Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Xiao Siwen returned to the city of Youzhou with a lot of emotions in his heart.

Standing on the high top of the city, the flat land outside the city appears more vast, and the sky seems to be as low as you can touch.

The cloud layer is not thick, the brilliance shot by the sun behind the clouds dyes the clouds brightly, the center is dazzling, and the light spreads to the surroundings like ten thousand arrows, but it is even more magnificent. The golden light at this time is 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 Sanggan River meanders to the east, and the wind blowing on the river sparkles, like the armor of thousands of troops! Going east along this river, there are indeed thousands of troops! Zhou Jun's city in the lower reaches of the Sanggan River has already been built. Xiao Siwen can imagine that the army will march along the river and waterway, and they can reach Youzhou within a day!

According to what the spies reported, the city built by the Zhou army was just a large barracks and a large granary, and there were basically no people in it except for the people who built the city; so there was no need to consider many livelihood issues in ordinary cities, otherwise it would not be possible to build them in a few months.

His palm patted hard on the blue bricks of the parapet a few times, and made some trivial movements. Then he carefully wiped off the dirt on his hands, turned around and walked down the city wall.

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

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

"It was hollowed out with stones and stuffed with gunpowder, and it exploded after being ignited and thrown." Fan Zhongyi said, "This is what the Liao army captured when they attacked the Zhuozhou fortress. It is a new thing."

Xiao Siwen picked it up and looked at it carefully, "I'm afraid it's not easy to hollow out the stone with such a small hole."

Fan Zhongyi said: "It is true."

He took out another broken copper fire gun, which was also used by Zhou Jun. The Liao army had experienced this thing on the battlefield at the beginning of the year, that is, the sound was loud and smoky, the range was far inferior to that of a bow | crossbow, and it was slow to fight.

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

After Xiao Siwen went on patrol, he wrote a memorial that night, reporting that the Zhou army in Shangjing was about to attack Youzhou, please send troops to rescue.

He hoped that Zhou's army would delay for a few more months. In autumn, the Liao army's horses would be fatter and their food and fodder would be more abundant, so the pressure on food and grass for the war would not be so great.

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

None of the nobles in Shangjing questioned the news that Zhou Jun was going to attack Youzhou. Zhou Jun spent a lot of money building a city in the southeast of Youzhou, and the army gathered in Hebei for several months. I am afraid it is not as simple as scaring people.

Miyagi discusses sending troops south again.

The army only returned to the north at the beginning of the year, and it will be dispatched again in a few months; and the time of going back and forth allowed the Zhou army to occupy a favorable position! However, such a situation is not tossing around, and it is definitely not a mistake in decision-making!

It is really helpless, if hundreds of thousands of Liao troops stay in Youzhou, it will consume a few months. The Liao army is still in Youzhou, Zhou Jun should not dare to rush forward to build the city, the situation can only be a stalemate, except for the two sides wasting money and food together, there will be no result.

Yelujing didn't say a word, and hoped that all the ministries would support him to send troops south again!

At this moment, Yelujing suddenly felt that Xiao Siwen was actually a loyal minister... If he lost Hebei, he couldn't imagine whether his throne was safe or not, and what kind of chaos would arise below!

Someone suggested: "It can be like the beginning of the year with Qingqi elite soldiers going south to harass and threaten the Zhou army's besiegers."

General Yelu Xiezhen objected: "One time and another time. In the battle of Youzhou last year, the Zhou army's Northern Expedition army went deep into the Liao territory, hanging alone outside the city of Youzhou; moreover, our army was already gathering and going south, posing a great threat to the Zhou army. The Zhou army withdrew so quickly because they did not want to take risks in order to preserve their strength.

At this time, Zhou Jun's defense line was only a day away from Youzhou, and I thought it would not be easy to force the Zhou people back with just a small group of elite soldiers. "

Yelvjing turned her gaze to Brother Yeluxiu.

Brother Yeluxiu also said: "Your servant, please be the vanguard, but the Great Khan can personally lead the army to go south, so that we can fight against the Zhou people!"

At this moment, the atmosphere in the palace was not quite right. It was not like before, where everyone was shouting and shouting... Most of the people did not say a word. In fact, they had experienced it from the battlefield when they went south at the beginning of the year. This kind of war did not gain any real benefits, but they had to hurt themselves. Right now, the envoys and ministries are not very well off.

Everyone discussed it, but Youzhou couldn't give up easily. In the end, an agreement was reached: to go south with light cavalry first, and to support the defenders of the South Court to defend Youzhou, delay until autumn, and then send out a large army to go south.

Yelujing said: "With Zhou Guogong Yeluxiu as the vanguard, lead 10,000 elite soldiers in the palace tent, select 20,000 tribal troops, and go south as soon as possible to reinforce Xiao Siwen to defend the city."

Brother Yeluxiu bowed and accepted the order.

Yelvjing didn't dare to transfer all the tent troops from Shangjing, this time was different, he had to stay in Shangjing for a few more months! If there is no strength around him, he will not feel at ease.

Yelvjing sat in a chair, looked back at the ministers on both sides, and looked at each of the faces, as if guessing what kind of heart each person was holding!

"Khan, don't worry, I will teach the Zhou people a lesson when I go south!" Brother Yeluxiu said bitterly. This sentence is not only to assure the emperor, but also to listen to the people present, so that some people will not look down upon others because of their failure at the beginning of the year!

Yelujing praised: "Very good! Zhou Guogong is the left and right arm of Ben Khan."

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

No one could answer.

General Yelu Xiezhen said calmly: "In the current situation, I'm afraid we can only exhaust ourselves, or recklessly fight for strength. There is no other way. Unless..."

"Unless what?" Yelvjing also showed an urgent glimmer of hope.

Yelu Xiezhen looked at Brother Yeluxiu: "Unless an ancient talent emerges, a peerless general makes extraordinary achievements, and wins a crucial battle unexpectedly, we can escape from this quagmire!"

People could not help but let out a sigh of loss. What nonsense! Naturally, there are occasional famous battles in history where the enemy is outnumbered.

Brother Yeluxiu gritted his teeth at this time, and stood there with round eyes, as if he was mustering a lot of energy. Many people in the court praised him as a hero in the past, but later complained that he caused Zhou Guo to get into trouble, and wanted to shift the responsibility to himself for no reason... It seems that such things as establishing miraculous achievements are what he should do? !

The Emperor of Liao looked at it, and said with great hope: "The country is in crisis, and this Khan is very worried! If brother Xiu makes great achievements for this Khan, he will definitely become a hero passed down by all ethnic groups in Khitan for thousands of years!"

The so-called miraculous people are of course those who do extraordinary things at the most difficult critical moment, and then they can be called gods! \u003c