Chapter 1334: Persuasion (Additional update for the leader of the Ghost Forest i)
On the Yingkou Pu Pier, there was a lot of people and a lot of hustle and bustle.
Kang Fu had never seen such a chaotic scene in his life.
Baggage trains, sidecars, war horses, pack horses, draft horses, sergeants, government soldiers, local regiments, craftsmen, sailors, and officials were all mixed together in a chaotic mess.
"This way! This way! Where do you put it?"
"Just throw the food on the dock? What if it rains?"
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Don't block the road!"
"Didn't I tell you to wait by the woods? Don't stand there in a daze, and hurry up."
"Hurry! Hurry up! The fleet is leaving."
"Damn it, who among you is this? You're a slave with such a small body? You can't carry two bags of wheat, so what's the use of you?"
"Don't forget the arrows, and the wound medicine. Put it in the C library first."
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Kangfu suddenly became happy, it was even more lively than Luoyang Nanshi!
Actually, it's not that the officials are incompetent, it's that too many people and supplies poured in at once, which put great pressure on logistics. Everyone was almost fainting from exhaustion after running around day and night for several days.
"Dong dong dong..." The drumbeat of the gathering troops sounded.
Kangfu peed into the river, shook his head, and walked to the school grounds calmly, where he stood in line.
Several riders galloped in from outside the school grounds and dismounted in front of the high platform.
Kang Fu was not very interested in hearing what they said, and he was too far away to hear clearly.
He turned to look at Zhao Jing.
This guy is also the leader of the Yingkou County government soldiers. He has a bow tip, a horizontal sword hanging on his waist, a brand-new leather armor on his body, and a rifle in his hand.
Kang Fu smiled, held his head high and held his chest high. The morning sun fell on him, and the silver light shone on him.
Zhao Jing's eyes were shaken. He turned his head and saw the armor on Kang Fu's body, and his eyes turned red.
Just as Kangfu was about to say something, a knight suddenly passed through the gaps between the squares. As he walked, he shouted: "Whoever captures Yeluyi will win the title of County Marquis!"
"County Marquis!"
"County Marquis!"
The cheers resounded across the land like ocean waves, and then stopped after a long time.
"Kill Abaoji and you will become the county marquis!" Zhao Jing's face turned red, he looked at Kang Fu and laughed.
"What's the calculation for capturing Yue Liduo?" Kangfu suddenly asked.
"Haha!" the sergeants laughed loudly.
"Then it shouldn't be given to the county magistrate?"
Another burst of laughter came out.
Kangfu also followed Silly. Three thousand people gathered in the wilderness, dismissing their enemies and laughing loudly. This heroic spirit was indeed enough.
The order to march was quickly issued.
Three thousand people armed with equipment lined up in neat lines and walked along the Daliao River.
A long baggage carriage covered their right side. The carriage was loaded with a lot of food and was piled high.
On the left is the Daliao River, and on the river are ships loaded with supplies one after another. The iron horses brought from behind are moving forward hard, towing the ships all the way north.
From time to time, the sound of horse hooves coming from far and near came from time to time, which was the sound of horseback riding on the periphery.
One day after Kang Fu and others left, another team left the dock and headed north.
Their scale was larger, with tens of thousands of people, walking on both sides of the Daliao River.
The military envoy of the Qing Dynasty, Shi Jingrong, and the deputy envoy, Liu Yancong, walked side by side, while Kang Yicheng, the governor of Yu, ran back and forth to supervise the formation of each unit.
"Do you know Wang Yanzhang?" Shi Jingrong asked.
"I've heard of this name." Liu Yancong said: "Zhu Quanzhong's generals are very powerful in fighting."
"That's all?" Shi Jingrong asked in surprise.
"That's all." Liu Yancong said.
Shi Jingrong understood. Co-author Wang Yanzhang didn't care when he rushed, and only looked at the people he led? Well, it should be that he didn't have a good overall view, lacked overall vision, had poor adaptability, and was unable to command a large force.
"No wonder the King of Qin is in charge of the central army." Shi Jingrong smiled and said: "Wang Yanzhang is nominally his deputy, but actually he is a vanguard or envoy, right?"
"He leads a thousand cavalry, so he must be the You Yi Envoy. I heard that the ancient Khitan soldiers in Yelvkun are also under his control, so there are several thousand cavalry."
"Is Gui Gu only reliable?"
"I don't know, just be on guard against him. But there are so many soldiers and horses this time, I don't think he dares to fight back."
Yes! Shi Jingrong sighed with emotion.
The saint should have started planning to attack Khitan after attending the funeral of King Jin. Apart from anything else, the production of so many vehicles did not happen overnight. From October last year to April this year, it took as long as half a year.
