Chapter 606: No War on the Eastern Front
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Cui Anqian, Du Qing, Zhang Zimian, Yang Fuguang and several other recruits successfully wiped out the thief led by Wang Xianzhi. Some days have passed, and the Northern Expedition soldiers in Jian'an City are very happy to hear the news.
The Northern Expedition Camp even organized a huge polo competition to celebrate this victory. In the long winter, the temperature on the Liaodong Peninsula has turned into ice. Li Jing estimated that from December, the temperature will basically continue between minus four or five degrees Celsius and minus ten degrees Celsius. Moreover, the continuous low air drying and cold, the cold waves and cold air are constantly rising. Jian'an City is located in Liaodong Bay, with several strong winds and blizzards.
Starting from December, not only rivers and soil are frozen, but also the Liaohai Sea began to freeze on a large scale. Many seaports are frozen. According to experienced coastal fishermen, the ice in the Liaohai Sea will take at least two to three months to melt.
This year's freezing is earlier than in previous years and the ice layer is thicker, which also means that the ice melts later this year.
The icy sea in the Liaohai is not good news for Li Jing. However, what made Li Jing not too depressed was that he was prepared for it. Although the Liaohai Sea freezes every year, it does not mean that the entire Liaohai will freeze. The icy sea mainly freezes along the sea and freezes various ports. The ships can travel back and forth to the port, and the icy layer at the port is often large, so the fundamental way to operate on ice.
Fortunately, Li Jing had known that there were ports in the north that were not frozen.
Dalian Port, Qinhuangdao Port and Qingdao Port are all ports that are not frozen.
Dalian Port is Qingni City Qingnipu, the northern port is not frozen. Qinhuangdao is located in Shanhaiguan, Pingzhou. Originally outside Yuguan, Shanhaiguan built surrounded him within the pass and became the water city of Pingzhou. It is an important port for the town [***] sea ditch and Jiaodong Peninsula, and the Liaodong Peninsula.
There is also Laizhou, which was just exchanged with Tian Lingzi last year. The northern part of Jiaozhou Bay, which is located in the southwest of Laizhou and Mizhou, is the Qingdao Port in later generations. It has silt and is generally not frozen in winter.
The entire Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea were frozen on a large scale, but at present, neither Qingnipu, Qingdao Port nor Qinhuangdao Port has frozen. The town [***] navy and fleet, with its rich experience in the army, can still sail in three places.
However, the icy season of the Liaohai Sea has increased the difficulties and risks of maritime shipping. If you have a long time to navigate, you will be more careful and the transportation volume will be greatly reduced.
Fortunately, Li Jing and his subordinates had already expected this result and made many arrangements in advance.
During the war on the Eastern Front, the Northern Expedition Army had fought with the Bohai Army and the Goguryeo people for a full month.
The generals originally advised Li Jing to return to Dengzhou for the New Year, but Li Jing did not agree. The Northern Expedition army was still in Liaodong, so how could he, the commander, go back to Dengzhou for the New Year alone? Many of the soldiers of the Northern Expedition were from Dengzhou. If he, the commander, went back alone, it would inevitably affect the morale of the army.
On the night of the polo final, snow started to start to fall again. I opened the door early in the morning and the cold wind cut the face like a knife.
Li Jing was wearing a cotton sportswear with narrow sleeves and narrow legs made by Gongsun Lan according to his design. He left the warm fire pit bedroom and came to the yard. He couldn't help but have a cold war and shivered.
After raising his hand and kicking and doing a warm-up exercise, Li Jing began to jog in the yard. He wanted to go outside and run a few laps along Shancheng Street, but this would make his guards embarrassed, so Li Jing only ran around the yard. After running for a few laps, although his lips and nose were red in cold, his whole body finally warmed up, and white breath rose above his head. When he ran to the 20th lap, Gongsun Lan also came out wearing a cotton coat and ran behind him. She had a fallen bun on her head, a small cotton jacket filled with cotton, and a cotton skirt underneath, which was quite nice.
Li Jing made more than half a year in the Northern Expedition, and once Dengzhou did not return. Gongsun Lan took advantage of the opportunity that Li Wei had been staying in the Khitan to take charge of the affairs of the Khitan, but while living a husband-and-wife life with Li Jing openly. The entire Northern Expedition Army, from generals to soldiers, now knows that this beautiful woman is the outer room of the Grand Marshal.
A woman in her thirties is the most mature and charming time. This woman from a dancer has a fair and delicate face that never fades, and a graceful figure that will never get fat and deform. When facing Li Jing, she never feels nervous, afraid, awe, etc., and only relaxation and calmness.
