Chapter 521: Destroying Goryeo
Chao Yong's soldiers and horses also probed the Jin soldiers who went south, but Chao Yong's soldiers and horses were not as many as the Jin army, and their field combat ability was weaker than that of the Jin army, so they did not intercept the Jin army. It was not until he joined the soldiers and horses led by Dong Ping that he sent Dong Ping to lead the vassal army to continue to pursue and kill the Jin army.
Under the intention of Wanyan Zongwang and others, the Daliang soldiers and horses quickly captured most of the state capitals in Tokyo Province, and Wanyan Zongwang and others led the Jurchen soldiers to retreat into the Changbai Mountain area.
In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, on January 1, Daliang built Liaoning Road, Jilin Road, and Heilongjiang Road, and at the same time sent Han soldiers to the north to garrison the three roads. Shi Xiu served as the chief soldier of Liaoning Road; Zhang Qing served as the commander-in-chief of Jilin Road, and Xu Guanzhong served as the deputy commander-in-chief; Liu Tang served as the chief soldier of Heilongjiang Road, and Zhu Wu served as the deputy chief soldier. The Heilongjiang Road reaches the mouth of the Tongjiang River in the north and the Tatar Strait in the east. This territory was completely divided by Chao Yong looking at the map and dividing the Tongjiang River, and the area was twice that of Heilongjiang in later generations.
There were still many barbaric and untamable tribes on Jilin Road and Heilongjiang Road, so Chao Yong sent Xu Guanzhong and Zhu Wu to the two roads to prepare for a protracted war and completely assimilate the tribes. Liu Tang's murderous nature, coupled with the martial bravery of Yang Zaixing, the first general under his command, can predict the fate of those unruly tribes in the future.
The Daliang veterans have also served for three years, but the rank and rank of the 20,000 Liangshan veterans are all above the capital, but none of the first batch of veterans have retired.
In the New Year of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Chao Yong spent it in Liaoyang Mansion on Jilin Road.
In January, the remnants of the Jurchen army fled into the Changbai Mountains, and after the vassal army forced the Jurchens of the Hosu Pavilion to surrender, they returned to the grassland road with a rich reward.
The general army of the grassland road was succeeded by the blue-faced beast Yang Zhi, and Dong Pingsheng was promoted to the general of Zhenbei and joined the staff of the military department.
The staff system of the military department was prepared by Chao Yong to place some generals who have made great contributions, and after making great contributions, all general soldiers can join the staff of the military department and participate in the decision of major military affairs. Now there are only three staff officers of the Great Liang Army: Lin Chong, Lu Junyi, and Dong Ping.
After the vassal army retreated to the grassland road, the Jurchen soldiers went out of the mountains from time to time to harass the cities.
Chao Yong could only lead Zhang Qing, Dong Ping, and Hua Rong to hold the city, waiting for the Liang recruits to go north to take over the state capitals.
In February of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, something happened on Jilin Road that made Chao Yong very angry. The Goryeo Kingdom sent troops to invade and occupy the area of Holadian (in the area of present-day Hamhung, North Korea, hundreds of miles south of the Yalu River).
This area originally belonged to the Jin State, and the Great Liang had already divided the area into Jilin Road, but because the Wanyan Zongwang brothers led the troops to entrench in Changbai Mountain, this area was still under the rule of Wanyan Zongwang and others for the time being.
Wang Kai, the king of Goryeo, ascended the throne in the second year of the Apocalypse, and was only thirteen years old when he ascended the throne. The relationship between the two can be described as complicated, Li Ziqian was originally Wang Kai's maternal grandfather, after Wang Kai ascended the throne. In order to better grasp the power, he married his daughter to his grandson, so that Li Ziqian became Wang Kai's father-in-law again.
Li Ziqian has held power for a long time, and it is inevitable that he will have different intentions, spreading rumors of "eighteen sons and generals" among the people, wanting to usurp the throne. However, the Wang family has been inherited for seventeen generations, and there are also some loyal ministers, and Li Ziqian has never been able to find a chance. This time, Liang destroyed Jin, and many people in Goryeo wanted to hold the border. Don't invite evil. However, Li Ziqian felt that the Liang had exhausted his strength to reach Liaoyang Mansion, and the remnants of the defeated army led by Wanyan Zongwang were not in his eyes, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to take charge of more soldiers and horses, so he asked his henchman Tuo Junjing to lead 100,000 troops to invade the Lazy Dian region. Hit all the way to the Yalu River.
It was not the first time that Goryeo had fought for the territory of Holadian, and long before the Jin State was founded, Goryeo had twice sent troops to invade the Lazidian region and kill the Jurchen tribes there. The city was built, but it was defeated by the coalition forces of the Jurchen tribes. After the Jin State became powerful, Goryeo could only claim to the Jin State.
