The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 690 Youzhou Defense Line
Wanyan Aguda retreated resolutely, causing Fengqiying and Lu Heng to receive the news from Yang Yanzhao just when they were about to set off for Liaoxi County. As soon as they intended to attack, it was shattered, and the generals were a little cursing. .

The counselors frowned slightly, having such a hero on the grassland was not a good thing for the newly established Song Dynasty. Tan Shihuai was still vivid in his mind decades ago, and the stronger the grassland people, the greater the impact on the Central Plains Empire. big.

But no matter what, now that Wanyan Agu is beaten away, there will be endless troubles, Lu Heng can only stare blankly, thinking that there is no problem with the Song Dynasty's military equipment to protect itself, and counterattacking the grassland is still beyond its power, which is not something that can be considered at this stage.

The reason why Lu Heng brought the Xianbei people and the Korean people into the game was to drive the Jurchens of Wanyan Aguda back to the grassland. The goal of Lu Heng's personal conquest is very clear, which is to keep the inherent land of Liaodong Huaxia from being lost, and to ensure the safety of the Great Wall defense line. It is not to completely eliminate the Jurchens.

So with this goal, Lu Heng still has a few things to do. The first is to consolidate the Liaodong defense line. Compared with the Liaoxi Great Wall defense line, the Liaodong defense line does not have a defensive weapon such as the Great Wall defense line.

From a strategic point of view, Liaodong is the strategic buffer zone of Liaoxi. The Great Wall defense line is the last line of defense in the north. Once it breaks through here, the north will fall. Once the nomads are strong, they can go south at any time like a back garden.

Historically, this was the case in the Northern Song Dynasty. Without the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, there would actually be no Great Wall defense line. The Bingzhou defense line alone was simply not enough to stop the grassland people from going south from Youzhou and Jizhou. This was the case for the Khitan people in the early Northern Song Dynasty and the same was true for the Jurchens in the later period.

Therefore, Lu Heng has the Great Wall weapon in the Liaoxi defense line, Yang Yanzhao, Gao Shun, Tian Yu, Zongze and others are completely sufficient, and the Liaodong defense line is handed over to the defense masters Meng Gong and the famous general Wang Shao.

The second is to win Xuantu County. For Liu Yu, a traitor, who dedicated this place to the Jurchens, Lu Heng is very dissatisfied that Xuantu County is China's Xuantu County, not Jurchen's Xuantu County.

At the same time, the strategic significance of this place is also very great. This place can be regarded as the gateway of Liaodong County. The reason why Wanyan Aguda can easily enter Liaodong is because of Xuantu County. From here, you can choose to fight Liaoxi County or Liaodong County.

Once this place is owned by the Song Dynasty, no matter whether it is the Jurchens, the Xianbei people, or the Wuhuan people who want to enter Liaodong, they will have to face Xuantu County and Lelang County, or they will have to gnaw at the Great Wall defense line.

Therefore, Xuantu County is also a place that Lu Heng must take no matter for the unification of China's land, or for strategic purposes, and drive the Jurchens out of Liaodong completely.

The third is the Wuhuan people who chopped up the Jurchens’ dogs as mentioned above. This time, the Wuhuan people escaped very well, and the key point is Liucheng, the headquarters of the Wuhuan people. In fact, it is also a part of Liaodong County. The west side of the sun.

So even Lu Heng had a misunderstanding, that is, Cao Cao’s expedition to Wuhuan’s Liucheng thought it was an expedition to the grasslands, and it was true that he went to the Great Wall defense line, and the expedition was right to fight Liaodong, but on a large scale, it was still within the territory of the Han Dynasty. Not prairie.

So this time the Jurchens have retreated, and the Wuhuan people will definitely return to their hometown alone. The Song Dynasty wants to establish its prestige and deter the grassland people, so that Lu Heng will not come again when he is fighting a civil war with Cao Cao. Dun's Wuhuan people are this weighty chicken!

After completing these three things, the north can be temporarily stabilized, and Lu Heng can rest assured of the civil war and unification. The next time he will fight against the prairie people will probably be when the Great Song unifies and confronts his old enemy.

This time the battle with Wanyan Aguda's Jurchen was actually an early encounter in general terms. Not only Lu Heng's Song was not ready, but even Wanyan Aguda's Jurchen was not ready. The two sides had a hasty fight field game.

Lu Heng still has a civil war to fight, and the Jurchens have not completely subdued the Xianbei and Koreans, so the next tentative battle between the two sides will be a real struggle.

When Lu Heng shared his thoughts with the Military Plane Department, everyone agreed to attack Xuantu County on the surface and actually attacked Liucheng, first to deal with the Wuhuan people and then to attack Xuantu County.

But when making these decisions, Lu Heng received news from Jingzhou...

The time has to fluctuate slightly, because Lu Heng's war in Liaodong will last for a few months. When Lu Heng went north, he asked Du Gao to clean up Liu Bei after the new year, and the latter also sent troops on time.

At this time, just after the Spring Festival, Lu Heng gave Lu Xun the title of "Fengchu" and threw it to Diqing Nanjun for training. This kid did not disappoint Lu Heng's remarkable performance. The prestige is not inferior to Di Qing.

Similarly this year, Yu Yunwen's third disciple, Liu Ji, was also weaker. Lu Heng gave Liu Ji the title of 'Youlin', and at the same time handed Liu Ji over to Du Gao for further training, and then he slowly became his own.

Back then Zhuge Liang and Lu Heng handed it over to Yu Yunwen, Lu Xun handed it over to Di Qing, and now Liu Ji handed it over to Du Gao. I have a different feeling about Liu Ji, just like Tai Shixiang back then, because Lu Heng fully knew the heights that Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun could reach. , but Liu Ji was unknown in the original time and space, so I am very excited to develop such a famous general.

In addition to Liu Ji, Gu Shao, Ding Feng, Ding Feng, Ma Zhong, Zhong Lixu, and You Tu, a total of seven sent out to each army.

If someone asks who Lu Heng trusts most, the answer may be different, such as Yu Yunwen, Lao Niu, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Yang Zaixing, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Zhuge Liang, Yang Yanzhao, Di Qing, Du Gao, Zhang Wei, Hu Yanzan, etc. Might be on this list.

However, since Yu Yunwen paid homage to the prime minister, some people have asked this question, and most people will agree with Du Gao, because Du Gao, as Marshal of Qinglong Dongfang, led an entire army of 20 in Xuchang, accounting for more than half of the entire Song Dynasty. , Du Gao was moved by this trust.

What's more, Lu Heng entrusted Liu Ji to Du Gao's training, and the meaning is self-evident. Seeing that Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun are both handsome talents in their own right.

So this time Du Gao made up his mind to destroy Liu Bei and take Jingzhou to repay Lu Heng's kindness.

Some people will ask here, is Lu Heng so relieved to hand over half of the country's military power to one person?

Answer here, Lu Heng has this confidence, not to mention that Du Gao will not rebel, even if there is rebellion, the 20 people will return to the control of Song Dynasty.

Look at the generals under Du Gao, Zhao Yun, Lu Wenlong, Yang Zaixing, Zhang Liao, Deng Yuanjue, Zhang Jie, Dong Xiqing are Lu Heng's old brothers, not to mention the existence of the royal fierce general Lu Wenlong.

So when Liu Bei supported another Han emperor, Du Gao pressed Liu Da'er with a thunderous army of 20.

(End of this chapter)