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 under the sun; on the ground of the city wall, the edges and corners of the stones are all rounded. This is the trace of the years, but there are not many signs of man-made damage. There has been no war in Youzhou for many years.

Xiao Siwen stood by the female wall, looking at it, while stroking the beard of the man with his fingers, looking thoughtful.

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

After saying that, 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 parapet, like frozen water. At this time, the water splashed last night will freeze at night and in the morning. But Xiao Siwen looked up at the sun, feeling the warmth of the sun on his face, and guessed that before noon, the ice on the wall would melt.

At this time, Abudi pointed to the northeast and said: "There is a large group of Zhou troops stationed there, before they besiege the city, we can counterattack the camp."

Xiao Siwen immediately thought of Zhuozhou a few years ago. Because of a mistake, he temporarily asked the general to lead his troops to attack Zhuozhou, but suffered huge losses. He shook his head cautiously and said: "It's useless. Even if the attack on the camp is successful, too few people will go out and it won't cause any real blow to the Zhou army. We still have to take risks... There are too many Zhou soldiers, and it is reported that there are endless streams of people on several major roads."

He also carefully observed the soldiers on the city, and felt that the soldiers were faintly afraid. Because there are some rumors quietly spreading in the army, it is rumored that Zhou Guozhu Guo Blacksmith is a monster who ran out of the ground, with three heads and six arms holding a big hammer and so on.

Moreover, the Zhou army was in full swing, and it was not the right time to go out of the city to seek battle with such morale.

At this moment, a general knelt down on the ground: "Damn it! I didn't find out that Zhou's people went north... The general sent scouts several times, but he still hasn't come back. I don't know what happened, why didn't he find out that Zhou's army was transferred."

Xiao Siwen looked down at him and said: "You were negligent, but even if we found out in advance, our situation is not much different. It only took a few days for Zhou Jun to travel from Yizhou to Youzhou? With that marching speed, early detection is nothing more than that."

He looked back and said, "There is no other way now, but to stick to the city and wait for reinforcements. Without reinforcements, there is not enough troops stationed in Youzhou, so there is nothing we can do to take the Zhou army."

All the generals bowed one after another and said, "The last general is waiting for your order."

Xiao Siwen said again solemnly: "The 10,000 cavalry soldiers who came to help at the end of last year are nothing more than that. The family members of those who guard Youzhou are all in the city. If the city is not defended, the city will be destroyed! I hope you will work hard to protect the country."

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

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Even in the daytime, charcoal fires were burning inside the royal court on Shangjing Hill, and the windows were sealed. The flames were reflected on the face of Liao Emperor Yelujing, and his eyes were reflecting fireworks, which looked very scary.

The ministers and nobles of the North Court were filled with righteous indignation, and they were yelling, beating and killing!

Yelvjing pulled her face and said nothing. He thought in his heart: If it wasn't for all of you thinking about getting Lao Tzu down from the throne, with Daliao's martial arts strength, why not? !

All the nobles asked to send troops to Youzhou one after another, and there was no objection in the court to rescue Youzhou.

The minister of the North Court came out and put his hands on his chest and bowed: "The Great Khan has decreed that the North Court can gather 400,000 horses from the palace tent army and tribal army within two months!"

The strength of Daliao is not in vain. They occupied a vast land, ruled a large number of tribes and populations, and had almost no fortresses on the Great Wall. Without a large number of powerful forces, it would be difficult to maintain such a large country; moreover, the cavalry mobilization was rapid on the grasslands, and the ratio of population to military force was high. It is a fact that hundreds of thousands of cavalry can be mobilized at critical moments.

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

All the ministers looked sideways after hearing this.

Yang Gun bowed and said: "At the beginning, I followed Brother Yeluxiu to rescue the Northern Han Dynasty. It was not a delay, but Jinyang was broken before reaching the place. You can look down on the Northern Han Dynasty, but Jinyang City is famous for its strength. Zhou Guozhu is called "Guo Pocheng".

A nobleman asked: "What do you mean?"

Yang Gun bent over and looked up at the superior.

Yelvjing picked up the bowl on the table with her tiger's mouth, raised her head and took a sip of strong wine. As the hot taste flowed down his throat, his face gradually turned into a sickly crimson color.

He understood Yang Gun's meaning: to save Youzhou as quickly as possible, the only option is to mobilize the palace tent army from Shangjing to protect the royal court!

But Yelvjing had to think about it, if the palace tent army was transferred away, and the tribal army could justifiably gather closer to Shangjing, would they take the opportunity to plot something wrong? And if he personally led the palace tent army to go south, and he had to gather more reinforcements later, would he take the opportunity to occupy Shangjing to deal with the profuse Khan who had already gone south?

