Guo Chengan was a little worried about Li Jing's plan to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then reap the benefits of the fisherman. Whether it is the Khitan or the Goguryeo, these are fierce Hu people. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Khitan He has been at war with the Tang Dynasty.

Starting from Tang Gaozong, to Wu Zetian, and then to Tang Xuanzong, there were many wars with the Khitan, and the Tang Dynasty lost many victories and won less, and never completely defeated the Khitan, but repeatedly defeated and even annihilated.

Especially in the battles of Wu Zetian, there were countless losses and losses.

Wu Zetian changed his name from Li Wanzhong to the Khitan leader and the governor of Songmo Prefecture, and Wu Zetian changed his name from Sun Wanrong to Sun Wan and returned to Chengzhou, which defeated the Tang army several times.

At the beginning of the first year of Long Live Tongtian, there was a famine in Khitan, and the vast number of people were destitute and destitute. Zhao Wenhui, the governor of Yingzhou, who was stubborn and self-serving, not only refused to give relief, but regarded the Khitan leaders as slaves, and then repeatedly insulted the Khitan subordinates under his jurisdiction. Zhao Wenhui's behavior aroused the strong dissatisfaction of the Khitans led by Li Quanzhong, who seized the opportunity of the Tang Dynasty's internal and external troubles, and after discussing with his wife and brother, Sun Wanrong, the assassin of Guichengzhou, and others, he took the opportunity to raise troops against the Tang Dynasty.

Li Quanzhong led his troops to raise troops against the Tang Dynasty, captured Yingzhou, captured hundreds of people, and beheaded Zhao Wenhui. Li Quanzhong called himself the "Supreme Khan", and with Sun Wanrong as his commander, he plundered the land and was invincible. Because the Khitan tribes could not bear the oppression of Tang officials, they came to defect one after another, and Li Quanzhong's army quickly grew to tens of thousands within 10 days, and claimed to be 100,000. Then he attacked Chongzhou and captured the Tang Longshan army to attack the deputy envoy Xu Qinlian, and the momentum became stronger.

When the news reached Luoyang, Wu Zetian was furious. The edict ordered 28 generals, including Cao Renshi, the general of the left eagle Yangwei, Zhang Xuanyu, the general of the right Jinwuwei, Li Duozuo, the general of the left Weiwei, and Ma Renjie, the general of Sinong Shaoqing. Led the army to conscript. As a result, the former army of the Tang Dynasty was defeated before the battle. Then the army ambushed in the Yellow Deer Valley. Fill the valley with the dead. Captured the right Jinwu general Zhang Xuanyu and Si Nongqing Ma Renjie. The Tang army was annihilated.

Then Wu Zetian was furious. Ordered: "The world is a prisoner and a slave of the family." The official compensates for its value and sends it to hit the Khitan! "Order the states near Shandong to place armed cavalry soldiers. and appointed the Tongzhou Assassin Shi Wu Youyi as the general of the Right Wuwei, and the general of the Qingbian Road March; Wang Xiaojie, who is brave and good at fighting, is the head of the Qingbian Road march; Chen Ziang is the staff officer of Yuyi Mansion. Concentrated an army of 180,000 to attack the Khitan. As a result, the Khitans set up an ambush again, and the 180,000 Tang army was annihilated, and even Wang Xiaojie fell into the valley and died.

After more than a month, Wu Zetian ordered Wu Yizong, the general of the Right Jin Wuwei, to be the general of the Shenbing Dao March, and He Jiami, the general of the Right Leopard Taowei, led the army to reinforce Hebei. On the eighth day of the fifth month, he sent Lou Shide, the secretary of Tongping Zhang, as the deputy chief of Qingbian Province and the general of the right military Weiwei, Sha Zha Zhongyi, as the head of the forward. Led an army of 200,000 to attack the Khitan in an attempt to redeem the defeat. In the end, it was only by relying on the Turks to send troops to copy the Khitans' lair, so that the Khitan army was defeated.

And the Goguryeo people are also not to be underestimated, the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian Yang Guang father and son a total of four expeditions to Goguryeo, the most Lu also added Tang Taizong and Tang Gaozong father and son two generations of soldiers, Yang Guang and Li Shimin have personally attacked Goguryeo. Before and after, the four emperors of the two dynasties used troops and fought for decades, and finally joined forces with Silla to finally destroy Goguryeo. Thus. Goguryeo, like a fierce tribe.

The Khitans and the Goguryeo people are real two-headed tigers, and such two tigers are in contention. Even if it is really a lose-lose situation, as long as they don't die and want to pick up the bargain, there is still a big risk.

