About five hundred miles east of Aolai City along the Duck River is Fuyuan City. It was originally the location of Jia'ali, one of the five kingdoms established by the Liao Dynasty. It was also the last one that Ma Renyu conquered when he marched eastward and occupied this city.
Later, it was renamed Fuyuan City.
Fuyuan City is the most remote town under the control of the Andong Governor's Palace, and it is an important military town with very few civilians, even worse than Aolai City, but there are three thousand soldiers stationed there.
Although this place is remote, the situation is the most critical, and the sentiments of the surrounding tribes are also the most complicated. Except for the Ceali tribe, which was almost exterminated by the Han army, they are basically surrounded by the Jurchen tribe.
Different from the Jurchens who were moved to Liaodong by the Khitan, there are countless Jurchens living in the white mountains and black waters. They are primitive, fierce and barbaric. The tribes of Jurchens, ranging from thousands of small ones to thousands of large ones, are difficult to conquer.
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To the east of Fuyuan are the Jurchen tribe of the Five Women and the Nvzhi tribe of the East China Sea. To the north are the Wura tribe and the Alimei tribe. To the west, there is also the Bigu tribe, a descendant of the Blackwater Mohe, which was one of the Khitan tribes in the past.
It can be said that the eastern region of Anton with Fuyuan City as the center was the most turbulent place under Anton's rule. During the campaign against the barbarians, three large-scale attacks were carried out in Fuyuan.
But it could never be completely calmed down.
Due to the special situation here, a heavy army was stationed. In addition to the three thousand existing Han troops, there were also a thousand servants.
In the early autumn of this year, in view of the turbulent and bad situation in the Fuyuan area, the Dudu Mansion decided to carry out another purge of the surrounding Jurchen tribes in order to deter the barbarians. The target of the attack was the Wura tribe in the north.
Tian Qinzuo, the patrol envoy, personally led the expedition, and the movement to the north went smoothly. How could the Wuja tribe be the opponent of the Han army?
Three hundred and thousands of prisoners were recorded. Along the way, even the Ali Mei tribe next door stayed far away and hid in the mountains. In fact, some Ali Mei tribe people simply swam across the sea, crossed the strait, and ran to
Went to Sakhalin Island.
However, this time the Han army went on an expedition, it was still a failed military operation. The results were very small. They failed to eliminate the Wuji tribe. The most critical thing was that there was a fire in the backyard.
When the Han army attacked, Fuyuan City was inevitably empty. After all, this was not Aolai City. Even if there were five hundred soldiers left, it would not be safe. However, the Jurchens in the East China Sea took advantage of the courage of the bear and the leopard, and all the tribes united together, gathering nearly ten thousand soldiers.
The young and strong tribesmen came out of the mountains and attacked Fuyuan City.
These girls are really poor, poorly organized, poorly trained, poorly armed, and don't even have decent armor and stomach. However, many ants kill the elephants. After all, the defenders are one against twenty, so they will inevitably suffer damage.
It is true that Fuyuan City cannot be defeated. Although the city is small, it can be relied on, and the Han army has bows, crossbows, rockets and other sharp weapons to assist it. No matter how brave the Jurchens are and are not afraid of death, it will be difficult to attack it with bravery.
However, some settlements and villages outside Fuyuan City suffered. Even if the government warned in time, there were always those who failed to evacuate and were almost plundered. The fields were burned, the houses were destroyed, and there were hundreds of casualties.
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Tian Qinzuo, who was fighting against the Wuji people at the front, heard that there was a change in the rear. He was shocked, angry, ashamed and annoyed. He not only hated himself for causing this chaos, but also hated those Jurchens from the East China Sea. His Tian inspection was in An
Dong has killed so many barbarians and natives, yet there are still those who dare to be so ignorant of his power as a murderous criminal.
Therefore, Tian Qinzuo, not caring about continuing to pursue and beat the fleeing Wuja people, directly withdrew his troops and returned to Fuyuan City to aid. The Jurchens under the city learned that the Han army was returning to help, and they fought against the Han army in the past few years.
