281 Rewarding the Three Armies and Separating the Kingdom of Jin
On the northern battlefield.
In order to stabilize the Jin army, Wanyan Lingxu deliberately concealed the military situation in the rear, but the news that Baikal City had been captured eventually spread throughout northern Xinjiang, and the Jin army was disheartened.
The balance of war has moved.
Since the fierce and anxious second battle of Dingbeicheng, the Zhenbei Army has gained a decisive advantage.
The Jin army retreated northward in haste.
The land of Hexi.
Ye Changtian killed Wanyan Lie under extremely unfavorable circumstances.
Wanyan Lie's 200,000 troops were either killed or surrendered.
Ye Changtian became famous in one battle.
He and Li Mieling, who was named the "Champion Marquis", were the leaders among the younger generation of generals in the Zhenbei Army, and together they were called the "Double Stars in the Army".
After the King of Zhenbei learned about the battle report in Hexi, he gave Wanyan Lie a grand burial.
He didn't really appreciate this famous general from the Kingdom of Jin before, but it was only later that he came to understand his power more and more.
When they were in Baikal City in northern Xinjiang, the relationship between the two was quite good, but it was a pity that the battlefield was ruthless.
Zhang Chunhua led the Western Region Allied Forces, went deep into the city alone, captured the city of Baikal, and captured the King of Northern Xinjiang alive, making an unparalleled contribution.
This is the most significant achievement of the "Warrior Queen".
Baikal Royal City is a holy city in the hearts of people in northern Xinjiang. It has never been occupied and ruled by people outside the Jin Kingdom before.
Although the King of Northern Xinjiang has always been Wanyan Lingxu's puppet, he is still the nominal king of the Jin Kingdom and is the legal basis for Wanyan Lingxu's rule over the Jin Kingdom.
With this city and this king, the Kingdom of Jin has been conquered by King Zhenbei.
The crisis in the north is basically over.
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After the second battle of Dingbeicheng, the Zhenbei Army took advantage of the victory in the Northern Expedition and headed to Baikal City to join forces.
Along the way, he pursued the defeated Jin army and beheaded countless people.
King Zhenbei even personally led his troops to Baikal City and joined the Western Region Allied Forces led by Zhang Chunhua.
In the Western Region Allied Forces, in addition to old acquaintances like Zhang Chunhua and Ling Long, King Zhenbei also saw the figures of the former "Iron Horse" and "Iron Cannon".
They have now switched to the Yingshamen, that is, under the command of King Zhenbei.
The King of Zhenbei didn't care about this. He had no intention of paying attention to such trivial matters.
Zhang Chunhua's restraint on the Western Region Allied Forces was strong.
After capturing the city of Baikal, the coalition forces did not harm the residents in the city. Except for killing some northern Xinjiang garrison troops who resisted fiercely, they did not cause any unnecessary killings.
This will be of great benefit to King Zhenbei in his next decision to deal with Northern Xinjiang.
The land of Northern Xinjiang is different from other places in the Central Plains.
There are many grasslands in northern Xinjiang, and the rainfall is far from enough for farming, so people from the Central Plains will not come to live there.
Moreover, the people of Northern Xinjiang are too independent and their folk customs are fierce, and they reject the rule of the Central Plains people.
Therefore, it is difficult to incorporate direct rule.
Therefore, in northern Xinjiang, King Zhenbei restored the tribal khan system and elder system that existed before the Jin Kingdom, and gained strong support from a group of old khan kings who had been exiled and dismissed from their posts by Wanyan Lingxu's reforms.
The political power of one northern Xinjiang king was dispersed into the hands of multiple tribal khans, dividing the power of the rulers of the Jin Kingdom.
After that, the elders who obeyed the Zhenbei Army were selected and became elders.
The new Jin Kingdom was established with the king of northern Xinjiang, tribal khans, and elders as the decision-making class.
...a puppet Jin Kingdom attached to the northern part of the Central Plains.
