In the Youyan border area, located in the southeast of the Yandi Plain, close to the vast land near the Song Dynasty Cangzhou, is also relatively remote like the original Cangzhou. This land includes about half of the Tianjin City and half of Tangshan City in later generations. There are always no less than 15,000 square kilometers! Such a large place now, there are only two counties of Wuqing and Yutian.

The reason why these two counties are sparsely populated is not because of barren land or inconvenient transportation, but because of the need to prepare for war. Both places are close to the Song Dynasty and have no danger to defend. If it is too prosperous, wouldn’t the Song Dynasty be able to get the enemy due to food during the Northern Expedition? Therefore, the Khitan court has always been deliberately controlling the population of Yutian County and Wuqing County.

However, the Khitans' local rule was not strict. The tribes in the north of the mountain and the Han tyrants in Yan actually had great power. For example, how much land, tribes, and castles did the Han family in Yutian County have in Yutian County for more than a hundred years. No one knew, and no one dared to investigate. Perhaps Yutian County could have been upgraded to a prefecture long ago, but it was just a county name that was evading taxes.

Wuqing County is really remote. At least before the rise of Jiehe Commercial City, there was not much population in this area. It was only in the past ten years that Jiehe Commercial City had become a little popular because of Jiehe Commercial City. However, its popularity was not very prosperous. However, some castles appeared along the Sanggan River, such as Majiabao, Hanjiabao, Liujiabao, Zhaojiabao, and Xiaojiabao, which were all commercial strongholds built by Yanyun or Khitan powers.

In a place far away from the Sanggan River, some manor walls appeared. Generally, the pattern of the villages consisting of four or five manor walls is similar to the Knight Manor south of the Bian River. The Knight Fort was the same. A few small local tyrants formed camps to defend themselves. On the Song Dynasty, because the knights were equivalent to the small martial officials of the official army, they could do this. In the Yan land of Liao, the tribes of the Khitan country drove cattle and sheep and came across Yan Mountain every winter, and often caused disputes in Yan land. That is, plundering and other things... The actions of the Daliao people were not very easy to control.

Therefore, they turned a blind eye to the establishment of villages and self-defense in Yan land. Otherwise, the tribes who went south to grazed and spent the winter would have to steal the land of Yan land into white land! Where can the Liao court collect taxes? Over time, the local tyrants in Yan land had fortresses and walls, and the military tradition was passed down from generation to generation. History continued until the early Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. Many Han marquis from northern regions were born into powerful people in Youzhou!

The essence of these powerful men is a bit like the European knights and Japanese samurai. Based on land, they are all local emperors on their respective territory, and they are dependent on them layer by layer. If they meet a master with weak control ability, they are fence-bearing, and the wind and feces fall to the other side.

Compared with them, the knights in Cangzhou are much more reliable. Their land is only 1,500 acres, and they can only support two or three knights at most. They are not enough to form separatist forces, nor are they any native emperors. Moreover, they are heavily dependent on Jiehe Shangshi, and their children are all educated in Jiehe Shangshi. It may be more appropriate to say that they are citizens of Jiehe Shangshi, who own a manor.

The local tyrants of Yan land are real separatist forces! That local tyrant does not have tens of thousands of acres of land and dozens of tenants? If necessary, any family can bring out hundreds of combat powers!

Obtaining the support of these feudal lords of all sizes was a necessary condition for the Song Dynasty to seize the land of Yan and establish and consolidate the rule.

Of course, how to transform or eliminate such feudal lords after the rule is consolidated is another matter.

But during the Northern Expedition, they must be supported!

The purpose of Wu Haogu's troops to Majiabao was not to a castle that had been burned, but to take down the three or four hundred small local tyrants who had relied on Majiabao in the past.

...

The sound of the trumpet was whimpering on the walls of Majiabao, and there were inconsistent gongs and drums from the music team that came from somewhere.

Outside the trench in Majiabao, on both sides of the official road, the heroes of Yan, who were dressed in a mess, were lined up with their respective patriarchs, respectfully welcomed Wu Haogu’s “Northern Expedition Army”, and some tenant members, leading cattle and sheep, holding jars and jars and jars filled with food and wine, probably dedicated to the “Song of Song Dynasty” to enjoy.

Wu Haogu's "Northern Expedition Army" is actually not very "large". There are not 100,000,800, and there are less than 20,000 infantry and cavalry. Among them, there are 6,000 cavalry, and half of the war soldiers and auxiliary soldiers. The war soldiers are half armored and half armored, and they are all sang "How to say no to be robbed" while marching. The singing is majestic, giving people a feeling of solemnity.

When everyone saw such "Great Song Dynasty Heavenly Soldiers", they were shocked by the gang of local tyrants in Yan.

