Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 462 Soldiers are strong and horses are strong (please subscribe!)
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The rebellion of the Liao people in Yunzhong Mansion was the prelude to the rebellion of the Liao people when they first surrendered.

After that, the Liao people rebelled from time to time.

Moreover, not all the Khitans among the Liao people rebelled. People from Xi, Bohai, and even Han'er also rebelled.

Han'er was originally the name of the ethnic minorities for the Han people. For example, there is a poem in the Han Yuefu saying: "I am a prisoner, and I don't understand Han children's songs." The head scolds the man." The poem.

Initially, the term "Han'er" was synonymous with Han people and had no connotation of praise or derogation.

After the Liao State acquired the Yanyun Sixteen States, especially during the confrontation between the Liao State and the Northern Song Dynasty, the names of the Han people who belonged to the two countries began to change.

The Liao people called the Han people in the Song Dynasty Nanren, and called the Han people in their own country (mainly the Yanyun area) Haner.

Song people also called the Han people in the Liao Kingdom Han'er, and sometimes called them Fanren.

In short, the Liao, Song, and later Jin countries all unanimously called the Han people in the Yanyun area Han'er.

This shows that Han'er has evolved into a special term with a contemptuous tone, and it also reflects that the Liao, Song, and Jin countries all have great distrust of Han'er.

And because the Liao, Song, and later Jin countries did not trust them, Haner not only became increasingly isolated in terms of national identity, but also had no fixed tendency in political attitudes. Instead, he focused on interests, chose the side that was beneficial to him, and went back and forth between Liao, Song, and Jin, and his political attitude was very flexible.

Geng Shouzhong, the Jiedu envoy of the Liaozhang National Army, was a Haner.

When Yue Fei attacked Yingzhou, Geng Shouzhong saw that Yue Fei was invincible, so he led his soldiers to surrender decisively. After that, he has been very obedient, and he also helped Zhang Xian attack various fortresses in Yingzhou and helped Zhang Xian clear the Liao Kingdom in Yingzhou resistance forces.

But because Emperor Tianzuo had recently made a lot of noise in the west of Liaoning, Geng Shouzhong and others mistakenly thought that the Liao Kingdom was saved again (the Liao Kingdom has ruled this area for hundreds of years, and the original powerful men have already regarded themselves as Liao people, so they have the most affection for the Liao country), so they rebelled one after another.

That rebellion was organized and disciplined. Geng Shouzhong and others set off from Yingzhou, Weizhou, Xinzhou, and Wuzhou respectively, and went straight to Yunzhong Mansion to kill them.

The Military Intelligence Department, who had already placed eyeliners in the Liao Army that had surrendered, learned of the rebellion immediately and reported their plans to Li Yan.

Li Yan handed over the matter to Han Shizhong and Yue Fei to resolve.

Han Shizhong and Yue Fei quickly made corresponding deployments based on the perfect information provided by the Military Intelligence Department.

Geng Shouzhong led a total of 7000 people from his department and the various departments he contacted. As soon as he left Yingzhou, he was intercepted by Zhang Xian who had been waiting for a long time.

Zhang Xian first ordered his newly formed horse army to attack the Liao army for a while, and the Liao army, which lacked horses, was beheaded by more than a thousand ranks.

Subsequently, Zhang Xian personally led the army to a decisive battle with Geng Shouzhong——Zhang Xian personally led his Li Daojun (horse army) and Wang Yingying (heavy armored infantry) to rush into Geng Shouzhong's central army, and the other two battalions shot and killed the Liao army from both wings with strong crossbows.

The two sides fought for more than two hours, and the Liao army was almost completely wiped out. Geng Shouzhong had no choice but to flee eastward with less than 100 people on horseback.

At the same time, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Wang Yan, and Yang Yizhong's army attacked one after another and wiped out all the remaining 3 Liao troops. In the end, none of the Liao troops could reach their previously agreed gathering point.

Although the rebellion of the Liao people was futile, but because of the continuous rebellion of the Liao people, Li Yan was still unable to drive out the Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Xiyin who were wandering in Wuzhou and Xinzhou. Li Yan did not have this strength, but Li Zhu and others suggested that Li Yan should not fight the Liao people and the Jin people at the same time. The envoys came to discuss the Jinren and went to war.

