It was only June, and it was also a scorching summer day.
Zhou Pu and Chu Zheng led their troops to recapture Yanjing on May 18th. Half a month after recapturing Yanjing, Lin Fu marched westward from Jinhai. However, Lin Fu did not live directly in Yanjing City;
Entering the northeastern suburbs of Yanjing, we entered a royal manor formerly known as Qiuye Prison, which was later used as a hunting ground by Hulu.
"It is said that the Qiuye Prison Rebellion changed Yuan Yue's destiny," Lin Fu stood on the pavilion in the west corner of the manor, facing the cool wind blowing slowly, and asked Song Jia behind him, "What do you think?"
Song Jia knew that Lin Fu was going to rehabilitate the Su clan and Li Zhuo, but when it came to the root cause of Yuan Yue's collapse from resurgence in the past 20 to 30 years, Song Jia didn't think she could see through it. She only said: "
Some things must be left to future generations to comment on.”
Lin Fu nodded, some things should be left to future generations to comment on.
At this time, Gao Zongting walked up to the mountain pavilion and reported: "Yuan Lishan drank poison and committed suicide in Tai'an. The remaining troops were under the jurisdiction of deputy general Yuan Guiting. On the third day, he sent someone to ask Ning Zechen to surrender; Ning Zechen specially sent a fast horse to Yanjing to ask for instructions.
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After the recapture of Yanjing and the defeat of the remnants of the southern fleeing soldiers in Luan County, although the weather entered the Fuxia period, the fighting in various places did not slow down because of this, but instead set off a new wave of efforts to regain the lost territory.
Lin Fu sent Zhang Gou to lead his troops, who also took charge of Wei Zhonglong's Taihang Mountain ** town division and other Taihang Mountain resistance troops, with nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses. They fled west from Luan County via Jingxing Road to central Shanxi and fell into Taiyuan in early June.
The prefectures and counties heard the news and descended.
In early June, Chu Zheng led his troops to recapture Changli, Yuguan and other northeastern Hebei areas. Han Caizhi led his troops to Dushan to recapture Datong. The northern Shanxi areas south of Datong also surrendered without encountering any resistance.
At the same time, with the cooperation of the two brigades of cavalry, Hu Qiaoguan's troops continued to move south after recapturing Cangzhou, and together with Liu Xilin's troops who had captured Linqu, they attacked the remnants of the Japanese soldiers in the Jiaodong area from the north and south.
Xuchang's troops were the first to collapse. After the Changhuai Army moved north, Luo Jian, Huo Tong, and Liang Chengdong led their troops to surrender. Dong Yuan, Zhong Rong, Chen Juxian and other generals led the remaining troops of less than 30,000 people to retreat to the west of Ruzhou.
Sitting at the eastern foot of Funiu Mountain, they stubbornly resisted and refused to surrender.
In early June, Liu Zhenzhi was ordered to lead his troops south, join forces with Deng Yu and Xiao Kui'an, and attack Dong Yuan's army retreating in Ruyang. They defeated it in a battle and killed Zhong Rong, Chen Juxian and others. Dong Yuan, Yuan Guizheng, Yuan Jinqiu
They disappeared after the war.
After the Battle of Luan County, although the Huaidong Army captured the body of the captive king Ye Ji'er, killed Tan Daocheng, Juqu Mengye and other captive generals, and captured Zhang Xie and others, they still asked Ye Ji Duody and a small number of cavalry to break out——
After Ye Jiduodi broke through the siege and went south, he also knew that the general situation was lost. He even only waited until He Xiongqi led 5,000 cavalry to join him, and ignored the other troops east of Linzi, that is, he led the remnants of Jinan, Daliang and other places to the west.
Escape, enter Hezhong Mansion, and join Ye Ji Luorong.
At this time, in addition to Chen Zhihu in Guanzhong, Ye Ji, Luorong, and Ye Jiduo in Hezhong, Yuan Lishan's nearly 50,000 newly attached Han troops in the later period of the Northern Expedition became the main remaining troops of Bei Yan in the hinterland of Hehuai.
At this time, Ning Zechen led 80,000 troops and besieged Tai'an and other cities, unable to extend.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Lishan committed suicide in Tai'an City. When Gao Zongting mentioned this, Lin Fu raised his head and glanced at the distant mountains and said, "Send a team of people to protect Yuan Lishan's family in Yanjing City and prevent soldiers and civilians from intruding on them; Tai'an
Ning Zechen is solely responsible for the enemy's proposal to surrender. All war criminals can be demoted to one or two levels after surrender. It is also a good thing to end the war in the Central Plains as soon as possible..."
