Chapter 233: Attacking Jiangyou, Heading Straight for Dragon and Tiger
There was not much blood left in the royal family, and considering the opinion of the minister of the Great Yan Scholars, Zhou Bai still did not directly kill Zhu Lang in the end.
Instead, he was demoted to a concubine and confined in a temple in Nanyun Province, where Zhou Yuan, who sat in the rear, sent someone to take care of it.
However, for the main battle faction that resisted resolutely in the city before, they did not leave half of their kindness, and they were killed as one, and they were not soft on those who should have raided their families and exterminated their clans.
This is to spread the word, and if there are those who dare to easily disobey in the future, even if the main family is fine, you supporters will definitely be a dead end.
After the bloody suppression, the officials and gentry of Xishan Province were unusually obedient to Zhou Bai, and the officialdom had no complaints about his transfer and placement.
However, Zhou Bai did not continue to sort out more specifically, and the news that the Tatar chieftain had suspended shaving and changing clothes on February 5 had reached Xishan.
He knew very well that the environment in which the plane war was conducted was not a real world, but only a virtual world that imitated a fragment of history, but a creation supernatural power that operated according to the rules of the Heavenly Dao.
But even in the virtual world, all the events formed by the intersection of characters are developed according to the normal laws of the real world.
Zhou Bai rose, as the last backbone of the Broken Great Yan, and presided over the counterattack against the Tatars in advance.
All these will inevitably have an impact on the normal development of history, and there will be unpredictable changes, and he has long been mentally prepared.
But Zhou Bai never expected that the big changes would come so quickly.
Under normal circumstances, the Tatar court suspended the shaving of hair in November for the sake of face, in order to break the Han people's ridges, and finally when the bloody massacres and repressions did not work.
And now it is a full nine months in advance, which is a bit beyond Zhou Bai's expectations, Yichuan Lake and Guangling have not yet recovered the whole territory, and they have only achieved a phased victory.
Could it be the "butterfly effect"? A butterfly flapping its wings at one end of the world can set off a hurricane on the other.
Zhou Bai is an insider, he can't see through it, he just thinks that Tatar suddenly stopped shaving his hair and changed clothes, which is too strange.
It's easy to say one or two months or even three or four months in advance, but nine months in advance, it's really the last ray of life that has turned the tables on Dayan, and it's almost completely extinguished.
has not broken a trace, it is purely Zhou Bai's own variable.
Taking advantage of the fact that the people's anger aroused by Fengtian's begging for Hu Wei was still there, and while the remaining courage of the rebel army in various places had not been wiped out, on February 6 of the fourth year of Hong'an, Zhou Bai led the repaired Yulin Army to march to the right of the river through Lingnan.
With the experience of obtaining a three-foot sword, he can basically confirm that the dragon and tiger talisman stone carving mentioned by Yang Hui is a strange thing in this world.
The legend of Dragon and Tiger Mountain can be recorded in the southwest Taoist temple, when the Great Yan has not yet established the country, there is a nameless mountain where the dragon and tiger fall from the sky on the right side of the river.
At that time, Dayan Taizu happened to pass by on the march and saw this scene, so he gave it the name Longhu Mountain.
As for how to discover the Heavenly Grant Stone Carvings in the future, and how to build the Heavenly Master's Mansion to sit in the town, and even make people cultivate the true way, Zhou Bai did not know.
But he is sure that Dragon Tiger Mountain must be the key to breaking the game, and if he gets the luck of Dragon and Tiger, he can make the martial arts reappear in this peerless world.
On 15 February, the army entered Jiangyou, and there was chaos along the way.
There are rebels who are attacking the city, there are also *** who are suppressing the rebels, and there are countless bandits who take advantage of the chaos.
In short, since Zhou Bai has met, he will not miss it, this trip is not only for Longhu Mountain, but also to take the right place of Jiangyou.
Jiangyou is an important grain-producing area, and its military, cultural, economic and other aspects are prosperous places.
If you can firmly control the right side of the river, Huguang can go down at any time, and it also greatly deters Jiangnan, forcing you to defend with heavy troops.
However, Zhou Bai knows this truth, and he naturally knows that since the Yulin Army entered Jiangyou, Jiangyou's general Hetua has been constantly deploying troops.
On February 20, in the Hongdu City, located in the north of Jiangyou, in the Jiangyou General's Mansion, Hetua was shouting angrily at his subordinates.
"Suppression of the mob? What kind of mob are you suppressing, those mud legs are at most knocking on the corners, and they are in charge of the country."
"Let all the fools in front of you retreat
City, stall for time."
"Tell Wula, 10,000 Han Banner troops and 1,000 national soldiers must hold Qiancheng Mansion for half a month."
repeatedly reprimanded and issued military orders, so that his subordinates were also sweating in this spring and February, and they could only keep responding.
But as Hetua's confidant, he must check and fill in the gaps: "Master, I heard that this Zhu can is not simple, although he is a nameless sect, he is the first royal family of the Yan Kingdom to make the king of Erke County suffer."
