Xianxia version of Water Margin

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In fact, neither the Goryeo Dynasty nor the Japanese Dynasty was Jiang Hongfei's focus.

To be honest, the reason why Jiang Hongfei launched a war against the Goryeo Dynasty and wanted to destroy the Japanese Dynasty was, in the final analysis, to get money and food from these two places to better unify China.

Therefore, Jiang Hongfei's focus has always been on China and the Central Plains region. At least, this will definitely be the case before the Central Plains are completely unified.

After all, in order to resist foreign aggression, one must first settle the internal affairs. Foreign war is certainly necessary, but the prerequisite must be to complete unification first.

In fact, if the Jin people had not suddenly attacked the border of the Yuan Empire, Jiang Hongfei might not have returned to the capital of Yanjing and Yuan from Bianliang City in Tokyo. Instead, he would have waited to completely eliminate the remaining forces of the Zhao and Song dynasties led by Zhao Gou, and completely After regaining Shaanxi, or even completely completing the unification, return to Yuan Dynasty.

Now, although Jiang Hongfeiren was forced to return to Yuandadu due to the situation, his heart was actually still focused on the war in the Central Plains.

However, some people don't want Jiang Hongfei to focus on unifying the Central Plains. No, it should be said that they don't want Jiang Hongfei to unify the Central Plains.

At first, Jiang Hongfei thought that this was just because the natural and man-made disasters in the past two years had caused extremely serious famines on the grasslands. The Jin people wanted to come to the Yuan Empire to grab food to survive this disaster. In addition, their strength had become stronger. I came here to take revenge on myself.

Later, through the investigation of Zhu Gui and Zhu Fu's hotel intelligence system, Jiang Hongfei realized that the matter was far from that simple.

This was actually a premeditated thing.

Moreover, more than one country is involved in this premeditation.

The key, the core, is not the Jin Kingdom, but Xixia.

At first, Li Qianshun thought that Yelu Nanxian, who wanted to die, was destined to die soon, and Xixia did not want to suffer revenge from the Yuan Empire for helping Liao to attack the Yuan Empire, so he gave Yelu Nanxian to Jiang Hongfei to resolve the conflict between the two countries. hatred between.

But what Li Qianshun never expected was that after Yelu Nanxian arrived in the Yuan Empire, not only did he survive, but he also gave birth to two sons for Jiang Hongfei.

Undoubtedly, this caused Li Qianshun to be humiliated and humiliated.

But then again, although Li Qianshun's lungs were about to explode because of this, it was Li Qianshun's initiative after all, and it was impossible for a tycoon like Li Qianshun to really care about a woman or a cuckold.

What really made Li Qianshun determined to deal with Jiang Hongfei was that the Yuan Empire successively destroyed the Liao Dynasty and the Zhao Song Dynasty, occupied the Central Plains, and even invaded Shaanxi, replacing the Zhao and Song Dynasties as Xixia's new neighbor. This made Li Qianshun smell it. Danger.

In history, Li Qianshun rectified the official administration after taking office, established the system of centralized monarchy, and ended the dictatorship of the aristocrats of foreign relatives that had appeared in the past dynasties. Under his hard work, Xixia was strong, politically clear, and the social economy developed well. At that time, both the Liao and Song Dynasties were declining, so he first united with the Liao Dynasty to invade the Song Dynasty and seized a large area of ​​land. Later, when Yelu Yanxi asked for help from Xixia, he flatly refused and united with the Jin Kingdom to destroy the Liao and Song Dynasties, and took the opportunity to seize more than a thousand miles of Hexi Province. place.

Let's put it this way, Li Qianshun is not a useless monarch like Yelu Yanxi, Zhao Ji, and Zhao Huan, who have great ambitions and empty talents. Just look at the history, when facing such a powerful Jin Kingdom, he was still able to preserve Xixia and allow Xixia to survive in the cracks while still developing to a certain extent. This is enough to confirm that even if he is not as good as Wanyan Aguda, he is still one of the best in this world. Countless heroes and heroes.