Before the Northern Expedition, the military headquarters drew up a list of war criminals. Yuan Lishan, who played a great role in the Yan-Hu Southern Invasion, was naturally listed as a first-class war criminal. In addition to Yuan Lishan, Ji Zhen, who surrendered with Yuan Lishan at that time,
Generals and more than two hundred people were included in the list of war criminals. At this time, in order to end the war in the Central Plains as soon as possible and clear the obstacles for the Western Expedition as soon as possible, it is necessary to grant these war criminals a certain amount of forgiveness.
"By the way," Lin Fu remembered something again and asked Gao Zongting, "Have you gone to see Zhang Xie?"
"I've seen it," Gao Zongting nodded and said, "If we can't interrogate him as soon as possible, I'm afraid his health won't last long..."
"You can't let him die of illness, it's too easy for him," Lin Fu frowned and said, "You, the Prime Minister Zuo and the Duke of Song must seize the time to clarify the details of Li Bingbu's unjust death, and strive to call Zhang Xie
Death by torture!”
"I just met Zuo Xiang. Zuo Xiang talked about returning the capital to Yanjing. I wonder if my lord has thought about it. Or should we put this matter aside for the time being and return to Jiangning first?" Gao Zongting asked.
After recapturing Jinhai, Lin Fu appointed Zuo Chengmu as the envoy of Yanji, who was fully responsible for cleaning up Yanji's current dilapidated situation. Following the army's westward march, Lin Fu hid in the Yanjiao Manor to escape the summer heat, while Zuo Chengmu moved the administrative office to Yanji.
Yanjing City, and also received the dispatch of Yanjing Prefecture Yin.
Hundreds of wastes are waiting to be revitalized. There are hundreds of thousands of civilians in Yanjing City alone who need relief and comfort. The remaining forces of Yanhu in Yanjing City must also be eliminated in a timely manner. Zuo Chengmu wants to catch up on a myriad of things that Lin Fu could not have imagined.
He still has the leisure to care about everyone.
Lin Fu did not deliberately block the news of the death of Emperor Yongxing, and the so-called decree on the Zen throne written by Emperor Yongxing himself was also made public in Jiangning in early June. As a matter of etiquette, Lin Fu naturally had to refuse several times, and finally
Only by "not being able to refuse" can one legitimately ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.
There are still some differences within Huaidong on this issue whether he should just return to Jiangning or directly ascend the throne in Yanjing and proclaim himself emperor.
Zuo Chengmu, Hu Wenmu, and even Lin Xuwen, Lin Tingli and others advocated returning the capital to Yanjing. Naturally, they hoped that Lin Fu could directly ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor in Yanjing. At least in the traditional pattern, Jiangning was tilted to the south, and Jiangning was the capital.
, which is not conducive to the rule of the north.
In fact, it is not difficult for the new empire to control the entire Northeast region. Liaoyang, the core town in the Northeast, is only two hundred miles away from the Bohai coast. The entire Liaohe River system that penetrates into the hinterland of the Northeast is connected to the Liaodong Bay; and Liaodong faces the sea on both sides.
, as long as a few more seaports are built in Liaodong to export iron, coal, wood and other resources, the control of the entire Northeast region will be easier than imagined - what is difficult is the control of the areas west of Guanzhong, the source of the river and even further west.
Regarding the control of the northwest region, the actual difference is not big whether the imperial capital is located in Jiangning or Yanjing.
Thinking of this, Lin Fu said: "Can we capture Liaoyang in August? If Liaoyang is captured, there will be almost no problems here. Then we can leave and return to Jiangning!"
There are still 30,000 remnant enemies in the Liaodong area to be eliminated, but they are actually no longer a threat. The remnant enemies in Liaodong may even abandon Liaodong and flee westward from the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain, together with Ye Jiluorong and Ye Jiduo who fled westward from Hezhong and Guanzhong.
Dysprosium and other departments gather...
The new empire will focus on two directions for expansion, one is Nanyang and the other is northwest. Jiangning is the center of gravity in these two directions. Song Jia stood aside and said nothing, but she did not advocate returning the capital to Yanjing.
