Chapter 173: Let's be enthusiastic

Xiao Ming, who learned the reason, was very angry, the reason was actually very simple, the reason why the Goryeo Kingdom sent troops was completely collected by the Jin State, and most of the Goryeo army was composed of tribal soldiers from the Jurchen Woji Division, the Zhusheli Division, and the Nagu Division.

Not only that, but even many of the generals in the Goryeo army were Jurchens! This is almost a war led by the Jin State, why did the Jin State do this, in fact, it is very simple, Goryeo is now also a subject country of the Jin State, and the Dongdan Kingdom is also a subject country of Dajin, and there is a fight between the two subject countries, as the suzerain, it should not be intervened, but the Jin State regards Xiao Ming as a tiger, this is a problem of elbows and armpits, and he must want to get rid of it quickly!

And Goryeo, which is also a big metal country, is more obedient, if it provokes a fight between the two subject countries, the Jin country as the suzerain will pull a bias again, and take advantage of the defeat of the two families, Xiao Ming may be taken down in one fell swoop, this kind of calculation can not be described as a big refined.

"It seems that the Goryeo sticks are all tendons, and the master will do whatever he wants!" Xiao Ming scolded.

Xiao Ming can understand why Jin Guo did this, but the few years of peace he had planned were broken in less than a year, which really annoyed him! Han Shizhong had a different view on this, he believed that if Guo Yaoshi was allowed to become bigger in Nanjing, Yanshan Mansion, he would definitely covet the territory of Liaodong in the next step, and he should send troops to assist the Great Song Dynasty in attacking Yanshan Mansion.

"Then how to solve the matter on the Goryeo side?" Xiao Ming asked.

"The small country of Puer is like a clown jumping off the beam, you can give me a horse, and I will definitely be able to hold the front line of Kaizhou and repel the Goryeo Jurchen coalition army!"

"Liangchen, I know what you think, you still have illusions about the Great Song Dynasty, but the Great Song Emperor is not a little hit, he has no idea that these traitorous ministers under his rice bucket will actually only bring disaster to the country and the people! Besides, Pharmacist Guo is changeable, and he will surrender to the Great Song Dynasty soon, you and I will wait and see! ”

Han Shizhong stopped talking, he chose to believe Xiao Ming, he always felt that Xiao Ming had a unique temperament, and his actions were often unexpected, but they were often correct, since he repeatedly said that the Jin Guo Jurchen was a big trouble, there must be a reason for it.

After arriving in Tokyo, Xiao Ming convened a meeting to discuss the strategy against the enemy, and Xiao Tzu Buye reported to Xiao Ming: "The Goryeo army is actually assisted by the three Jurchen tribes of the Jin Kingdom, and the area east of Kaiyuan and Huifa is actually surrounded by the three Jurchen tribes, so that our army does not dare to go out of the city to meet it, and the Goryeo army is now rushing straight to Kaizhou!" ”

Xiao Ming asked Xiao Gan and Wu Yong: "Tokyo is very calm now, don't the people know that the Goryeo army is coming to attack?" ”

"Of course the people know, but they don't seem to be flustered, Goryeo was like this a few decades ago, at that time it was still called the Silla Kingdom, and their country sometimes has natural disasters and grain harvests, so sometimes they will set troops to Liaodong to grab grain! But Liaodong has been a land of military reclamation since ancient times, and in the Tang Dynasty, it was set as the envoy of the Tokyo Province, and they couldn't get cheap and went back! ”

Xiao Ming asked, "What is the plan of Goryeo to send troops this time?" They're not just here to grab food again, are they? ”

"I heard that the gold lord promised them that all the land west of the Tumen River and east of Changbai Mountain will be assigned to Goryeo's North Xianjing Province! This could be where their adventure lies! Xiao Gan replied.

"It's so beautiful!" Xiao Ming said with a smile: "We are seriously short of manpower in all kinds of mines now, since someone has come to send prisoners, we don't have to be polite, let's catch more this time!" ”

After Xiao Ming finished speaking, the people below immediately burst into laughter, and their expressions were very relaxed, in fact, Xiao Ming was the backbone of everyone, when they first learned that the Goryeo Jurchen coalition army was coming to attack, most of these people were still a little panicked, once Xiao Ming came back, everyone's hanging heart fell into the stomach, and it seemed that Xiao Ming could solve all the problems.

