Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 221 Naming

Liangguan is a military fortress, easy to defend but difficult to attack. Liangguan City is not big, mainly used by the Northern Mongolians to station troops.

For many years, Beimeng has stationed 100,000 troops in Liangguan, guarding the last line of defense with Dayan.

Previously, because of the joint attack on Dayan with the Western Turks, the Northern Mongols transferred most of the troops stationed here to the outside of Xiguan City, and a small part to Tongmeng City, resulting in a significant decrease in the number of defenders in Liangguan.

The Khan of Northern Mongolia relied on the geographical advantage of Liangguan, and was able to hold the pass against ten thousand with one man. In the end, he only left 25,000 soldiers here, most of whom were old, weak and wounded. The strong and young soldiers were all taken away to fight against Dayan or to guard Tongmeng City.

Who could have imagined that Liangguan, which guarded the gate of Northern Mongolia, had only 25,000 old, weak and wounded soldiers left. Even Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan did not expect it. Qiao Lili thought that there were not many soldiers in Liangguan, so he wanted to fight quickly and take Liangguan in one go, but he did not expect that Liangguan only had so few soldiers.

In fact, if you think about it more deeply, you can understand that the population of Northern Mongolia is not large, and they have been provoking Dayan for many years. Wars of all sizes have continued all year round, resulting in a serious loss of young and middle-aged population. This time, instigated by the Western Turks, 60,000 troops and horses were sent out to form a 100,000-strong coalition army of the two countries with the 40,000 troops and horses of the Western Turks to attack Dayan with great fanfare.

The news obtained by spies from the two countries was that Dayan had suffered from disasters year after year, and the emperor only favored Concubine Yun every day. The princes competed for favor, one was killed today, and another was imprisoned tomorrow. The country was in chaos, and the court was controlled by a prince's wife and had no ability to fight at all.

The Western Turks sent a counselor to lobby the Northern Mongolian Khan, saying that Great Yan was a vast country with rich resources and fertile land, which could grow a variety of crops with high yields. If half of Great Yan's territory was conquered, Northern Mongolia and Western Turks would not have to worry about food in the future.

Simon Khan believed the words of the Western Turkic advisers and joined the Western Turks in attacking Dayan. The Western Turkic advisers also promised that they would only take two cities from the conquered territory and the rest would be given to Northern Mongolia.

The Northern Mongols went crazy, mainly because winter was coming again and they were still short of food, so they actively mobilized troops. The 60,000 troops guarding Liangguan went to attack Xiguan of Dayan. In order to ensure the stability of Tongmeng City during the war, another 15,000 people were transferred to Tongmeng City, resulting in only 25,000 troops left in Liangguan.

After Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan opened the Liangguan Gate, they let in five armies with a total of 30,000 cavalrymen. These 30,000 cavalrymen were the youngest and strongest soldiers in the Dayan cavalry.

Thirty thousand strong, well-armed and well-prepared cavalrymen unexpectedly faced off against twenty-five thousand old, weak and disabled soldiers who were unprepared, panicked and panicked. The outcome was not in doubt. Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan did not participate in the command of this battle.

Qiao Lili was a little disdainful and didn't feel challenged at all. Yu Jingyan was worried about Qiao Lili's injury, and he was happy that he didn't have to fight in person. So, he let the five young generals play freely and beat the 25,000 defenders. The soldiers of Dayan looked at the state of these northern Mongolian soldiers and were secretly shocked. Many of them were as old as their fathers, and they felt sympathy for them for a while.

Unless those who put up a stubborn resistance were killed, those who fled in a panic were basically captured alive. Therefore, not many enemy troops were killed in this battle. Most of them were captured. They were captured from street to street, chased from heights to low places, and tied up in a hurry. The road in Liangguan City follows the hillside with steep ups and downs, so the soldiers were so tired that they could fall asleep on the side of the road.

It would be easy if I could just swipe my sword and kill everyone I saw.

