Chapter 391: Between the Mountains and the River
In the early morning of the same day, Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Lou left 30,000 people to garrison Zhending Mansion, and then they led 140,000 troops towards Zhongshan Mansion and Hejian Mansion in the east.
When the Jurchens left Hedong, they had an army of 180,000, but after they came out of Taihang Mountain, they only had 160,000 troops left, and they still had 10,000 garrisons in Jingcheng County and Zhending Prefecture, so their total number of troops now reached 170,000.
As for Zhongshan Mansion and Zhending Mansion, there are also garrisons in these two places, but they are Liu Yu's soldiers and horses.
Historically, the Jurchens established Liu Yu as the emperor, and Liu Yu established the puppet Qi state, and the scope of the puppet Qi state included many places in Hebei and Shandong, and the capital of the puppet Qi state was the Daimyo Mansion, but now these are impossible things to happen.
On September 2, the Jurchen army came to Zhongshan Mansion, and Wanyan Lou personally led 50,000 people to defend Zhongshan Mansion, while Wanyan Zongwang continued to lead the army towards Hejian Mansion.
On September 5, Wanyan Zongwang led the remaining 90,000 people to Hejian Mansion, and after arriving here, Wanyan Zongwang breathed a sigh of relief again.
The three big cities of Zhending Mansion, Zhongshan Mansion, and Hejian Mansion are connected in a line, radiating a land of thousands of miles, and after owning these places, Wanyan Zongwang feels that he still has the strength to turn the tables!
Of course, now that he has less than 200,000 soldiers and horses, he must contact Liu Yu!
Liu Yu is the head snake of Hebei and Shandong, and after contacting Liu Yu, his real strength has increased greatly.
At that moment, Yan Zongwang immediately called the puppet army general of Hejian Mansion to him and asked about the situation in Shandong.
"I heard that a lot of Song troops entered Shandong from the south of Yanyun, what is the specific situation in Shandong now? Liu Yu has an army of 300,000, even if the Song army is powerful, he should be able to resist it, right? Wanyan Zong said.
"Second Prince Qiqi, the situation in Shandong is not very good now!" A puppet army general stumbled.
"What's wrong? Shandong's hundreds of thousands of troops are extremely strong! Tell me, if the situation in Shandong is not good, I will immediately lead the army eastward to help them! Wanyan Zong said.
"Second prince, the Song army is unusually strong, Lord Liu Yu's soldiers and horses fought with the Song army in Qingzhou, and were defeated by the Song army, 300,000 troops suffered heavy casualties, only more than 100,000 people escaped, and now these more than 100,000 people are in Qizhou and Dezhou!" This puppet army general said.
"What? Do you have more than 100,000 people left? The Song army is strong, why do you want to fight them on the plains? Wanyan Zongwang said angrily.
"Second prince, there are only more than 20,000 people in the Zhang Xian Department of the Song Army, and he occupied Qingzhou at that time! Lord Liu Yu gathered 300,000 troops, ready to conquer Qingzhou, capture Zhang Xian alive, who knew that Qingzhou turned out to be a trap, the Song army of 100,000 troops were ambushed there, they rushed late at night, Lord Liu did not take precautions, this failed! The puppet army general said.
"Damn! Liu Yu is really a waste! Wanyan Zongwang gritted his teeth and said.
The puppet army generals below didn't dare to say much at all.
Wanyan Zongwang walked around the room, and he had a feeling of impatience.
He originally thought that after occupying Zhending, Zhongshan, and Hejian, the three strongest cities in central and northern Hebei would be connected in a line, and Hejian could be connected to Shandong and other places further east, and could be connected with Liu Yu's territory, so that Liu Yu's hundreds of thousands of troops could come here! Who knew that Liu Yu now only had 100,000 troops left!
Liu Yu is in Qizhou, Dezhou and other places, Qizhou is now the area of Jinan, these two cities were not important military towns in ancient times, the scale of the city is limited, with the strength of the Song army, it is not impossible to conquer these two places!
"What should I do?" Wanyan Zongwang felt anxious.
After coming to Hebei from Hedong, he knew how erosive the situation in Hebei and Shandong had become!
There were Song Jun in all directions, and he had a feeling of weakness!
He thought that he occupied the whole of Hebei and Shandong, but now he found that there was not much left for him!
"How many troops are under Liu Yu?" He gritted his teeth.
"Lord Liu Yu still has 160,000 soldiers and horses under his command." The puppet army general said.
"160,000 people, plus 170,000 men in my hands, and 330,000 troops! In addition, there are also many Han people in Dezhou, Qizhou and other places, and these Han people can be driven to Zhongshan, Hejian and other places! With Zhongshan and Hejian as the center, you can still occupy the north! It seems that I need to go east to rescue Texas, Qizhou and other places! Wanyan Zongwang muttered.
"Your Highness, we need to guard against the intrigues of the Han people!" A Jurchen general led the way.
