Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 251 Open the bow without turning back the arrow
Youzhou City.

The news of Luo Youdu's capture of Youzhou City spread throughout the entire army in an instant.

Guo Rong, Zhao Kuangyin, Han Lingkun, Han Tong and others who were all waiting for the result of the attack were dumbfounded.

They also knew about the situation in Youzhou City, but they never thought that Luo Youdu could get it so easily.

It's only an hour, right?

Youzhou City was defeated?

Many people are still waiting for a piece of the pie. After all, no matter how small the army is in Youzhou City, it is also a rare strong city in the world.

It is a bit stronger than the original Shouzhou. Luo Youdu doesn't have many soldiers at hand, and he is still a group of recruits.

It is necessary to protect Dazhai and attack the city.

It is only natural to seek their help.

As a result, they settled the battle in less than an hour and repelled the attack of a team of ten thousand people.

Zhao Kuangyin, who knew the details, also had to sigh with emotion, saying: "Luo Youdu's ability to use people to know people is absolutely inferior to you and my brother."

The Imperial Division is an institution that has been established for only a year.

It's called the Sansi Imperial Army, but most of the Dianqian Division and the Guards Division Division did not take it seriously.

Luo Youdu is really good, they admit it.

But forming a new army is not so easy.

Dazhou's bodyguard pro-military division originated from the powerful army of Zhou Taizu Guo Wei.

The Dianqian Division is an old soldier selected by Guo Rong from various Jiedu envoys in the world. He has certain combat experience and Guo Rong's inclination in resources, so he took shape very quickly.

But the real expansion of the Imperial Army Division came after the Battle of Huainan, and the [-] soldiers were all the latest recruits.

Is this new army really qualified to be compared with the Dianqian Division and the Guards Division?

Anyway, few people believe it.

After all, when expanding the army, Luo Youdu didn't even have any decent generals.

However, during the Northern Expedition, the fighting power displayed by the Imperial Army Division was really impressive.

Zhao Kuangyin has a deep understanding of military strategy, and he pays a lot of attention to Luo Youdu and his Imperial Army Division, and he can see the tricks in it.

Under Luo Youdu's command, Cao Bin, Pan Mei, Li Chuyun, Chang Side, Dang Jin, etc. who were in charge of leading the troops, as well as Song Qi and Zhao Pu who were in charge of administration, were all unique talents.

The little imperial camp division can be called a hidden dragon and crouching tiger.

A general with extraordinary ability has supported the current imperial battalion division.

Zhao Kuangyi had nothing to say, he could only say sourly: "His luck is so good..."

When he said this himself, he didn't have any confidence.

The rebellion of Li Qiang and Zhang Wen was indeed an accident, which accelerated the fall of Youzhou City.

But if Luo Youdu's series of tricks hadn't disturbed the people in Youzhou city and forced Shi Fang to make a decision to drive the people to the city, how could Li Qiang and Zhang Wen rebel so easily?

Youzhou government office.

Luo Youdu met Song Xiong, the key hero who captured the city this time.

"Mr. Song! I have admired your name for a long time! This time our army was able to take the city, thanks to Mr. Going deep into the tiger's den."

Luo Youdu saluted Song Xiong respectfully.

Song Xiong said sincerely and tremblingly: "If you can cause Youzhou to return to the Central Plains, what if you give up this life?"

After urging Xiao Siwen to leave the city with heavy troops, after estimating the time, Song Xiong found an excuse to leave Xiao's house.

Xiao Siwen treated Song Xiong as a guest of honor, but the others didn't care much about this well-mannered scholar, nor did they pay much attention to him.

It wasn't until Youzhou City was besieged that Xiao Hunian faintly realized that there might be something wrong with Song Xiong.

But even though Song Xiong couldn't leave the city at this moment, he had already gone into hiding under Tang Fuyao's arrangement.

There were hundreds of thousands of people in Youzhou City, and Xiao Hunian was short of manpower, so it was impossible to search from house to house, so he had to give up.

Until today, after Luo Youdu took the city, Song Xiong just showed up to see him.

Looking at the righteous Song Xiong in front of him, thinking about Shi Fang, the gap is so big: "Scholars of my generation should be like this."

Luo Youdu said, pointing to Song Qi behind him, and said, "You haven't seen each other for a long time!"

"Brother Chu Bao!"

"Brother Defang!"

After more than ten years of separation, Yan and Ji Er Song also got together in one place.

The two bowed deeply, unwilling to get up for a long time.

Luo Youdu said with a smile: "The two gentlemen are not in a hurry to reminisce about the old days. We can have a night talk later. I have a heavy responsibility to entrust to you two."

Song Qi and Song Xiong bowed in unison: "I would like to listen to my husband's orders."

Luo Youdu said loudly: "This Yanyou land has been owned by bandits for many years. Among them are righteous men like you who care about the Central Plains, and some who regard themselves as Khitan lackeys. But more are innocent people who just want to survive and follow nature. The two gentlemen are named Yanyou, and I want to use the hope of the two gentlemen to stabilize the hearts of the people, persuade those who are uncertain to surrender, restore Yanyou's hometown, and drive Khitan back to the grassland."

Song Qi and Song Xiong both looked excited, and said loudly: "I would like to listen to the arrangement of the master."

The news of Quan Xu's request to see him came from outside the government office.

Luo Youdu said: "The two of you jointly wrote two announcements and posted them everywhere in Youzhou City. One is to comfort the people, and the other is to denounce the numerous crimes committed by Khitan when they invaded Youzhou in the past, so as to show that the Central Plains has great respect for the land of Youyan. The sovereignty of the country, which states that anyone willing to go home is welcome to surrender."

