Chapter 71 A complicated situation
"You are the messenger from Jinning, are you?"
The Holy Emperor's faint words shocked the military man, "Master, the little one deserves to die, damn it! I forgot the truth, the little one dies." I wanted to struggle, but the Holy Emperor gently pressed it and could not move at all.
"Just say that, don't waste time."
"Yes, yes..." Jun Han didn't dare to talk anymore and hurriedly reported the news he brought.
On the far slope, Empress Xiao and Hu Dugu watched the Southern Emperor apply medicine to this mere pawn. Empress Xiao snorted coldly, "The Southern People are hypocritical and are used to buying people's hearts. He is usually the same as that of other Southerners."
Hu Dugu grinned. Although he didn't seem to agree, he naturally would not refute his master.
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Under the earth slope, Lu Ning was overjoyed when he heard the news brought by the Shenwu Light Knight.
Lu Qing not only defeated Yelu Yixue's Wuding Army, but also sent the Shenwu Army Light Cavalry to the city of Weizhou with the beheaded enemy heads. Weizhou Governor Shi Song immediately opened the city to surrender.
Weizhou is more than 40 miles north of Jinning. Compared with the positions of the Qi army in Jinning Town, it is like Weizhou and the northern Liao prefectures, besieging Jinning from north to south, and like the Liao enclave that was separated by Jinning alone.
Now that Weizhou has subsided, it is clear that from Weizhou to Feihukou to Dingzhou, Hebei, the news suddenly becomes clear. Hebei news can be quickly transmitted to the Shanxi front line, and his own instructions can also be quickly sent to the Hebei front line. However, unlike before, sometimes, if you have to go around a big circle and walk from Taiyuan, it will take too much time. The military situation between each other is too late, and there is no way to coordinate the battle. You can only give each department a rough strategic goal, and the commander of each department will act cheaply.
The military man also said that when he stood up, Weizhou surrendered, and Lu Qing and Lu Dianzhi had already led the army and attacked Xinzhou.
However, the military man also said that when Lu Dianzhi had just defeated Yelu Yi's army, he sent more than a dozen light cavalry to report to His Majesty. He was one of the second dozen cavalry, and after Weizhou surrendered, he came to report the latest news.
Lu Ning didn't see any of the first batch of light cavalry messengers, but the scope of his activities was too large, and it was normal that if he could not encounter these messengers at the rough destination.
However, as soon as the second batch of light cavalry messengers arrived, they met one of them, and their luck was pretty good.
Lu Ning took out the map he carried with him from his arms. In fact, he didn't look at the general strategic situation, so he naturally knew it well.
If Lu Qing took over the four states of Wuding Army, he would cut off Yelu Xidi's route to the east.
Of course, it is unlikely that Yelu Xidi is made of dumplings. After all, in the north of Datong Prefecture in Yunzhou, there is also the Great Wall that later generations call Killing Hukou (Killing Hukou), which is now called Shenhekou, also called Xikou.
From this killing tiger mouth, Yelu Xidi could retreat north to the Inner Mongolia grassland, which is what is now called the south of the desert.
The current nomadic tribes in the south of the desert are collectively called the Baidadan tribe. Although the Khitan rule is relatively loose, they nominally respect the Liao lord as the Khan.
It seems that we need to plan and not let Yelu Xidi retreat calmly, at least, we will cause the greatest damage to him.
Of course, we should try our best to stop the letter of the mission to Yelu Xidi Camp in Xinzhou. Although as long as the generals sent by Xinzhou to send letter of the mission are smart enough to not let the message go on the road, slower and take some paths, then there will definitely be a message to send the message to Yelu Xidi Camp, but if you can stop for a while, it will be a moment.
While thinking about it, I saw the scholars in the green robe who were originally worried about looking at the two evil ghosts and suddenly knelt down, "Master, please spare my two brothers. They are stupid and just want to survive and don't know anything."
The two evil ghosts had already struggled to sit up, but they looked at Lu Ning in fear and did not dare to escape.
"What are your names?" Lu Ning glanced at the two evil ghosts and thought to himself that these two guys were very strong, and they all had red hair. It should be because of the generations of their ancestors, and there was a mixed-race of Hu Yi.
"Caomin Pei Bao, my two elder brothers, the elder brother Pei Long, and the second brother Pei Hu. My parents died early, and I depended on each other for life. The local war was in chaos, and my three brothers didn't want to escape, so they sneaked and became bandits of the paths..." The scholar in green robe kowtowed repeatedly, frightened in his heart.
The military man who was injured by himself and others actually called the person in front of him whom he dared not look at too much as the "Prince"?
I can't believe it, it was because Emperor Qi came here alone?
However, we can only refer to this name, so as not to anger the "Master".
"Have you read a book?" Lu Ning was a little curious.
Pei Bao immediately looked ashamed, "The grass people are not literate, and this robe is also passed down from ancestors."
Lu Ning nodded slightly and thought for a moment, "Okay, since that's the case, you three, make meritorious service, find a secret place to help me take care of him." As he said that, he pointed to the soldiers of the Shenwu Army.
I thought to myself, but the horse had to take it away by myself. The two red-haired ghosts were brainless and mighty turn around and have some ideas. But the young soldiers under my command saw that they didn't come, and with Pei Bao there, they would have no worries about their lives, let alone have their own instructions now.
I also thought that these two red-haired ghosts turned around and joined the front army in the palace and were also powerful infantrymen.
"Yes, yes, Xie Sheng!" Pei Bao hurriedly kowtowed.
