Huyan Aobo and Li Jijun abandoned the Cutting Stronghold and headed east. They used all their strength to defeat Lai Youwei's troops and then rushed straight to Weizhou. Lai Youwei was so frightened that he lost his mind. He was deeply afraid that Weizhou had made a mistake and would not be able to escape the blame.
He hurriedly gathered up the remaining soldiers and took a small road back to Weizhou to strengthen defense. When he rushed back to Weizhou and hurriedly deployed, he still didn't see Huyan Aobo's troops arriving. After calming down from the shock, he felt strange again.
At this moment, the emergency news of Mengjing beacon came, but Huyan Aobo attacked Mengjing from east to west. At present, only Lai Youwei's force was the strongest in the nearby garrison. It was impossible not to rescue him. Although Lai Youwei
Knowing that he was no match for Huyan Aobo, it was even more difficult for him to dedicate part of his troops to defend the city, but he could not ignore death. He had no choice but to leave a part of his troops to defend the city and led the main force to Mengjing.
Everything has advantages and disadvantages. The defender waits for work. Relying on a strong city and deep trenches can outnumber the enemy. However, the attacker can take the initiative on the battlefield, attack the enemy and save the enemy, and control the entire battlefield situation.
Lai Youwei was worried that Huyan Aobo would besiege the city for reinforcements and eat his troops, so he was careful all the way. The scouts traveled thirty miles away, walking on thin ice and facing an abyss. He finally reached Mengjing, only to find that the whole city was in flames.
The ground was in a mess, Huyan Aobo and Li Jiyun looted Mengjing City, plundered no less than five days' worth of food for each person, and went on their way again without stopping.
Huyan Aobo and his party came and went in a hurry, and they lit another fire, but they did not have time to kill too many people. Mengjing County Magistrate Ye Jinglun jumped into the well to escape, but did not drown. After Huyan Aobo left, he climbed
Climbing up again with the well rope, Magistrate Ye first counted the losses at home. Several handfuls of gold and silver were taken away, not a grain of food was left, and his favorite concubine was pinched twice.
Ass, it’s not too much to lose your innocence...
Magistrate Ye was in great pain when he suddenly heard someone shouting that another group of people were coming into the city. He was frightened out of his wits. He hurriedly rushed out and tried to jump into the well. Fortunately, the little official who was still alive was shouting for joy, as if he was shaking.
Ye Jinglun ran into the house like a Yangko and told him that the reinforcements from Weizhou had arrived. Only then did Ye Jinglun stop his self-abuse. Magistrate Ye quickly dusted off his robes and ran to welcome the reinforcements with ice scum all over his body.
Lai Youwei entered the city and asked about the whereabouts of Li Jijun and Hu Yan Aobo. Magistrate Ye didn't know all the questions. Seeing him in such a state, Lai Youwei had no choice but to order him to quickly provide disaster relief, appease the refugees, and count the losses. The food supply in Mengjing small town was very high.
Eighty-nine of them were robbed. It was impossible to survive this winter on my own. I had to calculate the food expenses and quickly report the disaster to the court to ask for food.
County Magistrate Ye was reminded by him and went to deal with official business quickly. Lai Youwei went out to inquire about the movements of Huyan Aobo and his party. The main directions for his inquiries were to the west and south, because going west was to cut the village.
The road to the south is the Qilian Mountains. Although there is no road here, the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry. Huyan Aobo was desperate, so it is hard to say that he would not try his luck by going south.
But this time he delayed a little more. After he found out that Huyan Aobo had replenished his food and grass, he went to the northeast. He couldn't help but be shocked. There was only one big city in the northeast, and that was Yanzhou. Huyan Aobo didn't think about it.
He ran away and went to attack Yanzhou again?
Lai Youwei immediately ordered his troops and horses and rushed to Nangtuokou. Nangtuokou was a small town that could not be seen on the map. There were only a dozen households, but Yang Hao set up a military post there and also had a flying boat.
Eagles and homing pigeons, extremely fast communication tools, were part of the extensive communication network laid out by Ye Zhixuan. Only senior generals in the army knew the details.
Lai Youwei rushed to Nangtuokou and hurriedly sent the military intelligence report to all the gods and Buddhas in Lingzhou, Jingzhou, Yanzhou and Youzhou. In a short time, carrier pigeons were flying all over the sky. After sending the news, Lai Youwei hardened his heart.
Scalp rushed to Yanzhou...
