The rise of the prince

Chapter 818 After all, the old man is not a bad person

Li Xingzhou leaned on the city wall with ease: "Indeed, now the Liaoxi Corridor and most of the Liaodong are in our hands. In the next few months, we may go north to Zhongxing Mansion. The army has a place to be stationed, so we can continue to fight north." , if the Northern Expedition continues for a long time regardless of the cost, I am sure to capture the Emperor of Jin as a guest in Kaiyuan in another two years."

"Hahahaha." Everyone laughed, and recalled the great achievements of capturing the emperor of Liao Kingdom to Shangjing a few years ago, such feats are fascinating anytime.

Li Xingzhou waved his hand and said relaxedly: "But I've thought about it for a long time, and I don't think it's necessary."

He pointed to the north with his finger: "Those lands are tasteless to the current Jingguo, it's tasteless to eat, it's a pity to discard them, it's too far away.

And we also need Jin people to help us block the Mongols to the north and deter Korea from the east.

All I need is Datong Prefecture in the west, Shanhaiguan in the east, Ningyuan, Laizhou, Jinzhou, Zhongxingfu, Qianzhou, Jianzhou, Yizhou, Yuzhou, Huizhou, Lizhou, Liaoyangfu, Chenzhou, and Fuzhou. "

The place names mentioned by Li Xingzhou are equivalent to digging out the territory of the Kingdom of Jin along the Bohai Sea. Although the territory of the Kingdom of Jin is not very large compared to the overall territory of the Kingdom of Jin, they are all coastal and rich places, and they have frequent maritime business exchanges with the Kingdom of Jing. Strategically important Lots of land.

Among other things, Jinzhou is like a knife hanging in the heart of the Kingdom of Jin. As long as the Kingdom of Jing is stationed in Jinzhou, it can eat the Kingdom of Jin to death, because this place goes straight to Shangjing in the north and Liaodong in the east. .

Everyone was a little confused when they heard it, and then they couldn't help laughing out loud. His Highness said it so irritatingly, it's called "only"!The people of the Kingdom of Jin were afraid that they would vomit blood in anger.

We must know that Jing Guo fought for hundreds of years to recover Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures and Liao Kingdom, but there was still no result. Now it has only been half a year since it sent troops, so many of them are needed. Among them, Shanhaiguan, Jinzhou, Zhongxing Mansion, and Liaoyang Mansion are really strategically important places. It is simply the heart of the gold-cutting country.

"Your Highness is too irritating!" Wei Yubai said jokingly.

"This is called Yang Mou. It scares those Jin people. If I get anxious, I will fight them for two or three years with all my money. The Emperor of Jin is going to visit Kaiyuan again. My family doesn't have good wine and food to entertain him."

"Hahaha" everyone laughed, Yan Shen hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness, let me go, give me three thousand cavalry and black cavalry, and I promise to scare the emperor of Jin to the ground!"

Li Xingzhou patted him on the shoulder: "No, you can't go."

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"You are too hot-tempered. We are not familiar with how many soldiers and horses there are in Shangjing. It might be dangerous to plunge in. The Mongols can at most distract the attention of the Kingdom of Jin. Don't think about relying on them." Li Xingzhou thought for a while and said: "Let's go Liu Ji.

Originally, General Yang is most suitable for being mature and steady, but you are not very familiar with the tactics of the new army. "

"I would like to honor His Highness' arrangement!" Liu Ji and Yang Hongzhao cupped their hands at the same time.

"I'll give you eight battalions of black-clothed cavalry. Harassment is the top priority, and pay attention to preserving your own strength." He urged again, and Liu Ji nodded: "I understand."

"As for General Yang, you and Xiaobai will lead the main force of the two divisions to Liaodong."

"Yes!" Both of them cupped their hands at the same time, and Wei Yubai blushed a little when he heard His Highness calling him Xiaobai, and then pouted again, saying that he was older than His Highness.

Then Li Xingzhou said: "As for Yan Shen, Gu Lichuan will stay and attack the surrounding cities of Jinzhou with me. It is best to take the Zhongxing Mansion before the end of the month."

