Chapter Fifty-Nine: Raising Troops
The civil strife of the Liao State became out of control as the Liao Emperor arrived in Zhongjing under the escort of Xiao Feng and a cadre of civil and military ministers, and integrated the soldiers and horses of Zhongjing by extraordinary means, and quickly stabilized his foothold.
Yelu Hongji has ambition and skill, he can be regarded as a generation of heroes, and now he has such a peerless general as Xiao Feng in his hands, and he is even more powerful, and on the first day of arriving in the Chinese army, he tried his best to override the public opinion, and named Xiao Feng as the king of the Southern Courtyard, leading an army alone.
As the leader of the beggar gang in the past, it is the brilliant achievement of bringing the beggar gang into the world's largest gang, and it is naturally not impossible for him to be really a brave man, even if most of the time, he is the heroic nature of the sky-high in front of outsiders, but he is also thick and fine, and he can take care of the huge beggar gang in an orderly manner, and even thriving, how can he not have any wrist at all, but Xiao Feng's means are quick and upright, and he is taking an upright path, and in a short time, Let his subordinates be so arrogant and fierce that their hearts were completely broken, and within three days, they led the troops to the battle, and they actually won successive battles, and drove Yelu Chongyuan's pursuers all the way back to Shangjing, and did not go out, completely recovering the morale lost due to the loss of Shangjing.
However, although Xiao Feng is brave, it is still a bit mysterious to want to take Nanjing with the strength of one person, and after attacking for three days in a row, Xiao Feng also found some inappropriateness, and the king of Chu seems to have spare strength in his hands, and there is a cavalry on the periphery that constantly disturbs the grain road on his side.
In the past, when he was the leader of the beggar gang, Qiao Feng's gang leader Da Song resisted the invasion of Western Xia and Da Liao, and he did a lot of things to attack and harass the enemy's grain road, so when he sent troops, he also attached great importance to the safety of the grain road, but Rao was like this, and the grain road was still disturbed by this elusive army several times, and successfully defeated several grain transportation teams. If it weren't for the full support of Emperor Liao, Yelu Hongji, he almost made Qiao Feng's troops collapse because of the problem of food and grass.
During this period, Qiao Feng even secretly disguised himself and blended into a grain transport team, and fought with this cavalry that came and went without a trace, but only repelled it. It didn't cause much damage, but it was the general of the other side who was able to take his eighteen palms of dragon descent with a silver spear, although he was defeated in the end, Qiao Feng was not completely sure that he could kill him in the chaos, and he had no choice but to stop.
Faintly, Qiao Feng had already sensed that something was wrong, the appearance of this cavalry that suddenly appeared on the battlefield was much different from the tactics that Qiao Feng knew in the past that the cavalry of the Liao army liked to fight hard, and they took a flexible and changeable path. The secret combination of the art of war, coming and going like the wind, and superb riding and archery, as far as Qiao Feng knows, such a force, among the current countries, can be regarded as the most elite troops, and now suddenly appeared here. Does it also mean that the forces of other countries have begun to intervene in this civil war in Liao.
In the handsome tent, Xiao Feng was thinking about his own thoughts. Thinking about this possibility, my heart became heavier and heavier, according to the marksmanship displayed by the cavalry, it was not like the martial arts in the Xixia area of the Liao Kingdom, but more like the routine of the Central Plains martial arts, if it was the Song Dynasty......
Qiao Feng shook his head. With his understanding of the Song Dynasty, not to mention whether the Song Dynasty had the ability to form such an elite army, it was just the current situation of the Song Dynasty in the officialdom that was entangled and intertwined, protecting each other, and wanting to make such a decisive judgment and put it into action in such a short period of time. It's just an impossible thing.
What's more, Qiao Feng has been in the Song Dynasty for a long time, although he is in the rivers and lakes, but he also has some understanding of the famous generals of the Song Dynasty.
Probably Western Xia, right!?
Xiao Feng made an uncertain judgment in his heart, there were not many cavalry in the Song Dynasty, even if there were more times it was used as a guard of honor or something, but the Western Xia had a strong army, called the Iron Harrier, and he had a fight when he was Qiao Feng, which was indeed good, but the style of that army was tough, similar to the cavalry style of the Liao State, and at the moment, this cavalry army may be the newly established legion of the Western Xia.
Xiao Feng didn't have much confidence in his own judgment, but just reported his guess to the Liao lord Yelu Hongji, although he had been the leader of the beggar gang in the past, but even if it was the first gang in the rivers and lakes, it was not as good as the national court after all, even if he had enough management experience, but in terms of political sense of smell, he was far inferior to Yelu Hongji.
"What a Xiao Feng, this eighteen palms of the dragon descending are the lord's cast, but that's it." In a hidden hill thirty miles outside Beijing, Li Feng bared his teeth and asked his subordinates to remove the armor on his chest, looking at the dark blue palm print on his chest, he thought with some palpitations.
If it weren't for the heart shield to help him block most of the palm power, this palm, even if he didn't die, it would be almost the same, without a year and a half of recuperation, I am afraid it would be difficult to even get out of bed, which made Li Feng, who thought that he had made great progress in martial arts marksmanship in this world, couldn't help but be a little frustrated, but more of it was a strong fighting spirit.
