Chapter 237 Guangwu Zhongxing, recruitment ends

Author: Traveling from the South

Chapter 237 Guangwu Zhongxing, recruitment ends

The ancestors of the Tatars lived between white mountains and black waters, limited to a harsh living environment. They were brave and hard-working, and dared to fight for food and land.

In the early stage of its rise, it absorbed the blood of Great Yan and gradually grew into an institutionalized and regularized military group with extremely powerful combat power.

As soon as the iron cavalry came out, it was invincible in all directions, but Dayan, a seemingly powerful giant, could only be manipulated and manipulated.

However, when the Tatars accumulated enough savings and entered the country to destroy the Great Yan court, the combat power of their own military group began to decline rapidly.

On the one hand, the high-level nobles have become corrupt and have sunk into the indulgences of the Central Plains. They were born in white mountains and black waters, and they have never enjoyed such a luxurious life.

On the other hand, there is the Tatar court, which grants the Tatars special privileges, such as legal exemptions, self-enclosed land, hard-core crops, etc.

Especially the hard-core crops that every Zhenta can receive, so that they can enjoy the royal support without having to work hard.

Under such favorable treatment, the Tatar warriors were deteriorating both physically and mentally. They could live a comfortable life anyway, so there was no need to fight them alive or to death.

If we really want to go into battle, the real Tatar soldiers can supervise the battle from behind, while the Han troops will work for them in the front.

During the time when Zhou Bai was supervising the country, the Great Yan was revived in the south, the Tatars still retained a certain fighting strength, and the older generation of warriors had not lost their courage.

When Dayan stopped south of the Yangtze River and did not dare to cross northward, the last bit of his fighting power would be exhausted.

As long as you, Zhu Jun, keep half of the Southern Dynasty and become Emperor Gaozong, they will welcome you very much.

It was not until the fourth year of Emperor Guangwu's reign that Zhou Bai sent out his navy for the "Northern Expedition" and defeated the Tatar navy in several battles. Only then did the few sober Tatars have a chance to speak out again.

The army was on alert, forgetting the battle would lead to danger. The Southern Dynasties were still determined to conquer the North, and Guangwu was the reign name, which shows their ambition...

After some warnings and propaganda, coupled with the defeat of the Yangtze River, the Tatar court actually discussed it for a period of time.

Even the old Tatar emperor once had the idea of ​​​​conquering the south. If he did not deal with the hidden dangers in the south, would future generations be able to secure the country in the future?

Besides, it is ultimately easier to conquer the south from the north than from the south to the north.

The people of this tribe cannot be easily consumed, so recruit Han people as soldiers. No matter how many sacrifices you make, you will not be afraid.

In the fourth year of Guangwu's reign, the Tatar Emperor ordered the expansion of the army and obtained a total of 300,000 new Han soldiers. They took the green flag as the camp number and were called the Green Battalion.

After several martial arts drills, the Green Camp Army performed well and defeated the Han Banner Army many times, and was relied upon as a standing army by the Tatar court.

At that time, the Northern Dynasty's military power was strong, and there were many internal discussions about the southern expedition. The Tatar nobles were following behind, taking credit for their non-dangerous achievements.

If you win, you will be rewarded with an official title, if you lose, there will be no losses. The Han officers will bear all the responsibility for the defeat.

Now that the cheap soldiers who can be driven have been recruited, the Tatar Queen realizes that she still needs to build ships?

If we want to cross the river again this time, without the navy traitors or the leading party, it will be difficult to reach the sky.

It is not an empty talk to divide the two dynasties by dividing the river and dividing the two dynasties by natural dangers.

At this time, all the people in the Northern Dynasty could only curse, saying that Emperor Yan was cunning and cunning.

The headquarters soldiers and Han banner soldiers spent a lot of money. With the addition of 300,000 green battalions, military expenditures skyrocketed.

Shipbuilding takes a long time and also requires full support from the national treasury.