Later, Xu Guanzhong and Lehe brought Liu Minjun, Fang Xuedujun, Li Yanjun, Fang Layi army's leaders, and the nearly [-] Fang Layi army elites into Yundi.

At this time, the rebellion of the Liao people was basically completely suppressed.

However, Li Yan encountered a new problem—proper placement of Fang Layi's army.

Li Yan first ordered that a total of 3000 elite soldiers be drawn from each of Jiefan Army, Han Shizhong Army, Yue Fei Army, Wu Jie Army, Liu Kai Army, Zhang Xianjun, Wang Yanjun, Liu Minjun, Fang Xuedu Army, and Li Yan Army, and use them as the skeleton to form a new army. The army was under the command of Fang Qifo, Zhang Xian, Wang Jun, Xie Yuan, and Lu Shinang each led a battalion, and Wang Sheng was in command of the horse army under the jurisdiction of Fang Qifo's army.

From the newly formed Fang Qifo Army, it is not difficult to see that Li Yan plans to expand the number of armies, that is, the first army consists of four battalions of infantry and three thousand horse troops.

This is also impossible.

First of all, Li Yan can't leave nearly [-] elites unused.

Secondly, the third battalion of infantry, sometimes it is really unable to open up and fight a big battle.

Thirdly, Li Yan had to properly arrange Si Xingfang, Li Tianrun, Fang Jie, Pang Wanchun, Lu Shinang, Yu Daoan, Qiu Rixin, Hu San, Zhu Si and other generals from Fang La.

As for why we didn't set up more armies, it was because it was unnecessary. Twelve infantry armies (plus the White Army) were enough, at least for now, and Li Yan didn't have so many generals who could lead an army. .

With such an expansion of the army, Li Yan digested half of the nearly [-] Fang Layi army's elite, and the rest temporarily served as civilian husbands while continuing to receive basic training and political education.

After expanding the army, Li Yan had a total of:

The eleven infantry armies are: Jiefan Army, Han Shizhong Army, Yue Fei Army, Wu Jie Army, Liu Qi Army, Zhang Xian Army, Wang Yan Army, Liu Min Army, Fang Xuedu Army, Li Xuan Army, Fang Qifo Army, each army has 3000 people About 15 people in total.

The seventeen armies of the horse army are: the first battalion, the Xiefan horse army, the Tiefutu, the kidnapper left army, the kidnapper right army, and the Khitan army (selected 3000 people with good obedience, led by Yelu Foding (Li Yan gave the name Li Fo) to lead), Bohai Navy (selected more than 2000 people with good obedience, led by Gao Yongchang's younger brother Gao Yongliang (Li Yan named Li Ye)), Xi Army (more than 2000 well-selected and obedient horses, led by the general of the Xi tribe, Xilibu (called Xiao Zan in the Liao Kingdom, and Li Zan was named Li Zan for him by Li Yan)), and scattered in the Yue Fei Army and other ten The ten horse armies in the infantry army have a total of about 5 people and [-] to [-] horses.

In addition, special forces such as the White Army, the Secret Special Forces, the Shenji Army, and the Amphibious Army, as well as special departments such as the Staff Department, the Political Department, the Intelligence Department, the Medical Army, and the Communications Army.

Li Yan now has a total of 24 regular troops.

At the same time, Li Yan still has [-] to [-] elite reserves.

In addition, Li Yan is still recruiting troops in Yundi, and plans to recruit another [-] cavalry reserve troops.

It can be said that Li Yan is now a strong soldier. If Song, Liao, Xixia, Goryeo and other countries and Mongolian tribes are not considered, Li Yan can compete with Jin Guo. After all, Jin Guo is now only 20 There are more than ten thousand horses, and more than half of them must be Khitan soldiers, Bohai soldiers, Xi soldiers, Han soldiers and other miscellaneous soldiers.

At the beginning of April in the fourth year of Xuanhe, Emperor Tianzuo gathered [-] Mongol troops and [-] Xixia troops out of Jiashan, crossed Yuyang Ridge, and went straight to Tiande Army...

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