At this time, it was the time when the land of Tokyo Road in Liao Kingdom was frozen hardest. In the narrow and long corridor of Liaoxi, looking far away, there was only a snow-white patch. Although the cold wind was like a knife, the march was quite smooth. On this corridor connecting Yan land and the Liaodong Plain, a long red dragon rolled forward. Infantry, cavalry, baggage troops, and eight strong horses pulled 1,300 kilogram bronze cannon equipped with long tail cannon stands (this is the latest style, with shortened artillery barrels and iron hoops), and auxiliary soldiers driving mules, horses and carts, heading northeast.

Although the weather was very cold, the soldiers in the marching were not afraid at all. Their red battle jackets all had old sheepskin coats that kept warm, with rabbit-fed ear-protecting hats on their heads, fur boots on their feet, and scarves on their necks. This outfit was probably the most reliable winter clothes of this era. However, these clothes did not all come from the inventory of the Youzhou Republic Government. The Youzhou Republic Government never thought of equipping with an army of hundreds of thousands of people!

Most of these winter clothes were donated by 80,000 Youzhou citizens. Of course, some were donated! However, most of them should be donated voluntarily.

Now the entire Youzhou area is united in resisting Liao, and the newspapers are full of articles that incite hatred against Liao. The teahouses are full of stories about anti-Liao. There are also various anti-Liao plays on the stage in the brothel. There are also various philosophical and charity sales, and various donations. The whole thing is that the whole person is united, and the enemy is united, and the money is given to the enemy, and the strength is given.

If anyone dares to sing the opposite tune, it will definitely be regarded as a Khitan spy... the master and something, and it doesn't exist. The people of Youzhou are determined to destroy Liao!

Even the Daxiangguo Temple School, which has always been incompatible with Wu Haogu, is almost the same as the Military and National Sect this time.

Except for the elder Lu Zhishen, the other elders of the Daxiangguo Temple sect sent at least one son or grandson to join the army! They bought more than half of the 10 million yuan war bonds, and they didn't have any interest. It's really patriotic, oh, it should be Aizhou!

It seems that a junior civil society is still very powerful when it comes to a thrill! And it exceeds Wu Haogu's own imagination... Anyway, he has never seen such a aggressive citizen of Beijing, Tianjin and Tangshan in later generations.

Isn’t it just the 200 acres of black soil in Liaoning Province? As for that crazy?

Wu Haogu, who was shocked by the passion of the Aizhou people of Youzhou, is now personally leading this army that is out of bounds.

He is not worried at all that Youzhou will change after he leaves. Because of more than 300,000 "volunteer soldiers", the Youzhou Army General Army General Staff Department is very relaxed in its troop allocation. He can leave enough reserve troops in Youzhou, and the veterans are all knights and palace soldiers. Their fighting enthusiasm is not as good as the "hungry" new recruits, nor is it as good as the student army brainwashed by republicanism.

Moreover, the knights and the government soldiers have to pay for their trip. From an economic perspective, the General Military Command will mobilize as many new recruits as possible to fight to Liaodong. At the same time, the four generals, mainly veterans, will be left in Youzhou to guard their homes.

Now following Wu Haogu, the ones advancing from Yuguan are nine infantry generals with new recruits and student soldiers as the backbone, a cavalry general with second generation of knights and young knights as the backbone, plus a department of engineering and an artillery department (the department is equivalent to a regiment). Because the nine infantry generals are not equipped with cavalry battalions, engineering battalions and artillery battalions, the total number of soldiers of the nine infantry generals is more than 42,000, plus the auxiliary soldiers responsible for transporting baggage, the total number is about 60,000. The cavalry generals, the engineering department, and the artillery department are all fully organized, with a total of 14,000 people.

Therefore, the ten generals and two divisions who followed Wu Haogu out of Yu Pass had a total of 74,000 people a month and carried 27 cannons.

In addition, the troops sent to Liaodong were successively transported by sea, including eight infantry generals, two cavalry generals, and two independent artillery departments. Among them, the artillery battalions and cavalry battalions were temporarily short of units. Therefore, the troops (including auxiliary soldiers) were only more than 55,000. The two cavalry generals and two artillery departments were all full. Including them, the total force could reach more than 78,000 and had 54 cannons.

The two armies combined, and the total force of the Youzhou Army dispatched more than 150,000 people this time, and 81 cannons were dispatched.

In this era, it is definitely an unprecedentedly powerful force!

In addition to them and the four generals who stayed in Youzhou's guardian (the total strength is more than 30,000), there are nearly 200,000 people who are trained in the local barracks in Youzhou and are waiting for equipment. If they complete all the training and arming, they can form more than 20 generals... I wonder if it is enough to pacify Liao and destroy Song? But it is more than enough to eat the Liaodong Peninsula, the Liaohe Plain and the mountains in western Liaoning, and the corridors.

