The Donghu people have been fighting for a long time, and many soldiers are less than 40, and they have been fighting for more than 20 years. When they were teenagers, they began to gallop with the army, and then they fought in armor, and now every adult man had more or less scars on his body. They are indifferent, calm, tenacious, tough, violent, cruel, and all kinds of emotions and characteristics suitable for warriors are vividly reflected in these people, they are clothed in animal furs, their waists are tightly tied, and the cuffs of their robes are tucked into horseshoe shapes, which is to shelter from the cold wind and facilitate the drawing of bows and arrows. The hem of their robes is tightly tightened, which is also convenient for walking and horseback riding, which is completely different from the wide robes and large sleeves of the Wei people.

Under the dim sky, all the Donghu people stood and bowed respectfully, listening to those loud guards preaching the Great Khan's edicts, and their originally indifferent faces also had some moved looks, after all, with the Donghu system, the Great Khan has always discussed military affairs with many nobles, and these armored warriors just attacked the enemy with bows and bows, sacrificed their lives to fight for victory, and then shared a little of the residue of the spoils.

This time, the Great Khan was relieved and told many soldiers that the situation on the battlefield was unfavorable at this time, and if he wanted to win, he would have to raise his clan to fight to the death, not defeat the Wei army in front of him, and uproot the two cities of Jinzhou and Yushui, after which the Donghu people could only be trapped on the Liaoshui side, waiting to be exterminated by the Wei people who gradually recovered.

Even if the Wei people do not come, as long as they can't plunder the Great Wei, the Donghu people who are trapped in the Liaozhou area can not fall well, although the land of Liaodong at this time is vast and sparsely populated, but the winter is longer and more difficult than later generations, many men have to enter the old forest in late spring, endure the bite of mosquitoes that are not much smaller than their fists, and the threat of poisonous snakes and beasts, keep picking dried fruits and storing them for winter, fishing, shooting, and constantly storing and eating, but these backward means of production still can not meet the needs of the tribe's survival...... No nomadic or fishing and hunting people can rely on grazing, hunting, and fishing to meet the survival and reproduction of the tribe, whether it is the Huns or the Turks, or the Khitans, the Jurchens, and the Indians of North America, they are too dependent on nature, once nature does not give them rich gifts, the Indians are robbing and fighting between the tribes, and the aliens here in China have always gone south to fight the grass valley, and survived the difficult times by plundering the products of agricultural civilization.

At this moment, these best warriors knew the importance of this battle, and they were quite shocked and moved, and finally there was some strange expression on their always indifferent faces.

Before dark, more than 100 military attachés were arrested and picked up, Yelushu hated these people for disgrace to themselves, and did not intend to give them dignity, so people stripped these military attaches of their robes, naked and waiting to be beheaded, under the cold wind of the night, these people were frozen and blue, and then they were pressed to the ground one by one, although their bodies were full of scars, their muscles were bulging, their bodies were full of strength, and they were full of experience in battlefield fighting, they were also extremely ferocious, if it was on the battlefield, the enemy might have to kill a lot of people before they were injured, but at this time, They could only honestly kneel on the ground and be beheaded with knives one by one.

The first to be beheaded were a group of ten-necked and centurions, and when they were beheaded, many Donghu people made a sound of regret, these people were all the best of the tribal soldiers, and it was a pity to kill them like this. At the same time, they were also deeply shocked, and then thinking of the Great Khan's edict, many Donghu soldiers showed strange and complicated expressions on their faces, from the bottom to the top, many people felt that this time they had to fight hard.

When it comes to beheading a few commanders, due to their status

Honorable, to the level of the commander of the thousand is already a nobleman in the Donghu tribe, and even a certain thousand people are in control of the generations, even if these people are killed, their subordinates are still inherited by their clansmen or descendants, Yelushu personally came over and sent these people off with a wine jug.

Everyone did not speak, but drank wine and calmly suffered, and when Jerushu saw his beloved subordinate beheaded with a knife, he turned his head and entered the big tent.

At this time, the inside and outside of the tent were still bright, the Great Khan and the nobles were waiting, and as soon as the murderous and alcoholic Yelushu came in, Chechen Khan nodded slightly and said: "Today's matter is unavoidable, collect their corpses, and after the battle, I will personally pour wine for them and offer sacrifices." ”

Jerushu said: "They also deserve it, kill them, and be wary of all the soldiers." ”

Wanyan Zongshu said: "Now it's time to think about how this battle will be fought." ”

"We all know that this is a matter of life and death......" Wan Yande was very slow, although he was old, but his tone was deep and firm, at this time this old man looked at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Coupled with the use of killing in the army, the soldiers are vigilant, sad and indignant, at this time is the most determined will of the whole army, and it is also the time when the morale is high, and the decisive battle should be in these two days." My generation is already old, for the future of my sons, I should give up this body of flesh and skin, even if I die in this battle, I have no complaints, sacrifice my life and forget death, in order to ascend the Buddha country, what regrets? ”

After listening to Lao Nayan's words, although some people who believe in shamans do not believe in the so-called Buddha Kingdom, it does not prevent everyone from being moved. Even Chechen Khan also had tears in his eyes, and said: "My Donghu is the original Khitan, the Jurchen tribes are blended together, in this bitter cold land, our people live a very hard life, we don't go to the Great Wei, we don't loot the Wei people, we don't have to land the Wei people, the tribesmen will always suffer." Although I am a great khan, and you are also nobles, why can't you give up your life for the sake of your people? If the battle in front of us is won, the vitality of the Wei people will be greatly damaged, within a few years, I Donghu can get north of the Yellow River, move the people to the Wei people's place, ordinary people can also get a hundred Wei people to support, men only ride horses to practice bows and arrows, Xi Changzhen, wear armor to defend the country, women and women, just enjoy the wealth, such a prospect should also be told to the soldiers, so that they know the benefits of the future, not that we and other nobles want to fight the Wei country, but the whole clan, can get benefits in this war, and even the descendants of Fuyan can enjoy at least a few hundred years of wealth! ”

Someone in the palace tent listened to the order, and sent many guards out, and in the Donghu camp, which stretched for more than ten miles, the sound of the Great Khan's edict was heard.

