Chapter 60: Surprise Attack

(The second update, ask for a red ticket)

Zuoting is located in the north of Changli County, about 20 miles away from Linyu Pass, here is a military village to which Jibei Town belongs, and now it has become the garrison of Yezier, the king of Donghu Khan.

Although it is early spring weather in the south of the Yangtze River, Changli, Linyu and other northern places, the wind and frost are still cold, it rains at night, and a thin layer of ice is still accumulated in the early morning.

"The side wall between Longkou Pass and Linyu Pass has been broken in four places, which can be used for our army to return to the north, Yezier, you go first!" The eldest prince Yezirorong was the eldest brother of the king of Donghu Khan, Yezir, and he sat under Yezir with the third prince Yezird, and consulted with the generals of the Yezir army.

The Donghu tribes went out of Bulun Mountain, and Yeji Luorong followed his father Tianshun Khan to conquer the north and south at the age of fifteen. Thirty years, brilliant military achievements, but also the most powerful prince of Donghu, there are more than 5,000 iron cavalry directly under his command, this time into Kou as the commander of the northern front, leading 40,000 cavalry to contain the Yanjing defenders of the Yue Dynasty and more than 100,000 people in the northern line Qinwang Division.

At the beginning of King Tianshun Khan's early fortune, his wives and concubines were taken away by the enemy. After his wife was rescued, eight months later, he gave birth to Yeji Luorong. According to the custom, the heads of the wives and concubines who were rescued from the enemy were to be killed, and Tianshun Khan somehow did not kill Yeji Luorong for a while, and raised him and led the army without discrimination.

Although Yeji Luorong is very similar to Tianshun Khan in appearance, but still can't avoid the doubt of bloodline, coupled with Yeji Luorong is good at war, not good at people's livelihood, Tianshun Khan before his death, and the princes and ministers collegial to pass the Khan King to the more prestigious second son Yezier, but not to Yeji Luorong.

It is also because of this special relationship that when the generals deliberate, only Yezirorong will call Yezier's name.

Ye Zier looked at the exquisite jade seized from the Lu Wangfu in his hand, and when he heard that Ye Ji Luorong asked him to go first, he said with a smile: "I will stay in the palace, and you and Duodi will go out of the east and west lines." It's settled, don't fight with me......"

Linyu Pass (Shanhaiguan) is the first major pass in the Southern Dynasties. Even if a large number of Jibei troops were transferred to King Qinwang in Gyeonggi, there were still 20,000 elite soldiers in the Chongzhai Pass around Linyu Pass, and more than 300,000 Dingkou were returned to the north.

Although several side walls were broken between Longkou Pass and Linyu Pass, the terrain was still precipitous, which was not conducive to the passage of the army. On the other hand, the sea ice in the west of Zuoting still accumulates several feet, and has not yet begun to melt, extending four or five miles away from the coast, and cars, horses, and pedestrians can walk on it, but going to the west of Zuoting, going around the pass, and being easily attacked by the defenders of Linyu Pass to form a rout.

Yezier decided that in addition to the palace troops, the main force was still divided into two ways to go out of the pass: one was the commander of Yezirorong, who broke through the side wall and used heavy troops to hold the key villages of Linyu Pass, so that the defenders did not dare to go out of the pass to fight; One route was commanded by Ye Ji Duodi, and the prisoners were escorted to Zuoting Xihaibing to bypass Linyu Pass and exit the fortress.

Ye Zier did not dare to let Ye Ji Luorong stay in the palace, for fear that he would lead a surprise attack on Jinhai after the army left the customs safely.

Ye Ji Luo Rong saw that Ye Zier looked non-negotiable and decided to lead the troops, and his angry head twisted to the side, knowing that he had any thoughts that he could never hide from Ye Zier, who had many eyes, but how could the fire in his heart be eliminated? How to explain to Na Yan and Na Tuzhen's parents after going back? Could it be that the Southern Kou won a great victory, and Na Yan and Na Tuzhen accidentally lost their lives in the Southern Dynasty?

Ye Ji Luorong was unwilling, he had the heavy responsibility of supervising the northern line before, and he couldn't mess up the deployment of the overall situation for his own hatred, sent troops to monitor the Jinhai Zhuzhai, and even ordered the generals not to engage in battle, but after the army got out of the customs safely, he could lead all the way to the division to teach the Jiangdong Left Army a lesson!

Ye Zier made the generals retreat to arrange the customs with an unquestionable attitude, left Ye Ji Luorong behind, and said seriously: "What do you think, I understand, but if you attack the village from afar, what are your chances of winning?" Do you want my eagle of Dadonghu to fold off another wing to increase the prestige of the vertical forest? ”

"If you don't have a chance of winning, after falling into Jinan, why did you make Duodi lead his troops to attack Yangxin?" Ye Ji Luorong asked unconvinced.