Under the command of the Wanyan Zongwang brothers, there are only three tribes left in Changbai Mountain, Yalu River, and Haoladian. The Lazy Dianian area was attacked by Goryeo, and the Wanyan Zongwang brothers also led troops to reinforce, but they were afraid that the Great Liang would reap the benefits, so they did not dare to attack with all their strength, and after fighting a few battles with the Goryeo soldiers, they retreated to Changbai Mountain.
The Wanyan Zongwang brothers were indeed brave, with more than 10,000 people, they killed 20,000 Goryeo soldiers in a few battles, but they helped Li Ziqian eradicate dissidents.
20,000 soldiers and horses are already a bit painful for the country of projectiles, and Daliang sent a letter of state, asking Goryeo to withdraw from the Lazidian region, and many people in the country advocated withdrawing from the army. However, Li Ziqian felt that Daliang could not even exterminate the brothers of Wanyan Zongwang, let alone attack Goryeo, and the border was a good place to eliminate dissidents, so he tried his best to recruit men over the age of 20 in the country, as long as they were not raised, they had to enlist in the army. Li Ziqian personally led 100,000 troops to reinforce his henchman Tuo Junjing, and all the soldiers and horses of Goryeo fell into the hands of Li Ziqian.
After Goryeo rejected Chao Yong's warning, Chao Yong ordered another 100,000 vassal troops on the grassland road to listen to the order.
The vassal army of the grassland road does not need to be trained, and the men of all divisions can fight on horseback.
Dong Ping led his troops to destroy Jin, and the various tribes suffered more than 70,000 casualties, which were distributed to dozens of tribes in the grassland, which only made the leaders of the tribes suffer for a while. For the fighting units, the casualties were only slightly higher than in previous years. This time, however, the ministries received a large number of rewards and pensions, and as long as there were military members, they could buy all kinds of daily necessities from the merchants from the Central Plains. Regardless of whether the money was a pension or a reward, cloth and tea were indispensable for the ministries accustomed to death.
Therefore, many tribal men took the initiative to sign up to fill the vacancies in the vassal army, grazing in the cold Mobei is not easier than living by swords and guns, and the tribal materials are basically in the hands of the tribal leaders and a few nobles, and the rewards after participating in the vassal army are theirs.
After a large number of Liang merchants appeared on the grassland road, the civilians of the grassland could not resist the temptation of the Liang. The aristocratic rule of the steppe tribes was greatly affected, but the chiefs of the tribes also found that their cattle and sheep could be exchanged for more things, so they were not very reluctant to this change. Of course, their fear of the force of the beam is also one thing.
The legendary city of Bianjing is a place where many tribal leaders are haunted by dreams, this time many tribes have suffered a large number of casualties, and have received a large number of pensions, according to the Liang military system, the dead soldiers can get the land, inspired by the court officials, some small tribal leaders took the initiative to ask for land in the interior, and the whole tribe moved to the interior.
The imperial court also acceded to the requests of these tribes.
In fact, these small tribes had a very difficult time in the grassland, and they often had to be exploited by the big tribes and migrated to the Central Plains. Of course, what is more important is that the tribal leaders have enough wealth, and they went to the Central Plains to enjoy the wealth.
In short, the 100,000 soldiers and horses vassal army was soon full again, and the most pressure was still on the household department, and there were not a few armor and war horses lost in the previous war.
March. The grassland road soldiers and horses arrived at Liaoyang Mansion again.
The Yalu River Jurchens descended from the wind, and Chao Yong sent people to recruit the Yan Zongwang brothers and the Changbai Mountain Jurchens.
In March, the Changbai Mountain was still cold and howling, and after the Yalu River Jurchens took refuge in Daliang, there were less than 10,000 soldiers and horses under the command of the Wanyan Zongwang brothers, and the Changbai Mountain Jurchens had also begun to waver.
Once the Jurchens of Changbai Mountain surrendered, there were less than 5,000 soldiers and horses under their command, and these people were all Jurchens of the Wanyan tribe, and they were also the legacy left by Wanyan Aguta. The Jurchens of the other tribes fled back to their own tribes before they fled into Changbai Mountain.
The three brothers discussed with Wanyan Yan's mother for a while, and finally decided to lead their troops down the mountain to join Daliang.
Chao Yong also returned the remaining women of Huining Mansion to them. Even if the Jurchen tribe was not completely exterminated, this is one of the reasons why the Wanyan Zongwang brothers were willing to go down the mountain.
Dong Ping couldn't wait to return to Tokyo, and Chao Yong asked Hua Rong to lead 100,000 grassland road vassals and 10,000 Jurchen soldiers who had just surrendered to cross the Yalu River and sweep away Goryeo.
