Great Song Pirate

Chapter 718 Lin Huang Mansion

Xu Yi was about to be overjoyed. He did not deny that in the history of the Xixia Kingdom, the current Xixia Emperor Li Ganshun was considered a wise emperor, and during his reign, the Xixia Kingdom was strong and politically clear, and this guy was also very good at playing. Diplomatic means, constantly playing his tricks among the three kingdoms of Liao, Song and Jin.

After he succeeded to the throne, the two countries of Liao and Song were declining day by day. He first united with Liao to invade Song and robbed a lot of Song's territory. After Liao was beaten to pieces by Jin, he immediately fell to Jin. On the other side of the country, the United Kingdom of Jin destroyed the Daliao and became a vassal state of the Kingdom of Jin. As soon as the Song and Jin countries went to war, he turned around and attacked the Song Dynasty, and sent troops to loot Shanshan and other places again.

Fortunately, he saw that the Kingdom of Jin was finished, so he immediately turned around and wanted to get some benefits from the Kingdom of Jin. This time, Li Gan had miscalculated the fleeting time by the way, and now Xu Yi had already regarded the Xijing Road area as a Even if the territory of Jinghai Kingdom has not been taken over in time, others will never be allowed to get involved here.

But Li Qianshun took advantage of this opportunity to send troops to attack here and seized Yunnei Prefecture. This was tantamount to snatching a piece of fat from Jinghai Kingdom's mouth. How could Xu Yi do what he wanted!
"How do you think this matter should be handled?" Although Xu Yi was angry, he was a little secretly happy. The Kingdom of Jin was about to end, and he had no doubts about it. As for the way out of the Kingdom of Jin, he had already Arrangements have been made for their Jurchens, and it will only take a while now. As for the troubles in the Xixia Kingdom, it is a rare and good thing for him!
"I think that our army has just taken over the Xijing Road, so it is not appropriate to fight with the Xixia Kingdom right now, but now we can send envoys to the Xixia Kingdom to question them, and at the same time ask them to stop invading our country immediately, and wait for a while. , after we clean up the Kingdom of Jin, it will not be too late to deal with them!" Ma Zhe suggested to Xu Yi after thinking for a while.

Xu Yi nodded. What Ma Zhe said was right. He was really not ready now. After all, he only led more than 2 soldiers and horses when he came here this time. There are only more than [-] people here. After excluding the troops left behind in Datong Mansion, there are only a few thousand people available. If you want to go to war with the Xixia Kingdom, you are indeed not prepared enough, so what Ma Zhe said is reasonable.

"Yes, you can arrange this matter immediately, send people to Yunnei Prefecture, order them to stop their actions immediately, return to the territory of Xixia Kingdom, and ask them to severely punish the murderers who killed our officers and soldiers who received Yunnei Prefecture without authorization! As for whether they can do it Now, that's their business!" Xu Yi told Ma Zhe that it's human nature to give courtesy first, and now he can only use this method temporarily when he is unable to deal with Xixia with all his strength, so he should warn Xixia first!
"Your Majesty, I think that sending envoys to negotiate is probably not enough. The Xixia Kingdom is fully prepared this time, and will never stop the invasion just because we sent envoys to reprimand them, and will never withdraw troops immediately. Returning to the Xixia Kingdom, the general thinks that we might as well make two-handed preparations for this matter, sending envoys and soldiers to the area of ​​Yunnei Prefecture to curb their continued development towards the interior of our Xijing Road. If necessary, we might as well teach them a lesson. It is the best policy to let them know that our Jinghai country is not easy to mess with!" Yue Fei, who had been following the development of this incident, said suddenly.

Hearing what Yue Fei said, Ma Zhe also nodded and said yes: "General Yue is right. Although we can't fight Xixia in an all-round way now, we can't show weakness too much. It's good to beat them when necessary, so that their arrogance can be restrained." One point, after all, we are the ones who will suffer after the war, so it is a good idea to curb their momentum first!"

