The Liaodong Peninsula, a place that the Liao State did not value very much, was just because of the sneak attack of the Northern Song Dynasty, some troops were stationed here, about 20,000 people, to defend the entire Tokyo and prevent it from being attacked again by the Northern Song Dynasty.

Before, this was a stable rear, but now, with the occupation of the Northern Song Dynasty, it is closer to here, and the sea cannot stop it, so it can only be resisted on land.

In the eyes of the Liao State, just like before the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, thousands of people came immediately, and 20,000 people guarded the strategic place, which was enough to resist.

That's right, if it is really according to what Liao imagined, with about 4,000 people, with 20,000 people, it is very difficult, but the Ding Navy is different, he is not only better equipped, a fully armed, with 2,000 artillery troops, enough to kill more than 20,000 regular troops of Liao, not to mention, this time, it is a nest dispatch

The army of 300,000 people, transported by thousands of large and small ships, was thrown into the entire Bohai Bay at one time, and would be divided into 18 parts to attack the main cities of the Liao State, among them, in the Liaodong Peninsula, there was only one team, and the total number was only 20,000.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent and not being defeated in a hundred battles has always been admired in the art of war, and now, after the Navy has been put into actual combat, even if its combat effectiveness and weaponry far exceed that of its opponents, it has also done a systematic investigation.

The main force of the Liao army located in the Liaodong Peninsula was in 5 cities, and the Northern Song Dynasty also divided the troops, almost using about 4,000 people, placed at the junction of the Liaodong Peninsula and the northeast, used to block the escape of the rout, and the rest, basically three or four thousand people, attacked 5 cities respectively, and won five cities, which means that the entire Liaodong Peninsula was occupied.

It sounds complicated, but in fact, it is not complicated at all, under the escort of at least 4 warships, loaded with ships of four or five thousand people, they landed directly in the closest places to the city, which have been investigated and are suitable for ships to land.

Then, after strict training, the main force of the Dinghai Navy, which was exceptionally outstanding in all aspects, immediately gave the Liao army a dismount, and the combat effectiveness of the Dinghai Navy constituted a strategic cluster under the premise that it could fight ten at a time, and now, not only the number is about the same, but the Liao army has not thought of it at all.

Knowing oneself and knowing that the other is invincible, but when the enemy hits the front, he still doesn't know, and he doesn't even know who the opponent is, can this battle still be fought?

The battle of the Liaodong Peninsula, in front of the entire battle to destroy the Liao, its occupation will become the foundation of the entire battle to destroy the Liao, because it is closer to Jeju Island, and similarly, there are ships from the Dinghai Navy, a large amount of supplies are unloaded, and then directly support the future battles of Tokyo and Zhongjing.

The whole battle situation, after only one day, came to an end, with the cooperation of artillery and muskets, the armies of two cities, directly did not even come out of the barracks, in their sleep, they suffered from the coverage attack of superior artillery, plus the encirclement of follow-up muskets, almost only supported for a quarter of an hour, and the account was settled.

The latest to end was the attack on the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, not because he was stronger in combat, but because they lacked food, they chose to send people to hunt in the nearby mountains.

At least more than 1,000 people have dispersed, and even if the nest is served, it will take time to get these people out of the mountains and clean them up.

However, the day after the start of the war, the whole battle was over, and more than 20,000 Liao troops on the entire Liaodong Peninsula were finally directly killed 12,000, and the rest were either wounded or surrendered.

The war on the Liaodong Peninsula is destined to be just an appetizer, and then the 280,000 troops will land in the Bohai Bay one after another, they will be in different places and in different directions, but in the day or two after the landing, they will enter the scope of the city or army and start a war.

The south started fighting, and the north was no exception, on almost the same day, it was just warm, and the ice and snow in the north had not been completely spent, and the 300,000 troops sent from Suihua were directed at Shenyang.

The 200,000 troops sent from Mongolia threatened Zhongjing, one east and one west, and the two existing capitals were designated as a direct threat to the navy.

