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"The Khitan has been in turmoil, the three Yelu seven tribes are infighting, the three tribes of the Dahe clan and the three tribes of the Yaoran clan have united, and under the leadership of the Khan of Hind, they are at war with the Yelu Pugu family of the Diera tribe. Although the scale of the fighting is still small, the situation is becoming increasingly tense. The Khan of Hinder led his troops to gather in the Yellow Water, while the troops led by Yelu Pugu gathered at the Tuhuzhen River. The other thirteen were also more or less implicated. The Diera tribe is recalling their tribal soldiers and horses in western Liaoxi and the Liaohe River back to the Tuhuzhen River area. ”

"A large number of Khitan soldiers and horses originally stationed in Yingzhou, western Liao, returned to their original Khitan places, and the Diera tribes on the Liaohe River also returned, especially the Lianra tribes under the Diera tribe, which had completely retreated to Jian'an Prefecture in the north of Jili Prefecture. And the Lian Rabu sent a thousand horsemen to return to the Khitan. ”

In the military camp of Changxing Island, Gongsun Lan explained the latest situation to the generals on the sand table about the situation of the mountains and rivers, "According to the information we have found, the Khitans are currently busy with civil strife, and most of the soldiers and horses in western and eastern Liaoxi have withdrawn. Especially in front of us, there are no Khitan soldiers and horses in Jili Prefecture, and they have all withdrawn to Jian'an Prefecture. However, although the Khitans retreated to Jian'an Prefecture, the Gaodexin of Keli Prefecture originally had no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and they also asked the Goguryeo people in the east for help several times. At present, Gao Dexin has re-stationed various mountain cities, but there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses left in the headquarters, of which only 1,000 are cavalry. ”

Jing Xiang asked, "What about the other reinforcements of Goguryeo, the previous ministries have helped several times, and there are five or six thousand reinforcements before and after. ”

Gongsun Lan said with a smile: "There are no reinforcements, most of the thousands of reinforcements before were eaten by the Khitans, and some of the rest were after the Khitans returned to Jian'an Prefecture." Also returned to the ministries. Gao Dexin in front of us. There are only three thousand. ”

Li Jing smiled slightly. "There are a total of fourteen mountain cities in southern Liaoning and Jili Prefecture, and now nine are in our hands, and only five are still in Gao Dexin's hands. Three thousand men and horses guarded five mountain cities, although the mountain cities were strong and dangerous, but with these three thousand people, they could not hold it. Li Jing pointed to Jian'an Prefecture and Jili Prefecture, "We are not moving this time, and we will move like thunder." It is not difficult to take down the empty state of Jili. The key thing is that I plan to take Jian'an Prefecture together, and even Anshi Prefecture together. Directly use this attack to advance our soldiers and horses to the mouth of the Liao River and occupy the Liaodong Bay and the mouth of the Liao River. As long as we occupy the mouth of the Liao River, then we can transfer the naval army and establish a water city here. When necessary, our naval army can directly go against the Liaoshui, cut off the Khitan reinforcements, and even attack the back of the Khitan. ”

The Liao River is an important dividing line between eastern and western Liaoning, and it is nearly 3,000 miles long. China's seventh-largest river is an important passage from the sea to Buyeo, and even to the Khitan and Murowei. It is quite important to control the estuary of the Liao River!

The officers all nodded. Gai Yu asked Li Jing: "Gao Dexin only has 3,000 men left at the moment, and this little soldier is not our opponent at all. However, if you can surrender the army without a fight, the result will be better. Do we consider surrendering to Gaode Xin? ”

"You can try to surrender, but you can't stop marching. Send someone to Jili City to surrender and give Gao Dexin ten days to think about it. In these ten days, our soldiers and horses can advance by land and water, and the land route has Jinzhou Road, and the water and land can go north from the Fuzhou River and Biliu River in the east and west, and rush to the city of Jili from three sides. Within ten days, if he hadn't thought about it, he would attack the city directly. Li Jing pinched his chin and said in a somewhat cold tone. In fact, because he snatched Gao Dexin's daughter-in-law to be his seventh wife, Li Jing was not confident that Gao Dexin would surrender. Therefore, I simply don't bother to hold on to this hope. Although there may be some losses in the assault, he can use it to show the strength of the Zhenguo army to the power of the land of Liaodong.

