Fucheng.

This is the place where troops crossed the Yellow River and attacked Hejian Province.

After Deng Chun arrived with his troops, Zhu Ming convened a meeting of the generals: "Qingzhou (Qingxian) and Baoding Army, you will capture it according to the situation." The Jin soldiers in that direction may have come from Liaoyang. Li Baohui crossed the sea to attack the Panhai Road, making it difficult to transport the subsequent grain and grass of the Jin Kingdom. The main force of our army will go north to Zhending, Qizhou, and Yongning Army, and the main force of the Jin soldiers on the east road will definitely be attracted over. ”

"Since our army can attack and disturb from the sea, I'm afraid that the Jin soldiers will not take the sea road to transport grain and grass again, right?" Han Shizhong said.

Zhu Ming said: "According to the information provided by Yelu Yujian, most of the grain and grass of the Jin soldiers are on the seaside. A few years ago, Zhang Jue rebelled against Jin ......"

At this time, the western Liaoning corridor was operated by the Liao State for hundreds of years, and a large number of swampy areas were drained of stagnant water, which was already available for the passage of the army in the last years of the Liao State.

Zhang Jue's rebellion against Jin interrupted the development of the Western Liaoning Corridor, and the Jin State moved most of the people there to the Shenyang area in order to prevent further local rebellion.

However, because Jinzhou surrendered early and did not participate in the rebellion, now the industry, agriculture and commerce are relatively developed, and the population is relatively not scarce. The silk brocade cloth of Jinzhou also belongs to the royal tribute of the Jin Kingdom.

The main ethnic group in Jinzhou is the Han Chinese, who were forcibly relocated in the early years of the Liao State.

In addition, the main ethnic group in Laizhou (the state city is near the mouth of the Dog River) is the Jurchens, who belong to the Jurchen disaster victims resettled in the Liao State that year. There were a total of five Jurchens, and the Jin Kingdom did not migrate them, but compiled them on the spot as Meng'an.

The repeated competition between Liaoning and Jinjin for the Liaoning West Corridor shows the importance of its strategic position.

"Once our army gains absolute superiority on the main battlefield in Hebei, you should go north to threaten Luanzhou. Li Bao will come to cooperate when he gets the news, and he will attack Haiyang County across the sea......" Zhu Ming said, pointing to a simple map.

"Yes!" The congregation will answer.

In this war, the Jin country came out of the country and did not hesitate to seriously overdraft its national strength.

The Ming Dynasty is similar, and all the resources that can be mobilized will be pressed, which will inevitably lead to a sharp rise in national grain prices. Moreover, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, and Gyeonggi have requisitioned a large number of people, which will seriously delay production activities.

Not only was the treasury empty, but it was also heavily indebted, and it had to use private merchants to motivate them to help purchase and transport supplies with future salt taxes, tea taxes, and customs duties.

Don't look at Zhu Guoxiang and the cabinet, the academic dispute in the capital is very lively, and they are actually very busy.

Even the royal treasury took out the money and lent it to the treasury for military expenses without interest.

After Zhu Ming inspected the Shandong army, he went to Shenzhou non-stop, where Wang Yan's eight-character army was stationed.

A year and a half ago, Zhu Ming gave the eight-character army number, and Wang Yan went to Raoyang County, Shenzhou to train troops. Almost all of the soldiers are Hebei refugees, and some Hebei thieves have also been absorbed, and they currently have 6,000 soldiers, as well as some logistics personnel and horse teams.

Yue Fei's troops were in Zhaozhou, which was also dominated by Hebei refugees and thieves, and there were also many people who took the initiative to join the army.

"In the past year, our army has only lost two ......or three battles in more than 30 battles," Wang Yan reported to Zhu Ming.

Zhu Ming didn't ask the military: "How about the pseudo-Song Dynasty?" ”

Wang Yan said: "In the pseudo-Song village next to Shenzhou, the people have all fled. There are also rebels in the territory of the puppet Song Dynasty, who often contact our army, and even the officials of the puppet dynasty also communicate secretly. ”

Daming, Jin Guo and Pseudo-Song have confronted each other in Hebei for more than a year, but they didn't do nothing.

The Jin state and the puppet regime of the puppet Song dynasty often sent small forces south to plunder, especially during the agricultural harvest season. The army of the Ming Dynasty was the tax collection season, and the grain collectors who went north to intercept and kill the enemy.

