In April, although the northeastern land has begun to slowly warm up, it is still a little cold when night falls, especially this year, which has caused several late spring colds, which makes the temperature at night even lower. Especially when resting in the wild, if there is no fire rising, it may not be able to stop the bitter cold wind.

Zhao Jia sat next to the fire in front of the tent, carefully put his military lunch box on the fire. After the water inside boiled, he then blew the bamboo tube he carried with him, poured out a fist-sized lamb oil ball from it and threw it into the lunch box. Then he took out a dry and hard cake to roast it on the fire. This time they were moving forward lightly, and everyone only brought food for three days, so they had to arrive at the destination within three days and complete the combat goal.

Sheep oil dumplings are a kind of dry food from the Song Dynasty army. The outside is wrapped with sheep oil, which can prevent the things inside from deteriorating. The inside is dried, dehydrated and made into dry food made by mixing them. Put a dumpling in a military lunch box, and when boiled, it will be a nutritious soup. A piece of dough cake is enough to make people full. But the taste of this thing is not mentioned. In the army, there are evil comments, and all soldiers hate it to the core, but this thing is easy to carry and not easy to deteriorate, and it can also provide a soldier with energy consumption for a day, so there has never been another kind of military dry food to replace it.

When the soup in the lunch box was boiling again, Zhao Jia reached out and took the lunch box off the fire, and then tasted it with a spoon. It felt that the taste was not as bad as the army soldiers said. Speaking of which, he was a navy. In the past, he ate all kinds of fish and canned food when he was on the boat. Moreover, it was not convenient to raise the fire on the boat, and sometimes he couldn't even drink hot water. So in his opinion, the thick soup that could be cooked on the fire was not bad, at least it was better than the smelly fresh water on the boat.

"Jia'er, how do you feel? If you are not used to it, I will send you back immediately!" At this moment, a mighty middle-aged general came over and said to Zhao Jia with a smile. He saw that this middle-aged man was tall and mighty. It was Zhao Yan's friend Hu Yanping. He has been staying in the Southern Navy for many years. He commanded the landing combat troops in the navy, which is actually the Marine Corps. After all, in overseas combat, he mainly relies on the army to decide the victory or defeat on the battlefield. Therefore, there is also a large number of Marine Corps in the navy.

"Uncle Ping, don't think about sending me back. Since I'm here, I must follow you to the city of Liaoyang Prefecture in person, otherwise wouldn't it be a waste of time?" Zhao Jia smiled and said. Before, their navy, as the East Road, raided the coastal areas of the Liao Kingdom along the way, basically did not encounter any decent resistance, and later occupied Chenzhou easily.

Chenzhou is not far from Liaoyang Prefecture. After the Jurchens occupied Liaoyang Prefecture, they established a country as the capital and moved all Wanyan's troops there. Previously, Aguda and Yelu Jun fought in Huanglong Prefecture, and all the defenders of Liaoyang Prefecture were transferred. Although they added some more, the defense of Liaoyang Prefecture was still very empty. Some time ago, Aguda directly led his army from Huanglong Prefecture to directly attack Liaoguo and went to the capital of the capital, and he had no time to take care of the safety of Liaoyang Prefecture. In this way, after Hu Yanping discussed with Xu Yuan, he decided to change the target of the Eastern Army to Liaoyang Prefecture. If he could take the opportunity to occupy the capital of the Jin Dynasty, it would definitely make Aguda difficult to take care of the head and tail.

It is precisely because of this that Hu Yanping led nearly 50,000 troops to attack Liaoyang Prefecture. They all moved forward lightly along the way, and each of them brought only the most basic daily necessities. Today was the first day. Originally, Zhao Jia belonged to the navy and did not need to follow Hu Yanping's army to attack Liaoyang Prefecture at all, but he was determined to go to the Jurchens' nest to take a look, so after suffering from Hu Yanping for a long time, Hu Yanping had no choice but to agree to him.

Seeing that Zhao Jia was so determined, Hu Yanping also smiled and sat down and said, "Jia'er. I heard that you don't want to ride a sea boat to browse the world? Why did you insist on clamoring to run with me to sneak attack Liaoyang Prefecture?"

Hearing Hu Yanping ask this question, Zhao Jia smiled and said, "Uncle Ping, you know that going to sea is not an easy task. I have been preparing for this for several years, but I have not been fully prepared. In addition, the confrontation between our Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty has just begun. My father has always regarded the Jurchens as our Song Dynasty's biggest enemy, so I want to consider going to sea after the Jin Dynasty is destroyed." When he said this, Zhao Jia sent the soup in his hand to Hu Yanping and said again, "Uncle Ping, you haven't eaten yet. Do you want to taste the specialties of your army? It tastes pretty good."

