Han Shizu

Chapter 921 Other battlefields
After Ma Quanyi resigned excitedly, he went to Chai Rong with the emperor's imperial edict and golden order, and made plans for the military march on the east road and the transfer of troops and horses.On the other hand, Liu Chengyou continued to stand in front of the huge map of the big man, staring at it in a daze.

Liu Chengyou has the habit of looking at the map, and can be absorbed in one stop, and it is difficult to move his eyes away for a long time. Although his expression is calm, there are intense thinking activities in his brain.A map, of course, cannot attract the emperor's heart, but the country, the land, the city, and the great fame and career can.

Liu Chengyou's eyes started from Lingzhou in the west, through Yundai in the middle, and Youyan and Liaodong in the east. Since the Northern Expedition was launched last year, the all-out struggle between Han and Liao has been at a critical moment in half a year.

Of course, although there was a lot of movement before, the place where the real fierce confrontation was still in the northeast of the territory, the Youyan area.As for other places, the partial teachers and subordinates of the big man are basically the role of soy sauce.

On the other side of Lingzhou, Zheng Guogong Shi Hongzhao led the Lingzhou and Dingbian armies and recruited some Hexi troops, gathered 10,000 people, and marched northward.Of course, because the Khitan people's power in the Hexi area was very weak, Shi Hongzhao couldn't find any targets even if he wanted to attack the Liao army.

In the end, it became a military parade, traveling four hundred miles north along the Yellow River to the edge of the desert and the foothills of Helan Mountain.Although he failed to beat the Liao army, he subdued a large number of tribes living in Hetao along the way, and set up a garrison fort at the local Yellow River port, named Hue Fort.If Shi Hongzhao had a thicker skin, it would be no problem to report the credit for expanding the land for two hundred miles and subduing dozens of tribes.

Later, Shi Hongzhao chose to withdraw his troops back to Lingzhou and report the situation to the court because he could not find the target of the battle, Shi Hongzhao fell ill, and due to the mobilization of troops, he was concerned about the emptiness of Lingzhou and the instability of the Hexi Corridor.

Besides, the Dingnan army and Yanzhou were ordered by the imperial court to send troops to attack the Liao Dynasty. The troops of the two sides joined forces and went north from Xiazhou. The two sides also gathered tens of thousands of people. Of course, the party members were the main ones.And their army, if they want to attack the Liao Kingdom, they need to cross the desert in the north, which is obviously not something they can and are willing to do.Sending troops is just a play on the occasion, and the two parties have their own calculations.

Li Yiyin wanted to send troops this time, relying on the name of the imperial court, to continue to strengthen the status and prestige of his Li family among the party clans.As for Gao Shaoji, who was extended, he had the idea of ​​sending troops to seek some advantage.

Sure enough, in the north of the Great Wall, Gao Shaoji broke away from the Dingnan Army, indulged his subordinates, and plundered the Dangxiang tribe.As the spokesperson of the Dangxiang clan, Xiazhou Jiedu Li Yiyin couldn't bear Gao Shaoji's unscrupulousness, and immediately led troops to search and suppress those "Yanzhou bandit soldiers" to avenge the Dangxiang subordinates.

Faced with Li Yiyin's attack, Gao Shaoji's temper was also tough, and he immediately gathered his troops to fight. The two armies fought in Mingtangchuan, north of Yinzhou.Because in the previous looting, they gained a lot, and the morale of the Yanzhou army was particularly high. In the first battle, under the leadership of Gao Shaoji, they defeated the Dingnan army twice as large as themselves.

After the Mingtangchuan battle, Li Yiyin was very angry, and immediately transferred troops from Xia Yin and warriors from the Hequ tribe, wanting to fight Gao Shaoji again and regain the lost face.

Seeing that the party members were completely angered, and he was also on his territory, facing Li Yiyin's big move, Gao Shaoji was decisive, and hurried eastward with his subordinates, crossed the Yellow River, and entered Jinning Mansion on Hedong Road.He was about to make a detour and return to Yanzhou, but there was no way, Xia Yin's way back to the south was cut off.

However, Gao Shaoji's approach of entering Hedong had set the fire on the imperial court's side. Li Yiyin, who was so ashamed and furious, did not want to give up. He simply led the army and crossed the river to pursue Jinning Mansion.

However, the two foreign armies under the jurisdiction of Hedong Road did not dare to be too rampant. They did not fight, let alone plunder the people and invade them. They just confronted each other in Lishi City.Fu Yanqing, the king of Wei who was still commanding in Daizhou, heard about this and sent Li Wanchao of the Ninghua Army to mediate. The two armies of Xia and Yan, in the sequence of the Northern Expedition, were subordinate to Fu Yanqing and mainly cooperated with the forces in the direction of Yunshuo. fight.

At that time, although there was no war in Yanbei, the frontier generals in Hedong were all gearing up and preparing to fight and make meritorious service.To say that the Yanmen Great Victory had the best incentive effect on those Han troops, of course it must belong to the surrounding frontier troops.

With a bit of resentment, Li Wanchao, the leader of the army, felt Lishi, and invited two Jiedu to ask about the situation.Both of them insisted on their own opinions and quarreled constantly. Li Yiyin said that Gao Shaoji indulged his subordinates and plundered the tribe, while Gao Shaoji called Li Yiyin disrespectful and led the army to attack.

