lcionline Chapter 481 Guan Sheng, Qin Ming, Lu Junyi
Chapter 481 Guan Sheng, Qin Ming, Lu Junyi
The three forces in the north were fighting fiercely, and the border troops of the Song Dynasty were also confused.
In the past, the Jin Army and the Yangwei Army advanced together and bullied the Liao Kingdom, while the Song Dynasty was watching the show.
Not long ago, the Yangwei Army was fighting two enemies at once, sending troops everywhere to attack the Jin and Liao kingdoms at the same time, successively capturing cities and seizing territories, expanding its territory, and plundering the population.
Afterwards, the Jin Kingdom tried to save face by sending troops to counterattack and attack the territory of the Yang Wei Army, but they suffered heavy casualties in one city after another and were completely defeated by the Yang Wei Army's artillery and explosives.
The Liao Kingdom originally wanted to negotiate with the Jin Kingdom, temporarily suspend the fighting, unite against external enemies, and jointly deal with the Yangwei Army, but the Jin Kingdom did not agree.
At this time, the Yangwei Army had stopped its attack on the Jin Kingdom and focused on defense on the land bordering the Jin Kingdom, defending it impeccably. It then turned its focus to attacking the Liao Kingdom's land.
The Jin army suffered defeats in various cities of the Yangwei army, and finally found that the Liao territory was easier to fight, so they turned around and continued to divide up the Liao land.
After the melee lasted for more than a month, the Yangwei Army had occupied most of the southern part of the Liao Kingdom, and the territory of the Liao Kingdom had shrunk to less than 1/4 of its original size. Although the Jin Kingdom lost some cities to the Yangwei Army and pushed the front line northward, the Jin Kingdom occupied more land in the Liao Kingdom.
In the end, the Yangwei Army's territory more than doubled, making it the biggest winner in this melee.
Although the Jin Kingdom suffered some minor losses, it made up for them on the other side of the Liao Kingdom.
In the end, only the Liao Kingdom was injured.
Originally, the situation among the three parties was that the Liao Kingdom had the advantage in territory and population, followed by the Jin Kingdom, and the Yangwei Army had the smallest base.
After this battle, the situation was completely reversed.
Today, the Yangwei Army is already the largest force in the north. The Jin Kingdom is still the second largest, and the Liao Kingdom has become the smallest.
At this time, the Jin Kingdom had suspended the war and started to digest the occupied land, while the Liao Kingdom was also trying its best to survive.
Moreover, many Liao nobles have begun to contact the Yangwei Army privately, preparing to switch jobs in advance.
At this time, the Yangwei Army also began to focus on Luda's army advancing westward.
Today, Zhongjing of Liao was surrounded on three sides by the Yangwei Army and the Jin Army and was in danger. The Liao could only continuously mobilize troops from the west to defend the capital, which also led to the lack of defense in various cities in the western region of Liao.
When Lu Da and Shi Jin led their troops into the western part of Liao, they occupied several states with almost no effort. Then they began to proceed step by step, steadily and steadily, and headed straight for Xijing of Liao.
When the Song Dynasty realized something was wrong and wanted to take the opportunity to attack the Liao Kingdom in the north to get a piece of the pie, the Yangwei Army had already occupied Datong Prefecture and confronted the Western Army of the Song Dynasty.
At the same time, in Xijin Prefecture.
After Lu Cheng settled all his family members, he deliberately spent time alone with Zhao Yupan.
At this time, Zhao Yupan was basking in the sun in the back garden with his three-month-old daughter.
"Yu Pan, are you getting used to being here?"
"It's OK, but not as comfortable as staying in Lujiazhuang."
"Wait a little longer. After two years, maybe we can go back to Lujiazhuang. Yupan, I'm sorry for inconvenience you. You may not be able to return to Bianjing to see your father and mother in the next two years."
"Well, having my daughter by my side is enough for me. It's a pity that I couldn't give you a son."
"Why are you in such a hurry? You are still young, and so am I. Look at Jinlian, didn't she also give birth to a daughter at first? Now she has two sons. You have worked hard along the way. Take care of your health first and don't think too much."
