On October 15th, Zheng Chao, who returned to Cizhou, volunteered to conquer Yanzhou. Liu Ling sent Mao Yuan to lead 30,000 troops to join Zheng Chao's 40,000-strong Zuo Zhenwei army.
Advance from Zhouzhou. He also ordered Tongzhou, Puzhou, and Jiezhou to guard Maoli, and dispatched 20,000 troops and horses to attack Yanzhou from south to north.
Tan Bei, the general of the Youzhen Guard of the Great Zhou Dynasty, ordered the army to guard Yanzhou until the Han army arrived. On October 20, the Han army besieged Yanzhou. The battle was fierce and there were countless casualties. For another ten days, Yanzhou was still unbreakable.
At this time, Duke Yan of Zhou offered advice on the way south. The Han army pretended to be out of food and retreated. Tan Bei was fooled and led his army to pursue him. He was ambushed by the Han army in a mountain valley and returned in defeat. However, the Han army had already seized the city while he was pursuing it.
Gate, Yanzhou was incorporated into the territory of the Han Dynasty.
Tan Bei was defeated and fled to Suizhou with more than 10,000 remnant troops to surrender to Xixia. He was chased by the Han army's fine armored light cavalry and was followed by another killing spree. Tan Bei was seriously injured and was rescued by his own soldiers. He was intercepted by the Xixia soldiers stationed in Suizhou.
After killing for a while, Tan Bei led the remaining soldiers in embarrassment and began to flee thousands of miles away. He planned to flee from the northernmost part of the Zhou Dynasty to the southwest, bypassing Qingzhou, Ningzhou, passing Yuanzhou, Qinzhou, and finally entering the territory of Shu from Fengzhou.
The country of Shu is also in chaos now. After the emperor died and the prince took over the heir, the country was in chaos. Tan Bei thought that entering the country of Shu would be profitable, but he underestimated the tracking ability of the Han army.
One month after the defeat of Yanzhou, Tan Bei with 7,000 remnant troops was overtaken by the Han army to the west of Yuanzhou. Mao Yuan, who led a ten-thousand-mile pursuit, took the lead and rushed to the forefront of the cavalry. Although the Han army was exhausted, its morale was as good as
Hong, defeated the remnants of Youzhen Guards in one fell swoop. Tan Bei only led six or seven of his own soldiers to fight and fled. Maoyuan led 10,000 cavalry to annihilate Tan Bei's remnant enemies, and then captured Yuanzhou, which had insufficient troops, along the way.
Five thousand men and horses also captured Huanzhou and Wuzhou. Maoyuan's name has since become famous in the northwest. Zheng Chao led Zuo Zhenwei's army southward and joined Zhao Er's 10,000 Yaozhou troops to conquer Qinzhou and Fengzhou.
, Chengzhou, Jiezhou, from then on more than thirty state capitals in the Western Region of the Great Zhou Dynasty were all owned by Liu Ling.
In early November of the second year of Datong in the Han Dynasty, the news came out that Chai Rong had died of illness two years ago, and the whole Zhou Dynasty was suddenly in chaos. The Pei family and the Xu family were accused by thousands of people. The six guards of the imperial city rioted, and the capital was protected by tigers.
The Imperial Guards led by Luo Xu bloodbathed the city of Kaifeng, killing all members of the Xu family and the Pei family in Kaifeng city. Among them, the Queen Mother Xu was also killed. Later, Luo Xu supported Chai Rong.
Chai Zongxun, whose youngest son was only seven years old, became emperor, changed the name of the country to Xian De in the first year of Ming Yuan, and asked for an order to kill the remnants of the Pei family, Xu family and more than 30 aristocratic families.
On November 14th, Pei Zhan, the governor of the Ding'an Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, led an army of 150,000 people to the north. He made the emperor's second son Wei Guogong Chai Zongrang the emperor and named the country Xian Yuan. Pei Zhan raised the banner of punishing traitors and clearing the emperor, and led the army all night long.
Marched north and besieged the city of Kaifeng. Luo Xu, who was protected by Huben and was named the Duke of Wei by Chai Zongxun, led more than 40,000 Kaifeng Six Guards Imperial Guards to fight a bloody battle with the Ding'an Army, but was ultimately outnumbered and defeated. At the end of November, Luo Xu protected Chai Zongxun and the civil and military officials.
After breaking through, the officials fled to Weizhou, fought and retreated, and suffered heavy losses in their troops and horses.
