Chapter 299: Ariqi's Psychological Advantage
Han Qinghe really did not disappoint Lin Chong, after hearing that his son had been arrested, and the Bodhisattva Prince of the Dajin Kingdom led a large army to attack him.
This goods immediately followed Lin Chong's orders, led the troops and horses of the headquarters to surrender in Kaicheng, and according to Lin Chong's requirements, captured Yang Yusong, the assassin of Yizhou, alive, and sentenced Yin Liang and other civil officials to Lin Chong.
Due to the urgency of time, Lin Chong immediately asked Han Qinghe to stay in Yizhou City, and looted the Yizhou Treasury, the inner palace in the city, the royal temple (Note 1), the gold, silver, copper coins, and all kinds of valuable materials in the homes of wealthy merchants, and transported them to a large warehouse near the city gate, where Xu Guanzhong led people to count and make a book.
Subsequently, Lin Chong left Xu Guanzhong to sit in Yizhou to deal with various affairs, screen Yang Yusong, Yin Liang and other civil officials, and select their excellent ones to prepare to take back to work for the Liangshan army.
Lin Chong discussed with military advisors such as LΓΌ, Wen, Xu, Zhu Wu, and Wang Yin, and felt that since few literati in the Great Song Dynasty were willing to serve the Liangshan army, it would be better to find civil officials in Liao.
Anyway, the ethnic policy of the Liao State is very good, and the prefectures and counties in the land of Yan and Liao are basically modeled on the system of the Tang and Song dynasties, and they are all governed by the Han people.
After arranging all this, Lin Chong took 2,000 Liangshan cavalry, as well as 1,300 Jingzhou Han cavalry led by Han Chang, to Qianzhou seventy miles away again without stopping.
Just like Deng Ai smuggled through Yinping in the later period of the Three Kingdoms and took Chengdu directly, although Lin Chong and others had few soldiers, the defenders of the Liao State did not know the reality of the "Jurchen Army" at all.
When I heard the name of "the second prince of Dajin Kingdom is inseparable", I thought that there would be tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the follow-up;
Moreover, the "Jurchen Army" divine soldiers descended from the sky, and these defenders were completely unprepared, and they were so frightened that they lost their will to resist when they heard the threat of slaughtering the city if they did not surrender and break the city.
So along the way, the defenders of Qianzhou and Sichuan surrendered without a fight.
Lin Chong naturally drew a gourd in the same way, and once again looted the wealth of Guizhou and Sichuan, as well as civil and administrative talents.
Roughly calculated, the gold and silver looted in the three states alone exceeded 9 million yuan, which was more profitable than going to sea to trade.
Sure enough, war is the fastest way to accumulate wealth and make a fortune, after learning about the amount of these gold and silver property, Lin Chong even had an idea.
That's what kind of business is there, in the future, I will simply be a pirate, and when I have no money, I will go to loot the coastal cities of Liao, Jurchen, Goryeo, and Wa.
However, after thinking about it, I quickly dispelled this idea, after all, robbery cannot last long, or industrial prosperity, improve science and technology, develop productivity, and create wealth by yourself is the broad road to sustainable development.
In this way, Lin Chong led his army almost without encountering any decent resistance, and he went all the way to the second largest city in Zhongjing Province in Liao, under the city of Xingzhongfu.
Also in Xingzhong Mansion, the Liangshan Army finally encountered the elite scout rangers of the Liao State - the Liao Army Yuan Blocker.
Compared with the Jingzhou Han cavalry of Han Chang and others, these steppe Khitan people from the far guards are much more vigilant, and they found the "Jurchen cavalry" more than 20 miles outside the city of Xingzhong Mansion in the early morning.
These steppe cavalry, who knew that the "Jurchen cavalry" was powerful, did not choose to fight hard, but immediately left a section to monitor and harass along the way, and the rest immediately returned to Xingzhong Mansion to report to the guard general Dongxian Shilang.
Hearing this, the cave immortal squire was also shocked, and immediately ordered people to urgently replace people for 800 miles without changing horses, and quickly reported to Emperor Tianzuo, who was hunting in Dading Mansion in Zhongjing, and asked for support, while convening four fierce generals under his command to discuss the military situation.
