn't be so fast!"
When Wang Jing took over the military situation, he was still a little confused.
On the military memorial, there are three red feathers, which represent a thousand-mile rush.
Wang Jing quickly opened it, glanced at it, and his expression changed slightly.
"His Majesty……"
Gao Xi looked over. Xie Hui and Zhang Juzheng were also curious.
"Take a look!"
Wang Jing sighed slightly and handed the military information to Gao Xi.
"Xu Da set up thirteen consecutive camps outside the Jurong camp, close to mountains and rivers, to block our army in dangerous places. Although Fu Youde captured thirteen camps, he lost one of them when he attacked the camp. Member General..."
"Now the Jurong camp is still there, but our army has defeated the general first. I don't know whether we won or lost this battle!"
After Gao Xi read it, he handed the memorial to Xie Hui and Zhang Juzheng.
After they finished reading, Gao Xi said: "Of course our army won! General Fu led his army to seize thirteen enemy camps in a row, and killed nearly 20,000 prisoners. He threatened Jurong. If he can capture another camp, , we can advance all the way to Jinling City..."
"This kind of record is naturally a great victory for our army... As for General Tang Shengzong's death on the battlefield, it is also his destiny. Your Majesty can only grant him a title and treat his family and children favorably!"
Gao Xi was the leader of the Sui and Tang clique, and although he had some knowledge of the generals of the Huaixi clique.
But the main focus is on Fu Youde. For the generals whose strength has not reached the ninth level, they only know their names and approximate deeds.
Apart from this, the two sides did not have much contact, so Gao Xi was very calm after seeing the battle report that Tang Shengzong died in battle.
In his opinion, dying on the battlefield means that one's skills are inferior to others. There is nothing to say, and he is not a veteran like Mu Hong or Li Kaifang.
An eighth-level general will die if he dies in battle.
"Alas... According to my decree, Tang Shengzong was granted the title of Duke of Jurong County and his son was admitted to the Imperial Academy..."
Wang Jing gave a posthumous title.
According to the current rules of the Great Xia Dynasty, dukes include county princes and county princes. The limit of civil and military officials is the duke. There are three ranks of marquis under the duke. Among them, if a civil servant is granted the title of Marquis, he will be the Marquis of Chengen.
When a military general is granted the title of Marquis, he becomes the Marquis of Shenwei!
Dukes are mainly named after places, such as the Duke of Jurong County who was posthumously named by Shengzong of Tang Dynasty. Marquises are only divided into three classes, and they all have the same name. There is no difference between place name and auspicious name.
"His Majesty treats you so kindly, I think Tang Shengzong will shed tears of gratitude even underground!"
Gao Xi sighed.
At present, the people with the highest titles in the Great Xia Dynasty are Chen Yi's Sihong County Duke and Fu Youde's Shouchun County Duke. Tang Shengzong's contributions are absolutely incomparable to those of these two.
But since everyone else is dead, there is a difference between being knighted and being knighted alive.
For example, among the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty, there were only six who were granted the title of duke while alive, but there were more than a dozen who were posthumously granted the title of duke after they died in battle, such as Hu Dahai, the Duke of Yue, Liao Yong'an, the Duke of the Honorable State, etc.
The same was true for Wang Jing's pursuit of the title of Tang Shengzong. He died in battle and was promoted to a higher level. When his son was born, he was reduced to a hereditary title and only had the title of marquis.
However, based on Tang Shengzong's merits, it is definitely a favor for his son to get the title of marquis!
Zhang Juzheng's expression remained unchanged, and he had already written the imperial edict after Wang Jing finished speaking about it.
"Now that the Zhenjiang camp troops are approaching Jurong, in your opinion, should we send more elite troops to help in order to break through the Jurong camp as soon as possible?"
Wang Jing was not too sad about Tang Shengzong's death in battle, at most he felt a little regretful.
What he is paying attention to now is the current situation in Daxia, the Ming army, and the Southern Song Dynasty.
Gao Xi immediately said: "Jurong Camp is an important place east of Jinling. If there is danger in Jurong, the gate to the east of Jinling will be opened, which will be very dangerous, so Jinling will definitely send additional reinforcements!"
"In my opinion, the current situation of the Zhenjiang camp is very good, and it can divert Jinling's attention. What our army needs to do now is to send the main force south and take the initiative to attack Changxing!"
"Changxing is at the mouth of Taihu Lake. The Military Intelligence Department came to report that the Song Army has dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops to the north. The most advantageous route for the Song Army to go north is to take Huzhou and Changxing and invade Changzhou from the south!"
"According to the original plan, we first captured Changxing, blocked the Song army's northward path with some troops, and tens of thousands of elites, diagonally inserted into Gaochun, and cut off the Ming army in the middle..."
When Wang Jing was in Jiangyin, the three major camps took the initiative to launch an attack.
The Southern Song Dynasty has begun to dispatch the imperial army. According to the intelligence of the secret agent, the number of soldiers and horses dispatched by the Song Army this time will be more than 500,000, which has already touched the bottom line.
An army of 500,000 people. Although the strength of the Song army is open to question, based on the number of soldiers and horses, Daxia cannot afford to be careless.
Therefore, Gao Xi slightly modified the plan.
Prepare to mobilize 200,000 elite soldiers southward to seize Changxing first.
Changxing and Huzhou were originally the territory of Liu Bi in the Western Han Dynasty, but were later annexed by Liu Song... After Daxia captured Zhenjiang, Danyang and other places, they were eager to digest the fertile land in the north, and somewhat neglected Huzhou in the south.
After Liu Bi escaped from Danyang, he surrendered to the Southern Song Dynasty. Huzhou and Changxing were also taken over by the Song army.
Among them, Changxing is located on the side of Taihu Lake and is one of the two routes taken by the Song army to go north.
Another route is to take the Jiaxing area, but there are soldiers and horses camped in Jiangdong along the many mountains and rivers to block defenses, making it difficult for the army to pass here...
"While deploying troops to capture Changxing, the plan to capture Gaochun can also be implemented at the same time..."
Gao Xi said.
Wang Jing thought for a moment and nodded in agreement with his plan.
