While the Jurchens were intoxicated with the joy of breaking the city, a silent army was quietly circling behind the Jurchen army, hiding among the mountains and rivers by the Xiliao River.

The distance between Shangjing and Huanglongfu, Huining, and Tokyo is thousands of miles, and the land of these thousands of miles is either deserts, grasslands, or forests and swamps. In particular, the undeveloped banks of the Xiliao River in the western part of Wuzhou are even more inhospitable.

"Toto!" In the camp tent, Han Funu asked Yelu Yujian, the capital of Daliao East Road: "We asked for soldiers and horses to reinforce Shangjing, but now we are running here, I am afraid that it will go against our original intentions!" ”

Yelu Yu sighed: "Original intention? Hey! If you rashly touch the main force of the Jin Army now, let alone defend Shangjing, you will even have a problem with self-protection. With our low morale now, if we encounter Allah, we are afraid that there will be deserters before the fight starts! ”

But what Jeruyu said had happened more than once! In the past few years, Zonghan and his son have taken care of the various departments of the East Road and Goryeo, and the oblique army has also broken through Taizhou on the northern front, and the Tokyo Road on the South Road has been collected by Lulu, and the commanders of the three roads have taken turns, and the Great Liao has been defeated repeatedly. Xiao Fengxian was in charge of the privy council of the Northern Yuan, and he was afraid of taking responsibility, as long as he could hide it, he would also report to the lord of Liao for credit if he lost the battle. Occasionally, they were defeated, and the money that rewarded the three armies did not fall on the heads of ordinary soldiers, and all of them were swallowed by the privy councillors and leading generals of the Northern Court. This kind of corrupt government of "no reward for victory, no punishment for defeat" directly leads to the Liao people being afraid of war and not afraid of fleeing, and in the event of a war, the soldiers and horses often fall in despair, because they die in vain if they lose, and they don't get half a reward if they win! What are you doing in such a battle? This kind of ** that has spread from politics has become an incurable disease of the Great Liao Army! Han Funu and the others also knew it, but they didn't change its ability.

"So......" Jerod said, "we need a victory!" A battle that will excite your generals! In this battle, we must not only win the Jurchens, but also win back our morale! ”

The partial general Xiao Qing said: "Then the capital has pulled the troops here and ordered us to hide our whereabouts, is it to cut off the back road of the Jurchens?" ”

"Not bad!" Yelu Yu said, "At present, we only have this road left!" Because our troops are insufficient and our morale is low. But after winning this battle, we will have a lot more room for manoeuvre! ”

Xiao Qingdao: "The capital has ordered the strong walls on both sides of the Huangshui River to clear the wilderness, as long as we cut off the Jurchens' grain route, their tens of thousands of troops are afraid that it will be difficult to gain a foothold in Linhuang Mansion!" ”

Yelu Yu nodded and said, "This is one of them." ”

Xiao Qing said again: "In front is Shangjing Jiancheng, and in the back is our Qi Master!" The Jurchens are in the middle of it, and they are bound to find themselves in a dilemma! ”

"This is the second one." Yelu Yu said and sighed: "But whether Shangjing can stay for a long time, I am not sure. ”

Xiao Qingdao: "Regardless of whether Shangjing can be defended or not, as long as Ah Guda knows that we have gone around his back, he can't help but worry that we will take advantage of the situation to attack Huanglong Mansion - or even Huining!" ”

Yelu Yu looked gloomy and said, "If I have enough troops and the imperial court can cooperate, maybe I will really rush thousands of miles to Tokyo." At that time, not only Ah Guda was flustered, but even Zhi Yanchong had to hurry back to the teacher! We can then wait for work in Liaoyang Mansion and ambush them on their way back to help...... Alas......" The last deep sigh is to sigh that his strategy is only a fantasy.