After Pei Zhan conquered Kaifeng, he officially installed the second son of the emperor, Wei Guogong Chai Zongrang, as the emperor. He declared Luo Xu a traitor and ordered the whole country to kill him. Then he built the Zhongyi Temple in Kaifeng. Pei Yan and Xu Zhong were killed by Luo Xu.
He and others worshiped in the Zhongyi Temple. Pei Zhan arrested Luo Xu's party members, including more than 900 members of Luo Xu's family who had no time to escape. They were all killed outside the gate of Kaifeng City, and their blood flowed into rivers.
At the end of November, Zuowuwei General Han Yizhi declared his allegiance to Emperor Xianyuan and sent troops to attack Zuoweiwei in Fengzhou. Previously, Zuoweiwei General Yu Qi declared his allegiance to Mingyuan Emperor Chai Zongxun, so Zuowuwei Han Yizhi took the opportunity to send troops, under the guise of a legitimate
Banner wanted to annex Fengzhou. The two sides fought more than ten battles. Although Han Yizhi was young, he was courageous, tactically proficient, brave and good at fighting. He took the lead and defeated Zuoweiwei in only half a month and captured Fengzhou. Yu Qi had no choice but to lead
More than ten thousand remaining soldiers surrendered to the Han army.
Also at the end of November, Zhao Tieguai, the military commander of Chengde Army, declared his allegiance to Emperor Chai Zongxun of Mingyuan. He mobilized 200,000 soldiers and horses from Jizhou and marched southward to greet Emperor Mingyuan.
They looted and plundered all the treasuries of various states. They could only travel thirty miles a day, but they killed almost every human being within a radius of three hundred miles.
At the end of December, Cheng De's army joined Luo Xu's six guards in the capital in Weizhou, and Zhao Tieguai welcomed Emperor Ming Yuan to the throne. He established Weizhou as the capital and issued a proclamation to officers and soldiers from all over the country to work together to kill the rebel Pei Zhan.
Three days later, Zhao Tieguai deliberately provoked a conflict with the Six Guards of the capital, and the two sides started a bloody battle. The German troops came well prepared, but the Six Guards of the capital fled thousands of miles and suffered heavy losses, and were suddenly attacked by the German troops and died.
Xu led the tiger and sword armor to kill more than 10,000 German troops. However, due to the disparity in numbers, he had to retreat and retreat. After settling in Qizhou, he recruited troops and tried to confront the German army.
However, Zhao Tieguai sent 50,000 troops and horses to chase closely behind the tiger and beni cavalry. Luo Xu only held on for two days in Qizhou before being defeated again. Luo Xu's men were all cavalry. Although they were known as the best in the world, they were not good at defending.
The city was besieged by the German army and could not withstand it. It was worth fighting a bloody road to escape to the north. Ten days later, when they wanted to enter Dezhou, Liao Sheng, the governor of Dezhou County, refused to open the city gate and ordered the county soldiers to fire arrows. Luo Xu was furious and ordered
Attack the city, but the Huben cavalry had no siege equipment and had to retreat again after losing more than 500 troops. Only one day later, the German pursuers arrived in Dezhou.
The governor of Dezhou County had meritorious service in opening the city gate. Zhao Tieguai, who proclaimed himself the King of Ji, conferred the title of Jin Zi Guang Lu Doctor and was rewarded with thousands of taels of silver and thousands of pieces of brocade.
Luo Xu led 6,000 remnant troops and had no choice but to retreat into Juluze. However, a generation of great generals ended up falling into the enemy's hands, which was depressing. After defeating Luo Xu, Zhao Tieguai fought in Weizhou, Xiangzhou, Bozhou and other places.
They frantically arrested men to join the army. It took two months to recruit 300,000 new troops, plus 200,000 German troops. A total of 500,000 troops marched south towards Kaifeng.
Pei Zhan, who was granted the title of King of Zhou by Emperor Chai Zong of the Xian Yuan Dynasty, also recruited a large army and assembled 300,000 soldiers and horses to guard Huazhou and occupy Zhao Tieguai's army. The two sides fought no less than thirty battles, each with its own victory or defeat.
Just more than two months before their battle, when Pei Zhan led the Ding'an Army to the north and bloodbathed Kaifeng City, Liu Ling personally commanded an army of 100,000 people and set out from Yongzhou to surround Luoyang! Pei Zhi, who was left behind in Luoyang, sent people to Kaifeng in Tokyo for help.
