Qian Song

Chapter 377 The First Prince Who Died in Battle (ask for a monthly ticket!)
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After staying in the Pioneer Battalion of the First Army of the First Military Region for three days, Li Biao's cognition has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The soldier, who Li Biao didn't care much about before, has subverted Li Biao's three views.

They love the Daqian Dynasty.

They love Daqian Emperor Li Cun.

They are always ready to fight and die for the Daqian Dynasty and the Dagan Emperor.

They are completely different from what some literati told Li Cun that military affairs are like a comb and banditry is like a grate.

They kept in mind the military discipline set by Emperor Li Cun at the beginning of the founding of the army, "do not take a stitch from the masses".

They love life, but are not afraid of death.

When foreign enemies come, they will not hesitate to take up arms to defend the Daqian Dynasty.

Seeing such a soldier in the army, Li Biao said secretly: "Thanks to my father, the emperor, for telling me to join the army anonymously, otherwise I will be deceived by the scholar-bureaucrats."

Similarly, as the understanding of the soldiers of the Daqian Dynasty deepened, and as he knew the weight of Li Cun in the hearts of the generals, Li Biao felt more and more that there was a relationship between him and his father that he could not overcome even in his entire life. The gap is as huge as the gap.

Li Biao even gave birth to the unconfident thought of "I am worthy of taking over the country and land laid down by my father".

Li Biao, who has always been excellent and confident since he was a child, is always ready to take over the Daqian Dynasty. For the first time, he was so unconfident that he suffered from insomnia.

He even thought of Hu Hai: "Will I become Qin II?"

Before Li Biao could carefully compare himself with Hu Hai, the outside world suddenly sounded the horn of emergency assembly!
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At first, Li Biao didn't realize that this was an emergency assembly.

Li Biao, who had never heard such a horn sound before, was still pondering in an orderly manner: "Who is blowing the horn at this time to stop people from sleeping?"

Immediately afterwards, Li Biao heard the neighing of people outside.

Only then did Li Biao guess that this should be an emergency assembly, as it was recorded in the army handbook written by his father.

Li Biao hurriedly began to prepare according to the precautions recorded in the military handbook.

Fortunately-

Li Biao did not take off his military uniform because of insomnia.

Li Biao packed everything in the shortest time, then grabbed his armor and spear, and walked out the door.

Although Li Biao felt that his speed was already very fast, Li Biao was still almost late.

However, although Li Biao was not late, but because this was his first emergency assembly, he still forgot one important thing in his haste, that is, their vanguard battalion was the horse army, and he did not lead the horses.

The key point is that Li Biao himself did not lead the horse in the entire vanguard battalion.

Yue Yun, who usually chatted and laughed with Li Biao, immediately raised his eyes when he saw that Li Biao was not leading the horse, and scolded, "Supervisor Li, where is your horse?"

Accompanied by Yue Yun's scolding, all the soldiers of the Pioneer Battalion looked at Li Biao.

Li Biao suddenly felt ashamed to be stripped naked.

fortunately--

At this time, Yao Wei, the son of Yao Xing who came to the Pioneer Camp with Li Biao and served as Li Biao's adjutant, brought four horses and said, "Supervisor Li, your horses." In Li Biao's hand.

Li Biao breathed a sigh of relief, then took his two horses calmly, and hung his armor and spear on one of the horses like everyone else.

Seeing that Li Biao was not foolish enough to not even bring his horse before the battle, Yue Yun no longer went to see Li Biao, but began to organize the army very professionally.

After the vanguard battalion was assembled, Li Biao asked Yue Yun, "Why did you assemble in a hurry?"

Yue Yun replied: "I don't know, maybe there is a war; maybe the whole army is fully armed for training. Hmm...the latter is more likely. My First Military Region will go out for training once a month, and I have never seen it in five years. There have been hiatus, and maybe this time too.”

When Li Biao heard the words, he didn't think too much about it, so he acted together...

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There are countless river loops, large and small, scattered on the land of western Liaoning.

Looking down from a high altitude, the Hetao is like the veins on the leaves, well-organized, varying in thickness, winding and densely packed.

River beds, sand and stones, river banks, weeds, wild flowers, floods, silt, floating wood, these things are simple and clear, almost all of Hetao in western Liaoning.

