Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The movement in the months before the Northern Expedition was obvious and could not be kept secret. Li Chongjin was ordered to lead his army back to Beijing from Yangzhou. He first received the emperor’s award and a banquet in Tokyo. Regardless of the New Year’s Eve and the New Year’s Eve, he received additional troops in winter and deployed his troops to the north of Luzhou in Hedong... For many battles, Chai Rong didn't seem to care about anything else at this time, and he still asked him to guard him as a guard.

Xiang Xun then led the Zhenan army to Beijing and mobilized to Hedong to make peace with Li Zhongjin.

The Gao Huaide department of the right arm of the Tigers of the Guards was transferred to Beizhou a year ago; Li Gu accompanied the army, regardless of the freezing of the river, mobilizing the Xingu from the land to Hebei in the summer and autumn.

The guard of Long Jiejun Han Lingkun returned to Beijing from Xiacai Town, Shouzhou. In the first month of the fourth year of Xiande, the left side was deployed to Dingzhou, Hebei.

...But the Liao people may not be able to eat exactly what Chai Rong wanted to do, because Chai Rong's northern expedition was not once or twice. He not only threatened the southern countries for a long time, but even the Liao country also threatened with force; Huainan Before the war, a large number of troops and horses were mobilized in Hebei. In the early stage, they wanted to fight Liao, but the main force suddenly went to Huainan.

However, this time it was not only a threat. In early March of the fourth year of Xiande, Chai Rong quickly issued an edict to begin the Northern Expedition.

At this point, the deployment in the north has basically been completed. Li Chongjin, Xiang Xun, and Li Jun defended the Northern Han Dynasty in Hedong and acted as a countermeasure to attack. The Department of Han Lingkun is on the left in Dingzhou (west of Hebei); the Department of Guo Shao and Gao Huaide are on the middle road in Beizhou, Qizhou; Chai Rong leads his army into Cangzhou from the waterway and is on the right.

The Zhou Jun's elite soldiers were almost dispatched, and began the Northern Expedition in three ways. Among them, Chai Rong led the main force of the Forbidden Army as the main attack direction.

Emperor Chai Rong's command was all elite soldiers. The squads in front of the palace were elite, mostly cavalry, and most of the 30,000 cavalry were elite cavalry. The two sides of the crane control army were mostly cavalry and archers. This group of men and horses are all elite soldiers collected across the country, consuming half of the revenue of the imperial court.

Tens of thousands of horses and soldiers from Zhujie Town were advancing by land and water. When they arrived in Cangzhou before they started fighting, suddenly Wang Hong, the governor of Ningzhou, Liao, took the initiative to surrender.

Chai Rong sent people to commend and appease Wang Hong and let him continue to be a governor; then he led his army north along the waterway to attack Yijin Pass.

The emperor also ordered all soldiers and horses to attack: the left side of the Longjie Army in the west and the Dingzhou Jiedu sent Sun Xingyou's department to attack Yizhou; the Guo Shao department on the middle road went directly to Waqiao Pass (now Baoding City), and Gao Huaide's department then went north to monitor Ying and Mo Erzhou.

Within a month, the offensive went smoothly across the board, and good news flew everywhere.

Yijinguan, Waqiaoguan, Yingzhou, and Mozhou surrendered one after another. The guards were all Han people. Hearing the arrival of the army of the Central Plains, they all agreed to offer the customs as if they had been discussed. Only Yizhou fought a battle. Hundreds of Qidan cavalry were defeated by Han Lingkun's generals. Yizhou's defenders immediately surrendered.

The Han people everywhere welcomed him. Zhou Jun transformed himself into a liberator of the military and civilians everywhere, and successfully took over seventeen counties in three passes, four prefectures and seventeen counties. Tears filled people's eyes, and people on the side of the road shouted words such as "Waiting for twenty years, and finally waiting for the king," which made the soldiers feel more welcome than on their own territory.

When Guo Shao went to Waqiao Guanbei, he encountered a group of Han'ers who took advantage of the chaos and robbed more than one hundred Liao horses to vote. They immediately collected them as a part and distributed the captured horses to them. Zuo You wrote the Anmin List, propagating that Wang Shi Beiding and Qiu had no offense, and brothers of the same race were treated equally.

