Volume Two, Bianliang Mistake, Chapter 158, Thunder Crawl (End)(1/2)
In the vast snow field, snow suddenly spread on the ground. I saw two furry ears appear first, and a snow rabbit came out alertly, looking around for a while. I was about to dig out the grassroots buried in the snow.
With a whooshing sound, the snow rabbit was about to run away, but there was no time. A long and heavy feather arrow had already nailed it to the ground. The blood dyed the snow red in an instant.
A strong man covered in fur strode over, pulled out his arrows and picked up the snow rabbit and weighed it. He pushed the snow to cover the blood. He strided up to the steep mountain road beside him.
It took more than an hour for this sturdy man to climb to a high place. Looking down from here, he built along the mountain, and the small and sturdy Yingzhou city was clearly visible. The weather is good today, the snow stopped and the wind was swaying, and the sun was coming out. It was shining brightly everywhere. Walking through the snow, you still had to wear a ponytail blindfold so that you would not blind your eyes.
In such a good weather, the Yingzhou City Enclosure was clearly visible. The city walls had been repaired, and the city tried its best to add a lot of city guard equipment. In winter, the moats were difficult to dredge, so it would be flat if they were dug and snow. Even if they were waterproof, they were frozen firmly. The Yingzhou defenders simply set up four wooden cities outside the moat, and deer forts were everywhere outside the wooden city. The crossbows were connected between the wooden cities. It was firmly covered with strong crossbows. Its already strong cover was firmly protected.
The Jianzhai Shang of Longshou Mountain, which is supported by Yingzhou City Bushe, has also been reinforced. Although Longshou Mountain is not the highest among the nearby mountains, it is closest to Yingzhou, and it is almost completely overlooking Yingzhou City Bushe. Except for the access to the road, the terrain of other places is quite dangerous. In case the Yingzhou City Bushe does not defend the city, the military horses can retreat to the Jianzhai Shang of Longshou Mountain to stalemate the military horses who seize the city.
This level of city defense and this unique defense system. If there is no shortage of food and water, the defenders will be quite qualified. It will be under pressure to stick to it for a year.
But this city gate also controls the tunnel southward of the basin where Datong Prefecture in Xijing. The army went south and had to walk along this road. Otherwise, they had to take a detour far west and then come over. At that time, the ancestors who set up the city gate here really chose a Jedi.
The thick man glanced at the Yingzhou District City in the distance, and jumped around to a hidden place behind him.
There were a dozen strong men here, each wearing fur and wearing various weapons. I don’t know how long I have been here, but almost everyone is stomping their feet to drive away the cold. A flat stone is covered with animal skin, and a thick man sits upright. His face is dirty and black and his beard is curled. But the hideous scar on his face that crosses the bridge of his nose and cuts his nose into two halves is obvious.
It was Wanyan Yinshuke, who stayed in Datong Prefecture, Xijing, who presided over the overall situation.
He glanced at the person coming and snorted: "Shidun, where have you been?"
The visitor put down the face covering cloth and laughed: "I walked around the mountains and picked up a rabbit. I ate the meat every day and felt so nauseous. I wanted to eat some fresh goods."
This Jurchen man Shi Dun was a personal guard left by Zonghan to Yin Shuke, and his surname was Wanyan. He also had a good status among the Jurchen tribes. Wanyan Zonghan is good at everything and is a qualified commander of the army, but he is extremely protective of his relatives. Yin Shuke knew that he must have gone down the mountain. Since he had not caused any trouble, he had to not do anything for himself.
At that moment, I just snorted: "In the past, when I was catching bears in the old forest in winter, I lived much more than this hard life. Now I have only been fighting for the army, and I can't stand it all. There is still a big world waiting for us to fight, and there is a bigger country in the south! Don't you want to go there? Just stay here and eat meat?"
Shi Dun touched his head and admitted his mistake straightforwardly: "Silver Skills. I was wrong. You punish me."
Yin Shu was laughing and waved his hand: "Punish you to give up three people, five sheep and ten taels of silver from the raw mouth of your own. Give them to those who have meritorious future... There is no need to eat rabbit meat, and you will not be able to make fire."
