Chen Qing arrived at Yanshan Mansion. He did not conceal his whereabouts this time and came to Yanshan Mansion openly and openly. In fact, there was nothing to hide. The entire Yong Kingdom was mobilizing for war, and it was impossible for the Jin Kingdom spies not to feel it.
Four hundred thousand troops were stationed in two camps in Daxing Prefecture and Hepingzhou. Chen Qing first came to the Daxing Prefecture camp. The camp covered an area of several thousand acres and housed two hundred thousand troops.
As soon as Chen Qing arrived at the camp, he got the news that Niu Gao had captured Linhuang Mansion. This news was really exciting. Occupying Linhuang Mansion meant cutting off the nomadic cavalry's channel to support the Jin Kingdom, and it also meant burying the Jin Kingdom's back.
To lay an ambush, if the Jin State sends its troops south to fight the Western Army, it is very likely that the Western Army in Linhuang Prefecture will raid their lair.
Moreover, the location of Linhuang Mansion is very delicate. It is located at a right angle. It is thousands of miles away from Yanshan Mansion and hundreds of miles away from Shangjing. Jin soldiers cannot carry heavy siege weapons for hundreds of miles.
Siege the city.
At that time, the Jin soldiers had just captured the central capital of the Liao Kingdom and the country was the strongest. The Jin Kingdom was still capable of transporting large siege weapons for hundreds of miles in carts. Now that the Jin Kingdom is in decline, it cannot even manufacture large siege weapons, let alone large-scale siege weapons.
transport vehicle.
Therefore, once the Jin Kingdom loses Linhuang Mansion, it is basically impossible to take it back. But on the other hand, the Jin Kingdom will definitely strengthen the defense of Dading Mansion, and capturing Dading Mansion is Chen Qing's second strategy.
In the Chinese army's tent, Chen Qing stood in front of a huge sand table. This was a complete map of the Jin Kingdom's sand table that took three years to successfully create. Chen Qing first found Linhuang Mansion, and then found the big sand table on the sand table.
Dingfu, the two places are about three hundred miles apart.
Zhang Xiao, a political officer who accompanied Chen Qing on the expedition, said: "It is about three hundred miles from Linhuang Prefecture to Dading Prefecture. Linhuang Prefecture is no longer in suspense. We must capture Dading Prefecture as soon as possible.
Chen Qing nodded and asked Yang Zaixing next to him: "How many maiden troops are there in Dading Prefecture?"
Yang Zaixing said: "Dading Prefecture originally only had 5,000 Jurchen troops, but our spies discovered that Wanyan Nianhan sent 20,000 troops to the west. It should be to support Dading Prefecture, but these 20,000 troops are all Koreans."
Chen Qing pondered for a moment and then asked: "How is the defense of Dading City Wall?"
"Reporting to your highness, it is far inferior to Linhuang Mansion. It is made of rammed earth and can be used with iron fire thunder!"
Chen Qing immediately said: "The army is preparing to go north in three routes, one from the Liaoxi Corridor, one from the Dading Prefecture, and all the way to the Liaohe River. However, the Liaohe River is a false attack, which restrains the Jin soldiers in Liaoyang Prefecture and prevents them from supporting Jinzhou.
Our first battle will be for 200,000 troops to attack Jinzhou and completely annihilate Wanyan Nianhan’s 100,000 troops!"
Yang Zaixing understood His Highness King Yong's strategy. If two armies were to attack Jinzhou, then taking Dading Mansion would be the inevitable first step.
He quickly said: "I am willing to lead a large army to attack Dading Mansion!"
Chen Qing nodded, "Okay, you can lead an army of 100,000 to capture Dading Prefecture, and then leave 10,000 troops to guard Dading Prefecture. I will go north from the Liaoxi Corridor. The march will be very slow. You should arrive in Jinzhou first. If everything is done
When Yan Nianhan goes south to fight, you take the opportunity to cut off his retreat and annihilate him in the Liaoxi Corridor with an army of 200,000."
At this time, Zhang Xiao smiled and said: "I would like to add something even though I am humble!"
"Please tell me about political participation!"
Zhang Xiao pointed at Dading Mansion and said: "Yang Dutong can lead one hundred thousand cavalry to bypass Dading Mansion, and hand Dading Mansion over to Niu Dutong as a feint attack. In this way, Wanyan Nianhan will have one of us to attack Dading Mansion for a long time."
