Shangjing Longquan Mansion has been taken over by Khitan cavalry, and the Bohai Yulin Forbidden Army inside and outside the palace has also been replaced by Khitan soldiers wearing leather robes.

The leader of the Diera tribe, the Khitan Yili Sumire, and the de facto controller Yelu Pugu only took the lead and broke straight into a palace. Although it is a horse-wrenching view, the splendid palace has made him dizzy, remembering his cowhide tent by the Huangshui River, which is a world of difference compared to here, and now, this magnificent Bohai King's Palace is already his. Pugu could not resist the ecstasy in his heart, and immediately let out a burst of wild laughter in the sky, followed by Jerusharus and Jeruzara, who looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

When he came to the door of the main hall, Pu Gu only found that someone in the palace door was looking out, and after a closer look, they were all young and beautiful women, who were probably the palace maids serving the King of Bohai in the palace. Pu Gu screamed like a hungry tiger when he saw a lamb, turned over and dismounted, took a few steps, rushed up the steps, and pounced on the frightened palace maids. The palace maids saw the half-shaved head of the savage-like creature pounce on him, let out a burst of exclamation, and fled in all directions.

Pu Gu only saw these palace maids, as if he had fallen into the gentle township, where would he let them go. At that time, they were chasing desperately in the palace, like an eagle catching chickens. After tossing for a while, a petite palace maid was finally caught by him, and she could only struggle desperately in his arms. Pu Gu simply picked her up by the waist and carried her on his shoulders, and let the palace maid's slender fists smash lightly on his body, and walked inside, and after a while, there was the sound of tearing clothes and the screams of the palace maid tearing and tearing lungs.

The sight in front of them made Jerusheru and Jeruzara a little uncontrollable, and they hesitated for a long time. Finally, I couldn't hold back. also rushed to the palace maids who were fleeing in all directions.

Other generals of the Khitan, Murowei, Heishui and other coalition forces also arrived. Seeing this scene in the palace, the blood of the beast was immediately boiling, screaming and chasing those beauties in the palace everywhere.

The screams and moans in the palace were endless.

The streets of Shangjing were full of looting tribal coalition soldiers and people fleeing in terror.

In a Tang shop, the wealthy proprietor wearing silk couldn't help frowning, and a middle-aged man with a hole shape next to him persuaded with some concern: "The barbarians are coming too fast, and it's already very dangerous here." Let's get out of town at once. ”

The silk merchant smiled reluctantly, his face was still pale, and his forehead was sweating, but he comforted the strong man and said: "They are robbing princes and nobles now, giant merchants, small stores like ours, there will be nothing for the time being, but if you wait until the second round of robbery begins, I am afraid that it will affect the pond fish." For more than 200 years, Bohai has accumulated countless wealth. It's enough for them to grab it for a while. We don't have to rush and keep packing up. Don't be in a hurry to get out of the city and go back to the small courtyard in the east city. ”

The merchant seemed to be very wealthy, but he was very bold, and he waited until everything was packed up before leaving, and did not forget to lock the door before leaving. And he is also very familiar with Longquan Mansion, with a strong man, carrying a lot of things, turning east and west, avoiding the chaos all the way, and finally turning into a remote alley, where there is a small courtyard. The courtyard seems to have been uninhabited for a long time, unrepaired, and somewhat dilapidated.

Walking into the courtyard, the place is not big, but when you open the door of the second courtyard, there is already a middle-aged strong man sitting inside, holding a repeating crossbow in his hand and facing the courtyard gate.

"Be careful, Zhao Er!" The wealthy merchant carefully avoided the direction of the crossbow arrow. "Are they coming?"

"It's all here, and it's just the two of you. I knew that you, a guy who wants to make money, must bring your belongings to come. Zhao Laoer, who was holding a crossbow, said with a smile.

Zhao Lao Er got up and led the two of them inside, entered a study next to him, and then lifted the carpet on the ground and opened an underground secret room passage. Through a deep tunnel, they appeared in a large secret room, where the lights were lit and where hundreds of people had gathered.

They were all sorts of people, from merchants in silk to soldiers in armor, to guards in short robes, to housekeepers, and even noblewomen with beaded hair, and maids with heavy makeup.

When everyone saw the rich businessman come in, they greeted each other.

"Old camel, did you call us all here, is there any indication from above?" The wealthy merchant asked at a hunchbacked, skinny old man.

The old camel nodded, clapped his hands, and silenced everyone.

"The above did not expect that the Bohai people would be so useless, and the big clan of the Bohai royal family and those nobles actually fled to the capital. Now there are guards who secretly collaborate with the enemy to sacrifice the city, so that Shangjing City has not even held it for half a month. ”

"What is the old camel talking about all that nonsense, you just say what should we do now, the capital has been lost, are we evacuating?" A woman in her thirties with heavy makeup shouted. "The old lady doesn't want to stay here and give it to those barbarians who are all dirty!"