"Do you see if you want to send some more soldiers and horses to support General Wula, Jiangyou is not enough, you can ask for help from the southern capital."
The reminder of his henchman made Hetua calm down a little, but after thinking about it for a while, he could only shake his head helplessly and said: "The south is too humid and hot, and the children of the country are not used to it, and the imperial court did not really want to rule south of the Yangtze River. But who knew that the Great Yan would be defeated to this point, and he would easily throw away thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and when the wealth of Jiangnan was sent to the northern capital, the nobles would be reluctant."
"Stabilizing Jiangnan is the prince's top priority, although shaving his hair and changing clothes is temporarily canceled, the restlessness provoked by Zhu Jun needs time to calm down."
The henchman seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and said cautiously: "Master, are you saying that as long as Jiangnan is not lost, everything else is lost, and it can be easily taken back?"
This henchman is his own son and nephew, and Hetua doesn't mind going into more detail, seeing that the world is about to be unified, and it will be too late if he doesn't cultivate it.
"Well, yes, Jiangnan wealth is the lifeblood of filling the loopholes in the north. Let Wulading for a while, wait for me to gather the soldiers and horses that have scattered out to quell the chaos, and then clean up that Zhu Jun. After picking up a bargain, you dare to rush in like this, 30,000 Yan Army, hum......
But before Hetua could reveal his plans, the bloodied messenger from the front sent an urgent military report.
"The city of piety was destroyed at noon on the 18th......
On February 15, he entered the right side of the river, captured the first county seat, and on February 18, he took the most important city in the south of the right side of the river?
Even the heavenly soldiers and generals are not so fast, is it someone who collaborates with the enemy, or is there an accident in Ulla?
However, after Hetua finished reading the military report, a mouthful of old blood almost didn't spurt out, and such a simple plan to lure the enemy can also be fooled!
On the way to Qiancheng, Zhou Bai got a shaved rebel army to take refuge, which was allowed by him to ask for Hu Yu in Fengtian, so he naturally accepted their refuge.
And as soon as they took refuge, they made a great contribution.
The Provisional Staff offered a plan to lure the enemy, and the rebels were all dressed in Tartar armor and clothing, and they were taught a few simple words of Tatar.
As a result, the 30,000 Yan army was not firmly established, and the Tatar reinforcements supporting the city broke through the camp.
Wu La, who was already young and vigorous, looked down on the weak Yan people, heard the friendly soldiers shouting and killing at the head of the city, and immediately thought that he had the opportunity to make great contributions, and personally led more than 1,000 Zhen Tartars and thousands of Han army flags out of the city to attack.
But this time he will never go back, and he not only lost his own life, but also easily lost the Qiancheng Mansion.
On the right side of the river, one south and one north, that is, Hongdu and Qiancheng, and the rest are just foils.
The pious city is lost, and there is no major obstacle to the north, which can be said to be the right half of the river has been lost.
Sure enough, in the next half a month, the news of the fall of various prefectures and counties did not stop.
There are those who rush forward and forcibly take it regardless of the damage, and there are also those who use various tricks to easily take it, which can be said to vividly show the atmosphere of the king.
And as he went all the way north, the scale of the royal division was also expanding, and in addition to the 30,000 feather forests, there were 50,000 more righteous troops that could be used.
As for the larger number of troops, it is to be reorganized later, which is not only a factor in combat strength and trust, but also a worry that logistics will not be able to keep up.
The speed at which Tatar rose was too fast, and Dayan had no time to recuperate, and the resources that the three southwestern provinces could provide were very limited.
If it weren't for the fact that Jiang You was rich and could support the war with war, Zhou Bai would not dare to "Northern Expedition" now, no matter how anxious he was.
The combat strength of the Yan army that entered Jiangyou was so amazing that Hetua had to take a defensive position, just when he finally gathered 20,000 Han, Tartar banner troops and 30,000 miscellaneous troops to prepare to hold Hongdu Mansion.
The younger brother of the Tartar Emperor, in charge of all affairs in the south, the king of the county, Erke, sent him a secret order, asking him to guard the right side of the Hongdu Mansion, which is not very important
Mountain House.
What's in Dosan? Population, resources, and wealth are all at the end of the right side of the river, and at most there is a dragon and tiger mountain.
I heard that Longhu Mountain is the node of the Great Yan Dragon Vein, and the Heavenly Master's Mansion is an important institution for suppressing the national movement, so after Hetua became General Jiangyou, he went there in person.
But after going, it's just an ordinary mountain, and the mind will be quieter, how can there be a Rausch Heavenly Master Immortal, and nothing will happen if he burns it clean.
Well, those Taoist priests of the Heavenly Master's Mansion did have some tricks, but under the iron hooves of his army, they were just tricks.
Hetua didn't know the meaning behind the secret order, but Erke told him that it was actually an order from the Emperor of the Northern Capital.
In this way, it doesn't matter if Hongdu Mansion is guarded or not, you must first guard the Daoshan Mansion.
