(2-in-1)

Sun Dayong nodded slightly and said, "Then I'm afraid this Xingzhong Mansion can't be saved, right?" How will Yelu Zongyuan respond? If the Jurchens capture Xingzhong Mansion, they will be able to drive straight into the threat of Dading Mansion. If Yelu Zongyuan did not dare to fight with it, he gave the Jurchens time to build siege equipment. ”

Lin Jue nodded and said, "Yes, Yelu Zongyuan is afraid that he will have a headache." In my opinion, what he can do now is to gather all his troops and horses in Dading Mansion and defend Zhongjing. If you want to annihilate the enemy in the wild, you may be wishful thinking. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep this Xingzhong Mansion. If Wanyan Agu attacked Dading Mansion, there would still be a little chance for Yelu Zongyuan to take it back, after all, Dading Mansion was a strong city, and it was more than enough for the army to defend the city. But I'm afraid of it...... Wanyan Agu does not attack Dading Mansion, that is the real terrible. ”

"Don't attack Dading Mansion? What do you mean by that? Sun Dayong was surprised.

Lin Jue waved his hand and said: "Eat and drink water, eat and drink enough, let's go up the mountain to watch the battle, it's not safe here, the defeated soldiers of the Liao army are likely to flee to the mountains, we better avoid encountering them." When we get to the mountain, I'll tell you slowly. ”

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The morning sun was rising, and the wasteland battlefield south of the Daling River was in shambles. The victorious Jurchen cavalry roamed the wasteland in groups, collecting loot.

Although for the Jurchen cavalry, armor was not a must-have. But something is better than nothing. The armor collected was transformed into something that the Jurchen warriors liked to wear. It's better than those unprotected animal skins. As for how to transform, it is very simple, cut off the already short sleeves and hem and turn them into short armor similar to the shoulders, so as not to affect the movements and behaviors of the Jurchens.

The scimitar of the Liao people is also a good thing, and although the meniscus of the Jurchens is also good, it is still far from the standard scimitar of the Liao army. The backwardness of the Jurchen tribe is backwardness in all aspects, and all aspects of clothing, food, housing, and transportation are very primitive. The meniscus knife is a weapon cast by the Jurchen tribe from pig iron smelted by iron ore, and it is too poor in craftsmanship. Therefore, the Jurchens never missed the opportunity to plunder local weapons. Of course, they are not accustomed to other people's weapons, and all the weapons they collect will be thrown into the furnace to be melted into molten iron and cast into the shape of meniscus for the army.

The war horses of the Liao people were naturally something that the Jurchens urgently needed. Because this time all the baggage supplies were not carried, there were no chariots and horses to follow the army. The food and materials looted along the way could only be carried as much as they could, and those that could not be brought were burned. After these Liao people's war horses are in hand, they can build carts, load supplies and follow the army. And it won't be long before the construction of siege equipment will begin, and these horses will soon be reduced to coolies for pulling equipment. Pity these Liao war horses, they are all good horses, but they are worthless in the hands of the Jurchens, and can only be reduced to mules-like coolie animals pulling carts and working.

In a depression near the hill to the south, Yalu Buhua, the right-hand man of Wanyan Aguda, is doing something that exterminates humanity. More than 20,000 captured soldiers of the Liao army, wounded cavalry, and Jurchen soldiers who cleaned the battlefield gathered here from everywhere. At this moment, these people, who had been stripped of their armor and clothes with their bare hands, were naked, their hands and feet tied, and half of their bodies were immersed in the muddy water of the depression. Although it was late spring, the morning in the north and the water in the depression were still cold, and they shrank and trembled and huddled together, like a herd of pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

They didn't know what the purpose of being concentrated here was, but they could vaguely feel great fear and uneasiness from the contemptuous eyes of the Jurchen cavalry around them.

General Yalu Buhua rode his horse and stood on the hill on the east side of the depression, chewing on a black branch in his mouth, and the cyan juice from the chewing ran down the beard at the corner of his mouth. His eyes sparkled with beastly excitement.

Several Jurchen generals galloped over and came to Yalu Buhua to caress their chests and bow their heads.

