Encouraged by the golden sword given by Guo Ning, Ding Haijun's South Route Army rampaged all the way. In just a few days, Yu Xi flew one after another and captured the entire Mizhou and threatened Ju County.
In addition, Li Ting also divided his troops into several groups and joined hands with Yan Ning, who returned to Yidu Mansion, to open up the Muling Pass passage in one go and at the same time cover the flanks of the two groups of troops.
Every time these news reached Zizhou, they aroused cheers and applause from naval officers from all over the country. Countless soldiers happily sang about the battle and told the people in the area where their troops were stationed about their colleagues' achievements.
Therefore, whenever Pusan Anzhen sent a large number of spies to Zizhou, they would always tell these stories to their superiors whenever they returned. The book used to record the results of their inquiries was like a navy's merit book.
Previously, Wu Lin, the counselor responsible for gathering information, promised to report to Pusan Anzhen twice a day with a book. As a result, in the past two days, he got angry every time he bumped into Pusan Anzhen, and was scolded to the point of disgrace every time.
Today, Wu Lin replied that he would not show up at the Chinese military tent at all, and only sent an envoy to deliver the books to Pusan Anzhen.
Pusan Anzhen flipped through it, and sure enough it was still the same old thing.
He sighed, closed the book, and handed it back to the envoy: "I have read it. When you go back, tell me that I will patrol the camp later. When you come back from the patrol, please invite Mr. Ulinda here. Let's drink. Eat deer legs.”
Pusan Anzhen naturally came from a noble family, so Wulin's answer was not bad.
His ancestors were from the Wulinda tribe in Hailanshui, a large tribe that had taken refuge with the Wanyan tribe during the reign of Emperor Jingzu. Later, he was married to the royal family for hundreds of years, and after marrying, he became the master, and his status was no less than that of a servant. From the scattered family.
Wu Lin replied that he also had a professional background and had served as the director of the Fengyu Monk Food Bureau of the Emperor's Close Attendance Bureau. To say that his relationship with the Emperor was closer, it was much better than that of Pusan Anzhen.
Most of Pusan Anzhen's subordinates were Jurchen nobles. This person had such a background, and that person had that status. Pusan Anzhen himself grew up among noble people everywhere, so he also developed the ability to deal with people in a friendly manner.
But at his core, he is an extremely arrogant and easily irritable warrior. So after hearing such news in the past few days, it is inevitable that I will lose control.
After losing control, you still have to find a way to turn things around, which is really hard.
Pusan Anzhen opened his arms and allowed several liaison officers to walk around busily, finishing and preparing his armor, then strode out, got on his horse, whipped and galloped away in the direction of Beiqing River.
The soldiers and horses he brought from Hebei to Shandong totaled more than 20,000 people. In the past few days, they have successively set up camp along the river bank. In the evening, when the Alixi people started cooking, smoke was rising everywhere. At a glance, it looked like a forest of white smoke rising out of thin air.
In the early years, Duji Sizhong, Wanyan Chengyu and others frequently gathered hundreds of thousands of troops to fight against powerful enemies. This was really something only a fool would do. Pusan Anzhen knew very well that once the number of soldiers and horses exceeded ten thousand, if the number continued to increase, the complexity of the corresponding support would double.
At this moment, an army of more than 20,000 people set up a series of camps and built fortifications. The logistics project was terrifyingly huge. Not to mention anything else, hundreds of earthen pits for defecation alone had to be dug.
Among them, there are countless tips that are not known to outsiders. Some of them were even learned little by little from Marshal Zongfu and Marshal Zongbi when Pusan Anzhen's grandfather Pusan Zhongyi was a general. There are also some things that Pusan Anzhen's father, Pusan Kui, summed up while fighting with the Southern Bandits.
There are no less than one or two hundred articles concerning the defense system, environmental hygiene and comfort when the army is camping.
Another example is when setting up camp. The garrison points of each unit, the positions responsible for defense, and the routes in and out must be carefully determined in advance so that they can be used smoothly when the army is mobilized.
In the past few days, more than 20,000 soldiers and horses have gathered together, and the sound of golden drums can be clearly heard dozens of miles away. The momentum of this imperial army is so majestic that in the past few months, it has easily overwhelmed Hebei Junzhou. There are countless thieves and bandits.
At this moment, the Hebei army pressed into Shandong territory, and more and more soldiers and horses were concentrated. But Anzhen's psychological pressure is increasing.
He was a loyal minister of the imperial court, and he knew that Guo Ning, who ordered the navy, was not a good person. He came with the army this time to suppress Ding Haijun's momentum and to let Guo Ning know that the court had enough power to restrain him.