How could Li Qianshun not see that if Jiang Hongfei was allowed to develop like this, Xixia might follow in the footsteps of the Liao Dynasty and Zhao Song Dynasty?

Moreover, Li Qianshun concluded that after Jiang Hongfei completely destroyed the Zhao and Song Dynasties, Jiang Hongfei's pursuit must be to restore the homeland of the Central Plains Dynasty during the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Xixia occupies the territory formerly occupied by the Central Plains Dynasty during the Han and Tang Dynasties.

The key is that the existence of Xixia also cut off the Silk Road on the land of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Therefore, Xixia must be a territory that Jiang Hongfei is determined to win.

Li Qianshun, who did not want Xixia to follow the footsteps of the Liao Dynasty and Zhao Song Dynasty, sent envoys to contact the Jin Kingdom and the grassland tribes to persuade them:

"Jiang Yan must aspire to become the next Qin Shihuang, Han Wu Emperor, and Tang Taizong. If he is taught to completely annex the remnants of the Song Dynasty, he will send troops to sweep across the grasslands and seal the wolf as a slave. If we do not want to be destroyed by him, we must not teach him to destroy it. To conquer the Song Dynasty, we must use the Song Dynasty to completely overthrow the Yuan Dynasty.”

Li Qianshun's proposition was recognized by Wanyanwu Beggars and many great khans on the grasslands.

Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang even took the initiative to attack the Yuan Empire. They coordinated with the remaining forces of the Zhao Song Dynasty led by Zhao Gou and the hostile forces of the Yuan Empire in the Central Plains such as Wang Qing's Chu State to seek revenge.

Later, the Jin State sent envoys to Xixia, and the two countries agreed to form a military alliance. The Jin State sent troops to attack the northern border of the Yuan Empire, and Xixia sent troops to Shaanxi to put pressure on the Yuan Empire. The empire was struggling to deal with attacks from all directions and was unable to completely eliminate the Zhao and Song dynasties.

Nowadays, not only Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang's offensive in Yehuling and Songtingguan is becoming more and more fierce, Xixia has also sent troops to Shaanxi area, and they are fighting fiercely with Qiao Daoqing and others. The two sides are competing for Shaanxi.

Moreover, many grassland tribes are also taking advantage of the situation and want to attack the Great Wall and then raid the grass valley.

In addition, the Yuan Empire was still fighting to destroy Goryeo.

It can be said that the situation in the northern part of the Yuan Empire is quite bad.

Jiang Hongfei had to find a way to break the situation.

No one knows better than Jiang Hongfei that the northeastern land that has been abandoned by the Central Plains Dynasty is actually the lifeline of the Central Plains Dynasty.

This is not difficult to see when looking at the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Lao Zhu in history can be said to be a god-like existence. He started with a bowl and was the first to win from the south to the north to complete the unification. It is not an exaggeration to say that he created a miracle.

But to be honest, although Lao Zhu completed the unification, the Ming Dynasty he founded did not really destroy the Yuan Dynasty, but only drove the Mongols back from the Central Plains to the grasslands. After the Mongols collectively withdrew to the grasslands, they replaced The signboard of "Northern Yuan", the vast Mobei grassland and the northeastern land, and even Yunnan in the southwest, these territories of the former Yuan Dynasty are still controlled by the Mongols.

Its military strength was so strong that it still had millions of men who could lead the army. The Ming Dynasty also faced the unprecedented military pressure from the founding of the country.

The biggest headache for the Ming Dynasty was the Northeast.

In the end, the Ming Dynasty was replaced by the Manchus from the Northeast.

From a general point of view, the current situation of the Yuan Empire in the north is somewhat similar to the situation at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

The difference is that the Ming Dynasty had basically unified the Central Plains at that time, while the Yuan Empire still had less than half of it.

In other words, even the situation of the Ming Dynasty at that time was stronger than that of the Yuan Empire now.

The key is that as long as the Yuan Empire cannot destroy Xixia, the Jin Kingdom, and the grassland tribes, the nomads will definitely not give up invading the farming peoples.

