Chapter 486: Secret South
Yun Zhao naturally did not want to inspect these places, but in front of Han Jiang, some words could not be said explicitly. From Jianguan to Lu Ningyangping, the Northern Army was heavily guarded by the Northern Army, and they were all old soldiers in the Northern Army. Compared with the current Mongolian army opposite them, the Northern Army was much stronger. The entire front was easy to attack and defend. In the past, the Mongolian army was the main attacker, and the Anqing border army struggled to defend, but now, it has turned over. The Northern Army attacked everywhere and lit the beacon fire everywhere, but the Mongolian army lost one's eyes and was exhausted.
This is also a microcosm of the current situation in the north. As Yun Zhao said, if Cheng Qun had not imprisoned him at the end, the Northern Expedition Army would have been able to seize greater benefits in the north, at least to seize a few pieces of the Mongolians' current occupied areas, thereby further compressing the controllable range of the Mongolian army.
But now, in addition to rescheduling troops, Yun Zhao can only use some tricks outside the plate to disintegrate and divide the internal division of the Mongol Yuan. Fortunately, some things have already laid the groundwork, and now they are easy to act.
From this cooperation with Cheng Qun, Yun Zhao's understanding of Cheng Qun has changed drastically, from the initial admiration to self-satisfaction, to the anger and even anger in the middle, and to the vigilance and fear now. Cheng Qun will inevitably become his enemy. This is the judgment issued by Yun Zhao after careful consideration, and it is obvious that Cheng Qun is more difficult to deal with than Meng Yuan.
Cheng Qun was able to tie the Baotao Guards, Jinwu Guards, Qianniu Guards, and the leading guards in a very short time. Only his life was his own way, which shows that this person not only had outstanding talents, but also had extraordinary skills. Under the city of Jingzhou, playing with famous Mongol Yuan generals like Lin Ya, while applauding, forty thousand soldiers were destroyed. Military qualities, judgments, decisiveness, and fingers of the army were the best choices. It was rich and fertile to the south of Cangjiang. Yizhou was known as the Tianfu in the northern country, but compared to Jingzhou, it was actually much worse than that in the economy. After plundering the wealth of Qin Yiliang Pu and migrating the wealth of these four states, Jingzhou's strength leaped to a new level.
If all these are just Cheng Qun's mistakes and stumbling to Yun Zhao, Cheng Qun's military actions during this period made Yun Zhao be more vigilant. Two hundred thousand guards crossed the river and attacked Jiangzhou. After forcing Su Can, who was gathering in Tongzhou City, to mobilize the troops to turn around to deal with this, he mobilized Jiang Guangyu's Leopard Guard to turn westward and force Xiangzhou.
After occupying Shanzhou, Hongniang's troops led their troops to the southwest. In a very short period of time, they defeated the Yue army in Ganzhou and occupied Ganzhou in one fell swoop. In the plan of Yun Zhao and Hongniang, Hongniang would continue to go southwest and occupy Xiangzhou. After taking Xiangzhou, they were separated from Luzhou. While Hongniang was preparing to march into Xiangzhou, Cheng Qun sent Jiang Guangyu to attack Xiangzhou, and must have smelled something.
Cheng Qun would not know what the White Lotus Saint Association, active in the western part of the empire, had to do with the Heisha of the Desert on the northern border of the Rising Empire, but he must have judged the intention of the Hongniangzi to march into Xiangzhou. When Dayue needed Cheng Qun to defeat Congliang Sucan Group as soon as possible, he drew a main guard to pounce on Xiangzhou. It only means that Cheng Qun did not want a force he could not control around Jingzhou. He had already regarded the surrounding area of Jingzhou as his sphere of influence.
If Hongniang and Jiang Guangyu met in Xiangzhou, with Jiang Guangyu's Leopard Guard's strength and combat experience, Hongniang was afraid that he would not get anything good. If he was not careful, he might suffer a loss. Xiangzhou, in Yun Zhao's plan, is a springboard for crossing Cangjiang in the future. Yunniang would not naively think that he had sent Ma You and Cao Xinyu to secretly practice a navy in Boyang, and he would have the ability to have the right to go against Jing Fang's navy within time.
Then, keep a strong force in Xiangzhou, but Yun Zhao's only choice. Now he cannot withdraw troops and can only rely on Hongniang's army. He must not allow Hongniang to make any mistakes in Xiangzhou in public or private. So this time, his public itinerary was to inspect the front line, but after showing his side to Jianguan, he would immediately turn to Luzhou and head to Boyang.
He wants to meet Hong Niangzi. Hong Anbang and Zhang Lihua, who have just passed Cangjiang, will be responsible for contacting Hong Niangzi and arranging their itineraries. At present, Yun Zhao is still a general of the court and cannot openly meet Hong Niangzi, the rebellious White Lotus Saint.
After staying in Meng Yao's Lucheng Camp for a few days, most of Yun Zhao's guards began to advance towards Lu Ningyangping, but he himself had secretly brought dozens of personal guards including Jiang Xu, Wu Fan and others into Luzhou.
