"The situation in Liaodong is now completely chaotic."
Zhao Da sat in the first seat under Liu Ling, bowed to the generals present and said: "A month ago, Dubo Jilie Wu Guxi of the Heishui Mohe tribe led 70,000 soldiers to attack the Liao Dynasty.
Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo, while Yelu Zheng, who was left behind in Liaoyang, defended Liaoyang to the death, and at the same time mobilized soldiers and horses from various counties in Liaodong to counterattack."
"On the first day of February, when Wu Guzheng led the army to attack Liaoyang, he was cut off by the Khitan reinforcements who came from the nearest place. Yelu Zheng led his army to fight out of Liaoyang City. Mohe's army was attacked from both sides and was defeated. They retreated fifty miles and suffered casualties.
There were nearly 20,000 horses. The Khitan reinforcements actually only had 7,000 men and horses. After repelling Wu Guqi, the reinforcements entered Liaoyang City."
"On the fifth day of the second lunar month, Wu Guxi attacked Liaoyang fiercely and conquered the city gate several times. Yelu Zheng personally led his troops to push back several times. The two sides fought bloody battles from early morning to sunset. In the evening, Wu Guxi sent people to attack at night, but they were hit by Yelu Zheng.
They set up an ambush and were defeated again. However, the reinforcements Wu Guqi invited from the Shiwei tribe happened to arrive that night. The leader of the Shiwei tribe, Tu Liegei, led his troops to break into the Khitan army from the flank, beat back Yelu Zheng's ambush, and rescued Yelu Zheng.
Wu Guqi.”
"The Shiwei tribe actually had a feud with the Khitan. When Yeluyunde was actually a Khitan tribe, he led troops to conquer the Shiwei tribe several times, and the Shiwei people had to surrender. Before Yelu Xiongji proclaimed himself emperor, even more
In one fell swoop, they wiped out Xiao Huang Shiwei and other three tribes of Shiwei, killing more than 100,000 people. The Khitan cavalry had forced the Shiwei people to move north several times, and the Shiwei people were forced to migrate to the bitter cold land of Saibei. That place has four seasons.
Snow never melts over the years."
Zhao Da explained why the Shiwei people came to help Wu Guxi, and then continued: "On the ninth day of February, Tuoliegui led more than 20,000 people from Shiwei's army to storm the north gate of Liaoyang, and Wu Guxi led his army to storm the west gate.
On that day, although the allied forces of the Mohe and Shiwei people did not conquer Liaoyang, they did attack the city of Liaoyang several times. The Liao army suffered heavy losses. If Yeluzheng had not personally led the army to fight to the death and even mobilized the people to help defend the city, Liaoyang would not have been able to survive.
Can hold it."
"On February 16th, soldiers and horses from various counties in Liaodong rushed to Liaoyang one after another and fought fiercely with the coalition forces of the Shiwei and Mohe people. Tuoliegui led three thousand Shiwei warriors to kill the Khitan reinforcements three times, and the Khitan reinforcements were defeated.
, retreated twenty miles. In this battle, Shi Wei's troops only killed more than 2,000 people, but killed and wounded more than 13,000 Khitan soldiers."
"On February 21st, Yeluzheng led his troops out of the city to sneak attack the camp of Tuolie, but was ambushed by Tuoliegei. All 4,000 elite soldiers led by Yeluzheng were killed or injured. Yeluzheng was seriously injured and was snatched back to the city by his own soldiers.
The Wei people took the opportunity to enter Liaoyang, but after the Shiwei people entered the city, they sealed the city gate and locked out Wu Guxi's troops. Wu Guxi had to resist the Khitan reinforcements alone. In three days, the two sides fought six bloody battles.
The men and horses suffered heavy losses.”
"The Shiwei people entered the city for three days and massacred all the surrendered soldiers and people in the city. More than 100,000 people were killed, and their blood flowed into rivers."
