Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 534 Going straight to Huanglong (please subscribe!)
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After seeing Song Guo's weakness towards Jin Guo, Li Yan couldn't help shaking his head, thinking: "How can you avoid the shame of Jingkang for being so weak?" At the same time, he felt that the day when he came back should not be too far away.

The reason why Li Yan stayed in Jizhou City was not because of the jokes of the Song Dynasty, but because he was waiting for all the Yan people who followed him to be transported away, and he was also planning-planning how to get rid of Gaoli and Taifeng in one fell swoop.

Song Guo did not come to urge Li Yan again.

Li Yan had already given the entire Yundi and most of the Yandi including Yanjing to the Song State, so it was impossible to occupy Jizhou and not give it to the Song State.

This is the unanimous view of Song State.

In addition, as Chen Kuutong expected, because Li Yan gave Yanyun to Song State, preventing Han people from killing each other, Li Yan's prestige among Han people reached an unprecedented height, and almost all Han people praised Li Yan. Many literati even used poems and songs to praise Li Yan for his high character and integrity.

Here I have to say that the reason why Li Yan made Yanyun spread so quickly is actually the reason why Zhao Ji and his ministers deliberately publicized it-Zhao Ji and his ministers praised Li Yan as a Han who understands righteousness, and tried to restrain him with this kind of righteousness and morality. Live in Li Yan, so that Li Yan will no longer invade the border of Song State.

Li Yan didn't pay attention to these small actions by Zhao Ji and his ministers, and he didn't have time to pay attention, because besides preparing to wipe out Goryeo and Taifeng in one fell swoop, Li Yan was also planning to do a big thing.

At the end of March, Hu Yanqing handed over Jizhou City to Song State on behalf of Shuibo Liangshan, and then Li Yan led the Jiefan Army, Tabai Army, Zoubao Secret Special Army, Amphibious Army, Wang Yanjun, Yue Feijun, Liu Minjun, Li Yanjun and others. Civil servants composed of [-] reserve troops boarded the fleet on which the sun never sets.

Soon, the fleet on which the sun never sets left Jizhou Port.

but--

The fleet that never sets on the sun did not sail to the peninsula, but sailed quietly to the Liaodong Peninsula (later Dalian).

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On board the "Liangshan Po".

Li Yan asked Hu Yanqing: "Are you sure you can win the port in Dalian Bay in one fell swoop?"

Hu Yanqing said confidently: "Our amphibious army has not trained in vain these years."

After hesitating for a while, Hu Yanqing said: "Your Majesty... can you stop teaching me to do diplomacy in the future, I like to lead troops."

Li Yan smiled and said: "Okay, as long as you can take down the port in Dalian Bay this time, the king will allow you to form an amphibious army with five battalions. You can choose the generals, soldiers and ships as you like."

In the past, Li Yan had no diplomatic talents, so he transferred Hu Yanqing to negotiate with foreign countries. Now Li Yan has more than half of the talents in Liao, so there is no shortage of diplomatic talents, such as Wang Jieru, Xiao Rong, Han Fang, Zhang Yan, Zhang Only can negotiate with foreign countries.

Of course, these people are still a little worse than Hu Yanqing, Ma Kuo, and Zhao Liangsi, but it doesn't matter, you can take your time.

Hu Yanqing quickly led the amphibious army to the port in Dalian Bay.

In only half a day, Hu Yanqing sent someone back to report the good news—they had occupied the port in Dalian Bay.

Upon receiving this news, Li Yan couldn't help clenching his fists, then gritted his teeth and said, "The opportunity for revenge has come!"

Li Yan immediately ordered: "Go to the port in Dalian Bay at full speed!"

Before dawn the next day, the fleet that never sets in the sun arrived at the port in Dalian Bay.

Because this is an unfamiliar small port, Li Jun waited until dawn before ordering the fleet to dock out of caution.

Because Jizhou Port is not far from the port in Dalian Bay, there are very few crew cuts for this voyage.

