Late Tang

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Before the arrival of the New Year, Li Jing finally decided on a two-way strategy for sending troops.

Xi Ren's participation in the battle forced Li Jing to take risks.

The two generals Li Juyi and Liu Xun led the Crane Army and the Xuanfeng Army to continue to station troops in the Xuanshui River Valley at the foot of Dushan Mountain to contain and attract Khitan and Xi soldiers.At the same time, Lin Wei was sent as the main general, with Li Zhen and Li Liang as counselors, and Fu Wenda, Wang Pu, Pei Pei, Guo Shunli and other generals were dispatched to coordinate with them, dispatching [-] elite soldiers, [-] auxiliary soldiers, and [-] civilian husbands. , from Shanhaiguan to the east, along the coast along the Liaoxi Corridor channel drawn by Li Jing, open roads along the coast, build bridges when encountering mountains, and build a direct road to the Liaohe River.

If the Khitan wanted to intercept them, they had to divide their troops, and they had to leave the dangerous terrains of Bailangshui and Songling Mountains to come to this flat area between the mountains and the sea.Zhen [***] has the advantage of soldiers, horses and equipment, and they face each other on the flat ground.

Moreover, the most important thing is that Li Jing is not in a hurry to let the capital go down the mountain, and the two soldiers and horses in the Liaoxi Corridor are eager to attack.As long as you don't rush, you can be sure of winning.

The real killer move will be decided by Li Jing, personally leading the two ace troops of the silver spear suburban army and the golden armor Shengjie army, and the [-] elite will come out of Lulongsai.Although this army has few soldiers and horses, it is definitely the key point of this battle.

All the military leaders wanted to command the troops on behalf of Li Jing, but Li Jing refused one by one.

It's not that Li Jing doesn't trust the generals, but that the future of this army will be very difficult. Li Jing must personally lead the army, and no one will stop this mission halfway.

The offensive in western Liaoning was not going well, and Li Jing was very worried that the Lulong army in Youzhou would make changes at this time.

Xi Ren has joined the Khitan side to fight against Zhen[***], Li Jing has to make worse plans. When Zhen[***] attacks Liaoxi with all its strength, no one can guarantee that the Youzhou Army will not Start at this time.

Moreover, although Gao Pian in Huainan is far away, Li Jing is not at ease with him.This guy is now being forced to give in, but Li Jing is still very afraid of him.

Under such circumstances, the battle of Liaoxi must end as soon as possible, and Li Jing will win this battle as soon as possible.

In order to achieve the effect of surprise and secrecy, Li Jing asked Lin Wei and Li Zhen to send troops in the middle of the first month.

And Li Jing led this group of surprise soldiers, and chose to send troops during the New Year's Eve.The Silver Spear and Golden Armor armies set off step by step as scheduled, and assembled secretly at Lulongsai.[-] elite soldiers, without auxiliary troops or civilian husbands, led by Li Jing himself, with generals Zhou Dewei, Liu Shouqian, Zhang Chengzong, Li Wei, Xuan Cheng, and nine disciples of Li Jing, Wang Yanzhang, Gao Siji, Li Cunxiao, Yang Shihou, Fu Cun, Wang Tan, Li Si'an, Dong Zhang, Gao Jichang, and counselors Jing Xiang and Gai Yu accompanied them.

There are no auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands, all ten thousand soldiers and horses carry two horses, and the war horses carry supplies.

Where there is a river, there is a road.

It is precisely because of this that Li Jing chose to go north along the Luan River.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Li Jing led his army out of Lulongsai.

In order to find out the way to march, Li Jing entrusted this important task to Li Wei, and he led the most elite scout battalion to go out to find the way to march.

Before dispatching troops, Li Jing was mentally prepared, knowing that the Luan River channel was actually a road without a road.However, it has also been a trail passed by hunters or some merchants for many years.It is not as good as the three roads of Pinggang Road, Lulong Road and Endless Road, but Li Jing always feels that this road should be passable.

After all, the biggest reason why Li Jing chose this secret and difficult marching route was that this road was traveled by predecessors.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao, the hero of the Three Kingdoms, went north to Wuhuan in the northeast.In the end, he followed the route that Li Jing had chosen now. After a big detour, he went directly to the back of White Wolf Mountain, fought against Wuhuan, and succeeded in the first battle, capturing the land of Western Liaoning.

It is precisely because of the precedent that Li Jing decided to attack with surprise troops when all the generals objected.

But now, the army has been out of the fortress for five days, but the situation is far worse than predicted.

Days of continuous rain and snow combined with heavy snow blocking roads, muddy roads, and even no roads in many places, making it impossible to march.Even if the soldiers were equipped with the first batch of cotton military uniforms made of cotton just harvested this year and wore leather boots, it was still extremely difficult to march.

For five full days, the army had only traveled less than a hundred miles.

As far as Li Jing knew, it would take at least five hundred miles to walk out of this valley before reaching the flat road where Pinggang Road and Lulong Road meet.Then, they had to march three hundred miles all the way to reach White Wolf Mountain.

The soldiers were exhausted, and what's more, if they were marching at such a speed, the supplies they carried would run out before they got out of the [-]-mile valley.

Marching in this way, before going out of the five hundred miles, the morale and combat effectiveness of the army will be overwhelmed.

"Zi Zhen." Li Jing felt depressed for a while, lowered her head and sighed apologetically to Jing Xiang who was lying on the car.Jing Xiang is a frail counselor, marching in such a severe cold weather, plus he had to work hard for Li Jing all day, he was exhausted within a few days, and now he still has a high fever. "Don't God help me, let me just turn around?" Li Jing's face became even more gloomy.