On 25 February, Hetualiu's henchmen guarded the provincial capital of Jiangyou, and he himself led an army of 50,000 to the neighboring Daoshan Province.
There are only thousands of real tartars and more than 10,000 Han army flags, of course, Hetua is a little uncertain, but there are also reinforcements from Jiangnan.
This is a situation where Jiangnan has not yet been completely pacified, and bandits and pirates are still raging, and the reinforcements are drawn.
Such an obvious signal is enough to show the importance of Daoshan Mansion to the imperial court, and it is also enough to show how strict the emperor gave Erke.
Thanks to the prestige of Zhou Bai's successive victories, all kinds of news and intelligence continued to come from the enemy-occupied areas, and the movement of hundreds of thousands of troops converging towards Daoshan Mansion was clear.
At this time, the main force of the Yan army was three hundred miles away from Hongdu and five hundred miles away from Longhu Mountain in Daoshan Prefecture.
During the break, Zhou Bai summoned the senior generals in the army who could be trusted and said his decision: "Everyone, I intend to lead the Praetorian Guards to Longhu Mountain."
As soon as the words fell, many fierce generals knelt down to dissuade: "Your Highness can't!"
"You are the last hope of Great Yan, how can you do such an adventurous thing!"
"The last general is willing to lead the army to supervise the country on behalf of the ......"
These tigers turned red, obviously in a hurry, they didn't understand why Zhou Bai had to take the risk to go to Longhu Mountain.
Of course, the few who spoke out were all real Great Yan people, and they had no memory of the main world.
The generals from the main world, even if they were as irascible as Gao Hu, would not refute Zhou Bai's decision at this time.
In their cognition, Zhou Bai has always been as good as a stream, and even the operational command is mostly based on the plans of the staff officers.
However, once he is at a critical moment, he will often make the most correct decision.
"Lonely has to go, how difficult it is to save the sky." Zhou Bai stretched out his hand, pressed down the excitement of the generals, and sighed.
Then he walked up to the two local generals: "General Lan, General Luo, please be sure to assist Vice Marshal Lou to complete the next military operations."
Zhou Bai stared at their eyes, his tone was very calm, but Lan Zheng and Luo Zizhen seemed to feel a lot of pressure, and they didn't dare to slack off, so they immediately took their orders.
Whatever words of exhortation are swallowed back into the stomach at this moment.
Both of them thought in their hearts, no wonder the old department of the prison country did not make a sound, who could bear such a powerful power.
With the cooperation of the main generals, the duty was changed in the middle of the night, and a small army of more than 1,000 people broke away from the main camp, which did not attract half attention.
Only two thousand war horses disappeared for no reason, but it was more eye-catching than the disappearance of a thousand people, and Lou Jinpeng needed to find a way to cover up the past the next day.
There are no more than two fingers of those who stay in the know, and they are all generals who have observed the connection of luck and silk threads, and their loyalty is guaranteed, so that no one among them will leak it.
A thousand Praetorian guards are all traveling with Zhou Bai, the most elite warriors, and the identity of the main world is either a demon pawn or a forbidden army.
Now that the martial arts are rebuilt, although all the forging has been completed, the memories of various harsh battles have not been lost, which is also the foundation of Zhou Bai's battle to enter the Daoshan Mansion.
One person and two horses, day and night, less than three days to kill at the foot of Longhu Mountain, five hundred miles of cross-country march for the main world, can run in three days.
The small Tartar army along the way is simply vulnerable to them, but there is an elite flame
The news of riding straight to Longhu Mountain couldn't be hidden.
Hetua didn't know that Zhou Bai was in this cavalry, but he knew that he couldn't let it go, and a huge pocket was slowly closing.
On February 28, before dusk, Zhou Bai finally climbed Longhu Mountain.
Towering ancient trees, giant vines are entangled, and the mist is misty, adding a bit of fairy energy, and the scenery is beautiful.
However, this is also the adjective sentence of most famous mountains, the highest peak of the Heavenly Master's Mansion is 400 zhang, compared with those mountains with thousands of mountains and towering mountains, it is really not worth mentioning.
But all kinds of heavenly masters descend demons, and the legend of the dragon and tiger town is full of its mystery.
During the reign of the Great Yan Dynasty for 300 years, Longhu Mountain has always been a forbidden place, and the Imperial Forest Army guarded the foot of the mountain and did not allow outsiders to trespass without permission.
Hetua slaughtered the mage, burned the Heavenly Master's Mansion, and lived freely, which can be regarded as pulling this famous mountain down from the altar.
The top of the mountain is in ruins, and the glorious and majestic Heavenly Master's Mansion in the record is only ruined and broken.
Zhou Bai didn't bring anyone to follow, because he knew the dragon and tiger stone carvings, which were holy relics that were only known at the level of the master, and were not something that ordinary people could search.
Hope for Qi!
The wisps of residual gray and black calamity surrounded the surroundings, and even the natural mountain qi seemed to be avoided.
But the Ji Dong of the Book of Luck told him that the dragon and tiger stone carvings must be here.