The rise of the prince

Chapter 865
The first year of Zhangwu was a peaceful year, at least for neighboring countries.

Jing Guo, which has been using troops inside and outside for years, has been extraordinarily quiet this year, without any movement.

At the beginning of October, the city of Huizhou was full of fireworks. The Battle of Jinjing had only passed for more than a year, but Jingguo's various measures allowed the people's production and life to resume quickly.

Compared with the war in the north of Huizhou, Huizhou and its south are obviously like another world.

Yang Hongzhao took over the left wing of the Lingjie Army led by Zhao Guanghua as early as September, as well as [-] guns, many bullets and good medicines.

The Type [-] new gun is already loaded with bullets and ammunition in one piece.

But the two thousand quick-fire guns are still old-fashioned reloading with separated bullets, and these guns are to be sold to the people of the Jin Kingdom.

His Highness wrote several personal letters to him, in which he only explained the country's general plan, and did not give any instructions on specific actions and how to act, and let him decide on his own.

The general strategy is stated in the letter. First of all, if you can protect the gold and the country without hurting yourself, then you can protect it. If you can’t, give up. Sell them and shoot them to protect themselves. into the hands of Mongolia.

If the first priority cannot be achieved, the next best thing is to consider the safety of Yan’s family in the Jin Kingdom. Among the Jurchen clans, only the protection of the Pucha family is considered. The Pucha family has managed Liaoyang Mansion for generations. The hostages are easy to control in the capital.

The Pucha family must be preserved and strive to be above average. If the bottom line cannot be reached, the land of Shangjing and the Jin Kingdom north of Huizhou can be occupied, but it must be ensured that the Mongols will not cross the front line of Huizhou.

He also told him bluntly that in the next few years, the center of gravity of the imperial court will be in the west and not in the east, and he will take on the sole responsibility in the east, no matter what method he uses to stabilize the situation in the east.

As for how to arrange it and what method to use, it is all up to him to decide. At the same time, Zhao Guanghua was also ordered to send an edict, and he was added as the envoy to recruit the north of the Liaodong and Liaoxi routes, and he had full authority to dispatch the two groups of troops.

Such trust and reuse made Yang Hongzhao both moved and a little apprehensive, for fear that he would not be able to shoulder this great responsibility.

After setting up Zhao Guanghua's army, Yang Hongzhao has already made a plan and started to train troops.

On the one hand, they sent people to continuously investigate the situation in the north.

Yang Hongzhao is looking for an opportunity!
At the beginning of October, he ordered Gu Lichuan, the defense envoy of Liaoyang, to lead his troops westward to preside over the affairs of the Zhongxing Mansion, and then let Xie Linjiang, the governor of Chenzhou, go to the Zhongxing Mansion to take charge of the affairs of the two routes.

He has a bold idea.

As the north became colder and colder, the Mongolian Khan Temujin returned to the north, leaving only Mu Huali and an army of [-] to [-] to continue besieging the city and looting the surrounding area.

Yang Hongzhao knew that the opportunity had come.

If the Mongolian main force and Temujin are all there, he still has some fears.

Firstly, because of the large number of Mongols, Jingguo's corps in Liaodong at this time, even with the left wing of the Lingjie Army brought by Zhao Guanghua, only had a total of more than 3 people, which was too small compared with the [-] Mongolian army.

The second is such a major event, which is related to whether the two countries will go to war, and only the Mongolian Khan can decide.

If Temujin is still in Beijing, he will put pressure on him, and it is possible to make a decisive decision on the spot to turn his face if Temujin is pushed into a hurry.

But if Temujin's main force returns to the grassland, leaving only one general will have a much higher fault tolerance rate.

No matter how much pressure Yang Hongzhao puts on him, the Mongolian general Mu Huali will not dare to make a decision on such a big matter as whether to turn against Jing Guo, and will definitely ask Temujin for instructions. big.

So now that Temujin is gone and most of Mongolia's main force is gone, this is a great opportunity to pressure Mongolia to compromise, and Yang Hongzhao wants to seize this opportunity.

