Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 635 Fatal Fudge

It's not that Shu Luping is ignorant of the danger of playing the yellow umbrella and the big white oxtail banner that symbolizes the Lord of the Grassland, on the contrary, she knows it very well.

But she still wanted to give it a try, to see if she could use the power of the Empress Dowager with a severed arm and the tiger skin of the Great Khitan Kingdom, which was no longer useful, to hold up the last face of Khitan.

No idea!After two consecutive emperors were killed on the battlefield, Khitan's power has been greatly reduced.

Without showing a little bit of strength to a certain extent, this Khitan country will not be able to survive at all.

The grassland people don't talk about loyalty, and hugging their thighs is the eternal truth in Saibei.

The Xiongnu is strong, so everyone listens to the Xiongnu Shanyu.Turkic rise, the Turkic Khan is our heaven.In the past, Khitan was strong and powerful, and the Khitan emperor was the lord of the grassland.

In the same way, if the emperor of the Central Plains can shake the grasslands, he will also become the heroic emperor and Tian Khan that everyone respects on the grassland.

In addition to maintaining Khitan's last 'tiger skin', Shuluping had another idea. She wanted to use this method to test Zhang Tie's bottom line.

Shuluping is reluctant!The Great Khitan Kingdom was actually jointly established by her and Yelu Abaoji.

During the turmoil among the younger brothers, Yelu Abaoji couldn't do anything to his brothers, and wanted to spare them. It was Shulupin who insisted on killing them all to avoid future troubles. From then on, the position of Khitan Khan was established. Patrimonial.

Designed to trap and kill the other seven chiefs and hundreds of their entourages, making Yelu Abaoji unify the eight tribes and become the real Khitan lord. It was also when Yelu Abaoji hesitated, Shuluping personally ordered the swordsman to take the seven The chief of the ministry was cut into two sections.

It can be said that without Shuluping, it would be impossible for Yelu Abaoji to unify the eight tribes of Khitan and become the emperor of Khitan.

Because although Yelu Abaoji is talented, he lacks the ruthlessness of cutting grass and roots, and this ruthlessness is complemented by Shuluping.

But today, his son Yelu Deguang and grandson Yeluruan died in battle one after another, and tens of thousands of people from the Gongzhang and Shushan armies were wiped out. For the 68-year-old Shuluping, it was almost as if he had died.

The glorious country built by one hand turned into nothingness in the end. Not everyone has the ability to bear this, so Shuluping came today, in fact, he was determined to die.

If Zhang Tie killed her, then those tribesmen who were still hesitating and reluctant to flee to Jingbian City (Manchuria) and re-enter the deep mountains, old forests and north of the desert would know what to do.

If Zhang Tie does not kill her, it proves that the strategy of the Emperor Shaotian is to first unify the Central Plains, and then go north like Han Gaozu and Tang Taizong. Then Zhang Zhou unified the south for ten years. This is Great Khitan's last chance.

However, Shuluping, who was planning all the way, never expected that she would be hit in the head before she saw Zhang Tie.

Amidst the sound of horseshoes that shook the sky, a slightly plump general wearing a silver-white cloth-faced iron armor from the Zhou Dynasty came to the five hundred cavalry escorting Shuluping.

"I heard that Khitan has always ruled the roost immediately, a certain Zhao Kuangyin, come to ask for advice!"

The Khitan people looked at each other, Han Kuangsi rode out, "This is the empress dowager of Daliao, and a little cavalry general, An Gan, stopped him? Is this how the emperor of the Southern Dynasty received his aunt and queen?"

"Hmph!" Zhao Kuangyin snorted coldly, "It's just a northern captive, a beast behaves like a human, and dare to call himself the Northern Dynasty, it's a big treason!"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Kuangyin drew his bow and shot, with a bang, it hit the wooden pole of Shuluping's big banner.

Of course it won't be broken in one shot, because the big banner is very thick, and it is not a matter of three or two knives to chop it with a knife.