When the news reached Youzhou, Ke Zhen'e immediately mobilized his troops and rushed to the rescue. Ke Zhen'e was an old man who followed Yang Hao. Although he was not a fierce general with military skills, he was more loyal, had no ambitions, and was conscientious in his work.
He is diligent and sincere, and has now been promoted to the commander of the capital of Youzhou. It is said to be the same level, but Youzhou is richer than Yinzhou, and it is in the rear, not a border city bordering the Song Army, so it is considered a promotion.
Yang Hao transferred him to Youzhou. In addition to commending the veteran Geng Zhong, he also had some plans. There is no doubt about Ke Zhen'e's loyalty. Now that Xixia and Song are in peace, even if he is internally
It was not that he was deliberately raising thieves, but there were also many crises. Youzhou was close to Xiazhou, and it was convenient to go to Xingzhou to aid, so he placed this trustworthy general in this position. Unexpectedly, this made him successful.
Ke Zhen'e knew that he was not talented enough and could only rely on hard work, so he worked very diligently in the past few years. He had read all the military books he could get, and had a good plan for deploying troops. He had made great progress compared to the beginning.
Knowing that Yanzhou was in danger, he immediately ordered all his troops and horses to rush to Yanzhou. Last time in Yinzhou, there was a chance to intercept Li Jijun and Ye Luohe, but because Yang Hao wanted Shang Boqian to raise a tiger, he
After pretending to let them go by mistake, Ke Zhen'e was gearing up and determined to win a great victory to clear his reputation as a mediocre general.
In recent years, sleds have become a common item of winter equipment for the Xixia army. Ke Zhen'e's troops marched with sleds and rushed to Yanzhou. They arrived first and rushed to Yanzhou ahead of Huyan Aobo and Li Jiyun.
Liushaping in the south of the city. Ke Zhen'e did not lead his troops into the city to strengthen the city's defense. He only informed the city defenders that his troops had arrived to reassure them. Then he started his best tactics at Liushaping in the south of the city:
defense.
This road is the only way from Yanzhou to the south. Ke Zhen'e knew that the defenders everywhere had received the news, and they rushed to the rescue at all hours of the night. However, Huyan Aobo was marching in a hurry and could not bring heavy equipment, so he wanted to lay down Yanzhou.
It is not easy to escape the state. When all the soldiers and horses arrive, he still has to escape. If he escapes back to Cuta Village, Yang Yanlang will be guarding there. If he escapes from here, he will just intercept Huyan Aobo's retreat. He will fight
It is also the idea of annihilating the invading enemy.
Yang Yanlang is a newborn calf with a lot of energy, while Ke Zhen'e has been quiet for a long time and has been looking forward to making a big splash. Both of them have huge appetites.
Of course, Liushaping was not far from Yanzhou. If Yanzhou really couldn't defend it, he could kill him from behind in time, hit Huyan Aobo hard, and break the siege of Yanzhou.
So, using Yanzhou as bait, Huyan Aobo, Ke Zhene, and Yang Yanlang showed their talents and tried hard to become the oriole...
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The banks of the Ulugu River after snow are as beautiful as heaven. A layer of fluffy white snow is like a soft carpet woven from wool, spreading to the horizon. The mountains are white, and the trees are also white, as white as blooming wild cotton.
The softness makes the entire plateau become extraordinarily majestic and broad, as if the soul has been purified and sublimated in this silent bath. There are only dots of felt bags and the horses wandering near the felt bags, carrying
some different colors.
The air here is also cool and sweet. If you close your eyes and take a slow breath, the moist and fresh wind will flow directly into the heart and spleen, making people feel relaxed and happy. The sun has risen to a pole high, and it is still vaguely orange.
Red, so the light is very soft.
It's not a certain tribe that appears here. The troops all around are well-organized and well-disciplined, which makes the group of felt tents in the middle, which looks like a small tribe, give off a somewhat unusual flavor.
This is the winter hunting camp of the Liao emperor.
According to different seasons, hunting is divided into four types: spring deer, summer seedling, autumn deer and winter hunting to demonstrate the imperial martial arts. Although the Khitan people have established a country, they have changed the past "living in water and grass in summer and living in caves in winter"
They lived a nomadic life, but the martial arts in their hearts did not disappear as they settled down. The hobby of hunting has been integrated into their blood and has become a part of their lives.
The emperor's winter hunting every year was not only to show that he did not forget his roots and inherit the legacy of his ancestors, but also to train the physical fitness of the emperor and his army, because their distant ancestors were trained in such an environment and developed martial arts. Therefore, the Liao Kingdom
The emperor spent most of the year in Nabo and did not go to Beijing for most of the year. Instead, he went hunting in various places and dealt with state affairs at the same time.
