The group went down the cliff, because they were a little tired, and the weather was a little hot. Seeing that the pine forest near the left was dense and the shade of the trees was cool, someone suggested that he go to the forest to rest for a while, drink some water and rest his feet before going down the mountain.

Wanyan Aguda agreed to their request, and he himself was actually sweating from the heat. So he left some men to guard outside, and took the remaining two hundred people into the woods.

As soon as they had walked less than a dozen steps into the woods, suddenly there were four cuckoo cries in front of them, and all of them stopped almost at the same time and quickly hid behind the trees on the left. The four-voiced cuckoo is a type of cuckoo, named for its melodious and abrupt four chirps. Because its call is quite distinctive, unlike other birds, the Jurchens use the sound of their 'cutting wheat and planting grain' as a unified signal. Hearing the four cries of the cuckoos in the forest to 'cut wheat and plant grain' means that they are vigilant and careful, and there is an abnormal situation. In hunting, it means that there are traces of prey.

Wanyan Agu thought that he had found prey, and he was afraid that there were no big beasts on the mountain like Longshan, but there were definitely wild boars and the like. When you meet a wild boar, you can slaughter it and take it down the mountain, but you can have a great meal tonight.

However, soon after, the news came from the Jurchen guards in front that suspicious enemy traces had been discovered. Wanyan Agu hurriedly stepped forward and came to the front. I saw dozens of guards huddled under the pine trees and stared at the forest in front of them.

"What's going on?" Wanyan Agu prostrated beside them and asked in a deep voice.

"Great Chief, there's a clearing in front of you. Apparently someone cut down a tree to open it up. Lo and behold, there are shacks made of pine trees. And the embers of the fire. We feared that there would be another enemy, so we warned of it. The guards were busy reporting.

Wanyan Agu squinted widely, only to see that there was indeed an open space ahead. The ground covered with pine needles was covered with hundreds of foot-high tree stumps. It seems that it is the clearing that has been opened up by the felling of trees. Looking at the position of the guard's finger, on the other side of the woodland, I saw more than a dozen simple shacks made of pine branches. The embers of a black campfire in front of the shack are also eye-catching.

Wanyan Aguda observed for a moment and made sure that there were no people in the shacks and the clearing, so with a wave of his hand, he rushed through the clearing with dozens of guards to those shacks. The shacks were improvised and unremarkable. Wanyan Aguda walked to the side of the embers of the fire, stretched out his hand to test the temperature, and suddenly his expression changed, and he said in a deep voice: "The embers are still hot, and they have obviously only been extinguished for a short time. The people are close to the left, and it seems that there are quite a few of them. There are more than a dozen shacks, and I am afraid that hundreds of people will live there. Order, everyone searched the forest. ”

Hundreds of Jurchens immediately began to search the woods. Many of the Jurchens are masters of tracking their prey, and some of these hundreds of people know the art of tracking. Lin Jue and the others were in a hurry when they evacuated, and they didn't pay attention to cover up, and they didn't seem to leave any flaws, but in fact, in the eyes of these masters who traced traces, the pine needles on the ground, the twigs and blades of grass in this section, were all guiding their whereabouts. The Jurchens soon followed the trail and searched deep into the north of the forest.

Finally, on the side of a slope, Wanyan Agu waved his hand to stop his people. He squinted at the empty woods in front of him, where the sunlight shone in in wisps of light, and it seemed that there was not even a ghost in the quiet, but Wanyan Aguda's hand was pressed on the meniscus knife at his waist.

"Come out, no one has escaped the pursuit of my Jurchens in the mountains and forests. You can't hide from it. Wanyan Agu shouted in a deep voice.

The mountains and forests are silent, and there is no movement.

Wanyan Agu grabbed the hilt of the knife and said again in a deep voice: "If you still want to hide, then don't blame us for being polite." If you can't hide, I'll see it as a threat and kill you. ”

Wanyan Agu slowly pulled out half of the meniscus knife, and a ray of sunset shone on the knife, emitting a dazzling brilliant light. All the Jurchen warriors were also ready, the meniscus knife in their hands had already been drawn, their bodies arched, their toes touching the ground, and they would attack quickly at the first order.

At this moment, a hand stretched out behind a pine tree, waved it a few times, and a clear voice shouted: "Don't don't, don't do it, our own people, we are our own people." ”

A young man with delicate eyebrows appeared from behind the tree, and the next moment, behind the surrounding trees and behind several piles of stones on the slope, more than 100 people, tall and thin, slowly appeared.

Wanyan Agu sneered and looked at these people in front of him, they were wearing the armor of the Liao people, and they were clearly a group of Liao soldiers and horses.

