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Chapter 415 Both sides before the war

Wuchen (Eleventh) in March of the first year of Yuanyou.

Liu Qi, the son of Liu Yin, the magistrate of Silang Prefecture in Jiaozhi, went to Xiping Prefecture to meet Zhang Dun and presented the map of Silang Prefecture, the household register, and the official seals of the magistrate and governor of Silang Prefecture, the governor of Silang Prefecture, and the governor of Silang Prefecture given by Jiaozhi.

Liu Qi offered all this and knelt respectfully in front of Zhang Dun: "The barbarian people do not know the destiny and the righteousness. Fortunately, my husband came to teach me in person, which made me think about Langzhou and suddenly realized where the righteousness lies... Begging to return to the Song Dynasty , will always be Song Chen!"

Zhang Dun stepped forward with a smile on his face, helped Liu Qi up, and said, "If you and your son can understand the righteousness of the imperial court, wake up and lead everyone back to the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court will not treat you badly."

"I will go to the Emperor to confer on your father the titles of magistrate of Silang Prefecture, general of Yulin, and governor of Silang Prefecture. I will also grant you the title of Third Class Leniency."

Liu Qi was overjoyed and immediately paid his respects again: "My father and my son have already received such great love from the Prime Minister without even making any achievements. The court's kindness is as deep as the sea! I really don't know how to repay him!"

As he spoke, his eyes turned red.

The Dongxi chieftains on these frontiers have always considered mothers to have milk.

Or to put it simply - whoever is stronger, they help.

After the southern expedition in Xining, the King of the Song Dynasty became famous.

Today, the Western Army of the Song Dynasty appears on the border again.

Zhang Dun showed his kindness to surrender, and even promised to show that his family would still inherit his original position, and at the same time, the court would give him a large reward.

A fool knows how to choose.

Therefore, now not only the Liu family has completely turned to the Song Dynasty.

On the other side, Zhang Xun, the magistrate of Sumao Prefecture in Jiaozhi, which borders Lianzhou and Qinzhou, also sent his son Zhang Mao to Lianzhou to express his submission as a minister, saying - we have long been looking forward to the attack by Master Wang!We and the Cochin people are at odds with each other!Please send troops early to save us from the cruel rule of the Jiaozhi bandits.

And yesterday, another big family in the north of Jiaozhi, Wang Jing, the governor of Jiaozhimen Prefecture, also sent a representative to Xiping Prefecture, saying - Mr. Wang, our Wang family wanted to join the Song Dynasty as early as the time of Taizu of the Song Dynasty. Sir, as long as the emperor canonizes us as governors and magistrates of Menzhou, we will follow the Song Dynasty wholeheartedly.

So far, on the border between Song and Jiaozhi, three of the five border fettering states set up by the Jiaozhi people had already defected to the Song Dynasty before the war began.

Only Qiyuan Prefecture and Guangyuan Prefecture are still loyal to Shenglong Prefecture.

The border gate of Cochin suddenly opened.

The Liu family in Silang Prefecture was the first family to present maps and household registration.

Zhang Dun helped Liu Qi up and said softly: "Liu Sanban, you have worked hard all the way."

"Let's go down and rest first."

If a third class borrows his post, Zhang Dun can remove himself from the position.

This is his power!

Liu Qi was overjoyed and said: "Thank you for your kindness. Please accept the general's bow."

Yo!
He is also a master who can kill snakes and follow the stick.

Zhang Dun laughed and did not deny the other party's title.

After all, aren't the people he teaches others his disciples?It's natural to call him 'Enxiang'.

After settling Liu Qi, Zhang Dun came to the White Tiger Festival Hall.

When he arrived, Di Yong, Su Ziyuan, Tian Shiru and others were in front of a prepared sand table, deducing the situation between ourselves and the enemy.

This sand table was made by several craftsmen brought by Yan Chen after arriving in Xiping Prefecture and after asking local chieftains and merchants.

Although it may not be detailed, the general geographical terrain and the situation between ourselves and the enemy are clear.

For the Song Army, with this sand table, they could deduce the situation between the enemy and ourselves as much as possible before the war, and at the same time have a rough impression of the local geography in their minds.

Zhang Dun walked in, and everyone saluted collectively: "Welcome to you, Marshal."

Zhang Dun nodded, walked to the sand table, and ordered the map of Silangzhou presented by Liu Qi to be sent to the craftsmen in order to enrich the details of the sand table.

After doing this, Zhang Dun looked at the situation on the sand table. Di Yong and others had planted small flags on it. It was obvious that they had just rehearsed another war.

