Xianxia version of Water Margin

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After Liangshan's left and right Liao troops crossed the Lugou River, they quickly captured Wanping County, and then the right Liao army captured Daxing County.

Wanping County and Daxing County are auxiliary counties of Yanjing and were built specifically to defend Yanjing.

In Jiang Hongfei's last life, these two counties were eventually annexed by Beijing, and their scope included all or most of Beijing's Xicheng District, Fengtai District, Shijingshan District, Haidian District, Mentougou District, and the entire Daxing.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Hongfei led the central route to defeat the Liao army and also crossed the Lugou River. At Zhai Palace, which was only fifteen miles away from Yanjing City and between Wanping and Daxing, he gathered his troops and horses and set off to the camp.

This Zhai Palace was the place where the Daliao Empire held suburban sacrifices, and it was also the place where the Daliao Emperor held the four-season alms bowl in Yanjing.

The emperor of the Liao Dynasty implemented the four-season nabao, which means that the emperor and his yazhang traveled back and forth between the five capitals throughout the year.

"Nabo" means "palace". The four seasons of Nabo means that the emperor traveled to various places for hunting in the four seasons.

The locations of Nabo in the four seasons are different, and the things they do are different. For example, in spring Nabo, they go fishing and swans, and hold fish and goose feasts.

However, Nabo is not just a simple sightseeing tour. The most important events were held twice a year in summer and winter. The emperor and courtiers of the Liao Dynasty would discuss and decide on military and state affairs at this time.

This also reflects the nomadic nature of the Khitan people.

The living environment of the Zhai Palace in Yanjing is very good. The key is that the terrain here is steep, surrounded by water on three sides, like a sandbar, and backed by a large mound that can serve as a barrier. Occupying this place is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

It was obviously suggested and guided by Medicine Master Guo to seize this Zhai Palace.

A few years ago, when the national power of the Liao Kingdom had not yet declined, Pharmacist Guo participated in the Four Seasons Nabo Festival here, so he was relatively familiar with the situation here.

Pharmacist Guo told Jiang Hongfei that there was a patch of water grass here. If he occupied this place, he would not need to provide fodder for the war horses.

Therefore, the Liangshan Middle Road expedition against the Liao army occupied this place, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone, gain geographical advantage, and secondly gain military supplies, laying a good material foundation for the upcoming battle against the Liao.

On this day, all city gates in Yanjing City were closed, martial law was implemented throughout the city, and the city's defenders were on standby in their respective positions. Outside the city, within a radius of hundreds of miles, people fled their homes one after another. Some criminals took advantage of the chaos to gang up and rob people on the road. Some even pretended to be Liangshan heroes and burned, killed and looted near Yanjing City.

However, it must be said that Xiao Pu Xiannu was indeed a resolute and skillful ruler. She immediately ordered Yelu Dashi to lead his troops out of the city, kill all the bandits on the spot, then chop off their heads and hang them on the top of Yanjing City to maintain law and order.

After Xiannu Xiaopu's iron-blooded suppression, no one dared to take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble.

Later, Xiao Puxian accepted Li Chuwen's suggestion and opened two city gates every day to stabilize people's hearts.

At the same time, Jiang Hongfei ascended the tent and gathered all the generals, civil and military officials, to discuss military matters.

Jiang Hongfei said: "This time I have troops approaching the city. How should we capture Yanjing City?"

Li Kui shouted: "What's new about attacking a city? It's the same as before. Our army marches to the foot of Yanjing City, sets up a flying bridge, and goes directly into the city. We just cut down and kill everyone we meet."

Jiang Hongfei ignored Li Kui.

Li Ying stood up and objected: "This method is absolutely impossible. We, Shuibo Liangshan, want this Yanjing to be the core place. If we cause massacres and hatred in Yanjing city, how can we focus on this place?"

It is said to be the core place, but in fact, the Liangshan heroes are preparing to use Yanjing as the capital.

This must be what Jiang Hongfei meant.

Why did Zhu Di move the capital of the Ming Dynasty from Nanjing to Beijing?

Many people took it for granted that Zhu Di had taken away his eldest nephew's empire, and he felt unsure about staying in Nanjing. He felt that it would be better to return to his own fiefdom in Beijing. After all, it was his own territory and he felt at ease.

If this is the only reason, then you underestimate Zhu Di, the second most accomplished emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

I have taken down all the land, mountains and rivers. Am I still afraid that you stubborn people will cause trouble for me?

So this reason is untenable.

As a horse-riding emperor who spent half his life in the military, Zhu Di knew best that the biggest hidden danger of the Ming Dynasty at that time was the Mongolian and Yuan regime north of the Great Wall, that is, the grassland nomads.

Zhu Di set the capital of the Ming Dynasty in Beijing. The main purpose was to resist the invasion of the grassland nomads.

You must know that since ancient times, due to objective factors, any ancient feudal dynasty will concentrate all resources, politics, economy, military, population, etc., in its capital area, because this facilitates the emperor's management.

