Late Tang

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In the evening, Li Jing led the fourth army to the battlefield.

Generals Guo Zhenshan and Lin Wu had finished cleaning the battlefield. Although the soldiers had just finished a battle, they were all in high spirits.

"In this battle, 100 soldiers and horses came to wipe out Yeludala, beheaded more than 2000, and captured more than [-] prisoners. In fact, more than [-] were seriously injured, and there were more than [-] prisoners left. Yeludala was killed by Lin Wu. The general was beheaded in the battle, and the flag was also captured by General Lin Wu. In addition, we also seized more than [-] sets of fine leather armor, knives and guns, and more than [-] sets of ordinary ones. More than [-] horses were in good condition, and some dry food .” Guo Zhenshan reported to Li Jing holding a scroll full of numbers.

Li Jing punched Lin Wu's chest, "Sure enough, he is worthy of being the leader of the army with a silver gun, and worthy of the might of the Zuoya army. Kill the general and capture the flag, and take the head of the general among thousands of troops, mighty!" Lin Wu Wu Nai is Li Jing's sworn brother, and he has a prestige in the town that other generals rarely have.Although there are more than 20 armies under the [***] town right now, there is still a lot of gap between the army leader and the army leader.For example, although Lin Wei did not serve as the leader of the army, his status in the town is second only to Li Jing.And Lin Wu and Wang Zhong, the two sworn brothers of Li Jing, are also the most senior and prestigious among the army masters.And those like Zhang Chengzong and Liu Shouqian also gained Li Jing's trust more than the military leaders who later joined Guo Zhenshan.

Lin Wu smiled: "Yan Yun's army fought very well in this battle, and the merit is the first!"

At the beginning, the Yanyun Army was just the abolished troops in southern Liaoning, and later formed a united army.After entering Youzhou, Li Jing took the opportunity to weaken him, and was finally left in Youzhou.However, he performed well later on. Li Jing slowly began to exchange blood from the middle-level officers, and finally enriched the non-commissioned officers at the bottom, and later added a lot of elite soldiers.Up to now, this army has been completely reborn. Although I dare not say that it is as elite as Zhen [***] Wuya, at least, there is no need to worry about loyalty.

This time their performance was indeed beyond Li Jing's expectation.It can be said that Guan Jian still has the chief general Guo Zhenshan and the transferred officers from the middle and lower levels.

"In this battle, all the officers and soldiers will record the third-class merit once. Guo Junzhu commanded well, and the merit is the first. Lin Junzhu beheaded the general and captured the flag, and it was the second-class merit. In addition, the battle between Lao Hei and Hua Monk also deserved a lot of credit. No, it will be recorded as the third merit. The marching record room will record the credit, and will be rewarded according to the merit later." Li Jing announced with a smile.

Then, let the four armies of this battle temporarily rest in place.

The next day, Li Jing left the Fourth Army to continue to rest. He, Zhao Ji, Zeng Yuanyu, Gao Zhaokang and others led the Fourth Army of Feixiong, Shenjie, North Korean Army, and Shengjie Army to head north.

Zhen [***] Tenth Army, Ping Lu Army, Fifth Army, plus the Navy, Shenjie Army, and North Korean Army, and the Sixth Army of the United Army, a total of 24 armies. Li Jing transferred this time, including the three United Army and the Navy Fourteen armies, including the army.After stationing three armies and one united army in Pingzhou, Li Jing also stationed a total of four armies and two united armies in Denglai and Ziqing counties.

This time he entered Liao to fight, Li Jing also intended to test Zhen [***]'s training for more than a year through actual combat.On the mobilization of troops, most of them are mobilized in turns.Let each army have the opportunity to actually fight, and the usual training time is enough.What this army lacks now is the tempering of sword and fire, blood and sand.As long as it has passed the actual combat test, then this army is the real army.

Looking at it now, the [-]th Army that entered Liao, except for the Navy and the Korean Army, did not participate in the battle, the performance of the other [-]th Army is still outstanding.

Liu Shouqian and Zhang Chengshou were left behind in Shuangcheng to guard against other Goguryeo forces in the east, and together with the auxiliary army, they protected the logistics civilian team and helped build the road going north.The Fourth Army led by Guo Zhenshan and others after the battle also temporarily stayed in Shuangcheng to rest, and then escorted food and grass northward.

Li Jing led the Fourth Army with 2 troops all the way northward. After Yelu Dachi and Yelu Dashi were wiped out in Shuangcheng successively, the Khitans of the company's assassination department in Zhucheng of Jian'an Prefecture have not received the news.Although there are still 500 soldiers and horses left in Jian'an Prefecture, they are distributed in more than ten cities, and each city has no more than [-] soldiers.

In the face of Li Jing's army sweeping up like a storm, no one can stop it.

Although the mountain city is dangerous, it must be guarded by people.Three to 500 people have to defend a big mountain city. For Li Jing, who has special forces, mountain infantry and mountain cavalry, it is completely vulnerable.

From the end of July to the beginning of August, Li Jing built more than ten mountain cities including Fenying Mountain City, Chengzigou Mountain City, Dongshuangtai Mountain City, Chishan Mountain City, Sunjiawobao Mountain City, Yantong Mountain City, Dongsheng Mountain City, and Chaoyang Temple Mountain City in Anzhou. The horse went straight to the city of Jian'an.

Jian'an City, also known as Gaolicheng Mountain City, is located fifteen miles northeast of Gaizhou City, Yingkou City, Liaoning Province, on the Dongshan Mountain of Qingshiguanbao Gaolicheng Village.

This is a steep mountain. The southwest peak is more than [-] feet above sea level. When you climb to the top of the peak, you can look west at the Bohai Sea.

