Late Tang

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Yang Shihou took down Jianzhou City without bloodshed, and immediately sent Pegasus to report to the former army commander behind him, Zhang Zimian, the commander of the common army.Zhang Zimian received the good news, and after confirming it, he personally rushed to the Chinese army behind with a messenger to report to Qin Wang Li Jing.

"Yang Tianxiong won Jianzhou, and now the Mohe Heli clan came to surrender on their own initiative. This is a surprise. Someone suggested that Yang Tianxiong's flying cavalry should be dressed in the Mohe people's flag of Heli's subordinates, and Heli, father and son, and others would lead the way. , use the fastest speed to take down the enemy camp along the checkpoints along the way, and go straight to Bozhou!"

Li Jing said: "Thousands of miles away, you must be cautious when marching."

Jika stepped forward cautiously, and said respectfully: "His Royal Highness King Qin, the little Jika thinks that Zhang Dutong's plan is very feasible. In fact, there are not many soldiers and horses deployed in the entire Shibin Mansion, and they are all led by my grandfather." Five thousand soldiers and horses are stationed. At present, the right-hand army of the coalition forces is mainly assembled in Longquan Prefecture, Shangjing, while there are not many troops in the nearby Tongzhou, Yingzhou, and Tuozhou and Yizhou in Dongping Prefecture. The garrisons are basically from various tribes Old and weak soldiers. If Your Highness believes in the small ones, there is a proposal. Instead of going directly to Bozhou to the west, we can go to Meituo Lake first, and first capture Dongping Mansion in the rear. Dongping Mansion is surrounded by The three states of Meituo Lake, Meizhou, Tuozhou, and Yizhou, Meizhou and Tuozhou each have only [-] tribal cavalry, and each has [-] Bohai soldiers. Only Yizhou has [-] Khitan soldiers and [-] Bohai soldiers. Jiangbing, the soldiers and horses here control Anbian, Anyuan, Dongping and other occupied areas in the northeast of the Bohai Sea. Many materials collected and looted from those prefectures and counties are transported from several prefectures and counties to Yizhou for concentration. Then it will be transferred to the right army of Longquan Mansion and the Mansion of the left army of the left army."

"Taking Yizhou can capture a large amount of food and supplies, which can greatly alleviate the logistics supply problem of His Highness. After all, even if His Highness brings a large amount of supplies, it is still very troublesome to transport and supply military supplies from the peninsula. And taking Yizhou This grain storage point in the state can not only replenish itself, but also attack the enemy, killing two birds with one stone."

Li Jing originally thought that Jika was just a messenger sent by Mohe Jiangbing, but he didn't expect him to say such a thing.Zhang Zimian introduced to Li Jing at this time, "This is Heli's second grandson. He once traveled to the Central Plains with a caravan. Not only did he go to Qin Fan, but he also went to Yangzhou, Luoyang, Chang'an and other places to meet him. He is very knowledgeable."

Hearing this, Li Jing was even more surprised.Seeing that Jika is very young, only in his early twenties, it is difficult to say such a thing after having such an experience.

"Go on!" Li Jing said with some appreciation.He liked this young man a little bit, because his experience in the Central Plains made him different from ordinary Mohe people. He had seen the prosperity of the Central Plains, the power of Qin Fan, and his ideas were more open.

Encouraged, Jika became more excited and nervous.

"Small means that there is no need to rush to attack Bozhou, because Bozhou is too close to Shangjing, and the vicinity of Shangjing is not as good as Binfu. There are more than 20 troops stationed there. Although not all of them are elite, there are also many soldiers and horses. Big Some of them marched directly to Bozhou, and they are likely to be discovered and intercepted by them. We might as well go north first and take down the three states of Yi, Mei, and Tuo in Dongping Prefecture. Attack Yingzhou in a detour. Of course, if Your Highness is patient, I think that after we capture Yingzhou, we can go south and go north to take Tieli Mansion. There is Derry Town in Tieli Mansion, which is The Bohai Sea has been an important fortress for attacking and defending the Heishui tribe for many years. This is also the confluence of the Dahe Nanshui and the Huhan River downstream of Sumoshui. Taking this place not only blocked the retreat of the coalition right army, but also took The retreat route of the Mohe people in the left army was also blocked. If this is the time, His Highness can send another army out of the Liaohe River and stationed at the place where the Nanjiang River and the Sumo River meet, on the western border of Fuyu Prefecture and Momo Prefecture. Da'an City, block it. In this way, the two main forces on the left and right of the entire tribal alliance will be surrounded."

Li Jing took a pair of maps, spread them out, and carefully searched for the places Jika mentioned.

