Long-distance marches can be fast or slow, when chasing the enemy or interspersed with volleys, they should be fast, "Xiahou Yuan, the captain of the military academy, five hundred in three days, one thousand in six days"; When Cao Cao was chasing Liu Bei, he "chased after him with 5,000 fine horses, and traveled more than 300 miles in one day and one night." But more often than not, you need to take it steady.

Chen Hu went south this time, and before passing the customs, the marching speed was very fast; After clearing the level, the speed drops significantly.

Because after entering the enemy-occupied area, first, many passes and towns were garrisoned by the Yuan army, and it was necessary to fight while marching; Second, from Liaoyang to entering the customs, the troops have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles in a hurry, and in terms of physical strength, they can no longer bear it. In order to prepare for the upcoming fierce battle, it is also time for the soldiers to recuperate their strength.

And Li Ye was replaced, and Li Guochang was reassigned as the vanguard,—— Chen Hu had three tigers under his command, Wang Guoyi, Li Guochang, and Zheng Guoyong. Wang Guoyi was the most courageous, known as "Huya", and was later transferred by Deng She; Li Guochang is second, known as the "tiger claw", and he also has the courage of ten thousand people.

Li Ye's strength is not in attacking cities and plundering land, but in the first army; And in holding the city, for the shield of the three armies. The reason why he was used as a pioneer outside the gate was simply because he had been in western Liaoning for a long time, and he was familiar with the terrain and knew the family treasure very well. "Know yourself and know your opponent, and you won't lose in a hundred battles", that's why I used him.

Now, now that he has been out of the customs, it is natural that he should be replaced. From the vanguard to the queen of the palace, on the one hand, he escorted the heavy grain and straw, and on the other hand, he also took the opportunity to rest and recuperate for the soldiers in his battalion.

The three provinces of Liaodong, Korea, and South Korea have a total of 24 wings of the Marshal's Office, with eight wings in each province.

The "Eight Wings of Liaodong" are Jinzhou, Gaizhou, Yizhou, Huihe, Wuping, Yizhou, Luyang, and Dongning; Among them, Dongning is Liaoyang. Because the capital of Liaodong is Liaoyang, this "Eight Wings Marshal's Mansion" is also known as "Liaoyang Eight Wings". Depending on the situation, the garrison on each wing is different, with a maximum of 10,000 people and a minimum of 1,000 troops. Add it in one place, a total of more than 30,000.

The troops led by Chen Hu this time were added together, nearly 30,000 people. It can be divided into four parts.

One part was his headquarters, about 6,000 people; Some of them were allocated to him by the Korean province, and there were about 6,000 people; plus Li Ye's Liaoxi Army, more than 3,000 people; There are more than 10,000 people left, who were drawn from the "Marshal's Mansion of Each Wing".

plus baggage, people's husbands; If it is arranged in a long snake formation, the team will pull away, and it will be mighty and mighty, and it can be dozens of miles long from beginning to end.

But it is said that it is said and done; As far as the situation in front of us is concerned, it is obvious that it is not suitable to use a long snake formation. Go deep into the enemy's territory, march in the enemy-occupied area, and put up a long snake formation, and it is easy to say that there are fewer troops; Even people with horses, baggage, people, forty or fifty thousand people, and animals, put up a long snake formation, isn't this looking for death? When you meet a good soldier and volley from the middle, you will immediately mess up.

Therefore, Chen Hu adopted the method of marching in which the troops were divided into three routes, with the vanguard at the front and the two wings behind.

That is, like a three-headed fork. Li Guochang in the middle is the most willing to move forward, attacking tough and strong, and is sharp for the whole army; The left and right flanks are responsible for responding, cooperating, and clearing out the outer enemy. At the end, Li Ye is the handle of the fork, protecting the baggage and the people, and ensuring the safety of the grain and the retreat.

The position of connecting the fork handle and the three fork heads is the Chinese army and the main force, which is commanded by Chen Hu himself.

