Chapter 202 From East to West
Another happy event that Yang Song mentioned when the double happiness comes will start with the previous decision.
Since he decided to occupy the land south of the Border River, Liu Ji rushed to the front line again with a heavy burden to command the army.
At the same time, the Li Hall under the Administrative Department, which was responsible for diplomacy, sent envoys to the vassal states outside Shanhaiguan, and brought merged letters to the vassal states.
Of course, what followed was Yang Song's Imperial Guard. One regiment of the entire Imperial Guard followed the navy's expedition, and another standard regiment left behind to Tianqi City to guard the king Yang Song. The rest of the men rushed to Shanhaiguan and would send troops outside the pass after the notice with the city guards left here.
Regardless of whether the vassal states agree to merge, it is inevitable to send troops, but it is just a difference that requires some effort.
When he dispatched the Imperial Guards before, Yang Song had considered whether to personally fight. After all, the Imperial Guards were also his personal army, but after thinking about it, he gave up this idea.
After sending out the Imperial Guards and the City Guards, there were no soldiers and soldiers in the Xia Kingdom except the Jinyi Guards of Tianqi City and the Imperial Guards of a Standard Regiment. If there was an enemy attack at this time, they would march straight in, but the reality was that there was no such so-called "accident".
A few days later, several vassal states outside Shanhaiguan refused to merge without any surprise. Then, before their reaction, most of the imperial guards quickly broke into the territory in most of the city guards, quickly occupied all vassal states, and captured all the powerful.
The organization of the Imperial Guards is different from that of the First and Second Divisions. There are no five standard regiments, only three. Instead, two cavalry regiments have been added, which greatly enhances their mobility. In addition, it is equipped with two artillery battalions.
The Imperial Guard had a total of 45,300 people, a total of 390 field artillery and 130 siege artillery, and a total of 16,500 cavalrymen.
After removing the two standard regiments, the total number of the Imperial Guards to go to the expedition was 28,500.
The city guards were organized the same as those of a standard division, with 46,500 people. After removing a standard regiment left behind in Shanhaiguan, there were still 38,100 people.
In other words, in order to deal with the "disobedient" vassal states, the Xia State sent a total of 66,600 troops.
How could a vassal state that had dispatched 100,000 soldiers as laborers for the Xia Kingdom in the face of such military power?
In fact, when the vassal states received the letter of state requested by the Xia State to merge, they were unbelievable. They did not expect that Xia State would use such a move during the expedition, which was unexpected.
As for why they chose to refuse after clearly understanding the power of Xia State, the vassal states were out of unwillingness. In addition, they thought that the Xia State army was on an expedition and they were still maintaining their logistics smoothly, so they had a little confidence.
At this time, another point that these vassal states did not expect appeared. They did not expect that the Xia State would still have such a lot of spare energy after sending hundreds of thousands of troops.
After a few days of refusing to merge, the Xia army appeared in front of them like divine weapons descending from the sky, which made the vassal states who were discussing what to do without any mental preparation.
Why did the Xia army come just by saying that after they cut off the logistics of the Xia expeditionary army, would it cause chaos in Xia? What happened to the army in front of you at this time?
No one can explain all this clearly!
Only the ministers of Xia State knew that all this was just a necessity after the decisive victory in the temple!
It was precisely because the Xia State was worried about the logistics line of the front army that it decided to quickly resolve the vassal states. The result was as smooth as planned, and it occupied all vassal states in less than half a month.
The army ahead did not have to worry about logistics, but under the command of Li Jing and Liu Ji, the army headed towards the east of Yili, Bernsey Germany.
As for the Yili Union, it no longer existed. During the period when Liu Ji returned to Xia Kingdom and rushed to the front line again, Li Jing had already eliminated the Yili Union.
As for the previous training plan, after Li Jing received the news from the country, he had already made changes - he did not divide the troops, but instead pressed the entire army in one go, and directly occupied all the cities of Yili United.
The spread of news must be faster than the speed of people. Even if Liu Ji rushed to the front line very quickly, after he reunited with Li Jing, it was the third day after the army occupied the entire territory of Yili.
"Chief of General Staff, you are finally back." In the army, Li Jing's name for Liu Ji was of course based on his current duties.
After learning about the situation in front of the army, Liu Ji said to Li Jing: "The general must have received the king's will. At this moment, our army should aim to occupy all the land south of the Jiehe River."
Li Jing nodded and agreed: "That's true. Li has asked the army to occupy this place and will decide to enter the military after the Chief of Staff arrives. However, Li did not expect that the king would make such a decision at this time."
Li Jing's last words expressed his feelings, and Liu Ji was also a little surprised by this and said, "Liu did not expect that the king summoned him back for this matter."
After the two of them sighed about the two armies, talked about recent events, they got back on the topic. Liu Ji said to Li Jing about the march: "Liu has roughly plans for the future."
"It just so happens that Li also has some ideas." When Li Jing heard Liu Ji say this, he suddenly had a plan in his mind and said, "It's better to do this. Regarding the direction of the future march, the Chief of Staff and Li both wrote it on paper to see if I think the same thing?"
"Okay, the general is interested in this, and Liu is here to accompany him." Liu Ji was also interested in this suggestion. Without saying a word, he came to the table and wrote down four big words first, then put away the paper and gave it to Li Jing.
Li Jing was a little surprised when he saw Liu Ji so neatly, but when he saw Liu Ji who had already shouted, he didn't say much, and went straight to the table, picked up his pen and wrote four big words.
When Liu Ji saw Li Jing put down his brush, he walked to the table and put the paper in his hand aside what Li Jing wrote.
When Li Jing looked at it, he saw four ink-black characters "From East to West" coming into his eyes, and they corresponded to the four words "From East to West" written by him.
"Hahaha~!" After seeing the contents on two pieces of paper, the two looked at each other and laughed at each other!
"It seems that the general and Liu have come to the same place." After Liu Ji smiled, he was not surprised by the result. The reason why he smiled was more because this move was a bit interesting.
When Li Jing heard Liu Ji's words, he walked away from the table and said, "The Chief of Staff is still very powerful. When it comes to strategy, Li is still not as good as possible!"
Although the two of them seem to be no different, the difference between the two words shows that the two people’s thoughts is still a little different. Coupled with Liu Ji’s previous attitude, it is not difficult to see the difference between them.
Chapter completed!