"This ......" Yan Zongwang was stunned.
"Second prince, you have an army of 170,000 under your command, and there are 90,000 troops stationed in Hejian Mansion, and our Lord Liu Yu also has an army of 160,000. A puppet army general said.
"You're right!" Wanyan Zongwang nodded.
"But I still have to investigate the specific situation in Texas and Qizhou, and then I can use troops!" After a while, Wanyan Zongwang said again.
He immediately sent people to investigate the specific situation in Texas and Qizhou, not to mention it.
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Above the sea, the waves are surging.
The sea breeze is cold.
It was getting dark.
Zhao Chen was standing on the bow of the boat at the moment, the waves were blowing, and his body was full of seawater.
He looked ahead, but there was an expression of excitement on his face.
Wu Jue, Wang Shu, and Kang An all stood behind him.
"We entered the Bohai Sea last night, and now we should dock, right?" Zhao Chen said.
"What Bohai?" After Wu Jue heard this, he was stunned and said.
"I mean the sea." Zhao Chen said.
The Bohai Sea was called Canghai in ancient times, also known as the Beihai, Zhao Chen just lost his words for a while, and used the words of later generations.
"yes, it's time to dock! Your Majesty, let's dock south of the Yellow River. Wu Jue said.
"Where is the Yellow River south of the sea?" Zhao Chen knew that the estuary of the Yellow River in this era was different from that of later generations, but there was no city in that location, so he didn't know where it was in later generations, only that it was located in the sixteen states of Yanyun.
In fact, the estuary of the Yellow River in this era was in Tianjin in later generations.
Tianjin was the time of the Ming Dynasty, and the government set up Tianjin Wei, which was the Tianjin City of later generations! And in the Song Dynasty, the Yellow River was surging here, and the Yellow River often flooded, and it was impossible to build a city at all! There are only a few small barracks here, but unfortunately they have already been destroyed in the war.
After the diversion of the Yellow River in later generations, Liangshanbo, the largest lake in the north, disappeared, and Tianjin was no longer the mouth of the Yellow River, so it could be truly built.
What Zhao Chen didn't know was that it was impossible for the Yellow River to be diverted in this era! Historically, in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Yellow River was diverted because of man-made reasons! The Jurchens invaded, Zong Ze died of illness, and then Du Chong took Zong Ze's place, Du Yun asked people to open the Yellow River to prevent the Jurchens from going south, but he did not block the Jurchens, but let the rich areas of Lianghuai suffer floods, and the Han people died more than a million! After that, the direction of the Yellow River changed, and the Yellow River originally flowed into the Bohai Sea, but it turned out to enter the Yellow Sea.
In this era, the Jurchen invasion focused on Guanshan, so there was no artificial digging of the Yellow River, and the diversion of the Yellow River was naturally difficult to happen.
"Now the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun should be under our control! It's just that I don't know what the situation of Wanyan Zongwang is, is he in Hedong or Hebei now? If you are in Hebei, Wu Jue, you can also lead troops to fight. Zhao Chen said with a smile.
"I hope so!" Wu Jue said.
It was getting darker and darker, but at this moment there was a sudden cheer in front of me!
Before, Zhao Chen and Wu Jue had already asked people to take a small boat to explore the situation in front, but now that those people have returned, they have met the big boat in front, and the cheers are from the big boat in front.
"We're on the shore!" Zhao Chen looked forward and said.
"Yes, it's docked!" Wu Jue said excitedly.
The two of them are strong in martial arts, although the sky has turned dark, and only the stars exist, but both of them have seen the situation ahead clearly!
The mainland, just ahead!
Soon, the entire fleet began to cheer.
The fleet headed forward, and finally the big ships slowly stopped!
They did not find a port here, and the big ship could no longer move on, so they had to stay offshore.
"Leave someone on the boat, let's go over in a small boat!" Zhao Chen said.
"Good!" Wu Jue nodded.
Soon Zhao Chen, Wu Jue and others took a small boat and headed towards the shore, and countless soldiers followed them towards the shore.
These soldiers are all former soldiers of the Yangtze River Navy, although they are sailors, but they have never been on the ship for so much time, and many people are impatient to go ashore at this moment!
Finally, Zhao Chen and others came to the shore.
Of the more than 50,000 soldiers of the Yangtze River Navy, 40,000 of them have come to the shore at this moment!
"Let's first figure out what kind of place this is, how far it is from Yanjing, and how far it is from Hebei and Shandong! Also, let's find out the situation of Yue Fei and Li Xianzhong, and see where they are now! Wu Jue said.
Zhao Chen nodded.
At that moment, Wu Jue immediately sent people to go around.
After about an hour, soldiers came and reported that there was a small town a few miles to the south.
At that moment, Zhao Chen, Wu Jue, and Wang Shu led thousands of soldiers towards the town.