Yalu frowned and shouted, "General Hulu, General Alibai, aren't you ready yet?" The sun is out. The big boss wants us to assemble before the time, are you going to make Lao Tzu disobey the big boss's military orders? ”

A yellow-bearded general hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Yalu doesn't spend General Hua to calm his anger, everything is still ready." All the captured Liao dogs were concentrated here, attacking 24,129 people. ”

"How many people don't care, in short, if you don't keep one, it's all a burden. Do it. Yaru waved his hand without fancy, and his tone was impatient, as if he were talking about a trivial matter.

Several Jurchen generals received the order, bowed and saluted, and then galloped away. Soon after, the muffled sound of the horn stopped the noisy Liao prisoners of war in the puddle, and they looked in astonishment at the heights around them. But listening to the sound of horses' hooves, a moment later, the dense Jurchen cavalry rode their horses and circled around the puddles and grass in two circles. They held in their hands the meniscus, which glistened in the sunlight and had faint traces of blood that had not yet been wiped off. Those are the marks left after last night's battle.

"Do it." The yellow-bearded General Hulu ordered in a deep voice, and the next moment, countless whirling meniscus knives came out of the hands of the Jurchens, shining with terrifying light, spinning and breaking through the air. A puff of blood erupted in the sun, and the meniscus cut through the flesh, slicing throats and blood vessels, and then spiraled away. A naked body fell into the murky water, and the blood quickly stained the water.

The Liao captives only now really realized the reason why they were gathered here, and the murderous Jurchens wanted to slaughter them all here, leaving no one alive. When they came to their senses, they immediately began to wail and cry loudly. However, their hands and feet were already tied and strong, and they could only wriggle in the muddy water, like a swarm of wriggling maggots, but they could not escape the fate of fear.

With a cold and cruel smile on the corner of their mouths, the Jurchen warriors threw the meniscus out again and again. It was a good target for them to practice throwing, and every bloody cut in the bodies of these defenseless flesh and blood would provoke the Jurchens to become even more animalistic, and later, they even grinned.

Round and round, the slaughter continued in a frenzy. After killing all the periphery, the Jurchens rode their horses closer and continued to kill in the inner circle. Until their horses' hooves were immersed in muddy and bloody puddles, until the last wailing Liao captive stopped his wailing.

The original noisy and harsh, noisy and crying scene has returned to calm. Everyone's ears still seemed to echo with the sounds of those cries and the sound of the meniscus breaking through the sky. None of the Liao captives survived, and their naked bodies were stacked and collapsed in filthy puddles. The blood on his body stained the shallow water in the puddle black and red. The Jurchens also rode their horses and stood tall, staring blankly at the scene in front of them, their chests heaving, the excitement and cruelty on their faces gradually dissipating, replaced by a trace of fear and loneliness.

In the long sky, the sun is shining. The long wind blew through the wasteland, and the grass and brushes rolled like the tide of the sea. Condors began to hover in the sky, smelling death and gathering to feast.

In this way, the Jurchens officially ended the war. All of this is an order issued by Wanyan Aguda, first, these Liao people really can't be settled, it is impossible for Wanyan Aguda to divide people to guard these wounded soldiers and prisoners, and it is even more impossible to release them, so they will concentrate on slaughtering them. Second, the Jurchens have been oppressed by the Liao people for decades and have long hated the Liao people. Especially these Liao soldiers were hated by the Jurchens to the bone marrow. For the soldiers of the Liao State, the Jurchens did not have the slightest compassion. The Jurchens already had an unwritten military order that all prisoners and wounded soldiers would be executed and would not be tolerated.

Wanyan Aguda is to solve complex problems in an extremely murderous and direct way, to understand all the feuds.

At the end of the day, Wanyan Aguda's soldiers and horses were reorganized and marched to the wilderness two miles below the city of Xingzhongfu before noon and camped. At this time, as Lin Jue expected, Yeluchun's army had stopped crossing the river, and even retreated ten miles north. And the defenders in Xingzhong Mansion were already in a mess after receiving the news.

Zhang Yuanqing, the governor of Xingzhong Prefecture, and Xiao Zheng'an, the deputy envoy of the Northern Privy Council of the Liao Army, who led the army from Dading Mansion to defend it, urgently discussed, and decided to immediately send someone to ask Yelu Zongyuan for countermeasures. Everyone was in a panic.