The banner of the First General Yulong, who represents the main force of the Song Dynasty, has been planted behind Jiaozhi Qiyuan Prefecture and Guangyuan Prefecture - Beizhi City, cutting off the connection between Jiaozhi Taiyuan and Qiyuan Prefecture and Guangyuan Prefecture.

As a result, the entire north of Cochin will form a huge protrusion.

This protruding part, like a piece of snack, fell into the encirclement and attack of the chieftains of the Song Dynasty.

The First General of Yulong, plus Su Ziyuan's Yongzhou troops of [-] troops, Tian Shiru's Sizhou troops of [-] troops, and [-] elite troops selected from the Guangxi main road, will deal with the main force of Jiaozhi in the north.

When Jiaozhi soldiers leave Taiyuan and head north, they must go north.

This is to force the main force of Jiaozhi to fight the Song army decisively.

In this way, the main force stationed in Taiyuan in Cochin was eliminated in one battle.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as the Battle of Beizhuan is won, the war in northern Cochin will be over.

The Yang family in Guangyuan Prefecture and the Li family in Qiyuan Prefecture have limited military strength, and their fighting determination is also limited.

Once it fell into siege, the Song army also hung the head of the commander of the Jiaozhi reinforcements.

Naturally they will surrender.

Zhang Dun looked at Di Yong and said, "According to various sources, Li Qiande of Jiaozhi has sent his lieutenant Li Changjie to the town of Taiyuan to serve as the governor of the states in the north of the Yangtze River."

"He has more than [-] soldiers and generals under his command!"

"If we recruit young and strong civilian men, our army will reach tens of thousands."

"If the whole army comes from Taiyuan, will the general have the confidence to defeat it in Beijuan?"

Di Yong raised his head and said with great confidence: "Thanks sir, please rest assured that our army is fully prepared."

"The general has already discussed this with Su Zhizhou and Tian Xunjian."

As he spoke, he began to explain the combat arrangements discussed with other generals on the sand table.

Di Yong is experienced in battles and has rich military experience and resume.

Moreover, it has also undergone the most intense military test in border areas today.

Naturally, his arrangements were extremely detailed.

Even the preset battlefields were selected in several locations.

Zhang Dun's eyes gradually brightened as he listened.

He is a knowledgeable soldier and knows that the arrangements and arrangements made by Di Yong and others are reasonable and appropriate.

only……

"The strength of our army is only over ten thousand. If the whole army comes from Jiaozhi, will it be strong enough?"

"In addition, Liu Yin, Zhang Xun, Wang Jing and others all said that Li Changjie, the commander-in-chief of Jiaozhi, led his army to station in Taiyuan this time and also brought elephant soldiers. It is said that there are twenty war elephants."

Zhang Dun frowned: "It's hard to deal with!"

Zhang Dun had never seen an elephant, but he had heard that elephants were raised in Yujin Garden in Bianjing during the era of Taizu, Taizong and Zhenmiao.

Legend has it that an elephant is so huge and powerful that even a dozen people can't stop it when it gets angry.

The war elephants used by the Cochin people to fight would only be bigger, stronger and more powerful than the tame elephants in Yujin Garden.

If they charge into formation, they may be able to tear apart an infantry defense line easily.

Di Yong laughed, and said to Zhang Dun: "Please rest assured, Mr. Jinglue, Yulong Zuozhi is the special soldier sent by the official family to deal with the possible war elephants of the Jiaozhi people!"

"Huh?" Zhang Dun didn't quite understand.

Yulong Zuozhi is the bodyguard of the military doctors who protect Yan Chen.

These days, he has also been staying at Yongping Village, which is stationed in Yanchen and is specially used for the recuperation of wounded soldiers in the rear.

Zhang Dun visited them and was deeply impressed.

In particular, I was deeply impressed by the renovated wounded soldiers hospital in the village and the trained female doctors.

But the more than 100 people who Yulong Zuozhi?
Zhang Dun remembered that they would practice throwing with some clay pots filled with stones in the open space of Yongping Village every day.

Compete to see who can throw farther and more accurately.

Yan Chen will even reward those who can throw it far and accurately.

Zhang Dun looked puzzled, but Yan Chen told him that this was the only thing Yulong Zuozhi had to do on the battlefield.

This puzzled Zhang Dun, but he didn't think much about it.

After all, Yulong Nao always has a lot of quirks, and no one can control them.

But now, I heard that these Yulongzhi are still special soldiers who deal with war elephants?

Zhang Dun didn't believe it.

How do they fight war elephants?
By throwing clay pots?
But considering the special nature of Yu Longzhi and the information revealed by Di Yong, Zhang Dun didn't ask any more questions.

