Chapter 63 A ray of light
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Li Hu immediately ordered Gao Baolong's First Army to be the south-stop selection army, immediately crossed Jinzhou, siege the city and plunder the land, and kill Yu Pass...
Dong Xiaochou led the fifth battalion of the resentful army to follow closely, and the required supplies were allocated from Jinzhou, attacking and going south.
On the afternoon of the 12th, Li Hu, accompanied by Wuyan, walked into Hongzheng City, Yizhou Zhifu.
The Jin army kept its promise and did not enter Hongzheng City. The money, food, and supplies left by the resentful army and the Liao army were still there, just enough compensation.
Wanyan Loushi led his army to withdraw from Qianzhou. After the Liao army retreated to Qianzhou, they learned that Chuanzhou was not lost, so they immediately came to defend Shengji City, Qianzhou Zhifu. Wanyan Loushi only had 5,000 horse troops, so of course they would not attack the city. After receiving the order from Zong Wang to withdraw his troops, they immediately rushed back and returned to Chengzhou. Zhoucheng with Mr. Wuyan. Dong Zhongsun was the commander of the army.
Wu Xiong's seventh general of the third army followed Luo Qinghan to fight Yu Pass. Considering that the seventh general could not return to Yizhou, Li Hu used his captives to temporarily form the fifteenth general of the Tiger Lie Army. Xu Dayan became the fifteenth general, and was affiliated with the third army, and accompanied Wu Xiong to garrison Yizhou.
On the same day, the army headed south.
On the 14th, the army arrived in Haibei Prefecture and Quyi Prefecture, and Li Hu ordered Zhang Gao'er to lead the King of Hell Army to garrison the two prefectures.
On the fifteenth, the army arrived in Jinzhou. Li Hu did not enter the city and ordered the general's office to stay in Jinzhou, uniformly deploy the pacification of prefectures and counties, resettlement of the people and other related matters. Mao's army led the Fifth Army of Hulien to station in Jinzhou.
On the 16th, Li Hu led the Second Army of Hu Lie of Mu Taoli, Huo Liuge's Shenlong Army, Li Jin's Thunder Army, and Yunshuo's army of wining Qin and heading south to attack and kill.
Go south along Jinzhou and go to Yuguan. It is the Yuguan Corridor, or the Liaoxi Corridor. It is about 500 miles long from north to south, about 30 to 40 miles wide from east to west, and only a dozen miles narrowest.
The first one to go south was Yanzhou, which was governed by Xingcheng. Xingcheng was located on Taohua Island, and the area of Yanzhou was basically dominated by Taohua Island.
Yanzhou has no way to fight. Taohua Island is dozens of miles away from the coast, and there are no ships, so I can only sigh at the island. If I want to fight, I can only transfer Yun Haijun to fight.
The second is Xizhou. Zhifu Seaside City. This city is located in the middle of the Liaoxi Corridor. The roads from this city to Laizhou are close to the coastline and are also the narrowest part of the Liaoxi Corridor.
There were only hundreds of local troops in Xizhou, and they went down in one go.
The third one is Laizhou. The government is Laibin. Laizhou is the largest state in the western Liaoning Corridor. There is the Guide Army and the Jiedu Army. The Guide Army surrendered to the Liao army on the battlefield of Jinzhou. The local army with only a thousand people in the city went down in one go.
The fourth is to move the prefecture and the government move the people.
Qianzhou was in chaos at this moment. Most of the bureaucrats and wealthy businessmen who came to Xizhou fled, but Runzhou was occupied by the rebels and could not get through. And they fled from the sea, and there were too many pirate ships. They went into the sea to catch the other ones. They were helpless and had no choice but to wait for death.
The rebels were very fast.
On the 16th, Gao Baolong led the army to the Qianmin City. Dong Xiaochou arrived. At this moment, he received a urgent letter from Li Hu. Luo Qinghan sent pirates to Jinzhou. He not only conquered Yuguan, but also captured Runzhou, and had sufficient food and supplies. Therefore, as long as the rebel army took Qianzhou, the war would basically end.
