Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

In the first year of Daxu Shixing and the fourteenth year of Liao Yingli (Yeluxian's new name will be used early next year), it is the end of winter, which is the time of the twelfth lunar month. But by the time Xu Jun arrives in the northwest, it may be the end of the year or the beginning of next year.

General Yang Gun of the Liao Kingdom arrived in Xiazhou first, and immediately entered the palace to meet Li Yiyin.

Neither of them can speak the other's language, but both speak Chinese slowly. So the two parties partnered to deal with Han'er, but they could only communicate in Chinese without the need for an interpreter.

Yang Dagon had won the trust of Yelvjing before, and after Yelvjing died, he took refuge in Xiao Siwen, and Xiao Siwen also accepted him graciously. He is a middle-aged man with a serious and serious expression. Compared with most Central Plains people, he has a rounder face. Yang Gun's face is a bit narrow and long, with a high bridge of nose. He was wearing a warm animal skin hat, and his earmuffs were also fluffy. He bowed to Li Yiyin as soon as he entered the palace.

Li Yiyin immediately said: "This king is the leader of all ethnic groups in the party. May General Yang restrain his subordinates and not disturb the people of Pingxia."

Yang Gun said: "You have no worries, as long as you guarantee the supplies needed by the Liao army, I will guarantee that there will be no crimes in autumn." He changed his tone and said anxiously, "A few days ago, I will receive an urgent report from Xiao Gong, the privy envoy of the North Court.

After hearing this, Li Yiyin immediately showed a skeptical expression: "Ping Xia joined forces with Daliao, Xu Guoda made such great fanfare and thunderous noises, and he used tens of thousands of people to attack as if he wanted to destroy the party?"

Yang Gun was also a little embarrassed, because there are more than 100,000 coalition forces from various ministries, and they are defending in the Dangxiang area. It is really rare that the attacking side only has about half of the defenders.

Yang Gun said: "This is the news sent by Duke Xiao personally, there should be no mistake."

Li Yiyin asked: "Xu Guo's troops are still in his country, how did Daliao know the strength of Xu's army?"

Yang Gun replied: "Use spies. In the past, when Daliao spied on Tokyo, they sent scouts across the Yellow River to investigate, and they were often caught by the Central Plains patrols;

Xiao Gong followed the same example and asked Daliao spies to pretend to be businessmen to benefit the people of Xu. Sure enough, Xu Guoren hid it like a chicken laying golden eggs.

Not long ago, there was a lot of fanfare in Tokyo. Soldiers and school inspectors gathered in the suburbs for half a month. Xiao Gong sent people to inquire many times and bribed the officials, and finally got the news. "

Li Yiyin still doesn't believe it.

Yang Gun was not sure whether the news was ready, after all, there were too many twists and turns. He suggested that Li Yiyin place spies on the southeast road, and then spy on the ground when Xu Jun approached Pingxia.

After Yang Gun finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something, so he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Li Yiyin: "The letter written by Xiao Gong to Li Gong, the heartfelt words are all in the letter."

Li Yiyin picked it up and saw that it was all in Chinese, written in very neat and beautiful lowercase letters. I didn’t expect that Xiao Siwen, the important minister of the Liao Dynasty, was so proficient in Chinese... Obviously Xiao Siwen couldn’t write party scripts, and they couldn’t understand Khitan.

However, Xiao Siwen's literary talents are useless here, because Li Yiyin's culture is limited, so it is really confusing. He looked a little embarrassed, after all, he was the highest leader of the party members, and he didn't want to show his ignorance, so he said: "Thanks to Xiao Gong's handwriting, I will take a bath and change clothes, and read it carefully."

He pondered in his heart and turned to find someone to help. For a moment, he inadvertently thought of his daughter Li Yueji. Yueji read more books than him, so she must be able to understand.

Yang Gun noticed Li Yiyin's subtle expression changes. Yang Gun took the initiative to say: "Xiao Gong, the last general, will do his best to share the same hatred with the general, and will never stand on the sidelines..."

Li Yiyin nodded thoughtfully.

...Yang Gun said calmly: "General Li, don't doubt the sincerity of the Liao Army. Xiao Gong said that the weather has been good for many years today, like the rain on the grass and trees, and it will be a time of wild growth; the shaman watched the sky at night and understood the instructions of the gods. The priest also predicted that the next hundred years will be prosperous. The crops will be harvested, the cattle and sheep will be fat, and the population will surely flourish..."

After hearing this, Li Yiyin stared, not knowing if it was right or not. He just thought it was a big fool and didn't believe it at all when the priest foresaw things that would happen a hundred years later. What's more, the shamanism seems to worship the ancestors, who are the ancestors of the Khitan people, and it has nothing to do with the party and people?

But he didn't raise any doubts, just kept silent... There are many sects in Northwest China, including those who believe in Buddhism, Lama Buddha, Manichaeism, Zoroastrianism, etc.

Yang Gun seems to be a shamanist, and he said with gusto, "A booming population is the foundation of prosperity, and this is the time for all nations to grow stronger. Xu Guohan has a large population and occupies the vast and fertile land of the Central Plains. Now he is ambitious and will threaten all tribes. We should form an alliance, and we must not let Guo Tiejiang and his officials taste the sweetness of expansion..."

