Even with Deng She's consent, there are still two prerequisites for going to Jinan.

First of all, we have to wait for the second batch of reinforcements from Wenhua Kingdom to arrive. Fueling tactics is a taboo for soldiers. Since we are going to attack Jinan, we must concentrate all our forces and strive to hit with one blow. Second, it is necessary to first clear the customs and protection offices on the southeast coast. Just like the two methods proposed by Zhang Ji'er, either eliminate him first, or send a partial division to surround him but not fight him, and trap him. If the southeast is not done, most of the passages connecting with Haidong are still in the hands of the Yuan army, and there is an enemy on the back road, and it is impossible to feel at ease when going to Jinan.

Counting the military horses in Wendeng City, plus reinforcements, and the continuation of the ancestral department, the total number of people is about 15,000, while the customs protection department is only 5,000 people. At least locally, Haidong has now occupied an absolute upper hand. In other words, there is no need to wait for Wenhuaguo to come, Zhang Xiaoer and Guo Conglong can act first and defeat Guan Bao.

In fact, the second batch of reinforcements from Wenhua Kingdom originally had another backup landing plan, that is, not to go to Wendeng, but to go to Laizhou. If you go to Laizhou, it is equivalent to replacing a land route with a sea route, which can greatly shorten the time for the army to go to Jinan. Especially in the case of heavy snow road closures, this will achieve a more unexpected effect, which may catch Chahan off guard.

By the time all the reinforcements from the sea landed, it was already dark. The troops marching into the city lit torches. Men and horses are shouting. From a distance, it looks like a fire dragon winding through the snow.

In the Guanbei army brought by Zhang Yi'er, there were many Jurchens, all of whom were cavalry. And there are not only mature women, but also raw women. Mature women are really similar to Tong Shengyang.,Accept more sinicization.,Although in the eyes of the Han people,,They are still barbarians.,But after all, it's a little more civilized.。

The birth of the Jurchen, on the other hand, can be seen only from the appearance of the dress, like a wild man, with bony decorations, wrapped in the fur of wild beasts, driving mounts, galloping wantonly. The weapons they used, and even many bone arrows, drew their bows and arrows, and shot arrows into the air, all of which were very excited.

It can be imagined that it is like a primitive person who drank blood and suddenly came to a bustling and lively big city, saw everything he had never seen before, and ate everything he had never eaten before, so it was obviously normal to show excessive excitement and restlessness.

The bone arrows they used were not enough arrows in the Haidong Army to replace them. But Zhang Ji'er deliberately didn't change it for them. Liu Yang once questioned this, asking him why he didn't change the birth of Jurchen with better weapons and armor? Wouldn't it be helpful to kill the enemy with better weapons and armor?

At that time, Zhang Xiao'er smiled and replied: "Born a girl, although they have a human form, they are actually no different from beasts. Has Marshal Liu ever heard of anyone who would dress a lackey in human clothes? I raise them as a lackey for the Lord. It can be used to kill the enemy, but it must not be treated like a human being. ”

Liu Yang asked: "If the general treats the birth of a girl like this, he is not afraid that they will be angry?" ”

"Before I went to Guanbei, the lord had a few words to give me, telling me to keep them in mind at all times. The lord said, 'If it is not of my race, its heart will be different.' All barbarians, if they are weak, they will be subdued, and if they are strong, they will rebel, which has been the case since ancient times. Therefore, it is true that you should not only be gentle with your own daughters, but must be subdued'. Although I didn't put on better armor and weapons for the birth of the Jurchen, the daily food for them was no different from that of my Haidong soldiers. ”

Zhang Ji'er casually pointed out a few Jurchen tribes that came with the army this time, and said: "And these tribes were originally not big in Guanbei, if it weren't for my support, they wouldn't have today's status." For example, the tribe with the banner of Haidongqing has embezzled four or five other weak tribes in just half a year. It's too late for them to be grateful to me, so how can they be resentful? ”

Liu Yang suddenly realized: "This is to show that it is good, use it like a dog, and at the same time provoke its internal fighting, and use barbarians to govern barbarians." But it is the same as his method of governing the Japanese people in the water division.

