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In the early morning of the third day of the second month of the sixth year of Xiande, when a new day dawned, the wharves of the Bianhe River and the Wuzhang River outside Tokyo set sail with large and small fleets loaded with grain, grass and ordnance, and set sail in a steady stream to the Wuqiang battalion in Shenzhou, Hebei, and then the front-line garrison would take it and transfer it from there to Yizhou, Mozhou, and Cangzhou on the Hebei front. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the northern suburbs outside the Fengqiu Gate in the outer city, the 50,000 elite forbidden troops drawn from the two armies of the Iron Cavalry and the Crane in front of the palace had left the city a moment ago and were lined up here to stand by. In the forbidden middle of the imperial city, Guo Rong routinely arranged the aftermath of the early dynasty, and led the civil and military ministers to take a wide imperial chariot, holding a Huangluo umbrella cover, and was escorted by the palace direct forbidden army out of Donghua Gate to Mahang Street and turned north.

Wang Pu, Wei Renpu, Dou Yi and others from the expedition drove forward with the emperor's car, while Fan Zhen and Zhang Mei, who stayed behind, led the Chinese Wu all the way to the outside of the Fengqiu Gate, and when they reached the receiving official pavilion, Guo Rong led the six-year-old crown prince Zongxun under the imperial chariot, and inspected the forbidden army under the umbrella of the crown prince Fan Zhen, Dou Yan, and a group of lieutenant officials and attendants with umbrellas, and then ordered Zhao Kuangyin to lead the troops to set off first.

The emperor had to meet with the local officials all the way and deal with some government affairs, so he would go very slowly, and he could only lag behind with more than 10,000 troops from the inner hall. At this time, the Forbidden Army's naval division had been led by Song Yanwu and Wang Huantong to the north, and first went to Lanzhou to standby. Li Chongjin, who had been appointed to supervise the rear army, had already gone to the Daimyo Mansion on the first day, and followed the town army that had gathered in the Daimyo Mansion under the Governor's command from various towns in Hebei. As for Zhang Yongde, he was ordered to transfer grain and grass in the Daimyo's Mansion, and he completely lost his chance with this unprecedented Northern Expedition.

When the army began to mobilize, Guo Rong met with Fan Zhen, Zhang Mei and others in the reception pavilion and explained the affairs of the DPRK and China. Guo Rong was full of confidence and firm determination in the Northern Expedition, while Fan Zhen and others showed worry in their eyes from time to time.

It is no wonder that since the rise of the Liao State in Shanbei, the dynasties that went south to the Central Plains have rarely won victories over the years, and they have won a battle in the first battle of Gaoping, but that is because the Liao army and the Northern Han Dynasty are not in unison and did not fight, otherwise the battle situation will be another story. Although in recent years, Zhang Yue has expanded the territory in the northwest, recovered Hehuang, and contributed 100,000 war horses. Guo Rong also conquered Huainan three times and restored more than 40 prefectures and counties in the north of the Yangtze River, but these glorious achievements did not show the brave and fearless military spirit of the soldiers of the forbidden army, and he was still cowardly when it came to fighting against the Liao army, which made Guo Rong very dissatisfied.

Now that the expedition is imminent, after explaining the affairs of the DPRK and China, it is inevitable to talk about the topic of this expedition, Fan Zhen is old and chattering, and he seems to be very unconfident and said: "Zhang Yuanzhen is active in preparing for war in Cangzhou, please transfer Zhang Zangying, and transfer the Dengzhou Navy warship to cross the sea to attack Pingzhou, in the final analysis, it is also unwilling to face the main force of the Liao army head-on, how can it be easy to go down such a strong city as Youzhou, and after getting the line of Yizhou and Rejecting Mashui, the border of Hebei is much more stable, if you can fight, you will fight, and if you can't fight, you can't waste national strength for a long time, Your Majesty should be cautious!" ”

Guo Rong has made up his mind, and he was slightly unhappy when he heard the words, but he was not good at taking responsibility, so he had to change the topic and said: "I know what Qing said, don't worry, the major affairs of the DPRK and China are entrusted to the Qing, and the prince is young and needs to be taught by the Qing, and Yang Sicheng will accompany him to the Zhongshu Province every day in the palace, and the Qing will teach and handle government affairs. ”

"Father! What kind of official is the speaker of the East Palace? "Zong Xun has lived in the forbidden place for a long time, and since he was a child, he naturally knows the word official, but he doesn't understand the responsibilities of the officials. At this time, he sat beside Guo Rong at regular distances, with two small hands in front of his abdomen, just a pair of bright big eyes spinning around, looking around.