Li Yiyin nodded frequently after hearing what was said later, no matter what, the Liao army only needs to help Lao Tzu sincerely!

As for the rest, it's all nonsense! Li Yiyin's hair is already gray, and he is in his dozen years old. His rich experience has made his beliefs more and more stubborn. It is obviously not easy for Yang Gun to try to convince him of other ideas.

Yang Gun also warned: "Xu Jun's firearms are very sharp in attacking the city. If you stick to an important place, you must be careful. The field battle is also very brave, but it is also a common method of battle formation."

...

It was not until the middle of the twelfth lunar month that Li Yiyin was impressed by the ability of Liao State Minister Xiao Siwen.

His scouts have found out the strength of Xu Jun's menacing men, no more, no less, between 70,000 and 80,000 troops! And this news, Xiao Siwen actually figured it out a month ago!

After all, Daliao is a northern grassland, a big country that governs all ethnic groups and tribes from the west to the east, it really is not the same.

At this time, the weather was so cold that people didn't even want to go out. The news made Li Yiyin smart and energetic.

"There are only more than 70,000 people, divided into two groups, front and rear, and the two groups are separated by tens of miles..." Li Yiyin suddenly became a little excited.

There are only more than 40,000 main players in front? At first when the news came from the Liao people, he thought it was ridiculous, but now that his own people have made many inquiries and observations, it happened to be the same, and Li Yiyin had no choice but to believe it.

There are 20,000 infantry and cavalry reinforcements from the Liao army alone, and the combined strength of the various party departments is nearly 100,000! In the battle of Youzhou, the Xu army only relied on the large number of people. Although the Liao army was defeated in Youzhou, all the tribes still dare not deny the combat power of their cavalry. The reinforcements are already equivalent to nearly half of the Xu army's strength this time...

At this time, Xiashou's Ye Ci suddenly became a little annoyed: "The Xu people look down on us too much, this is a contempt and humiliation to us!"

Li Yiyin didn't understand why this man was angry, "The fight in battle is not based on humiliation, what annoys you?"

Ye Ci said: "Xu Jun dispatched such a small number of troops, I am afraid that he only cares about the reinforcements of the Liao Army and treats our party members as nothing!"

Li Yiyin gave him an annoyed look, "No matter what, as long as Xu Jun is defeated in this battle, no one will stop the party members from establishing the Great White Kingdom."

At this time, Wu Zang said: "Han'er does not despise our clan, but he is forced to do so."

He glanced at Ye Ci and said: "Han'er came from Tokyo, took the southeast road, and went up along the Yellow River. To the south of Hengshan Mountain, there are ravines and ravines, the land is barren, and the population under the jurisdiction of Xu State is sparsely populated. Food and grass have to be sent from a long distance. The mountains are high and the roads are far away, and transportation is inconvenient. Even if there are 70,000 to 80,000 horses, it is enough for the Xu State court to toss.

This is also the reason why the Central Plains imperial court has rewarded and tolerated us for many years and wanted to win us over. If you don't want to, you can't do anything to us. However, the party has few people and small land, so it is of no benefit to be an enemy of the Central Plains. "

After hearing this, Li Yiyin murmured: "It makes sense. I heard that the Central Plains mobilized a large army during the battle of Youzhou, which cost a lot of money. Maybe it's not enough to spend now, so there is such a situation."

Li Yiyin also thought about many reasons in order to convince herself to believe in the things before her eyes.

Ye Ci said coldly: "Since the Central Plains court is powerless, why are they still tearing up their faces and bullying and humiliating us?"

Li Yiyin was already very happy and excited, but he felt that he should calm down, so he appeared calmer, "This is not the first time to start a war. After this battle, I am afraid that there will be endless wars in the future."

His implication is that Xu Jun's attack may be just a test. The most difficult thing is yet to come. Maybe the National Congress will spend a long time with the party by relying on its solid foundation.

However, Li Yiyin couldn't help but signaled, "Xu Jun is on his own expedition this time, and the emperor is also in the army..."

Ye Ci immediately bowed and said, "Please take the lead to capture the emperor and avenge Princess Yueji's shame!"

Li Yiyin said: "Very good. Even if the emperor is not captured and the emperor's army is defeated, the status of party members will not be the same in the future!"

Li Yiyin immediately convened various ministries to discuss countermeasures. It was found out that Xu Guo's army was heading north along the Yellow River, and everyone guessed that they might march along a larger river. First, it would not be easy to get lost, and second, it could completely guarantee the army's water source... Then they would enter the Wuding River from the Yellow River, attack Suizhou first, and then break through the Hengshan area.

The north of the Pingxia land is mainly grassland and pasture land, and the Hengshan area is agricultural land. They can get a lot of supplies from the Hengshan area; therefore, they cannot give up the Hengshan land and let Xu Guoxian stabilize that piece of land.

Suizhou was a center in the southeastern part of Hengshan Mountain. If Xu Jun captured this place, it could become a large rear camp; before advancing to Suizhou, there was a long distance without any important towns or gathering places for supplies. The coalition forces went out of Suizhou to look for opportunities to fight, which was not conducive to Xu Jun.

The main reason is that the morale of the people from all walks of life is very high at this time, and they are all looking forward to teaching the emperor of the Central Plains a lesson, and everyone is eager to try... After all, there are not many soldiers and horses around the emperor!