In the days that followed, he also saw with his own eyes Zhang Ji'er's reputation among the Jurchens, which was indeed as he said. Every begotten girl was respectful to him. Even the patriarch of a tribe, or a powerful figure, does not dare to come out in front of Zhang Xiao'er.

The birth of a girl is really barbaric in the end, and the military discipline is not very good. On the eve of the voyage, there was a violation of military discipline. Zhang Ji'er was killed on the spot, the five horses were separated, and the flagpole was hung. No biological girl really dared to say a word about it. Not only did he not dare to say half a word, but he groveled even more, and under the bloody flagpole, he behaved more and more flatteringly.

"How many Jurchen cavalry did the marshal bring this time?"

Soon after nightfall, Zhang Ji'er and Liu Yang entered the city with the army. Guo Conglong had already arranged for people to go to Yidu to deliver the letter, and Liu San was still the one who took the lead. After completing this urgent task, Guo Conglong invited Zhang Xiaoer and Liu Yang to come to the Shuai's Mansion to wash the dust for them. At the table, he asked the above question.

"A total of fourteen hundred. There are really 400 mature women, and 1,000 raw girls. ”

"The number of mature women is not as good as that of raw women?"

"Earlier, Xiao Pingzhang was ordered by the lord to enlist in the army in Guanbei. Mature women are really capable of fighting, and most of them have been recruited. Those who stayed, Ben also needed them to help suppress Guanbei. Therefore, there are really not many mature women brought this time. However, although there were only 400 people, they were all elite. Most of them are the condor archers of their own tribe, and they are skilled in bows and horses, which can be of great use. ”

Zhang Zhen'er's attitude towards mature Jurchen is completely different from that towards raw Jurchen.

There may be a relationship between Tong Shengyang and Yang. Tong Shengyang is Deng She's brother-in-law. There is a saying that "don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha". But the bigger reason is still in "governing barbarians with barbarians". Although the mature girl and the raw Jurchen are both Jurchen, in fact, because the mature girl really accepts the sinicization, and Deng She also intends to improve the status of the mature woman many times, so the mature girl really doesn't look down on the birth of the Jurchen. Mature women really look down on raw women, and between the two, they have the same language and similar customs. Therefore, it is better to take advantage of this contradiction and use mature women to govern raw women.

On the land of Goryeo and Kanbei, ethnic relations are very important. It is spread over many ethnic groups, Han Chinese, Korean people, Jurchen people, and even a few Bohai people. The slightest carelessness can shake the foundations of the regime. But it's okay, at least so far, Dunsher has handled it pretty well.

"Previously, the marshal proposed two ways to deal with Laizhou, I don't know which one he intends to use?"

……

On the road to Yidu, Liu San and several rode the stars and the moon, eating some fried noodles when they were hungry and some snow water when they were thirsty. This is the third time that Liu San has taken this road in less than ten days. For many days, he didn't get enough rest, and he could even sit on a horse and fall asleep.

When Guo Conglong selected someone to send a letter to Deng She again, considering Liu San's hard work and fatigue in the past few days, he thought about changing someone else. However, the military situation is in a hurry, and changing to an unfamiliar road may delay the journey too much. Therefore, I have to use Liu San to take on this important task. At least, he'd walked this road a few times, and he knew exactly where there were shortcuts and where the snow was too deep.

The first two times, Liu San and the others were carrying two horses. This time, there are three horses for one person. Day and night. When they arrived outside the city of Yidu, the mounts were exhausted by two horses. However, the journey that should have taken three or four days took only two days and nights to arrive in a hurry. Take a break outside the city to refresh your spirits and then repeat your old tricks.

