Chapter 729: The day of the funeral, the time to send out troops (make up for the missing chapter yesterday)
"Haha, are you mocking the Khitans for their lack of culture? You are too small-minded for this! I, the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, have always admired the culture of the Central Plains, so he asked us Khitans to learn Chinese characters from an early age. To put it bluntly,
, We Khitan people are even more serious about studying Confucius than you Han people, and we are benevolent, righteous, propriety, wise and trustworthy. In this regard, we Khitan young people are even better than you Han people!"
Benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom, and trust are the "Five Constants" of Confucianism. Confucius proposed "benevolence, righteousness, and propriety", Mencius extended it to "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and wisdom", and Dong Zhongshu expanded it to "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness", and later generations called it
"Five Constants".
"We can open our minds to accept your Central Plains culture, but do you dare to accept our Khitan culture? You certainly don't dare! You can't! You are open to all rivers and embrace everything. In this aspect, you, the Central Plains, are actually lagging behind!"
Feng Jiuxiao was shocked and had to admire his point of view, but Tuoba Xuan's words were not entirely correct. Feng Jiuxiao said: "What you said does make sense. But objectively speaking, only those who are lagging behind can learn to be advanced.
Advanced learning lags behind. The culture of the Central Plains is extensive and profound, and it must be more advanced than the Khitan. It is normal for you to learn from us. But the Khitan has been able to dominate the north for many years, fighting in all directions, and defeating the Tatars. Naturally, there are other reasons for this.
The advantage of being strong is that the Han people are indeed lagging behind in learning from Khitan!"
Tuoba Xuan nodded and said: "After all, Young Master Feng is a sensible person, and this sentence is quite fair. Just now I said that our Khitan boys are better than you Central Plains boys in benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust, but you haven't answered me yet?" What if Feng Jiuxiao is?
He is really unwilling to give up!
Feng Jiuxiao shook his head and said: "The Khitan boy is doing better than the Central Plains boy. I don't believe this!"
Tuoba Xuan said proudly: "It doesn't matter if you don't believe it. Then you can try it!"
"How to try?"
"Just try it!"
"hehe."
"Haha? Why don't you have anything to say?"
"What do you mean you have nothing to say?"
"What does hehe mean?"
"Haha means it's very good, it means I will find a chance to give it a try."
"Oh, that's it, okay, you're always welcome!"
Zhang Zilu and others looked at each other and thought: This struggle is everywhere! Even the teenagers from the two countries are competing!
A group of people climbed up to the archery tower and looked far into the distance.
At this time, the weather in the north is colder than in the south. Autumn has just begun in the south, but it is already so cold here that it feels like winter!
The sky is clear and blue, with a thin line of sea and sky to the east, and occasionally a few large ships sailing through the waves.
The sky is high and the sea is vast, making people feel relaxed and happy!
The west, south and north are lined with residential buildings and shops. The streets are bustling with traffic, and there is a constant stream of traffic. All kinds of wine flags are fluttering in the wind. All kinds of cries, quarrels, and children crying are mixed together like a cauldron of boiling water.
The lively and prosperous atmosphere seems to be as good as that of the big cities in the Central Plains!
General Han was good at observing faces and knew that the imperial master wanted to show off the Khitan's great power in front of the young man in white, so it was best to "overwhelm him". At this time, he took the initiative to step forward and introduced: "This pass has been building cities and buildings since the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Wei, with a long history, is named Shanhaiguan because it is close to the mountains and the sea. The perimeter of the Shanhaiguan city is about 900 feet, connected to the Great Wall, with the city as a pass. The city is four and a half feet high, and the city wall is two and a half feet thick. There are four
The main city gate has a variety of fortifications inside, including the arrow tower at our feet, which is called the first pass in the world, the Jingbian Tower over there, the Muying Tower over there, and the Linlu Tower over there.
Including Wengcheng, its defense capabilities are among the best in the world!"
