Chapter 23 Build another vassal town
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At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Marshal's Mansion of Nanjing.
Gao Yuan, Wu Xiong, Hou Guai, Dong Zhongsun and other military commanders gathered.
Yuanye briefly explained the current situation and then immediately began to deploy.
Hou Jia and Zhang Gao'er led their troops north to attack Shunzhou. Shunzhou was about a hundred miles away from Yanjing, and Xiao Gan would not stay here and would definitely continue to retreat to Tanzhou. Therefore, after the Feiyun Army and the Yan Wang Army occupied Shunzhou, they immediately set up formations on Niulan Mountain and Qiwanhe to block the Liao army.
Gao Yuan, Wu Xiong led Hu Lie to the fourth, sixth and seventh army to attack eastward and quickly advance towards Pingzhou Road.
Li Jin and Dugu Feng led their troops to garrison Yanjing.
Hong Yun's grain shooting army was divided into two parts, one went south to Liangxiang and Zhuozhou to transport spoils, and the other one emptied Yanjing.
"Ship Gao, Shuai Wu, you must be fast. You have to go day and night to quickly reach Pingzhou Road." Li Hu said, "There will not be a battle after the meeting between Tie Shuai and Yelu Dashi. Yanjing is over. Even if Yelu Dashi is very sad and angry, he will not be able to make the world come back. If nothing unexpected happens, Yelu Dashi will come to Yanjing to negotiate with me, and then go north to rescue Empress Dowager Xiao. Therefore, in a few days, Tie Shuai and Mu Shuai can rush to Pingzhou Road to meet you."
"Bao Shuai and Lang Shuai are leading their troops to rush. After entering Youyan, they will also go to Pingzhou Road to meet you." Yuanye added, "Last month, Judge Chai went to Pingzhou Road. We don't know whether he can convince Zhang Jue. However, Zhang Jue has no choice when our army reaches Pingzhou Road."
"Based on our understanding of Zhang Jue, it is certain that Liao Xingjun has been under Zhang Jue's control." Li Hu said, "The purpose of Zuo Qigong and others to escape to Pingzhou Road was obviously to surrender to the Jurchens, but Zhang Jue has the strength, so he may not be willing to surrender to the Jurchens. There will be a fight between them. Zhang Jue has the strength, and he is the winner, and he will take Pingzhou Road to negotiate with us."
"What do Zhang Jue want?" Gao Yuan asked, "Does he also want to be a vassal state?"
"Correct." Li Hu pointed to Gao Yuan and praised it. "Gao Shuai hit the ground. Why did we give up western Liaoning and fight to Daibei? Now everyone sees it. We have no way out in western Liaoning. Zhang Jue is the same. He is sandwiched between the Song and Jin Kingdoms. There is no way out. But he is deeply trapped in the mystery and will not give up Pingzhou Road easily. According to the Song and Jin alliance, whoever the Song and Jin sides conquer Pingzhou Road is the territory of the Pingzhou Road. In other words, Zhang Jue is willing to surrender to anyone who is willing to join. He owns Pingzhou Road. So when Zhang Jue made a request to establish a vassal state, we agreed to him to ensure that he got Pingzhou Road."
"We agreed to Zhang Jue. Will Da Song agree?" Lu Junyi asked.
"The Song Dynasty has to agree if it doesn't agree." Li Hu smiled. "We must let Zhang Jue establish a vassal and Zhang Jue establish a vassal. Yanjing was directly threatened. At this time, the first place to solve the problem of Bian Jing was not me, Li Hu, but Zhang Jue. If it doesn't get rid of it every day, Bian Jing would be uneasy. In this way, when I expedition the land west, the threat to the rear of me will be greatly reduced."
Everyone suddenly realized that Li Hu's move was so high that he not only won over Zhang Jue and took Pingzhou Road, but also brought great trouble to the Song Dynasty. At the same time, because of the existence of Zhang Jue, a vassal state, Li Hu temporarily got rid of the threat to him by Bian Jing. He could fight Xixia with all his heart.