Dong Xiaochou shoots in the book city. As long as he surrenders, he will never massacre the city.
On the 17th, Qianzhou surrendered.
On the 18th, Gao Baolong and Dong Xiaochou led their troops to Haiyang City, Zhifu, Runzhou. The 11th general of the Tiger and Li Meng was stationed in Haiyang City.
The two rebels met successfully.
Li Meng and the soldiers were in surprise. They were looking forward to the main force coming to help day and night, but no one expected that the main force would capture Jinzhou in such a short time and reach Yu Pass. It was too incredible. Because they were too excited and too excited, the soldiers cheered and shouted "Tiger King..."
Gao Baolong and Dong Xiaochou were also incredible. The rebels rushed from a long distance from the sea and captured Yu Pass, and they even captured Runzhou. This was a bit too powerful.
Xiaochou Dong was eager to know the situation in Yuguan. After a few greetings, the two sides immediately asked about the military situation in Yuguan.
"On the first day of the second month, we captured Yuguan and Runzhou. On the third day of the first day, the Liao army began to attack Yuguan. However, because the terrain was very beneficial to us, the Liao army failed to attack repeatedly and suffered heavy losses. After a few days of fighting, it stopped. On the eighth day of the first day, the Liao reinforcements arrived and brought a large amount of siege equipment to attack the pass. At this time, Luo Shuai ordered Yun Shuai of Yun Haijun and Hai Shuai to attack Yingzhou from the sea. The Liao army was caught off guard and hurriedly returned to the rescue, and the attack stopped again."
"On the 12th day, the Dao Shuai led the Wu Yong army to Yu Pass, and our reinforcements also arrived." Li Meng smiled, "Yelu Dashi launched another attack on the 14th, attacking for two consecutive days, with heavy casualties. He then led his army to retreat fifteen miles, build a camp in Daihe, and prepare to attack again."
"Are we going to suffer a lot?" Dong Xiaohou asked.
"The loss is not big." Li Meng said, "The terrain of Yu Pass is very dangerous. It is facing Yu Mountain in the northwest and Yu River in the southeast. The mountain pass is integrated, easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as we defend here, the Liao army will not want to step into the Black Mountain half a step."
Dong Xiaochou nodded and said anxiously: "The horse army is stationed here, let's go to Yuguan to have a look."
Li Meng was very concerned about the capture of Jinzhou, and asked again and again. Gao Baolong didn't know much about the development of the battle, and he couldn't explain some things clearly, but Dong Xiaochou didn't say a word and just kept rushing to the road.
At dusk, the group arrived at Yuguan.
Luo Qinghan, Tieying, and Gao Yuan hurried out to welcome him when they heard the news. They were very happy to meet. The head coach of the Wu Yong Army, Zhang Guanyu, deputy commander Liu Yizhen and Dong Xiaochou had met several times, and this time they met, they were very happy.
The pass was too small to accommodate a large army, so there were tents on the hills on both sides of the mountain road in front of the pass, stretching for several miles. Luo Qinghan's tent was built in a forest, and a group of generals hugged each other and smiled happily.
"Where is the Tiger King?" Luo Qinghan asked everyone to sit down and asked immediately.
"On the 16th, he left Jinzhou and was probably about to arrive in Xizhou. He would be able to arrive at Yuguan in two or three days." Gao Baolong said, "I have urgently reported to the Tiger King, saying that the two armies will join forces. Yuguan is as solid as a soup. Please do not need to worry about it. You can look at the mountains and rivers, sleep and come slowly along the way."
After chatting for a few words, everyone asked about the war in Jinzhou. The Tiger King conquered Jinzhou in such a short time and came with support. It was beyond everyone's expectations, so you can imagine how urgent he wanted to understand the war in Jinzhou.
Dong Xiaohou stood up, walked to the map, and explained in detail the passing of the Jinzhou battlefield.
The Jinzhou War was very different from his initial calculations. He could only guess some of the key links, especially the final result, which directly affected the development of the situation in Liaodong. This was something that was not expected before the war.
