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Chapter 280 Jinzhou Incident
In mid-May, the main force of Sun Zheng's Northwest Group Army and the main force of the Xixia Army had a decisive battle in Xiping Mansion.

The Northwest Group Army invested 4 main troops and 6 auxiliary troops, totaling [-] troops.

The Xixia Army invested 10 main troops and 10 auxiliary troops, totaling 20 troops.

Under the impact of the artillery and cavalry of the Northwest Group Army, the Central Army of the Xixia Army was directly overwhelmed.The central army collapsed so quickly that the implicated left and right armies and rear armies were stabbed in from the inside by the imperial army before they could adjust.

The auxiliary army was reorganized from the Western Army of the Song Dynasty. Its original combat power was higher than that of the main force of the Xixia Army. In the past six months, it had eaten well and drank well, and its body had become strong. Coupled with the empire's sophisticated steel weapons, the impact was too powerful.

In the end, after half a day of fighting and a day and night of pursuit, the decisive battle ended with the Northwest Group Army's victory.

In the end, Sun Zheng also got his wish and set foot on the city wall of Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Xixia Kingdom, before Zhe Keqiu could.

Fortunately, Zhe Keqiu's contribution was not small. Following the retreating Liao army, when Sun Zheng broke through Xingqing Mansion, Zhe Keqiu's army also occupied the westernmost pass of the Xixia Kingdom - Ancient Yumen Pass (West of Dunhuang). .

At the same time, the Khitans also entered the territory of the Xizhou Uighurs (called Gaochang Kingdom in the Song Dynasty).

In the history of the previous life, Yelu Dashi received great help from the Gaochang Uighur King Bilege during his Western Expedition. After Yelu Dashi established the Western Liao Dynasty, he accepted the Gaochang Kingdom as a vassal.

But in this life, Yelu Dashi received weapons support from the empire and was short of everything except food, so he had a tough attitude towards the Uighurs.

Bileg is also the leader of a country. If the exchanges are good, the Liao Kingdom, the previous suzerain of Gaochang Kingdom, may return goodwill.

But Yelu Dashi had evil intentions and was about to recruit the Uighur army.

This Uighur people came here 300 years ago, and developed from a small Yanqi city to a territory with a radius of thousands of miles. How could they be afraid of the exiled Khitan people?

The result was a big fight between the two sides.

In the end, it was naturally the Uighurs who were taught how to behave by the Khitans.

How could the Uighurs, who lived in the cracks in this desolate area of ​​the Gobi, be the opponents of the Khitans who had come all the way from the hell field of the Central Plains? Half of the army was killed and half captured. The capture of Yelu Dashi gave Yelu Dashi a good chance of recovering his health.

The land of Gaochang State is indeed barren, but its location is very special. It is located in the middle of the Silk Road and has prosperous commerce. As the connection point between East Asian civilization, Central Asian civilization and even European civilization, there are many caravans coming and going, and Gaochang State itself is also involved. , so he is considered very rich.

(To the west of Gaochang is Urumqi in later generations)

The snow water flowing down from the Tianshan Mountains can make Gaochang Kingdom self-sufficient in food, which naturally solves the food shortage problem of the Khitan people.

According to the previous covenant between the military government and the Liao Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom could survive in the Western Regions, and the Gaochang Kingdom already belonged to the Western Regions. Yelu Dashi did not intend to leave after seeing the prosperity of the Gaochang Kingdom.

I plan to rest and recuperate here before making any plans.

Chen Xun did not take any other action after receiving the information. The Khitan people have been in exile for several years. Even if they are nomadic people, moving thousands of miles like this is enough for them. It is true that they cannot go directly to the west, otherwise they will have internal conflicts. highlight.

Chen Xun planned to give Yelu Dashi three years. If he still stayed in Gaochang within three years, it meant that the Khitan people had other ideas, and the Zhekeqiu army would directly march westward.

If Yelu Dashi chooses to march westward within three years, the alliance between the empire and the Liao Kingdom can continue to be fulfilled.

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While the fighting continued in the northwest, the northeast also did not stop.

On May [-]th, a big event happened in Jinzhou, located east of Wanping Road and north of Bohai Bay.