However, the meaning of the big banner is unusual. The Khitan people were already on guard against the challenge from Zhang Zhou's warriors, so they arranged the big banner in the central army, at least one hundred and twenty or thirty steps away from Zhao Kuangyin. It turned out that Zhao Kuangyin was so sharp that he shot It hit the big banner directly.

At that moment, the next brave Khitan general galloped out of the Khitan formation, holding a hard bow, still drinking, "Kill you Biankou!" 'The bow and arrow in his hand has been fired in three consecutive strikes.

Zhao Kuangyin shook the tip of the horse spear twice, and shot down one arrow, and the other two arrows directly pierced his chest, but they failed to break through the armor and did not penetrate deeply into the flesh.

Seeing this, the brave Khitan general put down his hard bow, and galloped forward with a horse in one hand and a small round shield in the other. The small round shield was to prevent Zhao Kuangyin from shooting him with his bow.

However, Zhao Kuangyin didn't take off the hard bow at his side, instead he charged forward at a faster speed. The Khitan brave general felt relieved, and was about to throw away the small round shield to fight Zhao Kuangyin's horse, but his horse suddenly let out a scream and threw the He fell off his horse.

It turned out that Zhao Kuangyin had placed a crossbow on the side of his horse that could be fired with his feet. When he charged, he stepped on his foot, and the arrow flew out, directly shooting down the horse of the brave Khitan general.

The opponent fell to the ground in front of him, Zhao Kuangyin yelled, rushed to Ma Qiang to have a look, and directly knocked Ma Qiang out of Khitan Yong's hand.

At the same time, Zhao Kuangyin's war horse passing by opened his mouth, let out a squawk, and snapped his right hind hoof like a spring.

With a bang, the hoof of a war horse weighing more than a thousand catties is not light. The Khitan brave general was sitting on the ground, but he was kicked directly. middle.

Zhao Kuangyin rode his horse back again, grabbed the Khitan hero like a dead dog with his hand, and everyone burst into cheers.

Seeing Zhao Kuangyin's meritorious service, another Xiao general flew out from the front of the formation suddenly.

He didn't wear Zhang Zhou's cloth armor, but a very five-dynasty style iron armor with two heart mirrors.

On the head is a one-piece helmet with a collar and a neck, and the whole body is wrapped like an iron man, leaving only a pair of eyes, and the war horse is also fully equipped.

"I am Zhang Yuanhui of Xingzhou. Will the northern captives dare to fight? If not, cut off the banner yourself!"

Zhang Yuanhui was one of the brave generals that Zhang Tie discovered in Taiyuan City. Liu Chong was guarding Liu Chong when he came out.

When Zhang Tie asked his name, he immediately laughed. If there were any brave generals in the Northern Han Dynasty in history, apart from Yang Jiye and Yang Wudi, that would be Zhang Yuanhui.

However, this man is a bit tragic. In the Battle of Gaoping in history, he led [-] armored cavalry from the left army of the Northern Han Dynasty, and directly defeated the right army of the Zhou army. among.

Originally, Hou Zhou's defeat was a foregone conclusion, but who knew that Zhao Kuangyin rose up in a critical moment and withstood the attack of the Northern Han army.

Liu Chong, the leader of the Northern Han Dynasty, couldn't see clearly that the Northern Han army's spirit had lost, and forced Zhang Yuanhui to fight. As a result, he was extremely unlucky because his horse slipped and couldn't get up, so he was beheaded by the Zhou army.

Of course, when Zhang Tie came here, Zhang Yuanhui could of course avoid the fate in history.

Moreover, since Zhang Zhou lacked toy armored cavalry generals, since Li Ruotai retired to the second line, it can be said that there are almost no armored cavalry generals who can play the leading role. Zhang Yuanhui's future is bright.

With such a terrifying cavalry, naturally there will not be any unknown people among the Khitan people, a clan of the Yelu family, also well-armed and well-armed, rode out slowly.

The two men's eyes met, and at the same time, at the time of twenty steps, the speed of the war horse was raised to the highest, and the two giant steel beasts over half a ton suddenly crossed each other.