……

Jiaozhi, Taiyuan City.

This is Jiaozhi's largest military stronghold north of the Fuliang River. It is also the core of Jiaozhi's rule over Jiangbei. It is also the closest place to Jiangbei and Shenglongfu.

The straight-line distance is only over 100 miles.

In other words, after crossing Taiyuan, you can cross the Fuliang River and march to Shenglong Mansion.

Therefore, the Jiaozhi people built a strong city defense here and stationed thousands of troops all year round.

Following Li Changjie, he came to Taiyuan and established the shogunate here as the "General Manager of the Dayue Kingdom's Jiangbei Camp".

Taiyuan City also became noisy and crowded.

The more than 2 Cochin troops brought by Li Changjie crowded the entire city.Countless mules and horses, inside and outside the city, make a noise day and night.

At this moment, Li Changjie was inspecting the War Elephant Camp with Yang Jingtong, the magistrate of Guangyuan Prefecture, who had come to Taiyuan City to discuss countermeasures with him.

More than 20 war elephants were majestically arranged in a row under the command of the elephant soldiers.

This made Li Changjie feel safe.

In the last war, Jiaozhi also invested in war elephant troops, but there were only less than ten.

And it was still in a place like Juili Pass that was not suitable for war elephant troops to fight, but it still played a huge role, causing the Song Army to panic for a time. Unfortunately, the Song Army commander Guo Kui found the weakness and concentrated a large number of divine arm bows and The crossbow is used to shoot at the war elephant.

Four war elephants were shot and killed on the spot. The other war elephants panicked and turned around and trampled on Dai Viet's troops, causing the entire Dai Viet defense line to collapse and Juili Pass to be lost.

This time, Li Changjie learned his lesson.

He would never again put his precious war elephant troops into a small area where the Song Army's divine arm bows and bed crossbows would gather fire.

He would only engage in war elephants on the plains.

Twenty war elephants were enough to tear open the Song army's defense line head-on.

Let’s avenge our shame and fight here!

As long as the Song army is defeated...

Li Changjie licked his tongue.

But Yang Jingtong, who followed Li Changjie, was full of uneasiness.

"Lieutenant, the Northern Dynasty is coming with such ferocity that I am really scared..." He said tentatively: "This official is just a useless person. Why don't you ask the court to hand him over to the Northern Dynasty in exchange for the Northern Dynasty's withdrawal of troops?"

After hearing about the Northern Dynasty and the Western Army going south, and the governor leaving Guangxi.

I also heard that Nong Zhihui, Nong Shengde and other Nong family members were working hard to train Dong Ding and organize an army.

Yang Jingtong already understood that anyone in the Jiangbei states could surrender.

The Yang family in Guangyuan Prefecture alone could not surrender.

If you surrender, you will die.

So what Yang Jingtong was most afraid of was that Shenglong Mansion was frightened by Bei Chao's actions and handed him over as a scapegoat.

And this is what the civil servants of Shenglong Mansion can do.

After the war ten years ago, the civil servants in Shenglong Mansion were frightened.

Facing the Northern Dynasty, he was extremely cowardly.

If only handing him over, Yang Jingtong, would ensure peace, Yang Jingtong had no doubt that Shenglong Mansion would hand him over immediately.

Li Changjie glanced back at Yang Jingtong and said, "How could the Ming Dynasty hand over a loyal minister like Zhizhou just because of the Northern Dynasty's words?"

"Besides, the Northern Dynasty was greedy and was a country of wolves without the teachings of a saint."

"If we cannot defeat the Northern invaders, our country will never have peace!"

Li Changjie had already interrogated the envoy from the Northern Dynasty several times.

That's a tough guy indeed.

Despite being tortured, he refused to reveal who the commander-in-chief of the Northern Dynasties was?Who is in power?How many soldiers and horses are there going south?
But he clearly remembered the conditions offered by the young emperor of the Northern Dynasty.

Li Changjie didn't dare to forget it either.

Hand over Yang Jingtong, who looted Guihuazhou and killed border residents, hand over the unknown poet who wrote poems to slander the late emperor of the Northern Dynasty, hand over him Li Changjie.

At the same time, an envoy should be sent to apologize, and an annual tribute of 50 shi of rice should be paid to the Northern Dynasty as compensation.

Where is this to calm things down?

It's here to make trouble.

Moreover, Li Changjie believed that even if Dai Viet agreed to these conditions, it would not help.

The Northern Dynasty, like a wolf, was bound to make further progress.

