In the first month of the second year of Xuanren (961 AD), the Tokyo Imperial Army divided into four groups and left the city (the more concentrated the people, the slower the marching, the easier it is to congestion).
Guo Shao led his army to Chenqiao Gate, and each gate was connected to an post road, and the road to Chenqiao Gate was connected to Chenqiao Post.
Guo Shao's troops were all cavalry and horse-riding infantry, and they arrived at Chenqiao Post that day.
The army passed by this inn and just passed by, and the soldiers did not feel anything special.
Only Guo Shao came here to pay extra attention, Chen Qiaoyi... In his memory, there are not many historical place names that are more famous than Chen Qiaoyi (because of the Chen Qiao Mutiny).
However, the Chenqiao Mutiny incident in this world does not exist. Guo Shao called himself emperor in Songzhou, so Chenqiao Post is just a post station.
Guo Shao's troops rode all horses and arrived in Huazhou on the morning of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The two-day trip was about 240 miles.
The army has not entered the city, and the holiday has become an unimportant factor.
On that day, the army crossed the Yellow River from the ferry near Huazhou... Each unit spread out on the flat river beach and ran horses directly across the Yellow River in batches.At this time, the Yellow River was still frozen, and there was no movement when the river was frozen.
Two days later, on the morning of the 17th day of the first lunar month, the army marched 230 miles to Daming Prefecture.
Four armies crossed the Yellow River from Weizhou, Huazhou and other places respectively, and they all passed through Daming Prefecture.But Guo Shao did not wait for the follow-up personnel in Daming Mansion, nor did he go to see his father-in-law Fu Yanqing, but continued to march.
At this point, the 120,000 army will form an extremely long formation that will be drawn from front to back, so that the overall marching speed will be faster.The roads were marching in the mainland during the previous period, and they were free to travel, so there was no need to send too many scouts.
Then, according to the deployment of the Privy Council, the entire army will gradually move forward, middle and backward, and three armies on the way.
The front army took Shi Yanchao as the vanguard, with about 18,000 cavalry; Guo Shao, the main force of the central army, personally led more than 70,000 cavalry, including all cavalry and the cavalry infantry of the Hu Ben Army; the rear army had more than 30,000 people, and the slowest, including the infantry of the left and right second wings of the Long Jie Army and the left wings of the Hu Ge Army.
The total number of imperial troops set out this time was about 120,000, and the cavalry and horse infantry were nearly 90,000.
Daming Prefecture is already the boundary of Hebei. The vanguard of the Great Zhou army and the main force of the central army marched rapidly and quickly headed north to Beizhou, and then rode a horse across the frozen Yongji Canal (Grand Canal).
Hebei is full of famous cities and towns, and Beizhou is also a famous city. (Later) the Jin Dynasty was captured by the Liao army and led to the destruction of the country because it regretted not to block the Liao army in Beizhou.
Now, the people from the same place have changed their country names, and a vast herd of horses are passing by the ancient city to the north.
Yizhou, Shenzhou, Xiongzhou... The marching route of the Great Zhou army is completely a straight line in the north on the map.
Then approached Yizhou, the marching distance was more than 1,200 miles, and the main force of the horse army completed the itinerary in less than half a month.
The territory controlled by the Liao Kingdom is north of the Juma River.
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Guo Shao, Wang Pu and others led their guards to cross the army's vanguard and first arrived at the south bank of Juma River, but they saw nothing. The two sides were still frozen and there was no one figure. They could only observe that the terrain on the other side was slightly higher than the south bank.
At this moment, I suddenly saw a rider rushing towards Yizhou.First, he was blocked from a distance by Guo Shao's guards inquiring, and soon the man was taken to Guo Shao.
The man bowed on one knee: "The humble official is the messenger of the Youzhou Division of the Military and Cao's Office. He was ordered by the peak to come and report it urgently.
Take it over.Guo Shao said directly.
He took a painted envelope, took out a piece of paper with the seal, browsed it, and his expression changed slightly.
Wang Pu couldn't help asking: Is it a secret report on Youzhou military information?
Guo Shao handed it to Wang Pu quietly.
After seeing it, Wang Pu said in surprise: Youzhou still doesn’t know about it?
Guo Shao called Jingniang over and asked her to check the handwriting of the report. There was no problem with the report.
The spies in the military and Caoshi Department were located in Yizhou, Hebei, and the report was reported from Yizhou urgently... At least when Youzhou was sending the news back carefully, the signs of Youzhou City showed that they still knew nothing about the Zhou army!
Guo Shao suppressed his excitement and looked back and said: It seems that the situation is better than we expected!
Wang Pu said: We have been out of Beijing for more than ten days now, and more than 100,000 people have hidden themselves along the road. The Liao people did not receive any news. It was really an accident. God helped me!
A general said happily: If we only know when we rushed to Youzhou City, it would be easier!The horse team rushed in from the city gate!
