Chapter 201 Wang Yuexue attacked Liaoyang at night
Indeed, if you want to fight, hit a big one!
What's the point of hitting those miscellaneous fish, if you want to fight, go directly to Liaoyang!
In the long wind and snow, the huge cavalry army attacked again, in fact, they had only rested in Jinzhou for less than two days, and it had already begun to snow, even natives like Han Qingmin did not recommend Wang Yue to raid Liaoyang in this situation.
It's clearly madness.
Even with Han Qingmin's subordinates, there were only less than 30,000 cavalry.
And among the less than 30,000 cavalry, there were nearly 20,000, who had already marched a thousand miles in fourteen days, and had experienced a great battle.
And then they want to run another 400 miles to attack the Jurchen ruling core in this area?
It's just insane!
However, Wang Yue dared to do this if he came to reinforce him, and it was impossible for Han Qingmin to retreat, after all, if Wang Yue was really allowed to raid Liaoyang, then the Jurchen rule in the lower reaches of the Liao River would likely collapse, and in the end, they would not occupy this land for a few years. The area around Liaoyang is dominated by Han and Bohai people, Gao Yongchang first rebelled against Liao and then against Jin, until six years ago he was killed by Aguta, the Jurchens completely controlled Liaoyang, and the west bank of the Liao River was conquered after the defeat of the Liao State in the decisive battle of Tribulus Terrestris Mountain five years ago.
It's only been five or six years.
And Wang Yue also has a huge advantage, that is, the main force of his subordinates, the refugee army, in fact, the vast majority of them fled in this area.
Among them, the most elite resentful soldiers, and most of them are in the Liaoyang area.
The initial formation of the resentment army was because of Gao Yongchang's rebellion, this guy was against the Liao and the north and the south to form an alliance with Aguda, and the cleansing of the Han people by Bohai and Jurchen led to a large number of Han refugees, and the Liao State called these refugees to form a resentful army. However, the purpose of Gao Yongchang's rebellion was not to fight with Ah Gu at all, but to rebuild his Great Bohai Kingdom, so he fought against Ah Gu again, and this area became a white bone in the continuous melee between the Khitan, Jurchen, and Bohai families.
And the Han people caught in it can only keep fleeing.
Then these fleeing Han people fled to Yanshan Mansion and became Wang Yue's main thugs at present.
They are familiar with everything here.
So although Wang Yue's trip seems crazy, it is not nonsense......
Uh, that's nonsense!
"Yan, Yan Gong, why is it so cold here?"
Miao Fu said with a fur coat wrapped on his horseback, still trembling in the wind and snow.
"It's still cold? -20 degrees Celsius, good weather for Eskimos! ”
Wang Yue stood in front of the Iron Throne, wielding an axe and howling as if he were convulsive.
In fact, it is not so serious, at this time it is already February in the solar calendar, and the area along the coast of Liaodong Bay is about zero degrees during the day, and it can reach more than ten degrees below zero at night, but today it is mainly snowing, and he would not dare to choose such a season if he really smashed Huanglong.
This kind of temperature is completely withstood by his subordinates.
Most of Chang Shengjun's troops were originally from this area, so there was no such problem, even Zhang Ying and Chi Zhanhui's subordinates were in a similar environment, and the area around Shanhaiguan in Dongshan was the same as minus ten degrees this season.
It's normal that Miao Fu can't stand it.
He used to live in the Xingtai area, where it was almost 10 degrees above zero.
However, to Wang Yue's surprise, Han Shizhong's gang can still hold on, although it is mainly because everyone has changed fur along the way, but this is still very surprising, but it is normal to think about it, although the latitude of them is indeed much lower than here, but the problem is that the terrain is high!
"It's very cold, but it's not much colder than Longshang!"
Wu Jue was wrapped in fur and admired the snowfall on horseback.
His home is Deshun Junshui Luocheng, which is the modern Zhuanglang in Gansu Province, with an altitude of 2,000 degrees, which is almost ten degrees lower than the coastal area at the same latitude, and it is estimated that it will be ten degrees below zero in this season.
"Well, it snows there sometimes in April!"
Li Shifu said approvingly.
His home is in the Suide area of northern Shaanxi, where it snows in April, and it's no surprise.
At this time, a faint trumpet suddenly sounded in front, and a soldier next to Wang Yue immediately raised his trumpet and kept blowing a loud trumpet, this thing is not an exaggeration, the Ming Dynasty has it, and the Ming Dynasty antiques exhibited in the UK have the copper trumpet used by the Mu family. Wang Yue's version is only slightly improved than the Ming Dynasty version, anyway, it is farther than the horn, and then the trumpet in the distance is gradually approaching, and soon the figure of a team of cavalry in the wind and snow appeared, and immediately ran over after seeing them, and the leader stopped beside the carriage to salute......
"Dashuai, there is the Sancha River in front."
He saluted.
"Why can't anyone see this place?"
Wang Yue said suspiciously.
He really didn't see anyone along the way, and he didn't even see a living person from Jinzhou here, but he saw a few dead bodies, that is, a few scattered herdsmen, who were wiped out by his forwards.
