Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The horse soldiers on the avenue flow slowly, the surrounding mountains are layered one upon another, and the shadows of the mountains in the distance are like dark clouds.

A rider on the side of the road galloped backwards, saw Brother Yeluxiu and others in front of the banner of honor, the knight hurriedly reined in the horse, jumped off the horse, pressed his right hand to his chest, bent down and said impatiently: "Commander, Jinyang has been captured by the Zhou army!"

Brother Yeluxiu, who was originally looking at the sky with a majestic face, suddenly changed his face. He hurriedly stopped his mount, pointed his whip at the knight and said, "What! What are you talking about?!"

Yang Gun and other generals of the Liao Army who were beside him also immediately looked sideways with surprise on their faces. Brother Yeluxiu asked, but it wasn't because he didn't hear clearly, but because he was surprised, as if he hadn't recovered yet.

The knight hurriedly said again: "Jinyang is broken!"

Brother Yeluxiu was usually very decisive in his words and deeds, but at this moment he asked, "Is the news true?"

The knight said clearly in Khitan: "It's absolutely true! First, the leader of the scout battalion got the news from the Northern Han people, and then we arranged for our own people near Jinyang to confirm it."

Brother Yeluxiu froze there for a moment, looking back at the cavalry that looked like a long dragon before and after, and then looked at Yang Gun and others, as if a little dazed, so many cavalry from the Liao army came so far away, why did they come? He shook his head and said, "Unbelievable!"

All the generals were in an uproar for a while, their expressions were very surprised. One general asked: "Is someone important in Jinyang offering the city?"

The knight who came to report said: "No, it was a forced attack to break the city. The Zhou army used gunpowder to blow up a gap, and built a mountain of soil, and thus stormed the city!"

Yang Gun nodded solemnly after hearing this, and pondered: "Xiancheng is really untrustworthy. Daliao cavalry has two reinforcements and responded in a timely manner. When Jinyang has hope of breaking through, it is impossible to rush to surrender so quickly. It's just that this important fortress known as Dragon City was only half a month before and after it was attacked. Isn't it too fast to fall?"

All the people in the Chinese army talked about it for a while. Brother Yeluxiu finally began to accept this fact, and sat on the horse with a stern face without saying a word.

Yang Gun turned his head and said, "You can temporarily stop the march of the army."

Brother Yeluxiu nodded with a livid face.

The generals chattered: "No wonder we are here. The capital of a country and the important town in the world can't be defended for half a month. Our Liao army has traveled thousands of miles to help. How can we save it?"

Yang Gun frowned and said: "The Northern Han army is not as bad as you think. Except for the Central Plains Dynasty, the Northern Han Army is the most powerful in the southern countries. Their soldiers fought all the year round, and they could once threaten the power of the Central Plains a few years ago; the earlier Central Plains dynasties swept the world from the east of the river! The problem of the Northern Han Dynasty is that the land is small and poor. The land is barren and cannot withstand long-term consumption; Jinyang under the moon, I really can't believe it..."

He turned his head to look at Brother Yeluxiu: "Tiejiang Guo is sure to become a serious problem for Daliao's confidants!"

Brother Yeluxiu gritted his teeth, and said after a while: "I really want to meet this man, to see if he has three heads and six arms!"

"Not at this time." Yang Gun hurriedly persuaded, "Zhou's army claims to be hundreds of thousands, and it is possible to dispatch 200,000 horses; our army is at a disadvantage against the main force of the Central Plains."

At this time, the main force of the Liao army stopped on the road one after another. It was just after noon, and it was not a time for repairs. There was a lot of noise in the army, and many people sat on the ground, watching and inquiring about the situation. But for ordinary Liao army cavalry, they didn't know what happened for a while. At a glance, they couldn't see anything except mountains and dense crowds of horses.

After a long time, news spread in the army one after another. It turned out that Jinyang had been breached!

The army was full of noise and voices for a while.

Even ordinary soldiers who are part-time herdsmen and cavalry don't know much about national affairs, but they are familiar with Jinyang, a famous city that is famous all over the world. Rumors abounded in the army. Some people said that Jinyang was captured in half a month; others said it was ten days, because they heard that the truce was negotiated for five days (many people were specious about the matter).

People still don’t think highly of the toughness of the Han’er soldiers, so it all comes down to Guo Shao... In general, everyone has knowledge about which race and situation. Even on the grasslands, there are many Han people, so it is difficult for people to accept and believe how strong Zhou Jun’s Han’er is; but if a certain “monster” is abnormal, some people will believe it. There are many legends of ghosts, gods and beasts even on the grassland, and of course there may be other places.

Even when many herdsmen were young, their parents frightened them with stories of monsters and ghosts to make them obedient. Many people grew up in such legendary stories.

"Have you heard about the death of thousands of people in Zhuozhou a few years ago?" A man from the Liao Army said in a serious voice with his eyes wide open.

He didn't make any noise, and his voice was not loud. But the soldiers sitting cross-legged around immediately moved their places and brought their heads closer.

The man had a frightening expression on his face: "Those corpses didn't have heads after all!"

Someone asked curiously and impatiently: "Didn't you have your head cut off to receive meritorious service?"

