After all, the Great Jin Kingdom had ruled the Yanjing area for eight or nine years, and its foundation was quite deep. Even if it ran away now, it still left many informants. Even though Zhao Kai used the death of Medical Master Guo to clean up a lot of people and arrested many people, he still could not dig out all the fine works left by the Kingdom of Jin.
Therefore, the news that he killed people on the east bank of the Gaoliang River to sacrifice the flag and vowed to fight for the Eastern Campaign spread to Haiyang County, more than 500 miles away, in just a few days, and reported to Deputy Marshal Zuo of Dajin and King Wanyan Zong of Liang Dynasty.
Wanyan Zongqian's reaction to this was a burst of ecstasy: "Well done! Hahaha..."
He was not forcing a smile, but he was really happy!
Because if Zhao Kai kept squinting at Yanjing and couldn't get over, Wanyan Zongqian would also feel very uncomfortable. Previously, Wanyan Zongqian hoped that Zhao Kai would not come too quickly so that Jin Bing could prepare in the Shanhaikou area.
But after all the necessary preparations were made, Wanyan Zongqian began to look forward to Zhao Kai coming over soon.
Because his army is the same as Zhao Kai's army, they are all local soldiers who take turns. Among them, the troops belonging to Pinglu Army, Liaoxi Army, Andong Army, Xianping Army, and Huining Army were better. At least the territory of these armies was not lost, and the Meng'an Mouke to which the soldiers belonged did not need to rearrange their territory.
The armies directly under the Marshal's Mansion, Ziqing Town, Datong Town, and Weibo Town were in dire straits. Their territory was lost, and their subordinate Meng'an Mouke became a lost dog and needed to be relocated. Before the resettlement was completed, the soldiers who did not know where they belonged felt empty in their hearts.
The military is uneasy!
Moreover, Zhao Kai's logistical supply was a problem, and Jin Bing's family also had limited food surplus. Although they gathered a handful of wool before withdrawing from Yanshanfu Road and Hebei Road, the remaining grain was much more than Zhao Kai.
But I can’t help but sit back and have nothing but nothing!
The number of Jin soldiers gathered in Shanhaikou, Haiyang County, Laibin County, Haibin County (belonging to Zongzhou), Anchang County, Yongle County (belonging to Jinzhou) and other places now exceeds 350,000 (including Alixi)!
In addition, there are more than 500,000 family members, servants, and civil servants.
These people all need to eat and drink.
These more than 800,000 people alone consume an astonishing 200,000 shi of food in a month!
The food snatched from Yanshanfu Road and Hebei Road can last for up to half a year.
Moreover, if these people stay in the Liaoxi Corridor, they will not be able to go to Quang Ninh Prefecture to reclaim land - reclaiming wasteland requires strong labor, so the soldiers who are serving must go home to participate in production before the land can be reclaimed Come out so that you can have food to eat later.
In addition, the main force of the Jin soldiers gathering at Shanhaikou would also delay their conquest of the Kingdom of Goryeo.
Therefore, prolonging the delay for a long time will not be good for Zhao Kai, but it will also be bad for Wanyan Zongqian.
If Zhao Kai remained in Yanjing and did not advance eastward or withdraw his army, but instead competed with Da Jin for endurance, then it would be very difficult for Wanyan Zong to succeed!
I don’t dare to take the initiative to march westward. Isn’t that just looking for trouble?
They were unwilling to abandon the army and go home to farm or conquer Goryeo, and they were not at ease.
What if the Jin army retreats and Zhao Kai marches eastward?
Although it is unlikely that Zhao Kai will go out of Shanhaikou to fight for western Liaoning, Zhao Kai must take advantage of the danger of Shanhaikou.
Once Zhao Kai captured the key points of Shanhaikou, he blocked the main channel from the northeast into the Central Plains. It can also be said that he completely closed the east gate of the Central Plains. Then he can concentrate on taking care of Zhao Gou and Zhao Huan... These "two Zhaos" will definitely not be able to defeat the wolf-like Zhao Kai. When Zhao Kai dominates the world, he can use the taxes from the southeast to Raising soldiers from the north will put great pressure on the Kingdom of Jin.