Chao Yong took the Prince from Liaodong Bay and led the 20,000 Beihai troops under Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi to Goryeo Kaijing.
On the endless sea, a huge fleet of hundreds of ships rushed towards Goryeo.
In the center is the majestic Prince, one on the left, one on the right, and one behind three frigates, and the ships of the North Sea Navy are distributed further out.
Chao Yong's plan was to destroy Goryeo first, and then sweep away Japan non-stop.
100,000 steppe vassals. With 10,000 Jurchen soldiers and gunpowder from the Han people, even though Goryeo had defeated the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, what awaited Goryeo this time was only the disaster of extermination. Field. Even Chao Yong was unwilling to face the various tribes of the steppe and the Jurchen soldiers, and the Goryeo soldiers and horses were even more vulnerable. Defending the city, facing the gunpowder of the Great Liang, all the fortified fortresses and the Great Wall built by Goryeo to defend the Jin Kingdom will become a joke.
Chao Yong has already decided their fate. The Koreans will be reduced to slavery like the Yueli people and sent to the Central Plains to work as mine slaves.
The course of the war was as Chao Yong had predicted, with little effective resistance from the Koreans. The army led by Hua Rong easily defeated the 180,000 soldiers and horses deployed by Li Ziqian, and the Goryeo people had a home advantage and could not outrun the steppe cavalry.
Li Ziqian did not even flee to Xijing (present-day Pyongyang) before he was captured by the steppe cavalry.
Except for the beheading of more than 20,000 of the 180,000 Koreans, the rest were taken prisoner.
This time, the captives were worth ten guan and five beheadings, and the relatively fierce Jurchens, the Goryeo people were more suitable for being mine slaves.
To Chao Yong's embarrassment, the Mongolian cavalry led by Hebule actually rushed in front of the fleet and captured Kaijing.
By the time Chao Yong arrived, Kaijing was already a sea of fire, full of looting Mongols.
After Hua Rong led his troops to defeat Li Ziqian's troops at the border, he ordered all parts to pursue the Goryeo.
Hebul led the Mongol cavalry to show their speed of assault, marching more than 600 miles in less than a day and night, and raiding the under-defended Kaijing. The vassals of the Great Liang military system could not be equipped with firearms, but this could not stop the Mongols who wanted to snatch the spoils of war, and the Mongols smashed open the city gates and captured Kaijing.
Chao Yong landed with 10,000 Wu Songbu and prepared to raid Kaijing, but as soon as he went ashore, he saw thick black smoke rising from the direction of Kaijing.
Wu Song has already served as the deputy commander-in-chief of Shandong Road, waiting for the veteran Wang Huan's three-year term to expire, and then he will be appointed as the commander-in-chief of Shandong, this time following the North Sea Fleet to serve as a marine.
The army walked a few miles in the direction of Kaijing, and saw a few cavalry grassland vassal armies.
When Tanma saw the grassland vassal army in front, he called out to the vassal army who was about to run back to report the news, and brought it to the back.
Chao Yong saw that it was actually a grassland cavalry wearing the uniform of the Daliang vassal army, and asked the accompanying Han people in the north to ask which tribe it was.
There is hardly a single person in the grassland who can speak Chinese, and the translators in the vassal army are basically Han or Khitan people from the north.
When he heard that it was the Mongolian Ministry, Chao Yong couldn't help frowning, but immediately smiled: "Okay, let them go." ”
When several Mongolian rangers heard that the prince told them to retreat, they immediately surrendered and flew to Kaijing to report the news.
Chao Yong has sheltered many tribes, but all ethnic groups in Daliang are required to learn Chinese dialect and Chinese characters, use Han etiquette, wear Han clothes, and all kinds of half-bald hairstyles are no longer visible, and the all-bald ones are gone. Wherever the girder hits, the extermination action will be promoted.
Buddhism flourished in Northeast China during the Liaojin period, and after Daliang took over Northeast China, he obtained a large amount of land from Buddhism, and it spread all over Northeast China. This allowed the Great Liang to calmly deploy plans to relocate the people without worrying about disputes with the Khitans, Xi and other tribes.
In a large courtyard near the palace in Kaijing City, a group of wild men guarded the courtyard, pushing several women around, and with the push of the wild people, the clothes on the women's bodies were also torn apart, revealing patches of snow-white skin.
The woman's exclamation. The man's gruff laughter.
A steppe ranger rushed into the courtyard and shouted, "What about the Great Khan? ”
The leader of the guards playing games in the courtyard hugged a woman, grabbed her full breasts, and smiled, "What's wrong?" ”
The ranger arched his hand and said, "The prince has brought people to the city." ”
When the leader of the guard heard that the prince was coming, he did not dare to delay, and pushed away the woman in his arms and rushed inside.
