Chapter 73 Wangjiang Pavilion, Looking at the World
Liangshan, Wangjiang Pavilion.
"Oh my god, it's snowing." Chen Kui said as he looked at the snowflakes melting on his palms and felt the coldness.
"This year's snow will come much earlier than in previous years, and it will be heavier." Qiao Daoqing stood next to Chen Kui and said, "I'm afraid this battle will be difficult to fight."
Qiao Daoqing is a meteorological expert. Of course, Chen Kui believed what he said, but he just smiled. Does it matter whether the snow is heavy or not?
Chen Kui put his hands behind his hands and looked at the eight hundred miles of water in front of him, and asked: "Is there any difference?"
Qiao Daoqing was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Indeed not."
"Is there any news from the Jurchen side?" Chen Kui asked.
"Yes, last month, at Chuhedian, Wanyan Aguta led the Jurchen soldiers to defeat seven thousand Daliao cavalry with fewer people and more." Qiao Daoqing said.
To be honest, Qiao Daoqing didn't understand why Chen Kui cared so much about these Jurchens, and even went to the extent of setting up an intelligence network among the "barren" black mountains and white waters. In the eyes of everyone in Liangshan, this was an intelligence network.
A loss-making transaction is not a good deal.
Even though this time the Jurchens defeated the seven thousand Liao army with less and more, in Qiao Daoqing's view, it was nothing more than that. You don't need to pay too much attention to it. A small Jurchen can still make a huge difference. After all, the Liao Dynasty suppressed it.
The Song Dynasty was a country that lasted nearly two hundred years. How could a small Jurchen destroy the Liao Dynasty? How is this possible!
However, Qiao Daoqing never imagined that this small tribe that he looked down upon would establish the Jin Kingdom in the future and dominate the world, defeating the Song Dynasty without any temper at all.
"Seven thousand Liao troops, this is the beginning." Chen Kui looked to the northeast and murmured to himself in a low voice.
Although Chen Kui is not familiar with history, he also knows that the Jurchens must not be underestimated. Wanyan Aguda and the Jurchens may become his biggest opponents in the future.
In the history of China, there were many northern ethnic groups that could threaten the central dynasty, and among them there were some powerful regimes, such as the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Rouran, Turks, Khitan and later Mongolia. At their peak, these regimes were all
It was so powerful that Mongolia even established a powerful empire that spanned Eurasia and changed the situation of the entire world.
But among these regimes, only the Jurchens were able to overthrow the central dynasty twice, establishing the Jin Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty successively.
Although Chen Kui didn't know what the status of the "Battle of Chuhedian" mentioned by Qiao Daoqing was in the history of the Jin Dynasty, one thing is certain, since Wanyan Aguda has now led the Jurchen tribe to fight with the Liao Kingdom with real swords and spears
If it starts to work, it means that the seemingly powerful Daliao can no longer hold on for long, which means that there is not much time left for itself.
If there are less than ten thousand golden soldiers, they will be invincible if there are more than ten thousand soldiers.
"I want to see if you are really that powerful."
"Wanyan Aguda, you have already joined forces with the Liao Dynasty, and I, Liangshan, are about to have a fight with the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty. You think this is a coincidence." Chen Kui looked to the northeast and thought to himself:
"I really have an inexplicable expectation. Whether it is Wanyan Agu who can beat you, the son of the plane, or whether I, a warrior, can defy the heavens and change fate, let this world change its appearance, let us wait and see!"
"Commander, what did you say?" Qiao Daoqing asked, not hearing Chen Kui's whisper clearly.
"It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered Zengtou City in Lingzhou. The Zeng family seems to be the descendants of the Jurchens," Chen Kui said.
