Kai Fu Han

Chapter 587 Potential Enemies
Liu Xinqi left Penglai on February [-] and came to Haicang Town.

The troops participating in the westward offensive strategy included more than 4 troops from the [-]th, [-]th, [-]th and [-]th Field Brigades. Twenty thousand garrison troops were transferred from the prefectures and counties on Jingdong East Road and Jingdong East Road as servant troops. Twenty thousand civilians were recruited from the several roads occupied as logistics and transportation troops.

In terms of government affairs, the Government Affairs Council and the Dali Yuan mobilized a total of [-] capable officials. These officials would follow the army and carry out Xinghan League-style governance of the recovered states and counties.

In the second westward attack strategy, the Xinghan League has 5 goals in total, all the counties on Hebei West Road and Hedong Road, Yongxing Army Road and Qinfeng Road are located in the states and counties north of the Yellow River and Weishui River, and the last one is Gyeonggi Huazhou on the north side of the road and Mengzhou on the north side of Jingbei Road. These two states belong to Jingbei Road, so they are considered a target.

Compared with the Southern Song Dynasty in another time and space, Southern Zhao was both lucky and unfortunate.

Fortunately, the Youxing Han Alliance blocked the Jin offensive in the north. Not only did Southern Zhao not suffer particularly great hardships, it also preserved all the land south of the Yellow River and the Wei River.The Southern Song Dynasty in another time and space did not have such good luck. All north of the Huai River was occupied by the Jin Kingdom.

Unfortunately, also because of the rise of the Han League, Southern Zhao will no longer be able to rely on the river as a natural 'city wall' and has survived for more than 100 years.

All the troops were assembled in Daming Mansion at the end of February. Counting the transferred officials, there were more than 10 people. This was the largest military operation since the establishment of the Xinghan League.

On March [-], the army swore an oath at Daming Mansion and set off, splitting into three groups.

Liu Zhijie was in charge of the first step, leading the [-]th Field Brigade northward into Mingzhou. After recapturing Mingzhou, he then went north to recapture Xingzhou and Zhaozhou. Then he went all the way north to recapture all the state troops in the north of Hebei West Road.If everything goes well, continue westward from Zhending Mansion to recapture the state army in the north of Hedong Road.

Wu Jin was in charge of the Second Brigade, leading the Eighth Field Brigade westward into Xiangzhou, then northwest to capture Cizhou, and then westward from Cizhou into Hedong Road to recapture all the state capitals on Hedong Road.

The third route was led by Liu Xinqi, who led the [-]th and [-]th field brigades southwestward into the Anli Army at the southernmost edge of Hebei West Road, then southward into Jingbei North Road to recapture Huazhou, and then westward back to Hebei West Road to recapture Weizhou, Huaizhou.Then all the way along the north bank of the Yellow River, once again entered the North Jing Road to recover Mengzhou, and westward entered the Hedong Road to recover Jiangzhou.Finally, they entered the Yongxing Military Road from Jiangzhou and recovered all the prefectures and counties north of the Wei River along the Yongxing Military Road and Qinfeng Road.

In addition to the remaining forces of the Puppet Qi, the enemies of the three armies also have a more powerful potential enemy.

The northern part of Hebei East Road borders the Kingdom of Jin. The army strategy can easily arouse the sensitivity of the Kingdom of Jin. It is inevitable that the Kingdom of Jin will send troops south to intervene.Fortunately, there are still the [-]th and [-]th Field Brigades on Beijing Road to contain them, so it is unlikely that the potential threats along this road will actually materialize.

Currently, most of the prefectures and counties in Hedong Road are still under the control of the Jin State. They have not been handed over to the puppet Qi from the beginning. However, the Jin State transferred the Central Route Army and the West Route Army back to Zhongdu Road last time. Hedong Road currently belongs to the Jin State. The area is empty of troops, so the most dangerous enemy is not the Kingdom of Jin, but Xixia in the west.Now I don't know the progress of Nanzhao's alliance with the surrounding area. If Xixia really joins the "Wai-Han" alliance, it is possible to send troops to Hedong Road.