When facing Li Jing's proposal, she always replied with a smile, as if Li Jing was always telling her some funny jokes.
"Has Wang Xianzhi's troops really been destroyed?" Li Jing asked at Gongsun Lan while jogging upside down, and the white vapor in his mouth seemed to be sucking clouds and fog.
"Haha, Wang Xianzhi can die twice, maybe she will die the third time!" Gongsun Lan said with a smirk. She has a body stronger than an ordinary woman. Although she jogged in such a cold winter, it was not to please Li Jing. Perhaps the first few times were to please Li Jing, but now, early morning jogging has become an essential morning exercise that she likes very much.
"Wang Xianzhi is dead, Shang Junchang is dead. Now even Wang Xianzhi's substitute is dead, and the independent Liu Yanzhang is dead. Is there anyone else who has escaped?"
"The Grand Marshal is really good at calculating. Sometimes I really doubt whether the Grand Marshal is a god." Gongsun Lan nodded, "You guessed that Huangmei was indeed a great victory. More than 50,000 thieves were killed on the battlefield. However, although the fake King Xianzhi was killed in this battle, and several generals of the grass army were captured and surrendered, we couldn't be too happy too early. At least, according to the information found by our Xiaoqisi, there were a considerable number of thieves who escaped from the gaps in the battlefield. The largest number of them was led by Shang Junchang's younger brother Shangrang and went north to join Huang Chao. Another group entered Jiangxi under the leadership of Wang Chongyin and Xu Tangju, and the remaining group was led by Cao Shixiong and entered Xuanshe. In addition, Bi Shiduo, Qin Yan, Liu Hanhong and others surrendered to Gao Pian."
Li Jing frowned slightly. Because of his appearance, the long river of history turned several small bays and seemed to have returned to the starting point here. Although Zeng Yuanyu should have replaced Song Wei's defeat of Wang Xianzhi's troops in history, Cui Anqian, as a recruit, has also destroyed this team of thieves.
No matter how this thief did this, the monk Wang Xianzhi died in the end, and the leader of the dragon, the rebel army, which once had the largest power, was completely destroyed as in history. Now, it was finally time for Huang Chao's name to resound throughout the world.
Because of the result of this battle, Li Jing became more and more convinced that it would not take long for the people in the world to find that Huang Chao would be more difficult than Wang Xianzhi to deal with. The peasant war at the end of the Tang Dynasty was still long!
It was sooner or later that Wang Xianzhi's troops were destroyed, but the appearance of Gao Pian and Sha Tuo's army in this battle made Li Jing feel a little worried.
Gao Pian's ability is unquestionable. Now that the old team leader, the King of Nanzhao, is convinced. The first general of the late Tang Dynasty has come from Xichuan to Jingnan. In history, he will also serve as the governor of Zhenhai and the governor of Huainan, becoming the largest warlord in the late Tang Dynasty, holding 100,000 soldiers. Unfortunately, this guy who is determined to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight fails to seize the opportunity. As a result, he cannot be regarded as a loyal minister or a good rebel minister who usurps the country. He only holds 100,000 soldiers and misses all opportunities in vain. In the end, he can only think of being a god. If he is not safe in his later years, he will not die well.
But this person is indeed extremely powerful. He has bargaining chips that can change the entire situation at any time, but it has never been useless.
Now, Shatu Li Guochang, who had previously been arrogant and overestimated his ability, led his Shatu army to follow the famous general, which made Li Jing feel a bad premonition.
A Gao Pian is equivalent to a core. If there is a Shatuo clan, what is the possibility of their combination?
Li Jing and Gao Pian did not celebrate the festival, but Li Jing and the Shatuo people were mortal enemies. Li Jing knew very well that like Song Wei, Gao Pian was from the Imperial Army family of Shence. After the emperor ascended the throne, he had already stood in the team and chose to follow Lu Xie, the first prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and Tian Lingzi, the first eunuch of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Jing and Tian Lingzi are also opponents. In some ways, Gao Pian and Li Jing are actually standing on both sides now.
The situation in the Central Plains has changed a lot, which is somewhat beyond Li Jing's expectations.
During the 2009 period, Han Anguo and Xiao Dingbang went to Chang'an instead of Li Jing. At the New Year's Day ceremony, the emperor gave a lot of rewards, Li Jing also received many rewards, added several idle official positions, and conferred the title of ancestors for three generations to Li Jing, and all gave the title of Shangshu. Li Jing's mother and wife both added an imperial edict, and even seven concubines all added a fifth-rank wife. Li Jing's three sons, the eldest son, was given the title of the fifth-rank county, and the other two sons were given the title of the fifth-rank county, and the other two sons were given the title of the fifth-rank county, and the other two sons were given the title of the fifth-rank county.