Jinzhou City is considered a border city of the empire, bordering the Jin Kingdom's Tokyo Road.Tokyo Road is the largest and most populous road in the Jin Kingdom. The Jurchens also made their fortune from the northeast of Tokyo Road and went all the way south to destroy the Liao Kingdom.

It can be said that Tokyo Road is very important to the Kingdom of Jin.

After the empire and the Jin Kingdom opened mutual markets, Wanyan Sheng, the current emperor of the Jin Kingdom, gave numerous instructions to the nobles in the country, telling them not to cause trouble in the market.

But the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, and there are always some nobles who can't recognize the formality. They think that the Jin Kingdom is still the boss of the sky and the second child. They think that the mutual trade is a compromise made by the Han government in the south in exchange for peace.

Wanyan Zongqian, the eldest son of Wanyan Aguda, was one of them.

His uncle Wanyan Sheng is the current emperor of the Jin Kingdom. As the eldest son of the previous emperor, the current Khulubo Jilie (general, commander, equivalent to prime minister), the most popular person to succeed the throne, needs to be given to the Han people face?
In order to investigate the impact of mutual trading on the Jin Kingdom on the spot, Wanyan Zongqian left Huining Mansion in Beijing to inspect the markets on the border.

When he arrived in Jinzhou, Wanyan Zongqian found that the Jin people here were completely defenseless against the Han people. The market here was set up on the border between the two sides, with half of it located in Jinzhou (Empire) and half in Xizhou (Jin).

The people who manage the entire market are actually Han people. Even the market guards in Xizhou are Han people. It can be said that the Han people eroded the land of the Jin Kingdom in disguise through the market.

When Wanyan Zongqian entered the market, he was unexpectedly asked by the guard to show his identity certificate and asked Wanyan Zongqian to dismount his horse and walk.

Wanyan Zongqian had a foot problem and he always sat down even when he was in court in the Jin Kingdom. Whenever he was insulted like this, he immediately became angry.

Under Wanyan Zongqian's order, his personal guards killed half of the Han guards in Xizhou and arrested the remaining half. Then they directly sent troops into the market and completely controlled Jinzhou Mutual Market.

Yue Fei, who happened to be inspecting Dading Mansion (formerly Zhongjing of Liao Kingdom), heard the news and was not angry, but overjoyed.

Just for lack of an excuse, you Wanyan Zongqian bumped into you.

Wanyan Zongqian, who had just taken control of Jinzhou Mutual Market for an hour, saw five thousand Chinese troops rushing from the direction of Jinzhou. Without saying hello, they directly blasted the door with artillery and rushed into the mutual market. Even Wanyan Zongqian and his personal guards were all Captured.

How could Wanyan Zongqian have imagined that the Jinzhou frontier generals would be so bold? In his opinion, things like this should be reported to all levels. Even if the Han people responded quickly, it would take two or three days before any action was taken.

Who would have thought that in less than two hours, the exchange market would return to the control of the Han people.

Next, the next day, Yue Fei, the commander of the Wanping Group Army, appeared in front of Wanyan Zongqian.

Dading Mansion is four hundred miles away from Jinzhou. This speed fully shows how urgent Yue Fei is.

After confirming Wanyan Zongqian's identity, Yue Fei sent a letter to the Jin Kingdom to the capital to tear up the contract, and on the other hand, he directly began to assemble the army.

At the same time, letters were also sent to Taiyuan Group Army, Shandong Group Army and Guangzhou, informing Wanping Group Army of the subsequent action plan.

On the third day, May 22, the Wanping Group Army attacked from three directions at the same time.

Yue Fei led the main force to march eastward from Jinzhou and directly attacked Liaoyang Mansion.

The second route goes west from Baozhou (the mouth of the Yalu River), with the same goal of Liaoyang Prefecture.

The third route starts from the mouth of the Tumen River and goes north along the coastline. With the cooperation of the Navy's East China Sea Group Army, it attacks the East China Sea Nüzhi and strives to enter Nurgan City and enter the North Sea before winter.

Just as the offensive against Japan was entering its final stage, Ke Lei and Han Shizhong were like cats that smelled something fishy, ​​and they directly sent troops to participate.

(End of this chapter)