Chapter 561 Gongsun Kang(1/2)
After the Xiliang and Guanlong Legions set off, they suddenly divided into four groups, from Hanyang County, Anding County, Beidi County, and Shangjun launched a large-scale attack on the Xixia Kingdom, compressing the sphere of influence of Li Yuanhao, the King of Xixia who was descending in Beidi County.
Li Yuanhao's Western Xia Kingdom had a sphere of influence east of Helan Mountain and was distributed along the Yellow River. The four troops of the Guanlong Legion formed a siege.
The old Qin, Wang Jian, Meng Tian, and Wanyan Zongwang each led a large army and advanced steadily.
He learned that the Ogedei Khanate in the Western Regions had an almost identical judgment as that in Chu Tian: "The Western Regions are becoming more and more dangerous. It seems that I cannot slowly consume the national strength of the Western Xia and capture Li Yuanhao as soon as possible."
The old Qin of the ranks immediately issued an order, ordering Wang Jian, Meng Tian and Wanyan Zong to advance as soon as possible and severely damage Xixia.
Chu Tian had already urged Lao Qin, believing that it would take less than three months for the Guanlong Army to conquer and destroy Xixia.
With the combat effectiveness of the Guanzhong Legion, Xu Fengnian was also driven away by Lao Qin.
Lao Qin's legion was no better than the Northern Song Dynasty. It fought against Xixia. It was no problem to suppress the King of Xixia with the ability of Lao Qin.
Under the order of the old Qin Dynasty, Wang Jian, Meng Tian and Wanyan Zongwang accelerated the attack speed, quickly recovered the county occupied by Xixia, and suppressed Xixia to the Helan Mountain area.
Li Jue and Guo Si led the Feixiong Army to advance along the Yellow River, chasing and killing the retreating Western Xia cavalry.
Since Dong Zhuo's death, Li Jue and Guo Si defected to the old Qin Dynasty and became the thugs under the old Qin Dynasty.
Li Jue and Guo Si are not bad at commanding cavalry, so they can serve as generals under Dong Zhuo.
However, the two have too bad reputations, so their abilities are easily belittled.
Li Jue had a special army of Feixiong Army, which was extremely fast and defeated the Western Xia cavalry.
"The whole army stops advancing!"
Suddenly, Li Jue reached out to stop the advance of Feixiong Army.
A heavy cavalry full of iron armor appeared by the Yellow River and the ground was shaken.
Fei Xiong Jun felt inexplicably frightened.
"Could it be that the King of Western Xia Li Yuanhao is here?"
Li Jue and Guo Si looked at each other, probably knowing that Li Yuanhao, the King of Western Xia, personally fought.
As the founding emperor of the Western Xia, Li Yuanhao had the characteristics of a monarch and suppressed the Feixiong Army.
Li Jue and Guo Si may not be Li Yuanhao's opponents, and under Li Yuanhao's command, he owns the most elite high-level heavy cavalry of the Western Xia Kingdom - Tie Yaozi.
The Western Xia Iron Harrier, the Jin Kingdom Iron Buddha Tu, and the Mongolian Qiexue Army were all elite cavalry from the powerful dynasty established by the nomadic and fishing tribal civilizations.
However, Li Jue was not afraid of the Western Xia King Li Yuanhao.
The Feixiong Army is king with speed. If you can't defeat it, can't you run away...
Guo Si faintly heard the familiar marching of heavy cavalry and said to Li Jue: "General Meng Tian has arrived all the way, maybe we don't have to leave."
"Behead the King of Xixia Li Yuanhao, and we can be granted the title of Marquis of Wanhu."
"The lord has an order, so it is best to capture him alive. It is said that Li Yuanhao has some ability."
Li Jue and Guo Si were fearless when they heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the Golden Fire Cavalry.
They have been with Meng Tian for a few years and have long been familiar with Meng Tian and Meng Tian’s special army - the Golden Fire Cavalry.
The Golden Fire Cavalry is fully capable of competing with the Iron Harrier of the King of Western Xia Li Yuanhao.
Sure enough, a cavalry rushed from another direction.
This cavalry is different from the black iron kite, but its equipment is quite exaggerated. The red armor and the armor of some golden fire cavalry generals are even decorated with gold edges to symbolize their own military achievements and show off their power.
Unlike the cavalry that decorates the facade, although the equipment of the Golden Fire Cavalry is exaggerated, this is the glory they tied their heads to their belts and exchanged for their military achievements!
Meng Tian held the battle halberd and looked at the arrival of Xixia King Li Yuanhao and Tie Harrier coldly.
During this period, he had fought with Iron Harrier many times.
As a representative army of Western Xia civilization, Iron Harrier is indeed not weak.
However, it is just not weak.
Even the Tiefutu of the Jin Kingdom was still destroyed by the princes of the Han Empire after 100% strengthening of the system, which shows the strength of the princes of the Han Empire.
"Many soldiers obeyed the orders and killed an Iron Harrier and rewarded twenty taels of silver, which was counted as military merits!"
"kill!"
The Golden Fire Cavalry heard that killing the Western Xia Iron Harrier can get rewards and military achievements, and fight desperately!
Thousands of golden fire cavalry charged, and the scene was grand, like a fire, sweeping towards the Western Xia iron kite!
The combat effectiveness of the troops in the Qin State background is often related to the rewards they can receive...
On the border between Fuyu Kingdom and Xuantu County, Liaodong garrison Lu Xiangsheng set up an ambush with a 5,000-day army to annihilate thousands of Fuyu soldiers, and the remaining Fuyu soldiers scattered.
The soldiers of these Fuyu tribes were at most three-level troops. In front of the special troops Tianxiong Army, they were easily suppressed like peasant uprising troops.
