roccoschili The First Champion Chapter 445
The First Champion Chapter 445
In the hall, two copper stoves were burning, making the hall very warm.
Han Shizhong changed from his old tired appearance, with bright armor and firm eyes, looking around the generals in the hall.
Once upon a time, there were a lot of talents in the big tent of the Western Army, but compared with today's self, it was a little bit less interesting.
This is the real fierce generals like clouds, elite soldiers like rain, plus half a year of preparation, piled up food and grass, many and fat horses, and the soldiers have been trained for a long time, who would be afraid that he will fail to become a Jurchen Tartar.
"North of the Great Wall, sentry sentinels reported that the Jurchens frequently dispatched troops, and they seemed to intend to go south in a big way. The Shaozai sent me to guard Youyan. Everyone must know what happened." Han Shizhong was full of confidence, his voice She also became more stubborn, and said with a smile: "It was for this battle that the Jurchens overthrew Daliao and thought they were invincible. After returning from Youyan, they were still not convinced. This time, they will be defeated. Let them hear my name, Han Shizhong, so they won't dare to mention going south again."
All the generals have experienced the fierce battle last time. To be honest, they don't want to fight again so soon. The impression left by the Jurchens last time is unforgettable.
The soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty did not win the field battle. Only Yang Shaozai of Yizhou Prefecture led his troops to encircle Taining Mountain, and he took the initiative to attack.
Relying on the Great Wall and fortifications everywhere, Tanzhou City barely held on, and Wanyan Zonghan did not break through.
As for Zongze, he was surrounded and beaten by Wanyan Aguda for half a month, and he suffered heavy losses while defending Juyongguan.
It has only been more than half a year, and no matter whether it is military strength or food, they have been fully replenished.But if it starts again, the Jurchens must be more prepared.
The last time Wanyan Aguda wanted to use a surprise attack, the surprise attack must not be fully prepared, losing the suddenness is equivalent to cutting off an arm.
This time is not the case, Jurchen occupies a vast territory, after half a year of deployment, it will definitely be more difficult to deal with going south again.No one is willing to fight against the Jurchens at this time, this is indeed a formidable opponent.
Han Shizhong looked at the atmosphere in the hall, his brows were slightly frowned, and he was secretly worried.The soldiers and horses have not come out of the fierce battle last time, and they still don’t want to have another bloody battle like this. I Han Wu is still waiting for this battle to be over, and I have accumulated some meritorious deeds to find Shaozai to enter the Privy Council. How about such subordinates? help.
At this time, a small soldier came in from outside the hall, clasped his fists and said: "Han Shuai, the Khitan sent someone here, saying that they want to meet Han Shuai and discuss taking back the Weizhou Mansion."
The last time the Jurchen attacked Yan, Yang Lin used the pretext of negotiating peace to suddenly attack the Jurchen army and severely damaged Wanyan Zonghan's army in Weizhou Mansion.At that time, he took advantage of the situation to take over Weizhou Mansion and sent troops to station him.
But in fact, that is the territory of Khitan. In the covenant signed by Yelu Yanxi and Yang Lin, Weizhou Prefecture is also the territory of Khitan.Daliao ceded ten prefectures to Song Dynasty, which did not include this Weizhou Prefecture.
In the past, when Emperor Tianzuo was in power, he would naturally not ask for it. He wished that these places bordering Jurchen were all Song soil.
Now Yelu Dashi obviously doesn't have such a mind, and it's only been a few months, and he came to ask for it.
This kind of matter is a major national event, and Han Shizhong must not dare to make a decision about territorial disputes. He rolled his eyes and said, "I don't see any use for this kind of thing. Go out and spread a message and ask them to send someone to Bianliang." That's the truth."
After the soldiers went out, Han Shizhong got up and said, "Wang Zhi, you bring 2 people to Weizhou Mansion, and send additional troops to stand ready. I don't expect Shao Zai to spit out Weizhou Mansion. Be careful to guard against people from all walks of life."
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Hongzhou City is located at the border of Song, Jin and Liao, backed by Datong Mansion, and east of Sanggan River. It is a dangerous city that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
In the sweeping wind and sand, under the fortress, the murderous aura rose into the air.
Standing at the highest point of Hongzhou's fortress defense system, looking around, there are Khitan soldiers and horses everywhere within a radius of tens of miles.
The current emperor of Daliao, Yelu Dashi, stood on this high place, overlooking the surrounding fields, and inspected every fortress.
Since the change of the emperor in Daliao, there has been a major purge from top to bottom. Those generals among the generals who gained official positions by flattering the emperor will all be removed from their posts and investigated.
The young and strong faction in the court are all loyal followers of Yelu Yanxi, who were expelled and fled, and they were replaced by one of the few Khitan generals.
He also gathered and accepted a large number of broken soldiers from the small imperial court of Zhongjing Prefecture. These people were hated by Yelu Yanxi because they established their own imperial court and supported the new emperor.So after the Jurchen broke the Zhongjing Mansion, these people fled to Hongzhou. Yelu Yanxi was not prepared to accept them, and even thought of catching them and giving them to the Jurchen, so as to please them and prevent the Jurchen from going south again.
In fact, these people have fought against Jurchen several times, have experience in battle, and are a good source of soldiers.With a little practice, you can go into battle ten times better than newly recruited soldiers.
Behind Yelu Dashi, Xiao Yixue asked suspiciously, "Your Majesty, all these troops are elite soldiers from Daliao. They are no longer guarding the Datong Mansion in the west. Why put them here?"
