The civil strife in Jin finally ended temporarily with the death of Yan Zonghan, and the Han plan to recover Hebei was gradually put on the agenda, but the two sides did not go to war.

Originally, the plan of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty was to recover Shandong in the ninth year of Shenlong and Hebei in the tenth year of Shenlong. However, during the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15 of the eighth year of Shenlong, an accidental incident occurred in Shandong, which changed the course of the entire war.

There is a big family called Wang Million in Dongming District, Shandong, who has thousands of hectares of fertile land and is rich in the family, and is known as a great benevolent person in the local area. Wang Million has a daughter named Wang Yunyao, who is seventeen years old and is about to marry Li Fu, the son of Li Juren.

Dongming County ordered Zhang Dahai's son to fall in love with Wang Yunyao, so he forced Li Juren to withdraw from the marriage, and after being refused, he sent someone to lock Li Juren's family and put him in prison. Wang Million spent money up and down, but he didn't expect that he would also be locked up and imprisoned. It turned out that Zhang Dahai not only had to ask for a wife for his son, but also had to encroach on the property of Wang Wanwan's family.

Wang Bao, the son of Wang Million, once practiced martial arts in Daxiangguo Temple, and he took a group of brothers to rob the prison and rescue his father and Li Juren's family. Annoyed and angry, Zhang Dahai sent troops to arrest Wang Bao, but as a result, he crossed the border to the territory of Kaide Mansion to arrest people, and clashed with the local officials, which led to a large-scale fight.

Zhang Dahai is the brother-in-law of Li Cheng, the superintendent of Heze soldiers and horses, and this time Li Cheng actually led a thousand soldiers to cross the border to Kaide Mansion to arrest people, and the weapon fight escalated, which led to a local war.

The Ninth Army led by Niu Gao was stationed in Kaide Mansion, and this kind of thing happened, the short-tempered Niu Gao personally led his troops to exterminate a thousand pseudo-Qi soldiers who crossed the border, and after learning the reason for the incident, he rushed into Dongming a little impulsively and killed Zhang Dahai's entire family. At this point, what was originally a local weapon fight led to a war.

Afterwards, Niu Gao immediately made a report to the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, and at the same time begged to send troops to teach the pseudo-Qi a lesson.

The emperor of the Han Dynasty has not been in the east for long, and he is ready to go down to the south of the Yangtze River to the southern capital next month, this time this kind of thing happened, Liu Zhenglong decided to put the plan to recover Shandong on the agenda, the eastern capital was originally the military center of the Han Dynasty, and nearly 200,000 troops were stationed around the eastern capital, and the war could start at any time.

After reading Niu Gao's report, Liu Zhenglong said to Yu Yunwen: "It seems that this Niu Gao has become cautious, if you said before, this guy must have been killed by now, where will you wait for the holy decree." ”

Yu Yunwen was originally going to serve in Yangzhou Mansion in Jiangnan, but after the envoy to the Jin Kingdom, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty felt that it was better for this young man to stay by his side, and he would better assist the prince in the future.

Yu Yunwen said with a smile: "Whether it is a civil official or a military general, the bigger the official position, the more cautious they are, and they basically become not seeking merit, but seeking no fault." After all, Niu Gao also studied at the Military Academy, of course he knew what the consequences of the generals who led the troops rashly sent troops, and it was human nature that he was unwilling to take risks. ”

"The general will not be subject to the order of the foreign monarch, and is the most popular sentence in the armies of all dynasties, but this sentence involves a degree, the excessive power of the generals is not constrained, and eventually there will be a situation where the tail is not broken, the Tang Dynasty Anshi Rebellion, the division of feudal towns is formed in this way, but excessive restraint will make the generals afraid when marching and fighting, and the combat effectiveness is low, the previous dynasty is the most typical example. If you grasp the degree well, it is the most important issue for Dahan to consider. I will leave this question to you, formulate a charter, and promote it throughout the army. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Zhenglong paused for a long time and said: "For example, this time, the military land of the puppet Qi has been killed, just to fight back?" Where is the heavenly power of the Han Xiongshi, and the invincibility of the Han army has become a slogan? Niu Gao in my heart should mention that the Han Xiongshi should take Heze Mansion in one go, and lay a front station for the Han to send troops to pseudo-Qi. It's a pity that Niu Gao won't be able to, and it is estimated that other generals will not either. Okay, let's not talk about this, hurry up the draft and let Niu Gao take Heze within two days. Let Yue Fei, Dong Xian, and Zhang Xian attack. No matter what kind of reaction the pseudo-Qi makes, the Great Han Iron Cavalry will fight out. ”

"Yes."

In the evening of the same day, the emperor of the Han Dynasty convened the generals to hold a meeting in front of the emperor, asking the Han army to sweep Shandong before the year to lay a solid foundation for the recovery of Hebei after the year.

