"There are so many flies and mosquitoes." Li Sihai put down the clairvoyant mirror and let Zhao Xingde into the captain's cabin.

The captain's cabin is the largest cabin on a seagoing ship, divided into two rooms, the inside for the captain's personal rest, and the outside for military meetings and guest reception. There is a large map of Liaodong hanging in the military cabin, and the part of Goryeo was originally only outlined, and the famous cities and towns and port barracks were all newly drawn by the fourth battalion.

"The first battle was won," Li Sihai said with a smile, "and I also tried that the Goryeo people were vulnerable, Captain Zhao, you see, the capital and famous cities of Goryeo are all on the banks of the river," he pointed his finger from the Qingchuan River, Datong River and other rivers and estuaries upstream, "If you march along these rivers, you can take all of Goryeo." Captain Zhao is willing to go to the palace with Li to protect the country, and you and I will join forces to take this corner of Goryeo first, and then manage the East China Sea. ”

Zhao Xingde was not as optimistic as him, and frowned: "The Goryeo people have always rebelled against the Central Plains, and the famous cities and towns are all on the banks of the waterway, and it is easy to win the battle. However, as long as the Goryeo people abandon these easily conquered areas and retreat into the inland mountains, if our dynasty intends to take all of its country, the number of troops required is not small, and if it is trapped in it, it will not be conducive to our dynasty. Zhao Xingde turned his finger from Goryeo to Liaodong, "The army is trapped in Goryeo for a long time, I am afraid it will not be conducive to the affairs of Liaodong, and Liaodong is related to the Central Plains......" He paused and said in a deep voice, "So I feel that when I am forced to make peace with Goryeo, the enemies in front of me are mainly Liao and Jin." ”

"Oh?" Li Sihai had a look of disappointment in his eyes, pondered for a moment, and asked, "What does Captain Zhao mean, how should the Battle of Baozhou be conducted?" ”

"That's exactly why I'm here," Zhao Xingde stood up, looked out of the cabin and said, "I didn't expect to attract so many Jurchens in the battle of Yuancheng." Since the fall of the Bohai Kingdom, the Yalu River Jurchen tribe has gradually occupied this place. Goryeo expanded to the north and formed a feud with the Jurchens, and the two sides fought endlessly, and there was no possibility of repair. Therefore, although our army is weak, it is in a pivotal position between Goryeo and Jurchen. If Goryeo is completely expelled, the spearhead of the Jurchens will probably be pointed at us. The sergeants said that the people recruited by our battalion in Liaodong, as well as the Han army that had newly established a garrison camp, may not be able to match them now. Therefore, it is better to keep the Koreans in Baozhou and maintain the balance of power on both sides of the Yalu River. We will first consolidate the foundation, and when we are full-fledged, we will fight against the Jurchens and Goryeo. ”

"I see," Li Sihai also stood up, looking outside the cabin, the camp tents of the Jurchen tribe of the Yalu River continued to the riverbank, these 'savage' Jurchens in the mouth of the Goryeo State, if they really fought with the Han army in the future, they would definitely get the support of the Jin State, he thought for a while, and said slowly, "What does Captain Zhao mean is that the bluff attack on Baozhou, after twenty days, I will stay and negotiate peace with the Goryeo?" There was a hint of amusement in his eyes.

"Exactly," replied Zhao Xingde, "if you drive the Goryeo away at this time, I am afraid that you will make a wedding dress for the Jurchens." ”

"It's not trivial to talk about peace, can Captain Zhao trust me?"