Li Jing said: "Although the land of Liaodong is bitter and cold, if we can have Liaodong, it will be of great benefit. After obtaining Liaodong, our territory can be expanded more than tenfold. Moreover, it can obtain the place where war horses are produced, and it can directly border Yingzhou in western Liaoning. If we can recapture Yingzhou, then we will be able to go around the Liaohai Sea and directly border the Lu Long Army. ”

After taking the map, Li Jing pointed to the map above, "We occupy Dengzhou now, but it is difficult to expand the territory in a short period of time, and there is no chance to expand in the direction of Laizhou and Qingzhou, but we can take the opportunity to recover Liaodong." If we can recapture Liaodong and Liaoxi, then we will be able to form a two-headed snake situation. One head is Dengzhou, and to the west is Qingzhou Prefecture and Xuzhou. One head is Liaodong and Liaoxi, and the west is Lulong Zhuzhen in Hebei. ”

Li Jing's plan is very big, and now Huang Chao and others have just started to mess up, and it is estimated that the situation in Qingzhou will not change in a few years. It is better to take advantage of this period of time to go all out to operate Dengzhou and southern Liaoning, compete for Liaodong and Liaoxi, and then turn Liaohai into an inland sea.

The strategic topography of Shandong is not good, and the forward base can be, but it is difficult to be the foundation. But if you can take Hebei, it will be completely different. According to Hebei as the foundation, with Liaodong as the backyard, the south to seize Shandong, and the north to fight for Hedong, this is a good move.

However, to play this move, the most important thing is to recapture Liaodong. It was extremely difficult to cross the Yellow River from Shandong to attack Hebei in the north. However, if you enter Hebei from western Liaoning, it is much more appropriate from a strategic point of view.

Li Liang raised his concerns: "Now Duli Town and others have not really surrendered, and many powerful forces such as Stone City and Shiren Pillar City have not surrendered. At this time, I went to Liaozhong, but I was afraid that the back road would be unstable. ”

"Don't worry about Duli Town, as long as we control Beisha City, then Duli Town and Qingni City, the passage leading to the hinterland of eastern Liaoning, on the tip of southern Liaoning, will be completely blocked. The land route of Duli Town was intercepted, and the sea was our force, and they were like we were stuck in the neck, how dare they move. At least the other forces are small forces, and they will never dare to fight against us. ”

In the vicinity of Beisha City, because Qingni Harbor and the western harbor are close to each other, this section of land is only ten miles wide from east to west. As long as Beisha City is controlled, then the passage between Duli Town and Beisha City to the hinterland of Liaodong will be completely controlled by Beisha City.

This choke point is controlled by the Zhendong Army, and Duli Town is equivalent to being completely stuck in the throat, how dare they make any moves.

"Duli Town has just negotiated peace with us, and last time he wrote to say that he would join the imperial court, and there would be no more dissent. Even if there is a different intention, as long as Wang Zhong leads the army to garrison Beisha City, and then there is a sailor of the Zhenhai Battalion in Qingni City. Duli Town will never dare to make any changes. And the two slightly larger power surfaces of Shicheng and Shirenzhu were also attached to the imperial court. The rest is a small force. Don't be afraid. As for the Dengzhou side, only one general needs to be left to guard it, and the Qingzhou side and Wang Jingwu are still inseparable, and they will not come to attack. Now is a great opportunity to enter Liaodong and should not be missed. ”

Some people persuaded them, feeling that Liaodong was bitterly cold, and there were many barbarian Hu people competing with them. The risk is very high, the benefits are not obvious, and it is a loss-making transaction.

"Big mistake, no matter how bitter cold Liaodong is, it is also a piece of territory, which is extremely important for us who now have only one Dengzhou."

Later, no one persuaded him again, so Li Jing and the generals began to draw up a plan for entering Liao.

It was finally planned that this time there would be five battalions of silver guns, guards, flying eagles, flying horses, and control cranes in the middle of the Zhendong Army, plus two officer guard battalions, Tieying and Luoyan two battalions. In addition, there is one Hu cavalry camp in Qingni City and one Hu Cavalry Camp in Beisha City, which are respectively the Flying Axe Battalion in Qingni City and the Ranger Camp in Beisha City. An infantry battalion and a cavalry battalion.

Nine battalions of soldiers and horses were dispatched, including three cavalry battalions, and from several auxiliary battalions in the rear compartment, one was transferred from the medical, engineer, logistics, transport, and military police, making up ten battalions and 10,000 troops.

Li Jing was the commander, with Li Zhen as the marching Sima, Li Liang as the marching staff officer, Guo Chengan as the secretary, Lin Wei as the deputy general, and dozens of generals as the expedition list.

10,000 horses, with Lin Wei leading the three battalions of Flying Eagle, Flying Cavalry and Flying Axe as the vanguard, and Li Jing leading the four battalions of Silver Spear, Guards and Iron Eagle and Luoyan Second Officer Guard Battalion as the Chinese army. Lin Wu led the logistics battalion and the three battalions of the crane control and the rangers as the rear army.

Li Jing left soldiers and horses in the rear chamber to make Zhang Chengzong guard Dengzhou, Liu Shouqian to guard the Daxieqi Islands, and Wang Chongzhen to guard Beisha City.

After the auspicious day is chosen, the flag is sacrificed and the army is raised.

The second battalion of Zhenhai and Nutao sent warships to transport soldiers and horses to Qingni City to assemble the various departments, and Li Jing had just entered Qingni City, and someone immediately reported that someone asked to see him. What came were several envoys of the Tang people in southern Liaoning.