Yelujing couldn't control himself to think too much, if he felt safe, why were the windows of this palace sealed?

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

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

Yelvjing understood that Youzhou had a great relationship, and if Youzhou was lost without saving, it would even arouse internal dissatisfaction and conflicts.

He didn't hesitate any longer, and immediately said: "First, dispatch 40,000 elite palace tent troops to quickly go south to harass the Zhou people to attack the city. One month later, Ben Khan will lead an army of '200,000' from Shangjing to the south!"

All the ministers echoed one after another: "The Great Khan is wise and mighty!"

Yelujing looked down at the ministers, looked over one by one, and his eyes stopped on the young Yeluxiu's face: "Yeluxiu, take Ben Khan's elite soldiers and go first!"

Brother Yeluxiu immediately stepped out, slapped his palm on his left chest ambitiously, and bowed forcefully: "The last general leads the order, and he is so determined to fulfill his mission!"

"Okay!" Yelujing pointed at Yang Gun again, "You are still the deputy general."

Yang Gun said: "The minister receives the order."

Yelvjing slapped the table with a palm: "Give wine!"

The maid hurriedly came up with the wine jar, filled it up for Yelvjing first, then put two bowls and poured wine in front of the two generals.

Yelujing picked up the wine bowl.

"Thank you, Khan!" The two generals bowed together, raised their heads and drank the wine.

Yelvjing also picked up the bowl and gulped down his stomach. His body became even hotter. He waved the bowl and smashed it into pieces, stood up and pointed to the south: "Don't show me, I think Daliao is easy to provoke!"

...Yeluxiu and Yang Gun took the imperial decree and went to the camp in the north of Shangjing to dispatch troops. The two led their guards and rushed out of the palace city, and soon saw the camp of the palace tent army.

Brother Yeluxiu looked at the scene in front of him with excitement.

Pieces of felt tents are neatly arranged horizontally and vertically on the grass, as grand as white clouds in the sky. The scene here is completely different from the scene in Nancheng. There are no buildings at all, just an open space. The Khitan army does not need houses, and they maintain their original habits and live in tents.

Brother Yeluxiu yelled, and led the crowd down the gentle slope and into the camp. The accompanying court officials handed over the credentials and summoned all the generals to come to confirm the military order.

Brother Yeluxiu immediately inspected the various divisions of the Palace Tent Army, and he was sure that the Palace Tent Army of Shangjing Beiyuan is the real elite!

Most cavalry have iron armor, mainly scale and chain armor, or at least strong hard leather armor.

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

The palace tent army in the North Court of Shangjing is well-equipped and strong. There was even a group of heavy cavalry who even had armor on their horses, but the guard Yeluxiu couldn't take them away, they were the guards who were only around the emperor.

The main force of the Liao army was already hunting everywhere, and the tents of the garrison could be unpacked as soon as they were packed. It didn't take two days to dispatch troops.

A large number of horses came out of the capital, and the grasslands were surging with tens of thousands of horses, so it 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 tent army has left Beijing... Among them are the spies of Dazhou.

First of all, a small number of secret agents pretended to be fur merchants and entered the southern city of Shangjing to establish trade relations with the local area. This way was troublesome and difficult. Later, when the Northern Han Dynasty fell, many officials of the Northern Han Dynasty were worried about being liquidated by the Zhou army, so they fled to the Liao Kingdom with their families, including many servants.

At that time, there was chaos and chaos, and the leader of the secret operation in Jinyang took the opportunity to let undercover agents disguise themselves as various identities and mix in with the fleeing crowd according to the prior arrangement, and then ran to Shangjing. Some said that the servants of a certain family were separated, and there were so many servants in each family that it was difficult to find out, and no one took care of them; there was even a person who claimed to be an official in Jinyang, but was asked by an official which office he was in and which room he was in, and it turned out to be false. Officials of the Northern Han Dynasty thought he was a Qingpi who fished in troubled waters and coaxed him away.

Outside the south city gate, two men carrying firewood stood there and watched. On the undulating grassland, the black herd of horses filled the air like a flood. The land is so open that the cavalry don't even need roads, so they started marching, which looked slow but was already considered a fast marching speed.

One of the men was watching the surrounding situation while the other carefully estimated how many people there were. There are tens of thousands of people, the number is uncountable, but it is probably only a matter of time.

The Liao army was dispatched, and as soon as they left Shangjing, the Zhou people knew the truth. In this regard, the Zhou court did a better job than the Liao people.

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