Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 607: The palace account
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In the ancient city of Youzhou, dark green moss can be seen in the corners of the bricks and stones in the sun; on the ground, the edges and corners of the stones are rounded. This is a trace of time, but there are not many signs of man-made damage. Youzhou has not had a war for many years.
Xiao Siwen stood by the female wall, looking at him, while holding his fingers around the beard, looking thoughtful.
There are many people outside the city, but there is no fighting yet. I could see the smog everywhere 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 fortification."
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 below the female wall, like frozen water. 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, guessing that the ice on the wall would melt before noon.
At this time, Abu Di pointed to the northeast and said: "There is a large group of Zhou army stationed there. Before they have besieged the city, we can counterattack the camp."
Xiao Siwen immediately remembered Zhuozhou a few years ago. It was because of a difference in thought that he temporarily urged the general to attack Zhuozhou with his troops and suffered huge losses. He shook his head cautiously and said: "It's useless. Even if the attack is successful, there are too few people going out to cause any real blow to Zhou Jun. We have to take risks... There are too many soldiers in Zhou, and it is reported that there are many people on several roads. Endlessly."
He carefully observed the soldiers on the city again, and felt that the soldiers were faintly afraid. Because there are some rumors in the army quietly, it is rumored that Guo Tiejiang, the master of Zhou Dynasty, is a monster that ran out of the ground, with three heads and six arms holding a big iron hammer.
Furthermore, Zhou Jun's strength is vigorous, and it is not the right time to go out of the city to seek battle under such morale.
At this moment, a military commander knelt down on the ground: "Damn it! I didn't detect the people of the Zhou Dynasty to go north... The general sent scouts several times, but somehow he still hasn't returned. I don't know. What happened, why didn't Zhou Jun be transferred."
Xiao Siwen looked down at him and said, "You are negligent, but even if you detect it in advance, our situation is not much different. It's only a few days for Zhou Jun to reach Youzhou from Yizhou? At that speed, early I found it was nothing more than that."
He looked back and said, "Now there is no other way but to hold on to the city and wait for reinforcements. Without reinforcements, the men and horses stationed in Youzhou are insufficient, so there is nothing to do with the Zhou army."
The generals bowed one after another: "The final general is waiting for the king to give an order."
Xiao Siwen said solemnly: "The 10,000 soldiers who came to aid at the end of last year are nothing more. We defend Youzhou, and our family members are all in the city. If you don't defend yourself, the city will be destroyed! May you all work hard to preserve the country." /
He said that after looking at the north for a long time, in the depth of his sight, he seemed to see the vast and boundless grassland beyond the high mountains.
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In the palace on the hillside of Shangjing, charcoal fires burned in even during the day, and the windows were sealed. The light of fire reflected on the face of Emperor Yelujing of the Liao Kingdom, and his eyes reflected fireworks, which looked terrifying.
The ministers of the Northern Court and the nobles are filled with indignation and are yelling and killing!
Yelüjing pulled her face and said nothing. He thought to himself: If it weren't for you one by one, you would be thinking about getting Lao Tzu from the throne. With the martial arts strength of Daliao, how about this? !
All the nobles voluntarily asked to send troops to Youzhou, and there was no objection to rescue Youzhou in the DPRK.
The minister of the North Court came out with his hands on his chest and bowed: "Thanks a lot, the North Court can gather 400,000 horses for the palace army and tribal army in two months!"
The strength of Daliao is not empty, they occupy a vast land, rule a large number of tribes and population, almost no fortress Great Wall, without a large number of powerful force, it is difficult to maintain such a huge country; and the cavalry on the grassland Mobile mobilization is rapid, and the proportion of population turned into troops is high. It is a fact that hundreds of thousands of cavalry can be mobilized at very moments.
Yang Dagon said: "I'm afraid I can't wait until the army is assembled."
After hearing this, the ministers looked at him.
Yang Dagon said: "The minister used Yeluxiu to rescue the Northern Han Dynasty. It can’t be regarded as a delay, but Jinyang was broken before he reached the ground. You can look down on the Northern Han Dynasty, but Jinyang City’s It is world-famous for its sturdiness. The main title of the State of Zhou, "Guo Pocheng", is beyond the world’s estimates. If you wait two months to gather the army and go south, it’s hard to say who owns Youzhou City."
A nobleman asked: "What do you mean?"
Yang Dagon bent over and looked up at the superior.
Yelüjing squeezed the bowl on the table with a tiger's mouth, raised her head and took a sip of strong wine. As the hot taste dripped from his throat, his face gradually showed a sickly red color.
He understood what Yang Dagon meant: To save Youzhou as quickly as possible, the only option is to mobilize the palace army of Shangjing to guard the palace!
But Yelujing had to think about it. If the palace army is transferred away, the tribal army can just gather and move closer to the capital. Will it take the opportunity to plot a crime? And if you personally lead the Gongzhang army to go south, you will have to gather more reinforcements in the future, will you take the opportunity to occupy Beijing to deal with the sweat that has already gone south?