From Yuguan into the belly, first of all, Yongping Road, Qian'an, Lulong, Changli, Luanzhou, Leting and other places are stationed in the Yuan army. Within a radius of one or two hundred miles, there were thousands of enemy troops.

- Originally, there were not so many Yuan troops, but because Li Ye fought in Liaoxi a while ago, Shijiabao retreated step by step, and the Haidong army received successes one after another, which led to the alarm of the Dadu Yuan court. Therefore, the crown prince of Mengyuan volunteered to supervise the army in Jizhou and Yongping Road, and transferred a lot of "good war camp heads" from other places, so that the Mengyuan defenders here have been greatly replenished.

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Chen Hu is a "horse thief" background.

"Horse thieves" are all horse thieves, that is, "cavalry", the speed is very fast, when the Central Plains is roaring, the court is at the head of the Yellow River, the twilight is at the end of the Yellow River, "the Yuan army can not be controlled". Therefore, he is now using soldiers, and the first person to get it is also such a "fast" word. Just like Xiahou Yuan, he advances and retreats like the wind, and he is fierce and fast.

There is a sentence that later generations commented on Zhang Xianzhong, which is quite appropriate here: "Its coming is like a sudden storm, and its going is like a ghost that is difficult to know." ”

When he fought Liaodong back then, Chen Hu relied on his swiftness and made many great achievements. Often, the soldiers and horses have already reached the city, and the enemy generals do not know it; Or the front is listed in a dignified formation, and the two armies are facing each other, and the rear has already made a roundabout attack and the surprise soldiers are prominent. ——Now that he has entered the customs in the south, he has repeated his skills.

Yongping Road, Luanzhou is the key, not only for the main force of the Yuan army, and the location is just in the middle of the whole road, can be described as "the first to bear the brunt".

In order to pass through Yongping quickly, this place must be solved first.

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Before entering Yongping Road, Chen Hu convened another temporary military meeting to assign tasks to the generals.

He unfolded the map, pointed out, and said to the generals: "Luanzhou is located in the middle of Yongping Road, and it is a necessary place for our army. If we want to go west, we have to go through here, so this is where we have to lay. ......, according to intelligence, there are currently about 2,000 troops stationed in the city; The city has been repaired many times and is relatively strong and tall. If it is attacked, I am afraid that it will not be able to be defeated in a day or two. And if it can't be conquered quickly, it will inevitably lead to a consequence. ”

He pointed his fingers, tapped the top, bottom and back of Luanzhou respectively, and then said: "That is, Qian'an in the north, Leting in the south, and even Jizhou in the west will send troops to help." If things develop to this point, it will not be a matter of fighting a city, but it will become a scuffle and a chaotic war. ......, this is very disadvantageous to our army. ”

He paused, swept his eyes from the faces of the generals one by one, and continued: "The order of the lord is: to require our army to quickly move south, enter the pass, and advance westward, and within the limited time, it must reach the outside of the capital, seize the key points, and make an offensive posture; At the same time, the main force continued to sneak south, reached the area of Hejian and Baoding, and entered the combat position. ......, ladies and gentlemen, the task is heavy and the time is urgent. Therefore, we must not allow the above situation to occur, and we must not fall into chaos and chaos. ”

The generals all nodded in agreement.

"So, how can we get through Yongping quickly? ......, military order! ”

As soon as there was a "military order", the tent immediately sounded the sound of iron armor rubbing and swords colliding, and the generals stood up straight, holding their heads high, not squinting, waiting for the order.

"Li Ye."

"The last general!"

"'The three armies have not moved, and the grain and grass go first'. Grain and baggage are the courage of the three armies and the foundation of our army. You don't have to participate in this attack on Luanzhou, you just need to bring your headquarters, protect the grain, restrain the people, and at the same time hand over the baggage and equipment needed for the siege to the leaders of the participating camps, even if you have a great achievement! ”

"Order!"

"Zheng Guoyong!"

"The end will be."

