The winter of the third year of the Jin Dynasty was destined to be an uneven year. At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, the Khitan army launched an all-out attack, all the way south from Yedu, with overwhelming force, they invaded Kaifeng, Tokyo, and directed their troops towards Luoyang, the capital of the West. The government and the public of the Jin Dynasty
Shocked, many ministers have begun to secretly discuss how to welcome the new emperor. Not many people listen to the decrees issued by Shi.
The entire Central Plains was in flames of war. After the Khitans invaded Tokyo, they burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. As a result, many people lost their families and fled in all directions. The military governors of each town defended their territory, but no one sent troops to serve the king.
Liu Zhiyuan, the governor of Hedong Jiedu, sent troops out of Hedong at this time, defeated Zhangde's army, and took the opportunity to annex the seven counties of Xiangzhou under the jurisdiction of Zhangde's army. Wang Guan, the governor of Zhangde's army, died in battle, and his son Wang Shenqi surrendered, with more than 20,000 people.
All the Zhangde Army was merged into the Hedong Right Army, and Hedong's power further expanded.
At the same time, Huang Zeguan joined the army, Sima Cao Bin, commanded five thousand troops, took advantage of the situation to capture Sanhekou Town, and killed Wang Shenxiang, the commander of the military and horse capital of Sanhekou Town, in the battle. The Zhangde military headquarters in Sanhekou Town may have fought
Death or capture, the entire army was wiped out. All the grain, grass, baggage, troops, horses and equipment in the city were confiscated by Huangzeguan Shenwu Army. After Cao Bin occupied Sanhekou, he cut off the Sanhe Crossing Bridge in the south, directly cutting off the land connection between Sanhekou and the outside world.
, and at the same time built a water fortress and blocked this tributary of the canal. When the news came out, many people exclaimed, there is another hero in the world!
Huangzeguan and Sanhekou have special geographical locations. The thousands of miles of barren land sandwiched between the clear and turbid Zhangshui River has great potential. If it can be managed properly, great things can be accomplished. Today, Sanhekou Town has 300,000 shi of grain and grass, which is enough
It will take several years for an army of more than 10,000 people. With such a form and such a favorable location, one would never have imagined that a little-known country boy would become a hero.
War continued in the north, and unprecedented wars also occurred in the southern countries.
At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month in the fourth year of Baoda in the Southern Tang Dynasty, the Chu army stationed in Ezhou suddenly sent a small force from Jianghu to burn down the granary in Ezhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty at night.
The great commander of Chu State, Ma Lian Yunjiao, who was unable to dismount from the tiger, was forced to occupy Ezhou. The Southern Tang Dynasty was shaken, and the northwest gate was opened. How could they be willing to do so? They immediately declared war with Chu State, and at the same time dispatched a large number of navy forbidden troops to the front line of Ezhou, preparing to attack the Yangtze River
Above, they competed with the Chu navy.
What everyone did not expect was that Tang Tianbao, the Huaibei Jiedu envoy of the Great Jin Dynasty, who had been in constant friction with the Southern Tang Army, suddenly sent 30,000 troops, headed west from Shenzhou, directly to the front battlefield of Ezhou, and declared war with Chu!
The court of the Southern Tang Dynasty was overjoyed and immediately sent envoys to discuss the alliance of the two armies. Tang Tiande, the general in charge of the army under Tang Tianbao, readily agreed. In order to thank Huaibei for sending troops to help, the Southern Tang Dynasty immediately agreed to supply Huaibei 50,000 shi of grain and grass, and 10,000 taels of silver, top quality.
Three thousand pieces of silk.
As a result, 30,000 troops from Huaibei camped on the river bank, and 50,000 naval troops from the Southern Tang Dynasty formed a series of water forts in the middle of the river, forming a confrontation with Chu's 30,000 troops on the Yangtze River.
In order to prevent Lianyun Jiao from sneaking up to assassinate the commander-in-chief of his own army, Southern Tang Dynasty sent two grandmaster-level masters, and more than a dozen master-level masters were always protecting the commander-in-chief of the Southern Tang Dynasty who was in charge of commanding the army. Huaibei also sent
Several masters at the peak of the master level protected Tang Tiande, and Tang Tiande himself was also a master of Xuan Gong, so he was not afraid of Lianyun Jiao.
