Chapter 928: Jurchen
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Yang Shihou took Jianzhou City bloodlessly, and immediately sent Pegasus to report to the former army commander behind, and often used the corps commander Zhang Zimian. Zhang Zimian received this good news, and after confirming it, he personally rushed to the Chinese army behind with a messenger to report to Li Jing, the king of Qin.
"Yang Tianxiong won Jianzhou, and now there is a family of Yan Heli who take the initiative to surrender, which is an unexpected surprise. A certain proposal was to let Yang Tianxiong's flying cavalry change into the banner of the Tatar people under Heri's department, and let Heri's father and son lead the way, and use the fastest speed to win the enemy camp along the way and take Bozhou directly! β
Li Jing said: "Thousands of miles away, you must be cautious when marching. β
Jika stepped forward cautiously and said respectfully: "His Royal Highness the Respected King Qin is above, and the little Jika feels that Zhang Dutong's plan is very feasible." In fact, there were not many soldiers and horses in the entire Ε ibin Mansion, and it was completely garrisoned by 5,000 soldiers and horses led by my grandfather. At present, the right route army of the coalition army is mainly concentrated in Longquan Prefecture in Shangjing, and there are no troops in the nearby Tongzhou, Yingzhou, and Tuozhou and Yizhou in Dongping Prefecture. The garrison is basically the old and weak soldiers of various tribes. If His Highness believes in the small one, there is a certain proposal. We can go directly to Bozhou without going west, but to Meituo Lake first, and take Dongping Mansion further behind. Dongping Province surrounds the three states of Meituohu, Meizhou, Tuozhou, and Yizhou, Meizhou and Tuozhou each have only 1,000 tribal cavalry, as well as 3,000 Bohai troops each, only Yizhou has 3,000 Khitan soldiers and 5,000 Bohai troops, and the soldiers and horses here control the occupied areas of Anbian, Anyuan, and Dongping in the northeast of the Bohai Sea. Many of the looted materials collected from those prefectures and counties were transported from several prefectures and counties to Yizhou for concentration, and then transferred to the Right Route Army of Longquan Province and the Left Route Army's Yanyun Province. β
"Take Illino. It can capture a large number of grain and grass materials. It can greatly alleviate the logistical supply problems of His Highness. After all. Even if His Highness came with a large amount of supplies, it would still be very troublesome to transport and supply military supplies from the peninsula. And taking this grain and grass hoarding point in Yizhou can not only replenish yourself, but also strike at the enemy, killing two birds with one stone. β
Li Jing originally thought that Jika was just a messenger sent by the Warriors, but he didn't expect him to say such a thing. Zhang Zimian introduced to Li Jing at this time, "This is Herry's second grandson. I once went to the Central Plains with a caravan, not only to the Qin Domain, but also to Yangzhou, Luoyang, Chang'an and other places, and I have some knowledge. β
Hearing this, Li Jing became more and more surprised. Seeing that this Jika is very young, only in his early twenties, and has such an experience, is it difficult to say such a thing.
"Go on!" Li Jing said with some appreciation. He liked this young man a little, and it was because of his experience in the Central Plains that he was different from ordinary people who were indigent. He had seen the wealth of the Central Plains and the strength of the Qin Domain. More open-mindedness.
Encouraged to do so, Jika became more and more excited and a little nervous.
"Small means that there is no need to rush to attack Bozhou, because Bozhou is too close to Shangjing, and there is no Bibinfu near Shangjing, where there are more than 200,000 horses, although not all of them are elite, but there are also many soldiers and horses. Most of them marched directly to Bozhou, and it was very likely that they would be detected and intercepted. It is better for us to go north first and take the three prefectures of Dongpingfu, Yi, Mei, and Tuo, which not only rob them of a batch of grain and materials, but also take advantage of this to attack Yingzhou in a roundabout way. Of course, if His Royal Highness is patient, I think that after we capture Yingzhou, we can not rush south first, but also go north and take Tieli Mansion. Tieli Province has the town of Delhi, which is an important fortress in the Bohai Sea for many years to attack and defend the Heishui tribe, and it is also the confluence of the Nanshui and Kuhan rivers in the lower reaches of the Shumo River. At this time, His Royal Highness can send another army out of the Liao River and stationed in Da'an City, on the western border of Buyeo Mansion and Juan Prefecture, where the Nanjiang River meets the Shumo River, and block it. In this way, the two main forces on the left and right of the entire tribal alliance army were surrounded. β
Li Jing took a pair of maps, spread them out, and carefully searched for the places Jika said.