Shi Dun regretfully put down the snow rabbit in his hand, and didn't care much about the money and property he had been punished. Whether it was the Khitans or the Xi people, or the Dada people further west, they were all crawling at the feet of the Jurchen tribe. They were robbed of wealth and goods, and they just went to grab them. Not to mention Yin Keshu came here this time to prepare to go south. It is said that the southerners are ten times richer than this one. The southerners are weak, and ten times less than the Khitans!
He snorted, "Yin Shuke, why are you so careful? The Liao emperors were captured by us, so we went to the capital to capture Yang Xiansheng. One of his daughters led some defeated soldiers and horses, what are we afraid of them doing? Just fight over. If you catch that princess, you will give Yin Shuke. We won't fight."
Yin Shuke also snorted: "I have been watching for two days. What do you think of these Yingzhou soldiers?"
The Jurchens were cruel and cheerful. Shidun thought about it and said, "It looks bad, it's good to ride horses, and it's good to have a human armor. It seems that he can fight twice when he goes into battle."
"How about Yingzhou's urban defense?"
Shidun answered faster now: "It's solid and difficult to deal with! I want to fight it and make it difficult! But there are so many big cities in the Liao people, why are we still fighting it?"
Yin Shu laughed: "That's the Khitans who still have a place to escape, so they don't want to stay in the city and die. They run around and flee, but in the end there is no place to escape. Now, where can we go to the Liao princess? In the north is our Jurchen army, walking westward in a desert. Yingzhou is saved, and in the south of Yunnei, they still have a piece of land. If Yingzhou is not protected, there will be nothing left. Of course, all the elites who can fight here are here, it seems that they are going to be saved to death. Why should we, Jurchen men, slowly chew on this hard stone with their teeth?"
Shi Dun was anxious, and he was fined three slaves and five sheep and ten taels of silver. It was fine for slaves and sheep. Ten taels of silver were small silver cakes cast by Liao people, which looked fun and cute. He was hoping to fight south to get it back. He was bored in Datong Prefecture, Xijing for a winter, and he was rarely dabbled in Datong Prefecture and never killed anyone. The woman stolen from the tent was also a bit useless, and she had no place to escape evil fire.
Yin Shuke was very serious in Xijing and was somewhat restrained by the Jurchen soldiers and horses to plunder the surrounding Khitans, Xiren Dada people. It was rare that he was willing to move and was ready to use troops south. The Jurchen soldiers and horses who were left here were all excited when they heard the news. Could it be that seeing that Yingzhou is solid, can you turn around and go back?
Shi Dun said immediately: "Yin Zhi, I don't accept it! In front of us, there is no Liao people's city that cannot be opened yet!"
Yin Shu seemed to be in a good mood today. He was willing to explain to this guard under his command. The Jurchens were quite rough at this time, and there was also the legacy of the tribe as a military. There was not so much red tape between the top and bottom. Because of this, while the army was gradually established, it was quite easy to express the situation from top to bottom. It was also flexible to respond to the situation. In addition, the barbaric and fierce nature that had not yet subsided, was moving towards the peak of the force of the Jurchens, an armed group.
"Qi Liemi led the team out yesterday, touched the four villages of Yingzhou, captured the leader of the guards guarding the village. After asking, he killed them. In addition to knowing that the Yingzhou guards were the princess of the Shu Kingdom of Liao, he also found out that this army called Fengtian and the provocation of Yi and the Liao army was called the Fengtian. The brigade had already gone south and penetrated into the territory of Song. Originally, Yingzhou City was a city firm, and I was so sure whether it was sending troops in this big winter. Now it seems that I have to go south. While eliminating these remnants of Khitan, I would just go deep into the territory of Song! Try the Southern Dynasty again!"
When they heard that they had to fight, they even went straight to the legend that they were extremely rich, and women were like flowers. The guards who followed Yin Shuke all cheered in a low voice, not thinking much. Killing and plundering were the driving force behind the crazy expansion of this tribe. For this reason, they did not hesitate to destroy everything, and they were their own lives. At least at the beginning of the Jurchens, no one took it seriously.
