Chapter 309 Long Live the Emperor

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After receiving the request for reinforcement from Hua Rong and others, Jiang Hongfei immediately arranged for Chen Xizhen to lead Du Fu, Lu Junyi, Sun An, Shi Wengong and Wang Jin to lead the Beiwei Army, the Tabai Army, the Podi Army, the Youyi Army and the Shengjie Army to reinforce Yanjing City.

This time, the reinforcements do not need to go through Gu'an and walk more than 300 miles, but can directly take the nearest road to Yanjing City. Presumably, there will not be many obstacles along the way.

Calculating the distance, it is only more than ten miles away.

Although the five cavalry troops who went to reinforce also fought fiercely for a night, but for this more than ten miles, no matter how slow they are, no matter how great the resistance they encounter on the road, they will definitely arrive in two or three hours.

And this is just the first wave of reinforcements sent by Jiang Hongfei to Yanjing City. After Jiang Hongfei finishes his work here, Jiang Hongfei will definitely send the second wave of reinforcements, the third wave of reinforcements, until all the troops go to Yanjing City...

Not to mention that Chen Xizhen and others immediately led the army to set off after receiving the order.

Just talking about the statistics after the war:

In this battle, the Liao army suffered more than 50,000 casualties, and more than 120,000 were captured alive.

The Liangshan army seized more than 57,400 intact war horses, more than 29,600 wounded and dead horses, more than 179,600 bows and crossbows, more than 6.74 million arrows, more than 179,300 sets of armor, and the rest of the seizures are still being counted.

The Liangshan army's own casualties were only a little more than 20,000.

It is obvious that in this decisive battle that concerns the fate of the country and even the survival of the country, the Liangshan army has achieved an unprecedented victory.

Jiang Hongfei ordered that all the horses obtained should be used to expand the cavalry. All cavalry, whether armored heavy cavalry, heavy cavalry, or light cavalry, were expanded from the original 3,000 to 5,000, and immediately assigned to each general.

After explaining the big and small things, Jiang Hongfei handed over all the follow-up matters to Gao Liang, Liu Hui Niang, Zhu Wu and others to follow up, while Jiang Hongfei himself led the troops who did not participate in the battle and went straight to Juyongguan.

It should be noted that before setting off, Jiang Hongfei ordered: After the troops have rested, let Liu Qi and Wu Jie lead 10,000 troops each to capture Gubeikou and Songtingguan, and then capture Danzhou and Jingzhou on the way. In addition, Yue Fei was sent to capture Jizhou, and Han Shizhong was sent to capture Shunzhou.

Yes.

Yanjing City is the most important city in Yan.

But if we only have Yanjing City, but not Juyongguan, Gubeikou and Songtingguan, Yandi is still nothing, and not much safer than other cities.

Only by controlling Juyongguan, Gubeikou, Songtingguan, Jinpoguan and Daomaguan, which are already under the control of Shuibo Liangshan, can we completely block all the passages for the Hulu to go south from the middle route.

Among them, Juyongguan is the most important.

You should know that Yandi is a fertile land with thousands of miles of fertile land, and the north is bounded by mountains and mountains. There are five passes in the middle, and only Juyongguan can be used for large vehicles and food. Gubeikou, Songtingguan and Jinpoguan can only pass people and horses but not cars. There are eighteen small roads outside, which are all rabbit paths and bird paths. Only people can pass, not horses. Just build a military camp and put a few hundred people there to defend it.

It is precisely because Juyongguan has the most convenient transportation among the five passes guarding Yanjing that it has become the best route to attack Yanjing.

Moreover, Juyongguan is strategically located and is the northwest gate of Yanjing. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. In history, there have been endless wars over Juyongguan and the occupation of Yanjing.

If Jiang Hongfei wants to stay in Yanjing, he must recapture Juyongguan.

This is one of the reasons why Jiang Hongfei went to recapture Juyongguan right after defeating the Liao army in the decisive battle.

Of course, this is definitely not the only reason.

Also, since Yanjing City was taken down by Hua Rong and his men, Xiao Puxian will definitely transfer the troops guarding Juyongguan to rescue Yanjing City. In this way, Juyongguan will inevitably be empty, so it will be much easier to fight.

The key is that there is still the main force of the Jin army led by Wanyan Aguda on the other side of Juyongguan.

If Jiang Hongfei does not take Juyongguan quickly, but lets the Jin army take Juyongguan, then it will be a big trouble.

No doubt.

Jiang Hongfei personally led 30,000 to 40,000 troops to Juyongguan.

It was unknown whether it was God's will, but when Jiang Hongfei arrived at Juyong Pass, the cliffs of Juyong Pass, which had stood for thousands of years without any damage, collapsed, and many Liao soldiers were crushed to death. The Liao army guarding Juyong Pass collapsed without a fight.

Seeing this extremely magical scene, the soldiers of Liangshan Army, after being shocked, actually knelt down to Jiang Hongfei under the leadership of several people who reacted quickly: "God bless our emperor, long live our emperor!!!"

