The smoke pillar rose up, Zhang Shuang jumped out of a ball of smoke, the bow in his hand had broken the bow string, and the armor was covered with scars.

The knights following him turned out to be more than fifty people, all of whom were good men who could fight in Youyan. At this time, less than half of them were left.

There were not many people in the village who remained. At this time, they led their horses to drive the carriage, holding back their panic and tears. They rushed out under the cover of Zhang Yan's team of knights.

At this moment, there were only burning houses and corpses left in the village. In addition to the boys brought by Zhang Yan, there were also the people in the village, and a team of Bohai soldiers who were strangled by Zhang Yan.

After the destruction of the Liao Kingdom, the Jurchen Eastern Army was also in the heart of the Liao people occupied by the Liao people. In addition to the mature Jurchens in Liaodong, they also recruited a large number of former Khitan vassals such as the Xi people as the army. Even the Liaodong Han people were driven as vassals. However, in addition to the greatly increased the level of the Jurchen Eastern Army's siege, these vassal soldiers, because the Jurchens have no experience in operating the vassal army, the combat effectiveness of these vassal soldiers is mediocre. However, because the Liaodong mature Jurchens joined a large number of people, the main force of the Zhen Jurchens under the army of Zong Wang has reached a scale of nearly 70,000!

Zong Wang has been in the north of Yan land, keeping a low profile. It makes people focus their attention completely on Zonghan's Western Army. However, as a famous general of the Jurchens at this moment, Zong Wang's commander's ability is definitely not under Zonghan. Once activated, there will be a thunderous momentum!

Including the main force of the Zhenjulius, various vassals, and various sacred civilians who were driven by various sacred people. Zong Wang could not even get the number of troops and horses. He could only estimate that it was about 150,000. Such a large army was divided into two routes. One route was launched from Pingzhou and other places, and attacked Yanjing from the east. The other route was west, along the tunnel between the mountains and ridges of Yanshan Mountain, pointing directly to the powerful Southern Dynasties gathered in Tanzhou. After preparing to defeat this powerful Southern Dynasties, the two routes gathered under the city of Yanjing, and then swept across the entire Youyan land, and headed south into the Hebei routes of the Song Dynasty!

Once the 150,000 army moved, wars suddenly spread everywhere on Youyan land. The Jurchen cavalry was everywhere. Under the cover of the unfolding cavalry, the Master of the Jurchens firmly pointed to Tanzhou and Yanjing. A large number of vassals, like locusts, swept through the rural fort towns such as Tanzhou and Yanjing, which had slightly recovered their vitality, and raised food and fodder for the Jurchens, captives, and captured money and plundered.

In just a few days, the entire northern part of Yan land seemed to be flooded by the overwhelming Jurchen army!

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Zhang Yan was the first son of the border fortress who discovered the direction of the Jurchen army. After being attacked in the mountains, when he escaped from the mountain and fled to his own fortress, he found that his fortress had been opened by the Jurchen army horses. Flames rose everywhere, and the sound of Jurchen army horses screaming and screaming from inside. Without asking, it is clear that his home, which had survived through a lot of hardships in the troubled times, no longer exists.

Zhang Yan had red eyes, and on the way, he ambushed a Jurchen knight, snatched his horse, and rushed to Tanzhou.

Now, there is no other way, and I can only follow the King of Yan and swear to avenge this revenge!

When Zhang slowly arrived at the Danzhou capital, there was already a scene of war. The city wall that had just been repaired was closed, and Ding Zhuang fought against the upper city. Outside the city was filled with a large number of powerful soldiers and horses who had escaped from all over the world, and some people who had only had difficulty gathering in recent years.

Everyone was running around and shouting, everyone was shouting to open the city gate, and everyone was asking the leader who let the King of Yan stay here to come up with an idea!

The decision was made in the city very quickly, and immediately a general came to the city and commanded the city gate. However, instead of guiding these powerful private troops and fleeing people into the city, they sent out all the cavalry in the city.

Most of these most powerful military horses fought outside the city, dragging the pace of the Jurchen army and covering the people who had worked hard to escape to Yizhou in recent years. If someone responded, they would retreat to the Hebei routes of the Song Dynasty. If no one responded, they would flee directly to the war zone where Han Yue was in Hedong.

All the people in the city evacuated out of the city, and there were about 2,000 troops and horses, giving up all their war horses, strengthening the mobility of the combat horses outside the city. Then they closed the city gates again and prepared to defend Tanzhou. With the key points that the Jurchen army must take and their own lives, they dragged the overwhelming Jurchen army to the pace!

Looking at the soldiers on the city walls who were about to die, and looking at the cavalry who were also preparing to use their own lives to delay the momentum of the Jurchen army. Everyone outside the city knew that Tanzhou seemed to be unable to be saved.

It is rare for King Yan to Ding Yan. Everyone has lived a safe life for two years. Why do these Jurchen Tartars come to destroy all this again?

The people cried loudly and shouted to the south. Some of the powerful private troops dispersed fearfully. Some of the Yan men who were like Zhang Yan who were preparing to fight to the end were shouted to the top of the city: "Give us armor, we can also bite the Jurchen Tartars!"

The city sent out troops again, and these men from Yandi, who had red eyes, hurriedly formed themselves. They also turned around and headed north to fight with the Jurchen Tartars.

If Xiao Yan had not managed the Yan land, these Yan land men would have to stop in front of the Jurchen military power, supplying food and grass, serving the Jurchen military and civilians, and fighting with the Jurchen torrents to the Jurchen torrents.

But now these men in Yan knew that there was a King of Yan standing behind them! Their children were serving in the King of Yan’s army. If they died in battle, the King of Yan would naturally take their brothers to revenge. Behind them was the entire Song Dynasty!