Gao Zongting said goodbye and left. Song Jia asked Lin Fu with a smile: "I heard that the Hu people's jade concubine is as beautiful as a flower and has the reputation of being the beauty of the country. Master Baozi said that beauty cannot be disrespected. He specially sent her to prison yesterday. Are you interested in meeting her?
See?"
"Zhou Pu is just messing around to see me make a fool of myself, why are you joining in the fun?" Lin Fu said with his lips curled up.
"Then how are you going to deal with her? You won't exile her to Nanyang, right?" Song Jia asked.
"Go back to Jiangning and allow her to become a monk." Lin Fu said.
"It's okay, Mingyue still needs someone to accompany her in the nunnery," Song Jia said, "But Princess Yuan Yan, you must be reluctant to let her spend the rest of her life in the nunnery, right?"
Lin Fu could still remember Yuan Yan's innocent and beautiful smile ten years ago. Thinking of this, Lin Fu sighed softly and said: "I took over the Yuan family, but I don't know if she hates me in her heart. Let's wait for Jiang Ning to talk about it.
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Shortly before Yuan Lishan committed suicide by drinking poison, Goryeo naval generals Cui Quanchen, Cui He and his son, who knew the outcome of the Yanji War in advance, took advantage of Ye Jibaishi's banquet to assassinate him.
With the cooperation of the Second Town Division of Haidong Camping Army, Cui Quanchen, Cui He and his son surrounded and annihilated more than 15,000 Juqu troops led by Ye Ji Baishi to reinforce Goryeo. They also took the opportunity to control the Goryeo army and horses in Guiyang Mountain to flank the Qing emperor.
, in the name of respecting the monarch's authority, he attacked the Prime Minister Zuo and marched towards Hanyang.
The only elite troops of Goryeo outside Hanyang were in the hands of Cui Quanchen, Cui He and his son. Zhenfeng led the Haiyang army to break through the Asan defense line and go north. After Goryeo's Prime Minister Zuo Jing was defeated in Hanyang City, he had no way out and threw himself into a well.
The remnants of the Yanhu troops in Hezhong Prefecture still had 80,000 troops and horses in mid-July, but the Yandong Zhuhus' own troops accounted for less than 30%. It was only because of the threat of the Huaidong Army that the Yanxi Hus
, ridiculed the barbarians in the northwest, and temporarily united around the Yan royal family headed by Ye Jiluorong and Ye Jiduodi.
The situation dragged on until mid-July, and Ye Jiluorong could not see any possibility of change. Facing more and more Huaidong troops gathering in the periphery, Ye Jiluorong could only abandon Hezhong Prefecture and flee westward into Tongguan.
On July 16, Tao Chun led the Huai army to recapture Hezhong Prefecture and stationed in Luoyang.
At the beginning of July, after a short rest and recuperation, the Jinghai Division quickly regained its combat effectiveness, crossed the sea from Jinhai to the north, and stormed Liaokou, the important place in the east, west and north of Liaoning, that is, the mouth of the Liaohe River.
Chen Zhi led the Denghai Division to land at Liaokou, and then marched north along the Liaohe River. On July 8, he recaptured Liaoyang City, the northern capital of Yan and Hu, which had no troops to defend.
The remnants of the enemy in Liaodong began to flee westward almost before July, and some of them fled north towards the Uulun Mountains. The remaining troops of the Jinghai Navy were trying to regain the Liaodong Peninsula; Liu Xilin was also recovered on July 124th.
Dengzhou.
At this point, the war in the Central Plains has come to an end, and the Northern Expedition can be considered a success - and in Hezhong Prefecture, Lin Fu, led by Ning Zechen, mobilized the Song Dynasty, and Yang Yihang headed west to prepare for the formation of the Western Expedition Army Headquarters, and the Huaiyang Army, Chang Huai Army,
The Taihang Mountain ** town division was all organized into the Western Expeditionary Army. In addition, the artillery brigade directly under the general headquarters and a newly organized musketry battalion were all organized into the Western Expeditionary Army sequence.
The flintlock muskets manufactured by the Ordnance Supervisor are currently only used as training equipment for one battalion of the Forbidden Camp Army. Lin Fu was worried that after the Western Expedition, the new muskets would be difficult to withstand the test of brutal land warfare, so this time he urgently transferred the flintlock muskets to the Forbidden Camp Army.
The Musketeers were assigned to the Western Expeditionary Army.
In early August, Lin Fu, escorted by the first jockey, left Yanjing and returned to Jiangning to proclaim himself emperor...g!.