The rise of the prince

Chapter 806 The Road to the North

Everyone knelt and bowed excitedly. The Liao King Wanyan Zongbi's ability to fight well was well known in the entire Dajin Kingdom. He was able to come out to preside over the overall situation, and everyone was very excited.

Then he said some afterthoughts such as "I have long felt that Wu Linhuang is unreliable" and "too young to be reused", and discussed with the Ministry of Households how much to increase taxes, who is responsible for expropriating males, and other discussions.

It lasted all night until the sun rose, and the dark circles under the eyes of all the people dispersed. Even so, they did not dare to sleep peacefully. Most of them continued to perform their duties and continued to run around, because many people were afraid, from the bottom of their hearts Fear.

The development of the situation so far, just the word Li Xingzhou is enough to make people shudder. Since the founding of the Taizu, the officials of Dajin have enjoyed wealth and peace, and I am afraid that they have never been so diligent as they are now.

Jingguo's [-] troops broke through Shanhaiguan and went north. The news spread like wind, and spread quickly. Even though Emperor Dajin issued an order to appease, the unrest among the people still had a far-reaching impact. The worries of the people were different from those of the court officials. Jingguo's army, as well as taxes and levies.

Originally, the wartime tax would be raised during the war, and it has already been raised once. Now that the army is defeated, a new army needs to be formed, the tax will be raised, and more young people will be collected to fight.

Taxes have been raised one after another, and the young labor force that the family can support will go to war again, which will undoubtedly make things worse.

So many people packed up their things one after another and ran to the mountains with their young children to avoid disaster. The panic was not as easy to control as Liu Xu said, but intensified under internal and external pressure.

An atmosphere of uneasiness permeated the entire Dajin Kingdom.

The soldiers of the Golden Army on the front line in western Liaoning were even more restless, waiting anxiously for the Jingguo army.

However, to their surprise, after the initial trial, the Jing army did not make a large-scale attack. According to the reports from the spies ahead, most of the Jing army seemed to be advancing very slowly, and had no intention of going north in one go.

Even so, no one dared to relax their vigilance easily. Li Xingzhou and his army had been routed and fled back to Shanhaiguan.

Some people scoffed, thinking that the defenders were exaggerating to shirk responsibility, but the fact that Shanhaiguan collapsed within a few days was before them, and they couldn't help but tense up, fearing that they would follow in the footsteps.

Li Xingzhou was chewing hard jerky, holding a bowl of fresh fish soup, and was looking at the detailed map hanging in the tent. Apart from several important towns, there were also large and small villages and some fortresses along the West Liao Corridor.

Fortunately, Yelu Dashi marked the location and detailed structure of these fortresses in detail for him. At the beginning, these fortresses were built by the Liao Kingdom, and the Jin Kingdom continued to use them, but suffered a big loss.

Most of these fortresses were built in hidden locations, or on high grounds. Unexpectedly, because of Yelu Dashi’s information, they would have been exposed long ago. Along the way, the Jin army used cannons to attack the city with little effort, and the Jin army was beaten. I still haven't realized how I was beaten.

There were many prisoners along the way. Yang Hongzhao, Wei Yubai, Yan Shen, and Wei Chaoren who stayed behind also wrote letters suggesting that he take advantage of the victory and march. Maybe he can win Ningyuan in one go and cause even greater damage to Jin. Even if he can't take the initiative, he will still in their hands.

But soon problems came one after another.

First of all, as the battle line lengthened, after passing through the Shanhaiguan Pass, the supply pressure on the rear gradually increased, and more corvees had to be conscripted from Yanshan Mansion to supply the army.

Yanshan Mansion was originally a new addition to Jingguo for a few years, and a group of corvees had been conscripted before, with tens of thousands of people. After all, the supplies of the [-] troops were not a joke, but the battle line was close to Yanshan Mansion before, so it didn’t take much labor.