At this time, Jiang Hongfei's team included Song generals such as Wang Bin, Li Yanxian, and Zhao Li who came from the Zhao Song Dynasty, as well as civil officials such as Zhao Ding, Qiu Xun, and Chen Gongfu who came from the Zhao Song Dynasty.

To be honest, the reasons why these people worked for Jiang Hongfei were very complicated.

Some of them developed a rebellious mentality because they were abandoned by the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Some of them had to work for Jiang Hongfei because their families were all in Jiang Hongfei's hands.

Some of them chose to work for Jiang Hongfei temporarily because Jiang Hongfei did not want to go to war with the Zhao Song Dynasty, but wanted to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun for the Han people.

Of course, some of them are because they feel that Jiang Hongfei is wise, open-minded and generous, knows people well and is good at responsibilities. He initially decided to settle in Liangshan, that is, to do justice for heaven and eradicate those high-ranking officials, wealthy families, and gentry in the Zhao and Song Dynasties who were rich and unkind. A noble family should allocate land and grain to the poor, eliminate debts, eliminate the inherent gap between rich and poor, adopt a new system, and enable the people to live a good life. Only in a few years can they exhaust their strategies, leave no troops behind, and have established a great cause. Join Jiang Hongfei.

However, there is a saying that these people are more or less helpless when they join Jiang Hongfei, and they are not willing to work for Jiang Hongfei from the bottom of their hearts.

But now, Jiang Hongfei first recovered the Yan land, which was very important to the Han people, and then when he arrived at Juyong Pass, such a magical scene happened here.

This can't help but make people believe that Jiang Hongfei is the chosen one and will definitely bring chaos to the world. He was born to save people in trouble, and they are following the right people and are on the right path.

Think again about Zhao Ji's mediocrity and the collapse of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

The key is that the atmosphere has already been set at this point.

Wang Zhen, Li Yanxian, Zhao Li, Zhao Ding, Qiu Chan, Chen Gongfu and others could only follow the crowd and kneel down together with tens of thousands of people, shouting loudly: "God bless my emperor, long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!" !”

After Jiang Hongfei captured Juyong Pass effortlessly, he immediately dispatched craftsmen to rush to repair Juyong Pass. At the same time, he appointed Wang Zhen to stay at Juyong Pass and allocated 10,000 elite troops to him.

During this period, Jiang Hongfei also learned from the Liao soldiers who stayed behind that Xiao Puxian's daughter had indeed tasked Xiao Qian to lead the Liao army in Juyongguan back to Yanjing to rescue them. Xiao Qian immediately took 3,000 troops to Yanjing.

After learning about this, Jiang Hongfei called Ma Ling and asked him to go to Yanjing City to convey his will. He asked them to be careful about Xiao Qian and prepared to pick him up. He would go to Yanjing City later...

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Xiao Qian, who was stationed at Juyongguan to defend against the Jin army, was shocked when he learned that the Liangshan army had invaded Yanjing City. He quickly gathered 3,000 cavalry and rushed to Yanjing City for reinforcements.

Halfway through, Xiao Qian ordered everyone to take off their military uniforms and dress up as Liangshan Army soldiers.

Juyongguan is only about a hundred miles away from Yanjing City. If you hurry up, you can complete this distance in only half a day.

Therefore, at dusk, Xiao Qian led his army to the west gate of Yanjing City. He ordered the Han people in the team to shout to the gate tower: "We are the reinforcements of the Liangshan Army, open the city gate quickly!"

Because of the darkness and low light, the soldiers of the Liangshan Army guarding the city did not see that it was the Liao Army, not the Liangshan Army, who was coming.

Of course, this is mainly because Hua Rong has also asked for reinforcements. Calculating the time, the reinforcements from the Liangshan Army are almost due to arrive.

When the Liangshan Army officers guarding the city gate saw a large group of cavalry coming outside the city, they thought that reinforcements were coming. They happily opened the city gate and prepared to lower the suspension bridge.

But at this moment, another group of people came from a distance.

This group of troops was also three thousand, and they were flying the bright flag of the Liangshan Army. Moreover, the officers and soldiers of the Liangshan Army guarding the city gate took a closer look and found that the next group of troops were also flying the flag of defeating the enemy's army.

Through this comparison, the officers and soldiers of the Liangshan Army guarding the city gate realized that the supporting army that came first did not look like the Liangshan Army.

Think about it again, they are both reinforcements, why are they coming in different directions?

The key is, at this moment, a general with a snake spear of eight feet in his hand suddenly came in the clouds. He used the secret method of sound transmission in the air and said loudly: "I am the military counselor Chen Xizhen. Don't open the city, it's the Liao army!"

After hearing this, the Liangshan Army officers guarding the city gate quickly closed the already opened city gate again.

Xiao Qian was so angry that he urged his Han men: "Keep calling the door!"

There was no way they could shout loudly. No matter how many Han people screamed, they would only get silence and a closed city gate.

Xiao Qian was furious. He urged his horses and led his three thousand Liao troops to attack the enemy.