The camel coughed a few times, stifling the laughter of the crowd.

"After the barbarian siege, the most important instructions I received were for us to stay in Shangjing, but we went into covert activities and went all in. It was judged that if the barbarian soldiers captured Shangjing, it was very likely that they would use this place as the Great Northern Battalion and continue to use troops in the south. And we're going to nail it here, find a way to collect as much first-hand information as possible and send it back. ”

"Is our army coming?" The rich businessman asked.

Someone said on the side: "Just take this opportunity to swallow the Bohai Sea!" ”

Yanjing City, the operational conference room of the General Staff Academy.

Wang Pu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said loudly: "I think that this time the barbarian army is not all bad, the Bohai Kingdom is a big piece of fat, and we have not been able to move him because of the alliance before." Now, the barbarian army has invaded the south, and the Bohai State is decaying and is about to perish. We can take this opportunity to annex the Bohai State in one fell swoop. For more than 200 years, although it is located in Haidong, it has been farming for many years, and speaking of which, compared with our current foundation in the three provinces of Andong, Liaoxi, and Liaodong, it is much better, not to mention, there are more than 5 million people in Bohai State, and swallowing him will not only improve the security of our three northeastern provinces. Even our strength can be greatly increased. ”

"The Bohai Kingdom is indeed incapable of escaping this time. Even if we send troops to protect them. But after this war, they were afraid that the big clan would no longer have the prestige to rule the Bohai Sea. The most likely is that we repelled the coalition forces, but the Bohai State has been in civil strife since then. Strategically speaking, the stability of the Bohai region is very important to the security of our three northeastern provinces. I agree with Wang Shangshu's proposal, since the Bohai Kingdom has decayed, it is better for us to simply swallow him, so as not to lose the best strategy. Shangshu's right servant shot Li Zhen also directly agreed with Wang Pu's proposal.

Li Jing smiled. "We can discuss this again, the top priority is how to send troops to defeat the Khitan coalition army. Even if we don't annex the Bohai Kingdom, we must not let the Bohai Sea fall into the hands of the Khitans. Ladies and gentlemen, what is your strategy for sending troops to the Bohai Sea? ”

Jing Xiang, the envoy of the General Staff, said: "The General Staff thinks that the Bohai Sea is far away, and if a large army is dispatched, it will be difficult to supply logistics. Therefore, it is better to produce an elite. The total number of troops is less than 100,000. It is better to defend the city and let it attack. I propose. 100,000 soldiers and horses were mobilized, including 60,000 soldiers, 40,000 auxiliary soldiers, 20,000 horse troops and 40,000 cavalry. These 100,000 soldiers and horses are divided into two clusters, each with 50,000 soldiers and horses. Among them, the first cluster started from the direction of Liaoyang and entered Fuyu City, an important town in the northwest of Bohai State, and refused to defend Fuyu City. The other way, out of the domestic city of Andong Province, into the Zhongjing Xiande Mansion, according to the Zhongjing refusal. ”

"There are 100,000 soldiers and horses, plus the danger of Buyeo City and Zhongjing City, and the remaining more than 100,000 troops in Bohai Sea assembled in the two places. Combined, we can still reach 200,000 troops. Compared to the 200,000 barbarian army, it is not weak. And I defend the other side to attack, and in this kind of offensive and defensive warfare, we have more advantages than these nomadic and nomadic tribes. As long as we can hold on and enter the phase of confrontation, we will wait until the winter is over, when the brute coalition is at its weakest, and the horses and grass are gone, and at that time the sea is frozen and our naval army can directly transport supplies from the sea. ”

Li Jing listened carefully to the plan of the General Staff, this is a relatively safe plan, although the Qin army has elite soldiers and strong generals, but the plan is not ready to fight with the barbarian army. Instead, it was intended to use time to consume the barbarian army. Even so, they can possess half of the Bohai Kingdom that they have just conquered, but compared to attrition, they are not the opponents of the Qin army.

However, Li Jing doesn't think that Jing Xiang is a very conservative person, and if this plan is all, it is too conservative. He must have a follow-up plan, and sure enough, it's not all plans.

"Our plan is divided into three parts, what I just said is only the first army, in the two prefectures of Buyeo and Xiande, relying on the dangerous pass of Jiancheng to block the offensive momentum of the Khitan coalition army, and then confront them and consume them. If they attack, we have a strong city to defend. If they confront each other, we are not afraid of attrition. If they retreat, then we will pursue him and prevent him from evacuating. Of course, at the same time, we also have a supplementary plan, that is, a new elite cavalry, directly into the Khitan grassland, no need to find Khitan soldiers and horses to fight, just in this spring, attack their tribes everywhere, slaughter their cattle and sheep, can give the Khitan people a heavy blow. ”

The biggest trouble with fighting these nomadic tribes is not that you can't beat them, but that you can't beat them. These people come and go like the wind, and once they lose, they immediately follow far away, sometimes even thousands of miles. Fight but not die, and it won't take long for them to recover again.

