Poor Family - v2 Chapter 1047

  Chapter 1047 Northern Expedition to Korea (Part 2)

  Wan Yansheng took a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said slowly: “I don’t plan to rescue Gaoli for the time being, what do you think?”

   “The wolf master is worried that the rescue will fail, and he will be trapped instead?”

Wan Yansheng nodded, “Korea is a mountainous area, which is not conducive to cavalry combat, and the Song army is good at defending the city, and there are navy troops outside to respond. I am really worried that the rescue will fail and tens of thousands of troops will be lost, which will affect morale. Then It’s not worth the candle.”

  Wanyan Zongwang knew that since the wolf lord said so, he actually gave up Goryeo.

  He pondered for a while and said: “I am afraid that the Song army will take down Goryeo, and our pig iron supply will be cut off.”

   “Isn’t there still a mine in Liaoyang Prefecture? Rather than relying on Korea, it is better to rely on yourself.”

  Wan Yan Zongwang nodded, and asked again: “What about the Grassland League?”

   “What else can I do, I just think of them as a bunch of rabble, each with their own plans, and they can’t make a difference.”

   After a pause, Wanyan Zongwang suggested again: “Since Lord Wolf is not going to rescue Goryeo, it is better to send another 50,000 troops to Linhuang Mansion to counter the coalition forces of the tribes in the grassland.”

“Can!”

  Wan Yansheng agreed, “This plan can be implemented.”

  Although the alliance of the various tribes in the grassland can be underestimated strategically, it cannot be taken lightly tactically. Linhuang Mansion’s 30,000 troops are too small, and it would be best to increase it to 80,000.

  At this time, a guard outside the tent reported, “General Wushu is urgently seeking an audience!”

   “Let him in!”

   After a while, Wanyan Zongbi walked quickly into the king’s tent, and knelt down on one knee to report: “I just got the news that hundreds of thousands of people from the Khitan Yelu Department and Xi Rensugu Department have moved westward.”

“What!”

  Wan Yancheng’s eyes widened. In the past year, the Khitan and Xi tribes have been moving westward. For this reason, the Kingdom of Jin closely monitored the Yelu tribe of Khitan and the Sugu tribe of Xiren.

  These two tribes are their respective largest tribes, with hundreds of thousands of people each. Once they move westward, it means that the slave army of the Kingdom of Jin will disappear, which will greatly damage the vitality of the Kingdom of Jin.

Needless to say, these two tribes must have defected to Yelu Dashi in Xiliao. Wanyan Cheng was furious in his heart, and immediately said to Wanyan Zongbi: “You lead an army of 30,000 to chase them, if you don’t want to come back, give me Kill it all!”

   “Follow the order!”

  After Yan Zongbi saluted, he hurried away.

  Wanyan Sheng walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and then looked at Wanyan Zong: “We must strengthen the intelligence monitoring of the Song Dynasty, and we must always understand every move of the Song Dynasty.”

In the past few days, Bianliang City has been talking about the news of conscription. The Privy Council issued an order to recruit 300,000 soldiers from all over the country, which was divided into various states. But soon, conscription became a sought-after resource, and there were even many people who relied on favors for relationships.

The enlistment treatment this time is indeed very attractive. The conscription contract is for two years, with a monthly salary of 80 guan. The parents of the soldiers will receive five buckets of rice per month for life, and the disabled will also receive corresponding pensions. If they make military exploits, they will also be rewarded with land.

   Such treatment is undoubtedly extremely attractive to devastated areas such as the Central Plains and Hebei. Although Kaifeng Prefecture only recruits 10,000 soldiers, the number of applicants exceeds 100,000. This way, the strongest and best young people can be selected to join the army.

   Not only Kaifeng Prefecture, but also other prefectures and prefectures are the same, the registration is extremely enthusiastic, and this conscription is also recruiting 30,000 Qiang cavalry in Hexi, Xihe, Xiazhou, and Lingzhou.

  In just ten days, the recruitment of 300,000 soldiers actually attracted millions of people to apply. Li Yanqing finally decided to expand the number of recruits to 400,000.

  The reason why such generous recruitment conditions can be offered is that the previous donations have exceeded 100 million yuan, so not only the treatment of recruits has been improved, but the treatment of veterans has also been improved.

At the same time, the price of silver continued to fall. The official silver price was adjusted from 1:5 to 1:3, and one tael of silver was exchanged for three pennies. The price of silver on the black market also fell to a similar price. The new Huizi was also officially released, divided into three types: Yiguan, Wuguan and Shiguan. The imperial court mortgaged 10 million taels of silver and 1 million taels of gold, issued 60 million Guanzi, and recovered 2,000 yuan. Wanguan iron money.

In late September, Li Yanqing received the third battle report from Zhang Shun from Goryeo. The Song army had already captured Koryo’s Nanjing, Quanzhou, Gongju, Puju and Tokyo, and at the same time captured the largest iron-copper mine in Goryeo and the In the smelting base, 50 million catties of pig iron and nearly 20 million catties of crude copper were seized.

  In the official room, Li Yanqing handed Zhang Shun’s report to Fan Zhixu and Gao Shen, “Zhang Shun hopes to send another 30,000 troops to Koryo. There are enough food supplies there. We don’t need military rations, only the army is needed.”

