In the second year of Taiwu, it was night on August 20th.
Military officer Xu Miao and several colleagues from his hometown were huddled in a military tent, listening to the general Fei Yao's instructions on the order of the expedition to Geshi.
At this time, in the big tent, all the military officials, including Xu Miao, were eagerly vying to be the first, and the crowd was excited. They had been crazy about the upcoming battle against Liao.
After that, Fei Yao nodded to Xu Miao as his preface, and then encouraged everyone a few words before leaving the meeting.
After getting his wish, Xu Miao returned to the military tent excitedly amid the envy of all the robes.
As soon as he entered the account, all his brothers were inside and all looked at Xu Miao.
Then Xu Miao suppressed his excitement and nodded.
At this time, everyone was happy. If the army had not banned noise at night, they would have cheered long ago.
In this way, with excitement, everyone fell asleep.
But General Xu Miao couldn't sleep no matter what.
Since Xu Miao surrendered to the Taishan Army along with Le Shang's Guangyang Battalion during the Zhongrenting War, the Guangyang Battalion was disbanded.
However, Le Shang was retained in the army because of his relationship with Qian Zhao, and was recruited into Zhang Dan's Right Army Marshal's Department as a general with 500 people.
After that, Le Shang took Shi Lu, Fei Yao and other core members to join Zhang Dan's army. Under this situation, Xu Miao joined the army along with Fei Yao.
After that, Xu Miao continued to attack Youyan with Zhang Dan's army. In a short time, he was promoted from a halberd warrior to a general, and was also assigned to military merit.
From his previous failure in the Han Army to his current promotion, Xu Miao has a deep understanding of the fairness that Taishan Army often talks about.
This time, Zhang Dan led the Right Army Marshal's troops out of the fortress, and their troops were among them.
Although the journey was very difficult, when they arrived at Liucheng and saw the king's banner flying on the high platform in the city, everyone was extremely excited.
Afterwards, they rested in the city for a few days, but they kept thinking about when they could continue the expedition, because that was military glory.
And now, they have finally waited.
The next day, although Xu Miao only slept for three hours, the whole team set out in full spirits. They walked through Liucheng and set off towards the north.
At this time, Xu Miao saw that countless elite regiments were already on the road singing the war songs of various ministries, and they were full of confidence in the war ahead.
He couldn't help but look at the high platform in the city. There was a group of people standing on it. He knew that his marshal Zhang Dan was on it, and more importantly, the king must be on it too.
Xu Miao straightened his clothes and shouted to the ten brothers behind him:
"Are you ready, everyone? The king is watching from the high platform, let's come out in a strong manner!"
Xu Miao has been serving as this general for half a year. Since then, he has been training with his brothers, and it can be said that he is quite prestigious.
At this time, hearing General Shi's shouting, the ten people shouted in unison:
"Ready."
Xu Miao felt satisfied when he saw that everyone was wearing brand-new military uniforms, with bulging military pouches on their backs, and their faces had been cleaned.
Then, Xu Miao took the lead and set off.
In the front, every time the ministries walked to the high platform, they all raised their arms in front of the high platform:
"King for ten thousand years!"
One after another passed by, the cheers never stopped, and Xu Miao and the others were at the forefront. When he saw the apricot-yellow banner on the high platform, he shouted loudly:
"King for ten thousand years!"
Then, all five hundred people shouted.
At this moment, Xu Miao seemed to have seen the king, and he couldn't believe it.
He seemed to see the king smiling at him.
Then, Xu Miao's waist became straighter and he became more heroic.
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The marching process is always boring, but Xu Miao and the others also breathed a sigh of relief.
Although I was excited to see the king, the pressure was indeed not light, and it was always not as relaxing as being together with the brothers.
After Xu Miao and his brothers had a meal of mutton and stuffed millet next to the stove pit, he helped the soldiers and baggage men in the ministry fill up the pit stove.
Everyone was in high spirits and not discouraged by being far away from home.
Of course, this has something to do with the mutton meal at noon.
I am really grateful to the king for defeating the Wuhuan people and seizing countless cattle and sheep.
Therefore, during the noon meal, the brothers expressed their gratitude to the king even more heartily.
After finishing the meal, Xu Miao and everyone returned to the camp and began to pack their luggage.
After that, they walked for another two hours and arrived at the campsite just as it was getting dark.
This was built after the brother troops from the front arrived, and after they left, it will continue to be used to give the troops behind them a rest.
When Xu Miao led Suo Shi into the camp, he saw several old comrades who had fought side by side in the Bohai Sea before.
Unexpectedly, they were also transferred to the Liao expedition sequence and walked in front of them.
So Xu Miao and the military officials had another meal, this time roasted beef tongue.
Eating delicious food, several young military officials chatted about their respective experiences. Their faces were full of desire and passion to make achievements. It was obvious that everyone was looking forward to the next campaign in the Liao Dynasty.
That night, Colonel Luo Gang walked out of the military tent and chatted with the officials in the camp for a long time. He told the officials present that the vanguard troops at the front had walked out of the mountains along the Daling River and entered Liaodong.
To the country, victory is in sight.
These words made many of the Liao expedition officials anxious. They came here to seek military exploits, but they did not want to rush all the way and then have all their military exploits taken away by the troops in front.