Having suffered enough losses, they chose to retreat without hesitation, preparing to escape back to their nest.
However, they wanted to leave, but the Han army in Fuyuan refused to comply. They suffered a rare loss. Under the leadership of Gongma Huaiyu from Fufeng County, they decisively left the city, pursued and harassed them, delayed their army, and prevented them from retreating easily.
The purpose of not engaging in field battles before was to ensure the safety of the city and wait for reinforcements to avoid unnecessary casualties in field battles, but this did not mean that the Han army did not dare to fight in the field.
In fact, even if it is a wild confrontation, the fully equipped Han army can still fight against these poorly equipped Jurchens. Ma Huaiyu has participated in many campaigns against the barbarian indigenous people in Anton over the years, and has accumulated a lot of experience.
Although he had little military experience, he was thoroughly trained. He was also very courageous, so he took only two hundred cavalry out of the city and dealt with them flexibly, forcing the Jurchens to be held back. The more eager they were to retreat, the less they allowed them to retreat.
As wished.
Ma Huaiyu's actions were valuable, and he was delayed until Tian Qinzuo arrived with the main force, launched a fatal blow, and won the battle of Fuyuan.
Although the name of the battle was "Battle of Fuyuan", the actual battle took place in front of the Xihe Ridge, a hundred miles southeast of Fuyuan. The situation on both sides was not good. The Han army came rushing back and forth for hundreds of miles.
Here, they were exhausted after fighting against the Wuji people. The Jurchens were not much better. They stayed under Fuyuan City for a long time and were attacked and killed by the defenders. They were eager to retreat and were entangled by Ma Huaiyu's guerrillas.
Not too annoying, the only advantage is that there are more people.
But no matter how you compare them, the gap in absolute strength between the two sides is significant. After a fierce battle, the Donghai Jurchens were defeated and fled, then scattered into the mountains and forests in an unorganized manner.
In this battle, the Han army won a complete victory, beheading 2,000 people and capturing more than 3,000 people. Tens of thousands of Jurchens from the East China Sea came with great noise, and less than half of them escaped in the end.
However, the Han army also suffered certain losses. Even if they were armed to the teeth, they would inevitably be damaged in cold weapon combat. What's more, the Han army in Anton was basically light cavalry and light infantry.
Of course, the biggest advantage lies in the cavalry. For the savage Jurchens, they are a big killer. They gallop across the battlefield, coming and going like the wind, assisting the infantry in the battle. The Jurchens have no way to counterattack.
But even so, the Han army suffered more than 300 casualties in the battle of Fuyuan. This was already a considerable loss for the Han army. In the past few years in the security operations in Andong, the Han army had suffered more than 300 casualties.
There were only a thousand casualties, and more casualties occurred among the servants who were not included in the losses. The actual casualties of the Han army were not many, but this time, it was considered a breakthrough.
Therefore, even if he won the counterattack against the Jurchens in the East China Sea, the first thing Tian Qinzuo did after the war was not only to report the results of the battle to the Anton Governor's Mansion, but also to write an apology letter to the court in his own name.
Especially after seeing the messy Fuyuan City, Inspector Tian completely broke his guard. He had never suffered such a loss, especially in the hands of these indigenous barbarians. More importantly, he felt offended.
On the other hand, the speed of development and construction in remote military towns like Fuyuan is already slow, the environment is more primitive than that of Aolai City, and the Han civilians are even scarcer than the Han army.
Just like this, the development achievements of several years have become negligible and were completely destroyed by the Jurchens. Tian Qinzuo's face was greatly reduced this time. Even though he had won a great victory over the enemy and killed thousands of people, those barbarian natives could not compete with them.
Do the lives and property of the Han army and Han people compare?
Under such circumstances, King Qin Liu Xu, accompanied by his subordinates and retinues, rushed to Fuyuan City for inspection. In fact, nothing can be seen in Fuyuan City now. At most, he could comfort the Han people after the aboriginal invasion.
And to reward the garrison who worked hard to suppress the bandits.