Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 743
After the feast, Du Buluo couldn't hide his inner excitement, and he paced back and forth in his big tent with his hands behind his back. He knew very well what it meant for the Song Dynasty to support him as Khan. Among the three major tribes in the Mobei grassland, only the Lieshan tribe It can be ranked third. The Naiman and Dadan tribes are much stronger than the Lieshan tribe. If they only develop by their own strength, the Lieshan tribe will not be able to catch up with these two tribes in 100 years.

Song Chao's promise to confer him as a khan made him excited, but the support behind the canonization of the khan made him even more tempted.

With the support of the Song Dynasty, it was different. He could get pig iron, grain and various strategic materials, which would enable the Lieshan tribe to grow rapidly and compete with the Naiman tribe and the Dadan tribe.

Du Buluo made up his mind at this moment, and he immediately ordered: "Let the two young chiefs come to see me immediately!"

Not long after, his Du Shan and his nephew Yule hurried over.

Du Yule is the youngest son of Du Wenlie, the great chief of the Kelie tribe. After the Kelie tribe was wiped out by the Liao army, Du Yule fled to the Lishan tribe and was hid by his uncle Du Buluo. After Shanbu annexed the five tribes of Kelei, Dubulo handed over the five tribes to Duyule.

The two entered the tent and knelt down. Du Buluo said to his nephew: "Your father was killed and the tribe was destroyed. Although I didn't rescue it, I was forced to. pulse, but it does not mean that I do not have hatred in my heart, my hatred is hidden in my heart, I am silently waiting for the opportunity, I hope you can understand this."

Du Yule said hastily: "My nephew fully understands my uncle's feelings. My nephew has worked hard to practice martial arts, and he is also waiting for the day of revenge."

Du Buluo nodded, "Now this opportunity has come. The main force of the Liao army has been dragged in Liaoyang Mansion, and Shangjing is empty. The two of you can bring [-] cavalry to Shangjing. Even if you don't hesitate to do anything in the area around Shangjing, let the people of Liao country try it." Revenge of our enemies!"

Du Yule was very excited. He had been waiting for a long time for this day to avenge his father.

But Du Shan asked: "Father, Shangjing is not empty, there are [-] elite troops stationed there."

Du Buluo said coldly: "I didn't ask you to attack Shangjing, but I asked you to harass the vicinity of Shangjing. If the entire Liao army of Shangjing comes out, you will retreat. If only a small number of cavalry come out, then you can surround it. Annihilation, remember, as long as the Liao army comes out with more than [-] troops, you don't want to be tough, just retreat, and wait for the Liao army to retreat, and then you will harass."

The two bowed together, "Follow the order!"

In the morning of the next day, the cavalry from various tribes of the Lieshan tribe began to gather at the garrison. Guo Kui completed the task and bid farewell to Duboluo and went back.

Two days later, under the leadership of Du Shan and Du Yule, the [-] Lieshan cavalry headed towards Shangjing thousands of miles away to the south like a torrent.

After capturing Baozhou and Xuanzhou at the mouth of the Yalu River, the 30 Song army at the Mi Island base continued to march westward, taking Laiyuan City and Kaizhou successively, and the main force of the [-] Song army arrived in Liaoxi Prefecture Afterwards, the Song army in Kaizhou marched west again and captured Yaozhou and Chenzhou along the Liaohe River.

This is Fan Ning's combat style, relying on the city, step by step, capturing one city after another, giving full play to the advantages of the Song army's offensive and defensive battles in the city, avoiding positional warfare with the Liao army,
After capturing Yaozhou and Chenzhou along the Liaohe River, the Song Army had a foundation. Ten thousand Song Army cavalry marched northward along the banks of the Liaohe River. Three days later, the Song Army captured Jian'an City, which was about a hundred miles away from Liaoyang Prefecture.

Although Jian'an City is the southern gate of Liaoyang Prefecture, the loss of Jian'an City has little impact on the defense of Liaoyang Prefecture, so Yelu Hongji's garrison in Jian'an City is not many, only 2000 people. Immediately fled watching the wind and returned to Liaoyang Mansion.

However, the capture of Jian'an City was of great importance to the Song Army's navy, which ensured that the Song Army's control of the coast of Liaoyang made it impossible for the Liao Army to attack warships like last time.

Just after the Song Army occupied Jian'an City, the Song Army completely controlled the coast of the Liaohe River south of Liaoyang Mansion. Eight hundred [-]-stone steam engine ships sailed north from the mouth of the Liao River to Liaoyang Mansion.

