The rise of the prince

Chapter 820
Wanyan Zongbi has been very busy for more than a month. In fact, since the first time he confronted Jing Jun, he knew that Jing Jun was invincible.

Their muskets and cannons are too powerful. Before that, he thought that he could turn the tide of the battle with his own experience and tactics, until he really saw the strength of Jing Jun on the battlefield.

The most terrible thing is that the opponent's coach is not an idler.

He has tried a more feasible way to break the situation, which is to use the attack without sacrifice to attract most of the Jing army to the east side on the narrow field, and then use the elite iron Buddha to attack the weak west side and go straight to the rear commander's flag.

If the coach is in danger or flees, the battle ahead cannot be fought.

They have used this tactic many times when dealing with the Liao army. Their number is far smaller than that of the Liao state. When Wanyan Zongbi followed the emperor's brother to raise troops, there were only more than 3000 people at first, and the Liao state claimed to have millions of armors. It is a bit exaggerated. But the combined strength of 50 troops across the country is definitely there.

Later, they continued to grow, but there were only tens of thousands of people in the few battles that determined their fate, and the Liao army on the opposite side was still more than ten times their size.

The ultimate victory is to use the tactics of restraining the enemy, and then the elite cavalry go straight to the key point.

This tactic has repeatedly made outstanding achievements against the Liao people. The Liao army has a large number of people and the width of the battlefield is too large, so it is very difficult to command. The simplest example, if a [-] army is deployed, the distance between the left and right wings may be dozens or even hundreds. Here, the soldiers who sent orders back and forth had to run for a long time.

Command and dispatch is very difficult and slow on a large level. If military discipline is still relatively lax, it may take a long time for the commander to give orders.

This is a great test of the coach's experience and prediction of the battle situation. A wrong judgment may turn into an irreversible defeat.

However, Li Xingzhou was very calm, as if he had seen through his plan, and remained motionless. Despite the fierce fighting on the eastern front and no reinforcements on the western front, his last hope was also shattered.

At that time Wanyan Zongbi knew that he had met his opponent!
A formidable opponent, with a state of mind that is as immobile as a mountain, able to endure, and able to see the situation clearly, is the talent of a general.

However, a few days later, Wanyan Zongbi doubled his evaluation of Li Xingzhou. Just when he knew that he could not compete with Jing Jun head-on, and was about to delay his defense until the winter army forced Jing Jun to retreat, bad news came from Liaodong.

Thousands of Jing troops crossed the sea and landed in the south, and then captured Liaoyang and the southern coastal states. Because the defenses in those places were empty, the defenders were all transferred to the west front!
It turned out that that was Li Xingzhou's trump card!Even he was taken aback by the clatter of hands!It's a big game of chess.

Even though he understood the importance of Ningyuan and Jinzhou, he still had to go to save Liaoyang first. Liaoyang has too many royal relatives and nobles, and even their Wanyan family has many elders who still live in Liaoyang and did not go to the new capital to go to Beijing.

Especially for Jurchens, Liaodong is where they made their fortune, and Liaoyang is the foundation of Longxing. If even Liaoyang is lost, the royal family will lose their prestige completely.

Thinking of the Jing army coming across the sea, there must be not many people, and they must be defeated by thunder, otherwise there will be big trouble when they are attacked on both sides.

Wanyan Zongbi made a decision on the spot and directly led the main force eastward, giving up confrontation with Li Xingzhou.

In fact, Wanyan Zongbi had a high opinion of Li Xingzhou. For example, his tactics were not because Li Xingzhou could see the situation clearly because he was as immobile as a mountain, but because he used a telescope to see that the western slope was suspicious.

The human line of sight is limited. Without a telescope, Li Xingzhou really wouldn't be able to see anything suspicious. He could see clearly with the naked eye at a distance of more than ten miles.

With such a distance, as long as the troops on the west side go to the east to support, the front line that is tens of miles wide will not be able to return for a while.

If Li Xingzhou hadn't used a telescope to discover suspicious points in the distance, maybe he would have sent soldiers from the western front to the east for reinforcements, and Wanyan Zongbi would have had a chance, but there is no such thing in the world.

Li Xingzhou saw it, and Wanyan Zongbi's only hope of fighting back was shattered.

After mid-August, the Zhongxing Mansion was on the verge of collapse and could break the city at any time, but Li Xingzhou was not in a hurry. He even wanted a wife. Pretty and lovely, and He Qian who likes to cling to his heroic figure, he can't wait to go home.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Wanyanli, the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, was too hateful, and his anger grew. The doggy Wanyanli surrendered directly. Will labor and management not be able to go home here?
As expected, it was all Wanyanli's fault!
The city sent people out several times to ask for surrender, but Li Xingzhou refused. The labor and capital have not paid enough, so they are not allowed to vote!The most important thing is to make the group of people in Beijing tremble and suffer in fear. The more afraid they are, the more beneficial it will be for them to negotiate in the future.