"General, Yelu Chongyuan has sent troops, and under the city of Nanjing, he has fought several battles with Xiao Feng, and the two sides have won and lost each other, but Xiao Feng's momentum of winning consecutive battles along the way has been contained." A young general came to Li Feng and arched his hand: "General, are we going to attack again and force that Xiao Feng to retreat?" ”
"No...... Oops~" Li Feng stretched his body, suddenly involved the wound, and gasped again, with the support of the two guards, he came to the map, looked at the map and said: "We are not Yelu Chongyuan's soldiers and horses, we don't need to be so thorough, at the moment Xiao Feng's troops should be all the troops that Emperor Liao can take out for the time being, and it will take a while for the new army to train its combat power, during this time, Xiao Feng cannot win, let alone defeat, and must maintain a stalemate between the two sides, otherwise it will have an impact on the lord's plan, Let's take a break for a while, and we must keep a close eye on the movements of both sides, and report to me as soon as there is any situation. ”
"No!" The young general nodded in agreement, and left to make arrangements, Li Feng took out a pill and began to heal, this is the small pill that Fan Yaotong guò beggar gang got from Shaolin, although it is not a magic medicine that can increase strength, but it has a miraculous effect on healing, and it is also a good thing that is not easy to get in the rivers and lakes.
Three days later, under the capital, after some temptation, the army of the king of Chu and Xiao Feng's army of the southern courtyard had a big battle in the upper capital, Xiao Feng with the courage of the three armies, the army of the king of Chu who had been killed several times was scattered, but on the side of the king of Chu, Murong Bo was proficient in all kinds of Qimen miscellaneous science, and he stopped Xiao Feng with his formation, and the two sides fought for a whole day in the upper capital, and in the end no one could bargain, after leaving nearly 30,000 corpses, Mingjin withdrew his troops.
This battle intensified the civil strife of the Liao State to the limit.
At the same time, the city of Nanjing, the former palace of the king of Chu
At this time, Li Xuangao sat on the throne belonging to the king of Chu.
In front of him, Li Shan, Li Huo, Ling Batian and other generals were all a little broken, but their eyes were full of inexplicable excitement.
Although he had made enough preparations in advance, and he had enough confidence to take the capital of the Liao State, he did not expect the victory to come so lightly, and in two days, in just two days, he broke through and quickly occupied the capital of the Liao State, which was second only to Shangjing City, at this moment, everyone was enjoying the fruits of this victory.
"Lord, the Liao army in the city has been cleared, all the important places have been completely occupied by our army, this battle to defend the city of five thousand Liao troops and the expected general Xiao Zhan who stayed in Nanjing was wiped out, our army suffered 137 casualties, of which 26 were killed, and many Han people in the city have begun to sign up to join the army, only three hours, nearly 1,000 Han people have been recruited, in addition, the Shaking Mountain Army has begun to capture the surrounding towns, we have arranged the inner line in advance, and now Nanjing has been occupied by our army, I believe this process will not be too long." Li Huo excitedly reported the results of the war, but a touch of loss flashed in his eyes, as a general, the battlefield is his world, not here to be responsible for intelligence and statistics, although it is equally important, but watching others have made contributions, he can't help but be a little envious.
"Well done." Li Xuan smiled and nodded, looked at Li Huo and said, "From today onwards, you will be responsible for the training of these recruits, so that they can form combat strength in the shortest possible time, at least be able to defend the city for us!" ”
"Subordinates obey." A flash of excitement flashed in Li Huo's eyes, and he looked at Li Xuan with some hesitation and said, "It's just the lord, the matter of the dark hall ......"
Since entering the Heavenly Dragon Plane, he has been in charge of the work of the Dark Hall, and he knows the importance of this intelligence agency to Li Xuan, although he wants to go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions, but if there is no suitable person to take over the Dark Hall, even if he is unwilling in his heart, Li Huo is not willing to hand over the affairs of the Dark Hall hastily.
"You can rest assured of this, in the future, the dark hall will be taken over by Qingya, and Ah Zhu will be responsible for assisting." Li Xuan looked at Mu Qingya and Ah Zhu.
Ah Zhu is proficient in the art of disguise, and he also has enough flexibility, and Mu Qingya is also a character who followed Li Xuan's two worlds, although there were some accidents in the middle, which made the relationship between the two unclear, but in terms of talent, he is undoubtedly the most suitable person to take over the dark hall.
For the dark hall, Li Xuan attaches great importance to it, and is ready to bring the dark hall back after returning to the chaotic Three Kingdoms world, and this kind of important department must be taken over by a trustworthy person, although Li Huo has done a good job, but after all, he is a military general, and the battlefield is the place where he can give full play to his ability, in addition, Mu Qingya is undoubtedly the most suitable person.
"Qingya takes the order!" Mu Qingya walked out from behind Li Xuan and bowed slightly.
"Lord, what should we do next?" The matter of the dark hall was solved, but the attention of Li Shan and others was attracted by another matter.
"The layout of Yunzhou has been completed, it is time to put an end to it, after this battle, you can build a country!" Li Xuan laughed loudly.
"The last general swears to follow the lord to the death!" (To be continued......)