There is no way, the Hulu on the grassland have never thought about production, but only want to rob the Central Plains dynasty. From the Xiongnu, to Wuhuan, Xianbei, to the Turks, until today's Khitan, Jurchen, and grassland tribes, they have become only names. What remains unchanged is their nature of always invading the farming peoples in the south. History has proven that if they are not completely defeated, even if the Yanyun region serves as a barrier for the Central Plains Dynasty, they will never be able to rest easy.

It should be understood that only one can commit a thief in a thousand days, but there is no one who can guard against a thief in a thousand days.

It is not Jiang Hongfei's character to be passively beaten all the time, and it will not solve the problem at all.

Therefore, Jiang Hongfei was prepared to take the Jin Kingdom by surprise and attack them unprepared, and first let the Jin people be honest for a while.

Based on this strategic purpose, Jiang Hongfei summoned Zhao Li and asked him to find an opportunity to escape from seclusion and launch a surprise attack on Bei'an Prefecture.

For this surprise attack, Jiang Hongfei transferred generals such as Wang Jin, Qu Lichuqing, E Quanzhong, and Yu Deyuan to Zhao Li, and sent Wang Yan to Jinzhou to temporarily guard the Liaoxi Corridor on Zhao Li's behalf.

After Zhao Li accepted the order, he personally led 30,000 elite cavalry from the Liaoxi Corridor into the grassland and attacked Bei'an Prefecture.

On the other hand, the Jin army had been at the gate for so long, but had never been able to break through the defense of the Yuan army and civilians, and had long been discouraged.

Nowadays, the Jin Army's offensive seems to be fierce, but in fact, it has long lost its initial enthusiasm. The so-called, the so-called, one rush, then decline, and three times exhaustion, is the best way to describe the current state of the Jin Army.

The key point is that the Jin people did not expect that the Yuan army was so bold that they dared to build a plank road to cross Chencang secretly under the nose of their hundreds of thousands of troops, leave the protection of the Great Wall, and run to the grassland to fight with them.

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After Zhao Li accepted the order, under the leadership of the Liao people who were familiar with the grasslands, they quietly reached Bei'an Prefecture.

What a coincidence.

Not long ago, Wanyan Zongwang blackmailed many Korean beauties in Goryeo. After returning, he played and sang every night, but ended up falling down from exhaustion just like his father Wanyan Aguda.

Wanyan Zongwang had no choice but to hand over the army to the leadership of his third brother Wanyan Zongfu and his fourth brother Jin Wushu. Accompanied by his sons Wanyanqi, Wanyanjing and Wanyanwen, he went to Beian Prefecture Recuperate and help the Jin Army on the right guard the rear.

After Zhao Li led an army of 30,000 to Bei'an Prefecture, he caught the unprepared Wanyan Zongwang and his son off guard, killing tens of thousands of people, and captured four more Wanyan Zongwang and his son, more than 50,000 Jin women, and five There are more than 10,000 fine horses, 150,000 to 60,000 cattle and sheep, and more than 3,000 carts.

——Zhao Li burned all the food and supplies that could not be taken away.

Moreover, Zhao Li was very ruthless. In order to prevent these Jin men from making trouble halfway, he ordered that except for important prisoners such as Wanyan Zongwang and his son, all other men in the Jin Kingdom be beheaded, their heads were made into Jingguan, and their bodies were thrown away. Entering the fire, frightening the Hulu on the grassland.

After finishing this matter, Zhao Li ordered Wang Sheng to lead 10,000 cavalry to send all the prisoners and captured back to the Yuan Empire. He led another 20,000 cavalry to surround the point for reinforcements, and ambushed the Jin people again, killing nearly 10,000 people. The Jin people also captured the Jin general Wanyan Mu, and then withdrew to Yuguan.

Undoubtedly, this was a brilliant victory.

After the news spread back to the Yuan court, Jiang Hongfei gave Li Yanxian an order: wait for the opportunity to act.

In fact, Li Yanxian was already ready to attack before Jiang Hongfei's order was issued.