Well... let's put it this way, if Yanjing is regarded as the capital, the whole journey from Yanjing to the front line of the resistance against the grassland nomads, which is the Badaling Great Wall, is only 140 miles.

In this era of inconvenient transportation, this is a good prerequisite, and it is very conducive to the dispatching and logistical supply of the defenders.

——With this distance, whether it is transporting troops or food, it will take two days to arrive. We will arrive in Changping on the first day and can leave the customs on the second day. If it is a cavalry unit, it will take more than half a day to get there.

Not only is this responsive, it's also extremely cost-effective.

Also, once the grassland nomads invade, places like Badaling and Juyongguan will be filled with smoke from beacon towers. When the weather is good, you can see the news from the front line while standing in Yanjing City.

The news on the front line is updated almost in real time, and then the most resources can be mobilized in the shortest time, the army and logistics can be organized, and the counterattack can be carried out.

The most important thing is that the emperor is stationed in Yanjing City, so close to the front line, which is equivalent to the imperial commander personally conducting the expedition. How can the soldiers on the front line not dare to work hard?

And if Kaifeng, Luoyang, Chang'an, Nanjing and other places were used as capitals, it would be almost meaningless.

It’s not that these places are bad, it’s just that they are quite far away from the front line.

Get the news, react, mobilize troops, raise food and fodder, mobilize in various ways, send out troops, and get the troops, horses, food, fodder, and equipment to the front line. After this routine, more than a month will probably pass.

Once the grassland people's fast horses and scimitars enter the hinterland of the Central Plains, they will come and go without a trace.

By then, let alone fighting them, we have to slowly find where they are.

By the time you find them, they may have already stolen enough food, property, and women to go back.

So, Zhu Di worked hard and mobilized people, sparing no expense, to build a larger Beijing city on the basis of Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty. In fact, he used this city as an outpost to maximize the use of Beijing city as the capital of the Ming Dynasty. With this advantage, they concentrated their efforts to compete with the grassland nomads and ensure that the Ming Dynasty would last forever.

To paraphrase a saying attributed to Zhu Di in later generations: the emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country.

Although they belong to different worlds, the principles are the same.

Whether Jiang Hongfei wants to admit it or not, the Jin Army is the most powerful army in this era.

And as long as Jiang Hongfei takes over the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, Jiang Hongfei will inevitably become neighbors with the Jin people.

However, Jin people are also cunning, greedy and fierce.

If Jiang Hongfei wants to defeat the Jin people, he must learn from Zhu Di. The emperor guards the country, the king dies in the country, and fights with the Jin people in person.

Furthermore, judging from Jiang Hongfei's current territory, there is indeed no place more suitable to be the capital than Yanjing.

Therefore, before heading north, Jiang Hongfei had discussed with his ministers that the capital should be in Yanjing.

Moreover, as Han Fang said before, the population living in the Yanyun area is very complex. There are many Khitan, Xi, Bohai and others, not all of whom are Han.

The key point is that the Han people in Yanyun area are different from the Han people in the mainland.

The Han people here in the Yanyun area have a special name - Han'er.

Han'er was originally the name given to the Han people by ancient ethnic minorities. For example, there is a poem in the Han Dynasty Yuefu that says: "I am a prisoner's son, and I don't understand Han children's songs." There is also a poem in the Tang Dynasty that says, "Han'er only talks in nonsense, but goes to the city." The poem "The head scolds Han'er".

Initially, the word "Han'er" was synonymous with "Han people" and had no connotation of praise or blame.

However, after the Liao Kingdom acquired the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, especially during the confrontation between the Liao Empire and the Zhao and Song Dynasties, the names of the Han people belonging to the two countries began to change.

Specifically, the Liao people called the Han people in the Song Dynasty Nanren, and the Han people in their own country (mainly the Yanyun area) were called Han'er.

The Song people also called the Han people in the Liao Kingdom Han'er, and sometimes called them Fan people.

The Liao, Song and later Jin states all unanimously called the Han people in the Yanyun area - Han'er.

This shows that Han'er has evolved into a special term with a contemptuous tone, which also reflects that the Liao, Song and Jin Dynasties all distrusted these Han people in the Yanyun area.

This is no small matter.

Historically, the people of the Song Dynasty insulted the Han'er in the Yanyun area as "Fan people" in person. Due to the inaction of Zhao Ji's monarchs and ministers, there was a serious lack of identity between the people of the Song and the Han'er in the Yanyun area. The people of the Song regarded the Han'er as "Fan people". The sentiment of “not my kind” is very strong. This will inevitably make it impossible for the Han'er in the Yanyun area to find a home with the Song people. As a result, Han'er became more interested and took action when provoked, which eventually led to them rebelling against Song and joining Jin.

The result is that the Jin people did not have the strength to destroy the Song Dynasty, but with the help of Han'er, the disgrace of Jingkang happened.