The current situation in Bohai is that the Qin army and the allied forces of Bohai occupy Zhongjing and Buyeo respectively, and establish two solid defense lines.In contrast, the tribal coalition forces were divided into left and right armies. In Shangjing to the north of Zhongjing, and Fuyufu to the north of Fuyufu, a large number of troops were assembled to confront them tit for tat.

Now, Li Jing led a large army from the sea, bypassed Zhongjing and Shangjing, landed from Shibin Mansion in the northeast of Tokyo, and appeared behind the right flank of the right-wing coalition forces in Shangjing.Jika's proposal was very bold, asking Li Jing to continue marching to the northeast, taking a big arc, and the final goal was to capture the Tie Lifu Delhi fortress where the Songhua River and the Mudan River meet, and block the coalition forces' retreat to the northeast first.At the same time, let Li Jing transfer an army from Liaodong to Liaoshui, and stationed in Da'an at the junction of Nenjiang and Songhua River in the west, blocking the way for the coalition forces to retreat to the northwest.

The Qin army guarded the two ends of the Songhua River, the east and the west, and assigned heavy troops to guard the entire river defense line.In this way, the Qin army changed from the original two lines to four lines, and finally formed an inverted trapezoidal large fence with the Songhua River, Xiliu Songhua River, and Mudan River, and hundreds of thousands of allied forces Put it all in.

It sounds a bit far-fetched, but it is actually quite feasible.

Because the northeast is not a prairie, there are more forests and mountains, rivers and swamps.People here are mainly fishing and hunting peoples, and the Bohai Sea farming civilization that gradually developed later.But the further north, the less developed the coalition forces were, whether they were marching or retreating, they actually relied more on the river.In summer, they are transported on wide water, and in winter, they walk on ice.

This has always been the case in ancient times, with the river as the road.

Especially the larger the number of troops, the higher the need for roads.If Li Jing can really stop the Songhua River, hundreds of thousands of coalition forces can really be stopped.

This is a very powerful proposal. If it can be done, the tribal coalition will be defeated this time.But it is really difficult to intercept the thousands of miles of Songhua River.And here is the most critical thing, that is, the Qin army still needs a road to intercept the Da'an line at the intersection of the Nen River and the Songhua River. Otherwise, there will be a gap here, and the coalition forces, especially the Khitans, will leak from here.

Set up an ambush on all sides, and then squeeze in the middle. If they move fast enough, by the time they are in place, the ice will almost thaw.At that time, they had enough time for several months, and the wide Songhua River would become the best line of defense to help them stop those coalition forces.And the dense forests and swamps within the encirclement will also greatly reduce the power of the cavalry of the tribal alliance.It is true that in such a battlefield, it is impossible to completely annihilate the enemy army, but as long as the encirclement is successful, even if there will definitely be some leaked fish in the end, but there are so big ones there, if they leak, they can only miss some small fish.

Li Jing's heart was moved, really moved.His original plan was to eat up the coalition forces on the right, and then defeat them one by one.However, this plan may be difficult for the left army to retreat by then.Although it can defeat the coalition forces, the coalition forces will still retain a lot of strength.

But this plan is different. If it is successful, at least [-]% of the strength of the coalition forces will be thrown here.If they were more successful, they could even wipe out [-]% of the strength of the coalition forces.Really solve the problem of tribal soldiers and horses in one fell swoop, once and for all.

But in this way, the original plan needs to be fully adjusted.

Li Jing immediately summoned all the civil and military personnel accompanying the army to discuss urgently.

On the second day, Yang Shihou, the forward of Jianzhou, received an order from Li Jing, asking him to hand over Jianzhou City to a Qin army that arrived later to garrison. He led his headquarters and Heli led Mohe headquarters to Dongping Mansion immediately.

Yang Shihou and Heliyi ordered troops to be dispatched, and Jika and several Qin Army staff officers caught up with them. Three days later, they had rushed to the bank of the Metuo River, and all the small coalition troops stationed along the way were wiped out by them.When they arrived at the foot of Meizhou City, they all carried the banner of Heli's troops. The defenders on the city were also Mohe people. They recognized Heli's iron hand with the surname and shouted: "Old Heli, how did you get here?" coming?"

Heli stepped forward, raised his iron hand, and shouted: "Under the order of the governor, Abu Liji, we will send a batch of grain and grass to Yizhou!"

Abu Liji is the leader of the Blackwater Tribal Alliance today. The Blackwater Mohe is a large tribe, but there are also many small Mohe tribes, all of which are dominated by the Heishui tribe.Because the Heishui Department was once sealed by the Li Tang Dynasty as the Heishui Dudu Mansion, the tribal leaders have been called the Heishui Dudu for generations.Right now, Abu Liji is going to Longquan Mansion in Shangjing, and he is the coach of the right army.The guard of Mohe in Meizhou didn't doubt it, and ordered Kaesong to welcome Heli and his party into the city to rest.When Zhe Li waited to enter the city, he didn't move.After entering the city, the guard arranged wine, meat and meals. The two sides drank and ate meat together, and talked about the harvest of the robbery when they went south. The iron-handed old Heli is a famous warrior in the Mohe tribe. The guard of Meizhou was also an old man. He also fought with Hurley, and he was still his subordinate.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of rice.

