Huzhou is the last obstacle to the south of Beijing.
The city is located between mountains and rivers, and the terrain is difficult and dangerous. There is only one mountain post road leading to Shangjing in the north.
In other words, Bozhou, Long and Huzhou are lined up from north to south. Bozhou is the north gate to Beijing, and Huzhou is the south gate, with a north-south post road running through them.
The Bohai people were right to stop them in Huzhou, but they couldn't just put them under Shangjing City. How would that be decent?
But they overestimated their own strength. Maybe there was nothing they could do about it. There was no difference in dying early or late, so they might as well fight to the death and see what luck they got.
But fighting in the battle formation is a matter of surviving and dying because of good luck. After all, it is rare to win in defeat. It is raining heavily today, which is actually not conducive to the attack of Daxia's military cavalry. It is already considered good luck. But the infantry array
In the battle, they still collapsed at the first touch and were defeated miserably. There were about 20,000 people in the imperial army. Nearly 5,000 were beheaded on the spot and 10,000 were captured. Only a few thousand defeated soldiers were left. They did not even dare to defend Huzhou and they retreated all the way.
Go to Beijing.
Their failure also greatly damaged the morale of the Huzhou defenders. Encouraged by the governor to spend all their wealth, the defenders held on desperately, but they only lasted for half a day. Then they were besieged by the Tielin Army, Tiande Army, and guards.
The pro-army and other troops jointly attacked.
Fu Cunshen did not stay here longer. That night, he sent three thousand people from his bodyguard army northward, heading for Beijing in the dark and rain.
The main force rested for one night and continued to march on June 14th, arriving at the south of Shangjing City two days later. At this time, the Luoyan Army also broke through all kinds of obstacles, pulled out more than ten villages in a row, and advanced to the north of Shangjing City, where a hundred thousand troops surrounded them.
Surround.
"Dazhuan missed his last chance to escape." Zheng Yong, the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Tielin Army, said: "The general has just interrogated several prisoners, and they all say that the leader of the Bohai Kingdom is huddled in the city and is in panic all day long."
"How many soldiers are there in the city?" Fu Cunjian asked.
His eyes were focused on the acropolis in the west of the city. The bodyguards and soldiers arrived a day earlier than them. They captured the city in one battle and beheaded more than 300 people. Then they repelled an attack by the Bohai people and firmly defended the west of the city.
Near the Acropolis was a large area of forbidden forest land, as well as the palace where King Bohai had fun, which had all fallen under the control of the bodyguards.
"The Tianmen Army has ten thousand people, plus the more than 4,000 Imperial Guards who escaped back, less than 15,000. I heard that the Lord of the Bohai Kingdom collected thousands of powerful slaves and sent them into the army, and also went to the temples to plunder money and reward them. Now we should gather together
There are 20,000 people." Zheng Yong replied.
"It's just 20,000 pigs!" Fu Cunshen smiled contemptuously.
Respect is earned. As for the behavior of the Bohai people, it is really impossible for Fu Cunshen to respect him. Speaking of Bohai, this country has always studied the Tang Dynasty, regardless of whether Fu is in line with its own national conditions. From the early Tang Dynasty to Emperor Gaozong, he was a soldier.
During the Gaoguang period, Bohai learned from the Tang Dynasty and built a large number of military forces.
Starting from Empress Wu, the government military system gradually deteriorated, so that the recruitment system was implemented during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. Due to inertia, Bohai State reformed the military system later than the Tang Dynasty, but at this time, some recruitment of soldiers gradually appeared, mostly in border military towns.
After the Anshi Rebellion, the Bohai Kingdom saw the Tang Dynasty's Central Forbidden Army displaying their talents, so they also began to establish the "Emperor's Personal Army".
During the reign of Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty, Dayi Zhen, the leader of the Bohai Kingdom, was granted the title of King of Bohai. Wang Zongyu, the envoy of the conferment, went to Bohai and reported after his return that Bohai "set up the left and right Shence Army, the left and right three armies, and one hundred and twenty divisions."
You see, even the name is the same as that of the Tang Dynasty Forbidden Army, and their brainless motivation to learn is amazing. They can compete with Japan, regardless of whether their own national conditions are consistent with it.
In the Battle of Huhan Sea, most of the Bohai Forbidden Army was defeated, and their fate was similar to that of the Shence Army. They didn't know what to say. "Hurry up and build the siege equipment. The saint has already set off. There is no need to delay." Fu Cunshen
commanded.
"Commander, do you want to send someone to surrender?" Zheng Yong asked. "Dazhuan is willing to surrender?" Fu Cunshen was a little unconvinced.