Since the Southern Route Army was operating close to the Yellow River, the remnants of the Puppet Qi and Jin Kingdoms to the north of the Yellow River were not to be feared. The more dangerous potential enemies were the Southern Zhao and the westernmost Tubo tribes. Xixia might also go south from Xiping Mansion and directly Rushing into Qinfeng Road to pick peaches.

On March [-], the Southern Route Army entered the Anli Army, and the remaining puppet Qi forces of the Anli Army surrendered. Officials of Liyang City stood outside the north gate, holding Huang Cegong to welcome the Xing Han Alliance army.

To Liu Xinqi's great surprise, officials from another county of Anli Army, Wei County, also came to the north of Liyang City holding the yellow book.

They all came to neighboring counties to surrender, which was really unprecedentedly positive.

"Leader, we won't just march all the way like this, taking back all the cities without firing a single shot." The Ye family sighed.

"Impossible. Yongxing Military Road and Qinfeng Road in the west, and most of the prefectures and counties are in the hands of the Jin Army." Liu Xinqi replied: "The Jin Army cannot surrender so easily." A regiment of field troops led the garrison into the city Accepting the surrender, the rest of the army camped outside the city to rest.

Being able to defeat others without fighting is the most desired result for all soldiers. Some generals may feel that this reduces their chances of making contributions, but for Liu Xinqi, who has the highest power, this is the best result.

That night, the Government Affairs Council arranged for officials from the Anli Army to report to Liu Xinqi.

The population of the Anli Army has been less than [-]% of what it was during the Northern Zhao period. Except for a small part of these lost people who died in the rebellion due to years of war, most of the population died of starvation, freezing, or moved to other places. Among the forces that can survive.

Damingfu Road received many refugees from Hebei West Road last year, including refugees from the Anli Army.

The next day, the [-]th Field Brigade continued westward, and Liu Xinqi led the [-]th Field Brigade southward into Huazhou.

Huazhou is located to the north of Gyeonggi Road, but it belongs to North Beijing Road.Huazhou does not border other state capitals on Jingbei Road. It borders Damingfu Road to the northeast, Hebei West Road to the northwest, Jingji Road to the south, and a small section of the border to the east is also bordered by Jingxi West Road.

The prefecture is an enclave on Beijing's North Road.

Huazhou has three counties: Baima County, Guofu County in the north, Weicheng County in the southeast, and Fucheng County in the southwest.

The three counties are all controlled by the remnants of the puppet Qi.

At the beginning of this year, the Xinghan League defeated the main force of the Jin Kingdom, and the last main force of the Puppet Qi that came to help was also wiped out. Huazhou was completely out of control.

The wealthy households and gentry in the three cities all moved south and entered the territory of Nanzhao.

Therefore, the resistance of these three cities was very weak when facing the Xinghan League army.

Baima County surrendered directly. Weicheng and Xucheng County put up some resistance. In the end, the civilian officials supervising the army on the city wall were hanged by the military generals. Finally, the military attaché opened the city and surrendered.

Capturing Huazhou was effortless.

Following the army to Fucheng County, while his men were reorganizing the post-war order, Liu Xinqi led his guards and Xu Zhong on horseback southward and arrived outside Fengqiu County on Gyeonggi Road.

The flag flying above the head of Fengqiu County is the flag of Southern Zhao.

"In the first half of last year, Fengqiu still belonged to the puppet Qi. Southern Zhao could only maintain its rule over Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo. Changyuan, Yangwu, Suanzao and Fengqiu counties to the north of Kaifeng Prefecture were all occupied by the puppet Qi." Xu Zhong introduced Said: "After we defeated the Puppet Qi and the Jin Kingdom, Nan Zhao took the opportunity to go north and occupy these four counties and take back all the Gyeonggi Road."

(End of this chapter)