Some of the core official positions of the New Jin Kingdom are held by designated personnel of the Zhenbei Army.
Both people from the Central Plains and Northern Xinjiang have served.
King Zhenbei also set up an additional Northern Xinjiang Protectorate, and sent Lieutenant General Wu Yuechang to lead the army to station here to manage the military affairs of Northern Xinjiang and control the military power of the New Jin Kingdom.
The strength and power of the Beidi Zhenbei Army are unparalleled.
The other side.
The Queen Mother of the King of Jin, Wanyan Lingxu, evacuated to Beiting after being defeated in Dingbeicheng.
The original 800,000-strong army was the entire strength of the Jin Kingdom. All armies suffered defeats one after another, losing troops and generals. During the retreat, a large part of them escaped.
When we retreated to Beiting, there were only about 100,000 left with us.
What is even more critical is that the Queen Mother no longer has the legendary prestige she once had.
This so-called "reincarnation of the female war goddess" and "representative of the Immortal Heaven" will sometimes return with such a defeat.
But even so, the Beiting and Donghu areas are still in Wanyan Lingxu's hands.
Wanyan Lingxu regained his strength, still regarded himself as the orthodox Jin Kingdom, and vowed to recapture Baikal City and welcome back the King of Northern Xinjiang.
The generals and staff of King Zhenbei often suggested that King Zhenbei take this opportunity to lead an army to annex the entire northern Xinjiang in one strike.
However, the rapidly changing war situation in the south made King Zhenbei decide to give up the march and instead began to prepare to reorganize his army to move south.
Baikal Palace.
King Zhenbei walked slowly in the corridor of the palace.
The commander-in-chief Zhu Gongqi, the commander-in-chief general Wu Yuechang of the Northern Territory, and the general Longxiang Li Mieling followed the king of Zhenbei.
The three of them thought about it several times and said one after another——
"Since Your Majesty intends to gradually control the entire northern Xinjiang, it is better to eliminate the last handful of Jin Kingdom forces gathered in Beiting first, and then move south to avoid any eventuality."
"Yes, brother-in-law. This woman Wanyan Lingxu is very dangerous. She will not give up on Baikal City."
King Zhenbei continued walking.
He slowly responded: "The land in northern Xinjiang is not suitable for farming, so we basically cannot rule it directly."
When King Zhenbei said this, he suddenly sighed secretly in his heart - indeed, farming is the deepest love of the Central Plains people!
"If you want to control Northern Xinjiang, you can only use Northern Xinjiang people."
"Those tribal khans and elders in northern Xinjiang, even if they obey us now, it is inevitable that some people will be plotting secretly and planning to overthrow us one day in the future."
"However, if Wanyan Lingxu still exists, they may prefer us to control Northern Xinjiang compared to Wanyan Lingxu."
When Zhu Gongqi, Wu Yuechang and Li Mieling heard this, all three of them looked puzzled.
They asked -
"Then Wanyan Lingxu, the Queen Mother who is very popular in Northern Xinjiang? How could she be more..."
"Wanyan Lingxu can win the hearts of the people, but not the hearts of King Khan and the elders."
King Zhenbei took over the words and continued: "You know, Wanyan Lingxu's previous reforms did make the Kingdom of Jin stronger, but the elders no longer exist, and King Khan's power has been completely deprived."
"...We now control northern Xinjiang, and they still outnumber tens of thousands of people."
"...But if Wanyan Lingxu controls Northern Xinjiang, they will be nothing."
Zhu Gongqi suddenly realized, "The general will finally understand!"
"...So, in order to maintain their current status, they must rely on us to fight against Wanyan Lingxu. Naturally, they have no intention of planning to escape from our control."
"That's the case for the time being." King Zhenbei said, "...and King Khan also has internal conflicts. The differences and feuds between the major tribes are no less than the differences and feuds between the Central Plains and Northern Xinjiang.
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"...General Wu, you can use this to manage Northern Xinjiang."