"How's the transfer of soldiers and horses?" Li Jing turned his head to look at Li Zhen, who was inaugurated as the assassin of Pingzhou, but this battle was still called.

Li Zhen got up unhurriedly, took out the fold in his hand, looked at it a few times, and replied: "According to the military order of the marshal, this Northern Expedition will mobilize 50,000 soldiers from 10 armies, 15,000 people from 30 battalions of the united auxiliary army, and 20,000 auxiliary troops from 100 regiments of township soldiers, and 100,000 young and strong people from each state will be conscripted to be responsible for the transportation of grain and grass. The total mobilization of 50,000 soldiers, 35,000 auxiliary soldiers, and 100,000 civilians made a total of 185,000 people. ”

"185,000 men were organized into the Northern Expedition camp, and all the soldiers were organized into the front, rear, left, center, and right armies."

Li Jing nodded, although a big road was built in southern Liaoning last year, and the Fuzhou River and the Biliu River were dredged. But this time, Li Jing's ambition is not small, and he is ready to swallow Jili Prefecture and Jian'an Prefecture and even Anshi Prefecture at one time. With an army of 50,000 and 35,000 auxiliaries, and a large number of horses, the amount of grain and grass needed to be consumed every day was by no means small. What's more, in order to avoid casualties in the attack on the mountain city, Li Jing also built a large number of siege equipment last year. In order to ensure logistics, this time not only a large number of cattle were mobilized to transport troops and grain, but also 100,000 people were requisitioned at one time, and even these 35,000 auxiliary soldiers, their main task will also be to transport and guard grain, grass and baggage.

The mobilization of 185,000 people to participate in the war at one time was also the first time for the Zhenguo Army to have a major war of this scale.

Nearly 200,000 people and more than 200,000 war horses and horses and donkeys have been consumed, and the demand for grain and grass is huge.

"Considering the topography of eastern Liaodong, it is difficult to transport, so it is estimated that 500,000 stones of grain and grass will be used every month. In addition, 1 million quintals are expected to be paid for the food and salary of 185,000 people. In addition, the consumption of various ordnance is also very huge! Guo Chengan, the secretary of the Jinzhou Thorn History and the head of the camp, added.

Li Jing looked at Li Rang, and Li Rang nodded: "After a year of preparation, a large amount of grain and grass has been stored in southern Liaoning in advance. There are so many people, please rest assured that we will ensure that we can keep up with the supply. As long as Dashuai doesn't advance at a speed of 100 miles a day, I don't think we need to worry too much. We are also well prepared for the money and food rewards of the soldiers and the auxiliary army of the people. In the treasury of the Zhenguo Army, but a large sum of money has been prepared for this! ”

To fight such a large-scale battle, the amount of money, food, and equipment consumed every day is massive. However, Li Rang was not too worried, and the prospects for sending troops this time were very bright. Although the consumption is a lot, as long as the three states of Jili, Jian'an, and Anshi can be captured according to the plan, the dividends of the war will be enough to earn back everything consumed. Even if it is only to lay down the state of Jili, this will not be a loss.

Li Jing nodded with satisfaction and said in a loud voice: "The General Staff Department immediately sent the marching establishment of the Northern Expedition camp to all armies, organized each army, and issued a letter of military talisman. The army was divided into five routes, the left and right armies went north from the Fuzhou River and the Biliu River, and the two generals Zeng Yuanyu and Zhao Li led the Shenjie Army and the Flying Bear Army as the left and right vanguard of the front army, and opened the road in front. Ben Shuai led the Chinese army and then followed from the main road, and Li Rang led the auxiliary army of the rear army and the people to escort the baggage. ”

"The Xiao Cavalry Division immediately sent a flying horse to spy on the outpost and went out to investigate the military situation."

