Chapter 1053 The Southern Expedition and the Northern Expedition - Live Up to the Popularity of Jun
The news of the defeat of Qianhehewan and the Song army crossing the sea to conquer Liao was sent to Yonghe Town, where the imperial tent of the Emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty was sent to the Yonghe Town where the imperial tent of the Emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty was located.
It turned out that on the ninth day of the ninth month, the messengers sent by Yelu Guanligu and Xiao Xiamai set out from Yutian, walked through Sanhe, Shunzhou, and Changping bypassing the Song army-controlled area around Xijinfu City and arrived at the Marenwang Camp located in Juyongguan.
After learning two huge bad news, Ma Renwang immediately handed over the military power of the sixth battalion of the Nanjing Road Guards' Personal Army to Zhang Lin and his brother Ma Renjie, and then took the messenger to go to Xiangzhou where Yelu Yanxi was. As a result, at the mouth of Zijingling Mountains in the Yanshan Mountains, he met Xiao Temo, the prince-in-law who was leading his army to drive from Xijing Road.
Xiao Temo was Yelu Yanxi's uncle. He married Yelu Hongji's daughter Yelu Tri, and was also a noble person. After Yelu Yanxi ascended the throne, he became the prime minister of the Northern Palace. This time he was ordered to command 30,000 reinforcements from the Northern Palace (personally 10,000 soldiers) to the front of the Xiangzhou army (originally went to Dingzhou, but received the order to go to Xiangzhou in the middle). So the two walked together, and finally told Yelu Yanxi, who was worried about the military affairs of the southern line on September 18th.
This is really a lot of worry!
The reason why Yelu Yanxi was worried was of course the first general of the Song Dynasty, Gao Taiwei! Gao Qiu was not idle during this period, but was actively taking action and sent thousands of soldiers from the first general of Lingzhou from the northwest to cross the west river channel near Julu County, which flowed northward to the Yellow River, and then built a hard village in the narrow area between Daluze (a lake near Julu County) and the west river channel of the Yellow River, seriously threatening Yelu Yanxi's retreat.
Because the officers and soldiers of the first general in Lingzhou also learned the ability of "one night city", they quickly repaired the wall with sandbags, and surrounded the camp with ready-made horse-rejected horses (built in Daming Prefecture City and transported to Daluze Daying by Gang ship). Therefore, the initial construction of the camp was completed in just one day. Therefore, the cavalry sent by Yelu Yanxi returned in vain and failed to stop the Song army from establishing the camp.
At the same time, a large number of new Song troops were also settled in Liyang, Linhe and Neihuang, south of Yelu Yanxi's army. The Xiangzhou Tuanzhen, which was defeated not long ago, has also regained momentum in recent days, and a large number of people gathered together ants.
As for Daming Mansion on the east bank of the Yellow River, news of a large group training has also been heard!
For a moment, Yelu Yanxi, who had penetrated into the Song Dynasty, had a little bit of a grudge.
And at this time, Ma Renwang and Xiao Temo brought him even worse news.
"What? The Battle of the River was gone, more than 10,000 people were gone! The Song army also landed in Chenzhou..."
After hearing Ma Renwang's report, Yelu Yanxi's eyes turned black and his throat became sweet, and he almost vomited blood and fell into a coma.
This is really a disaster! Two bad news comes at once, and it can make people vomit blood. Yelu Yanxi is strong and might die directly if he had been the same age as his grandfather.
"Your Majesty, withdraw your troops quickly!"
"Yes, withdraw to Xijin Mansion and fight to the death with the Song people!"
"You can't let it go in Liaodong!"
"Yes, yes, you have to be careful when you have a daughter. They just defeated the Goryeo, and it was the time to be arrogant!"
In the imperial tent, a group of important officials who followed the army were eager to make suggestions and all made suggestions to withdraw! In their opinion, the battle of the Southern Expedition had failed. The important thing now is to protect Xijin Prefecture and Liaodong... These are the lifebloods that must not be lost!
Yelu Yanxi also had no idea and turned his eyes to his elder brother-in-law, the Privy Council envoy of the Northern Court, and the Imperial Camp Commander Xiao Fengxian.
"Your Majesty, you can't retreat!"
The one who made suggestions was Ma Renwang.
"Can't you withdraw your troops?" Yelu Yanxi looked at the loyal old minister. "Will there be no loss in Xijin Mansion and Liaodong?"
"I dare not guarantee that Xijin Prefecture and Liaodong will not be lost." Ma Renwang said, "But the old minister dares to guarantee that once Your Majesty retreats, Xijin Prefecture and Liaodong will inevitably be in chaos!"
"This..." Yelu Yanxi still turned her attention to Xiao Fengxian.
"The horse man seems to make sense..." Xiao Fengxian nodded, "Your Majesty retreated without anything, that is, he will be defeated by Zhao Ji!"
The horse man said, "Your Majesty, our army's entire army will not be able to destroy the Hejian camp! If Your Majesty cannot destroy the Hejian camp, then another defeat... What will the heroes of Yan land think of Your Majesty then?"
This is a bit ugly! But it is a retort!
It is of course easy to withdraw troops from Xiangzhou now. The Liao army is mainly cavalry and has strong mobility. Gao Qiu has at most 2,000 cavalry soldiers in his hands, and the number is too small to keep the Liao army.
But what should the Liao soldiers do when they arrived at Xijin Prefecture? Wu Haogu's soldiers not only built a Hejian camp, but also built a series of fortresses around Xijin Prefecture City. At the same time, they also built a fortress along the Sanggan River and the Gaoliang River. They built the fortress all the way to the north bank of the Bian River!