"General, please remember the King's teachings!" Wu Yuechang said respectfully, clasping his fists.
Zhu Gongqi was a little curious and suddenly asked: "Why does the king want to keep General Wu as the general to protect the northern border?"
When the King of Zhenbei heard this, he thoughtfully replied -
"Because General Wu is astute, brave and resourceful, has rich combat experience, and has sufficient deterrence in northern Xinjiang."
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"Furthermore, General Wu is a mixture of Western Yi and Central Plains people. I thought that he might be more suitable for this position than a pure Central Plains person."
"...Who told us that there are no mixed blood from Northern Xinjiang and Central Plains to serve as generals in our army? Otherwise, we can also consider it."
King Zhenbei said with a chuckle.
The generals laughed in agreement upon hearing this.
After that, King Zhenbei turned around and said, "Okay, let's stop here."
"...Generals, please return to the military camp early to prepare. We will return to Yanbei in a few days."
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The Northern Xinjiang War ended.
Zhenbei Army made countless profits.
The king of Zhenbei rewarded the three armies and awarded Zhang Chunhua, Ye Changtian, Li Mieling, Zhu Gongqi, Wu Yuechang, Guo Wei and countless other generals.
Jiang Yueling, Zhao Lingxin, Song Zhong, Chen Danyang and others who stayed behind in Yanbei and fought hard also received huge rewards and titles.
There is also Bai Yue, who personally went to Liaodong and persuaded her father Qiling to help resist the Jin army who tried to bypass the mountains of Liaodong and attack Yanbei.
Then there are Qingsi, Yan Weiyu and others who have moved reinforcements from the Central Plains.
In addition, King Zhenbei also expressed his gratitude to the Central Plains forces such as Jixia Academy and Four Seasons Palace for their help, and sent a huge treasure as a gift.
However, the person in charge of Jixia Academy was well-spoken and did not accept these treasures.
He claimed, "This time the Zhenbei Army is fighting for the Central Plains, and Jixia Academy should also contribute a small amount."
Moreover, Yan Botong also said——
"At the beginning of the Jixia Academy, there was a moment of confusion and I wanted to stay out of it. However, Miss Qingsi and Miss Yan had a debate with many great scholars in the academy. It is still enlightening and makes people wake up."
"...The King is truly blessed to have two ladies with such extraordinary intelligence and unparalleled literary talents."
When the King of Zhenbei heard this, he also chuckled for a moment when he heard others praising his wife.
He knew that Qingsi was smart and Yan Weiyu was known as "the most talented woman in the world", so he originally sent them to Jixia Academy.
Now it seems that the effect is remarkable.
Qingsi and Yan Weiyu seemed to have completely reversed the brutal and bad image of Zhenbei Palace in the eyes of these scholars.
...This is something Jiang Jie has not been able to do for so many years.
King Zhenbei was in a good mood for a while.
He then used this gift as a donation and gave it to the Academy.
Yan Botong and other great scholars in Jixia Academy tried to shirk the offer several times, but in the end they were too kind to refuse and had to accept it.
King Zhenbei doesn't care.
The treasures are already inexhaustible for him.
And these were all taken from Baikal City in northern Xinjiang, and they can be regarded as one of the spoils of this war.
In order to express their gratitude, Jixia Academy presented to the Zhenbei Palace a complete set of classics compiled by the Academy.
Moreover, Yan Botong also promised that he would unconditionally recruit a member of the Zhenbei royal family. He could come to the academy to study at any time in the future.
Jixia Academy has always been notoriously strict in recruiting bachelors, and they need to pass many tests. Even the Daqian royal family is no exception.
This can be considered a great gift.
But King Zhenbei felt a little strange inside - it felt like someone had given you a set of winter vacation homework and said that he could recruit you for training and study without any conditions.
King Zhenbei felt a headache just thinking about it, so he put the matter down first.
If there is a child in the palace who wants to go there in the future, let him go.