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Two hundred miles away, in the palace of Dading Mansion in Zhongjing, the sun was setting, and Yelu Zongyuan was sitting with his eyes closed and resting by the koi pond on the side of the corridor. Beside him, a white-bearded old man dressed as a Taoist priest whispered softly with a whisk in his hand.

"My Taoist technique of health preservation and absorption pays attention to tranquility and emptiness, and true qi comes from it. Qi practitioners, deep ...... It is stored, stored is extended, stretched is down, and down is fixed. Decide...... then solid. Solid is cute, cute is long, long is retreating, retreating is day. The days are on top, and the earth is on the bottom. If you go with it, you will be born if you go against it...... Die. ”

Yelu Zongyuan nodded slowly, and a smile actually appeared on his face. This Taoist priest is the head of the Tianyi Pavilion invited by Yelu Zongyuan from the Great Zhou, and like many emperors, Yelu Zongyuan has expected himself to live forever since he became the emperor of Daliao, sit on the emperor's throne forever, and enjoy glory and wealth forever. The Liao State was greatly influenced by the Great Zhou, so Yelu Zongyuan also believed in the Taoist health preservation techniques that were prevalent in the Great Zhou, so he invited this old Taoist to teach himself the art of spitting out health preservation, practicing every day, and never slacking off. Even when the smoke of the Liao Kingdom was everywhere, Yelu Zongyuan still found time to meditate under the guidance of the Taoist leader.

It means that if you inhale deeply, you will be filled with air. Stretch the stored qi downward, and ......" The Dao Chang was still talking, but at this time, a rush of footsteps disturbed the two of them.

Yelu Zongyuan opened his eyes angrily, and he saw Li Gou'er, the palace attendant, rushing over with an anxious face carrying his robe. Yelu Zongyuan pulled out the long sword hanging from the pillar with a bang. Yelu Zongyuan had issued a strict order, and when he practiced and vomited, no one was allowed to disturb him. Because the Taoist priest said that it is easy to go off when interrupted by a foreign object when you breathe in, so whoever comes to interrupt yourself at this time is tantamount to murder. How can such a person forgive himself?

Seeing this, Li Gou'er's face turned pale with fright, and he raised his hand and raised the letter in his hand and shouted: "The emperor is angry, the emperor is angry, it is an urgent report from Xingzhong Mansion, and the slaves and maids dare not delay." ”

Yelu Zongyuan was stunned for a moment, withdrew his long sword, and shouted: "Xingzhong Mansion is in an emergency? ”

"Exactly. The golden eagle in the palace flew back and sent back an urgent report. Li Gou'er offered it with both hands. There are several kinds of birds sent by Liao, such as pigeons, mountain eagles, and golden eagles, each of which indicates a different degree of urgency. The golden eagle flies the fastest, and it is also the most difficult to domesticate, so once the golden eagle is dispatched to deliver the letter, it indicates that it is the most urgent situation, and it must not be delayed for half a minute. It was from this that Li Gou'er knew that this letter could not be delayed.

Yelu Zongyuan tore open the bamboo tube, hooked out the wax seal, took out the letter, and quickly opened it to look at it carefully. After only a moment, his face changed drastically, and he shouted angrily: "How is it possible? How is this possible? Bastard, how can this be? ”

"Your Majesty, after vomiting, don't get angry." The old Taoist priest was on the side.

"Get out of the way." Yelu Zongyuan scolded angrily.

The old man was shocked on his face, didn't dare to say more, and bowed down and walked away quickly. Li Gou'er knelt on the ground and said with his face up: "Your Majesty, the dog didn't delay time." ”

Yelu Zongyuan was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, so he suddenly raised his sword, and with a sword, Li Gou'er's skull rolled into the pool. A large group of koi fish thought they had fed into the water, and they swarmed around the man's head and gnawed endlessly.

Yelu Zongyuan shouted angrily: "Come on, come on." Spread my will and summon the ministers to the temple. ”

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After a short break, Wanyan Aguda began to prepare for the attack on Xingzhong Province. Xingzhongfu is a roadblock to the southwest of Zhongjing Province, and it is necessary to capture Xingzhongfu in order to let his soldiers and horses get a real rest, and at the same time, Xingzhongfu can be used as his foothold in Zhongjing Province. The rest can be done slowly.

