Liaodong, Lushun City.

The Sun and Moon Divine Banner of the Emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty fluttered high in this city.

The soldiers of the Liao army brigade were either marching or camping everywhere in the city. The "fortress advancement" for more than a month made the Bohai soldiers who were leading the battle look quite embarrassed. The military uniforms were broken and dirty, and the people looked dirty and thin. They all looked like beggars. Although they entered the city of Lushun, these Bohai people did not look very high and everyone was dejected.

This is because they have been through more than a month in the past. In front of them are the artillery and crossbows of the Republican Army, behind them are the military laws and swords and guns of the Khitans, and beside them are officers of the right surname who are holding whips to hit people at any time. In addition, digging trenches and building fortresses require high-intensity labor, and it is more difficult to do it a day than to fight more than a dozen formations. At night, you have to guard against the night attack of the Republican Army, and you can't sleep well.

What’s even more hateful is that the food supplied is too poor!

Because the tradition of the Liao army was to build grass valleys, logistics supply was neglected for a long time. Although the troops were improved this time, we tried hard to mobilize a large amount of food from the Liaohe River Basin, which was enough to maintain the long-term combat consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops. But that was only overall, in terms of specific logistics management, problems were still emerging one after another. Among them, the most problems and the tightest supply was of course the Bohai Army, which was launched by the Khitans to take the lead.

The Bohai people were originally third-class and fourth-class people from the Great Liao Kingdom, and their internal hierarchy was very strict. The Da clan and the Bohai Right surname never regarded ordinary Bohai people as their own people, so naturally they would not argue with the Khitan master for their food. There was even a phenomenon of deduction and reselling, and they were all sold to Ma Zhi!

Because the Ma family army also has a problem of tight food supply. At the same time, Ma Zhi has money, and his family is also the "initiator shareholder" of Tianjin. Moreover, Ma people hope that Ma Zhi's uncle and nephew have ambitions, so of course they have to fill their own soldiers. Unlike most of the big bosses with the right surname of Bohai (except Gao Yongchang and Gao Yongfu), they never thought of separatist and independence, so they would not regard the army as capital.

What made the Bohai warriors most heartbroken was this empty Lushun City.

The Han people’s palace!

Not to mention the mountains of gold and silver, there should be many copper coins and silk? Ordinary people should always have some possessions that can be strong, and beautiful women can be abused, right?

But who knew that after "fighting" into Lushun City, I found that there was no hair inside! The real empty city was empty, not even many houses, and they were all over the fire. Most of the houses were covered with thatched roofs, and a fire burned out.

So the Bohai soldiers who rushed into Lushun Mansion, who took the lead, did not catch anything. Not only did they not catch a single hair, but they also took the charge of killing grass valley in vain. The soldiers and officers from the right surname of each family had to go all out to explain to the Khitan Master why they didn't get anything to be filial to?

However, after explanation, the Khitans did not believe it very much. The Song people had not broken the city. As a last resort, the soldiers led by the Right surname of Bohai had to hand over the rewards they received from Yelu Yanxi...

In short, there is a lot of resentment from top to bottom.

Now that it is time to eat, the large iron pot that was set up is churning, and the pot is filled with corn and beans, and there is no meat or fish at all.

Such a bleak meal was used to reward the Bohai soldiers who had just won the "great victory". However, the Bohai soldiers surrounding the iron pot had long been angry. Who told them to be Bohai slaves? Please accept your fate!

At this time, they only hope to have enough food and sleep and have a good rest for a few days and nights.

But where could Yelu Yanxi allow his Bohai cannon fodder to rest? It is already late autumn now, and it will snow if it drags on. At that time, let alone attacking Daheishan Mountain City and Lushunguan City, even digging trenches in the wild and defending, it will be difficult for home.

...

In the courtyard of the government office in Lushun Mansion, Yelu Yanxi's imperial tent had been set up. The government office was also burned, and the roof was grinning and was about to be wet when it snows and rains later. Fortunately, Yelu Yanxi was used to living in a tent, and now he was in the imperial tent in the courtyard, and was having dinner with his close ministers while discussing military affairs.

The Emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty was naturally rich, but there were not as many dishes as the Song Dynasty palaces. It was basically rolling in meat, beef and mutton came up in buckets, rinsing, roasting, and burning. Of course, the wine was a fairy in the wine in Tianjin. How could men on the grassland not drink strong wine? Even if they were war with Youzhou now, they could not save the wine they should drink.

Military information is not good news. It is news that Yelu Chun, a left-behind Xijing, sent a large-scale expansion of Youzhou army sent by someone.

The news is terrible! It is said that all the people in Youzhou joined the army enthusiastically, and there were too many people. The requirements for recruiting soldiers were raised and all the military pay for non-official knights and soldiers were cancelled... but it still could not stop the enthusiasm of Youzhou people to join the army!

If this news was not written by Yelu Chun, Yelu Yanxi would have thrown it aside as a rumor.

How can one not be a soldier? What do you want to be a soldier? Could it be that the people of Youzhou also want to learn from the Khitan to build grass valley?

"Your Majesty, this is not surprising." Ma Renwang just smiled, "Why can anyone want to get the dragon's merits? How can it be comparable to money?"

"Follow the Dragon's Merit?" Yelu Yanxi raised his eyebrows, "Wu Haogu is going south to map the Song Dynasty?"