Even the later wars between Song and Jin were mostly civil wars between the Han people.

During the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, the four-class system emerged, which completely divided the Han people.

If Zhu Yuanzhang had not emerged, the Han nation would have been completely divided into two.

Only by Jiang Hongfei building his capital in Yanjing and implementing appropriate ethnic policies could he completely regain the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures and avoid the division of the Han people.

In short, Yanjing is the capital Jiang Hongfei chose for himself, so Li Kui's suggestion of a hard fight and then a mass killing will definitely not work.

——Killing is inevitable. The question is, who to kill requires careful decision and planning.

After Li Ying helped Jiang Hongfei answer Li Kui, Li Kui muttered: "If we don't fight, how can that girl named Xiao give us Yanjing City in vain?"

Li Kui's words are rough but the reason is not rough.

So, for a moment, everyone fell into silence.

Seeing that no one was talking, Pharmacist Guo offered his advice and said: "If what I have predicted is true, in a few days, Empress Dowager Xiao will send Wu Yanguang to lead the Liao Kingdom's Eleven Yao General and Twenty-eight-year-old General to bring the Liao soldiers to Liangshan. At that time, the city of Yanjing will be empty. We can take this opportunity to take a detour and sneak in. I suggest that we send a light cavalry to quietly go east, cross the river from Gu'an to Anci, and then go straight into Yanjing. If the Han people in Yanjing know that Wang Shi is coming, they will respond internally. In this way, Yanjing can be captured without bloodshed. "

Li Kui knew that Jiang Hongfei didn't want to see Pharmacist Guo, so he cursed: "Fuck you, the Khitan people are so stupid. They leave the fortified city undefended and come out to fight with our Liangshan army to seek death?!"

Jiang Hongfei's face sank and he shouted: "Tieniu, why are you talking to Chief of Staff Guo? Why don't you apologize to me quickly!"

Jiang Hongfei spoke, and Li Kui reluctantly hugged Pharmacist Guo and said, "I ate shit this morning and my words are bad. Have you never heard of me?"

Pharmacist Guo quickly apologized and said with a smile: "General Li doesn't know something. The Khitan people are not good at defending the city. When they fight with the enemy, most of them use bows and horses to fight the enemy on the battlefield. Only the Han'er army among the Liao people They like to defend the city, but it is difficult for the Han'er army to occupy the dominant position of the Liao army. Furthermore, the Liao generals Eleven Yao and Twenty-eight Su can arrange the Taiyi Huntian Elephant Formation. This formation is the most dangerous and complex, and is the most dangerous and complex formation of the Liao State. A killer weapon, but this formation requires a lot. It only requires 200,000 elite soldiers. The key is that this formation needs to be set up in an open area. If he defends the city, how can he use his last and strongest method? "

After explaining Li Kui's doubts, Guo Pharmacist smiled and said: "General Li didn't know the whole story, so he wrongly blamed the pharmacist. Those who don't know are not to blame."

Li Kui opened his mouth. Facing the good-tempered Pharmacist Guo, he was speechless. In the end, he could only say "hmm" with his nose.

It's no wonder that Li Kui, who has always been very troublesome, stopped talking.

First of all, Pharmacist Guo's attitude is really good. He reaches out and doesn't hit the smiling person. Even if he is as clumsy as Li Kui, seeing that Pharmacist Guo is talking so disrespectfully, it is hard to scold Pharmacist Guo in public.

The key point is that if this is the case, then Pharmacist Guo's idea will work. Although Li Kui is clumsy, he is not stupid. How could he not know that if he continues to make trouble and delay Jiang Hongfei's business, Jiang Hongfei may deal with him.

Jiang Hongfei asked Pharmacist Guo: "Are you familiar with this route?"

Pharmacist Guo hurriedly said: "We are very familiar with this minister and would like to be our guide. Please rest assured."

Jiang Hongfei asked again: "In the Gu'an and Anci areas, can the virtuous daughter Xiao Pu be undefended?"

Pharmacist Guo replied: "The Empress Dowager Xiao has limited troops. It would be great if she could gather together the 200,000 elite soldiers to deploy the Taiyi Huntian Xiang Formation. How can the defense line be deployed so long? It is eighty miles from here to Gu'an east, and from Gu'an An will have to travel more than 130 miles to the northeast to reach Anci. At such a distance, he should be able to break out of the Liao army's defense line."

Jiang Hongfei also asked all the military advisors, generals, and civil and military officials. Everyone thought this was a clever plan to win by surprise.

Therefore, Jiang Hongfei approved the plan to surprise Yanjing.

Then, Jiang Hongfei began to scan the generals one by one, selecting the generals who would carry out this task.

I saw that the generals under Jiang Hongfei's tent were all holding their heads high and chest high at this moment, and they almost said to Jiang Hongfei: "Brother, just let me carry out this glorious mission!!!"

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