Xu Yi nodded and said: "Pengju's words are indeed good. If that's the case, let's go in two steps. Ma Zhe will send people to negotiate with the Xixia army first. If they don't listen, they will come back immediately. Yue Fei obeys orders!"

After hearing this, Yue Fei immediately bowed and said, "The last general is here!"

"I will appoint you as the recruiter of Xijing Road, and temporarily be in charge of the reception and military affairs along Xijing Road! I will temporarily entrust the Longwei Army to your command, and hereby beat the Xixia Army so that their arrogance cannot continue to be arrogant! "Xu Yi turned and said to Yue Fei.

Yue Fei was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly declined: "The general dare not! The general has just entered the Jinghai National Army, and it is still young. The king will let the general take such an important position. I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public. The general dare not take this The position, I hope the king will think twice! The general thinks that Mr. Ma is more suitable than the general, and please take it back! The general thank you for your kindness!" Yue Fei told the truth, he just joined the Jinghai army It hasn't been long, and Xu Yi really has eyes for him, but how can anyone in this world be like him, soaring all the way on a rocket!What's more, when Xu Yi appointed him as the general of the capital, some people in the army were dissatisfied. Now that he is asked to be the envoy of Xijing Road, I am afraid that more people will be dissatisfied!So although he was very grateful for Xu Yi's trust in him, he still declined immediately.

Xu Yi looked at Ma Zhe at the side, saw a smirk on the corner of his mouth, and knew what this guy was thinking, so he said with a smile: "Although Ma Zhe is suitable for these things, Jinghai Kingdom does not have the habit of using words to control martial arts." , he can leave it to you as your deputy, but you still need to be in charge of the army. Right now, I have to go back to the north first, and only after I have dealt with the Jin Kingdom can I free up my hands to clean up Xixia. No one here is better than you right now. It is more suitable to be the envoy of Jingxi Road, and I don’t feel at ease if I hand it over to others, so you should do your best, Pengju!”

Ma Zhe also said with a smile: "Yes! Few of you military generals would take me as a civil servant seriously. Let me be the recruitment envoy of Jingxi Road. That is to put Ma on the fire." It’s okay for me to come up with an idea, but I’m not an expert at leading troops to fight, General Yue should not refuse!”

Yue Fei was so touched that he didn't know what to say. It was the first time he met someone who trusted him so much like Xu Yi in the world. He used to be a general in the Song Dynasty and had to be restrained by literati everywhere. Now that he is here However, Xu Yi's trust and Jinghai country's work style made him a little uncomfortable. Xu Yi really said that he would give him a world to display his talents as agreed at the time, but what he didn't expect was that he came here. So fast, so he immediately replied: "Since the king trusts Yue Fei so much, then Yue Fei should be respectful and obedient! As long as Yue Fei has his breath, then the West Jinglu will never be taken by the Xixia army! Please, my lord." Take it easy!"

Half a day later, Ma Zhe sent an envoy, Pegasus, to Yunnei Prefecture to negotiate with the commander of the Xixia Army about the territory, and soon the soldiers of the army received Xu Yi's appointment to Yue Fei, and after Yue Fei accepted On the day of his appointment, he personally led the Longwei army with Daniu as the deputy general, assembled five thousand soldiers and horses, and left Datong Mansion towards Yunnei Prefecture.

Xu Yi only lingered in Datong Mansion for two days before he received a report saying that Tuoba Jinglue, the commander of the Xixia Army, did not pay attention to Jinghai's warning at all. To help the Jinghai Kingdom, they would send troops to support the Jinghai Kingdom. It was a rogue-like answer. They had no intention of withdrawing troops back to the Xixia Kingdom, and they were very arrogant.

Xu Yi laughed, it seems that he has a new opponent again!
So he left Ma Zhe as Yue Fei's counselor for the time being, took care of Datong Mansion on Yue Fei's behalf, took Hou Cheng and a few other guards with him, and immediately left Datong Mansion and headed north. Now he doesn't have to worry too much here, with Yue Fei and Ma Zhe and these two people should be able to handle the affairs here well, but his first concern is the Kingdom of Jin. Only after the Kingdom of Jin is completely defeated can he free up his hands to clean up Xixia.