Once the West Gate was broken, Northern Mongolia became a piece of cake for Dayan, and it could be said that it could be taken away whenever it wanted.

Qiao Xuan ordered the slaughter of pigs and sheep to reward the troops. He also wrote an urgent war report and sent it to the capital of Great Yan.

When Emperor Yong'an Yu Linghuan saw the battle report that Qiao Xuan had rushed to the capital, he stood up and shouted three times: Good! Good! Good! The reinforcements from Dayan had not yet arrived at the battlefield. The Crown Princess and the Sixth Prince only brought a small team of 30 people. In three nights, they assisted the garrison originally stationed in Xiguan City and captured Liangguan City in one go. It can be said that the entire Northern Mongolia was in their hands at this moment.

The news that the Crown Princess and the Sixth Prince of Dayan defeated Northern Mongolia with thirty men in just three nights spread quickly at the court meeting.

The whole capital city was in an uproar.

Crown Princess, the Sixth Prince has been deified in the eyes of the people.

The Northern Mongols have been provoking Xiguan City for many years. They come to fight today and steal some things. They come to fight again tomorrow and steal more things. If they win, they will take the things back and ask for some compensation. If they lose, they will withdraw their troops, promise compensation, and promise peace in the future.

Then they negotiated peace. They talked today and tomorrow, but they could not reach any conclusion. After a long time, the peace talks failed, and their cavalry continued to harass the border. They were as disgusting as flies.

This time, the Crown Princess and the Sixth Prince defeated Beimeng. Beimeng was gone and became the territory of Dayan. Oh, should we change the names of their cities, such as Tongmeng City and Beimeng Shangjing? Our capital of Dayan is called Jingcheng, how dare they call it Shangjing? How dare they call a place full of cow dung Shangjing?

Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan really didn't know there were such remarks. They were ahead of the times and answered the question first. Beimeng was defeated, but the vast hinterland of Beimeng did not really belong to Dayan.

But it happened very quickly, so quickly that people were caught off guard. When the reinforcements sent by the capital of Great Yan arrived at Liangguan, Great Yan's conquest of the Northern Mongolian Kingdom officially began.

Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan appointed Huo Wuwei as the vanguard officer, and the brothers Xu Hou and Xu Chang as deputy vanguards, and led 30,000 cavalry to advance towards Shangjing in the northern Mongolia, and appointed Zuo Qiulinlang and Li Zhengzhi as the central army. Each led 20,000 infantry to guard the rear, while Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan led 30,000 soldiers as the rear army to support and rescue the front army and the central army, be responsible for the supply of food, grass and weapons, take over the cities they occupied, receive the wounded and prisoners, and do all the aftermath work.

When the 100,000-strong army of Dayan set out from Liangguan and marched towards Beimeng, the craze of naming the cities of Beimeng in the capital of Dayan was in full swing. The literati and scholars said that since it became a city of Dayan, the name must be Beimengized, and they called on every Dayan person to name the cities of Beimeng, and the first one to be named was Tongmeng City.

This was somewhat suspicious of stealing Qiao Lili's job. But Qiao Lili was also bad at naming things. If she knew someone else had taken over this hot job, she would definitely be very happy.

Before Tongmeng City was named, the military report from the Northland came in. Xiao Wenchu ​​and Qiao Peng won a great victory in their first battle after arriving in the Northland. They directly captured a small country more than 200 miles away from the Northland City, the Later Jin Kingdom.

The King of Zhenbei has been guarding the northern border for many years. Unlike Xiguan, these small countries have always lived in peace. The culture of Dayan is that I will not offend others unless they offend me. Even for a small country like Houjin, as long as it does not cause any trouble, we will live in peace with it and have no intention of taking it for ourselves.

Forget it, to be honest, he is too young. It is not worth getting a bad reputation by beating him.

But now it is different, it actually has the intention to become bigger and stronger, and has joined forces with other countries to destroy Dayan. Then we can't blame us for killing them, grasshoppers are also meat, it is right to put them in our own bowl.