Qian Song

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Miaoqing, a monk from Goryeo, from Xijing, Goryeo, her common surname is unknown.

Miaoqing claims to have inherited the footwork of the Taiyi jade tent passed down by the Zen master Dao Shen in the early years of the Goryeo Dynasty.

The so-called Taiyi jade tent footwork is one of the Fengshui map prophecy methods that prevailed in the Goryeo Dynasty.

According to legend, both Miaoqing and his brother, the Japanese official Bai Shouhan, are proficient in the art of yin and yang, and they confuse the public with weird and inexplicable theories.

Zheng Zhichang and many other people in Xijing Liangban of the Goryeo Dynasty believed in Miaoqing's theory. Wang Kai's close minister Jin An and minister Wen Gongren all praised Miaoqing as a saint, so they recommended Miaoqing to Wang Kai.

After Li Ziqian fell from power, Miaoqing was favored by Wang Kai.

Miaoqing persuaded Wang Kai to build Dahua Que at Linyuan Post in Xijing.

Wang Kai made Miaoqing the official of the Three Major Commanders and gave him purple clothes.

Miao Qingzeng, Zheng Zhichang and other people from Xijing Liangban of the Goryeo Dynasty suggested that Wang Kai move the capital to Xijing from Kaijing.

However, it was not realized due to the opposition of the Kaijing Liangban headed by Kim Fushi.

In addition, Miaoqing also put forward proposals such as letting Wang Kai proclaim himself emperor and Jianyuan, and uniting with the Dagan Dynasty to conquer the Jin Dynasty.

In other words, although Miaoqing was a monk, he was a rare foreign hardliner in the Goryeo Dynasty.

It's a pity that none of Miaoqing's claims were accepted by Wang Kai.

Before the soldiers of the Goryeo Dynasty were about to leave the capital, Wang Kai sent Miaoqing to Goryeo Xijing to fight at the front station to prepare for Wang Kai's future escape to Goryeo Xijing.

Not long after Miaoqing arrived in Xijing, Goryeo, she heard that the Qianjun had captured Wang Kai, Wanyan Xian'er, and all the royal and clan families of the Goryeo Dynasty.

Miaoqing also heard that a large number of high-ranking officials and gentry of the Goryeo Dynasty were liquidated by the Dagan Dynasty. Their land, wealth and women were confiscated by the Dagan Dynasty.

In Miaoqing's view, the Dagan Dynasty is obviously no longer a simple lesson to the Goryeo Dynasty, in order to repay the Goryeo Dynasty for always being a minion and following Jin to harass the border of the Dagan Dynasty, but to completely subvert the rule of the Goryeo Dynasty and merge the territory of the Goryeo Dynasty into the territory of the Dagan Dynasty.

Miaoqing took advantage of the chaos to join forces with Xijing officials Liu Zhen and Zhao Kuang to establish a new kingdom. Its country name was "Dawei" and its Yuan was changed to "Tiankai".

After Zhao Li captured the Kaijing of Goryeo, he immediately handed over all the government affairs of the Kaijing of Goryeo to Yu Guang. According to the strategic deployment of the Dagan Dynasty, he first completely recovered the Kaijing area of ​​Goryeo, and recruited [-] auxiliary troops from Kaijing, consisting of civilians and slaves of Goryeo, while conducting simple training and political education for the auxiliary troops of Goryeo.

After all these were dealt with, Zhao Li immediately led an army of 15 cadres and an auxiliary army of [-] composed of Goryeo civilians and Goryeo slaves to start the Northern Expedition.

In fact, during this period, some people also advised Zhao Libing to be quick and fast, saying that he should gallop to catch him by surprise.

But Zhao Li did not accept it.

Zhao Li believes that although the speed at which the Qianjun regained Kaikyung in Koryo was not slow, in order not to cause disasters for future governance, they were ordered to eradicate all the dignitaries and gentry here in Kaikyung.

And the soldiers of the Qian army easily captured the capital of the Goryeo Dynasty, so it is inevitable that they will underestimate the enemy.

