After returning to Pyongyang from Tieling, Pu Jinzhong found that the situation was completely different, the population of the city had obviously increased, and several restaurants, inns, restaurants, and cloth shops had opened in succession, which was a sign of the continuous entry of the population and materials of the Central Plains.

Pu Jinzhong and Liu Zhiyong sat as guests and hosts, Pu Jinzhong was the chief official and boss, but he was very polite to Liu Zhiyong.

Who Liu Zhiyong is Pu Jinzhong knows very well, the elder brother of His Royal Highness's number one adviser Liu Bingyun, the number one contributor to the restoration of the internal affairs and people's livelihood in the Central Plains, and the confidant of His Royal Highness.

When he first joined the command of Yan Wangfu, Pu Jinzhong was very cautious and did not want to offend anyone, especially someone like Liu Zhiyong.

"The general doesn't need to be polite. The Liaodong Army has a heavy responsibility and a heavy task. According to His Royal Highness's arrangement, I brought more than 50,000 war horses this time, except for the main leading generals, most of whom were Han Chinese, and the rest were from Khitan Jurchens. But the general doesn't have to worry, although he was a foreigner before, he can't count it now, he married a Han woman, and his family was arranged on Jingdong Road. His Royal Highness's meaning that the general had better form a separate army of these people, and the cavalry was also dominated by these people, and the cavalry in their bones had not forgotten their ability to shoot horses, which was of great benefit to the attack on Liaodong. Of course, in the end, it is subject to the opinion of the general, and the general will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarch! ”

After sinking down to do things for so many years, the impetuousness in Liu Zhiyong's character is basically gone, but the hidden edge is still the same.

"Do as Your Highness wills. I wonder what His Highness's plans for the next move? ”

Liu Zhiyong immediately took out the military order and handed it to Pu Jinzhong, who was silent for a long time after reading it.

His Royal Highness King Yan, as always, said that he would give Pu Jin the title of king, but he did not break his promise at all, although he insisted on resigning.

Now trust and benefits are coming right away. The general of Dingbei, who is basically the same as Hao Tianfeng and Sun Zhengyi, immediately replenished the grain and grass military strength, armor and weapons, and then the military strength under his command will inevitably grow rapidly. Pu Jinzhong could think of the Liaodong Army, but he didn't expect that His Royal Highness King Yan did have the momentum and self-confidence to dominate the world, Pu Jinzhong was a little emotional, and even more excited.

However, the pressure is still very great, nearly 200,000 elite cavalry in Liaoyang Mansion is on the Great Plains, Pu Jinzhong has been here for so long, he has not dared to cross the Yalu River, and even now, without Wu Zhong's assistance, he still does not dare to go over.

Pu Jinzhong thought for a while and said: "The Liaodong Army's offensive is still not enough, but it is certain to hold the northern front. Your Royal Highness has made arrangements, Governor Liu, why don't you and I go south to Anxi on the same day to discuss with General Wu Zhong about the destruction of Goryeo, and I am more familiar with the internal affairs of Goryeo. ”

Pu Jinzhong did not call Liu Zhiyong Changshi, he didn't know what the governor did, but the official position was before the history of the Liaodong Army, which must be more important.

"So good! General, in the future, the general can call me a long history, this is my duty. To be honest, at first I didn't know what the governor did, but His Royal Highness roughly said that his main function was to supervise the military and government, but he had no right to interfere in decision-making. ”

Pu Jinzhong was greatly relieved at this time, he was afraid that it was the kind of military supervision system of the Ning Dynasty in the past, which often commanded indiscriminately in the army, and it was not good to listen to it, it was very chaotic, and he often turned victory into defeat.

Liu Zhiyong did not say that he had the arrow of the Yan King's order, which was also specially explained by His Royal Highness, and it could only be used when it was very special and critical, and ordered the whole army.

In Anxi City, Pu Jinzhong did not sit in the first place, but sat around with Wu Zhong, Li Ziyang, and Liu Zhiyong.

Generally, leading generals will be nervous when they receive this kind of military order to kill, but Wu Zhong, on the contrary, looks very excited and excited, and Li Ziyang is the same.

"The current situation in Xianping Goryeo is indeed very favorable, and it can greatly replenish materials and remove hidden dangers. But how to fight is also particular, what is the arrangement of the general? Liu Zhiyong is from Luoyang and represents the highest authority, so he said first.

Because of Lin Jianyue's letter in front of him, Wu Zhong will not make trouble when Pu Jinzhong is above him, and he will not talk nonsense first, but just listen.

"There was a lot of internal struggle in Goryeo, especially sometimes their own people killed more ruthlessly than outsiders. The original city lord of Anxi, Li Zhensheng, suggested that General Wu make good use of it, he and Li Zhenhui, who controlled Annan and Gongzhou, could be said to have a life-and-death feud, and let him lead the army south to attack Annan first could confuse the public, let alone refuse. General Wu Ke led the main force in Anxi to spy on Kaijing and Nanjing. But you can't attack these two fortified cities, it's hard to say whether they can be taken or not, and the losses will be huge. ”

Wu Zhong nodded and didn't speak, because Pu Jinzhong couldn't end it so easily.

"General Wu can send 30,000 to 40,000 main forces and more than 10,000 cavalry into Li Zhensheng's army, and he can also control what other thoughts he has, plus his own more than 30,000 people, Li Zhensheng is a Goryeo, and he can completely defeat the Annam and Gongju areas that add up to only 40,000 defenders. Because the Huaiyang army was in Anxi, the armies of Kaijing and Nanjing might not all dare to come out, but Li Zhenhui would definitely instigate part of the army to come out, and General Wu could send a force to confront it between Annan and Kaijing and Nanjing, and it would not be possible to win quickly. I will lead the Khitan Jurchen new army to secretly go south and ambush north of Nanjing, and when I arrive, General Wu's whole army will attack to attract attention, as long as the sneak attack on Nanjing is successful, there is no way to escape from Kaijing, but to surrender, as for Tokyo, Andong These places have not many defenders, can pacify Goryeo in one fell swoop. ”

Pu Jinzhong has a special internal response in Nanjing City, so he is a little sure.

In fact, with the strength of the Huaiyang Army of the Liaodong Army, it is completely possible to win the battle, but the loss will be large, so it is better to win at the minimum cost and maintain the strength, and everyone has no objections, which is also an opportunity for Pu Jinzhong to establish the authority of the main general, which is conducive to cooperation in the future.

"As soon as Li Zhensheng moves, Goryeo will inevitably contact the Monghu people, let them go south on the condition of surrender, and even come to contact and buy me, so the pressure on the northern front is not small, I will mainly go out of Pyongyang, and use the Yalu River to keep the enemy out of the door, I suggest that after the Liaonan Peninsula begins to act to attract the enemy troops in Liaoyang Province, I will officially start attacking Goryeo. What do you think? ”

Although Wu Zhong felt that Pu Jinzhong was a little timid, he was very thoughtful, so he did not object, and Liu Zhiyong and Li Ziyang would not say anything more in terms of military strategy.

In September of Daning 248, before the autumn harvest, the new army formed by the Wuwei Army with the Khitan Jurchens plus the 10,000 cavalry of the Wuwei Army and the 20,000 cavalry supported by the Xinyang Army made a total of 60,000 troops, Liu Jiahao personally led the landing at the southern tip of the Liaonan Peninsula, and Suzhou Menghu, who had not encountered the Transitional Sea landing operation mode at all, was defenseless, and the defenders were only three or four thousand people, and two thousand were cavalry, how to resist? But in half a day, Suzhou is down. Liu Jiahao did not stop, and when Liaoyang Mansion had not yet reacted, he drove straight into Chenzhou to succeed, and immediately consolidated the city defense, strangled the passage of Liaoyang Mansion cavalry into the Liaonan Peninsula to prevent the Liaoyang Mansion army from counterattacking, which also opened the prelude to the Northern Expedition.

In October 248, Yi Zhensheng led 60,000 troops out of Anseo City to attack Annam, and the Goryeo royal court panicked.