The honor Li Jing can almost get almost all the honors he can get after being given to him for three generations and his wife and cute son.
However, Li Jing was not too happy, because at the grand dynasty meeting, his teacher Cui Yunqing was transferred from the Taining Army Jiedushi to the Lingnan East Road Jiedushi, and Kang Chenghui was also transferred to the Lingnan West Road Jiedushi. These two transfers were obviously demoted. The surface reason was that Huang Chao went north last year and ran rampant in the two towns. But Li Jing knew very well that the real reason should be Tian Lingzi secretly. They were close to him, and now they were transferred to Lingnan thousands of miles away, and they were suspected to be breaking their arms.
Yang Zhizhi, the former governor of Shandong East Road, was transferred to the position of governor of Taining Army, and Cao Quanshi, the former general of Tianping Army, was promoted to the position of governor of Tianping Army. Both of them were from Tian Lingzi, and Wang Jingwu and Li Jing's town [***] had been blocked on the Shandong Peninsula.
When Gongsun Lan saw Li Jing frowning, she said with some distress: "Hey, actually, there is no need to pay attention to the changes in the Central Plains for the time being. Today, the Jiedushi is like a revolving lantern. Few Jiedushi have served in a town for three years. Isn't it great if we just pay attention to Liaodong now?"
"The strategic surname you made last year was very good to defend. Although it did not win the hurdles head-on, it had a good impact on the Bohai Sea and Goguryeo people."
Last year, Li Jing did not choose to fight against the Bohai Army and the Goguryeo Army, but instead had a strategic surname defense. The so-called strategic surname defense was not a passive defense, but an active defense. Li Jing first carried out a solid wall and cleared the fields of Jizhou, Jianzhou and Anzhou, and moved all the people outside the cities to Jinzhou, and sent them to Dengzhou before the Liaohai frozen, reducing the pressure on the food and grass and management of Liaodong.
At the same time, Li Jing sent most of the navy troops, as well as nearly half of the cavalry of the tenth army, divided into dozens of small troops. He began to attack guerrilla warfare. The navy's small fleet along the coastline attacked the castles and villages behind the enemy troops, robbed their livestock, property, money and food, and even robbed the population, and then burned their villages and castles. He also broke into their hearts along the Liao River, Yalu River and other rivers, attacked their villages, robbed them, and burned their village houses.
The cavalry attacked light cavalry, sneaked into various places, adopted guerrilla warfare, specifically attacking their villages, attacking their logistics transportation lines, and robbing and burning their food and grass.
At the same time, while the town [***] is firmly clearing the walls and clearing the fields and guarding the cities, it also actively builds roads and organizes sneak attacks, attacks and feints from time to time. These constant small actions have annoyed the Goguryeo and the Bohai people and suffered heavy losses.
Every time they were so angry that they were chasing the army, the small troops sent by the Northern Expedition Army had long used the lightweight advantage of few people and escaped early. There were even several times, and they were finally going to catch these damn wolf-like Tang troops, but in the end they were trapped in seducing the enemy.
After fighting, the Tang army did not fight. Instead, they were transferred to chase them everywhere, exhausted, and even lost a lot of troops and several small cities. They also tried to attack the mountain city occupied by the Tang army. But the Tang army defended the city too powerful. Not only were there strong bows and crossbows on the city, but there were also various ancient things, especially those catapults, which made them most painful. The catapults were high up and there was no shortage of stones on the mountain, so they often suffered heavy losses before they approached the mountain city wall.
At night, the Tang army began to attack, rushing around, making them unable to sleep well. When they ignored it, the Tang army immediately attacked. After they sent people to guard the camp every day, the Tang army changed to a small harassment tactic, which made them miserable. Moreover, their logistics, food, supplies and transportation were also harassed by the Tang army. After several times, the Bohai people and the Goguryeo people who had no food and food had to retreat.
Both sides defended the city, and then small firefights fought this bloody battle.
The Bohai people and the Goguryeo people had more troops than the Tang army in the northeast of the peninsula. More troops also meant great logistical pressure. Especially for the 50,000 Bohai troops, their food and grass were transported from the distant Bohai Sea, but the long logistics line was hard to guard against the attacks of the Tang army. The Tang army used warships to transport cavalry, and on the long mile-long border, they could quickly place small groups of cavalry and raid their logistics lines. Then, before their siege and blocked the abominable robbers, they could use the navy to pick them up from the sea on the coast.
The Tang army's harassment did not stop until the Liaohai Sea freezes in December. If the Tang army continues to attack for another month, the Bohai Army will be able to eat food.
Chapter completed!