Chapter 293 The Emperor's Attack on Liao
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In Shuibo Liangshan's first martial arts competition, Yue Fei won the top spot.
yes.
In terms of fighting strength alone, Yue Fei is not as good as Yang Zaixing and Luo Yanqing.
But Yang Zaixing and Luo Yanqing both knew very well that if Jiang Hongfei hadn't taken action in time that day, they would have definitely been defeated by Yue Fei's trick.
On the other hand, after being lectured by Jiang Hongfei, Yang Zaixing and Luo Yanqing realized that it was inappropriate for brothers to fight against each other due to their ancestors, so neither of them wanted to be the top pick, so Yang Zaixing and Luo Yanqing both gave up the competition and each won. A martial arts scholar.
Yue Fei, on the other hand, passed all the way and killed all the enemies, and finally defeated Zhang Xian and won the first place in the competition.
You may want to ask, besides Yue Fei, Yang Zaixing, and Luo Yanqing, are there no other masters in this subject?
How can it be.
Zhang Xian, Zhang Yong, Dong Xian, Niu Gao, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Tang Huai, Xu Qing, Bi Jin, Zhao Hong, Yue Heng, Fu Qing, Yao Zheng, Shi Quan, Liang Xing, Zhao Yun, Zhou Qing, Gu Qing, Yao You, Luo Yan, Gao Lin, Wang Lan, Li De, Guo Jin, Han Shunfu, Wang Jing, Fu Xuan, Li Shan, etc. are all very strong - the weakest among them are all second-rate Qi practitioners. , there are several first-class qigong masters.
In addition, Yue Fei won first place in both archery and strategy hosted by Jiang Hongfei himself.
In the end, Jiang Hongfei personally selected Yue Fei as the top pick.
The second place on the list is Zhang Xian.
The third flower is Zhang Yong.
After the military examination selection was completed, all the new martial arts candidates, including Yue Fei, Zhang Xian, and Zhang Yong, entered the political and educational office of Shuibo Liangshan for half a month of political study, and then received half a month of military training.
After Yue Fei and others "graduated", Jiang Hongfei summoned Yue Fei and other new martial arts scholars at the former Daming Mansion Remaining Department and now the Guogong Mansion.
Yue Fei led the new martial arts scholars to the stage. They all knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Hongfei: "I will see you, the Duke!"
This time, Jiang Hongfei could take a good look at Yue Fei.
I saw that this Yue Fei was in his twenties, tall and tall, with a dignified appearance, a face like a silver basin, two sharp eyebrows, a pair of tiger eyes, two clear white eyes, and a sense of righteousness between his eyebrows. Kneel there, it is really a mountain of gold, a pillar of jade, majestic. Look at the outside and know the inside, look at the eyes and know the heart, you are truly a pillar!
Jiang Hongfei liked it however he saw it, and then said with a smile: "Yue Fei, you are both civil and military, and you have won the first prize in the military. I want to reuse you. I hope you will be loyal and loyal, perform meritorious service on the battlefield, and help me defeat the Tartars and regain the sixteen states of Yanyun." If we, the Han people, take back the bronze walls and iron gates, I will seal them heavily."
Yue Fei said: "The common people obey the decree!"
When Jiang Hongfei heard the word "grassroots", his heart moved: "I have to give him an official."
Jiang Hongfei asked: "Everyone, what official position should I give Yue Fei?"
Li Gang, who had already joined Jiang Hongfei, issued a memorial: "With the wishes of a minor official, Yue Fei can be named the commander. The front of the Liao army will be labeled as the vanguard officer. When he has meritorious service in the future, he will be given another title."
Jiang Hongfei was a little hesitant to let Yue Fei, a new recruit, be the vanguard officer!
When Xu Guanzhong saw it, he came out and said: "The vanguard officer is very important. Yue Fei has no experience in commanding troops, so he may not be qualified for this position. It is better to give him an infantry army and teach him to practice troops first. As for whether he should be the one The vanguard officer will depend on his training status."
Jiang Hongfei thought for a while and said: "Yue Fei, I will make you a commander. You will command five thousand troops. You will go to the left to recruit the front army of the Liao Army. You will be assigned to the military counselor Zhu Wu's camp to listen to orders. If you perform well in the future, you will be given another title."
Yue Fei responded: "Wei Chen takes orders!"
Jiang Hongfei added: "Zhang Xian, I will make you the commander. You will command five thousand troops. You will go to the left to recruit the left army of the Liao Army. You will be assigned to the military counselor Zhu Wu's camp to listen to orders. If you have meritorious service in the future, you will be given another title."