The men in Yan had been ruled by the Khitans for a hundred years. They finally met the King of Yan. The men in Yan went south with the army and gained their dignity and wealth in the Song Dynasty. Behind this is the King of Yan, but they are a little bloody. Who is still patient to be a slave to the Jurchen Tartars?

The Han people in Yan, especially the armed groups composed of powerful private troops, are a bit special. It goes without saying that they can fight fiercely. After so many years of war, even an ordinary villager has been trained to be able to draw a bow and kill people. Not to mention that there are many horses here, which can raise a large number of cavalry.

But it is not the truth to really tell how deep they belonged to the Song Dynasty. After all, under the Khitan rule for so many years. In the time and space without Xiao Yan, the Yan land armed groups first formed a fence-like ever-winning army, and then used it for the Jurchens. After the Jurchens were in vanishing, they formed the backbone of the Jin army's military power. Then Mongolia destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty. The Yan land of Hebei Han'er was also the main part of the Mongolian army.

But fortunately, Xiao Yan was born at this time. His fame and fortune started in Yan, and his foundation was also a northerner. He was naturally marked as a representative of the Han'er in Yan. After entering the Song Dynasty, Xiao Yan rose up again and now became the King of Yan with the most powerful Yan. The Han'er in Yan was collected and compiled by Xiao Yan in batches, and finally ordered to go straight to Bianliang.

Because of this, although the Yan land Han'er did not have much sense of belonging to the Song Dynasty, they had enough sense of belonging to Xiao Yan! Not to mention the Jurchens' cruel and barbaric culprit, while the Song Dynasty, which Xiao Yan had at least some of the power, had the same roots and races, and was richer and more civilized. Which end should he fight for?

Therefore, in this time and space where Xiao Yan was in the Yan land, the Han Er did not surrender to the Jurchens. Instead, he had red eyes and prepared to fight the Jurchens to the end. The Han people in the Yan land were desperate, abandoning their families and careers. Under the desperate protection of their children, they helped the elderly and the young. No matter how many casualties and injuries there would be on the road to return to Song.

There is only one belief that supports them.

The King of Yan will not abandon them! Their children are still under the King of Yan!

Zhang Yan’s powerful private soldiers were divided into small teams and turned north. It was impossible to block the Jurgent force, but using the familiar terrain to spread the countryside and mountains, copying the vassal army teams, burning villages, filling water wells, and rescuing the people, but they can do it!

A series of dense and fierce small-scale wars suddenly unfolded after the Jurchen army and horses entered Yan land. There were Yan land Han men riding horses and bows everywhere in the entire Youyan border area!

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Zhang Yan was gasping heavily and looked around blankly. The battle just now consumed too much energy, which made him not know where he was.

Behind me, a loud roar from my family man: "Go west quickly! Take a step towards the west while it is getting dark, just take one more step! Enter the mountain and turn south. When you arrive in Yizhou, you will naturally be arranged to pick you up!"

A water hyacinth suddenly came handing over to him. Zhang Suan took it in a daze, but he was dazed and did not open the plug. The man who handed the water hyacinth was in his early forties, with strong muscles and long and messy face. He took it back silently, trying to pull out the plug, but his hands were covered in blood. After pulling it twice, he just slipped, and finally cut off the mouth of the gourd with one knife. This sound made Zhang Suan come back to his senses.

The man handed the gourd over again and asked in a low voice: "How long will we fight? Since we turned north, our team has joined from time to time for a few days, and there are only so many people left."

Zhang Yan turned his head and looked at him coldly: "Are you scared?"

The man smiled and said, "I'm afraid of a bird. My two sons, one of them is the Zhengjun, followed General Yu to the south. The other did not escape the death ball in the fort. For these two sons, I also want to fight the Jurchen Tartars to the end... I just want to ask, how long can Tanzhou last?"

Their team has actually moved to the southwest of Tanzhou, but it is very close to the city capital. It is only 17 or 8 miles away. The village where they are located is very high. Although the sun is tilted west, its visibility is quite high, so you can see the city capital capital clearly.

The endless tent of the Jurchen army has surrounded the capital of the prefecture on three sides. Countless ants, like ants, run away from the army, plundering all directions. There are countless military horses, coming from the north in a steady stream, as if there is no end to it.

From here, the city wall of the Zhoucheng District was as low as if it was lying on the ground, just a circle of black lines. Around the city wall, seven or eight stone-dumping equipment had been erected. From time to time, small black dots passed through the air and smashed on the city wall, causing a little dust and smoke.

Under such overwhelming Jurchen forces, the prefecture capital seemed to be able to collapse with just one foot. The Jurchen army deliberately released the south to give the Danzhou defenders a way out. The Danzhou defenders abandoned the city early, and the Jurchen army could hold this key point of the retreat in their hands as soon as possible, and they could continue to move south with confidence. The defenders in the city could be solved by field chasing and solving, even if they could not be solved, it would be no big deal. Anyway, the Jurchen army wanted to quickly conquer the city and grasp the key points that supported the southward army.

But the defenders in the city had no intention of escaping.

Zhang Yan sighed, raised the gourd and drank water in big mouthfuls, then slapped the corners of his mouth and cheered up: "Zhi Niang, if Tanzhou does not fall, we will not leave. Kill the other fucking Tartars!"

The man asked again: "Where is the city of Tanzhou?"

Zhang Yan replied loudly: "Let's go south, go all the way, fight all the way! The King of Yan will definitely defend Hebei, and we will fight the Jurchens to the end in Hebei! The King of Yan will eventually bring my brothers to kill him!" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!