But it's fine now. As soon as Dajin was ready, Zhao Kai impatiently launched the Eastern Expedition, obviously being dazzled by the victory.
"Uncle, my nephew suggested that we first rely on Yuguan and Yuhe River to start a field battle with the Song army. Now that we have a camel tube army, we have a good chance of winning in a field battle... If we fail to win in the field battle, we can then rely on Yuguan. Arrive at the fortress between Shanhaikou, fight and retreat, lure the Song army to the line between Shanhaikou, and then defend the stronghold to fight!"
Wanyan Xiebao also smiled and came up to give Wanyan Zongqian some advice.
His method was to rely on favorable terrain and camel tubes to fight in the field. If the field battle failed, he would then withdraw to defend the mountains and seaports. If Shanhaikou cannot be defended...then Wanyan Xiebao will have to go to Linhuang Mansion to discuss with his father Wanyan Zonghan whether it is better to be a Roman official in Kingsburg or a magistrate in Baghdad. How about Shiguo Tiankhan?
Wanyan Zongqian nodded slightly and seemed to appreciate Xie Bao's plan. However, he did not express his final stance. Instead, he looked at his two brothers, the third brother Wanyan Zongfu and the fourth brother Wanyan Zongbi.
"The diagonal security method is good..." Wanyan Zongfu said, "Let me use another trick. We can also lure the enemy deep from the beginning and lure Zhao Kai's troops to the mouth of the mountain and sea. Then we can hold on with the main force. , then ship the partial division to Shandong to join forces with Wuli Mei, and march westward to Kaifeng Mansion, forcing Zhao Kai to return to the division."
Wanyan Zongbi touched one of his beards and smiled and said: "If Zhao Kai's army remains motionless in Yanjing, it will be really difficult for us. But if his army moves, we will be able to fight... ....As long as we can attract Zhao Kai's main force to the mouth of Shanhaiguan, we can either cross the sea into Shandong or cross the Yanshan Mountains into the grassland.
Our cavalry is already strong, and coupled with the camel barrels and small cannons, it is not something that Yelu Dashi and Xiao Heda can resist. As long as these Khitan dogs are defeated, we will fight back to Xijing Road and threaten Hedong Road! "
Wanyan Zong smiled and said: "It seems there are quite a few ways to defeat Zhao Kai... How about we try them one by one?"
"Try one by one?" Wanyan Zongbi asked, "Does that mean we have to fight Yuguan first?"
Wanyan Zongqian nodded, with a murderous look on his face, "Yes! Let's enter the mouth of the mountains and seas, and have a battle with Zhao Kai at Yuguan first!
Now that I have the right time, right place, right people, and the right people, King Gu wants to see if Zhao Kai has any more clever tricks! "
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When the Jin soldiers entered in large numbers, they began to expand in the Yuguan and Yuhe areas, and began to build fortresses and arrange defenses. The 200,000 troops led by Zhao Kai personally also began to advance rapidly.
This army left Shuntian Prefecture on the eighth day of August to launch the Eastern Expedition. After leaving Shuntian Prefecture, it first went to Lu County, Tongzhou, and then to Sanhe, and then advanced to Yuyang, Yutian, and Yongji in Jizhou, all the way eastward, never Pause.
On the morning of August 14, Li Shifu, who was leading the way for the entire army, led his troops across the "military demarcation line" between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom, and entered Luanzhou under the control of the Jin Kingdom. On the same day, they captured and Shicheng County is defended by many troops.
The next day, Li Shifu sent his army to capture Yifeng, the capital county of Luanzhou, which was also unprepared.
After resting for a day in Yifeng, Li Shifu led his Second Army across the Luanhe River and invaded Pingzhou, and quickly occupied Haishan County where the Jin soldiers had abandoned their defense. On August 17, the leading troops of the Second Army arrived in Changli County, Pingzhou, and immediately occupied the Jieshi Mountain opposite Yuguan...the Jieshi Mountain where Cao Mengde watched the sea.
