Spring arrived late in the North, but all the ice and snow had already melted in mid-March. The roads were frozen and the rivers were unblocked. Although the temperature was still freezing cold in the morning and evening, spring had arrived with an unstoppable momentum.
Since the establishment of the Southern Liao Dynasty last year, Han Desui and Han Zhang have reached a common goal. To fight against foreigners, one must first settle the domestic affairs. Although the Jurchens are the culprit of the split of the Liao Kingdom and the root cause of the current situation in the Liao Kingdom, however,
Compared with the Jurchens, Yelvchun's rebellion with the support of tribal leaders was even more intolerable. When Daliao was in the most critical moment, Yelvchun and his men rebelled internally, which led to the collapse of the entire Liao.
It fell apart. The emperor died, and the highly respected prime minister Han Yanshou was also killed. In the turmoil that night, many important officials of the Liao Kingdom died among them, and many generals also died in the rebellion, including two of Han Desui's
A son.
Although Han Desui was a ruthless man, he could shoot his beloved son with his own hands to defend the city, but that was his own son, he could kill it, but others could not. Who doesn’t know that Han Desui, the king of the South Campus, is not easy to mess with?
If the tribal chiefs and Yelu Chun dared to do this, they would definitely have to pay with blood. And it is only natural that Han Zhang avenges Han Yanshou. Because although Han Zhang is nominally Han Yanshou's nephew, everyone who knows the inside story knows that,
Han Zhang was actually the son of an affair between Han Yanshou and Han Zhang's mother, Han Yanshou's sister-in-law. Many people actually knew about this. It can be said that the crusade against the northern court was not only a matter of righteousness, but also a family feud.
In fact, although the current situation is chaotic, for Han Desui, he is a little lucky in his heart. In the battle of Xijin Mansion, Lin Jue was overwhelmed by the flowers in the city, and finally had to abandon his old nest and lead the Xijin Mansion.
Han Desui, who had more than 20,000 troops fleeing, was actually quite depressed for a time. After the defeat of the Jinfu, he did not immediately report the news to Yelu Zongyuan who was fighting under the Liaoyang Mansion. On the one hand, he did not want to let Yelu Zongyuan at this time.
The army was distracted and ruined the battle situation in Liaoyang City. On the other hand, he was also a little shy to speak up and worried that Yelu Zongyuan would punish him for this. He did not defend Xijin Mansion at this time, which undoubtedly dragged down Yelu Zongyuan.
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Because of this, Han De took his troops and horses to escape from Xijin Mansion and went all the way north to garrison in Tanzhou, a hundred miles away. He thought that even if he lost Xijin Mansion, he still had to save some face. The Dazhou rebels
If you want to take advantage of the situation to attack north, then Tanzhou is a good defensive stronghold. The terrain there is complex and steep, and Tanzhou City is also a city with a good defense system that can resist the enemy. Even if you cannot stop the enemy's march north, as long as you try your best
And for the sake of it, I can give an explanation in front of Yelu Zongyuan in the future.
Of course, upon arrival in Tan
After leaving the state, Han Desui still ordered people to report to Yelv Zong Yuantong about the loss of Jin Mansion. However, he told his cronies who went to report that he should report the matter only after the war in Liaoyang Mansion was over and the imperial army captured Liaoyang Mansion, so as not to
It was a big deal. When the confidant who reported the report arrived at the Liao army camp, the Liao soldiers and horses were blocked by the wall of burning black oil fire dug around the city. He could only wait. This time, he waited.
Yelu Zongyuan was seriously injured, and the Liao army had to stop the attack. The confidant was extremely shrewd. He knew that there was no need to report the news of the fall of Xijin Mansion at this time, which would add chaos to the already chaotic situation, so he immediately
Release Fei Yu to report the situation here to Han Desui. Unfortunately, on that chaotic night, this man was innocently shot and killed by a stray arrow.
Han De was shocked after receiving the battlefield information from Fei Yu. He immediately led his troops to Dading Mansion in Zhongjing. His original intention was that since Yelu Zongyuan was seriously injured, if he could not survive the winter, the overall situation of the DPRK and China would probably be affected.
To make an entrustment, he had to be present, and he couldn't stay out of the matter. At the same time, leading his troops to respond to Yelu Zongyuan's posture could also reduce his responsibility for losing the Xijin Mansion. When he arrived at Dading Mansion, the follow-up
News came that the emperor had died, Yelv Chun had killed the eldest prince Yelu Cai, and the tribal chiefs supported his rebellion. Han Zhang led his remaining troops to break through and retreat. Han De made a decision immediately, and immediately went out of the city to meet Han Zhang and brought him into Dading Mansion.