"Wherever Captain Li said, it's all Chengying Paoze, if I can't trust you, who else can I trust." Zhao Xingde said with a smile. According to the topography of Laiyuan County and the experience of designing Suzhou Guancheng, Zhao Xingde redrew the pattern of a new city. He discussed with Li Sihai that once the army withdrew, he would leave behind the garrison camp and more than 1,000 Goryeo prisoners, and set out to demolish the old Laiyuan county town and rebuild a new city. Chengying Li Sihai helped to block the river to prevent the Goryeo sneak attack on Yuanxian County, and at the same time negotiated peace with the Goryeo. The bottom line is that the Koreans recognize that Laiyuan County on the other side of the Yalu River is owned by the Xia state, and that the taxes on ships sailing on the Yalu River are collected by the Xia state.

The two of them have decided on a plan, and both the fourth and eighth battalions of Chengying have bluffing thoughts. Baozhou City is much stronger than Laiyuan City, Goryeo army and many soldiers, the Han army and the Yalu River Jurchen tribe attacked several times, after heavy losses, also extinguished the mind of Baozhou City, everyone made a commotion for more than ten days, the army withdrew to the west bank of the Yalu River, taking advantage of the situation to turn around and advance to Kaizhou. Among the Jurchen tribes, only Erli also led more than 2,000 Jurchen troops and the Han army to attack Kaizhou, while other Jurchen tribes scattered on the spot. The Yalu River Jurchen tribes have gained great benefits in Laiyuan County, and they actually regard the Xia State Camp that occupies Laiyuan as an ally. Furs, mountain ginseng, horses, pearls and other specialties were transported to Laiyuan County, where they traded with merchants, and then bought grain, cloth and other materials to go back, so the land was the land of the Han people, so the Jurchens called it "Hancheng", which is a later story.

Kaizhou is an important town in Liaodong, the old Kaizhou City was originally in the Phoenix Cottage where the Xia State Camp is now located, it was built by the Goguryeo Kingdom in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and since the Tang Dynasty acquired this city, the Chinese court has been heavily guarded here to prevent the Goryeo people from entering Liaodong. After the Hanchang Rebellion, the main target of Liao's defense changed from the Goryeo to the Han army and Jurchen tribe in Taibai Mountain, and the Phoenix Cottage was spared, so the Liao State rebuilt a new city under the Phoenix Mountain, and moved more than 5,000 Liao troops from the Phoenix Mountain to the new city under the mountain more than ten miles away, which not only controlled the passage of the Jurchen tribe and the Han army out of the mountain, but also protected tens of thousands of Khitans scattered on the nearby plains.

This time, in order to create momentum, the Han army dispatched all the troops in the Taibai Mountain and Yalu River, and gathered nearly 30,000 Han troops under the city of Kaizhou. 30,000 people eat horses and chew, and the grain and grass are spent like flowing water every day, Wang Hengzhi also frowns and sighs every day, and spends most of his time staring at the grain and grass book, and he doesn't care much about whether he can capture Kaizhou City. In order to prepare for this battle, Kaizhou Village took out all the grain and grass for the winter, Rao is so, if it is not for the new to get more than 7,000 stones of grain and grass in Laiyuancheng, I am afraid that the Han army gathered under the city of Kaizhou will also be in danger of being interrupted. Zhao Xingde witnessed this situation and also understood why Wang Hengzhi was so greedy for grain and grass at the beginning.

Although the attack on Kaizhou was a bluff, the 30,000 Han troops were spread under the city, and the Chengying battalion continued to fire artillery to help every day, which still made the Liao defenders feel like they were facing the enemy. After the Han army began to besiege Kaizhou, the Khitans either withdrew into the city of Kaizhou or retreated further west to the Liaoyang area, bringing news of the erosion of the situation in eastern Liaodong everywhere. After more than two years of preparation, Yelu Dashi has unified the internal forces of the Liao State and is planning to use troops in Liaodong. As soon as the news of the resurgence of the Han army came out, Yelu Tiege, the privy envoy of the Northern Yuan, immediately transferred troops from Shangjing to prepare for suppression, and at the same time, the Khitan troops from all over Liaodong were concentrated in Liaoyang, which not only strengthened the vigilance of Liaoyang Prefecture, but also prepared for the future crusade against the Han army.