If he doesn't realize that Yang Dutong's 100,000 troops have moved north, he will most likely lead his army south to fight against His Highness's army. We have heavy iron fire mines, and they know they can't defend the city!"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "Then I have to show the king's flag!"
Zhang Xiao nodded, "That's right, shoot the horse first before shooting the man, and capture the king first before catching the thief. The people of the Jin Kingdom also understand this truth. Of course, your highness is not a thief, they are the gold thieves."
Yang Zaixing also agreed: "The plan to participate in political affairs is very good. I completely agree with it!"
Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said, "What about your supplies?"
Yang Zaixing thought for a while and said: "I am carrying ten days of dry food and detouring from the north of Dading Mansion. I asked Niu Dutong to resupply us halfway. Once we cut off the retreat of the main force of the Jin army, Niu Dutong will quickly take over the army."
Dingfu, and then provide us with supplies from Dadingfu, or we can get food supplies from Jinzhou."
The plan to resupply halfway is a good one, not to mention that there are 100,000 camels in Niugao. Chen Qing immediately said: "Just follow this plan!"
Chen Qing finalized the date and details for the implementation of the entire plan, and then led his army to Pingzhou, while Yang Zaixing immediately sent people to Linhuang Mansion to deliver an urgent message.
Three days later, a group of messenger soldiers arrived at Linhuang City at a speed of three hundred miles a day and handed over the detailed plan drawn up by King Yong Chen Qing to Niu Gao.
Niu Gao and Wang Duo discussed the response plan. They were mainly worried about the nomadic cavalry supporting the Jin Kingdom, but supporting the Jin Kingdom would only happen in the later stage, so Linhuang Mansion did not need to keep so many troops.
Niu Gao decided to leave Wang Duo and 20,000 troops to guard Linhuang Mansion, while he led 30,000 troops to attack Dading Mansion, with 100,000 camels to follow.
Of course, 100,000 camels were taken care of by 5,000 civilians, each of whom took care of 20 camels. Among them, 50,000 camels were handed over to Yang Zaixing, and the other 50,000 camels carried food and supplies as supplies for Niugao's army.
According to the plan formulated by King Yong, two days later, Niu Gao led 30,000 soldiers and 100,000 camels and set out in the direction of Dadingfu.
Dading Prefecture is today's Chifeng area in Inner Mongolia, and is also a major town in the western part of the Jin Kingdom. If Linhuang Prefecture is the only way from the grassland to Shangjing, then Dading Prefecture is the only way from the grassland to Liaodong.
At this time, Wanyan Nianhan's 100,000-strong army was stationed in the strategic town of Jinzhou, and Dadingfu was the only way to go east to Jinzhou.
Currently, there are 25,000 troops stationed in Dading Prefecture, which is larger in number than Linhuang Prefecture, but the structure of the soldiers is completely different. Linhuang Prefecture has 15,000 Jurchen troops with strong combat effectiveness, while Dading only has 5,000 Jurchens.
There are still 20,000 troops from Korea.
That is to say, the prisoners of war captured by the Jin Kingdom when they attacked Goryeo. A total of more than 100,000 prisoners of war were captured. Together with the troops that supported the Jin Kingdom after the Goryeo Kingdom surrendered, the number of Korean soldiers in the Jin Kingdom reached 200,000.
Raising an army of 200,000 people requires huge national power, and the Jin Kingdom can hardly support its own army. How can it afford to raise Goryeo soldiers?
If you can't afford it, you can only lower it to a level that can no longer be lowered. There is no salary, and food must be provided by Korea. They provide the poorest meals every day, and they can only eat half full. They carry weapons made of broken copper and iron and wear felt armor.
, that is, the lowest quality leather armor, but they are the ones who do the most painful and tiring things. Even if there is no war, they must be enslaved to the maximum extent.
Every Goryeo soldier lived like an animal. In such a living environment, how could they be expected to serve the Jin Kingdom?
In fact, the Jin Kingdom also knew that once a war broke out, these Koreans would rush forward to die and cover the Jurchen soldiers' attack or retreat. In the words of later generations, they were cannon fodder.
That morning, the Jin soldiers guarding the city suddenly discovered a mighty army appearing in the distance. They were shocked and immediately sounded the alarm.
"Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!"
The alarm bells rang loudly in Dading City.
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[I'm a little bit cold, so there are only two chapters today, sorry!]