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Afterwards, after discussion, the two decided to make Yelu Pingshan, the son of Yelu Cai, the emperor, and determined to wipe out the gang of rebellious officials and traitors, avenge Yelu Zongyuan and Yelu Cai, and also for the two sons of Han Yanshou and Han Desui who died in the chaos.
The son takes revenge. Both of them are people with means and abilities. Originally, the two Han families in the Liao Kingdom did not have close contacts and were somewhat repulsive to each other, but now, the two of them are hugging each other tightly. Han Zhang values
What Han Desui wanted was Han Desui's prestige and ability in the south, and Han Desui valued the Han Yanshou family's connections and excellent reputation. The two of them took what they needed and formed a team with highly aligned interests. To show his sincerity, Han Desui even gave up.
Han Zhang accepted the position of Privy Councilor and let Han Zhang take this position in order to let Han Zhang know that he had absolute trust in Han Zhang. Han Zhang was also very grateful for this, because both of them had a surname of Han, and Han Desui discussed with Han Yanshou as their equals.
Han Zhang simply recognized Han Desui as his adopted father, further consolidating the relationship between the two.
In the past four or five months, the two of them worked together and actively made a lot of preparations for the Northern Expedition. In particular, Dazhou took the initiative to send the head of Han Gang, the leader of the attack on Xijin Mansion, to Dading Mansion, and took the initiative to
When Han Desui and Han Gang gave up control of the Jin Mansion and stated that they would continue to implement the previous peace agreement, a big stone fell in the hearts of Han Desui and Han Gang. In fact, what they were most afraid of was
It was at this time that Da Zhou tore up the peace treaty and launched an attack. In fact, Da Zhou made such a gesture, which made both of them feel that it was a scam. Until the soldiers and horses truly regained control of Xijin Mansion, a large number of Da Zhou's materials and grains continued to be shipped.
After arriving, the two of them dared to believe such a fact. While they were happy, they also felt extremely contemptuous of Zhou Dynasty. Such a Zhou Dynasty court could be said to have no blood and backbone. At this time, there was no such thing.
No idea, it’s simply incredible.
Dazhou is cowardly, which is a great benefit to the current plan of the two of them. There is no need to retain too many troops in Xijing Datong. Da Liao is in chaos, but Xijing Datong's 30,000 to 40,000 troops are still a viable force and have not been attacked.
was severely damaged. The leader was Han Desui's brother-in-law Mao Buyi, who looked dull but honest but very capable. Datong, Xijing, was actually the most dangerous place deep into the Zhou Dynasty, but he had been stationed in Xijing for many years.
It is impregnable and nothing can go wrong. This time, Xijing Road only needs to leave more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the rest of the soldiers and horses have been mobilized.
Not only that, Han Zhang used Han Yanshou's connections and reputation to inform some tribes of Zhongjing Road, which is part of Nanjing Road, and the local aristocratic families. These people had money and people, and contributed 4,000 to 5,000 manpower and millions of military pay.
, which greatly assisted the army in the Northern Expedition. At the same time, Han Desui recruited troops aggressively in the three roads. In the name of Han Desui, the king of South Campus, many people joined him. Within a few months, he got more than 30,000 new soldiers. From this,
, Xijing Datong's 30,000 soldiers and horses, plus the 89,000 or 90,000 soldiers and horses originally held by the Second Han Dynasty, plus the recruits raised and the soldiers and horses sent by the tribal nobles, the southern court now has another army with a population of up to 100,000.
A huge army of 160,000.
The spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, the roads are thawing, the troops are well-prepared, everything is ready, and everything is unstoppable.
On March 21st, it was a warm and sunny morning. Fourteen-year-old Yelu Pingshan stood on the tall tower at the south gate of the Dading Palace to inspect the troops. A dark army of 160,000 troops marched in Zhuque, Dading Prefecture.
The long street was densely packed for more than ten miles, the flags were dark and blocked the sky and the sun, and the light of the swords illuminated the city in glory.
Han Desui and Han Zhang were each fully armed and stood on both sides of Yelu Ping Mountain. Under their urging, Yelu Pingshan issued a crusade against Yelu Chun in his immature voice, and announced that the army would immediately march north to conquer Linhuang Mansion.
After that, Han Desui and Han Zhang, as the chief and deputy commanders of the army, issued pre-war mobilizations respectively, and explained in tears the reasons and necessity of eradicating Yelv Chun and a group of tribal rebels. Finally, with Han Zhang's heartbreaking words
Amidst the shouts of "Go out", the army set off one by one, leaving the city in a mighty manner and heading north.