Liu San pretended to be a pawn like before, familiar with the way, and infiltrated the enemy's formation. This time, Chakhan wasn't besieging the city, but it didn't matter. Liu Sanxin was careful and bold, and with the help of the cover of night, he walked through the path between the Yuan army camps, and mixed into the city without danger, and then took a bow and shot arrows, and sent tokens to the city. The guards at the head of the city verified that they were correct, put down the hanging baskets, and pulled them up.

Not long after Liu San entered the city, two fires rose from the high-rise buildings in the city. The flames soared into the sky, alarming the Yuan army to riot, thinking that the city was going to go out of the city to attack. Because in the past few days, after the fierce siege of the last Yuan army, Dunshedo used tired tactics, often beating drums or setting fires in the middle of the night to make a counterattack. The Yuan army waited for a long time, but as usual, there was no half of Haidong's soldiers out of the city. The general on duty at night scolded and scolded, and Ming Jin withdrew his troops.

After a brief commotion, quiet returned to the inside and outside of the city. The generals and soldiers of the Yuan army did not notice it, and in a small forest outside their camp, two horses galloped out.

These two horses were deliberately left outside the city before Liu San entered the city. The intent is twofold. First, if Liu San fails to enter the city and is discovered by the Yuan Pawn on the way, these two horses can be the messenger who enters the city on the second way. Second, if Liu San succeeds in entering the city, then a secret signal can be raised in the city, and the two horsemen see it, so they don't have to wait for Liu San to come out, and go back to Wendeng directly to reply to the letter. Because entering the city is successful, but it is not necessary to succeed outside the city. This is also Liu San's cautious side.

Two days later, the messenger returned to Wenden. Report Deng She's reply to Zhang Ji'er, Liu Yang, Xu Jizu and Guo Conglong. The two fires mean that they agree with Yao Haogu's analysis and can hit Jinan first.

……

"Laizhou has entered Shandong since the former Mao Pingzhang, which is where its tuntian is located. After the painstaking management of Xiao Mao Pingzhang and Wang Shicheng, the city was very strong. And now there are strong troops. If you want to talk about the best policy, of course, besiege but not attack. However, the heavy snow stopped at the beginning of the day, and the road was blocked. If Wen Pingzhang's reinforcements also go to Wendeng, then our army will inevitably delay too much time on the journey when it goes to Jinan. Over time, there are many variables.

"So, Laizhou, we have to fight."

"How do you play?"

"The exorcist girl really thinks it's a striker."

"The birth girl is really barbaric, I'm afraid she won't be good at attacking cities?"

"With my Han soldiers as the main force, operating trebuchets, artillery, siege vehicles, ladders and other things as their backup. Although the birth of a girl is barbaric, can't the ants be attached to the city? The general has never seen the Jurchens fight, and the elite of our army can already be called fierce and not afraid of death, but if compared with the Jurchens, it is still slightly inferior. They don't even know what death is. ”

If it is said that the mature Jurchens, especially those Jurchens who live in the Central Plains, have almost been sinicized and are not much different from the Han people, then the Jurchens in Helan Mansion and other places still retain their true national colors, still staying in the stage of slavery, scattered in the valleys, living in water and grass, and making a living from fishing and hunting. Vulgar brave, like to fight, endure hunger, thirst and hardship. Very majestic.

And there are other parts, living farther away in the middle and lower reaches of the Ussuri River and the Heilongjiang River, and even in the stage of clan social development, that is, primitive society, there is not even a market and a city outline. There is no civilization, no civilization, no ignorance. The degree of his recklessness and daring to die can be imagined. Even in the eyes of the Mongols, they are well-deserved "captives" and "savages".

From this aspect, it is no wonder that Zhang Yier does not regard them as human beings at all.

The place where the Jurchen lived was colder than Liaodong. Although it is snowing heavily in Shandong at the moment, they don't pay attention to this little bit of cold. Zhang Ji'er has lived in Guanbei for a long time and has also learned some Jurchen words. Early the next morning, he gathered the Jurchens together and lectured them.

