Although the ministers of the Yangshen Temple in Tai'an City did not know why Beiliang retreated without a fight, they did so after all.
All the ministers praised Zhao Zhuan, the Emperor of Liyang, for his brilliance, martial prowess, and true dragon protection, which made the Northern Liang barbarians feel ashamed and retreated to stop fighting.
As for Xu Fengnian's shooting of the Tai'an City flag and throwing back the imperial edict, he chose not to mention it.
Zhao Zhuan knew that the reason behind Beiliang's retreat could not be that simple.
But amid the compliments, I couldn't help but feel elated.
Only Qi Yanglong, the chief assistant, realized that the situation was not good after the Beiliang Iron Cavalry learned that they were not returning north, but heading south.
Jing'an Road in the south of Tai'an City is a key place for water transportation from Liyang.
In the past, according to the agreement between Liyang and Beiliang, Beiliang guarded the border for Liyang and blocked Beimang from going south.
Liyang wants to use water transportation to provide Beiliang with the food and grass needed for the army every year, which is called water transportation.
However, water transportation in Northern Liang improved in the first two years and during Zhang Julu's administration. Before the Battle of Liangmang, when Xu Xiao was still alive, water transportation was intermittent.
Even during the battle between Liang and Mang, Liyang acted as a constraint for Beiliang, resulting in a situation in which both Beimang and Beiliang suffered losses and directly cut off water transportation.
Over the years, I don’t know how many times I owe Beiliang Cao grain.
It is the roots of those deep-rooted Tai'an City trees that spread to Jing'an Road, especially Qingzhou Xiangfan, with many sworn gossips and various inside stories that can be understood without the need to confess.
Grain officials who have been enjoying the blessings of water transportation for twenty years have long been trained to use various skilled excuses to deal with the imperial household department.
What's more, apart from sending a few seemingly stern warnings from the Ministry of Revenue every now and then, but the warnings are loud and clear, how can officials really be held accountable for their negligence?
Since the Battle of Liangmang, Northern Liang has not seen a single grain of grain enter Lingzhou.
Most of the world's water transport goes to Beijing and Liao Dynasty, and the annual dividends can reach up to one million stones of grain, which supports a large number of meritorious families in Tai'an City.
Zhao Yang, the king of Changshan County who died in the previous battle, and Gao Shizhi, the Duke of Yan who was captured, were also among them.
If Beiliang is added to the land of water transportation, it means that the benefits that everyone can share every year will be reduced by more than half, so naturally no one is willing.
This was also the reason why Zhang Julu was having difficulty rectifying water transportation.
Fortunately, Zhao Yang and Gao Shizhi both ate relatively well, and their portions were not large.
In recent years, the two princes gradually withdrew from involvement in water transportation affairs.
This led to the arrogance of other families, and His Majesty the Liyang Emperor's deliberate connivance, which led to the delay and delay in bringing grain to Liang.
Even though officials of all sizes were involved in the canal transportation, the imperial court still accumulated as much as two million dan in the canal transport on Jing'an Road.
Some time ago, half of them were transported to Liang Liao and used for offensive purposes, and were burned in a fire.
The remaining millions of stones of grain were still stored in Jing'an Road for the imperial court's future expeditions to Liao and Chu.
Xu Fengnian led his army south to Jing'an Road, obviously aiming for these grains.
Qi Yanglong reported the matter to Zhao Zhuan privately, but Zhao Zhuan could not do anything about it.
The imperial court's more than 200,000 troops from Hezhou to Gyeonggi were annihilated by the Northern Liang Army.
The situation in the south was in a state of decay. After the death of Zhao Ying, King of Huainan, the imperial court sent Cai Nan, the Jiedushi envoy, to take over the Lianghuai Road.
Even if there are troops left, they must be used to guard against the strong rise of Western Chu, and Western Chu cannot be allowed to expand northward...
Now, Zhao Zhuan can only hope that King Zhao Xun of Jing'an can stop Xu Fengnian's Northern Liang cavalry.
and the loyal Gu Jiantang quickly mobilized an army of 100,000 troops and went south to guard the capital as soon as possible to intercept and kill Xu Fengnian.