Wang Pu smiled and said: That's impossible. There are so many eyes in Youzhou, not everyone is blind.However, the Liao people in Youzhou knew too late, so they would not have enough preparations and the city defense could not be so perfect, which was an extremely beneficial start to the Great Zhou Dynasty.
He turned to look at Guo Shao and waited for Guo Shao to give orders.Wang Pu was in charge of the military palace of the Former Camp of Youzhou, but with the emperor there, he still had to wait for Guo Shao to issue an order.
Guo Shao sat on the horse, squinted his eyes and looked at the road ahead again. The Juma River in front of him was placed on the ground like a white silk, and the water flow had condensed and motionless, and the world was silent.
As Wang Pu said, the Northern Expedition started very well. Not only did it not reveal the military aircraft in advance, but even the army had arrived in Yizhou and could still hide it from the Liao army. The suddenness of the surprise attack was nothing better than the current situation!
Excellent timing.
Most of the people guarding Zhuozhou and other places were Han troops, so they could ignore it. No matter whether they surrender or not, they would never go out of the city to fight our army.Guo Shao's voice was very stable.
Guo Shao looked up at the sky again.The sky was dark, as if the sky was pressing down very low. Although there was no dark clouds, the clouds were thick.And there was a north wind blowing in the air.
This ghost weather!Guo Shao cursed softly.
Everything is perfect, and the weather is indeed the only unsatisfactory factor.It is cloudy and windy, so I am afraid that the temperature will not rise for too long; then it will be more laborious to build fortifications on the frozen soil of Youzhou.
Guo Shao took a deep breath and looked at Wang Pu: So, can he order Shi Yanchao to lead his army straight to Youzhou at this time?
Wang Pu's voice was very urgent and said with a very fast speech: Of course, the vanguard forced Youzhou first, and the central army then surrendered and solved Zhuozhou and other places, and follow up.
Guo Shao's eyes stopped, and then he said in an unhesitant tone: Give an order, Shi Yanchao's troops immediately cross the Jumahe.If you don’t attack the city, drive straight to Youzhou City; if you encounter resistance, sweep it immediately without asking for a report.
Wang Pu clasped his fists and said: The old minister received the order and immediately issued an official military order to Shi Yanchao in the former camp military office.
He immediately turned his head and kicked the horse in the belly: Drive!The horse screamed in pain and ran out.
Guo Shao sat on the horse with his sword, facing the north wind, looking at the land in the north for a long time... The land in Hebei is now the border of the enemy country!
Guo Shao led his army to Chenqiao Gate, and each gate was connected to an post road, and the road to Chenqiao Gate was connected to Chenqiao Post.
Guo Shao's troops were all cavalry and horse-riding infantry, and they arrived at Chenqiao Post that day.
The army passed by this inn and just passed by, and the soldiers did not feel anything special.
Only Guo Shao came here to pay extra attention, Chen Qiaoyi... In his memory, there are not many historical place names that are more famous than Chen Qiaoyi (because of the Chen Qiao Mutiny).
However, the Chenqiao Mutiny incident in this world does not exist. Guo Shao called himself emperor in Songzhou, so Chenqiao Post is just a post station.
Guo Shao's troops rode all horses and arrived in Huazhou on the morning of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The two-day trip was about 240 miles.
The army has not entered the city, and the holiday has become an unimportant factor.
On that day, the army crossed the Yellow River from the ferry near Huazhou... Each unit spread out on the flat river beach and ran horses directly across the Yellow River in batches.At this time, the Yellow River was still frozen, and there was no movement when the river was frozen.
Two days later, on the morning of the 17th day of the first lunar month, the army marched 230 miles to Daming Prefecture.
Four armies crossed the Yellow River from Weizhou, Huazhou and other places respectively, and they all passed through Daming Prefecture.But Guo Shao did not wait for the follow-up personnel in Daming Mansion, nor did he go to see his father-in-law Fu Yanqing, but continued to march.
At this point, the 120,000 army will form an extremely long formation that will be drawn from front to back, so that the overall marching speed will be faster.The roads were marching in the mainland during the previous period, and they were free to travel, so there was no need to send too many scouts.
Then, according to the deployment of the Privy Council, the entire army will gradually move forward, middle and backward, and three armies on the way.
The front army took Shi Yanchao as the vanguard, with about 18,000 cavalry; Guo Shao, the main force of the central army, personally led more than 70,000 cavalry, including all cavalry and the cavalry infantry of the Hu Ben Army; the rear army had more than 30,000 people, and the slowest, including the infantry of the left and right second wings of the Long Jie Army and the left wings of the Hu Ge Army.
The total number of imperial troops set out this time was about 120,000, and the cavalry and horse infantry were nearly 90,000.