"Our army originally had heavy troops on the front line of Shenzhou, so the army there should not move, the new army has now rushed to the front line of Kaizhou, and it must be held there, at least before I arrive, Yeluyun's cavalry cannot attack for the time being, but I don't know how many people and horses the combined army of Goryeo and Jurchen is this time?"

Yerusha and Ma Haishu were both generals who were urgently transferred to Tokyo, and they both replied at the same time: "It is called 100,000!" ”

Xiao Ming looked at the two of them in surprise, and Xiao Gan said: "The two generals, Yelusha and Ma Haishu, are both generals trained by our own in the Southern Courtyard of Xijin Mansion, if you can't come back for the time being, I originally planned to let the two of them rush to the front line of Kaizhou!" ”

Xiao Ming said: "The two generals are hard, they claim to be 100,000, there are always 70,000 or 80,000, is this news reliable?" ”

Ma Haishu said: "Kaicheng and Laiyuan City are the land of Daliao, and the Jurchens have their spies, and we have them too!" ”

Xiao Ming nodded and said, "The first thing in the march is intelligence collection, you have done a good job!" Now I command! He said, waving his flag.

Everyone below was solemn, Xiao Ming said: "The reason why Kaizhou is important is because the enemy takes Kaizhou, it will immediately threaten Chenzhou, Chenzhou is the key to holding my Lushun base, therefore, Kaizhou can't be lost, Xiao Tzu Buye led the army to guard the important place of Shenzhou, always pay attention to the movements of the Jin soldiers, and the two of Yelu Shama Haishu went to Kaizhou with me!" ”

As soon as he changed his tone, he said to everyone: "You do a good job of receiving prisoners, this time people come to send coolies, we must be enthusiastic!" ”

Everyone's expressions were relieved, and they couldn't help but laugh......

On the second day, Xiao Ming rushed to Kaizhou, just in time for the new army's team, from receiving the order to the start, the speed of the new army's march was really not fast, the reason was that after a few rains in the autumn, the roads were muddy and difficult to walk, and the most important weapon of the new army, the artillery, needed to be pulled by a carriage, and the wheels of the car were stuck in the mud and could not be pulled out, Qian Baguang scolded in a hurry!

Not only that, but the large amount of materials sent by Xiao Ming to Kaizhou in advance was also slow, the roads were muddy and the wheels were deep, and the speed of the new army's new advance was about the same as that of the new army!

Xiao Ming scratched his scalp, what can I do? He instructed the following, and said in his heart: "I don't lack horses in Liaodong!" Pack it with a horse! So he ordered his men to urgently requisition horses from various states and counties along the way, gathered thousands of horses, unloaded and dismantled all the heavy objects that affected the speed, and then used horses to go to Kaizhou, and finally arrived at Kaizhou City on the third day.

After entering the city, Xiao Ming arranged for someone to immediately load the cannon on the city, and then summoned Yelu Yungu to inquire about the situation.

Yelu Yungu reported: "The Goryeo army camped ten miles outside the city, and the two sides fought once, and there were injuries to each other, but the Goryeo army actually used the fire ox array this time, drove thousands of wild cattle to cooperate with them to charge, and they lost thousands of men and horses carelessly, and finally retreated to Kaizhou City, and after receiving the order, there has been no war."

"Oops! They'll also use the Fire Bull Formation! It's kind of interesting! Xiao Ming praised, and he said to Yelu Yungu: "It's okay! We didn't fight for two days, and two days later, we ate roast beef together! ”

Yelu bowed down to receive the order, Xiao Ming stopped him and asked him to prepare more ropes and utensils in the city, waiting for the time to catch the prisoners! Yelu Yungu was quite puzzled, and took the order to go, he really couldn't understand this prince, every time he fought was like child's play, and every time he lost it, he could win!