Originally, such a barbaric nation was coming one after another outside the territory of China. China was nothing more than a sweeping and eradicating it one after another. The clans removed them from history.
Just like wheat in the field, one crop after another after another. Although there were wins and one loss in the war, even the capital was lost in the Tang Dynasty. However, China has never reached the point of destroying the country.
Even when the Five Dynasties split and weakened, the Khitan rose and went deep into Bianjing. However, Liu Zhiyuan started from Hedong and drove the Khitans out of the Central Plains with the power of a vassal state.
In the past hundred years, the martial arts spirit of the Central Plains was destroyed to the weakest point. The border troops have thrown away millions of corpses for a hundred years, and have never been in the eyes of the Taoist masters. They only say that singing outside the Donghua Gate is a good man.
After the rise of another barbaric and cruel Hu clan, the Song Dynasty actually fell down with one blow! The speed of destroying the country was easy, ranking first in history. The subsequent bloody years of blood lasted for hundreds of years until the sunset of Yashan was the most painful scene in history!
The man under his command is so morale. Yin Shu is very satisfied. He nodded slowly and smiled.
To be honest, Guo Rong acted against the banner of the Princess of the Shu Kingdom in Liao. Although silver skills were taken seriously, they did not take it extremely important. The remnants of the Liao people wanted to raise trouble and wipe out them. Anyway, they were so bored in Datong Prefecture in Xijing in winter that they came to explore the military situation in person. If it was so big, they would raise troops to destroy them in winter. If it was difficult to fight, they would take a break in winter. When it was easy to send troops, they would find the right opportunity to smooth out the remnants of the Liao people who were surviving. Anyway, this Confucius Road that went south and penetrated into the Song Dynasty must be opened in front of the Jurchen army!
But once he found out that these remnants of the Liao people had already entered the Song realm and were crossing the Hedong Road, he could no longer sit still.
Like Wanyan Zonghan, he was determined to go south to destroy the Song faction. In addition to his desire for wealth and children, both of them were rare witnesses among the Jurchen nobles. Knowing that once the Jurchen tribe stopped conquering, they would probably weaken very quickly. If the Liao Kingdom defeated, it would be natural to destroy the Song Dynasty!
He was extremely disgusted with the hesitation of other people in the Jurchen noble group, and even felt satisfied with the wealth and honor he had gained now. Zonghan thanked Emperor Tianzuo to go to the capital to capture sheep and offer prisoners, and also wanted to have a life activity to promote the war against the Song people as soon as possible - you should know that Zonghan's favorite son died at the hands of the Song people!
However, the failure in Yan land made Zong Han and Yin Shu, who had originally despised the Song people, become more serious. They are eager to start a war in Song. However, they are a little afraid of the Song people and need to further understand the reality of the Song people.
Yin Shuke was in charge of Datong Prefecture, Xijing, and was trying his best to collect all information related to the Song people. He was not allowed to plunder the Yunnei too much, but also to stabilize the rear and facilitate future military plans.
Among the Jurchens, Silver Art is a rare talent.
Now I suddenly learned that these remnants of Liao people even entered the Song realm and crossed the Hedong Road. It is said that they were very smooth. Silver Technique couldn't sit still. This was a great opportunity to go deep into the Song realm and test the reality of the Song people. How many military horses are like the Shenwu Eternal Victory Army that they had fought against?
If the actions go well, then just fight. The children of wealth and children have obtained the robbery, and are they afraid that the entire Jurchen will not be involved? If it is not good, it is easy to explain to Shangjing. They are trying to eliminate the remnants of the Liao people. They are not intentionally breaking the bird covenant that Lao Khan has made in a confused manner for a moment.
In this case, this winter is a matter of right and wrong. Once the opportunity is missed, it will never come again. Whether the Song people defeated the remnants of the Liao people, the border defense is stable, or the remnants of the Liao people Zhang loudly and their strength has increased greatly, and the important place in the south of Yunnei is tightly tied to the Jurchens' future journey south!