Soldiers are very fast!
As soon as he got off the boat, Li Yan appointed Wu Jie as the commander of the capital of the Left Route Army, led his troops and Li Yan's troops, came to Su, went to Hue, Desheng, Xin'an, Jian'an, Chenzhou, and Yanyuan, and then attacked Liaoyang Prefecture (formerly Liaoyang Prefecture). Tokyo), and then appointed Yue Fei as the commander of the right-hand army, took the headquarters and Liu Min's troops, came to Su, went to Pingnan, Zhenhai, Huinong, Muzhou, Laiyuan, and Kaiyuan, and then attacked Liaoyang Prefecture (formerly Liaodong).

In order to allow Wu Jie and Yue Fei to march smoothly, Li Yan also divided the Tabai Army, the Zoubao Special Army, and the Amphibious Army into two, and handed them over to Wu Jie and Yue Fei respectively.

Li Yan personally led Xie Fanjun and Wang Yanjun as the rear of the two armies.

The strength of the Jin army was already stretched.

What's more, the Jin army mobilized another 15 troops to threaten Yanyun.

The most important thing is that no one in the Kingdom of Jin would have thought that Li Yan would attack the accompanying capital of the Kingdom of Jin when Goryeo, Taifeng, and Japan attacked Li Yan's hometown.

Therefore, Wu Jie and Yue Fei were as powerful as a broken bamboo. One only took five days, and the other only took six days to attack Liaoyang Mansion.

The defenders in Liaoyang Mansion lasted only three days before they were defeated by Wu Jie and Yue Fei.

At this time, the Jin army hoarding in Songting Pass and Yuguan received the news that someone was attacking Liaoyang Mansion.

Li Yan then also came to Liaoyang Mansion, and then appointed Wu Jie as Liaoyang Jiedu Envoy, fully responsible for the defense of the Liaodong Peninsula.

After Wu Jie took the order, he ordered Wang Yanjun to station in Donglianghe, and then personally led his headquarters and Li Xuan's army to station in Liaohe, while Li Yan led the Jiefan army stationed in Liaoyang Mansion, serving as Wu Jie's reserve, ready to face the Jin army.

Of course, Li Yan won the Liaodong Peninsula not just because he wanted to take revenge on Wanyan Aguda.

The Liaodong Peninsula has Anshan Iron Mine, which is rich in resources. Together with Benxi Iron Mine, its reserves exceed 100 billion tons.

Li Yan was originally a steel trainer, because there was no iron mine, Li Yan did not have the opportunity to develop his profession.

This time, after occupying the Liaodong Peninsula, Li Yan's expertise will finally come in handy. By then, just selling iron will be enough for Li Yan to support his army.

In addition to the Anshan Iron Mine in the Liaodong Peninsula, there was another more important reason why Li Yan occupied the Liaodong Peninsula-Li Yan planned to use the Liaodong Peninsula as the rear to counterattack Korea.

According to the report of the Ministry of Military Intelligence, Goryeo dispatched a total of more than [-] troops to attack Lelang County and Zhenfan County this time.

Koryo now has less than half of its territory left, and it is not at all the Koryo that could raise an army of 30 in its heyday.

Li Yan and others boldly guessed that Koryo now has at most 25 troops.

If this is the case, then there are less than 5 horses in the northwest of Goryeo, which can be said to be as empty as it is.

In this case, if Li Yan sends a partial division from the Liaodong Peninsula southwards to attack Huanglong, it is very likely that they will break through Koryo Xijing (Pyongyang) in one fell swoop, and then directly end this battle!
This is the main reason why Li Yan captured the Liaodong Peninsula.

The success of this strategy depends mainly on the speed of the division.

If the speed of the partial division is not fast enough, Li Yan has less than 15 troops in the Liaodong Peninsula. Facing the [-] Jin army, he will definitely have a hard time.

On the contrary, if the Pianshi can quickly attack Goryeo Xijing and end the war in Li Yan's hometown, Li Yan, who has an army of more than 40, will be afraid of the Jin army?
Therefore, not long after taking down Liaoyang Mansion, Li Yan ordered Yue Fei, Liu Min, Hu Yanqing, Li Zong, and Shi Qian to quickly regroup the army, and then quickly headed southward with sufficient weapons and supplies to attack Huanglong with [-] reserve soldiers. ...

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(End of this chapter)