The mass base of the Ming Dynasty was obviously better, and hundreds of people took the initiative to report the news, and they were often able to accurately grasp the movements of the enemy army.

The more than 30 battles that Wang Yan said were mainly ambush battles.

Since the Bazi Army received news from the masses and set up ambushes in the places where the enemy must pass, they were often able to fight beautiful ambush battles.

By now, the enemies of the surrounding states and counties have not dared to go too far from the city.

Even some officials of the puppet regime began to look at the Ming army.

Wang Yan said: "The name of the Boye county order is Li Chi, who was originally a professor of military science in Yongning, and the Jin people supported the puppet to establish the pseudo-Song Dynasty, and he made the county order because he took care of his family. First, the state and county yaqian went to the countryside to collect grain, and was ambushed and captured by me with troops, I killed two leaders, and let the rest be internal responses. Then, through them, he rebelled against several military and county officials. ”

"Excellent job." Zhu Ming said with a smile.

Wang Yan said again: "The master of Boye County, who sent a message to our army, was discovered by Li Chi. Li Chi did not make a statement, but contacted the master bookkeeper and also made an internal response to our army. He also helped to contact other officials, and the Yongning Military Sentence is also our man now. Once our army surrounds the Yongning military city, these internal should be able to raise fire to open the city gates. ”

Zhu Ming asked, "How many enemy soldiers does the Yongning Army have?" ”

Wang Yan said: "There were more than 500 Jin soldiers, all of whom were cavalry. Half a year ago, another 2,000 were transferred, and all of them were Jurchen soldiers. The rest are the puppet Song Xiang army, because they have suffered too many defeats, these Xiang troops are only less than 3,000 left, I heard that they are being re-recruited recently, and a large number of township soldiers are being recruited. If our army is killed, at least half of the van army and township soldiers will defect. ”

"What about the Yongning Zhijun?" Zhu Ming asked.

"Yongning Zhijun's name is Li Zhiyuan, and he used to be a liquor tax collector," Wang Yan said, "This person is notorious, he will never dare to surrender, and can only be a dog for the Jin people wholeheartedly." ”

Zhu Ming and Wang Yan were chatting, and suddenly a soldier came to report.

However, it was Boye County that ordered Li Chi to send someone to deliver the letter, and the Yongning Army had the new arrival of the Jin State Army, and the commander of the army was Gao Jingshan of the Jin State Wanhu.

After reading the secret letter, Wang Yan frowned and said: "It seems that the Yongning Military City is difficult to conquer in one fell swoop, Gao Jingshan brought tens of thousands of troops over, and he was fighting outside the city. ”

"The commander of the army here will be Gao Jingshan, and most of Wanyan Zongwang's main force is in Zhending Mansion," Zhu Ming quickly made corresponding adjustments, "Let Guan Sheng and Yue Fei lead their troops to defend Zhaozhou and confront Wanyan Zongwang." I will take the main force under my command and go north with you, and destroy the Gaojingshan army here first. Then he waved his army to the west, and attacked Yan Zongwang with Guan Sheng and Yue Fei on both sides! ”

This time is different from the past, Zhu Ming is confident that he will defeat the East Route Army of the Jin Kingdom head-on, after all, the real elite of the Jin Kingdom are on the Shanxi side.

The task of the Shanxi Ming Army is to defend the front line of Taiyuan and drag Yan Zonghan's troops!

Of course, after Yan Zonghan attacked Taiyuan for a long time, it is very likely that he will come to Hebei and join forces with Yan Zongwang. At that time, Zhang Guangdao will also have to wait for the opportunity in Shanxi.

On the Shaanxi side, Yang Zhi had already sent people to lead the troops to set off. In addition to the Sichuan elite under his command, there are also soldiers and horses of Yao Pingzhong and others, Wu Jue, Wu Ling, and these people will all come.

As for the Zhejia Army and Liu Jiajun, they were temporarily stationed in place.

Once Yan Zonghan left Hebei, he took advantage of the situation to attack Shenwu, Shuozhou and other places.

……

Western Xia.

Wanyan Zonghan sent an envoy over, ordered the Western Xia to assist in sending troops, and promised to send the entire Dongsheng Prefecture to the Western Xia as a reward.

