These Jin soldiers surrendered and suffered the oppression of the Khitans. They were already resentful. Now they were ordered to drag their families and move north to Saibei, which made them even more resentful. After being provoked by Wu Xingde, they immediately exploded. Coupled with Sufu Wu Xingde's prestige, they all expressed their willingness to do it with him.
The boatmen were quickly mobilized, and all the trackers who had been forcibly recruited by the Khitan people, who had not suffered the hardships of the Khitan people, all agreed to do so. As for the accompanying family members of the Jin army, they had no other choice but to support them.
"Erlang, pass the order and allocate all the armor and weapons. Free up a few ships and select eight hundred strong men. I will go up the river to the west. You will lead the rest of the people, and protect your relatives, to escort the armor and weapons! "In the cabin, Wu Xingde put on a military armor and quickly gave instructions to his younger brother Wu Xingyou.
"Brother, where are you taking us?" Wu Xingyou asked.
These people only know how to raise troops and raise righteousness, and basically don't think about the next move alone. Decisions involving life and death must be made by Wu Xingde.
"Heyang!" Wu Xingde said with great certainty: "At present, in the Central Plains and Hebei, the Khitan people are heavily concentrated and cannot move eastward along the river. They stay in Heyin and defend the city, waiting to be killed. Only Heyang , is our only place to go, our only way to survive!"
"Why?" Wu Xingyou was a little confused.
Patiently, Wu Xingde explained to his younger brother: "The Hedong army has gone south to occupy Luzhou and control Zezhou. As long as we go west and capture the land of Heyang, we can be connected with Helu and Zezhou. Now, The Khitan people are determined to withdraw from the Central Plains. We only need to support the Hedong army and occupy the Heyang area until they withdraw."
"I have long thought that the possibility of success in this matter is very high. If the Khitan retreats, the Emperor of Jinyang will march into the Central Plains sooner or later. At that time, we can use the land of Heyang as a qualification for advancement. We suddenly launched an attack in Heyin , just before the Khitans could react, they went up the river and attacked Heyang."
"Time is very tight and there is no room for delay. Erlang, go ahead and send the order!"
After hearing Wu Xingde's decision, Wu Xingyou subconsciously raised his hands and said, "Then I will go with my eldest brother!"
"No!" Wu Xingde shook his head and refused, waved his hand to stop Wu Xingyou, pointed at the dozens of ships behind him and solemnly warned: "Erlang, you must know the importance of these ordnance to us. When we occupy Heyang, we can rely on it to Then I quickly gathered a rebel army to fight against the Khitan. The brothers’ families must also be protected. With them behind us, the soldiers will let go and fight with me!"
Seeing Wu Xingde being so solemn, Wu Xingyou nodded: "Yes. I will definitely live up to my brother's trust!"
"Very good, I have achieved great success and wealth in one fell swoop!" Wu Xingde clenched his fist.
"Brother, there are still Khitan troops in Heyang. If they know our news in advance, take precautions and lead the army to fight. We only have more than a thousand people..." Just as he was about to pass on the order, Wu Xingyou Suddenly he reminded me a little uneasily.
Hearing this, Wu Xingde took a deep breath and said with determination on his face: "If this is true, then we can only put it to death and survive. I have a thousand men who dare to die, and I can serve as an army of ten thousand!"
Very quickly, the fleet adjusted, set sail, sailed into the river, and traveled up the river overnight. Wu Xingde then personally led eight hundred strong men, and the light boats set off first, heading straight for Heyang.
Marching through multiple waterways overnight, we disembarked at Mengzhou, Heyang and landed ashore. It is a pity that Cui Tingxun, the governor of Heyang Jiedu, noticed it in advance and personally brought troops to reject it.
Wu Xingde came to the battlefield and led his troops to fight with him. He fought to the death outside Heyang City. With an outnumbered enemy, he fought fiercely for only half a day and finally defeated Cui Tingxun. Cui Tingxun was defeated and Wu Xingde's adventure was successful. Although the losses were considerable, he was able to successfully enter Heyang City.
"Haha..." Looking at the rushing water of the river not far away from the southern city of Heyang, Wu Xingde couldn't help but laugh out loud.
His body was in a state of embarrassment, his armor was stained with blood, his eyes were red, but his martial arts spirit was a little morbidly excited. He stroked the city wall with both hands very "lovingly" and vented for a long time. Then he said disdainfully: "God help me. If Cui Tingxun defends the city, I will be in real trouble. It's a pity, hahaha... ....”
Soon, Wu Xingde completely controlled Heyang City, raised the flag, gathered volunteers, strengthened the soldiers, issued treasury, rewarded the meritorious officials, and repaired the city defense. Of course, the most positive thing he did was to send his brother Wu Xingyou to sneak northward and surrender to Hedong to ask for assistance after the situation was temporarily settled.
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Time has entered the end of mid-March. In half a month, Liu Chengyou was in Shangdang, working hard to train all the armies. More than half of the original armies in Luzhou and Zezhou were incorporated into the Longqi Army by him. They had the experience of fighting together before and integrated quickly. Of course, Liu Chengyou carefully reported to Liu Zhiyuan about the army expansion.
In addition to military affairs, Liu Chengyou also tried to sort out the political affairs of Luzhou, focusing on the matter of "removing and releasing miscellaneous taxes." Although Liu Zhiyuan had a policy, implementation was the most important. After some inspection, it turned out that in the prefectures and counties under Luzhou, the administration was still the same as before. Under Liu Chengyou's personal attention, the policy was implemented. Of course, Liu Chengyou's methods were not tough...
On the 10th, Liu Chengyou returned to Jinyang to report on his duties, and told Liu Zhiyuan his judgment and opinions on the world situation in person. He showed it to Liu's mother, Mrs. Li, to ease her worries. By the way, he stayed in the mansion for a night and did a lot of damage to his beloved concubine Geng...
At the same time, Jinzhou was also successfully captured. Murong Yanzhao led the army and headed towards Linfen, the state capital, without haste and without delay, approaching the city with more than a thousand infantry and cavalry. The style of play he chose was the same as Liu Chengyou's victory over Shangdang that day. It was also a combination of inside and outside.
In fact, there were many people in Linfen City who had different intentions from Luo Conglang who stayed behind. After all, although the Khitans were powerful, they were thousands of miles away, while the power of Hedong was right in front of them. Moreover, how can the Khitans be as close as Hedong?
Seeing that Murong Yanzhao had few soldiers, Luo Conglang led his army to attack. As a result, on the battlefield, general Yao Kechou led his men to an uprising on the battlefield and turned back. Luo Conglang was defeated in one battle and successfully captured Linfen.
As soon as Linfen came down, word spread to almost all other counties and towns. There was basically no loss and Jinzhou was recovered. With this achievement, Murong Yanzhao completely secured his position as commander of the Fourth Army.
In the Battle of Linfen, Yang Ye also quickly turned around, and he alone took all the credit for killing generals and capturing flags. It is said that he picked up Luo Conglang's head on the battlefield, shouted to the sky, and looked down upon thousands of troops, causing the Jinzhou army to surrender.
After returning to Shangdang, Yang Ye was directly promoted by Liu Chengyou to the newly expanded second capital of the cavalry. In less than a month, Yang Ye was demoted and resurrected, and Liu Chengyou personally ordered it to judge matters based on military merit. Yang Ye's reputation spread throughout the Longqi Army.
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Wu Xingyou went north and passed by Shangdang. When he sent in a message to visit, Liu Chengyou was inspecting Shangdang's "Yan Camp".