Wu Haogu rode on the horse and braved the cold with Zhao Zhongge, the general manager of the Liaoxi Military Affairs Office, and a group of military opportunities. There were two fully armed women, namely Oliga and Luohanmaid. Although they were dusty and had a lot of coldness along the way, they could not hide the spirit on Wu Haogu's face.

Around his military and horse column, there were all brigades of infantry marching, and carriages carrying supplies passed by. Although the weather was so cold now, the roads were also hard and all rivers were frozen and iced, which facilitated the movement of artillery trucks and supplies vehicles.

In addition to the sound of marching, occasionally you will hear the officers mobilizing and cheering: "We beat Liaogou this time and unexpectedly! Everyone work harder and rush to the city of Laizhou today. Don't let Liaogou run away from Laizhou!"

"We have many soldiers, and Liaogou dare not go out to greet us. If we don't have time to escape, we can only defend the city. When the cannons are bombarded, we will be ours!"

"Laizhou is the governor of the state. The city is quite large and the reserves are abundant. If we take it down, we can have a good New Year's Eve."

The responses of Yandi and Cangzhou accents sounded in the queue, and the tone was all relaxed and pleasant. As the officer just said, Wu Haogu had indeed caught the Liao soldiers of the Laizhou Guide Army off guard in winter. Runzhou under the jurisdiction of the Laizhou Guide Army and Qianzhou (later Qinhuangdao) were all fired cannons and opened the city to surrender. All the reserves of the Liao army in the city were returned to the Republic. However, these two states were too small and there were not many troops stationed, so naturally there were no reserves.

However, Laizhou is the base of the prefecture army, and there must be a lot of reserves. If you can take it down, you can rest for a few days and spend a good New Year. In the spring of the third year of Zhenghe, you will go to Xizhou, Yanzhou (Zhoucheng is on Juehua Island) and Jinzhou. After taking Jinzhou, you can rely on the power of the Ma family to control Xianzhou and Yiwulu Mountains. The Yiwulu Mountains are like a city wall facing the Liaohe Plain. After controlling the Yiwulu Mountains, you will have a victory, which can not only block the six troops of King Xi who attacked east from the Daling River Basin, but also rely on it as a stronghold and go east to the Liaohe Plain.

The three cavalrymen, who had a flag recognized by "The World is the Public" on their backs, galloped over quickly, and met the guards of the Bingma Si Column, and then ran towards Wu Haogu and Zhao Zhongge. The three cavalrymen were covered with anti-freezing lard on their faces, and they looked disgraceful. The first cavalry was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, Wu Haogu's second son Wu Yixin.

Like his brother Yiyong, this kid was raised into a wild child by Ximen Qing (it was obviously the fault of the Six Arts Education System). He was only thirteen or fourteen years old and wanted to kill and set fire. However, Wu Haogu did not give him the opportunity to be a teenage murderer and instructed Wu Tian to arrange a errand for him to pass on the cavalry.

The boy stopped the horse in front of Wu Haogu and Zhao Zhongge's horse, bowed and reported loudly: "General Wu Zheng reported to General Zhao that the vanguard of the third cavalry general, the vanguard of Laibin County (the prefecture of Laizhou) around the end of the day, and did not encounter a remote horse blocking by the Liao people. The four gates of Laibin County were closed and defenses were set up at the top of the city!"

Although Wu Haogu was in the fight this time, he would not break the command system and would personally take care of the affairs of the Liaoxi Military Police. He would not gain momentum if he won. If he was defeated, he would be embarrassed. Therefore, the military command was given to Brother Zhao Zhong. Wu Tian, ​​the third cavalry general, had to report to Brother Zhao Zhong in accordance with the regulations.

Of course, Wu Haogu did not come here to travel.

In this battle in Liaodong, military and political development were opened. The military was naturally the first in the Lushun journey. As long as Ma Zheng can achieve the record of protecting Bu Dagang, everything will be easy to do.

In western Liaoning and the Liaohe route, political priority is required. First, how to greet the Ma family in Yiwulu Mountain; second, how to deal with the Bohai slaves in the Liaohe River Basin cannot be divided, and they also have to fight against the landlords of the right surname of Bohai. It is certain that the war begins, but it must be justified; third, how to deal with the yellow-headed Jurchen relatives of the Arhat maid, this is the most troublesome.

The yellow-headed Jurchen in the Hesu Pavilion Department belongs to one of the three Wanyan departments. The other two of the Wanyan departments are the Hushui tribe and the Yelanlu tribe. Among them, the Yelanlu tribe has now surrendered to the Hushui tribe, and the two together form the pillar of the Wanyan tribe. The Wanyan tribe of the Hesu Pavilion has long been suppressed by the Khitans to become a mature Jurchen, and has not yet joined the Hushui tribe.

If these people are not properly handled and cause trouble, they will be involved in pressing the Hushui Wanyan team. It will be a lot of trouble...

Of course, military victory is the best solution to all troubles!

Wu Haogu's thoughts seemed to float to Lushun Mansion on the other end of the sea, and whispered to himself: "It's almost time to fight to the decisive battle, right?"
Chapter completed!