"Since the defeat of Ningjin Fort, it is a fact that my iron cavalry is stronger than the field battle and clumsy in attacking the city, but since the victory of Chentangyi, the generals have lost their rashness," Ye Zier said, "If you and I are at ease outside the Guan, this is fine, but the Southern Dynasty is weak, and there is a chance to win the championship." Infantry combat and offensive and defensive techniques, our army has to be strengthened. The rise of the Jiangdong Left Army was very surprising, and I was also a little negligent at the beginning, and I was not effective in restraining the generals, and I continuously captured fighters for the Jiangdong Left Army. You and I have to see that the Jiangdong Left Army of the Southern Dynasty was still only a small end, and after the defeat of the Cangnan and Jinhai battles, I still made Duodi lead the army to attack Yangxin, and in fact did not have much hope of victory. Maybe I have such a thought, and I am destined to not be able to attack Yangxin, but my original intention is not to capture Yangxin, a dispensable city. The tactics and military system of the Jiangdong Left Army are also described in detail by Xiongqi, and you should know that the Jiangdong Left Army is an excellent model for us to learn infantry warfare and offensive and defensive warfare, so Yangxin has the meaning of fighting a dozen......"

"But Yang Xin lost too badly!" Ye Ji Luorong said.

"It is better to lose late than to lose early," said Yezier, "and if there is an opportunity to fight, I will not prevent you from leading your army to fight against the Jiangdong Left Army." Even if it is defeated, it will not be defeated, but it is a good opportunity to learn from the opponent and improve oneself, but if it is defeated by a partial division into the enemy's heavy encirclement, it will be a defeat of the entire army...... How can I make you a queen? ”

Yezirorong had to admit that what Yezier said was right. After the main force came out of the pass, he led the division to attack Jinhai, and it was good that he could capture it, but if he was frustrated and retreated, those Southern Korean troops who usually regarded them as tigers and were afraid of avoiding them would rush up to pick up the cheap.

Ye Jiluo Rong smashed the table with his fist in resentment, he was unwilling in his heart: the Jiangdong Left Army was only 3,000 weak brigades, and Na Yan was a rookie in Donghu, defeated and died; Nahe Xiongqi was also a veteran of Donghu, but he lost three battles in a row, and Timur was captured alive; Ye Jiduodi also broke a leg. In the four battles before and after, Donghu Nan'er lost nearly 6,000 troops, and if you add the troops who defeated and fled, the loss of troops was nearly 20,000.

Strategically speaking, this time the border was an absolute victory, 100,000 soldiers and horses broke the border, more than four months, more than 1,000 miles of battle, the loss of troops was not more than 10,000, more than 300,000 people, and finally more than 20,000 troops were sent out with them. After this battle, Donghu's strength will be greatly strengthened. But the fact that the Jiangdong Left Army was defeated in four battles was like a camel of blocking everyone's hearts, so that everyone couldn't get excited.

The defeat in the hands of the Jiangdong Left Army was too miserable!

"This Lin Bind," Ye Zier stood up from behind the table, "If you only look at his ability to manage the army and fight, he is a little more powerful than Su Hu back then." The defeat of Ningjin Fort can also be said to be careless at that time, but Yangxin attacked and defended the battle, not the third brother to go, if you go with me, how sure are you that you can capture it? ”

Ye Ji Luorong was slightly stunned, but when he thought about it seriously, Yangxin was really not easy to attack, even if he had enough time, the best way was to besiege and starve the defenders and people in Yangxin to death.

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The mouth of the Jinhai vortex is more than 300 miles away from the left pavilion of Changli in a straight line, and there are important towns such as Jizhou and Ninghe in the middle.

Lin Jian didn't think that Ye Ji Luo Rong, the king of Dongyu Daxin, had the idea of leading a surprise attack on Jinhai, although the war was gradually fading away for the time being, but the burden on his shoulders was not lighter.

The Jiangdong Left Army stationed the camp in the silt under the sea pond, and the Dongyang remained in the Jinhai Sea as a ship bound by the forest. In addition to the Dongyang, the ships anchored in the Jinhai Sea were all gathered from Dengzhou and other places; Entrusted by the Jiangdong Left Army, it traveled between Shandong and Jinhai to transport grain and other materials.