Shi Chairong quickly rectified the place he had obtained, and ordered Han Tong to summon Ding Zhuang to consolidate Waqiao Pass and Yijin Pass, which were changed to Xiongzhou and Bazhou respectively.

In mid-April, Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin crossed the Juma River, and a cavalry battle took place in Zhuozhou. They repelled Xiao Simwen, the chief of soldiers and horses of the Southern Academy of Liao State, and captured Zhuozhou. So the forbidden army divided the troops and marched forward, and they reached the bank of Juma River one after another; the emperor did not order the tribes to cross the river, but only summoned the generals of the generals in Zhuozhou Palace to discuss Youzhou.

The emperor led the squads to reach the Zhuozhou Palace.

Suddenly, Li Yun sent an envoy to report, and he found out about the military opportunity in Jinyang. The Khitan lord Qibaili hurriedly ordered the Northern Han to send troops to assist... This news brought the vigorous victory to a halt. Since the Northern Han is assisting, the Khitan lord may Send troops?

Sure enough, within two days, a secret whistle had discovered a large number of movements of Liao army horsemen behind Yanshan.

When Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin heard the news, they entered the palace, and saw that Chai Rong was sitting in the upper chair meditating on something. When they bowed and spoke, they spoke quietly.

Chai Rong took away the hand rubbing his chin, and said without raising his head: "Just know that you are asking to see me, so just say anything."

Zhao Kuangyin didn't speak yet, Zhang Yongde said: "Your Majesty, the captives are all gathering in the north of Youzhou today. It is not appropriate to venture further."

Chai Rong's face suddenly became unhappy.

Zhao Kuangyin looked up and looked up, and then said: "The officials thought that attacking the land of the clouds is not to attack the city, but to defeat the Qidan and come to the capital from the Liao State. If you can break the Qidan reinforcements in a battle, encircle Youzhou, Entering the land of reversible clouds; if you are defeated by the captives, even if you capture Youzhou, you will be a solitary city. There is no evidence around. The reinforcements and food roads are all under the threat of the captives, and Youzhou has little effect.

The army is eager to besiege the heavy city and gather troops under the city. If it fails to break the city and loses outside the city, it will be attacked from inside and outside, and it will be annihilated. Therefore, Zhang Du's intention is not to hesitate, but to make careful arrangements and plan ahead and retreat. "

Zhao Kuangyin's words were more pleasant to hear, Chai Rong nodded slightly.

Zhao Kuangyin continued: "The Khitan master was cruel and unkind, the Liao Kingdom was turbulent, and the arrival of reinforcements might not necessarily be our elite opponent of the Zhou army."

Chai Rong said, "Go on."

Zhao Kuangyin worshipped: "If you are in the opinion of the minister, the attack should be fortified first, and should be deployed in a deep and thick formation. From Yizhou, Zhuozhou to Youzhou, multiple camps and deployments, infantry in the back, cavalry in front; To the north of the city, waiting for the first arrival of Liao’s reinforcements, taking advantage of the fatigue from a long distance, the cavalry can make a maneuvering battle. If it is not good, the captives will have nothing to do with me.”

Chai Rong was noncommittal. Seeing an **** came in, he asked: "Has the guard, Sima Bu, waited for Guo Shao to come?"

The **** said: "Here, but the generals have not yet arrived...Does the official family want to summon General Guo first?"

Chai Rong thought for a while, but said, "I will go to change clothes. You two will wait a while with the generals before going to the palace to discuss matters."

Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin bowed and retired.

The two went all the way to the palace, and Zhang Yongde said: "Brother Zhao had discussed with me for so long before, so I went in and talked to Saints. Why didn't you help persuade the officials?"

Zhao Kuangyin said: "The officials are determined to win Youzhou. I just found that I can't help it."

After hearing this, Zhang Yongde had no choice but to say simply: "Then I have to fight one battle... How does Brother Zhao think he will win?"

