The reform of the Jin State is in full swing, and the West has nothing to do for the time being.

After carefully considering the situation of all parties, Li Nan decided to take Han Shizhong, who had just returned to Lintao Mansion, and the 20,000 cavalry corps he had already trained, to the front line of Hejian Mansion in the north.

Galloping on the flat road, Han Shizhong asked with some excitement: "Your Majesty, is it going to the north this time to fight the Jin Kingdom?" ”

"Haha." Li Nan smiled and teased: "Now the only people left in the Jin Kingdom who can still fight are Wanyan Zonggan and Wanyan Zongbi, in this case, if we don't move, isn't it a bit rude?" ”

"Are we going to destroy the Jin Kingdom this time?" Han Shizhong hurriedly asked.

"After all, there are still a million male soldiers in the Jin country, and in a hurry, it is estimated that it will be difficult to destroy this country, and our purpose this time is to drive the Jin people to the north of Changbai Mountain!"

Hearing Li Nan's words, Han Shizhong's heart sank, and he blurted out: "Isn't that the comprehensive recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun!" ”

"That's right." Li Nan said indifferently: "It's been too long for our own territory to be taken away by foreigners, and now it's time to take it back." ”

The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are the northern parts of Beijing and Tianjin, as well as the northern regions of Hebei and the northern parts of Shanxi.

If you lose the north of the mountain, you will be harmed by Yanyun, and if you lose Yanyun, you will be harmed by the Central Plains. The sixteen states of Yanyun are: Yan (You), Ji, Ying, Mo, Zhuo, Tan, Shun, Yun, Confucian, Confucian, Concubine, Wu, Xin, Wei, Ying, Huan, Shuo.

You, Ji, Ying, Mo, Zhuo, Tan and Shun seven states are located in the southeast of the north branch of Taihang Mountain, and the rest of Yun, Confucian, Fei, Wu, Xin, Wei, Ying, Huan, Shuo and Kyushu are in the northwest of Taihang Mountain, and the importance of the sixteen states of Yanyun is like Lingbei Province to the north, and the terrain is condescending, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the geostrategic value is huge.

Shi Jingjiao, the founding emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty, opposed the Tang Dynasty and sought help from the Khitan. The Khitan sent troops to support its establishment of the Later Jin Dynasty, and Liao Taizong and Shi Jingjiao were about father and son.

In the third year of Tianfu, Shi Jingjiao ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Khitan according to the requirements of the Khitan, so that the territory of the Liao State expanded along the Great Wall. The strategic significance of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun made the Northern Song regime in the Central Plains feel threatened for up to 200 years.

After the founding of the Song Dynasty, faced with the threat of the Liao Dynasty's Khitan iron cavalry galloping from the sixteen states of Yanyun, it had to plant trees near Bianjing. Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, did not forget to recover Yanyun, and once set up a "sealed pile warehouse" in the inner treasury, intending to redeem the lost land with money. The Song Dynasty also built the "Beijing" Daimyo Mansion in the south of Hebei to confront the Liao State.

Serving the Northern Expedition to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun has become the most urgent hope in the hearts of every Great Song Emperor, as well as every Song Dynasty soldier and people.

It's a pity that until Song Huizong Zhao Ji joined forces with the Jin people, he did not recover all the sixteen states of Yanyun, but instead led the Jin soldiers to the south, and was finally destroyed.

This time, Li Nan wanted to take advantage of the turmoil in the Jin Kingdom to recover all the territories of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in one fell swoop, and advance the territory of the empire to the line between Changbai Mountain and Huanzhou.

In this way, the empire was able to completely take Goryeo, which was connected to the land, and they were always oscillating between the Jin country and the empire, looking ugly with two sides and three swords.

The emperor's will is the direction of the empire's advance, since the empire is preparing to start a war against the Jin country, then this huge state apparatus is running rapidly, a large number of armaments, food and other materials are sent to the northern front, and several major armies of the empire have also begun to make pre-war preparations.