Yan Shen is too impulsive to be alone. Although Gu Lichuan is a talent, he is not yet familiar with the tactics of the new army. It is selfish to bring them by his side. Protecting Yan Shen also means that Gu Lichuan can learn more.

Now his subordinates are not as lacking in generals as they were in four or five years.

Yang Hongzhao, Liu Ji, Wei Yubai, and Di Zhi can all play their own roles, and Gu Lichuan is also a good seed, but he needs to be cultivated more.

After many things were ordered, the army began a five-day rest.

Fighting all the way from Ningyuan, and later breaking the city, chasing, many soldiers have not closed their eyes for two days and two nights.

Li Xingzhou piled up the treasures looted from the government treasuries of Ningyuan, Jinzhou and other surrounding cities and towns directly on the school grounds of Jinzhou City, piled them up into a hill, and ordered people to guard them so that the soldiers could see them. The gold and silver in the treasury will be added to it, and after all the surrounding cities are captured, [-]% of this pile will be given to everyone.

Immediately, the morale of the soldiers skyrocketed again.

The soldiers wished they could set off without rest for five days. On the fifth day, the mighty army was divided into three groups, with Yang Hongzhao as the commander and Wei Yubai as the deputy, marching towards Liaodong.

All the way, Liu Ji led all the knights in black, wearing breastplates, pistols, grenades, and sabers, bypassing Zhongxing Mansion and heading north to Shangjing.

Along the way, the main force of the new army of the three divisions led by Li Xingzhou, Yan Shen and Gu Lichuan were the deputy, with Jinzhou as the rear, pushing heavy artillery, and began to attack all the surrounding towns from Jinzhou to Zhongxingfu.

The new army's successive victories, coupled with Li Xingzhou's public display of treasures and promises to all soldiers, once again boosted the morale of the soldiers.

This is like a landlord hiring someone to help him farm the land. The unintelligent landlord only knows how to pay wages year and month, and everyone does not work hard.Smart landlords will tell the workers that they will get a few percent of the harvest in the field, and everyone will work hard.

After all, the former is working for others, and the latter is working for oneself, or so it sounds.

The same goes for the soldiers. Although he has a high prestige and the soldiers are willing to follow him, just like what Zhang Liang taught Liu Bang, fighting for others is a completely different concept from fighting for oneself.

Sure enough, after that, the soldiers fought over each other and were extremely brave. Li Xingzhou directly divided the three divisions in his hands into regiment-level units, blossomed everywhere, and attacked the city everywhere.

In just ten days, relying on the power of the guns and the morale of the soldiers, Qianzhou, Lizhou, Jianzhou, and Qianzhou were attacked by the new army one after another. Such efficiency is astonishing.

Then Li Xingzhou ordered that all the defenders of Lizhou and Jianzhou, which resisted the most fiercely, be executed. More than 800 people fell to the ground, and the moat was completely dyed red.

However, the Qianzhou and Qianzhou defenders who surrendered after a little resistance were treated leniently, and they were sent back to their hometowns after disarming.The news spread quickly.

Four cities were conquered in ten days, and under the double deterrence of Li Xingzhou's thunderous means, by mid-August, on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the remaining cities in the surrounding area were so frightened that Kaesong surrendered one after another.

Jing Jun took over the rest of the city without any difficulty. By August [-], the north was already shaking with cold, and Li Xingzhou's army had gathered under the city of Zhongxingfu!

The Jiangshan Sheji of the Dajin Kingdom has really reached a critical moment of life and death.

Zhongxing Mansion was besieged, and the defenders and officials in the city were terrified, and messengers for help kept running to the north every day.

Li Xingzhou could have intercepted the Zhongxing Mansion, but he didn't.

He was afraid that the Emperor of Jin and the Ministers of Civil and Military Affairs would not know the news of the siege of Zhongxing Mansion, and that they would not know the news of the fall of more than a dozen surrounding cities. If they didn't know, how could they be afraid.

If you are not afraid, how can the lion open his mouth when bargaining?After all, the old man is not a bad person, hehehe. Li Xingzhou smiled proudly.

(End of this chapter)