Even if a big rebel like Yang An'er surrendered, no one inside or outside the court would really regard him as one of his own. At that time, his basic troops were organized into the Tiewagang Army, and then they were withdrawn from Shandong and transferred to the front line behind Monan Mountain.
The emperor even personally issued a handwritten order to Yang An'er, saying that he would use them to cushion the Mongols' sword heads.
Later, Yehuling was defeated, the boundary trench defense line collapsed, and Yang An'er retreated to Zhuozhou. However, in addition to Tang Kuo's joint attack, the imperial court also had surveillance from all parties. Only around Dingxing County, there were Zhuozhou Yongtai Army, Yizhou Gaoyang Army, and Xiongzhou Army.
The Yongding Army and the Baozhou Shuntian Army all stationed heavy troops in the fourth quarter, like a heaven and earth net, covering Yang An'er in the center.
But no one expected that the imperial court suffered another defeat at Migukou in Xijing the following year. The army, which was said to be worth one million, was defeated. The military strength of the Jiedu prefectures on Xijing Road, Hebei East-West Road, and Zhongdu Road were almost completely exhausted. These four Jiedu were almost completely drained.
The state has become like paper.
At that time, the imperial court could still restore these heavy troops if it transferred more troops from the Central Plains. However, firstly, the threat from the Mongols was much greater. Secondly, Yang An'er remained dormant and was extremely respectful and courteous to his superiors. Even if the troops in various parts of Hebei were defeated.
They were at odds with each other, but Yang An'er never showed any signs of expanding his power.
This situation finally made the court feel a little relieved, and Yang An'er took action!
In just half a day, he captured the county seat of Dingxing, killed Tang Kuo and his troops, dispersed the treasury and property to the people, and then headed south along the Laishui River with great fanfare toward Rongcheng County.
Yang An'er originally had only a thousand troops, but later he forced the landing of hundreds of defeated troops in the south of Zhuozhou, and then took the local soldiers from Dingxing County with him. The total number of soldiers exceeded three thousand, and the momentum was very majestic.
They also seized nearly a hundred fine horses from Tang Kuo's mansion. During the march, Yang You, Guo Yao'er, Zhan Hui, Wang Min and other powerful generals personally mobilized their Qingqi to send out sentries and defeated several groups with intent.
All the soldiers who blocked him cut off their heads and hung them in front of their horses.
That night, Yang An'er's troops broke into Rongcheng and plundered them. The front team even captured many boats in Rongcheng County. The torches were held high, like a fire dragon with teeth and claws, crossing the pond and approaching the Xiongzhou government office.
When Zhang Nu, Bode, who was also serving as the governor of the Yongding Army in Xiongzhou, saw this situation, he was so frightened that his legs weakened. He immediately summoned all the good people in the city, young and old, to the city for defense. Then he sent envoys overnight to urgently notify the nearby people, pleading for help.
There was still debate over whether there would be reinforcements. Since Xiongzhou was the first to suffer the disaster, the chief officers of several other military towns breathed a sigh of relief.
Bode Zhangnu went to the city for several days to investigate, but he saw dozens of large boats walking on the water, with spears and spears on them like a forest, approaching from time to time.
He was a Jurchen who started his career by reading the books of sages. He was a serious Jinshi in Beixuan Cifu. At the moment, he did not dare to lead people out to conduct reconnaissance. He only wrote colorful details about the battle situation on the documents.
He thought hard all night and came up with a good line, which he called "To praise the new warriors, who knows the old scholars." After repeated chanting, he added several other lines to complete the poem. He carefully recorded it in the battle report and ordered the envoy to take it with him.
The war reports kept coming out to complain and complain.
However, at this time, there were not many people on the boat at all, and the spears and spears were all made of reeds.
Yang An'er gathered troops from Rongcheng County and turned back to the north, and sent Liu Quan to lead an elite detachment. They all used small boats to pass through the lake area between Liuli River and Laishui, go upstream, and directly take Fanyang of Zhuozhou.
In the direction of Yijin Pass in Bazhou, a capital commander came with his troops to challenge on the east bank of the Liuli River. Yang An'er faced the enemy across the river with his main army, and crossed the river in a small boat to outflank him. He defeated it in half an hour and captured two horses.