Song Qi and Song Xiong led away in unison.

It doesn't matter whether this method is successful or not, the focus is on attacking the heart.

The Khitan people control the military sovereignty of the land of Youyan, but most of the generals at the grassroots level are Han people like Li Qiang and Zhang Wen.

Quan Xu walked into the government office and reported the situation of the Xiao family.

"Together, my subordinates have searched all over Xiao's house, but have not found Xiao Siwen's family members. After interrogation, I learned that Xiao Siwen's family members left at night not long after our army besieged the city, and all the servants and servants at home are missing."

Luo Youdu frowned slightly.

Quan Xu looked at his words and said hurriedly: "Do you want to torture him? Maybe we can ask where he is going."

Luo Youdu asked: "Is it just the family members and others, or did they take away some maids and servants?"

Quan Xu said: "I didn't see you together with my confidant maid."

Luo Youdu smiled and said: "Then there is no need. They left in a decisive and calm manner, and they will never leave a few insiders for us to know. I think we can't ask anything. It's hard work. Let your people withdraw."

To untie the bell, one must tie it.

Regarding the whereabouts of Xiao Chuo, one has to ask Xiao Hunian, or Xiao Kuiyin who was imprisoned at Waqiao Pass.

Luo Youdu was about to ask someone to bring Xiao Hunian, but got the news that Guo Rong had entered the city.

Luo Youdu temporarily put the matter aside and went to the North City Gate to meet him.

Wherever Guo Rong went along the way, the elderly people on the street knelt down and kowtowed, crying loudly and shouting: "Long live the emperor Guo".

The young people grew up under the rule of the Khitan, and could not understand the hatred deep in the hearts of the elders.

The older generation watched the young people talk about "China", and there was only a sense of grief and indignation in their hearts.

I really want to tell them that your "China" is different from our China.

But in the enemy's country, apart from hiding this hatred in their hearts and putting it in the coffin, what can people like them do?

Now that the emperor of the Central Plains has arrived, the emotion that has been hidden in his heart for decades has been vented.

The two met in the middle of the street.

"See Your Majesty!"

Guo Rong was still wearing the golden Mingguang armor of the coquettish bag, majestic and majestic.

After taking Youzhou, the first step of the Northern Expedition has been completed.

The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was in high spirits and high-spirited, he raised his whip and said: "Sir, you don't need to be polite, you and I will talk in the government office."

The two walked into the Youzhou government office back and forth.

Guo Rong looked at the hall of the government office for a while, and said, "I really want Grand Master Feng to see what's going on today."

Luo Youdu grinned.

Guo Rong strode up to the main seat and sat down, saying: "These days of defense, all the generals in the army are holding back their breath, asking for battle again and again, it's time to fight out."

Luo Youdu secretly smiled inwardly.

In history, few generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty were willing to confront Khitan head-on.

But now that the Division of the Imperial Army has almost taken over most of the military exploits in this trip to the north, the Division of the Guards and the Division of the Dianqian naturally couldn't sit still and called for battle one after another.

Luo Youdu knew that now was not the best time to attack.

But some things don't just go the way they want.

I have taken the first place in this Northern Expedition, if I blindly restrict the guards, the pro-military division, and the front division of the palace to make meritorious service.

The generals of the two divisions will definitely have opinions. If the army is not in the same spirit, the harm will be even greater.

So Luo Youdu said: "It's time, it's meaningless to only take Youzhou. Since our army is going north, we must take Jizhou and Gubeikou, and take all the land of Youyan, otherwise it's better not to take it."

Youzhou City is just the center of Youyan Land, not a fortress.

The gates of Youyandi are Jizhou and Gubeikou.

To the east of Jizhou is Yingzhou and Pingzhou in Liaodong.

The route from Jizhou to Yingzhou and Pingzhou is very bad.There are two possible roads, one is Lulong Road in Yanshan Mountain, starting from Jizhou, passing through Baitan at the mouth of Xifeng, passing through the upper valley of Luanhe River to Bailang Mountain and arriving in Liaodong.

This road was the route Cao Cao took when he conquered Karasuma in the north. Needless to say how dangerous it is, Cao Cao's life was on the line twice during the expedition.

One road is the Banghai Road, from Jizhou to Jieshi and then to Liucheng.

These two roads, no matter how you go, you can't avoid Jizhou in the end.

As for Gubeikou, that's even more so.

The Gubeikou section of the Great Wall is the most complete defense system in the history of the Great Wall of China. It is the throat of the Liaodong Plain and Inner Mongolia leading to the Central Plains. It has always been a battleground for military strategists.
From the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the State of Yan built pier fortifications at Gubeikou.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che ordered the defenders to build a city at Gubeikou in order to prevent the northern Xiongnu from invading and disturbing the frontier. This made Gubeikou a battleground for repeated battles between the Han and the Xiongnu.

Until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the strategic significance of Gubeikou has not changed in the past 2000 years.

As long as Jizhou and Gubeikou are still in the hands of Khitan, Youzhou City will be an isolated city.

Anytime and anywhere, Khitan soldiers from Jizhou and Gubeikou will invade Dacaogu.

There is a flat river near Youzhou City, and there is no danger to defend.

You can't always station a large army in Youzhou for defense, can you?

So after taking Youzhou, there is no room for turning back.

You must die, or you will give up Youzhou and retreat to the three defense lines like the Song Dynasty.

Or directly move all the people near Youzhou City to the south, and regard Youzhou City as a front-line defensive stronghold.

No matter which point, it is a last resort choice.

So at this point, there is no turning back when you open the bow.

(End of this chapter)