At the beginning of Daxia, the first edict was to disarmament and establish an engineering corps.
Disarmament and component engineering troops are being carried out at the same time, so it is inevitable that priority will be given to soldiers who are unwilling to return home.
During their training, these frontier troops built fortifications.
The previous wars won by the Song Dynasty were all achieved by using the tactics of fortress advancement, cannibalizing the opponent, and compressing the enemy's living area, resulting in great victories.
Of course, these people are qualified to serve as engineering soldiers. There are hundreds of thousands of troops at the border, and the plan is to eliminate 200,000.
Each province has its own governor, and the soldiers under his command are trained according to formal procedures, and there is no shortage of weapons, food and salary. There is really no need to maintain so many professional soldiers.
With this strike, half of the troops at the border were cut off, but the current northern border is really the weakest in history.
The Khitan, Jurchen, and Mongolia declined one by one, or Mongolia simply did not have time to rise and was cleansed.
This "holy" war has the word "holy" in its name, and the rest has nothing to do with holy.
The brutal killings almost wiped out the Mongols, which were not very dense in the first place, and various crimes turned the grasslands into a hell on earth.
An army inspired by fanatical beliefs is so difficult to control.
The foreign races in the north were all brought under the rule, and it took some time to slowly integrate, but in a short period of time, it was difficult for them to gather an armed force that could go south.
The pressure at the border is the lowest in hundreds or even thousands of years, which is why Yang Lin has the confidence to disarm.
There are dozens of recruitment points in Changchun Prefecture and Shenyang Prefecture each. The soldiers who disarmed and returned home reluctantly said goodbye to their comrades who stayed behind.
With generous rewards, they are about to return to their hometown to reunite with their relatives and start their own lives.
Those who stayed received a set of number plates and became soldiers of the engineering battalion from then on.
As the sun sets in the west, among the desolate mountains, a sudden falling snow adds to the feeling of loneliness.
On the ice on the river, countless people were heading south, and countless parents and wives were eagerly awaiting their return.
I don’t know who started it, but a burst of singing came from the snowy sky:
"A young man is equipped with a sword and follows his teacher to defend Youzhou."
The voices gradually grew louder, and finally converged into a chorus that resounded through the sky and echoed in the empty valley.
"The young man is equipped with a sword and follows the army to garrison Youzhou. In the land of Yan and Zhao soldiers and horses, only ancient hills can be seen. Climbing the Great Wall and looking north, you can see the autumn of barbarians thousands of miles away. On the day of victory, the conquerors have turned old."
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The establishment of the engineering barracks put the repatriation of Korean civilians on the agenda.
Yang Lin had promised Yang Ziqian to kill Cui Hongxu, which was of course impossible.
It was a verbal agreement anyway, and Yang Lin didn't want to hide it now. He made it clear that he would send it back to let them fight among themselves, so that he could reap the benefits.
At one time, 150,000 Korean civilians and 100,000 Korean soldiers were gathered together and told to pack up and prepare to return home.
After the disarmament of the border army, all the weapons were sold to Yang Ziqian, which narrowed the gap in strength between the two sides.
After Yang Ziqian made an agreement in three chapters, he miraculously reversed the morale of the Goryeo soldiers. In the first battle, he defeated the civilians who were the first to return home and directly rebel.
Now he is on the banks of the Yalu River, waiting to welcome more civilians back home.
These people did not come back to be their own obedient people. They wanted to rebel under the leadership of Cui Hongxu, the legitimate son of the Cui family, a descendant of a corrupt family.
This is a life-and-death struggle, and the Song Army on the other side is clearly watching a show.
In fact, in the war to destroy the Jin Dynasty, the Korean civilians contributed a lot, but the Han people have always been nostalgic, and they prefer these civilians in their hearts.
An open area was opened up by the Song army to facilitate the return of civilians to Goryeo. Now it serves as a buffer zone, and both sides are murderous and staring at each other.
Yang Ziqian's soldiers have already drawn their bows and strings, aiming at these people who have been away from their homeland for two years.
As soon as the Song army retreated, Yang Ziqian gave the order, and there was a bloody killing.
Cui Hongxu pushed aside the people in front of him and walked in the front. He was tall and tall, and his career as a civilian husband in the past few years had made his usually fair skin tanned, making him even more heroic.
The clothes he wore were ordinary civilian clothes. Although they were tattered and patched, they were clean and tidy.
In this way, under the watchful eyes of the Song army, Goryeo officers and soldiers, and civilians, he slowly walked forward.
The people of Goryeo, who were originally timid by nature, were as if they had been given a shot of blood. When they saw the son of a noble family, he was willing to walk in front of the untouchables. This unprecedented strange thing greatly stimulated their nerves.
The cowardice and timidity that seemed to be engraved in my bones disappeared briefly at this moment.
A man, shouting exaggeratedly, quickly trotted in front of him and protected him tightly.
The young general of the Song Army who was responsible for escorting them couldn't bear to look anymore and turned his head with tears in his eyes.
All he could do was to order the troops to evacuate as late as possible, but Goryeo officers and soldiers had already come three times to urge them.
The young general of the Song Army scolded: "You thief, what are you urging me to do? If it doesn't work, can I still fly over?"
Although he scolded him, he could not disobey the general's orders. He raised his big gun and cocked his gun. All the Song troops turned around and left on horseback.
Then the arrows rained down, and with the sound of popping into flesh, accompanied by bursts of red mist, the most brutal fighting began.
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Bianliang, inside the imperial city.
Yang Lin held the letter in his hand and read it very seriously. In front of him stood Song Jiang, Han Shizhong and Gao Bing.
After reading it, Yang Lin was silent for a while, put down the letter at random, frowned and said: "Don't look at the way the Korean people behave is despising, but when it comes to life and death, there is still some atmosphere. This battle allowed me to clearly see the strength of the Korean people.
, if they reach out rashly, they will turn enemies into friends and want to capture Goryeo, but they don’t know how much price they will have to pay.”
"Which side do you favor in this fierce fight?"
Han Shizhong said: "I'm afraid Cui Hongxu will win."
Song Jiang was deeply convinced, clasped his fists slightly, and stepped forward and said: "Cui Hongxu, with nearly 200,000 people, what a force this is. We are fighting against the Jin people, and the border troops are only 400,000. Cui Hongxu defeated Yang Ziqian in one battle.
The Yalu River is the proof.”
However, Yang Lin was not like them. He only judged the superiority in terms of combat power. A smile appeared on his face, and he shook his head and said: "In my opinion, although Cui Hongxu won for a while, it was far from overwhelming. They have two hundred thousand people."
People, what do you eat? Koryo is their homeland, and they are also flying the banner of saving the king and the people from fire and water. It is not feasible to plunder food and grass to support the war."
Han Shizhong asked in confusion: "With so many people, they conquered large counties and emptied the treasury. Are they still afraid of running out of food?"
Yang Lin laughed and said: "Han Wu, you don't understand. Do you think that the Han family is everywhere? How many large counties and counties can the Koreans have, and what kind of treasury can they store..."
"Anyway, let's wait and see. If we keep fighting like this, we will be in the game soon."