In today's Bohai situation, the Qin army and the allied forces of the Bohai Sea occupied Zhongjing and Buyeo respectively, establishing two strong defensive lines. The tribal coalition army is the opposite, divided into two armies, left and right, in Shangjing in the north of Zhongjing, and in the north of Buyeo Fu, a large number of military forces are gathered and-for-tat.
Now, Li Jing led a large army from the sea, bypassing Zhongjing and Shangjing, landing at Subinfu northeast of Tokyo, and appeared behind the right flank of the coalition forces on the right side of Shangjing. Jika's proposal was very bold, allowing Li Jing to continue to march northeastward, around a large arc, and the ultimate goal was to seize the Delhi fortress of Tieli Province, where the Songhua River and the Mudanjiang River meet, and block the retreat of the coalition forces to the northeast first. At the same time, let Li Jing transfer an army from Liaodong out of Liaoshui, all the way to Da'an at the confluence of the Nenjiang River and the Songhua River flowing west, and block the way for the coalition forces to retreat to the northwest.
The Qin army held the east and west ends of the Songhua River, and assigned heavy troops to guard the entire river defense line. In this way, the Qin army changed from the original two roads to four roads, and finally deployed the army with the Songhua River, the Songhua River flowing west, and the Mudanjiang River, forming an inverted trapezoidal fence and loading hundreds of thousands of allied troops into it.
It sounds fantastical, but it's actually quite feasible.
Because the Northeast is not a prairie, it is more of a forest and mountains, rivers and swamps. Here, it was mainly the fishing and hunting peoples, as well as the Bohai farming civilization that gradually transformed later. But the further north they went, the less fully developed, and the coalition forces, whether marching or retreating, actually relied more on the river. In the summer, it is transported on a wide water, and in the winter, it is walked on the ice.
In ancient times, the river was the road.
In particular, the larger the number of troops, the higher the need for roads. If Li Jing can really stop the Songhua River, hundreds of thousands of coalition troops can really be intercepted.
It was a tempting proposition, and if it did, the Clan Coalition would have been defeated. But it is indeed difficult to intercept thousands of miles of Songhua River. And there is one of the most critical things here, that is, the Qin army still needs soldiers and horses all the way to intercept the Da'an line, the intersection of the Nenjiang River and the Songhua River, otherwise, this is a gap. The coalition forces, especially the Khitans, will slip through the net from here.
Ambush on all sides. Then squeeze towards the middle. If they move fast enough, by the time they are in place, the glacier will almost thaw. At that time, they had plenty of months to help them stop the coalition forces. And the dense forests and swamps in the encirclement network will also greatly reduce the cavalry power of the tribal alliance. True. In such a battlefield, it is impossible to completely annihilate the enemy army, but as long as the encirclement is successful, even if there will definitely be some fish that slip through the net even if it is the most difficult, but such a big net is there, and only some small fish can be missed if it is leaked.
Li Jing's heart was moved, and he was really moved. His original plan was to eat the coalition forces on the right and then break them individually. However, this plan may be difficult for the Left Army to retreat at that time. Although it can defeat the coalition forces. But the coalition will still retain a lot of strength.
But this plan is different, if it is successful. At least seventy percent of the strength of the coalition forces will be thrown here. If they were more successful, they could even wipe out eighty percent of the coalition's strength. Truly solve the trouble of the tribal soldiers and horses in one fell swoop, once and for all.
However, in this way, it is necessary to comprehensively adjust the original plan.
Li Jing immediately convened the civil and military forces accompanying the army to discuss urgently.
On the second day, Yang Shihou, the vanguard of Jianzhou, received an order from Li Jing to hand over the city of Jianzhou to a Qin army that arrived later, and he led his headquarters and Herry to immediately rush to Dongping Mansion.
Yang Shihou and Heri sent troops according to the order, and Jika and several Qin staff officers then caught up, and three days later, they had already rushed to the Meituo River, and several small coalition troops along the way were all annihilated by them. When they arrived at the city of Meizhou, they were all under the banner of Heri's department, and the defenders of the city were also Jinta, who recognized Herry's iconic iron hand and shouted: "Old Heri, why did you get here?" β
Herry stepped forward, raised his iron hand, and shouted, "On the orders of the Grand Governor Abuliji, I am here to deliver a batch of grain and grass to Yizhou!" β
Abuliji is now the leader of the Blackwater Tribal Alliance, which is a large tribe, but there are also many small tribes, all of which are dominated by the Blackwater Ministry. Because the Heishui Department was once sealed by the Li Tang Dynasty, the clan leaders were called the Heishui Governors for generations. At the moment, Abuli Ji is in Longquan Mansion in Beijing and is the commander of the Right Route Army. The guard general of Meizhou did not doubt it, and ordered Kaicheng to welcome Heli and his party into the city to rest. When Ochre Li and others entered the city, they did not move. Waiting for the city, the guard will arrange wine and meat meals, the two sides drink and eat meat together, and talk about the harvest of the robbery in the south, the iron hand old Heri is a famous warrior in the Yan tribe, and the Meizhou guard is also an old man, and he also fought with Herry back then, and he is still his subordinate.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.
