612 Dramatic change
"Then do it, there are weapons in the city, and all the clansmen who are willing to submit to the moon god are warriors, and they will be included in the unified command of your clan. But vouch for them, if someone rebels against you, you and your people will be unlucky! ”
Now it can only be risky, and the countermeasure is to control the leaders and patriarchs of the Bolu tribe, and whoever recruits the Jurchens to defect will have to die first.
Ah Su Death agreed to this condition without hesitation, and he didn't know what he thought and why he had so much confidence in the Jurchens. Hong Tao won't ponder this question, and will inquire slowly when he has spare time.
It won't be long before the palace will become the Yama Palace, and once the Bolu and Jurchens, whose ancestors were enslaved by the Khitans, have weapons, they can spare these Khitan captives? Just thinking about it gives you goosebumps.
While the goosebumps hadn't gotten out of control of his brain, Hong Tao had to hurry up and arrange the next move. Miao Kui's Western Route Army was seizing the time to carry war materials from the box trucks, and immediately after taking off, they would leave the city and march towards the mouth of the Haihe River. I have to listen to the report of Tanma and provide Miao Kui with a safer route plan as much as possible.
The Liao State probably stationed about 80,000 standing troops in Nanjing Road, and nearly half of them were wiped out by themselves along the way, and the other half were mostly stationed near the border, such as Yizhou, Fanyang, Miaoyin, and Xianghe, and not many could be transferred to Xijin Mansion immediately.
However, the military system of the Liao State is the same as that of the Western Xia, the reserve army is gathered very quickly, and there is no need to prepare any grain and grass like the Northern Song Dynasty forbidden army, as long as the order is conveyed, there will be a steady stream of herdsmen riding horses and picking up weapons from all directions, directly finding a few places near Xijin Mansion to assemble, and they can be put into battle in a blink of an eye.
At this time, it depends on whether the more than 10,000 cavalry led by Wang Shao will give it a lot, and whether the three armies led by E, Li Xian, and Zhang Ji will go north in a big way.
If they move relatively quickly and can make some moves in the border area, the Liao army will not be able to concentrate on themselves. If they still don't move, then they will wait for a hard battle, and whether they can win or not depends on two questions.
No matter how you calculate, anyway, the task of the first phase of the Northern Expedition plan is completed, and it is worthy of Emperor Shenzong's entrustment. Just wait for a few teams of detectives to go back to report the news that the king of Yan'an County led the new army to capture Xijin Mansion throughout the land of Hebei, and then send all kinds of official documents and seals in the Nanjing Imperial Palace of Liao State into the palace, and the rest of the affairs are not under their control, and they can only resign themselves to fate.
On October 18, 1087 in the lunar calendar, Wang Xu, the founding marquis of the Northern Song Dynasty, led 30,000 new troops to the north suddenly, passed through Gu'an and directly took the Nanjing Daoxijin Mansion of the Liao State, and fought fiercely for an hour.
This news was not transmitted by the messengers of the new army and the SF Express, and the next day it spread throughout Nanjing Road with the defeat of the Liao army, and was sent by fast horses to Guangpingdian, the winter bowl of the Liao Emperor, located in the south of Shangjing.
Yelu Hongji had just celebrated his fifty-sixth birthday here, and the leaders of the various tribes who had come to congratulate him had not yet completely astigmatized, and the news of the fall of Xijin Mansion had arrived.
The old emperor, who had reigned for more than thirty years, was very reluctant to believe that this news was true, but then three more messengers from Xijin Province and Gu'an and other places arrived, bringing more detailed war reports.
Not only did the Xijin Mansion fall, but the Nanjing Road left behind Yelu and Lu Gan and a cadre of important ministers and generals were all killed, and when the last group of messengers escaped, the southern city wall had fallen, and more than half of the messengers were shot by the enemy, and only a few outlaws ran for more than ten miles, and they escaped with excellent riding skills.
