The ancestors of the Tatar people lived among the white mountains and black waters, limited to a harsh living environment. They were brave and hard-working, and dared to risk their lives for food and land.
In the early stage of its rise, it absorbed the blood of Great Yan and gradually grew into an institutionalized and regularized military group with extremely powerful combat power.
As soon as the iron cavalry came out, it was invincible in all directions, but Dayan, a seemingly powerful giant, could only be manipulated and manipulated.
However, when the Tatars accumulated enough savings and entered the country to destroy the Great Yan court, the combat effectiveness of their own military group began to decline rapidly.
On the one hand, the high-level nobles have become corrupted and have sunk into the indulgences of the Central Plains. They were born in white mountains and black waters, and they have never enjoyed such a luxurious life.
On the other hand, there is the Tatar court, which grants the true Tatar privileges, such as legal exemptions, self-enclosed land, hard-core crops, etc.
Especially the hard-core crops that every Zhenta can receive, so that they can enjoy the royal support without having to work hard.
Under such favorable treatment, the Tatar warriors were deteriorating both physically and mentally. They could live a comfortable life anyway, so there was no need to fight them alive or to death.
If we really want to go into battle, the real Tatar soldiers can supervise the battle from behind, while the Han army will work for them in the front.
During the time when Zhou Bai was supervising the country, the Great Yan was revived in the south, and the Tatars still retained a certain fighting strength, and the older generation of warriors had not lost their courage.
When Dayan stopped south of the Yangtze River and Cunban did not dare to cross north, the last bit of his fighting power was exhausted.
As long as you, Zhu Jun, keep half of the Southern Dynasty and become Emperor Gaozong, they will welcome you very much.
It was not until the fourth year of Guangwu that Zhou Bai sent out his navy for the "Northern Expedition" and destroyed the Tatar navy in several battles. Only then did the few sober Tatars have a chance to speak out again.
The army is on alert, and if you forget to fight, you will be in danger. The Southern Dynasties are still determined to conquer the North, and Guangwu is the reign name, which shows their ambition...
After some warnings and propaganda, coupled with the defeat of the Yangtze River, the Tatar court really discussed it for a period of time.
Even the old Tatar emperor once thought of conquering the south. If he didn't deal with the hidden dangers in the south, would future generations be able to secure their country?
What's more, it is easier to conquer the south from the north than from the south to the north.
The people of this tribe cannot be easily consumed, so recruit Han people as soldiers. No matter how many sacrifices are made, they will not be afraid.
In the fourth year of Guangwu's reign, the Tatar Emperor ordered the expansion of the army and obtained a total of 300,000 new Han soldiers. They took the green flag as the camp number and were called the Green Battalion.
After several martial arts drills, the Green Camp Army performed well and defeated the Han Banner Army many times, and was relied on by the Tatar court as a standing army.
At that time, the Northern Dynasty's military power was strong, and there were actually many internal discussions about the southern expedition. The Tatar nobles followed behind anyway, taking credit for their non-dangerous achievements.
If you win, you will be rewarded with an official title, but if you lose, there will be no losses. The Han officers will bear all the responsibility for the defeat.
Now that the cheap soldiers who can be driven are recruited, the Tatar Queen realizes that she still needs to build ships?
This time, if we want to cross the river again, it will be difficult to reach the sky without the traitors in the navy or the party leading the way.
It is not an empty talk to divide the two dynasties by crossing the river and dividing the two dynasties by natural dangers.
At this time, all the people in the Northern Dynasty could only curse, saying that Emperor Yan was cunning and cunning.
The headquarters soldiers and Han banner soldiers spent a lot of money. With the addition of 300,000 green battalions, military expenditures skyrocketed.
Shipbuilding takes a long time and also requires full support from the national treasury.
Fortunately, in the fifth and sixth years of Guangwu, the Southern Dynasty did not take any action, so why not just forget about the Southern Expedition...
After all, Nan Yan "doesn't want to make progress" and has no intention of moving north.
Soon, in order not to affect the welfare of the nation, the shipbuilding plan was reduced to empty talk on paper. The 300,000 Green Battalion soldiers could not be paid and quickly became a waste.