Craftsmen from Hebei, Henan, Huaihai and Zhili have been doing this.
Now the grass in southern Liaoning has begun to grow. By May, the grass in western and eastern Liaoning will also grow. It is a good time to use troops.
Faced with such a powerful force, what could the Khitan use to stop them? The cavalry of the eight Khitan tribes? Or the newly-built infantry of Xi, Bohai, and Haner of Abaoji? Or the servants of Tatar, Lin, and Shiwei?
There are not many opportunities to make achievements.
Shi Jingrong knew well that the Hedong forces joined too late. There was a lack of big figures in the court to speak for them and fight for their interests. Today, most of the world has been conquered, and there are very few opportunities to make meritorious deeds.
The conquest of Khitan may be one of the few good opportunities, and we must seize it.
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There was a thunder in the sky, and the pattering spring rain fell, irrigating the farmland and moistening the earth.
The wild grass has revealed its young buds. As far as the eye can see, a patch of green embellished the monotonous wilderness of Shangjing Prefecture.
Pei Zhuan hurriedly walked into the post house.
There were sounds of silk and bamboo playing in the hall, and there was a hint of melodious singing. Pei Zhuan paused for a moment until the song ended, and then walked in.
"Pei Shaoqing."
"Master Li."
After the two saluted, they sat opposite each other.
"Master Li is in such a good mood," Pei Zhuan said with a smile.
Li Shouxin's official residence is in charge of the Dali Temple, ranking from the seventh rank.
"Without fighting, I am unhappy, so I can only listen to music to comfort myself." Li Shouxin snorted and said.
Pei Zhuan signaled with his eyes, and the courtesans bowed and left.
"The general is here." Pei Zhuan paused deliberately and suddenly laughed.
"Oh?" Li Shouxin became more energetic, stood up suddenly, and asked: "When will the troops be sent? Who will lead the army? How many troops?"
Pei Zhuan clapped his hands, and another maid brought hot tea and snacks.
He pulled Li Shouxin to sit down and said: "Today's court meeting, the king has overridden all opinions and sent out 30,000 troops to attack Khitan. The king's brother Dashuxian will lead the army."
Li Shouxin was both happy and worried.
Fortunately, the Bohai Kingdom finally decided to send troops. He had never understood why he still fantasized about negotiating peace with the Khitan after he was beaten like a bitch by the Khitan and fell into the hands of two states.
Woolen cloth?
He suffered a lot on the way to Bohai, and his hands and feet suffered from frostbite. After arriving at Jinglongquan Mansion in Bohai, although the other party was polite, they argued endlessly in the court and never gave an accurate answer, which made him even more upset.
Don’t the Bohai people know that the Khitan will attack you this year? It’s simply unreasonable!
Fortunately, according to what Pei Zhuan said, the Bird Kingdom finally figured it out and decided to join forces with the King of Daxia to attack the Khitans and solve this scourge that had plagued them for more than a hundred years.
But Li Shouxin still has some worries.
Dashuxian is really outrageous. It’s not about how he is as a person, but mainly because his ability to lead troops in battle is terrible. King Bohai entrusted the army to him, is it okay?
But he was not prepared to delve into this matter. Bohai has its own national conditions, and if outsiders don't understand it, don't comment. Maybe someone else will lead the army. If there is internal disharmony and people's hearts are scattered, the fight may be even worse.
"When will the troops be sent out? How many troops will there be?" Li Shouxin asked: "Pei Shaoqing, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in the Bohai Sea. We can't just make up the numbers with weak soldiers."
"How can there be..." Pei Zhuan laughed and said: "The messenger knows that this time the king has ordered to go to Beijing, Nanjing, and Tokyo to select 20,000 elite soldiers, and they will arrive in time. There are also 5,000 Tibetan soldiers in the north, black
The five tribes of Shui and Tibetans have five thousand soldiers. A total of thirty thousand troops are all selected at the moment. The Khitan will be defeated and defeated."
Li Shouxin ignored Pei Qiu's boasting and only asked in detail about the origins and composition of these troops.
It turns out that Bohai inherited the Tang system and was divided into central imperial troops and local state and county troops. The imperial troops garrisoned the Wujing area, totaling about 20,000 people - the current scale is still 20,000, but the quality is not the same as ten years ago.
The 20,000 Bohai soldiers recruited this time are the Forbidden Army.
Bohai Kingdom also has internal tribes and Jisi tribes.
The attached tribes are very complex and are mainly distributed in Huaiyuan, Anyuan, Anbian and Dongping Prefecture in the north.