Old Hurley winked at his grandsons, and Jika took the lead to stand up, "Why don't we brothers dance swords for everyone!"

A crowd of people clapped their hands and laughed. They were watching Jika wait for the sword dance to their heart's content. Suddenly, Jika spun around, and the sword in his hand was already directly on the throat of the old man Feng Ameng. A brother also aimed his sword at several officers in Meizhou.

For a while, the house was extremely quiet, and a needle could be heard falling.

"Tie Shou, what's going on here, isn't this a funny joke?" Feng Ameng said with sweat already on his face, his voice trembling.

Harry's iron hand tapped on the table, his voice was very depressing.

"This is not a joke, Feng Ameng, to tell you the truth, Qin Wang Li Jing of the Tang Dynasty has landed from the Muli Peninsula with an army of 40, and my children and I have also surrendered to Li Jing. Originally, I I should let my children cut you down and take this Meizhou for the Qin army. But since you fought side by side with me and blocked the sword for me, I will give you a chance. "

"You want me to surrender to the Qin army like you?" Feng Ameng said.

Ji Ka pushed the sword forward a little bit, and a little blood flowed out, flowing down the neck. It was so hot that Feng Ameng's face turned pale all of a sudden.

"My grandfather is pointing out a way of life for you, a road of golden light. Don't be ignorant of good and bad. Think about it for yourself. Qin's 40 troops were in the Bohai Sea, and they blocked the coalition forces for two years. Now Li Jing personally leads [-] troops. Who do you think can stop the elite from entering the Bohai Sea? You?"

"Qin Wang Li Jing really led 40 people here?" Feng Ameng still couldn't believe it.

"It's absolutely true." Tie Shou replied, "To tell you the truth, there are five thousand Qin Army cavalry outside the city."

"Send the signal!" Harry said.

Everyone approached the window, and there was a "shoo", three green fireworks rose in the air, and after a while, three green fireworks also rose outside the city.

Feng Ameng's face turned even paler.

"Did you see, just now I asked someone to release the green signal. If the red signal was released, the Qin army outside the city would directly attack the city. I believe you have also heard of the power of the Qin people's firearms. A small city like Meizhou, Your defenders are simply vulnerable."

Feng Ameng lowered his head, "I surrender!"

A smug smile flashed in Heli's eyes, "Very well, the people of Tang have a saying that a man who knows the current affairs is a good man, and you will not regret today's choice. Now, there are two things you need to do immediately. First, Immediately let a thousand of your subordinates in Meizhou City abandon their weapons and surrender, open the city to welcome the Qin army into the city, and take out all the food and grass in the city. Don't worry, the Qin army will not take these things for nothing, and will compensate them at the same price in the future .Secondly, the defender of Yizhou is your brother Feng Ali, right? We hope you can persuade him to surrender and join the Qin army."

Since Feng Ameng had surrendered, these demands were naturally agreed to.

Immediately, Jika and the others withdrew their swords.Feng Ameng immediately sent an order that a thousand cavalry Mohe soldiers in Meizhou city and three thousand Bohai descendants immediately put down their weapons and opened the city gates to welcome Yang Shihou and others into the city.Yang Shihou was a little impatient waiting outside the city. Originally, he planned to let his men put on Mohe people's clothes and hide in the iron hand army.However, Jika pointed out that the guards in the city were originally his grandfather's old subordinates, and they were sure that they could explain his surrender.He also pointed out that the Yizhou guard is the brother of the Meizhou guard.

Just when he was getting impatient, the gate of Meizhou city opened, and Heli, Feng Ameng and others left the city together. A thousand Mohe defenders and three thousand Bohai soldiers also came out of the city, put down their weapons in the snow, and waited. Surrender.

The impatience on Yang Shihou's face finally turned into joy. Damn it, he thought how stubborn these Donghu barbarians would be, but he didn't expect that they were all such soft bones, and they all surrendered in anticipation.While delighted, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Although he had captured several states in a row, he had never fought a decent battle, and his feats were unavoidably inferior.

Although he felt a little regretful, he was still very satisfied with the result. After all, it was best to win without a fight.

"Enter the city!" Yang Shihou waved his hand, and the thousands of soldiers and horses lying in ambush in the snow suddenly stood up one by one, shaking their white cloaks. (To be continued.)