The North and the South have adopted very different strategic methods, and the reason is simple, that is, to block the news.

As long as the Ding Navy attacks the Liao State and destroys the Liao State, then it is impossible to hide this news, a country that is closely related to the Northern Song Dynasty and has invested a large number of spies to investigate, and it is said that it will be destroyed, and it is not known who destroyed it, which is almost impossible to do, unless Zhao Xin will fight like the Mongols, and then slaughter the city, kill all the people, and enslave the rest.

Let's not talk about Zhao Xin, who came from later generations, after doing this, there is psychological pressure, let's just say that in terms of value, Zhao Xin will not do this.

Even before, the people who were captured from Youyun have gradually created value in the past few years, their ethnicities are different, and their historical backgrounds are also different, but they all need to look forward.

A better life, a more egalitarian, more comfortable life, no matter who anyone is willing to do, the industrial society established by Zhao Xin is to need a large number of labor, and at the same time also need an educated and trained labor force, rather than the simplest effort, which promotes all this even more.

Even if it is the Han people in the north, more than 70% of them have integrated into the world of the Ding Navy, even if it is the Khitan and Mongolian people, the speed of their integration is not slow, the lower the level, the more so, but among the high-level and nobles, there are some diehards.

For them, the method is very simple, continue to oppress, use physical torture, let them gradually understand, or, destroy the Liao State, let the emperor and high-ranking officials and nobles personally tell them about the future.

Even these people can be spared, and the rest of the people are even more so, in this time, in addition to the ones who must be killed in battle, the rest, those who can be captured, as much as possible, and strive not to harm, this is inevitable, and it is impossible to clean up the sound.

In order to avoid trouble, in Zhao Xin's view, there is no possibility of accidents in this battle to destroy Liao, but if the Northern Song Dynasty knows about it, comes to interfere, or interferes through some situation, it will be very difficult for him to do.

After it became a fact, he showed his strength, and he would make these people in the Northern Song Dynasty make a new choice.

Of course, it is impossible to complete complete secrecy, but in a certain period of time, it is possible to choose secrecy.

Compared to the south, it is much easier for the north to intercept all areas, not to pass through anyone, and to report any intelligence to the south.

If the intelligence personnel go north, make a detour of several hundred kilometers, and escape by a detour in the area controlled by the Dinghai Navy, and go further north, they may waste more than 10 or 20 days of time on the premise that there is no sufficient shortcut method.

Ding Haijun never thought that what he had to do to completely block the news was ten or twenty days.

If it was replaced before, under the premise of no artillery, even if the Liao State was weak and scum, don't think about taking the Liao State in ten or twenty days, but after having artillery, especially after the heavy siege artillery, everything is simple, and there is no city that can stop the footsteps of the Ding Navy.

According to the agreement, the south landed first, and two days after the landing, many communication arteries in the south were controlled, and after all these were done, the northern cuisine began to attack.

Under such a high-intensity attack, the Liao State was caught off guard, and all of a sudden, in a short period of time, most of the cities were lost, and one strategic point after another was taken.

If you are not sure that you can intercept it, or take it all, you can postpone the attack, and even wait until Zhongjing and Dongjing have been broken one after another, but the north, whether it is the Mongolian direction attacking Zhongjing, or the Suihua side attacking Tokyo, is as fast as possible.

From Suihua to Tokyo, it is more than 1,300 kilometers, but in fact, the area controlled by the Dinghai Navy is about 600 miles around Suihua, which is enough restraint, which means that the army only needs to travel 700 miles to reach the city of Shenyang.

In the era of cold weapons, even compared to the previous era of dynamite siege, a march of 700 miles is nothing, under the premise of having enough horses, more than 200 miles a day can be guaranteed, and 3 days can attack the city of Shenyang.

However, in the middle, Liao has at least 4 important cities, and if they are replaced by explosives to blow up the wall, each city will be delayed for 15 days, which is already the fastest time to save as much as possible, but under the premise that the navy has artillery, each city will waste half a day's time.