After a few words of comfort, Zhao Yupan hesitated for a while and asked, "Sir, if...if you invade Bianjing City again, how will you treat my father?"
"My father-in-law is not actually suitable to be an emperor, but he is still very suitable to be a calligrapher and painter. Don't worry, even if it's just for your sake, I won't embarrass your relatives."
"Well, sir, go and do your work. Yu Pan will take good care of herself."
Today, Lujiazhuang in Yuncheng County has been basically emptied, except for some elderly people who are reluctant to leave their hometown, even the farmers and common people have been relocated one after another.
At the same time, Li Shishi and Zhao Yuannu from the Imperial Fragrance Tower in Bianjing City also suddenly disappeared one night...
At the end of the eighth year of Zhenghe, Song Huizong, perhaps out of boredom, changed his reign title again, so the eighth year of Zhenghe became the first year of Chonghe.
In the spring of the second year of Chonghe (1119 AD), perhaps because of Lu Cheng's influence, uprisings broke out in various parts of the Song Dynasty ahead of schedule. Wang Qing of Huaixi, Tian Hu of Hebei, Song Jiang of Shandong, and Fang La of Jiangnan all raised the banner of rebellion, attacked cities and seized territories. They were called the Four Great Bandits by the Song Dynasty court.
Among the four major bandits, Song Jiang of Shandong did not occupy any prefectures or counties, but only ruled a small area around Liangshan Lake. The other three forces expanded rapidly, occupied prefectures and counties, expanded their troops, and became more and more powerful.
Song Huizong was originally considering whether to send troops north, but now he didn't have to consider it at all. The fire was in the backyard, so he could only put down the bandits first.
However, the 800,000 imperial guards of the Song Dynasty had long been corrupt, and the garrison troops in various places had no combat power at all. For a time, they were unable to deal with the rebellious bandits.
Today, the most elite troops of the Song Dynasty are only the Western Army and the new army that was trained later.
The Western Army also had to guard against Western Xia and Yangwei Army in the northwest, so it naturally could not be easily mobilized.
Therefore, the new army led by Guan Sheng, Lu Junyi and others became firefighters and fought everywhere.
However, this new army was created by Lu Cheng, so Song Huizong was somewhat suspicious. In addition, Gao Qiu and others were behind the scenes, withholding food and wages, slowing down the progress, resulting in the new army being unable to exert its full combat power.
When they were fighting against Song Jiang, the 50,000 new troops originally had an absolute advantage, but due to insufficient food and improper command, they were ambushed by the Liangshan troops.
Finally, Gao Qiu and others attempted to put all the blame on Guan Sheng, Qin Ming, Lu Junyi and others, taking the opportunity to eliminate these generals and replace them with their own people so as to completely control this well-trained army.
However, just after Guan Sheng, Qin Ming, Lu Junyi and others were interrogated and imprisoned, a group of people suddenly appeared and rescued them safely.
Moreover, among these 50,000 new troops, some middle and lower-level generals led their troops to defect, and then broke up into small groups and disappeared.
More than half a month later, in Xijin Prefecture.
Lu Cheng smiled and walked towards Guan Sheng, Qin Ming, Lu Junyi, Hua Rong and others: "Everyone, it is because of me that you have suffered. If I hadn't recommended you, you wouldn't have ended up like this today."
"General, please don't do this. It's all because Gao Qiu and the others are jealous of you and don't tolerate others. We are restricted in every way when we work under them. It's better for us to leave as soon as possible. Today, we are able to serve you, and we will do our best to repay you for your kindness!"
"No need to be polite. Since you are here, we are all brothers. I am in need of people here, and I will definitely give you the opportunity to make achievements and gain titles for your wives and children. You have been traveling all the way, so go down and rest for a night. Tomorrow morning, I will arrange new work for you."
"Thank you General!"
Qin Ming is a good vanguard general, and Guan Sheng is brave and resourceful, and can be in charge of one side. Lu Junyi is also good at martial arts. Even Yan Qing, who is beside Lu Junyi, is a man of foresight and a man of ingenuity...