But because Cheng De's army went south and Luo Xu fled north, Pei Zhan was unable to divide his troops. Luoyang was trapped for more than ten days and was broken by the Han army! Luoyang, the capital of Xijing in the Great Zhou Dynasty, was included in the territory of the Han Dynasty!
At the end of November, General Yu Qi of Zuowuwei of the Han Dynasty led his remaining troops to surrender, and Liu Ling accepted them. They joined forces and attacked Fengzhou in mid-December, defeated General Han Yizhi of Zuowuwei of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and recaptured Fengzhou City. Taking advantage of the victory, they pursued the city in one go.
After capturing Tangzhou, Xiangzhou, Suizhou, and Anzhou, Zuowuwei was defeated. Han Yizhi fled back to Kaifeng with only more than 300 cavalry. From then on, half of the ninety-eight states of the Great Zhou Dynasty fell into the hands of Liu Ling!
By the first month of the third year of the reign of the Han Dynasty, the territory of the Han Dynasty had expanded by more than three times!
Originally, the Han Dynasty only had twelve states of land that were barren and barren. Liu Ling conquered half of the country in just two years, creating thousands of miles of fertile land and beautiful mountains and rivers.
Since the third year of Datong, the territory of the Han Dynasty has bordered the Shu Kingdom and Pingnan in the south. From Taiyuan to the south, it has expanded thousands of miles of rivers and mountains!
In the twelfth lunar month of the third year of Datong, Liu Ling sent General Wang Banjin with 100,000 troops to guard Luoyang, and General Cheng Yihou with 100,000 troops to guard Zhengzhou. They acted as horns to resist the Ding'an Army in Kaifeng. By this time, the Han army had expanded.
To 300,000, unprecedented! After arranging defensive strategies, Liu Ling returned to Jinzhou in the late twelfth lunar month, escorted by 500 Supervisory Council Tiqi, to discuss the matter of moving the capital with Zhou Yangong and Hou Shen.
When Liu Ling's car arrived ten miles outside the city of Jinzhou, officials from the Han Dynasty, including Zhou Yangong, Hou Shen, Maoyuan, and Zhao Da, who had arrived in Jinzhou first, went out ten miles from the city to greet them. Jinzhou officials followed, and there were no less than 200 officials to pick up the car.
.When Liu Ling's chariot arrived, all the officials kowtowed and called the King of Han.
Liu Ling got off the carriage, feeling a little agitated in his heart. After two years of sending troops, half of the territory of Zhou Dynasty and the territory of fifty states have been divided. What a huge military achievement! Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, it has never been so arrogant.
.Moreover, Liu Ling now has no constraints. In the Han Dynasty, he is the one and only god!
Liu Ling suddenly laughed when he saw Zhou Yangong and Hou Shen both wearing the official uniforms of a first-class official, kneeling on the side of the official road with their buttocks raised high.
"Master Zhou, Master Hou, get up. The ground is cold and hard. Don't break your body from kneeling."
Zhou Yangong got up, patted the dust on his body and said seriously: "Master Hou Shen taught me a trick. I sewed a soft pad on the knee. It doesn't hurt when I kneel down and it keeps me warm. It's a good idea."
Hou Shen's face turned red and he said, "Zi Gu, you only care about harming me!"
Liu Ling laughed and said: "Now you two are already the pillars of my strong man, the first-class officers of the Military Aircraft Department, how can you still be so unethical!"
Hou Shen said with a smile: "I also told Zi Gu to be careful not to let the prince know that we are opportunistic. This guy only cares about flattery and betrayed me as soon as he turned around. Your prince, I want to join his copy of Zhou Yangong!"
Liu Ling smiled and said, "What's the crime in joining him?"
Zhou Yangong said solemnly: "It turns out that it is a serious crime that I patted the prince's horse first without leaving the opportunity to Mr. Hou. If so, I will be convicted."
Hou Shen: "I will pardon your nonsense and slander the court officials!"
Liu Ling said: "Master Zhao, do you hear me? This is a matter for your Supervisory Yuan. I will give you a privilege today. You can take it as a first-class official."
Zhao Dayin smiled thoughtfully and said, "I respect the prince's decree."
Hou Shen was cold for a moment and said quickly: "My subordinates take back the memorial. Your Majesty, just treat it like a breeze blowing in your face and spare your subordinates. The gate of the Overwatch Council is inaccessible."
After joking for a while, Liu Ling led everyone back to Jinzhou City. (To be continued)