However, the previous emperor was in poor health and had never gone on a Nabo hunt since he took the throne. The current emperor is still young, and the Liao Kingdom had not held a Nabo hunt for six or seven years in total.
.Therefore, this winter hunting trip was particularly grand.
In fact, the current emperor is only three or four years old. He has to be held by others when riding a horse, and the small bow he plays with is no better than a slingshot. How can he hunt and shoot wolves? However, Empress Dowager Xiao chose the time when various countries were paying tribute to hold the winter hunt, which made them
I had no choice but to follow and praise him. It was of great political significance, but no one dared to neglect it.
In the morning, we went hunting first. The little emperor had been sitting on a horse with his mother, the Queen Mother Xiao. He sat in front, with the Queen Mother Xiao holding his waist, shouting excitedly, chasing rabbits, foxes and other prey.
, as for his little bow, he couldn't take it out. The only ones who did it were the palace guards, but the little emperor was happier than if he had caught the prey himself. Well... to be precise, the little emperor was just playing, and those
The emperor's relatives, ministers from various ministries, and envoys from subordinate countries all accompanied the little emperor to play.
Abeli, the leader of the Huiba tribe, caught a fox with fiery red fur and presented it to the little emperor. The little emperor was very happy and immediately pestered his mother to go back to the felt tent so that he could play with his new toy.
Empress Dowager Xiao, who was always accommodating and domineering in front of others, doted on her son and immediately agreed to him. Because Abeli made the emperor happy, she specially gave him a sword to carry with him.
The Liao Kingdom had four inner tribes and ten outer tribes. The inner tribe included the Yaojian Jiuzhang tribe, the Hengzhang Sanfufang tribe, the Guojiuzhangpaoli Yishiji tribe, and the Guojiubie tribe. The outer ten tribes were the Wugu tribe, and the enemy tribe
Ten tribes including the Lieba Tribe and the Huiba Tribe. The Outer Ten Tribes could not form a state and were vassalized to the Liao Dynasty. They rebelled and surrendered at times, and each had their own duties and tributes. Just like the Tang Dynasty's restraint regime on surrounding ethnic minorities, they had certain independent powers.
, but compared with the Shiwei, Jurchen and other tribes that did not establish a country but had greater freedom, they were more controlled by the Liao people.
The sight of Abele who had returned to the posthumous department made the little emperor happy, and even the charming but unsmiling, overly majestic Queen Mother also smiled. The other leaders of the department couldn't help but secretly resent being beaten to the fore.
, If you want to please the Queen Mother, you should start with the little emperor. What kind of valuable things can a child like? A small animal is enough to make him happy. Why bother racking his brains like this? They really can’t come up with anything that can
Something that tempted the Queen Mother.
Seeing the flattery of the clan leaders, Bayar, the chief of the tribe of Zubu (Shiwei), could not help but snorted coldly and looked away.
The little emperor teased the fire fox in the cage. His little face was flushed red by the cold wind, but he was full of joyful smile. He stretched out his hand and teased it gently. The fox opened its mouth and bit it. The little emperor quickly retracted his hand.
, giggled.
"Mom, please take this fox back to the palace, okay? The kid likes it so much."
The little emperor pulled Empress Dowager Xiao's sleeves and begged.
"Okay, if Lao'er likes it, then take it back to the palace, but this is not a little rabbit. You can only look at it like this. You can't reach in and tease it. It will bite, you know?"
Empress Xiao warmed her son's ingot-like little ears with her hands and agreed with a smile.
"Thank you, mother, mother is the best." The little emperor was extremely happy, with a pair of paint-like eyes showing a bit of pride. Although the little guy is not big, he knows that it is rare for him to beg his mother in such a pitiful tone.
There are things she doesn't agree to.
"Little guy, can't you tell me that you are pretending to be nice?" Empress Xiao smiled fondly. The cunning and smugness flashing in her son's eyes really looked like his father. Alas...that man...
"
The smile on Empress Xiao's face disappeared, showing a hint of desolation. At this moment, Bayali's cold snort reached her ears. Xiao Chuo glanced at him, smiled faintly, and said: "
Bayali, the emperor went hunting and got a lot of hunting today. He is very happy. After all, he is still a child. Haha, but you are not very happy. If you have anything, you might as well tell me. There will be a banquet soon.
When the delicious food and wine are on the table, we can no longer focus on business."
Bayali was a straight person. He stood up suddenly and said in a gruff voice: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, Bayali is not very happy, she is very unhappy!"