"Your own people? My Jurchen tribe and Liao dogs don't share the same sky, and we don't have our own people in Liao. If you don't lay down your arms and surrender, will we not be able to do it? Wanyan Agu laughed coldly

The young man hurriedly said: "We are not Liao, you are Jurchens, right, then you can't be wrong, we are our own people." We are the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou, and we are now allies of alliances, aren't we our own people? ”

"Are you Great Zhou soldiers?" Wanyan Agu frowned and wondered.

The young man arched his hand and smiled: "Then is it fake?" You don't think we're mistaken because of our armor. It's just a disguise. This is the armor of the Liao people, but it is to facilitate the passage within the territory of the Liao State and confuse the public. We came from Xijin Mansion and came here on the orders of the marshal of my family's Northern Expeditionary Army, and my envoy from the Great Zhou Yang Privy Envoy. ”

Wanyan Agu Da heard Lin Jue say Yang Jun's name, and said that he had a nose and eyes, and he believed it in his heart. But it's only three points.

"What are you doing here? Yang Jun is not good enough to capture Xijin Mansion, what are you sending here to do? Who to talk to? With us or Liao? Wanyan Agu shouted in a deep voice.

The young man hurriedly said: "Don't think about it, of course I came to contact and meet with your Jurchens, my Marshal Yang wants us to come here to meet with the Wanyan leader of your Jurchen clan, first, to report on the battle situation in Jinfu, and secondly, to keep abreast of the battle situation in Zhongjing Dao." I, Da Zhou, and you join forces to destroy Liao, so we naturally need to coordinate with each other and know the battle situation of the other side so that we can coordinate the battle. ”

Wanyan Aguda's face was a little pale, and there was nothing wrong with what he said. Da Zhou sent people to check his progress, just as he was concerned about the progress of the other party's siege. The two sides joined forces to attack Liao, and naturally hoped to know the situation on their respective battlefields. To put it mildly, it is to avoid too much pressure on one's own side, and to put it nicely, it is to work together and cooperate.

However, Wanyan Aguda still couldn't fully believe it.

"You said that you were sent by Yang Jun to contact you, you must have documents to prove your identity. Present it and take a look. "Wanyan Agu Avenue.

The young man laughed, "Not really. ”

Wanyan Agu sneered, and Yalu on the side laughed and said, "It's really fake, are we easy to deceive?" Without evidence, just rely on you to say a few words, and you want to lie to us? Talk nonsense with them, and slaughter them. ”

A group of Jurchens shouted and shouted and threatened to do it. More than 100 people on the opposite side also drew their long knives and waited for them. The two sides seemed to be about to move immediately.

The young man hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Slow down, do you understand the reason?" We have come through the territory of Liao, and there are many dangers. Even if you have to disguise yourself, do you still have to carry a secret letter that exposes your identity? If someone stops and searches, won't they all be exposed? Isn't it easy to prove your identity? If I tell me something about the situation in my Great Zhou Army, don't you know if I'm waiting for a fake? Are you Jurchens or not? If you act so hastily, I will suspect that you are Liao. ”

Wanyan Agu laughed loudly, waved his hand to signal his subordinates not to be impulsive, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, then you can tell me about the situation over there." If you don't get half of the sentence right, don't blame us for killing you all. ”

The young man frowned and said, "You Jurchens are really arrogant and unreasonable, and I can't explain anything to you. That's it, I won't talk nonsense with you, I just say. ”

At that moment, the young man talked about the situation of the Great Zhou soldiers and horses attacking Zhuozhou and crossing the Sanggan River to approach Xijin Mansion. Finally, he said: "When we set out, the army had not yet begun to attack Xijin Province, so we don't know what the situation is now. But that's all I told you about the previous situation. If you still have doubts, then I will say another secret that only you and I know. That is the matter of the maritime alliance between you and me on the Bohai Sea many years ago, and not many people know about it. I also know that the person who went to negotiate the covenant on your side was your Jurchen Princess Jinhua. Is this a secret? If we were Liao, would we even know such a secret? ”

After listening to this speech, Yan Agu Da was completely relieved. He knew some about the battle situation of the Great Zhou soldiers and horses marching into Xijin Mansion, but the distance was far away, and the two sides did have battle reports to figure out, but the timeliness was not enough. However, the battle to attack Zhuozhou and cross the Sanggan River was many days ago, and Wanyan Agu naturally knew about it. That's not enough to prove the identity of these people, after all, it's not a secret. But the man in front of him said about the Sea Alliance, which was absolutely secret. Even his sister Princess Jinhua went to negotiate an alliance, and this is definitely an official who knows the inside story of Da Zhou. Otherwise, it would be impossible to know so clearly.

"In this way, you are really the people sent by Marshal Yang, and it is indeed the water that washed the Dragon King Temple, hahaha." Wanyan Agu laughed loudly.

Since Wanyan Aguda recognized the identity of the other party, the atmosphere between the two sides immediately eased. The crowd put away their swords and approached each other in salute.