Yelu Hongji didn't hear from Princess Terry, but he knew that his daughter would stay in the castle of Xijin Province. She doesn't like the bowl in winter, and prefers to stay in the bustling capital for the winter.
"My son......" Not only is my daughter gone, but more than a dozen important ministers have been put in. Nanjing Dao is now a group of dragons without a leader, and no matter how tough the nerves are, they can't withstand such a big blow, and the old emperor screams and falls on his back, unconscious.
Not only did he have no leader in Nanjing, but the entire Liao Empire was suddenly in chaos, and the royal family, descendants, Khitan ministers, and Han ministers quarreled together, and some people had to prepare for the future in advance, so that Yelu Yanxi, who was only eleven years old, would succeed to the throne.
The chaos on the Liao side is relatively calm compared to the Northern Song Dynasty. Regardless of whether Yelu Hongji woke up or not, or if the villain was still alive, Emperor Shenzong, who was the victor, died directly!
On October 22, when the first batch of new army messengers arrived with Wang Xu's handwritten battle report and the seal left behind in Nanjing, Emperor Shenzong convened important ministers overnight. Maybe he was too excited, the emperor walked a little trembling, and in order to calm himself down, he drank a few sips of horse wine in the Chongzheng Palace.
As a result, as soon as the courtiers entered the palace and greeted him, the emperor in the prime of life fell asleep on the imperial book case and could not wake up, and it is said that he still had a smile on his face when he died.
The imperial doctors were still busy, and Wang Anshi and Sima Guang knew that they were hopeless, and asked to see the queen mother while arranging for the blockade of the news. No one knew what the three of them said, but at the court meeting held two days later, not only did they announce the emperor's death, but also the Empress Dowager Gao designated King Wu to succeed him to the throne. Wang Anshi and Sima Guang joined hands to support them, and immediately won the support of more than half of the courtiers.
At this time, even if there were ministers who were not happy to choose the heir to the throne, they could not raise objections, because the other candidate was not in Kaifeng, or not in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty at all. Didn't the battle report say that the sixth prince Zhao Maid was fighting in Xijin Mansion with the new army.
The new emperor did not forget this prince, and immediately issued an edict to enter Yan'an County, Wang Zhao Fu as the king of Qi, and instructed Zhang Ji to quickly go north to meet the new army, and be sure to bring the king of Qi back safely. As for how Yuanfeng's Northern Expedition should be fought, it has to be discussed again, and there are no further instructions for the time being.
With the new emperor's decree, the forbidden army's actions were immediately much faster, and two days later, more than 10,000 cavalry led by Wang Shao converged with the 6,000 forbidden troops of Zhendingfu to pacify the envoy Chong'e, and fought for a day and a night to conquer Yizhou, an important border town of Liao. It's just that the losses are greater than the defenders, and the enemy in Yizhou has not been completely annihilated.
Li Xian and Zhang Ji were not idle, they also joined forces, and surrounded Fan Yang with 30,000 forbidden army infantry, and it was a matter of time before they fell.
At this point, the Yuanfeng Northern Expedition was officially launched, and the entire southern part of Nanjing Road was full of murderous sounds, and the Northern Song Dynasty forbidden army finally raised its eyebrows and exhaled once, and took advantage of the opportunity of the new army to disrupt the defense system of the Liao army and advance northward.
As soon as the Liao army saw that the momentum was not right, Ulzhou, Yingzhou, and Datong immediately dispatched troops to prepare to reinforce Nanjing Dao. At this time, the forbidden army on Hedong Road did not stand aside to watch the excitement, and could not attack without the order of the imperial court, but could make some movement at the border. As long as the border moved, the Liao troops in Yingzhou, Ulzhou and Datong did not dare to go to support Nanjing Dao.
Also on this day, more than a dozen large sea ships suddenly appeared at the mouth of the Haihe River, and they were greeted not by the Liao army guarding the port, but by the new army wearing camouflage uniforms.
