After Ma Quanyi happily resigned, he went to Chai Rong with the emperor's edict and golden order to discuss the arrangements for the march to the east and the mobilization of troops and horses. Liu Chengyou, on the other hand, continued to stand in front of the huge map of the Han Dynasty. Staring in trance.
Liu Chengyou had the habit of looking at maps, and he would be entranced once he stood. He could not take his eyes away for a long time. Although his expression was calm, intense thinking activities were going on in his brain. Although a map could not attract the emperor's attention, but the country, the country, and the country, Territory, city, fame and great achievements can be achieved.
Liu Chengyou's gaze started from Lingzhou in the west, passed through Yundai in the middle, and reached Youyan and Liaodong in the east. Since the launch of the Northern Expedition last year, the all-out struggle between Han and Liao had already reached a critical moment in half a year.
Of course, although there was a lot of noise in the first round, the real fierce confrontation was still in the northeastern area of the Youyan area. As for other places, the Han's partial divisions and affiliates basically played a soy sauce role.
On the other side of Lingzhou, Zheng Guogong Shi Hongzhao led the Lingzhou and Dingbian troops and recruited some people from Hexi Province, gathered 10,000 troops, and attacked north. Of course, because the Khitan people's power in the Hexi area was very weak, Shi Hongzhao just wanted to attack the Liao army. The army could not find any target.
In the end, it became a military parade, traveling four hundred miles north along the Yellow River to the edge of the desert and the foothills of the Helan Mountains. Although it failed to defeat the Liao army, it subdued a large number of tribes living in the Hetao along the way, and in A garrison was set up at the local Yellow River port and was named Hue Fort. If Shi Hongzhao had a thicker skin and reported his achievements in expanding two hundred miles of land and subduing dozens of tribes, there would be no problem.
Later, Shi Hongzhao fell ill because he could not find a target for fighting. In addition, he was worried about the emptiness of Lingzhou due to the mobilization of troops, and the instability of the Hexi Corridor. Therefore, Shi Hongzhao chose to withdraw his troops and return to Lingzhou and report the situation to the court.
Furthermore, the Dingnan Army and Yanzhou were ordered by the imperial court to send troops to attack Liao. The two armies joined forces and marched out from the north of Xiazhou. Both sides also gathered tens of thousands of people. Of course, the majority of them were Dangxiang people. And their army wanted to attack The Liao Kingdom needs to cross the desert in the north, which is obviously not something they can do or are willing to do. Sending troops is just a show of force, and both parties have their own plans.
Li Yiyin wanted to continue sending troops this time and rely on the name of the imperial court to continue to strengthen the status and prestige of his Li family among the Dangxiang tribes. As for Gao Shaoji, who was in Yanchang, he had the idea of sending troops to get some benefits.
Sure enough, north of the Great Wall, Gao Shaoji broke away from the Dangxiang army and connived with his subordinates to plunder the Dangxiang tribe. As the spokesperson of the Dangxiang tribe, Li Yiyin, the governor of Xiazhou, could not tolerate Gao Shaoji's unscrupulousness and immediately led troops to search and suppress those "Yanzhou tribes". "Bandits", venting their anger on the party's subordinates.
Facing Li Yiyin's attack, Gao Shaoji also had a tough temper. He immediately gathered his troops to fight. The two armies set up a battle array at Mingtangchuan, north of Yinzhou. Because they had gained a lot from the previous looting, Yan Yan The morale of the state army was particularly high. In the first battle, under the leadership of Gao Shaoji, they actually defeated an army that was twice the size of their own.
After the Battle of Mingtangchuan, Li Yiyin was extremely angry. He immediately mobilized troops from Xia Yin and selected warriors from the Hequ tribe, hoping to fight Gao Shaoji again and regain the lost face.
Seeing that he had completely angered the party members, and being on his own territory, facing Li Yiyin's big move, Gao Shaoji decisively gave up, and quickly led his men eastward, across the Yellow River, and entered Jinning Mansion, Hedong Road. Prepare to make a circle
, returned to Yanzhou, but there was no way, Xia Yin's way back south was cut off.
However, Gao Shaoji's move into Hedong was regarded as igniting the flames of the imperial court. Li Yiyin, who was so angry that he was not willing to give up, even led his army and crossed the river to pursue him to Jinning Mansion. In this way, the matter was completely messed up.
However, the two foreign armies under the jurisdiction of Hedong Road did not dare to be too rampant. They did not fight, let alone plunder and harass the people. They just faced off on the right side of Shicheng. King Wei Fu Yanqing, who was still commanding in Daizhou, heard about this.
, sent the Ninghua Army Li Wancao to lead the army to mediate. The Xia and Yan armies were subordinate to Fu Yanqing in the Northern Expedition sequence, and mainly cooperated with the operations in the direction of Yunshuo.
Although there was no major battle in Yanbei at that time, the border generals in Hedong were gearing up and preparing to fight and make meritorious deeds. To say that the victory of Yanmen had the greatest motivating effect on those Han troops, of course it was the surrounding border troops.
With a bit of resentment, Li Wanchao led the army and felt Li Shi, so he invited two Jiedu to ask about the situation. Both of them had different opinions and kept arguing. Li Yiyin said that Gao Shaoji was indulging his subordinates and plundering the tribe, while Gao Shaoji scolded Li Yiyin.
Being disrespectful to an old man, he led the army in a sneak attack.