Zhang Yuanhui yelled loudly, and with a weight of two to three hundred catties, he made quite light movements on the horse. He took the initiative to turn slightly sideways, and met the Khitan Jiaqi's spear with his waist and ribs.

There was a stabbing sound, and the sound of metal being scratched sounded. It turned out that there was a piece of iron with several layers of brocade on the waist and ribs of Zhang Yuanhui's armor.

He took the initiative to meet the enemy sideways, and when the enemy's long spear touched this piece of iron, the brocade that would be pierced quickly would direct the force to another direction, and then the tip of the spear would pass across the side of the smooth iron plate.

Although at least half of the force would hit Zhang Yuanhui's body, it was undoubtedly reduced a lot.

But at the same time, Zhang Yuanhui, holding a gun in his left hand, hit the Khitan Jiaqi's chest.

Unlike the Central Asian nail guns whose heads can fall off, and the broken gun shafts represented by the Polish hussars, the Chinese-style armored cavalry is more skillful, because the Chinese-style cavalry is a long-bladed gun. Drag and cut.

In an instant, the two horses passed by each other. After the long blade hit the enemy cavalry suddenly, the spearhead first penetrated deeply into the enemy cavalry's chest, and then relying on the terrifying impact of the horses and the dragging of the blade, Ability, suddenly cut a large piece of the armor leaf on the chest of the Khitan Jiaqi.

The scene was quite brutal, it happened almost instantly, people in the distance could only see a burst of blood spraying from the Khitan Jiaqi's chest, and then he fell down limply.

Shocking cheers sounded suddenly, Zhang Yuanhui turned his horse's head and rode back to the main formation, even the enemies on the ground didn't make up for it.

Zhao Kuangyin and others hurried over to take care of him. After taking off the pocket, they found that Zhang Yuanhui was sweating profusely and his face was pale.

It turned out that this Khitan Armored Cavalry General was not just waiting for someone. Although Zhang Yuanhui used real "technology and hard work", he was stabbed in the ribs and had problems.

As for the Khitan Armored Cavalry General, there is no need to make up the knife at all. Objects over half a ton accelerate to collide. As long as they are hit head-on, they will lose half their lives even if they are not dead.

Both battles were victorious, the Khitan formation was so terrified that no one dared to go out for a while.

But Lin Renzhao was a bold man. Seeing this situation, after riding out of the battle, he jumped off the horse in the middle position, patted the horse's buttocks, and drove away his own mount.

He only brought two spears, one long and one short, a bow, and only half of his body armor, so he stood with his feet apart in a figure-eight shape.

Too arrogant!Lin Renzhao stepped on the chest of the Khitan armored cavalry general who was still moaning, while lightly straightening the leather helmet on his head. He didn't even wear an iron helmet.

All the Khitans were enraged, and they all looked at a tall and strong Khitan with hair.

Shuluping also stood up under the umbrella of Huang Luogai, this is her grandnephew in the family, known for courage.

"Xiao Jingangnu, kill that Bian bandit and strengthen my Great Khitan prestige."

Xiao Jingangnu put on the iron armor while everyone was watching, ran out from the Khitan army with a black hammer in his left hand roaring.

At sixty paces, the two drew their bows at the same time, Xiao Jingangnu fired two arrows in succession, one arrow hit Lin Renzhao's chest but the force was not strong, it was even bounced off, and the arrow flew over Lin Renzhao's head.

Lin Renzhao also made a two-hit combo, with one arrow hitting Xiao Jingangnu's neck, causing Xiao Jingangnu to stagger, and the other arrow hitting Xiao Jingangnu's visor.

With a clanging sound, Xiao Jingangnu swung his head and couldn't help screaming out in pain. Seeing that the archery skills of the two were not at the same level, he threw away the hard bow with a roar, holding a black hammer in his left hand and a hatchet in his right. He rushed over directly.

Lin Renzhao stood still, and suddenly took out a large-stretched copper-tired iron back bow from behind. Xiao Jingangnu saw it and ran even faster.