He was going to negotiate with the Jin people after the situation in Liaodong became clear.

On the other side, the battle report from the north also came. The eighth battalion of black cavalry led by Liu Ji directly crossed Zhongxing Mansion and Huizhou, and harassed northward around Shangjing.

Along the way, he attacked many Jin army posts, attacked the surrounding pastures, and fought against King Qi of the Jin Kingdom who guarded Kyoto. King Qi led the imperial guards, but he was obviously not the opponent of the black cavalry.

Equipped with muskets, grenades and sabers, the cavalry in black are best at guerrilla warfare, but there are many grasslands near Shangjing. Liu Ji attacked three times in seven days. King Qi suffered heavy losses and was forced to retreat north.

Liu Ji's cavalry chased them all the way outside Shangjing, spreading fear to the enemy's capital.

Li Xingzhou found that Liu Ji really likes to use this kind of unconventional new tactics that require boldness and flexibility, and it can be used very well. It was like this when he attacked Ninghai Fort, and it is still the same now. This probably has something to do with his miserable first half of his life. He has no worries. , I became more courageous.

It only takes one or two days for Zhanbao to go from the front line to Beijing, because the distance is very short, but it is difficult to get to Kaiyuan, because the fight is too far away, at least it will take more than 20 days, and a slight delay may take more than a month.

So when the fear shrouded the Jinren, the news of Kaiyuan was still at the critical point when the army broke through Shanhaiguan and surrounded Ningyuan.

There was a fierce reaction from the DPRK and China.

In the backyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion, De Gong thought to himself, there was a little chill in the air, it was fine at noon, but it was already shiveringly cold in the morning and evening.

After Gillian and Shiyu gave birth, the atmosphere in the palace changed again, and more people went to the palace.

After all, in this era, having a successor is a very important criterion for a monarch.

This time the emperor's grandson's main concubine, Wang Shi, gave birth to a girl, but the side concubine gave birth to a boy, which made De Gong feel a little bit of a sense of crisis.

Fortunately, Mrs. Yu is very good at being a man. Not only did he not take advantage of his mother's request for usurping his status, but he also casually mentioned in front of De Gong that he could live in the same hospital with Gillian. The family does not need to divide each other.

De Gong is an old fox, of course he understands the reason of Yu's doing this, this is to save Gillian, after all, as a concubine but gave birth to a girl, it is inevitable that people will gossip.

Knowing such kindness, De Gong felt grateful, and also felt that although the Yu family came from a bad background, he had a well-known demeanor.If Yu made some demands relying on the child in her belly, the emperor would definitely agree, but she didn't.

This made Degong much more relaxed. He was also worried that Gillian would be bullied when she married. After all, he could still say a few words about Li Xingzhou now.

In the court, opinions on the war in the north began to gradually become unified, that is, to withdraw the troops, and stop after taking Shanhaiguan.

Degong himself agrees with this suggestion.

Especially many officials along the coast, officials from the Ministry of Rites in the North and Central China have come forward one after another, thinking that they should accept as soon as they are good, and recuperate.

Degong understands that they are afraid. They dared to obstruct Xingzhou from carrying out the new policy before, but now the emperor's grandson broke through Shanhaiguan, defeated the Jin army, and their prestige and prestige have risen to a higher level. The people all over the world support them. They will not have an easy life.

These people are afraid, and don't want the emperor's grandson to continue to make meritorious service.

But others, such as him, Bi Hezhao, and even the emperor were worried.

I am worried that the army will be too deep and threatening. After all, the Kingdom of Jin is not that easy to fight. Even if they have not fully recovered from the war with the Liao Kingdom in recent years, they are still the overlord of the north.

So I don't want His Highness to continue to go deeper, but to accept it as soon as it is good.

It is rare that the court, which has always been difficult to reach a unified opinion, feels that it is time to withdraw the troops this time, at least to end the war before winter arrives.

The emperor's imperial decree has not yet been issued, but it should be soon.

If as expected, the beginning of September is just right, the order to withdraw the troops will be issued, and the front line will be around October, just in time for the young army to withdraw.

In this battle, the emperor's grandson has already achieved the prestige of Jingguo and made great achievements in the world. Shanhaiguan, the first pass in the world has also been taken down, and this move is enough to leave his name in history.

Soon, it was the morning of the second day of September, the air was chilly and misty, and the little eunuch sent by the emperor called him into the palace. Duke De immediately understood that it was time to finalize the imperial edict to recall the army.

So he didn't dare to delay, put on his fur coat, and hurriedly boarded the carriage under the escort of the guard, passed through the still quiet streets and alleys, and drove towards the direction of the palace. There is also a trace of prosperity in the middle of the road, the occasional cock crowing and dog barking, and whispers in the depths of the alley, making the cold morning full of fireworks.

(End of this chapter)