Old Herry glanced at his grandchildren, and Jika took the lead in getting up, "Why don't we let a few brothers cheer up the sword dance for you!" β
A group of people clapped their hands and laughed, watching Jika and others dance the sword to the fullest, suddenly, Jika spun, but the sword in his hand had been directly against the throat of the old man Feng Ameng, and several other brothers of Jika also aimed their swords at several officers in Meizhou.
For a while, the room was very quiet, and the pin drop could be heard.
"Iron Hand, what's going on here, isn't this joke funny?" Feng Ameng's face was already sweating, and his voice trembled a little.
Herry's iron hand tapped on the table one by one, and his voice was very muffled.
"This is not a joke, Feng Ameng, to tell you the truth, Li Jing, the Qin king of the Tang Dynasty, has landed from the Muli Peninsula with an army of 400,000, and my children and I have also surrendered to Li Jing. Originally, I should have let my children cut you down with a knife and take this Meizhou for the Qin army. But for the sake of you fighting side by side with me and blocking the sword for me, I'll give you a chance. β
"Do you want me to surrender to the Qin army like you?" Seal Amun Dao.
Jika pushed the sword forward a little, and a little blood flowed out, flowing down his neck, and it was so hot that Feng Ameng's face suddenly turned pale.
"My grandfather is pointing out a way to life for you, a golden strip, don't be ignorant. Think about it yourself, the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Qin people were in the Bohai Sea, and they blocked the coalition army for two years without an inch. Now that Li Jing has personally led 400,000 elites into the Bohai Sea, who do you think can stop him? You? β
"Qin King Li Jing really came with 400,000 people?" Feng Amon was still a little incredulous.
"Absolutely." Tie Shou replied, "It's not a secret, now outside the city, there are five thousand Qin army iron cavalry. β
"Put the signal!" Herry said.
As everyone approached the window, they saw three green fireworks rising in the air, and a moment later, three green fireworks also rose outside the city.
Feng Ameng's face became more and more pale now.
"See, just now I asked people to put a green signal, if it is a red signal, the Qin army outside the city will directly attack the city, I believe you have also heard of the power of the Qin people's firearms, a small city like Meizhou, your defenders, are not vulnerable at all."
Feng Amon lowered his head, "I'll descend!" β
A smug smile flashed in Herry's eyes, "Very good, the Tang people have a good saying, those who know the times are Junjie, and you won't regret today's choice." Now, there are two things that you need to do immediately, first, immediately let your 1,000 subordinate children in Meizhou City abandon their weapons and surrender, open the city to welcome the Qin army into the city, and take out all the grain and grass in the city. Rest assured, Qin Jun will not take these things in vain, and he will compensate for them in the future. Second, the defender of Yizhou is your brother Feng Ali, right, we hope that you can persuade him to surrender to join the Qin army. β
Since Feng Amun has been surrendered, these requests are naturally agreed to in one go.
At that moment, Jika and the others withdrew their swords. Feng Ameng immediately passed down the order, and a thousand cavalry soldiers in Meizhou City, and three thousand Bohai troops, immediately put down their swords and soldiers, opened the city gate, and welcomed Yang Shihou and others into the city. Yang Shihou was a little impatient waiting outside the city, originally he planned to directly let his subordinates wear the clothes of the Tatar people, hide in the Iron Hand Army, and when he entered the city, he would directly cut people to seize the city gate and lead the army into the city. However, Gika suggested that the city guards were his grandfather's old subordinates, and they were sure that he had surrendered. And specifically pointed out that the Yizhou guard is the brother of the Meizhou guard.
Just when he was already impatient, the gate of Meizhou opened, and Herry and Feng Ameng and others went out of the city together, and 1,000 defenders and 3,000 Bohai troops also drove out of the city, laid down their weapons in the snow, and waited for surrender.
The impatience on Yang Shihou's face finally turned into joy, dog, he thought how stubborn these Donghu barbarians would be, but he didn't expect that they were all such soft bones, one by one. In addition to being happy, I can't help but feel a little regretful, although I have won several states in a row, I have never fought a decent battle, and this feat is inevitably much worse.
Although he felt a little regretful in his heart, he was still very satisfied with this result, after all, it was best to win without a fight.
"Enter the city!" Yang Shihou waved his hand, and the thousands of soldiers and horses who were ambushed in the snow suddenly stood up one by one, stirring the white cloaks on their bodies. (To be continued......)