Chapter 673: Sitting at the Shanhaiguan
Zhuozhou, Han Qi's temporary residence, Han Qi, who had fallen asleep at night, was woken up by an emergency report, and after getting the report, even if he was as steady as him, he couldn't help jumping up, and Zhejin Mansion was taken.
To tell the truth, from the beginning of this project, Han Qi's confidence was still there, the forbidden army had grown by leaps and bounds, and with the help of Ding's navy, he suddenly made trouble in the rear of the Liao State, which brought a lot of benefits to the war to a large extent.
But this is the Orifici Mansion, a few hundred years ago, it is also an important town in the north, compared with the Daimyo Mansion and the Orita Mansion, I don't know how much worse, such a city that will not be much weaker than the walls of the Daimyofu, can it be captured.
Time is the most critical issue, the sooner it is, the greater the benefits will be, they can calmly arrange, restore the city defense, and digest the territory they occupy, if it lasts too long, it will be reacted by the Liao State and interfere, it will be difficult to say.
Anyway, the Zhejin Mansion has finally been won, in terms of efficiency, in the plan, this is very good, and he should move again.
Han Qi is one of the cores of the entire Northern Expedition, and his location is also the center of the Northern Expeditionary Army, from Baozhou to Sanguan, from Sanguan to Zhuozhou, and then to the current Zhejin Mansion, which represents a huge army that began to go north.
Occupying a strategic city with a large population requires a huge amount of things, future construction, and relief, all of which require huge supplies.
Some of the materials in Sanguan and the Northern Song Dynasty have begun to move towards Zhejin Prefecture, and the distance from Sanguan to Zhejin Mansion is less than 300 miles, even if it is traditional transportation, it takes time.
Not to mention, on the Shandong side, the Ding Navy has also prepared a lot of supplies, as long as the ship is in place, these materials can be transported at any time.
What about the fleet of the Navy at this time?
Xue Yu left, but his previous promise was still to be fulfilled, and the huge fleet was cruising near the Liaodong Peninsula in the Bohai Sea, waiting for the time agreed with the planter.
With the help of the Jurchens, Chong Ge successfully escaped from the pursuit of the Liao army, and along the way, without encountering any accidents, he successfully returned to the Liaodong Peninsula from the white mountains and black waters.
Although, the army besieged the Liaodong Peninsula before, but with the vast majority of the army, following Liao Xingzong, pursuing the seeds, the remaining troops on the Liaodong Peninsula are not much, that is, twenty or thirty thousand.
If before the war, maybe he still had an idea and fought with these troops, but now, after fleeing for more than 30 days in a row, not only is the food almost used, but even the spirit is not much worse, at this time, fighting with the other side, maybe relying on equipment and combat effectiveness, can still win, but the price paid will definitely be very large.
Chong Ge knew very well that his task was to contain the main force of the Liao State, and now the main force had been contained near Baishan, and was fighting with the Jurchens, and he couldn't wait to be idle.
Coming to the Liaodong Peninsula, the final task has been completed, and at this time, there is no point in killing another three or five thousand, or even ten thousand more Liao troops.
With the direct help of reconnaissance and maps, he bypassed the area patrolled by the Liao army, and he didn't even cover up the traces, so he rushed over.
The Liaodong Peninsula is not big, that is, more than 30,000 people, to cross, that is, hundreds of miles, this speed, for people who are fast, a distance of one or two days.
Finally, after arriving near the beach and finding a place to rest, Tane chose to contact the fleet.
A huge ceremonial flower was placed on the seashore at night, which is the northernmost of the three places agreed before.
It has not been tried, but this ceremonial flower, very large and eye-catching, can exist in the sky for more than a hundred breaths of time, and similarly, at night, such a bright ceremonial flower is enough to be seen for tens of miles, or even beyond.
When the fireworks were ignited, they rose to a height of hundreds of meters through the impetus of gunpowder, and the fireworks finally exploded, and the huge pear blossoms almost enveloped the surrounding miles, and the huge flower clusters were full of imagination.
More than 30 miles away from the release point of the ceremonial flowers, the sea ships that had already patrolled nearby found the signal at the first time, and similarly, more than one ship found it, and the ceremonial flowers at night were already bright, coupled with the role of telescopes, at least 4 ships found it.