As soon as Bayali said this, everyone around him was shocked. Some people who were close to him were very worried and kept giving him looks. Bayali ignored him and said loudly: "Mother, Bayali
This time, in addition to paying tribute to the imperial court, I also have another important matter, but it’s not... it’s not..."
He took two heavy breaths, pointed at the fox in the cage, and said, "I'm not just playing rabbits with the little emperor to tease the fox."
Xiao Chuo's pretty face suddenly sank. It was so cold that it could peel off a layer of frost. She asked coldly: "Is there anything else?"
Bayali said: "In order to usurp the position of clan leader, Rigude, the tribe of our tribe, killed his biological uncle and betrayed his sworn brother, the chief of the China tribe, causing him to die tragically. The chiefs of all tribes in Shiwei unanimously decided
As a result of the crusade against this scum, he fled to the Liao Kingdom. As a result, he was protected by your Liao Kingdom's King Yelu Daming. This man is the common enemy of all our tribes in Shiwei. Although we are vassals of the Liao Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom does not
There is no reason to interfere even in such a matter."
"Oh? Damien, is there such a thing?"
Yelu Daming smiled and nodded and said: "Queen Mother, Bu Rigude is indeed in Beijing. Daming doesn't know what troubles there have been in their clan. This Bu Rigude has always been docile to me in the Liao Dynasty in the past.
, he has always been very filial to me. Daming adopted him as his godson. When he was in trouble, he came to seek refuge. If I, the godfather, handed him over, what would others think? So, Daming took him as his godson.
I kept it, Queen Mother, do you think this matter...?"
Xiao Chuo smiled: "Oh, if that's the case, there's nothing inappropriate about it."
She turned to Bayali and said: "Killing can only be done with a nod. This Burigude has abandoned his tribe and fled his homeland. What else can he do? Besides, Daming is his adoptive father, so after all,
I can’t help but express something.”
"Empress..."
"Okay, okay, the banquet will start soon. Everyone, please take a seat."
After Xiao Chuo said this, he walked towards the tent first. Everyone cheered and supported him before leaving. Bayali was so angry that he was so angry that he was left alone. In fact, Xiao Chuo did this to protect Yelu Daming.
The reason is face, but there is a deeper reason. No matter how despicable, despicable and shameless this Bu Rigude is in the eyes of the people of Shiwei, he is pro-Liao. The disharmony among the tribes of Shiwei is also in line with the Liao.
How could the Liao Kingdom hand him over for his own interests? If he did that, who would dare to do anything for the Liao Kingdom in the future? In addition, Bayali had always been docile and Xiao Chuo deliberately ignored him. She was determined to treat other people
Several powerful Shiwei tribes exerted pressure and drove Bayali to the point of despair, so why bother to give him a good look?
At the banquet, there was another disturbance. After three rounds of wine and five dishes, a Liao prince suggested that the tribe leaders perform performances one by one to help the wine. Their performances were just singing and dancing, which are common on the grassland.
All men and women can do it, but as leaders, they have to respect their identity before others and behind them. They haven't shown these things for a long time.
It's different today. Just now everyone knew that the little emperor was still young and was very playful. The leader of the Huiba tribe, Abeli, offered a fox to make the emperor happy. He also got back a precious sword given by the Queen Mother. Everyone looked at it.
It was so hot that they naturally chose the things that the little emperor liked when performing performances. As a result, these bosses joked, made faces, and performed shows in turns, making the little emperor extremely happy. When they saw the little emperor happy, they were all excited
His bones were three points lighter, he didn't care about any status and pretensions, and he was full of ugliness for a while, and the whole story of the officialdom of the Liao Kingdom was revealed.
When it was Anche Guzhulizhen's turn, it was really difficult for him. He was asked to flatter and entertain himself like these people, and even if he refused to kill him, he became so stubborn that Zhulizhen had already forgotten about lying on his back and tasting courage. He wanted him to be like Gou Jian.
Zuojian wanted no chance for himself. He would rather die in a grand manner. The atmosphere at the banquet suddenly cooled down. There was a Bayali who didn't know the current affairs, and now there is a Zhuli who is really arrogant and unruly. Xiao Chuo's face is not too bright.
nice.
When Fang, the Prime Minister's Office in the North Courtyard, saw this, he hurriedly smoothed things over and said: "The wine is in full swing, and everyone is performing some skills, just to accompany the wine. Zhu Li is not good at singing and dancing, so what can he do?"