In early October, Yang Hongzhao began to gather troops.

Dispatch troops from Liaodong and Liaoxi. Except for the troops defending Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Yingge in Liaoyang to the east, all the main forces have been concentrated on the Huizhou front.

On the sixth day of October, Yang Hongzhao assembled four battalions of the New Army and named them Leihuo Army with [-] new rifles trained by the New Army.

Yang Hongzhao, as the recruit envoy of Liaodong and Liaobei newly added, has the power to form a new army.

So, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, outside Huizhou City, flags were fluttering, drums were beating, and the army was lined up on the north bank of Yinshui.

There are four battalions of the New Army ahead, two artillery battalions, and two infantry battalions.On the right side are the newly formed four battalions of the Leihuo Army. According to the new army training method, they used the rifles sent by the emperor's grandson to step up training for six months. Most of the troops trained were recruited from the people in Liaodong.

In the rear are 1 battalions in the left wing of the Lingjie Army, with a total of [-] people, ten battalions of main cavalry, and ten battalions of auxiliary troops.

Finally, ten battalions of elite infantry were drawn from the states and counties.

The army has a total of 48 battalions with 4000 people. At this time, the elite soldiers that can be mobilized from the Liaodong and Liaoxi routes have basically been mobilized.

Yang Hongzhao personally put on the clothes and led the army.

Outside the city, he said to Gu Lichuan and Xie Linjiang who had just come from the east: "This old man, Zhongxing Mansion and Huizhou will depend on you two."

Xie Linjiang, who has experienced many vicissitudes, hastily cupped his hands: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely fulfill my mission."

Yang Hongzhao looked at the two young juniors and confessed: "We are planning the affairs of the world for the emperor and the emperor's grandson. We should work together and have no personal grudges. The old man and General Gu are still comrades-in-arms. We have fought some battles, but thank you Adults know very little.

However, if the emperor's grandson trusts your lord so much, the old man will believe it too, and hope that the two of you can guard Huizhou and Zhongxing mansion well. "

Yang Hongzhao was worried in his heart, the two of them had one document and one weapon, based on past experience, they were afraid that they would be suspicious of each other, so he warned them.

After the two promised again and again, he led the army out of Huizhou Beihe Valley and went north.

This time, the military capacity of the northward march was strict, and at the same time, the four battalions of the new army with the strongest combat effectiveness were arranged in the front, the elite cavalry of the Lingjie army in the middle, and the four battalions of the infantry of the Xiang army and the Leihuo army at the end.

The Mongols' combat method should be similar to that of the Liao army. Qingqi volleys attacked and harassed, scattered and regrouped, retreated when they attacked, and pursued when they retreated.

Moreover, the Liao people still have many infantry, and according to intelligence, almost everyone in the Mongolian army has horses, so it may be more difficult to deal with than the Liao army.

But to deal with this kind of tactics, the new army has rich experience. No matter how fast a horse is, it cannot go as fast as a bullet, and no matter how far a bow is, it cannot go as far as a musket.

Therefore, the musketeers in the "Pin" formation can restrain this kind of warfare, and the enemy has horses, unlike the slow infantry, who may attack the head and tail of the army at any time, so Yang Hongzhao separated the eight battalions of riflemen and placed them at the head and tail of the army to prevent Mongolia military.

Putting the most elite cavalry in the middle can resist the Mongolian army's surprise attack in time and support both ends.

Although the purpose of going north this time is not to fight the Mongols, it is necessary to guard against others.

On October 48th, the [-]th Battalion army crossed the Liaohe River, went north along the valley, and arrived at the Aobao area [-] to [-] miles southeast of Shangjing City. They camped on the grass by the river instead of going north.

At this time, there were already many traces left by the Mongolian army around the army, corpses on the side of the road, ruins of the burned villages on the side of the road, and Mongolian scouts on the roads and trails.

The Mongolian army obviously knew of the arrival of Jingguo's army.

But Yang Hongzhao did nothing else, but ordered the three armies to start training.