After these Jurchen guards cheered, they realized something was wrong. They just saw the city of Yingzhou lighter than anything else. Now, thinking about sending troops in the middle of winter, they came to chew this small and strong fortress bit by bit, and suddenly hesitated.
Shi Dun was used by Zong Han. He was more courageous and asked hesitantly: "I really mobilized troops to fight Yingzhou? It's spring after the battle. Do you still have time to kill the Southern people? We have also touched the Southern people's army and horses, but I didn't catch up that time. It is said that it's still tough. After a while, it's hard to fight?"
Yin Shu was laughing and said proudly: "Let's go around from the west! The path that others can't walk, we Jurchens can walk. In this weather, the Liao people would never expect that we would come around a big circle from the west! Yingzhou is too close to Datong, so the Liao people would not put them here. Go deeper behind them and plunder their belongings. The Liao people came to rescue them and defeated them! Walking so far in the snow, there were so many horses and camels, and there were not too many warriors accompanying him. Do you have the courage to fight against the Liao princess with less and break into the southerners' brilliance?"
After saying this, the human-shaped beasts were gasping for breath, their eyes were red: "Silver Skill, how dare we not? At that time, we must let us rush forward! The most cattle and sheep are the most beautiful women, and the most Liao and southern people are killed!"
Yin Shuke got up and said loudly: "Spend it all. If you catch some more people, you don't have to hide your traces. Ask the situation more realistically. Let's go back to Datong Mansion to mobilize troops to fight!"
The guards loudly accepted the order, and those who were used to being hard-hitting agents immediately went in line. Yinshuo walked slowly out of the hidden place on the mountain and walked to a place where Yingzhou could be fully seen.
Although the city in Yingzhou is solid, although it takes a detour from the west, it still has to open here. Only then can the army continue to pour out from Xijing Datong Prefecture along this convenient road.
In addition to plundering the rear and leading the troops from Yingzhou to come out to fight in a field, he also had a trump card, but it was Meng Nuan, who was willing to be an insider.
Is this inner responsibility reliable? It is not useful for the institution. I am not sure about the silver technique. However, no matter what, I must defeat Yingzhou as soon as possible and wipe out the states in the south of Yunnei as soon as possible until I enter the Song realm! He was not willing to accept this opportunity!
As his thoughts turned, Yin Shuke subconsciously touched the deep scar on the bridge of his nose.
The commander of the southern man was named Xiao Bo... Where is he now? But I don't know when he will meet again. His family must capture him and let him suffer for seven days and seven nights and die again!
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"What is this Xiao who is doing now?"
Guo Rong held the pillow and tossed and turned around on the couch, looking a little emotionally confused.
I have been away from him for so long, and I really miss him a little.
Even the soft pillow in my hand is still made by Xiao Yan. It turns out that everyone is not allowed to sleep on a wooden pillow, and if they are in the army, everything will be easy.
But after Xiao Yan arrived in Bianliang one night, he finally jumped out of the room barefoot and shouted some strange words in the yard. It was roughly like this.
"Damn it, it's okay for me to wear it. I'll let me fight. I almost died many times. I'll let me not have sex yet...... Can I give a softer pillow when I sleep? It's fucking cold and hard, and I almost feel cold when I sleep! You thief, I'll do it myself! I think I can stump me without a comfortable pillow? I'll be against the will of heaven! I'll be rude! I'll be rude…..."
Then Xiao Yan spent a day finding a good white cloth, and then found a soft and light filling. He also found a good needlework lady and made several new pillows in one go. Xiao Yan had it at home, and the little mute was the one. Even Guo Rong got one.
Speaking of it, I was used to sleeping in this soft, light and warm pillow, but I was not used to sleeping in other pillows. This time I went north, Guo Rong packed up her belongings and quietly stuffed the pillow into her luggage.
The wind and frost on the edge of the house, when the wind is strong outside the house, I hold the pillow, and it seems that I am holding the guy named Xiao......
Sometimes I can't help myself, and I even think of the scene of Xiao Yan naked in the Yizhou tent, in front of Xiao Ganjun that night. It was beautiful. In Guo Rong's heart, although it was always hidden deep in her heart, she never forgot about it.
