In the summer of the seventh year of Fengtian, in April, in the central region of Liaodi, there was a major epidemic in Zhongjing, Bazhou, and Yingzhou.

Qi Tianzi then ordered the Beijing garrison army to return to Beijing, and personally led the Shenwu Army, the Hebei Army and the Dianqian Army Xiaoli Camp and Wanyan Camp out of Yuguan.

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The army walked mightily on the dilapidated paths, many areas, and even through the mountains and forests.

From Yuguan, that is, the Shanhaiguan Pass of later generations, to Xingcheng and Taohuadao, more than 200 miles.

Peach Blossom Island is the Juehua Island of later generations, and now in the coastal area on the opposite shore of Peach Blossom Island, there is Hancheng, which is the Han slave of the Hongyi Palace of the Liao Lord.

From Yuguan to Seoul on the other side of Taohua Island, more than 200 miles, but there is no state capital along the way.

However, there are some coastal fishermen, farmers, and small villages.

Prefectures and counties appeared in this vast area, and it was basically not until Yeluxian and Empress Dowager Xiao came to power that the people were relocated and built cities, so that this area gradually recovered the atmosphere of the Han and Tang dynasties.

After confirming that there was indeed a plague in Zhongjing, Lu Ning ordered Cheng Dewei to send a large number of scouts, and after encountering the northern refugees, he shot them from afar, and at the same time ordered the repaired troops in Youyun to move.

At the same time, the first army was left to help the Shanxi army defend the east entrance (Shenhekou) and the west entrance (Zhangjiakou) to prevent the White Tatars from being invaded by the Khitan bewitching south.

In addition to the small thunderbolt camp and the Wanyan camp, the rest of the troops in front of the palace returned to the capital for repair.

After all, the palace army has always participated in vicious wars, and it has been a year since they left their relatives, and it is time to repair it.

The Little Perak Battalion has been protected to the greatest extent possible, and there is not a single wounded soldier, while the Wanyan Battalion has been reunited with relatives in Chengdewei for a long time.

He also ordered the Beining Army, the Wanyannu Department and the Huangzhuang Regiment to train the army to hold Chengdewei, and the Hedong Army to be stationed in Luanhe County, ready to go out of the customs to support at any time.

At the same time, the Hebei Army and the Shenwu Army went out of Yuguan, supplemented by the Bohai Sea Naval Army, and the troops pointed directly at Liaodong.

God-given opportunities, the ancients, for plagues and so on, are often regarded as omens, not to mention nomadism in the Northern Regions.

The plague in the area of Zhongjing will inevitably have a great impact on the Khitan tribes who have just "unified their thoughts", and the prestige of Yelu Gangsage is not enough to convince the public, and the defeat of Youzhou has caused more serious damage to its popularity, and it can persuade the ministries to reunite in Tokyo.

In particular, the epidemic has made the connection between Tokyo and Shangjing fragile, and the willingness of the Khitan tribes in Shangjing to come to Liaodong to help Yelugang and Sa Gevaqi will be greatly reduced, especially if the army cannot pass through the plagued land of Zhongjing to wage war against the Southern Dynasty.

Sometimes, luck is such a thing, if you don't believe it, it's really not good, although there is a plague in Zhongjing, and Lu Ning is the driving force behind it, but more, it really depends on the will of God.

Since God has given luck, how could Lu Ning miss the opportunity?

From Yuguan to Liaodong, from the strategic intent, Lu Ning's lowest strategic goal. It is to build a city in the Khitan Hongyi Palace, and like Chengdewei, to obtain the strategic fulcrum outside the Saiwai.

The highest strategic goal, of course, is to break through the Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo, but it is too difficult.

The medium strategic goal is to break Jinzhou, so that the line between Jinzhou and Yuguan will form a chain of city defense structures, and the strategy of the Ming Dynasty against the Jurchens has similarities.

The difference is that Jinzhou has the danger of the Xiaoling River, and its own naval army can enter from the Bohai Sea, which will give great support to the city defense.

To fight with the Khitans in Liaodong, but to make the Beijing garrison army, which is second only to the palace army, return to Beijing, firstly, to make it repair, and secondly, to deter the party members, so that they can return to Beijing from Shanxi, which is also the same purpose.

