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In the days that followed, Yuan Wenshao led the cavalry to gallop back and forth with the Zhou army, eating up all the small groups of cavalry that invaded the Zhou Dynasty. Then he led the cavalry into the Liao Kingdom and patrolled back and forth across the three cities of Zhuozhou, Gu'an, and Yizhou.

He didn't attack the city either. He would attack any city where troops showed up.

As time passed, Liang King Yeluxiu also led his army to fight against Yuan Wenshao several times, but was defeated by Yuan Wenshao. Yeluxiu lost tens of thousands of horses. After seeing Yuan Wenshao's power, Yeluxiu no longer dared to send troops.

Take the lead, call for help, and defend the city at the same time.

After several great victories, the Zhou army gained momentum and asked Yuan Wenshao to attack Youzhou. Youzhou was the heart of North China and the Nanjing of the Liao Kingdom. Capturing Youzhou was of great significance to the recovery of several states in North China.

Yuan Wenshao did not send troops blindly. Now he only has cavalry under his command, which is not conducive to siege. Moreover, Zhuozhou, Gu'an, and Yizhou have not been conquered. It is not possible to rush into the hinterland of Youzhou. Now he only needs to slowly besiege the three states and cut off their food routes.

, destroying their reinforcements, we can slowly encroach on these three places, and it will not be too late to attack Youzhou by then.

At this time, Han Zhang in the capital also fell into Empress Dowager Cao's scheme, but fortunately he got the edict to confer King Shu, which meant that both sides suffered losses. At this time, the news of Yuan Wenshao's victory in sending troops also reached the court, and the officials were quite happy to finally hear it.

Good news, because it's just a defeat

The enemy did not capture the city, and the officials only rewarded Yuan Wenshao and encouraged him to continue his efforts. In fact, he did not have much hope. The Liao Kingdom and the Zhou Dynasty had numerous large and small wars in this area, and they all resulted in mutual victory and defeat. They never captured a city or territory.

, occasionally occupied and quickly recaptured.

Then Yuan Wenshao ordered that General Wang Shuang, the defender of Mozhou, mobilized 20,000 infantry from Mozhou and Yingzhou, and 10,000 from Xiongzhou and Bazhou. Including the cavalry led by Yuan Wenshao, a total of 80,000 troops were besieged Zhuozhou City. The Zhou army's infantry

Although the field battle is not as good as the cavalry of Daliao, but the siege

With sophisticated equipment, they soon launched a fierce offensive against Zhuozhou. Seeing that Zhuozhou was not protected, Liang King Yelvxiu had no choice but to send a large army to attack Yuan Wenshao. He was defeated by Yuan Wenshao's army and fled to Youzhou in panic. Soon Yuan Wenshao led his army to capture Zhuozhou. Yi

Prefecture, Gu'an three places.

At this time, the Lord of Liao also reacted, pressed the pause button on the attack on the Jurchens, and mobilized an army of 300,000 to personally assist Youzhou. In addition to the original defenders of Youzhou and the remnants of King Liang, there were no less than 500,000 troops. After a brief rest, he

Coming straight to Zhuozhou.

Seeing the strength of the Liao army, Yuan Wenshao selectively abandoned Yizhou and Gu'an, choosing Zhuozhou with a more fortified city, and concentrated all the infantry under the command of General Wang Shuang, who was a famous defensive general in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

, I believe he can defend Zhuozhou with his ability.

But this was the worst plan. As the saying goes that if you defend the city for a long time, you will lose. Yuan Wenshao planned to give the Liao army a show of strength before defending the city.

Yuan Wenshao personally led the cavalry to attack the Liao army, fought and then retreated, pretending to be defeated and paralyzing the enemy.

At the same time, he ordered General Wang Shuang to lead an army of 50,000 to ambush in a dangerous place by the Zhuoshui River. The Lord of Liao easily recovered Yizhou and Gu'an, and easily defeated Yuan Wenshao's cavalry, so he greatly despised Yuan Wenshao and thought he was just incompetent.

He even scolded King Liang for being useless and led the army to advance lightly.

