Soldiers in the cold weapon era rarely had the concept of ideological work. After Ding Haijun established himself in Shandong, Guo Ning began to instill some things into the soldiers through the students of the military academy. However, it was limited to the cultural level of the soldiers, and what he instilled was limited to eating food.
Being a soldier, killing the enemy and taking revenge is a way to boost the morale of the soldiers.
Among the Hu tribes in Liaodong, the courage of the soldiers on the battlefield comes either from the barbarism caused by plundering and massacre, or from the confidence in their own powerful power. In addition to past achievements, this kind of confidence is shaped
, only the powerful performance of the leader or tribal warrior.
This is why Hu warriors always provoke and actively intimidate others. Even if this kind of provocation has no actual results, it is enough to plant their own image of bravery in the hearts of the soldiers, which is beneficial to the fighting on the battlefield.
The part of the Central Plains where the Jurchens moved to has gradually become more prosperous and weak. However, these Jurchens who have always lived in the cold and harsh places in the north, or the various tribes under their wings, still maintain their original customs. In their eyes,
There is no reason, only strength and weakness.
If the provoked party fails to respond in time, it will be regarded as cowardly and will face intensified provocation and bullying. Therefore, the only reasonable way to respond to provocation is to retaliate in kind, preferably double the amount.
Just like what Wang Bao'er is doing right now.
When Wang Bao'er stood back beside Li Yun, at least thirty or fifty people around the city gate drew their swords and threatened them at the same time. Some even shouted loudly and threatened to chop the group of people into mincemeat on the spot. Even Pu Xian pressed
The archers around him all looked embarrassed.
But maybe they lacked confidence, or maybe they were too frustrated. After shouting for a while, no one took it seriously and took action again.
Li Yun waited for a moment leisurely, then turned to Pu Xian and asked: "Can we enter the city?"
There was a hoarse voice floating on the tower: "Of course you can."
Li Yun looked up and saw that the speaker was about forty years old. He was of average height and appearance. He was wearing a white Jurchen robe. He was leaning on the city walls and looking down casually. But when he glanced at the caravan,
, Occasionally showing off his naked body shows his identity. He is the kind of person who is used to bossing around.
"I've seen the envoy!"
The Hu'er who were originally irritable and noisy bowed down one after another, and Pu Xian Lie was no exception. But Pu Xian Lielin, who was particularly arrogant just now, not only knelt down, but even trembled.
So he is Pu Xianwannu?
Li Yun bowed and saluted.
The area around the city gate suddenly calmed down. Only the war horse carrying the headless corpse ran a short half circle on the ground and then circled back to its original place. Perhaps he noticed the knight's head rolling to the ground and lowered his neck to sniff.
, snorted in confusion.
Pu Xianwannu glanced at the two adopted sons, laughed twice, and then said to Li Yun: "Judge Li, please come up and speak."
"good!"
A servant came over and led everyone to a place to rest in the city. The group passed through the city gate, Li Yun patted Wang Bao'er on the arm, and followed a guard to turn left.
After walking a few steps along the sparsely populated streets under the city wall, you will find a rammed earth trail that connects to the top of the wall. The trail has been in disrepair for a long time and is a bit dilapidated, but you can still see the scale of the construction at that time.
Pu Xianwannu stood at the top of the trail, watching Li Yun walking up safely, and waved: "Come, let's go north."
Li Yunsui stood beside him and said, "Okay."
The two walked in tandem for a while.
Dozens of soldiers followed with clanging footsteps a few feet away.
As Li Yun walked, he took a cursory look and saw that the color of the rammed earth on the city wall was completely different from that of the walking trail. It was obviously newly repaired and may have been heightened. Wherever the two of them passed, there were many flags standing guard.
The soldiers were fierce, and the horse faces were fierce in several places. In the direction of the hills in the wilderness to the north of the city, there were no one knows how many people and horses were marching or training, their footsteps rumbled, and smoke filled the sky.
"I have specifically inquired about the rise of Guo Jiedu in Dingjun, Shandong, and I admire him very much." Pu Xianwannu walked and said in a deep voice: "Everything he did was daring, but if you think about it carefully, it is indeed true.
It's feasible... but if it were someone else, I'm afraid he wouldn't have such courage or such determination. If someone else was in charge of those battlefield battles, I'm afraid he wouldn't have the ability to win."
"I will bring the envoy's praise back to my Lord truthfully. I think the Commander-in-Chief who comes to my home will feel honored to hear about it."
Pu Xianwannu added: "I estimate that Guo Jiedu should be training his troops intensively these days. By the time Yang An'er and Wanyan Heda decide the winner, the best troops of the Ding Navy will be deployed, and they will sweep through Shandong, and maybe they will be able to do so.
Chasing deer in the Central Plains. But when they were seizing the territory and the people, the court and us all had to resist the Mongols and did not dare to move at all."
"This... envoy, I am just a judge of the Qunmu Station. I don't understand what you are saying, and I dare not hear it." Li Yun said cautiously.
Pu Xianwannu laughed: "Don't be nervous. What your Guo Jiedu did is also what I want to do. It's just that I started a little slow. I was in the borderland of Liaodong, surrounded by ignorant and incompetent people.
There are too many constraints. After I exhausted all my means to sort them out one by one, the situation became too fast again... So now I can only look at the majesty of the Ding Navy and feel deeply envious."
"The situation is getting too fast?"