The Liaoxi Corridor is backed by mountains and facing the sea. The hills are undulating and the situation is dangerous. It is an important channel to communicate with Yuguan (Shanhaiguan) inside and outside.

From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties in history, and even to modern times, the Liaoxi Corridor has always been a must-pass for military strategists.

At the same time, around the Liaoxi Corridor, there have been many eulogized stories.

The first time the Central Plains entered the Northeast through the Liaoxi Corridor and exercised effective control over the Northeast was the pre-Qin period.

King Yan Zhao sent general Qin Kai to attack Donghu via the Liaoxi Corridor.

After beating Donghu, he went to attack Jizi North Korea.

According to historical records, the two military operations of Yan State took more than [-] miles of land.

After the war, Yan State established counties in the northeast.

Since then, the civilization of the Central Plains began to enter the Northeast.

By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, aristocratic families had emerged in the Northeast.

At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and many refugees entered the Northeast region through the Liaoxi Corridor, and the number exceeded the locals.

A large number of refugees from the Central Plains brought the advanced technology and sufficient labor force of the Central Plains to the Northeast.

At that time, Murong Xianbei, who occupied western Liaoning, had the capital to compete in the Central Plains.

Murong Xianbei is a nomadic people. After the influx of a large number of Han people, Murong Xianbei quickly Sinicized.

However, Murong Xianbei has not been fully Sinicized, but has adopted a management model of coexistence of nomadic and farming.

In other words, the Han developed agriculture to provide food, and the tribes provided warriors to guarantee force.

This model has been proven to be effective.

Later, although Murong Xianbei fell, Tuoba Xianbei, another branch of the Xianbei people, inherited and developed this model, and eventually became the overlord of the north.

The Liaoxi Corridor is not only a traffic artery, but also has extremely high strategic value, and is often the focus of the game between the regimes outside the customs and inside the customs.

When the Central Plains regime inside the pass declines, the nomadic regime outside the pass will spy on the land of the Central Plains.

And when the Central Plains dynasty is strong, it will also have a heart to conquer the Northeast.

In short, no matter who is fighting who, the Liaoxi Corridor is a place that must be passed through, and it is a place that military strategists must contend for.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao conquered Wuhuan, and the Sui and Tang dynasties conquered Goguryeo.

Historically, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the famous Guanningjin defense line of the Ming Dynasty was built here. The Ming army relied on the Guanningjin defense line to fight against the Houjin regime in the northeast.

If the Later Jin regime wanted to enter the customs, the Liaoxi Corridor was a must-pass and a must-take place.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, a series of wars broke out between the Ming and Qing armies, almost all of which were for the control of the Liaoxi Corridor.

It can be said that since Sun Chengzong created the Guan Ning Jin line of defense, this line of defense has become an obstacle that the Qing army cannot overcome, and it can be called impenetrable.

It wasn't until Wu Sangui became angry and turned to the Qing Dynasty for a confidante that the Ming Dynasty completely lost the Liaoxi Corridor, and the Qing army entered the customs, which eventually led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

Today, the situation of the Dagan Dynasty and the Kingdom of Jin is completely reversed from that of the Ming and Qing dynasties in history.

At that time, the Kingdom of Jin took advantage of the fact that the Daqian Dynasty had no time to take care of the north. It not only occupied Jinzhou and strangled the Liaoxi Corridor, but also further occupied Huludao and Xingcheng (Peach Blossom Island), and then built Xinglin Fort in the south of Xingcheng. The entire northern part of the Liaoxi Corridor has been built into an impregnable line of defense.

——Especially since Yue Fei sneaked out of the Liaoxi Corridor and attacked Bei'an Prefecture secretly, and captured Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan's mother and their two Jin people, the Jin people spent a lot of manpower and financial resources to completely block them The Liaoxi Corridor.

Over the years, Yue Fei has been studying how to get through the Liaoxi Corridor, and then go out to cut gold.

Now, it is finally time for Yue Fei to implement the strategy he has prepared for many years.

As for why Yue Fei made a decisive move after returning to the First Military Region for only three days?
First of all, of course, soldiers are expensive and fast.

Yue Fei didn't believe that the cunning Jinren didn't work carefully in the First Military Region.

Just like a large number of secret agents who have infiltrated the Daqian Dynasty in the Jin army.

This kind of thing is definitely impossible to prevent.