Zhang Xian responded: "No!"
Jiang Hongfei then said: "Zhang Yong, I will make you the commander. You will command five thousand troops. You will go to the right to recruit the Liao army's rear troops. You will be assigned to the military counselor Sun Jing's camp to listen to orders. If you have meritorious service in the future, you will be given another title."
Zhang Yong was overjoyed and responded loudly: "I obey!"
For this expedition to Liao, Jiang Hongfei mobilized 100,000 garrison troops and boldly used generals such as Wang Zhen, Liu Qi, Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, Wang Yan, Zhao Li, Li Yanxian, and Wu Lin who must have the ability to command troops, and gave them each An infantry army was assigned to the people, and they were allowed to train and control it themselves.
Of course, the premise is that the supervisors and chiefs of staff of these armies are all loyal officers of the Liangshan Army.
Moreover, the middle and low-level officers of each army were either from the Liangshan Army or from this military examination.
Moreover, all generals and officers, including Wang Zhen and other generals from Zhao and Song, had to receive political and military education from Shuibo Liangshan and "graduate".
Others will not talk about it for now, except that after Yue Fei accepted the order, he went to the colonel's military field to recruit troops the next day.
As the number one scholar, Yue Fei was allowed to be the first to select soldiers.
Needless to say, generals such as Niu Gao, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Tang Huai, Yang Zaixing, and Luo Yanqing were all selected by Yue Fei. In addition, Yue Fei also selected a large number of generals, lieutenants, and tooth generals according to his own methods. .
As for soldiers? Jiang Hongfei was very curious, wondering if Yue Fei would choose the 800 Yue Family Army again?
So Jiang Hongfei came to the school military field in person, sat on the general stage, and watched Yue Fei and the others select troops.
Xu Guanzhong, who was presiding over this matter, smiled and said to Yue Fei: "You can choose any of the 60,000 garrison troops here. They can be mobilized after five days of training."
Yue Fei bowed and said, "General, I will obey your order."
A lieutenant general led Yue Fei to the school military field.
The soldiers in the school field chattered loudly, all of them were proud of themselves and showed off their power. Their uniforms were neatly decorated, their armor was bright, and their swords and halberds were shining brightly.
Yue Fei was a wise man. When he saw the 60,000 garrison troops, he knew that although they were new troops and had been left over by others, they were definitely well-trained elite soldiers.
Don't say anything else, just look at how they stand, how they sit, and how their energy and spirit surge. It's not difficult to tell that they are all rare and good soldiers.
But Yue Fei had his own logic in selecting his troops. He carefully selected them, looking for men in their late teens or early twenties. All of them were big-bodied, round-waisted, muscular guys who couldn't be knocked down with two sticks. They also had quick hands and quick eyesight. , the key is to be a Qi practitioner with strong aura, and also to have a family with no worries.
This is difficult. It is really about selecting the best among the best. Six thousand are selected from the sixty thousand elite soldiers, and six hundred are selected from the six thousand.
Yue Fei was quite satisfied and came to see Jiang Hongfei: "My lord, the general will select 600 soldiers."
Jiang Hongfei really didn't expect that Yue Fei would only pick out 600 of the garrison troops he had stored for so many years.
Of course, this is also because Wang Zhen and others have already selected them all.
But this is still too little.
Jiang Hongfei pointed at the 5,000 personal guards behind him and said: "Go and pick 400 more from my personal guards, and you can make up 1,000 to be your central army. Then you can pick 4,000 more, and you can make up 5,000." Otherwise, how can we help in this national war?"
Jiang Hongfei thought that Yue Fei would pick another 200 from his own troops to make up 800 Yue family troops.
Who would have thought that Yue Fei rolled his eyes and asked: "My lord, I want five hundred at the end of the month, can you?"
Jiang Hongfei was a little surprised: "Why didn't Yue Fei act according to the script?"
Jiang Hongfei smiled and said, "Okay."
Unexpectedly, Yue Fei raised his eyebrows again: "Can their equipment and horses also be given to the general?"
At this moment, Jiang Hongfei realized that Yue Fei had the audacity to take all his five hundred horses away!
You know, Wang Zhen and others don't have a horse army. Not only does Yue Fei dare to attack the horse army, he even dares to attack his own good horse!
Jiang Hongfei pointed at Yue Fei and cursed with a smile: "You, you, you really dare to think that Du Bo and the others don't dare to ask for my five hundred horses, all of them top-grade horses, but you dare to ask for them from me, well... …Okay, because of your courage, I’ll make an exception for you.”