It was precisely because of knowing this that the emperor was able to defy all opinions and decided to send him to lead his army north to fight the enemy.

After listening to Li Changjie's statement, Yang Jingtong finally let go of his worries.

He immediately expressed his position: "The emperor's kindness will be unforgettable by my minister Jingtong. I am willing to go through fire and water for Vietnam!"

Once a war breaks out, Guangyuan Prefecture will bear the brunt.

He and his family cannot escape even if they want to.

Therefore, he looked at Li Changjie, raised his hands and asked, "Unknown Commander, can you mobilize part of the army from Taiyuan City to garrison Guangyuan?"

"For example, 1 people..."

Li Changjie glanced at him.

The total number of economic troops under his command is less than [-].

After dividing out [-], only [-] are left.

Once the Song army ignores Guangyuan Prefecture and attacks Taiyuan, how can Taiyuan City be defended if its low walls are broken?
He must keep an army with sufficient strength in hand to deal with the Northern Dynasty army at any time.

Yang Jingtong was so stunned by Li Changjie that he could only say weakly: "Where's five thousand?"

Li Changjie still didn't speak, just looked at him.

Yang Jingtong could only lament: "I should give you two thousand, right?"

The Dong and Ding people in Guangyuan Prefecture have now been mobilized, and they have assembled more than 2 troops.

But these people come from various Dong groups, and many of them are closely related to the Nong family.

There are only two or three thousand people who are truly trustworthy and willing to work for the Yang family.

Once the war started, Yang Jingtong was worried that if his direct lineage was severely damaged, others might cut off his head and go to the Northern Dynasty in exchange for rewards.

Therefore, he could only come to Taiyuan City to ask for troops and a reliable force to supervise the battle team and suppress others.

Otherwise, Guangyuan Prefecture would not be able to defend it at all.

Li Changjie also knew Yang Jingtong's difficulties, so he could only sigh and said: "I can only give the governor 500 people."

"There are too many and I can't mobilize them."

There's no way, everything is foggy in the North now.

How many Western troops did the other side come to?Who is the commander in chief?Who is the leader who is in charge of Guangxi and coordinates internal and external affairs?Don't even know.

Li Changjie could only rely on guessing and conjecture, and he could only stay vigilant as much as possible.

If the Northern Army was too powerful and couldn't do anything, they would sell out the border states and even retreat to the Furiang River until the rainy season, waiting for heavy rains to persuade the Northern Dynasty's troops to retreat.

Anyway, the last war has shown a truth - although the Western Army of the Northern Dynasties was powerful, they were afraid of heavy rains and miasma.

Especially malaria, they have no resistance at all.

Once infected, everyone will die.

Therefore, only in Thang Long Mansion - simply abandon the defense of Jiangbei, retreat to Fuliang River, and sit back and watch the discussion of the northern soldiers who were injured by heavy rain and miasma.

If we can’t defeat it, can we still survive it?
However, Li Changjie refused to accept it, and the emperor was unwilling to retreat like this.

……

Yongping Village.

Yanchen was hosting a banquet for the local chieftain and the witch doctors brought by the chieftain.

After drinking and eating, Yan Chen said to everyone: "Master Wang is about to march south, but the Jiaozhi dense forest is full of miasma, which may harm the lives of the soldiers."

"I would like to ask all the elders to teach me how to deal with the miasma!"

"If it is indeed effective, I will report it to the imperial court and ask for your credit!"

After saying that, he bowed before him.

This is already the seventh wave of local chieftains and witch doctors he has entertained since arriving in Yongping Village.

The reason is to ask him for the methods of treating various miasma diseases in their tribe.

It doesn't matter if it works or not.

Collect them first and be prepared.

This time when he went south, the emperor also allocated a large amount of medicinal materials from the Imperial Medicine Academy.

At the same time, Yan Chen has been doing mosquito control work in the military camp and requiring the army, especially the first general Yulong, who is the main force in the battle, to drink boiled cold boiled water.

After setting off from Bianjing, he and the military doctors and Yulongzhi led by him became the military judges of the first general Yulong.

It is responsible for mosquito control, killing mosquitoes, and the safety of drinking water for soldiers in military camps.

By now, the army has basically formed a habit.

At Yan Chen's request, the well-fed chieftains and witch doctors presented their various folk remedies and methods for preventing and treating miasma diseases in Dong. They also provided many ways to prevent and kill mosquitoes.

Yan Chen immediately ordered someone to record them one by one and handed them over to military doctors for verification.

Folk remedies mainly depend on whether they are poisonous or not.

Methods to prevent and eliminate mosquitoes can be tried on the spot.

(End of this chapter)