When taking stock of Ming Taizong at the beginning, Lao Zhu was stunned!

Chapter 181 If Yelu Deguang doesn’t do something, then he is really confused.

Eastern Han Dynasty, Jianwu 17 years.

Liu Xiu was a little surprised. Is Hou Jin going to start a counterattack now?

Therefore, the Later Jin Dynasty was not completely in chaos and powerless. Shi Chonggui, the nominal boss, still had some appeal.

It just depends on how well he hires people. Wouldn't it be great if Zhenwu Jiedushi, the envoy of Zhenwu Jiedu in the border area, follows Ruan.

The strategy of surrounding Shuozhou worked well, let’s not discuss whether it can be conquered in the end.

Just this behavior is enough to put great pressure on Yelu Deguang - this is the way back home!
In this way, it would at least allow Yelu Deguang to use the rat weapon to force the opponent to retreat and relieve the later Jin Dynasty.

"This Du Chongwei..." Liu Xiu was a little silent.

This person has never appeared again since the appointment and dismissal of generals before. I am afraid that he has been stationed in the same place and remained indifferent until Weizhou was rescued here.

But isn't he the commander-in-chief of the northern camp?

Aren’t you guarding Hengzhou?
So many counties around Hengzhou have been conquered, why is there no movement from him?
Appear here instead?

By the way, he also wrote to Shi Chonggui, saying that the situation in Hengzhou was critical...

But he didn’t see any danger to himself!

Liu Xiu had some guesses that the result of Yelv Deguang's journey south this time would be to return to the Khitan, which was not much different from the last time.

But if the Later Jin Dynasty operates properly, it may be able to obtain certain results from this complicated situation!

Is it really okay to just look at the person Shi Zhonggui relies on...?
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[There are problems in his own territory, so Yelu Deguang naturally doesn’t have much thought about fighting. 】

[As a result, the Khitan armies in various places gradually shrank and began to withdraw, but I am afraid this journey will not be peaceful. 】

[On the second day of March, a part of the Khitan army went north. When passing Qizhou, they used their weak soldiers and horses to lure Qizhou into battle, and then used elite troops to forcefully attack, seize the city gate of Qizhou, and conquer Qizhou. 】

[On the ninth day of March, Du Chongwei, Ma Quanjie, Li Shouzhen, Huangfu Yu and others joined forces in Dingzhou. Taking advantage of Yelu Deguang's continuous return of troops to the north, he first recovered Qizhou, then continued northward and took the initiative to attack. A massive offensive began on the fourth day. 】

[On March [-]th, Du Chongwei and others besieged and occupied Taizhou), which was one of the sixteen states of Yanyun. 】

[On the [-]th, Mancheng was recovered. 】

[On the [-]th, Suicheng was recovered. 】

[At this time, the later Jin's operational goal is to attack the Khitan's combat capabilities in a series of operations and weaken its strength, so as to reduce the pressure of the later Jin's future wars]
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Ming Dynasty, Hongwu period.

Zhu Di shook his head: "Yelu Deguang's Yanyun area has not yet covered the heat. He will never give up, and neither will the entire Liao Dynasty."

What is Yanyun to Yelu Deguang?
It was an achievement that made the entire Liao Dynasty surrender to him as the emperor, and it was also a key to his stabilizing the throne.

The Yelu Deguang family seemed to be the dominant one in the Liao Dynasty, but there were always many struggles over the throne.

In order for Yelu Deguang to subdue these people, he must have outstanding achievements, and Yan Yun is one of the largest proportions of his achievements.

Moreover, if he wanted to implement a certain degree of sinicization and promote the transformation of the Liao Dynasty into an imperial system, he would also need the support of the Han people in the Yanyun area.

On the other hand, in terms of Yelu Deguang's own goal of governing the country, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are also an indispensable part.Only by occupying the Yanyun area and using it as a base for moving south can we advance and conquer the Central Plains.

If you retreat, you will establish the first line of defense of the Liao Dynasty and protect the security of the Liao Dynasty's homeland.
Therefore, even though there was an internal struggle within the Liao Dynasty over whether to go south to the Central Plains, they must have a unified opinion on preserving the Yanyun area.