Since there are secret operations in the First Military Region, Yue Fei doesn’t believe them, and these secret operations cannot be heard. He came back from the capital this time and brought back more than 1 people, including a large number of high-ranking officials from the Daqian Dynasty. gold.

In order to prevent the Jin people from being on guard and greatly increase the difficulty of cutting gold, Yue Fei's best choice is to send troops as quickly as possible without giving the Jin people a chance to react, and attack them by surprise. The Liaoxi Corridor, so that even if the Jin people received the news that the Dagan Dynasty wanted to cut gold, it was too late to prevent the Qianjun from seizing the crucial Liaoxi Corridor.

In fact, if he hadn't had to make the necessary preparations, Yue Fei would have sent troops to seize the Liaoxi Corridor as soon as he returned to the First District Army.

The second reason is that Yue Fei has been preparing for ten years to capture the Liaoxi Corridor, and his preparations are too sufficient, so the First Military Region does not need more time to prepare to recover the Liaoxi Corridor.

As for the third reason, before Yue Fei left the capital, Li Cun confessed to Yue Fei. According to Li Cun's original words: "Aiqing just let go and fight, and the reason for the war is for the civil servants to worry about." , you don't have to take it to heart."

With these three sufficient reasons, as soon as Yue Fei returned to the First Military Region, he sealed the news and prepared for three days.

Now that everything is ready, Yue Fei did not hesitate to once again make the illusion of armed training with the whole army. Except for leaving 2 horses to guard Yuguan and other dangerous passes, the rest of the troops will be dispatched.

In fact, at the same time, Wang Yan, the commander of the fourth military region, and Zhang Xian, the commander of the tenth military region, have now led their troops northward, preparing to respond to the gold cutting operation of the first military region.

In other words, without any preparations by the Jin Kingdom, even when the top management of the Jin Kingdom is still busy fighting internally, the dry army has quietly started cutting gold...

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In the dark night, under the moonlight, the Pioneer Battalion, which had already left the customs, quickly marched along the corridor in the west of Liaoning in the dark.

For the sake of secrecy, the Pioneer Battalion did not light torches, and the soldiers of the Pioneer Battalion marched hard on the rugged gravel road.

Li Biao, who had never experienced this kind of hardship, soon couldn't take it anymore. He found Yue Yun and said pantingly: "Yue... Commander Yue, how long... how long do you have to run, otherwise... otherwise I will wait for you." How about getting on the horse and marching?"

As soon as Yue Yun heard it, he immediately scolded: "If the horsepower is used up on the road, how can it be used when it comes to war?"

Li Biao wanted to say, isn't this a drill, why are you so serious?

Seeing that all the soldiers of the Pioneer Battalion were leading their horses and marching forward without saying a word, Li Biao was really embarrassed to question Yue Yun's decision.

Although Yue Yun looked down upon Li Biao's coquettishness, Yue Yun appreciated Li Biao's conversation and knowledge.

Therefore, Yue Yun said to Li Biao: "My vanguard battalion is a horse army, and it is an elite with one man and two horses, so the armor can be put on the horse. The other armies have to carry forward with heavy loads, just like the artillery battalion, they have to be pulled. The heavy artillery marches forcibly, and the mighty and invincible general cannon weighs a thousand catties. Although there are carts and horses, just moving up and down can exhaust a person, but even so, all armies dare not miss the battle. Otherwise, you will be dealt with by military law."

After hearing Yue Yun's words, Li Biao was so ashamed that he no longer dared to think of being lazy.

Around Yinshi, the Pioneer Battalion arrived near Xinglin Fort.

At this time, everyone was exhausted, but fortunately no one was left behind, including Li Biao.

Yue Yun said to Li Biao, who was almost exhausted from exhaustion: "There is Xinglin Fort ahead, if it's just for training, if the golden dog of Xinglin Fort sees me waiting, the general will order to withdraw the troops..."

suddenly!

Not far away, the continuous sound of "boom boom boom boom..." was heard.

Immediately afterwards, countless Han people shouted and killed.

"It's the Shenwei Invincible General Cannon! Infantry coordination! Isn't this a drill?!"

Yue Yun reacted the fastest. He quickly arranged for all the soldiers of the Vanguard Battalion to put on their clothes while continuing to march, ready to fight.

After a while, the Vanguard Battalion came to the outside of Xinglin Fort fully armed.