Yue Fei is overjoyed!
This time, Yue Fei didn't want to choose. He went directly to Ruan Xiaoqi and said, "Master Qi, just give me 500 horse troops."
Ruan Xiaoqi knew that Jiang Hongfei liked Yue Fei, so he said with a smile: "Make good use of this horse army. They are elites who have followed my brother in many battles."
Yue Fei couldn't hide the smile on his face and took away this elite cavalry army.
After that, Yue Fei selected another 4,000 people and took away 4,600 sets of armor and corresponding items.
Then, Zhang Xian also selected five thousand people.
Jiang Hongfei looked at Zhang Xian's back and thought: "Is his father Zhang Suo? If so, will he be like Zhang Zhongxiong, a craftsman who broke into my Shuibo Liangshan?"
After Zhang Yong finished selecting people, it was already dark, and Jiang Hongfei returned to his residence.
After entering the house, Jiang Hongfei saw Yan Zhengu making his bed.
Jiang Hongfei ducked and arrived behind Yan Zhengu.
It has to be said that Yan Zhengu's reaction was really fast. She put her hands on her swords at the first moment.
But Yan Zhengu was faster, and Jiang Hongfei was even faster. He used his magical power to shrink to an inch, and hugged Yan Zhengu in his arms. Then he threw Yan Zhengu directly onto the bed, and then kissed Yan Zhengu. Zhu Chun never gave Yan Zhengu a chance to draw her sword...
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Five days later, Jiang Hongfei stepped onto the general stage and said loudly:
"The barbarians occupied our Han people's Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures for more than 200 years, and they repeatedly went south to harvest grass and valleys, extorting annual coins every year. Their hatred is as deep as the sea. I only hate that Zhao and Song were incompetent and could not regain the bronze walls and iron gates for us Han people. Teach the barbarians to continue sucking the blood of our Han people. Today, the Jurchens have risen from the north and swept through Khitan Prefecture and County. Three of the five capitals have been captured. This is a golden opportunity for the Han people to regain their homeland and take revenge. Therefore, I decided to attack the Liao Dynasty. Sun Jing is the commander-in-chief of the left-leg army in the expedition against Liao. I will take charge of the other generals in the center. The troops will be mobilized in the next day, and they will go straight to the nest, attack the people, and clear the borders. If there are any officials and others who do not obey the general's orders, they will be punished as soon as possible. Know..."
But he said that Jiang Hongfei sent Liu Huiniang, Chen Xizhen, Wen Huanzhang, Li Gang, Chen Tuo, Zhan Du, Zhao Ding, Chen Kangbo, Qiu Xin and other accompanying military advisers and officials to arrange the men, horses, navy and ships, set a date, prepare food, grass and baggage, and travel by land and water in parallel. Bazhou and Xiongzhou.
When Jiang Hongfei led the Chinese army to Hejian Mansion, he listened to Sun Jing's report.
Although Jiang Hongfei was mentally prepared, after listening to Sun Jing's report, Jiang Hongfei's face was still serious because the war readiness situation left by the Zhao Song Dynasty in Hebei was not optimistic, even worse than he imagined.
Jiang Hongfei went to check the ration warehouse and armory in person, and was shocked by the difference in situation.
It turns out that because the Song and Liao Dynasties signed the "Chanyuan Alliance", there has been no war in Hebei for hundreds of years. As a result, the generals were arrogant and lazy, did not practice fighting against the enemy, and had no military supplies. In addition, the military rations were too coarse to eat, and they were plentiful at great distances, making transportation difficult. There is a serious shortage of ordnance, and as for the tools for siege and defense, everything is seriously lacking.
That is to say, the captives in Hebei could not be used as supplementary troops for the Liangshan army. In addition, Liangshan Marsh had to transport a large amount of food and supplies to the front line.
Fortunately, Jiang Hongfei had already arranged for Liu Huiniang and Chen Xizhen to lead Li Gang, Chen Ke, Zhan Du, Zhao Ding, Chen Kangbo, Qiu Xun and others to transport food and supplies to various places in Hebei.
Let's put it this way, the reason why Jiang Hongfei has not led his troops northward is mainly because the food and supplies have not been prepared.
Before the troops move, the food and supplies must go first.
Now, since Jiang Hongfei can lead the army northward, it must be because the food and supplies have been solved, at least it will not affect Jiang Hongfei's attack on Liao.
In fact, the reason why Jiang Hongfei cares so much about the food and supplies in Hebei is mainly because Jiang Hongfei is worried about how to feed the 10 million or 20 million people in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun plus Hebei and Shandong after the war.