"According to the envoys of the Jin army, fifteen generals including Xiao Bao, Yelu Eliye, Yelutemo, Wang Bolong, and other 15 generals surrendered to the Jurchens with 85,000 Liao troops. If we were to add the Liao army captured and the Liao soldiers were killed and injured in the battle, the Liao people lost at least 100,000 troops in this battle. This directly led to a sharp reduction in the Liao army's strength in Zhongjing Dao. This is a good thing for us, and a great good thing for the Jurchens."
After the Liao army's troops were sharply reduced, under the attack of the Jin army and the rebel army, they could only defend the front line of Chuanzhou and Xingzhong Prefecture, and switch from attack to defense. Now, the Jin army can free up their hands to deal with Shangjing Road. As long as the rebel army blocks the enemy of Nanjing Road at Yu Pass, they can get time to breathe. When the time is ripe, they can go out of Yu Pass and attack Youyan.
The situation was very good, which gave the rebel generals hope and their morale was high.
At this moment, the Liao army was attacking the pass, but the rebel army gathered, with sufficient food and supplies, and the generals of each army took turns to fight, and the guards were as stable as rocks.
When the rebel soldiers saw the Tiger King coming from Jinzhou and saw him coming to the battlefield in person, they were all full of morale, and their deafening cheers pierced through the clouds and splitting stones, shaking the earth.
The Liao army was shocked and hurriedly retreated and stopped attacking.
Li Hu met Zhang Guanyu, a famous Di Xiaodao in Liaodong, who was about forty years old, tall and thin, had a long face like a knife, tall cheekbones, two feet under the jaw, long beard, thick eyebrows and big eyes, calm eyes and arrogant temperament, but he really had the momentum of a beautiful bearded man.
Li Hu expressed his praise to express his gratitude to the Liaodong Rebel Army. Zhang Guanyu resolutely extended his hand to help him in the crisis when the rebel army was in danger. This loyalty and courage were enough to be impressed. You should know that the Wu Yong Army crossed mountains and rivers in the snow and ice, traveling more than three or four hundred miles to Yu Pass. The way was extremely difficult, which required great perseverance and courage. However, in order to support the rebel army, Zhang Guanyu and Wu Yong Army overcame all difficulties and arrived at Yu Pass within the scheduled time. If the Hu Lie Army did not have such good luck to seize a large amount of food, grass and supplies, the Wu Yong Army's support will play a decisive role in the rebel army's persistence in Yu Pass. This is a real timely help.
When Zhang Guanyu saw the Tiger King, he sighed. Li Hu made outstanding military achievements at a young age, and his command gathered heroes from all walks of life. He emerged from Liaodong and was famous all over the world. Li Hu had such achievements based on his ability and strength, so he only needed ability. No matter how old he was, he would be the boss everywhere. In comparison, he had been struggling for decades, and finally got trapped in the mountains and survived. Now he was desperate. He fell at the feet of Li Hu and was willing to drive him. To put it bluntly, he was incompetent, and he had no ability. He had been eating for decades.
Why did the Wu Yongjun choose to go north to join Li Hu? Why did he help Li Hu at all costs? It was to survive and solve the stomach problem. Tens of thousands of people followed behind to beg for food. Even if they had the ability to do so, they could not support themselves. They had to find a way out and find a bigger backer and solve the stomach problem first. Looking at Liaodong, only Li Hu and the Liaodong Rebel Army were the biggest backers. Why did the Fengjuanyunhou look for Li Hu? The reasons are the same.
Although the situation faced by Li Hu and the Liaodong Rebel Army was once dangerous, they eventually broke through the siege and defeated hundreds of thousands of Liao troops to block the siege and blockade, and reversed the situation in one fell swoop. This further proved Li Hu's ability and the strength of the Liaodong Rebel Army. So they were convinced and knelt down at Li Hu's feet in conscience, and willingly drove it. In time, the world of Liaodong may be the world of Li Hu and the Han people in Liaodong. By that time, not only the belly problem could be solved, but also the endless wealth and honor.
Chapter completed!