At the same time that Xu Yi left Datong Mansion, Yang Zaixing had already commanded troops to capture Longhua Prefecture, and began to divide his troops into two groups, attacking the Jin army in Linhuang Mansion and Tongzhou on the two wings of Longhua Prefecture, tearing apart the Jin army since then. The last line of defense that the country can rely on.

The destruction of Zonghan's army dealt a heavy blow to the Xieye army and Zongying army on both sides. It seemed that they had a large number of soldiers and horses, but they were completely divided into two pieces, which could no longer respond to each other, so they immediately All messed up.

Especially the Zongying army, since Wanyan Zongying was ordered to go to Tongzhou, his strength was insufficient, so even though the Fubo army only had a small number of soldiers in Shenzhou, he was still repeatedly frustrated in attacking, unable to knock on the gate of Shenzhou, and defending Lin Xiong, one of the strong generals of the Jinghai Kingdom, was in Shenzhou. He and Kong Qingxi cooperated quite tacitly. Not only did they repel Yan Zongying's army time and time again, but they also led troops to attack the weakness of Zongying's army many times. Zongying was beaten every time until he had to turn around and retreat dozens of miles before re-establishing his position.

Now his generals have already developed serious phobias. As long as they hear the sound of the Jinghai country's artillery, they will immediately turn their calf muscles. After this spring, Zongying was ordered to continue to attack Shenzhou, and he had to send troops to fight After a battle, as soon as they arrived in the north of Shenzhou City, they were met with a fierce counterattack by Lin Xiong, who had already served here. He couldn't persist for three days. Listening to his father's call, he went south to attack Jinghai Kingdom.

After hearing the news that Zong Han's army had been annihilated, Zong Ying immediately realized her danger. Tongzhou was not a big city, but a small city with a population of less than [-] households, and the city walls were not strong. Slack, Zongying didn't think he could stop the Jinghai army that was swarming in, so when he heard that the Jinghai army was rushing from Longhua Prefecture and Shenzhou, he immediately led the army to escape After arriving in Tongzhou, he fled to Huanglong Mansion all the way. In his opinion, Huanglong Mansion is one of the important towns of the Liao Kingdom. The Jinghai army fought, so when Gao Jun and Lin Xiong led the army to attack Tongzhou, there were only some old and weak soldiers left here, unable to fight them at all.

The soldiers who were abandoned by Zongying only made a symbolic resistance, and soon raised the white flag and announced their surrender. Since then, Tongzhou has fallen into the hands of the Jinghai Kingdom.

The Xie of Linhuang Mansion is also a famous general of the Great Jin. He is the younger brother of Wu Qimai. Moreover, he joined his father Wanyan Agu in the army since he was a child. He has been active on the battlefield for a long time and enjoys a high reputation in the Kingdom of Jin. Therefore, compared with Wanyan Zongying, his army still has a certain degree of cohesion.

Although he was equally beaten by Xiao Jianfeng's army, at least after he retreated to Linhuang Mansion, he established several lines of defense to withstand Xiao Jianfeng's repeated onslaughts, and even Xiao Jianfeng had no way to take him.

This time after hearing that Zong Han's army was destroyed, Xie also made up his mind to die, vowing to fight the final decisive battle with the Fubo army in Linhuang Mansion. Now he also knows that he is the only one left in the Kingdom of Jin now. The strength is against the army of the Jinghai Kingdom. If he also loses, then the Kingdom of Jin is really not far from subjugation!

After making up his mind, Xie Ye took out all the gold, silver, copper coins and other things from the warehouse in Linhuang Mansion City, piled them in the commander's mansion, and ordered that all soldiers who made meritorious deeds on the battlefield can get huge rewards, so First of all, it really gave his army officers and soldiers a shot in the arm, which greatly restored the morale of the army.

And he sent his generals, taking advantage of Xiao Jianfeng's repeated victories, he was almost paralyzed, and suddenly gathered a large number of elites to launch a surprise attack on Xiao Jianfeng's army. Xiao Jianfeng was caught off guard and was defeated by him. After taking his captives, the soldiers retreated for dozens of miles before closing their positions. They lost two thousand soldiers and horses, and also lost more than a dozen artillery pieces.

