Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 642
Luo Youdu asked about the situation in Monan, especially Songting Pass.

Monan is not the imaginary vast grassland, which stretches as far as the eye can see.

Between Chengde and Dading Mansion in Khitan, there is a mountain range called Qilaotu Mountain, which stretches for hundreds of miles. It starts from Baicha Mountain in the northwest and connects to Nuluerhu Mountain in the southeast. The peak shape is similar to Mayu, so it is also called Mayu Mountain.

Qilaotu Mountain is more than 2000 meters above sea level, and the highest peak is more than [-] meters.

If one wanted to attack the Qilaotu Mountain, the only way to attack Dading Mansion was to bypass Qilaotu Mountain, or go north and go deep into the grassland, bypassing the northern foot of Qilaotu Mountain from the Yinliang River.Or enter the army from the southern foot of Qilaotu Mountain, and go in the direction of Songting Pass in Zezhou.

There are pros and cons to both approaches.

The former road is flat, and there are mostly deserts and grasslands along the way, which is convenient for the army to walk.However, walking around Qilaotu Mountain means more than three hundred miles.

This is more than three hundred miles of logistics roads on the grassland, just like a living target.The logistical pressure will rise several times.

As for the latter, the logistical pressure is eliminated, but the complex geographical environment will be faced. Niushan Mountain, Songziling Mountain, Shenshan Mountain, and many unknown mountain ranges branched from the Yanshan Mountains, as well as deserts and uninhabited lands. territory.

Yang Ye was able to come and go freely in Yelusha's pocket net because he took advantage of the surrounding complex terrain.

Among them, Songting Pass is the only road leading to Khitan Dading Mansion on this road, with high cliffs on the left and right facing each other, and the terrain is dangerous.

Luo Youdu didn't care about the complex terrain. Geographical issues had to be faced by both sides. The Central Plains infantry was far superior to the Khitan, and could better adapt to various environments.

But Songting was in Khitan's hands, which was very disadvantageous for them.

As the first line of defense against Khitan, Khitan has worked hard on the defense of Songting Pass in recent years.

Yang Ye frowned and said: "My subordinates have lurked nearby and looked at Songting Pass with the binoculars given by His Majesty. There are hundreds of soldiers patrolling Songting Pass day and night, and there are twelve bed crossbows on the pass tower. Set up a catapult. Their guard is Yelu Dumin, who is the number one strategist under Yelusha's command. He is the most cautious and steady, and is not easy to attack."

Luo Youdu smiled and said, "I know this kind of situation, so I won't fight if it's not easy to fight. Anyway, it's not us who are so anxious. When Lin Renzhao and Chen Decheng make decisive progress in either way and advance to Pyongyang, it depends on whether the Khitan chief can sit still." .”

No matter who breaks the game first, Lin Renzhao or Chen Decheng, the next step must be to attack the northern peninsula occupied by the Khitan.

Once there is an accident in the northern peninsula, the Central Plains can threaten Bohai if it goes north, and it can attack Liaodong if it goes west.

Khitan has not built effective defense facilities in these two places, soldiers and horses can easily enter them, and will occupy the initiative on the battlefield.

It was also because of this that Khitan took the initiative to attack.

Now that both sides have arrived at the front line, Khitan is still timid and afraid to fight, really looks like a little girl.

Luo Youdu once again praised Yang Ye and asked him to go down to rest, as well as Fu Yanqing, Lu Duoxun, Han Wei and others.

After thinking for a while, he gave Pan Mei an order to take Yingzhou as soon as possible.

There is still another way to attack Dading Mansion, which is to go through Liujiakou, bypass Songting Pass, and directly attack Dading Mansion.

This road is the road that Emperor Yongle took when he attacked Ning King Zhu Quan by surprise and incorporated Daning and Duoyan Sanwei on the eve of the disaster in history.

However, Liujiakou is located in the northwest corner of Qinhuangdao City, and Yingzhou had to be captured to ensure a stable logistics in order to pass smoothly.

Then Zhang Jin was called again.

In this war, intelligence is the most important.

Zhang Jin of Wu Desi also came with the army.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Jin saluted solemnly.

Luo Youdu smiled and said, "Sit down, there are many of us in Dading Mansion, right?"

Dading Mansion is a place where Khitan, Han and Xi people live together.

Among them, Han people accounted for one-third. Whether it is for profit or righteousness, it is still very easy to develop some offline among these Han people.

Zhang Jin nodded and said: "Wu Desi has indeed attracted many people over the years."

Luo Youdu smiled calmly and said, "Later, I will ask someone to give Yelubishe a bellyband and rouge gouache as a meeting gift. With Yelubishe's style, this matter will not be spread. Please help me tell the Dading Mansion My people, my kindness..."

Zhang Jin didn't ask why, but nodded heavily, and said solemnly: "I will do it now."

Luo Youdu's eyes were deep, and this kind of provocative tactics must have no effect on people like Yelu Bishe, Yelu Wuzhi, and Hande Rang.

