Fenghou

The city wall of Linhuang has a circumference of more than [-] li and is built of large bluestones.

The Western Army did not carry siege weapons and marched thousands of miles to attack Linhuang City. Once they were discovered by the enemy, they would not be able to take it down, and they could only return home in defeat.

Niu Gao was also very nervous, this was the first battle to attack the Kingdom of Jin, if he lost, he would really have no face to meet King Yong.

Ten miles away from the west gate of the city, the [-] troops stopped again. Niu Gao called the deputy generals Wang Duo, Shao Jichun and Niu Gui, and he said to Wang Duo: "When you enter the city, you lead an army of [-] straight to the barracks. The subordinates are at the gate of the city, and they will lead the way for you. The tactics are fire attack and hard crossbow. First set fire to the camp, and the enemy will inevitably flee for their lives. You block the two exits and shoot directly with hard crossbow. No mercy. Eliminate them as much as possible."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Niu Gao said to Shao Jichun and his third son Niu Gui again: "You two followed Wang Dutong's surprise attack and obeyed Wang Du's order!"

"Follow the order!"

Soon, half an hour before the third watch, Niu Gao led the army to move forward, Wang Duo's [-] vanguards lay in ambush three hundred steps away from the city gate, while Niu Gao led an army of [-] in ambush. Three miles behind.

Too many troops can be easily spotted by the enemy.

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The guard at the west city gate is the commander-in-chief Xiao Wanmu. He has a thousand Khitan soldiers under him, and their status is relatively low. They do the hardest and most tiring tasks, such as guarding the city at night.

There are five centurions under Xiao Wanmu, each commanding two hundred soldiers, these five are his confidantes and have followed him for many years.

At two o'clock, Xiao Wanmu summoned five centurions and told them the secret that the Western Army was about to attack the city.

The five were shocked, but immediately expressed their willingness to follow the leader.

"We are like dogs in the eyes of the Jurchens. We don't want to do it for a long time. We are willing to follow the general!"

Xiao Wanmu nodded, "Now the Western Army is outside the city, and the city gate is opened at the third watch. In order to prevent accidental injury, let all the brothers tie their left arms with white cloth, so that the Western Army will not attack us. Once the Western Army enters the city , we have to leave the city immediately to avoid being injured by street fighting."

Everyone agreed one after another, and then they split up.

When it was midnight, Zhang Lu also led thirteen men to the west city gate. His men were responsible for leading the way for the Western Army and raiding the Jurchen camp.

Xiao Wanmu stared at the outside of the city. It was pitch black outside the city, and he couldn't see anything a hundred paces away. One of his subordinates came to report, "General, it's time for the third watch!"

Xiao Wanmu nodded, "Open the city gate, lower the drawbridge, and light the fire!"

The city gate opened slowly, the drawbridge creaked and lowered, and the soldiers lit the pyre, and the fire immediately ignited.

Wang Duo could see clearly, and immediately ordered: "The army enters the city!"

Ten thousand cavalry suddenly mobilized and rushed towards the city gate. Shao Jichun and Niu Gui rushed into the city first, and the two soldiers stepped forward and said, "We are Zhang Shuling's subordinates, and we are here to lead the way!"

"Lead the way ahead!"

Two men urged their horses to lead the way, and ten thousand cavalry followed closely behind. They also slowed down to control the sound of hooves.

The Jurchen camp was in the west city, less than one mile away from the city gate. After a while, the western army arrived at the camp. Wang Duo ordered Shao Jichun and Niu Gui to block the two gates with 3000 men each, while he deployed 4000 men on the periphery. Once the enemy escapes over the wall, they will be shot and killed.

Hundreds of soldiers sprayed kerosene into the camp with kerosene bags, and then thousands of rockets shot into the camp, and the burning kerosene balls were thrown into the camp by the soldiers.

In the big camp, more than 1000 golden soldiers and sheepskin tents were set alight, and soon burned, the fire was raging, and the fire spread rapidly, gradually engulfing the big camp.

The first thousand and 480 chapter two capture

Niu Gao led an army of [-] troops into Linhuang City, and quickly took control of the major city gates, government offices, warehouses and other key locations. He also had fierce battles with more than a thousand gold soldiers in the periphery, but these battles were not intense and were soon occupied. Annihilated by the overwhelmingly superior Western Army.

But the barracks tent was cruel and violent. The Jin soldiers were awakened by the fire in their deep sleep, and began to scramble to escape to the two camp gates, but they were strongly blocked by the Western Army's crossbow array, and groups of Jurchen soldiers fell in front of the camp. Next, the corpses quickly piled up like a hill.

After experiencing the initial panic, thousands of golden soldiers began to break out with weapons in their hands. They also knew that even if they surrendered, the Western Army would not spare them and would still slaughter them. It would be better to fight to the death.

