The Richest Man in the Heavens Starts from Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 107 Shannan Han Army
Du Yu rushed to Zhending Mansion with his brother Ruyunlong Gongsun Sheng.

Chen Da and Yang Chun had already arrived with the Xinjing Sergeant Army and were resting, but Luan Tingyu's side was not marching in a hurry, and it would take a few days before they arrived.

In order to disrupt the establishment, Du Yu sent those who surrendered in Liangshanbo to Zhending Mansion, so they could serve as low-level officers.

For other vacancies, apart from promoting the old brothers from Shaohuashan and Mianshan as much as possible, they can only be selected from the surrendered generals of the Song Dynasty frontier army.

It was indeed what he thought, because of the nearly hundred years of peace between the Liao and Song Dynasties, the good and bad military officers in the north were mostly just poor and poor, and they were incomparable with the elite Western Army of the Song Dynasty.

However, some people can still be used to pick and choose, and the generals are not bad enough, but the handsome one is not, which is similar to the historical evaluation of the lack of generals in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Du Yu wanted to poach his idol Yue Fei in advance, but he didn't know where he lived, and because Yue Wumu was still a teenager, and more importantly, the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor was deeply rooted in ancient times. Who knew whether Yue Fei's mother Acknowledge him as a traitor.

Of course, it can't be said that there are no such things, like Han Shizhong and Wang Ting are very good at fighting, but they all play for Tong Guan, basically they have no chance with him.

Therefore, Du Yu could only observe while fighting, but any capable person in the army would not be stingy with his official position, and he was not afraid of delegating power to his generals.

Besides, Gongsun Sheng, who entered Yunlong, came to the Great Wei Army and watched the training of soldiers before he understood what a regular army is. Before that, he could only be regarded as a mob in Liangshanbo.

He is very interested in commanding such an army to fight. After all, he turned to the art of war after he had no way to learn, and there is no room for him to use it.

Taking advantage of this period of preparation, he became familiar with everything about the Great Wei Army, including communicating with those generals and establishing friendship.

In a few days, Luan Tingyu rushed to Zhending Mansion with [-] elites and entered the rest period.

But the soldiers and horses went first before the food and grass were mobilized. Du Yu, as the king of Wei and the commander, wanted to move with the army, so he asked Jiang Zhao to temporarily take charge of the Xinjing Sai army instead of Han Bolong who had gone to Luanzhou.

After Jiang Zhao got the order, he led Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, Chen Da, Yang Chun, Lu Zhishen and others to set off first to escort the grain and grass to the border between Hejianfu and Yingzhou.

More than [-] cavalry are opening the way in front, and the auxiliary soldiers in the rear can naturally rest easy, especially in the territory of the Great Wei, the bandits and bandits have long since been swept away.

This is not surprising. In fact, as long as the government orders are clean and honest, the people can live and work in peace and contentment. Whoever has nothing to do and goes to the mountains to become bandits will not be able to survive.

Before the Great Wei forced the decree to loosen the ties of the common people, and dealt with a group of powerful families who oppressed goodness, it widely publicized and called those who had fallen into the grass in the cottage to re-register, as long as they did not harm the common people, they would be recorded as good citizens.

In addition, Du Yu originally led people to clean up the large and small villages in Hebei and Hedong, and all those people went down the mountain one after another, either to become the new army of the Great Wei, or to return to their hometowns to live.

Therefore, what Jiang Zhao, Yang Zhi and others saw along the way was a peaceful and beautiful scene.

But they were not in the mood to appreciate it, and still followed the usual training content, and sent the scouts out for more than ten miles to investigate the surrounding situation.

In just a few days, Jiang Zhao rushed to the agreed place with the grain and grass, and transferred all the grain and grass to the temporary warehouse that had already been built.

After Du Yu broke through the Hejian Mansion, he ordered to build a warehouse here to serve as a transfer station for grain and grass, and it just came in handy now.

Jiang Zhao and others waited for less than ten days, and the main force finally arrived at the border of Yingzhou from Zhending Mansion.

It wasn't until this time that Han Bolong and Shi Qian came back from Luanzhou just in time for the big battle.

In this regard, Jiang Zhao returned the command of the Jingsai Army to Han Bolong, and continued to play the important role of "Minister of Logistics".

In fact, it can be seen from here that although Du Yu has divided the military power, the core force is still dominated by the old Shaohuashan brothers.

The most important core force has always been in the hands of Han Bolong, Chen Da, and Yang Chun, and his sworn brother Jiang Zhao is in charge of logistics and finance.

The army was ready to go, and Gongsun Sheng decided to attack Liao three days later after divination.