Lin Renzhao let out a loud cry, and drove the super strong bow of one stone five to the full moon. The arrow was like a shooting star, and the shaft of the arrow shook rapidly, like a poisonous snake that came alive, and rushed out at high speed while trembling.

With a puff, Xiao Jingangnu's body shook violently. He paused for a few seconds, let out a scream of pain, then threw away the hatchet in his hand, endured the severe pain and broke the shaft of the arrow, and launched another attack. charged.

"It's not dead!" Lin Renzhao blinked, shook his sore arms, and charged forward with two iron spears in his hands, one long and one short.

Xiao Jingangnu, who had just broken the shaft of the arrow, had no time to pick up the hatchet, Lin Renzhao rushed in front of him, and the long spear suddenly stabbed obliquely, Xiao Jingangnu took advantage of the situation to dodge, and wanted to take a big step to get close to him, and smashed the big knife with a single hammer. gun.

Unexpectedly, Lin Renzhao's stabbing was fake, but the whipping was real. Xiao Jingangnu couldn't avoid it, and was hit in the waist by a bullet.

Lin Renzhao took the opportunity to take two steps back, and the long spear stabbed out again. Xiao Jingangnu thought that Lin Renzhao was repeating his old trick and focused on guarding against whipping, but he was shot in the chest.

But this time also aroused his final ferocity, and then Xiao Jingangnu rushed towards Lin Renzhao without avoiding the stabbing.

But he didn't know that Lin Renzhao did it on purpose.

As soon as Xiao Jingangnu rushed to the vicinity, Lin Renzhao hit him with a black hammer, suddenly let go of the spear and accelerated to approach, and then grabbed Xiao Jingangnu's right hand with his left hand, and the fine steel short spear held in his right hand pointed towards Xiao Jingangnu. The short arrow on Nu's chest was stabbed seven or eight times in a row.

It turned out that the arrow still pierced the armor, but Xiao Jingangnu forcibly suppressed the pain, but this time, Lin Renzhao stabbed one place continuously with the short steel spear, and soon couldn't hold on.

His huge body was shaking continuously with Lin Renzhao's stabbing, blood splashed down his chest, his thick thighs could no longer support his body, and he fell limply under Lin Renzhao's hold.

Shuluping watched all this in pain. In just half a cup of tea time, she lost three warriors with a hundred enemies.

Sure enough, she was right, the fate between Khitan and China has been reversed, Wang Qi is in the south, and the Central Plains is about to produce a Holy Lord.

Seeing that no Khitan people dared to go forward, Xue Guizhong rode his horse to the front of the Khitan formation, and shouted at Shuluping.

"According to the order of the emperor, the Khitan Lord is ordered to go to Huangluo to cover the umbrella, collect the white oxtail big banner, and walk to see him."

Such an arrogant attitude immediately angered all the Khitan people. They are used to it, they are used to the dominance of the Central Plains in the past ten years, especially in the past few years after the Jin Dynasty. The yellow umbrella and the big banner are the symbols of the Khitan imperial power.

Anger erupted like a tsunami, and all the Khitan people roared and rushed towards Zhou Jun.

Then it was as if they had slapped themselves onto the stiffest of cliffs.

Who will be the 23-member Zhou on the opposite side?

That was carefully collected by Zhang Shengren from south to north.

There are Yang Ye and Zhang Yuanhui, the brave generals of the Northern Han Dynasty in history.

There are Zhao Kuangyin and Wang Shenqi, the founders of the Later Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty.

There is Lin Renzhao, the last Optimus Prime in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

There are also Zhang Cheng, Xue Guizhong and others who were discovered by Zhang Tie himself.

Almost in this time and space, the younger generation of Xiaorui is already fully armed here, and they alone lead more than ten military schools, how can four or five hundred Khitans be opponents.

In less than a cup of tea, the Khitan's offensive stopped, and they lost dozens of people. The men and horses on the battlefield were all groaning in pain.

Shu Luping stood on the carriage under the canopy of Huang Luo, his left hand was tightly pinched on the edge of the carriage, so that his fingers were all white, and his already old face looked even paler.

