The rise of the prince

Chapter 813 Naval Traces
Originally, he wanted to use all his power to defeat the Kingdom of Jin in one fell swoop, but as the army advanced and the situation changed, Li Xingzhou quickly realized a problem.

If he crushes the Kingdom of Jin with the power of the whole country, I am afraid that many people will wake up laughing from their sleep.

The first is Temujin on the prairie. The Tatars have a blood feud with the Kingdom of Jin, and it will be a matter of time before they attack the Kingdom of Jin.

Assuming that Jingguo takes over the entire territory of Jinguo, will the Mongols be prevented from going south?

Li Xingzhou is very sure, it's impossible!
The northern part of the Kingdom of Jin is really far away from Taiyuan, the center of the imperial court, which cannot be effectively controlled by the scientific and technological capabilities of this era. It is too close to the grassland, and it is impossible for the Mongols not to covet a piece of meat that is on their lips.

In the end, the country that has been laboriously conquered is likely to be a wedding dress for others.

The Xia Kingdom in the west and the Goryeo in the east are just a wall of grass. Wait and see, I wish there would be no Jin Kingdom. If there is Jin Kingdom, they will pay tribute on both sides. If Jin Kingdom gets down, they can take the opportunity to make a fortune.

In fact, Xia Guo had already adopted a wait-and-see attitude. Two days ago, Li Xingzhou received the news that He Xu's team was under house arrest when passing through Xia Guo!
The caravans and killers sent out to do business with the Mongols were all detained, and they were given good food and drinks, but they were not allowed to go north for various reasons. The uncle of King Xia who presided over this time was also the number one hero in quelling the civil strife.

His intention was obvious, to detain He Xu and others, and if Jingguo lost this battle, they would send them to Jinguo to claim credit.

If Jin Guo loses, they will send people away respectfully.

"Damn it!" Li Xingzhou couldn't help cursing.

As far as Jing Guo is concerned, if Jin Guo is swallowed up, even if it can be defeated, it will be a dead end. Jin Guo is not joking.

So he suddenly understood that he couldn't do his best to destroy the Kingdom of Jin. With the Kingdom of Jin, the Mongols followed suit and focused on fighting against the Kingdom of Jin instead of going south.

With the presence of the Kingdom of Jin, Xia and Goryeo would obediently pay tribute.

The war lasted until July [-]th. Under the harassment of the Jin army's new tactics, the Jing army had to retreat temporarily and rely on the high ground to build fortifications to fight back. The powerful firepower of the positional battle caused heavy losses to the Jin army Qingqi who attacked at night.

However, their goal has been achieved, and Ning Yuan's siege is temporarily lifted.

This is also the first time Li Xingzhou has suffered since the start of the war. Although the casualties of the Jin army are much more heavy due to the muskets and cannons, he has been forced to give in strategically.

But after thinking about the joints, Li Xingzhou didn't feel so lost. The half-dead state of Jin is the good state of Jin, and he doesn't need to rush for success.

On July [-]th, the spies finally got the news. It turned out that the Jin Army had changed commanders, and the highest military officer rank in the Jin Kingdom was the Grand Marshal who inherited the Liao Kingdom, just like the generals in the Han Dynasty.

It was Wu Linhuang before, but now it is Wanyan Zongbi.

Only then did Li Xingzhou realize that it was no wonder that the Jin Army's tactics had changed, targeting Jing Jun's weakness, so it turned out that it was a replacement.

Sure enough, veterans on the battlefield are not ordinary, no matter how strong Jing Jun is, he can still find weaknesses.

However, as long as there is enough time, these tricks are still not worth mentioning in front of Jing Jun in the face of the absolute gap in strength. The main reason for his inability to deal with and quickly break through the city before is that the shells of the new 04 guns have run out.

Without new guns, it will be difficult to break through the city.

However, the shells have already been transported further north, and as soon as the shells arrive, the horn of counterattack can be sounded.

On July [-]th, the whole army rested, and Li Xingzhou got up early habitually. When he was about to patrol around the barracks, the Datong Mansion rushed to send the battle report.

Li Xingzhou got off his horse, and when he took a quick look at it, he was overjoyed!
Yang Wenguang and Zhe Weizhong did not disappoint him. At the beginning of July, after getting in touch with the rebels in the city, they quietly opened the east gate on the evening of the Qixi Festival on the seventh day of July, and the enlarged army entered the city.

The situation was quickly controlled, and most of the defenders knelt down and surrendered.

The Jin people once slaughtered the Datong Mansion, and the rule was already unstable. There was bad news from the west that Shanhaiguan was broken, and Jingguo's army was victorious and pressing every step of the way. already disintegrated.

Therefore, after the army entered the city, there was almost no decent resistance. Even the magistrate of Datong Prefecture was captured alive, and the Jurchen generals who resisted desperately were quickly eliminated.

Yang Wenguang and Zhe Weizhong completely controlled the situation.

Li Xingzhou was overjoyed. He even ate two extra bowls of rice that day. He was right. Datong Mansion and Yanshan Mansion are both strategically important places. Locked in the east of the Taihang Mountains.

In this way, the battle situation became clearer again, and all that was left was to wait, waiting for news from the sea.

In the vast sea, where the water and the sky line, the huge fleet is continuous, covering a large area of ​​the sea, and the huge fleet composed of hundreds of ships of all sizes is slowly moving forward.

Di Zhi stood on the deck and looked ahead with a telescope, but still couldn't see any horizon.

Di Zhi was a little anxious, "The time agreed with the prince is already nineteen days late!"

Shen Lin next to him was more indifferent: "There is no way to do this. Who would have thought that there would be a hurricane at sea. Fortunately, it was discovered early and avoided far away. Otherwise, we would all be buried in the stomachs of fishes."

The hurricane mentioned by Shen Lin is a typhoon. It is normal to have a typhoon on the sea in summer, but the fleet encountered it. Fortunately, the observers discovered it early and began to avoid it from a distance. The day was delayed, and there was still no horizon in sight.

This is sea voyage, which is always full of unpredictable and resisting factors.

Di Zhi hammered the railing heavily, and he also understood that they were actually lucky. Don't look at the huge fleet, full of heavily armed soldiers, it would make any country in the world tremble, but if experienced sailors didn't discover Early, they all went to feed the fish, and there was no room for resistance.

People are so powerless in front of heaven and earth, but on the other hand, he is deeply worried about the emperor's grandson.

The Marshal entrusted such an important person to him, and he even went to the front to attract Jin Guo troops for him. Di Zhi dared not live up to this kind of trust and expectation.

If his delay caused the land front to go wrong, he would not be able to forgive himself in his life.

Just as he was tense, someone suddenly shouted, "Land! I see land!" It was the observing sailor climbing on the mast.

Di Zhi hurriedly raised the binoculars, adjusted it hastily, and quickly passed through the thin sea fog, and he vaguely saw it too!Between the distant sea and the sky, there is a faint black line, which is still unclear at this time.

"It's here!" Di Zhi was very excited, and the soldiers on the ship also cheered. As the fleet continued to move forward, the mist was slowly lifted away like a veil worn by a young girl.

The eyes of the fleet soldiers are also getting brighter!

Liaodong!The place they have been dreaming about for a long time, the First Division of the New Army Navy, this first-time army, is finally going to set foot on this land!
"Full speed ahead!"

(End of this chapter)