Not long ago, they also crossed the road to welcome the great soldiers of the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty and also contributed a lot of food and grass! When they saw the Liao army, they felt very powerful. Some people were still tempted to participate in the battle to attack Jiehe Shangshi. However, before they could go to Yingmao, Yelu Yanxi led his troops to retreat to Wuqing County. They left in a hurry, and even the food sent by everyone to Majiabao was too late to take away, and they were all burned.

Everyone was a little confused before. What exactly did these Khitans want to do? Did they see a ghost in Jiehe Market? Why did they run as fast as a rabbit?

But now, the answer has finally been revealed!

It is no wonder that Yelu Yanxi ran so fast because of the elite soldiers of the Song Dynasty.

It seems that it is time for this Yan land to return to the embrace of the Han family...

In the queues on both sides, a group of small tyrants all started to take the plan of carrying Liao and Song, and looked at the vast army.

A group of knights in a row appeared in everyone's sight. Dozens of knights surrounded him, at their thirties, medium-sized, and wearing wart armor and helmets. There were knights holding seven or eight red flags, one of which was embroidered with the big words "Hebei Xuanfu Envoy Wu".

It turns out that this knight in his thirties is Wu Haogu, the last four generals of the Song Dynasty!

...

Wu Haogu, who had just captured Majiabao, looked at the local tyrants and evil gentry arranged on both sides of the official road, but he felt no joy in his heart.

Because before leaving Jiehe Shang City, he had just received bad news. The Liao army had already attacked the Guangxin Army and Ansu Army on Dingzhou Road!

Since the Liao people's Yuanluozima completely controlled the fourth field of Guangxin Army and Ansu Army, no one knows whether the two military cities were captured? Although before the Liao people invaded, the Dingzhou Road Pacification Envoy had transferred two generals to the Guangxin Army's capital, Suicheng and Ansu Army's capital, Ansu Army, respectively. However, only God knows how much combat effectiveness the new army changed from the Hebei imperial guards can have?

Maybe both military cities were broken by the Liao people! Now it was a fool.

As for Wu Haogu, the short seller Xuan Shuai, can the blame run away? Perhaps after the news reached Kaifeng Prefecture, the impeachment memorial would fly like snowflakes!

At this time, Wu Haogu really felt a little sympathetic to the military officers of the Song Dynasty. It was really not easy! On the one hand, he had to listen to the blind commands above, and on the other hand, he had to be prepared to take the blame at all times... And the coach Xuan looked quite big, but he could not command the comfort envoy and the prefect below! Even the Tongzong of Cangzhou who was responsible for the affairs of Cangzhou, a Jinshi in Yuanfu for three years, Wu Haogu could not command it.

If the Xuanfu Department wants to mobilize some supplies and civil servants from Cangzhou, it must let Daming's Ji Yi issue an order.

"Shishuai Xuan, it seems we have to take over Wuqing County!"

The person who talked to Wu Haogu was Tan Zhen, who supervised the Hebei Army. This eggless military officer was also the one who took the blame! If Guangxin Army and An Su Army were broken, he and Wu Haogu would be in trouble.

Wu Haogu is somewhat powerful. Although he will not be able to fight against the Song Dynasty court, he will definitely make no one dare to accept the Hebei Xuanfu envoy, so that he can at least commit crimes and make meritorious service in his position!

But what does Tan Zhen have? There is nothing! Thinking about Li Xian’s fate, he still doesn’t want to make up for his merits?

If he lost the blame for Guangxinjun and An Sujun, he and Wu Haogu would probably have to take some responsibility, but if Yelu Yanxi could be driven away from Wuqing County, this contribution would be enough to compensate for the fault?

In addition, although Wuqing is only a county, it is only 170 miles away from Xijinfucheng, and it is still flat in the middle... Yelu Yanxi would not really ignore the safety of Xijinfucheng, right? He would probably draw the main force back from the direction of Dingzhou Road, so that Guangxin Army and Ansu Army can recover it?

"Wuqing County is forty miles away!" Wu Haogu said lightly, "It's still across the Sanggan River, and we don't know what's going on there... It's not easy to take it down. It's better to subdue the Yandi tyrants around Majiabao first. Judging from their appearance, they should be able to provide a thousand scouts. This is something we urgently need!"

Since Wu Haogu incorporated most of the knights into two cavalry generals and became armored cavalry, he had no good light cavalry to use.

Without the light cavalry, there will be no eyes and ears on the battlefield. Therefore, Wu Haogu does not know the situation north of Majia Fort now.

While the two were talking, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from behind Wu Haogu's ears. Wu Haogu turned his head and looked and found that the person came was Zhang Zhifeng, the head of the General Military Computer Room!
Chapter completed!