As long as Li Cun finds a way to defeat the Jin Army in one or two games, eliminate 20,000 to 30,000 Jin troops, make enemies everywhere, fight everywhere, and the Jin Army is still extremely unstable internally, he may give a circle of powerful enemies around him a chance to destroy it.

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Wanyan Aguda, who was willing to give the Sixteenth State of Yanyun to the Zhao and Song Dynasty, would definitely not risk destroying the Kingdom of Jin with Li Cun just for the Sixteenth State of Yanyun, a place he wanted or not.

This powerful enemy fights to the end.

Therefore, if Li Cun goes to Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture, he has a high possibility of capturing Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture.

Some people may think that what is the use of Li Cun seizing the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture enclave?

This is too short-sighted.

Let’s not talk about anything else. Just the reputation of recovering the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun is enough for Li Cun to leave a golden legend in the annals of history.

——Do you know why Lao Zhu, who was so murderous and unsentimental, was still liked by so many people in the end? A big reason is because he regained the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and completed what the Han people wanted for hundreds of years and countless generations.

A dream come true. With this one contribution alone, Lao Zhu is truly an emperor through the ages. With this one contribution alone, no matter how many shortcomings Lao Zhu has, he still deserves to be worshiped by the Han people.

Of course, Li Cun has always been the most pragmatic person. For Li Cun, if there is something like reputation, it is best. If not, it is not forced. Only tangible benefits are the most important.

Therefore, Li Cun wanted Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures because it was profitable.

First of all, the so-called enclave may be a problem for others, but what kind of problem is it for Li Cun, who has the most powerful navy in this era?

——Li Cun’s navy can sail directly from any of his ports to the later Tianjin Port and reach the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. The problem of the enclave will be solved.

Of course, there is also a trouble here, that is, the Jiaodong Peninsula of the Zhao and Song Dynasty is somewhat in the way.

However, this is easy to solve. If we defeat it, it will be over.

Of course, it would definitely be more perfect to conquer the entire Central Plains region, or even overthrow the Zhao and Song dynasties, and directly connect our own territory with the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture.

But this rhythm must be mastered, otherwise Li Cunji will easily bite off more than he can chew.

You must know that the Central Plains region is not just a piece of territory at present. Since the idiots from the Zhao and Song Dynasties caused Sanyi to return to the river, the Central Plains region is still an extremely heavy burden.

If Li Cun was not prepared and took over the heavy burden of the Central Plains region, good things might turn into bad things.

But then again, as long as the Sixteenth State of Yanyun is in Li Cun's hands, when will Zhao and Song be overthrown, is it not Li Cun who has the final say?

——Think about it, after Li Cun captured the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, he formed several powerful cavalry armies, and then attacked them from top to bottom. How could the Zhao and Song Dynasty, which was almost running out of fuel, not be overthrown by Li Cun?

In fact, this is not the most important thing.

The most important thing is who is Li Cun's biggest enemy.

The Liao Kingdom, which was about to be destroyed, was definitely not the case.

The Zhao and Song dynasties, which were rotten to the core, could barely be counted as one, but they were definitely not Li Cun's biggest enemy.

Li Cun's biggest enemy must be the overlord of this period - the Kingdom of Jin.

To be honest, the current Jin Kingdom is actually very strong, but if it wants to reach its peak, it has to wait until it digests the entire Liao Empire, and then annexes half of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Is it possible that Li Cun, who knows this deeply, would give his biggest enemy a chance to evolve to this extent?

Therefore, Li Cun's biggest purpose in seizing the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun was to curb the development of the Jin Kingdom, lest the Jin Kingdom become the unstoppable force.

But the premise of all this is that the Zhao Song Dynasty will not unite with the Northern Liao Dynasty. Otherwise, not only will the Jin Kingdom have no chance in a short time, but Li Cun will also have no chance in a short time.

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Li Cun has been waiting for the crucial battle between Yelu Dashi and Yang Keshi.