"Lu Long, in front of Luanzhou. In other words, if you want to fight Luanzhou, you must first defeat Lu Long. You lead the right flank, set off early, and you are bound to surround Lu Long by tonight. ......, surround but not fight. Just make way for the road. ”

"Order!"

"Li Guochang!"

"The end will be."

"Let you lead the vanguard headquarters, and the left wing; After Zheng Guoyong surrounded Lu Long and vacated the road, he quickly inserted it, and he must surround Luanzhou before noon tomorrow. ......, and at the same time deter the Leting in the south. Leting guards will not go out of the city, if you dare to go out of the city, give a head-on blow! ”

"Order!"

Li Guochang hesitated for a moment and asked, "May I ask Xiangshuai, will the last general just surround Luanzhou?" ”

"Yes."

"What about attacking the city and opening the way?"

"Luanzhou Chengjian, as Ben Shuai Shicai said, if you hit it first, there will definitely be the consequences of 'pulling a hair and moving the whole body', leading to melee and chaotic war. ......, so, Ben Shuai decided not to fight it for now. ”

"Xiang Shuai doesn't want to?"

"Not bad! Since 'pulling a hair and moving the whole body', then Ben Shuai will not 'pull this hair' first, but first cut off his wings and remove his minions. ......, tonight, I will personally take the elite and rush to Qian'an! ”

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If you hit Luanzhou first, it would be like stabbing the enemy in the chest with a spear. The enemy has hands and feet, can cover up, and even seek opportunities to counterattack. It's too much trouble. Therefore, it is better to attack Qian'an first, cut off the enemy's hands and feet, and then concentrate on the strength and then storm Luanzhou. In this way, we will be able to solve the problem quickly.

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After the deliberations, Zheng Guoyong first went out of the camp, led the right wing, and traveled sixty miles in a hurry, and successfully surrounded Lu Long before nightfall.

Lu Long is urgent, and it is urgent for eight hundred miles. Two hours later, news was known in Luanzhou, Leting, Qian'an and other places. The guards in the various cities were either shaken, or surprised, or temporarily relieved, and breathed a sigh of relief.

You know, before Chen Hu came out, they also had guesses.

After the Yan army in Liaodong leaves the customs, which direction will it hit first? Is it Lu Long? Is it Qian'an? Is it Leting? Or do you simply take a detour, avoid Yongping, and make a detour into your belly? Or maybe the Yan army is just bluffing, in fact, he doesn't want to enter the customs, he just wants to completely defeat Liaoxi and occupy the whole of Liao?

Soldiers, treacherous ways.

Before the dust settles, before the facts come out, no one is Zhuge Liang and no one can predict the prophet. After worrying, I finally got the exact news. - It turned out that the Yan army was indeed going to enter the customs, and the route they chose was to start from Lulong.

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But is that really the case? But has the dust already landed?

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Two hours after receiving Lu Long's urgent report, another urgent report came from Qian'an.

When he arrived in Luanzhou, he was so tired that he couldn't speak, and only signaled to take out a document from his arms, which was also stained with blood, and after opening, there was only one sentence on it, twelve words: "Chen thief led his troops to besiege the city; Attack urgently, difficult to fight, call for help".

The Luanzhou guard was shocked.

It turned out that the Yan army's fight against Lu Long was fake, and the attack on Qian'an was real.

If Qian'an is lost, Luanzhou will break his left arm, and things will be in danger! To say that this guard general is also a person who made a decision on the spot, he immediately issued an order, selected the elite, and set a plan to go out of the city early tomorrow morning to Qian'an to help. At the same time, write an urgent report and send it to Leting. He asked the general of Leting to also send out the army tomorrow morning to cooperate with the operation.

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The night was long, and the sky was not yet bright.

The Luanzhou guard general stayed awake all night, and just received a message from the general, saying that the elite had been selected and could go out of the city; I was preparing to go to the camp to see him off and boost my morale. Outside the city, the horses galloped to report.

