Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Early the next morning, the first thing Yelujing got up was to go to the front of the formation to watch. The genius is dim, and the Zhou army formation in the distance is lined with forests, like patches of forest; the fire in the distance has not been extinguished, and the mist that has not dispersed last night seems to have a halo.

Yelujing's face was ashen, on the vast battlefield, he didn't see any place where he could insert a knife!

After a while, someone suddenly came up and reported: "Abudi stayed behind in Youzhou and urgently reported that the Zhou army is attacking Youzhou City!"

After hearing this, Yelujing's face turned blue and white, and his eyes left the vast Zhou army formation in front of him. He turned his head and saw Xiao Siwen: "Abudi is one of your subordinates, a wine bag and a rice bag?"

Xiao Siwen's face was very ugly: "Khan calm down, it must be the group of troops that Zhou Jun attacked and harassed my food road! The light is not clear at night, and the large group of horses is very powerful. Abudi is too concerned about the safety of Youzhou City, so he misreported the military situation."

Yelujing said in a deep voice: "Why did Zhou's army come to Youzhou again? They were still in the northwest last night!"

Xiao Siwen frowned and said: "These people marched all night, and they must have never stopped to rest...Since they arrived in Youzhou from the northwest overnight, they probably want to pass through Youzhou to the southeast!"

He also suggested: "Yelu Xiezhen's 20,000 elite cavalry are encircled westward near the Wenyu River in the east; at this time, if they can go south in time, they should be able to block the Zhou army's way! Zhou's army has stopped all day and night. At this time, they must be exhausted. As long as they are caught by a part of the Liao army, they will undoubtedly lose!"

Yelvjing gritted her teeth and asked, "Is it too late?"

Xiao Siwen said: "It is reported that the Zhou army's northern attack is a large group of cavalry, and it is difficult to hide their tracks. Yelu Xiezhen will know their movements sooner or later, but I don't know if it will be in time. I immediately send a fast horse to inform the Zhou army!"

At this time, the sun had risen from the east, and the light between the sky and the earth suddenly became brighter. Xiao Siwen arranged a fast horse, watched the shadow of the fast horse run to the northeast, and watched the rising sun in the eastern sky.

… Yelu Xiezhen received the report from the scouts, and led the guards to gallop south for a while, and saw a long series of footprints on the snow.

He jumped off the horse and took a closer look. There were countless marks on the ground trampled by horseshoes. In some places, even the dirt under the snow was turned up! The snow has been repeatedly trampled into crushed ice. I don't know how many people and horses have passed through here to become like this.

Yelu Xiezhen raised his head and looked south along the footprints. There was a long track on the snow field, which had no end and stretched to the south.

"Yeah!" Yelu Xiezhen spat vigorously on the ground.

...The east gate of Gu'an County was opened, and a large number of horsemen filed in. In the cold air, the men and horses were exhaling white steam, already exhausted. But Dong Zunhui jumped off the horse in front of the barracks, and he raised his head and laughed "haha".

The generals burst into cheers. Dong Zunhui pointed to the dead sheep on horseback, and shouted: "Take it out and roast the prey!"

Another general clamored to ask the Gu'an County treasury for good wine, and there was a lot of noise at the gate of the barracks.

All the soldiers didn't close their eyes all day and all night, but they didn't feel sleepy at all, and they packed the mutton excitedly.

Entering the lobby of the barracks, someone said there: "This sheep died yesterday, and the blood has not been bled. I'm afraid the flesh color is not good."

Zhou Tong said loudly: "But our sheep have another taste, the taste of victory!"

All the generals widened their eyes and said in unison: "The taste of victory!"

Soldiers have come in with charcoal and firewood to build a fire. Dong Zunhui and others pour the wine first, drink and wait for the meat to be cooked. Everyone raised their wine bowls and shouted for a while, then raised their heads and drank the first bowl of wine in one gulp! After Dong Zunhui finished drinking, he squinted his eyes and let out a long breath of "ha", and everyone looked at him with sideways smiles.

Dong Zunhui put the wine bowl heavily on the table with a "slap", and said, "Youzhou is as big as Pingchuan on the left, we are galloping at any time, and the Liao army temporarily dispatches troops, do you still want to arrest us?"

"Ha ha……"

Zhang Jiankui patted his horse and said, "General Dong is a hero!"

Dong Zunhui immediately cupped his fists and said, "It all depends on the proper deployment of the officials."

Everyone immediately agreed. Dong Zunhui looked at the sheep on the fire and said, "Pick up a few and give them as gifts to the officials." Dong Zunhui turned his head to look at Zhou Tong, and said with a "hehe" smile, "This sheep is very interesting!"

As soon as the words were finished, a general came in and clasped his fists and said, "I report to General Dong, someone from Bazhou Palace is here to see you!"

Dong Zunhui immediately stood up, "Please!"

After a while, a civil servant came in, cupped his hands and said, "General Dong has criss-crossed the Liao army and won nothing. The news spread to Bazhou, and everyone in the military government praised him. General Dong has become a great Zhou hero!"

Dong Zunhui's exhausted face was flushed, but he didn't know whether it was because he was overwhelmed by alcohol, or if he was not drunk, everyone was drunk.

The civil official stood up straight again and said, "Your Majesty has ordered General Dong to sleep and then go to Bazhou to face the saint; the queen asked someone to bring grapes and wine, and Your Majesty wants to drink with General Dong!"

The civil servant glanced at him, and then reminded in a private tone: "It is said that there are not many fine wines brewed by the Queen herself, and not everyone is lucky enough to taste them."