Zhu Fan agreed with this point of view. Even if we do not look at the subsequent disputes between Song and Liao, we can only judge from the current situation. We can also see from the retreat of the Liao army that Yelu Deguang was extremely unwilling to lose the Yanyun area.

"And Houjin's internal problems are already serious."

"At that time, in order to obtain enough military expenses, Shi Chonggui scraped together a pair of weapons for every seven households to supply one soldier, and sent 36 envoys to allocate the people's wealth. These envoys all carried weapons and chains directly to the people. At home..."

How is this different from robbers?

How can the people not be afraid?
Moreover, there are states and counties from all over the country taking the opportunity to plunder the people and collude with each other. They have just experienced the war and encountered such officials again. In the end, the people of the Central Plains are in dire straits!
How long can such a late Jin Dynasty sustain its campaign?Especially later, Shi Chonggui became proud and complacent and took the initiative to initiate a war.
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[On the next day, the [-]th, Du Chongwei withdrew his troops from Suicheng to Mancheng. 】

[The reason is that after the capture of Suicheng, among the prisoners in the Khitan army, a person who originally belonged to Zhao Yanshou revealed important news to Du Chongwei! 】

[Yelu Deguang had returned to Gubeikou yesterday. When he learned that the Later Jin army was attacking Taizhou, he immediately decided to send the baggage back to the outside of the Great Wall, leaving all the light cavalry behind, and he would lead them back south. 】

[There are more than [-] cavalry, and the vanguard will definitely arrive tomorrow. 】

[Therefore, Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen discussed and decided that in order to prevent the lone army from going deep and lacking food and grass, they would temporarily retreat to Taizhou and see the situation of the Khitan army at this time. 】

[As a result, the army of the Later Jin Dynasty continued to retreat, and on the [-]th it retreated to Mancheng. 】

[Retreat to Taizhou on the 21st. 】

[On the 22nd, Zhao Yanshou led the Khitan forward army to approach Taizhou. 】

[On the 23rd, the army of the Later Jin Dynasty withdrew from Taizhou and fled south. They fled all the way to the vicinity of Yangcheng. They were overtaken by the Khitan army and were severely defeated. Subsequently, the army of the Later Jin Dynasty entered Yangcheng. 】

[On the 24th, they reorganized and formed an infantry phalanx outside the city to attack the Khitan. The two sides fought more than [-] times. In the end, the Later Jin Dynasty defended Yangcheng. The Khitan army temporarily retreated, and the Later Jin army continued to retreat southward. 】

[On the 26th, they were besieged by Khitan cavalry on the way south. They fought and retreated, but after more than ten miles, they were already hungry. 】
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Qin Dynasty.

Wang Jian looked at the actions of the army of the Later Jin Dynasty. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong. How could this battle be fought like this?

Yelu Deguang went south directly without baggage and only with cavalry. His core purpose was to protect Taizhou and the Yanyun area he already owned.

That meant that he could only collect food on the spot, but this could not change the major hidden danger of more than [-] cavalrymen not carrying baggage.

Let’s look at the army of the Later Jin Dynasty again. Why did they flee southward so non-stop?
Even if we want to withdraw our troops, we must pay attention to a formation, a steady and steady attack, and maintain the army's combat capability.

The military morale must not be shaken!

Wherever you go, you must have a clear plan. Take one step at a time and know ten steps to know whether the food and grass supplies are enough, and if not, where to make up for it...

But the retreat of the Later Jin army inexplicably showed a bit of panic and only wanted to retreat.

Wang Jian shook his head secretly and couldn't stand the general Du Chongwei at all. He just said: "If the Later Jin Dynasty cannot fight a battle that can defeat the Khitan or greatly shock the Khitan, Taizong of the Liao Dynasty will probably not mind annihilating this group. The army even made another trip south."

It is true that Yelu Deguang abandoned the baggage, but if the Later Jin Dynasty continued to flee like this and Yelu Deguang did not do something, he would be really confused.

(End of this chapter)