"When the army approaches the city, there may be an opportunity." Zheng Yong said: "This kind of young monarch is indeed easy to be impassioned and ambitious, but once he is frustrated, he is also easily discouraged and unable to recover. Anyway, it doesn't cost anything to send one or two dead soldiers into the city.
, it doesn’t hurt to test it out.”
"That's fine." Fu Cunshen agreed.
In fact, Zheng Yong said
That's right. People like Dazhenzhuan are better than women in deep palaces. They have been well-dressed and well-fed since childhood and have been arrogant. And because they are young and have not experienced many things, their minds may not be mature yet and they are easy to go to extremes.
Before he was defeated, he was full of illusions, thinking that he could turn the tide, become a hero of the Bohai Kingdom, gain countless honors, increase his prestige, and become the leader of the ZTE generation, leaving his name in the history books.
After the disastrous defeat, I became discouraged, all my ambitions were shattered, and I began to doubt everyone around me, always feeling that they were plotting against me.
It is possible to succeed in persuading surrender at this time.
The surrender of Dazhen can also effectively damage the morale of officers and generals in various places and weaken their will to resist. After all, most of the prefectures and prefectures in Bohai will still be in their own hands, and there are still many people loyal to the Bohai royal family. Let Dazhuan
Giving them an order to surrender would have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.
"It's only been four months since we sent out troops, and we can't really fight for more than a month. The country is about to be destroyed..." Fu Cunshen really couldn't believe it. This seemingly solid house in Haidong Shengguo was only
After a gentle kick, it seemed to be falling apart.
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Shao Shude received the news on the way to Aodong City.
At this time, apart from the civil and military officials and the palace guards, there were only 10,000 people in the army who were scolded.
Yin'anzhi was divided into two parts. One part was led by Chu Shenping and went eastward to reinforce King Shao Chengjie of Qin in the siege of Bohai Zhongjing. The other part was led by Xia Luqi and returned west to Qishengzhou to reinforce the Yingzhou Tibetan tribe and round up Abaoji.
In fact, it is not clear whether Abaoji came or not, but the Khitans did break into the territory of the Seven Saints State, burned, killed, looted, and incited rebellion.
Feilong and the Golden Sword Army marched from west to east, the Black Shao Army and Shatuo Soldiers marched from south to north, Yin Anzhi, Yingzhou Fan Soldiers, and Khitan servants marched from east to west, and began to narrow the encirclement, searching for traces of the Khitans, intending to encircle them.
Kill it.
These two places are actually secondary battlefields, and Shao Shude doesn't care much about them. The reason why Yin'an was sent directly was to attack Bohai.
Yin Anzhi's sergeants are not ordinary warriors. They are well treated, well equipped, have first-class physical fitness, and have strong combat power. At least half of them are veterans of the battlefield who have rolled out of the dead, and the other half are strong men who have practiced martial arts since childhood.
Shao Shude, a son of a general officer, often supervises their training, gives them lessons, and reviews tactics with them. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a "driving version" of the martial arts hall.
To put it bluntly, these are all officers' seeds - in fact, many of them have been released over the years, and their careers have been smooth.
After the destruction of Bohai, the situation will not be stable in a short period of time, and local officials must be given the power to control the military and political affairs. Others are not worried about this kind of thing, so they can only pick people from Yin'anzhi. This will release them and give them
It is an opportunity to make meritorious service, and he can be appointed directly later, and there will be a reason to say so.
It can also be seen from this that what Shao Shude really cares about is the main battlefield of Beijing on the Bohai Sea.
The time window for fighting in northern Liaodong was short, five months at most, or even less than that. He chased the generals along the way in order to put pressure on them.
On June 24, he arrived at Aodong City. At this time, Fu Cunshen had been besieging Shangjing for eight days, and some news came back one after another.
The envoys entered the city to call for surrender. The leader of the Bohai Kingdom, Dazhuan, was hesitant and did not express his position clearly. However, after seeing that the officials were eager to surrender, he did not know which nerve was touched, and he was unwilling to surrender, and sent the Tianmen Army to arrest him.
He killed several officials, confiscated their homes and exterminated their clans.
It's a pity that these big Bohai clans were originally quite powerful, but they were trapped in Shangjing City and could not mobilize their strength no matter how much they had. They were controlled by the warriors of the Tianmen Army.
The East Route Army, dominated by the Weisheng Army, captured Fengzhou. Perhaps because of the long delay and heavy casualties, the Andong Prefecture soldiers entered the city and massacred the people. Although they were quickly stopped, the bad effects had already been caused.
, at the same time, this also makes people further realize the limitations of Fu Bing.
Yin'an entered Zhongjing ahead of Wei Sheng's army and fought three battles with three victories, but the results were not great. They captured and killed more than 2,000 people. If they want to capture Xiande Mansion, they have to wait for Shao Chengjie's main force to come over.
