"So many flies and mosquitoes have come." Li Sihai put down the Qianli Mile Mile Mile and let Zhao Xingde into the captain's cabin.

The captain's cabin is the largest cabin on the sea boat. It is divided into two rooms inside and outside. The captain's personal rest is provided inside, and outside is the cabin for military consultation and reception of guests. The military consultation cabin is hung with a large map of Liaodong, and the area of ​​Goryeo. It originally only outlined the outline, famous cities and important towns, and port military camps are newly drawn by the Fourth Battalion.

"The first battle was won," Li Sihai smiled, "and also tried to find the Goryeo people vulnerable. Zhao Zhengwei, look, the famous cities of the Goryeo Kingdom are all on the banks of the river," he pointed to the rivers and other rivers, and went upstream from the mouth of the Qingchuan River, Datong River and other rivers. "If you march along these rivers, you can take all Goryeo. Zhao Zhengwei is willing to write to the Guguo Mansion with Li, and you and my battalions join forces to take this corner of Goryeo first, and then manage the East China Sea."

Zhao Xingde was not as optimistic as him and frowned and said, "The Goryeo people have always been rebellious against the Central Plains. Famous cities and important towns are all on the banks of the waterways, and it is still easy to win. But as long as the Goryeo people give up these easy-to-be captured areas and retreat into the inland mountains, if our dynasty plans to take all of their country, the troops will be large. If we are trapped in it, it will be unfavorable to our dynasty." Zhao Xingde turned his finger from Goryeo to Liaodong. "It takes time for the army to be trapped in Goryeo, and it may be unfavorable to Liaodong. Liaodong is also related to the Central Plains..." He paused and said in a deep voice, "So, I feel that the enemy in Goryeo should be forced to reconcile with war, and the enemy in front of him will be mainly Liao and Jin."

"Oh?" Li Sihai looked a little disappointed in his eyes, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Why should the Battle of Baozhou be carried out?"

"It's for this," Zhao Xingde stood up and looked outside the cabin and said, "I didn't expect that the battle in the world was attracted to so many Jurchens. Since the fall of the Bohai Kingdom, the Jurchen tribe of the Yalu River gradually occupied this place. Goryeo expanded the northern border and formed a feud with the Jurchens. The two sides fought endlessly, and there was no possibility of repairing it. Therefore, although our army was weak, it was an important position between Goryeo and Jurchens. If Goryeo was completely expelled, the Jurchens' fingers might be pointed at us. The soldiers were not willing to say that the people recruited by our camp in Liaodong and the Han army that established a new garrison camp may not be able to match it now. Therefore, it's better to keep the Goryeo people in Baozhou to maintain the balance of power on both sides of the Yalu River. We will first consolidate our foundation, and then get into evil with Jurchens and Goryeo after we are full of wings."

"So that's it," Li Sihai also stood up and looked outside the cabin, the tents of the Jurchen tribe of the Yalu River in the Jadevils continued to the river bank. If these "savages" Jurchens mentioned by the Goryeo Kingdom seriously fought with the Han army in the future, they would definitely get the support of the Jin Kingdom. He thought for a while and said slowly, "What Zhao Zhengwei meant is to attack Baozhou with a bluff, and I will stay and talk to the Goryeo people for twenty days?" A look of playfulness flashed in his eyes.

"That's right," Zhao Xingde replied, "If the Goryeo people are driven away at this time, I'm afraid they will be making wedding dresses for the Jurchens."

"The matter of peace talks is extraordinary. Can Captain Zhao trust me?"