The content of the meeting is very simple, Liu Zhenglong, the son of the Han Dynasty, mainly made three instructions, the first point is that the people of Shandong are also the people of the Han Dynasty, and they must not disturb the people without touching a stitch and a thread. The second point is that the evil is exhausted, those Song troops who surrendered to the Jin State are even worse than the Jin army, and they are not to blame for surrendering in the past, and they are not to be killed if they resist stubbornly. The third point is to play the momentum of the Han army, the battle to recover Shandong, with the army as a unit, each army is responsible for attacking a state capital, and it is necessary to take Shandong with a thunderous momentum.

At the same time, 30,000 Han kings rode along the Yellow River to prevent the Jin army in Hebei from sneaking attack. Not only that, the 50,000 Dragon Wing Army officially entered Shandong, which is a light cavalry composed of all vassal armies, riding skills, archery skills are superb, almost comparable to the cavalry of the Jin State, this is a mobile force, not involved in the war to recover Shandong, but as a mobile aid.

Dragon Wing Army, Han Wang Cavalry These two cavalry are built as special troops, Han Wang Cavalry belongs to the heavy armored cavalry, mainly charged into battle, reproduced the enemy's position used, due to the forging of the lightest heavy armor conditions are more harsh, the requirements for soldiers are also very strict, so that until today, the Han King Cavalry is only formed out of 50,000, of which 10,000 are stationed in the imperial capital, 10,000 are stationed in the eastern capital, and only 30,000 are actually put into the battlefield.

The Dragon Wing Army is also a special type of troops, which was built by Liu Zhenglong, the son of the Han Dynasty, in accordance with the conditions of the Mongolian light cavalry when the Mongolian cavalry swept the world in later generations. Since the Han people have not touched horses since childhood, their riding skills are congenitally insufficient, and the level of riding and archery is also very limited. If you want to build a 'Mongolian light cavalry' that sweeps the world, it is obvious that you can only choose from the nomads, which is why this team is mainly composed of Khitans, Xi people, Bohai people, steppe tribes, Qiang, Dangxiang people, and Tubo people.

According to the plan of Liu Zhenglong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, the Dragon Wing Army will eventually build a legion of 100,000 people, and then conquer Western Liao and Europe. In this era, there were not many cavalry in Europe, and most of them were bulky heavy cavalry, which was difficult to guard against in the face of the super-mobile Dragon Wing Army. You must know that the Dragon Wing Army is the first batch of troops to be fully equipped with muskets, which has not even been achieved by the Han King Cavalry. After all, the forging technology of medium and short guns suitable for horse cavalry is complex, the cost is too high, and large-scale mass production has not yet been implemented, and it is unrealistic to fully assemble the Han army.

Where is Tianwei, just this sentence where is Tianwei, it has already explained what the Han Iron Cavalry is going to do next, that is, to take Shandong and make Pseudo-Qi completely a historical term.

The wrath of the Son of Heaven is filled with millions of floating corpses and rivers of blood.

When Niu Gao knew that the Son of Heaven was angry, he knew that he was too conservative this time, and this time the provocation of the pseudo-Qi had completely angered the Son of Heaven, and he was still timid and stopped, which was insulting to the hero.

After learning from the pain, Niu Gao personally led an army of 8,000 to kill Heze, and this battle must take this city, which can be regarded as a good start for the Han to recover Shandong.

Cui Chen, the prefect of Heze, had long known that something was wrong, and he had already reported to Liu Yu, the king of Qi, hoping to deliberately send reinforcements to protect Heze.

It is okay for the army under Liu Yu, the king of Qi, to defraud the common people, there is the opponent of the Han Xiongshi, this guy knows that this time the Han army is not good, and the good ones are not coming, so it is not good to start by himself.

Asking for help, Liu Yu immediately asked Jin Guo for help, hoping that the Jin army could put pressure on the Han army and reduce the defensive pressure on this side.

Far water can't quench the thirst of the near, after all, it will take some time for the Jin State to send troops, and the top priority is to send troops to help, and finally Liu Yu, the king of Qi, sent Kong Youde to lead 30,000 troops to Heze to help.

Aid, hehe, since the death of Yan Zonghan in the Jin Kingdom, a new round of struggle has kicked off, and it can be said that every step of Yan Zongqi's struggle is in accordance with the routine set by Liu Zhenglong, the son of the Han Dynasty, almost not a word has been changed, and the original version is copied.

The current Jin State is divided into two major factions, Wanyan Zonggan and Wanyan Zongbi, these Taizu factions have definitely taken the initiative, but the strength of the Taizong faction led by Wanyan Zongqi is still not to be underestimated, especially in the DPRK, the influence is still huge.

The battle is only a small-scale battle, after all, not long after Yan Zonghan's death, the nobles of the Jin Kingdom have not recovered from the last infighting, in this case, it is particularly calm in the new struggle, it can be said that it is not alarmed, and it has not set off a big storm.