In this way, the Chu army's advantage was gone except that it was in the upper reaches of the river.
"My lord, this is really a clever move. We pretended to be the Chu army and burned the food and fodder of the Ezhou defenders in the Southern Tang Dynasty, which suddenly changed the situation to our advantage." In the lake formed by a tributary of the river, all of Kang Long's fleet were
Li Cunba, who was anchored here and had just gone out to inquire about the news, had returned at this time and said to Kang Long with excitement on his face.
The place is surrounded by dense towering ancient trees. At this time, the leaves of the trees are withered, making the lake, which is four to five miles in diameter, extremely quiet and desolate. All sides of the lake are closely guarded by Xuan Gong masters from the Beggar Clan.
After listening to the news from Li Cunba, Kang Long sat on a stone by the lake, picked up a dead branch, and simply drew a map of the upper and lower coasts of the river on the ground. He walked along the
I have traveled back and forth to the river, so I have memorized the terrain of the dangerous places on both sides of the river and the places with towns.
Zhu Yuanlang, Ma Benlei, Li Cunba, and Sun Yuanhua, an old man, were sitting around. Beside the stone where Kang Long was sitting, there was a bonfire, and the meat that Ma Benlei had hunted was roasting on the bonfire.
There were a few pheasants and some lake fish that Sun Yuanhua had put in. Yan Jiuniang was concentrating on roasting the game. The two girls, Ma Shiyu and Yuan Jiyao, were holding hands next to them with great interest.
Not far away, people in twos and threes gathered around, chatting and laughing in low voices while warming themselves over the fire and roasting the food they had been given.
Kang Long looked back and felt a warmth in his heart. In fact, what people in the world want is sometimes very simple. What ordinary people long for is nothing more than a peaceful life, enough food and clothing, and some spare money. Unfortunately, in this troubled world,
All this seems to be a luxury.
Kang Long suddenly turned his head, faced everyone, clenched his fists, and said with a gloomy expression: "I, Kang Long, will end this bloody war at any cost in my life!"
Everyone was startled and looked at him, but Kang Long picked up the branch as if he didn't see the different expressions on everyone's faces. He pointed at the situation map on the ground and said to everyone: "Everyone.
Let’s talk about where we should go next.”
Everyone seemed to be used to Kang Long's unconstrained thinking. Although they were still thinking about what he meant by what he just said, they all gathered in front of Kang Long and looked at the situation map he had just drawn on the ground.
Zhu Yuanlang was most concerned about how Kang Long planned to arrange these people. These days, although he had followed Kang Long through several water villages with Southern Tang garrison without any danger, and when he encountered towns with loose checkpoints, Kang Long still needed to
Zhu Yuanlang brought a large number of people ashore to purchase a large amount of supplies and stocked them in the boat. Zhu Yuanlang didn't understand what Kang Long was going to do, so he was always in a state of uneasiness and couldn't rest assured.
"Brother Kang, how do you plan to arrange the old, weak, women and children traveling with the ship? They cannot go to the battlefield, do they still have to continue to bump along with us?" Zhu Yuanlang asked with a frown.
Kang Long did not answer immediately, but turned his head again to look at the children playing on the shore of the lake, as well as the old people with smiles on their faces as they gnawed on the newly roasted golden sweet potatoes. Kang Long pointed at them and said to Zhu Yuanlang:
"Yuen Long, do you think that if I could allow all my soldiers' families to live such a stable life every day, would they bravely pick up the sword and gun in their hands to protect their families and continue to live such a life, or even better?
Fight for the day?"
Zhu Yuanlang looked at the happy children and old people who were smiling and was stunned. Under the setting sun, their smiles looked so stretched and cheerful. This was something he had never seen before, and he had never even thought of it.
scene.
These people used to live like mice, hiding in dilapidated and low holes in underground docks. How could they have enjoyed such a life? Next to the old people and children, some young men looked at themselves thoughtfully.
When relatives of the family occasionally look at Kang Long, a look of determination and longing will naturally appear on their faces.