The Khitans in Jian'an Prefecture and the Goguryeo people in Jili Prefecture have now both received reinforcements, and they are fighting more and more fiercely. The two armies did not have much food and grass, so they sent soldiers and horses to gather grass and valleys. Those Tang people who were close to Jili Prefecture were first extorted money and grain by the Khitans and Goguryeo, and then the villages below were looted and killed by the two armies. All parties were miserable, but they were afraid that the Khitans and Goguryeo would be powerful and did not dare to be enemies with them. After thinking about it, he thought of Li Jing, the new protector of the imperial court, and sent envoys to Qingni City one after another, preparing to move rescue troops to the Zhendong Army.

When Li Jing heard the news, he comforted the envoys from all sides on the surface, but he was a little happy in his heart. The barbaric behavior of these Hu people has made the strength of those Tang people unbearable. In the past, the two sides fought a little and had little impact on them, but now both sides have come with most reinforcements and fought desperately, and they have also been unlucky.

These small forces are now panicked, and they can either only endure the burning and looting of the Hu people, or they can only ask Li Jing to come here. Of course, Li Jing couldn't make decisions for them in vain, so Li Jing took the opportunity to offer to help them drive out these Hu people, but asked them to send their own troops to join forces.

The envoys from all sides returned with Li Jing's request, and a few days later, those small forces agreed to Li Jing's request and were willing to send troops together. Just out of the city not far away, Wang Pu of Duli Town personally came to the outside of Qingni City, he brought 3,000 soldiers and horses, and expressed his willingness to send troops to help Li Jing.

There are 3,000 soldiers and horses in Pingbai, and Li Jing naturally does not refuse to come. No matter what kind of mentality the troops sent by Duli Town, but at present, under the great war between the Khitans and the Goguryeos, Li Jing played the banner of protecting the capital of Andong and put forward the slogan of expelling Hulu and recovering Liaodong. The large and small forces in southern Liaoning have all responded at this time, and some have not moved for the time being, but Li Jing immediately sent envoys to urge them to send troops.

At first, some tribes ignored the envoy sent by Li Jing, and after Li Jing heard the envoy's reply. There is no politeness to these forces, first salute and then soldiers, and the salute has already been greeted, then the next thing is the soldiers.

The army marched all the way north, and the speed was not fast every day, but it was not a simple march. Along the way, Li Jing had a strict order to suppress bandits while marching. Anyway, the Khitan and Goguryeo people let them fight first.

Except for the dozens of people who had already written to express their willingness to join, the rest of the large and small forces were all classified by Li Jing as the targets to be exterminated together with those bandits. The first one to be exterminated is the Wolf Tooth Village, which is a stone village with a population of about 30,000 people and 1,000 soldiers and horses. It is also a small force, it has always been farming and hunting for a living, because the people are fierce, there are thousands of soldiers guarding the village, and the general power can not swallow him.

Li Jing's envoys came and went twice before and asked them to join the imperial court, but they ignored them at all, and they didn't even let the envoys into the city. Yesterday Li Jing sent a third messenger to inform them to open the village today to greet them, hand over the household book map and account books, and send 500 soldiers to join the coalition army.

However, this cottage did not reply at all, and after Li Jing's soldiers and horses arrived at the cottage early in the morning, the door of the cottage was closed, and the faint figure of the city defender could be seen behind the stone wall.

"Who is the owner of this cottage and what is its reputation?" Li Jing summoned a spy and asked.

"Hui Jungong, the name of this cottage is Langya Village, the owner of the village is surnamed Qin Ming Zongshou, and he was a mercenary when he was young. There are some names in this area, but this man has been both a mercenary and a horse thief. Even now, this wolf's tooth village usually does field hunting, but if there is a chance, it will also do a ticket without capital. "The spies told all the information about Zhilu Dao, in fact, such a thing can be put on the people of Liaodong Xu. Liaodong is a chaotic borderless land, there is no royal law, the law of the jungle is completely the law of the jungle. Robbery and murder are too commonplace.

But Li Jing doesn't care about this, since this Qin Zongshou has a black history of horse thieves, and now he refuses to surrender, then now he will be knifed, kill chickens and monkeys, and exterminate him.

"Pass my order to exterminate the wolf's tooth village!" Li Jing sat on the horse, his face was solemn, he slowly pulled out the sword at his waist, pointed diagonally towards the mountain, and shouted.

Li Jing did not say which troops to send up, and the leaders of many small forces surrounding Li Jing looked left and right, and saw that the soldiers and horses of the Zhendong Army did not move. I didn't understand much what Li Jing meant by asking them to take the lead, although they were a little reluctant in their hearts, but at this time, they could only bite the bullet.

There are not many soldiers and horses brought by the various departments, as few as three or five hundred, and as many as two or three thousand, basically except for those left at home, all those who can be brought have already been brought. At this time, everyone shouted, and there were five or six thousand people who were in a mess, and they swarmed forward! (To be continued......)