Chapter 136: The Turmoil of the He Clan (18)

The Liao State, the force in the northeast of Liao, is currently the most powerful force in eastern Liao, and is also concerned about the internal struggle of the He people.

Entering Liaodong and thus taking Liaodong in its entirety is the established strategic policy of Liao. In this stage of the strategic policy, the main opponents of the Liao State in Liaodong were the four major families of Liaodong and the Liaodong Town Army.

To deal with the Liaodong family, the tactic adopted by the Liao State was to divide the four major families and break them one by one. The strength of any of the four great families is not enough to compete with the Manshu Liao Kingdom, but if the four great families can twist into a rope, the strength of the four great families is not to be underestimated, and the number of private soldiers of the four great families alone can reach nearly 200,000, and these 200,000 troops are still strong troops whose combat effectiveness should not be underestimated. There are 200,000 strong troops that are enough to compete with the Liao State, or even compete with each other.

To the surprise of the Liao army, the four great families have been fighting in Liaodong for nearly three hundred years, and the forces of each family are intertwined, and the grievances and grievances are difficult to sort out for a while. The grievances and grievances resolved in the past three hundred years are destined to make it difficult for the four great families to reach a consensus on the issue of resisting Liao, let alone the alliance of the four great families to resist Liao.

I have to admit that the tactical approach adopted by the Manshu people in dealing with the issue of the four great families in Liaodong is quite wise and effective. In just over a dozen years, the Manshu people defeated the Yu and Wu tribes, who had been based in eastern Liaodong for nearly three hundred years. The Yu people surrendered to Liao and were used by the Liao army, but the Wu people were defeated, and the remnants of the forces lost their foundation, and they depended on the He people to survive. Neither of these forces can pose a substantial threat to the Liao State.

As for the Huang people, although the strength of the Huang people is strong, the foundation of the Huang people is in the western Liaoning corridor, and the contact between the Liao and the Huang people is not frequent. The Huang people's willingness to resist Liao is not very strong, and a group of Huang people have rich fiefs and are located in a corner of western Liao, so these wealthy families with no ambitions can be put aside and slowly try to do so in the future.

At present, among the four great families, the greatest threat to the Liao State is the He family. The strength of the He people's army makes the stars shine in the eyes of the world.

In the last few major battles, the He people once gave the Liao army a lot of blows, the southern expedition was frustrated, and the eastern expedition was forced to land in Goryeo and was hindered by the He people. The He people are now a nail on the road to the rise of the Liao State, and the Liao State is trying to get rid of it as soon as possible.

This infighting of the He people gave the Liao army an excellent opportunity to strike at the He people, and the Liao State naturally would not let go of this opportunity. Opportunities don't come all the time.

After the high-level leaders of the Liao State got the Jinzhou He Shibao rebellion, they formulated the strategic goal of taking advantage of the situation to march to the He family.

After the 50,000 Liao troops were assembled in Haizhou, and the military supplies such as grain, grass, and weapons were raised, Wan Yan Fushen, the commander of the Liao State Expedition to the South in the thirteenth year of Zhenyuan, was still in command of the Southern Expedition.

The army of 50,000 was murderous, and it was the same as the southern expedition in the thirteenth year of Zhenyuan, and the first battle of the Liao army was to attack Pingshan Fort and Gaizhou.

As soon as Gaizhou was broken, and then marched into Fuzhou, the strategic intention of defeating the He family could be realized. Therefore, the battle of Gaizhou became the key to the Liao army's southern expedition.

Such a big movement of the Liao army, even if it is a secret operation, no matter how well it is done, it cannot be concealed from the world. After a year, the news of the Liao army's southern expedition again spread the news throughout Liaodong through a number of flying horses.

"Master of the family, as expected, the Liao army has marched south!" Wu Zhenfei, the son of the Wu clan and one of the few remaining warriors of the Wu clan, rode back to Tangchi Fort and reported to Wu Tingzhen the news of the Liao army's southern expedition.

"The number of Liao troops marching south, has the route of the march been clarified?" It was not the first time Wu Tingzhen had fought with the Liao army, and in the past, when he fought with the Liao army (the Liao army at that time was still called the Manshu army), Wu Tingzhen would feel an inexplicable excitement. , against the Manshu army, there is always a sense of pride, and the outside world will also appreciate the Wu people.

Whenever he hears the praise of the Wu clan from the outside world, Wu Tingzhen, as the head of the Wu clan, naturally has light on his face, and when he talks to people, his waist will unconsciously straighten up. And this time against the Liao State, Wu Tingzhen couldn't get excited, and the excitement he had was replaced by an inexplicable sadness.

Wu Tingzhen had to face the cruel fact that he was unwilling to accept: the Wu people were already weakened, and without the military and material support of the He people this time, the Wu people did not even have the ability to fight with the Liao army.

In the past, the Wu He and the Liao army fought for the Wu people themselves and for the rise and fall of their own people, but this time, the Wu people not only fought for the survival of the Wu people themselves, but also fought for the He people. To put it more nobly, the Wu clan is still fighting for the Zhao Empire.

It's just a matter of fighting for the Zhao Empire, no matter who fights the Liao Empire, it more or less has the flavor of fighting for the Zhao Empire. Wu Tingzhen didn't care about this, but I fought with the He clan, Wu Tingzhen felt a little blocked in his heart, and always felt a feeling of being used as a gun by the He clan.

But what can Wu Tingzhen do, now the Wu clan is dependent on the He clan to survive, and the fate of the two clans is closely linked, it is a grasshopper on a rope, and the Wu clan has to fight for the He clan.

"The spies came to report that the route of the Liao army's march was the same as that of the southern expedition in the thirteenth year of Zhenyuan, and it was still advancing south along the official road. As for the number of the Liao army, it is roughly estimated at about 50,000 people. Wu Zhenfei reported.

"50,000 people want to eat the He tribe? Is Liao too confident? Wu Tingzhen chuckled, the maximum number of troops that the He clan can use is around 50,000, plus the nearly 20,000 remnants of his Wu clan, not counting the Qin army coming out to intervene, the Liao army has to face about 70,000 private soldiers of the family.

The Liao army used about 20,000 troops to clean up the 70,000 town army, but to deal with the 70,000 private soldiers of the family, and it was not a field battle, but a tough battle, the Liao State dispatched 50,000 troops was definitely not enough, with Wu Tingzhen's many years of experience in warfare, the Liao State wanted to eat the He family's big thing in one bite, and the Liao State had to send at least 100,000 troops to eat the He people in one bite.

Of course, it's just a bite to eat, as for whether the Liao State has such a good stomach after eating, it's still one thing to digest the He people who eat it.

"Is there a little less than 50,000 troops? Could the Liao army be just the vanguard of the Liao army? "There are only 50,000 people in the southern expedition of Liao, and Wu Tingzhen can't believe it.

Wu Zhenfei nodded heavily, and told Wu Tingzhen with certainty: "It won't be wrong, the spies have already found out, the Liao army has no follow-up troops, and these 50,000 troops are all the troops used by the Liao army in this southern conquest." There's one more piece of news, though. ”

"What's the news?" Wu Ting looked at Wu Zhenfei violently.

"This time, Yu Jiaye joined the Liao State's Southern Army, and the Liao State's Southern Army is expected to have 20,000 private soldiers of the Shi Yu clan."

"What?!"

Wu Tingzhen was a little surprised by the news.

The Liao State asked Yu Yansong's team to participate in this southern expedition, the top level of the Liao State, what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd? (To be continued.) )