Han Shizu

Chapter 1343 Three Reverberations
Entering the second ten days of October, the Han and Liao parties have been in a virtual truce, and all fronts have fallen into silence before the arrival of deep winter.This war, which almost lasted through Kaibao's eight years, has also come to an end temporarily.

The Liao army suffered a complete setback in the military, lost its troops and lost ground, and the country fell into irreparable turmoil, almost collapsed, and was unable to fight again.For Emperor Liao, how to clean up the domestic mess and maintain Khitan's dominance over the grasslands is the most important thing, and if he is a little careless, the once glorious Daliao Empire will also fall apart.

As for the pain and shame of failure, I can only endure it silently, as Han Derang said, bear the humiliation and bear the burden, and forge ahead, looking forward to the future.It's just that the future Han Derang described is becoming more and more illusory.

On the side of the big man, in this protracted and costly mobilization of huge wars, they are also somewhat exhausted. Even if they have spare energy, it is difficult to maintain a huge war consumption, unless they continue to squeeze the domestic people and force the war .

Fortunately, Emperor Liu was still able to listen to the persuasion, and accepted the implicit or straightforward advice from the prince, generals, and ministers, and then decided to temporarily hide the front of the army and make a truce.

The large-scale withdrawal of troops and return of troops to the people has been carried out in full swing. One Shanyang, one Liaodong, especially Liaodong, when the military strength was at its largest, there were nearly 400,000 people, which was larger than the population obtained by taking Liaodong.

And within twenty days after winter, under the arrangement of Prince Liu Yang and Zhao, Gao, Cao, Han and other civil and military forces, more than [-] soldiers and civilians have been withdrawn from Liaodong, with a large amount of military equipment attached. For this reason, more than [-] large and small official and merchant ships were collected for transportation.

At first, Prince Liu Yang's suggestion was to keep [-] troops to garrison Liaodong. By mid-October, he will continue to reduce the number of troops stationed in Liaodong. Sixty thousand cavalry is enough, and Emperor Liu agreed.

There is a big difference between supporting 400,000 people and 100,000 people, and there is also a huge gap in the cost of feeding between 40,000 troops and [-] troops. Reducing [-] people will naturally reduce the heavy burden on the court.

As for Emperor Liu, after staying in Shanyang for more than ten days, he also decided to drive back to Youzhou.Prior to this, under the leadership of Li Wanchao and Kang Yanze, the Shanyang Han army also retreated southward one after another. Up to now, there are only less than 30,000 people left in the Han army north of the Great Wall.Among the 30,000 people, except for the [-] guards, they are all soldiers prepared to stay in northern Xinjiang.

Of course, the truce is the overall situation, but in some areas, military operations have not yet ended completely and are still in progress.From west to east, it is divided into three places.

The first is the battlefield of the Western Regions. As a supplementary part of the Han-Liao War, the Western Regions have also been changing in the past half a year. Since Guo Jin led the army to march westward and occupy the lands of Yizhou and Gaochang, the Western Regions have been formed. A three-party struggle for hegemony broke out, and it has been stalemate until now.

Thousands of remnants of the Liao army, under the leadership of Yelu Dilie and Yelusha, retreated to Luntai and Beiting areas in the northern part of the Tianshan Mountains.

Guo Jin mainly relied on Hexi Buqi, supplemented by Uighur servants, and with the logistical support of Hexi Governor Lu Duoxun, he firmly controlled the Yigao area. Khan's army is difficult to launch.

Although the Black Khan army marched eastward and finally captured the ancient cities such as Yanqi and Qiuci, it probably lost too much blood in the struggle with the Liao Kingdom in the Western Regions, so they were more cautious this time.

The three parties have their own shortcomings, so they have been stalemate until now. There have been small-scale tentative battles, but large-scale decisive battles have never broken out, and they are all suppressed.

Of course, there is another spectator, the Khotan Kingdom in the southern part of the Western Regions. They dare not participate in the war between the three parties.Although forced by the aggressiveness of the Black Khan Dynasty, as well as the friendship with the big Han in the past many years and the closeness in history, the Khotan Kingdom is emotionally inclined to the big Han, but the big Han does not seem to be easy to provoke.Therefore, watch from the sidelines.

Of course, the current situation in the Western Regions was maintained only because that was not the center of gravity of the Han court, and what Guo Jin could rely on was only the small half of the broken Western Regions and some support from Hexi to maintain the situation.