Daming Prefecture is already the boundary of Hebei. The vanguard of the Great Zhou army and the main force of the central army marched rapidly and quickly headed north to Beizhou, and then rode a horse across the frozen Yongji Canal (Grand Canal).
Hebei is full of famous cities and towns, and Beizhou is also a famous city. (Later) the Jin Dynasty was captured by the Liao army and led to the destruction of the country because it regretted not to block the Liao army in Beizhou.
Now, the people from the same place have changed their country names, and a vast herd of horses are passing by the ancient city to the north.
Yizhou, Shenzhou, Xiongzhou... The marching route of the Great Zhou army is completely a straight line in the north on the map.
Then approached Yizhou, the marching distance was more than 1,200 miles, and the main force of the horse army completed the itinerary in less than half a month.
The territory controlled by the Liao Kingdom is north of the Juma River.
……
Guo Shao, Wang Pu and others led their guards to cross the army's vanguard and first arrived at the south bank of Juma River, but they saw nothing. The two sides were still frozen and there was no one figure. They could only observe that the terrain on the other side was slightly higher than the south bank.
At this moment, I suddenly saw a rider rushing towards Yizhou.First, he was blocked from a distance by Guo Shao's guards inquiring, and soon the man was taken to Guo Shao.
The man bowed on one knee: "The humble official is the messenger of the Youzhou Division of the Military and Cao's Office. He was ordered by the peak to come and report it urgently.
Take it over.Guo Shao said directly.
He took a painted envelope, took out a piece of paper with the seal, browsed it, and his expression changed slightly.
Wang Pu couldn't help asking: Is it a secret report on Youzhou military information?
Guo Shao handed it to Wang Pu quietly.
After seeing it, Wang Pu said in surprise: Youzhou still doesn’t know about it?
Guo Shao called Jingniang over and asked her to check the handwriting of the report. There was no problem with the report.
The spies in the military and Caoshi Department were located in Yizhou, Hebei, and the report was reported from Yizhou urgently... At least when Youzhou was sending the news back carefully, the signs of Youzhou City showed that they still knew nothing about the Zhou army!
Guo Shao suppressed his excitement and looked back and said: It seems that the situation is better than we expected!
Wang Pu said: We have been out of Beijing for more than ten days now, and more than 100,000 people have hidden themselves along the road. The Liao people did not receive any news. It was really an accident. God helped me!
A general said happily: If we only know when we rushed to Youzhou City, it would be easier!The horse team rushed in from the city gate!
Wang Pu smiled and said: That's impossible. There are so many eyes in Youzhou, not everyone is blind.However, the Liao people in Youzhou knew too late, so they would not have enough preparations and the city defense could not be so perfect, which was an extremely beneficial start to the Great Zhou Dynasty.
He turned to look at Guo Shao and waited for Guo Shao to give orders.Wang Pu was in charge of the military palace of the Former Camp of Youzhou, but with the emperor there, he still had to wait for Guo Shao to issue an order.
Guo Shao sat on the horse, squinted his eyes and looked at the road ahead again. The Juma River in front of him was placed on the ground like a white silk, and the water flow had condensed and motionless, and the world was silent.
As Wang Pu said, the Northern Expedition started very well. Not only did it not reveal the military aircraft in advance, but even the army had arrived in Yizhou and could still hide it from the Liao army. The suddenness of the surprise attack was nothing better than the current situation!
Excellent timing.
Most of the people guarding Zhuozhou and other places were Han troops, so they could ignore it. No matter whether they surrender or not, they would never go out of the city to fight our army.Guo Shao's voice was very stable.
Guo Shao looked up at the sky again.The sky was dark, as if the sky was pressing down very low. Although there was no dark clouds, the clouds were thick.And there was a north wind blowing in the air.
This ghost weather!Guo Shao cursed softly.
Everything is perfect, and the weather is indeed the only unsatisfactory factor.It is cloudy and windy, so I am afraid that the temperature will not rise for too long; then it will be more laborious to build fortifications on the frozen soil of Youzhou.
Guo Shao took a deep breath and looked at Wang Pu: So, can he order Shi Yanchao to lead his army straight to Youzhou at this time?
Wang Pu's voice was very urgent and said with a very fast speech: Of course, the vanguard forced Youzhou first, and the central army then surrendered and solved Zhuozhou and other places, and follow up.
Guo Shao's eyes stopped, and then he said in an unhesitant tone: Give an order, Shi Yanchao's troops immediately cross the Jumahe.If you don’t attack the city, drive straight to Youzhou City; if you encounter resistance, sweep it immediately without asking for a report.
Wang Pu clasped his fists and said: The old minister received the order and immediately issued an official military order to Shi Yanchao in the former camp military office.
He immediately turned his head and kicked the horse in the belly: Drive!The horse screamed in pain and ran out.
Guo Shao sat on the horse with his sword, facing the north wind, looking at the land in the north for a long time... The land in Hebei is now the border of the enemy country!
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