Chapter 86: Border Provocation

"Since the Lanzhou Alliance, the north and the south have been happy.

Although the clouds are free from fighting, the two places are rented.

The officials will be in trouble, and the temple will be a distant map.

Living on the boundary river, I dare not fish in the boundary river".

The alliance between Song and Liao is bounded by the Juma River, the north of the Juma River belongs to the Great Liao, and the south of the Juma River belongs to the Great Song Dynasty. However, the Great Song Dynasty has always been eager to recover Yanyun's homeland, while the Liao people wanted to conquer the south to seize the lost territory of Xiongzhou.

In order to deal with the Liao State, the Great Song Dynasty from the central part of Hebei Province from Baozhou in the west, east to the mouth of the mouth of Luogu, 900 miles from east to west, 600 miles from north to south, the area of 60 or 70 miles from north to south, the use of the original river pond, to dredge, build embankments to store water, widely place rice fields, make the plain into a water and connect into a line, known as the "Great Wall of Water", set up 28 villages, 125 vertical shops, in order to stop the Liao army iron cavalry.

The border between the two countries is on the Hebei Plain, and it is far from enough to rely on a water canal to stop the iron cavalry of the Liao. So the Great Song Dynasty adopted the method of tunnel warfare, digging countless tunnels of all sizes on the plain to fight against the Liao.

In 1122 AD, the fourth year of Xuanhe in the Northern Song Dynasty. The Northern Song Dynasty and the Jin Covenant attacked the Liao State. 150,000 Song troops attacked Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, the soldiers of Shiliao were defeated in Jin, and they were defeated by mourning soldiers in a battle, and the Song army was defeated, and the corpses were hundreds of miles away, known as the Battle of Baigou in history. Baigou is a section of the Juma River, located between Xiongzhou and Yandi.

That is, the Battle of Baigou, the Northern Song Dynasty completely exposed its incompetent side, so a few years later, it became a shame for Jingkang.

After several years of counter-fighting by the Loyal and Righteous Army, the front was finally pushed to the original Song-Liao border. In the past, it was against the Liao people, but now it is against the Jin people.

In the north of Xiongzhou and Rongcheng County, on the vast Hebei Plain, there is no boundless, countless red Shu millet bent down heavily, and the farmers shuttle between the fields and ridges, and their faces are full of the joy of harvest.

For the first time since the Jin people ravaged the two rivers five years ago, the people can plant crops and work with peace of mind.

But even so, everyone is cautious, especially when it comes to the harvest season.

Recently, there have been bloody battles on the border, and the Great Song and Jin people have suffered heavy losses. The Jin people had iron horses and strong bows, while the Song people had firearms, and the elite knights were also in piles.

Hu Da wiped the sweat from his head and stood up with a machete full of gaps. The scorching sun made his scalp tingle and his mouth dry.

"It's the weather on this dog day!"

Hu Da cursed in his heart. It wasn't just the weather that upset him, but also the stress of the war clouds.

Since the summer, the loyal army has continued to increase troops on the border, and the artillery, the horses, and the endless and energetic soldiers have all made him secretly frightened.

He looked at it, and after several days of continuous work, only half of the crops had been harvested. The Hun family and their son were still cutting Shu millet hard in the back, and their faces were also red and sweaty.

"Lady, Da Lang, take a break, it's so hot this day!"

Hu Da came to the tree, opened the lid of the iron pot, scooped a spoonful of mung bean soup, and poured it down.

The Hun family and their son also came over, and the son sat on the ground and took the mung bean soup handed over by his mother, but drank it slowly.

"If this was more than ten years ago, it would be so tiring. If you feel uncomfortable, run to the other side of the river, and the Liao people will immediately distribute grain, which is much more comfortable than growing crops!"

Hu Da remembered what happened when he was a child, and his mouth was full of feelings.

"Tianxingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement!"

The son said coldly, and his mouth was full of sarcasm.

"A gentleman is not subject to food, let alone a foreign race. Relying on alms from other races is not the work of a gentleman. Dad, don't talk nonsense outside in the future. Otherwise, others will look down on our family. ”

Hu Da stood up suddenly

, pointed at his son and said angrily: "You rebel! Doing a lot of "Chinese Society" in the school all day long, with a group of children who have not grown up all day long, messing around, and there are women mixed in it. What do you learn all day long, is this how you scolded your son? ”

The Hun family quickly stood up, stood between the father and son, and persuaded: "Official, Da Lang is still a child, don't be like him."

"Slap", Hu Da slapped the Hun family, and scolded in his mouth: "It's you a loser, you protect this rebel all day long, so that he is so big and small!"

Hu Lei stepped forward to help his mother and sneered: "Awesome, awesome." Dare to be so cruel to your wife, it's really amazing! ”

"You rebel, see if I don't kill you!"

Hu Da jumped like thunder, grabbed the machete that cut Shu millet, and made a gesture to smash it.

"You thing, you want to fight, kill me first!"

The Hun family hid their son behind him, raised his head, and looked resolute.

"Mother, you let him cut it, who doesn't know that he can kill him with a knife. When the Jurchens went south, didn't he follow Yelu Ma Wu or so, charged into battle, and killed a lot of Han Chinese?"

The anger on Hu Da's face suddenly fell, and the blunt knife in his hand stopped in mid-air, and the Hun family took the opportunity to snatch the knife down.

You kid, you know how to poke your father's weakness!

After a while, Hu Dacai shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Dad is bragging in front of you, so what killed a lot of Han people." It's all a lie!"

He said dejectedly: "If you really charge, your father will not be a deserter." The Jurchens do not regard the Han people as human beings, and they have always been called like dogs in war, thrown away like mud. If Dad hadn't escaped early, how could he see you and your mother. ”

Hu Lei also felt that his ridicule was too much, and he bowed his head and said, "Dad, I collided with you, and I will make amends to you." However, you can't beat your mother in the future!"