As soon as the three-day period comes, the army sacrifices flags on the battlefield.In the era of the Song Dynasty, people were more superstitious, some killed prisoners to sacrifice the flag before going out, and some slaughtered three animals.

Du Yu is a person who has received modern education no matter what, and he will not sacrifice human life casually. After sacrificing three animals to sacrifice to the flag, he even asked Gongsun Sheng to pretend to be mysterious and set up a metaphysical process by making gestures.

Whether it is flag sacrifice or metaphysics, the purpose is to cast a layer of mystery on the expedition, increase the justice of the war and the confidence of the army.After finishing these foreplays, he ordered the army to pull out of camp and set off.

Because it was on the border of Yingzhou, the army entered the territory of Liao in less than two hours.

At this time, the decisive battle between the Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom was just around the corner, and the atmosphere in the territory was very tense. Although there were precautions against the Great Song Dynasty, the center of gravity of the Northern Liao Dynasty was basically shifted to the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing.

It's not that there are no Liao defenders on the border, but there are not many of them, that is to say, the number of a Xiang army is about [-], guarding in an earthen fortress.

There were 12 infantry troops and more than [-] cavalry in the Great Wei Dynasty. Although there were not so many vanguard troops, in the eyes of the Liao defenders, they were like a forest with banners and spears.

How can they compete with this little force, Du Tuan in the earth fortress is a Khitan, seeing the bad situation, he immediately took his own soldiers out of the city on fast horses and fled.

It's a pity that Han Bolong sent out several scout horses long ago, and they were intercepted and killed by Wei's cavalry before they could run far.

What's even more coincidental is that the horse scouting team happened to be Lian Baoning and Luo Shouquan, although they were young but experienced hunters, they stood out after a period of formal training.

He also happened to be favored by Han Bolong for his meritorious service in the First Battle of Xingzhou, and was promoted to be the chief and deputy captain of a scouting force.The two of them are full of confidence in this battle and want to make great achievements.

Unexpectedly, when they first entered the Liao Kingdom, they would be rewarded with merit. Twelve of them faced off against ten Khitans, that is to say, they had an advantage in numbers and a lot of equipment.

The Yizhou people had struggled to survive in the frontier, and they were no strangers to fighting the Khitan people, so they had no fear.

Lian Baoning and Luo Shouquan looked at each other, then laughed and said: "Brothers, don't let the fat sheep come to your door, let's go together."

The 12 people urged their mounts one after another, and immediately formed a cone formation as usual training and began to charge.

"puff!"

"Ding!"

"...!"

The sounds of weapons clashing and cutting into flesh were intertwined, mixed with people shouting.

In just a few moments, seven of the ten Khitans were killed, and the remaining three became prisoners.Lian Baoning and Luo Shouquan led men to cut off the heads, and took the prisoners back to return to the cavalry army.

When they rushed to the outskirts of the castle, they found that it had been conquered, and the flag of the Liao Kingdom was no longer flying on the top of the city, but the golden flag of the Great Wei.

In fact, Sun An, who served as the vanguard, did not attack the earth fortress at all. According to information from Shiqian, most of the defenders inside were the Shannan Han army.

The Shannan Han Army is a special existence in the Liao army. It is an army with Khitan people as the grassroots officers and Han soldiers as the main body.

It can be said that among the armies of the Liao Kingdom, the Shannan Han army had the worst equipment and food, poor quality weapons and basically no armor.

Not to mention, the Shannan Han Army was often in arrears of military pay, and was often bullied and suppressed by the Khitans in the army.

Being pushed to the forefront as cannon fodder during the siege, and eating ashes next to them during the meritorious deeds, they were much happier than Song Bingqiong with face-to-face tattoos.

What is the combat effectiveness of such a light infantry army, especially after those Khitan officers have run away, no one is willing to work for the Liao Kingdom.

Sun An sent Zhang Xiang to the city to shout, expressing that the Wei army, who is also Han, was unwilling to start the killing ring, and hoped that they would open the city gate and surrender.

These Shannan Han troops surrendered after a little hesitation, and offered up this border fortress.

It was a good thing for the Wei army that the soldiers in the first battle took down a stronghold without bloodshed. Zhang Xiang fulfilled his promise and did not embarrass the Shannan Han army after the army entered the city, but only confiscated their weapons.

Afterwards, Sun An called Yang Nianlong, the most prestigious of them, into the tent for questioning.

Due to the situation, Yang Nianlong told the surrounding situation of Yingzhou that he knew one by one like beans in a bamboo tube.

Finally, at Sun An's 'invitation', Yang Nianlong was willing to be a guide to lead the Wei army.

(End of this chapter)