All the generals have received orders, and in such a large-scale battle, Li Jing left 100,000 soldiers to garrison Denglai, Ziqing counties and Pingzhou. Regarding the terrain of Liaodong, Li Jing understands very well that the more troops dispatched, the better. The topography of Liaodong has extremely high requirements for logistics supply and great pressure. Thinking about the Sui and Tang dynasties, Emperor Yang of Sui and Emperor Taizong of Tang both personally conquered Liaodong, but the most difficult ones in several books were not available in logistics and had to retreat. In particular, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was defeated in the three expeditions to Liaodong, and when the scale was the largest, he sent millions of troops and recruited millions of people, but he was defeated in the most reluctant. In particular, in the first battle of Sashui, 300,000 soldiers and horses of the Ninth Army crossed the Yalu River, and the Goguryeo people used the strategy of deceitful defeat to lure the enemy into light advance, and the 300,000 soldiers of the Sui army were constantly pursued, and the result was that when the Goguryeo people counterattacked, the Sui army had no food and grass, resulting in a defeat and 300,000 people were wiped out.

After countless deductions, the proposal given to Li Jing by the General Staff Department was to dispatch 50,000 soldiers. Li Jing originally wanted to send only 20,000 people, but this plan was vetoed by the General Staff Division. Their reason was that when the Tang Dynasty clan conquered Liaodong, they also attracted the experience of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty's failed expedition to Liao, so they only brought a total of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to conquer Liao, and they were divided into several departments. As a result, although he won consecutive battles, the number of troops was too small, and the biggest reason for the failure of the Liao expedition was that Tang Taizong only had tens of thousands of people around him at that time.

Li Jing agreed to the 50,000 men of the General Staff Division, but although he finally decided to transfer only 50,000 soldiers, the number of auxiliary soldiers and civilians set by the General Staff Department also reached 135,000 men, and more than 200,000 war horses and horses and donkeys were also mobilized.

Li Jing really made a bloody investment this time, not only sent over several mountain cavalry and mountain infantry that had been trained in southern Liaoning in turn over the past year, but also matched all the cavalry with two horses and horses for the infantry. This luxurious arrangement was not aimed at the Goguryeo people, who were no longer a threat, but went to the Khitans from the beginning.

For Li Jing, fighting with the Khitans, not seeking to hurt their ten fingers, but making up his mind from the beginning that once he fought with them, he must encircle and annihilate them, and the enemy must be annihilated in battle, and they will never be allowed to escape. Even if the number of encirclement and annihilation is small each time, this effect must be pursued.

With such strong mobility, it is to compete with the light horses of the Khitans who come and go like the wind.

For Li Jing, he is actually very afraid of the Khitan. Because Li Jing knew that the Khitan had taken the opportunity to rise. During the Five Dynasties, the Khitans repeatedly led part of the south to plunder Hedong and Hebei. The Khitans were not only fierce, but also numerous, and led 300,000 people to invade the south several times.

The Khitan soldiers and horses were based on tribes, and each Khitan regular soldier had two Khitan auxiliaries, one specialized in fighting grass valleys and the other specialized in guarding the camp. An army of 300,000 with at least 100,000 regular soldiers. 100,000 Khitan light horses, this number makes Li Jing frightened when he thinks about it.

In fact, Li Jing was also a little dazed in his heart, and he didn't know whether it was right or wrong for Lu Dao to force the Khitan tiger's whiskers like this.

But as soon as he remembered that after the rise of the Tang Dynasty and the rise of the Khitan, the Khitans had oppressed the Han people for hundreds of years, Li Jing finally strengthened his determination to collide with the Khitan!

With him Li Jing here, he will never let the Khitan occupy the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun again! (To be continued......)