The two quarreled fiercely, but Li Wanchao clarified the matter and made a decision directly, asking Gao Shaoji to return all the looted goods and livestock to Li Yiyin, and then withdraw their troops, exit Hedong, and return to the station.

Gao Shaoji was immediately dissatisfied with such an arbitration. He had put in so much hard work, and his subordinates had suffered hundreds of casualties in the process of fighting the Dingnan Army. Without these goods, how could he stop losses and appease the soldiers.

Similarly, Li Yiyin was also not happy, thinking that this was too lenient and arbitrarily high on Shaoji, and his losses in soldiers and horses were greater than those in Yanzhou, and those tribes that were attacked needed to be accounted for.

However, Li Wanchao is a general with a strong personality and a tough temper. He is thinking about the affairs of the Liao war in his heart, so how can he have the patience to listen to their nonsense.

In a rage, he took out a dagger from his waist and slapped it on the case. The veteran said sternly: I came to mediate under the military order of King Wei. for the enemy.Now, the mediation policy, the solution, I have proposed!I will ask again, do you agree, and whoever disagrees, I will attack first.

Li Wanchao's words were full of momentum, with both confidence and toughness. Seeing the veteran's strong manner, Li Yiyin and Gao Shaoji were both shocked.Reasonably speaking, in terms of superiority and inferiority, Li and Gao, the only surviving Jiedu envoys of great achievements, are both taller than Li Wanchao, but at this time, facing the veteran, they dare not say anything too harsh.

Finally, he pinched his nose and agreed.Later, under Li Wanchao's supervision, Gao Shaoji returned all the looted goods. Of course, it was only on the surface, and Li Wanchao didn't care about the hidden details.

Then, they each withdrew their troops and crossed the river. Li Yiyin went west to Xiazhou, and Gao Shaoji went southwest to Yanzhou.Before leaving, Li Wanchao also instructed the two to explain to the court that they would lead troops into Hedong without authorization.

Originally, when the imperial court mobilized the two armies of Xia Yan, they didn't expect them to make any achievements. They just wanted to find something for them to do, and they also provided some money and food for this purpose.

As a result, it developed into such a farce, and they broke up unhappy.Of course, the matter did not end so easily. The grievances between Xiazhou and Yanzhou had been accumulated since the time of Gao Yunquan, and this time it was just a small outbreak.

After returning to their respective residences, Li Yiyin and Gao Shaoji went to the court and accused each other. This has been the political norm between the two forces for many years.But this time, it was obviously more serious than before, after all, swords and soldiers met.As for Li Wanchao's results, both forces are dissatisfied, and the conflicts in the northwest region tend to intensify.

But when the news reached Youzhou, Liu Chengyou seemed very calm, and only replied to Tokyo, asking the ministers to send envoys to mediate in the name of the imperial court, and to give certain discounts in the trade of salt, grain, tea and cloth to facilitate the resolution. Its resentment.

In fact, because of the continuous confrontation between the two forces in Cheyenne these years, but no major conflict broke out, Liu Chengyou became suspicious whether the two families were pretending to be at odds to dispel the wariness of the court.However, after this conflict, Liu Chengyou basically believed that the Li and Gao families were still hostile, and that Gao Shaoji, a pawn, could still play a restraining role.

As for the turmoil and conflict in the Hexi area caused by this, Liu Chengyou looked at it calmly. If there was no conflict and everything was peaceful, where would the court find an excuse to solve the Northwest and Hexi issues in the future?

Except for the troops of Lingzhou and Xiayan, the king of Koryo, Wang Zhao, agreed to the Han court's request to send troops to the Liao Kingdom, and also sent an army, which was actually quite unexpected.

After all, Wang Zhao is carrying out reforms on the peninsula, cracking down on powerful heroes and strengthening the royal power.Of course, what happened later is also understandable. The army sent by him to attack the Liao Kingdom rebelled collectively before leaving the country, and the commander and a group of generals appointed by Wang Zhao were killed.Right now, Wang Zhaozheng was busy suppressing the rebellion, and even sent people to Youzhou to report the situation to Liu Chengyou, hoping that he could provide some money, food and ordnance.As for Yoo Seung Woo, he agreed.

Guo Tingwei, the commander of the Jingjiang Army who set out from Laizhou Bay, also successfully crossed the Bohai Sea after careful planning and preparation, landed in Suzhou (Lvda area) in Liaodong, occupied the land, and moved northward smoothly. To Chenzhou (Gai County).

However, the complexity of the Liaodong region was completely beyond expectations.Chenzhou was very close to Tokyo in the Liao Kingdom. The Han army crossed the sea and attacked. When they marched to Chenzhou, they attracted great attention and soon dispatched troops nearby to conquer.

Moreover, most of the local people, except for the survivors of the Han nationality, are Bohai people. These are the people under Yelu Deguang who moved out on a large scale in order to attack Dongdan Kingdom and weaken the power of his brother Yelube. It was placed in the Liaodong area, and Chenzhou was built accordingly.

Therefore, the arrival of the Han army is basically an invasion for the local people, and there is no mass basis.Guo Tingwei persisted in the southern Liaoning area until December. After all, he couldn't bear to fight in winter. In addition, he didn't occupy the people's peace, and the supply was also under pressure. He gradually retreated and retreated to Suzhou.Because the battle was unfavorable, he also took the initiative to plead guilty to Liu Chengyou.

Therefore, the cross-sea strike against Liao did not make much progress, but it provided valuable experience and gained a deeper understanding of the local situation and the defense of the Liao army.

(End of this chapter)