kvmb Chapter 467 Secession
Chapter 467 Secession
(Hua Rong's younger sister Hua Yue)
As a shout of killing rang out, Lu Cheng personally led his troops, charged straight into the enemy formation, and headed straight for the camp of the Liao army's main general.
Just by looking at the big Yelu flag hanging on the Liao army commander's camp, one can tell that this commander must be a royal relative.
Before rushing to the Liao army camp, Lu Cheng pulled the reins of his horse, stretched out his spear and directly knocked the barricades in front of the Liao camp away. Then he turned around and knocked over three or four barricades in succession, opening a passage for the following troops.
Afterwards, Lu Cheng took the lead, like a sharp arrow, and directly pierced through the enemy camp and rushed into the enemy's interior.
In just a moment, Lu Cheng was about to rush to the front of the central military tent.
The Liao army commander's personal soldiers quickly formed a battle array to meet the enemy, holding up their shields and spears to form a defensive formation.
Then Lu Cheng rushed forward, jumped high from his horse, and actually crossed the hastily established defense line of the Liao army and jumped in front of the Liao army's tent.
Just as the Liao army's main general was about to raise his weapon to meet the enemy, he was pierced by a spear from Lu Cheng who swooped down, picked up the corpse and threw it onto the Liao army's main tent.
The surrounding Liao troops were thrown into chaos upon seeing this. Lu Cheng took advantage of the situation and attacked the enemies like a dragon and with his gun as fast as lightning. The enemies were killed without any place to escape.
Shi Jin, who was behind, also led his troops to attack, and the entire Liao army camp was suddenly in chaos.
As the Liao army's central tent was burned by an overturned brazier inside, the chaos turned into a run.
The army in Liaoyang city took advantage of the situation and rushed out, chasing all the way, chasing tens of thousands of troops like sheep.
There were shouts and cries of killing everywhere outside Liaoyang City. The enemy cavalry was in chaos and was chased and beaten by more than a thousand cavalrymen from Liaoyang.
The battle lasted all night, and the chase lasted all night. There were corpses everywhere outside the city, and scattered weapons and horses everywhere.
The 50,000 Liao troops came in full force, but were defeated after only one day at the city of Liaoyang.
Afterwards, Yang Zhi, who was stationed in Jinzhou, also sent out Generals Lu Fang and Guo Sheng to lead troops to intercept the fleeing trainees everywhere.
After this battle, Lu Cheng's troops have gained a firm foothold in southern Liaoning.
At the same time, Emperor Tianzuo of Liao led an army of 700,000 in two directions, attempting to attack the Jin army from both sides and defeat them in one fell swoop. Wanyan Aguda also came to the front and the two sides started a confrontation.
Unexpectedly, at this time, civil strife broke out in Liao, and Yelu Zhangnu of Liao launched a mutiny and wanted to establish King Yelu Chun of Yan as emperor. After Emperor Tianzuo learned the news, he was forced to return from the front line to quell the rebellion.
Wanyan Aguda took the opportunity to lead his troops to actively pursue the retreating Liao army, and chased them all the way to Hubudagang (west of Wuchang, Heilongjiang in later generations), where they met the Liao army.
At this time, Wanyan Aguda had only 20,000 Jin troops under his command, so he decided to concentrate most of his forces to attack the central army where the Liao emperor was located, and to use the troops on the left and right wings to attack together.
The Liao army was caught off guard and was ambushed by the Jin army. They were defeated and fled, and hundreds of thousands of Liao troops were in chaos.
Emperor Tianzuo suffered a series of defeats at the hands of the Jin army on the front lines, and his prestige was greatly reduced. The Liao Kingdom, which was already extremely corrupt internally, suddenly launched rebellions everywhere, and the entire north was in flames.
At this time, the Song Dynasty was still enjoying peace and prosperity, and did not seize the great opportunity to retake the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, nor did it think of taking the opportunity to attack the Liao Kingdom and recover the north.
With the military strength of the Song Dynasty at that time, even if it could not attack the Liao Kingdom, it would have no problem destroying the Western Xia.
However, Song Huizong and the other high-ranking officials in the court were used to a comfortable life and had no ambition to make progress.
At this time, after occupying southern Liaoning, Lu Cheng consolidated his rule while stepping up his attack to the southwest to expand his territory.
At the end of November in the fifth year of Zhenghe, the Yangwei Army occupied Laizhou, and then went south along the Bohai Sea, opening up a passage to the Song Dynasty's Hebei East Road.
Soon after, a large number of refugees and civilians were sent to the Liaonan Peninsula. Along with these refugees and civilians, there were also shipbuilding craftsmen found privately by Yongchang Escort Agency, including Yufangan Mengkang, the chief shipbuilder of Liangshanpo, who later went to Liangshan.
This Yufangan Meng Kang was originally from Zhending Prefecture. He was good at taking care of large and small boats. Because of his slender figure and fair skin, he was called Yufangan.
Meng Kang was originally a man who specialized in building a large ship to transport flower, stone and steel. However, his superiors repeatedly urged him to build a large ship in a very short time. If he failed to complete the task, he would be severely punished or even beheaded. Meng Kang could not bear it any longer, so he killed his superiors and fled for his life.