Soon, there was a tsunami-like shout from inside the camp, and all the nobles listened attentively, and smiles appeared on their faces.

In the past 30 years, the living standards of the Donghu people have improved slightly, and many men in their thirties and forties know very well in their hearts that if they hadn't invaded the Wei realm many times, plundered a large number of people to farm for the Donghu people, and robbed countless materials, food, iron tools, robes, sundries, gold and silver, the Donghu people would be locusts after entering the territory of the Great Wei, and they would not let go of anything that could be taken away. Now most of the clothes and utensils in everyone's house, including cabinets, stools, jars, and stoves, were snatched from Dawei. Even the most rudimentary hoes, shovels, shovels, and plows were mostly looted. Although there are iron mines in Donghu, but its mining technology is not up to par, manpower is also insufficient, a small amount of refined iron is all used to cast iron armor and build weapons, there is no spare power to make agricultural tools, all the iron tools in its territory, whether it is farmland or household, more than ninety percent are looted.

The level of poverty of these Hu people is unimaginable, and there were more of them a few decades ago

Half of the use of bone arrowheads, no iron armor and decent weapons, they have to keep fishing, hunting and picking dried fruits, so that the tribe can survive, they rely on animal oil to cover the cold in winter, but there will still be a large number of tribesmen who are frozen to death, because the intake of calories is insufficient, it is normal to be frozen to death, even one or two hundred years ago, they have degenerated to the point of eating raw meat, if it were not for them to gain the initiative in the war with the Beiyu and the Bohai Kingdom, they are likely to be blockaded and degenerated into raw meat-eating savages, The tribes will also be divided, forming countless small tribes of hundreds or at most a few thousand, barely surviving, and in a disaster year, the children and old people in the tribe will die in pieces, these things are not long away, and many Donghu soldiers remember it vividly.

After dark, the shouting continued, and at this time, the many Nayan and dozens of gathered households in the palace tent were arguing, and they were already quite tired.

According to many people's thoughts, at this time, the Wei army set up a battlefield, set up a long trench fence, placed a large number of horses and antlers, and Jinzhou City as a backing, which was not conducive to cavalry impact and quick battle, but the plan now is to divide the war into two parts to fight, confront the main force of the Wei army, and then build siege equipment to besiege Jinzhou.

It is the most secure and safe tactic to conquer Jinzhou, press the Wei army to the line of Yushui City, and then besiege it, dig a long trench to cut off the connection between Yushui City and Jinzhou and Songta Forts, and cut off the Wei army's grain route.

There is only one flaw in this style of fighting, that is, it may take a long time, but in the process of confrontation and attrition, the Wei army is also very likely to be unable to hold back and take the initiative to attack, which is a better result for the Donghu people, who are mainly cavalry.

If in the process of confrontation, it is unfavorable to attack Jinzhou, or the Donghu logistics collapse first, it is the turning point of this battle, it is very likely that when Jinzhou and the Wei army are defeated in Yushui City, the Donghu people will not be able to consume and collapse, so that the whole situation will collapse and there will be no recovery.

The idea of the other faction is to do their best, ignore Jinzhou, take advantage of the high morale, regardless of casualties to conquer the periphery of the Wei army, and then use cavalry to defeat the Wei army, and decide the victory or defeat in a battle, and decide life and death.

Of course, the opponents felt that such a plan was too risky, and on the battlefield within a radius of about thirty miles, the Wei army was heavily fortified, and the military villages were lined up, and each other was horned...... The crossbow arrows shoot very fast, almost caught off guard and will shoot in front of the body, and then the brave soldiers who have experienced a hundred battles are also extremely afraid of the power of the crossbow arrows, once they reach the body, no matter how strong and thick the armor is useless, it will be pierced immediately, many Donghu soldiers who have experienced a hundred battles have seen the crossbow arrows through the human body more than once, and even wear a number of armor soldiers together, which makes them very sensitive, and they will be very vigilant and timid when they hear the sound of the crossbow arrows.

The two sides argued for a long time and could not make a decision, and in the end they could only focus on the Great Khan again.

The Great Khan has been leading the army for many years, and is also recognized as the most strategically decisive of the Donghu nobles, in fact, the Great Khan cannot be blamed for the first opportunity to fall to the enemy this time, the Wei army moved too fast, almost with the momentum of a broken cauldron and a battle. The Eastern Hu army has responded in time, but there is still no enemy of the Wei army, the situation is unfavorable at this time, although the Great Khan did not have a clear instruction, but two proclamations encouraged the morale of the soldiers, and beheaded to determine the strict military discipline, which made people not only vigilant, but also increased the respect for the Great Khan.