Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 203: The power is like a broken bamboo

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The movements in the months before the Northern Expedition were obvious and could not be kept secret. Li Chongjin was ordered to lead his army back to Beijing from Yangzhou. He first received the emperor’s award and a banquet in Tokyo. Regardless of the approaching New Year’s Day and the holidays, he received additional troops and deployed his troops to the north of Luzhou in Hedong... Li Chong entered the battlefield as a veteran and fought. For many battles, Chai Rong didn't seem to care about anything else at this time, and he still asked him to guard him as a guard.

Xiang Xun then led the Zhenan army to Beijing and mobilized to Hedong to make peace with Li Zhongjin.

The Gaohuaide Department of the right arm of the Tigers of the Guards was transferred to Beizhou a year ago; Li Gu accompanied the army, regardless of the freezing of the river, mobilizing the Xingu from the land to Hebei in the summer and autumn.

The guard of Long Jiejun Han Lingkun returned to Beijing from Xiacai Town, Shouzhou. In the first month of the fourth year of Xiande, the left side was deployed to Dingzhou, Hebei.

...But the people of Liao might not be able to eat well. What Chai Rong wanted to do, because Chai Rong was not going to expedition to the north once or twice. He not only intimidated the southern countries for a long time, but even the Liao country had to use force. Intimidation; before the Battle of Huainan, a large number of troops and horses were mobilized in Hebei. The early stage was to fight Liao, but the main force suddenly went to Huainan.

However, this time it was not only a threat. At the beginning of March of the fourth year of Xiande, Chai Rong quickly issued an edict to begin the Northern Expedition.

At this time, the deployment in the North has basically been completed. Li Chongjin, Xiang Xun, and Li Jun defended the Northern Han Dynasty in Hedong and acted as a countermeasure to attack. The Department of Han Lingkun was on the left in Dingzhou (west of Hebei); the Department of Guo Shao and Gao Huaide were on the middle road in Beizhou, Qizhou; Chai Rong led his army into Cangzhou from the waterway, which was on the right.

The Zhou army's elite soldiers were almost dispatched, and began the Northern Expedition in three ways. Among them, Chai Rong led the main force of the Forbidden Army as the main attack direction.

The emperor Chai Rong's command is full of elite soldiers. The squads in front of the palace are elite, most of them cavalry, and most of the 30,000 cavalry are elite. The two sides of the crane control army are mostly cavalry and archers. This group of people are all elite soldiers collected from across the country, consuming half of the revenue of the court.

Tens of thousands of horses and soldiers from Zhujie Town were advancing by land and water. When they arrived in Cangzhou, Wang Hong, the former governor of Ningzhou, suddenly surrendered.

Chai Rong sent people to commend Wang Hong and appease Wang Hong and let him continue to be a governor; then he led his army north along the waterway to attack Yijin Pass.

The emperor also ordered all soldiers and horses to attack: the left side of the Longjie Army in the west and the Dingzhou Jiedu sent Sun Xingyou's department to attack Yizhou; the Guo Shao department on the middle road went directly to Waqiao Pass (now Baoding City), Gao Huaide Department Then he went north to monitor the two states of Ying and Mo.

In one month, the offensive went smoothly across the board, and good news came from everywhere.

Yijinguan, Waqiaoguan, Yingzhou, and Mozhou surrendered one after another. The guards were all Han people. Hearing the arrival of the army of the Central Plains, they all agreed to offer them as if they had been discussed. Only Yizhou fought a battle. Hundreds of Qidan cavalry were defeated by Han Lingkun's generals. Yizhou's defenders immediately surrendered.

Han people everywhere welcomed him. Zhou Jun transformed himself into a liberator of the military and civilians everywhere, and successfully took over seven counties in three passes, four states, and seventeen counties. Tears filled people's eyes, and people on the side of the road shouted words such as "Waiting for twenty years, and finally waited for the king," which made the soldiers feel more welcome than on their own territory.