Wanyan Aguda was not inflated by last night's victory, and he believes that last night's victory was not enough for him to take control of the situation. At most, let yourself take the initiative. The Liao army still has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Zhongjing Road, not to mention far away, there are still more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in the left and near. On the way to attack all the way, there were more than 100,000 Liao infantry rushing towards Xingzhong Mansion.

Wanyan Aguda even planned his next step. If after he took Xingzhong Mansion, Yelu Zongyuan retreated to Dading Mansion and defended it, he didn't have to pay attention to him. Zhongjing is important, but instead of attacking Dadingfu, it is more practical to actually control Zhongjing Province. Wanyan Aguda's plan was that if Yelu Zongyuan could not shrink, he would lead his troops and horses to sweep the entire Zhongjing Road, occupy all the cities, and make Dading Mansion a lonely city. At that time, Yelu Zongyuan will be in his own pocket.

Of course, the main purpose of this was to force Yelu Zongyuan to go out of the city to fight against him. Last night's victory was not enough, and it was necessary to annihilate more than 100,000 main cavalry of the Liao army. At that time, Yelu Zongyuan will be completely defeated. However, all this also requires the Great Zhou soldiers and horses in the south to be able to contain hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses belonging to the Southern Court of Liao. Otherwise, it's still hard to do.

In any case, the immediate priority is to capture Xingzhongfu. The craftsmen in the army are all there, and the precious drawings sent by Da Zhou are also ready-made, so we have to hurry up and cut down wood to make equipment and take Xingzhong Mansion as soon as possible. Although there had been a great victory last night, the brothers had been short for a few days, and they were in dire need of rest due to the lack of soldiers and horses, serious injuries, and severe injuries. So, starting in the evening, Wanyan Agu sent tens of thousands of people to cut wood in Helong Mountain. The captured horses dragged the logs in a long queue and carried them to the camp under the city. Thousands of craftsmen began to work with axes and chisels, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses assisted to make siege equipment.

The Jurchens made no secret of their intentions, and after dark, the camp was brightly lit and lively. They acted openly under the noses of the defenders of Xingzhong Province, and they did not hide it at all. Wanyan Aguda wanted to put pressure on the defenders of Xingzhong Mansion and keep them awake at night. If the other party can't hold back and go out of the city to fight with him, it will be what he can't ask for. However, Wanyan Agu knew that the Liao people did not have the courage.

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It was late at night, but the lights were bright on and off the city. The city was busy reinforcing the defenses of the city walls and carrying the things to defend the city in preparation for battle, while the city was in full swing to make siege equipment. The air was filled with the tense pre-war atmosphere, which was a little oppressive.

Not only is this the case up and down the city, but at this moment, in the sky where the bright moon shines, a special battle is unfolding.

Wanyan Aguda knew that the Liao people were good at using birds to spread messages. For many years, the Jurchen tribe was forced to pay tribute to the Liao people from various birds of prey produced in Changbai Mountain, on the one hand, as a plaything for the Liao nobles, and on the other hand, it was also a tool for the Liao soldiers and horses to transmit messages. A good falcon flies several times faster than a carrier pigeon and has endurance for a long time, rain or shine. Raptor Messaging is highly secure and fast, making it an extremely efficient way to deliver messages. Compared with the overland carriage and horse station, there are many advantages. The only trouble is that taming these birds requires special means and takes a lot of time. But the Liao have mastered this method. Starting with the domestication of the chicks, it takes one year to successfully domesticate a messenger falcon.

Wanyan Agu naturally knows all about these things. Don't look at his soldiers and horses making siege equipment under the city with great fanfare and undisguised, as if he doesn't care about anything, but Wanyan Aguda will definitely not take it lightly, he actually wants to know the details and reactions of the other party. He knew that the defenders in the city would definitely have frequent contact with Yelu Zongyuan in the Dading Mansion, and in this case, they would not waste time, and they would definitely use birds of prey such as the Golden Eagle Mountain Eagle to deliver the news.

So, Wanyan Agu gave an order and released more than a dozen Haidongqing birds of prey in the Jurchen army, hovering over Xingzhong Mansion, the purpose of which was to intercept and kill these birds that delivered the news.

