Since Taixing took over as the governor of the state for three years, Yao Yizhong has been in charge of the state for two years. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info In the past two years, Yao Yizhong did not dare to slack off, especially the training requirements of the Xiang army and the government soldiers were very strict, and he even slept at night thinking about training matters.

In late February, Yao Yizhong had made all preparations before the expedition, and 30,000 of his soldiers were ready to go.

On March 3, Yao Yizhong received the general order from Da Sima to send troops to Changshan, and forcibly held back the joy in his heart and hurriedly ordered the army to go out.

Yao Yizhong was very aware of the importance of the Great War of the Southern Expedition, and it can be said that the performance of the people of Liaodong in this battle, even if it could not determine the future status, would have a significant impact on the meritorious deeds after the founding of Liaodong.

In fact, before this, although Yao Yizhong had been paying attention to the progress of the Southern Expedition, as a senior general, he did not want to stay out of the matter, but as a general of the Hu nationality who had joined Liaodong not long ago, he never thought that he would be reused at the beginning.

Yao Yizhong is a capable and ambitious person, of course, this so-called ambition is not in seizing the world, but in the ambition of making contributions.

After joining Liaodong, Yao Yizhong quickly understood that if he wanted to live a more chic life in the future, he would have to make more meritorious contributions and let himself climb to a higher position.

Therefore, as soon as he received the order of General Sima, Yao Yizhong was overjoyed, and he immediately announced mobilization. All of a sudden, the entire state of Bingzhou took action, colorful flags fluttered inside and outside the school field, gongs and drums were noisy, and all the garrisons of the state were talking about the expedition.

According to the deployment of the Military Division, the Prefecture Governor's Office will send 30,000 troops, and the combined number of the Prefecture Army and the Prefecture Army is as much as 60,000 or 70,000, which means that at least half of the people will stay behind.

After hearing the news, the soldiers of the state rushed to get the Governor to take him into battle. In Liaodong, because of the extremely heavy rewards for military merits, all the soldiers were extremely eager to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions.

The Liaodong Army has not had a major battle for two whole years, and the officers and men are already hungry and thirsty for the war. In order to compete for the quota in the battle, generals and soldiers at all levels almost broke their heads. Seeing this scene, Yao Yizhong felt sincerely gratified, and at the same time became more and more optimistic about the future of Liaodong.

In the face of his subordinates who were actively vying to participate in the war, Yao Yizhong did not relax his requirements, and after strict selection, he selected ten chambers of infantry from the Bingzhou Xiang Army and the government soldiers to accompany him, of which there were four cavalry compartments.

The soldiers who were selected were naturally elated, and the rest of the unlucky losers could only regretfully stay and merge with the state.

Since this was Yao Yizhong's first time leading the troops as the main general, he was extremely strict with all kinds of details, from the medical personnel of the army, the logistics baggage, to the mental outlook of the soldiers and the weapons and equipment.

Before the expedition, all the Bingzhou garrisons gathered on the school field, Yao Yizhong stood on the high platform, looking at the boundless military array, full of ambition, he hoped to completely correct his name through this battle, and among the core and high-level of the Liaodong Army.

The army left the county seat of Shangai and went straight to the Jingcheng trail along the wide and flat cement road. Walking on the road, along the way are endless fields, and the wheat seedlings blowing with the wind make Yao Yizhong fascinated.

Nowadays, all parts of Liaodong, basically realize the cement road communication, the road paved with cement, the road surface is clean, wide, strong, and the trees are planted on both sides, compared with the dirt road with potholes in the past, it is really one in the sky, one in the ground.

The officers and men of Liaodong who walked on the cement road had ruddy faces, full of energy, and vigorous steps, showing good quality, and this was naturally inseparable from the sufficient logistical support and strict military training of the Liaodong Army.

Yao Yizhong was dressed in fish scale armor, took the lead, rode on a high-headed horse, and walked forward, behind him was a banner like a cloud, and tens of thousands of majestic and high-spirited Liaodong soldiers. The whole team was ringing, and the soldiers were neat and high-spirited.

In addition to tens of thousands of soldiers, there are many pack horses and carriages, pulling all kinds of military supplies. This is the advantage of occupying the grassland at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, there is no shortage of horses up and down Liaodong, and even horses have become the most popular livestock in Liaodong.

In the depths of Taihang Mountain, the shadowy figures are covered with winding and rugged mountain paths, and when you get closer and observe carefully, you find that all the soldiers of the Liaodong Army are in charge, and the leader is Yao Yizhong, the governor of Bingzhou.

In March, Yao Yizhong received the general order, set off from Shangai County, Leping County, and crossed the Taihang Mountain along Jingcheng and went straight to Changshan County.