Nowadays, with the rapid northward movement of the front line, more and more labor is needed to ensure the supply of the army. There have been several conscripts in succession. The people in the area of ​​Yanshan Mansion were originally so stable, but now there are already public grievances, and some rumors are quietly spreading. Jie, it can be stabilized for the time being.

The population in the north is not as large as that in the Central Plains, and such corvee labor puts a lot of pressure on the people.

Li Xingzhou thought about the hardships of the people, but he couldn't withdraw his troops yet. He could only coordinate as much as possible and pay each corvee a little money.

In the past, the imperial court required people to bring their own food to work for the court. Later, Emperor Taizu of Jingguo changed it, stipulating that the country must provide food for the levied corvee, and they do not have to bring their own. But even so, few people are willing unless there is no other way out.

And now he took a step forward to pay the corvee. Although it was very little, the court could not afford too much. It could always stabilize people's hearts and make the battle last longer. However, these tasks also slowed down the main force of the army to a certain extent.

But this is just a trivial matter, the biggest blame is still on him.

Li Xingzhou committed the problem of being soft-hearted.

After breaking through the Shanhai Pass, the Jing army pursued the defeated Jin army all the way in the Liaoxi Plain, but he gave an order not to rush forward greedily and chase after the Jin army fortress, otherwise they might fall into a dangerous situation of front and back attack.

As a result, there were still a few companies eager to make meritorious service, regardless of the size of the Jin army's fortresses, they directly chased and killed them to the Ningyuan city before returning.

As a result, he was blocked on the road when he turned back, and was flanked by the Ningyuan defenders who went out of the city to inquire about the situation. Although he broke through with the advantage of firearms and turned back, his own losses were not clear.

Li Xingzhou was furious, and Yang Hongzhao believed that it would be very dangerous to disobey the general's order, and the leading company commander must be beheaded as a public display to enforce the law.

But these new troops are after all the painstaking efforts of his years of experience. Besides, they are just killing their heads, which is not a big mistake. Coupled with the influence of his later generations' ideas, he is soft-hearted and only demotes a few company commanders.

As a result, this move led to unexpected consequences. The army had just left Shanhaiguan, and the forwards were almost in a mess. Whether it was the new army or the forbidden army, each battalion and company fought on their own, rushing forward one after another, and even appeared several times a day. The situation in which the order of the superior was disobeyed!

The temptation of gold, silver and wealth, the temptation of military achievements made the former army dizzy, and the loose handling of the coach made more people dare to take risks!
It was only then that Li Xingzhou understood the impact of his decisions as the commander. He was merciful to the several company commanders who violated the orders. calm.

But the bigger impact was that the former army was scattered, and several battalion and company-level troops were separated from the main army, which caused the overall speed of the Jin army to be completely slowed down, and the plan to attack Ningyuan in one go came to naught.

This delay, when they arrived in Ningyuan, Jin Jun had already received the news and was ready.

This is really a painful lesson, and the entire strategic deployment has been affected to a certain extent.

Li Xingzhou sighed that he did not have much talent in this area, and thought that the Song Army had the opportunity to recover Yanshan Mansion back then. There was even a time when the striker had already entered the city with the cooperation of the surrendered general and occupied the city. The dust settled.

The result was also bad in terms of military discipline, because the soldiers of the Song Army did a lot of evil deeds in the city because of the lax military discipline, which aroused fierce resistance from the people, and then a chain of tens of thousands of troops were defeated. Lost the chance to recover Yanyun Sixteen States.

So in many cases, one hair will affect the whole body, and the embankment of a thousand miles will be destroyed by an ant nest. This time he has suffered a big loss.

Li Xingzhou lamented that if he had listened to Yang Hongzhao and killed those company commanders and strictly enforced the military law, there would have been no such incidents.

Just as he turned his grief and anger into appetite, the soldiers from outside came to report, and a messenger from the Tartars came.

Mongol?Li Xingzhou was puzzled, what are they doing here at this time.

(End of this chapter)