"Back to Dashuai, there was no one in this area, it was winter at this time, everywhere was frozen, even the southern coast was frozen, if it was thawed in spring, this area would immediately be flooded, and even the sea tide would pour back, it was the nomadic land of herdsmen, and no one settled here to farm. It wasn't until after crossing the Sancha River that it began to be really populated, but it couldn't be compared with Yanshan, and not far from the other side was Linming County, Haizhou, with a total of more than 1,000 households.
This area is a few post stations on the post road.
In front of it is the Liaoshui Pavilion, and there are just a few post soldiers in the museum, which have been solved by subordinates. ”
The officer said.
"Where is it from here?"
Wu Jue asked.
"Haizhou to the north is the main road to Tokyo, the first stop is Hezhu Pavilion, and then to Xingliao County, but this area is all plains, although the river is dense but this season can be directly passed, so you can detour, but the villages along the way are dense and difficult to keep secret."
The officer said.
"Is there a large population along the Liao River north from here?"
Wang Yue said.
"There are almost no people, all of them are like this in the spring and summer, flooding, the tide is inundated, the herdsmen are nomadic land, and then there is the long forest, where there are large trees, and it is also the nomadic land of the herdsmen, but these herdsmen are some Khitans, at this time they have long been killed by the Jurchens, and the remnants have been forcibly relocated, and they can be directly inserted into Liaoyang when they turn east in Changlinzi."
The officer said.
"Then go north!"
Wang Yue said.
"But don't you have to face the outer counties of Liaoyang in the end?"
Wu Jue reminded him.
"But what if we're going south from the north?"
Wang Yue said.
Well, Wu Jue looked at the pile of furs around, this image is simply the Jurchen, since the Jurchen uncle is coming south from the north, no one will pay attention, even if someone reacts, it is estimated that there will be no time to notify Liaoyang.
"To the north, to Changlinzi turn east, and insert between Liaoyang and Shenzhou."
Wang Yue said.
The command was immediately passed backwards.
It is difficult for nearly 30,000 cavalry to pass an order in the wind and snow, especially with auxiliary horses, in fact, the entire team stretches for dozens of miles, even if it is more than ten miles wide, but fortunately, all departments follow the liaison officers of the victorious army. These liaison officers all have compasses in their hands, otherwise it is impossible for them to even maintain a consistent direction of march in such weather, which is also the main reason why Han Qingmin and others feel that Wang Yue is crazy, and it is not easy for such a huge cavalry army to march in the same direction.
It's okay to say on a sunny day, but it's almost inevitable to get lost and run away in the wind and snow.
The heralds who followed Wang Yue immediately urged the horses to move backwards, and kept blowing the special military horns in their hands along the way, and then looked for the cavalry that marched in battalions in the wind and snow.
The liaison officer who followed the latter would respond with the same military horn.
These liaison officers are also accompanied by guides, all of whom are natives of Liaodong, and they will take these people to Changlinzi.
In fact, it is the area of Liaozhong.
At this time, the situation in Liaodong was actually not much stronger than that of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the line from Liaoshen to Dalian belonged to the farming area, all the way north to Huanglongfu, leaving this line was a nomadic area, but the entire Liaohe River was at least more than 100 miles wide on both sides of the pastoral area.
The herdsmen were mainly Khitan, and not many were killed at this time.
Therefore, this area is even more sparsely populated, it can be said that a wild snow field, in spring and summer, it will become a nightmare for cavalry, just like the unlucky Commander Liao and his American Weapon Corps, it is difficult to move an inch, but in such a season, all rivers and swamps are frozen to the point of ice, and the cavalry just let go of the horse and run, don't get lost with the main force. And this is the duty of those liaison officers and guides, who are assigned to the battalion to find the long forest in the wind and snow, and the deputy horses have enough food for men and horses, and there is no need to find food.
It's a blitzkrieg legion.
Although it was still cloudy the next day, the wind and snow stopped, and Wang Yue's carriage finally arrived in Changlinzi.
This was actually the southern part of central Liao, a large stretch of forest on the banks of the Liao River, where Wang Yue began to gather his men......
This project is relatively large.
So he stayed for a whole day before he gathered the 30,000 cavalry.
Immediately after the army crossed the Liao River, began to penetrate to the east and south into Liaoyang, in order to hide their whereabouts, they simply set off close to the evening, at this time the sky was also clear, the snowfield under the moonlight did not need lights at all, and there was no barrier on the completely empty plain, and all the rivers that were frozen could be directly passed......
The ice had to be half a meter thick, not to mention the cavalry, even Wang Yue's carriage was unimpeded.
This distance was only sixty or seventy miles, and the 30,000 cavalry that swept through the wilderness in almost a formation, like a shadow of death, continued to move forward almost imperceptibly along the way, and even if they did, they would only think that they were Jurchen cavalry.
In this way, at midnight, they finally saw Liaoyang City standing in the distance.
This is a real big city, and at this time, the circumference of Tokyo Liaoyang Tianfu City is thirty miles, almost the same level as Yanshan City.
"How to break the city?"
Wu Jue asked.
The height of the Liaoyang city wall is three zhang.
"Of course, this has been prepared for a long time, the demolition team, on!"
Wang Yue smiled wickedly and beckoned to the back.
(Two watches, yesterday's guest at home)