Seeing that Zhending City was in sight, Yao Yizhong wiped the sweat on his forehead, thinking about the heavy responsibility he shouldered, and couldn't help but feel a heavy responsibility. According to the deployment of the Military Division before the war, Yao Yi Zhongbu was the main force in Liaodong's attack on Changshan, but in fact, the real task was to lure the enemy.

They will use the attack Zhending as bait, and with the cooperation of Zhang Bin, lure the Hulu army to come and gather and annihilate. The march of the army was fast and fast, and it was expected to reach the eastern side of Taihang Mountain in another three days.

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As the Liaodong Army moved south, the northern counties of Jizhou bore the brunt of the attack, and under Shi Le's strict orders, they strengthened their vigilance one after another.

On this day, at noon, a horse galloped into Zhending City from the west, bringing the news of the arrival of the Liaodong Army. After a while, the whole city became lively, and the defenders took up their weapons and walked up to the city wall, all looking nervously out of the city.

Zhending City is located on the eastern side of Taihang Mountain, guarding the east end of the Jingcheng Trail, and is easily threatened by the Liaodong Army coming out of Jingcheng.

In the face of the menacing Liaodong Army, Wang Zheng, the Zhending defender, was not very nervous, nor was he too worried about the safety of Gaoyang City. It's not that he is arrogant and doesn't take the Liaodong Army seriously, but that Xiangguo has long 'expected' this, and the Liaodong Army is stepping into the trap pre-arranged by Xiangguo.

Wang Zheng was originally a Xiongnu slaughterer, and when Han and Zhao fell, they fled to Xiangguo with Liu Fu, the prince of the Xiongnu. Later, Liu Fu was sent to Jicheng by Shi Le to be punished, but he was fortunate to stay in Xiangguo and gradually became Shi Le's more trusted general.

In fact, Shi Le's trust in Wang Zheng and other Huns is also a last resort, since the spread of the "Han Traitor Record", Shi Le gradually no longer dares to trust the generals from the Han people everywhere, and can only reuse the talents of the Hu nationality such as Qian, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Di, and Qiang.

On the one hand, Wang Zheng calmly ordered the defenders to step up their defenses, and on the other hand, he hurriedly reported to Zhixiong, who was stationed in Yuanshi County of Zhao State in the south.

Zhixiong was the chief general of Xiangguo's encirclement and annihilation of Yao Yizhong's army, and he was responsible for commanding the 100,000 Qianhu army in Changshan and Zhao counties, striving to successfully annihilate the 30,000 Liaodong army, making a good start for the war.

It can be said that since Zhang Bin 'judged' that the target of the first battle of the Liaodong Army was Changshan County, Shi Le was pondering and planning how to win the first battle.

The battle-hardened Schler knew very well that the first battle was very important at the beginning of the war. If the 30,000 Liaodong troops can be annihilated in one fell swoop, it will greatly boost the morale of the Liaohunei. Therefore, Shi Lecai did not hesitate to mobilize 100,000 troops under the command of the general Zhixiong.

When Zhixiong, who was stationed in Yuan's family, received Wang Zheng's report, he was overjoyed, and the fighter plane he had been waiting for for a long time finally appeared.

At that moment, Zhixiong immediately commanded the army to act, and the Kahu army, which had been on standby in various places, gathered towards Zhending, and an encirclement centered on Zhending was gradually taking shape.

Zhixiong looked at Yao Yizhong, who was still 'ignorant' and opened towards Zhending, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, in his opinion, the 30,000 Liaodong Army was already in the bag.

It's a pity that Zhixiong didn't know that his every move was under the surveillance of the Liaodong Army. Fortunately, there was no satellite system in ancient times, otherwise it would have been discovered through satellite maps. On the periphery of the encirclement of the Qianhu army, the Liaodong Army has quietly formed a larger encirclement.

In the north, Duan Wenyang and Ji Tang took advantage of the gap between the transfer of Qianhu's troops to Zhending, and were outflanking from the left and right sides. At present, nearly 200,000 troops from both sides of the enemy and us are gathered in the small Changshan County, and a large-scale encirclement and annihilation battle is about to begin. No one in front of the station expected that the scale of the battle would be so large at the beginning of the war.

Both sides were determined to win this battle, and Shile hoped to cut off the Liaodong army's intention to go south to Xiangguo, and at the same time rely on a big victory to boost the morale of Xiangguo. The purpose of the Liaodong Army was very simple, that is, to eliminate the living forces of Xiangguo, and the 100,000 Qianhu army gathered in Changshan County had accounted for one-tenth of the total strength of Xianghu.

Although the elimination of 100,000 Xianghu will not hurt Xiangguo's muscles and bones, it will allow Liaodong to smoothly occupy Changshan County and open the door to Xiangguo in the south, which will make Xiangguo Shile sleep and eat. (To be continued.) )