The Yang Guan family, who had just been enthroned by Zen, were about to follow the Zhao Guan family and go on a personal expedition. It seemed that the emperors of the Central Plains were all keen on personally leading their troops in the Northern Expedition. Bianliang in Tokyo was bustling again, and there was a hustle and bustle of preparations for war everywhere.
Zhao Kuangyin spent ten years sealing the piles, and his savings were no small matter. In the previous Northern Expedition, Zhao Guangyi used lightning tactics. He advanced quickly and was defeated quickly. He lost nearly one-third of his troops and horses, but the loss of food and supplies was actually
It's not big, so the savings are enough to support another nationwide war. In and around Tokyo, there are groups of vehicles and horses going north and south. You can see mighty and powerful troops coming and going everywhere, or driving donkeys and horses to transport grain and baggage.
Team servant.
What is different from the past is that when a large group of infantry comes and goes in a hurry, there will often be thousands of horses stampeding for a group of cavalry, and a gust of wind will blow past them. In the original configuration of the Song Army,
But there is no such a large number of cavalry. This is Yang Hao's Xixia soldiers. Originally, the Song army's infantry was invincible. They attacked from a distance to the foot of Youzhou City and killed the six reinforcements of the Liao Kingdom. They threw away their armor and armor. However, they lacked mobility and could not attack the enemy.
The defeated troops can carry out effective killings and expand the results of the battle; they cannot take the initiative in the battle situation, attack the enemy and must save it, and lead the enemy by the nose.
Now that there are so many well-trained cavalry suddenly added, our enemy does not have the advantage, but we also have the enemy's advantage. The results of the Northern Expedition are really exciting. Although they have just experienced a big defeat, at least the scholars and literati
They have a very optimistic attitude towards this battle. In the streets and alleys and in Goulan wine shops, you can often hear them evaluating the chances of victory of the official imperial army. Of course, if this battle is still lost, I am afraid that the most serious consequences for the Central Plains will be
The blow was not material, but psychological. From now on, the people of the Central Plains would suffer from fear of the Liao Dynasty. For a long time, they would not have the courage to use troops against the Northern Dynasty again.
On the Bianhe River, ships were also plying day and night. The four gangs of the Bianhe River disappeared under Zhao Guangyi's severe attack and established an official water transport team. The Tang family spared no expense to fully support it and invested in a large number of newly built warships and transport ships.
, enough to ensure the transportation of grain from the south to the north and the transportation of various military baggage.
A small boat was moored quietly on the Bian River, and the lights of Qianjin Yixiao Tower reflected the gold and silver floating on the river, making it blurry.
The corner door of the backyard of Qianjin Yixiao Building opened, and a few people came out. The two servants holding lamps in the front, and the three in the middle looked slender and slim, and they should be young women. Scattered snowflakes were floating in the sky, and a woman was walking next to her.
In time, he held up an oil-paper umbrella and held it above the head of the graceful young woman in the middle with a cape tied around her shoulders.
Several people boarded the boat, held up their bamboo poles, swayed the stern gently, and left the shore, swinging gently into the distance.
The woman under the umbrella stood pretty on the bow of the boat, looking back at the brightly lit Qianjin Yixiao Tower, which looked like a fairyland on earth. She stared at it for a long time, then turned her head again and looked in the direction of the palace.
After staring for a long time again, the beautiful woman on the bow sighed quietly and lowered her head sadly.
Snowflakes fell sporadically, gently brushing against the face, which was a warm coolness, but there was no trace on the ground.
The boat swayed and sailed quietly south...
The cavalry is rolling, and there is an endless stream of troops heading north, regardless of day or night. At this moment, another group of people is passing by. There are more than 5,000 people, all of them are cavalry. Each one has bright armor, shining swords and guns, and the equipment is relatively large.
An ordinary team still wins by three points.
Although this force is large in number, it looks like it is still just a vanguard force, because not long after they passed by, there was a mighty and continuous large group of mixed infantry and cavalry. It was already late at night, and the army was always setting off. When dawn came, the old troops
The ordinary people who had been squatting at home for the whole night opened the door and bravely looked out. They saw that the team that had been marching since late at night had not yet finished. Looking forward, they saw teams of infantry without armor.
, there are no weapons in their hands, which seems really strange. Behind them are bullock carts, and they don’t know what they are carrying.
Following closely behind were groups of cavalry, also wearing no armor and cloth robes. Their horses were all tall and strong, much taller than the Central Plains war horses. They were walking very leisurely, as if they were not.
Instead of going to fight, they went for an outing to enjoy the spring. Behind them, there were also ox carts, fully loaded, covered with coarse grass cloth and straw curtains, and they didn't know what they were.