In order to boost morale, he promised: "Attack Laizhou today, and use you as the vanguard." If the city of Laizhou is broken, then whoever is taken prisoner will be given to you as slaves. and in the midst of the war, but whatever is taken other than the weapon, whether it is treasure or clothing, whoever gets it will give it to whomever he wants. Those who make the first contribution and go to the city first will be rewarded with a gold medal. ”

The "gold medal" he refers to is a divisive measure for Deng She's management of the Jurchen region. It is equivalent to a change of household registration. Elevate Jurchen nationality to Han nationality. If there is a gold medal, his family will enjoy privileges in the locality. The treatment is equal to that of the Han people, and it is a head higher than that of ordinary raw Jurchens. For example, iron tools, clothing, and so on, will no longer restrict their use. At the same time, they were allowed to move into places such as Shuangcheng and even intermarry with Han Chinese, so that they could enjoy a better life. This is something that the Jurchens are very much looking forward to having.

As soon as the military order was given, the Jurchens beat their chests and feet, and howled.

……

Zhang Ji'er mobilized 8,000 people, with 2,000 people as the lead of the successor ancestors, and in the afternoon of the same day, he went out of the city to attack Laizhou. In order to prevent Guan Bao from taking advantage of the landing of reinforcements to come to a sneak attack, the ancestral department of Xu Jizu was originally stationed in the north of Wendeng City and had been preparing for war for a long time. However, there is no need for any more mobilization, and you can go directly into battle.

The striker continued to follow his ancestor, Zhang Ji'er brought his own main force, 10,000 foot riders, without any cover-up, and went straight to Laizhou. Although most of the naval divisions commanded by Liu Yang returned to Pyongyang to receive the second batch of reinforcements to Shandong, they also divided a small part and took a detour by sea to Laizhou. Maybe it won't play much of a role, at least it can put a little pressure on the city of Laizhou.

Guo Conglong stayed in the city, and after sending them away, he returned to Shuaifu. He instructed his soldiers to hang up their maps, lift their scabbards upside down, and look closer.

Wendeng City in the southeast corner, out of Wendeng, go to Ninghai, meander to the northwest, pass Qixia, to Laizhou. The road passed through is more than 200 miles. Tens of thousands of troops, no more than three or two light horses, and it is only after the snow, the road is difficult to walk, the most optimistic estimate, to complete this journey will take at least five days.

Guo Conglong was worried: "I don't know if Guan Bao will set up an ambush in the middle of the road?" ”

……

Guan Bao did not set up an ambush halfway, and after hearing the news, he urgently reduced his forces and transferred all the troops in other cities. At the same time that Zhang Yi'er drove straight in, a team of soldiers flowed into the sea like a stream, and flowed into the city from Laizhou to the left. Zhang Ji'er arrived at the city.

……

When night fell, red candles lit in the hall.

Guo Conglong watched the picture with candles and walked alone around the room. A personal soldier heard the movement outside, probed inside, and asked, "Is the general worried about Marshal Zhang's department?" ”

Guo Conglong frowned and pondered, and said: "The news of the arrival of my reinforcements, Chahan must have known at this time. He is an old soldier and will not fail to guess that our army will definitely conquer the southeast first. It is estimated that Marshal Zhang should have arrived at the city of Brunei. Jochahan sent a detachment of men and horses to attack me from behind. What to do? ”

……

Zhang Yi'er was divided into two parts, and on the day he arrived in the city, he changed the forward of his successor to the rear team, looking for dangerous places outside the city, and guarding them from high, so as to prevent Chahan from attacking from behind. Then lead the main force as the front team and begin to attack the city.

……

Marshal Zhang said that the birth of a girl really did not know what death was. However, the Yuan army in Laizhou City is also Xiaorui, and 5,000 people can take my southeast. Marshal Zhang only brought 10,000 people, can he capture this city? Guo Conglong couldn't sleep at night, although he was in Wendeng, his mind drifted to Laizhou, which was hundreds of miles away. Under the city of Laizhou, the war has just started.