Hebul was pressing a Goryeo noblewoman's sensation, and when he saw the guards breaking in, he said while stirring, "What's the matter?" ”
The leader of the guard greedily glanced at the beauty who was moaning gracefully. He arched his hand and said, "The prince has brought people to the city." ”
Ignoring the moans of the beauty under him, he got up and grabbed his clothes, and dressed as he walked out. shouted: "Take my war horse and go out of the city to meet the prince." The warriors of the tribe were ordered to be careful not to set any more fires, which angered the prince. I skinned them. ”
The savages also don't know how to appreciate the courtyard, and in the exquisite courtyard, a few war horses gnaw on the flowers and plants cultivated by the Goryeo nobles.
Hebul turned on his horse and took a few guards with him. Follow the ranger out of the city to meet the prince.
Chao Yong and his entourage were still two miles away from the city, and they saw Hebul galloping with people, and when they arrived, they turned over and dismounted, and arched their hands: "See the prince." ”
The Great Liang military system must not be far away from the city, but this vassal army is not well implemented.
However, Chao Yong also knew that he could not strictly demand the various departments of the grassland in terms of etiquette, and said with a smile: "Your department is really fast, and you actually rushed to the front of the navy." ”
Hebule looked at Chao Yong with a smile on his face, and he couldn't figure out what the prince meant, before the army set out, it was originally planned that Hua Rong led his troops to annihilate the Goryeo army on the border, and Chao Yong led his troops to raid Kaijing. But he didn't expect the army to break up the Goryeo army with a single face, and Hebule pursued and killed the Goryeo army for a while, thinking that this expedition would allow them to occupy their respective booty, so he led his troops straight to Kaekyung.
Although they don't know the way, they have a Goryeo traitor to lead the way, otherwise his descendants will not be able to defeat Eurasia.
After defeating Kaijing, they also obtained a lot of loot, but this operation undoubtedly stole the limelight of the prince, so Hebule was still a little worried in his heart.
Hebul is also a cunning person, thought for a while, and said: "The Goryeo soldiers and horses were scattered at once, and I was afraid that the Goryeo people in Kaijing would escape, so I led troops to Kaijing overnight." ”
Chao Yong smiled and said: "Well, well done, you have led your troops to break through Kaijing, and I will award you a Viscount of Daliang." ”
When Hebul heard that Chao Yong did not blame him, but gave him a lord, he immediately knelt down happily and thanked him.
Chao Yong let Hebule get up, and then led his troops to Kaijing.
Kaijing was also very grandiose, using 300,000 Dingfu, and there were 22 city gates alone, but at this time it was smoking everywhere.
Although Chao Yong didn't like Goryeo, he didn't want to see this kind of scene of burning, killing and looting, and frowned: "Let your people extinguish all the fires, and don't set fire to the city, and those who violate it will be killed." ”
When Hebul heard this, he hurriedly ordered the guards to give the order, and at the same time explained: "Some of the fires were set by the Goryeo themselves. ”
Chao Yong nodded and said, "The palace didn't enter, right?" ”
Hebul hurriedly said: "No, I just asked people to surround the palace, and no one went in." ”
Chao Yong nodded with satisfaction and said, "Good job, let's go to the palace." ”
When Hebule heard Chao Yong's praise, he immediately closed his mouth like a slave who had been praised.
He is now very grateful to Chao Yong, although he used to be the Great Khan of the Mongolian Ministry, he also owned some cattle and sheep, and often had to work hard for the pastures and other tribes to feed these cattle and sheep, and slept at night with the rough hands of his own tribe's women.
Since he cast the beam, he eats with things that he has never heard of before, and there are many more women who sleep in his arms at night, and he no longer has to worry about being robbed by people from other tribes.
After Daliang founded the grassland road, although the various tribes were still in constant disputes, and people were often killed, the Daliang forbade the tribes to attack the tribal camps. There is a dispute between the two tribes, and they can only fight on the grassland with soldiers and horses, but they cannot completely destroy that tribe.
The palace in Kaijing is magnificent, even better than the old palace in Bianjing, but it is not as good as Chao Yong's palace.
After the Qin Dynasty built the huge Afang Palace with the strength of the whole country, the emperors of the later dynasties knew that there was no good end to the people and money, and they rarely requisitioned the people on a large scale to build the palace.
In the Song Dynasty, the emperor was even more frugal, and directly expanded the imperial palace on the basis of the yamen, which was completely unable to match the wealthy Song Dynasty. Of course, in the hands of Zhao Ji, the Song Dynasty did not have this regret, and the Yanfu Palace and Genyue built by Zhao Ji with the strength of the whole country can be said to be exquisite.
The royal palace of Goryeo was much more exquisite than that of the Li Dynasty, which was not unrelated to the fact that Goryeo continued to send scholars to the Central Plains to learn Han culture. (To be continued......)