In the original novel, Meng Kang also became a bandit in Yinmachuan with the iron-faced Pei Xuan.
However, Lu Cheng had specifically asked the people of Yongchang Escort Agency to keep an eye on him, and after Meng Kang committed the crime, they took him away and sent him to southern Liaoning.
Speaking of which, the Yongchang Escort Agency has been established for many years and has spread all over the world. On the surface, it is just an escort agency that helps people escort goods. In fact, it is also an intelligence organization under Lu Cheng.
The Yongchang Escort Agency is divided into two parts: the light and dark. The people in the dark part are extremely secretive, and are usually no different from ordinary escorts. They use the escort to conceal their identities, deliver messages, perform tasks, etc.
Lu Cheng relied on his animal training skills to domesticate a large number of birds and used them as a channel for transmitting messages, which greatly facilitated the transmission of messages by intelligence organizations.
After Meng Kang arrived in southern Liaoning, he immediately established a seaport in the southernmost part of Liaonan and built ships.
As long as there are enough ships and a navy is trained, the Liaonan Peninsula and the Shandong Peninsula can be connected, which will not only facilitate the provision of logistical support to the Liaonan Peninsula, but also make it easier for Liaonan to send troops to occupy Shandong in the future.
After all, it was something he had done before, so Lu Cheng was quite familiar with it.
At this time, Liangshan had entered the era when Song Jiang and Chao Gai co-governed Liangshan.
In May this year, Song Jiang wrote a rebellious poem on Xunyang Tower. In July, the Liangshan heroes robbed the execution ground in Jiangzhou, and Song Jiang officially became a bandit in Liangshanpo.
At the same time, Shi Xiu, the Desperate Man, and Yang Xiong, the Sick Guard, killed Pan Qiaoyun in anger, and then the two of them and Shi Qian, the Flea on the Drum, went to Liangshan together.
In December, as the war in the north subsided, Lu Cheng returned to Lujiazhuang.
Lu Cheng went on a military expedition for half a year under the pretext of escorting a caravan, and few women in the mansion knew where Lu Cheng had gone.
Seeing Lu Cheng coming back, the girls were naturally overjoyed.
But Hu Sanniang was a little anxious, and when they met, she said quickly: "Sir, the Liangshan bandits are going to attack Zhujiazhuang, and my eldest brother asked me for help. Please save my family."
"Don't worry. Even if Song Jiang attacks Zhujiazhuang, he will never dare to provoke Hujiazhuang easily. Don't worry."
Others may not understand Song Jiang, but how could Lu Cheng not know him?
Song Jiang is a fan of officials and he was thinking about Good Morning from beginning to end.
The prince consort Lu Cheng married Hu Sanniang, and Hujiazhuang and Lujiazhuang are related by marriage. As long as Song Jiang still wants to surrender, he will not attack Hujiazhuang. If Lu Cheng is unhappy, he will have no way to surrender.
Moreover, according to Song Jiang's character, he might also find a way to find Lu Cheng and ask the prince consort to say a few good words for him in front of Song Huizong to convey the intention of recruiting.
Of course, just in case, Lu Cheng also sent some servants and bodyguards to Hujiazhuang to assist in the defense, and sent a message that Hujiazhuang could come to Lujiazhuang to avoid the limelight temporarily.
At the same time, Lu Cheng also sent someone to deliver a letter to Li Ying, the Putian Diao, asking him to be careful against the Liangshan bandits, and if he encountered any of them, he could come to Lujiazhuang to take shelter temporarily.
It seems that Shi Qian stole a chicken, which led to the three attacks on Zhujiazhuang. But in fact, this was a power struggle between Song Jiang and Chao Gai on Liangshan Mountain, and it was also the beginning of Song Jiang's attempt to realize his political ambitions.
Although Chao Gai was generous and had a lot of popularity, he was ultimately too stupid. From the moment he stole the birthday gift, Chao Gai started on the wrong path.
Think about the eight people who cleverly stole the birthday gift. Ruyunlong Gongsun Sheng was a Taoist priest, Wu Yong was a teacher, the three Ruan brothers were fishermen, Red-haired Ghost Liu Tang was a yellow-haired gangster, and White Day Rat Bai Sheng was a scoundrel.
To put it bluntly, a few hooligans struggling at the bottom of society, penniless and without any worries, and a Taoist priest who is not from the world, are all barefoot and are not afraid of those who wear shoes. They can do whatever they want.
Only Chao Gai and Chao Baozheng, although not extremely wealthy, had a life of luxury and wealth, and yet they followed a group of thugs and abandoned their homes and businesses to rob the birthday gift.
Even if the robbery was successful, Chao Gai would only have more wealth and a better life.
But the consequence was that he abandoned his family and career, went to Liangshan, and became a bandit.
Moreover, Chao Gai had no long-term vision. He only cared about his own happiness, robbing the rich and not helping the poor. He also had no intention of developing the economy. It was only a matter of time before he was defeated by Song Jiang...