The Zhenbei army returned to the north.
Wu Yuechang, the general of the Northern Xinjiang Protectorate, led his troops to garrison and control Baikal City.
The two Jin kingdoms in Northern Xinjiang existed at the same time for a long time.
According to its geographical location, history books call it "Western Jin" and "Eastern Jin" respectively.
Xijin, whose capital is the Baikal Royal City, rules the Baikal region and the entire northern Xinjiang prairie. It inherits a large area of the former Northern Xinjiang Jin Kingdom and is highly dependent on the northern part of the Central Plains. The military power is basically vested in the Northern Xinjiang Protector General. in hand.
The capital of Dongjin is Beiting Royal City, which rules the Beiting area. The area of Donghu area is much smaller than that of Xijin.
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Great work.
On the southern battlefield.
In the Battle of Chuzhou, the allied forces of the vassal kings suffered numerous losses, and both the southern vassal kings died one after another.
The two vassal princes succeeded to the throne and continued to fight against Da Gan.
Although Wu Wenwen and Geng Hongcheng are both promising people, they are still far inferior to Xiao Tianzuo, Mu Ying and others on the battlefield.
Over the course of several months.
The allied forces of the vassal kings continued to retreat all the way.
Many of the lost territories of Daqian have been recovered by Xiao Tianzuo.
Now, Xiao Tianzuo personally led the army to attack the land of Baiyue, vowing to pacify the Dingnan king's fiefdom and completely bring the land of Baiyue under the rule of Daqian.
The two young vassal kings had already sent secret messages to the north many times to communicate with King Zhenbei.
He also mentioned the original "Sea Alliance".
The King of Zhenbei was very calm and composed, "At the beginning, the maritime alliance only stipulated that food from the south should be exchanged for weapons and war horses from the north, but the integration of offense and defense had not yet been finalized."
but……
If you lose the deer, the whole world will chase it away.
The King of Zhenbei now intends to go south, reorganize the rivers and mountains, and control the world.
In addition, there are still two jade targets that have not been completely destroyed, including Da Gan.
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The thirty-eighth year of Qianyuan.
Late October.
The land of Baiyue is in danger.
Xiao Tian pressed forward step by step to the left.
The new king of Dingnan, Geng Hongcheng, began to seek help from Wu Wenwen, king of Pingxi, and Yan Wulu, king of Zhenbei.
It's night.
The King of Zhenbei suddenly appeared alone in the military camp of King Dingnan Geng Hongcheng.
Geng Hongcheng was very surprised.
But he stood up immediately, laughed and said: "Brother Yan, please sit down quickly. I haven't seen you for three years, and Brother Yan's demeanor is even better than before."
"...Not like me, little brother, but I am no longer as handsome as before."
Geng Hongcheng said.
His current appearance, with his thick beard, makes him much more mature and older than three years ago.
King Zhenbei gave him a simple greeting.
He also expressed his sorrow for the death of his former King Dingnan in battle.
Geng Hongcheng did not say much on this topic.
King Zhenbei then said bluntly: "I came here specifically to help my brother break the situation."
"Brother Yan, how can you break the situation?"
"Just attack the enemy camp at night." King Zhenbei said, as if it was extremely simple.
"Xiao Tianzuo's military camp is heavily guarded and has many sentries. How can it be attacked at night?"
Dingnan King Geng Hongcheng said, and continued to add: "Besides, Xiao Tianzuo himself is a experienced ninth-level warrior who has experienced hundreds of battles, and is extremely powerful..."
"Tonight, Xiao Tianzuo's camp sentries will be as good as dead livestock."
As the King of Zhenbei spoke, he raised an evil smile like a blade, "...Xiao Tianzuo will do the same."
Dingnan King Geng Hongcheng was stunned on the spot.
He thought for a moment, his eyes suddenly became firm, and he said, "Okay! Then we'll all rely on Brother Yan's clever tricks!"