Thousands of gold soldiers fought desperately, rushing out regardless of everything, and one after another, they died one after another. It was a tactic of killing each other. More and more corpses piled up on the ground, affecting the crossbow array of the soldiers of the Western Army.

The Jin soldiers finally charged up and met the Western Army hand in hand. The two sides crowded at the exit that was only a few dozen feet wide. , I am afraid extremely.

At this time, Wang Duo shouted, "The whole army retreats!"

The soldiers of the Western Army were well-trained. With one order, all the soldiers retreated like a tide, and the golden soldiers rushed out. At this moment, a torch was thrown into the group of golden soldiers, 'Boom! The ground burned, and hundreds of Jurchen soldiers were instantly engulfed in the flames. The soldiers screamed and ran. After running a few steps, they fell down and curled up. Countless soldiers fell to the ground, and their bodies burned.

The feet of many Western Army soldiers were also burning, and the companions quickly took off the soldiers' shoes.

The area of ​​the blazing fire was too large, preventing the Jurchen soldiers from fleeing. At this time, the crossbow arrows of the Western Army shot at the crowd of Jin soldiers again like a storm. The Jurchen soldiers wailed and fell one by one in despair, gradually disappearing Breakout.

The Western Army immediately entered the camp to cleanse, and did not begin to transport the corpses outside the city until it was ensured that every Jurchen soldier was killed and no hidden dangers were left.

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At dawn, the battle in the city gradually came to an end. Except for Xiao Wanmu's [-] troops who escaped out of the city in time, the other [-] soldiers were all killed, most of them died in the fire.

However, the Western Army also paid the price of nearly 1000 deaths, mainly because when the Jin soldiers were blocked from fleeing, the two sides fought fiercely for nearly half an hour, and the Western Army suffered heavy casualties.

But compared to the death of the enemy, this death is insignificant.

At dawn, the Western Army immediately implemented martial law throughout the city, and everyone was not allowed to go out to the streets. This city of 10,000+ people became dead silent.

Of course, people with a special access card can still go to the streets, practice medicine, and deliver food and supplies. Xiao Dan is also a person with a special access card, so he hurriedly found Xiao Wanmu.

"Where's Wanyan Asai that dog thief?"

Hatred has been suppressed in his heart for more than 20 years, and he finally waited for the day when he could take revenge.

Xiao Wanmu pointed to a human head on the top of the wall, "That's him, his body was charred, only half of his face remained, and I recognized him."

Xiao Dan looked at the head on the top of the wall, slowly fell to his knees, and cried bitterly.

"Go back! Burn some paper for your parents and tell them that your revenge has been avenged."

Xiao Dan nodded slowly, turned around and went back to the inn, Xiao Wanmu looked at the figure of his brother-in-law, and sighed softly, the hatred for so many years is really not easy!

At this time, a soldier came to salute, "General Xiao, Niu Dutong invites you to come over!"

"I'm going right now!"

Xiao Wanmu followed the soldiers to the warehouse, where he saw Niu Gao who was making a list of grain supplies.

Xiao Wanmu knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Niu Dutong for humble posts!"

"General Xiao, please stand up!"

Niu Gao asked him to get up, and asked again: "I found that there is not much food in the warehouse, why?"

"Reporting to Niu Dutong, the 20 Jurchen troops are supported by the surrounding grasslands, and a batch of sheep will be sent every other month. Niu Dutong can visit the underground ice cellar. There are frozen mutton underneath, and there are [-] of them. many."

"No wonder, I haven't had time to look at the frozen ice cellar yet."

Niu Gao smiled and said: "I received a letter from His Royal Highness King Yong before I left for the expedition. The letter mentioned that after capturing the Linhuang Mansion, you can be appointed as the governor of the Linhuang Mansion and serve as a civil servant. What do you think?"

"Humble job is willing to serve His Royal Highness King Yong!"

"Well, from now on you will officially serve as the governor of the Linhuang Mansion, and the Ministry of Officials will give you a seal and a letter of appointment later."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

After hesitating for a while, Xiao Wanmu asked again: "I don't know how to deal with the thousand Khitan soldiers under my command?"

Niu Gao laughed and said, "There are also many Khitan soldiers in our army. If they are willing to join the army, they can join my army. If they don't want to join the army, they can retire and go home, and then give the land according to the treatment of soldiers in the Western Army. Give each soldier [-] guan to settle down, and as for the generals, you can give them houses, shops and land, I believe Governor Xiao will not treat them badly."

"Thank you for Niu Dutong's arrangement. In addition, I want to tell Dutong that there are five counties in Linhuang Mansion, Linhuang, Xianning, Fuyu, Xuande and Xiao'an counties. Except for Linhuang County, the other four counties are all small counties. There are only a few thousand people in the counties, and there are not many Han people, mainly Khitan and Mohe people. The grasslands between these five counties are vast, and there are more than [-] pastures, but they are all official pastures and military pastures.”