Dragon slayer Sun An laughed: "Well done!" He immediately put his horse under his crotch and led the enemy troops to meet him.

The two armies started a fair fight under Yanjing City!

The Liao army led by Xiao Qian, holding scimitars in hand, rushed towards the enemy army like a violent storm.

Their tactics were clear and their intention was to overwhelm the enemy with force and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

Sun An was not afraid at all. With a single order, the enemy troops were like a pack of hunting wolves, howling and charging towards the Liao army.

Although the number of soldiers was equal to that of the Liao army, the morale of the enemy-defeating army, which had just won a decisive battle, far exceeded that of the Liao army.

The two armies clashed, war drums rumbled, weapons clashed, and there was a harsh metal collision.

On the battlefield, dust was flying, horses neighed, and the shouts and screams of the soldiers intertwined together to form a tragic and spectacular picture.

Fighting again, seeing the bravery of Liangshan Army again, Xiao Qian couldn't help but feel a sense of desolation in his heart.

Xiao Qian understood that this battle would most likely be lost, just like their battle between Beiliao and Shuibo Liangshan.

But Xiao Qian was unwilling to give in. He had obviously worked so hard, so why did he have to face such a result without any possibility of change?

So Xiao Qian waved his saber and shouted loudly, trying to boost morale.

Seeing the Liao army dying, Sun An did not need to boost the morale of the enemy army. He was afraid that the Beiwei Army, Tabai Army, Youyi Army and Shengjie Army would soon take away the fat of the enemy soldiers. , holding the spear tightly, followed Sun An, who was holding the male and female swords, and rushed towards the Liao army again and again.

Although the Liao army was brave, they were still gradually showing signs of fatigue from Xiao Gan down after marching hundreds of miles under the fierce attack of the enemy army, which was stronger in strength and morale.

Although the enemy army had the same number of people, they gradually gained the upper hand because of their high morale and strong combat effectiveness.

Finally, at Sun An's order, the enemy army launched the final charge. They were like tigers coming down the mountain, unstoppable.

The Liao army collapsed instantly under the impact of the enemy army.

What made the Liao army soldiers even more desperate was that the smoke and dust were rolling in the distance, which was a sign that tens of thousands of troops would appear.

Xiao Gan looked at the irreversible defeat, and his heart was full of helplessness and despair. He knew that he had tried his best, but he was defeated in the end.

Xiao Gan sighed unwillingly and led the defeated Liao army to the north.

At this moment, Xiao Gan thought a lot. He felt that the fundamental reason why he lost was not him.

If it weren't for Yelu Yanxi's stupidity, his distancing from wise ministers and his closeness to villains, his constant running and fear of resistance, and the situation in Liao, he would not have lost.

Zuo Qigong once gave a high evaluation of the Liao army's fighting spirit. He wrote a poem:

The smoke of war on the frontier rose to the sky, and the sound of iron horses galloping was noisy. Worthy of the heroic soul of Liaohe, the triumphant songs along the way frightened the enemy.

Xiao Gan couldn't help thinking, if I build a country by myself and make my own decisions, would I no longer fail because of other people's mistakes?

Xiao Gan thought of his hometown Jianshan, which is the Xi settlement area north of Gubeikou.

The Xi is a very ancient ethnic group, belonging to the Donghu system. It was called Kumo Xi during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It was relatively strong during the Tang Dynasty and was divided into five tribes. When Emperor Taizong of Tang conquered Goryeo, the Xi chief Suzhi followed him and made great contributions. During the reign of Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty, the Xi rebelled and was in harmony with the Turks, known as the "two barbarians". The Xi sometimes attached to the Tang and sometimes to the Turks. In order to stabilize the northeastern border, the Tang Dynasty adopted a policy of appeasement towards the Xi people. Later, the Xi people were attacked by Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji. Liao Taizu conquered the Xi people several times and spent more than ten years to finally incorporate the Xi people into the Khitan regime and become the descendants of the Liao Kingdom.

Although they belonged to the Liao people, the Xi people were not the Khitan people who had already reached the end of their road. They still had a large number of tribesmen. Calling them up would definitely be a powerful force.

Yes, overall, the area of ​​Jianshan Mountain was too small, and the sea was not far to the east. The counties in the north and west had been captured by the Jin army, and the south was about to be occupied by Shuibo Liangshan, like a pocket.

But there were high mountains and dense forests, deep gullies, complex terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was also the Xi area, which was safe and easy to survive, and there was a chance to grow and develop.

The key was that he was the Xi King. If he returned there, he could establish a Xi dynasty and then lead the Xi people to rise on the grassland just like Wanyan Aguda led the Jurchens.

Thinking of this, although he suffered a great defeat, or even the entire army was annihilated, after escaping the pursuit of the enemy army, facing the situation where only a few hundred soldiers were left, Xiao Gan was still talking and laughing, not looking discouraged at all. He laughed and said: "Since the Liao Dynasty is destroyed, I, your Xi King, will lead you to Jianshan Mountain to conquer the world again..."

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