In addition, although the Gan army temporarily recruited 15 auxiliary troops composed of Goryeo civilians and Goryeo slaves from the Goryeo Dynasty, it is obviously not enough for this group of people to transport the large amount of food, grass and supplies needed by the [-] Gan army soldiers.
This will inevitably lead to insufficient military supplies for the dry army.

There will be two major disadvantages when the soldiers have the heart to underestimate the enemy and the military supplies are insufficient to attack rashly:

First, they may encounter Goryeo ambushes, and then be counterattacked by the Jedi of the Goryeo Dynasty.

Second, the local army of the Goryeo Dynasty may cut off the food, grass and supplies that the army has penetrated into the dry army, which is difficult to supply, and turn the dry army from victory to defeat.

Therefore, Zhao Li advocated: All warriors should use justice to win by surprise.It is better to rely on the invincible attack power of the Gan army, fight steadily, obtain military resources along the way and appease the cities, replenish the civilians while resting the soldiers, and slowly regain the entire Jidi with a large army.

Of course, this is just the general strategic direction.

In local wars, Zhao Li also used many classic tactics, such as detour tactics.

After seizing the Goryeo West Seaway in a steady and steady manner, Zhao Li found out through spies and sentries that Miaoqing and others were guarding heavy troops at Keling in Goryeo Xijing.

Zhao Li did not march to Keling, but adopted a roundabout tactic, passing through Lianzhou to the Anbei Grand Protectorate in the north of Xijing, Goryeo.

Seeing the sudden arrival of the Qian army, people from the two circles of Goryeo fled or went out to meet them in fear. Occasionally, areas where the enemy resisted were stubbornly captured by the Qian army like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

After conquering these areas, the officials of the Dagan Dynasty and the Goryeo officials who surrendered to the Dagan Dynasty quickly followed up, liberated the Goryeo slaves, distributed the land to the Goryeo civilians and Goryeo slaves in the form of work relief, and completely occupied these areas.

As a result, Goryeo Xijing was completely isolated.

Facing Goryeo Xijing, which is backed by mountains and water, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Zhao Li divided his troops into five groups around the city and encircled Goryeo Xijing.

Among them, the central army stationed at Debu, the left army stationed at Xingfu Temple, the right army stationed at Chongxing Temple, the rear army stationed at Datong River, and the former army stationed at the east of Chongxing Temple.

The officials of the Dagan Dynasty such as Yu Guang and the Goryeo officials who surrendered to the Dagan Dynasty appeased the Goryeo people who fled in all directions.

Under the pressure of the Qianjun army and Zhao Liqiang's psychological tactics, the civilians and servants of Goryeo Xijing violently killed Miaoqing and others, and then Kaesong surrendered.

The Dagan Dynasty took down Goryeo Xijing, the important town of the Goryeo Dynasty, without bloodshed.

After the captured Goryeo soldiers were scattered, retrained and politically educated, the Dagan Dynasty gained another [-] Goryeo auxiliary troops.

——Compared with the previous [-] Goryeo Auxiliary Army composed of Goryeo civilians and Goryeo slaves, this Goryeo Auxiliary Army composed of [-] Goryeo Xijing troops is actually an army with a certain combat effectiveness.

After the Xijing region of Goryeo was completely wiped out, Zhao Li led the army to continue northward, preparing to defeat Goryeo's most skilled Western Army, and then open up the connection with the Liaodong region.

The Western Goryeo Army was the army that fought against the Jurchens who had not fully risen for six years.

At that time, 17 Goryeo Western troops led by famous Goryeo generals Yin Guan and Wu Yanchong invaded Helandian controlled by the Jurchens, expanded the land for [-] miles, and built the six prefectures of Ying, Xiong, Fu, Ji, Xian, and Yi and the three towns of Tongtai, Pingrong, and Gongyan (nine cities in the northeast).

The famous Jurchen general Wanyan Wosai led an army to counterattack, attacking the communication lines and communication networks between the cities of Koryo, repeatedly defeating the reinforcements of Koryo, and exhausting the Western Koryo army.

Finally, the two sides negotiated a peace, and the Goryeo Dynasty returned He Landian to the Wanyan Jurchen.

