Chapter 780 Ding Run: Liao dogs! My Shuibo Liangshan Army is here!
"How many Liao soldiers are currently stationed in Baigou?"
"According to current secret investigation, there are at least 30,000 troops, and we are still adding more troops now."
"Where's Yanmen?"
"There are also tens of thousands of soldiers guarding it."
After the military establishment was initially formed, Li Yan naturally asked about the situation in Baigou and Yanmen.
Baigou is located between Xiongzhou and Yanjing, and is the boundary river between Song and Liao Dynasties.
Historically, the Battle of Baigou was when the Song and Jin Dynasties agreed to attack the Liao Kingdom. The 150,000 Song army, led by Tong Guan and Zhong Shidao, attacked Yanyun and were severely defeated by the Liao army, which had been repeatedly defeated by the Jin soldiers at that time.
After escaping all the way back, corpses were scattered for hundreds of miles, which completely exposed the incompetence of the Northern Song Dynasty and became the prelude to the humiliation of Jingkang.
Needless to say, Yanmen is the place where Xiao Feng's soul died in "The Eight Parts of the Dragon". It is also the border between Song and Liao. But if you want to go north to Yanyun through Yanmen Pass, you have to go to Daizhou in the east of Hedong. Naturally, the Xiangbing Army and Xiangyong Army will not
Such a long detour.
Li Yan commented on this: "The Liao people are afraid, afraid that we will counterattack Yanyun, and even more afraid that we will capture Yanyun and block the retreat of Emperor Tianzuo's army."
Lu Junyi said with a smile: "Half a year ago, when the Liao people just went south, they would have just laughed at us country soldiers and brave people, and even sent troops to burn, kill and loot. But now they are so scared that they have to guard the forts on the border.
I hope I can make it through ten days!"
Chai Rong said: "This is also related to the turmoil in Yanyun land. Many spies were secretly sent there. As my brother expected, under the heavy pressure of food and grass from Emperor Tianzuo's personal expedition, the people were tortured to the point of deprivation. Recently, there have been many incidents
When Han people fled to Cangzhou and Xiongzhou, we accepted and resettled them."
Seeing that everything was developing under the strategic arrangement of the chief coach, everyone became more and more motivated. Gao Qiu also said eagerly: "Then let's go to Xiongzhou now and defeat the Liao army in Baigou first?"
Li Yan smiled, but was about to go to an unexpected place: "The main force of the Xiangyong Army will go first. Please follow me to Cangzhou Pier to see the progress of the navy. This will be a key part of the attack on Yanyun."
The troops were divided, and apart from leaving behind necessary marching commands, a group of generals followed Li Yan and rode eastward, arriving at the Bohai Bay Pier.
From a distance, we can see that the place is in full swing and boats are being built.
Cangzhou is a relatively special territory in Hebei. It borders the Liao Kingdom and has natural terrain advantages that are not suitable for large numbers of cavalry to drive straight in. In addition, it is a coastal prefecture and county with convenient transportation, including the Grand Canal in the Cangzhou section and the Cangzhou Bohai Bay.
The wharf is very important in both water transportation and sea transportation.
For a considerable period of time in the Northern Song Dynasty, the taxes and land taxes on the three roads of Hebei, Hedong, and Shaanxi were not enough to support the huge local military expenses. The imperial court had to take out grain and goods from the treasury to transport to these three roads every year, especially
The demand for military food in Hebei was very large and the supply exceeded demand. The imperial court even sent Bao Zheng to Hebei to coordinate and solve the army's food supply problem.
Bao Zheng discovered the importance of Cangzhou's shipping at that time, and advocated shipping grain to Cangzhou. "Its capital is 350,000 shi, and the order is to be transferred to Cangzhou." The Bohai Bay Terminal in Cangzhou prospered from this, and some scholars even later put forward a point of view
, said “Cangzhou is the northern starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road.”
Regardless of whether the importance is exaggerated or not, based on the characteristics of Cangzhou's shipping, Li Yan ordered Zhang Shun, Zhang Heng and Meng Kang to supervise the construction of the navy before leaving for Shandong, with Chai Jin, Ling Zhen and others fully cooperating.
Now it seems that they have indeed lived up to their expectations and have achieved some success.
However, when Zhang Shun, Zhang Heng and Meng Kang came forward, they felt very ashamed: "Brother, we have built so many ships in the past few months, we are really ashamed!"
Li Yan expressed his understanding: "The navy of the imperial court was actually useless long ago, and died earlier than the Northern Army."
"In the early days of the founding of the country, before the unification of the Southern Tang Dynasty, most of the battles were in the areas of rivers and water networks. Taizu attached great importance to the navy. After the destruction of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the status of the navy began to plummet. Later, a Jinming was built outside Bianjing.
Chi, deliberately practiced the naval force, but the result was mostly for show."
"Under such conditions, in just a few months, it is already very hard to build so many ships with just one manpower."
Zhang Heng breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhang Shun said: "Thanks to Meng Kang, he is really a craftsman born to build ships!"
Li Yan already attached great importance to craftsmen, so he naturally praised him even more: "The soldiers on the front line serve up and down and fight hard, and they cannot do without the craftsmen at the rear who supervise the construction of ordnance and warships. I hope that Vice Admiral Meng will continue to use his talents!"
Meng Kang didn't know that he had become the general in charge of supervision and preparation. Hearing this, he was overjoyed: "Yes!"
When he learned that he was not on the list, Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun were inevitably a little disappointed. Fortunately, Li Yan continued: "Now it's time for you to make contributions."
Also in the first phase of Sui'an, Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun's specialty is water-based. Although their combat effectiveness on land has improved a lot, it is still inferior to Lu Junyi, Hua Rong and other powerful generals. Therefore, they do not have a good stage to display their performance.