These common people felt a little strange, but they did not know that these two groups of veteran soldiers were Yang Hao's famous heavy armored cavalry and Mo Dao troops in the Western Regions. The Liao Kingdom's Tielin Army was as famous as the Xixia Iron Kites and the Jin Dynasty's Iron Pagoda in history.
The heavy cavalry, Yang Hao was determined to make the Northern Expedition, how could he not bring this powerful weapon that was superior to them.
As soon as he ascended the throne, he went on an expedition in person, and he ascended the throne in the form of abdication. He dared to leave the capital behind. This not only demonstrated Yang Hao's confidence in controlling the Song Empire, but also allowed the people all over the world to see his courage.
The people left to preside over the government affairs of the Song Dynasty were Zhao Pu, Lu Duoxun, and Ding Chengzong. Zhao Pu and Lu Duoxun were originally the prime ministers of the Song Dynasty. They were very familiar with the ruling institutions of the empire and the bureaucrats at all levels. If any of them stayed, it would be difficult for them to do so.
It is enough to ensure the normal operation of this big empire, let alone two people. Maybe there were intrigues and fights between them in the past, but at least now, they will definitely work together to maintain the good operation of this empire.
In the First Zen of the Empire, some vacant official positions inevitably appeared. The two old prime ministers were restored, and many old ministers who were dismissed from office due to their involvement would also be restored together. These people were reinstated in the hands of Yang Hao, and they would naturally serve under Yang Hao.
Hao is the king, but it is inevitable to get close to their kindness.
Yang Hao became the great shopkeeper, and handed over the empire to their old prime minister, giving them full trust. With this move, the huge bureaucracy of the entire empire from top to bottom felt at ease, and the officials of the middle, middle and lower classes in the dynasty were restored.
and local officials were delegated to them. On the one hand, they could stabilize and restore order in the Song Dynasty as quickly as possible. On the other hand, it also made it inevitable for these two prime ministers to re-establish factions.
Yang Hao has been in power for a long time, and he has begun to unknowingly play the imperial role. As the saying goes, there are no factions in the party, and there are all kinds of strange things. He thinks that everyone is for the public good and has no selfish thoughts. All officials in the world, regardless of their official rank, put aside their superiors and directly loyal to them.
Emperor, at least Yang Hao would not have such naive and ridiculous thoughts. Having been the leader for so long, he has gradually learned the taste of it. Without factions, it is impossible. With factions, it is short-term negative.
Long-term benefits. If this operation continues, soon, Zhao and Lu, the two big bosses of the Song Dynasty who share the same problem, will become more attached to him.
While Ding Chengzong stayed in Bianliang, his main responsibility was to appease Bashu and recruit Wang Xiaobo's rebel army. His only other role was to make Zhao Pu and Lu Duoxun fearful and work diligently.
Li Jilong has already pledged his allegiance to Yang Hao, although his pledge was later than that of many officials who were hesitant to act.
The situation in the court has changed. The two prime ministers of the previous dynasty have surrendered to Yang Hao. Zhao Yuanzuo has issued an imperial edict to the world and abdicated. The enemies of the Northern Dynasty have placed their troops on the side again, keeping an eye on Li Jilong. Although he is in the position of Li Jilong,
He holds a lot of troops, but it's really embarrassing.
Not long after the news of Tokyo's abdication came, he received an imperial edict from Yang Hao, recalling his extraordinary performance when the Song army retreated from the Liao Kingdom, commended him, and promoted him to Prince Shaobao, ordering him to continue to guard the border and wait for the imperial army.
, launched a counterattack together,
Immediately afterwards, private messages from Cao Bin, Pan Mei and his friends in the army were sent to his desk one by one, and then the close relatives of the Li family came after a long journey. They learned that his sister was still the queen mother, and the honor of the Li family was not weakened at all.
, even the incompetent nephew emperor was granted the title of King Hao after abdicating the throne. Generally speaking, it is enough for the abdicated emperor to be granted the title of Duke. It is indeed a special favor to be granted the title of king.
For all the above, Li Jilong is also a smart man, so why doesn’t he know what to do?
Want to rebel? Where could he rebel, unless he defected to the Northern Dynasty? What's more, although he didn't know that Cao Bin and Pan Mei had already informed his trusted generals when they sent him a letter to persuade him to obey. Once Li Jilong harbored different ambitions, he would
Going to kill, but knowing that he has just become a party
The commander-in-chief has no foundation in the army. When he was the emperor's minister, he held the title of commander-in-chief of the Song Dynasty. Behind him was the emperor's power. The officers and men would naturally obey orders. If he really wanted to rebel, how many people would be willing to follow him?
It was too problematic, so I handed over this list.
At this time, Li Jilong's enemy was Brother Yelvxiu's main force, and he was under considerable pressure.