The last thing she wanted to see happened. Zhang Ting would not go out to attack now, but he would not sit back and watch Khitan regain its power.

This is to allow Khitan to continue to be king outside the Great Wall, but at the same time to press Khitan's face into the muddy water, so that everyone can see that Khitan is a clay bodhisattva without a golden body.

"Stop! Everyone stop! Aijia is willing to walk to see Son of Heaven!"

Shuluping roared in pain, since Zhang Tie must lose face to the Khitan people, there is no need to let these warriors who can go back alive bleed again, and it is good to keep them to suppress the resistance of Bohai and the Jurchens .

Zhao Kuangyin wiped the blood on the horse's pole, and grinned at his comrades beside him, "The empress is so happy, why lose dozens of people."

Wang Quanbin, Lin Renzhao and others burst out laughing upon hearing this.

At this time, Lu Yin, a member of Zhongshu Tiankeshe, came on horseback, followed by a cart pulled by a camel.

"The Holy Son of Heaven has ordered that Shuluping meet each other in a camel cart."

The crowd burst into laughter again, the joke about Yelu Deguang running on a camel in Baituanwei Village, Yangcheng, had spread everywhere by now.

Shuluping's face was ashen, and she almost fainted, but the Khitan generals behind her no longer had the courage to step forward, and they all lowered their heads, numbly treating their wounds, or helping their relatives.

Seeing that the Khitans did not dare to resist, the generals rushed forward and smashed the Khitans' yellow umbrellas and white oxtail banners to pieces.

Afterwards, the Khitan guards of Shuluping were cut off, and the Empress Dowager, who had broken her wrist, was driven towards Zhang Ke as if she was being held hostage.

In high spirits, there is a strong sense of pride in Zhang Zhou, and even in his identity as a Han.

. . . .

But when it came to the palace made of the Bei'an Prefecture Yamen, Zhang Ting didn't do anything to Shuluping.

When Shuluping stiffened his neck and refused to bow down, Zhang Ting smiled and excused Shuluping from bowing down.

"Auntie is fine, is she still in good health?" Zhang Ting looked at Shuluping with a smile.

Shuluping glanced at Zhang Ting coldly, then glanced at Zhang Zhou's elite soldiers and generals in the room, and suddenly let out a long sigh.

"Sure enough, he is a wise lord. My son was not wronged. It's hard for the emperor to worry about it. The old woman can eat and sleep. It's not a big problem to live another 30 years."

Zhang Tie poured a bowl of wine himself, and ordered his servant to bring it to Shuluping's table, "That's good, when I have pacified the south, I will definitely invite my aunt to Tokyo to have a look at the scenery of the Central Plains."

Shuluping took the wine bowl with his remaining left hand, raised his head and drank it, and then a bit of resentment appeared on his face.

"It seems that the Son of Heaven is going south first and then north. The old woman must lead me, a million strong Khitans, to wait for the Son of Heaven in Mobei."

"Hahaha!" Zhang Tie laughed a few times, "Auntie misunderstood, Mobei has been the territory of you nomadic people since ancient times.

Western Liaoning was abandoned before and after the Yan thieves disrupted China, and it has been 200 years since it has not belonged to Zhongtu. In fact, I have no intention of going to the east to conquer Goguryeo again like the Sui and Tang Dynasties. "

Shu Luping was not moved by Zhang Ting's words at all, and there was no expression of belief on his face.

"The old woman is just an old woman outside the Great Wall, and she hasn't seen much in the market. The old woman can't understand what the emperor said."

"It's reasonable for my aunt not to believe it. In fact, I told my brother Deguang that Yanyun sixteen prefectures have been the barrier of Han since ancient times.

There are no Yanyun Sixteen States in China, just like a person missing an arm, no matter who is the emperor of the Central Plains, he will definitely do his best to take it back, the Khitans cannot occupy the Han land for a long time.

