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Wanyan Xiyin, who is also wise and brave, was appointed as Wanyan Zonghan's deputy general, and went out with him.
At the same time, the Wanyan Yinshuke Army stationed in Changchun Prefecture and the Wanyan Polu Huo Army stationed in Taizhou were also ordered to obey the unified dispatch of Wanyan Zonghan.
After Wanyan Zonghan led the army westward, he left the Wanyan Polu Fire Army in Taizhou City to garrison Taizhou City and Changchun Prefecture to guard against the northern Mongolian tribal army going south.
The army of eight thousand tigers and wolves is going to tear up one hundred thousand pigs and sheep in Liao.
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Wanyan Zonghan's command of the Western Expedition is certainly eye-catching, but at this time the most talked about in Huining City is the son-in-law of the Kingdom of Jin, the eldest princess Wanyan Wulu's husband-in-law Ximen Qing, on his wedding day, begged the emperor Wanyan Aguda to fight , to accompany the army on the westward expedition.
It is said that Ximenqing, who beat all the heroes in the martial arts contest to recruit relatives, made an impassioned speech in front of Emperor Aguda in front of the nobles of Jurchen's tribes.
Ximenqing said that although he was from the Song Dynasty, he was also closely related to the Dajin Kingdom. This time, he was willing to lead the army to attack the Khitan enemies in the west, and use his military exploits as a dowry to marry the eldest princess.
What the son-in-law Ximen Qing said convinced all the nobles, and no one criticized him for marrying the eldest princess Wanyan Wulu.
Emperor Wanyan Aguda also loved Ximen Qing very much, and immediately appointed him as Wanyan Zonghan's deputy general, fulfilling his wish to make another contribution to the Kingdom of Jin.
The son-in-law Ximen Qing held a grand wedding with the princess Wanyan Wulu, only stayed in the city for one night, and went out with the army urgently because of the military situation.
Now, among the nobles and civilians in Huining City, who would not praise Ximen Qing's son-in-law as a true warrior, who can abandon his children's personal relationships for the sake of military and national affairs.
Of course, the eldest princess Wanyan Wulu, who understood righteousness and sent her newlywed husband to the battlefield, also gained a higher reputation in the capital.
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At this time, Wanyan Zonghan's army had gradually approached the Langhe River to the east of Linhuang Mansion.
Ximen Qing played with old friends such as Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Xiyin and Wanyan Yinshuke, and it can be said that they are like ducks in water.
Before arriving at the city of Linhuangfu, Ximen Qing had gathered more than 2000 troops for the Jin army along the way.
The last time the Jin army set off on the Shangjing Road, Ximenqing served as the vanguard. He recruited surrenders and rebels along the way, and won over many small lords in the villages.
This time Ximen Qing raised his arms and shouted, and many young and strong men in the villages along the way joined the Jin army with weapons and horses.
By the time they approached Langhe, Ximenqing had gathered more than 2000 troops mainly Han Chinese.Ximenqing restrained them with the law of war, and distributed these troops and horses to Shi Jin, Yue Fei, Wang Gui and others to lead them respectively.
At this time, Ximen Qing still had the elite of the Thousand Gold Army assigned to him by Wanyan Zonghan.Coupled with the [-] elite guards under Jiao Ting's command, Ximen Qing already had a large army in his hands.
This time, Ximenqing also had his own ideas when following the Jin army's westward expedition to rescue Linhuang Mansion.
Ximen Qing came to Huang Mansion to make military exploits for Jin Guo, and blocking the criticism of Jurchen's nobles was only one of his goals.
Another purpose of Ximen Qing is to let Shi Jin, Yue Fei, Wang Gui and others who have never seen large-scale war scenes increase their knowledge and accumulate more war experience.
For example, Yue Fei has been familiar with military books and war strategies since he was a child, but he has never experienced the baptism of war, and he is still talking about wars on paper after all.
Since Ximen Qing interrupted Yue Fei's original growth process and prevented him from taking Wang Gui and other younger brothers to join the Song Army, Ximen Qing had to provide them with another opportunity to practice for the growth of Yue Fei and others.
Otherwise, how could Yue Fei and the others grow up to be great generals who lead troops in battle just by practicing martial arts and reading books at home?
In addition to practicing Shi Jin, Yue Fei and others, Ximen Qing also has another purpose, which is to rescue the brave general Mao Zilian he subdued.
The last time he fought on Shangjing Road, after Mao Zilian took refuge in Ximen Qing, he has been fighting with Ximen Qing, which fully demonstrated his value.
Ximenqing also reciprocated, and spoke well to the emperor Wanyan Aguda for Mao Zilian, so that he was promoted and reused, and became a senior official who commanded the army alone and governed one side.
Although Mao Zilian did not say that he was personally loyal to Ximen Qing, he knew who was benefiting from it.Mao Zilian always remembered Ximen Qing's kindness.
That is to say, Mao Zilian, the stalwart general of the Linhuang Mansion, can also be regarded as a seed planted by Ximen Qing in the Kingdom of Jin to invest in the future in a sense.
Such an important person cannot be allowed to die in the hands of the Liao army.