Niu Gao hurriedly asked: "You mean, the cattle and sheep in the surrounding pastures are owned by the government and the army?"

"Exactly, the [-] troops are supported by these official and military ranches, and are usually managed by the government. Therefore, I hope that the lower officials will not be replaced, and the management of these ranches depends on them."

"can!"

Niu Gao readily agreed. He was worried about the lack of food. There was only [-] shi of food in the whole warehouse, which was enough to feed his [-] army for a month. Even if he brought supplies, he could only feed the soldiers for three months. If it is given to the people, the food will not be enough.

He didn't expect that there would be such a large area of ​​official ranch and military ranch, which made him overjoyed.

"Take an inventory of how many official and military cattle and sheep there are. I need an accurate number."

"The humble job will take over the government first, and we will start counting tomorrow."

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Two days after the martial law, the Western Army had already grasped the situation of the residents in the city and began to clean up. The targets of the cleanup were mainly the Jurchens, and they were lucky to meet the generous elder Niu Gao. If they met the murderous Liu Cui And Liu Qiong, they will not have a good result.

But even if Niu Gao is generous, he will not be without principles. The principle is that all the Jurchens will leave the city and move to live in Xianning, Fuyu, Xuande, and Xiaoan. They are allowed to take away all the property they can take away, and the real estate they cannot take away , including houses and shops, were all confiscated by the government.

If there is no house in Xuande County and Fuyu County, they will be given a tent, and they will be registered as captives. The tax is heavy, they are discriminated against, and their lives are miserable. If you don’t want to live this miserable life, of course Yes, then it must be sinicized, and after complete sinicization, change the nationality and surname, and become a Han citizen.

This is a summary of the experience in the management of Xixia Dangxiang members. There were 10,000+ Dangxiang households in the past, but now there are only a few thousand households left, and the other 10,000+ households have changed their surnames and nationalities after Sinicization.

For several days in a row, tens of thousands of Jurchen households left their homes crying and went to live in four counties.

The first thousand and 480 chapter three plans

Chen Qing arrived at Yanshan Mansion. He did not hide his whereabouts this time, and came to Yanshan Mansion in a fair manner. In fact, there is nothing to hide. The entire Yong Kingdom is mobilizing for war, and it is impossible for the spies of the Jin Kingdom not to feel it.

40 troops were stationed in the two camps of Daxing Prefecture and Pingzhou. Chen Qingxian came to the camp of Daxing Prefecture. The camp covered an area of ​​several thousand acres and stationed 20 troops.

As soon as Chen Qing arrived at Daying, he got the news that Niu Gao had captured Linhuang Mansion. This news was really exciting. Occupying Linhuang Mansion meant cutting off the channel for the nomadic cavalry to support the Kingdom of Jin, and it also meant burying the enemy in the back of the Kingdom of Jin. Ambush soldiers, if the Kingdom of Jin pours its troops south to fight the Western Army, it is very likely that the Western Army of Linhuang Mansion will dig out their lair.

Moreover, the location of Linhuang Mansion is very delicate. It is located at a right angle point. It is thousands of miles away from Yanshan Mansion, and hundreds of miles away from Shangjing. There is no way for Jin soldiers to carry heavy siege weapons for hundreds of miles. Siege.

At that time, Jin Bing had just seized Zhongjing, Liao Kingdom, and the country was the most powerful. Jin Kingdom was still able to transport large siege weapons for hundreds of miles in carts. transport vehicle.

Therefore, once the Kingdom of Jin loses the Linhuang Mansion, it is basically impossible to regain it, but on the other hand, the Kingdom of Jin will definitely strengthen the defense of the Dading Mansion, and capturing the Dading Mansion is Chen Qing's second strategy.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Chen Qing stood in front of a huge sand table, which was the full picture of the Jin Kingdom sand table that took three years to make successfully. Chen Qing first found the Linhuang Mansion, and then found the big sand table on the sand table Dingfu, the distance between the two places is about three hundred miles.

Zhang Xiao, a political officer who accompanied Chen Qing on the expedition, said: "It is about three hundred miles from Linhuang Mansion to Dading Mansion, Linhuang Mansion is no longer in suspense, we must take Dading Mansion down as soon as possible.

Chen Qing nodded, and asked Yang Zaixing next to him, "How many maiden troops are there in Dading Mansion?"

Yang Zaixing said: "Originally there were only [-] Jurchen troops in Dading Mansion, but our spies discovered that Wanyan Nianhan sent [-] troops to the west. It should be to support Dading Mansion, but the [-] troops are all Koreans."