However, most of the sea ships in Shandong are two-masted or even single-masted, and the carrying capacity of three or five hundred stones must be counted as large ships, and the total carrying capacity of thirty or fifty ships is about ten thousand stones, and the speed of sailing by the wind is far inferior to the duplex sail in the south. The key point is that during the war, a large number of refugees poured into the eastern and southern regions of Shandong, and Jinan Prefecture, Pingyuan Prefecture and other prefectures and counties in Shandong also fell into it, which made the materials in Shandong also scarce, which made the grain prices in Shandong rise sharply, and the people were struggling to make a living.

Lin Jian returned to rest on the Dongyang, he was used to the swaying of the wind and waves, but he slept peacefully on the ship. Yannan and the Dayue Dynasty will take at least half a year to recover after this catastrophe, but there are thousands of holes in various places, and the imperial court is not allowed to recover calmly.

The livelihood of Shandong, Yannan and Gyeonggi is a big problem, the destroyed Cao Road is a big problem, and the Yanshan defense line is also a big problem to be solved urgently.

The entry of the Dongyu into the Kou this time proves that the Yanshan defense line is too thin and has too many loopholes, and if it is not made up, the Dongyu will have a second, third, fourth, and even endless invasion until the foundation of the Great Yue Dynasty in the north is completely destroyed.

How to make up for the loopholes in the Yanshan defense line and how much it costs to make up for these loopholes is also an extremely headache.

Lin Jian thought that these problems might not be his turn to take care of them, but his marriage had to be a headache.

The opinions of Cao Ziang, Lin Mengde and others are obvious, the Chu Party is too unpopular, don't talk about others, that is, Zhou Tong, Yang Yihang, Ma Yigong, Geng Quanshan, Chen Dingbang, these people they want to try their best to win over, have no hatred for the Chu Party. If you don't keep a certain distance from the Chu party, how can you win them over?

Sun Wenwan.

Lin Jian didn't have a deep impression of Sun Wenwan, if he could use his temper, of course he wanted to marry Su Mei, but it would be good if everything could be done by his temper.

Probably Lin Mengde and Cao Ziang couldn't think of any suitable candidates, so they rushed to the doctor and thought of Sun Wenwan, after all, the Xihe Club is also a worthy target.

Knowing this, it would have been better to marry Liu Yue'er directly in the first place, and it would not be a big rebellion for a widow to remarry, at least it would not drag on until now and put herself in a dilemma. He was lying on the bed, still thinking: Is it possible to straighten Liu Yue'er? Or someone should be sent to stop Lin Mengde.

"Knock knock!" The hatch is knocked on from the outside.

"Come in." Lin Lianyi sat at the head of the bed, not knowing what else was going on at this time, seeing Lin Mengde and Cao Ziang pushing open the hatch and coming in, he didn't expect Lin Mengde to be on the road yet, and asked with a smile, "What's the matter, Uncle Mengde came over to let me see me off?" ”

Lin Mengde's old face turned red, knowing that Lin Lian was still dissatisfied with the matter of forcing him to marry, but there was no way, many things had to consider the cause and effect and interests before and after, Lin Lian's marriage had become an important bargaining chip, and this bargaining chip could not be used by others.

"I'm afraid I can't go away from my dreams," Cao Ziang said, "Changguo has fallen." ”

"Ahh Like a wolf struck by lightning, Lin Jian jumped up from the head of the bed, "When is the news?" ”

Changguo County was the Zhoushan Islands in later generations, and Changguo was lost, only to fall into the hands of the Donghai Kou, which meant that the Donghai Kou had gained a stable and large enough advance base in the southeast sea area of Pingjiang Province.

The topographical advantages of Changguo are far greater than those of Xisha Island, and with the support of the luxury family behind it, it is not a problem for Donghai Kou to gather 350,000 soldiers and horses in Changguo.

Can Jiangdong and Liangzhejiang endure a strong enemy with tens of thousands of troops in the southeast?

To prepare heavy troops in Jiangdong and Liangzhejiang to guard against the East China Sea Invaders, the Dayue Dynasty, which was already riddled with holes, how much financial resources could be used to prepare heavy troops on the defense line of Jiangdong and Liangzhejiang?

Lin Jian felt that the problem was really serious.

"Changguo fell eight days ago," Cao Ziang said with a wry smile: "However, what I can't dream of leaving is because of another matter, the imperial court has just issued a very strange special edict to the southeastern counties......"

"What does the special decree given by the imperial court to the southeastern counties have to do with whether Uncle Mengde can leave or not?" Lin Jian asked suspiciously.

"This is a copy that has just been sent back from Beijing," Cao Ziang handed a piece of paper to Lin Bin, "This is a special decree issued on the 16th...... Since the special decree was transmitted directly to the counties through the Department of General Affairs, and there was no copy from the Hajian Province, we had to be several days late. ”