Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Xiao Siwen returned to the head of Youzhou City, feeling a lot in his heart.

Standing on the high head of the city, the flat ground outside the city looks more expansive, and the sky seems to be low within reach.

The clouds are not thick, the brilliance that the sun shoots behind the clouds brightens the clouds, the center is dazzling, the light spreads around like a thousand arrows, but it is even more magnificent. The golden light at this time was like a trial in the dark.

Xiao Siwen looked at the river in the south of the city without saying a word for a long time. The water of Sanggan River was winding eastward, and the wind on the river was sparkling like a piece of armor! Along this river to the east, there are indeed thousands of troops! Zhou Jun had built the city on the lower reaches of the Sanggan River. Xiao Siwen imagined that the army would march along the river and waterway and reach Youzhou within a day!

According to the report from the spies, the city built by Zhou Jun was also a large barracks and a large granary. There were basically no people except the people who built the city; therefore, there is no need to consider the many livelihood issues of ordinary cities, otherwise it will not be able to build in a few months. .

He slapped his palms **** the blue bricks of the female wall and made some trivial movements. Then he patted the dirt on his hands carefully, turned and walked down the city wall.

As soon as I got off the city wall, I heard the boring sound of sawing wood in the city, and the craftsmen were still making catapults day and night. Xiao Siwen patrolled the city defenses and ran into Han official Fan Zhongyi.

Fan Zhongyi asked Xiao Siwen to look at something in an official office.

“It’s hollowed out with stone and stuffed with gunpowder. It can explode after igniting the fuze and throwing it.” Fan Zhongyi said, “This is what the Liao Army captured when it attacked the Zhuozhou Fortress. It is a new thing.”

Xiao Siwen picked it up and looked at it carefully, "It might not be easy to hollow out a rock with such a small hole."

Fan Zhongyi said: "It's true."

He took out another broken copper firecracker, which was also used by Zhou Jun. This thing was seen by the Liao army on the battlefield at the beginning of the year, that is, the sound is loud and the smoke is loud, the range is far inferior to the bow and crossbow, and the fight is slow.

Xiao Siwen pondered for a while and felt that Zhou Jun's tactics in attacking Youzhou might not have changed much. But if there is no foreign aid, it is only a matter of time before you allow hundreds of thousands of troops to besiege Youzhou.

After Xiao Siwen's patrol, he wrote a memo that night, reporting that the Beijing Zhou army was about to attack Youzhou, and he asked for help.

He hoped that the Zhou army would delay for a few more months. In the fall, the Liao army would have more horses and grains, and the food and grass pressure of the war would not be so great.

...In the early summer of April, the grassland is green, and the weather is not too hot.

Among the nobles of the Shangjing tribe, no one questioned the news that Zhou Jun was going to attack Youzhou. Zhou Jun spent a lot of money to build a city in the southeast of Youzhou. The army gathered in Hebei for several months. I am afraid it is not as simple as scaring people.

Miyagi discussed the issue of sending troops to the south.

The army only returned to the north at the beginning of the year, and it was about to be dispatched again a few months later; and the period of back and forth allowed Zhou army to occupy a favorable position! However, this situation is not tossing around, and it is definitely not a decision error!

It is really helpless. If the hundreds of thousands of Liao army are stranded in Youzhou, it will be exhausted for a few months. The Liao army is still in Youzhou, Zhou Jun should not dare to rush forward to build the city, the situation is only stalemate, except for the waste of money and food, there will be no results.

Yelujing didn't say a word, hoping that the ministries would once again support him in marching south!

At this moment, Ye Lujing suddenly felt that Xiao Siwen was actually a loyal minister... If he loses Hebei, he can hardly imagine whether his throne will be secure, and what kind of chaos will happen next!

Someone suggested: "It can be modeled at the beginning of the year with light cavalry soldiers going south to harass and threaten the besieged men of the Zhou army."

General Yelu Xiezhen objected: "This time and another time. Last year, in the Battle of Youzhou, the Zhou army's northern expedition went deep into the Liao border, hanging outside the city of Youzhou alone; and our army is already gathering, and Kri is going south, threatening the Zhou army. Big. The Zhou army withdrew so quickly because it was not willing to take risks to preserve its strength.

At this time, the fortifications of the Zhou Army’s defense line were only a day away from Youzhou, and the officials thought it was not easy to force the Zhou people back with only a small group of elite soldiers. "

Yelujing turned her gaze to Yeluxiu.

Brother Yeluxiu also said: "Please be a striker, but Da Khan can lead the army to the south before he can fight Zhou Guoren!"

At this moment, the atmosphere in the palace is not quite right. It is not the same as before. Most people didn’t say anything. They really experienced it from the battlefield that went south at the beginning of the year. This kind of war won't get any. Substantial benefits, but at the expense of the old, the envoys are not very rich right now.

Everyone discussed it, and Youzhou couldn't give up easily. In the end, they reluctantly reached an agreement: first go south with Qingqi, set the guards of the southern courtyard to stick to Youzhou, postpone it until autumn, and then send out the army to go south.

Yelujing said: "With Zhou Guogong Yeluxiu as the forward, he led the tent of 10,000 elite soldiers, selected 20,000 horses from the tribal army, and went south as soon as possible to support Xiao Simwen and defend the city."

Yeluxiu bowed his orders.

Yelujing didn't dare to transfer all the palace troops in Beijing. This time it was different. He had to stay in Beijing for a few months! If there is no strength around him, his heart is not at ease.

Ye Lujing sat in a chair, looking back at the ministers on both sides, looking at each of his faces, as if he was guessing what kind of heart each person was holding!

"Khan at ease, after the minister goes south, he must teach Zhou people a lesson!" Yeluxiu said bitterly. This sentence is not only a guarantee to the emperor, but also to the people present, so as to save some people from being inferior because of their little loss at the beginning of the year!

Yelujing praised: "Very good! Zhou Guogong is Ben Khan's left and right arms."

Everyone also hurriedly said some auspicious words. At this moment, a nobleman couldn't help asking: "What method do you want to use to crack the Zhou people?!"

No one can answer.

General Yelu slantedly said quietly: "In this situation, I am afraid that it can only be exhausted, or force the strength, UU reading www.uukanshu.com has no other way. Unless..."

"Unless what?" Yelujing also showed a glimmer of hope.

Yelu obliquely looked at Ge Yeluxiu: "Unless you are surprised to see extraordinary talents, and there is a peerless talent who has won a key battle unexpectedly, you can get out of this quagmire!"

People can't help but let out a disappointed sigh. It's nonsense! Naturally, there are occasional famous wars in history with few enemies.

Brother Yeluxiu gritted his teeth at this time, standing there with wide-open eyes, as if he was building up vigor. Many people in the middle of Korea praised him as a hero before, and later complained that he provoke Zhou Guo to trouble his upper body, wanting to inexplicably push the responsibility to himself... It seems that he should do things like building a miracle? !

The Emperor of Liao looked at it and said with great hope: "The country is in danger, and Ben Khan is worried! If Brother Xiu has established his miraculous work, he will surely become a hero of the Khitan race for thousands of years!"

The so-called marvelous man, of course, is at the most difficult and critical moment, doing extraordinary things before he can be a man of God!

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