Wang Banjin ordered his troops to be divided into two groups. One group of more than 10,000 people entered Huazhou City and went straight to the other side to respond to Cheng Yihou's offensive. The other group of more than 20,000 people, led by Wang Banjin himself, turned back and fought back to capture Yongxing.
Behind the army. Because he knew that there were no soldiers left around the prince at this time.
Of nearly 20,000 horses, after holding on for more than three hours, only less than 7,000 were left. Moreover, except for the 3,000 Shura Camp cavalry that had not yet been used, almost all of them were injured.
Seeing the Han army attacking the East Gate camp rolling in like crazy, Xie Jun sighed. While dividing his troops to resist, he retracted most of his troops and entered Huazhou City from the North Gate, trying to break through from the East Gate.
The Han army went out again. Compared with killing Liu Ling and retaking Huazhoucang, it was not difficult to decide at this time. If Xie Jun insisted on concentrating his forces to attack Liu Ling's army before, it was a risk, then there is no doubt.
If he could really kill Liu Ling, all the difficulties would be solved. However, his speed was a beat slower than Wang Banjin. Of course, this is what he thought. If he had seen the combat power of Shura Camp,
He will regret that he did not choose to stick to Huazhou City.
With 13,000 men and horses injured, the Zhou army defeated nearly 30,000 men with the most brutal hand-to-hand combat. The Han army won this battle tragically.
Xie Jun's troops entered the north gate, and the west gate was also breached by the Han army. Cheng Yihou led the army into Huazhou City and went straight to Huazhou Cang. Soon, fierce street fighting began between the Zhou army and the Han army in Huazhou City.
On every street, Han troops wearing black military uniforms fought to the death with Zhou troops wearing khaki military uniforms. The entire Huazhou City was dyed red. As the Han troops entered Huazhou City in large numbers, the Zhou troops were gradually overwhelmed.
Forced to retreat.
When the Zhou army was finally forced out of Huazhou, the number of Zhou soldiers who broke out from the south gate was less than 50,000. The 120,000-strong army lost most of it in the first battle. But this was not the biggest loss. The biggest loss was that the Zhou army
Huazhou Granary was lost. Xie Jun stopped 5,000 men from trying to recapture Huazhou Granary. Even if he could not recapture Huazhou Granary, he still burned the granary. But unfortunately, after the Han army occupied Huazhou Granary, they immediately defended it like an iron barrel.
No matter how hard the Zhou army attacked, they could not get closer to the granary. All five thousand men and horses were lost. Xie Jun had no choice but to lead his army out of the city and returned to Yongzhou along the official road.
Wang Banjin led his army to pursue and kill for a while, and killed more than a thousand of the enemy, but he did not dare to push too hard. If he chased the defeated Zhou army in a hurry, the nearly 50,000 Zhou army would be furious.
It will inevitably be another fierce battle. The Han army's goal is Huazhoucang, and there is currently no way to completely defeat the Yongxing army. Even after several defeats, the remaining strength of the Yongxing army still exceeds 100,000.
After entering Huazhou, Liu Ling sent people to count the casualties. This battle was too brutal, especially the Chinese army led by Liu Ling, which suffered more than 60% losses. There were less than 7,000 troops left, and most of them were injured.
To appease the people and pay for the casualties, Cheng Yihou has been busy with these things since he returned to the supply camp. Liu Ling, on the other hand, frowned when he looked at the statistics of casualties. Although he achieved a great victory this time, he lost more than 20,000 soldiers.
, although it was much lower than the loss of the Zhou army, the Han army now only had about 150,000 troops and horses in the Zhou Dynasty, and it was still difficult for Liu Ling to accept the sudden loss of 20,000 troops.
Sighing, Liu Ling ordered the dead soldiers to be buried generously, and then ordered officials in Jinzhou, Jiangzhou, Yingzhou, and Taiyuan Prefectures to raise money for pensions. At the same time, every soldier who died in battle should be distributed a ten-acre plot of land to his family.
Fertile farmland is regarded as cultivated land. There is no need to pay taxes on cultivated land. It can be said to be completely private property.
On the second day, the generals who counted the Huazhou warehouse reported that according to a rough count, the grain stored in the Huazhou warehouse now exceeds three million dan, which is enough to support an army of 200,000 for several years! After occupying the Huazhou warehouse, the future battles will be
It will be of great help. Whether they continue to advance westward, go south to fight Yongxing Army in a decisive battle at Yongzhou, or go straight to Xijing and Luoyang, with sufficient food and grass supply, the Han army will no longer have to worry about anything.
After arranging the defense, Liu Ling ordered the army to rest and regroup.
A few days later, news came from Jinzhou that the 30,000 new troops trained by Hu Tinghou Liu Mao had marched to Jinzhou, and joined the 40,000 new troops led by Mao Yuan. Now the Han army in Jinzhou has reached
More than 70,000 people. In this way, the total strength of the Han army that entered the territory of the Zhou Dynasty was close to 200,000. This was already the limit of the army that the Han Dynasty could mobilize, and of the nearly 200,000 troops, recruits accounted for two-thirds.
Liu Ling ordered Maoyuan to continue training troops in Jinzhou, and at the same time recruited people from Dazhou to join the army, striving to ensure a hundred thousand troops in Jinzhou, an important hub city. As long as Jinzhou is strong, even if the Han army encounters a setback, there will be
A foothold. As long as you gain a foothold in Jinzhou, you can return to the Han Dynasty in the north, and continue to invade the Zhou Dynasty in the south. The importance of Jinzhou is self-evident and cannot be lost no matter what. The city walls of Jinzhou are tall and strong, and there are another hundred thousand
The army can be said to be impregnable.