After hearing that the Liao army invaded Linhuang Mansion, Ximenqing also wanted to rescue Mao Zilian as soon as possible, help him out of the predicament, and let him owe him another favor by the way.
Senior official Ximen Qing, he cherishes talent so much!
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The Liao army besieged Linhuang Mansion for more than two months, but they were unable to attack for a long time. The two generals Xiao Yixue and Yelu Mage were so anxious that they didn't know what to do.
Although the two of them have a strength of one hundred thousand, Xiao Yixue's fifty thousand army is patchwork and has poor coordination and combat ability. Many of Yelu Mage's fifty thousand troops are old troops that Yelu Yu saw. The combat power is greatly reduced.
In order to intercept Mao Zilian's army besieging the west, the two were restrained by [-] troops, and only [-] troops could really participate in the siege of Linhuang Mansion.
Lu Yanlun in the city also has more than 2 troops in his hands, and tens of thousands of Han people who obey his orders.Therefore, Xiao Yixue and Yelu Mage did not have an absolute advantage in military strength.
Under such a battlefield situation, it was not easy for the Liao army to quickly capture Linhuang Mansion.
Xiao Yixue also judged the situation and asked Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi whether to abandon the heavily defended Linhuang mansion and instead concentrate his forces to attack the weaker Maozilian army in the west.
However, Xiao Yixue's proposal was ruthlessly rejected by Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi.
Since Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi lost the Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, and killed Concubine Wen Xiao Sesel, Concubine Captain Xiao Yu, Yelu Ta Geli and other nobles, forcing the clan's hero Yelu Yujian to invest in gold, the Khitan nobles The prestige in China has been greatly damaged, and the dominance is in jeopardy.
At this time, Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi was only thinking of taking advantage of the absence of the Jin army to recover Linhuang Mansion, the old capital of the Liao Kingdom, restore his reputation, and maintain domestic rule. How could he easily give up because of Xiao Yi and Xue Yuzhan?
Chapter 7 and Four: Before the Storm
For Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi, only the recovery of Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing has political significance.Capturing the outskirts of Linhuang Mansion, Zuzhou, Huaizhou, Qingzhou and other small cities governed by Mao Zilian would not be enough to restore his reputation among the Khitan nobles.
What's more, Mao Zilian is a native of Changtai County, Linhuang Prefecture, and he is familiar with the terrain around Linhuang Prefecture on Shangjing Road. If the Liao army really came under pressure, he would not be so stupid as to sit in the city waiting to die.
Unsurprisingly, Mao Zilian would bring his more than 1 soldiers and horses to harass the grassland west of Linhuangfu. Even if the Liao army had [-] troops, it would be difficult to calm down Mao Zilian quickly.
Instead of letting Xiao Yixue and Yelu Mage lead the army to wander around the grasslands and deserts with Mao Zilian's army, it is better to urge them to capture Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing as soon as possible.
Could it be that the [-] Khitan army can't destroy that shameless Lu Yanlun who turned his back on his master and defected to the enemy?
In the eyes of Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi, Xiao Yixue and Yelu Mage obviously did not do their best, and he immediately issued an edict ordering the two to recover the Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing within a time limit.
Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi insisted on his own opinion, so Xiao Yixue and Yelu Ma had no choice but to continue to besiege Linhuang Mansion, spending their lives to consume the defenders in the city every day.
Because of the lessons learned by Yelu Chigouer and Yelu Yu, Xiao Yixue and Yelu Mage know that no matter how much credit and hard work you have, as long as you make the emperor unhappy, Emperor Tianzuo will kill the leading general and his family. Won't blink.
Xiao Yixue and Yelu Mage didn't dare to play the trick of "the general is out, and the emperor's order is not accepted", so they had to place heavy troops under the city of Linhuangfu in Shangjing.However, the two are also veterans in the army, and of course they will also guard against reinforcements from the Jin army coming from the east.
Yelu Mage sent deputy general Yelu Bude to lead [-] troops to deploy defenses along the Langhe River to the east of Linhuang Mansion. The soldiers went out to Zhenzhu Village on the east bank of the Langhe River to monitor the movement of the Jin army in the east.
Yelubu didn't know that all the villages between Linhuang Mansion and Ningzhou on the Shangjing Road now have hearts for the Kingdom of Jin.The information about his garrison along the Langhe River and Zhenzhu Village was fully informed to the Jin Army by the local villagers who Ximen Qing subdued.
Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Yinshu are both good at using soldiers and dare to fight tough battles. Although they only have [-] elite soldiers, the goal of this trip is not just to drive away the Liao army and break the siege of Linhuang Mansion.
The idea of Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Yinshuke was to rely on the eight thousand sons under his command to cooperate with Lu Yanlun and wipe out the [-] Liao troops that Emperor Tianzuo worked so hard to put together under the city of Linhuangfu.
After receiving information from Ximen Qing about the Yelv Bude army, Wan Yan Zonghan held a military meeting in the military tent, and discussed with the generals how to avoid the Yelu Bude army, go straight behind Xiao Yixue and Yelu Mage's army, and fight They were caught off guard.