Zhu Lizhen patted the knife on her waist and said: "We straight women live a hard life and run around every day to fill our stomachs. How can we be interested in learning songs and dances? We can only dance with swords and sticks, shoot arrows, and hunt wild animals.
, asking for food and clothing. Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Queen Mother, if you are interested, Zhuli Zhen can demonstrate sword skills."
Zhuli Zhen's sword dance caused disaster. He didn't know any systematic sword skills. He just spent many years fighting, fighting with people and animals, and he figured out how to kill people simply, directly and fiercely. Kung Fu, every time he swung the sword, he would give a loud roar like a thunderbolt to accompany the force of the sword. It looked really powerful. The wind of the sword roared and the thunderbolts sounded continuously, making those rough and strong men beam with joy.
However, the little emperor Yelu Longxu had never seen anyone with steel swords flying around him like this, screaming continuously, and the sword wielder moved with bulging cheeks and protruding eyes, which was so ferocious that the little emperor was frightened to tears.
This was nothing. Although Xiao Chuo was not happy, he could not punish the emperor just because he cried twice. But the next day, the little emperor fell ill with a low fever, diarrhea, and the imperial doctor diagnosed him and said he was frightened. This time, Xiao Chuo's suppressed anger exploded, and he almost beheaded Zhuli Zhen on the spot.
Xiao Chuo is not a person who doesn't know the importance of matters. He has been in charge of power for several years and has become a master of the city. However, who should be divided and what matters should be divided. She only has this son, and the prisoner is Her hope is her sustenance, and matters related to her son. To this mother, she is no longer the talented, wise and steady Empress Dowager Xiao, but just an ordinary mother who protects her calf.
Fortunately, Master Mo Henmo received a lot of benefits from the Anchegu tribe and said a few good words for him in front of Empress Xiao. It was said that the emperor's first winter hunt was originally a happy event, but if he had made a big move against Nuzhi, , it will harm the education of the subordinate tribes. Furthermore, it is said that the emperor is ill, so it is not appropriate to wash away the blood.
Xiao Chuo got angry and thought that it was really inappropriate to kill someone for this, so he just did it. However, Mo Sheng felt that he had done a lot for the Anche Bone Tribe. There is no reason to leave no name when doing good deeds, so he ran to Zhuli to do it. There, they exaggeratedly described how the Empress Xiao was so angry and furious that she wanted to send troops to destroy the Anchegu tribe. Fortunately, Lord Mo turned the tide with his brilliant tongue, and finally dispelled the murderous intention of the Empress Dowager.
The speaker originally wanted to take credit, but the listener was horrified, and Zhuli Zhen took this to his heart. The little emperor was cured after a few days of recovery. Xiao Chuo felt sorry for the emperor and did not dare to continue hunting in the wind and snow, so he immediately set off to return to the capital. , the leaders of each tribe also said goodbye one after another, and embarked on the road back home. Zhu Lizhen left the king's tent, and was about to leave with his own people, when he suddenly saw the unpleasant appearance of Bayali of the Shiwei tribe passing by, and his heart couldn't help but move. , he led his people eastward for a while, then turned north and chased Bayali.
There are eight sufferings in life: birth, old age, illness, death, separation from love, meeting of resentment and hatred, not getting what you want, and meeting of the five yin. If you want something, there will be suffering, but without suffering, how can you get sweetness? At least for Zhe Ziyu now. The big girl is full of joy. Every day the hope in her heart gets closer, and waiting is also a kind of happiness.
Yanzhou City could be seen in the distance. A sweet smile appeared at the corner of Ziyu's mouth. She decided to rest in Yanzhou for half a day, no... one day, one whole day, take a good bath and change. She had new clothes, dressed up freshly, and looked good before going to Xingzhou. After traveling all the way, not eating well or sleeping well, and sleeping in the open air, could she still see it? She didn't want Yang Hao to see her looking a little embarrassed.
Just as I was thinking about it, a sharp whistle suddenly came from the sled in front. The snow pool slid sideways, advanced another twenty feet, and slowly stopped on the snow. When I heard the whistle, the Jurchen on the sled where Ziyu was sitting
The warrior also hurriedly tightened the reins. When the snow trucks stopped, Zhe Ziyu stood up from the railing and asked, "What happened?"
As soon as she asked, she shut her mouth tightly. She saw thousands of knights rushing towards the ground in the direction of Yanzhou City in front of her, causing snowflakes to fly on the snowy field. Zhe Ziyu opened his almond-shaped eyes, not seeing those people clearly.
The flag was raised, and arrows were coming like rain...