The man who spoke shook his head vigorously, and said: "It is said that Zhou Jun's military record does not cut off the first rank (this military law that Guo Shao first established, before it was still the first rank)." But this kind of thing said in a serious tone, it seems very reasonable and very credible, everyone still wants to hear the follow-up, so naturally they don't want to argue with him.

The man continued: "Then Blacksmith Guo is a local ghost who likes to eat people's brains!"

"Ah..." The mentally empty men were all dumbfounded, but they listened very intently.

The man who spoke said: "He is a monster in an underground iron mine. He has a huge body, three heads, and six arms. The three arms on the left hold three iron shields, and the three arms on the right hold a blacksmith's hammer, knife, and spear respectively! His body is covered with iron armor that grows out, as hard as a pangolin. After Guo Tiejiang comes out of the ground, he can turn into an ordinary person and deceive the world; Lost his original shape, killed people in the crowd, and ate his brains at the same time! He was invulnerable to swords and guns, and bows, arrows, knives and guns would break his body..."

The observing soldier asked: "Then what should we do? How to deal with that monster iron armor!"

The man said: "What should we do? Even the strong city of Jinyang can't stop it. Blacksmith Guo transformed into his original form and went up. He knocked down the city wall with a blacksmith's sledgehammer. Otherwise, why would he be able to capture the important town in less than ten days..."

"Huh!" Suddenly a majestic voice came.

Everyone turned their heads and saw that it was Yang Gun, the deputy commander of the army, who was riding on the road, and a group of soldiers hurriedly stood up and said nothing. Yang Gun raised his whip and pointed angrily: "Spreading rumors in the army for nothing, you don't know how to die!"

The man and the people around him all showed fear.

Yang Gun said coldly: "I think you are the first offender, and you will forgive me. If you dare to spread rumors, you will not be forgiven!" He looked back to the left and right and said loudly: "The Zhou army in the Central Plains has besieged Jinyang for more than a month, and some traitors surrendered in the city, so the Northern Han Kingdom lost Jinyang early.

Yang Gun said that he patted his horse and went to the temporary station of the Chinese army.

Brother Yeluxiu had already found a stone by the side of the road and sat down with his scabbard on the ground, leaning on his left hand and sitting in a majestic manner, surrounded by generals.

"Jinyang was breached too quickly, and the army was shocked, and rumors have already started." Yang Gun bowed.

Brother Yeluxiu said: "Wearing military orders strictly prohibits gossip."

"Yes." Yang Gun bowed.

Brother Yeluxiu said with a straight face, "I thought there was no need to go south now."

Yang Gun hurriedly echoed: "What the commander said is very true. According to the imperial decree of the great man, our troops went south to break the siege of Jinyang. We gathered troops in Yinshan and went south. There was no delay on the way; Jinyang was besieged for half a month and lost the city. It is not because of our ineffectiveness in fighting... The intention to send troops has been lost, so there is no need to fight this battle."

Brother Yeluxiu said casually: "It's just a waste of time, I'm a little unwilling, and it's hard to explain to the ministries."

Yang Gun hurriedly persuaded: "As we discussed before, it is not a good opportunity to go south to fight with Zhou's army now... Zhou's army has morale and confidence in the first victory, and there are many soldiers and horses in the whole country; I am a partial division of Daliao, and I have come from a long way. Besides, after Zhou's army captured Jinyang, there was a strong city to rely on, and we had no barriers to attack and retreat. We are in a very disadvantageous position."

Brother Yeluxiu is also very sensible. Although his face is not good-looking, he seems to have made a decision. He said again: "Order the vanguard to retreat and change to the rear army. The whole army passes through Xinkou, annexes the north of Xinkou, and then let our own people garrison Xinkou. Then send scouts to investigate the situation again, and then make plans."

The general interjected: "Is the commander worried that the Northern Han army in Xinzhou will defect?"

Yang Gun helped to answer: "It's only a matter of time! Jinyang is broken, and the entire court of Northern Han has fallen into the enemy's hands. There is no other place to rely on. Surrendering to Zhou is of course the best way out...Don't forget, although Northern Han is an ally of Daliao, this place is still Han'er territory. Those officials and generals who don't vote for their own people, why do they vote for the foreign Daliao? If they voted for Daliao, they would have to fight against Zhou's army and continue to fight; Zhou's attack on Jinyang was to occupy the entire Hedong .”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Brother Yeluxiu slapped his thigh at this moment, stood up abruptly, and said decisively: "Order, all the troops retreat to the north of Xinkou! The forwards return to guard Xinkou!"

"Of order." All the generals bowed one after another.

Brother Yeluxiu walked up a hillside and looked to the south. In the direction of the line of sight, there is only the tide of people and horses in the mountains like a pitch-black flood, and then there are heavy mountains, and the Zhou army blocking people and horses in the south can't be seen at all. Just before he got the news of Jinyang City's destruction, he was still thinking about how to defeat Li Chuyun's department at Shiling Pass on the battlefield; he was thinking about whether the opponent was waiting for work, and whether he should rest for two or three days after approaching... As a result, all calculations were useless.

There are so many people in the army and they have planned many methods, but no one thought that Jinyang would be breached immediately! The battlefield is changing rapidly, which is probably the case.

"Tiejiang Guo..." Brother Yeluxiu whispered.

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