Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Spring is here, and the morning in Beijing is still cold. Yang Dagon lifted the thick sheepskin curtain, and a gust of cold wind came in, making him suffocate suddenly. Just got off the warm kang, the cold seemed more unbearable than usual.

He suddenly found a roll of paper tied beside the curtain door, he quickly untied it and looked around first. It was just dawn, and the air was dry and cold in the wind. There was no one in the tented camp, and nothing was found.

Yang Gun walked into the tent with the paper, lit the oil lamp with a piece of charcoal, and looked under the lamp. It read: The king of Yue must rebel.

Yang Gun hurriedly hid his things in his arms, packed up his things and left the tent.

When they arrived at the residence of Yelu Xiezhen, the privy envoy of the North Court, they saw Xiao Siwen and Yelu Huer already in the hall. Seeing Yang Gun, Yelu Xiezhen said, "The Yang family will immediately arrange some people to go to the Yalu River Jurchen Grand Palace."

Yang Gun asked, "What happened?"

Yelu Xiezhen said: "The imperial court sent envoys to the birthed Jurchens to write a letter. The local Jurchen tribes used the excuse of a decrease in pearl production to reduce the number of pearls offered. We need to know whether those birthed Jurchens have begun to despise the prestige of the Great Khitan."

He thought for a while and then said in a deep voice, "I also doubt whether the Koreans have contacts with the Jurchen tribe."

Xiao Siwen said fiercely: "If you don't teach those savages a lesson, they will forget to be respectful!"

After listening for a while, Yang Gun finally took out the secret letter from his pocket, and handed it up with both hands: "This is a letter that someone quietly placed outside my tent. I don't quite believe it, but I dare not keep it privately... The King of Yue has always been humble, and this letter may be someone's personal complaint to slander him."

A few people saw it: The king of Yue must rebel! They looked at each other immediately.

The king of Yue was named Yelu Bishe, the fifth son of Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty, and the younger brother of the "tyrant" Yelujing. But Yelu Bishe's mother was of a low status, and she was always humble. She used to persuade her brother Yelujing not to drink and kill indiscriminately, and saved many people, so she had a good reputation.

After Yeluxian succeeded to the throne, he did not make things difficult for him, and even named him King of Yue.

Xiao Siwen frowned and said, "King Yue doesn't seem like an ambitious man."

Yelu Xiezhen said, "What if some people encourage|encourage them?"

Yang Gun said: "The Great Khan will move and camp in Dongdan. We must be more careful during this trip."

The capital of Daliao is in Shangjing, but the center of power is not necessarily in Shangjing at all times. Wherever the Wangzhang camp migrates, it is the center that governs the vast grassland.

... And just half a month later, Xu Jun's three roads had completed gathering and headed north.

On the wilderness on the north bank of the Yellow River, stretches of cropland have turned green. There are a few fireworks rising everywhere, which are not the smoke in the village, but the cooking manure.

Last year, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River had a bumper harvest, and the grain boats on the Cao River continued to flow from autumn to winter. On a small mound, Guo Shao, who was riding a black horse to the north, couldn't help but rejoice and said: "This year is another bumper year!"

He pressed his sword and looked back. On several roads in the wilderness, there were many people and horses, and the dust filled the air, which added a bit of thickness to the brand-new green spring.

Horsemen in shining armor surged rapidly on one road, and long dragons moved slowly on the other roads. The infantry carrying firearms walked slowly in a column on the side of the road, and there were various vehicles in the middle of the road. There are donkey carts, horse-drawn carts, and wheelbarrows.

The heavy bronze cannon on the cart occasionally reveals a ferocious metallic luster under the covered felt. Grain, tents, gunpowder, and arrows are all being transported with the infantry.

Dozens of officials from the Central Army formed the Liaoxi Army Front Battalion Mansion to help Guo Shao manage the army's grain roads and warehouses. There is no danger in mobilizing tens of thousands of step riders in Hebei. Guo Shao then led his personal guards to leave the Liaoxi army on horseback, and went straight to Shandong for inspection.

A few days later he arrived at Dengzhou Port. The commander of the Jiaolong army, Han Tong, greeted them one mile outside the port, and led Guo Shao and others to inspect the other two armies.

There are camps and tents inside and outside Dengzhou Port, and the Tiezhou Army and Suzhou Army are waiting here. In the past few days, Guo Shao has seen another large-scale army mobilization in this era, and the scene is very spectacular.

Several huge Mulan ships were docked at the pier, their masts towering like towering trees. Teams of soldiers carrying packages on their backs are passing through the wooden corridors on the coast and walking onto the pier. They climbed up the tall Mulan ship deck from the rope ladder.

Many small boats shuttled on the pier, and the soldiers on the big boats were like ants. The people on the pier spotted the emperor's flag, and at some point, shouts of "long live" erupted.

This will be the first large-scale attack of the Daxu dynasty on the mainland of Liao, but the way of war is completely different from previous dynasties.

... On the seashore at the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula, the vicinity of Suzhou City in the Liao Kingdom is sparsely populated. The center of this area is Fuzhou (Fuxian), hundreds of miles away, where the Southern Jurchen Grand Palace and the Southern Jurchen Tanghe Division are located; Suzhou City is just a dilapidated small town.

A few wooden boats were floating on the seashore, and the Jurchens wearing animal skins threw a fishing net into the water vigorously, staring at the sea surface with a harpoon in their hands.

The wind and the sound of the waves were constant, and it was a peaceful morning, with the mist billowing like smoke over the sea. At this moment, there was a burst of "chili wah la" shouts.

The Jurchens on the boat looked up, and immediately stared wide-eyed at the swaying board.