Although in that battle, the Jurchens curbed the Goryeo Dynasty's plan to advance northward, so that the Goryeo Dynasty no longer dared to covet the Helandian area and won a big victory, but to be honest, the Goryeo Western Army fought well in the early and mid-term.

It can be seen that the Goryeo Western Army still has good combat power.

It is a pity that that battle took place 30 to [-] years ago, and today's Goryeo Western Army is no longer the Goryeo Western Army that was able to compete with the Jurchens. Otherwise, Wanyan Zongwang would not have been able to lead the [-] gold army to pass through the defense line of the Goryeo Western Army and attack the capital of the Goryeo Dynasty.

The key point is that after the Koryo Dynasty was controlled by the Kingdom of Jin, Tuo Junjing led [-] Koryo troops to the Kingdom of Jin to help in the battle, and the main force he led was the Western Koryo Army.In other words, almost half of the Koryo West Army has been taken away by Tuo Junjing.

The key point is that the Western Goryeo Army's current opponent is a dry army that is stronger than the Jin Army and has already defeated the Goryeo West Army.

Therefore, Zhao Li and other generals are still very confident in defeating the most powerful Western Army of the Goryeo Dynasty.

However, there are currently two problems plaguing Zhao Li and other generals:
The first is the huge problem that has always plagued the marching speed of the dry army, that is, it is really difficult to transport military supplies such as grain, grass, and supplies in the northern area of ​​Jidi, where the mountainous roads are inconvenient, so that the grain, grass, luggage, and other military supplies of the dry army are really insufficient, and they cannot fight a long-term war of attrition.

The second is that the dry army has been dragged in Xijing, Korea for a long time, so that the time has come to winter, and it is currently raining and snowing.

As we all know, in order to be able to land in Licheng Port smoothly, and also because of the simultaneous cutting of gold and Koryo, and also to prevent Xixia and Tubo from attacking the Dagan Dynasty at this critical time, the Dagan Dynasty's soldiers and horses are really stretched, so the main force of the Dagan Dynasty's attack on Goryeo this time is the Dagan Southern Army.

These soldiers of the Great Southern Army, who are extremely afraid of the cold, naturally greatly reduce their combat power in such cold weather.

Zhao Li learned that because the main force of the dry army was not used to such cold weather, the morale of the army even appeared in a state of laxity.

Some people suggested that it is better to apply to the imperial court and wait until next spring when the flowers bloom before continuing to march.

However, Zhao Li felt that the Daqian Dynasty could open up the connection between the Liaodong region and Jidi only by the last battle, so they should not give up on this.

So, Zhao Li discussed with his partner, Zhao Han'er, the supervisor, to see if they could let the supervisors at all levels do their job well, so that the soldiers could overcome the difficulties in front of them and finish this crucial battle.

Zhao Han'er immediately called the supervisors at all levels and held a mobilization meeting.

Under the timely appeasement of the supervising troops at all levels, the morale of the army was able to settle down.

But even so, in order to preserve his strength, Zhao Li still kept an eye out for this battle and let the 20 Korean auxiliary troops serve as the main force.

Who would have thought that the Western Goryeo Army would not learn how to turn water into ice, and turned no less than thirty military castles in northern Goryeo from Qingchuan Jiangbei to Yongxing Bay into ice castles, making these military castles that were easy to defend and difficult to attack all become more difficult to defend.

early december.

The crucial battle of Pengshan County officially started.

After the surrender failed, Zhao Li, with the Koryo auxiliary army as the main force, divided his troops into three groups to attack the three ice castles in Pengshan County at the same time in the south of Jian'an.

To be fair, the Goryeo auxiliary army, especially the Goryeo soldiers who were born as slaves in Goryeo, were very hardworking at the beginning, and they were able to brave the artillery fire to attack those ice castles, which showed their intentions.

But this ice castle is really too difficult to attack, even with the support of the red cannon that has been invincible before.

——It's hard to stand on this ice castle, let alone climb up.

What's more troublesome is that no matter what the ice castle was blasted into before, as long as the war ceases, it will soon be restored to its original state.

This means that the previous efforts were completely in vain.