Fortunately, in the fifth and sixth years of Guangwu, the Southern Dynasty did not take any action, so why not just forget about the Southern Expedition...

After all, Nan Yan "doesn't want to make progress" and has no intention of advancing north.

Soon, in order not to affect the welfare of the nation, the shipbuilding plan was reduced to empty talk on paper. The 300,000 Green Battalion soldiers could not afford to pay, and they quickly became a waste.

In the seventh year of Guangwu's reign, under Zhou Bai's personal supervision, the navy had thousands of troop-carrying warships of various types, and could transport up to 50,000 troops at a time.

In the eighth year of Guangwu's reign, the long-term horse administration came to great glory. The number of newly purchased and cultivated horses that met the requirements increased to 40,000, and the cavalry corps reached 30,000.

In the ninth year of Guangwu, after a long period of stable recuperation, Dayan's national power reached its peak, and the overall luck showed red.

Zhou Bai did not choose to use the entire army to deploy weapons, but still chose the policy of elite troops. With the blessing of the national destiny, half of the 30,000 Yulin army reached the acquired realm in martial arts cultivation.

In the tenth year after proclaiming himself emperor, that is, in May of the tenth year of Guangwu, he ordered the entire country to go on a northern expedition.

After ten years of patience, he will surely achieve success in one day, drive out the Tartars, and recover the entire territory of Great Yan.

On May 5, Lou Jinpeng led a forward force of 50,000 troops to successfully cross the river. The Tatar coastal defense line had already discovered the true situation and was defeated in one blow.

On May 7, the vanguard made a furious advance and captured all the ferries on the north bank. Zhou Bai led his 150,000 Chinese troops to cross the river safely.

In mid-May, the Tatar garrison general on the Yangtze River seemed to have finally come to his senses and assembled 50,000 cavalry and 100,000 green battalions to guard the important town of Jianghuai.

It's just that unlike Great Yan who spent ten years honing his skills and saving money, Tatar's ten years in the North were just a waste of time.

The corruption from the nobles to the soldiers has made this once powerful military group riddled with holes and has no fighting power at all.

A series of fortified cities could basically not be defended for three days, but Emperor Guangwu once again reiterated his intention to fight against Hu Xi.

"Any Hu Gou in the Han Dynasty who was coerced but surrendered was pardoned without asking any questions. If he was a prisoner and had changed his face and changed his face and wanted to return to farming and herding, he was also pardoned without asking any questions. If he threatened the crowd and called him an enemy, he would be pardoned without asking any questions.

If you resist Yan Xing even a little bit, you will be killed without mercy; if you are a spy, you will be killed without mercy; if you violate the military law, you will be killed without mercy."

If you surrender now, you will not be treated as a traitor. If you surrender too late, you will not only be killed without mercy, but also your name will be left in the "historical history". You will be infamy for thousands of years, and future generations will never be able to hold their heads up.

At the end of May, after several days of strong attacks, the core city of Yicheng where the Tatar troops were heavily stationed was defeated.

They wanted to defend, but their combat effectiveness and fighting will were too poor. The first-class garrison general died in the battle, and more than 10,000 Han and Tatar soldiers who resisted in the city were massacred.

Another 20,000 garrisoned Tatar soldiers who surrendered were organized into the vanguard by Zhou Bai and ordered to open the way.

After that, throughout June, the Northern Expeditionary Army did not encounter many obstacles, and the road to the north was smooth.

Along the way, the people welcomed the king's division happily, and the garrison soldiers looked at the wind and descended...

The cavalry regiment on which the Tatars founded their country was actually only seen in Yicheng.

By July 9, the Jianghuai River was completely restored, and the troops of the Dayan Northern Expedition entered Haiyou Province.

Lou Jinpeng's front army was unstoppable. They captured eleven cities in seven days and captured the Haiyou Fortress in one battle.

The Tatar court was still debating how many troops to send and who was responsible for the empty treasury, but unexpectedly the crisis of national subjugation was already in sight.