Yang Hao's personal expedition is coming soon. Cao Bin led Luo Kedi and other Song generals, as well as three Xixia generals, Tuoba Haofeng, Zhang Chongwei and Ai Yihai, to rush to Yanmen Pass. Yang Hao's personal expedition will bring them.
They are Yang Jiye, Tong Yu, Li Huating and other cavalry teams, as well as the Song Dynasty Forbidden Army with Pan Mei as the commander.
Yang Hao vaguely remembered that in history, Yang Jiye took the initiative to send troops to lure the enemy in the battle of Yanmen Pass, but was ambushed by Liao soldiers and lost his life. As the commander, Pan Mei did not wait for Yang Jiye who came to join him at the agreed time, so he ordered the troops to withdraw.
, as a result, he was blamed for this, and later generations published "The Romance of the Generals of the Yang Family", and changed from the first general in the founding of the country to a person who rose to power through nepotism and only knew how to frame Zhongliang's Pan Renmei and Pan Taishi.
Yang Hao didn't want the two of them to make the same mistakes again. In terms of the style of using troops to stabilize the construction, who could match Cao Bin, so he sent Cao Bin to Yanmen Pass, and he personally led the two generals to the Eastern Front.
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The Song State was indeed in some trouble at this time. It was rumored a few days ago that Jiaozhi State's troops were frequently mobilized. Now it has been confirmed. Due to the political turmoil in the Song State, Jiaozhi secretly thought that the power of the Celestial Dynasty was no longer strong, so it declared its independence and no longer recognized the Song Dynasty.
Yang Hao ignored them. The slight commotion in Jiaozhi was just a scabies disease in his opinion. The soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasties were a serious concern. He put them aside first and dealt with the north side before dealing with them later.
The Liao Kingdom now seems to be in a prosperous state. First, it won a great victory and killed the Song Dynasty's 300,000 troops. Even the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, who was personally conquering the army, died on the way to escape. When the news came, the Liao Dynasty
The whole country was excited and rejoiced. The Han people in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun also composed some poems, songs, and slang tunes, mocking the Song army for coming with great momentum and scurrying away.
The people of the Han Dynasty in the Northern Dynasties have been living there for many years. The common people will support whoever gives them a stable life and allows them to live in peace. The debate between Yi and Di and the national concept cannot be eaten.
It can't bring them any benefits. They don't care whether the emperor is Zhao or Yelu. Maybe some scholars will still
When they chanted the wind and made the moon, they talked about the moonlight in their hometown, but if they were asked to shed their blood, they could not find many people. Now the Northern Dynasty is not bad to them. The politics are enlightened, and the status of the Han people is gradually improving.
There are also imperial examinations, there are also officials in the court, and the law strictly prohibits all kinds of bad habits that discriminate against the Han people. What else do they have to be dissatisfied with?
After the great victory of the Liao Kingdom, Xiao Chuo immediately rewarded according to his merits and punished any mistakes. The rewards and punishments were clear and the methods were sharp. He then took advantage of the victory to pursue the victory. He personally led the young emperor to sit in Youzhou, Nanjing, to supervise the money and grain. The former enemy handed over to Brother Yeluxiu, who was greater than Yue.
, showed an air of vowing to avenge the invasion of the Song Dynasty, and even went south in a large scale, quite a bit of an air of advocating virtuous ministers and being loyal, united as one.
As for the Shangjing side, after several years of governance and bloody purges, and the great victory of the Liao Kingdom, when the royal family's prestige suddenly surged, she could not imagine what else would happen. What else could go wrong? The number of people killed in the past few years was still high.
Isn't it enough? Who has the courage to still take risks? All her energy is focused on the front.
Brother Yelu Xiu in the front also cheered up and went all out. He made great achievements and made his mark in history. How can we not seize this opportunity today?
Brother Yeluxiu mobilized his troops and generals to advance step by step with a cannibalistic strategy. At the same time, he drew elites from the Guards, Hanluduo Army and Tielin Army to form a main field force of 80,000 people.
As the most elite force to destroy the Song army's combat power, Li Jilong retreated to Dingzhou and divided his troops to blockade the fortresses.
There are only more than 10,000 horses stationed in the main formation in Dingzhou, most of them are infantry, and there is also a cavalry. The armor and armor are better than those of the Liao State's Tielin Army, but the Song State has too few horses.
This important piece of equipment is regarded as the cavalry team of the main battle regiment, and it only has a thousand men at full strength.
Li Jilong has been looking for opportunities to counterattack. After learning about Yang Hao's personal expedition, tactically he gave up the attack and entered a comprehensive defense, waiting for the main force of the Song army led by Yang Hao. However, strategically, which position to abandon?