In the seventh year of Guangwu's reign, under Zhou Bai's personal supervision, the navy had thousands of troop-carrying warships of various types, and could transport up to 50,000 troops at a time.
In the eighth year of Guangwu's reign, the long-term horse administration became more and more glorious. The number of newly purchased and cultivated horses that met the requirements increased to 40,000, and the cavalry corps reached 30,000.
In the ninth year of Guangwu, after a long and stable rest, Dayan's national power reached its peak, and the overall luck showed red.
Zhou Bai did not choose to deploy military force throughout the army, but still chose the policy of elite soldiers. With the blessing of the national destiny, half of the 30,000 Yulin army reached the acquired realm in martial arts cultivation.
In the tenth year after proclaiming himself emperor, that is, in May of the tenth year of Guangwu, he ordered the country's Northern Expedition.
After ten years of patience, he will surely succeed in one day, drive out the Tartars, and regain the entire territory of Great Yan.
On May 5, Lou Jinpeng led an army of 50,000 forwards to successfully cross the river. The Tatar coastal defense line had already discovered the true situation and was defeated in one blow.
On May 7, the vanguard advanced wildly and captured all the ferries on the north bank. Zhou Bai led his 150,000 Chinese troops to cross the river safely.
In mid-May, the Tatar garrison general on the Yangtze River seemed to have finally come to his senses and assembled 50,000 cavalry and 100,000 green battalions to guard the important Jianghuai town.
It's just that unlike the ten years of sharpening the sword and saving up in Great Yan, the ten years that Tatar spent in the North were just a waste of time.
The corruption from the nobles to the soldiers has made this once powerful military group riddled with holes and has no fighting power at all.
A series of fortified cities could basically not be defended for three days, but Emperor Guangwu once again reiterated his intention to fight against Hu Xi.
"Any Hu Gou who was forced to surrender in the Han Dynasty will be pardoned without asking any questions. If he is a prisoner, if he changes his face and wants to return to farming and herding, he will be pardoned without asking any questions. If he threatens the crowd and calls him an enemy, he will be pardoned without asking any questions. Anyone who resists Yan will be killed without mercy; anyone who acts as a spy will be killed without mercy; therefore, he violates military law and will be killed without mercy."
If you surrender now, you will be regarded as a traitor. It is too late. Not only will you be killed without mercy, but you will also leave your name in the history of history. You will be infamy for thousands of years and future generations will never be able to hold their heads high.
At the end of May, after several days of strong attacks, the core city of Yicheng where the Tatar troops were heavily stationed was defeated.
They wanted to defend, but their combat effectiveness and fighting will were too poor. The first-class garrison general died in the battle, and more than 10,000 Han and Tatar soldiers who resisted in the city were massacred.
Another 20,000 garrisoned Tatar soldiers who surrendered were organized into the vanguard by Zhou Bai and ordered to open the way.
Since then, throughout June, the Northern Expeditionary Army has not encountered many obstacles, and the road to the north has been smooth.
Along the way, the people welcomed the king's division happily, and the garrison soldiers looked at the wind and descended...
The cavalry regiment on which the Tatars founded their country was actually only seen in Yicheng.
By July 9, the Jianghuai River was completely restored, and the troops of the Dayan Northern Expedition entered Haiyou Province.
Lou Jinpeng's front army was unstoppable. They captured 11 cities in seven days and captured the Haiyou Fortress in one battle.
The Tatar court was still debating how many troops to send and who was responsible for the empty treasury. Unexpectedly, the crisis of national subjugation was already in sight.
If Haiyou is lost, there will be no shield in the Gyeonggi region, and the capital will be in danger.
In view of the unprecedented crisis, the Tatars broke out and finally gathered the troops, money and food.
On July 15, 100,000 cavalry from the North gathered together and were handed over to the once-famous Lao Wang Sengge to march south.
However, before Sengge arrived and left the capital, news came that the Haiyou provincial capital had been captured by Emperor Yanguang himself.