After a few rounds, seeing that the ice castle was really impossible to break down, and that their own side had caused a lot of casualties, the Korean auxiliary army couldn't help but let the bears go, and when they went to battle again, they just put on a show, and they didn't work hard at all.

After Zhao Li carefully observed the defenders' equipment, he saw that the defenders' feet were all tied with ropes, so he also asked people to find ropes and let the Korean auxiliary soldiers tie them on the shoes. Later, it evolved into winding more than two times, and then tied them tightly at the ankles.

In this way, the anti-slip effect is really good.

Another northerner suggested that when walking on ice, keep a small stride and a fixed pace, don't walk too fast, and it can also prevent slipping.

These have solved the problem of walking on ice to a certain extent.

However, the Korean auxiliary army tried several times, but still failed to capture these ice castles.

Seeing this, Zhao Han'er took the initiative to invite Ying and said, "I'll try it."

Zhao Li, who was really trapped by these ice castles, had no choice but to let Zhao Han'er command the regular army of the dry army to try.

After Zhao Han'er went to battle, he personally sat in the artillery battalion, commanding the red cannons to cover and attack the entire ice castle. Sometimes he even let the artillery fire close to the limit of the attacking soldiers to cover the attacks of the soldiers.

This style of play is actually very dangerous, because as long as the attacking army soldiers run faster or the artillery fires a little bit inaccurately, it may cause huge casualties to the attacking army.

However, this approach is also very effective.

The key point is that these soldiers brought out by Zhao Han'er himself, just like him, carry out orders without compromise, and they are not afraid of death.

In the end, under the personal command of Zhao Han'er, the Qian army suffered a lot of casualties and finally broke into the first ice castle.

The Daqian Dynasty, which had always strictly prohibited the killing of prisoners, took all the men in this downed ice castle to the next ice castle and beheaded them very rarely this time.

The violent action of the dry army to wash the city scared the defenders in the next ice castle and immediately surrendered.

In this way, no less than [-] military ice castles from Qingchuan Jiangbei to Yongxing Bay were either shot down or surrendered.

Only after the war did word spread that in the battles that Zhao Han'er personally commanded, his sons were all in the vanguard, and among them, Xiandeng of the two ice castles was also his son.

Unfortunately, Zhao Han'er's third son, Zhao Xiong, also died in one of the battles.

After learning about this, all the generals and soldiers of the Gan army, especially the Korean auxiliary army, all respected Zhao Han'er, even Zhao Han'er's partner Zhao Li was no exception.

After more than a dozen difficult battles, the world knows that Zhao Han'er, a simple-looking general, can become the leading general in the founding of the Daqian Dynasty and the mainstay of Li Cun's trust. It is not without reason.

After annihilating the last resistance army in the north of Jidi, the Goryeo army led by Zhao Li and Zhao Han'er finally reached the Great Wall of the Goryeo Dynasty.

The Great Wall was built 100 years ago.

At that time, Emperor Dezong of Gaoli adopted a tough policy against Khitan in order to seize the area south of the Yalu River, so he ordered Pingzhang Shi Liushao to build the northern border city to prepare for future wars.

During the reign of Emperor Jingzong of Goryeo, the Great Wall was finally completed. According to historical records, this project "started from the ancient domestic city boundary on the west coast, where the Yalu River entered the sea, and crossed Weiyuan, Jinghai, Xinghua, Ningde, Ninghai, Ningshuo, Yunzhou, Anshui, Qingsai, Pinglu, Ningyuan, Dingrong, Mengzhou, Shuozhou and other thirteen cities in the east. ".

The Great Wall also served as the border for most of the Goryeo Dynasty.

When we got here, we finally opened up the connection between the Liaodong region of the Dagan Dynasty and Jidi.

So far, it can be said that half of the Goryeo Dynasty belongs to the Dagan Dynasty, and this is still the more difficult half.

After Li Cun learned about this, he first rewarded the soldiers who defeated the Koryo army based on the military merits verified by the Ministry of War and referring to the opinions of Zhao Li, Zhao Han'er and other generals. Then he issued an imperial decree: demolish the Great Wall of the Koryo Dynasty;

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