Chapter 134 Shengjing, Shengjing
"Military Master, good news, Grand Duke Karl's Second Brigade and the Dragon Cavalry Battalion joined forces to successively capture Niuzhuang Post and Xining Fort. Now the Daliao River Basin has been controlled by us!" Chu Yun had just received news from Grand Duke Karl, but the results of the battle far exceeded Chu Yun's expectations.
Originally, Chu Yun divided his troops to Grand Duke Kar, hoping that Grand Duke Kar could hold the Inlaid White Flag stationed in the Daliao River Basin so that he had no worries. If he was optimistic, Chu Yun believed that Grand Duke Kar could find a way to defeat the Inlaid White Flag, but it was not easy to capture the strong and fire-armed Xining Fort. Chu Yun did not expect Grand Duke Kar and the others to capture Xining Fort, and it was so fast.
"How is the white flag of the Later Jin Dynasty?" Chu Yun asked.
"The Inlaid White Banner was almost wiped out, and nearly seven Niulu's troops were eliminated, and about twenty Jin soldiers were captured. Karl was worried about how to deal with more prisoners than our soldiers." The messenger sent by the Second Brigade said to Chu Yun, "By the way, Karl and Lord Sun Sheng also asked the young man to ask the lord how to deal with Du Du, the leader of the Inlaid White Banner."
"You have also captured the lord of the Inlaid White Banner alive?" Chu Yun asked in surprise. If it is true, then this is the first Beile-level Later Jin general captured by the Fu Liao army, second only to the bandit leader like Huang Taiji!
"Let Grand Duke Karl and his friends send Du Du here, and I want him to watch Shengjing be captured by our Restoration Army with his own eyes." Chu Yun said.
"Yes, I will go back and let Grand Duke Karl offer Dudu to his lord." The messenger replied.
If the poor Du Du knew that he had been tricked by Sun Sheng and Grand Duke Carl would be played with by Chu Yun, the culprit, at this time, he would probably be so angry that he would be so angry.
"By the way, let Grand Duke Karl and Sun Sheng prepare to implement the second phase of the plan and wait for an opportunity to go north to Liaohetao to contact a Mongolian banner stationed there." Chu Yun said.
At present, in order to fight against the huge pressure from the Restoration Army, the Later Jin Dynasty divided the enrolled Mongolian tribes into four Mongolian banners. Among them, the "Three Mongolian Masters" accompanied Huang Taiji to rob Datong, and there was also a Mongolian banner to guard Huang Taiji's fertile Liaohetao. This Mongolian banner is mainly composed of the Korqin tribes, integrating people from other Mongolian tribes. The banner owner is Mangus, and he is considered a Mongolian general.
Chu Yun was not afraid of the Mongolian cavalry that had fought all over the world, but he did not want the Mongolian cavalry to intervene in the attack and defense he was about to launch against Shengjing.
After ensuring that the Daliao River Basin was controlled, Chu Yun summoned his subordinates to prepare to attack Shengjing.
"Have all the people in Haizhou City arranged it properly?" Chu Yun asked.
"Our Third Brigade fulfilled its mission and everything has been arranged. Preparatory military service from Jinzhou and Fuzhou has also arrived in Haizhou City, filling the losses of our brigades." Liu Xingzuo said.
"Are you satisfied with these new recruits?" Chu Yun asked.
"Although it's incomparable to veterans, you can still shoot targets, which is enough. When the war begins, the two veterans and a new recruit will ensure that they will not escape at the last minute." Liu Xingzuo said.
Chu Yun was still very satisfied with his reserve military service system. With Chu Yun's current population, he could at least arm two new infantry brigades with reserve troops. The training cycle of these musketeers was much shorter than that of the cold weapon troops, and the real fight was still the Jin people who suffered the loss.
As for the losses that the Jin people made up for by seizing the strong men, it is hard to say whether it is good or bad. These strong men will mostly mutiny and escape at the last minute, and will instead disrupt the formation of veterans.
‘Military leader, the situation in Haizhou City has stabilized. Should we go to attack Shengjing? That is the Jin people’s nest. I dare say that no one of the soldiers in the Ming Dynasty would think that one day they could attack Huanglong and completely eliminate the Later Jin Dynasty!” Yang Tai said carelessly.
"Yeah." All the officers, including Liu Xingzuo, Huang Weiyao, Xu Ji and Chang Yi, nodded one after another.
"Look at your rush. If you can't defeat Shengjing then, I will be the first to use your head to apologize to the people in southern Liaoning." Chu Yun cursed with a smile.
"Then forget it..." Yang Tai didn't dare to make a guarantee.
Shengjing was the capital that the Jin people would defend with all their might, and its strength was far greater than that of Haizhou City.
"Our Western Route Army has already received news that the Daliao River Basin has been controlled by us, and the combat goals of the first phase have been achieved. Next, as you wish, we are going to start marching towards Shengjing." Chu Yun said.
When they heard that they were finally going to attack Shengjing, all the officers sat in a tight position and listened with their ears. Even Yang Tai, who had always been whispering, calmed down.
"Now, after the troops of Amin and Yuetou's two flags, the inlaid red flag and the inlaid blue flag, retreated from Haizhou City, retreated in Anshan, Benxi area, with backing Shengjing, gathered the defeated troops and reorganized the defense. If we want to march into Shengjing, we may have to fight with them in Anshan, Benxi area to completely eliminate them." Xu Jisheng, who was guarding the 4th Brigade guarding the food road, said.
"Don't worry about this. They will soon give up the defense line in Anshan and Benxi and retreat to Shengjing. All we have to do is to surround Shengjing and then capture it." Chu Yun said with a smile.
"Why is the military leader so sure?" Almost all the officers looked at Chu Yun curiously.
"We sent the envoys to Goryeo to return. The King of Goryeo sent 20,000 troops from Yizhou to cross the Yalu River. He had already conquered the empty Qinghe Fort, which posed a huge threat to the east of Shengjing. Currently, Shengjing only has the Yellow Banner of Haoge and the Zhenghong Banner of Daishan. The troops of the two flags are far from enough to defend the huge Shengjing. Do you think that as the guards of Shengjing, will Shengjing be allowed to suffer any losses? They will definitely gather all their troops to retreat to Shengjing, so Amin and Yuetuo's troops will definitely be summoned back."
"It's so great. How did the adults ask Goryeo to send a large army westward?"
"Of course it's to lure it for profit."
Qinghe Fort defending Goryeo on the east side of Shengjing was already captured by the Goryeo troops, and the military flag of Goryeo State was rushing over Qinghe Fort. Leading the Goryeo army to fight was Zhang Wan, the military commander of the Goryeo State, and Li Li, the prince of the Goryeo, who was in the battle and training with the army.
"This time, thanks to the artillery provided to us by the Fu Liao army last time, the casualties were much less than expected." Zhang Wan sighed when he saw the list of casualties reported.
"Brother Chu said that if we send troops to encircle the capital of the Jin people this time, we will not only make up for our losses, but also give us an additional batch of more powerful cannons, and give us Korean merchants the preferential treatment for traders!" Li Li said excitedly.
Chapter completed!