Yelu Dashi remained expressionless, but snorted coldly, and said, "If I were Wanyan Aguda, no matter what hatred I have with Da Song, I would never attack the Great Wall. They occupied the heart of Daliao and our ancestors. The land of Longxing enslaved tens of millions of people from the Liao Dynasty, but they agreed to negotiate peace with us
If he doesn't take down the Yunzhou Mansion, will he feel at ease going south to compete with the Song people? "
Xiao Yixue said in surprise: "Your Majesty, what you mean is that they will attack Hongzhou just like last time. When we are all preparing to watch the battle between Song and Jin Dynasties, they will attack Hongzhou instead?"
Yelu Dashi put his hands behind his back, neither agreed nor objected, just said: "Who knows, maybe only Wanyan Aguda knows it, but we have to guard against it. If Jurchen loses, they can go back to recuperate. If Song Dynasty loses, they can return." With Hebei and Dongdong as a buffer, we will disappear if we lose the Khitan. Therefore, we need to be extra careful and deploy our defenses in advance.”
Xiao Yixue was convinced, bent down and said: "Your Majesty really has a long-term vision, and my ministers are not as good as Your Majesty."
"Yang Lin of the Song Dynasty made a bad start. In the past few years, there have been countless peace talks between Song Jin, Jin Liao, and Liao Song, but few people have fulfilled the covenant. Usually, peace is negotiated today and tomorrow Just stabbing you once, you can’t believe anything on paper, let alone words.”
After Yelu Dashi finished speaking, he didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly his eyelids drooped, and he began to think deeply.The Three Kingdoms are now intriguing and each has their own plans. They are strengthening Hongzhou on their own side. I don't know what preparations those two are making.
Thinking of this, he said in a deep voice: "Send out all the Yuanbanzi in our hands to serve as sentries on the border, and report back immediately if there is any news."
Yuanlanzi is Daliao's intelligence army, and it has always been Yelu Yanxi's trump card. It is very powerful and belongs to Daliao's special forces.In the hands of Yelu Yanxi before, they were always used as palace guards, it was simply random employment.
In fact, in the current three countries, no one trusts anyone.Wanyan Loushi sent out many scouts on the border of Khitan, not to mention Song Dynasty who always liked to use scouts.
In every corner of the border, there may be several sentries ambushing, and it is not known which camp they belong to.
The fighting skills of these capable intelligence personnel are brilliant, but the price is that every time they fail, they may die.
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In Huining Mansion, the Jurchens still like to live in the big tent, and Wanyan Aguda is no exception.
The bonfire burning in the tent was very vigorous, and there was a sizzling roast lamb on it, but Wanyan Aguda was cutting pieces of raw meat to feed Haidongqing beside him.
"The most handsome one carved out of Liaodong is called Haidongqing." This beast is a large raptor, about one meter tall, with two wings spread more than two meters long.
Haidongqing's predation is like lightning, and he is very majestic.It has a large appetite and has strong resistance to satiation and hunger. It can go without food for 20 days once it is full.This is somewhat similar to the Jurchens' hunting habits, so it is also the Jurchens' favorite beast.
A Guda was concentrating on feeding, while several Jurchen guards stood by their swords, all of them were sullen.
In the tent, there was an unpleasant smell of tanned cowhide, but the people in the tent didn't notice it.
Footsteps could be heard outside, and a guard on duty outside lifted the curtain and announced loudly: "Wanyan Zonghan has arrived."
It is said that Zhao Gou killed Yue Fei by breaking his own arm. In fact, the internal struggle of Jurchen is the real self-destruction of the Great Wall. Their internal struggle killed almost all the generals who could fight.
By the time Yue Fei and others reached the age to join the army, the worst generation of Jurchen had almost died.
The seeds of the struggle had been planted since the time when the troops rebelled against the Liao Dynasty.People in Zong Han's group were never liked by Aguda's sons and were often suppressed.Now Aguda is still there, and he has enough prestige to suppress the arrogance of these people under him.
So even though Zong Han and Zong Wang, and Zong Wang and Zong Bi were at odds, everyone was openly and secretly dissatisfied with each other, but no one dared to act rashly.In history, after the death of Aguda, the infighting among the Jurchen nobles broke out completely into a bloody and endless struggle.
In a blink of an eye, I saw a thick Jurchen man, wearing a gilded armor, striding in.People didn't say anything: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I, Zong Han, will lead the troops this time, and I still want to be the vanguard."
Zong Han failed to go south twice, and his status in the Jurchen suddenly dropped. This time, he thought about relying on the great achievements of the forward to restore some of the decline.
These Jurchen generals are all short, thick and strong like a cow, they seem to be wider horizontally than vertically, and their belly is ten circumferences bigger.A nondescript jade belt was tied outside the armor, hanging loosely.Coupled with the peacock plume bronzing cloak, no matter how you look at it, it is not normal. Looking at it, you can only feel that it is dazzling.
These are the extravagant things of the Liao people, and it is out of place to wear them on the Jurchens.But they haven't formed their own aesthetics yet, and they seem to think that simply shining is good or rich and romantic.
It's a pity that Daliao's accumulation for so many years has made these golden men cheaper, enjoying endless glory and wealth.
Wanyan Agu smiled, clapped his hands, and said regardless of the smell of blood on his hands, "Zong Han, if you can guess what I'm thinking, I'll let you be the pioneer."