Li Nan stood at the head of the city, looking in the direction of the northern capital.

The other generals standing next to him actually didn't know the significance of Zhongdu to Li Nan, because the city was still very dilapidated, far from the magnificence and majesty of the Chinese capital in later generations.

The empire mobilized materials and troops to the north on a large scale, but it couldn't hide it from the Jin State, so the blank area between Hejian Fu and Zhongdu has become lively recently.

Jin Xizong Wanyan sent to fight against Wanyan Zongbi, in fact, he originally had two kings and four twos in his hands, but unfortunately he killed many heroes of the Jin Kingdom in order to seize power and revenge, a good deck of cards, at present, except for Wanyan Zonggan and Wanyan Zongbi, he has no one to send.

Speaking of Wanyan Zongbi, the fourth son of Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda, a famous general of the Jin State and a founding hero, many people may not be familiar with it. But when it comes to his other name, Wanyan Vulture, or Golden Vulture, there are many people who know it.

If there was no Li Nan and the Chinese Empire he established, then this Wanyan Zongbi might have led the Jin soldiers to attack the Southern Song Dynasty that had escaped the Yangtze River.

History has been changed, just like the current situation on the battlefield, the Chinese Empire is the active attacker, and the Jin State intends to defend the front line of the Central Capital.

Although the soldiers and horses of the two countries have not officially started the war these days, the plain outside the city has become the place where the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom gallops.

There were many cavalry troops in the Jin Kingdom, so they bullied the empire for not having this kind of mobile troops, and began to intercept and kill a small number of scouts sent by the empire outside.

Moreover, the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom is very smart, they know that the imperial soldiers with strong firearms are difficult to deal with, so every time they are dispatched, they are cavalry units of more than 100 people, and they will besiege and kill a small number of imperial scouts.

When they saw a large number of Imperial soldiers sent out in the city, they immediately turned around and fled, and when they had run a sufficient distance, they would still stay nearby again and refuse to leave easily.

The irascible commanders Kress and Leonida asked several times to take people to exterminate these flies-like annoying Jin cavalry, but they were stopped by Li Nan.

"Now that you are all generals who lead an army alone, you have to look further."

Li Nanyao pointed to the Jin cavalry at the end of the horizon, and said disdainfully: "The Jin people are doing this to prevent the empire from detecting them, and by the way, to provoke your anger. If you really fall for the trick and send the infantry legions out of the fortified cities and defensive positions, then you will definitely be waiting for a large number of highly mobile Jin Guo Iron Cavalry. ”

Kress said with some shame: "Your Majesty is right, but we can't just put up with it!" ”

"Who said you had to endure it?" Li Nan asked with a smile.

"What does Your Majesty mean?"

"It's easy!" Li Nan patted Han Shizhong beside him and asked, "Liangchen, your cavalry corps has also been trained for a long time, I don't know if it may kill those Jin country cavalry outside the city for me?" ”

Han Shizhong knelt on one knee and said excitedly: "The minister is willing to go and retrieve the heads of those golden dogs for His Majesty!" ”

"Hahaha......" Han Shizhong's words were beautiful, and Li Nan immediately laughed and said: "Then what are you waiting for, let's go!" ”

After Han Shizhong thanked him, he hurriedly gathered the imperial cavalry under his command who were eager to make meritorious contributions.

Seeing the armored iron cavalry belonging to the empire rolling out of the city like a dragon, Li Nan said to the two generals Kress and Leonida: "Han Shizhong's visit is estimated to attract the siege of the Jin country's army, after all, his cavalry is still a new soldier, it is up to you to escort Han Shizhong, and by the way, give the Jin people a surprise!" ”

When Kress and Leonidas were following Lynando, they naturally understood his orders and hurried down to the city to greet the soldiers of their respective legions, and they also divided into two ways and headed out of the city.

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