"Originally, we did not expect that the Khitan lord would send reinforcements so quickly. That was a sleeping emperor. His throne was not stable, and Youzhou was not originally a place in the Liao Kingdom. Earlier, it was expected that the Khitan lord would simply abandon the land of the clouds; even if he had to send troops. It’s not easy, and I don’t know when I will go." Zhao Kuangyin said, "But now there is movement for more than a month. It can be seen that it is not the meaning of the Khitan lord, but all the officials of the Liao State beg him; otherwise, the Khitan lord will not be able to do so in a short time. Persuade the officials, and are unwilling to reject all opinions and go their own way. If all the tribes of the Liao Kingdom want to protect Youzhou and there are no differences, the Liao army cavalry is powerful, and it is difficult for us to win."

Zhang Yongde said: "I haven't fought yet. I've never seen you so much in a war!"

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Do you remember the battle of Jinyang? The Liao State sent thousands of riders to Xinkou for reinforcements. Wei Wang Fu Yanqing held 20,000 in his hand. He almost lost forward Shi Yanchao and was defeated."

"At that time, Fu Yanqing didn't have any elite soldiers, only Xiang Xun and Shi Yanchao's horse soldiers could still fight."

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Even so, Shi Yanchao and Xiang Xun combined have thousands of riders. Anyway, I don't think I can be impatient to fight Liao, let alone underestimate the enemy."

In the afternoon, the ministers of the Privy Council and the generals of Zhulu met at the Zhuozhou Palace.

Wei Renpu stayed behind in Tokyo at this time, and Wang Pu presided over the discussion. It was still a rough big picture. Wang Pu first served under the military situation. Guo Shao was also in the queue as a senior general, and he still listened silently. The scene of this discussion made him a little disappointed. Wang Pu's talent should be higher than Wei Renpu's, but because of his age, he lost the self-confidence and calmness of iron and blood... Guo Shao couldn't help but think of the battle of Huainan. The scenes during the palace in Yangzhou were compared.

Zhujiang heard that the army of the Liao Kingdom had arrived behind Yanshan, and there was a conflict of opinions for a while, and the dispute was late. Guo Shao did not participate in the dispute. He listened to what he wanted to do and what he should do.

Afterwards, Chai Rong finally made arrangements to overcome the consensus. The Iron Cavalry and Crane Control Army horsemen will move to the north of Youzhou City to wait for an opportunity. The left side of the Long Jie Army and other squads will be stationed directly under the city to monitor the movement of Youzhou City.

The left-wing infantry of the Tiger Jie Army crossed the Juma River and stationed in Zhuozhou, and the military power was replaced by Qi Tingxun, the commander of the left arm; the Gao Huaide Department of the Right Wing of the Tiger Jie Army was stationed south of Juma Henan; the Han Tong Department was in Xiong and Ba Erzhou~www.mtlnovel .com~ As expected, Guo Shao was specifically named by the emperor to attack Youzhou City. However, the emperor didn’t seem to want to attack the city with all his strength, because the siege troops assigned to Guo Shao were not the elite left side of the Tiger Jie Army (in Zhuozhou), but the Sun Xingyou Department of the Dingzhou Army, the cavalry of Guo Shao’s headquarters, and the towns in Hebei. Tens of thousands of soldiers.

Guo Shao discovered that there were only two types of troops under Youzhou City: one was cavalry, and the other was miscellaneous soldiers. It gave him an illusion, as if he was ready to run away at any time, and then dropped the cannon fodder to death.

The main force of his siege troops is the army of the local town, can they still besiege the heavy city? He felt that he was completely a feint attacking the city to exert pressure; the main force of the Zhou Dynasty seemed to be placed on the reinforcements of the Liao State that had not yet appeared.

However, the emperor did not explicitly say that he was only allowed to cope and the imperial decree was to attack the city. So Guo Shao immediately remembered the large amount of gunpowder placed in Qizhou.

In Huainan, the emperor personally gave the nickname "Guo Pocheng". In fact, Guo Shao was not proficient in siege. There is no way this time, he is ready to repeat the trick at any time. rg

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