More than a hundred years ago, Bohai established the country, and then decided on the strategy of advancing southward.
The Battle of Madushan went smoothly at the beginning. The Turks and Khitans combined forces to defeat the Tang Pinglu Army and the Heishui Mohe and Shiwei Allied Forces. The Tang Dynasty lost more than 5,000 people. Later, they attacked Silla and captured the Qingchuan River Basin, and fought with the Tang Dynasty.
Silla is bounded by the Daedong River.
But after all, the Tang Dynasty had a strong national power. This strategy had huge limitations, and there were also different opinions in the country——
In the fourteenth year of Kaiyuan (726), the King of Bohai sent his brother Damen Yi and uncle Renya to send troops to attack Heishui Mohe.
Damen Yi had been a hostage in the Tang Dynasty and did not agree to attack Heishui Mohe, a vassal of the Tang Dynasty, thinking that it might attract the Tang army to rescue him.
"The soldiers of Menyi arrived at the border and wrote a letter to solidify their admonishment. Wuyi was angry and sent his brother Da Yi, Xia Dynasty Menyi, to lead the troops to conquer Menyi and wanted to kill him."
As a result, a civil war broke out, and Damen Yi was defeated. He traveled to the Tang Dynasty and was awarded the title of General Zuo Xiaowei.
After the death of Da Wuyi, Da Qinmao succeeded to the throne. During his more than 50 years in office, he actively crossed the Great Wall of the North (the border wall to defend Heishui Mohe) and opened up to the north, cutting off the road to the Tang Dynasty from the five tribes of Heishui.
Nowadays, the foundations of all the prefectures in the north were basically laid during the reign of the Bohai King, posthumously named "King Wen".
After Da Qinmao, he continued to move northward and moved his capital north to Longquan Mansion in Shangjing.
During the Zhenyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, the Yuexi and Yulou tribes of Heishui Mohe came to Chang'an to pay tribute for the last time, and there has been no news since then.
During the Great Yi earthquake (830-858), the territory of the Bohai Kingdom reached its peak, with five capitals, fifteen prefectures, and a total of sixty-two states, making it a prosperous country in the east of the sea.
The current internal tribes of Bohai Kingdom are the tribes that surrendered after conquering the northern prefectures.
As for the Five Blackwater Tribes, they were the Jizu Tribe who fled northward after being defeated, and then "feared their subordinates".
The Jisu tribe has not been very obedient since more than 20 years ago. They actually betrayed their patriarch and made peace with the Silla Kingdom. This shows the rapid decline of the Bohae Kingdom.
Li Shouxin deeply suspected that the Bohai Kingdom was able to recruit 5,000 Blackwater Mohe soldiers this time, but they were actually hired with money.
But it didn’t matter, as long as the Khitan could be defeated, it didn’t matter how he came, so he asked: “When will we send out the troops?”
"Why are you so anxious, Mr. Li?" Pei Zhuan said helplessly: "It's only April now, the grass has just turned green and hasn't grown tall yet. How can we send out troops? Furthermore, all the soldiers and horses must first practice together and become familiar with each other. In short,
It has to be mid-May."
"Bohai is dominated by infantry troops, so why wait for pasture to grow?" Li Shouxin asked.
The Bohai State developed both agriculture and animal husbandry, but mainly focused on rice cultivation and supplemented by animal husbandry. Their military system was mainly based on infantry and less cavalry.
The Blackwater Mohe and Fan soldiers also mainly engaged in fishing and hunting, supplemented by herding. In fact, they were also infantry, but they could only ride horses. They were not the same as the Khitans.
Since the main force is infantry, why wait for the pasture to grow?
"The country has suffered from wars for many years, and there were floods last year. There were many bad harvests, and there was not enough food in stock. What can I do, what can I do," Pei Zhuo said.
Li Shouxin stared at him.
Pei Zhuan had no expression on his face and only said: "The court has decided to send troops to attack the Miaojie Mansion in mid-May."
The direction of this attack is also very subtle. The Miaojie Mansion was occupied by the Khitan, and the Bohai army killed them in order to regain the lost territory. As for whether they will continue to advance westward and invade the Khitan territory after regaining the lost territory, it is difficult to say.
Li Shouxin suddenly smiled and said: "Let it be May. By then the king's army has arrived and can encircle Khitan."
At this point, he was able to deliver. After all, he persuaded the Bohai Kingdom to send troops. However, it was still a bit regretful. If Bohai could be sent troops earlier to attract the Khitan's attention, Wang Shi would be more confident.
Unfortunately, the Bohai people are not stupid. They want to wait for Master Wang to fight the Khitan people first, and then take advantage from behind.