In the large camp of the Song Army in Liaoxi Prefecture, Fan Ning stood in front of the map with his hands behind his back and meditated. After a long time, he turned around and asked Zhong Er, "How does the old general Zhong think about the grassland tribes?"

Zhong Er stroked his beard and said: "Prairie tribes are most taboo about one family being dominant, which will bring a serious threat to the Central Plains Dynasty. The best way is to maintain a balance of power in the grassland for a long period of time, and use their internal friction to continuously weaken the power of the grassland tribes."

Fan Ning was silent for a moment and asked, "How about killing three scholars with two peaches?"

Zhong Er immediately came to his senses, and said with a slight smile, "Your Highness, are you referring to Naiman, Dadan and Lie Shan?"

Fan Ning nodded, and Zhong Er asked again: "What do you mean by those two peaches?"

"Two Khan titles!"

Zhong Er clapped his hands and laughed, "Wonderful! It really is wonderful."

At this time, a soldier walked into the big tent, bowed and said: "His Royal Highness, Deputy Commander Zhong, eight hundred warships are already in place."

Fan Ning said happily, "Shuai Zhong, it's time for us to go!"

Zhong Er nodded, "Your Highness, give me an order!"

Fan Ning immediately issued an order, and the 30 troops set off from the camp and marched towards Liaoyang Mansion.

The [-] steam warships are equivalent to an insurance, which can effectively prevent [-] cavalry from crossing the Liaohe River and engaging in a decisive battle on the plain with the Song army.

At the beginning, Cao Shi was missing this step, which led to the Song army entering the ambush circle of the Liao army, and was pinched from north to south by [-] Liao army cavalry, and finally suffered a disastrous defeat.

Fan Ning's tactical characteristics are vividly reflected in this series of deployments. First, step by step, after controlling both sides of the Liaohe River, the warships can go northward and form a blocking barrier on the Liaohe River to ensure that the main force of the Song Army can quickly advance eastward, so that The Liao army could not take advantage of their field cavalry.

Once the Song army enters within [-] miles of Liaoyang City, the Liao army will no longer be able to launch cavalry operations. If the cavalry is too small, it will be ineffective. Instead, it will be annihilated by the Song army.

Liaoyang City is about twenty miles away from the Liaohe River. Standing on the top of the city, one can vaguely see the sparkling river water in the distance.

Yelu Hongji stared at Liaohe in the distance with a solemn expression. He had considered using the main force of [-] cavalry to fight the Song army on the plain more than once.

But the warships of the Song Army blocked the Liaohe River, which completely ended Yelu Hongji's plan.

Of course, he can also use kerosene to burn the warships of the Song Army, but it is a pity that the last time the Liao Army burned the warships of the Song Army, they used [-] barrels of kerosene, which accounted for [-]% of their Tokyo Road kerosene reserves. , They can no longer get kerosene supplements, and now there are only [-] barrels of kerosene left in the warehouse of Liaoyang City, which is not enough for defending the city, let alone burning the warships of the Song Army.

Moreover, the Song army has also become smarter after experiencing the previous lesson. They no longer let the heavy and heavy Wanshi warships enter the Liaohe River. Burned by the fire oil of the Liao army.

Yelu Hongji's heart was quite heavy. As soon as Fan Ning came back, he picked up the step-by-step tactics that the Liao army could hardly adapt to. He made full use of the advantages of the water army and clamped down on the Liao army's field advantage. It was difficult to move in the Liaoyang Mansion, which really made Yelu Hongji extremely aggrieved, but there was nothing he could do.

At this time, a bodyguard came galloping towards Yelu Hongji, got off his horse and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, there is urgent news from Shangjing!"

After finishing speaking, he knelt down and presented a volume of Eagle Letter, they learned from the Song Army, and the red letter box indicated an urgent military situation.

Yelu Hongji was startled, the troops in Shangjing were empty, and he had been worrying about the situation in Shangjing for the past few months.

He hastily took the letterbox, opened the letter and looked at it carefully, his eyes immediately burned with raging anger, and he punched the battlements fiercely, the damned Lie Shanbu dared to take advantage of the chaos to rob.

The letter stated that the Lieshan tribe attacked the Khitan Shengfan camp outside the capital at night, and the large tents thirty miles away were burned down by fire. Nearly [-] Khitan Shengfan people were killed, and as many as thousands of young women were taken away. .

"go back!"

He gave an order, got on his horse, and urged the horse to run towards the palace below the city. Dozens of guards rode to follow quickly.

(End of this chapter)