Zhu Youde was in charge of the southeast in Hangzhou and commanded to quell the chaos. At this time, the northeast was already covered in ice and snow.
The snow outside Shanhaiguan has made the roads difficult to navigate, and birds and animals are rare. However, people are still tenacious and survive in this land of ice and snow.
Daliang was very lucky this year. Zhao Wuji died suddenly, Yan was in civil turmoil, and the entire court was in chaos.
The current situation in Liaodong is very interesting. The Crown Prince of Yan ascended the throne in Shengjing. As soon as he ascended the throne, he announced that the second and third princes of Yan were rebels. The Yan court in Shengjing was unable to quell the rebellion, but righteousness took precedence.
The second prince of the Yan Kingdom first conspired with the crown prince to kill Zhao Wuji, then fought a battle with Han Wugui, then turned around and entered North Korea, refusing to defend the Yalu River. According to the news from the Daliang spy, the second prince of the Yan Kingdom
The Great Wall is being built along the Yalu River, and at the same time, Korea is being bullied miserably.
The third prince of the Yan Kingdom followed Han Wugui, guarding the front line of Jinzhou, trying hard to recruit refugees, as if he wanted to farm the land.
The situation in Liaodong is changing and the situation is gratifying.
The territory of the Yan State is huge. As far as Zhu Youde knows, the Yan State's power radiates to the Arctic. The reason why it is said to be radiated is because the Yan State does not form de facto rule over the Arctic.
It was just an oath of sovereignty, but Zhu Youde already regarded the land of Yan as his own.
It is planned to do something about it in the future. It has existed since ancient times. It is unreasonable and extremely unwise to develop the Arctic now.
The north wind howled in the north, Liang Zan took a deep breath, it was so cold.
He took out a wine flask from his sleeve and took a sip of soju before feeling a little warm in his body.
Liang Zan felt that without this shochu, he would have died in the northeast. The winter in Liaodong was not suitable for fighting at all.
But the emperor's order had come, telling him to attack Jinzhou.
"I'm afraid your Majesty has never seen winter in the north. Is it possible to fight in this kind of weather?"
There were two people following Liang Zan, one was Zhao Hanjie and the other was Deng Xing.
Zhao Hanjie took his brothers to inquire about news in Liaodong. Because of the civil war in Yan, it took a long time to escape from Yan. He and Zhao's disciples were almost captured.
Deng Xing was sent by Lu Shengzhi to perform meritorious service.
Liang Zan was quite polite to Deng Xing. After all, Deng Xing's sister was Deng Yu. She was not only a general, but also the emperor's wife.
This is a maternal relative.
Zhao Hanjie looked at the wind and snow outside: "Sir, it's not impossible to fight. We can only carry out small-scale sneak attacks. It's just that we don't have to think about attacking the city. Even if our army has artillery, it can't be transported up, and Han Wugui
We are building a city in Songshan."
Liang Zan nodded: "What I mean is a sneak attack, a quick attack, hit and run. I don't plan to attack the city, but I must destroy the farmland along the Songshan line!"
Liang Zan took another sip of wine, and Deng Xing's mouth twitched wildly. Liang Zan pretended not to notice and put the wine bottle into his sleeve to keep warm.
Deng Xing stared at Liang Zan, he was a criminal, it was not his turn to fight or not, but in fact, Liang Zan's closest confidants were Zhao Hanjie and those Zhao family disciples.
Deng Xing also knew it very well. After all, he made trouble once in Xuzhou, and the emperor did not kill him, which really gave Deng Yu face.
The fact that he can survive is all because of his own sister's body.
Now he just wanted to get some wine, especially the special Shao Dao that Liang Zan was drinking.
Because the Shanhaiguan Governor's Mansion had to face the Yan State and the weather was bad, each soldier could drink two taels of wine a month, and those on night watch could drink two more taels.
No strong drink can withstand the cold wind at night.
Deng Xing reached out and touched Liang Zan's sleeve.
Zhao Hanjie watched speechlessly as Liang Zan was lifted up by Deng Xing with one hand, and then he took out the wine bottle from his sleeve.
Dunxing took a deep breath.
"Deng Xing, you..."
"What's wrong with having a drink? You can still let me go for something like a sneak attack. I'm willing to go. Do you dare to use it?"
"Can you please give me a little face?"
"Okay, but if you don't drink, you will die, okay?"
"As a relative, is this all you do?"
"Otherwise?"
Seeing Deng Xing giving up on himself, Liang Zan was speechless. When he saw that the other party had no intention of returning the jug to him, Liang Zan rolled his eyes.
"That's all, I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you. The emperor wants to attack Jinzhou, and we can't do it without attacking. This is to cooperate with the grassland frontline's strategy against the Mongol people, so let's attack Songshan!"
Zhao Hanjie said: "Sir, I don't think we actually need to fight. It's such an icy and snowy environment. We don't want to leave the customs, and neither do the people of Yan. How about we just go and rob?"
Deng Xing became interested: "Tell me, how to rob and what to rob?"
Zhao Hanjie said: "Of course we are robbing the common people of Yan State. It must be very difficult for the people of Yan State in this freezing and snowy world. Without the common people, there will be no one to cultivate land for Han Wugui. We will rob tens of thousands of people... Jinzhou will have a population of tens of thousands in the coming year.
The problem is huge.”
"Ha, then I will lead the cavalry to ambush on one side. If Jinzhou sends troops to rescue, I will ambush him!" Deng Xing's eyes were bright.
Military merit!
Deng Xing immediately looked at Liang Zan: "How about it, I think it's okay. Let Zhao Hanjie do the robbery, and I'll go and lay the ambush."
Liang Zan nodded, looking like a good person: "I think it's okay, then that's it, but we are not robbing!"
"What is that?"
Liang Zan said: "Of course we are going to rescue the people of the Yan Kingdom. You have to understand that your Majesty is currently quelling the chaos in the south. The south is not peaceful. Our court has no intention of destroying the Yan Kingdom, and the court's finances cannot support it!"
As he spoke, Liang Zan sighed: "The imperial court has spent more than 100 million silver in the south."
"Zhang Ye is a waste!"
"That's right, 100 million? That's so much!"
If this money were thrown in the north, it would be enough for them to destroy the Yan Kingdom several times.
Deng Xing and Zhao Hanjie looked at each other and felt that Zhang Ye's army in the south was really useless.
Liang Zan nodded, he felt that Zhang Ye was really useless: "Well, if nothing else, the south is not peaceful, so our government cannot destroy Bei Yan, so our task is not to attack Jinzhou, we also have to think about the spring plowing in the coming year.
The method, robbing the people and moving the people of Jinzhou to enter the customs is the most suitable strategy for our northern army!"
"Deng Xing, you lead five thousand cavalry, Zhao Hanjie, you lead your own troops, and they go to rob the people. Don't kill people casually. After all, we are all the people of Daliang from now on!"
Deng Xing said: "Songshan? Do you want to fight? Don't let them repair the city, otherwise Jinzhou will have something to rely on."
Songshan is a strategic mountainous area outside Jinzhou, and Han Wugui insisted here to guard against sneak attacks at Shanhaiguan.
"Why are you anxious?" Liang Zan said: "Is it easy for Shanhaiguan Governor's Mansion to send troops once? Of course, we have to fight slowly, bit by bit. It's very early before spring starts. Let's rob the people first. We must make the people willing to come to Daliang
.”
How can I ask the emperor for money if I capture Songshan in one fell swoop?