Every time he introduced a fortification, he pointed to one.
Seeing the look of approval in the eyes of the Imperial Master, General Han was determined and continued: "There are four gates in this city gate. The east gate is called Zhendong Gate, the west is called Ying'en Gate, the south is called Wangyang Gate, and the north is called Weiyuan Gate.
.Our current location is the east gate of the town."
Feng Jiuxiao looked down at the Zhendong building. It was a vast martial arts field where hundreds of Khitan soldiers were practicing. They were practicing with iron spears.
There are several weapon racks against the wall. Next to the weapon racks are some large stone locks, which seem to be for training arm strength. There are also archery targets and wooden horse piles. The wooden horse piles turned out to be for training jumping ability. I saw a few soldiers taking a few steps and then jumping in.
The wooden horse flew across the post with one click, but his movements were not very skillful.
There are several special wooden horses in the distance. The four legs are mounted on two crescent-shaped wooden bars. They look like rocking chairs and seem to be used to practice balance.
Under General Han's introduction, Feng Jiuxiao had a clear view of the entire city defense structure. He began to quickly rehearse the siege plan in his mind!
Artillery opens the way, archers cover, infantry sets up ladders to attack the city, enters the city and opens the city gate from the inside, cavalry charges into the city, and takes the city in one fell swoop!
Of course, details need to be continuously improved, and uncertain factors need to be slowly investigated.
Tuoba Xuan half-smiled and said, "Master, are you thinking about how to attack the city?"
Feng Jiuxiao said without hesitation: "Haha, yes, I was thinking about it."
Tuoba Xuan squinted his eyes like an old fox and smiled: "Just think about it, you can only think about it anyway."
Feng Jiuxiao also narrowed his eyes like a little fox and said with a smile: "How do you say this? Are you saying that our army has no chance of approaching the city? Are you saying that as soon as our army approaches the city, you will take the initiative to send out cavalry to fight?
"
"Young Master is wise! To be honest, we know your troop mobilization situation very well! Once your army crosses the Yellow River, we will deploy our troops in advance and prepare to attack you head-on. You are far away and we are waiting for our work. You are infantry charging, we
They are heavily armored cavalry, we will never give you a chance to attack the city!"
"Is the Imperial Master so confident?"
"Of course! Our Daliao cavalry's combat prowess is unparalleled in the world, and we are invincible!"
"Haha, but your army seems to have been defeated by me, Emperor Sejong, many times!"
"So what?" The old fox had a profound vision, "Victory and defeat are common matters for military strategists. Besides, it was not our Daliao heavy cavalry who was defeated at the hands of Emperor Sejong! We should take a broad view of the scenery. Even though you, Emperor Sejong, are talented and wise, you are wise and powerful.
, but it’s a pity that it is a short-lived ghost, and can only live for three months at most!”
Feng Jiuxiao's expression remained unchanged, but her heart was already filled with turmoil and ups and downs!
Feng Jiuxiao had long known the secret that Emperor Shizong was dying. But he didn't expect that the Khitan would also know the secret now!
Feng Jiuxiao suddenly had an idea. He didn't ask specifically for the date when the Five Nations Allied Forces would launch their troops. He knew that the secret envoys of the Five Nations would naturally tell him.
But now, he feels it's not necessary.
Feng Jiuxiao already knows the day when the five countries will send troops!
The time of the attack is not a specific day of the month.
The time to attack the Great Zhou Dynasty was determined by the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty himself!
The tone set by Tuoba Xuan!
The day Emperor Shizong of the Great Zhou Dynasty was buried was the time when the Five Kingdoms sent out their troops!
Thanks to: Chongqing East, Three Wolves Don’t Fight, The First Seeing of Snow, Butterfly Heart Clothes, Transparent Memories, Wisdom Heart, Looking to the End of the World and Thinking Y, Boundless Sea of Blessings, I’m the Best among the Water Groups, Star Sea, Han Li, etc.