I saw that at this time, the artillery fire was shaking the sky, dyeing the sky red, thousands of infantry soldiers were desperately attacking Xinglin Castle under the cover of artillery fire, and at the same time, tens of thousands of infantry troops were preparing to attack.

Seeing the vanguard battalion coming, Yue Fei and Wang Gui, commander of the First Army, who had already taken a shortcut by sea for a long time, didn't say anything nonsense. The infantry opens the fort, and your battalion is responsible for entering the fort and defeating the golden dog."

After hearing this, Yue Yun and Li Biao immediately took orders, and then hurriedly made preparations to attack the fortress.

Although it was spring, the mountain wind in the north at night still brought chills. The continuous march made the soldiers of the first battalion exhausted. Many people wanted to find a place to sleep well.

But looking at the soldiers of the army rushing up to the wall of Xinglin Castle to fight bloody battles with the Jinren, even the most tired and sleepy Li Biao didn't dare to think about going to sleep anymore. He could only learn from other vanguard battalions. Like the generals of the dry army, they desperately stuffed dried meat and flatbread into their mouths, and fed beans to their horses, so as to quickly restore the physical strength of themselves and their horses.

Yue Yun took the time to introduce to Li Biao who was not yet familiar with the situation on the front line in Pingzhou:

"The guards of this Xinglin Fort are the fourth son of King Lu King Wanyan's mother, Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda, and Jin Taizong Wanyan Wuqimai's nephew Wanyan Zongxu. They all went out to arrest Wanyan's mother's family. Only Wanyan Zongxu escaped with his life, and later Wanyan Zongxu offered to be transferred to Xinglin Fort, and Wanyan Zongxu has been an enemy of our First Military Region all these years..."

At this moment, someone shouted: "Rush up!"

Yue Yun quickly stopped talking, and looked at the wall with Li Biao.

I saw that under the cover of artillery fire, more than a dozen generals and soldiers finally climbed up to the top of the city completely, and they were fighting desperately with the Jin people at this moment.

Among them was a young general who was skilled in martial arts, ferocious and good at fighting. Under his leadership, these dozen or so soldiers forcibly formed a large position on the top of the wall.

As a result, more and more soldiers rushed to the city from this position.

With the light of dawn, Li Biao recognized at a glance that the young general with high martial arts skills, fierce and good at fighting was his younger brother Li Kai.

Li Kai is one of Li Biao's many younger brothers. He is both civil and military. He entered the army at the age of 12. He made a lot of military exploits during his military service. Their father, Emperor Li Cun, praised Li Kai in public.

Moreover, Li Kai's mother is Sheng Xia, the daughter of the Sheng family in the south of the Yangtze River, and Li Kai's uncle is in charge of more than half of the navy of the Daqian Dynasty. Donghai Navy also controls Sheng Zheng.

The key point is that Li Kai not only has ability, background, but also ambition.

In these years, Li Kai has been actively expressing himself, no matter in terms of literature or martial arts, he is unwilling to be left behind.

Therefore, many people are saying that if Li Cun did not explicitly train Li Biao as the crown prince of the Dagan Dynasty, Li Kai would definitely be one of the strong contenders for the crown prince.

At this moment, seeing Li Kai's outstanding performance, Li Biao couldn't help but feel a little ashamed when he compared his extremely poor performance just now!

At this time, Li Biao couldn't help thinking: "If I am not the first son of the father, and my mother is the queen of the father, and I am the undisputed eldest son, the position of the prince is really better than me." ?"

Looking at Li Kai's vigorous figure at the top of the city, Li Biao's mind flashed the figures of those equally outstanding younger brothers, thinking about the achievements of those equally outstanding younger brothers over the years...

Right here, dozens of explosions were heard densely on the top of the wall.

Someone shouted: "It's Thunderbolt! Golden Dog also has Thunderbolt!!!"

After the sound of the explosion passed, Li Biao looked through the thick smoke emitted by the black powder.

I saw a lot of golden soldiers taking advantage of the huge lethality of the Thunderbolt to recapture the positions that Li Kai and the others had laid down. Li Kai, who had just returned someone to block the killing of the Buddha, was being cut off by a big and round golden general. !
The prince Li Kai, who had the strength to compete with Li Biao for the crown prince, died in this battle! ! !
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