"Where does Li Zheng say? It's Chengying's robe. If I can't believe you, who can I trust you?" Zhao Xingde said with a smile. Zhao Xingde based on the terrain of Laiyuan County and according to the experience of designing Suzhou Pass City, Zhao Xingde drew a new city. He discussed with Li Sihai that once the army retreated, he would stay in the garrison camp and more than a thousand Korean prisoners of Goryeo, and began to demolish the old Laiyuan County and rebuild the new city. Chengying Li Sihai helped block the river surface and prevent the Goryeo people from sneaking into Laiyuan County, while talking to the Goryeo people. The bottom line was that the Goryeo people admitted that Laiyuan County on the other side of the Yalu River belonged to Xia State Camp, and the tax on the ships sailing on the Yalu River was collected by Xia State Camp.

The two had decided on the plan, and the Fourth Battalion and the Eighth Battalion of Chengying were both bluffing. Baozhou City was strong and far superior to Laiyuan City, and there were many soldiers in Goryeo. The Han army and the Jurchen tribe of Yalu River attacked several times. After heavy losses, they also extinguished their intention to capture Baozhou City. After more than ten days of noisy, the army withdrew back to the west bank of Yalu River and took advantage of the situation to move towards Kaizhou. Among the Jurchen tribes, only the Erli also led more than 2,000 Jurchen troops and the Han army to attack together.

In Kaizhou, other Jurchen tribes scattered on the spot. The Jurchen tribes of the Yalu River got great benefits in Laiyuan County and regarded the Xia State Camp occupied by Laiyuan as an ally. Since then, many of the Jurchen tribes of the Yalu River, including fur, ginseng, horses, pearls and other specialties were transported to Laiyuan County, and traded with merchants here, then purchased grain, cloth and other materials to go back. Therefore, the land was the land of the Han people, so the Jurchens called it "Seoul", which is a later story.

Kaizhou is an important town in Liaodong. The old Kaizhou City was originally in the Phoenix Mountain Village where the Xia State Camp is now located. It was built by the Goguryeo Kingdom during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Since the Tang Dynasty acquired this city, the Chinese court has been heavily guarding it here to prevent the Goryeo people from entering Liaodong. After the Hanchang Rebellion, the main goal of the Liao Dynasty's defense changed from the Goryeo people to the Han army and Jurchen tribes in the Taibai Mountain. The Phoenix Mountain Village was spared, so the Liao Dynasty rebuilt a new city at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, moving more than 5,000 Liao troops from Phoenix Mountain to the new city at the foot of the mountain more than ten miles away. It not only controlled the passage of the Jurchen tribes and Han army to the passage of the mountain, but also protected the tens of thousands of Khitans scattered on the nearby plains.

In order to create momentum, the Han army dispatched all the troops in Taibai Mountain and Yalu River. Nearly 30,000 Han troops gathered under Kaizhou City. Although most of them had just put down their hoes and were holding some weapons to make up for their numbers, Wang Hengzhi still sent military rations at two liters a day. Thirty thousand people ate horses and chewed them, and the grains were spent like flowing water every day. Wang Hengzhi also frowned and sighed every day. Most of the time they were staring at the grains and grass books, and they were not very concerned about whether they could capture Kaizhou City. In order to prepare for this battle, Kaizhou Village took out all the grains and grass for winter. Even so, if Xin had not obtained more than 7,000 stones of grains and grass in Laiyuan City, the Han army gathered at Kaizhou City would have the risk of being cut off. Zhao Xingde witnessed this situation and understood why Wang Hengzhi was so greedy for foods and grass at the beginning.

Although the attack on Kaizhou was a bluff, 30,000 Han troops were scattered at the hem of the city, and the Chengying Camp continued to fire artillery every day, which still made the Liao Dynasty defender feel as if he was facing a great enemy. After the Han army began to siege Kaizhou, the Khitans either retreated into Kaizhou City or retreated to the Liaoyang area further west, and brought the news of the deterioration of the Liaodong situation everywhere. After more than two years of preparation, Yelu Dashi had already governed the forces in Liaodong and was planning to use troops to Liaodong. The Liao Dynasty court has always regarded the Han people as a confidant. As soon as the news of the resurgence of the Han army came out, Yelu Tiege, the Privy Councilor of the North Court, immediately dispatched troops from Shangjing to prepare for suppression. At the same time, the Khitan troops from all over Liaodong were concentrated in Liaoyang, which not only strengthened the guards of Liaoyang Prefecture, but also prepared for the future attack on the Han army.