"Yes." Qiao Daoqing nodded and said: "Zengtou City is located in the southwest of Lingzhou, with a radius of hundreds of miles. In Zengtou City, there is a family called Zengjiafu, and the person in charge is named Zeng Nong. There are five
There are two children, named "Five Tigers of the Zeng Family". They are on the evil side. Zeng Nong is a Jurchen. When he was young, he went to the Central Plains to do ginseng business. Over the years, he accumulated tens of thousands of wealth. Therefore, if he has the courage, he will dominate
He lived in Cunfang and renamed Zengtou City. Shi Wengong and Su Ding were also the main and deputy instructors in the village. His strength should not be underestimated. Now there are over 10,000 troops and horses in Zengtou City. Even the Lingzhou government must respect him.
Three points.”
Qiao Daoqing, who was in charge of intelligence, had already memorized this information by heart.
"Yes." Chen Kui nodded and said, "Let me investigate more carefully. Once we repel the army and take down Jinan Mansion, we will inevitably have to see the abilities of Shi Wengong and Su Ding."
"Yes." Qiao Daoqing nodded in response. Even if Chen Kui didn't say it, he would do it because Zengtou City would be captured sooner or later.
Judging from the map, Zengtou City is roughly halfway between Jinan Prefecture and Cangzhou. The reason why Liang Shanbo did not touch Zengtou City before was because Liangshan was concerned about the existence of the imperial court, so he did not capture Jinan Prefecture. In this case,
The existence of Zengtou City has minimal impact on Liangshanbo, but the situation is different now. Since Liangshan has broken with the imperial court, there is no need to be subtle anymore. Jinan Prefecture must win, and Zengtou City will naturally not be able to escape. In Liangshan
Such forces are not allowed to exist within the military's sphere of influence.
"General Sun, what's the situation over at Military Advisor Zhu?" Chen Kui asked. This time Zhu Wu and Sun An led the troops and were responsible for quelling the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the east, that is, Jinan Prefecture, Dengzhou and other places gathered together.
The Xiang army is planning to cause trouble in the sky.
Chen Kui defined this war with the imperial court as a counter-encirclement and suppression campaign. Chen Kui chose to take the initiative with a purpose. As mentioned above, he had previously been concerned about the Song Dynasty court, and some of the more important state capitals, military states, and Liangshan had not been occupied.
, such as Jinan Prefecture, Dengzhou and other places, but now the situation has changed. The Song Dynasty has already known about the existence of Liang Shanbo, so Chen Kui is naturally not polite. He just takes this opportunity to unite these places in one go.
Wipe them all out, thus defeating Shandong in one battle and completely consolidating the rear area.
This time the East Route Army was led by Sun An as the commander-in-chief, Zhu Wu as the military advisor, Luan Tingyu, Zhang Qing and others as assistants. Ruan Xiaoer led the navy to assist. There were 5,000 horse troops, 8,000 navy troops, and 20,000 infantry troops.
There were a total of 33,000 troops and horses, and more than 10,000 civilians. In order to clear the East Road as soon as possible, Chen Kui spent a lot of money on the East Road, directly touching nearly 60% of Liangshan's troops.
"Everything went according to plan." Qiao Daoqing said with a smile: "This time we have to thank our transportation team captain Gao Qiu again, which saved us from having to attack state capitals one by one."
"Well, Sun Li and General Luan, who governs "Sick Yuchi" in Dengzhou, are brothers. We must remind Military Advisor Zhu to be careful of Sun Li's false surrender."
"yes."
"Let's go down. The next time we come here, it will definitely be a completely new scene."
This time Chen Kui personally commanded the West Route Army and chose the area around Leize County to fight head-on with the 50,000 forbidden troops led by Guan Sheng and Yang Zhi. The North Route Army was commanded by "Wu Shangshu" Wang Yin.
In the Longgang area, we blocked the army from Daming Prefecture. In principle, we focused on defending against the two armies and horses, waiting for the army from the east to return for reinforcements.
Military advisor Qiao Daoqing was responsible for guarding Liangshan Po and making arrangements from the center. Brothers Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi led the rest of the navy to guard Shui Po.