Now that this battle has finally been waited for by Li Cun, Li Cun estimates that the development trend between the Zhao Song Dynasty and the Northern Liao Dynasty should not be much different from that in history.

"I can't be so slow anymore. Annan and Champa must be destroyed as soon as possible, otherwise I may miss this God-given opportunity to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun."

Li Cun called Wu Jie and asked directly: "If you were to command this battle, would you be sure to win?"

Wu Jie was overjoyed when he heard this.

Although Wu Jie also guessed that the Grand Governor might ask him to direct this battle, when the moment actually arrived, Wu Jie couldn't help but feel a little excited.

There is no way, this is a national war, a national war that is destined to go down in history. Which aspiring general would not want to command such a battle?

The key point is that Wu Jie's starting point was so low that Wu Jie himself couldn't believe that the Governor would really entrust him with such an important battle.

At this moment, Wu Jie was really moved beyond words.

Wu Jie bowed to the ground and said loudly: "I am willing to give it a try."

Li Cun nodded: "Then you will be in charge of this battle. I have formed a formation to watch the enemy."

Wu Jie understood that Li Cun was not observing the enemy formation for him, but was clearly helping him suppress the arrogant and powerful generals of the Yulin Army.

Wu Jie didn't say anything unnecessary, he just responded calmly: "No."

June 5th.

The Huben Army's 75,000 troops plus 100,000 civilians and the Li Dynasty's 200,000 troops fought in Lang Son.

When Li Cun saw that Li Chao had deployed nearly a thousand war elephants as the vanguard, Li Cun knew that the Tiger and Ben troops would win this battle.

The huge war elephant was once invincible on the ancient battlefield with its powerful strength.

But war elephants have an obvious weakness, that is, they are very timid, which makes heartless cannons a powerful weapon against them.

After Li Cun saw the situation on the battlefield, he called Wu Jie over, explained to Wu Jie, and then handed over all command of the battlefield to Wu Jie.

As soon as the battle between the two sides began, Wu Jie lured the Li Dynasty's army into a narrow valley to curb the movements of its elephant soldiers and horse troops.

When the Li Dynasty's elephant soldiers, horse troops and infantrymen rushed over in a mighty manner, Wu Jie had already set up an ambush at the entrance of the valley and on both sides of the narrow road. As soon as the Li Dynasty's army arrived, they used crossbows, divine arm bows, and thunderous thunder. Heartless cannons, trebuchets, trebuchets, tiger cannons, and another new weapon of the Huben Army were launched in a swarm.

In an instant, belemnites fell like a torrential rain.

In an instant, the army of the Li Dynasty, which was crowded together, was killed by the Huben army. There were thousands of people.

Forget it, the key point is that the sound of the heartless cannon, the thunder, and the tiger cannon, supported by the narrow valley, shook the sky and the earth, scaring the nearly a thousand war elephants of the Li Dynasty to turn around and run away. .

With the tonnage of the war elephant, it rushed forward regardless of the situation. It was a super-heavy tank. Wherever it passed, men and horses flew. The Li Chao infantry who followed behind did not understand what was going on. They were hit by the war elephant that turned back. Their bodies were trampled to pieces, and their formations were all broken through by the war elephants. They were also trampled to death by the war elephants, killing at least ten thousand people.

Seeing the right opportunity, Wu Jie led a large force to rush over, opening the way with thunderbolts and tiger cannons, killing Li Chao's 200,000 troops, retreating steadily, and finally dispersed in a cacophony.

Yao Xing led Beiwei's army to kill them all the way. He did not retreat until all the sabers of Beiwei's army were cut with curled blades.

On June 8, the Huben army arrived at Liangzhou City, an important town in the north of the Li Dynasty.

With the cooperation of heartless artillery and captured elephant soldiers, the Huben army captured Langzhou City in one fell swoop.

Li Cun ordered that the homes of all dignitaries and gentry in Langzhou City be raided, and all slaves be liberated and organized into an army.