It was in Kaizhou City that attracted the attention of the Liao court, due to the limited number of Khitan troops in Liaodong, in order to concentrate on the defense of Liaoyang, some less important cities and key passes of the Khitan army were transferred. The Han army under the city of Kaizhou not only attacked the city, but also sent troops to plunder the four fields, and the cavalry team that fought the grass valley even appeared in the villages outside the city of Liaoyang.

Just when the Khitans in the entire Liaodong were all made by the Kaizhou Han army. The Han, Bohai and Jurchen tribes south of Liaoyang suddenly rose up and seized Suzhou Pass. Although more than 200 Liao troops who stayed in Suzhou Pass were killed in this battle, compared with the great momentum under the city of Kaizhou, this turmoil in Suzhou Guannan still did not attract enough attention from the Liao court. The Han army took advantage of this short period of time to concentrate the elite soldiers and fierce generals from all over the place, and at the same time moved more than 100,000 people with their families and mouths to Suzhou Guannan by land or by sea, driving the people to repair the city day and night. The Han army blocked the isthmus of Suzhou Guannan, and in this month, the Khitan army stationed in Fuzhou attacked three times in an attempt to recapture Suzhou, but it was unsuccessful, but under the deliberate cover of the Han army, the Liao court did not realize that Suzhou Guannan was being operated as the most important stronghold of the Han army in Liaodong, and their eyes have been firmly attracted to the Kaizhou area. More than 30,000 Han troops have besieged Kaizhou for nearly a month, and the strong men sent by the owners of the Han village to eat military rations have been changed several times, although they have not conquered Kaizhou City, but they have repelled several small-scale rescues of the Liao army in Liaoyang.

In the capital, Yelu Tiege, the privy envoy of the Northern Court, has asked himself several times to lead elite troops to relieve the siege of the state, but he has not received the permission of His Majesty the Emperor. Yelu Dashi originally had a plan to lure the enemy, to fight a decisive battle with the Jurchen Jin State under Liaoyang City, the situation has evolved to this point, he will also make a plan, and ordered Xiao Suxian, who stayed in Tokyo, to pretend to contact the Jin State, and asked the Emperor of the Jin State to send troops to Liaoyang City in the name of the chaotic situation in Liaodong to help the Bohai people restore the country. The envoys of Liaoyang Mansion and Jin State kept coming and going on the road, and time passed unconsciously, and soon it was the season of high horses and fat in autumn, that is, the season of military use of various ethnic groups in the north.

At the end of August, just under the city of Kaizhou, Zhao Xingde got the news that the fourth battalion of Chengying had successfully negotiated with Goryeo. Under the threat of Xia's demonstrative power, the Goryeo Kingdom agreed to come to Yuanxian County under the jurisdiction of the "Phoenix Mountain Han Army", and Xia Guoying promised not to support the Jurchen tribes east of the Yalu River. Li Sihai personally rushed to the city of Kaizhou, not only to explain the terms of the peace talks to Zhao Xingde in detail, but also to see the battle situation under the city of Kaizhou with his own eyes. Unlike the Han army's deliberate low-key operation of Suzhou Guannan, the Han army in Kaizhou is afraid that the momentum is not big enough, and now not only the Protectorate is asking about the situation here, but even the Bianjing court of the Great Song Dynasty and the Privy Council have also put forward a proposal to cross the sea to aid the Han army and the Liao State with grain and grass, but now the relationship between the Song and Liao countries is very good, and even the grain, grass and ordnance to aid the Jurchen Jin State have been compressed a lot, and the proposal to aid the Han army has also been suppressed.

Zhao Xingde looked at the terms of the peace talks brought by Li Sihai, suddenly stared, and said in confusion: "It's just that the Goryeo Kingdom will take out 10,000 stone grains and grass to reward the army, and you will also compensate the fifty pairs of singers and beauties in the workshop, what does this mean?" ”