If Haiyou is lost, there will be no shield in the Gyeonggi region, and the capital will be in danger.

In view of the unprecedented crisis, the Tatars broke out their final strength, and finally gathered the soldiers, money and food.

On July 15, 100,000 cavalry from the North gathered and were handed over to the once-famous Lao Wang Sengge to march south.

However, before Seng Ge arrived and left the capital, news came that the Haiyou provincial capital had been captured by Emperor Yanguang himself.

According to the frontline military report, Emperor Guangwu's 30,000 Yulin were all martial arts masters, and any one of them could serve as a first-class bodyguard.

Everyone is like a tiger, not afraid of arrows, brave and fearless, and can even climb the city wall with bare hands.

Even though General Haiyou was loyal to the court and drove the defenders to defend with all their strength, he could not reverse the situation of the war.

"Gao Hu, the general of the Flame Dragon Cavalry, is invincible with a silver spear, blasting through the city gate with his separated spear light?"

"The unknown commander of the Imperial Guard, Qu Zhi, personally captured and killed the desperate General Haiyou, and the personal guards witnessed him fighting a hundred true Tatar warriors alone?"

When Lao Wang Sengge saw the intelligence sent back one after another, he thought that the frontline generals and sentinels were all crazy.

When he was young, he was revered as the First Batulu of the Tatars. He was tyrannical in force. When fighting Dayan, he often killed generals and captured flags, which frightened the Dayan border troops who dared to fight.

Even so, Seng Ge also believes that he is a mortal body, wearing armor, and a pair of more than ten people is a supernormal performance.

Are you telling me now that he can't accept the fact that he is climbing the city wall with bare hands and using his spear to fight one against a hundred, all while the Martial Saint is still alive?

But this is a military report that has been confirmed many times and cannot be falsified.

Suddenly, Sengge remembered the reason why the Tatars withdrew from the south ten years ago.

The Han people opposed the idea of ​​shaving their hair and changing clothes, and the whole country rioted. It was necessary to divide the troops to suppress it. This was a good reason.

But he still remembered another important reason. Tens of thousands of Tatars died in the battle in the south. The outrageous battle report sent back by Erke actually said that they were defeated by a Yan army with extraordinary force.

At that time, the arrogant Seng Ge, who was in charge of the capital, only thought that Erke was looking for a reason. No matter how strong the army was, it would not go beyond the Tatar cavalry.

Now it seems that Emperor Guangwu has always had such a trump card, but he still tolerated it for ten years, how terrible it is.

Seng Ge felt inexplicably frightened. No wonder the Great Yan Northern Expedition did not divide the troops into multiple routes like the previous Southern Dynasties.

He has an invincible and powerful army. He has come all the way, openly and grandly. How can you stop him?

With his keen military sense, Sengge ordered the entire army to stop at the right border of the sea, and at the same time reported a secret message to the Tatar Emperor.

The letter first requested that reinforcements be sent as one hundred thousand cavalry was not enough.

Then he suggested that the imperial court should move the capital immediately. It would be better to retreat directly outside the pass while he can delay it for a while.

If we can take away the large population of Gyeonggi and the wealth plundered in Dayan for more than ten years, we may be able to continue the country's rule in the home of Baishan and Heishui.

It's okay for the former to ask for help. The Tatar emperor thought it was a prudent move by Sengge. After all, the Great Fire was coming very menacingly, and if he was not careful, he would be in danger of overthrowing the country.

But the subsequent proposal to move the capital directly irritated the aging Tatar emperor, right?!

But as the supreme leader of a dynasty, when he doesn't want to pretend to be asleep, he really can't sleep.

Natural and man-made disasters, corrupt officials, resentment among the people, empty state treasury...

But the most critical thing is that they have internal problems, and the military force that they relied on to establish a foothold in the Central Plains and rely on the small clan to dominate the big clan has collapsed.
To be continued...