Chapter 69: Fourteen States

The war in Tiannan Prefecture gradually subsided, and the lords of Jibei Prefecture, Qinzhou, and Yuanbei Prefecture personally took command and sent troops to Beiliang, echoing Luo Zhan in Tiannan Prefecture.

The Yan Kingdom attacked in a big way, and the people in Beiliang were panicked.

Beiliang Tianzi was angry and angrily reprimanded the Shenji Mansion, if it weren't for the spies of the Shenji Mansion who found out that the Marquis of Yan Qingcheng rebelled in the north of Yan Kingdom, and the northern border of Yan Kingdom was in chaos, and it came to the conclusion that Yan Country had no time to send troops to Beiliang, and the border of Beiliang would not be lax.

Especially in Tiannan Prefecture, it was the message from the Shenji Mansion that made the whole Tiannan Prefecture slack, and gave Luo Zhan's Zhenbei Army a chance to raid the Iron and Blood Pass.

As for why he didn't scold Lu Zhaohe, the official of the frontier, it was because he had already received the news that Lu Zhaohe had lost Nanzhou and was captured by Yan Junsheng.

He just hates Lu Zhaohe no matter how much he hates it, and there is no point in scolding him at the moment.

What worries him the most is that Yan Guo attacked on a large scale, and did not stop invading Beiliang because of the occupation of Tiannan Prefecture.

The little emperor of Yan was determined to recover his father's great achievements and expand the territory for Yan Kingdom.

Damn it!

Why, why is it Beiliang.

The Emperor of Beiliang looked resentful, it was clear that the Yan Kingdom had defeated Xuanzhou of the Yin Heaven Dynasty first, why did he not continue to attack the Yin Heaven Dynasty, but instead invaded my Bei Liang.

Do you think I'm a bully in Beiliang?

A trace of resentment flashed in the eyes of the Emperor of Beiliang, and he no longer complained about the Shenji Mansion, and convened important ministers to discuss countermeasures against the army of the Yan Kingdom.

However, Northern Liang has been peaceful for a hundred years, except for a few considerable frictions with the Yan State for more than 20 years, there is almost no war in Northern Liang, the Chinese subjects account for the vast majority, there are few military generals in the DPRK, and no one knows martial arts.

The emperor of Beiliang couldn't discuss a reason with the courtiers, and no one was willing to lead troops to share the worries of the king.

In the countries close to the Yan State, who doesn't know that the Yan army is brave and good at fighting, and those important ministers are not familiar with martial arts one by one, but will only fight for power and profit, who is willing to lead the army to fight with the Yan soldiers.

The Emperor of Beiliang was furious and wanted to drive the expedition in person, but those ministers refused to live or die, so they had to give up and changed the general of Zhuguo to the generalissimo of Pingnan, led 500,000 troops, and quickly went to the south to confront the Yan army.

The situation of the court is like this, and the Beiliang Tianzi came from the center of sorrow, hiding in the harem for several days in a row, and did not come out of the palace with a haggard face until the day of the departure of the 500,000 army.

After a few days of delay, the situation in the south of Beiliang became more and more bad, and the follow-up men and horses arrived one after another, coupled with the temporary change of the Tiannan Fu army, the total strength reached 250,000, and Luo Zhan finally gathered 60,000 iron cavalry.

Luo Zhan sat in Tiannan, commanded the battle, and personally led 40,000 elite soldiers to confront the soldiers of the Southern Prefecture of Beiliangling, blocking their pace of southward movement.

Hu Nianzhong was the commander of the cavalry, marching to the northern Liangguzhou, echoing the Jibei army, 60,000 iron cavalry roared past, and the defense line of Guzhou was torn apart by him.

Hu Nianzhong fought from Guzhou to the east in just three days, and joined the two armies of Lianghan Mansion in Jibei Prefecture.

Half a month later, Hu Nianzhong's 60,000 iron cavalry had swept Guzhou from south to north.

Yan Qingcheng led 100,000 infantry to the west, echoing the battle situation in Yuanbei Prefecture.

Yan Qingcheng didn't have the luck of Hu Nianzhong, and most of his subordinates were still recruits, so they suffered setbacks at the beginning.

Due to carelessness, he was ambushed by the lord of Taizhou, and the 100,000-strong army suffered considerable losses after that battle.

But Yan Qingcheng was not discouraged at all, and the march became cautious, and he discussed with the generals in advance, and only made a decision after thinking twice.