Zhao Da put down a pamphlet in his hand, rubbed the corners of his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It seems that the grievances of this Wei people are really not small. They massacred the city in three days and turned a good big city into hell. Five days of the Liao Kingdom
Liaoyang Prefecture, one of the capitals, was turned into a ghost town. However, Tuo Lie should have few people after all, and Wu Guqi couldn't hold on and retreated first. After that, he had to abandon the city and retreat all the way to Shi Wei's headquarters.
Fight and retreat."
Liu Ling smiled and said nothing about the cruelty of the Shiwei people.
The Shiwei people are the ancestors of the Mongolian people. Genghis Khan and his descendants did many things like massacre of cities. The Dangxiang clan was wiped out by Genghis Khan in a rage. Tens of millions of Han people in the Central Plains were killed by the Mongols. Genghis Khan and his descendants
When the Mongols were dominant, they massacred nearly 100 million people. Some people once joked that Temujin and his descendants successfully solved the problem of feeding tens of millions of people in that era, but this joke was not funny at all.
In fact, in terms of their origins, the Khitans and Shiwei people still share the same origin.
After Rouran was defeated by the Turks, it split into two groups. One group fled to the upper reaches of the Liao River, which is the ancestor of the Khitan people. The other group fled to the Yablonov Mountains, which is the ancestor of the Shiwei people. Shiwei people
Another meaning of this noun is actually Xianbei.
The Shiwei people were suppressed and beaten by the Khitan people for nearly a hundred years, especially after Yelv Xiongji became emperor, the Shiwei people were forced to migrate to the far north and lived in extreme poverty. Even so, forced by Yelv Xiongji's prostitution-
Wei Wei, the Shiwei people had to pay tribute a large amount of property every year, and any delay would lead to massacre by the Khitan people.
When Liu Ling thought about it, he suddenly realized that the Rourans were really great. Although this nation was defeated by the Turks, the descendants of the Rourans successively dominated the country. Especially the Mongols, who relied on their fast horses and butcher knives to conquer a shockingly large territory.
"The Khitans are still pursuing?"
Hua Ling asked.
Zhao Da nodded and said: "Tokyo and Liaoyang were massacred and turned into a dead city. The Khitan people naturally couldn't bear this tone. Since the end of February, the Khitan reinforcements from various counties have been chasing and killing the Shiwei people.
Passed through Ruoluoshui. In addition, the Khitan army from Bohai County rushed into the Heishui Mohe tribe. Before Wu Guzhe's army returned, they killed nearly 100,000 women, children and elderly people in the Heishui Mohe tribe.
This clan is going to be in ruins this time.”
Liu Ling smiled and asked, "Where is Ji Chengyun?"
Zhao Da replied: "We have arrived in Yuyang, and we will arrive in Youzhou in a few days."
Liu Ling nodded and said: "Fight Liaodong as you like, just don't hurt my beloved general. Ji Chengyun has been working silently in places you don't know these years. On the surface, he doesn't seem to be as famous as you, but in fact, he has no more credit than you."
No small. Ji Chengyun is also an old man who has been with me since I first led the army. For so many years, he has not even been given a serious official title. Every time I think about it, I feel a little uncomfortable."
"Without paying the annual tribute to the Khitan, Ji Chengyun escorted the grain and grass back to Taiyuan to suppress Ouyang Zhuan. Ji Chengyun burned Ouyang Zhuan's grain road and attacked Zuo Zhenwei..."
Liu Ling paused for a moment and glanced at Zheng Chao, who was sitting below. He was the general of Zuo Zhenwei in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Zheng Chao smiled openly and signaled to Liu Ling that he didn't mind.
Liu Ling smiled and continued: "We attacked Zuo Zhenwei and burned General Zheng Chao's Qingfeng Mountain stronghold. We attacked Jinzhou, attacked Menghu's retreat, and pacified Jiangnan. Ji Chengyun has been walking in front of you. Doing the hardest work.
Work and get the minimum salary."
Liu Ling stood up, thought for a while and said: "So, after Ji Chengyun comes back, I plan to let him serve as an official in Youzhou, and also move it to the bright side. After all, the Supervisory Yuan has taken over everything he can do.
"
Only then did everyone understand that the prince wanted to give Ji Chengyun a high official position. This was telling everyone not to be jealous of him and not to make any gossip. Although Youzhou was conquered by Luo Xu, Yang Ye, Hua Ling and others.