Therefore, these people kept asking for orders to enter Liaodong as soon as possible.
At this time, a message came from the Zhengliao base camp, asking all ministries to speed up the march after obeying the order.
Just like that, he rested amidst the cheers of everyone.
On the second day, the speed of the team really accelerated.
Many troops were worried that they would not be able to join the battle in time, so they left their baggage in the camp and traveled lightly.
In their opinion, there are still supplies in the next camp anyway, so there is no need to worry.
Xu Miao saw that some troops even discarded the winter clothes issued by superiors in order to go faster.
Perhaps in the eyes of these inner county officials, it is completely unnecessary for the superiors to issue them winter clothes. It is only August, so what kind of winter clothes are they wearing?
Influenced by other troops, Xu Miao's men also wanted to follow suit, but Xu Miao refused.
Xu Miao even asked his brothers to pick up those discarded winter coats and each of them carried another one.
The journey after that was extremely smooth.
Every day they walked, they had a stop to get supplies, including milk, mutton and some cheese. Even after following the Daling River into Liaodong, the troopers along the way also took the time to hunt, in addition to using part of it themselves.
, a lot of it was given to the battalion leaders who were walking.
Xu Miao and his brothers were given a roe deer and had a delicious meal.
At this time, Changli, the prefecture of the Liaodong vassal state, had already been captured.
It is said that the person in charge of this battle was Pan Zhang, a fierce general of the Marshal's Department of the Right Army. With just one force, they stood on the top of Changli City.
It can be said that up to now, the entire South Route Expedition to Liao Army has been going smoothly.
After capturing Changli, the South Route Liao Army was divided into two. One group was led by Pan Zhang and bypassed the Wulu Mountain in the east of Changli, entering the hinterland of the Liaodong vassal state, the Fuli area, and then stopped at the 200-mile-wide Liao River.
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The next one was led by Luo Gang, and after repairing in Changli, he directly captured and attacked Binchen, Tuhe and other cities, all the way to the mouth of Bohai Sea.
In this way, apart from the six days of marching, the siege of the city only lasted four days. It can be said that half of the Liaodong vassal country was conquered in one force.
At this time, the whole army was filled with an atmosphere of victory.
Next, we only need to cross the long Liaoze River to enter Liaodong.
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"Something's wrong, very wrong."
When Zhang Chong received the battle report from Zhang Dan's troops on the south road, he said this to Tian Feng.
When Zhang Dan's follow-up troops arrived at Liucheng, Zhang Chong started the second stage of the Liao campaign.
In this process, Zhang Dan will follow the Daling River eastward, pass through the mountains, and attack Changli. Zhang Chong will lead the main force of 13,000 people from Liucheng to the north, bypassing the mountains, and then directly follow the former
The outer section of the Yan-Qin Great Wall bypassed Liaoze and attacked Xuantu County directly from the north.
The purpose of this was to let Zhang Dan's Southern Route Army act as the main force and confuse the Liaodong side, while he led the army through the no-man's land and directly penetrated behind the Liaodong side, forming a large roundabout military operation.
Everything originally planned went smoothly, but after receiving Zhang Dan's military report today, he keenly realized that something was wrong.
That is, the Liaodong side did not deploy any troops west of Liaoze. In other words, the other side deliberately gave the Liaodong vassal state to Zhang Dan.
In this case, where did the troops go? They must have been shrunk to the cities east of Liaoze.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chong asked a scholar next to him:
"Wang Sheng, how far is this place from Liao River?"
This scholar is called Wang Ze, and it is said that he is from the Lelang Wang clan. He was robbed by the Wuhuan people while studying on a study tour, and was a slave for four years until he was rescued by the Taishan Army.
When the military officer who registered him learned that this person was from Lelang, he hurriedly reported it to Jushou.
Jushu chatted with Wang Ze for a long time and found out that he was very familiar with the situation and geography of Liaodong. He was overjoyed and quickly recommended him to Zhang Chong as his guide to the east.
Wang Ze has been trapped in Liucheng for too long and does not know the current situation in the world. After Zhang Chong told Wang Ze about the situation in the past few years, he asked him to make his own decision. After all, as the Lelang Wang family,
He was also one of the enemies of the Taishan Army in this battle.
When Zhang Chong confessed frankly, Wang Ze was in a daze for a long time.
When I left my hometown, the world was still the same, but when I came out of prison, the world had changed.
But after a moment of daze, Wang Ze replied very seriously:
"King Zhang, the one who saved me was not my family, nor the Han Dynasty. The one who saved me was the Taishan Army. If King Zhang believes in me, I will naturally do my best."
In this way, Wang Ze became Zhang Chong's guide and led 12,000 officers and soldiers of the Northern Route Army into the Yan-Qin Great Wall area.
So when Wang Ze listened to Zhang Chong's question, he made a general observation and said uncertainly:
"It should be less than a hundred miles."
Zhang Chong nodded.
At this moment, he looked at the Great Wall of Yan and Qin that had been broken by wind and frost, thinking that the soldiers who guarded it in the past and the dynasty that built them had been blown away by the rain and wind, but these earth dragons were still standing here.
These Great Walls of Yan and Qin will also disappear in the long river of history in the future, but the feat of opening the border between the two dynasties in the past is engraved in the historical years.
Therefore, life is short, but the achievements made are immortal.