Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

In the ancient city of Youzhou, dark green moss can be seen in the corners of the bricks and stones in the sun; on the ground on the walls, the edges and corners of the stones are rounded. This is a trace of the years, but there are not many signs of man-made damage. Youzhou has not had a war for many years.

Xiao Siwen stood by the female wall, looking at him, while holding his fingers around the beard, looking thoughtful.

There are many people outside the city, but there is no fighting yet. From a distance, I could see the smog everywhere in the wilderness. Xiao Siwen looked at it for a while and said: "They are burning the frozen soil, they should use rammed earth to build a fortification."

After he said, he stretched out his neck and looked down at the outer city wall. There was a layer of ice on it, and there were icicles under the female wall, like frozen water. The water splashed last night will freeze at night and in the morning. But Xiao Siwen raised his head and glanced at the sun, feeling the warmth of the sun on his face, guessing that the ice on the wall would melt before noon.

At this time, Abodi pointed to the northeast and said, "There is a large group of Zhou troops stationed there. Before they have besieged the city, we can counterattack the camp."

Xiao Simwen immediately remembered Zhuozhou a few years ago. It was because of a difference in thought that he temporarily made the general to lead his troops to attack Zhuozhou, and suffered huge losses. He shook his head cautiously and said: "It's useless. Even if the attack is successful, there are too few people going out to cause any real blow to Zhou Jun. We have to take risks... There are too many soldiers in Zhou, and it is reported that there are many people on several roads. Endlessly."

He carefully observed the soldiers in the city again, and felt that the soldiers were faintly afraid. Because there are some rumors in the army quietly that Guo Tiejiang, the lord of the Zhou Dynasty, is a monster that ran out of the ground, with three heads and six arms holding a big iron hammer.

Moreover, Zhou Jun's strength was strong, and it was not the right time to go out of the city to seek battle under such morale.

At this moment, a military commander knelt on the ground: "You **** it! I didn't find the people of Zhou to go northward... The general sent scouts several times, but he hasn't come back somehow. I don't know what happened. What happened, why didn't Zhou Jun be transferred."

Xiao Siwen looked down at him and said, "You are negligent, but even if we detect it in advance, our situation is not much different. It has only been a few days for Zhou Jun to reach Youzhou from Yizhou? At that speed of march, it is not too early to find out. in this way."

He looked back to the left and right and said, "Now there is no other way but to hold on to the city and wait for reinforcements. Without reinforcements, just because the troops stationed in Youzhou are insufficient, there is nothing to do with the Zhou army."

The generals bowed one after another: "The final general is waiting for the king to give an order."

Xiao Siwen also solemnly said: "The 10,000 soldiers who came to aid at the end of last year are nothing more. We defend Youzhou, and our family members are all in the city. If we don't defend ourselves, the city will be destroyed by the destruction of jade and stone! May you all work hard to protect the country."

He said that he looked at the north for a long time, and in the depths of his sight, he seemed to see the vast and boundless grassland beyond the high mountains.

...

In the palace on the hill of Shangjing, charcoal fire was burning even during the day, and the windows were sealed. The light of fire reflected on the face of Emperor Yelujing of the Liao Kingdom, and his eyes reflected fireworks, which looked terrifying.

The ministers of the Northern Court and the nobles are filled with indignation and are screaming and killing!

Yelujing pulled her face and said nothing. He thought to himself: If it weren't for you one by one, you would be thinking about getting Lao Tzu from the throne. With Daliao's martial arts strength, how about this? !

All the nobles voluntarily asked to send troops to Youzhou, and there was no objection to rescue Youzhou.

The minister of the North Court came out with his hands on his chest and bowed: "Profusely, the North Court can gather 400,000 horses for the palace army and tribal army in two months!"

Daliao’s strength is not insignificant. They occupies a vast land, dominates a large number of tribes and populations. There is almost no fortress and the Great Wall. Without a large number of powerful forces, it is difficult to maintain such a huge country; and the cavalry on the grasslands mobilizes quickly. , The proportion of population turned into troops is high. It is a fact that hundreds of thousands of cavalry can be mobilized at very moments.

Yang Dagon said, "I'm afraid I can't wait until the army is gathered."

After hearing this, the ministers looked at him.

Yang Dagon said: "The minister followed Yeluxiu to rescue the Northern Han Dynasty. It is not a delay, but Jinyang broke down before reaching the ground. You can look down on the Northern Han Dynasty, but Jinyang City is world-famous. "Guo Pocheng", the main title of the State of Zhou, can siege and pull out the city beyond the world's estimates. If you wait two months to gather the army and go south, it is hard to say who owns Youzhou City."

A nobleman asked: "What do you mean?"

Yang Dagon bent over and looked up at the superior.

Ye Lujing squeezed the bowl on the table with a tiger's mouth, raised his head and took a sip of strong wine. As the hot taste dripped from his throat, his face gradually showed a sickly red color.

He understands what Yang Dagon meant: To save Youzhou as quickly as possible, the only option is to mobilize the palace army of Shangjing to guard the palace!

But Yelujing had to think about it. If the palace army was transferred away, the tribal army could justly gather and move closer to Beijing, would it take the opportunity to plot wrongdoing? And if you lead the Gongzhang army to the south, you will have to gather more reinforcements in the future, will you take the opportunity to take the capital to deal with the sweat that has already gone south?