There was no conversation along the way. Jiang Hongfei's 200,000 troops that he led to attack Liao soon assembled in Xiongzhou and Bazhou respectively.
Jiang Hongfei did not drag his feet, but announced directly:
The left-wing army is the Xiongzhou garrison, and its goal is to enter the Baigou River area, and Zhu Wu is in charge. Lin Chong and Yue Fei will lead the front army, Shi Jin and Zhang Xian will lead the left army, Tang Bin and Liu Qi will lead the right army, Yang Zhi and Zhao Li will lead the rear army, Hua Rong and Wang Bing will lead the central army, Wen Huanzhang, Chen Ke and Zhao Ding will be the staff and political.
The right-wing army is the Bazhou garrison, and its goal is to enter the Fancun area, and Sun Jing will be in charge. Luan Tingyu and Wu Lin will lead the front army, Sun Li and Han Shizhong will lead the left army, Suo Chao and Wu Jie will lead the right army, Guan Sheng and Li Yanxian will lead the rear army, Xu Ning and Wang Yan will lead the central army, Zhan Du, Chen Kangbo and Qiu Xun will be the staff and political.
Jiang Hongfei led the rest of the army to station in Xiongzhou. Jiang Hongfei set up the headquarters of the Liao army here. He planned to stay here and use various means such as politics, diplomacy and military to coordinate and command and recover Yanjing in one fell swoop.
That day, Jiang Hongfei convened a meeting of the generals of various armies in Xiongzhou to discuss the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.
Unlike Jiang Hongfei's previous preference for asking for advice before making a decision, this time Jiang Hongfei said directly:
"I have told you before that this is definitely the closest opportunity for us Han people to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and once again have a copper wall and iron gate that can stop the Hu Lu from invading us Han people from the south.
Today I will not talk about the same old things.
Today I will tell you about the significance of the Yanyun area to the Hu Lu, or more precisely, to the Liao people living there.
In your imagination, the nomadic people living on the grassland eat meat every meal, drink mare's milk wine often, and live a fairy-like life, so their combat effectiveness is particularly If they are strong, and have fast horses and curved swords, they will surely be invincible and unbeatable, right?
Actually, it is not the case.
The Hu people are generally not tall, the tallest is only 5.12 feet, and there are no fat ones.
The shortest one selected by our Liangshan Army is 5.3 feet tall. Compared with our Liangshan Army soldiers, the Hu people are all short and short.
The ordinary Hu people live a hard life. They eat everything from wolves, dogs, foxes, rabbits, and mice. When food is extremely scarce, they even eat people. If they are extremely hungry, they even regard the lice on their bodies as delicacies.
In summer, the Hu people only drink horse milk, because summer is the period when horses produce milk, which can be eaten for three months. If there are cows and horses that die of old age or disease, they are all made into jerky. To prepare for the winter.
In winter, the Hu Lu only eat rice soup, which is so thin that the bottom of the pot can be seen, supplemented with dried meat, and they can survive the whole winter.
If there is heavy rain and snow, most livestock will die of starvation, and only one or two out of ten livestock in a tribe will survive.
Only the princes and nobles can eat meat. The poor and humble can only kill a sheep during festivals, and the slaughtered sheep must be divided among several households, which is the meat-eating time of the year.
The only purpose of the Hu Lu's repeated southward invasion of China is to find food.
If successful, the Hu Lu can have enough food and clothing, and can also capture Chinese women as slaves and maids to continue the family line.
If unsuccessful, they will be in danger of death.
The land of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun is fertile, and you can graze sheep and horses, and you can also follow We Han people can trade with us, and even come to our Han land to extort and plunder.
Since the Liao people seized the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, the Hu people living here have gotten rid of hunger and lived a life of plenty and peace.
And now most of the areas next to the Liao Kingdom have been seized by the Jin people, and the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are their last place to survive.
In the eyes of the Liao people, we are here to destroy their beautiful lives and to rob their last homeland. How can the Liao people not fight with us? "
After hearing Jiang Hongfei's words, the generals, including a group of officials, who originally thought that this expedition to Liao would be easy to capture, all looked heavy.
This is exactly the effect Jiang Hongfei wanted.
Then, Jiang Hongfei asserted: "The Liao people will never give us the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun obediently." Then he said: "If we want to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, there is no other way except to defeat the Liao people. Therefore, I ordered that no matter which army encounters the Liao army, they should take the initiative to gain strength and win the victory. Don't consider political and diplomatic matters. The principle of soldiers is to win the battle..."
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