Despite this, his speed was not slow, and it took half a month to lay down four cities in Taizhou.

Of course, this is nothing, but his merit is mainly to compress the Taizhou defense line, so that the Taizhou side has to transfer more troops to the eastern front.

Taizhou's troops on the southern front decreased, Wang Su's offensive became ferocious, and he used his life to break through the danger, set foot on the territory of Beiliang, and conquered the three cities in one go, and joined the 90,000 soldiers and horses of Yanqing City.

The two joined forces, and the strength reached 160,000, and they went west to kill in one sentence, opening up the natural danger of Qinzhou entering Beiliang.

A month later, Guzhou, Tiannan, Taizhou, and Xiliangfu, which bordered the Yan State in Northern Liang, fell into the hands of the Yan army one after another.

However, the 500,000 horses led by the general of the Northern Liang Zhuguo are still dragging and procrastinating, and it took more than a month to walk from Daliang City, the capital of the Northern Liang Kingdom, to the boundary of Zhongzhou, and there are still three states away from the front line.

What was just unexpected was that he did not continue to go south, and arranged a defensive line in Zhongzhou, and also ordered the lord south of Zhongzhou to retreat to Zhongzhou, and surrendered the fourteen states in the south to the Yan army.

Luo Zhan, Yan Qingcheng, Liang Han, Wang Su, Yang Xuan and others were naturally not polite, and before Yan Qingxuan's eastern reinforcements arrived, they took all the fourteen states in the south of Beiliang into their pockets.

After taking the fourteen states, Luo Zhan stopped advancing northward, consolidating the fourteen states he had just conquered with peace of mind, while waiting for the arrival of the 200,000 troops in the east.

There is a big river across the east and west in Beiliang, dividing the southern border and the central part, at this moment, the Yan army and the Beiliang army face each other across the river, forming a confrontation situation.

The general of the Zhu State in Beiliang gave up the southern border and stuck to Zhongzhou, just to use the advantage of natural danger to thwart the invincible Yan army.

His idea was exactly what Luo Zhan, Yan Qingcheng and others wanted, the fourteen states in the south were too big, and in order to consolidate the rule of Yan in the fourteen states, they had to divide the army in the fourteen states and destroy the faith of the people in the fourteen states in the Beiliang court.

At the same time, he cleared the remnants of Beiliang who were hiding in the shadows, wanting to jump out and bite Yan Jun at any time.

The two armies confronted each other across the river, giving Luo Zhan, Yan Qingcheng and others plenty of time.

At the same time as the two armies formed a confrontation, Zhao Wuyang infiltrated Beiliang and secretly contacted the chess pieces planted by Emperor Yan Furan in Beiliang, and used their voices to drive a wedge between the monarchs and ministers of Beiliang.

Due to the garrison of the general of the Zhu State in Zhongzhou, the Emperor of Beiliang was already extremely dissatisfied, and Zhao Wuyang let the officials who were lurking in the North Liang sow discord, the Emperor of the Northern Liang became more and more dissatisfied with the General of the Zhu State, and ordered the General of the Zhu State to go south as soon as possible to recover the lost territory.

But General Zhuguo didn't pay any attention to it, and guarded his river defense steadily, as long as he curbed the situation of Yan State's advance to the north, he would be satisfied, as for crossing the river and fighting a decisive battle with the Yan army, this is a fool's behavior.

Bei Liang has not been in battle for a long time, how can he be the opponent of the brave and good Yan army?

It's a pity that there is only one person who understands up and down Beiliang, and the people who are far away in the court all attack him with the fact that he gave up the fourteen states in the south, saying that he is cowardly and cowardly, and it is not suitable to command the army, and asks the emperor of Beiliang to change the commander.

General Beiliangzhuguo spent day after day with great difficulty in this way, and about ten days later, the Eastern Army led by Yan Qingcheng arrived at the front line, and the atmosphere up and down the river suddenly became tense.

And on this day, the people of Xuanji Gate descended on the beam, and the Beiliang Tianzi led hundreds of officials to kneel to greet him, crying to the master of Xuanji Gate that it was not easy for him to guard the land for Xuanji Gate, and the voice was terrifying.

Zhao Wuyang heard the news and immediately passed the information to Yan Qingxuan, the new emperor of the Yan Kingdom, who had arrived at the front line, so as not to be caught off guard.