This will be a long-term battle, and now that the Khitans are attacking the Bohai Kingdom, this is actually a great opportunity.

Among the 200,000 coalition troops, there were 100,000 Khitan soldiers. After the Khitan sent this large army, the local strength weakened a lot, and the Qin army could take the opportunity to send cavalry to attack the Khitan grassland, weaken them, and let them take care of themselves.

Of course, the most critical will also be the Bohai Sea battlefield.

Between the white mountains and black waters of the Bohai Sea, the environment is harsh, and this battle is not easy to fight.

If you are not familiar with the place, it is indeed a good choice to use elite tactics and fight defensive counterattacks.

Defend first, then fight to consume, and then fight back!

It's not that Li Jing doesn't want to deal with the Khitans immediately, but Bohai is not the Central Plains, and although many of the Qin army are recruited from the northeast, they are still not very suitable for the bitter cold land of Bohai State. Especially now is the coldest season, and it is very difficult to march and fight. Boldly sent out a large army, I was afraid that I would be like Emperor Yang of Sui and hate Liaodong.

Besides, Li Jing is indeed a little moved by Bohai Kingdom. This piece of fat is there, and the time has not yet come. But now, the time has come.

Just taking advantage of this opportunity, the army went deep into the Bohai Sea, slowly became familiar with the geography of the Bohai Sea, attracted the pro-Qin forces, and cultivated a Bohai royal family that could be controlled, and when the Khitan coalition army was repelled in the future, it was also the time when the Qin army fully intervened in the affairs of the Bohai State, indirectly controlled the Bohai Sea through puppets, and slowly swallowed this piece of fat.

Now there is only one question left, since the Qin army is going to send three armies, who will be the commander of these three armies?

"A certain proposal was that General Zeng Yuanyu should lead the troops out of Andong Province and enter the Xiande Mansion in Zhongjing."

"General Zhou Dewei led the troops out of Liaodong Province and into Fuyu Mansion!"

"General Guo Chongtao will lead the troops out of Liaoxi Province and enter the Khitan grassland!"

Li Jing proposed three candidates for generals in a row, which was much beyond everyone's expectations. Speaking of which, in the list of the three generals proposed by Li Jing, only Zeng Yuanyu's qualifications and prestige are enough to take on this important task. The remainder, Zhou Dewei, has no experience and is not qualified. And although Guo Chongtao is also good, he is a new general.

In the Qin army, there are many generals and generals, but Li Jing just clicked on these three generals, which couldn't help but make people think deeply for a while.

After a period of silence, Jing Xiang was the first to speak, "A certain one agrees with King Qin's proposal, and another proposes that General Gao Shunli be appointed as the deputy general of General Zeng Yuanyu, and General Gao Jichang is the Marquis of Duyu. General Liu Shouqian was the deputy general of General Zhou Dewei, and General Wang Tan was the Marquis of Duyu. With General Zhang Chengzong as General Guo Chongtao's deputy general, and General Fu Xun as the Marquis of Duyu! ”

The three deputy generals proposed by Jing Xiang are all generals in the army whose status is no less than that of the three main generals, and these three generals are the most reliable and loyal to the King of Qin.

Three clusters of 50,000 horses each. Among them, Zhou Dewei and Zeng Yuanyu led two lines of soldiers and horses, each with 10,000 cavalry, 20,000 infantry, and 20,000 auxiliaries. However, the route army led by Guo Chongtao mobilized ten cavalry troops at one time, a full 50,000 cavalry.

150,000 soldiers and horses were mobilized at one time, including 70,000 cavalry, 40,000 infantry, and 40,000 auxiliaries.

Li Jing almost took out all his cavalry, and his pockets were almost clean.

The Qin army had 360,000 troops, and 150,000 were mobilized at one time.

On the same day, Li Jing personally issued a letter of military talisman to the three generals of Zhou Dewei, among the three generals, the most agitated was Guo Chongtao, he did not expect that since he had to return to Li Jing as a last resort, Li Jing has been treating him well and trusting him. But he still didn't expect that this time, Li Jing would actually let him serve as the main general of one of the three generals. Moreover, he is still the general who commands a full 50,000 cavalry, which can be said to be the most important road.

This trust is definitely better than when Li Ke appointed him as the commander of the Fan Han and Ma Bu Army. This trust made him suddenly have the idea of dying for the one he knew.

Guo Chongtao knelt on one knee and hugged his fists excitedly: "The last general will live up to the trust of King Qin, break his bones and never give up!" ”

"Good!" Li Jing attaches great importance to this general, who has always been a little unruly, and he is not afraid of temper, as long as he has real skills, Li Jing can tolerate and accommodate.

Stretching out his hand to help Guo Chongtao up, Li Jing smiled and said: "On the day of the general's return, Lone and the general will untie their battle robes!" Good luck! (To be continued......)