Wanyan Zongwang knew that revenge was impossible, let alone revenge, even staying here would be difficult. -< >- They lost their troops and lost their generals, and they had no rations. If they continued to stay, they would all starve to death if they did not attack Liangshan.

"The Han people have such armored cavalry, I must tell my father quickly! Since there are here, there may be in Liaodong, and we need to be careful when the time comes!" Wanyan Zongwang secretly said.

At this moment, he was sad in his heart, but he didn't know that Yelu Dashi was even more sad.After several battles in a row, the remaining 20 troops of the Liao Kingdom were completely over.Half of them died in battle, and the other half became prisoners of Liangshan.The Liao Kingdom lost more than half of its territory, and it was extremely difficult to restore the country.

Now there are only some small cities on the western grasslands, but there are not many people in those cities.Not long after the war broke out, most of the population there fled to Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.

"Could it be that I can only become a general under the Jinren from now on?" Yelu Dashi sighed deeply.

Wanyan Zongwang led the remnant army to the north, and the rations became less and less. Gradually, these Jurchen cavalrymen could only eat once every two days. If no rations arrived, they might be forced to kill their horses.But on the vast grassland, if the horses were killed, it would take them only two feet to return to Zhongjing, and I don't know how long it would take.

When they passed by Guyuan, they were attacked by Yue Fei again!This time it was Qingqi against Qingqi, and the Jurchens lost again.One reason is that Yue Fei's ability to control the battlefield is too strong. First, he constantly harassed the Jurchens, which made the Jurchens exhausted. Later, he took advantage of the darkness to use the terrain to attack from both sides, and the Jurchens couldn't resist at all.Another important reason is that the Jurchens have not had food for many days, and they are all weak. Even if they are stubborn, they cannot display their due fighting strength.

Yue Fei pursued all the way, and he didn't stop until he encountered the Jurchen's support army in the farther north, and then he started to return with the army.

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When Yue Fei fought in the north and won many battles, Zhu Wu had already set off from Taiyuan and headed for Yanjing City.

Zhu Wu was also very excited. The meaning of conquering Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures was completely different from occupying Hedong.Occupying Hedong is still a bandit for the people in the Central Plains, and they are fighting the territory of the "imperial court".And taking down the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun is to eliminate the enemy of the Han people, and the people of the Central Plains will definitely look at it with admiration!Moreover, under the development of the Khitan people for many years, the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures are even more prosperous than Hedong in terms of prosperity.The territory of the Sixteen States of Yanyun also exceeds the land of Hedong occupied by Liangshan, which is equivalent to the large areas of northern Hebei, northern Shanxi, Beijing, Tianjin, and southern Inner Mongolia. The territory is extremely vast.

And at this moment in the north, apart from Hedong and Yanyun, Liaodong, Koryo and other places are also under the occupation of Liangshan. The entire north, except Shangjing, Zhongjing and other places, almost all belong to Liangshan.This is already equivalent to two-thirds of the territory of the Liao Kingdom in its heyday, and Liangshan is just around the corner to replace the former Liao Kingdom.

Zhu Wu went all the way to the north, from Kelanzhou to Daizhou, Yunzhou and other places. The climate here is cold, but now it is midsummer, and the people here have begun to harvest wheat.He passed dozens of villages and towns, and felt that the order here was good, but many people here looked at the Liangshan army with terrifying and worried eyes.

In fact, the people here are mainly Han people, and the Khitan people are less than half of the Han people, but the Han people here have lived under the rule of the Khitan people for more than 200 years.Except for a very small number of Han people, the rest of the Han people no longer have much yearning for the Central Plains regime.Moreover, the Liao Kingdom promoted the same Confucian Neo-Confucianism as the Song Dynasty, paying attention to the word "loyalty". Even though they were Han people, they were instilled with the idea of ​​being loyal to the Liao Emperor since childhood.Their degree of national identity is not as high as that of the people in the Central Plains.

"It seems that these places still need a good education!" Zhu Wu secretly said.

