Chapter 362 Start Asking for a Monthly Pass
In the night, several fire dragons are still winding on the mountain roads in Liaodong, rolling eastward. Coke has been updated to the finale
The terrain of the Liaodong Peninsula is as mentioned above, very complex, with mountains, forests and flat grounds. At the southern end is a peninsula protected by the isthmus. To the north is the mountainous and flat east of the west, and to the north is the mountainous and the eastern part of the central and eastern part is stacked. In the west, the communication between the Bohai Sea is flat. However, the mountains in Liaodong are not all over the mountains, and there are rugged roads to pass through. However, in order for the army to pass, there is a prerequisite - you must truly control this forest!
Before Chen Dexing fooled the wild Jurchen Tatars from Liaodong into the Eight Banners soldiers, he would rather attack Tachaer's camp than pass through this strange forest. This was a infantry of up to 20,000 people, and it was Chen Dexing's entire force on the land of Liaodong! In order to draw such troops, Chen Dexing even let the sailors of the Beiyang Fleet land ashore and took over the defense of the Mingdu Prefecture.
If this army was ambushed in the mountains and forests of Liaodong, it would really lose all the money that I had finally saved up!
However, now, there are tens of thousands of Eight Banners soldiers familiar with the terrain covering the surroundings. This mountain forest can be said to be Chen Dexing's backyard. The 20,000 troops can pass through it with confidence, not only do they have to worry about being ambushed by the Mongols, but they can even be unaware of it!
At this time, even Chen Dexing admired his far-sightedness, so why did he act as a charlatan so wisely? Not to mention, this trick of pretending to be a god is really good when fooling barbarians! It’s a pity that the people in the Han area are mostly controlled by Confucian scholars and officials who respect ghosts and gods, and are not so easy to be fooled...
However, even though the Wild Jurchens led the way, even if Chen Dexing's 20,000 troops were brainwashed warriors trained by devils, they still had a bit of hard work along the way.
After all, there has been no decent government in Liaodong for more than 30 years, and all infrastructure is slowly deteriorating, including the forest paths built in the Tang Dynasty, Khitan or Jurchen era. These roads are almost swallowed up by the spreading forests! Chen Dexing, who came from his soul more than 700 years later, could not imagine that forests could be dense to this extent and could be expanded to the territory where humans once reproductive and thriving!
You can see things that can be called ruins everywhere along the way, unmanned villages, dilapidated temples, and collapsed bridges. Everything is covered by various plants or fallen leaves, and is silently displayed on both sides of this road that was probably very busy more than thirty years ago.
Fortunately, the forests in the northeast are different from the rainforests in the south. They are mainly tall trees, and the gap between the tall trees is large enough. People and horses can pass through them. What is difficult to pass is bronze cannons and supplies. The engineers were busy making roads ahead along the way, but some places were still unavailable, so they had to carry people on their shoulders. The officers' horses were also contributed to carry supplies and ammunition.
Chen Dexing was also walking at this time. He was leaning on a long spear, and he was playing leggings like the civil troop in later movies and TV series, and walked step by step on the mountain road. All around were generals of the Northern Expedition Army, Lu Hu, Liu Monkang, Wang Wei, Wang Hu, Wang Lufei, Zhang Kai, Xiao Da, Zhang Xizai, etc., as well as Yang Akang, the deputy chief of the Huangqi Banner.
It turned out that a military convention was held on the way to the march.
"There was no movement in Tachaer's camp. It seems that we were circumventing!"
"If you can't hide it for too long, as long as the Eight Banners Horse Team retreats, their horse-striking ranger will penetrate into the old forest again."
"The Eight Banners Horse Team has been removed at noon today, and they will find out tomorrow morning that we have given up Fuzhou City and Hongshui City."
"Tacha'er will not get the news in the afternoon. But he still has no way to figure out where we are going: it is possible to retreat to Mingdu, go to Goryeo, go north to Liaoyang or even go to Yanjing, and you may not expect us to block his retreat! As long as he hesitates a little, we can go around him to the east to set up defenses. At that time, he will not fight and cannot go back to Goryeo..."
Chen Dexing did not speak, but just listened quietly to the analysis of his subordinates. He and Tachaer had been entangled for more than half a year. Judging from the experience of the past six months, Tachaer was very cautious in using troops. Otherwise, he should have attacked the southern part of the Goryeo Peninsula - in this way, his retreat will inevitably be empty, and maybe a Yalu River will land...
However, this old guy hurried in Bei Goryeo and stationed heavy troops on the banks of the Yalu River, without revealing any flaws. Even if he was sneaked into Liaodong, his reaction was quite steady. He did not attack Daheishan Fortress, nor did he break into the front line of Fuzhou Wucheng to fight with him. Instead, he hurried in the open area along the Shahe River and threatened himself with a fake Guo Fuer.
He is so calm. It is obviously a character who is not easy for the other party. I hope this time can be concluded in Liaodong!
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A few fast horses were riding, splashing mud spots, and speeding to the scene. From a distance, I saw several confidant King Tachaer Khan at the entrance of the camp waiting anxiously.