Guo Shaobu went to Waqiao Guanbei and met a group of Han'ers who took advantage of the chaos and robbed more than a hundred Liao** horses to cast them. At the moment, they collected them as a part and distributed the captured military horses to them. Zuo You wrote the Anmin List, propagating everywhere that Wang Shi Beiding and Qiu had no offense, and that brothers of the same race were treated equally.

Shi Chai Rong quickly rectified the place he had obtained, and ordered Han Tong to summon Ding Zhuang to consolidate Waqiao Pass and Yijin Pass, which were changed to Xiongzhou and Bazhou respectively.

In mid-April, Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin crossed the Juma River, and a cavalry battle took place in Zhuozhou. They repelled Xiao Simwen, the chief of soldiers and horses of the Southern Academy of Liao State, and captured Zhuozhou. So the forbidden army divided the troops and marched forward, and they reached the bank of Juma River one after another; the emperor did not order the tribes to cross the river, but only summoned the generals of the generals in Zhuozhou Palace to discuss Youzhou.

The emperor led the squads to reach the Zhuozhou Palace.

Suddenly, Li Jun sent an envoy to report that he found a military opportunity in Jinyang. The Khitan lord Qibaili hurriedly ordered the Northern Han Dynasty to send troops to assist... This news brought an abrupt end to the vigorous atmosphere of victory. Since the Northern Han Dynasty is assisting, May the Khitan master send troops?

Sure enough, in less than two days, a secret whistle found a large number of movements of Liao army horsemen behind Yanshan.

When Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin heard the news, they entered the palace, and saw that Chai Rong was sitting in the upper chair meditating on something. When they bowed and spoke, they spoke quietly.

Chai Rong took away the hand rubbing his chin, without raising his head, and said: "Just know that you are asking to see me, so just say anything."

Zhao Kuangyin didn't speak yet, Zhang Yongde said: "Your Majesty, the captives are all gathering in the north of Youzhou today. It is not appropriate to venture further."

Chai Rong's face suddenly became unhappy.

Zhao Kuangyin looked up and looked up, then he said: "The minister thought that the most important thing to attack the cloud land is not to attack the city, but to defeat the Qidan and come to the capital from the Liao State. If you can break the Qidan reinforcements in a battle, then encircle. Youzhou, enter the land where you can recover the clouds; if you are defeated by the captives, even if you capture Youzhou, you will be a solitary city. There is no evidence around, and the reinforcements and food roads are all under the threat of the captives. Youzhou has no effect. /

The army is eager to besiege the heavy city and gather troops under the city. If it fails to break the city and loses outside the city, it will be attacked from inside and outside, and it will be annihilated. Therefore, Zhang Du’s intention is not to hesitate, but to make careful arrangements and plan ahead and retreat. "

It's better to hear what Zhao Kuangyin said, and Chai Rong nodded slightly.

Zhao Kuangyin continued: "The Khitan master was brutal and inhumane, and the Liao government was turbulent. The arrival of reinforcements may not necessarily be my elite opponent of the Zhou army."

Chai Rong said: "Go on."

Zhao Kuangyin prayed: "If you are in the opinion of the minister, attack first, and deploy with deep and thick formations. From Yizhou, Zhuozhou to Youzhou, multiple camps and defenses, infantry in the back, cavalry in front; horsemen Go to the north of Youzhou city and wait for the first arrival of Liao’s reinforcements. Taking advantage of the fatigue from a long distance, the cavalry can make a maneuver for a battle. If it is not good, the captives will also help me."

Chai Rong was noncommittal. Seeing an **** came in, he asked: "Is the guard Sima Bu waiting for Guo Shao to come?"

The **** said: "Here, but the generals have not yet arrived...Does the official family have to summon General Guo first?"

Chai Rong thought for a while but said: "I will go to change clothes, you two will wait a moment with the generals before going to the palace to discuss matters."

Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin all bowed and retired.

The two went all the way to the palace, Zhang Yongde said: "Brother Zhao discussed with me for so long before, and I went in to talk to Saints, why didn't you help persuade the officials?"

Zhao Kuangyin said: "The officials are determined to win Youzhou. I just found that I can't persuade you."