For the Taizu faction headed by Wanyan Zonggan, stability is overwhelming, and the more stable it is, the more it takes the initiative. But on the other hand, for the Tai clan of Wanyan Zongqi, the more chaotic it is, the more opportunities there are. It can be said that it is taking advantage of the chaos to seize greater rights and interests.

Opportunity, how to grab greater rights, this needs an opportunity. When Yan Meiying persuaded Yan Zongqi, she said that the big man would create opportunities. But where are the opportunities? Just when Wanyan Zongqi was waiting for the opportunity, the help of the pseudo-Qi arrived.

Pseudo-Qi asked for help, hehe, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Wanyan Zongqi, only by taking this opportunity to seize power can he completely take the initiative.

Shandong and Hebei, in terms of the Wanyan Zonggan lineage, are like the territory of the Jin State, and they must be strictly guarded to ensure that the two places are not lost. In this way, the Jin Kingdom and the Han Kingdom have the necessary buffer belt, and they will not be directly face-to-face.

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, in Wanyan Zongqi's view, the troops stationed in Hebei and Shandong are all Song troops who surrendered, and they have no combat effectiveness, and they can't compete with the Han army at all, in this case, it is better to give up.

Give up, or send troops, the two major factions are inseparable.

This time the battle is completely different from the last time, this time the little emperor Wanyan Yan also intervened, he didn't want to be a spectator, and he didn't want to be set aside by the two major factions, there is no doubt that this is the best opportunity.

There are endless quarrels, and it can be said that this battle is very important for Wanyan Zonggan and Wanyan Zongqi, and no one can afford to lose. This is a head-on collision between two major groups, it is definitely a strong confrontation between the Earth and Mars, and if you win, you can dominate the court, but whoever loses will completely withdraw from the power stage.

Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, this time Wan Yan was unwilling to be a spectator, he wanted to take the opportunity to weaken, finish Yan Zonggan, finish Yan Zongqi The power of the two major factions, so he began to lay out.

All the strategies of the little emperor Wan Yan were carried out under the guidance of Han Fang, but he didn't know that these strategies were all from the hands of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and he was destined to fall into the pit at the beginning.

Jin had a series of quarrels over whether to aid the puppet Qi, which put whether to aid the puppet Qi on the agenda of the DPRK and China.

The quarrel, the quarrel of the Jin State became the mainstream, and as for sending troops and aid, it was temporarily put on hold. This indicates that the pseudo-Qi will face the powerful Han Iron Cavalry alone, and the situation is worrying.

The Han army is destined to be extraordinary, and in this battle, the Han is not simply to capture a few cities, but to recover the entire Shandong region.

The reason why the war was placed in Shandong was because it was due to the participation of the Han Navy in the war, and in addition, it did not want to send troops to Hebei to excessively stimulate the Jin State.

The first battle to recover Shandong was destined to start in Heze, and on the Double Ninth Festival in the ninth month of September in the eighth year of Shenlong, 8,000 Han cavalry encountered 30,000 pseudo-Qi infantry led by Kong Youde, and this battle was crucial for both sides.

Kong Youde is also a fierce general, this guy gave up entering Heze City, but set up a position outside Cheng, and wanted to fight with the Han army.

The reason why he didn't choose to enter the city was mainly because Kong Youde was a scheming person who was too suspicious. He was afraid that the 8,000 Han army was just a decoy, and once he entered Heze City, the opponent's large army would come one after another, and once Heze was surrounded, he would be trapped alive.

Kong Youde is a fierce general, but he is greedy for money and lustful, he is not willing to be trapped in Heze City, this guy's concept is to fight if he can, run if he can't fight, and he must not be trapped by the other party.

Once trapped, it is a sign of doom. Kong Youde's mind is very simple, that is, to prepare for evacuation, and it doesn't matter whether he can win or not.

8,000 cavalry against 30,000 infantry, to be honest, this battle is not much suspense, Niu Gao is confident that he will defeat the opponent, but when he is about to attack, the edict of the Son of Heaven arrives. There is only one main idea above, that is, don't take the initiative to attack, wait for Yue Fei's side, it is best to join forces to do a big vote, and make a good start for the battle to recover the east of the station.

If you don't send troops, are you waiting for Yue Fei's army to send troops? Obviously not, the most important thing here is to surrender without a fight, so that the puppet Qi army will take the initiative to surrender under the pressure of the Han Iron Cavalry.

In planning to recover Shandong, it is necessary to attack the heart and force those who are overwhelmed to surrender for their troops. In the eyes of Liu Zhenglong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, the army of the puppet Qi is just a bunch of guys who can't get on the table, and they don't need to make a big move at all to force them to surrender one after another.

Sending troops, the Han Iron Cavalry entered the land of Shandong one after another, although the war has not yet started, the whole Shandong is already panicked, and the chickens and dogs are jumping.