Yuguan is about 40 miles northwest of Jieshi Mountain!
Three days later, on the morning of August 20th, Zhao Kai's six banners and two flags appeared over Shuiyan Temple at the top of Xiantai, the main peak of Jieshi Mountain.
Zhao Kai is here!
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"Guanjia, that's Yuguan... To the west of Yuguan is Tiger Mountain, to the northwest is Shijing Mountain, to the southwest is Yanghe River, and behind it is the Yuhe River. The terrain is not considered dangerous, and to the east there is The mountains and seaports are incomparable, but the golden thief seems to want to compete with us in the Yuguan area, so he built stockades on Laohu Mountain and Shijing Mountain, and also built a fortress on the east bank of the Yang River.
From the outside, Yuguan City has been reinforced and expanded, and has just been completed. There should be a lot of troops stationed inside, and most likely there are also cannons.
The situation on both sides of the Chongqing River is still unclear, and it is estimated that they have also built forts and fortifications. Most of the camps of the gold thieves' army are on the east bank of the Yu River.
The gold thieves probably want to use Tiger Mountain, Shijing Mountain, Yanghe Village, Yuguan and other places to consume us. When we are exhausted, their elite soldiers will come out from the east bank of the Yu River. "
On a mountain ridge called Tu'er Mountain at the northern foot of Jieshi Mountain, it was Guo Tiannu, the ever-victorious goddess, who explained to Zhao Kai the terrain in the Yuguan area and the deployment of the Jin army.
She once stationed in Pingzhou with her father, Yaoshi Guo. Later, when Zhang Jue rebelled against the Jin Dynasty, she came to Pingzhou to discuss with Zhang Jue about joining the Song Dynasty on behalf of Wang Anzhong, the pacifier of Yanshanfu Road!
Later, when Zhang Jue defeated Wanyan Mu at Tu'er Mountain (where Zhao Kai and Guo Tiannu are now), Guo Tiannu was watching the battle on Tu'er Mountain. It was the news she brought to Wang Anzhong (the defeat of the Jin army) that made Wang Anzhong determined to recruit Zhang Jue.
Although Guo Tiannu made a mistake and seriously overestimated Zhang Jue's strength, she was really familiar with the terrain in the Yuguan area.
And this time her analysis of Jin Bing's deployment was also very accurate. Wanyan Zongqian planned a defensive counterattack.
"Husband-in-law, have you met the gold thief? How are they doing?"
Zhao Kai held the telescope and looked around while asking his brother-in-law Li Shifu.
The only ones following him to Tu'er Mountain today were Guo Tiannu, Dong Jingang, Li Shifu, and some accompanying guards.
Han Shizhong and Yue Fei have not yet arrived in front of the Jieshi Mountain Army. Han Shizhong is still in charge of the Jizhou Warlord and is sweeping the entrances at the southern foot of Yanshan Mountain - he has to block these mountain passes to prevent the golden thieves from going around the entrances of Yanshan Mountain and killing Zhao Kai's army. .
Yue Fei, on the other hand, was sweeping Lulong, Qian'an, and several mountain passes in Pingzhou to ensure the safety of the flanks of Zhao Kai's army.
After completing the sweep of the mountain pass and deploying defenses, Generals Han and Yue would lead their troops to join Zhao Kai.
"Guan family," Li Shifu replied, "my cavalry encountered the gold thieves on the west bank of the Yang River. Their fighting spirit was not high. Seeing that there were many of us, they retreated to the east bank of the Yang River and did not cross the river again to fight. In my opinion, the gold thief fought very cautiously. It seems that he wants us to attack first...Guan family, we might as well go on the defensive first and confront the gold thief for a while. Wait until the gold thief becomes paralyzed and relaxes. , then from the south of Yuguan along the seaside to the east bank of Yanghe River, and march eastward in a large scale, forcing the main force of the gold thieves to fight us decisively!"
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