Dongsheng Prefecture, that is, the later generations of Dongsheng, Jungger Banner, Yulin, Dalat Banner and other large areas.

Jin Guo is really weak this time, he is not sure of victory at all, and wants to mobilize all forces to go south. Therefore, they not only asked Goryeo to send troops, but also wanted Western Xia to come to help.

"Your Majesty, the Jin people are accustomed to going back on their word, and all the land promised before was lost by Wanyan Zonghan," Minister Li Renzhong advised, "This time, even if I send troops in Daxia and really help the Jin State win, Wanyan Zonghan will not hand over Dongshengzhou." ”

Li Qianshun asked, "What does King Jin think?" ”

Brother Richard said: "Last year's defeat, our army has not yet eased up, where can we still fight against the Ming army?" ”

Li Renli suddenly said: "Your Majesty, we can actually help Ming Fajin!" ”

"Oh?" Li Qianshun became interested.

Li Renzhong retorted: "Once the Jin Kingdom is destroyed, the Ming Kingdom will inevitably come to fight our Great Xia. In my opinion, it is better to let the two countries continue to fight, and the longer they lose, the better. I took the opportunity to hibernate for a few years, to accumulate more grain and grass, and when the ten-year-old children had grown up, I would recruit them as soldiers at the age of fifteen or sixteen. When the time comes, there are soldiers and food, and you can defend the city for self-protection when you retreat, and you can invade the Dongshengzhou and Baguan land of the Jin Kingdom. If the Ming Kingdom is weak after a long war, I can still occupy Xihe and Hengshan. ”

Li Qianshun nodded and said, "This old man is seeking the country's words. ”

Brother Richard wanted to regain military merit and restore his prestige as soon as possible, and said: "But while the Jin State and the Ming State are fighting, our army will take advantage of the situation to enter and take Dongshengzhou!" ”

This is the chrysanthemum that wants to stab Yan Zonghan!

Brother Richard was frightened by the Ming firearms and did not dare to fight the Ming army again. And Dongshengzhou in Liao, there were not too many garrisons in the first place, and Wanyan Zonghan had to send troops south, and Brother Richard felt that it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Li Qianshun hesitated: "What if Jin Guo wins?" Our army steals Dongshengzhou, and it will be retaliated by Wanyan Zonghan. ”

"The Ming army has the power of firearms, where can the Jin people fight?" Brother Richard was too impressed by firearms, he felt that with firearms, he could be invincible, "The Jin Kingdom will be defeated in this battle, and I must not miss the opportunity in Daxia." If it is a little slow, there will be no chance to capture Dongkatsu State. ”

In terms of military affairs, Li Qianshun believed in Brother Li Cha very much and thought that what the King of Jin said was very reasonable.

Li Renzhong said: "The minister thinks that it is better to rest and recuperate, and only after a few years of dormancy can the army be mobilized." My Great Xia treasury is empty, and I can no longer fight. ”

Brother Richard said: "If you don't take the opportunity to seize Dongshengzhou, you will wait to be eaten by the Ming State in the future, and you must first fight out to expand the territory!" ”

Li Renli said: "You should first call yourself a minister to the Ming Dynasty, and Ming Xia will forever be the country of father and son." As long as Great Xia no longer sends troops, the Ming Kingdom will not fight, and the two countries will always have diplomatic relations that can make the people happy. Your Majesty, please immediately choose a clan girl and marry the Ming royal family. ”

Three people, three different suggestions, Li Qianshun didn't know who to listen to.

In the end, Li Qianshun decided to combine the three plans: "My Great Xia treasury is indeed empty, and we can't fight a big war anymore. King Ke of Jin led 8,000 elites to quietly go north to spy on it, and if the Dongshengzhou of the Jin Kingdom was indeed empty, he would take it down in one fell swoop. Our army's sneak attack on the Jin State is considered a great gift to the Ming State, and you can take the opportunity to marry the Ming State. It is also an expedient measure to bow down to the Ming Kingdom, and it is also an expedient measure that Great Xia should recuperate in the past few years and stock up on some food for emergencies. ”

After Yan Zonghan asked Xixia to send troops to help, but he didn't expect that Xixia would stab him in turn with chrysanthemums.

(End of chapter)