It's a pity that my brother Deguang didn't take my brother's words to heart at all. Not only did he want to be the master of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, but he also wanted to be the master of the Central Plains. Now that he is dead, it's no wonder other people. "

Shuluping sneered even more in his heart, "According to what the Son of Heaven said, if my son doesn't enter the Central Plains, he won't die, and the Hexi soldiers won't enter the customs?"

Zhang Ting nodded, "If my brother Deguang can return Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures back, then he will definitely be able to continue to be the lord beyond the Great Wall.

We have been fighting back and forth for hundreds of years, the ones from the Khitan belong to the Khitan, and the ones from the Middle-earth belong to the Middle-earth, isn't that good? "

Shu Luping still doesn't believe what Zhang Ting said, because she herself is the ruler of a country, and she knows that such words are totally unbelievable.

However, what Zhang Ting said spoke to Shuluping's heart, because in the past, she was very opposed to Yelu Deguang's going south, and did not even suggest occupying Yanyun for a long time.

Before Yelu Deguang went south, Shuluping even said to him: "Although you have the Han land now, you can't live there; if you fall, you will regret it!"

Seeing that Shuluping was silent, Zhang Tie stopped talking, but ordered wine and food to be served, and began to entertain Shuluping and the Khitan nobles who came to envoys.

At the banquet, Zhang Teng had a kind tone, with a smile on his face all the time, and frequently offered wine. Although Zhou Guojun's generals showed fierce and dissatisfied expressions, Zhang Teng, the emperor, seemed to really think so.

When the wine was full, Shuluping watched coldly, and saw that Zhou's generals became more and more dissatisfied, and some even began to speak provocatively.

However, the civil servants around Lord Zhou kept on bragging, boasting that Lord Zhou's elimination of war was the benevolent Lord's action, and he didn't seek to conquer Haidong.

Shu Luping was thinking about the truth in his mind, when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, and there seemed to be the sound of the collision of weapons.

A group of Khitan nobles were frightened out of their wits, and Shu Luping stood up suddenly, looking straight at Zhang Chen.

I saw that Zhang Ting's face was very embarrassed, red and white for a while, and suddenly disappeared suddenly, and his eyes became more restrained in an instant.

He stared quietly at Nobunaga Murong who was wearing a moon-white gown beside him, and then swept towards the surrounding generals.

The air was frozen for a while, and after a while, Murong Xinchang went out, and the footsteps outside sounded again and gradually faded away.

Everyone in Khitan suddenly felt relieved, and then the drums and music rang loudly, and Zhang Tie began to greet everyone for a banquet with an expressionless face.

There was a wave of waves in Shuluping's heart, and then another burst of ecstasy rushed into her heart. She suddenly felt that she might find the reason why Zhang Tie didn't attack outside the Great Wall.

That's because of warriors!
At this time, warriors regard it as commonplace to commit crimes, and they have done more than Khitan.

I heard that Zhang Bing had been working hard to weaken the power of generals in the Southern Dynasty, and even wanted to abolish Jiedushi. Now it seems that it is true.

And it has already touched the core interests of the warriors. The conflict between Zhang Zhou's civil and military factions is already very big. He does not go out of the fortress, in fact, to suppress the continued expansion of the power of the warriors inside.

Zhang Tie glanced at Shuluping inadvertently, and Shuluping happened to be looking at Zhang Tie too, and the two of them hurriedly avoided their sights with ulterior motives.

Shu Luping also thought in his heart that he had discovered Zhang Zhou's big secret.

Zhang Yan also sneered in his heart, I have acted to this point, so I can't deceive you?

Not only did I want to conquer Goguryeo like the Sui and Tang Dynasties, I also had to go to the Wa country.

But now, let the Khitan people continue to manage Liaodong and Liaoxi well, and Zhang Tie will wait a few years to pick peaches.

Although the Khitan people will definitely gather resources further north in these years in order to avoid being raided by Zhang Zhou.

But that would be great!
Wouldn't it be better for the Khitan people to develop the Daxing'an Mountains and then pick peaches?
This is how I played with the British Empire back then. I seldom develop colonies, and wait for others to develop them before robbing them, which saves trouble.

(End of this chapter)