When they were approaching Zhuozhou, they allowed the army to cross the river without much rest. Yuan Wenshao saw the right opportunity and led his cavalry to charge. General Wang Shuang followed up with his infantry, killing the Liao army by surprise. The Liao army did not know about the ambush.

How many people are there in the Zhou army?

The Zhou army, which was surrounded by huge crowds of people, came to kill them. Some Liao troops retreated in panic while they were still in the water. It is said that they were defeated like a mountain. When the troops behind saw the troops in front fleeing, they also ran towards the meeting point. All the Liao troops retreated.

The army was retreating hastily, and there was not much to counterattack.

Yuan Wenshao did not expect that the Liao Lord could be so careless. His original idea was to attack part of the main force halfway across the border. Unexpectedly, the entire Liao army pressed forward without dividing the troops at all. In fact, the Liao Lord was a man who was very happy with his achievements.

The progress on the Jurchen battlefield was unfavorable, and when they arrived at the Zhou Dynasty, they were reaping victories one after another, so they advanced rashly.

Yuan Wenshao didn't have time to think too much, so he took the lead and led his army to charge.

The battle continued until it was dark, and they quickly caught up to Youzhou City. Yuan Wenshao stopped advancing and ordered the army to count the results of the battle and collect broken troops and supplies.

According to preliminary statistics, the Liao army suffered at least more than 300,000 casualties and seized countless cattle, sheep and supplies.

After this battle, the Lord of Liao was horrified. He only left tens of thousands of remnant soldiers to Liang Wang Yelvxiu to defend Youzhou, while he hurriedly withdrew from the land of Youyan and returned to Shangjing.

At this time, it can be said that the Great Zhou Dynasty has firmly grasped the advantage in the land of Youyan. Yuan Wenshao ordered the generals in the Guannan area to stay aside from the necessary ones, and led all his troops to the Youyan area to capture the city. The credit goes to both rain and dew.

The soldiers who stayed behind had to be given a chance to perform meritorious service, and on the other hand, they reported their victory to the court, hoping that the court could send some officials over in time to appease and govern the local people.

Seeing that the situation was over, the remaining cities in Youyan Land surrendered one after another before the army arrived, and some were recovered by the local Han people. In November, heavy snow fell, and the only Youzhou City in the entire territory was still alone.

It is in the hands of King Liang.

The King of Liang was also disheartened. Seeing the imperial court's delay in sending troops, he realized that the imperial court had abandoned this land and committed suicide. Seeing that the situation was over, the remaining soldiers surrendered directly to Kaicheng.

At this point, the seven states in North China have returned to the embrace of the Zhou Dynasty after more than 200 years. The route to attack the other nine states in the west from the east has also been opened. I believe that as long as we take a short rest next year and the west route army in the direction of Yanmenguan in Daizhou, we will attack from east to west and regain the entire

The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are not a problem, but this has nothing to do with Yuan Wenshao for the time being.

Because of his meritorious service in regaining the land of Youyan, he was granted the title of Hussar General (first grade) and the Duke of Yan. He was hereditary and was allowed to return to the capital to report on his duties. The other generals also had rewards. General Wang Shuang directly made him a marquis in one battle.

, General Wang Kai and General Zhang Li were also granted the title of uncle.

Several generals were very grateful to Yuan Wenshao. Without Yuan Wenshao, they would not have been able to achieve such great achievements. Several generals were very dissatisfied with the imperial decree and believed that Yuan Wenshao should not be recalled at this time and that Yunzhou and other places should be recovered in one go.

Yuan Wenshao didn't care. In fact, Yuan Wenshao also understood that it was basically impossible for him to lead the army again in the future. The Taizu of this dynasty deeply regretted that he had not regained the sixteen states of Yanyun. Before his death, he made a solemn oath: "Whoever restores the land of Yanyun,

Even if you don't have the surname Zhao, you can still be the king!"

A king with a different surname is not that easy to be a king. He just regained the land of Yanzhou and was granted the title of Duke. The officials recalled him to protect him to a certain extent. Yuan Wenshao was very free and easy. Leave the rest to others!
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