   After reading the report, Fan Zhixu didn’t finish his sentence for a long time. Of course he understood the significance of Li Yanqing’s proposal to increase troops. Originally, it was to open up a channel to attack the Jin Kingdom from the east, but now it is to occupy the entire Koryo. The nature is completely different.

  Beside Gao said with a deep smile: “During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the north of the Han River in Goryeo was the territory of the Han Dynasty. At that time, Lelang County and Daifang County were established. From the perspective of restoring the territory of the Han Dynasty, occupying part of the Goryeo land is completely justified.”

Fan Zhixu shook his head and said: “I’m not saying that you can’t occupy Goryeo, I’m thinking about how to occupy it for a long time. If it’s just a simple occupation, if something happens to the Central Plains, Goryeo will return to its original appearance. It makes no difference.”

Fan Zhixu walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said to Li Yanqing: “I suggest that we can learn from the Han Dynasty’s Tuen En Decree, and use the method of enfeoffment to divide Koryo into dozens of small countries, and then promote Chinese and Confucianism, and plan to emigrate. Gradually erode over twenty or thirty years, and Korea will cease to exist.”

  Li Yanqing pondered for a moment, “But the existence of the army for 20 to 30 years is necessary. I am expanding the recruitment of 100,000 troops this time, in fact, to consider the issue of stationing troops in Korea, Jin Guo and other places in the future.”

   “I have no objection to this plan. I wonder when the governor plans to increase the number of troops?”

  Li Yanqing smiled faintly, “Actually, I have already increased my troops!”

  Li Yanqing had assembled a 30,000-strong army in Dengzhou in advance, led by Niu Gao, the commander of the capital. When the 400 ships that came to transport troops arrived in Dengzhou again, the 30,000-strong army immediately boarded the ships and set out to sea.

On the first day of October, the fleet arrived at Jianghua Island, the naval base of the Song Army. Jianghua Island is a large island off the coast of Kaijing with a radius of 800 miles. All the warships are moored in the east of the big island. There is a strait with a width of more than 30 miles between here and the land. It is also an excellent natural port. At that time, if special circumstances occurred, the Song army could retreat to Jianghua Island in time.

  At present, Ganghwa Island has been given to the Song Dynasty by King Wang Kai of Koryo as a thank-you gift, so this large island has actually become a sea enclave of the Song Dynasty on the Koryo Peninsula. The army generals unanimously agreed to change its name to Dongan Island.

  In the name of building a military city, Zhang Shun plans to build Dong’an County on the island, and he can send the family members of the garrison troops here to live.

  When Niu Gao arrived at Dong’an Island, Zhang Shun had been waiting for him on the island for a long time.

  A small boat approached Niu Gao’s boat, and there were Zhang Shun and Ruan Xiaoer on the boat. The two boarded the big boat, and everyone hugged tightly. Zhang Shun laughed and said, “I’m afraid there is no time for General Niu to go to the island to rest!”

   “How do you say that?”

  Zhang Shun waved his hand, “Let’s talk in the cabin!”

The three of them walked into the cabin, Zhang Shun spread out a map of Koryo on the table, and said to Niu Gao: “Just yesterday, our scouts in Xinyizhou sent pigeon letters, and Li Ziqian led an army of 40,000 to Kaijing. Come on, it is estimated that we will arrive in Kaijing at noon tomorrow.”

  Niu Gao frowned, “Why did you kill him suddenly?”

  Zhang Shun smiled and said: “There are two reasons. One is that Jin Guo rejected Li Ziqian’s request for help. The other reason is more important. There are only 15,000 Song troops in Kaijing.”

  Niu Gao was even more puzzled, “Isn’t it 50,000 troops?”

“The Song army swept across the entire territory of Goryeo, and 30,000 troops were stationed in various places in Goryeo. There were another 5,000 troops stationed on Dong’an Island, so the Song army that opened the capital was only 15,000 people left. Li Ziqian thought this was an opportunity, so he led the army. Kill here, trying to take back Kaijing.”

  Niu Gao nodded, “I understand, what next?”

  Zhang Shundao: “This army did not carry food and supplies, and each soldier only brought dry food for seven days. If they can’t attack Kaijing within two days, then they can only return to Sinuiju, or go directly to the Kingdom of Jin.”

  Niu Gao walked a few steps, and said with a smile: “General Zhang told us to take a boat directly to the north, take Sinuiju, and block the Yalu River?”

   “Exactly!”

   “Is there enough time?” Niu Gao asked the most critical question.

   “There should be time!”

Ruan Xiaoer next to him said: “We have calculated that it will take about three days from Dong’an Island to the mouth of the Yalu River, including taking Sinuiju. A total of three and a half days is enough, and it will take six months for the enemy to arrive at Kaijing and return to Sinuiju.” For a few days, there were no ships along the Yalu River, only two pontoon bridges, as long as these two pontoon bridges were destroyed, the enemy troops would not be able to defect to the Kingdom of Jin.”

  Niu Gao glanced at Ruan Xiaoer and said with a smile: “General Ruan is going with me?”

  Ruan Xiaoer nodded, “As a guide, I will take Niu Dutong to Xinyi City. In addition, I will also be responsible for destroying the pontoon bridge!”

  Niu Gao was overjoyed, “Then let’s set off now!”

  (end of this chapter)