Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

The soldiers of Hejian Prefecture defected en masse, which relieved Du Xue considerably. He readily accepted their surrender, notified the mountain stronghold to come and pick them up, and then Du Xue continued northward with this momentum, successively recapturing Mozhou, Xiongzhou, Bazhou and other places, directly threatening the Baoding Army and Xin'an Army on the eastern border of Hebei!

Currently, apart from the southern regions such as Daming Prefecture and Kaide Prefecture, the northern part of Hebei East Road has basically been taken over by Du Xue!

"I'm giving the Baoding Army and Xin'an Army only one day. If they don't surrender, then I'll fight them."

With his hands full of offers to surrender, Du Xue became even more confident. To be honest, if he wasn't in a hurry to connect the Liangshan base camp with the Yan-Yun region, Du Xue would have wanted to turn around and attack Daming Prefecture directly.

"Don't worry, Boss Du, those two places will definitely not put up a fight, because it's pointless. If I'm not mistaken, the Prince's army should have reached the border by now. At that time, these two cities will have no choice but to surrender."

Liu Min said that this trip was the easiest time he had ever served as a strategist. He basically had to use his brain to settle the local soldiers and civilians, and did not have to do any military command.

After all, most people have surrendered. As for the small number who are unwilling to surrender, let them go if they don't cause trouble. But if they are foolish enough to want to fight the Liangshan army, Du Xue's spear is not to be trifled with.

"Strategist, then I might as well just attack Daming Prefecture directly."

Listening to Liu Min's analysis, Du Xue said that since that was the case, he would attack Daming Prefecture directly.

"Don't touch Daming Prefecture yet."

Liu Min stopped Du Xue.

“Cai Jing’s Great Lai Kingdom still has Bianjing City as its capital. Daming Prefecture remains Bianjing’s shield. If we take the other territories in Hebei East Road, Cai Jing won’t say much. But if we move against Daming Prefecture now, I’m afraid that old guy won’t give us a good look.”

Look, this is Liu Min. He is actually very capable, and his strategic vision is even more impressive.

"I understand."

Du Xue was also very clever; he understood immediately and instantly grasped Liu Min's meaning.

Although Dayi is now heavily armed, it must not fight on multiple fronts!

You said that someone had these two talented people under their command back then, plus the unique presence of Assistant Li, so how did things turn out so badly later?

"Let's go check on the Baoding army. Maybe they've already surrendered to the prince."

The city where the Baoding army was located.

Below the city walls, a soldier dressed as a Song soldier, accompanied by several Dayi soldiers, was using a megaphone to shout towards the city walls:

"Brothers of the Baoding Army, I am from the Xin'an Army. We, the Xin'an Army, have already pledged allegiance to Prince Ren of Dayi! Prince Ren is a man of extraordinary talent. He defeated three of the five capitals of the Liao people and reclaimed Yanyun. His military achievements are truly remarkable!"

"Moreover, His Highness loves his people like his own children! You should all have heard of Liangshan's reputation back then! Brothers, Zhao Ji is incompetent and unfit to be a ruler. Why don't you abandon the darkness and join His Highness's ranks?"

"Is what you're saying true? Is there really such a good prince?"

Suddenly, a large head popped out from the top of Baoding city wall and shouted down towards the city below:

"How do we know if Yan Yun has really returned? What if this is a Liao trick? What if this Dayi is actually a Liao person in disguise?"

"Brothers of the Baoding Army! You don't need to worry about that. The Liao Kingdom is finished! The Prince and the generals have already killed and captured many Liao generals!"

Upon hearing the questioning from the people on the city wall, the Dayi soldiers immediately retrieved the megaphone and answered very seriously.

"Moreover! The former emperor of Liao, Yelü Yanxi, has been captured! Their current emperor, Yelü Chun, has also fled to Xijing!"

The large head on the city wall retracted, perhaps as its comrades inside were discussing something. A moment later, the large head poked out again.

“We still can’t trust them! Didn’t you say you captured Yelü Yanxi? That grandson Yelü Yanxi used to patrol in front of our Baoding city gate under the protection of the Liao army. Bring him here! Once we’ve confirmed it’s him, we’ll open the city gates and surrender immediately!”

"Alright! It's a deal! Yelü Yanxi is not far away!"

The soldiers of the Dayi Army were very satisfied. Although the Baoding Army did not surrender as readily as the Xin'an Army, at least they showed some willingness to cooperate. With such willingness, everything was easier to discuss.

Moreover, strategist Xiao had long anticipated that Yelü Yanxi might be used during the surrender process, so this time he specially made a prison cart, cleaned Yelü Yanxi up, and locked him inside, allowing him to tour with the entire army.

If the Baoding army wanted to see Yelü Yanxi at this time, it would be a piece of cake, no problem at all!

"Let me out! Let me out!..."

Inside the prison cart, Yelü Yanxi looked at the soldiers around him with utter despair. Every now and then, he would rush to the side of the cart, grab the bars tightly, and shout loudly for them to let him out.

"Shut up! You've been a prisoner for so long, why do you still have so many questions?"

This time, the ones in charge of persuading people to surrender were Lü Fang and Guo Sheng. Ren Yuan gave the two of them a leave of absence, so they wouldn't have to follow him around as his bodyguards every day.

This is actually a way of giving credit to these two lads. They performed very well in the attack on Nanjing, so this is a reward for them.

Guo Sheng had suffered a minor injury on the Nanjing battlefield and still had a bandage on one shoulder. However, he was very excited when he learned that he could come to persuade Guo Sheng to surrender, and he didn't even want to let his injury heal.

"I am the Emperor! I am the Emperor! Let me out! Let me out! I'll promote you! I'll appoint you as a Grand General! Grand General!"

Yelü Yanxi extended his hand to Guo Sheng, making promises repeatedly.

"General! The soldiers from Baoding say they want to see Yelü Yanxi with their own eyes before they will surrender."

"Move him away right now! I find this person annoying!"

Upon hearing this news, Guo Sheng immediately signaled his men to push Yelü Yanxi away.

"Old Guo, why don't you go and take a look too?"

Lu Fang said to Guo Sheng.

“No, I’m not going. This guy’s a bit crazy right now, and I don’t like being around crazy people.”

Guo Sheng waved his hand in refusal.

"Old Lu, I went to Xin'an Army's place, why don't you go this time? We'll each take a city."

"Okay, I'll go then."

Lu Fang nodded, then signaled the soldiers to push the prison cart away. Since they came up the mountain, his relationship with Guo Sheng had grown stronger. They even made a pact that if they had children in the future, if they were both boys, they would become brothers; if they were both girls, they would become sisters; and if one was a boy and the other a girl, they would become husband and wife.

"Let me out! Let me out!..."

……

Hubu Dagang City.

"Wuyan Guang! Come out and answer!"

Wanyan Xieye has come to make peace this time, but he cannot show weakness first.

"Wanyan Xieye? What are you doing here? Do you want to spar with me?"

Wuyan Guang's mood has been very chaotic lately. He already knows the news that the three capitals of Liao have been captured. He has even thought about abandoning Hubudagang and returning to Zhongjing. But when he thinks about it, if he withdraws and the Jurchens capture Hubudagang, wouldn't Shangjing Linhuangfu also fall into enemy hands?

If four of the five capitals are gone, then the Liao Dynasty is truly finished!

Therefore, Wuyan Guang could only firmly guard the northern border and did not move south.

"Wuyan Guang! I didn't come here today to fight you!"

"You should already know about the situation in Yanyun, Wuyan Guang. I propose that our two sides temporarily cease hostilities and join forces to fight the enemy! What do you think?"

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