In order to avenge the more than a thousand Tianxiong soldiers who died, Lu Xiangsheng suppressed the undercurrents of the Liaodong tribes, and marched day and night, intending to take the lead in destroying the Fuyu Kingdom before the Wuhuan and Xianbei responded to the call of the Fuyu people.
The territory controlled by the Liaodong Army was not solid, and the Fuyu Kingdom was just one of the threats, as well as the threats from the rebel army of the Goryeo Kingdom.
The Goryeo Kingdom was ruled by the Liaodong Army, but its Yiren joined forces with some of the Goryeo landlords to resist the Liaodong Army and planned to restore the Goryeo Kingdom.
Lu Xiangsheng could not imagine how much impact the Fuyu Kingdom would have on Liaodong after capturing dozens of villages or even a few cities.
Other tribes in Liaodong and the rebels in the Goryeo Kingdom were not good at it.
"According to the instructions of the Fuyu people captured alive, the old King Fuyu was under house arrest by his son. The King of New King Fuyu ordered his tribe to ambush the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army who came to patrol, and sent people to block the mountain pass with rocks, and then shot arrows to kill them. The general was indeed as expected."
Gongsun Kang, the governor of Xuantu County, took the initiative to please Lu Xiangsheng.
The Gongsun family was also considered a large family in Liaodong in the late Han Dynasty.
In order to try to appease the families in Liaodong and consolidate their rule in Liaodong, Mingguan appointed Gongsun Kang to guard Xuantu County and maintain local public order.
The Fuyu Kingdom was under the jurisdiction of Xuantu County, so the Fuyu people rebelled. The officials of Xuantu County had no choice but to lead the way for the Tianxiong army that attacked Fuyu Kingdom.
Faced with Gongsun Kang's active show of kindness, Lu Xiangsheng ignored it. He focused on suppressing the people of Fuyu.
Gongsun Kang showed displeasure and thought Lu Xiangsheng looked down on him.
Another minor official from Xuantu County who came with him said: "Although Fuyu Kingdom has a king, in our eyes, its status is not as good as that of a prefect. I don't know what the people of Fuyu have eaten. They dare to provoke trouble on their own initiative. They really don't know how to live or die."
“That’s exactly what’s incomprehensible.”
Lu Xiangsheng ignored Gongsun Kang and did not intend to underestimate him. His considerations were the same as most officials in Xuantu County.
Compared with the Mongol Empire and the Great Jin Kingdom, the strength of Fuyu Kingdom was hundreds of times different. Even in the fourth national war, the founding emperor Li Yuanhao could hold Fuyu Kingdom to the ground to rub against it.
The Xianbei tribes in western Liaoning could also defeat the Fuyu people.
The Fuyu Kingdom was sandwiched between Liaodong and Heilongjiang River Basin. Their rebellion would have many harms but no benefits to Liaodong's control of Heilongjiang River Basin.
"Maybe it was Wanyan Aguda of the Jin Kingdom who sent cavalry into Fuyu Kingdom and instigated Fuyu Kingdom to rebel."
Lu Xiangsheng inferred this possibility.
According to Mingguan’s speculation about Wanyan Aguda’s ability, Wanyan Aguda has a special attraction to the tribes in Liaodong.
The people of Fuyu also belonged to the Liaodong tribe, and may also be attracted by the Jin Emperor Wanyan Aguda and were driven by Wanyan Aguda.
If Wanyan Aguda sent a cavalry into the Fuyu Kingdom and assisted the Fuyu people in resisting the rule of the Liaodong Army, then it can be explained why the weak Fuyu people could ambush and wipe out more than a thousand Tianxiong troops.
In Lu Xiangsheng's view, even if more than a thousand Tianxiong troops were surrounded by tens of thousands of Fuyu soldiers, they would not be wiped out.
"The center of the Fuyu people is Fuyu Royal City and the circular Muzha City, which is not difficult to attack."
Gongsun Kang explained the information about Fuyu Kingdom to Lu Xiangsheng.
Muzha City is a city wall surrounded by wooden fences. The royal city of Fuyu Kingdom is only of this technical level, which shows that its level of civilization is far less than that of the Han Empire, and the people of Fuyu are indeed relatively weak.
The more this happens, the more careful Lu Xiangsheng is.
"With 35,000 soldiers, you can easily break through the Fuyu Royal City, burn its royal city, and then you can go through triumph."
Gongsun Kang believed that defeating the army of Fuyu Kingdom was easy to carry.
"Don't underestimate the enemy... still attack the Fuyu Royal City as planned, and be careful to ambush on the way."
Lu Xiangsheng and Gongsun Kang are different after all.
Just dealing with the Fuyu people, Lu Xiangsheng didn't even have to come in person. He just arranged for the deputy general to command 20,000 to 30,000 low-level soldiers to burn the Fuyu royal city.
However, Fuyu Kingdom may have a Jin cavalry, and Lu Xiangsheng must be on guard.
"How many soldiers are there in Xuantu County?"
"There are about ten thousand people."
"Deploy three thousand people as pioneers."
"The last general Gongsun Kang is willing to be the pioneer!"
Gongsun Kang, who is familiar with the local terrain, volunteered.
Under the command of Gongsun Kang, three thousand Xuantu County soldiers joined Lu Xiangsheng's army, which increased Lu Xiangsheng's troops to 5,000 Tianxiong Army, three thousand Xuantu County soldiers, and 3,000 auxiliary soldiers.
Lu Xiangsheng continued to go north, taking Gongsun Kang as his pioneer, and leading the way with the captive Fuyu people to attack the Fuyu royal city.
In the Fuyu Royal City, about 50,000 young and strong people from Fuyu Kingdom gathered. King Fuyu glanced at the young and strong people from Fuyu Kingdom, and these people were also soldiers of Fuyu Kingdom.
To be continued...