After hearing this, Zhang Yongde had no choice but to say simply: "Then I have to fight a battle... How do you think Brother Zhao will win?"

"Originally, we did not expect that the Khitan lord would send out reinforcements so quickly, that was a sleeping emperor, his throne was not stable, and Youzhou was not originally a place in the Liao Kingdom. Earlier, it was expected that the Khitan lord would simply abandon the land of Youyun; Even if you want to send troops, it’s not easy. I don’t know when we will go." Zhao Kuangyin said, "But now there is movement for more than a month. It can be seen that it is not the meaning of the Khitan lord, but all the officials of the Liao State beg him; otherwise the Khitan lord will not be able to Convincing the officials in a short period of time, they are unwilling to reject all the opinions and go their own way. If all the tribes of the Liao Kingdom want to protect Youzhou and there are no differences, the Liao army cavalry is powerful, and it is difficult for us to win."

Zhang Yongde said: "I haven't fought yet. I've never seen you so much in a war!"

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Do you remember the battle of Jinyang? The Liao State sent thousands of riders to Xinkou for reinforcements. Wei Wang Fu Yanqing held 20,000 in his hand. He almost lost forward Shi Yanchao and was defeated." /

"At that time, Fu Yanqing had no elite soldiers, only Xiang Xun and Shi Yanchao's horse soldiers could still fight."

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Even so, Shi Yanchao and Xiang Xun combined have thousands of rides. Anyway, I don't think I can be impatient to fight Liao, let alone underestimate the enemy."

In the afternoon, the ministers of the Privy Council and the generals of Zhulu met at the Zhuozhou Palace.

Wei Renpu stayed behind in Tokyo at this time, and Wang Pu presided over the discussion. It was still a rough big picture. Wang Pu first served under the military situation. Guo Shao was also in the queue as a senior general, and he still listened silently. The scene of this discussion made him a little disappointed. Wang Pu's talent should be higher than Wei Renpu's, but because of his old age, he lost the self-confidence and calmness of iron and blood... Guo Shao couldn't help but think of the battle of Huainan. The scenes during the palace in Yangzhou were compared.

The generals heard that the army of the Liao Kingdom had arrived behind Yanshan. For a while, they clashed with each other and argued until late. Guo Shao did not participate in the dispute. He listened to what he wanted to do and what he should do.

Later, Chai Rong finally made arrangements against the crowd. The Iron Cavalry and the Crane Control Army horsemen will move to the north of Youzhou City to wait for an opportunity. The left side of the Long Jie Army and the squads will be stationed directly under the city to monitor the movement of Youzhou City.

The left-wing infantry of the Tiger Jie Army crossed the Juma River and stationed in Zhuozhou, and the military power was replaced by Qi Tingxun, the commander of the left arm; the Gao Huaide Department of the Right Wing of the Tiger Jie Army was stationed south of Juma Henan;

As expected, Guo Shao was specifically named by the emperor to attack Youzhou City. However, the emperor didn’t seem to want to attack the city with all his strength, because the siege troops assigned to Guo Shao were not the elite left side of the Tiger Jie Army (in Zhuozhou), but the Sun Xingyou Department of the Dingzhou Army, the cavalry of Guo Shao’s headquarters, and the towns in Hebei. Tens of thousands of soldiers.

Guo Shao discovered that there are only two types of troops under Youzhou City: one is cavalry, and the other is miscellaneous soldiers. It gave him an illusion, as if he was ready to run away at any time, and then dropped the cannon fodder to death.

The main force of his siege troops is the army of the local town, can they still besiege the heavy city? He felt that he was a feint attacking the city and exerting pressure; the main force of the Zhou Dynasty seemed to be placed on the reinforcements of the Liao Kingdom that had not yet appeared.

But the emperor didn't make it clear that he was only allowed to respond and the imperial decree was to siege the city. So Guo Shao immediately remembered the large amount of gunpowder placed in Qizhou.

In Huainan, the emperor personally gave the nickname "Guo Pocheng". In fact, Guo Shao was not proficient in siege, and his only skill was to explode with gunpowder. There is no way this time, he is ready to repeat the trick at any time. rg

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