He Yidou did send some scouts before, especially after Tang Ao sent a letter to Emperor Qian Ying, and there was a holy order from above, asking him to be careful. But he couldn't stand the birds like Xiaobai in the sky, and they were still far away. , the scouts of the Liaozhou Army were easily discovered, and then Long Ya showed up. They were like carpenters holding a hammer, easily pulling out nails one after another, making the Liaozhou Army deaf and helpless. blind.
Facing a large number of enemy troops that suddenly appeared outside the city, He Yidou wanted to fight, but when ten thousand Shanshan Guards cavalry began to move left and right, there were bursts of rumbling sounds and smoke and dust on the ground. It comes as if it blocks the sky and the sun.
Such a magnificent scene made He Yidou unwilling to fight. He immediately fled from the southern city in panic with the five thousand defenders in the city. He did not have time to take some important gold and silver with him. But he did not forget one thing, that is Someone set a fire and burned down the granary in Yuan County.
Tang Ao likes to make decisions before taking action. Over the past year or so, Tang Ao has spent hundreds of millions of taels of silver to purchase grain from the southern states by sea. It can be said that the most indispensable thing is grain. In addition, the land in Jizhou is full of people, so that The annual output is far greater than the needs. Not only is it self-sufficient, there is also a lot of surplus food.
Even on this trip, the Jizhou Army brought several times as much food as they needed, in order to win the hearts and minds of the people by providing relief to the people once they captured the city and faced no food available.
He Yidou escaped, the Jizhou army entered the city without any obstacles, and Yuan County changed hands.
After capturing Yuan County, two thousand reserves were left in the city to take care of the aftermath, waiting for the arrival of Jizhou soldiers. After the handover, they would continue to advance with a large amount of food shipped from the rear.
Tang Ao only let the army rest for three hours, and in the afternoon he led 48,000 people to pursue He Yidou in the direction where he had fled.
In this way, such a landscape was formed. On the land of Liaozhou, Jizhou's tens of thousands of troops were chasing, and thousands of local Liaozhou troops in front were fleeing. During the process of fleeing, the number of this team was still expanding. , the number of people increased from 5,000 to 7,000 or 81,000, and more and more cities were left behind.
During this period, there were also some bloody Liaozhou generals who refused to admit defeat and led their troops to attack Tang Ao, hoping to use the mantis' arm as a chariot.
It is said that courage is good, but when they charged forward, they faced the Shanshan Guards cavalry walking in the van. They did not need heavy cavalry to fight out, but four thousand light cavalry would kill them. The so-called stopping became a problem. It's a joke. Anyone who stands in the way will be defeated in one blow and defeated in one battle.
And more importantly, the Jizhou Army marched extremely fast. They were all assisted by mules and horses, and their marching speed in one day was four to five times that of the infantry. During the advance, an unknown number of Liaozhou deserters were overtaken. Thus, they had no choice but to kneel down and surrender.
They came all the way and waited for three days when they arrived at the foot of Ningcheng, the seat of Liaozhou. There were eight thousand captured Liaozhou soldiers alone. Poor He Yidou might have been killed if he hadn't been riding a horse. He will also be caught up and become a prisoner.
When he left the city, he led five thousand troops. When he actually escaped to Ningcheng, he only had less than a hundred soldiers under his command. His shabby look made Zhong Mu furious. If he hadn't considered that the two armies were about to fight, he would have killed him. If it's unlucky for the general, I'm afraid He Yidou's head will fall to the ground right now.
"Quickly, send someone to ask for help from Your Majesty." Zhong Mu just learned about the battle situation and quickly left. From He Yidou's mouth, he learned that it was not that the Jizhou Army was so powerful, but that they were moving too fast.
After a while, the two sides didn't even fight a decent battle, so he felt a lot more relieved. He was afraid that the Jizhou Army was fast and capable of fighting. If so, how could he defend Ningcheng?
In Ningcheng, there is an army of 50,000 led by Zhong Mu. Although most of them are personally recruited soldiers, the number is there. When I learned that the Jizhou army also came with 50,000 people, the troops were evenly matched. One attack
Even though Ningcheng was a defensive city, it was still so strong, which gave Zhong Mu some confidence.
By the time of the next battle, Zhong Mu became more confident. The day after Tang Ao arrived with his army, they launched a siege. The firearms battalion's catapults were rolled out and hurled at the towers of Ningcheng.
There was thunder.
I don’t know whether it was the limited power of the sky thunder or the thick walls of Ningcheng. The random explosions only caused hundreds of casualties of the Liaozhou Army. On the contrary, the Jizhou Army attacked the city in the middle of the city twice in a row.
On the way, they were counterattacked by the archers of the Liaozhou Army and had to withdraw.
After this battle, Zhong Mu's confidence greatly increased. He found that the Jizhou Army was just mediocre. As for the sky thunder used by the opponent, it was just powerful. In terms of power, there was really nothing that could be done against the strong city.
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Facts speak louder than words!