Pei Long and Pei Hu looked at each other, and kowtowed, but they both said in a silly voice: "Grandpa Emperor, I'm willing to follow the emperor and fight for a prince!"
The two of them are simple-minded. The third brother calls each other a "priest". They don't think much about why a great emperor would see them alone and fight them. The third brother said yes, then the other party must be the emperor.
Moreover, he is a very awesome emperor. His two brothers have not been so cowardly. He can't even meet someone at once, and he is beaten up like a child by an adult. But since he is the emperor, the two brothers are not unfair, and luck is coming!
Pei Bao smiled bitterly in his heart, saying that he had told them too much story. If he didn't say that the other party had doubts about his identity, he would be His Majesty. Do you two think they are from the story, you two heroes? Did you meet the master today?
How could they pay attention to you? They are my two stupid brothers.
Moreover, if you open your mouth and try to be a "king" and come back, so that you won't be laughed to death? You will also think that you two are too ambitious.
Lu Ning was amused and said, "I am missing two horse hats, but you two can't ride a horse, right?"
Two red-haired ghosts showed a look of difficulty, and one of them said in a silly voice: "Grandpa Emperor, we run faster than horses, can we do it?"
Oh? Although I know this guy is bragging, he shouldn't be polite, and bragging will always get a little bit. Lu Ning smiled and said, "How fast can you two run? How long will it take to run from here to Black Rock Mountain?"
The two red-haired ghosts shook their heads in confusion. It was obvious that they had never been to Black Stone Mountain. After all, they were more than fifty miles away.
"Okay, you stay here first, and take care of my soldiers with Pei Bao. When the war is settled, I will see you, how fast you run and whether you are qualified to be my horseman." Lu Ning waved his hand and said again, "I should leave!"
Pei Long and Pei Hu were a little unwilling, but Pei Bao winked and said whispered: "This is the Emperor's patience to test your patience!" The two evil ghosts kowtowed with Pei Bao and said yes.
Hu Dugu smiled with a smile when he saw it, but Empress Xiao thought to himself that these strange things are really feathers of birds of a feather flock together.
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When we continued to hunt down the Liao people who were traveling between Xinzhou and Yelu Xidi camp, good news and bad news followed one after another.
First of all, according to the news from Dingzhou, Yelu Xidi led his troops into Shanxi, and while the Liao army in Youzhou was empty, the Hedong army and the Hebei army were attacking north.
Gao Huaide led the Hedong Army and captured Yizhou.
This has made Weizhou, Jinning and Hebei truly connected.
When Lu Ping led the Hebei army, he even captured the four states of Ying, Mo, Xiong and dominated the front line, and advanced the front line before the Jumahe River, which was the front line of the Song and Liao dynasties in history.
These four states are very close to each other and are in Henan Province. The Liao people did not pay much attention to the domino effect, one surrendered, and the others surrendered.
However, afterwards, Lu Ning captured a military report from Xinzhou to Yelu Xidi Camp.
The urgent military report conveyed actually came from Shangjing. The Liao lord Yelu Yansage. He heard that the emperor of Qi had personally conquered Youyun and had already set up a large army to go south.
Obviously, although Yelu Yansage did not like the Southern system, the Southern officials, or the Southern people, he also attached great importance to Youyun. Seeing that the Qi people were not bluffing to attack the Han Dynasty, he was naturally furious, so he led his troops to attack Youzhou personally.
A few days after this urgent report was intercepted by Lu Ning, Xinzhou sent another letter to the police. This time, it was the Shenwu Army's light cavalry, and more than a dozen light cavalry. The report said that Lu Dianzhi had defeated the remnants of Yelu Yi's troops and conquered Xinzhou. Wuzhou surrendered. Now Lu Dianzhi is driving troops to attack Guizhou.
It seems that before the Liao lord's army arrived in Youzhou, there should be no big problem in Lu Qing conquering the four states of Wuding Army.
In this way, you can threaten Youzhou from Juyongguan.
Now, it’s up to see how to defeat Yelu Xi at the bottom of Yunzhou City.
The originally expected dumplings made into a tower in the air. Because the Liao lord went south, the front army of the Palace and the Shenwu army had to stabilize the situation in the four states of the Wuding army and could no longer come west to attack Yelu Xi's bottom.
Otherwise, the Liao army had a very strong mobility and had divided its troops in Youzhou and left Juyongguan. The four prefectures of the Wuding Army that had just been pacified, the morale of the army and the people had not yet stabilized, and they would have been easily conquered by the Liao army.
In this way, the front army in the palace became a sandwich biscuit again.
In short, the battlefield in Shanxi, Hebei is now complicated and complicated. You have me and I have you, and each has its own restraint.
However, the 20,000 garrison troops stationed in Youzhou are the most well-equipped and most powerful among the imperial guards.
But, I have not yet accumulated energy.
Not to mention the current situation, the 20,000 garrison troops in Taiyuan and Daizhou can also go north at any time.
After Yelu Xidi lost thousands of cavalry in Xiao Haogu, the so-called trapped city was just arriving at Yunzhou City. If he had really encircled, the garrison army would have made great efforts to break the side.
After all, Yelu Xidi had 30,000 to 40,000 troops, and more than 10,000 infantrymen in the Southern Youzhou Army. If he besieged the city from all sides, he would not be able to match his strength.
To siege the city, the party with absolute advantages must basically siege the party with great disadvantages.
Yelu Xidi was cautious enough to make the garrison troops in Yunzhou City take the defensive force.
But now, it is time to deal with this old fox.
Chapter completed!