, but obviously, the high-ranking officials in the important town of Youzhou will be handed over to Ji Chengyun. In fact, no one would have any complaints if Liu Ling didn't say anything. Everyone here is the highest level of the Han military and Liu Ling's cronies. In these years, Ji Chengyun
Everyone sees Yun's contribution. But now, Ji Chengyun is only a fifth-rank official of a pioneer camp general, and he doesn't even have a title.
"There is no need to discuss the decision to establish the capital of Youzhou."
Liu Ling paused and said: "The imperial court will be moved here in the future. The position of Minister of War has been vacant since He Kun resigned. The person recommended by Hou Shen was a spy from Xixia. Fortunately, he was discovered in the courtyard in time, otherwise Xixia
The spy has become the Minister of War of my great Han Dynasty. Put aside the joke or not, it is a matter of life and death!"
Speaking of this, everyone couldn't help but think of that time when Xixia spies infiltrated the Han Dynasty in large numbers, and uncovered the most hidden spy. Later, Hou Shen couldn't kneel down in front of Liu Ling, and took off his clothes.
The crime of seeking death. Another bachelor of the Military Aircraft Department, Zhou Yangong, also resigned from his post to atone for his serious crime.
Fortunately, Liu Ling knew who they were, and that person indeed showed great talents. Both Zhou Yangong and Hou Shen were people who promoted talents regardless of their origins, so Liu Ling didn't blame them much.
Both Zhou Yangong and Hou Shen were demoted one level and fined three years' salary.
Three years of working for nothing can be considered as teaching them a lesson.
"Let Ji Chengyun handle the affairs of the Ministry of War in advance. However, if he is directly promoted from the fifth rank to the second rank, those civil servants will make a fuss again."
Liu Ling rubbed his forehead and said with a headache.
Luo Xu smiled and said, "That's their battlefield."
These words made everyone laugh. They rarely attended court meetings because Liu Ling rarely presided over court affairs, but every time they went to court, the civil servants would quarrel over trivial matters, and the quarrel would be endless. Hua Ling, Luo
Military generals like Xu and others are really afraid of those literati who talk nonsense but also quote scriptures, so the prince allows them to serve in local places. From this point of view, it is a very happy thing.
"It seems a bit outrageous to jump from the fifth rank to the second rank, but if they know what General Ji has done and the achievements he has made, I'm afraid it will scare them."
Yang Ye frowned and said. He has always looked down upon those civil servants, because when the prince appointed him as the governor of Cangzhou and commanded a hundred thousand troops, those civil servants violently opposed it. They said he was a surrendered general of the Zhou Kingdom.
, how can it be entrusted with such a heavy responsibility? How can it be given such honor and trust to control an army of 100,000 people to a traitor?
The top brass in the military knew that Yang Ye went undercover in Dazhou, but the civil servants bothered him about it. Yang Ye suffered too much in those years, and the fearful days almost made him collapse, so he talked endlessly about those eloquent people.
Absolute civil servants have no good impressions.
"Second grade, haha."
Liu Ling smiled, still a little short of it.
"Anyway, they are going to make trouble once. Instead of making trouble again in the future, let them make trouble once and forget it. Just add a first-class marquis, and that's it."
First-class Marquis, all the generals here are all first-class Marquis.
"The army has been resting for a month, and it's time to take action. While the Liao army is busy in Linhuang Mansion in Beijing, the matter in Liaodong should be settled."
Liu Ling changed the topic, turned around and asked Zhao Da: "Does Li Xiu have some friendship with Wu Guxi?"
Zhao Da nodded and said: "All business in Liaodong is Li Xiu's way. Wu Guxi wants to raise military expenses, and there are too many goods that he is eager to sell, and no one else except Li Xiu can swallow them. Therefore, the two of them are quite familiar with each other.
.A friendship based on interests is more reliable."
Liu Ling smiled: "Since Wu Guqi believes in Li Xiu, let him follow him to Liaodong. Who among you... wants to go for a walk around the white mountains and black waters?"
