Although Gaoyang State was only a vassal state of Wei.
In almost every aspect, including population and economy, we are far behind.
Take the city they built for example. Even after more than a hundred years of development, in terms of defense and solidity, it may be much stronger than the grassland tribes. Compared with the Wei Dynasty, it is not on the same level at all.
That is why, although some ministers disagreed with the court's decision to use military force against Gaoyang State, they did not strongly oppose it.
Wei Yunyi even appointed Song Hongzhi, a playboy known to everyone in the capital, as the commander of Liaozhen.
Some people really don't understand, but they don't think it's a big deal.
After all, they all knew the strength of Gaoyang Kingdom.
Soldiers of Liaozhen.
Even though it is not as good as the northern border, it is still no problem to deal with Gaoyang Kingdom.
Even if you have no military experience, as long as you hold on to Liaozhen, there is a way.
For example, when the pressure in the north eases.
No matter what ideas Gaoyang State has, it has to choose to negotiate peace.
But what no one expected was that Song Hongzhi would take direct action and lead 800 people straight to the capital of Gaoyang.
Such a tactic is totally unexpected.
Especially the news of conquering Licheng made everyone feel incredible.
Licheng is considered the economic center of Gaoyang State and has a prominent status. It is also the only line of defense of the capital and is very important.
Even though most of Gaoyang's military forces are concentrated in Xuancheng now, and the interior is empty, there must be thousands of troops guarding it. However, it was actually broken by Song Hongzhi, and even the commander was directly killed.
It's hard to believe no matter how you look at it.
But this news was obtained by Liao Zhen in Xuancheng.
It's impossible that the Crown Prince of Gaoyang would deliberately spread false information, right?
And mobilize a large army to provide support?
From this we can see that Song Hongzhi was truly successful.
But no one in the court, whether civil officials or military generals, knew how the other party did it...
Of course, their focus now is not on these, but on the fact that after Song Hongzhi left Licheng, his troops seemed to be heading straight for Gaoping City.
It is indeed a bit exaggerated to take 800 people to capture Licheng, but some generals can understand it, adapt to it, and accept it.
But what is Gaoping City? It is the capital of Gaoyang State, and the defending army must be no less than 10,000 people.
Under such circumstances, trying to capture this city is like wishful thinking.
And now Gaoyang's Crown Prince Li Zai has reacted.
A large army is being mobilized to provide support.
Therefore, it is unrealistic to want to capture Gaoyang City as we did Li City.
This is only possible if the martial arts skills of the 800 people led by Song Hongzhi are all around the eighth level.
But such elite troops could perhaps only be gathered among the troops stationed in the northern border.
Practicing martial arts is not that simple.
therefore.
No one in the imperial court had any hope that Song Hongzhi could capture the capital of Gaoyang.
But ideas are ideas, and there is one fact that must be recognized by everyone.
That is, this young uncle of the current emperor led 800 people in three days and captured the most important town in Gaoyang State, which was second only to the capital. This kind of thing is not something that ordinary people can do.
At least some military generals in the court thought that it would be impossible for them to go there themselves.
As a result, many people's impression of Song Hongzhi was completely changed.
And just when the whole court was discussing this battle.
In Jingde Palace.
Wei Yunyi sat in the main seat, his eyes revealing a confused look.
"How could this happen?" He muttered to himself, and until now he still couldn't believe the news coming from Liaozhen.
My brother-in-law actually led 800 people and rushed directly into the heart of Gaoyang State, and captured those important cities second only to the capital.
But he only had 800 men under his command, and he himself didn't have much military experience.
How did they do this?
Isn’t that too exaggerated?
Suddenly.
Wei Yunyi thought that his brother-in-law should change his surname to Huo instead of Song.
You must know that the purpose of appointing the other party as the commander of Liaozhen was to prolong the war.
But now, the enemy has struck directly into the heart of Gaoyang State, and the situation of the war has begun to reverse.
If my brother-in-law can capture Gaoping City, the battle will be over...
"Your Majesty." At this time, Zhao Lingying came over from the side, holding a bowl of ginseng soup, and said with a smile: "I have said before that it is not a bad thing for the young uncle to lead 800 people deep behind enemy lines. Now it seems that the Gaoyang Kingdom will definitely be thrown into disarray."
At first, she was also shocked when she received the news.
Because I never thought that Song Hongzhi would have the courage to do this.
He dared to go deep into the enemy's rear with only 800 men on his hands.
This move can be said to be extremely risky.
But what shocked Zhao Lingying was that the other party actually broke through Licheng.
Such a record cannot be described in ordinary words.
Always.
She was skeptical about Song Hongzhi.
He felt that the other party was just a young and inexperienced person and had no ability to serve as the commander of Liaozhen.
Not to mention leading the war between the imperial court and Gaoyang Kingdom.
But since I learned the news.
Zhao Lingying was shocked and felt that this young uncle of the king could not act according to common sense. For example, this time he brought 800 people deep into the heart of Gaoyang State. If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely not dare to do this.
After all, war is a matter of great consequence. One has to take into account the soldiers under one's command, as well as the consequences of losing.
Just like his father, he always plays it safe and never makes any mistakes.
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