The angry Xiao Jianfeng almost wiped his neck with a knife. Since the Fubo army invaded the Kingdom of Jin, the Fubo army has never suffered such a big loss. He really doesn't know how to explain it to Xu Yi. What's more serious The cannons that Xu Yi had been keeping under control for a long time also lost a lot this time, and the secret of the cannons might be revealed to the world!
Xiao Jianfeng was a little anxious and impatient at the moment, after forcibly restraining his soldiers, he immediately rectified his troops and attacked Linhuang Mansion again.

This battle greatly boosted the morale of the Xieye army. The invincible Fubo army was finally hit by them, and they also snatched back more than a dozen artillery pieces that the Fubo army had relied on for a long time. Xie also went crazy with joy, immediately rewarded those generals, and went to see why the artillery of the Fubo Army was so powerful.

After seeing these cannons, Wanyan Xie immediately snorted a little bit. In his opinion, these cannons were nothing more than iron pipes with air leaks from one end to the other. Blacksmiths imitated these iron cannons.

But the Fubo Army didn't give him this chance. After Yang Zaixing heard the news of Xiao Jianfeng's defeat, he immediately rushed to the Linhuang Mansion battlefield with Li Bo's Second Corps.

After Xiao Jianfeng heard that Yang Zaixing had come over, he went to Yang Zaixing's tent with a face full of shame to plead guilty, and was scolded by Yang Zaixing. This time, Xiao Jianfeng's defeat also sounded a wake-up call for them. It went smoothly, and the soldiers in the army formed a kind of thought of underestimating the enemy, and they were all paralyzed in front of the Jin army, so this defeat was incurred.

Yang Zaixing immediately gathered all the generals under his tent into his commanding tent, scolded them all, and taught them a lesson, then rearranged his troops and launched another attack on Linhuang Mansion new offensive.

Encouraged by heavy rewards and small victories, the Xieye army resisted fiercely this time. They had already built a large number of fortifications in Linhuang Mansion, which caused a lot of losses to Yang Zaixing's army, because the fortifications were too strong. The artillery of the era had limited power, so the initial battle did not go smoothly. Every step forward, the soldiers and generals of the Jinghai Kingdom had to pay a considerable price, and the losses were serious.

Moreover, Xie also set up the captured artillery on the top of the city to support the defenders outside the city, which also caused huge psychological pressure on the Jinghai army. At least now that the Jin army has artillery, the same Even at a distance, they can be obtained, so the progress is not so smooth.

When Xu Yi arrived at Linhuang Mansion, they still failed to capture Linhuang Mansion. Xiao Jianfeng once again went to Xu Yi to plead guilty. Although Xu Yi was a little angry, he didn't reprimand him too much, it was just out of military law He wrote down thirty army sticks for him, and asked him to receive them after the battle.

This situation exceeded Xu Yi's expectations. He originally thought that the battle here should go smoothly. After all, almost all the main forces of the Jinghai Army are here, and their technical advantages can completely allow them to easily deal with Jin Guo. These three armies belonged, so on the way from Datong Mansion, he thought about deploying troops from this side to go to the area of ​​Xijing Road to strengthen the troops there.

But right now, it seemed that he could not continue to deploy troops according to the plan for the time being, so he, Yang Zaixing and others went to the battlefield in person to watch the situation of Linhuang Mansion.

When he saw the situation of Linhuang Mansion clearly, he couldn't help being a little surprised. No wonder the Xieye army here is so difficult to fight. It's not only the reason why the lieutenant generals underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, but the more important reason was that he underestimated the enemy too much. The actual situation of Linhuang Mansion.