"Report! Thirty miles away, an army of swallow thieves was found. ”

"Thirty miles away?"

"Look at its banner, it is Chen Thief's own rate."

- The Qian'an emergency newspaper clearly said: "Chen thief led the department"; Chen Hu is already in Qian'an, but why is there another Chen Hu here? Could it be that Qian'an has been broken?

The Luanzhou guard gasped.

- But he didn't know that the one who came to fight Luanzhou was actually Li Guochang. The reason why Chen Hu is used is a strategy. Chen Hu used soldiers, "ghosts are difficult to know". What is "ghostly and unknowable"? Not only fast, but also virtual and real, which makes people inscrutable, so as to take care of one and lose the other.

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Seeing that it is difficult to protect itself, where can I take care of Qian'an?

The Luanzhou guard general "made a decision immediately" and decisively ordered: "Qian'an may have been lost." Even if I don't lose it, since the main force of the Chen thief has come to attack me, it is no longer necessary to rush to Qian'an. The troops who were ready to leave the city were ordered to return to their base camps and prepare to defend the city. ......, send another urgent report to Leting, saying that our department is about to be attacked by the main force of the thief army, and ask him to come to the aid as soon as possible to echo for me. ”

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Siege Lulong, fight Qian'an, and soldiers come to the city. In half a day and one night, Luanzhou was shocked.

Chen Hu only took less than 30,000 people out of the customs in total, and this time he attacked Yongping Road, and left Li Ye's 3,000 Liaoxi troops unmoved; The actual number of troops used was only 24,500. But after it is unfolded, it is either virtual or real, or surrounded or fighting, and the effect is no less than 100,000 troops.

- The reason why he was able to achieve the position of the prime minister of Liaoyang, taking charge of one side and dividing the territory is because of his relationship with Deng She; On the other hand, it is also because of his own ability. Otherwise, even if Deng She lifted him higher, the generals below would not be convinced.

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Li Guochang led his troops to arrive, and before noon, he completed the encirclement of Luanzhou. The guards of the Pavilion were timid and did not dare to go out of the city.

That night, the city of Qian'an was broken. Chen Hu destroyed his city walls, slaughtered all his soldiers, and then went south, without stopping, and in the early morning of the next day, he joined forces with Li Guochang, and the two armies attacked together. The onslaught was carried out for a day and a night, and the city of Luanzhou was broken.

According to the precedent, the city walls were destroyed and the soldiers slaughtered. In two days, two cities were destroyed in a row.

Chen Hu personally wrote a surrender document, with the heads of Luanzhou and Qian'an guards, and sent people to Lulong and Leting: "Surrender, without losing wealth and nobility; Don't fall, slaughter".

The defender of Leting was already frightened and immediately surrendered the city. General Lu Long wanted to be a "loyal minister", but he was not afraid of death, which did not mean that his generals were not afraid of death, so he had no choice but to surrender after being coerced by him.

Chen Hu has been in Liaodong for a long time, and the generals of the Central Plains know his name but do not know his prestige. Now, Yongping will be captured in two days. Thousands of Yuan troops were elite, half were slaughtered, and half surrendered. Where the soldiers came, it seemed to be devastated. At this time, the reinforcement troops in Jizhou and other places were not even ready and had not yet left the city.

For a time, the name shook Hebei.

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The military report of the Yuan army was sent to Dadu, and the government and the opposition were terrified.

Chen Hu's military report was sent to Yidu, and the whole group rejoiced.

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Emperor Yuan convened his ministers to discuss whether to move the capital. On the one hand, he sent a message to the world, ordering Chakhan Timur, Polo Timur and the generals of Guanzhong to come to the aid quickly, "King Qin to protect him".

Deng She's text in the world: "The emperor's holy decree, the decree of King Yan: Meng Yuan Beidi, into China, this is not heavenly, and the fault of the Si Song family." After knowing the shame, expelling the Tartars, and rebuilding China, my husband and my generation will do it.