Dong Zunhui rubbed his hands, too excited to speak.

All the generals congratulated immediately, and Zhou Tong also joked: "The empress, the mother of the world, brews fine wine by herself. After drinking it, General Dong will come back and talk to my brothers."

"Of course!" Dong Zunhui patted his chest and said, "Let me attack again, this time turn Youzhou upside down!"

...

Yelvjing's stiff hair and beard in the big tiger-skin chair almost stood on end like a hedgehog. At this time, someone came in and reported: "The barracks in the north of Zhuozhou was attacked by Zhou's cavalry!"

A nobleman hurriedly asked, "Which direction did you come from?"

Xiao Siwen, who was standing at the bottom, couldn't help but glanced at the nobleman, wondering if this guy was stupid, or was he beaten into a daze? The Zhou army was not a tribe on the grassland. The cavalry who attacked them had already returned to the south, and the main force was near Zhuozhou. How could there be a sudden attack from the north? Obviously it was the cavalry who attacked from the city of Zhuozhou. The north of Zhuozhou was the troops of the Liao army attacking the fortifications of Zhuozhou.

Sure enough, someone came and said: "It's the cavalry from Zhuozhou! The forward charged with heavy cavalry and threw iron spears. The front is invincible. It must be Shi Yanchao, who is known as the number one fierce general of Zhou State!"

After the horsemen we stayed in the barracks were defeated, the Zhou army rushed to kill them several times. The Xiren and Jurchen infantry stationed in the camp couldn't resist, and they were covered up by the cavalry and suffered heavy injuries. The catapults, ladders, and luggage were burned down by Zhou Jun throwing fierce fire oil..."

Yelujing patted the armrest of the chair and said angrily: "How many cavalry soldiers does the Zhou army have in Zhuozhou? How dare they be so rampant, and send elite soldiers to reinforce them immediately!"

Xiao Siwen couldn't stand still anymore, he hurriedly went out to pay homage: "Khan, I have a word."

Yelvjing turned her head, with anger on her face.

Xiao Siwen held his breath and said, "The situation is a little bit wrong."

Yelujing said coldly: "What's wrong?"

Xiao Siwen said: "This campaign was the Northern Expedition of the Zhou Kingdom, but from the very beginning they were passively building defense lines to prevent the Daliao cavalry from counterattacking! Their fortifications and infantry could not choose when and where to start the battle... But since the Zhou army harassed the rear on the North Road, our Daliao army mobilized troops to encircle|suppress, and gradually followed in the Zhou army's footsteps; the current situation, the Daliao army's hundreds of thousands of mobile galloping cavalry, are restrained by the Zhou army at every step, and there are signs of being led by the nose..."

Another minister said: "The Xiren Jurchen infantry in the big camp can't resist. If they don't save them, the two-legged ones can't run four-legged ones. Could it be that they just sit back and watch them be killed by the Zhou army's cavalry? Can we not send troops to fight back at this time!"

Xiao Siwen was speechless, unable to think of a countermeasure temporarily.

Yelujing immediately appointed a general and asked him to bring elite soldiers to the west.

The main force of the Liao army is almost on the left side of Zhuozhou. First, the Liao army attacked the outer castles of Zhuozhou and besieged them from all sides. The camp was set up in the north of Zhuozhou and backed towards Youzhou City.

The Liao army was harassed by the Zhou army's large group of wandering cavalry, and more than 30,000 Liao fine cavalry had already attacked; now that the Zhengbei camp in Zhuozhou had been defeated, the front camp had to be taken away from the Khan's camp to fight back... Every step of the mobilization is to cope with the Zhou army's movements. Isn't this considered passive?

Xiao Siwen felt that the situation was inexplicable at this time, and it became very strange! The Liao army is dominated by cavalry. Shouldn't they control the battlefield and choose when and where to fight? !

The charcoal fire in the big tent is booming.

Suddenly Yelvjing slapped the table with his palm, furiously, and pointed at the nose of a servant beside him: "Ben Khan told you to wear a dog fur hat! Pull it out and beat it, beat it to death!"

"Khan, spare me, spare me..." The attendant's face turned pale, his knees softened and he knelt on the ground.

The attendant said again: "The nobles have pity on the poor slaves, please persuade the sweat..."

Everyone looked at each other, but no one said anything. Yelujing was very angry today, but he didn't dare to vent his anger on the ministers and nobles, he just wanted to beat up a servant, who would want to talk out loud?

But many people were probably puzzled, even Xiao Siwen wondered: Why did the attendant wear a dog fur hat, so he was sweating profusely? Is it wrong for others to wear any hat? Thinking about it, maybe it was a little hot in the big tent, and wearing such a tight hat made Yelujing feel uncomfortable... Or maybe Yelujing remembered the hunting dog he liked and was angry at the servant wearing dog skin?

After a while, screams of crying father and mother came from outside the big tent.

Everyone listened silently, as if no one heard it.

Xiao Siwen took half a step forward, and immediately attracted everyone's attention. Yelvjing also looked at him coldly.

Xiao Siwen said in a deep voice: "I suggest that Da Khan collect the big tent first and prepare for it. Many decorations of this big tent are left by the ancestors. It would be a pity if they were lost."

Yelvjing said, "What do you mean?"

Xiao Siwen said: "The infantry in front of the Zhou army may be about to attack us. Of course the infantry can't catch up with us, but we are in a hurry to set up camp and pack tents temporarily. Why don't we prepare first..."

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