Li Yun thought for a moment: "The propaganda is referring to the Khitan army raising troops? I think there are tens of thousands of soldiers in Xianping Prefecture, so Brother Yelvliu cannot pose any threat. With the strong soldiers and horses I saw today, the nobles said earlier that they are worried
I think we are too worried about the safety of our caravan and our group."
Pu Xianwannu waved his hand: "Brother Yeluliu does have the possibility of raising troops, but until today, he has not mobilized his troops around Guangning Mansion in a large scale. Saying what Brother Yeluliu is doing is just a cover.
I specially arranged it to bluff people. The reason why I invite you to come to Xianping Mansion is because someone wants to meet you. Please give Guo Jiedu a message."
"Such a military and national event can be arranged? But I don't know, who are you trying to scare the commander?" Li Yun smiled bitterly twice, paused, and then asked: "I don't know who it is who wants to give my commander-in-chief a message.
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The city of Xianpingfu is very strong, but its scale is not large. The two of them walked along the city wall for a long time and had already moved from the south to the north.
Pu Xianwannu raised his hand and said, "Look over there."
To the north of Xianpingfu, after leaving the small amount of cultivated land around the city, there are many mountains. The mountains range from gentle to steep, and there are dense forests everywhere on the mountains. The rivers between the mountains are either clear and green, or fast flowing, carrying
The soil appears earthy yellow.
On the road by the water, an army was marching rapidly. The queue was often obscured by the rolling hills, and the specific number of troops could not be seen. Only weapons were shining coldly and flags were fluttering. However, a rough estimate showed that there were only three or four soldiers from beginning to end.
Inside, they were divided into four or five teams, that is, at least 5,000 people.
"This is?"
"These are the troops from Northeast China recruiting Brother Si Wanyan Tie."
"So it's him?" Li Yun was surprised, and then said: "I have heard about the bravery of General Wanyan Tiege for a long time. Did he raise troops from Taizhou and go south to support Xianping Prefecture? I heard before that the envoy
The quarrel with General Wanyan Tiege turned out to be a lie."
"That's true. Brother Wanyan Tie is indeed at odds with me. During the Taihe campaign against the Song Dynasty, Brother Wanyan Tie and I were both under the right deputy marshal Wanyan Kuang. Brother Tie was extremely brave. When he attacked the Guanghua Army, he personally
The leaders fought fiercely to defeat the enemy, pulled out antlers, and seized the gate to enter. When attacking Xiangyang, he was also the vanguard, gained a living mouth, led the army across the river, and won every battle... This man is braver than me, and his achievements are better than mine.
I am more loyal to the imperial court than I am, and I hate it deeply."
"This... Envoy, I don't understand what you mean."
"So, this time I reported to various places that Brother Yelvliu had launched an army, and sent several groups of elite subordinates to Taizhou in succession, asking them to try their best to exaggerate the strength of the Khitan rebels, and to implore Brother Wanyan Tie for the sake of the Kingdom of Jin.
Go ahead, you must put aside your past grudges and lead the troops to rescue me. Brother Wanyan Tie actually believed me, he is really a loyal minister of the Kingdom of Jin!"
Pu Xianwannu's hoarse voice made a grunting sound, as if there was thick phlegm, and he seemed to be choked by something: "Five thousand steps, starting from Taizhou, more than six hundred miles! But he can't do it now
The son is here! Judge Li, do you know what this means?"
Li Yun thought for a moment: "On behalf of Wanyan, the envoys learned that the Khitans had raised troops, and they immediately sent their troops south to support them without any delay."
"That's right!" Pu Xianwannu said with emotion: "Yesterday morning, the envoy he sent flew into the city to announce that reinforcements were coming. I didn't expect it at all. As a result, the flaw was exposed, so I had no choice but to kill the envoy.
"
"The flaw mentioned by the envoy refers to..."
"Keep looking." Pu Xianwannu still pointed to where Brother Wanyan Tie came from.
The next moment, a high-pitched horn sounded.
Within Li Yun's line of sight, around Wanyan Tiege's marching route, on all hillsides, plains, valley mouths, woodlands, and everywhere Li Yun could see, human figures seemed to appear.
Those people let out a shout that seemed to shake the earth, accompanied by the sound of countless war horses neighing and galloping, as if a storm rolled up from a deep valley, and like thunder suddenly falling from the sky. Countless cavalry galloped, and in the direction of their advance
Above, there are arrows like dense rain.
The battle started without warning, but there was no front at all on the battlefield.
The ambush party attacked too fast, and their momentum was too fierce. Almost instantly, Wanyan Tiege's queue was like being torn away by wild beasts. Gaps were opened one after another, and then the gaps widened into fractures.
, the fracture then expands into large and small surrounding circles.
The ambush cavalry galloped around, archers rained down arrows, and armored infantry followed closely, waving weapons and swarming forward like wolves, engaging in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the Jin army.
Brother Wanyan Tie is indeed a fierce general. Even at this time, Li Yun could still see the generals in the queue shouting and shouting, and even charged in the opposite direction in person, trying to bring the situation back. But on the entire battlefield, the morale of the Jin army could not be seen to the naked eye.
Visible collapse, every piece, every place where people are fighting, there is the sound of bowstrings that Li Yun is very familiar with, and of course, there is also that special, high-pitched and low-pitched terrifying shout of death... Li Yun
The clouds are equally familiar.
"Is it the Mongolian army?" Li Yun groaned: "It turns out that Pu Xianxuan made you defect to Mongolia."
Pu Xianwannu shook his head: "No, no, I have formed an alliance with the Mongols."