Three huge ships first caught people's eyes, their huge vertical sails covered them like clouds, and the yellow dragon flags on the big ships were fluttering in the wind. After a while, more ships filled the sea, and the three columns were like geese on the sea.

The Jurchen fishermen hurriedly rowed their boats and fled towards the sea, as if they had seen a monster.

Xu Jun's fleet gradually approached the sea, and there was a dilapidated fishing village on the sea. Behind the fishing village, a string of dust was flying, and a cavalry of the Liao army had already left the city and approached the sea.

At this moment, the black shadow in the mist suddenly lit up like lightning, and a thunderous sound came. The savage fishermen in the fishing village were frightened and ran out in a mess.

Not long after, patches of light flashed, and the thunder became one. The sidestring cannons of the three large ships sounded together, and the ten-jin iron ball flew into the air roaring. The houses in the fishing village suddenly collapsed in patches, and earth, rocks and thatch flew everywhere.

A large number of Xu Jun's light boats also approached the beach, and the sound of artillery, large and small, roared. The cavalry of the Liao army by the sea held bows and arrows, waved iron spears and iron bones, and shouted there. At this time, an iron ball whizzed over, hit the soil by the sea with a "bang" and bounced, the horse next to it was frightened, screamed with a "hiss", turned around and ran away.

"Boom boom boom..." The lead pellets of the mother and son guns flew over. The Liao army screamed among the horses, and people fell off their horses constantly. A general raised his iron sword with a wave, and everyone turned their horses and ran northward, away from the iron balls and lead pellets.

There were several rounds of gunfire on the sea. They saw many sand boats appearing on the seashore, and the people on them paddled the sandboats to approach the seashore, and then soldiers jumped off the sandboats and landed on the seashore almost without resistance.

The general of the Liao army saw that the artillery on the big ship could hit the seashore, so he didn't dare to go forward again. He gave an order and led his troops back to the city.

... Xu Jun's large number of troops landed on the beach without any damage to a single soldier, and first set up camp fortifications. Seeing that there were more and more people and horses, the Liao army knew that they were invincible, so they hurriedly sent fast horses to Fuzhou for emergency.

Fuzhou immediately sent an emergency to Liaoyang Prefecture, the capital of Dongdan Kingdom.

But at this time, Liaoyang Mansion was in a state of panic, because the army villages in Tiezhou and Liaoxi Corridor also sent people for emergency. The king's tent of the Great Khan is going to Liaoyang mansion again in a few days, and all the yamen of Dongdan country are busy.

The monarchs and ministers in Yeluxian's big tent in the Daliao camp gradually figured out Xu Jun's movements from the news from Liaoyang: Xu Jun has marched by sea and land from the Liaoxi Corridor, Tiezhou, and Liaodong Peninsula, and invaded the invaders in a large scale!

Some nobles advised that Liaoyang is no longer safe and should stop migrating to Liaoyang.

Xiao Siwen said: "The surrounding fields of Liaoyang are flat and open, just like the cavalry of the Liao Dynasty galloping. Xu's army is still mainly infantry, so there is nothing to fear."

Nineteen-year-old Ye Luxian asked directly: "Is there a way to retreat from the enemy?"

Xiao Siwen unfolded a picture, pointed to the city and mountains painted on it, and said: "Xu Jun's two routes in the east have a total of several thousand people, and the main force is tens of thousands in the Liaoxi Corridor. Our army is waiting for work in the hinterland of Liaoxi. We sent Qingqi all the way from Bazhou (Chaoyang) to the Songling Ridge, cutting off Xu Jun's food road, and making him in a dilemma."

Yelu Xiezhen said calmly, "Even if Xu Jun's grain road can be cut off by land, Xu Jun will transport grain and grass to Liaoxi Fort by sea."

Xiao Siwen was speechless for a moment.

A year ago, Xu Guoren suddenly fortified Liaoxi Fort in Longshan, where the isolated city stood, and now they finally confirmed the role of that fortress.

Great Khan Yeluxian, who was sitting on a big chair covered with tiger skin, held his scepter tightly in his hand, and sat there without saying a word. In the rough king's tent, the ministers and nobles of the whole court were silent. Yelu Xiezhen was thinking about something, and Xiao Siwen guessed that the Privy Councilor of the North Court wanted to make peace...

Xiao Siwen stood up first, bowed to his superior, and said, "Since the founding of the country by Taizu, the nomadic tribes on the prairie in the west and the fishing and hunting tribes in the east have all surrendered to Great Khitan. We are the kings on the prairie and the tigers in the jungle. If the tiger bows its head to the sheep in the sheepfold, it will no longer be respected by the world."

Yelu Xiezhen couldn't help but said: "The southerners don't look like people in the sheepfold... Xiao Gong also said before that the former Hun Khanate was destroyed by the southerners and ceased to exist."

Xiao Siwen said emotionally: "You have also seen many southern slaves, they are weak and timid, are you willing to admit defeat to such people?"

Finally, some nobles shouted in embarrassment, and someone shouted: "The vast grassland, the boundless Muye Mountain, will be the cemetery of the southerners!"

Xiao Siwen took the opportunity to bow and said: "Great Khan, the Dongdan State Mansion can be moved from Liaoyang and rebuilt in Huhan City, the ancient capital of the Bohai Kingdom. Daliao avoids Xu Jun's edge and is waiting for an opportunity to fight back!"

Yelu Xiezhen and other North Court officials were noncommittal, Yelu Xiezhen only said: "The imperial court can't maintain it only by the output of the grassland. After Daliao lost the cloud, Dongdan Kingdom can't make any mistakes.".