When he came to Yunzhong and Datong, there were already grasslands everywhere, Zhu Wu was delighted.This era is different from the later generations, where this place is already regarded as the hinterland, and the grassland has almost disappeared.But now, this is considered a complete frontier area, with a huge grassland area, and it is also one of the most important horse breeding places in southern Liao.

During this period of time, the Liangshan army stationed here has confiscated more than 30 horse farms here.Each racecourse ranges from more than a thousand horses to tens of thousands of horses. There are more than 30 batches of war horses in more than [-] racecourses. These are pure Khitan horses. Compared with the Mongolian horses in the north, the war horses here are taller and taller.

Zhu Wu entered a horse farm under the leadership of a group of soldiers. He gently stroked a war horse, filled with joy in his heart.There is a shortage of horses in the Central Plains. Even the chief generals often ride bad horses, and some generals even ride donkeys as war horses.Any horse in the racecourse in front of me can be worth dozens of taels of silver to the Central Plains.In the Song Dynasty, neither the Forbidden Army nor the Western Army had so many horses. The entire Forbidden Army had at most [-] to [-] cavalry, and the Western Army probably did the same.The [-] war horses here don't know how many cavalry can be built, not to mention that besides here, there are also war horses in other places in the Sixteen States of Yanyun, and he got the news that Yue Fei also confiscated countless war horses in the northern battle this time.

In the era of cold weapons, cavalry has obvious advantages over infantry.During the Han and Tang Dynasties, one of the important reasons why the Han people were able to conquer a vast territory was the construction of cavalry!Later, when the Ming Dynasty rose, Zhu Di led troops to destroy Beiyuan, which was only possible with the help of countless cavalry.Without cavalry, the Han people in the Central Plains would be trapped in the Central Plains and could only defend, without much offensive ability at all.

"Yanyun has horses, and Liaodong also has horses. From now on, I will have no shortage of horses in Liangshan! It's just that it will take a long time to form a real cavalry!" Zhu Wu said secretly.

He stayed in Datong for several days to observe the situation here.Datong was built entirely for defense, and the city walls here are extremely strong.Moreover, after this became the Xijing of the Liao Kingdom, the Liao people also built many palaces here. At present, Zhu Wu sent people to seal up these palaces. Inside, as for how to treat these people, we have to wait for news from Korea.

"From now on, these palaces will be regarded as the property of the governor, and they need to be well protected!" Zhu Wu secretly said.

He looked at the Liangshan troops stationed in the distance, and couldn't help but admire Wu Dong's skill.The entire Liangshan, whether it is Koryo, Liaodong or Hedong, promotes a kind of ideology and a kind of education.Hadong is far away from Koryo, but after years of ideological education, all soldiers recognize that they are part of Liangshan, and almost all of the army has a portrait of Wu Dong. It is really rare that the Military Aircraft Department did not have the slightest rebellious heart.

After he left Datong, he headed straight for Yanjing City.

At this moment, there are still countless military camps under Yanjing City, but the number of soldiers inside is only 1.When Zhu Wu arrived, these ten thousand soldiers were training hard there.

After Hu Yanting got the news, he hurried forward with soldiers and horses.

"Deputy Commander!" He got off his horse and smiled at Zhu Wu.

"Good boy, it seems to be a little tanned! Your father still misses you these days." Zhu Wu couldn't help laughing when he saw Hu Yanting.

"It's a pity that I have been guarding the city of Yanjing these days, and I can't go to the north to fight. The army commander and the others are constantly defeating the enemy in the north. I am really envious." Hu Yanting pouted.

Zhu Wu laughed again, and the two chatted and laughed for a while, Zhu Wu said: "Is there no movement in Yanjing these days?"

Hu Yanting shook his head and said: "It's quiet inside, and I don't know what the Liao people are doing these days. They locked the gate of the city, and our intelligence personnel inside can't come out."

Zhu Wu nodded, and said: "I will send people into the city this afternoon, and I will recruit them!" See the first release without advertisements, please go to -< >-

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