The problem is, only after arriving in Shandong did I realize that Guo Ning was so courageous and acted without any scruples.
Half a month ago, when Pu San Anzhen was chatting with his cronies, he laughed at the current emperor, saying that this emperor was fierce and cruel, and was bullied into killing his cronies in the Internal Affairs Bureau, but he didn't even dare to fart. The edict issued in a serious manner can actually be eaten back in the stomach.
In the end, it was Pu San Anzhen's turn, what could he do?
Heshi Lieyawuta, a fierce general who has followed Pusan Anzhen for more than ten years, is considered to be a brave soldier. He can fight in ten battles on the battlefield and has never met an opponent. But he was blatantly killed by Ding Haijun!
The thousand soldiers who entered Yidu early were all saved little by little by the Pusan family. They were the kind of elite soldiers who could fall to the ground even in the face of ten or even dozens of times more troops. As a result, they all died, leaving no one alive!
But the Ding Navy had no scruples in publicizing this matter, so much so that Pusan Anzhen got the news from his spies and knew that many officers in the Ding Navy were very proud of it!
The day Pusan Anzhen learned the news, he was furious.
While he was eating, he overturned the dining table on the spot, smashed the table full of expensive dishes and cups, and even drew his sword and killed the mute spy. Immediately, he ordered the entire army to dispatch and rush to Yidu in one go to meet Guo Ning.
But he failed to do so.
The military order was issued, and most of the accompanying generals were as furious as Anzhen, wanting to fight Guo Ning to the death.
But many staff officers, including Wu Lin Dadu, tried their best to dissuade him.
They told Pusan Anzhen that it was easy to start a war, but difficult to end it; they told him that Hebei was so dilapidated that logistics, finances, and military morale did not support a sudden war; they told him that with the crisp autumn weather, the Mongols in the north were likely to move south again. Hebei is the first to bear the brunt and needs sufficient strength to deal with it. We must not waste our strength on Shandong.
In the final analysis, the situation is so delicate, and troops must be mobilized with full confidence.
But Ding Haijun is not a thieves from Hebei, so how can Anzhen be completely sure?
As a result, five or six days passed, and the army still stayed in the camp along the Beiqing River, without any accurate ideas. Seeing that ordinary soldiers also had various thoughts on this.
Although Pusan Anzhen has not announced the death of Heshi Lieya Wuta to the public, he has been patrolling the military camp recently and has found that the morale of the soldiers is declining, and many people are uneasy. After all, such news is too difficult to block in a military camp full of nobles.
Many people will think that Ding Haijun has defeated the Mongolian army twice in a row before. How ferocious is this army? Seeing at this moment, they easily killed Heshi Lieya Wuta, who was powerful enough to defeat thousands of troops... Could this army really be powerful?
What's even more frightening is that this navy is not facing its own side with all its strength.
They also have a partial army, which is heading to Juzhou, Mizhou and other places to fight.
Earlier, Pusan's envoy said that he had used ingenious strategies to divide the Dinghai navy into two groups.
As the saying goes, strength is weak, and the members of the Red Coat Army will definitely be able to defeat that group of soldiers and horses, or at least entangle them. When the time comes, our own army will be able to easily suppress Guo Ning, who is trapped under Yidu City.
That strategy seemed good at the time... Now it seems like Pusan Xuanshi was telling a joke? Opposite Ding Haijun, good news spreads every day, but we all know it!
After the soldiers and horses defeated the red coat army, they would definitely come here to join forces with Guo Ning. At that time, why would our own army suppress them?
Regardless of ruthlessness or strength, will Ding Haiyuan be at a disadvantage in any aspect?
Soldiers all have brains and can think, and the more they think, the more their minds wander.
But in front of Pusan Anzhen, there is another big trouble:
Since Ding Haijun was more ferocious than expected, if he wanted to suppress them, he would need the help of the more than 10,000 people under Li Quan's command. But will Li Tiegiang really serve the court wholeheartedly? Previously, in order to gain as much benefit as possible, our side had suppressed Li Quan's troops a lot. Will they have any complaints? Do you have any other ideas?
According to the information obtained by the spies, when the capital was increasingly destroyed, Liu Qingfu, who was under Li Quan, did nothing and simply surrendered and begged for mercy. They were so weak and cowardly that they sold away the soldiers under Heshi Lieyawuta's command!
Since Li Quan's generals are unreliable, how can Li Quan be reliable?
(End of chapter)