Just when Yun Zhao secretly entered Luzhou, Guo Changxing also arrived at Yanjing, the capital of the Mongolian Yuan. As the special envoy of the General Administration of the North, Guo Changxing was still grandly received by the Mongolian Yuan. Although he was an enemy country, the two armies fought and did not kill the envoys. The Mongolian Yuan had already established a country, and he maintained an abide by these conventions. In the city of Yanjing, from Emperor Wuda to Aqisi, Lin Ya, Han Zhong and others were all quite generous. What's more, the Mongolian Yuan did not have the intention to have a few more broken battles with the General Administration of the North. Yun Zhao could afford to lose, but they couldn't afford to lose!
They needed time to integrate their power and reunite people's hearts. At this time, Yun Zhao sent a special envoy to discuss a peace ceasefire, which was exactly what they wanted. However, Guo Changxing came unfortunately, the day when he entered Yanjing City, Aslan returned.
The Zarchi Yuanti tribe army suffered heavy losses this time. The 20,000 remaining troops who broke through were chased by Liu Huajian. They lacked supplies along the way and paid a huge price to escape and lost thousands of cavalry. Most of these thousands of people were not killed in battle, but fell down because the war horses could no longer hold on. The soldiers who lost the war horses became the prey of Liu Huajian's cavalry. Aslan, who insisted on the responsibility of the rear, was seriously injured in the final battle with Liu Huajian and was carried back to Yanjing.
Jamukha was accompanied by Aslan back to Yanjing. One thousand cavalrymen who escorted them back from Gongzhou were miserable and miserable, describing their embarrassment. There was also the heroic figure before the expedition. In this way, the situation of the remaining more than 10,000 cavalrymen repaired in Gongzhou can be imagined, and it will only be even worse.
Aslan of Zarchiwuti was seriously injured, and Daerke, who was Turhu, was even more injured. In this battle, the Mongol Yuan lost a lot. Looking at Wuda who was seriously injured, his throat was smelly and sweet, and his eyes were even darker. He gritted his teeth and tried hard to support him so that he would not let himself fall. If he fell down in front of everyone, I am afraid that the city of Yanjing would be even more in chaos.
"Your Majesty!" Jamuha cried and fell to the dust.
Wuda walked over step by step, held Jamukha up with both hands, and without saying a word, he walked to Aslan's stretcher again. Looking at Aslan, who was defecated, with yellow face and haggard, he reached out and held Aslan's hand tightly.
"Hold on, Aslan, I can't live without you, Dayuan can't live without you!" Wuda said with tears in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, I have a heavy trust, and I will not be ashamed to see the heroic spirits of my ancestors after death!" Aslan said slowly with difficulty, his eyes full of pain. "I can't do it anymore, but Your Majesty must take care of you."
"Aslan, don't worry, since you have returned to Yanjing alive, I will not let you die! There are the best doctors and the best medicines in Yanjing city, and you will get better soon." Wuda said firmly.
Aslan smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth and closed his eyes.
"Your Majesty, my father is very injured!" Jamuha walked to Wuda and whispered, "In the last battle, in order to enable me to lead the main force to escape, my father only brought three thousand cavalrymen to stop Liu Huajian's tens of thousands of cavalry forces. In the end, he was trapped in a heavy siege. Although he was able to escape, he was injured several times. The worst injury was that a arrow pierced my father's lungs. My father probably couldn't hold on for too long!" As he spoke, Jamuha's tears were already flowing.
This is the first unit to return to Yanjing to the 100,000 Mongolian troops who went to Cangjiang. Countless Mongolian people gathered inside and outside the city, watching them silently cross the street and head towards the barracks in the city. Among those barracks, among those barracks, among those barracks, but now they are empty and have nothing.
There was a crying sound on the street, which was a cry of joy, because the men on the street saw familiar faces and their relatives, but more were frightened and helpless. If the troops did not come back, no one would have hope. But when they came back, they could not see the familiar figures. They had to worry that soldiers would come to their doors and send them bad news.
Most of the Mongolian people gathered on the street were from Zarchiwuti and Tuerhut tribes. As for the families of the big tent soldiers, they were already cold and they had no hope. No one would come back for 40,000 big tent soldiers.
In the sadness of the street, in some corners, behind windows, and beside door panels, you can see someone occasionally smiling. They are the Dayue people in Yanjing City. For them, the death and failure of the Mong people are their good news, but they can only be secretly happy, and even the smiles can only bloom slightly in a place where no one is, because their joy may bring them a disaster. These days, many such people have been dismantled by the angry Mong people and have nowhere to seek justice.
Jaldan, who was covered with a veil, looked at the tribe who was heartbroken, crying with joy, or was already numb and numb. Her heart was like a knife. For the first time, she suddenly felt that war was so disgusting. In the desert, life in the world was indeed difficult, but the family could always gather together and live happily. But now, it was a separation between heaven and man, and next, such scenes would be staged one after another.
Under this background, Guo Changxing, who lived in the inn, was not killed by the angry Mongols, but also had to be affected by the calmness of the Mongol court. The inn guarded by the large tent soldiers still had security guarantees. However, outside the inn, all kinds of filthy verbal yells and scolds were heard continuously, which made him feel a little scared...)
Chapter completed!