"Don't you understand?" Ma Renwang smiled and said, "Wu Haogu has been operating step by step for more than ten years, just to one day be able to wear yellow robe? The elite soldiers of the Han area have always come from Youzhou, Bingzhou and Yongzhou. Now Youzhou is owned by Wu Haogu. As long as you advance to Hedong and have Bingzhou, you can become a soldier in the world. There are two of the three. At that time, Wu Haogu would not be the emperor, and his deployment would force him to wear yellow robe."

The horse man was not deceiving Yelu Yanxi. He really thought that Wu Haogu would soon seize the world of the Song Dynasty! Otherwise, why would he recruit so many troops? It would take hundreds of thousands of troops to defeat Yelu Yanxi? Just a city of Lushunguan, the hundreds of thousands of troops brought by Yelu Yanxi could not be defeated even if they died.

Moreover, there are about 20,000 children in the north who are heading south in the morning and evening, and there is a slashing knife on the grassland.

"It's reasonable." Yelu Yanxi was convinced by Ma Renwang again, but he was still a little worried. "Would Wu Haogu make a large increase in troops in Liaodong? Lushun Port is still in the hands of Youzhou Army."

"Your Majesty," said Ma Renwang, "How can the newly recruited soldiers go to the battlefield so easily? How can they fight in battle in less than a few months of training? By the time Wu Haogu's new recruits were trained, Lushun had long been defeated by His Majesty.

However, after capturing Lushun, our Great Liao Dynasty will fight against Youzhou and reconcile, and we still need to make a long-term plan."

"oh?"

"What Wu Haogu planned was the great Song Dynasty!" Ma Renwang said, "Does Your Majesty plan to join the Song Dynasty to destroy Wu, or to join the Wu to draw Song Dynasty?"

Is there such a good thing?

"Wu Haogu is willing to return Youzhou to me?" Yelu Yanxi asked.

Ma Renwang shook his head: "I'm afraid Wu Haogu can't be Shi Jingtang. Youzhou is his foundation after all... If Your Majesty insists on returning Youzhou, then there will be only Liansong.

As long as Your Majesty is willing to return several states in the northeast of the Hebei region after regaining Youzhou, the old minister is willing to go to Kaifeng Prefecture for Your Majesty. He will definitely be able to use his three-inch tongue to join forces with Your Majesty to attack Youzhou from north to south."

The horseman hopes that he is going to escape!

Although he is the Privy Councilor of the Southern Court, he was detained by Yelu Yanxi and could not do anything. If Ma Zhi turns against him, he will have to be stabbed... Of course, he has to find an opportunity to run away. As long as he can go back to his hometown in Xianzhou, he can still do it to welcome Wu Haogu out of seclusion!

Moreover, the Ma family also stocked hundreds of thousands of stones of grain in Yiwulu Mountain, which could be presented to Wu Haogu as military rations...

Yelu Yanxi thought for a while and felt that Ma Renwang's proposal was feasible. Now only when Liao and Song join forces can it be possible to destroy the disaster of Wu Haogu.

However, the person who let the horses starts to feel a little worried when he leaves alone, so he said, "The journey to Kaifeng is long, and Ma Qing is old, so he won't let Xiao Delis be the deputy envoy, and lead 1,000 cavalrymen to protect you on the road.

In addition, you can promise Zhao Ji that as long as he is willing to join forces with me and send troops to attack Yan. Then I can return Taiyuan Prefecture to him first."

After arranging the Ma Renwang, Xiao Delis' visit, Yelu Yanxi's mind returned to the battlefield of Lushun.

"Daqing, Gaoqing, Ma Zhi."

Dagong Ding, Gao Yongchang and Ma Zhi all stood up from their seats when they heard this. Yelu Yanxi waved to them and signaled them to sit down.

Yelu Yanxi was already murderous: "Now it is near winter. Although Liaodong is not as cold as the north, the sea breeze is very strong in winter, and it is not the day of war. Therefore, the Bohai Army and the Han Army must use long trenches to separate Daheishan Mountain City and Lushunguan City with long trenches before the snowfall. There must be no mistakes!"

Life is really hard! I just ate Lushun Fucheng and Dongguan City and have to dig long moats, and it is a big project... Dagong Ding, Gao Yongchang, and Ma Zhi did not dare to seek any vacation for his subordinates, so they all stood up to receive the order.

Yelu Yanxi's eyes were bright and he glanced at the Khitan generals in the tent, "The Khitan army is happy to rest and rest. When the weather is cold and the earth is frozen, it is time for the troops to step on the ice and go south and attack Lushun Pass City!

This winter, I will break through the Lushun Pass and destroy all the bandits in Youzhou on the shore of the Liaohai Sea!"

What? This winter?

The generals in the tent were all shocked. There is no need to be so anxious, right? Although the Yan King in Youzhou has ordered a large number of troops, the ordered troops will take at least a few months... and after training, he still has to prepare military rations and military funds. It would be nice to be able to go to the battlefield next summer.

Now the emperor is eager to break through the Lushun Pass and attack when the weather is cold. Is this necessary to fill the city wall at the Lushun Pass with the corpses of the Bohai people and the Han army?

The Lushun Pass is a stone city! Can you get rid of the death or injury of 100,000 yuan?

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