It was in Kaizhou that attracted the attention of the Liao court. Due to the limited number of Khitan troops in Liaodong, in order to concentrate on defending Liaoyang, some less important city walls and key passes were transferred. The Han army under Kaizhou city not only attacked the city, but also sent troops to plunder the four fields. The cavalry teams that beat Caogu even appeared in villages outside Liaoyang City. With the help of responding to the local area, the Han army seemed to have appeared in various prefectures and counties in Liaodong.

Just when the Khitans in the entire Liaodong were all soldiers by the Kaizhou Han army. The Han people, Bohai people and Jurchen tribes in the south of Liaoyang suddenly rose up and seized Suzhou Pass. Although more than 200 Liao troops left behind in Suzhou Pass were killed in this battle, compared with the huge momentum under the city of Kaizhou, the chaos in Suzhou Guannan did not attract enough attention from the Liao court. The Han army used this short time to gather elite soldiers and generals from all over the place, while moving more than 100,000 people with their families, either by land or by sea, to drive away the people to repair the city day and night

The Han army blocked the isthmus of Guannan Suzhou. In this month, the Khitan army stationed in Fuzhou attacked three times, attempting to recapture Suzhou, but failed. However, under the deliberate cover of the Han army, the Liao court had not realized that Guannan Suzhou was being operated as the most important stronghold of the Han army in Liaodong. Their eyes were firmly attracted in Kaizhou. More than 30,000 Han troops had been besieging Kaizhou for nearly a month. The strong men sent by the Han village masters to eat military rations were replaced by several groups. Although they had not conquered Kaizhou City, they repelled several small-scale rescues from the Liao army in Liaoyang.

In the capital, Yelu Tiege, the Privy Councilor of the Northern Court, had submitted several requests to lead elite troops to unravel the siege of the state, but he did not get the permission of His Majesty the Emperor. Yelu Dashi originally had a plan to lure the enemy to fight against the Jurchen Jin Kingdom to the decisive battle at the Liaoyang City. The situation evolved to this point. He also used the trick and ordered Xiao Suxian, the remaining guard in Tokyo, to pretend to contact the Jin Kingdom. In the name of the chaos in Liaodong, he asked the Jin Emperor Wanyan Agu to send troops to Liaoyang City to help the Bohai people restore the country. The envoys of Liaoyang Prefecture and Jin Kingdom kept coming and going on the road. Time passed without realizing it, and soon it was the season when autumn was high and horses were fat, which was the season for the use of troops of all ethnic groups in the north.

At the end of August, just under the city of Kaizhou, Zhao Xingde received news that the 4th Battalion of Chengying and the Goryeo people had a successful peace talk. Under the threat of the Xia State Camp, the Goryeo agreed to come to the Yuan County to the jurisdiction of the "Fenghuangshan Han Army". The Xia State Camp promised not to support the Jurchen tribes east of the Yalu River. Li Sihai personally rushed to the city of Kaizhou, in order to explain the terms of the peace talks in detail to Zhao Xingde, and to see the battle situation under the city of Kaizhou. Unlike the Han army deliberately low-key management of Suzhou Guannan, the Han army in Kaizhou was afraid that the momentum would not be big enough. Now not only the Guguo Mansion was inquiring about the situation here, but the Criminal Court of the Bianjing Court of the Song Dynasty also proposed to cross the sea to help the Han army and the Liao country with food and grass. However, the relationship between the Song and Liao countries is excellent now, and even the food and grass and weapons that aid the Jurchen Jin Kingdom were compressed a lot, and the proposal to aid the Han army was suppressed.
Chapter completed!