Miao Kui had already led his troops to kill two days ago, and the border battle was together, coupled with the big magnet of Xijin Mansion, there was basically no resistance along the way, and the 1,800 Youzhou Han soldiers in the port were not enough for the cavalry to charge.
"General Miao, where is your lord?" As soon as the gangplank of the Huangzhou hit the dock, Zhao Maid rushed down, and the wasp chased after him and did not stop.
"Your Excellency has already entered the Xijin Mansion, and this is not a place to stay for a long time. General Huang worked hard all the way, first went to the box truck with His Highness to rest for a while, and the official went to arrange the unloading of the ship and loading the car first, and the lord was still waiting for these armaments to defend the city. ”
Miao Kui really wanted to chat with Zhao Maid, no matter how he said it, he was also the future emperor. But when he thought of the new army, which might be in a state of lonely fighting three hundred miles away, he didn't dare to say a word of nonsense, and trotted onto the springboard of the Huangzhou.
Compared to the pier of the Daimyo Prefecture, the pier at the mouth of the sea is twice as large and can accommodate three large ships at a time. This is also thanks to Xiao Wuna, in order to exchange pig iron smoothly, he specially transferred a large wood from Beianzhou, Zhongjing Province, and built it to be big and strong, which is very useful for a hundred years without changing the consciousness.
It's just that I don't know how he would feel when he heard that the founding marquis led his army to capture Xijin Mansion in Shangjing at this time, and whether he would have thought that this port was likely to be used for other purposes.
No matter what he thought of, it didn't help, compared to Xijin Mansion, no Liao general was willing to come to the desolate seaside to see the safety of the port first.
"General Miao, where is the cattle and sheep pen that the adults said, the villain sent someone to rush over, so he won't bother the army." When Wang Hao saw Miao Kui and Xinjun on the dock, he immediately knew that things had changed, but no matter how much they changed, it was still difficult to suppress the years of making money, and he wanted to try.
“…… I'm afraid it will take a few days to see the cattle and sheep, I said the king's shopkeeper, is it really that fun to do business? "Miao Kui's ability to make up nonsense has obviously not been passed on, and he has not found a suitable excuse for puffing up his cheeks for a long time.
"Hey, hey, hey...... Make, make, I don't know how General Miao came here, what about those Liao generals? "Wang Hao hasn't known Miao Kui for a day or two, but he rarely communicates cordially, and he doesn't have anything to talk about at all.
"Let me tell you the truth, the lord led the troops to defeat the Xijin Mansion, and the Liao soldiers here were also killed by Miao someone, and even the Liao dog that could bark is gone!"
Don't make it up, it seems that adults have forgotten to explain how to deal with Wang Hao, so you can make your own decisions. Miao Kui planned to scare this profiteer who wanted money and didn't want his life, and he had made money on Ganliang Road for several years, and now he ran Nanjing Road again, which was really diligent.
“…… The Mansion is gone! Although Wang Hao knew that things were not so simple, he never expected that the founding marquis would be so bold.
How can it be as easy as playing a family when the war is in his hands, the Liangzhou of the Xia people said that they would occupy it, and the first war almost beat the party members to their backs. Now that he has come to rob the Xijin Mansion again, the imperial court has been tossing for decades with the power of the whole country, and it seems that he has not even touched the edge of the Xijin Mansion.
"What do you mean it's gone, it's for the new army to occupy! I don't have the time to talk nonsense with you, and the adults are still waiting for the armor to defend against the enemy. Who is escorting this boat, is there anyone who will pant anymore! ”
In the past, Wang Xulao complained that he couldn't speak, but now Miao Kui finally understands what it means to not be able to speak, and he is indeed not welcome. But this shopkeeper Wang is a friend of adults, and he has helped the new army a lot, and he can't be sprinkled on him if he is angry, so let's change someone.