Seeing that it was his own horse-striking cavalry, a Mongolian Qianhu official roared: "Can the Eight Banners soldiers of the Chen thief?"
After less than ten days of wild battle, everyone in Tacha'er's army knew that Chen Dexing had a Jurchen cavalry named "Eight Banners". They were all barbarians who had been hunting beasts in the mountains and forests since childhood! It was not possible to fight a dignified formation. But the battle between mountains and forests was good!
Even if the Mongolian warriors meet them in the forest, they will only be beaten! So three days ago, King Tachaer Khan had ordered the horse explorer not to enter the forest to die, so just keep a watch outside the forest to reconnaissance.
However, since last night, the horse-snooping racquets patrolling the edge of the old forest have not reported too much of the enemy's encounter. By this morning, several more courageous Mongolian warriors went around the woods to the west, but they did not even see the ghosts of the Eight Banners soldiers.
When the news reached King Tachaer Khan, the atmosphere in the camp suddenly became tense - the two armies in the war suddenly broke out from contact. Anyone who is proficient in military affairs knows that this is unusual!
This matter may very likely mean that the main force of the enemy in front of him has been transferred!
"Reporting to Qianhu, no Eight Banners soldiers of Chen Zhe were found. Even the horse manure found in the forest was dry and hard, at least it was pulled out a day ago!"
One day ago!
This shows that the Eight Banners soldiers who served as the scout cavalry have retreated for a day! This is not a joke. Scout cavalry is used to cover the battlefield and cover the movements of the main force. There is only one possibility for all the removal. The main force they covered has been transferred long ago, and now there is no need to cover it up.
Upon hearing this news, the Qianhu official flew toward Tachaerkhan's yellow tent.
"A day ago..." Tachaerkhan suddenly stood up, "Chen Dexing has left? This thief actually left. He is going..."
"We must have gone to Goryeo!" Tachaer's concubine Huo Tu led a thousand-household official position, and this time he also led his troops to return from Goryeo with Tachaer. "The target of this thief Chen Dexing is Goryeo! Goryeo is rich and a hundred times better than Liaodong. How could Chen Dexing abandon Goryeo and go to Liaodong? This thief entered Liaodong to lead us to the hook!"
The prince's opinion actually represents the opinions of most important generals of the Ochijin tribe. Because when Mongolia occupied Liaodong, the originally prosperous Liaodong became a wasteland that was much worse than that of Goryeo, and there were only some wild Jurchen Tatars who made a living by fishing and hunting. How could they be compared with Goryeo?
Moreover, the Mongols have always been light on land and have population and wealth - their land is too large and their killings are too heavy during the conquest. So much so that the country is full of desolation, sparse population, and dilapidated cities. This is also the reason why the Mongols have been staring at the Southern Song Dynasty for decades, because the Southern Song Dynasty has the population and wealth they need!
Tachaer did not make a judgment for the time being, but instead sought Liu Xiaoyuan's opinion with his eyes.
"Maybe it's Yanjing!" Liu Xiaoyuan's brows were tightly frowning, "Li Yu raised his troops in early August, and killed all Daluhuachi from all over Yidu first, and sent troops to attack Jinan and Dengzhou. Zhang Rong of Jinan had surrendered to Li Yu, and the Great Mongolian garrison in Dengzhou were wiped out... Maybe Chen Dexing was going to attack Yanyun with Li Yu!"
Tachaer shook his head: "It's too late to save Yan Yun anyway... Daheishan will definitely not be able to be defeated, and the Jinzhou land cannot be obtained, so don't even think about surrounding Wei and saving Zhao."
Liu Xiaoyuan thought for a while and said, "King Khan, Chen Dexing may also go to Liaoyang to fight against Prince Naiyan's army. If Prince Naiyan is defeated by him, then Liaoyang and Shenyang will change their ownership."
Tachaer shook his head: "Where is Naiyan so easy to defeat? He went down from Liaoyang-Gazhou-Fuzhou. There was a wide terrain along the way. Horses and rafts could be scattered for dozens of miles. If Chen Dexing's army headed north, how could it escape? Moreover, when he went north to Liaoyang and Shenyang, there was no food along the way. Chen Dexing's tens of thousands of soldiers could not last long. Naiyan just had to deal with it and could not do anything."
After some discussion, Chen Dexing's possible directions of troops were eliminated one by one, and the only one left was Goryeo!
"It must be Goryeo!" Tachaer said coldly, "Myer Huotu is not bad as expected. Chen Dexing sent troops to Liaodong to lead the tiger out of the mountain. He can take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the situation to take all the Goryeo!"
Tachaer did not pull all his troops out of Goryeo. He was still in Xijing, Goryeo, and Kaijing and Longzhou on the Yalu River. However, the main force who wanted to rely on these people to stop Chen Dexing was dreaming!
"No further!" Tachaer's decision was very quick, "Go immediately and return to Goryeo!
Send people to Xijing by sea, and ask Brother Tou Nian to rush his army north to attack Chen Dexing!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!