Yelu retreated, Xiao Ming called Wu Song and said to him: "Seeing that you seem to be uncomfortable this time, now I will let you go into battle to kill the enemy, are you willing!" ”

Wu Song was overjoyed, clasped his fists and bowed down and said: "Thank you for your success, this time is indeed a bit itchy, and since I entered the Hangzhou prison, I have been holding a breath of bird breath in my heart, and I am about to fight!" ”

Xiao Ming thought about it, the defenders in the city were only a few thousand people, and they still had to defend the city, so he said to Wu Song: "I will send you five thousand sword and axe men to go out of the city now, dig a ditch five feet deep and five feet wide for me three miles east of the city, and then you will ambush on both sides of the ditch, and kill together after hearing the order, can you do it?" ”

Wu Song said: "Don't worry, my lord, Wu Song doesn't dare to live up to my lord's love!" ”

Qian Baguang pouted and said, "This Wu Er has received the mission!" I don't know what I'm going to do with my old money? ”

Xiao Ming scolded: "Every credit has been given to you a lot, are you still worried about having nothing to do?" This time you can't afford to pay for the cannon, don't worry! ”

"That's good, that's good! Hey! Qian Baguang grinned.

Han Shizhong was a little anxious here, but he was embarrassed to open his mouth, but his expression was ugly, Xiao Ming smiled when he saw him, and said: "Don't worry, Liangchen, I have important things for you to do, now I have 10,000 Khitan cavalry and 10,000 Han cavalry, all of which are equipped with crossbow knives and spears, I consider handing over this 10,000 Han army iron weapons to you to bring, I don't know what you think?" ”

Han Shizhong was overjoyed: "The king is loved, and the good minister will not be dishonored!" "Although he is the deputy commander of the horse army in the Great Song Dynasty, he only commands less than a thousand soldiers, this time Xiao Ming gave him 10,000 horses at once, which is equivalent to the general of the Great Song Dynasty horse army! How can you not be excited?

"What king? You are really, in the future, we will be commensurate with each other, and after you can afford me Xiao Ming, you will call me Brother Xiao, and then call me the king or something, I will be deliberately alienated from me when you are you! Xiao Ming said with a straight face.

Han Shizhong said: "How can it be, good ministers can't be public at private expense, this is in the army, how can there be no rules, in the future, I will call you the eldest brother in private, but in the army, I still have to call you ...... Big...... Be handsome! ”

Xiao Ming smiled bitterly: "You, everything is good, it's just too rigid, good!" It's up to you! ”

"Xie Dashuai!"

Xiao Ming was ready in less than two days, and did not take the initiative to attack, just waiting for the Goryeo coalition army to attack the city, the general of the Goryeo army this time is still the general Yin Qiang, under the jurisdiction of the government army of 50,000 horses, that is, he was sent by Jiang Handan to Laiyuancheng, the Goryeo army at that time in Xuanzhou, Kaizhou, Muzhou line has garrisons, this time as the vanguard of the Liao rush is these soldiers.

There are about 20,000 Jurchen tribe soldiers who assisted the Goryeo Army this time, basically all of them are in Yin Qiang's army, and these people are basically led by their own tribal leaders, so Yin Qiang's men and horses are 70,000 people, and the army has robbed a lot of good things along the way, and food is the top priority, so this time the momentum of the Goryeo Army is very strong!

Kaizhou City is the focus of this attack, according to the Jurchen envoy, the army of the Dongdan King is very powerful, even the Jurchen warriors can not beat him, along the way Yin Qian is also cautious, until the three-way coalition army captured Huifa City, found that the combat effectiveness of the Dongdan army is like that, compared to the original Liao army is even weaker, so Yin Qian looked down on the Jurchen envoys a little, thinking that they were exaggerating.

This time to attack the city of Kaizhou, Yin Qian just let the Jurchens see how their Goryeo army fought, so that the Dajin Kingdom would look at the Goryeo Kingdom differently, even if it was a subject country, it was divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the Goryeo Kingdom was of course the highest level.

After approaching Kaizhou City, as soon as they took over, the Dongdan army was defeated and retreated, which further fueled their arrogance, so they decided to rest for three days, and then take Kaizhou City in one go, and finally approached Tokyo, so that Dajin Guo could fulfill its promise!

On the third day, the Goryeo army finally approached Kaizhou as a whole, along the way the war drums beat loudly, the horns of the bull blew deafeningly, Xiao Ming stood at the head of the city and looked at it from a distance with a monocular, only to see a group of Goryeo troops wearing tattered clothes and armor in the distance with all kinds of flags came over, which was mixed with a lot of Jurchen warriors dressed in animal skins, the number was indeed quite a lot!

Xiao Ming smiled and said to the people below: "Here, but how do these guys dress like Hanako!" Are you still fighting like this? ”

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