Which position to hold firmly and which position to capture are all carefully considered. It may seem haphazard, but in fact everything they do is to prepare for a counterattack.
His prestige is not based on victory, but on the moment of defeat. In a big defeat, the Song army completely collapsed and fled. Only he and Luo Kedi's troops remained stable and could still
He used the terrain to stage an ambush and covered the retreat of the large group of troops, avoiding greater casualties and thus becoming famous in one battle.
But then Liu Tingrang fell into the trap and was surrounded, but he "didn't save him" and instead decisively retreated. Liu Tingrang fought in a bloody battle, and finally escaped with only a few dozen cavalry. In anger, he immediately filed an impeachment petition. Although he defended himself in the petition
Soon, the fleeing soldiers returned one after another, which confirmed that Brother Yelvxiu was indeed using Liu Tingrang as a bait to lure him into the trap. General Liu received his forgiveness, but Li Jilong still felt very uncomfortable.
He hoped to have the opportunity to fight a great victory and defeat Brother Yeluxiu severely to avenge his death.
After sending troops from Bianliang, Yang Hao arrived one step ahead of Cao Bin who rushed to Yanmen Pass. He led his army to set up camp in Anguo County. He immediately ordered Li Jilong, who was stationed in Dingzhou, to visit and discuss important matters together. Li Jilong arranged the defense of Dingzhou and only led a few dozen
The soldiers rushed to Anguo County to meet the new emperor temporarily.
When he arrived at the camp, he saw flags and banners fluttering, a ten-mile company camp, and a vast and boundless army. Li Jilong couldn't help but feel refreshed, especially when he saw that the camp was full of strong horses, and the horses' whinnying sounds kept coming.
, connected together, which made him even more hot-eyed. Pity him.
With the honor of the uncle of the country, he is in charge of elite border officials, and he has a lot of resources under his command. The cavalry only has a regiment of a thousand people, and now there are thousands of horses neighing in the camp, which is so spectacular. With the victory of Longyou in Hexi Province, the dilemma of the court without horses is easily solved.
, no longer have to be constrained by the Northern Dynasty on the issue of war horses.
Meeting Yang Hao for the first time, Li Jilong felt quite uneasy. After all, he did not express his allegiance immediately, and he had the status of an imperial uncle. He did not know what the official's attitude towards him was, but Yang Hao's
attitude, immediately dismissed him
Although Yang Hao didn't come out to greet him, he saw his attitude and words, and his words were heartfelt. After seeing the power of Yang Hao's army just now, and seeing Pan Mei present, Li Jilong didn't think it was because Yang Hao didn't want to change the battle.
A delaying tactic used by the general.
He has only a mere ten thousand people in Dingzhou, and there are only a few of his confidants. With an army as large as Yang Hao, there is no need to worry about changing generals on the battlefield. Even if there are such scruples, it still depends on who is replaced.
, if you want to deal with him, you only need to push Pan Mei up. With Pan Mei's prestige and authority in the military for many years, she will definitely be more powerful than him in controlling the border guards, and it will not demoralize the three armies.
Seeing that Yang Hao's attitude was sincere, and there were many examples of people from the past dynasty serving the present dynasty as relatives of the previous dynasty since the Five Dynasties, Li Jilong's worries were gone and he became calm. All the generals gathered together to discuss military affairs in front of the emperor. Li Jilong told the situation of the former enemies one by one.
Numerous family treasures, even the geographical conditions of a small ridge and a small stream, can be described accurately.
After introducing the situation of the former enemy, Li Jilong said: "The officials and the Liao people have always relied on their sturdy cavalry, which can come and go like flying. They deceive us and the Han people with slow infantry, forcing us to use formations to defend against the enemy. Now I enter the camp.
, I saw that our army has countless war horses, all of which are superb horses. From this, the offensive and defensive momentum will be easy. I would like to ask you to be the vanguard and defeat the Northern Dynasty with a majestic army."
After Yang Hao heard him introduce the situation of the former enemy, he had been frowning and thinking. After hearing his invitation to fight, he shook his head slightly and said in confusion: "Qing family, I heard what you just said about the enemy's movements. They have been advancing slowly and step by step, even a few days ago.
There were no other unusual movements before and after I made the abdication?"
When it came to abdication, Yang Hao was calm, but Li Jilong was a little uncomfortable. He nodded with slight embarrassment and said: "That's exactly it."
A strange look flashed across Yang Hao's face, and he murmured: "Could it be that... the Central Plains are undergoing sudden changes, and the Northern Dynasty is not aware of it?"
As soon as these words came out, both Yang Jiye and Pan Meiqi were moved. After Li Jilong was slightly stunned, he also woke up and his eyes couldn't help but burst out with two divine lights: "The opportunity seems to have come!"