"Huh...... It's the emperor's husband! You have reached the age of reading and etiquette, and you have to study hard to listen to the teacher's lectures, understand? Guo Rong looked at his eldest son, his eyes were full of love, and he smiled and pointed, but Zong Xun nodded, still ignorant, at the age of a child, he wanted to go back to the palace to find a playmate quickly, and he was obviously very impatient in the face of a group of white-bearded ministers.

Say goodbye to the ministers, let the prince Zongxun be served by the inner attendant and return to the city with the ministers, Guo Rong led the inner temple to take the imperial chariot to set off, and on the same day crossed the Chen Qiaoyi to camp in Fengqiu Pan Town, and then took the eastern line of Huazhou to Lanzhou, where he met with Song Yanwu and Wang Huan's forbidden army sailors, and took part of the fleet to take the Yellow River waterway through the Daimyo's mansion, and did not stop halfway, leaving behind the 50,000 foot cavalry of the two armies of the palace and the two armies of the control crane by land.

When the fleet arrived at the wharf outside the east gate of Wuqiang County, Shenzhou, it was already the afternoon of 12 February, and it was almost dusk, and Yuan Yan of Zhenzhou, Sun Xingyou, and Zhang Yue of Cangzhou, who had already received reports from the military posts along the way, all rushed from the station in Jiezhen to line up with several generals of the forbidden army, including Han Tong, Han Lingkun, and Gao Huaide.

Guo Rong led his entourage to the shore and saw that there were many generals who came to greet him, and the county seat of Wuqiang seemed to have been newly overhauled, and he was very happy, and Han Tong and other generals led the way into the city.

This place is only a large mansion that has been temporarily cleaned and renovated, and dozens of military generals are sitting in the hall at once, plus Wang Pu and Wei Renpu, the important ministers of the privy government, Dong Guangmai, Zhao Jianliang, and Ma Renyu, who are staying in the palace and so on, it is very crowded.

The delay was slightly dark, the hall was brightly lit, and the civil and military forces spontaneously sat on both sides according to their rank and status, and the attendants in the entourage hurriedly came in to serve tea to everyone one by one, Guo Rong ordered Dong Guang to buy a military map and hang it on one side on a wooden frame, and said: "Last year, Lai Zhang and Yuan were well planned, and the soldiers of Chengde and Henghai towns used their lives, and Li Shu, Hebei, cherished his hometown, and went down to Mo, Win, Yi, and Ding. In this way, our army can directly resist the Mahe River out of Yijin Pass, but how to enter the army, what suggestions do you have for Zhu Qing to directly state the strategy! ”

At this time, Han Tong's 50,000 forbidden troops had already gone to Waqiao Pass in Mozhou, and Zhao Kuangyin's follow-up 50,000 troops had only arrived in Jizhou, and it would take two or three days to catch up. Li Chongjin was still waiting for the town army to assemble in the Daimyo Mansion, and the Congzheng Festival Town was 10,000 troops from the Tianping Army, 5,000 from the Zhenning Army, 5,000 from the Zhangde Army, and 5,000 from the Anguo Army, a total of 25,000 troops in one box, so that the total strength of all aspects reached 200,000.

Don't look at this huge number, but in fact, it is the old foundation of the forbidden army with 100,000 as the main force, and the naval divisions that have been expanded later are more used as logistics and transportation personnel, plus 30,000 in the two towns of Chengde and Henghai fronts, 10,000 Xue Wenqian of the Northwest Army, and 10,000 Dengzhou soldiers, only 150,000 troops really participated in the war, and the rest of the town army and township soldiers are just playing soy sauce.

The civil and military ministers had solemn faces, and Han Tong did not know much about the front-line troops not long after he arrived, and the generals of the forbidden army were not easy to speak. Zhang Yue sat on the right side of Wang Pu and Wei Renpu, followed by Yuan Yan. Seeing that Zhang and Yuan didn't mean to speak, Sun Xingyou, who was even lower, had to get up and bow and bow to the generals on the left and right.

