Chapter 781: In the territory of Liao Kingdom, the Liangshan flag was raised!
"Brother, I have confirmed again and again that there are no ships patrolling ahead. I only saw merchant ships coming and going on the pier."
"What Lin Yiyong said is true. The Liao people's army is indeed in a terrible state!"
Hearing Ruan Xiaoer's return, Ding Run raised his thick eyebrows.
The style of Liangshanbo's army was obviously different from that of the local soldiers, but under the leadership of Ding Run, they did not take it lightly.
After all, what they have to face is a huge empire that dominates the north, with a history that is older than that of Zhao and Song Dynasties.
Therefore, when approaching the shore of Yingzhou, Ding Run ordered the Ruan brothers to set off on a fast boat to test the enemy first and find out the enemy's movements.
But at present, it seems that the enemy's defense line is ingenious and unworked, and it is completely natural. It is a bit unexpected, but it is reasonable.
This undoubtedly boosted the morale of his own side. Ruan Xiaowu immediately said: "Brother, we are already proficient in water skills up and down Liangshan. With the ships in Dengzhou, these Liao dogs are still undefended. It is simply an opportunity given by God!"
Le He, who was riding in the same boat, also said: "If you get more help, my brother will definitely win this battle!"
He was Sun Li's brother-in-law. He did not join the Xiangyong Regiment with Sun Li's sister-in-law Gu. It was precisely because he admired Ding Run's reputation that he went to Liangshan to seek refuge in advance. Then he took the heroes of Liangshan to Dengzhou and borrowed a boat from the navy of the Song Dynasty.
The navy of the Song Dynasty was indeed dead, but just as the Northern Army was dead and still made a fortune in Hebei, the navy was also stationed in Dengzhou, Shandong, which was a famous dock in the Song Dynasty. Later, Yaoshi Guo and others also fled to Dengzhou and landed.
It brought the news that the Liao Kingdom was declining. Song Huizong was overjoyed. He immediately concluded a maritime alliance with the Jin Kingdom and excitedly went to pick up some advantages...
Not to mention the future in history, the Dengzhou Navy had no sense of existence for most of the Northern Song Dynasty, but it was very rich. It often communicated with merchant ships from Liao and Goryeo, and all its officers were extremely rich.
So when a big head with a kind face appeared in front of him and offered to borrow the boat, the navy's hesitation time was shorter than Yelu Yanxi's shy time, and he immediately agreed.
Thinking of the useless behavior of the officers and soldiers, everyone laughed, and hundreds of ships in front and behind started singing loudly again.
Li Yun came to the edge and said with a smile: "Brother, our army is so powerful that it will be able to break through bamboos and kill the Liao people like rats!"
Ding Run nodded: "You must have confidence, and you must not underestimate the enemy. You are each responsible for the navy and infantry. If any team has problems, not only will you lose face in front of the brothers, I will punish you heavily and will never be lenient."
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The leaders responded in a hurry: "Yes!"
During this period, the Xiangyong regiment continued to expand in size, and Liang Shanbo was also recruiting troops.
The same folk customs are tough, Yan and Zhao have many generous people, and Qilu is a country with many thieves. Although this is a bit of a label, Shandong has indeed had strong men who refused to obey the control of the government since ancient times.
Therefore, compared with the strict rules of the rural brave group, Liangshanbo expanded faster. When Ding Run took 600 people down the mountain to help, including the 400 or 500 people who stayed in Liangshan, the number was only a thousand, but in a short time
Within a few months, it had expanded to 10,000 available troops.
This is still a rough screening situation in Dingrun. If you open it up and take it regardless, you can get 30,000 to 40,000 yuan, no problem.
Of course, a ragtag group with only numerical superiority is often not worth mentioning in front of the regular army, so Ding Run attaches great importance to the promotion of leaders.
In the original Liangshan, apart from the Ruan brothers who were brought up by Wu Yong, there were only three top men in the group, Du Qian, Song Wan, and Zhu Gui. In Ding Run's eyes, they were all useful, and now they were all promoted to leaders.
Then Zhu Gui recruited his brother Zhu Fu, and Zhu Fu recommended his master Li Yun who was also in Yishui County.