According to the frontline military report, Emperor Guangwu's 30,000 Yulin were all martial arts masters, and any one of them could serve as a first-class bodyguard.
Everyone is like a tiger, not afraid of arrows, brave and fearless, and can even climb the city wall with bare hands.
Even though General Haiyou was loyal to the court and drove the defenders to defend with all their strength, he could not reverse the situation of the war.
"Gao Hu, the general of the Flame Dragon Cavalry, is invincible in the world with a silver spear, and blasts through the city gate with his separated spear light?"
"The unknown imperial guard commander Qu Zhi personally captured and killed the desperate General Haiyou, and the personal guards witnessed him fighting a hundred true Tatar warriors alone?"
When Lao Wang Sengge saw the intelligence sent back one after another, he thought that the frontline generals and sentinels were all crazy.
When he was young, he was revered as the First Batulu of the Tatars. He was tyrannical in force. When fighting Dayan, he often beheaded generals and captured flags, which frightened the Dayan border troops who dared to fight.
Even so, Seng Ge also believed that he was a mortal body, wearing armor, and a pair of more than ten people was capable of extraordinary performance.
Are you telling me now that he can't accept the fact that he is climbing the city wall with bare hands and using his spear to fight one against a hundred, all while the Martial Saint is still alive?
But this is a military report that has been confirmed many times and cannot be falsified.
Suddenly, Sengge remembered the reason why the Tatars withdrew from the south ten years ago.
The Han people opposed the idea of shaving their hair and changing clothes, and the whole country rioted. It was necessary to divide the troops to suppress it. This is the main reason.
But he still remembered another important reason. Tens of thousands of Tatars died in the battle in the south. The outrageous battle report sent back by Erke actually said that they were defeated by a Yan army with extraordinary force.
At that time, the arrogant Sengge, who was in charge of the capital, only thought that Erke was looking for a reason. No matter how strong the army was, it would not go beyond the Tatar cavalry.
Now it seems that Emperor Guangwu has always had such a trump card, but he still tolerated it for ten years, how terrible it is.
Seng Ge felt inexplicably frightened. No wonder the Great Yan Northern Expedition did not divide the troops into multiple routes like the previous Southern Dynasties.
He has an invincible and powerful army. He has been honest and majestic since he came all the way. How can you stop him?
With his keen military sense, Sengge ordered the entire army to stop at the right border of the sea, and at the same time reported a secret message to the Tatar Emperor.
The letter first requested to continue sending reinforcements. One hundred thousand cavalry was not enough.
Then he suggested that the imperial court should move the capital immediately. It would be better to retreat directly outside the customs while he could hold off for a while.
If the large population of Gyeonggi and the wealth plundered in Dayan for more than ten years can be taken away, the country may be able to continue in the home of Baishan and Heishui.
It's okay for the former to ask for help. The Tatar Emperor also thought that this was a prudent move by Seng Ge. After all, the Great Yan was coming very menacingly this time, and if he was not careful, he would be in danger of losing his country.
But the subsequent proposal to move the capital directly stimulated the aging Tatar emperor, right? !
But as the top leader of a dynasty, when he doesn't want to pretend to be asleep, he really can't sleep.
Natural and man-made disasters, corrupt officials, resentment among the people, empty state treasury...
But the most critical thing is that they have internal problems, and the military force that they relied on to establish a foothold in the Central Plains and rely on the small clan to dominate the big clan has collapsed.
As a privileged class, the real Tatar soldiers and the Han banner soldiers are useless. The Green Camp soldiers have long been reduced to ruffians in the past few years and do not have much fighting power.
Sengge was able to take away 100,000 "iron cavalry" thanks to the tens of thousands of "poor relatives" who came from outside the customs last year. In addition, he also drained all the private soldiers of the princes and nobles, most of whom were slaves and few were true Tatars. clan.
There are still hundreds of thousands of troops in the capital, but except for some of the pro-army troops who still have combat capabilities, the rest are just embroidered pillows.
After getting the analysis of several Han people, the Tatar emperor decided to move the capital and at the same time transferred the green battalion soldiers from various provinces to the front line to be used by the monks.