In addition, Wu Haogu also has powerful impact cavalry and infantry with spear formation as the core. If this army moves along the "fortress line", the powerful cavalry group of Liao Kingdom will not be able to effectively attack them.
It is impossible to cut off supplies, and it is even more impossible to implement siege. You can only choose a decisive battle, and the other party may rely on the fortress to hold on when the situation is unfavorable.
Therefore, Yelu Yanxi led his troops to Xijin Prefecture and had no hope of winning, so he could only be dragged into the quagmire by Wu Haogu.
Once the Emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty was unable to win in Xijin Prefecture for a long time, the heroes of Yan, the heroes of Liaodong, and the heroes of Mobei would rise up before they could rise up?
By then, the Great Liao Kingdom will be everywhere!
"But if you don't go back to Xijin Mansion, where can you go?" Xiao Fengxian knew that what Ma Renwang said was true, but he had no direction.
"Of course I'm going to the north bank of the Yellow River! It's September now, and it's winter in a blink of an eye. Once the Yellow River is frozen, the Daliao Heavenly Soldiers will be able to reach Kaifeng Prefecture!" The horse man paused and said, "For the sake of this, the only thing Your Majesty can force is the court of the Song Kingdom!"
"Forced the Song Dynasty court?"
"Yes," said Ma Renwang, "Have your Majesty not noticed that the Song army he encountered on his way south was far inferior to the Wuhaogu division?"
Yelu Yanxi thought about it and it seemed like what was going on.
Although Xiangzhou Tuanlian and Zhong Fu's new army were not weak, they were defeated by the Liao army after all. The Song army attacked from Tianjin Prefecture was simply powerful! The Liao army fought several times, but they were defeated and defeated!
How stupid would it be to not squeeze soft persimmons now, but to bump into Wu Haogu's spear and iron cavalry? If you are defeated by Wu Haogu, then the Great Liao Kingdom will be in danger of destruction!
The horse man looked at Yelu Yanxi's face and knew that his lobbying was about to succeed, so he continued to fool him: "As long as Your Majesty is still moving south, the attention of the heroes in the world will not turn to Xijin Prefecture and Liaodong. Maybe Your Majesty has the chance to conquer Kaifeng Prefecture and enter the Central Plains! At this time, who will abandon Your Majesty and leave?
But if Your Majesty returns north, the heroes of the world will all look at the Hejian Camp... If Your Majesty cannot conquer the Hejian Camp quickly, it will be unpredictable!"
Yelu Yanxi nodded, "Thanks to Ma Qing, I almost made a big mistake. But the Yellow River is still freezing for some time, so Xijinfucheng and Liaodong will not be lost, right?"
"The city of Xijinfu is not at the moment." Ma Renwang said, "The gains and losses of Xijinfu are not in the field attack, but in the hearts of the people! As long as your Majesty still has the possibility of defeating Song Lord Zhao Ji, the heroes of Yan will continue to wait and see."
"This... is the truth!" Yelu Yanxi suddenly stared at Ma Ren, "Ma Qing, are you a hero from Yan Di?"
The atmosphere suddenly became a little nervous. The Ma family is one of the four Yan families! Will the Ma family also wait and see?
"Your Majesty," said the horse man, smiling, "Do you think Yiwulu Mountain can be considered a land of Yan?"
Yiwulu Mountain is Youzhou Zhenshan, which is of course part of Yan land in a broad sense. However, the Yan land that the Song and Liao battle for now is a narrow concept and cannot include Yiwulu Mountain at all. Yiwulu Mountain is the territory of Fengxian Army in Xianzhou, Tokyo. No matter how powerful Wu Haogu is, it is impossible to really occupy Tokyo Road. His current attack on Chenzhou is just to harass and restrain the power of the Liao Kingdom. It is impossible to develop to the hinterland of Tokyo Road.
How complicated is the situation in Tokyo Road? Yelu Yanxi himself has a headache when he thinks about it. How much capital does Wu Haogu dare to spend it?
"Yiwulu Mountain is considered a land of Liao," Yelu Yanxi smiled, "Your family should be from Liao, not from Yan!"
The horse man Wang bowed to Yelu Yanxi's great tribute and said loudly in Khitan's words: "My emperor, I am willing to lead my clan members to recover Chenzhou for Your Majesty and expel the Song gang!"
"Do you take it seriously? Chenzhou City is not easy to fight!"
Yelu Yanxi didn't think much about the conspiracy in Ma Renwang's stomach. He just thought that Wu Haogu's soldiers were powerful, so he was afraid it would not be easy to expel them!
Although Wu Haogu could not develop in the hinterland of Liaodong, it is still a trivial matter to occupy a piece of land along the coast of Liaodong.
If you set up a few thousand people and then build the city into a solid foundation, what can the Daliao Heavenly Soldiers do? If you die, 20,000 or 30,000 people will chew a stone city? So what if you chew it? He will log in to another place and build a city, and you will chew it? How many Khitans can fill it in?
"I have a way!" said the horse man.
"What's the solution?"
"I will dig a long trench and lock Chenzhou, and will last for a long time and deal with the enemy!"
In fact, Ma Zhi had already agreed with Wu Haogu. As soon as the Ma family soldiers arrived, Song Kou immediately boarded the ship and ran away... and ran to Suzhou Anfu Army to occupy another territory!
"Okay!" Yelu Yanxi was also an honest child. How could he have expected that such loyal ministers like Ma Renwang had such bad intentions? "I ordered you to stay in Tokyo as the Tongzhi, the governor of the Fengguo Army of Chenzhou, and the commander of the Liaodong Road! You are allowed to recruit heroes to form an army in Xianzhou, Jinzhou, Liaoxizhou, Chenzhou and other places!"
Chapter completed!