But Khitan is a martial nation, and many people in the army have the attributes of reckless men.

There are also many veterans who do not agree with Yelu Bishe's philosophy. They will definitely compare Yelu Bishe's style with Khitan heroes like Yelu Abaoji and Yelu Deguang.

It is impossible not to be affected.

Luo Youdu was not in a hurry to fight, and was leisurely reading a book in the tent.

As dusk approached, he, who was originally very elegant, became a little anxious, and walked out of the tent to look at it from time to time.

This continued for half an hour, until the news that the letter had been delivered came from outside the account.

What made him so anxious was not the war, but the ugly letter.

The imperial court has a complete system of post stations, and the news of Bianjing reached Chengde, where he is located, in only three or four days.

Luo Youdu asked Chouchou to write an article every two days, and send it quickly.

If there is an emergency between North Korea and China, you can also send it together, so as to understand the movement of Gyeonggi after you leave Gyeonggi.

Of course, these are all in the open, and the secret agents of Wu Desi are also watching everything inside Gyeonggi.

The situation in Gyeonggi these two days was very exciting, and Luo Youdu waited impatiently.

What the postman sent was not the original letter from home, but a bag, which was heavy.

Luo Youdu smiled knowingly, opened the pouch, and took out the contents.

Three memorials and a letter from home.

Luo Youdu ignored the memorial, but opened the family letter:
The beginning of the chapter is naturally a greeting: Father is well.

The following content is paragraph by paragraph. Chou Chou writes whatever comes to his mind, and writes in batches.

The boy was a little flustered. During the court meeting, the ministers quarreled violently.But the boy didn't embarrass his father, and he didn't have stage fright.It's just that what they said is very reasonable, the child doesn't know who to listen to...

Today, the court is quiet. Zhang Shangshu, who was the fiercest debater yesterday, was impeached, saying that he formed a party for personal gain, and directly sent Zhao Xiang to prison.Wow, Zhao Xiang really broke the sky!Today's memorial is either to intercede for Zhang Shangshu, or to impeach Zhao Xiang, and some even describe Zhao Xiang as Li Linfu.That's right, my child remembered, my father said that you hated Zhang Shangshu deeply, and wished to chase him as soon as possible.Hehe, Zhao Xiang is helping his father.

No, my husband teaches my children to examine myself three times a day.

When the child was in bed, he thought about what happened today.Did the royal father do it on purpose?Zhang Shangshu is the leader of Confucianism, if you really want to touch him, even the father will inevitably be talked about.Now that they are all scolding Zhao Xiang, the boy feels sorry for him...

When Luo Youdu saw this, he laughed out of relief.

It's not that he really taboos stigma, it's just that the civil servants are very sensitive and fragile.

How badly they were bullied by the military officials back then, the fear of the generals was as deep as they were.

Except for a few civil servants of the older generation, not many people are willing to believe that the military will become better.

After all, Zhang Zhao is a Confucian leader and has a strong influence.If I killed Zhang Zhao with my own hands, not to mention dirty hands, it would inevitably cause some literati who had no idea what to do in their hearts to panic and not work hard.

Zhao Pu struck really fast. Zhang Zhao let him continue the fight before he got to the front line.

Of course, this is also Zhang Zhao's own fault. The old guy is getting old, and he doesn't care about his own life and death at all. He only wants to strive for greater benefits for their "scholar-bureaucrat group" while he is not around.

As for the pursuit of responsibility afterwards, people like Zhang Zhao can also earn a good reputation as a direct minister.

Because the old guy always thought he was right.

Luo Youdu read Chou Chou's letter contentedly, and stuffed it into his bosom.

Then I read the three memorials.

As he expected, the three memorials were all pleading for Zhang Zhao.

One is Dou Yi, who is Zhang Zhao's nephew and nephew. He studied the "Six Classics" with him in his early years, and he has a teacher-student friendship.

One is a joint memorial of the scholar-bureaucrat group, and the last one is the memorial of Zhang Zhao's son Zhang Bingtu.

After Luo Youdu read them one by one, he wrote two random letters to appease Dou Yi and Zhang Bingtu.

Then he wrote back a letter to his son earnestly, stuffed the letter to Chou Chou and the joint playbook of the scholar-bureaucrat group into his bag, and asked someone to call Qin Han.

He first handed the letter to Dou Yi and Zhang Bingtu to Qin Han, and said: "You ask the postman to send these two letters to Dou Xiang and Zhang Langzhong..." There was a signature on the envelope, and he was not afraid that others would not know who Zhang Langzhong was.

Then he handed over the bag, and said with some seriousness: "Send this to the palace and give it to the King of Qin."

It is true that the letter was for Chou Chou, but he asked Chou Chou to hand it over to Zhao Pu for the joint playbook of the scholar-bureaucrat group.