"Your Majesty! I also teach all of you to know that the existing garrisons on the northern line of Wuqiang are 40,000 people in the three towns of Chengde, Changyi, and Henghai, and the original strength of the states that surrendered to Cheng last year is about 60,000. In view of this, it is advisable to make a strategy as soon as possible, and the sooner the better. ”

For Youzhou, a land close to the mountains and the sea, if the current situation of the enemy and us is concerned, the strategy of entering the army is still very simple, because last year Yuan Yan and Zhang Yue have already laid down the south of the rejection of the horse, and now the Chengde Town Army is mainly concentrated in Yizhou, so that it is convenient to bypass Youzhou City to seize Jimen, that is, Juyong Pass, if this step is successful, you can enter Yanzhou, seize the dragon gate of the Great Wall outside the pass, then it will be difficult for the Liao army to enter the pass.

And Zhang Yue's troops are also concentrated on this side of the sea, and they have asked to cross the sea to fight earlier, and now the 10,000 Dengzhou Navy Division and 500 warships are already on the sea route to Cangzhou, and they can go to sea after the troops are assembled.

Then this naturally formed two roads, east and west, because of the crossing of the sea, the east road Zhang Yue this part will be a lone army in the early stage of in-depth combat, the later stage can cooperate with the main force, for the time being, there is no need to incorporate more troops. The more than 10,000 soldiers under Yuan Yan's department are obviously not enough, and they need to be incorporated into part of the forbidden army.

Sun Xingyou just gave a brief explanation and stopped, and Yuan Yan had no choice but to go out and say: "If our department goes out of Yizhou, we will first take Fanyang and Liangxiang, and the terrain in the area of Xishan is complicated, and it is likely to be intercepted by the Liao army, and the horse army in this town is insufficient, so at least one to twenty thousand horsemen need to be included to be competent." ”

"Yes! There is Yuanzhen on the east road, but I don't have to worry, then the main force can go north to take Gu'an first, and go north along the Sanggan River to take the Yuhe River and Wanping counties to attack Youzhou Jiancheng. As long as the Liao reinforcements are blocked outside the pass, and Xiao Siwen's more than 30,000 Khitan soldiers are trapped in the lonely city, they will be down sooner or later, so the method of the main force marching into the siege can be discussed. Seeing that Yuan Yan and Sun Xingyou had a more positive attitude, Guo Rong nodded when he heard this.

Han Tong has always been in favor of the proposal to recover Youzhou, on the way north along the road to repair the river, to Wuqiang was not idle, collected warships, many times to the front line to inspect, heard the words suddenly perked up, got up and said: "The minister recalled the battle of Gaoping, the battle of Huainan Shouzhou used the method of ant attachment to attack the city, so the loss of soldiers is very large, protracted and difficult, from the soldiers are physically and mentally exhausted. And this time the use of troops is fully prepared, if you have to storm Youzhou City, the minister suggested using the method of capturing Haozhou City, build an earthen wall two to three zhang high in three hundred steps outside the city wall, place a heavy stone throwing machine on it day and night, endure non-stop, and build an earth platform and set a ladder at the four corners of the city, once the defenders are slackened, they can forcibly enter the city. ”

"Heavy siege engines such as stone throwers and crossbows haven't arrived yet, have they? Has the former army been created separately? Guo Rong remembered that it was accompanied by craftsmen and medical officers, and there must not be many of them. Zhang Yongde also transferred heavy siege engines from Tokyo in the Daimyo Mansion, and the large equipment was too cumbersome, so it was postponed to be transported, and the grain, grass and light ordnance would be shipped first.

"The ministers arranged to build the craftsmen as supervisors in Waqiaoguan, the preliminary preparations have been basically completed, and the rivers in Mo and Ying have also been dredged, just waiting for His Majesty's edict." Hantong replied very competently.

"That's good! Ma Renyu sent someone to pass on my message and ordered Zhao Kuangyin to lead his troops to come as soon as possible. Edict: Han Tong was deployed for the land route, Zhao Kuangyin was deployed for the water route, and Li Chongjin was deployed for the rear army.

Yuan Yan was the envoy of the Western Road, and the deputy commander of the guard horse army was Li Chuyun, who led 12,000 cavalry of the left and right carriage horse armies of Longjie and 20,000 cavalry of the Chengde army to march together.

With the Henghai Festival to make Zhang Yue as the east road to recruit envoys, led the Zhangyi Army, the Heng Navy, the Pinglu Army and horses, and 35,000 foot to cross the sea to fight, Qing needs to keep in mind that the matter of taking the peace and Jizhou is small, and the matter of controlling the pass is big, if the situation changes, then it is absolutely impossible to make the Liao army cross the line of Yuyang and Jishui, in short, it is necessary to cut off foreign aid first. ”