Yelüjing couldn't help thinking too much. If he feels safe, why are the windows of this palace sealed?
He took another sip of wine. The bowl was already empty. He wanted to throw it on the table, but temporarily put it down gently, and said coldly: "How many people can there be in a month?"
The Prime Minister of the North Court said: "The palace army and tribal army gathered in the periphery of Shangjing can have 100,000 to 200,000 horses."
Yelüjing understands that Youzhou is very involved, and if you lose Youzhou if you die, it will arouse internal dissatisfaction and conflict.
He didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately said: "First, adjust the elite of the 40,000 riding palace and tents to quickly attack the Zhou people and attack the city. One month later, Ben Khan led an army of '200,000' from Shangjing to the south!"
The ministers echoed one after another: "Sweat, wise and martial!"
Yelüjing looked down at the officials and looked at them one by one. His eyes stopped on the face of the young Yeluxiu: "Brother Yeluxiu, you take Ben Khan's elite soldiers and set out!"
Brother Yeluxiu immediately went out, slapped his left chest with an ambitious palm, and bowed vigorously: "The last general will lead the mission, and the mission will be fulfilled!"
"Okay!" Ye Lujing pointed at Yang Dagon again, "You are the lieutenant."
Yang Dagon said: "The minister leads the decree."
Yelüjing slapped a palm on the table: "Gift wine!"
The lady of the court hurried up holding the wine jar, first filled Yelujing, and put two bowls with wine and sent it to the two generals.
Yelüjing picked up the wine bowl.
"Thank you, Khan!" The two generals bowed together, raising their heads and drank the wine.
Yelüjing also picked up the bowl and poured it into his stomach, and his body became more dry and hot. He waved his hand and smashed the bowl into pieces, stood up and pointed to the south: "Look at the color, thinking that Daliao is annoying. !"
... Brother Yeluxiu and Yang Dagon took the imperial decree and went to the camp in the northern part of Shangjing to deploy troops. The two led their guards out of the palace and soon saw the station of the palace army.
Brother Yeluxiu looked at the scene in front of him excitedly.
Slices of felt tents, lying horizontally and upright on the grass very neatly, are as magnificent as white clouds in the sky. The scene here is completely different from that of Nancheng. There are no buildings at all, that is, an open space. The Khitan army does not need houses, and keeps its original habits, all living in tents.
Yelixiu yelled, and led the crowd to rush down the gentle **** and into the camp. The accompanying court officials handed over their credentials, and summoned all generals to determine the military order.
Brother Yeluxiu immediately inspected the palace troops, and he determined that the palace troops in the northern courtyard of Shangjing were the real elite!
Most cavalry has iron armor, mainly scales and lock armor, at least strong hard leather armor.
The Liao Kingdom has not been a purely nomadic country since 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 been specially built for the Han people. Area. A large number of craftsmen of various races made porcelain, tools, and armored weapons for them. Forging armor is more laborious and cannot satisfy most of the Liao army's armor, but the palace army gives priority to equipment and has a high armor rate.
The palace army in the northern courtyard of Shangjing is well-equipped and strong. There was even a group of men and horses that were heavy cavalry with armor on their horses, but that group of guards Yeluxiu couldn't take them away, they were only guards by the emperor's side.
The main force of the Liao army was hunting everywhere, and the tents of the garrison were cleaned up and they could be pulled out. It didn't take two days to dispatch troops.
A large number of horses came to Beijing, and there were tens of thousands of horses on the grassland, which 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 and tents have left Beijing... Among them are Da Zhou’s spies.
First, a small amount of meticulous work pretends to be fur merchants entering the southern city of Shangjing and establishing trade relations with the local area. This route is more troublesome and difficult. After the Northern Han Dynasty fell, many officials of the Northern Han Dynasty were worried about being liquidated by the Zhou army, and their families fled to the Liao Kingdom. Many of them were slaves.
At that time, there was a mixture of soldiers, horses, and chaos. The head of the fine-grained staff in Jinyang took the opportunity to follow the pre-deployment and let the undercover agents disguise themselves as various identities into the fleeing crowd, and then ran to Shangjing. Some people say that the servants of a certain house are separated, and there are too many servants in each house. It is difficult to find out and no one will take care of them. There is even a man who claims to be an official of Jinyang, and he was asked by an official who he was in. Which room, it turned out to be gangbang. The officials of the Northern Han Dynasty thought he was a green skin fish in troubled waters and coaxed away.
Outside the Nancheng Gate, two men carrying firewood stood there and watched. On the undulating grassland, the black horses were filled like a flood. The ground is so wide that the horse team doesn't need roads, and it seems to be slow, but it is actually a fast marching speed.
One of the guys was watching the surroundings, and the other carefully estimated how many people there were. There are tens of thousands of people, but it is impossible to count, but it is probably only a matter of time.
The Liao army was dispatched, and as soon as it went to Beijing, the people of the Zhou Kingdom knew of the truth. In this regard, the Zhou court did a better job than the Liao people.
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