Looking at the military report in his hand, Li Qin immediately doubted its authenticity.
Did Zhou Wentong and Wei Xiaokuan kill innocent people and claim credit for it?
This is a long-standing tradition of their Liaodong army.
However, they also saw the captured military flags and other items that they had brought with them.
But this forced Li Qin to believe their report.
Eight hundred broke through tens of thousands?
This is simply unbelievable.
After reading the entire account of the events described in the military newspaper.
Although the news was shocking, Li Qin had no choice but to believe it.
Looking at the captured banner of Dong Zhonglou, the Governor-General of Henan.
After the initial shock, Li Qin was also filled with joy.
The three nearest reinforcements he was facing were from Xuanfu, Taiyuan, and Henan. The army in Xuanfu had already been blocked by Li Xuanshang's troops.
According to Li Xuanshang's intelligence, the Xuanfu army launched several attacks on their camp during this period, but they were repelled each time.
At the same time, he also dispatched his "good younger brother" Wanyan Gun to lead Jurchen cavalry in several surprise attacks on the Xuanfu army.
Both Wanyan Gun's Jurchen army and Xuanfu's army suffered casualties.
However, based on Li Xuanshang's report of casualties and beheadings, the casualties of the Xuanfu army should be twice that of the Jurchens.
In the letter, Li Xuanshang repeatedly marveled at how astonishing the fighting power of the Jurchen army was under Wanyan Jian's training.
Despite facing a much larger army from Xuanfu, they were still able to achieve a casualty ratio of one to two.
When Li Qin first saw Li Xuanshang's military report, he was impressed by the Jurchen army, which was indeed a formidable force.
If he were to march south to the Central Plains in the future, they could serve as his vanguard.
According to Li Xuanshang's military report, the army in Xuanfu has been firmly tied down by him.
If Dugu Yu's surprise attack had succeeded, he would have made a great detour to the outside of the pass and captured Xuanfu, cutting off the Xuanfu army's supply lines.
It was only a matter of time before the Xuanfu army collapsed without a fight.
Moreover, Zhou Wentong had already annihilated the army in Henan.
Thus, two of the three nearest reinforcements have already been dealt with.
Only reinforcements from Taiyuan remained.
However, Taiyuan originally had a small garrison force of only about 50,000 men.
Aside from leaving behind a basic defensive force, he could only bring out about 40,000 men.
Moreover, these were all second-line border troops, whose combat effectiveness was incomparable to that of the Liaodong border troops under his command and the Jurchen cavalry under his control.
As long as they dare to come to the capital, not to mention aiding the capital, I am fully confident that I can defeat them so that they can't even touch the walls of the capital.
Now it remains to be seen whether Dugu Yu can complete the task he has assigned him.
After doing all this, Li Qin turned around and began to consider Zhou Wentong's reward.
Now that His Majesty is in my hands, even though the capital no longer recognizes him, I do.
Moreover, even if he doesn't acknowledge it, he is still the retired emperor. It would be much more legitimate for me to grant Zhou Wentong a countship in his name than for me to be a duke.
After all, breaking through tens of thousands with only eight hundred is extremely rare.
Li Qin then began to consider the military achievements of others, but he only rewarded the senior officers.
As for the remaining soldiers, he asked his staff to come up with a plan, which he would then approve.
Otherwise, how could he possibly bestow titles and rewards upon each of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers personally?
Once he sets out the rules, they just need to follow the procedures according to those rules.
After finishing all this, Li Qin got up to check on the progress of the shallow tunnels he had arranged for the diggers to make.
This is one of his key methods for conquering the capital.
On the grasslands beyond the Great Wall, Dugu Yu led five thousand cavalrymen and tens of thousands of warhorses, having long since left the Great Wall and arrived on the grasslands.
They are heading west.
Dugu Yu tied his several horses together with ropes and, as they galloped ahead, said:
"Change horses, keep going forward, don't stop, I want to gallop to Xuanfu as fast as I can."
Everyone, eat on horseback if you're hungry, and relieve yourself on horseback, do you understand?
After saying that, Dugu Yu did not stop the galloping horse at all, but got up on the horse and switched to another horse.
The others were also elite cavalrymen selected from among the best, and changing horses was not a problem at all while they were constantly on the move.
Soon everyone had changed horses and continued galloping forward.
At this moment, Dugu Yu, who was at the very front, was the most excited. He knew that he was now racing towards merit.
If things succeed and the tens of thousands of Xuanfu troops are wiped out, he will very likely be the greatest contributor.
They might even be granted a noble title at that time.
Then Dugu Yu took out the map from his hand.
Limited by technology, the map was extremely rudimentary, but at the time, it was still possible to get a general idea of what it was.
After comparing the figures, Dugu Yu knew they were not far from Xuanfu.
"Quickly, the Great Wall pass is not far ahead, and Xuanfu will be just past it."
At this time, the entire army of Xuanfu had left, leaving the defenses extremely weak. Our surprise attack could easily defeat them in one battle.
My lads, the day you are to be ennobled is not far off.
Charge!
They went and cut off the rear of the Xuanfu army!
After saying that, he spurred his horse and galloped forward.
The remaining soldiers all followed.
On the northern mountains of the Youyan region.
Zhao Shuaizhen, who had survived, looked at the remnants of the Jizhou garrison and the capital city that he had been suppressing during this period.
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