It turned out that this cave immortal squire was originally a Yanyun guard, and like Han Qinghe, just because the Jurchen's wealth-rich Huanglong Mansion fell, he was recruited by Emperor Tianzuo to crusade against the Jurchens.
So similar to Han Qinghe, the 20,000 Han army under the command of Dongxian Shilang was mainly cavalry, and he fled hundreds of miles along with the big tribes, and last year the Jurchens captured Liaodong Road in a big way, and Dongxian Shilang was arranged by Emperor Tianzuo to stay in Xingzhong Mansion;
Commanded the Khitan, Xi, and Han army of 30,000 troops, and four fierce generals under his command, one called Aliqi, one called Biter Weikang, one called Chu Mingyu, and one called Cao Mingji. These four generals all have the courage of ten thousand people.
In particular, the Khitan Aliqi is a well-known enemy of the Khitan people and the first general in the army.
But it was said that when Aliqi heard that the Jurchen barbarians were attacking against the alliance, he couldn't help but be furious: "The Jurchen barbarians are too much to deceive!" More than three months ago, they had to come to us to ask for peace, and before the ink of the peace alliance was dry, these guys tore up their oath and came to attack, which is really shameless! β
The cave immortal squire smiled bitterly in his heart, could it be that he had said that the Jurchen barbarians' request for peace was not credible, but they had laid down such a large territory at once, and there had to be a process of digestion, and the peace was just a delaying tactic;
Once two or three years later, when they have fully controlled the large area they have conquered, these Jurchen barbarians will tear up the alliance and launch a major attack on the Liao State again.
But the emperor was bewitched by Xiao Fengxian, a traitorous minister, and actually believed the nonsense of the Jurchens......
No, I really said it myself, right?
It's just that the cave immortal squire also feels strange at the same time, these Jurchen barbarians shouldn't have betrayed the alliance so quickly? Otherwise, what's the point of summing before?
But now is not the time to be strange and scolding, now that the thieves are approaching the city, what matters is how to meet the enemy and retreat from the enemy is the right reason.
At that moment, the cave immortal waiter asked the strategy of breaking the enemy, and he heard Aliqi say proudly: "Don't worry, since the ancient Taoist soldiers have come to block the water and cover the earth, and let the little general lead the troops to fight, and wait for the city to line up."
If the number of enemy troops is small, the four young generals are willing to break it in one battle; If the enemy army is numerous, the young general is willing to challenge in front of the battle, and kill one or two thieves in front of the prince of the Bodhisattva, frustrate the enemy's spirit, and raise the prestige of our army! Waiting for reinforcements. β
It turned out that although the Cave Immortal Squire and Aliqi had not fought against the Jurchens in the Battle of Guardian Dagang, they had fought with the Jurchens many times in the previous battle for Tokyo Dao.
Therefore, both of them also found that the Jurchen cavalry was indeed unstoppable, and the Jurchen soldiers were brave and good at fighting, able to endure hard battles, and were not afraid of death, and they were several times or even more than ten times better than the Liao soldiers.
The two of them admitted this, but the two also discovered one thing at the same time, that is, most of the Jurchen horsemen's martial arts were not good.
It may be that the Jurchens grew up in the deep mountains and old forests of the white mountains and black waters, and the harsh environment created their strong physique, nourished their savage blood, and they were extremely brave when they fought.
However, martial arts do not simply rely on physical strength, and they can become first-class masters by being brave and strong in battle.
If you want to become a top master, you must start from the practice of the Fa from an early age, and the training of standing piles, gong stands, medicinal baths, breathing, breathing, six senses and strength are all indispensable.
With these, you must also have extraordinary qualifications, and then study hard and practice hard, so that it is possible.
Note 1: Because Yizhou was originally the private territory of Yelu Bei, the king of Liaodong Dan, Yelu Bei was the eldest son of Yelu Abaoji, although he himself did not become an emperor, but now the seven emperors of Liao are his direct descendants. Therefore, there are a large number of inner palaces and royal temples in Yizhou City.