Xiao Qingdao: "But no matter what, as long as we successfully cut off the Jurchen's grain channel this time and burn their successor grain and grass, we will definitely be able to force Ah Gu to fight the class!" ”

Yelu Yu said: "Ah Guda has never been reckless in using soldiers, I believe he will not be desperate!" As long as his main force retreats, even if Shangjing has been captured, we can take it back! But I don't just want to recapture Shangjing. ”

This time, the Jin army marched westward, and the governor of Hulu transported grain. The grain and grass in southern Liaoning were transported to Liaokou under the supervision of Yang Pu, some of them were transported by Yang Kaiyuan to the southern line to supply the suspicious soldiers of Zheyanchong and Cao Guangbi, and some of them were transported to Tokyo by Aru Mandu, and finally transported to Shangjing by Hulu.

This time, the grain officer is Lou Mu, a famous general of the Jin Army, although his prestige and merits are not as good as those of Hu Lu and Zhi Yanchong, but he is by no means below Xiao Tienu, Cao Guangbi and others. However, the journey from Tokyo Road to Rinjeongfu is obviously not easy. When the main force of Aguta marched, it swept thousands of miles and swept away the strongholds of the Liao people. However, it is easy to destroy and difficult to build, and the Jurchens want to re-establish strongholds in such a long period of wilderness, not only in terms of time, but also in terms of manpower allocation.

The southern front is much better in this regard! Yang Yingqi recruited the people from the Great Song Dynasty, and the continuous flow of immigrants made the Han Department begin to show the power of population advantage in a short period of time! Wherever Zhi Yanchong and Cao Guangbi passed, as long as it was a place with few people and strategic significance, they would definitely move from Fuzhou to immigrate to set up a village, exempt them from taxes for ten years, and allow them to raise weapons and horses for their own defense. In this war, although Zhi Yanchong did not make visible achievements, one after another Han border villages were built in the eastern part of the Liaoxi Corridor. Since these border villages were not under the jurisdiction of Orihiko, both politically and militarily had to obey the command of the Huining regime. But after all, they are a tribe from the Han Dynasty, and they usually act as obedient people under the rule of Dajin, and when the situation changes, they will look to Jinmen - there, there is a general who can represent them!

It's not that Zhi Yanchong's strategy of crossing the ground and nailing Ah Guda doesn't understand, but even if he understands it, he can't do it! The total population of the Jurchens is there, and even if they are mobilized, they will not be able to fill up the three thousand miles of land in the northern country! Therefore, Lou Room has walked very hard all the way! The so-called transportation of grain for thousands of miles, half consumed on the way! In the case of relying on human and animal power for transportation, how many people should be used to transport how much grain has become a university question. With fewer people, not only can the food and grass not be transported, but they also have to worry about harassment and attacks along the way. There are too many people, and the grain and grass are eaten before they can be transported to Beijing!

Since Aguda had already opened the way in front, the danger of this section of the grain road was underestimated. When Yelu Yu suddenly attacked, there were less than 500 men and horses in Lou Room who could assemble and fight in a mobile battle—the rest of the men had to be optimistic about the porters and the food!

But Yelu Yu was not in a hurry at all, his military horse had been hiding before it appeared, but after seeing Lou Room, he did not use strange tricks such as night attacks, but led half of the soldiers and horses to break through the middle of Lou Room's grain team! By the time Lou Room led hundreds of soldiers and horses to rush over to meet the battle, he had already run away from the distance, setting up a position hundreds of steps away, waiting for Lou Room to attack.

Lou Mu wanted to chase but didn't dare to chase, not chase, Yelu Yu's soldiers and horses were provoking in front again. While hesitating, two other soldiers and horses attacked the front and rear ends of the grain team respectively, charging and killing while setting fire! Lou Mu didn't dare to divide the troops, hesitated a little, and decided to save the front end first, but Yelu Yu saw that he had already reorganized his troops and horses, and slowly pressed towards himself!

At this moment, Lou Room suddenly felt uncomfortable! But he didn't have time to think about it. Because Jeru's remnants have already rushed over! The soldiers of the Liao army saw the opportunity for victory in the hesitation and confusion of the Jurchens! For the first time, they found out that the initiative on the battlefield was in their own hands!

When all the members of an army believe that they will be victorious, will there be deserters in that army? No!

The Liao people suddenly became flexible after half of this battle! Their individual combat effectiveness may still be inferior to that of the Jurchens, but their overall strength is no longer something that the grain team led by Lou Mu can resist!

This Liao army has changed! And Lou also knew that he had lost.

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