When Lehe of Dengzhou took refuge, three heroes from Laizhou, which was close to Dengzhou, also came to join him.
One was named Yan Shun, and the other two were named Zou Yuan and Zou Run. They were uncles and nephews. Both had good martial arts skills and were promoted to infantry leaders by Ding Run.
Therefore, just for the leaders who have seats, Liang Shanbo's current main hall can have ten chairs. Ding Run obviously knows how to delegate power, and it is much more generous than the three seats before.
At this time, Du Qian, Song Wan, Zhu Gui, Zhu Fu, Lehe, Li Yun, Yan Shun, Zou Yuan, and Zou Run all took orders loudly. Only a cold and arrogant Taoist priest sat on the bow of the boat with his eyes closed and meditating.
Ding Run looked over and grinned: "Fan Rui, are you seasick again?"
Fan Rui suddenly opened his eyes: "Nonsense! How can I get seasick if I am successful in Taoism?"
Everyone looked weird, but they didn't dare to laugh at him openly.
Compared with others who admired Ding Run's reputation and came to seek refuge with him, the Taoist priest named Fan Rui challenged Ding Run after going to Liangshanbo, and stated that if he won, he should give up his position as village leader.
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As a result, before he finished using his Taoist skills, the sword was placed on his neck like lightning, so he stayed and threatened to compete again after practicing martial arts.
Ding Run knew that this man was very capable, and he was afraid that the other leaders who had taken refuge together would not be as capable as this man, but he would not coddle him: "If you don't get seasick, just get up and reply. If you don't want to, jump down and swim back."
Dengzhou is the place!”
Fan Rui pursed his lips, stood up slowly, and said stiffly: "I will take my orders..."
After that, he said arrogantly: "I am good at using the method of Teng Yun, but I don't have to swim back to Dengzhou like ordinary people!"
Ding Run smiled and said: "The art of left Taoism should not be underestimated, but it is still not as good as my junior brother's authentic Xuanmen."
Fan Rui didn't believe it at first that Ding Run's younger brother Gongsun Zhao was actually proficient in Taoism. It wasn't until Ding Run casually talked about the layout of the formations and the evolution of Taoism that he became serious, but he immediately felt motivated to fight.
Lai: "We won't know the outcome until we fight!"
Ding Run nodded and looked at the Yingzhou Pier outlined in the fog not far away: "Let's take action!"
Fan Rui said no more and chanted mantras, causing the heaven and earth to vibrate: "All the qi are transformed, flying and resurrected, the wind is coming! The wind is coming! The wind is coming!!"
In an instant, the strong wind roared, like invisible giant palms, pushing hundreds of ships like hundreds of huge arrows, towards Yingzhou Pier.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Ding Run nodded secretly when he saw this, thinking that he would also let Gongsun Zhao learn more about the art of making wind and rain later, which would be a great advantage in fighting.
At the same time, we must be on guard against the fact that the enemy has such Taoist experts who can control the situation of the battle by one person. Therefore, even though we know that Fan Rui is unruly and somewhat arrogant and not suitable for uniting the team, we still keep him with us in case of emergencies.
"Enemy attack... Enemy attack!!"
Compared with when Ding Run led his army to complete such an important task for the first time and considered it as carefully as possible, the Liao army on the dock was in a completely different state.
"Run...run!!"
They all went their own way at first, completely unprepared, and then as one person shouted, they all looked into the distance. After a moment of daze, their first reaction was to run.
It's not surprising, after all, there are only a few hundred people on our side, and the densely packed ships on the opposite side are all soldiers with weapons. With such a huge gap between the enemy and ourselves, everyone in the Liao army will run away if they see it.
Ever since, after logging in without any hindrance, Ding Run knew that he was sure to win this game. He took the lead and shouted a slogan to win people's hearts: "Only kill the Khitans, not the Han people!!"
"Only kill the Khitans, not the Han people!!"
The people on Liangshan Mountain remembered Ding Run's instructions and rushed forward shouting slogans.
In fact, this cannot be completely achieved. In a war, accidental injuries are unavoidable, but at least this attitude must be displayed.
Sure enough, upon hearing the shouts of this sudden and terrifying group of enemies, many Han soldiers subconsciously lay down on the ground.