As long as the artillerymen of the new army fired at the valley on the other side of the valley, the loud noise would reverberate between the valleys, and the landslides and rocks would crack several miles away, causing one side of the valley to collapse.

And this place is only more than 30 miles away from Shangjing, so the Mongols must know that there are many scouts around them.

After such a display of firepower lasted for several days, on October [-]th, Yang Hongzhao led the army to go northward along the grassland on the west side of the valley southeast of Shangjing, without any obstacles on the road.

Fifteen li to the southeast of Shangjing, the Mongols couldn't hold back anymore. The chief general Mu Huali sent envoys to ask them why they came. Didn't they promise not to intervene and let them take revenge? .

Yang Hongzhao replied that he came to pick up the people. There was an envoy from the state of Jing in Shangjing, who was now besieged by Mongolia. He was ordered to pick up people.

In Shangjing, Pu Chayi seemed to be the father-in-law of the current emperor's grandson, and he was ordered to pick him up.

This left the Mongols speechless and fearful of Jing Guo's army, especially after seeing the terrifying strength of the Jing Army's artillery that could tear down even cliffs.

As a last resort, Mu Huali, the main force of the Mongolian army besieging the city, invited two hundred soldiers to negotiate with Yang Hongzhao.

The language barrier between the two sides made it very difficult to negotiate and had to go through an intermediary to translate.

Mu Huali said that he would personally send out the people Yang Hongzhao requested.

Yang Hongzhao refused to give an inch, expressing that he was worried about the Mongols. When the city was destroyed, the Mongolian army would surely kill them when they entered the city. How could the safety of Jingguo officials and the emperor's grandson and father-in-law be guaranteed?

Jingguo's army had to go to the city to pick up people, and asked the besieging Mongolian army to give way, and because Jingguo had many officials stationed in Shangjing, winter was coming, and it was freezing cold. The relevant personnel will be withdrawn within a month, and they will fight again in the spring of the next year.

Everyone can see that this is a shameless tactic to slow down the troops. Shangjing has been besieged for so long, and supplies are difficult. The city has sent people to eat people.

Withdrawing troops at this time and letting them recuperate for two months, wouldn't the previous efforts be in vain!Mumu Huali expressed strong dissatisfaction with this.

But Yang Hongzhao refused to give in, "I don't care about the officials of the Jin Dynasty. The officials of Jingguo are more fateful than the sky. The father-in-law of the emperor's grandson is also a man of gold. The daughter of Pu Cha's family has just given birth to a son for the emperor's grandson. In the future, I will be my son." Prince Jing.

In any case, this officer must keep them safe.

The army behind me has defeated the Liao army of 10,000+, and the Jin army of 50. If your country disagrees, I will lead them to go to the capital in person. "

After the translator translated, Mu Huali's face was very ugly, and his face was flushed, but Jing Jun did destroy the Liao Kingdom and destroyed the Jin Kingdom. In addition, Jing Jun bombarded the cliff with cannons a few days ago, and the roar resounded through the valley all night It was still widely circulated in the army, and he could only endure it.

In the end, he brought people back angrily.

Yang Hongzhao also set a deadline, "Response within [-] days."

In fact, this [-]th day is also a plan to slow down the army, to give him enough time to travel thousands of miles to the grassland to ask them to sweat. After that time and back, the end of the year is almost here, and this year will be delayed.

Yang Hongzhao chose to go north at this time because Temujin was no longer there. If Temujin was still on the front line, he could make a decision on the spot whether to fight or endure.

At that time, if Temuzhen couldn't bear it and decided to fight him to the death, the cavalry who were several times his own would have a decisive battle in the grassland, and the outcome was still unknown.

Now that Temujin is not here, Mu Huali dare not make such a big decision, so he can only bear with it, and the time drags on.
As long as there is a chance, he will send two thousand suifa guns into the city, and let the golden man deal with it by himself.

He came here for two things, the pick-up was real, Jing Guo officials and the emperor's grandson's father-in-law, and the second was to use two thousand suifa guns to empty the treasury of Jin Guo Shangjing.

(End of this chapter)