At the same time, capable people were selected from among the slaves to serve as officials and generals.

In this process, Li Cun first promoted those slaves who were originally from the Song Dynasty.

For example, the 66-year-old Lu Zhi, the magistrate of Qinzhou County who was captured by the Li Dynasty's army forty-six years ago, was appointed by Li Cun as the general magistrate of Liangzhou to assist Li Cun's newly appointed magistrate Tian Mao of Langzhou in handling the affairs of Liangzhou. government affairs.

For example, Gao Ming, the former commander of the Shixi Army, was appointed by Li Cun as the deputy commander of the "Annan Army" he formed with slaves of the Li Dynasty, assisting the commander of the Annan Army Yu Daoan and the senior military supervisor Zhu Yan in managing the Annan Army.

——All the full-time generals and supervisors of the Annan Army were drawn from the Yulin Army, and the deputy commanders were held by slaves who knew Chinese.

Moreover, Li Cun usually executed the male masters of the slaves who surrendered to the Huben Army and rewarded the female masters as wives and concubines. Even if they made great merits, Li Cun would reward them with the ladies of their masters' families as wives and concubines.

In addition, Li Cun would also reward the slaves who surrendered to the Huben Army with the properties and fields captured by the Huben Army based on their meritorious service.

In short, the slaves of the Li Dynasty were just slaves who sang songs. They finally welcomed their savior-Li Cun, the commander-in-chief of the Tiger Army!

In this way, the war of aggression turned into a war of liberation. The Huben Army was not fighting against the Li Dynasty itself, but the Huben Army helped the slave class of the Li Dynasty overthrow the rule of the slave-owning class of the Li Dynasty.

In the subsequent battles, the former slaves of the Li Dynasty burst out with great revolutionary enthusiasm. They fought for freedom, risking their lives and rushing to the front in every battle.

Later, it gradually became that the Annan Army became the main force in this national war - the Yulin Army would only take action when encountering the Li Dynasty's army that the Annan Army could not defeat.

Li Cun, who knew the importance of publicity, promoted it while fighting.

As a result, the slaves of the Li Dynasty rebelled one after another to help the Huben army conquer the city.

As a result, in just a few days, the Huben army swept across the entire northern region of the Li Dynasty.

Li Qiande was frightened and sent people to negotiate peace with Li Cun, saying that as long as Li Cun was willing to withdraw from the Li Dynasty with his army, the Li Dynasty would be willing to become a vassal state of the Huben Army, and would be willing to return the people it abducted and pay compensation.

But Li Cun flatly refused, and in front of the vast number of slaves in the Li Dynasty, he tore up the letter written by Li Qiande to him, and then said impassionedly: "Unless all the slaves in the Li Dynasty are liberated, I, Li Cun, swear not to return the throne!"

In order to make all the slaves understand what he said, Li Cun also specially said this sentence in the language of Li Dynasty.

Li Cun's oath brought tears to the eyes of the slaves of the Li Dynasty. They all shouted in Chinese at the top of their lungs: "Long live the Grand Governor! Long live the Grand Governor! Long live the Grand Governor..."

Over and over again, enduring...

Forced to have no choice, Li Qiande organized all the troops he could stop and prepared for a last-ditch battle.

Soon after, more than 300,000 Hu Ben troops (joined by nearly 70,000 Annan troops and many Annan civilians) came to Thang Long City, the capital of the Li Dynasty.

Soon, the two sides launched an offensive and defensive battle that lasted a day and a night.

Because it is a capital city, Thang Long City's defense facilities are very complete and strong.

This makes it impossible for the heartless cannon, which was invincible before, to blow open the gate of Thang Long City.

At the initiative of the officers and soldiers of the Annan Army, the Annan Army took the initiative to stand up with a thousand death warriors. Each of them packed two explosive packets and blew up the city of Thang Long City at the cost of more than 400 killed.

Door.
To be continued...