Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 621 Dispatch troops quietly (please subscribe!)
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Although the Jin army occupied the city wall and outer city of Bianliang City, they were still stepping up preparations for battle.

Why?
Because there are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city, once these soldiers and civilians resolutely resist, it will be terrible.

Therefore, on the one hand, Wanyan Zonghan expressed hope to Zhao Huanjun and his ministers for peace talks, and on the other hand, he ordered to cut down a large number of trees outside the city, transport logs and plates to the city wall, and build various defensive facilities specifically for the city to prevent the soldiers and civilians in the city from To counterattack.

The war has reached this level, Wanyan Zonghan is actually not ready to fight anymore.

First of all, Zhao Huanjun and his ministers trapped in the inner city are already their meals and meat in their bowls, and there is no need to fight this battle anymore.

Secondly, if the pressure is tighter, then hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians will be trapped—this is the most terrifying thing. Many strong cities that cannot be broken by hundreds of thousands of people for several years are all born under such circumstances.

Again, in this case, the peace talks have already achieved the most favorable results for Daikin, so there is no need to fight again.

Therefore, it entered the stage of the Song-Jin peace talks, that is, the stage where the Jin people blackmailed the Song people...

At the same time, Li Yan, who was in Seoul, quietly sent troops.

This time, Li Yan is bound to win the Central Plains!

therefore--

Li Yan appointed Liu Qi as the commander of the former army capital, and commanded his headquarters, the first battalion, Tiefutu, Guaizi Left and Right Army, Amphibious Army, and Benlei Army. marching speed.

Li Yan appointed Han Shizhong and Yue Fei as commanders of the left and right armies respectively, each commanding 5000 troops.

Li Yan appointed Yang Yizhong as the commander of the capital of the Chinese army, and commanded [-] elite troops including the Xiefan army.

Li Yan appointed Zhang Xian as the commander of the rear military capital, commanding 2 horses.

In addition-

Li Yan used the Tabai Army as a surprise soldier, and ordered the Tabai Army not to land from the Jiaodong Peninsula, but to land from Huating County, and then attacked Bianliang, Tokyo from behind.

By the way, after Li Yan asked Li Zong to form the sixth chamber, he let Wu Song succeed him as the leader of the Tabai Army.

Needless to say, Wu Song is highly skilled in martial arts, courageous and resourceful, and passionate about his official career. More importantly, he is Li Yanqi's brother in his family, and he is loyal to Li Yan. In addition, Wu Song's age is also good, and he is only in his early thirties now , is suitable for Li Yan to command the White Army.

Afraid of Wu Song's negligence, Li Yan sent his adopted son Li Sheng to Wu Song as his deputy.

Li Sheng is Li Yan's adopted son not long ago.

Before becoming Li Yan's adoptive son, Li Sheng was naturally not called Li Sheng, but Ping Qingsheng, the son of Li Yan's general Ping Zhongsheng.

That's right, Li Sheng is, in history, a minister at the end of the Heian period, the first military dictator in Japanese history, and the originator of the samurai regime.

To be honest, Li Yan has actually forgotten about Ping Qingsheng. After all, he is just a foreign celebrity, not a famous Chinese general.

But gold always shines.

Some time ago, Li Yan traveled west and fought dozens of battles, large and small.

In the last statistics, the one with the most accumulative military exploits turned out to be a small school.

That's right, that small school is Taira Kiyomori.

Speaking of it, there is actually a reason for this. It may be for the purpose of preserving strength. In every battle, the generals of the Liangshan Army first let foreign soldiers (Khitan, Xi, Bohai, Goryeo, Yamato, and Ezo soldiers) fight. Dangerous The task also allows foreign soldiers to go up.

This kind of thing is not uncommon. Li Yan even personally punished the leading general, but this situation cannot be changed.

It wasn't until a long time later that the foreign soldiers showed their loyalty and made great achievements repeatedly. Li Yan simply promulgated the corresponding military law, and then slowly put an end to this matter.

However, at this stage, this is still the trend.

Under this atmosphere, foreign soldiers would naturally have more chances to fight.

Although this is somewhat unfair, all foreign soldiers know that Li Yan is fair (on the surface).

Li Yan has promoted many foreign talents for his own use, and he has great trust in these foreign talents.

Just like Li Zong, who was in charge of the Tabai Army before, is a Korean. He not only leads Li Yan's most trusted soldiers, but now he is also the commander of the First Army.