Although Hai Dongqing is small, he is the most ferocious of all birds of prey. Moreover, they are very aggressive, and are accustomed to taking prey from other birds, so they can be called robbers among birds. Wanyan Agu secretly domesticated these Haidongqing early on for his own use. As a person with high ambitions for a long time, he has made many unknown preparations for his future. Just like domesticating Hai Dongqing, others thought that their leader liked this kind of plaything, but they didn't know that Wanyan Aguda's purpose was to be able to come in handy one day.

More than a dozen Haidongqing circled at the head of Xingzhong Mansion, they didn't wait too long, and in the western sky, a few golden eagles sending letters fluttered their wings. They flew from Dading Mansion to Xingzhong Mansion in the evening, and they delivered the top secret orders of Yelu Zongyuan. Because the matter was so important that one golden eagle could not ensure safety, Yelu Zongyuan sent two golden eagles and three mountain eagles to team up. The two golden eagles carried two orders, and although the eagle also had a bamboo pipe tied to its legs, it was a fake letterhead, all to confuse the public.

Hai Dongqing, who had been waiting for a long time, saw the golden eagle and the mountain eagle flying over, and immediately flapped his wings and chirped, and rushed over in a swarm. The golden eagle is huge, extremely fierce, its wings can be more than one person long, and its claws and beak are sharp and powerful. Although the mountain eagle is small, it is also a fierce bird, and the protection of the golden eagle with the mountain eagle is like the meaning of a fighter protecting a bomber. However, Hai Dongqing is fearless, and for Hai Dongqing, there is nothing they dare not attack. Although they are smaller, they are naturally fearless. Moreover, these dozen Haidongqing have undergone special training. When Wanyan Agu paid tribute to the Golden Eagle Mountain Eagle to the Liao people, Hai Dongqing's training was to use the Golden Eagle Mountain Eagle as an imaginary enemy, and the training was not to let Hai Dongqing fight with it, but how to steal the letterbox on the Golden Eagle feet. This is a specialized, targeted training that has been going on for several years.

More than a dozen Hai Dongqing rushed towards the team of the golden eagle and the mountain eagle and began to entangle and fight. Although the golden eagle has sharp claws and a sharp mouth, it is far less flexible than Hai Dongqing. More than a dozen Haidongqing have a clear division of labor. Five or six of them were biting and wrestling around the mountain eagles, entangling them, and the rest were flying up and down around the two golden eagles, waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack. The grappling lasted less than a cup of tea, and a Hai Dongqing passed through the abdomen of a golden eagle, suddenly flapped its wings and twisted its body, grabbed the letter with its claws upwards and ripped it off. Then he chirped triumphantly. The rest of Hai Dongqing shouted loudly and harmoniously, and formed a formation to protect the successful Hai Dongqing. The golden eagle lost the letterhead and was eager to get it back, but was blocked by Hai Dongqing in a formation. The appearance of more than a dozen Haidongqing teeth and claws also has a great deterrent effect, and the golden eagle and the mountain eagle have no choice but to turn around and fly to the side. The Haidong Qingqun flapped their wings to the east, flew to the Jurchen camp and landed one after another.

Soon after, the snatched bamboo letterbox was already in Wanyan Aguda's hand. In the tent, grease lamps flickered and smoked, and the air was filled with a pungent smell. Wanyan Aguda used his thick fingers to remove the wooden cork and wax seal on the bamboo tube, pulled out a roll of yellow silk cloth, and slowly unfolded it under the lamp.

The silk cloth was empty, and there seemed to be no writing. Wanyan Agu frowned, looking a little annoyed. Until the silk cloth unfolded to the middle position, suddenly, two small characters fell into view. The moment Wanyan Aguda saw those two words, he jumped up as if he had been bitten by a poisonous snake. The seven or eight generals and several personal guards in the tent all looked at Wanyan Aguda in surprise. But after seeing Yan Agu's big face, the muscles on his face trembled, and large drops of sweat rolled down his forehead.

"Big Chief, what's wrong?" General Yalu asked hurriedly.

"Herald, herald!" Wanyan Agu shouted loudly: "Immediately send an order to the whole army to pull out, immediately enter Helong Mountain, and immediately give the order." ”

Wanyan Aguda's voice trembled, and he became a little hoarse. He also rushed out of the tent like a gust of wind. Yalu Buhua and the others looked at each other, Yalu Buhua stepped forward and reached out to pick up the yellow silk cloth on the table, unfolded the crumpled yellow silk, and found two small words in the middle: Dig a dam!