10 days, that's the bottom line of the plan, but in reality, it's faster.

The explosives have to dig the tunnel, and the time for the entire tunnel to be excavated is at least 15 days, not that it cannot be accelerated, but if it is accelerated, it is easy to collapse and be discovered by the enemy.

But there are some things, if you do too much, you will naturally not be able to keep them, just like the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which was the first to attack the city on a large scale with explosives, in the early stage, in the face of any city, it was invincible, but in the later stage, why was the pace of siege much slower.

There may be a relationship between the conservative attack power of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom after occupying Nanjing, but on the other hand, the attack force of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is declining on a large scale, and with the Qing army's familiarity with the routines of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the speed of the siege will immediately be reduced on a large scale.

For Liao, it's not that Zhao Xin underestimates him, whether Liaoguo can understand what explosives are all about, there are problems, but with weapons like artillery, what explosives are needed, artillery is the best choice for siege. Artillery, especially heavy artillery, was more damaging to the walls than gunpowder buried underneath, especially if armor-piercing shells were installed.

The artillery, which was specially used to destroy the city wall, was a little heavier, and even at the speed of the movement of the horse-pulling troops of the Dinghai Navy, the overall speed was not fast, a little slower than that of the soldiers who were advancing with all their might, but under the premise of a large number of horses and logistical support, it still achieved a speed of 150 miles per day.

This speed is very fast, and in the previous plan, the artillery can advance 100 miles a day.

After all, all siege artillery, on land, is already considered heavy artillery, each weighing 2,000 catties, quite heavy, the previous bridges, roads, can not be supported, it is difficult to say, once encountering a problem, maybe, have to stop.

On the Suihua side, a lot of work was done in advance, and even when it was determined to attack the city, it entered the territory of Liao to do some surveying and mapping, surveying the roads and bridges suitable for advancement, and by the way, carrying some steel composite bridges.

These bridges are relatively convenient, can ensure the crossing of no more than 30 meters of water surface, after choosing a suitable place, to ensure a speed of 150 miles per day, a total of more than 700 miles, a detour of 200 miles, that is, 6 days on the road.

Walked on the road for 6 days, but the attack was relatively much easier, artillery, itself is a weapon beyond this era, the city walls of the Liao State, learned from the Northern Song Dynasty, has not learned the essence, their city walls, even if it is a giant tree, or a rushing car, can easily break through.

The Liao State has always been good at defending cities, and the strength of the Liao State lies in attacking, in the strong, heavy cavalry that can destroy everything, not in defending the city.

Under such a difference, even the siege artillery that can break through the fortress is very amazing for the destructive power of these city walls, and the artillery, as long as these arrive, those walls that look strong enough to block everything cannot stop the artillery attack at all.

In the direction of Suihua, in 15 days, 7 cities were taken, of which 4 were key cities that had to be broken through, and the other three were broken by the way, small cities not much larger than the county seats, and they were killed by random artillery attacks.

Compared to it, there is no general who broke 10 cities in five days in history is more terrifying, this is not because the speed of the navy is not fast enough, it is that the Liao country belongs to the nomadic people, and the density of the city is too small.

Speaking of another number, it can be understood more clearly, 200,000 troops were dispatched from Suihua, and it took 7 days to advance 900 and arrive at the city of Tokyo.

The average day on the road is 150 miles, but 7 cities, just wasted 1 day, the reason is very simple, except for the short time of the siege, at other times, the artillery units do not rest, not even the follow-up siege, let alone the aftermath work.

The ordinary army, which was faster than artillery, bought a little time, and arrived at the city of Tokyo more than 3 days earlier than expected.

On the Mongolian side, it is a little faster, an average of 160 miles a day, but their distance is longer, compared to Tokyo, almost on the eighth day after the departure, they arrived at the city of Zhongjing, from the meaning of the entire Liao State, the only important cities left in the Liao State are Zhongjing and Tokyo, and the destruction is imminent.

https:

Genius one second to remember the address of this site:. Mobile version reading URL: m.