"General General. This strategy is just a temporary solution. The issue of the ownership of Pingzhou roads and land has always been unresolved. This may bring unexpected trouble to the Song Dynasty." Lu Junyi asked again. "Is there no solution for the General General General General?"
"I'm afraid there isn't for the time being." Li Hu shook his head and said with a wry smile. "Zhang Jue is unwilling to give up Pingzhou Road. Zuo Qigong and his group obviously want to use Pingzhou Road to join the Jurchens. At this moment, the Jurchens are approaching rapidly. The army in the Song Dynasty encountered unprecedented defeat again. The army in the Hulie Mansion alone will definitely not be able to fight against Xiao Gan, Zhang Jue and Jurchens at the same time. So I have no choice but to let Zhang Jue establish a vassal and ensure that he gets Pingzhou Road."
"General Manager, are you writing a letter to me?" Gao Yuan smiled, "I don't speak enough, so Zhang Jue may not believe it."
"I'll write it right away." Li Hu said, "After Zhang Juedi's request is met, you will immediately lead your army to Yuguan, and be sure to block the Jin army in western Liaoning."
At seven o'clock in the afternoon, the military commanders bid farewell to Li Hu and left quickly. Xiao Delide, Zhang Lin, Yelu Saba and Han and other Han officials.
The news of the great defeat of the Song army in Liangxiang was Xiao Delidi told Li Hu. His original intention was to use this to shock Li Hu. Unexpectedly, the rebel army had already ambushed the inner responders in the city. Before he had finished talking with Li Hu, the rebel army had already entered the city.
Xiao Delidi saw Li Hu again, and asked angrily.
"I did not break my promise." Li Hu smiled, "Although the Song army was defeated, don't forget that I am also the Song army. The Song army attacked in two groups, and you only defeated one of them. In the Yanjing War, you were defeated and were defeated very thoroughly. Of course, from another aspect, I, Li Hu, was still Li Hu in the past. I kept my promise and sent Monk Xiao to Jiashan to find your emperor, but your emperor and Yelu Mage went back to his word. Not only did they not send the King of Qin, but they joined forces with the people of Xixia to fight us back to Datong."
"Tiger King, things have come to this point, and it's meaningless to say these words." Zhang Lin asked, "Tell us, under the current circumstances, how do you plan to rebuild the Great Liao?"
Li Hu did not hide it, and described the situation in the desert and the situation in the north (reprinted by this book, Youyan situation in detail, "You emperor thought that the people of Xixia would help him rebuild the Great Liao, but in fact it was impossible, because I agreed with the Emperor of Song that after the Northern Expedition, we would immediately fight the Western Expedition. After the war of Xijing, Song and Jin formed an alliance again. The most important point was to join forces to fight the Western Xia. Therefore, Xiao Delidi and others who could help you rebuild the Great Liao did not expect that the situation in the desert would deteriorate to this extent and were at a loss for a moment.
"You can't defend Yanjing, and I can't defend either." Li Hu said calmly, "You go to the desert to rebuild the Great Liao, and I go to the northwest to conquer the world. We join forces to ensure that the three-legged tripod in the north are in harmony. There is no other way besides this."
"You want to withdraw from Yanjing?"
Xiao Delidi, Zhang Lin and others looked at Li Hu in surprise, in disbelief.
"It is true that the Song Dynasty was defeated. But don't forget that they were defeated without fighting. In addition to throwing a large amount of food and supplies, how many people did you kill and how many prisoners did you capture?" Li Hu sneered, "As long as Tong Guan reorganized the army, 200,000 troops could come in again. In addition, there were Jurchens, Xixia people, and even you Khitans hated me to the core and were ready to attack me at any time. In this case, I occupied Yanyun and the front line was thousands of miles long. How could I defend it?"
"You are fighting Yanjing to plunder?" Han asked in anger.