And it is conceivable that once the resources of the big man are tilted to the west one day, the situation that seems to be stalemate will be easily broken. It just depends on when Emperor Liu will turn his eyes to the Western Regions.

Apart from the low-intensity wars in the Western Regions, the army that attracted the most attention from Emperor Liu was, of course, the army that attacked Shangjing from the north. The number of people who attacked was not too large. In addition, the cavalry of the Xi clan who were recruited was only [-] troops, and they were in charge of commanding The general who attacked was Dong Zunhui.

However, if it is possible to break through Shangjing as Emperor Liu expected, it would be a surprise, and it would be another serious blow to the Liao Kingdom. The imperial era has returned to its original form.

In addition, what is not worth mentioning is the invasion of Koryo by the East China Sea Navy. For more than a month, Guo Tingwei launched seven landing operations on the west coast of Koryo. Unbearable.

However, as winter deepens, the navy's operations will also come to an end, making it difficult to continue.Of course, Emperor Liu has already approved Guo Tingwei's request to establish a naval base on Jeju Island. It is conceivable that Goryeo will be under the shadow of the Han Dynasty for a long time in the future.

In the hall of Yunzhong Mansion, one Wen and one Wu were sitting. It was Shi Xizai, the chief envoy of Hedong, and Li Wanchao, Marquis of Jiuyuan.

Li Wanchao is a veteran minister and general, he is also the marquis of the founding of the country, and he has deep experience in the army.Shi Xizai is a minister who went out beside the emperor, the chief official in charge of Hedong Road, after two years of training in Hedong, his whole temperament has also undergone a great change, compared with the original elegance and easy-going, vaguely A little more power.

Under the guidance of the servant, the general Tian Renlang, who had performed brilliantly in the Battle of Swallow City and Sanyang, walked in with a respectful manner. Once.

This move obviously meant something. Tian Renlang felt excited, looked forward to it, and at the same time felt a little apprehensive.Unlike more than ten years ago, people who were 30 years old or even less than 20 years old could fight hard and use force to become famous for their meritorious deeds. As long as they made achievements, they could be promoted to senior generals and awarded honors.

In today's military and political system of the Han Dynasty, it is becoming more and more difficult to climb up, and Tian Renlang is already in his forties. If there is no opportunity for this Northern Expedition to establish credit, he may just be a middle-level and lower-level man with as many gravels. A member of the general school, the future prospects are limited.

Fortunately, he grasped it and seized the opportunity in the final battle.Otherwise, like most generals in the Northern Expedition, he could only earn some hard work, add some seniority, live to the end of the war, and receive some money and food rewards.

When Tian Renlang entered, the two people who were talking immediately turned their attention to him, and Tian Renlang also hurried forward to meet Li Wanchao as a junior.

"General Tian, ​​no courtesy!" Although he was not familiar with him, Li Wanchao still had appreciation for one of the "Er Tian" who was famous in the three armies because of the Northern Expedition, and responded warmly.

"This is Shi Shijun, the governor of Hedong!" Probably seeing that Tian Renlang didn't know Shi Xizai, Li Wanchao took the initiative to introduce him.

Hearing this, Tian Renlang hurriedly saluted again, and said: "I have seen the envoy!"

In the current big Han, any chief envoy has already demonstrated his status in the military and political system of the big Han. If he advances, he will be the head of the department, or even worship the prime minister. This kind of future is far greater than those of their generals. many.

Of course, as a general, it is easier to win a title through military merits and become a member of the nobles of military merits, which is incomparable to civil servants.For so many years, there are very few people who have been enshrined by civil servants, and many of them were promoted to nobles because of their merits in founding the country.

"General Tian, ​​don't need to be too polite!" Shi Xizai's response was also very modest, and he got up and said, "The general's voice has resonated in northern Xinjiang. I have heard about it in Jinyang. The big man has another star!"

"The Shijun's reputation is too high!" Tian Renlang was a little surprised, but he still didn't show his arrogance, and replied in a low-key manner: "The last general is just a brave man, I dare not be a man."

"General, you don't have to be too humble! After this battle, Ertian's reputation has spread far and wide. The general is so modest, and the future can be expected!" Shi Xizai said.

Of course Shi Xizai could see that the emperor had the heart to promote Tian Renlang, so he was not stingy with some kind words.

(End of this chapter)