Zhong Mu was proud that Ning Cheng had been defended, but he would not forget to ask for reinforcements. He understood that if you defend for a long time, you will lose. Counterattack is the way to go.
Zhong Mu's request for help was sent to Daliang City in a hurry, which aroused the anger of Emperor Qian Ying. How dare a small vassal king come to seek trouble for himself?
Emperor Wen suddenly resurrected from the dead and made a lot of noise. He should send a large army to deal with Jizhou now.
Although he was very angry, but things were urgent, Emperor Qian Ying still did not focus on Liaozhou. He was confident that it was his home base and would not be easily captured. He only needed to send a supporting army.
Stabilize the situation there, and once Emperor Qianwen is eliminated, this revenge will be avenged.
Emperor Qianying calmed down and wrote an edict, ordering Chen Peng, who was guarding Pingcheng in the north, to lead an army of 50,000 across the Luanhe River and enter Liaozhou to support Ningcheng. He must block the Jizhou army to the north of Ningcheng.
Emperor Qianying was a person who did great things. He had no intention of letting Chen Peng take advantage of the victory. His focus was still on his brother Emperor Qianwen. As for Tang Ao, he thought it was just a case of mustard ringworm that he could not afford to recover from.
What a waste, it's not worth expending great energy to deal with them now.
There are two important points that contributed to this idea. First, Emperor Qianying, who had lived in Ningcheng for many years, was confident in the city defense there. The Jizhou Army, which only defended but did not attack, and had only half its own strength, had no choice but to go there.
Second, he could deploy heavy troops to deal with the Jizhou army, or even defeat them and capture the entire Jizhou. But in this case, it would be equivalent to dealing with Beidi and the Huns. If so, it would only share his energy and leave Tang Ao there.
He no longer has to think about this troublesome matter.
It is precisely because Tang Ao is not regarded as a close enemy that Jizhou has the opportunity to rise. As far as Tang Ao himself is concerned, his ability and means are naturally very important for Tang Ao to be where he is today, but the environment he is in is also important.
Very important.
If his fiefdom had been in the rich and prosperous land south of the Yangtze River, he would have been targeted long ago, and it would have been very difficult for him to take every step forward.
The imperial order was issued, and Chen Peng, who was setting up defenses in Pingcheng, led 50,000 troops into Liaozhou and headed straight for Ningcheng.
The news came from Feiqiao. Tang Ao's face moved in front of the sand table, and finally fell on Pingcheng. "Deputy Chief of Staff Wei, you should immediately come up with at least three combat plans centered on occupying this place."
"Yes, teacher." Wei Chao's eyes flashed with surprise. He didn't expect that Tang Ao would play so big, but as a student taught by King Ji himself, everything he has now is given by the teacher.
, but if you have the teacher’s orders, you dare to disobey.
The army staff quickly became busy. Tang Ao did not disturb them, but waved his hand and called over Shi Lei, who was standing not far away. "How is the army doing now?"
"Master, according to your instructions, we deliberately showed weakness to make the Liaozhou army in Ningcheng mistakenly think that we did not have the strength to capture the city. During this time, our main force was used up and we have occupied all the nearby Liaozhou cities.
Exit. Master, you don’t know that when the people knew that our Jizhou Army was coming, not only did they not resist, but they also supported us. They took the initiative to lead us and took away the Liaozhou officials who were hiding in some cities because they had no time to escape.
They were all found out, which made our progress a little faster."
When he said these words, Shi Lei looked at Tang Ao with admiration. The young master is the young master. He is so capable that there seems to be nothing he can't do in the world.
Hearing the people's support for him, Tang Ao also had a smile on his lips. Tang Qingchuan was good at leading troops in war, but when it came to governing the world, he was far behind. This immediate vassal king
, they only know how to conquer everything with their fists, but they don’t know that what they get is just superficial peace. Those who really want to achieve great things must rely on means to conquer people’s hearts. With people’s hearts, everything will be easier to handle.
Liaozhou is so close to Jizhou, even if there is a blockade, it is impossible not to receive any news. News about how the people of Jizhou have been living in the past two years and how much land they have been allocated have already reached Liaozhou.
Among them, the people here are greedy.
However, the Liaozhou Army has always been very powerful. Even if they wanted to leave, they were worried that they would be punished if they were caught. It is not that this kind of thing has never happened before. After many people who were fleeing were caught, not only were they killed
, the corpse was hung high and became a negative example, frightening the honest people and only dared to think about it but not do it.
Well now, the Jizhou Army is here, and they actually defeated the fierce Liaozhou Army. The people here can finally get the same treatment as the people in Jizhou. How can they have any reason to be unhappy, and how can they not actively cooperate?
Speaking of which, this is the importance of people's hearts, and this is the importance of the common people who are the largest and the lowest.
When it comes to the support of the people, it is not that those who have been in power have not tried to fight for it. But in their eyes, the people are the powerful, and they are the basis of Daqian’s rule. They are located in all states and counties, occupying the vast majority of land, cattle, sheep, and population.