"I fought Yanjing for the purpose of expedition to the west." Li Hu explained, "After the Song Dynasty recovered Youyan, it formed a confrontation with the Jin Kingdom, so that the Jin army could not mobilize all the main forces to the north to the desert. In this way, you can rebuild the Liao Kingdom in the desert. And I can concentrate the main forces to expedition to the Xia Kingdom in the west."
Xiao Delidi thought for a long time and asked, "So, what should we do next?"
"You have some discussion." The Li people went to different places. One went to the Tiande Army to find your emperor, the other went to persuade Yelu Dashi to save his army, and another went to see Xiao Gan and asked him to release Empress Dowager Xiao back. If he didn't want to go to the desert, then he would let him die."
After Li Hu sent Xiao Delidi and others away, he immediately summoned Li Shuang and Chen Mi.
These two were loyal to Yelu Chun and were deeply trusted by Empress Dowager Xiao. Most of the government orders of Yanjing were from their hands and they knew very well about Yanjing's military and political affairs.
Li Hu soon learned that the total wealth of Yanjing was about 20 million knots. When the Khitan Emperor left Yanjing, Yanjing's finances were seriously deficient, and Yelu Chun became emperor without any improvement. After Empress Xiao took office, she plundered her and accumulated 20 million knots in a short period of time, which can be said to have been plundering three feet of the ground.
"How much wealth can Yanjing plunder?" Li Hu suddenly asked.
Li Shuang and Chen Mi understood it. They knew that Li Hu was going to attack the powerful and wealthy. Anyway, they wanted to leave Youyan, and they would not rob them.
"Although the Great Liao Dynasty is poor, the officials are rich. As long as the Tiger King is determined, 20 million yuan will not be a problem." Li Shuang said.
"Where are the 300,000 rural soldiers?"
"Some are on the line between Gubeikou and Songting Pass, and some are in Yanjing, with about 200,000 people." Chen Mi said, "When attacking Liangxiang, Xiao Gan transferred 150,000 people. Now these people are probably all in the hands of Yelu Dashi. Because there are no garrison soldiers on the line, they rely on these village soldiers to do their best. There are still 50,000 in the city, but some escaped this morning, and at most half are estimated to be. These people are currently locked up with the Liao army surrendered soldiers."
Li Hu frowned, thought for a moment, and said to Yuanye in a low voice: "I urgently sue the TieShip and try every means to keep the rural soldiers in Yelu Dashi's hands. If we can pull 200,000 strong men from Youyan, we will not be afraid that the army will not be enough to write a letter to the future. When we came to the local news, Li Hu's army rushed into Youyan and captured Zhuozhou.
Yelu Dashi sighed to the sky, knowing that Yanjing was lost. He was not happy about the great victory in Liangxiang, because Youyan was surrounded by powerful enemies and Yanjing would be lost sooner or later. This victory would not solve the fundamental problem. If it was occupied by the Song people or the Jurchens, it would be better to give Li Hu. Li Hu and Empress Dowager Xiao had an alliance. With this alliance, Empress Dowager Xiao could bring his army and money to the desert, and the Liao Dynasty still had hope of reconstruction.
On the night of the eighth day of the lunar month, Tieying wrote a letter from Zhuozhou to Yelu Dashi, asking him to lead his army to withdraw back to Yanjing, and discussed with Li Hu specific issues of evacuating Yanjing. Yelu Dashi did not receive a letter from Empress Dowager Xiao, did not understand the situation in Yanjing, and did not move.
On the morning of the ninth day of the lunar month, Yelu Saba rushed to the Baigou front line and brought Li Hudi's letter. Shi thought about it for a day and decided to lead his army to withdraw back to Yanjing. According to Li Hu's request, he left all the defense line and 150,000 rural soldiers to Tieying.
On the tenth day of the lunar month, Yelu Dashi began to retreat. Tieying led his army to the Baigou defense line.
Chapter completed!