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The cavalry rolled, and there was an endless stream of troops heading north, day and night. At this moment, another group of people and horses passed by. There were more than 5000 people, all of whom were cavalry. Each of them had bright armor and shiny knives and guns. Looking at the equipment, compared with Ordinary teams still win by three points.

Although the number of this army is huge, it seems that it is only a vanguard force, because not long after they passed by, it was a mixed force of infantry and cavalry. It was late at night, and the army was always on the move. Honestly, the ordinary people who squatted at home for the whole night opened the door and looked out boldly, only to see that the marching team that had been marching since late at night had not yet finished. , without weapons in their hands, it seems really strange, behind them, there are ox carts, and I don't know what they are carrying.

Followed by a group of cavalry, also without armor, a cloth robe, the horses are tall and strong, far taller than the Central Plains war horses, more than a big food BMW, walking very leisurely, as if not They went to fight, but went out to enjoy the spring. Behind them, there were also ox carts full of loads, and they were covered with coarse Gebu and straw curtains. They didn't know what they were.

After all, these ordinary people just feel a little strange, but they don't know that these two teams of veteran soldiers are Duan Mingyu's famous heavy armor cavalry and Tang sword team in the past. Under the suppression of the old aristocratic forces represented, these two troops have suffered vicissitudes, experienced ups and downs, and suffered all kinds of suppression and calculations. Now it is finally time to see the light of day again, show their power, and revive their former glory. The Tielin Army of the Khitan Kingdom However, Duan Mingyu, who was as famous as the Xixia iron kite and Jin Guo iron pagoda in history, was determined to go to the north, so how could he not bring this weapon that was superior to them.

The people of Yandi have been living far away from the control of the center of the Tang Dynasty for many years. The common people will support whoever gives them a stable life and allows them to live peacefully. They don't care if the emperor's surname is Li or Yelu. Maybe some scholars will talk about the moonlight in their hometown when they sing the wind and the moon, but they have to throw their heads Sprinkle their blood, and they can't find a few people. Now the Khitan Kingdom treats them well, the politics is enlightened, and the status of the Han people is gradually improving. They also have imperial examinations, and they also enter the court as officials. The bad habit of discriminating against the Han people, what else are they dissatisfied with?

In history, Duan Mingyu advanced the Northern Expedition to Khitan and Liao Kingdom by seven or eighty years. At that time, Khitan was victorious, Song Taizong Zhao Kuangyi defeated Gaoliang River, Xiao Chuo and Empress Dowager Xiao were immediately rewarded according to their merits. Immediately afterwards, he took advantage of the victory to pursue the pursuit, and personally took the young emperor to sit in Youzhou, Nanjing, to supervise the money and food. The style of virtuous ministers and loyal, united will.It's a pity that Zhao Kuangyi got the wrong position and suffered a big defeat. From then on, he never went further north, and the Han army and horses never regained the sixteen prefectures of Youyun. Running away from ethnic minorities, the sons and daughters of the Han family regained control of the world, with great prestige, and the four barbarians came to court. Only then did the land of Yan, which had been occupied for hundreds of years, return to the hands of the Han people. This person is called Zhu Yuanzhang.

At this moment, as for the Khitan kingdom in Shangjing, after several years of governance and bloody cleansing, when the Khitan kingdom sent troops to help the Liang kingdom in Zhenzhou's great victory, defeated Wei Zhaodu, and the imperial prestige suddenly rose sharply, Yelu Abaoji could not have imagined that What will happen inside, what will be the problem?Haven't enough people been killed in the past few years?Who still has the guts to still take the risk?So he put all his energy on the front, on Youzhou in Yanjing, on Zhenzhou and Cangzhou in Liangguo.

Yelu Deguang in front of him also cheered up and went all out. He has made great achievements and shined in history. He is in today's world. How can he not seize this opportunity?Unexpectedly, Liang Guo made repeated tricks. First, the general Kang Huaizhen entered the city to assassinate Xu Wen, but was killed. Later, Zhu Wen was pissed off again.Zhu Wen's sons are also disliked by you, I can't understand you, they don't know the news of Zhu Wen's death, and they are stumbling and fighting with each other when their father is away, but they are already gearing up in Hedong Li Cunxu finally sent out a thunderous blow, and attacked Zhenzhou before the army that attacked Weizhou in the south was defeated and rushed back to its old nest. Li Cunxiao, the No.1 general in the late Tang Dynasty, took down Zhenzhou City in only one day. When Liang Jun from Zhenzhou returned to Zhenzhou cursing, the banner of Datang had already been planted on the top of the city. Liang Jun.The Khitan prince, Yelu Abaoji, saw that the situation was over, and returned to Yandi with his [-] intact Khitan cavalry.

When Duan Mingyu was going north with great fanfare, he did not expect that the three armies who were preparing for a fierce battle were shocked by the news that Zhu Wen was dead, and then looked at the banner of Li Cunxu, King of the Tang and Jin Dynasties on the head of Zhenzhou City, so he had to enter Zhenzhou angrily. city.

When the news came back to Luoyang, Emperor Li Ye was overjoyed and ordered the three armies to rest for a month, and then went northward to Khitan in the middle of summer in July to recover Youyun Sixteen Prefectures.But the imperial court was not idle during this period of time. Li Ye allocated 500 million taels of silver from his own treasury. The silver was originally used to build palaces, but now Li Ye used it to repair mortars and Crossbows, the artisans of the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of War immediately started to work in two shifts to complete the batch of munitions as soon as possible, so that the Northern Expedition would have a better chance of winning. These artisans received instructions that they must be repaired within 200 days. One thousand mortars, one hundred thousand crossbows, two million crossbow arrows.The last [-] troops left in Luoyang City are all used by the Ministry of War to repair mortars and crossbows, won't you?It doesn't matter, we have a master who will teach you step by step, it won't be too complicated, the assembly line operation, you only need to learn how to make one part.

Since capturing Zhenzhou, Cangzhou city defenders have also surrendered one after another. Duan Mingyu moved the forward headquarters from Weizhou to Zhenzhou. As for the offensive strategy, all the generals expressed their opinions, and the strategy of the Northern Expedition is constantly being perfected.