"I worked hard here and managed his property for him. I went to Yingzhou. The opposite was the Jurchen Tartars. What did this guy do in Bianliang? Should I accompany the little mute or the two coquettish maids? I was really unwilling to accept this hard work for him? I still have a great revenge and have not avenged it!"
The more Guo Rong thought about it, the more depressed he became. He pounded the pillow again and again, as if he was dragging Xiao Yan out and turning it over. After a few hits, he seemed to have softened his heart again. He hugged the pillow so tightly that it could not be tighter, and his cheeks were pressed tightly. His bright eyes also closed, and his long eyelashes blinked, and he didn't know what shameful things were thinking about.
The sound of footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, and a maid walked in quietly and whispered: "General Tang is here, please see the princess."
Although Guo Rong is known as the princess, this princess is really very happy. In addition, she doesn't like too much red tape. Although she occupies the best houses in Yingzhou City, she is not extravagant. She is staying in the inner courtyard and discussing matters outside. Tang Huai and other generals asked for a visit and passed it on as soon as they reported.
Guo Rong cleaned up herself and asked to the maid: "Do I blush?"
The maid looked at Guo Rong. There was still a hint of flush on her face that had not completely faded. Her former heroic daughter added a bit of girlish charm. Even women were a little stunned. Before she could say anything, Guo Rong had already walked out with her long legs.
The maid kept following her, muttering in her heart.
This Daliao princess is so beautiful. She looks like a wild girl. Although she doesn't know what the royal daughter is like, she will never be the same as the Shu princess of the Daliao Kingdom in front of her?
If this maid, who is not bad from a bad background, knew that the authentic Princess Yelu Yuliyan of the Great Liao Shu Kingdom, had a dark face, and was tattered, naked, and played the role of Su Qier as a young man without needing to put on makeup. He would probably cry. All the beautiful fantasies about the Tian family would be shattered.
Guo Rong walked fast and long legs, and soon walked to the outside conference hall. Tang Huai was already standing there with his hands behind his back, and Meng Nuan was still following him.
Tang Huai glanced at Guo Rong and bowed. Meng Nuan's eyes tugged at Guo Rong's face, which was still a little bit of spring, before bowing down and bowing down with even more respect.
Guo Rong smiled and frowned like a flower, and greeted: "Second Brother Tang and General Meng, there is no need to be too polite. Baba came. Is there anything important?"
Tang Huai stood up and frowned: "The surrounding towns have sent people to repay you. They said they had encountered enemy tracks. There were not many people, but they were very hard. They lost many people. Yesterday, they searched for a group of traces, and dozens of people chased after him. Half of them were killed and injured, and they retreated in panic. They seized some feather arrows used by the enemy, as if they were used by the Jurchen Tatars."
As he said that, he took out a few feather arrows and handed them over. Guo Rong took them and looked at them. The feather arrows were extremely long and the feathers were thick. They looked like they were used by the Jurchens. Such feather arrows were not worthy of a hard bow with enough strength.
Guo Rong pondered for a while and asked, "Are you sure it's the Jurchen Tartar?"
Tang Huai shook his head: "No one is left, I can't confirm."
Meng Nuan hesitated and said, "Since that's the case, the general is still familiar with the surrounding situation. Please order the princess to send the general to the distance to the attack. The general is also willing to take this responsibility. But please rest assured that if there is another enemy attack, the general will definitely capture a few and send them to the princess and General Tang!"
Guo Rong and Tang Huai looked at each other without saying a word for a moment.
Meng Nuan is really unsure of Guo Rong. He is really unreasonable to say that he has something wrong with him. He is very relaxed, but he has explained anything and is very considerate. He takes care of his old subordinates who surrendered with him, but he does not follow the wishes of these old subordinates, and everything is right. He is neither humble nor alert to the confidants of Guo Rong, and he believes that he is outside. These days, he is also very dedicated to rectifying the city defense.
But someone asked him for a drink and asked him a few words in his heart. He was usually quite strict and could reveal a few truthful words when he could drink.
To be continued...