Whether Chou Chou can understand what he means, Luo Youdu can't say, but he knows that Zhao Pu will definitely understand.

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Dadingfu.

Everything was as Luo Youdu expected, and Yelu Bishe, who received the gift, was not angry, but said to Yelu Wuzhi and Han Derang beside him: "I am not in a hurry, but this thief himself became anxious. He regards himself as Zhuge Liang, Compare me to Sima Yi. But I don’t know that the final winner is Sima Yi, not Zhuge Liang..."

He laughed to himself as he spoke.

Yeluwuqian saw that Yelubishe had such a majestic state, and he said happily: "The bandits of the Southern Dynasty came up with this strategy, which means that the situation is under our control."

Han Derang echoed: "Yu Yue has a good fortune, and the younger generation admires it."

Yelu Wuzhi once said a month ago: Looking at the use of troops by the thieves in the Southern Dynasties, they like to make plans and move, and they don't want to spend their troops on attacking the city.Songting Pass is located in a dangerous position, and the Southern Dynasty will certainly not easily attack it.He either tried to force our army to attack, or took Yingzhou and bypassed Songting Pass.Or wait until the Haidong Peninsula changes and we have to move.

Sure enough, everything was as Yelu Wuzhi said.

Yelu Wuzhi shook his head slightly and said: "It's too early to say these things now. We have to let Nanchao think that they have the initiative completely before we can try to see them and give them a fatal blow."

Everything in this situation followed Yelu Wuzhi's strategic development, and the two of them became more and more sure of victory.

Everything was fine at first, but as the situation unfolded.

Yelv Bishe found that he was happy too early.

It is true that he has a belly no less than Sima Yi's, and he can treat bellybands and rouge gouache very indifferently.

However, the military generals under his command could not see that their monarch was so humiliated, and they all applied for the battle with fierce attitudes.

Yelv Bishe also realized the difference between himself and Sima Yi.

Sima Yi could find an excuse to throw the pot away, challenge Emperor Cao Wei to delay the time, and suppress his angry subordinates.

Yelu Bishe himself is the Khitan emperor, where did he find an excuse?

The calmer and calmer Yelv Bishe became, the more agitated the emotions below became.

Especially those old ministers who are not used to Yelu Bishe, they reminisce about the martial arts of Yelu Abaoji and Yelu Deguang, the heroes of Khitan...

Just as this matter was fermenting, a piece of news reached Dading Mansion.

Yelv Bishe looked at the battle report in his hand, and didn't know whether to be happy or horrified.

He finally waited for the time to fight, and he no longer had to be scolded as a cowardly emperor, but this also meant that something happened in the Haidong Peninsula.

Yelu Bishe sent the battle report to Yelu Wuzhi, and said with mixed joy and sorrow: "Lin Renzhao has suppressed Jin Xingbo, incorporated and reorganized the rebel army in the southern peninsula, and marched towards the northern peninsula we occupied. This is faster than we imagined Last month..."

There was some bitterness in his mouth, and he said with a sour taste: "I have heard of Lin Ren Zhao Lin Huzi's bravery, but I didn't expect him to be a generation with both wisdom and courage. Talents from the Central Plains are enviable..."

Yelu Wuzhi looked closely at the battle report from Haidong, and a hint of amazement flashed in his eyes.

It turned out that after Jin Xingbo captured Jincheng, he found that Wang Ni and Chen Chuyao had fled, and in a fit of despair, he slaughtered all the officials of the rebel army who respected Wang Ni.

Jin Xingbo annexed Wang Ni's army and horses, and his strength has already surpassed many rebels. No one dared to touch the edge, and many rebels chose to surrender.

Because of Jiang Gongzhen's extermination of his clansmen, Jin Xingbo lost his mind and became domineering and full of hostility. He frequently beat and killed those who disobeyed him, arousing the wrath of heaven and people.

Like a savior, Lin Renzhao killed Jin Xingbo at the right time and saved Goryeo who was trapped in the fire and water.

At the same time, Wang Ni and Chen Chuyao found Lin Renzhao.

Lin Renzhao did not hesitate to use the name of Wang Ni to consolidate the battered Koryo.

Yelu Yazhi remained silent, and handed the battle report to Han Derang.

Han Derang looked at it and said: "Lin Renzhao has been sitting in Donglai Port to watch the situation for a long time, and chose the best time to attack. The appearance of Wang Yu and Chen Chuyao gave him a chance to be righteous. All this is too coincidental. I guess, Wang Ni and Chen Chuyao have long been in Lin Renzhao's hands, but they deliberately hid them because they didn't want to attract Jin Xingbo's hatred."

Yelu Wuzhi looked at Yelu Bishe word by word and said: "It won't be long before the Southern Dynasty will also get the news. We have entered the situation of the Southern Dynasty step by step, and it is time to take the initiative to seek war."

As he spoke, he looked at Han Derang again, and said, "After five years of planning, the outcome depends entirely on you."

(End of this chapter)