The two men had a fierce quarrel, but Li Wanchao figured things out and made a decision directly, asking Gao Shaoji to return all the looted property and livestock to Li Yiyin, and then withdraw their troops from Hedong and return to their bases.
Gao Shaoji was immediately dissatisfied with this kind of arbitration. He had put in so much hard work, and his men had suffered hundreds of casualties in the battle with the Dingnan Army. Without these goods, how could he stop the losses and appease the soldiers.
Similarly, Li Yiyin was not happy. He felt that this was too lenient and he favored Gao Shaoji. The losses of his troops and horses were greater than those of Yanzhou soldiers. In addition, the tribes who were attacked needed an explanation.
However, Li Wanchao was a general with a strong personality and a tough temper. He was thinking about the war against Liao, so he had no patience to listen to their nonsense.
In anger, he took out a dagger from his waist and slapped it on the case. The veteran general said sternly: I came to mediate on the military order of King Wei. If you insist on arguing and cause me to miss the military order, I will only treat him as a slave.
As enemies. Now, I have put forward the mediation strategy and solution! I ask again if you agree. If anyone disagrees, I will attack them first.
Li Wancao's words were full of momentum, confidence and toughness. Seeing the veteran's strong style, Li Yiyin and Gao Shaoji were shocked. To be honest, in terms of superiority and inferiority, Li and Gao are the only remaining achievements of the two great men.
Even though they are taller than Li Wancao, at this time, facing the veteran, they dare not say anything too harsh.
Finally, he pinched his nose and agreed. Later, under Li Wanchao's supervision, Gao Shaoji returned all the stolen property. Of course, it was only on the surface, and Li Wanchao didn't care about the hidden details.
Then, they each withdrew their troops and crossed the river. Li Yiyin returned to Xiazhou to the west, and Gao Shaoji returned to Yanzhou to the southwest. Before leaving, Li Wanchao also gave a warning, asking the two to explain to the court for leading troops into Hedong without authorization.
Originally, when the imperial court mobilized the two Cheyenne armies, they did not expect them to accomplish anything. They just wanted to find something for them to do, and they also provided some money and food for this purpose.
As a result, it developed into such a farce and ended unhappily. Of course, the matter did not end so simply. The grudges between Xiazhou and Yanzhou had been accumulated since the time of Gao Yunquan. This time it was just a small incident. It just exploded.
After returning to their respective bases, Li Yiyin and Gao Shaoji each went to court to accuse each other. This has been the political norm between the two forces for many years. But this time, it was obviously more serious than before. After all, they were fighting each other. And Both parties were dissatisfied with Li Wanchao's results, and the conflicts in the northwest region tended to intensify.
When the news reached Youzhou, Liu Chengyou seemed very calm. He only replied to Tokyo and asked the ministers to send envoys to mediate in the name of the imperial court and provide certain preferential treatment in the trade of salt, grain, tea and cloth to facilitate the resolution of the dispute. Its resentment.
In fact, due to the continuous confrontation between the two Cheyenne forces over the years, but no major conflict broke out, Liu Chengyou had doubts about whether the two families were pretending to be at odds in order to dispel the court's wariness. However, after this After this conflict, Liu Chengyou basically believed that the Li and Gao families were still hostile, and that Gao Shaoji's chess piece could still play a containment role.
As for the turmoil and conflicts in the Hexi area that resulted from this, Liu Chengyou looked at it calmly. If there were no conflicts and everything was peaceful, where would the imperial court have an excuse to solve the problems in the northwest and Hexi in the future?
In addition to Lingzhou, Xiayan's army, and several other troops, King Wang Zhao of Goryeo agreed to the Han court's request to send troops to the Liao Kingdom, and also sent an army. This was actually quite unexpected.
After all, Wang Zhao was carrying out reforms on the peninsula, attacking powerful heroes and strengthening the royal power. Of course, what happened next is understandable. The troops he sent to fight against the Liao State rebelled collectively before leaving the country. The commander And a group of generals appointed by Wang Zhao were killed. At present, Wang Zhao was busy putting down the rebellion, and sent people to Youzhou to explain the situation to Liu Chengyou, hoping that he could support him with some money, food, and ordnance. Liu Chengyou agreed.
After careful planning and detailed preparations, Guo Tingwei, the commander of the Jingjiang military capital who set out from Laizhou Bay, also successfully crossed the Bohai Sea, landed in Suzhou (Lvda area) in Liaodong, occupied the land, and successfully advanced northward. To Chenzhou (Gaixian County).
However, the complexity of the Liaodong region completely exceeded expectations. Chenzhou was very close to Tokyo of the Liao Kingdom. When the Han army crossed the sea to attack Chenzhou, it attracted great attention and troops were quickly mobilized to suppress it.
Moreover, most of the local people, except for the Han remnants, are Bohai people. These were the people Yelv Deguang moved out in large quantities in order to attack the Dongdan Kingdom and weaken the power of his brother Yelv Bei. Placed in Liaodong area, Chenzhou was built accordingly.
Therefore, the arrival of the Han army was basically an invasion for the local people and had no mass base. Guo Tingwei persisted in Liaonan until December. After all, he could not bear to fight in winter. In addition, he did not occupy people and supplies. Under pressure, he gradually retreated to Suzhou. Because the battle was not going well, he even took the initiative to apologize to Liu Chengyou.
Therefore, the cross-sea attack on the Liao Dynasty did not make much progress, but it provided valuable experience and a deeper understanding of the local situation and the Liao army's defense.