On July 13, the Tatar emperor ordered the capital to be moved, and high-quality people and a large amount of wealth began to transfer outside the customs.
Anyway, the court and the emperor will move slowly. If the monks can win, moving the capital will become a place to manage Longxing.
At this time, Zhou Bai had not yet left the sea, and Lou Jinpeng led 30,000 fine cavalry to stop outside the capital. The deterrent effect of 100,000 cavalry was still there.
At present, the two sides are still in the stage of testing and small-scale cavalry battles. Whichever side achieves more small victories will be able to cover the battlefield and gain the upper hand.
On July 18, Haiyou was completely recovered, the logistics line was unblocked, and Zhou Bai led a main force of 100,000 to the frontline battlefield.
Facing the majestic and majestic Yanjun of Dazhong Gaoya, Sengge was inexplicably relieved because he had given advance warning and the imperial court was moving the capital.
The main force of 100,000 is also a strong force like a vanguard of fine cavalry. Unless he can forcefully gather the 100,000 cavalry, they have suffered enough in small-scale battles in the past few days, with more defeats and fewer wins.
"As long as we move outside the customs and accumulate the blood and bravery of our clan members, we will surely have the opportunity to return to the Central Plains in the future!"
No matter how the Yan army invited war and provocations in the future, Sengge would avoid fighting. He thought that just delaying time would be enough.
It is precisely because of the eager gaze of the 100,000 cavalry that the main force of the Northern Expedition is advancing slowly, and we must always be careful of being surprised.
Until the end of July, news came back from outside the customs that the "old nest" had been taken away, and all the important towns in Longxing Land had been captured by the Yan Army.
At present, Li Dingguo, the general of the Great Yan expedition to the north, has led 50,000 elite Yan troops to the border pass, and the route is exactly the same as that of the Tatars entering the pass.
According to intelligence, the border pass has been abandoned since the Tatars entered the pass, and there are very few troops stationed there.
Zhou Bai never said that there was only one road with 50,000 troops, which was exactly the number of troops that the Great Yan Navy could transport at one time.
Since the Northern Expedition, the navy's grain transport ships have not only replenished the main force of the imperial camp, but also detoured to replenish Li Dingguo's troops.
The limited thinking of the nomads made them not pay attention to the navy at all, and they would not have thought that Zhou Bai would send people to steal homes by sea.
The Tatar court was shocked three times a day, and Seng Ge was even more frightened and vomited blood. It only took ten days to get from the border to the capital. If you were quick, it would only take five days?
A decisive battle is inevitable, and it must be fought quickly.
If the main force of Dayan's Northern Expedition could be defeated, or even Emperor Guangwu could be captured, then there would still be hope for timely reinforcements.
But if he loses, Tatar will be gone too.
Faced with the main force of the Yan Army who stopped marching and took their time, on August 3, Sengge had no choice but to lead a decisive battle with 100,000 cavalry.
It's just that the Yan Army's posture is tantamount to inviting you to enter the urn, and the 100,000 cavalry did not overwhelm the 30,000 Yu Lin Army who were wearing heavy armor and were at the front.
Then they fell into a vast sea of entanglement and fighting. When they wanted to retreat, they were chased and killed by 30,000 flame knights who had been raised for ten years.
In the end, the entire army collapsed and was completely defeated.
A month later, Dayan successfully regained the capital and the capital, slaughtering all the Tatar royal family to sacrifice to the Ancestral Temple.
Half a year later, the world was settled, and Great Yan regained its prosperity. People at the time called it the Guangwu Zhongxing.
One day in the eleventh year of the reign of Emperor Guangwu, Zhou Baifu felt restless and restless, so he chose to sit on the dragon chair and take a nap.
Suddenly, the scenery around him continued to retreat, and the Golden Palace, the capital, the thirteen provinces of Great Yan, and even the entire world were all turned into a dream.
"The recruitment war is over, Lord Anbei, congratulations on your victory."
"As the winner, you can return to Tianyuan World with the luck of the current Great Yan Dynasty."
(End of chapter)