Ten horses, enlarging the army by 400 men.
On that day, the two groups of soldiers and horses marched quickly and responded to each other. They marched sixty miles in one day, which put great pressure on Zhuozhou Governor Nian Gezhen.
Nian Kezhen was also a famous scribe among the Jurchens. He served as a professor, chief registrar, magistrate of punishment, and transfer household registration judge. Later, he served as the governor of Dexing Prefecture and the governor of Xuande Prefecture. After the defeat at Yehuling, Nian Kezhen
Zhen followed the defeated troops into Hebei. Because of his reputation, he was transferred to the governor of Zhuozhou and appointed some mountain tombs to offer sacrifices to him at the end of the year.
And because the imperial mausoleum is in Zhuozhou, Zhuozhou restored the establishment of the Yongtai Army from the year before last, with Niangegezhen as the military envoy.
There is an interesting phenomenon. With the successive defeats of Dai Jin in the war with Mongolia in recent years, the military equipment of the imperial court has gradually become stretched. However, the subordinate military attachés and military establishments of various Jiedu, Zhenzhou and even Cizhou have become more and more important.
It's getting more and more complex, and there are more and more.
For example, when Nian Kaizhen first arrived in Zhuozhou, the officers under his subordinates only had one military officer who was also a patrol officer, and two military officers. Later, the military department of the capital was established, with hundreds of soldiers and horses under the command of the capital commander; and later, there were
The archers under the county captain, the local soldiers under the patrol, the soldiers organized in Baojia, and the efficiency army directly under the Jiedushi, etc.
This is a matter of course. Facing the increasingly heavy military pressure in the north, the role of Zhuo, Yi and other states has changed from second-line support to front-line direct support of the Mongolian troops. Therefore, the military status of these states is every other
It has been improving for several months. The imperial court tried its best to maintain the military strength of various states, and the number of officers and soldiers under the Jiedushi's account became larger and larger.
The only problem is that the officers are all jumping around in front of Nikatsusada, but the soldiers are all active in paperwork and paper. In reality, the number is only a little less than before.
Local officials such as Nian Kezhen, Tu Shanhang, Bode Zhangnu, Mei Zhiqinu, Gao Xi, etc. all faced the same situation. They repeatedly submitted letters to the court asking for reinforcements, weapons and equipment, and food and fodder.
However, the imperial court could not provide any supplies. It only gave some military pay, which was like paper money.
Although Nian Kaizhen was in Zhuozhou, he had heard that the situation on the border was so critical, and the political disputes in the DPRK were getting more and more intense. The current emperor and the Jurchen nobles did not trust each other, and the fight between them was getting out of hand.
This kind of fighting also affected the army, leaving generals everywhere at a loss as to what to do. Some people saw the weakness of the imperial court and became more arrogant and domineering. They relied on their own troops outside the imperial court system and became warlords.
Nian Kezhen was a scholar, so he could see things clearly, but he had no solution, let alone the courage to confront others. In short, as a military governor, he had neither prestige nor strength. The only thing he could do well with his heart was sweep the imperial mausoleum.
Sadly, even the imperial mausoleum in Dafang Mountain is surrounded by the Jing'an People's Division, whose enemies and friends are unknown. Nian Gezhen had to take people to sweep and offer sacrifices, and he also had to say hello to the Jing'an people. The country's power has deteriorated to this point.
, what else is there to say? When things come to an end, it will be nothing more than death!
In fact, Nian Kezhen's confidence in Daikin has been shaken since the defeat of Yehuling. At that time, the Mongols' overwhelming cavalry was crisscrossing the sky, and they were agile and changeable in their offensive and defensive advances and retreats. Those warriors who were tenacious and dared to die, like a pack of wolves, and even them
The mountains of corpses and seas of blood wherever he passed left such a deep impression on Nian Kezhen that he was heartbroken.
He sometimes thought that he didn't know that in the early days of the Jin Dynasty, that powerful army that was said to be invincible, that powerful army that destroyed 700,000 Liao troops in the Battle of Hubu Dagang, could compare with the Mongols.
What?