This mountain city was built nearly 400 years ago. After Goguryeo was destroyed in the Tang Dynasty, it was changed to Jian'an Prefecture, and it was the seat of Jian'an Dudufu, one of the nine Dudufu of Andong Dufu.Since the Sui Dynasty, it has been an important town where merchants gather.It is close to the estuary of the Liaohe River in the Liaodong Bay, and is an important channel for the Liaohe River Basin in the north of the Liaodong Peninsula.

The entire Jian'an city has a circumference of more than ten miles. The city is in an irregular circle, with a valley in the middle, surrounded by dangerous mountains, and built a city wall, mostly stone blocks, and some rammed earth. wall.

The whole city has three city gates, one water gate, and four watchtowers in dangerous places.There is also a protruding hill in the center of the city, commonly known as Jindian Mountain, about seven feet high, with a watchtower built on it.There are five-eyed springs and reservoirs around the hill.The spring water does not freeze in severe cold, nor does it dry up in severe drought.

There are natural dangers, and there are water sources in the city, and even when the city is besieged, it is possible to cultivate land in the city, which is very conducive to the garrison of soldiers.

Li Jing attacked all the way, and the city already knew the news, and the three city gates were closed tightly.

Holding up the binoculars, Li Jing looked at the city. There were soldiers with guns and bows guarding the city, but there were not many soldiers.In addition, there are many people standing at the top of the city, but they are all young and old, and there are even many women.As Li Jing expected, the Khitan people refused to surrender, but chose to hold on.

"How did the Khitan people in Anshi Prefecture react?"

Li Jing turned around and asked Gongsun Lan because he was walking in the army.Gongsun Lan wore a leather armor, a helmet, and a sword on her back.However, her leather armor is obviously not standard. The whole leather armor is red and eye-catching, and the leather armor is completely tailored according to her body shape. Wearing it on her body, she looks extremely slim, which makes Li Jing feel that there is a sense of uniform temptation .

Li Wei has been staying in the Khitan Grassland, and now the Xiaoqi Division is hosted by Gongsun Lan most of the time, she likes this arrangement very much.Being able to stay by Li Jing's side made her feel that she even surpassed Li Jing's eighth wife.At the very least, they couldn't follow Li Jing in the army. When Li Jing went out, they could only stay at home and wait for him to return.

"Reporting to Commander, the Khitan people in Anshi Prefecture are also a tribe of the Diela tribe, which is comparable in size to the Lianshi tribe. They have [-] warriors. However, some time ago, they were ordered to send [-] cavalry back to Khitan, and now there are still [-] warriors. They already know that we have invaded Jian'an Prefecture, and according to reports from the spies, Yeluhao of Anshi Prefecture has sent a thousand soldiers to support Jian'an Prefecture."

"There are only a thousand soldiers, and there are only 3000 people including servants. Very good!" Li Jing smiled, "When will they reach Jian'an City at the earliest?"

"Tanma just reported back. The three thousand riders sent by Yeluhao have already arrived at Yingchengzi Mountain City. It is only one day away from Dashiqiao. And Dashiqiao is only [-] miles away from Jian'an City. Fast horses can get there in one day." Gongsun Lan replied .

"It's coming so fast!"

Li Jing couldn't help sighing, although there were only three thousand soldiers, they should be just forwards.Maybe there will be a large group of people coming from behind.

Anshi Prefecture, also known as Haicheng.In the Han Dynasty, Xinchang, Anshi, and Liaodu counties were set up.During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei occupied the north and belonged to Pingzhou, and later changed to Youzhou.From the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Haicheng began to be occupied by Goguryeo for more than 260 years.During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo was destroyed, and Anshi Prefecture was set up, which belonged to the Andong Protectorate.This place, later known as Haicheng, belongs to Anshan City.

"Do you know who the commander is?"

"The son of Yeluhao, Yelu Shelu, is 30 years old and has the title of Khitan warrior."

Li Jing didn't have much impression after hearing it. Li Jing didn't know much about the Khitan people.But since the Khitans came, he had to speed up and take down Jian'an City.The location of Jian'an City is very important, blocking the passage from the Liaodong Peninsula to the Liaohe River Basin and even going north to Liaodong and other important towns.Similarly, taking Jian'an is equivalent to controlling the gateway to southern Liaoning.

If the Khitan reinforcements were allowed to enter the city, it would be a huge loss to win Jian'an at that time.

Li Jing shook his head involuntarily.

"Why did the commander shake his head?" Gai Yu asked aloud.

"Jian'an City is so dangerous, I didn't want to attack it by force. After all, according to the news we got, there are more than a thousand soldiers and horses in Jian'an City. Moreover, Jian'an is an important town, and there are about 3 people from Khitan and various ethnic groups in the city. If the Khitan people stick to it, If we conscript young and strong men to attack the city, we will have to pay a lot of casualties for a strong attack. I originally wanted to surround Jian'an City, and then I was not in a hurry to attack the city, and I was going to find a chance to attack it." Li Jing couldn't help but sighed. , "But in the current situation, we have to attack immediately. Why not, the situation will be even worse later."

"Immediately notify Commander Zhao to lead the Feixiong Army to bypass Jian'an City and go to the Dashi Bridge. Be sure to occupy the Dashi Bridge first, intercept the Khitan reinforcements, and prevent them from reinforcing Jian'an." Li Jing ordered, pondered for a moment, and Li Jing turned his head to face behind him. Gao Zhaokang said, "General Gao has not been sent to lead the North Korean army in the past few battles. I guess General Gao is itching. Now, I will give you a chance to make meritorious deeds. After dark today, General Gao will lead the North Korean army." The North Korean army launched an attack on Jian'an City!"

Looking at Li Jing's smile, Gao Zhaokang was extremely unwilling to accept the military order, but in the end he had no choice but to step forward to receive the order! (To be continued.)