They had no meritorious service, so they were not included in the first batch of generals list.
Now that the opportunity has come, the two of them were in high spirits, clasping their fists and saying, "Brother, please give me your orders!"
Li Yan looked around at everyone and made the next strategy clear: "This time we go north to counterattack the Liao Kingdom, we are unqualified in terms of military strength and military strength. If we want to win, the Han people in the Yanyun land must be fought over."
Object."
"But as I told you before, the Liao Kingdom has occupied the land of Yanyun for 170 years, and its local rule is deeply rooted. The common people's vision is to live a good life, and national affairs are too far away from them. If not
Emperor Tianzuo's personal expedition put great pressure on the rear and exposed the tyranny of the Khitan ruling class. After we go north, we will not be welcomed, we will only be regarded as invaders and be unanimously hostile from above and below."
"The brutal rule of the Khitan people has inspired the local Han people to resist, but they will still be afraid and will not accept foreign troops hastily. Therefore, the second step is to eliminate the Han people's fear of the Khitan ruling class.
heart of."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gao Qiu said: "We have defeated the Liao army now. Doesn't it mean that the Khitan people have nothing to fear?"
Li Yandao: "But the Han people in the Yanyun land don't know that the officials in the South Court of the Liao Kingdom will definitely not tell the people under their rule that the Liao army was defeated by a group of local soldiers and local braves. They will only exaggerate the Liao army."
The tyranny of the army forced the capital of the Southern Dynasties to move to the southwest, in order to strengthen the confidence of the superiors and subordinates."
Chai Jin suddenly realized: "Yes, the people are already suffering enough. If their efforts are rewarded with victory on the front line, they will at least have some comfort. If they learn that the front line is defeated, their mentality will be completely different, and they will welcome Master Wang even more."
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Wu Yong was a little worried about the situation on Chao Gai's side, but he was also thinking about his strategic intentions. He gently shook his feather fan and echoed: "This will also be of great help to us in occupying Yanyun's land, but how can we let Yanyun
Do the Han people know that the Liao army is strong on the outside but weak on the inside?"
Li Yan said: "Get the map!"
Carrying a map with him was a good habit cultivated by his subordinates. Soon the map of the fourteen states of Yanyun and the surrounding areas was unfolded. Li Yan stretched out his finger, but it did not fall on the key Yanzhou, Jizhou and other places.
All the way east: "My plan, the first step in taking Yanyun, is for the navy to land at Yingzhou in the Liao Kingdom and seize the lands of Yingzhou, Pingzhou and Luanzhou."
Everyone looked at that very unfamiliar land and looked at each other in confusion: "General Coach, is this a strategically important place?"
Li Yan said: "Yes and no. Without the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture, these three states would be almost barbaric and not worth mentioning. But once we capture the strategically important Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture, these three states will
The state must also be defended in order to stop the alien attack from the north of Taihang Mountain."
Yingzhou was the landing place, nothing special. Not long after in history, Pingzhou and Luanzhou really became the strategic highlands of the Jin Kingdom, used to attack Yandi and Hebei.
For example, the Song Dynasty originally took back the complete Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures in order to have a door to prevent thieves at home. As a result, the Jin State occupied Pingzhou and Luanzhou because these places were not part of Shi Jingtang's pattern at that time.
Therefore, it was not returned to the Song Dynasty.
What situation has this led to?
The door is there, but it doesn't close securely, leaving a huge gap open.
Therefore, although the Jin people returned to Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, later in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin cavalry drove them straight in and smoothly hit the bottom of Bianjing. This is the reason.
Of course, in the eyes of the Liao Kingdom, which owns the sixteen states of Yanyun, these states and counties are just leftovers and are not given much attention. The Liao army will not station heavy troops to guard these states and counties, so they are targeted by Li Yan.
Above: "These three continents are close to Yanyun, and news will come in at any time. If the Liao army cannot recapture it quickly and sees the raging foreign enemies, no matter how they whitewash their victory internally, the Han people should know that these statistical classes are just paper tigers.
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This analogy was quite novel, and everyone nodded after hearing it.
Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun also understood, but it was a bit difficult to deal with: "The navy of the Liao Kingdom is not as good as that of the Song Dynasty. The ships now are enough, but the number of our navy is still seriously insufficient. I am afraid there are less than a thousand people. This landing
I'm afraid it will be too much to force ourselves to capture the prefectures and counties later!"
One hundred of them are willing to become navy generals, but it is not enough to have generals without soldiers. You can't just have a few hundred people to seize the prefectures and counties of the Liao Kingdom, right?
"Don't worry, you're not the only one taking action."
Li Yan looked at Gao Qiu: "Gao Tiju may not know that one of our old friends has now become the leader of Shuibo Liangshan Village, and he is very powerful..."
Gao Qiu was startled for a moment, then realized who it was and said happily: "Okay! Is he willing to take action this time?"
Li Yan said with a smile: "It's not that I don't want to, this guy always strikes first, and now he has led the Liangshan heroes to climb Yanyun first!"
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"Grandpa was born between heaven and earth. He is not afraid of the court or the officials. He casts a sky net on the water and catches the turtle and the bastard inside!"
"Grandpa was born between heaven and earth, and was born to kill people. Although he was born with a rogue body, he kills thieves but he doesn't kill people!"
Ding Run stood at the bow of the ship, and behind him was a chorus of people on the ship mooring Liangshan, singing majesticly and passionately.
So much so that the leader of Liangshan Village was so excited that he rubbed his big head, looked at the land of Liao Kingdom in the distance, and laughed loudly: