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On May 27th, the war started for ten days, and the results were fruitful.
On the eastern front, after the mixed battalion of the First Integrated Division seized the bridge, they quickly passed through and pursued the victory. The general of the Jin army died violently, and the elite suffered heavy losses. The rest of the newly recruited troops broke up and fled back to the city. Subsequently, nearly 20,000 troops of the First Reorganized Division and the Bohai Division crossed the bridge and launched a fierce offensive against the three gates in the east, west and south outside Yanjing City, as well as the two sheep and horse walls below the city.
Five days later, first the two sheep and horse walls were breached, and then, Nanguan City, which was the first to be surrounded, was destroyed by the Tianzhu Army and occupied by the explosion. Once Nanguan City was lost, the morale of the defenders of the two separated east and west gates was suddenly reduced. Xiguan City was captured the next day, and Dongguan City was unable to stand alone. On the eve of being captured, the defenders abandoned the city and fled, and were immediately occupied by the Bohai Division.
After the first trial, the prisoners learned that the guard was none other than Li Cheng's general Shang Yuan. If he hadn't escaped quickly when he saw the opportunity, he would have been a prisoner.
On May 25th, troops formally arrived at the city and surrounded Yanjing.
On the same day, on the northern (middle) line, the Second Reorganized Division received good news that it had conquered Lingqiu and Feihu counties, surrounded Yuzhou, and was stepping up preparations for the siege.
The next day, battle reports also came from the western front. Yue Fei's 12th Brigade conquered Yingzhou and destroyed the top "kou" of the northwest Jin Army's "pin"-shaped strategic layout. Yingzhou's attack is equivalent to cutting off Xijing Yunzhong's support to Shuo and Wuzhou. The "gate" of Yunzhong Mansion. He was kicked open a crack.
It only took ten days to achieve such results. Di Lie was quite satisfied. This was basically consistent with the pre-war staff deduction. The next step is to strive to fully capture the eleven Youyun prefectures before the end of June. In fact, as long as the key four prefectures of You, Wei, Shuo, and Wu are captured, and a large number of enemy forces are annihilated, the remaining seven prefectures can be conquered in just a few days. .
The battlefield on the Eastern Front. After completing the encirclement of Yanjing. For two consecutive days, prisoners of war were driven to fill the trenches.
In the battle to sweep the outskirts of Yanjing, the Tianzhu Army wiped out a total of 4,000 enemies, accounting for a quarter of the total number of Jin troops in Yanjing. More than 2,500 of them were prisoners. Driven to fill trenches. That's more than two thousand prisoners.
Most of the prisoners were Han children from Yan. The defenders are also local soldiers, how can they bear to attack? As a result, within two days, the water in the moat was dug to divert the water. Most of the moat has also been filled in.
When the guard general Li Cheng heard the news, he was furious and killed dozens of Nancheng guardsmen and soldiers, almost leading to a mutiny. Fortunately, Pharmacist Guo came forward to comfort the situation and the situation was brought under control. Later, Li Cheng used his own Qingzhou Army and Daming Army to defend Nancheng, replacing the local signing army. Naturally, the foreign soldiers had no scruples and brutally killed the prisoners who were filling the trenches. This was how they were able to curb the Tenchu ??Army's trench-filling offensive.
Two days later, the trenches were not yet fully paved, but the corpses of prisoners were strewn across the field.
Di Lie has no mercy for these northern Han people. Because ten years ago, there was a person who thought wishfully that if the Han people in the North wanted to go to the Central Plains, and the king's army would go on an expedition to the north, the people in the North would definitely rush to greet them.
As a result, he pushed a heroic army into Yanyun's dangerous land without any warning. But what awaited him was not flowers and smiling faces, but swords, guns and traps, which destroyed the last powerful army of the Song Dynasty. .
This person is Eunuch Tong Guantong.
This army is the Western Army of the Song Dynasty.
At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, during the Song Army's campaign to conquer the Liao Dynasty, Han'er from Yan State acted as the most ferocious dog of the Liao people. The Western Army of the Song Dynasty was riddled with bones, covering hundreds of miles of fertile soil on both sides of the Baigou.
The lesson is painful and the lesson is not far away. Di Lie must never make the same mistake as Tong Eunuch again.
The Yanyun Han people are very complex beings. First of all, they are definitely not from the Song Dynasty - as early as the Five Dynasties period, the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun was sold to the Liao Kingdom by Shi Jingtang. Secondly, in terms of ethnic composition, the Yanyun Han people share the same clan as the Song State, but they happened to belong to the Liao State, and the Khitan Liao State also did not like to see these Han people who were "not of my race". Due to the importance of the status of the Yanyun states, the Yanyun Han people have always played a decisive role in the Liao and Jin countries.
However, in terms of their attitude towards the Han people in Yanyun, the Liao, Song and Jin countries all adopted the approach of both attracting and excluding them. The Liao State used imperial examinations, official appointments, and marriage to make the Han people loyal to itself, but it did not trust the majority of Yanyun Han people who were "not of my race" and placed them at the bottom of society; the Song State was out of fear of "Huhua" Han people discrimination, referring to them as "Fans" and "captives"; while the Jin State reused some Han officials of the Liao Kingdom, it politically ranked the Yanyun Han people behind the Jurchens, Bohai people, Khitan people and other ethnic groups, and excluded them from the outside the ruling class.
On the other hand, the Han people in Yanyun in the middle and late Liao Dynasty were not only increasingly isolated in terms of national identity, but also had no fixed tendency in political attitudes and were not traditionalAs Zhong believed, he was "centered on the Central Plains", but focused on interests, choosing the side that was beneficial to him, and moved back and forth between the Liao, Song, and Jin Dynasties, and his political attitude was very flexible. He first assisted the Liao Dynasty to resist the Northern Song Dynasty, but when he saw that the Liao Dynasty was about to collapse, he planned to attach himself to the Song Dynasty to protect himself. Then, out of disappointment with the incompetence of the Northern Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers, he turned to the embrace of the Jin Dynasty.
The "Righteous Victory Army" that once brought a lot of trouble to the Tenchu ??Army is a typical representative.
? The life trajectory of Pharmacist Guo perfectly explains the rebellious and rootless mentality of the Han people in Yanyun - even though Pharmacist Guo is not a Han, but a Bohai native.
Similarly, Di Lie also gained a glimpse of the way to deal with the Han people in Yanyun from the half-life experience of Pharmacist Guo - this is a group that only crawls at the feet of the strong and only recognizes fists. Only obey strength and do not recognize kindness. Just like Pharmacist Guo, the Emperor of Song Dynasty was kind and righteous, but the pharmacist rebelled against him; the gold master was full of old fists, and the pharmacist was afraid of him.
It just so happens that I, Di Lie, have nothing but a hard fist. Do you just accept this? That's great!
Di Lie took ten days to defeat three cities, showing his great strength to Yan Di Haner, and then used cold-blooded driving to fill the trenches with prisoners, showing his tyrannical and cold attitude. Let Yan Di Han'er completely wake up. This army from the south is completely different from the "force of benevolence and righteousness" ten years ago. Think carefully about how to deal with it.
?? Guo Yaoshi and Li Cheng also knew that the Tianzhu Army¡¯s gunpowder method was very powerful in destroying the city. The day when the trenches were filled was most likely the day when Yanjing City was destroyed. Therefore, they desperately used various means to prevent the Tianzhu Army from filling the trenches. The fierceness of the battle can be seen from the fact that nearly two thousand prisoners were killed in just two days.
On the night of May 29th, most of the prisoners were lost. Still failed to complete the expected combat plan. Di Lie summoned the generals to discuss the situation in the central military tent. What kind of tactics should be used to kill as few people as possible, fill up the trenches, and march troops to Yanjing City.
Suddenly a guard report came from outside the tent: "Military Master. The secret sentry captured two enemy soldiers. The other party claimed to have important information about the enemy. But they were only willing to inform the supreme commander of the army. Military Master, do you want to be interrogated?"
When Di Lie and the generals met their eyes, they were both slightly surprised and thought for a moment. He shouted to the guard outside the tent: "Sher him in."
Zhang Rui stood up from behind the round table, asked the military leader for instructions, pulled out his hawk-bill musket, loaded the bullet and walked out of the tent: "The general will personally escort you here."
Ling Yuan nodded at Zhang Rui¡¯s back to express his approval.
Di Lie naturally knew that Zhang Rui's move was to prevent deception and to prevent the enemy from decapitating him. However, just look at the generals here: there are fierce men like Yang Zaixing and Guan Sheng, plus himself, in this world, I am afraid that no assassin can withstand the combined attack of the three generals. Unless the opponent has firearms in their hands, but firearms are the exclusive property of the Tianzhu Army. The Jin Army may not be able to develop them until the day the country is destroyed, but it is not a worry.
"About a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Rui and four sergeants personally escorted two men with five-flowered buns and left-folded Hu clothes into the account. Two men, one strong and one thin, with shaggy beards all over their faces and fierce eyes, could tell at a glance that they must be bloodthirsty and murderous people. If they were in the army, they would be veterans and fierce soldiers.
Di Lie raised his chin: "If you have any information, please tell me."
The strong man stared at Di Lie with a gnawing look, and said in hoarse Yandi Chinese: "I want to see the Lord of Heavenly Punishment, but I won't speak until I see the Lord."
Di Lie was calm and composed: "I am Di Lie. If you have anything to say, please tell me."
The strong man and the thin man looked at each other in astonishment, and then laughed wildly: "The Lord of Tianzhu is known as a fierce spirit. Even if he is not three-headed and six-armed, he definitely doesn't look like Little Brother Yi like you What? Could it be that Lord Di doesn't disdain to see unknown people like us?" What?"
Zhang Rui's eyes hardened, he turned the blunderbuss handle upside down, and was about to hit the strong man, but Di Lie raised his hand to stop him, and said coldly: "Don't you want me to print the seal for you to see? I don't care what information you have." , If you want to say it, just say it here. If you don¡¯t want to say it, then go ahead and tell King Yama! Guard!"
Four guards armed with swords, armor and short muskets rushed out of the tent and wanted to take someone.
The strong man shouted sternly: "A certain family has a very important matter. If you want to report it to Lord Di, don't make any mistakes!"
The thin man suddenly knelt down on one knee and said, "Liao Qi is ignorant of Mount Tai. He has offended the military commander. Please forgive him."
The strong man looked at his companion in astonishment. The thin man Liao Qi smacked his lips and motioned the strong man to look at something in front of him.
Liao Qi¡¯s move naturally fell into the eyes of generals Yang Zaixing, Guan Sheng, Zhang Rui, and Yang Zhechong (the commander of the third brigade). When they looked at what they were saying, they saw that it was a gun case placed next to the military leader! It suddenly dawned on me - the material of Di Lie's gun case was absolutely unique in this era, and you will never forget it once you take a look at it. Even if you have never seen it before, you can still recognize it. There is only one thing in the world that is neither gold, jade, iron, nor wood - it is the legendary artifact
When the strong man saw this thing, there was a bit of fear in his eyes. He bent one knee and knelt down: "Zhen Heizi deserves to die. The military leader didn't realize it before. He roared wildly. I hope the military leader will forgive me." "
Di Lie slowly pressed his palm on the gun case and said solemnly: "Whether I forgive you or not depends on whether you really have information or whether you are lying."
The big man named Zhen Heizi said: "Yes, I dare not deceive the army leader. Liao Qi and I were the generals of Yanshan Prefecture's 'Victorious Army'"
Ling Yuan was originally a scholar from the North and was familiar with the story of Yan Yun. Hearing this, he immediately interrupted: "The ever-victorious army? The ever-victorious army of Medicine Master Guo?"
Zhen Heizi nodded and said: "Exactly!"
"That's not right!" Ling Yuan said sternly, "The Ever-victorious Army was ambushed by the Jin at Songting Pass four years ago. They killed all of them and wiped them out. Where is the Ever-Victorious Army left?"
"No! There are still people crawling out from the piles of corpses! We are the ones!" Zhen Heizi gnashed his teeth excitedly, and the rope was deeply inserted into his flesh, but he didn't realize it.
"Oh, how many are there?"
"Twenty-two people. Later, five more people died due to serious injuries, leaving only seventeen people."
Di Lie and Ling Yuan looked at each other. The number of Changsheng Army and their family members who were ambushed at Songting Pass was more than 8,000. After the massacre, it was not surprising that dozens of them escaped death.
Zhen Heizi gritted his teeth and said: "The seventeen of us clasped our arms and swore that we would fight our two mortal enemies in this life - Golden Dog and Guo Yaoshi, who betrayed his friends for glory, until death!"
Di Lie's mind moved: "It is rumored that Pharmacist Guo encountered an assassin on his way to take office. Could it be"
Zhen Heizi said cheerfully: "It's exactly what we brothers did. Unfortunately, we fell short of the goal. We failed to kill this animal and injured several brothers instead."
Di Lie nodded and ordered the guards to enter the tent and untie the two of them. The two of them thanked each other continuously, and while rubbing the bruises on their wrists, they spoke out their intentions in detail.
It turns out that after the assassination attempt by Zhen Heizi, Liao Qi and others failed, they were still unwilling to give in and waited for an opportunity to strike again. It happened that after Guo Yaoshi arrived in Yanjing, he recruited a large number of troops, so he recruited and mixed into the army. I originally wanted to find an opportunity to assassinate again, but I never had the chance. The Tianzhu Army's Northern Expedition began at this time
As new recruits to the capital team where Zhen Heizi and others were, of course Guo Yaoshi did not dare to use them to guard Guancheng or the Sheep and Horse Wall, but arranged for them to guard Nancheng. A few days ago, the commander of the Yanjing Horse and Infantry Army, Li Cheng, killed the soldiers who were defending the city and allowed the Tianzhu Army to drive prisoners and attack the city, which almost triggered a mutiny. Although he was suppressed by Yaoshi Guo with his personal vision and means afterwards, the seeds of disaster were already planted. The Han'er of Yan State, with a large army outside and a thin city, and oppression and indiscriminate killing by superior officials from the Southern Army (i.e. Li Chengzhi's Qingzhou and Daming Army) inside, once again followed their natural instincts and reattached themselves to objects
"We have already contacted the brothers guarding the city in Nancheng. As long as your army is ready, we can open the city gate at any time and lead the army into the city."
After Zhen Heizi finished speaking, the generals were both happy and suspicious. The good news is that if the signing army really responds and surrenders the city gate, then Yanjing will be around the corner, and the first big nail in the Northern Expedition will be removed. What is doubtful is whether what these two people said is credible? The city gate is opened and the army enters the city. If it is true, it is an unexpected surprise, but if it is a fraud
Liao Qi smiled bitterly and said: "We also know that the generals will inevitably be suspicious of bringing troops into the city like this. We have no other choice but to be sincere and ask Army Commander Di to make a decision with the generals."
Di Lie stroked the texture on the sharkskin gun box with his fingers, and said in deep thought: "The purpose of signing the army to present the city is naturally to seek preferential treatment after the war. What do you two want?"
Zhen Heizi's eyes shot out an almost condensed hatred: "We wandering souls with sticks will spend the rest of our lives just for revenge. Whoever beats the golden dog, whoever fucks Yaoshi Guo, we will help him. In terms of requirements, there is only one. ¡ª¡ªAfter your army captures Yanjing, if you can capture or kill Medicine Master Guo, dead or alive, please hand it over to our brothers to pick it up, I will be very grateful."
Di Lie slapped the gun case and said decisively: "Okay! It's settled, we will attack the city at Haishi tomorrow night!"
Zhen Heizi and Liao Qi were overjoyed, and they both bowed and thanked the Lord Tianzhu for his trust.
The generals all looked at Di Lie in surprise, wondering why the military leader was so decisive.
Di Lie's eyes were wandering, looking past the people, penetrating the military tent, and looking at the majestic city in the distance - crises and opportunities always coexist. If it is an opportunity, you must seize it; if it is a trap then you must turn it into an opportunity! (To be continued) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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