As soon as King Zhao Xun of Jing'an received the news that the Beiliang Army was moving south, he immediately assembled 60,000 elite troops from Jing'an Road to stop the attack.
Zhao Xun had a long-standing grudge against Xu Fengnian. Not to mention the long-coveted Pei Nanwei who forcibly took him away, the mere incident of being thrown out of the boat on Chunshen Lake was enough to make him hold the grudge for many years.
This time, Xu Feng led 30,000 Northern Liang cavalry southward to Jing'an Road.
Zhao Xun wanted to avenge his shame and assemble 60,000 Qingzhou troops to stop the attack.
However, he did not dare to actually kill Xu Fengnian.
This would expose him to the revenge of 500,000 Beiliang Buqi.
King Jing'an was aiming to destroy the cavalry army under Xu Fengnian's command. While severely humiliating him, he also used the Northern Liang Army to make his own name.
But what the young vassal king, who was not far different in age from Xu Feng, did not expect was that the Qingzhou Army, which he had prepared for a long time and painstakingly built, would have a defense line as paper-like in front of the Beiliang cavalry.
He was chased and beaten by Xu Fengnian's 30,000 Beiliang cavalry, and the king of Jing'an, Zhao Xun, was even captured alive by Li Hanlin during this battle.
Xu Fengnian did not kill him, but ordered Li Hanlin to lead people in a small boat to take King Jing'an to the center of Chunshen Lake and kick him into the lake.
Let the noble Liyang Domain King wake up and swim back by himself.
In the end, it was Princess Jing'an, Shu Xian, who led the palace guards and drove a boat overnight in Spring God Lake to find Prince Jing'an, who had exhausted himself midway through the swim, and rescued the palace.
The news of the defeat of the Qingzhou Army caused the generals in Liyang to strictly order their troops to stay at the garrison and not to leave the camp without provocation.
He was afraid of offending the Beiliang cavalry and being destroyed.
They did not have Zhao Xun's noble status and could spare Xu Fengnian's life.
After this battle, the world finally saw how powerful the Northern Liang cavalry was.
The Northern Liang cavalry was able to roam the Central Plains unrivaled. It also benefited from the fact that at the beginning of its establishment, a series of complicated rules were established to form an invincible cavalry army, with strong soldiers, iron armor, big horses, food and grass, and military discipline.
The battlefield is indispensable.
In addition, in the past twenty years, Beiliang cavalry and Beimang cavalry have been engaged in constant battles.
The vast majority of those who fought were brave men such as Dong Zhuo's Crow Lanzi and Hong Jingyan's Rouran Cavalry.
It is precisely under this kind of tempering that the strength of the Northern Liang Cavalry Army continues to improve.
This also gave Beiliang the illusion that he overestimated the overall combat power of the world's soldiers and horses.
This is contrary to the so-called elite soldiers and horses in Liyang, especially in the Central Plains. For example, the Jizhou infantry under Yang Shenxing's command, which has been completely wiped out, has always looked down on Yan Wenluan's infantry;
Can have a fight with Beiliang Iron Cavalry
strength; the Qingzhou Army in Jing'an Road never took the Beiliang Iron Cavalry seriously. A leading general once said that what kind of iron cavalry is not an iron cavalry? A few kilograms of iron on the body is an iron cavalry? Not to mention the Beiliang cavalry.
In a poor place, can half of the soldiers wear armor?
The reason for this huge gap is that Liyang has been without fighting for a long time, and its combat power is already pretty good.
And many young soldiers, under Li Yang's deliberate propaganda, didn't even know who fought the battle at the Western Barrier.
In the Spring and Autumn National War that year, whether it was the long-running Battle of the Western Barrier or the Battle of Shu, most of the tough battles were fought by the predecessors of the Northern Liang Army led by Xu Xiao.
Except for a few tough battles in South Vietnam and Southern Tang, Liyang's troops fought mostly smooth battles.
Even in the brutal battle between Liyang and Beimang, the Beiliang Army led by Xu Xiao was the main force.
After repeated failures, Li Yang realized that the saying that the Beiliang Iron Cavalry was the best in the world was not just a lie.
Rather, the reputation was forged with the blood of the enemy in bloody battles.