Like Jin Fushi, Yelu Dashi, and Xi Changshi, these foreign ministers now hold important positions in Shuibo Liangshan, and some even take charge of one side.

Therefore, some foreign soldiers with ideals and aspirations worked hard to make meritorious deeds and wanted to stand out.

Kiyomori Hira is one of these people.

Ping Qingsheng has a clear mind and strong martial arts skills. He will take the lead in every battle. What's more rare is that Ping Qingsheng is Li Yan's most loyal supporter. Therefore, the teenagers gathered around Ping Qingsheng. These people fought bravely and were not afraid of death. They stood out from the Liangshan army in just a few battles, and then successfully attracted Li Yan's attention.

Li Yan did not disappoint Ping Qingsheng and the others, and soon adopted Ping Qingsheng as his adopted son, and transferred Ping Qingsheng to the Tabai Army as the deputy commander. His companions were also incorporated into the Tabai Army by Li Yan. in the army.

However, in order to check and balance Qingsheng, Li Yan selected a few outstanding performers among these people as adoptive sons, such as Yuan Laichao (whom Li Yan renamed Li Chao), Yuan Yijing (whose name was changed by Li Yan Li Yi), wait...

In addition to the 10,000+ army of the first column, Li Yan also prepared two troops as the second and third columns.

The second column is the Shuibo Liangshanxi Army stationed on the Liaodong Peninsula.

Li Yan's task for the Western Army is to wait for the opportunity to attack Yandi or Pingzhou. It is best to swallow Yanyun completely and lock the Jin Army in the Central Plains, and then Li Yan can eat all of these two dares The bandit army that robbed the Han people.

but--

This is obviously not easy to do.

In order to prevent Shuibo Liangshan from sending troops to harass the Kingdom of Jin, the Kingdom of Jin also stationed [-] elite troops on the border.

Moreover, the 1 elite gold army is directly commanded by the No.[-] handsome man in the world, Wanyan Xieye.

More importantly, the dangerous passes such as Juyong, Songting, and Gubei are all under the control of the Jin army. Under such circumstances, it is too difficult to fight from outside the pass to inside the pass.

Therefore, Li Yan did not give Wu Jie a death order, but just let him wait for the opportunity, and first of all, to ensure the safety of Shuibo Liangshan territory.

The third column was the reserve army commanded by Wang Yan—Li Yan gave the Ministry of War a death order, no matter what, they must prepare [-] battleable reserve troops.

Li Yan's order was actually a bit embarrassing for the Ministry of War.

You must know that the current battle line of the Liangshan Army is really long. The Indochina Peninsula and Zhu Luoguo have already divided the 20 to [-] regular troops of the Liangshan Army—more than half of the [-] reserve soldiers recruited by Li Yan before have been invested in these two areas. The battlefield is over.

However, the territory of Shuibo Liangshan seems to be quite a lot, but in fact it is a piece of east and west, which requires a large population to maintain development. The total population of Shuibo Liangshan is only over 3000 million, and the Han population is only over 500 million. .

More importantly, the Liangshan Army has been fighting all these years, and some soldiers are really tired. Many former veterans have recovered or retired to the second line, so they have taken up a lot of reserves.

Now, Li Yan is asking for soldiers from the Ministry of War again.

Moreover, what Li Yan wanted was a soldier who could fight.

It's really difficult.

(Later, the Ministry of War mobilized those retired and second-line veterans to come back, and barely made up the [-] soldiers Li Yan wanted.)
It's not that Li Yan is ignorant of the difficulties of the Ministry of War, but it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents in a state matter like war, which is played by countless people.

So, you have to be more prepared.

In addition, besides the army, this time Li Yan brought many advisers and ministers, even important ministers, including Zhao Ding and Xu Guanzhong, the chief civil and military ministers.

……

In the early morning of the third day when Bianliang City was breached.

Liu Kai led the front army, Wu Song led the odd army, boarded the fleet of the right army of the Sun Never Set Fleet and went to Jiaodong Peninsula and Huating County respectively.

Four days later, Li Yan personally led the Central Army, Left Army, and Right Army to board a ship and head for Jiaodong Peninsula.

Another six days later, Zhang Xian led the rear army to escort and push the mountains of grain, grass, luggage, and weapons to Jiaodong Peninsula.

The competition in the Central Plains has officially started!
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(End of this chapter)