Yelujing couldn't help thinking too much. If he feels safe, why are the windows of this palace sealed?

He took another sip of wine. The bowl was empty. He wanted to throw it on the table, but temporarily put it down gently, and said coldly: "How many people can there be in a month?"

The Prime Minister of the North Court said: "The palace army and tribal army gathered in the periphery of Shangjing can have 100,000 to 200,000 horses."

Ye Lujing understands that Youzhou is very involved, and if you lose Youzhou to death, it will arouse internal dissatisfaction and conflict.

He no longer hesitated, and immediately said: "First, the elite of the 40,000 riding palace and tents will be transferred south and attacked the Zhou people to attack the city. A month later, Ben Khan led an army of ‘200,000’ from Beijing to the south!

All the ministers echoed: "Great sweat, wise and martial arts!"

Yelujing looked down at the officials and looked at them one by one. His eyes stopped on the young Yeluxiu's face: "Brother Yeluxiu, you set out with Ben Khan's elite soldiers!"

Brother Yeluxiu immediately went out, slapped his left chest with an ambitious palm, and bowed vigorously: "The last general will lead the mission, and the mission will be fulfilled!"

"Okay!" Ye Lujing pointed at Yang Dagon again, "you are the lieutenant."

Yang Dagon said: "The minister takes the decree."

Yelujing patted the table with a palm: "Bonus!"

The lady of the court hurried up holding the wine jar, first filled Yelujing, and put two bowls with wine and sent it to the two generals.

Yelujing picked up the wine bowl.

"Thank Da Khan!" the two generals worshipped together, raising their heads and drinking the wine.

Yelujing also picked up the bowl and poured his belly violently, and his body became more dry and hot. He waved his hand and smashed the bowl into pieces, stood up and pointed to the south: "Look at the color, I think Daliao is annoying!"

... Brother Yeluxiu and Yang Dagon took the imperial decree and went to the camp in the north of Shangjing to deploy troops. The two led their guards out of Miyagi and soon saw the station of the palace army.

Yeluxiu looked at the scene in front of him excitedly.

Pieces of felt tents lay horizontally and vertically on the grass very neatly, like white clouds in the sky. The scene here is completely different from that of Nancheng. There are no buildings at all, that is, an open space. The Khitan army does not need houses, but keeps its original habits and lives in tents.

Brother Yeluxiu yelled, and led the crowd to rush down the gentle **** and into the camp. The accompanying court officials handed over their credentials and summoned all military generals to determine the military order.

Brother Yeluxiu immediately inspected the palace troops, and he determined that the palace troops in the northern courtyard of Shangjing were the real elite!

Most cavalry have iron armor, mainly scales and lock armor, at least strong hard leather armor.

The Liao Kingdom has not been a purely nomadic country since Taizong of the Liao Dynasty. Although the main force is still on the grasslands, Bohai Kingdom, Youzhou and other places have large areas of farmland and towns; even the southern part of Shangjing has an area specially built for Han people. A large number of craftsmen of various ethnic groups made porcelain, tools, and armored weapons for them. Forging armor is more laborious and cannot satisfy most of the Liao army's armor, but the palace army gives priority to equipment and has a high rate of armor.

The palace army in the northern courtyard of Shangjing is well-equipped and strong. There was even a group of men and horses that were heavy cavalry with armor on their horses, but that group of guards, Yeluxiu, could not take them away, they were only guards by the emperor's side.

The main force of the Liao army was hunting everywhere, and the tents of the garrison were cleaned up and they could be pulled out. It didn't take two days to dispatch troops.

A large number of horses came to Beijing, and tens of thousands of horses on the grasslands were turbulent, which was naturally difficult to hide. There are a large number of Han people in Nancheng, and many people know that the Liao Army’s palace camp has left Beijing... Among them are Da Zhou’s spies.

First, a small amount of meticulous work pretends to be fur merchants entering the southern city of Shangjing~www.readwn.com~ to establish trade relations with the local area, which is more troublesome and difficult. Later, when the Northern Han Dynasty was subjugated, many officials of the Northern Han Dynasty were worried about being liquidated by the Zhou army, and their families fled to the Liao Kingdom. Many of them were slaves.

At that time, soldiers and horses were mixed, and the head of the fine work in Jinyang took the opportunity to follow the pre-deployment, let the undercover disguise as a variety of identities into the fleeing crowd, and then ran to Shangjing. Some people say that the servants of a certain house are separated, and there are too many servants in each house. It is difficult to find out and no one will take care of them. There is even a person who claims to be an official of Jinyang, and he was asked by an official who he was in. Which room, as a result, wear help. The officials of the Northern Han Dynasty thought he was a green skin fish in troubled waters and coaxed away.

Outside the Nancheng Gate, two men carrying firewood stood and watched. On the undulating grassland, the black horses filled the crowd like a flood. The ground is so wide that the horse team doesn't need roads. It seems that the slow march is actually a fast marching speed.

One of the guys was watching the surroundings, and the other carefully estimated how many people there were. There are tens of thousands of people, but it is impossible to count, but it is probably only a matter of time.

The Liao army was dispatched, and as soon as it came out to Beijing, the Zhou people knew what was false. In this regard, the Zhou court did a better job than the Liao people.

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