In fact, the party expanded to the north of Lingzhou, bypassing Lingzhou into the Hexi region, but as long as Lingzhou was there, its expansion was subject to certain restrictions, and historically, the Western Xia Kingdom also got Lingzhou, and on this basis, Yinchuan built a city in the Lingzhou region, and used it as the capital, so that the Hetao area and the Hexi region were united.

Lingzhou does not lose, and it has the initiative for the party members.

Lin Renzhao has already led the Shaanxi army into Hexi, expelled the Tubo tribe in Lanzhou, and made Lanzhou City, which fell into the hands of Tubo in the Tang Dynasty, return to the embrace of the Central Plains.

At the same time, the city was built on the basis of the dilapidated old city of Lanzhou, and it was promoted to Long'an Mansion, Shaanxi Daying Station, and moved to Long'an Mansion.

In this way, Lanzhou Long'an Mansion and Lingzhou Divine Guard Army echoed each other and became a solid defense line in the northwest of the barrier.

When Lu Ning ordered the garrison soldiers to leave Yuguan, he also issued an order to promote Yanzhou, the southern state city of the party members of the difficult army, to Yan'an Mansion, and ordered Murong Yanzhao's Hezhong camp to be relocated to Yan'an Mansion.

In this way, many directions have put pressure on the party, so that it can expand and not be unscrupulous.

As for whether to fight the party, there is no doubt for Lu Ning now, even if it enters the chaos in the northwest a hundred years in advance, it seems that the party members will definitely not obediently return, and when the northern Xinjiang is calmed down, the conquest of party members will be on the agenda immediately.

Increasing the armor ration of the River Army has begun.

It can be said that from this moment, the war to conquest the party has begun.

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The Hongyi Palace in the Liao Lord's Imperial Tent is pronounced as "Counting Lu Duo", and "counting" means the heart, that is, the Hongyi Palace is composed of the Liao Lord's most confidant guards.

Later, the captives of Bohai and Han were added.

The Tucheng across the bay from Peach Blossom Island is the slave household of the Han family captured by Liao Taizu Abaoji, and they were built here to settle down, which belongs to Hongyi Palace.

Later, when the Youzhou area was just dedicated to the Khitan by the Later Jin Dynasty, there were rebellious officials, soldiers and households, and the survivors of the massacre were also moved here.

On the map of Qi Guoyu, Lu Ning marked this earthen city as "Xingcheng".

The first batch to come out of Yuguan was the highly mobile Shenwu army, and the 5,000 military horses with two horses attacked Xingcheng by surprise.

Halfway through, Lu Ning's army had already received a report from the front that Xingcheng had been conquered by the Shenwu army.

Speaking of which, the Hongyi Palace of the Liao lord Yelu Gong Sage now has 9,000 households, 6,000 households transferred to the Han Dynasty, 18,000 out of the Zhengding Dynasty, 12,000 Yuan Han transferred to Ding, and 8,000 cavalry troops.

However, in the battle of Youzhou, Hongyi Palace suffered the heaviest losses, and the eight thousand elite cavalry could be said to have lost everything.

There are seven or eight hundred slave households in Xingcheng, which belongs to the Khitan so-called "Fan Han transfer", and according to the practice of the Khitan people in war, once the military is recruited to fight abroad, two Ding will be recruited from one household.

It's just that Xingcheng's "Fan Han Zhuanding" is not very loyal, and it is not an elite, just a slave army.

even learned that Youyun had returned to the Central Plains, and some slave households in Xingcheng fled one after another.

Yelu Gangsage sent a hundred horsemen to restrain the slaves, but because he was planning a southern expedition, he did not move these slaves to the northeast.

And the surprise attack of the Shenwu army, which did not need the support of the naval army at all, took Xingcheng lightly, and the Khitan soldiers either fled or were killed.

Most of the Han farmers rejoiced, and they really deserved to eat pot pulp and welcome the king.

A day later, the Hebei cavalry arrived.

Two days later, Qi Tianzi Sheng drove to Xingcheng.

Immediately, near this Xingcheng, the tinkling, continuous wooden fence tents took shape in a few days.

Qi Tianzi set up Xingcheng here again, and ordered Han De to lead Xingcheng to train the regiment with the imperial tent.

Obviously, it is to block the Khitan Tokyo soldiers and horses that may invade south in this Xingcheng area.