Wanyan Zongwang and his son were captured by Zhao Li. The East Route Jin Army lost its supreme leader and suffered heavy losses. Its morale must have been extremely low.

The key point is that the food and supplies of the Jin Army on the East Road were snatched away and burned by the Dayuan Army, leaving the hundreds of thousands of troops with less food and grass to last for ten days.

Wanyan Zongfu was also a good general. He felt that if things continued like this, their troops might all be eaten by the Yuan army. They had to retreat to Dading Mansion to rest and replenish their troops before considering whether to fight or make peace.

Therefore, Wanyan Zongfu discussed with Wanyanchang, Jin Wushu and other generals and chose to lead the remaining troops to evacuate Songting Pass.

Seeing that the Jin army was about to flee, the mob of grassland tribes were also ready to scatter.

That night, Wanyan Zongfu planned to organize a withdrawal immediately.

Jin Wushu said to Wanyan Zongfu: "The Yuan army had just returned from a surprise attack on Bei'an Prefecture with a great victory, and was in a proud moment. Our army returned without success and was frustrated and exhausted. If the Yuan army knew that our army intended to retreat, they would definitely attack later."

Wanyan Zongfu thought it made sense, and at dusk, he ordered a large number of baggage to be quietly withdrawn to the north.

In the middle of the night, the Jin army began to move the camp and return to the north.

To be on the safe side, Wanyan Zongfu also ordered elite troops to cover the rear.

Although the Jin army wanted to withdraw secretly, they were still discovered by the Yuan army.

After Li Yanxian received the news, he immediately climbed the observation deck and looked north.

Seeing that the main force of the Jin army had indeed withdrawn, only a small number of troops were left behind.

Li Yanxian immediately ordered the infantry to stay to guard the pass and all the cavalry to go to battle.

The Yuan army caught up with the Jin army when they chased to the foot of Sixiangling.

The two armies met and fought fiercely.

There were 100,000 Goryeo troops in the Jin army.

Most of these Goryeo troops were infantry. How could they withstand the slashing of the Yuan cavalry on this endless grassland?

Moreover, the Jin army returned with a great defeat and low morale. The Yuan army was just the opposite. They had just defeated the Jin army and were in high spirits, and they pursued the victory.

The key point was that many of the Yuan army were Liao people who had been bullied by the Jin people. They had been waiting for this opportunity to take revenge for a long time. How could they not do their best?

Soon, the Yuan army defeated the main force of the Jin army, covering nearly 100 miles and killing nearly 20,000 Jin people. Along the way, there were countless corpses lying side by side. The Jin people trampled on each other and threw away weapons all over the suburbs.

In addition, after the war, a statistics showed that almost 70,000 Goryeo people surrendered.

The siege of Songting Pass was lifted.

After this news was passed back to Yuan Dadu, the morale of the Yuan Empire was greatly shaken.

Soon, Zhao Li, who returned to Jinzhou, sent Wanyan Zongwang and his son, Wanyan Jiemu, more than 50,000 Jin women, and all the captured items to Yuan Dadu.

Jiang Hongfei wanted to skin Wanyan Zongwang and his son and other important captives.

But Jiang Hongfei changed his mind and thought that it was easy to kill these Jin people, but this would not give them the greatest punishment. It would be better to let them endure the suffering and humiliation that the royal family and clan members of the Zhao Song Dynasty had suffered in history.

After thinking about it, Jiang Hongfei not only did not kill Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Jiemu and others, but also sent An Daoquan to treat them, so that they could live a few more years and enjoy the historical experiences of Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and other royal family members of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

As for those Jin women, except for sending the royal family and clan members to the harem, all the others were rewarded to meritorious soldiers.

While other spoils of war were collected into the national treasury, the rewards for the soldiers were also distributed immediately.

It is worth mentioning that after learning that the Eastern Jin Army had suffered a heavy blow, Wanyan Zonghan quickly led the Western Jin Army to retreat to the Yangchengluo area and defended it strictly, fearing that he would follow in the footsteps of Wanyan Zongwang...

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