Hu Yanping and Zhao Jia were not polite either. They took the soup and took a sip and said, "It's still a taste. You just started drinking it, so you don't think anything, but after a long time, you will feel that the most difficult thing in the world is nothing more than this." When he said this, Hu Yanping paused for a moment and then smiled, "In addition, you are really sensible. It's really worry-free to have a son like you!"

Hu Yanping, Cao Song and others also admire Zhao Jia very much. After all, with his background, he didn't have to work so hard, but Zhao Jia tried his best to get rid of the influence of his family and make a living by relying on his own strength. This kind of ambition is not something that everyone can have, and Zhao Jia's ability is also outstanding. Among the younger generation, there are probably few who can compare with him.

After Hu Yanping said that, he handed over the lunch box. Zhao Jia took it and took a sip, and then took a big piece of cake. He was exhausted after a day of marching. Even though these marching rations were not very delicious, he didn't care much about it.

Seeing Zhao Jia swallowing voraciously, Hu Yanping couldn't help laughing. He reached out and grabbed the pancakes from Zhao Jia's hand, then tore them into the soup and smiled: "It tastes better and it's easier to eat. Also, don't rush to rest after eating. Walk around the camp more often. After all, I've been walking for a day today. If I take a break immediately after eating, my whole body will be sore the next day, and it will be even more uncomfortable at that time!"

"Hehe, thank you Uncle Ping!" Zhao Jia smiled again, then lowered his head and finished eating the food in the lunch box. At this time, Hu Yanping wanted to continue patrolling the camp, so Zhao Jia followed him around the camp. Now his identity is the personal guard beside Hu Yanping, and it is normal to follow Hu Yanping.

Hu Yanping was also willing to take Zhao Jia by his side, and while walking, he introduced some key points when he was camping in the army and the things that he needed to pay attention to when arriving. These were completely different from the navy. Zhao Jia also listened with relish and would ask for advice from time to time. After all, it is not a bad thing to know more.

The patrol was soon finished, Hu Yanping took Zhao Jia back to the camp to rest. Hu Yanping's personal guards were camping around his tent. Because of his special status, Hu Yanping arranged a tent separately by Hu Yanping. In fact, at the beginning, Zhao Jia hoped to be an ordinary soldier and enter the army and eat and live with other soldiers. However, Hu Yanping was worried that if Zhao Jia was in danger, he could not explain to Zhao Yan, so he insisted on making such arrangements for Zhao Jia.

Before dawn the next day, Hu Yanping's army set up again to sprint camps and ran towards Liaoyang Prefecture as fast as possible. On the way, they had encountered some small groups of Jurchen cavalry, but they were all cleaned up by the cavalry of the Song Dynasty. And they were fighting for time at this time, so it was nothing even if the Jurchens learned about the army.

At noon on the third day, the tall walls of Liaoyang Prefecture City finally appeared in their sight, which also made all the Song soldiers feel energetic, their feet speed accelerated again, and their faces were also flashing with excited and cold expressions.

The Jurchens in the city seemed to have received the news. At this time, the gate of Liaoyang Prefecture was closed and the defenders on the top of the city were also ready to defend. However, they might have received the news a little late, and the Jurchens on the top of the city were obviously a little confused. Even Hu Yanping could see the panicked expression on the faces of some Jurchens through the telescope in his hand.

"Siege the city!" He almost did not stop at all. After Hu Yanping led his army to the southern gate of Liaoyang Prefecture, he immediately announced the siege. His Song soldiers immediately performed their duties in an orderly manner. The front army split into two sides, revealing the artillery in the middle, and then dozens of artillery roared, all aiming at the gate of Liaoyang Prefecture.

Liaoyang Prefecture was not fully prepared at all, and the city gate was not blocked. After several rounds of volleys, the city gate was quickly bombarded into pieces by artillery shells. Then the gun was turned around and aimed at the Jurchens on the top of the city and started bombarding. This was also the standard process for the Song army to siege the city.

The Jurchens had no experience in fighting firearms at all. Under the bombardment of artillery, the defenders on the city were soon in chaos. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the front infantry of the Song army immediately stepped forward with sandbags on their backs, and in the blink of an eye, the moat was filled. Then the cavalry on both wings rushed out and rushed into the city first, and began to create chaos in the city. Taking advantage of this opportunity, other Song troops rushed in and easily entered the Liaoyang Prefecture City.

Hu Yanping didn't expect to attack Liaoyang Prefecture City so easily. When he rode his horse into the city gate, he found that the Jurchens on the city wall were also wiped out, and there were no resistance around him. This made him stunned for a moment, and a look of suspicion flashed in his eyes and whispered: "How could it be so easy?"

"Uncle Ping, it seems something is wrong. As the capital of the Jin Kingdom, even if the Jin army is transferred to attack the Liao Kingdom, the defense here cannot be so relaxed?" Zhao Jia also felt something was wrong at this time, and immediately stepped forward to remind Hu Yanping.
Chapter completed!