Maybe...maybe something like that.
So, how many Mongolians are there now?
I heard that Temujin had 10,000 guards and 95 thousand households... That is a terrifying power of more than 100,000!
Such an enemy is simply impossible to fight on the battlefield. What's more, there is a traitor like Yang An'er who is irredeemable within Daikin?
Yang An'er's unit has the fierce and cunning thieves from Shandong as its backbone, and the refugees and poor people from all over Zhuozhou as its wings. They are well-equipped and experienced, and they are absolutely unable to withstand it.
Now that most of Zhuozhou has been swept away, what can I, a short-term military envoy, do?
Nian Jiezhen was not afraid of Yang An'er. Although Yang An'er was strong, twenty years ago, ten or hundreds of Yang An'er would have been wiped out by Da Jin. When Da Jin first entered the Central Plains, the southerners rebelled one after another.
, haven’t they been trampled under the iron hooves of the Jurchen heroes and turned into layers of flesh?
What frightened and discouraged him was Daikin's weakness and his own problems, which made him helpless against these enemies!
That’s it! That’s it!
Nian Kaezhen was very calm. Even if the scouts stationed outside the city repeatedly reported bad news, his composure could not be shaken.
"Yang An'er is only ten miles away from the city!"
"Yang An'er's command sent two wings to threaten the east and west gates!"
"Inspector Bao led a hundred people from the ravine to the west for a sneak attack, but was surrounded and killed by bandits. Half of the hundred people fled back, and Inspector Bao died!"
"On three sides of the city, people are cutting down trees and making ladders!"
"The people in the city are beginning to become restless. Some people are rumoring that you, the governor of Nianjie, have run away with your followers. Others are saying that they will obey Yang An'er and loot the big houses in the city!"
"Yang An'er is here in person! Here! These guys are approaching the city! This bandit is really powerful! The power of the bandit army is terrifying!"
"The thieves have attacked the city! They have attacked the city! Master Governor, listen, the sound of killing is loud! Those are all thieves! What should I do?"
Nian Kaizhen sneered, ate a plate of cheese and flour in two or three bites, and deep-fried the food into a large soft fat, and then drank tea: "Who else is on top of the city? Is it the county captain scolding Li Ningta?"
Alas, let him come back. At this time, there is no point in dying, so why bother?
"What? Li Ningta was hit with an arrow in the face and died? Then, where are the soldiers of the Jiefie Army? They are leading the resistance? Have they repelled a wave of attacks? Let them hold on, and I will immediately mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Military Division.
...What? The people from the Military Division were afraid that they would not be able to withstand the enemy, so they ran away from the north gate first, right?"
"There are still some people who are running away one after another and can't be suppressed? Hey, they are indeed no match for Yang An'er, so just run away!"
Nian Kaezhen's house was right next to the north gate, but he was too lazy to stop the rebels. Just as he was talking so casually, there was a rapid sound of footsteps outside, and someone broke in without hesitation.
What's going on? Could it be that Yang An'er is entering the city now?
Nian Kaezhen was taken aback and quickly got up and went out to take a look.
As soon as he took a step outside, someone bumped into him from outside and fell squarely on Nian Kezhen. Nian Kezhen fell backwards, and the two of them rolled back into the house like gourds rolling on the ground.
The person who knocked down Nian Kezhen was Su Lingtong, the commander of the Zhuozhou capital. Nian Kezhen grabbed Su Lingtong's beard, pulled his sweaty head away from him, and said angrily: "What are you going to do when you come back?"
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In addition to sweat, Su Lingtong's face was also black with snot and tears, stained with dust. He wiped it violently and sneezed: "Jiedu, listen! Listen!"
Nian cutzhen listened for a long time, but there was no sound.
"What are you listening to?" he asked with a frown.
Su Lingtong suddenly grabbed Nian Jiezhen's arm and pulled him out: "Jiedu, let's go to the city to see! The imperial army has come to rescue! Just now I saw the kidnapping horses on both wings! They were all fighting fiercely.
The elite troops of An Mooke's army are like tigers and horses are like dragons! During Jiedu, there are elite troops from the imperial court, coming to rescue Zhuozhou!"