"Can you please don't kill us either..."
Forget about them, even the Khitans want to lie down.
Unfortunately, as the ruling class of the Liao Kingdom, in order to highlight their superior status, the Khitan people's attire and appearance were clearly different from those of the Han people.
Li Yun, Yan Shun, Zou Yuan, and Zou Run, as the infantry leaders, took the lead in throwing themselves in front of the Liao army. When they saw the Khitan lying down, they chopped them to death with a knife, and then cut off the Khitan-style hat and scalp together as a gift.
Proof of military exploits.
At first he was still a little unfamiliar, but later he became more and more proficient, until he completely defeated the defenders.
"The Liao Kingdom is really strong on the outside and powerful on the inside, but its guard force is so weak!"
Fan Rui came to his side and felt incredible.
"Don't worry, the hard part is yet to come!"
Ding Run clicked his tongue.
The preparations were too complete and the enemy was too weak. This victory seemed to come in vain, but it was only the beginning.
The real difficulty is how to occupy the three states without letting the Liao army retake it in a short time, thus opening the prelude to the Han counterattack to the entire Yanyun.
However, when he stood on the low wall of Yingzhou, thinking that this was a prefecture and county of the Liao Kingdom, and now being trampled under his feet, he couldn't help but raise his arms and shout: "Brothers, raise our Liangshan flag!"
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"The Han people are still loyal to us, Daliao!"
By the Baigou River, Yelv Dezhong sat on his tall horse, inspecting the army along the way.
Compared with when he brought him into Shandong, his generals were all Khitan warriors. In this battle to defend Yanyun, there were many standard Han faces, all of whom were Han civilian generals.
There is no way, even though the land of Yanyun is just a small corner compared to the vast Liao Kingdom, the vast grasslands in the north are often vast and sparsely populated, and this small Yanyun area is the center of the Liao Kingdom.
It is an agricultural economic center and a major source of tax revenue.
Nanjing's Xijin Prefecture alone is "the most powerful military force in the world, with half of its territory". The large Han population in the Yanyun area provided a large number of soldiers for the Liao Kingdom. In this case, all Khitans were appointed
Generals are obviously unrealistic, and Han officials and generals must be promoted.
Of course, although the land of Yanyun was extremely important, the Khitan nobles still looked down on these Han people, and they needed the abilities and skills of the Han people, so they set up the South Courtyard. Yelu Dezhong, the king of the South Courtyard, could also maintain superficial control over the Han people.
of justice.
Yelu Dezhong didn't even care what these Han people thought deep down. He only demanded loyalty to Daliao's behavior. As for whether it was true loyalty or fear and forced loyalty, what was the difference?
Anyway, as long as it can suppress Lin Chong's army from moving northward.
"Report!"
After inspecting the army, just when he felt that the morale of the army was available and the enemy could not cross the border, the scouts running from the rear made Yelu Dezhong's heart suddenly thump. Then the military situation stunned him: "The Song Dynasty people used water divisions to log in from Yingzhou.
, occupied Yingzhou, Pingzhou and Luanzhou?"
This is really unexpected. Compared with the land of Yanyun, the three states are really leftovers, tasteless and worthless.
It can also be seen from the garrison that the garrison of the three states combined is not as good as that of an ordinary state among the fourteen states of Yanyun, let alone Yanzhou and Jizhou.
Therefore, Yelu Dezhong did not consider at all that the Song people would send troops to capture it first. His first reaction was: "Is Jizhou in danger?"
The scout said: "The enemy army only occupied the key areas of the three states, and then drove the Han people to Jizhou, without any further march."
"Driving the Han people away? They drove away the Han people who were stationed there. Isn't it even more meaningless to occupy three remote prefectures and counties? That's not right!"
Yelv Dezhong raised his eyebrows and realized something was wrong: "We can't let those Han people come to Jizhou!"
But before he could issue the order, thundering cheers suddenly erupted from the rural soldiers' garrison on the other side.
Yelu Dezhong's heart palpitated, and he felt a sense of fear subconsciously.
He knew that that person was coming without having to investigate.
The invincible Lin Yiyong comes to Baigou on the border between Song and Liao Dynasties!