Hu Mu wiped her tears and choked up: "Son, you must not say these words in the future, if you let the prince hear it, you will definitely find trouble with your father." Don't quarrel with your dad again. It's all a family, let's live a good life. ”

"It's up to you."

Hu Da nodded and said with a wry smile: "Dad is upset, I would have taken you to stay in the Daimyo's Mansion if I knew it." Now that I'm back home, it's the place where the two armies fought. If you don't say it, Fanzi will kill you, Dad is worried about it!"

"Dad, the Loyal and Righteous Army is about to go on the march, and there will be a good life in the future, so you don't have to worry!"

Hu Lei hurriedly said. He saw from the newspaper that the Northern Expedition of the Loyal and Righteous Army was already unstoppable.

"The Western Expedition, the Northern Expedition is still far away, you have to rely on yourself for everything! Daddy is old and can't stand the toss!"

Hu Da left listlessly, and his tall back suddenly stiffened, and he began to chop up Shu millet again.

Hu Lei felt a trace of sadness, he looked around, and saw that few people were paying attention, so he and his mother also began to harvest the crops.

"These dogs' fans, they really don't stop for a day, it's so fucking annoying!"

Zhao Yuanhu pulled the war horse, his face was tanned, and the scorching hot weather made him extremely hot, and even the war horse was weak.

A group of knights behind him also followed behind him, moving forward.

In such a hot weather, everyone cherishes the war horses, and they all take slow steps to save horsepower. Fortunately, the border is covered with huge trees, which can also provide some sunlight and prevent people and horses from getting sunburned.

Suddenly, thick smoke billowed from the northwest, and the people fled in a hurry, watching the feathered arrows gallop and the people continued to fall.

"Straight sissy thief!"

Zhao Yuanhu was furious, turned over on the war horse, opened his bow and arrows in his hand, and had one leg

Clamping the horse's belly, he said loudly, "Brothers, kill these dogs!"

In the ridges of the fields, people were constantly shot to the ground, the dead were killed instantly, and the wounded fell to the ground groaning and howling. The sabers flew up, and the people who fled in panic were cut to the ground one by one.

An elite soldier galloped into Shu and rushed straight to Hu Lei in front. At the same time, Hu Lei's mother exclaimed, and she had been cut off to the ground by another Jurchen knight.

"Mother!"

"Lady!"

The Hu father and son screamed in unison, and the fox picked up the blunt knife in his hand to cut the millet and rushed forward against the tall horse of the Jin soldiers.

Fortunately, there is a military class in the school, and Hu Lei is also an outstanding figure, although he has no advantage in weapons, he is not afraid, rolls over, comes under the horse, and cuts off one of the front hooves of the war horse.

The Jin Bing on the horse rolled down all of a sudden, and before he could get up, Hu Da had already raised the knife in his hand, and the blunt knife slashed at the throat of the Jin Bing.

The father and son turned around and leaned their backs together, and at this moment they felt that the father and son were connected and the family affection was precious.

Several golden knights pounced, and the spears in their hands stabbed straight at them like lightning. Hu Da couldn't dodge, and his left arm was already on fire, and it was immediately dripping with blood.

Hu Lei shouted loudly and slashed it down, the other party's golden knight did not dodge or dodge, and the mace swung up directly.

Hu Lei's mouth cracked, and the short knife in his hand could no longer be grasped, and flew out. The Golden Knight fell on the horse's head, and the mace slammed down.

Seeing that his son was about to be buried under the other party's iron rod, Hu Da endured the pain, leaned forward, and knocked his son out at once. The golden knight's iron rod smashed into Hu Da's back at once, sinking deep into it.

"Daddy!"

Hu Lei's eyes were blood-red, and his father's body was smashed to the ground, motionless, obviously unlucky. Seeing that the other horseman surged up again, Hu Lei jumped down the deep ditch, turned around and ran towards the depths of the Shu Forest.

I don't know how many heels he fell, Hu Lei was exhausted, out of breath, unable to run anymore, and planted himself in the ditch.

A feathered arrow flew by with a "whoosh", brushed Hu Lei's face, and stuck it on the ground. Several golden knights urged their horses to catch up, stopped dozens of paces away, and the feathered arrows in their hands had already been mounted on the bowstring and aimed at Hu Lei, ready to shoot at any time.

"You bastards, shoot it, I can't spare you if I'm a ghost!"

Hu Lei stood up and shouted loudly in the sun, his voice full of desolation and anger.

Jin Ren's eyes were cold, the bowstring in his hand was tight, and Hu Lei seemed to have seen death and beckoned to him.

Suddenly, the sound of feather arrows breaking through the air continued, and several Jurchen knights on the horse planted one after another, Hu Lei hurriedly lay down in the ditch, looked up at the heights, but saw the other Jurchen knights turn their horses' heads and go backwards.

"Fanzi, don't go!"

Countless Song knights galloped wildly, their faces were red, they roared loudly, and they shot desperately with their bows and arrows, and some other knights, with their spears straight, rushed towards the golden knights in front.

Among the Song knights, one of the generals who broke out was very brave. Every time he pulled the bowstring in his hand, a golden soldier was shot under his horse in front of him.

The knights around him were all in iron armor, and even the horses had protective gear. These knights rumbled with horses' hooves, all armed with guns and knives, with bows and arrows, dragons and tigers, fierce and fierce!

"It's Wang Xianggong's subordinates, Wang Xianggong's subordinates have saved us!"

Seeing the flags flying high behind the knights, some of the people shouted together.

Hu Lei struggled to squeeze through the Shu millet forest and came to his own land. He knelt in front of the bodies of his parents, tears falling silently.