After the ceremonial flowers, he chose to leave as soon as possible, this is definitely not the place to board the ship, such a big movement, there are not only Song troops around, but also Liao troops, so reasonable, they should come and see.
In fact, the movements of the Liao army were not ordinarily slow, they arrived a day or two later, although they saw the remaining wreckage of the ceremonial flowers, and there were traces of a large number of cavalry, but they didn't know that they wanted to capture people, and they had already boarded the ship.
The huge fleet, at another agreed place, received the plantation, and the plantation was transferred to the northeast, which can be said to be quite tired, and the others were similar, not only the dry food they carried was eaten, but even the food that needed to be kept in an emergency was also eaten, and the horses were also quite dangerous.
This is the fundamental reason why in the era of cold weapons, there are few large-scale intersperses, everyone knows that such intersperse, attacking the flank, can play a very good effect, and can even be won in one game, but it is too dangerous, and there is no convenient means of communication, it is easy to be divided and surrounded by the enemy's superior forces.
After getting on the boat, the big sea boat quickly left the shore, when entering the deep sea, Chong Ge knew that it was safe, a young general who was not yet 20 years old, carrying three or four thousand people, went to fight in the Liao State, although it was shown, Chong Ge has always been resolute, in fact, his psychological pressure is particularly great.
In the later period, under the pursuit of the Liao State, under the intervention of the Jurchens, any negligence, any accident, that is, more than 3,000 people, all the jade was burned, this result is a kind of undesirable to see, and now, finally on the ship, safe.
The big sea ship, even in the Northern Song Dynasty, the huge sea ship itself has great power, and there is nothing that can deal with him, let alone the Liao State, which knows nothing about the sea.
The boarding of the seed represents the perfect implementation of the plan in Liaodong and even the northeast, and the price paid is not even a thousand people, which is absolutely acceptable, and after they send the seed back to the Northern Song Dynasty to rest, they also need to go to Bohai Bay, and take the Zhejin Mansion, which urgently needs all kinds of materials.
Several lines, moving forward in an orderly manner, and at this time in Tokyo, the Liao Kingdom, it was easy, through a bypass, a few messengers who had trekked in the mountains for one or two decades, finally through the garrison, obtained horses, and knew that Liao Xingzong was not in Zhongjing, but went to Tokyo, so he hurried here.
At this time, Liao Xingzong had already pressed forward, and the battle with the Jurchens not only slaughtered a series of tribes, but also played a real fire, and the Tielin army was used, and there was some damage to each other, of course, the loss of the Liao State was less.
No matter how much potential the Jurchen has, he is just a border nomad, the harsh environment, and the sea of Baishan have long since developed their strong physique, but in terms of using tools and processing tools, there is a great distance from the Liao State.
The task of the messenger is to report the news, as long as the message is transmitted, the Zhijin Mansion in Nanjing, Liao State, was attacked and surrounded by more than 100,000 Song legions, which has never happened.
For a long time, it has been the target of Liao's oppression, and when there is no money, I will find the concept of the Northern Song Dynasty and penetrate into the hearts of every Liao, but now, this little sheep has actually changed its face, and they dare to fight without declaring war and directly attack Liao, which is unbearable.
It's a pity, no matter how unbearable it is, it is difficult for a Qiao woman to cook without rice, the entire Liao State, its own army and population have suffered large-scale losses, and one Yuan Hao, directly and indirectly, has at least lost more than 300,000 troops in the Liao State.
Now, almost all of the remaining mobile forces have been taken away by Liao Xingzong, even if Tokyo stays behind and has the ability to mobilize the army, the only thing he can mobilize is the current Tokyo side.
What to do? Even Nanjing has been attacked, will they continue to attack Tokyo after taking Nanjing?
Although this possibility is very low, it is very low, but Tokyo has a great responsibility, so what if it is lost?
Urgent mobilization, reluctantly pulled out 20,000 troops, after thinking about it, transferred 10,000 from the defenders, made up 30,000, in this way, Tokyo's defense, will definitely be weak, but he can supplement from the new conscription and training, as long as the training is a period of time, it can come in handy in the defense of the city, at least, do not be afraid of insufficient troops.