It can be said that after capturing Huazhou, Liu Ling has completely established a foothold in the Great Zhou Dynasty! Jinzhou is the gateway to the north, Huazhoucang is to the south, and he also occupies Cizhou, Jiangzhou, Tongzhou, and Jiezhou.
Puzhou forcibly cut off the connection between the Great Zhou court and the western region of Great Zhou. But now there is only one Zuowei guard in the entire western region of Great Zhou! After the Yongxing army is dealt with, he marches westward and defeats Zuowei.
Wei, one-third of the more than thirty states in the western part of the Zhou Dynasty fell into Liu Ling's hands!
You must know that the entire Northern Han Dynasty is no more than the territory of the Twelve States, and the Great Zhou area that Liu Ling currently controls is almost the same as the entire Northern Han Dynasty. In other words, Liu Ling only spent one year to conquer the entire Northern Han Dynasty.
Another area equivalent to Northern Han Dynasty was created!
When the good news reached Taiyuan Mansion of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Da, the commander of the Supervisory Yuan, was chatting with the Queen Mother Su Jianli. Zhao Da was sitting in a wheelchair, holding a cup of fragrant tea, listening to the messenger read the good news in an excited tone, his face
There was a faint but sincere joy in it. And Su Jianli was the same. She tried hard to restore the relationship with Liu Ling, and even put her son under house arrest. After hearing that Liu Ling had captured Da Zhou
When she went to Huazhou Granary, the largest granary, she felt extremely happy. Of course, this happiness was also mixed with a subtle worry. Yes, she was worried, worrying that one day Liu Ling would conquer the once invincible Great Zhou Dynasty.
Will they abandon their mother and son after that?
"The King of Han is endowed with talents. It won't be long before all the cities in the world of Zhou Dynasty will be flying the national flag of our great Han Dynasty."
She smiled lightly and took a sip of tea in an elegant manner.
She is still very young and beautiful, and time has not left many traces on her face. Although a few fine wrinkles can be seen faintly at the corners of her eyes, it does not affect her beauty. Her
Beauty is elegant, noble, and graceful, just like a blooming peony.
Zhao laughed and said: "Your Majesty has never been defeated since he led the army. Whether it is on the battlefield or elsewhere."
Su Jianli's hand holding the tea cup trembled slightly, and then he smiled and said: "I am a big man, and the King of Han is here, why worry about not being able to expand the territory and establish the Central Plains? As long as the King of Han has soldiers and generals, this world will only
I am afraid that no one will be the opponent of the King of Han. Even if it is stronger than Liao, Xixia will not despise my great Han Dynasty. It can only make good friends and not dare to raise troops."
The meaning behind her words was not just as simple as the words.
Zhao Da got the answer he wanted, and his smile became more and more kind: "When I was in Jinzhou a while ago, the prince also told the minister that if the Great Zhou Dynasty is defeated, he should ask his Majesty to move the capital to Kaifeng.
After all, the location of Taiyuan is too bad. It is too close to Datong. It is inevitable to be a little worried when a Khitan wolf is a neighbor. What the prince means is that since you are not capable of killing the wolf, you should avoid the wolf first. Wait.
Once you have the hunting knife to kill wolves, you can just go back and kill wolves."
Su Jianli was shocked. She knew that the hidden meaning of her words had moved the most trusted subordinate of the King of Han Dynasty. Otherwise, Zhao Da would not have said such words as moving the capital. If she failed to move him, she would
It is still unknown what will happen to the little emperor, so why move the capital? This shows that the King of Han still cares a little about himself and the little emperor. If not, the King of Han only needs to occupy Kaifeng himself, so why let the little emperor and himself go there too?
?
She used the metaphor of Liao and Daxia, implicitly expressing that she did not dare to go against Liu Ling. Zhao Da, who understood the meaning of her words, also expressed goodwill. Su Jianli understood very well that once she and her son were lost,
Without the protection of the King of Han, they will soon be torn to pieces by the hungry wolves in the troubled times. After all, if the King of Han wants to kill himself and the little emperor, it is too simple. Even if the King of Han does not do it himself, he only needs to
If Taiyuan's defense is removed, both the Khitans and the Dangxiang people will probably covet Taiyuan.
As for Luo Fu, the leader of the Jianxiong Army, although he appeared to be loyal to His Majesty and the court, in fact he did not dare to go against the King of Han. The Jianxiong Army only had 50,000 troops, and it was divided into several places to defend the north. With this meager strength,
, How dare he go against Liu Ling's wishes? If Liu Ling nodded, Luo Fu would dare to send troops disguised as Khitans to invade Taiyuan and kill all the Taiyuan royal family in one breath!
In today's troubled times, everything is respected by strength. As orphans and widowers, what other choice do they have besides relying on the strong?
She is not too worried that Liu Ling will really attack their mother and son. She has known Liu Ling for so many years. The embarrassing situation between her and Liu Ling now is entirely caused by her husband. If her husband hadn't been so... Su Jianli
Smiling bitterly, he suddenly thought of his son, the little emperor Liu Li, who was only eight years old. He seemed to be too deeply influenced by his father. He is still young now, and his desire for power is not that strong. As he gets older,
As she grew older, she really couldn't imagine what kind of ending her son would end up with if he indulged in the desire for power.
She didn't dare to think about it and could only rely on her own efforts to try her best to avoid such a thing from happening. (To be continued)