On the 25th, Shao Shude, who had rested for the night, was hunting outside Aodong City and met a group of Bohai demoted generals. The number of people was a bit large, about fifty or sixty.
Among the princes, the most senior official was Zhang Dingbao, who was left behind in Xijing.
He has been appointed as the eighth-ranking magistrate of Taipu Temple. Compared with his status in Bohai Kingdom, it is naturally not the same, and can even be said to have fallen off a cliff, but after all, he has a background, which is not bad.
"What is the relationship between Zhang Qing and Zhang Wenxiu of the Great Martial Arts Period?" Shao Shude asked while adjusting the bowstring.
In the 20th year of Kaiyuan, because the Tang Dynasty was unwilling to kill the great martial arts brother of the King of Bohai, Damen Yi, who had defected, and at the same time supported the unruly Heishui Mohe in the northern part of the Bohai Sea, "interfering in the internal affairs", the Bohai Kingdom sent troops by land and water to conquer the Tang Dynasty.
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Among them, the waterway was commanded by Zhang Wenxiu. He unexpectedly landed in Dengzhou and killed the assassin Wei Jun. He did not withdraw until the Tang court mobilized troops.
This was a very successful cross-sea landing raid, which diverted some of Tang Ting's energy. Zhang Wenxiu's name was even submitted to Xuanzong's desk.
"It's the ancestor." Zhang Dingbao replied, bending very low.
"Xuanzong can't make Zhang Wenxiu bow his head, but I have your Majesty to surrender. It's very good." Shao Shude said: "I wonder if there is anyone from the Bohai family who is willing to surrender?" "How will your Majesty arrange the Bohai native people?" Zhang Dingbao asked.
"Isn't it good to live in the colorful world of the Central Plains?" Shao Shude asked.
"Your Majesty, please be careful..." Zhang Dingbao had just said half a sentence when he came into contact with Shao Shude's stern eyes. He immediately did not dare to say any more. "What is Zhang Qing thinking?" Shao Shude smiled and said, "The former Tang Dynasty was destroyed.
What did Li Shimin do during the Goguryeo period?"
Zhang Dingbao looked pale.
How was it done? Ordinary people may not have to move, but all the "upper households" were resettled in Huainan. After three hundred years, where are the Goguryeo people in Huainan? Each and every one of them has become Han.
"Don't have any illusions." Shao Shude scolded: "I sent out more than 100,000 troops. If I don't get rid of all the evil, is it possible to leave? The Bohai Tu people will move away obediently. I can still make them look decent. If they don't obey, I will help them look good. That's it.
If we can’t achieve our goal here, I will spend the winter in the Bohai Sea this year.”
These words were so categorical that Zhang Dingbao knew that he had no luck, so he stopped trying to persuade him.
"Let me tell Zhang Qing one more thing. Dachengzhuan Fangcun has been in chaos. He massacred Zhongliang in Shangjing City. Even King Dashuxian of Dongping and Prime Minister Wu Zhengdu were killed by him. I don't know how many of the Gongqing nobles were imprisoned."
Shao Shude said: "What is true cannot be false, and what is false cannot be true. Zhang Qing only needs to make a little inquiry to find out what happened to Beijing."
Zhang Dingbao was also very surprised when he heard this.
By doing this, the king was completely shaking the foundation of Bohai. He didn't dare to believe it, but the sage's words were conclusive and did not seem to be false, so he suddenly fell into confusion.
"I will talk to Zhang Qing again." Shao Shude finished calibrating his bow, took out an arrow from the pot, looked around, and said: "I received a military report yesterday that the Ping Navy warships have landed at Longji Port.
Seize the county seat."
Zhang Dingbao was shocked again.
He knew that Ping Haijun was Daxia's navy. Four warships could carry hundreds of soldiers. If they suddenly landed, it was still possible to capture a port city. Longyuan Mansion didn't have many soldiers now!
"I heard that the Zhang family and the Dou family in Qingzhou are related by marriage. How about you go and persuade Longyuan Mansion to surrender?" Shao Shude said. "I obey the decree." Zhang Dingbao sighed secretly and responded.
If it is true as the sage said, and the king arrests and massacres all the people, Bohai will be doomed.
You're so confused! How did you get the throne? It's not about martial arts, it's not about civil servants who passed the imperial examination, it's about the aristocratic family! The Tu family is just weakening its own ruling foundation. It's really confusing to the extreme.
"Whoosh!" An arrow flew out.
The pheasant that had just flown into the air fell from the air. After flopping on the ground twice, it stopped moving. "If Dou doesn't surrender, this is what will happen," Shao Shude said.
Zhang Dingbao has become numb. As a warrior emperor, if you dare to speak and act, those who obey will prosper, and those who go against will perish. What else can be done?