Chen Qing pondered for a while and asked again: "How is the defense of Dading City Wall?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, it is far inferior to Linhuang's Mansion. It is made of mud and can use iron fire mines!"

Chen Qing immediately said: "The army is going to go northward in three routes, one from the West Liao Corridor, the other from Dading Mansion, and the other way through the Liaohe River, but the Liaohe River is a false attack, restraining the Jin soldiers of the Liaoyang Mansion, preventing them from supporting Jinzhou. In our first battle, 20 troops will attack Jinzhou and wipe out Wanyan Nianhan's [-] troops!"

Yang Zaixing understood His Royal Highness King Yong's strategy, if two armies would attack Jinzhou, taking down Dading Mansion was the inevitable first step.

He hurriedly said: "The humble official is willing to lead an army to attack Dading Mansion!"

Chen Qing nodded, "Yes, you lead an army of 20 to capture Dading Mansion, and then leave [-] troops to defend Dading Mansion. I will go north from the Liaoxi Corridor. The march will be very slow. You should arrive in Jinzhou first. When Yan Nianhan went south to fight, you took the opportunity to cut off his retreat, and the [-] troops wiped him out in the West Liao Corridor."

At this moment, Zhang Xiao smiled and said, "I want to add something, too!"

"Please tell me about the political affairs!"

Zhang Xiao pointed to Dading Mansion and said: "Yang Dutong can lead [-] cavalry to bypass Dading Mansion, and give Dading Mansion to Niu Dutong for a feint attack, so Wanyan Nianhan will have one of us attacking Dading Mansion for a long time. It's an illusion, once he doesn't realize that Yang Dutong's [-] troops have gone north, then he will most likely lead his army south to face His Highness's army, we have heavy iron fire mines, they know they can't hold the city!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "Then I have to show Wang Qi!"

Zhang Xiao nodded, "That's right, shoot a horse first when shooting a man, and capture the king first when catching a thief. The people of Jin Kingdom also understand this truth. Of course, Your Highness is not a thief, they are the golden thieves."

Yang Zaixing also agreed: "The plan of participating in political affairs is very good, and I fully agree with it!"

Chen Qing pondered for a while and said, "Then what about your supplies?"

Yang Zaixing thought for a while and said: "The humble officer is carrying ten days' worth of dry food and detoured from the north of Dading Mansion. I asked Niu Dutong to supply us with supplies on the way. Once we cut off the main retreat of the Jin soldiers, Niu Dutong will quickly take down Dading Mansion. Dingfu, then provide us with supplies from Dadingfu, or we can get food supplies from Jinzhou."

The plan of replenishment on the way is not bad, not to mention that there are [-] camels on Niu Gao's side, Chen Qing immediately said: "I will implement it according to this plan!"

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Chen Qing finalized the details of the implementation date of the entire plan, and immediately led his army to Pingzhou, and Yang Zaixing immediately sent someone to Linhuang Mansion to deliver an urgent letter.

Three days later, a group of messenger soldiers arrived at Linhuang City at a speed of three hundred miles a day, and handed over the detailed plan drawn up by King Yong Chen Qing to Niu Gao.

Niu Gao and Wang Duo discussed the countermeasures. They were mainly worried that the nomadic cavalry would support the Kingdom of Jin, but the support for the Kingdom of Jin would only happen later, so Linhuang Mansion didn't have to stay with so many troops.

Niu Gao decided that Liu Wangduo led [-] troops to stay in Linhuang Mansion, and he led [-] troops to attack Dading Mansion, followed by [-] camels.

Of course, [-] camels were taken care of by [-] peasant husbands, each of whom took care of [-] camels. Of these, [-] camels were to be handed over to Yang Zaixing, and the other [-] camels carried food and supplies as supplies for Niu Gao's army.

According to the plan formulated by King Yong, two days later, Niu Gao led [-] soldiers and [-] camels and set off in the direction of Dading Mansion.

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Dading Mansion is today's Chifeng area in Inner Mongolia, and it is also a major town in the west of Jin Kingdom. If Linhuang Mansion is the only way for the grassland to go to Shangjing, then Dading Mansion is the only way for the grassland to go to Liaodong.

At this time, Wanyan Nianhan's [-] troops were stationed in Jinzhou, a strategic city, and Dading Mansion was the only way to go east to Jinzhou.

At present, Dading Mansion has 5000 troops stationed, which is more than Linhuang Mansion in terms of number, but the structure of soldiers is completely different. There are [-] troops of Koreans.

That is, the prisoners of war captured by Jin Guo's attack on Koryo, and a total of more than 20 prisoners of war were captured. In addition, after Koryo surrendered to support Jin's army, the number of Korean troops in Jin's country reached [-].

Raising an army of 20 people requires a huge national strength, and Jin Guo can barely support its own army, so how can it afford Korean soldiers?