30,000 cavalry, almost in the shortest time, assembled, and then galloped to the aid of Nanjing, and at the same time, the Tokyo garrison also quickly informed Liao Xingzong.
Liao is the dream demon of the Northern Song Dynasty, but in other words, the Northern Song Dynasty is also very important to the Liao State, such two countries, there is a war, it is a big event, not to mention that there is such a mess as Zhejin Mansion.
The news is known, but it still takes time to report to the ears of Liao Xingzong, and even 30,000 troops will take time from Tokyo to Nanjing.
In fact, when he got the news, the Oritsu Mansion had fallen for a long time, a city comparable to the Daimyo's Mansion, and it took a little more than 15 days to take it down, which was changed to no one's trust, and the loss of manpower was very small.
Di Qing's troops, after taking Zhejin Mansion, quickly stabilized the situation, waiting for Han Qi's arrival, at the same time, because the 12 states of the sixteen states of Youyun, including Zhejin Mansion, were almost taken, and this piece of land also became a whole, although it was not very stable, but more than 300,000 troops were stationed, and any instability would also be stabilized.
In addition to flying horses and flying to report to Han Qi, Di Qing also contacted Shanhaiguan, after the capture of Zhejin Mansion, perhaps, in some towns, there are still some officials and soldiers of the Liao State, but these people are destined to not make any big waves, as long as Han Qi's follow-up army comes, they are basically suppressed.
After the capture of Zhejin Mansion, the entire center of gravity shifted from Zhejin Mansion to Shanhaiguan, even if it was blocked, but Liao could not never get the news, once the news was obtained, the biggest pressure was here in Shanhaiguan, because the army of Liao was currently concentrated in the Northeast, and entered the customs from the Northeast, which is the place after all, and it is also the closest.
Shanhaiguan, which in the Ming Dynasty, became the largest checkpoint outside Beijing, in the entire history of the Ming Dynasty, most of the military-related events, will include Shanhaiguan, now, it is still an ordinary area, that is, the Northern Song Dynasty built four fortresses, which made the defense of Shanhaiguan stronger.
I thought that going deep behind enemy lines would lead to a series of dangers, and even bloody battles.
The fortress is very powerful, but when the fortress is built, it is very weak, and there is no capped fortress, which is just an ordinary barracks, or even worse.
If it is discovered by the Liao army in the process of construction, and then concentrates its troops, these more than 1,000 people will definitely be cool.
Very lucky, perhaps, Liao's control of the bottom is really poor, there is no feeling of a unified country at all, before Yuan Hao was active for half a year, creating infinite killing, only to be discovered by Liao, they are the same, more than 40 days, although they have been worried, but when the 4 fortresses were built, there was not even a shadow of hair.
If the fortress was not built, the Song army was worried, afraid that the war would come, but when the fortress was built, there were 4 powerful fortresses on the side of Shanhaiguan, and there were almost 2,000 professional forbidden troops, they hoped that the war would come.
No one wants to see jokes in the rear in a war, and they all want to get war merits, and the protection of the fortress gives them the greatest support, as long as the Liao army comes, they can get war merits.
People didn't wait, the Liao army was the same, but they waited for the news that Zhejin Mansion was captured, which is a good thing, if Zhejin Mansion didn't come down, and the Liao army came, they were equivalent to saying that they were attacked by the back, although the fortress was very strong, not afraid of being besieged, after all, the two directions were troublesome.
Now that the province has been captured, once the Song army has swept the surroundings, they can not only get support from the rear, but also only have to deal with one direction, and most importantly, war may be coming.
Liao Guo will definitely get the news, they just blocked one intersection, not all the places, dense mountains and forests, get into a few, how can they prevent it.
The purpose of the Northern Song Dynasty was not to plunder and gain benefits, but to occupy, so if it dragged on for a certain time, the Liao army would definitely come to attack, and the first to bear the brunt was Shanhaiguan.
This news, not only did not make the defenders afraid, but excited, before being alone behind the enemy, they can make it calmly, now, with the strong support behind it, of course, they are more confident, the strength of the fortress, it is definitely their strong support, let the Liao people see the power of the vitality of the fortress.