"The Central Plains is prosperous, and among the billions of trillions, saints will descend in five hundred years. Since the former Song Dynasty, 500 years! Today, I have done my best to serve as the tiger of Yan and Liao, personally lead the elite of Qi and Lu, and the Northern Expedition to the Hu Chieftain, and those who are enterprising into the capital are not for personal conspiracy, but for public interests. The aim is to eliminate riots, reassure the people, open the way for the saints, and drive them to death. So much for. Erqi people's body!

"Fangjin Jiangnan Shuzhong, a gathering of heroes. Wu Guogong is loyal to the liver and gall; Chen, Zhang, Fang, and Ming Zhugong, the best of the best. At this time, I am not talented, and I secretly think that we should join the great cause and put the world first. Although I am weak, I am not despicable, and I am willing to be the first. Those who have aspirations are looking forward to it.

"To Ruohe Luoguan Shaanxi, although there are several males, they forget the surname of the Chinese ancestors, but in the name of the Hulu beast, they have no intention of respecting the lord and protecting the people, and devour each other, but it is a great harm to the people. If you stop the precipice on this, you will not lose the reputation of the surrounding place; If you insist on going your own way, there will be the death of Hongfan. Don't be unpredictable.

"I heard: 'I, the people of China, will be ordered by heaven to rule the people of China in peace, and how can I rule them'! The benevolent people in the sea, the people with lofty ideals in the north and south, the rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible!

"For example, the Mongolian color eye, although it is not of the Chinese race, but between the same heaven and earth, there are people who can know etiquette and righteousness and are willing to be subjects, which is no different from the people of Zhongxia to raise them. Therefore, it is advisable to be informed. ”

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This article is written by Hong Jixun.

At the beginning of the question, hold King Xiao Ming in front and put "yourself" behind.

pointed out that Meng Yuan's ability to enter the Central Plains was not a "heavenly gift", but because of the fault of the former Song Dynasty. Knowing shame and rebuilding China is the mission of "my generation".

In 500 years, a saint will descend, and "I Dunshe" launched an army on the Northern Expedition this time, not for personal gain, one is to settle the people in the world, and the other is to open the way for the "saint". I hope the people can understand.

In Shuzhong, south of the Yangtze River, the heroes are divided, and the infighting is not stopped. At this time, "you" should put aside personal enmity and put the world first. Although "I" is not strong, I am willing to be a pioneer and set off to the north first. If you want to come, "I" are very welcome and look forward to it.

——These sentences are the finishing touches, preemptively occupying "morality". "I" fight the capital, for the sake of the common people in the world, if you don't come to cooperate, it's just that, if you take the opportunity to take "my" city, it will be too bad. Chen Youliang and Ming Yuzhen are far away from each other and pose no threat to Shandong. But Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng are very threatening. Stop them with words first, even if they don't listen, if they fight later, at least "justice" is on Haidong's side.

- "Morality" is a very mysterious thing, which cannot be seen or touched, but its role should not be underestimated. "The teacher is famous". If the soldiers feel that they are righteous, right, and "the will of the people", they will be brave and morale will be very high. However, if "the teacher is unknown" and he feels that he is not right, the battle will not be easy to fight, and the phenomenon of war-weariness and refusal to contribute will widespread.

Then he talked about "Heluo Guan Shaanxi", that is, Chakhan Timur, Polo Timur, Li Siqi, Zhang Liangbi and other generals. "The beauty of the week", the story of the change around the place is well-known. "The Death of Hongfan", Zhang Hongfan, the exterminator of the Song Dynasty, made great contributions to Meng Yuan, but his descendants died tragically in the war and were killed by the Yuan army.

Then, call on all heroes in the world to respond.

Finally, appease the "Mongolian Semu people", those who are willing to submit, do not discriminate, and raise them like the Han people.

Looking at the whole article, it can be said that it is comprehensive.

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Emperor Yuan's decree for help and Deng She's inscription came out almost one after another, and the world was shocked.