"Zizhen, the road ahead is even more difficult. There is no way for the carriages and horses to go. You are seriously ill. I plan to let you stay and return to Pingzhou."

Jing Xiang's face was pale, he looked at Li Jing, and asked, "What about you, the king of the county, do you want to move on?"

Li Jing nodded, "I have no choice, the situation in the world is getting more and more chaotic, we must recover the entire Liaoxi and Liaodong as soon as possible, deter Khitan, Xi, Goguryeo, Bohai, Tatar, etc., and stabilize the rear, so that we can use our troops to hide state, and then went south to the Central Plains." For Jing Xiang, Li Jing did not hide his life goals.

"Your Majesty, if you use troops against Liao, you must win as soon as possible. Although our army is mighty now, there are Youzhou Army behind Pingzhou, and the high-pitched Huainan Army to the south of Ziqing. After capturing the Liaodong Peninsula, there are now more and more troops. People are starting to be jealous of us. Gao Pian's provocation is a signal that our power has been known to the world by seizing the Liaodong Peninsula. Although we still have our allies in the court and the emperor still relies on our wealth. But When they know about our power, I'm afraid they will have other ideas in the future. If the war in western Liaoning cannot be ended as soon as possible this time, I'm afraid there will be more people like Gao Pian to provoke us in the future. Now, as long as we win Liaoxi as soon as possible, we will not be afraid of other things."

Jing Xiang coughed violently, and it took a while before he stopped.

"How can the golden scales be a thing in the pool, and they will turn into dragons when they meet the wind and clouds!"

"Young King, you have been hiding your powers for several years, and you already have the capital to soar into the sky. This time the army is very important, so we must persevere. I can still hold on, and I am willing to continue to follow the county king."

Li Jing sighed, "It's just that the current situation is more difficult than we expected. We can't even find the road. We even said that there is no road here at all. I was reckless. I only relied on the road that Cao Cao sent troops to take." Unexpectedly, after the victory of Cao Cao, he also rewarded the generals and counselors who persuaded him not to enter and exit the road, saying that the victory was just a fluke. Hundreds of years have passed, and this road has long been blocked. gone."

"How can the king of the county be so discouraged? Back then, Cao Cao was wandering in the valley and couldn't find a way out. In the end, the famous scholar Tian Chou came to meet Cao Cao and pointed out a way out for Cao Cao. It can be seen that things are not always smooth sailing."

Li Jing said: "But when can I wait for a field?"

"Your Majesty, if there is no Tian Chou to see you, can't we find a Tian Chou to lead the way?" Jing Xiang lay there, his face was pale, but his eyes were shining.

"What do you mean, sir?" Li Jing cheered up and asked.

Jing Xiang replied: "If you want to say that the person who is most familiar with the roads in the Luan River Valley is Xi Ren. But Xi Ren will definitely not guide us, and it is impossible to find Xi Ren here. But except Xi Ren , but there are other people who are familiar with this passage.”

"who is it?"

"Tatars!" Jing Xiang laughed, "The preparations should be the Yinshan Shiwei people, the Wusugu tribe and the Heiche tribe allied. They moved west from Mobei all the way, and then went south. Some of them were first They went to Khitan, then went to Xi, and finally went to Youzhou, and then they went out from Youzhou to pass the army, and settled in the north and south of Yinshan Mountain. The Tatars of Yinshan Mountain must know how to get out of the [-]-mile valley."

Hearing this news, Li Jing became happy, but immediately sighed: "Yinshan Shiwei is far away from Pingzhou, even if we send people to Yinshan now, I'm afraid it will take too long to go back and forth."

"It doesn't take that long, ten days is enough." Jing Xiang laughed.

"How is this possible?" Yinshan is not close to Yanshan. Within half a month, Li Jing didn't believe that he could invite someone here.

Jing Xiang said a little proudly: "Of course it is impossible under normal circumstances, but it just so happens that Hutu, the chief of the Black Car Department of Yinshan Tatar, just arrived in Pingzhou three days ago. As long as we send a fast horse to pick him up, he will be able to do so in three days." We're at camp."

"Why did they come to Pingzhou?"

"Because of our old friend, Shatuo Black Crow."

Hutu was bought by Li Jing's envoys to Yinshan with a lot of money before, and he persuaded the chieftain of Wusugu, Hebuler, to capture Li Keyong and offer it to Li Jing in exchange for the official position of Yinshan governor, as well as gold and silk property.In the end, Li Ke used his vigilance to attack people first, and instead attacked Hebuler's Tatar camp.

In the next two years, the Yinshan Tatars and Li Keyong fought for almost two years. As a result, the Yinshan Tatars tribal alliance with more than 20 units was defeated by Li Keyong.Up to now, the situation of the two sides has been reversed, and Li Keyong has grown stronger in Yinshan and started to chase the Tatars.The Tatars couldn't stop Li Keyong's sneak attack, so Hebule asked Hutu to come to Li Jing for help.

After hearing this, Li Jing couldn't help sighing, this Shatuo man is really tenacious.He had also received some news about Li Keyong in Yinshan before, but he didn't expect it to be so strong that even the Yinshan Tatar Alliance with a scale of one million people could not control Li Keyong.But now Li Jing didn't have the time to take care of Li Keyong at the foot of the Yin Mountain, he needed Hutu to show him a direct road to King Xi's Yazhang. (To be continued.)