Linhuang Mansion is the Shangjing of the Liao Kingdom, and it is also the place where Yelu Abaoji started his business. When the Liao Kingdom was first established, Linhuang Mansion was built here and first became the imperial city, and then it was renamed Shangjing. The city is vast and magnificent. Dingfu is much bigger here, and Linhuangfu is divided into two cities, the north and the south. The north city is where the imperial palace of the Liao Kingdom is located, so the city wall is very tall, at least over seven meters high. The south city is also called Hancheng, where the common people live. The city wall is a little lower, but at least it reaches about five meters.

The two cities are connected as a whole. The north wall of the south city is the south wall of the north city. The perimeter of the entire city is about a hundred miles. It can be seen that the scale of the city is large. The main body of the city wall is a rammed earth structure with a thickness of more than three meters. The city bricks, the lower part of the city wall has a horse face to resist the attack of foreign enemies, and there is an urn city inside the city gate to protect it. The defense system is very complete, and there are more than 6 soldiers and horses of the Xieye Army stationed in the city, and there are tens of thousands of residents. It is a large city that can be counted. There is a large amount of food and luggage stored in the city, which is enough to support the Xieye army to stand here for a year, so it is very difficult to fight.

And now the entire Linhuang Mansion has been excavated with several trenches even outside the city, forming mutual support and effectively resisting the attack of the Jinghai army. No wonder Yang Zaixing and the others failed to successfully conquer Linhuang Mansion after fighting for so long , This has a lot to do with the strength of the city here.

Only then did Xu Yi put away his contempt for Xie Yejun. In this matter, even he was a little too underestimating the enemy. No wonder Xiao Jianfeng would suffer a defeat!

"How is the situation in our army now?" Xu Yi put down his binoculars and asked Yang Zaixing.

"My lord, now we have gathered all the Second Corps and the Third Corps in Linhuang Mansion, and the strength has reached about 7. In addition to the conscripted Minzhuang auxiliary soldiers, our strength can reach more than [-]! Some of them are elite soldiers with hundreds of battles, and there is no problem with the morale of the soldiers, and the quality can completely suppress the Jin army, so Xie can only defend the city, and we are gradually clearing their fortifications outside the city." Yang Zaixing replied immediately. road.

"The Jin people are also very good at learning! They have learned what we did in Liaoyang Mansion. We seem to have a lot of troops, but we still can't completely suppress the Jin army. Have you come up with any good methods? ?" Xu Yi sighed slightly, and then asked Yang Zaixing.

Yang Zaixing pointed at Linhuang Mansion with a horsewhip and replied to Xu Yi: "The last general has already discussed with Li Bo and Xiao Jianfeng. We can't spread our forces and surround Linhuang Mansion. Cavalry is of no use for attacking the city now." The last general ordered Xiao Jianfeng to lead the cavalry as a Youyi Army to patrol the periphery to prevent the Kingdom of Jin from sending reinforcements to transport grain and fodder into Linhuang Mansion, cutting off the connection between this place and the hinterland of the Kingdom of Jin.

We want to gather the rest of the soldiers and horses, and focus on attacking the south city first. The city wall here is lower and not as strong as the north city. In some places, we need to seek a breakthrough, and then tear through the outer defense line of the Jin army. Now the Jin army has taken us. More than a dozen Leigong cannons are not a small threat to our attacking troops. We are trying to find a way to get rid of them. We are afraid that they will imitate a batch of such cannons in the city. In that case, it will be more troublesome for us. up! "

Xu Yi sneered and said: "There is no problem with your arrangement. Don't worry about them for now. Just attack them a few times. I guess they don't have much gunpowder at hand. It's probably impossible for those barbarians to make gunpowder as powerful as ours." Possibly, just attack them a few times to attract them to consume ammunition. After the ammunition is finished, it will be a pile of scrap iron! Don’t worry that they can imitate our Thunder Cannon. Making this kind of thing is not as simple as you think, there are not many After years of hard work, they couldn't figure out how to cast it!

Just rest assured and attack the city!I want you to deal with the Xieye Army in the shortest possible time. Now the Xixia Kingdom is trying to take advantage of us. After the Xieye Army is dealt with, I will dispatch troops as soon as possible to go to the side of Xijing Road and deal with it. Go to Xixia Kingdom! "

(End of this chapter)