In Puyang City, the seat of Kaide Mansion in northern Beijing, Wanyan Agu Da was cursing loudly in the tall palace hall. As we enter June, the weather is already extremely hot. Although for the people of the Great Zhou, this is the beginning of the hot season of the year, the real hot days are in July and August, which is the real scorching. But for Wanyan Aguda and his Jurchen army, such weather was enough for them. The place where they live is between the white mountains and black waters in the Changbai Mountain area, and there are times when the weather is hot, but the time is very short, and it is also bearable. After all, there are many mountains and forests, and no matter how hot it is under the sun, it will be cool and comfortable immediately when you enter the mountains, forests and valleys. The water in the valley was so cold that they had never been exposed to the sun, the steamers in their houses, and the water in the ponds and rivers boiling hot.

Two months ago, Wanyan Agu judged the situation and weighed the pros and cons, and finally resolutely led the army to withdraw from Shili Changgang with the determination of a strong man, and no longer fought with the Luoyan army. I have to say that Wanyan Aguda's decision was wise. He knew that if he continued to fight to the death with the Luoyan Army, he would face an extremely embarrassing situation. Even if he eats and drops the wild goose army with the advantage of troops, there will be few soldiers and horses left. However, at that time, he will face a situation where he will not be able to control the Liao people, and he will have nothing to gain in the Great Zhou. At that time, not only would there be no progress in the Great Zhou, but even the occupied Hebei East Road and West Road, as well as most of the Hedong Road, would have to be handed away, because he was unable to control such a large territory. Not only that, even if he retreats to the north, the attitude of the Liao people will change with the weakening of his strength, and the two territories in Tokyo and Zhongjing will be difficult to protect, and in the end I am afraid that he will have to return to the white mountains and black waters of Changbai Mountain to be his tribal leader.

This is obviously an unacceptable result for Wanyan Aguda. Once upon a time, the tribal leader would have been his highest dream. But now, he has been through so much, seen so much, given and received so much, it is absolutely impossible to get him back to the way before. Not only is it difficult to return to the previous mentality of being rich and peaceful, but when he went all the way south from the wild land in the north, saw the big cities of Zhongjing and Tokyo in Liaoguo, and saw the majesty and height of the Great Zhou City, and saw another way of life, how could he be willing to return to the previous days.

The original dwelling place can be so magnificent, the food can be so delicate and delicious, and the original clothes can be so gorgeous. It turns out that there are still so many people in the world who live so comfortably and so forbiddenly. On the other hand, looking at his own Jurchen tribe, those low grass huts and tents are admittedly a kind of plot that can make you feel homesick, but they are really not a place for people to live. The food is far from comparable. The same kind of meat, the Jurchens will only roast it on the fire or cook it with some salt to think that it is a delicacy in the world, but the meat eaten by others is cooked by various means, and there are dozens of seasonings. To tell the truth, the ordinary food in the Jurchen tribe is not worthy of feeding pigs and dogs in Da Zhou.

When his sister Wanyan Mingyue returned to the Jurchen tribe from the capital of the Great Zhou, she once described to him the wealth of the Great Zhou and another exquisite way of life. Although Wanyan Aguda already knew a little about these, he took it for granted at the time that his sister's description might be a little too exaggerated. It wasn't until he saw all this in person that he realized that Yan Mingyue's description was not enough to make the Great Zhou prosperous.

All kinds of discrepancies and contrasts have made Wanyan Aguda firm in his determination not to return to the past. So after learning that the battle of Fangcheng Mountain was lost, he decisively chose to withdraw his troops. However, he did not withdraw his soldiers and horses from the territory of the Great Zhou, but retreated nearly 180,000 soldiers and horses to the three places of Xingren Mansion, Kaide Mansion and Longde Mansion, forming an arc-shaped defensive formation. With the three cities that are less than 150 miles together as the outposts of defense, backed by the fortified city of the Daimyo's Mansion on the East Hebei Road, a three-dimensional defensive posture is formed.

Wanyan Aguda originally thought that after he withdrew his troops, Lin Jue's first target of attack would be Lu Zhongtian, who was cowering in the capital. Obviously, Lin Jue and Guo Kun's primary goal was to quell the civil strife first, otherwise they would not be able to come to war with them at all. It is impossible to let Lu Zhongtian come and attack the Jurchen army first, wouldn't it be waiting for Lu Zhongtian to send troops to attack him back and forth, wouldn't it be a dead end. They can only calm the civil strife first, and then come to deal with themselves. Wanyan Aguda believes that just a capital city where Lu Zhongtian is entrenched is enough to keep the Luoyan army busy for a while, and it is difficult to predict who will win or lose. Although the firearms of the Luoyan army are powerful, but the strength of the city of Bianliang City is that I have seen it, and the firearms of the Luoyan army are afraid that they are not of much use in the siege battle. Attacking Bianliang is something that any soldier and horse has to pay a huge price.

Wanyan Aguda's wishful thinking is to let the Luoyan Army and Lu Zhongtian fight to the death in Bianliang first, this must be an evenly matched contest, the Luoyan Army is indeed powerful, but Lu Zhongtian, who has a strong city and refuses to defend it, is not a vegetarian, it is best for the two sides to fight to the death, and reap the benefits of the fisherman. The two of them are almost the same, and no matter which side is the winner in the end, it is not their opponent.

And taking advantage of the time when they were dead, their soldiers and horses just recuperated and regained their confidence. From the Liao State and the occupied northern part of the Great Zhou, they continued to recruit manpower and restore their strength. After they had broken their heads, he led his army to sweep them away. What about the firearms of the Luoyan Army? As long as there are enough soldiers and horses, they can be defeated with crowd tactics. Anyway, it wasn't the Jurchens who died, it was the Liao and the Great Zhou people who died, and they didn't care at all.

Although Wanyan Aguda's wishful thinking is quite shrewd, it is a pity that he is only half right. The Luoyan army did go straight to the capital, and they really wanted to solve Lu Zhongtian's civil strife first. However, it was by no means a close siege. Wanyan Aguda sent a large number of detailed works to observe this siege battle, and as a result, it almost made Wanyan Aguda's jaw drop. It only took one day for the Falling Wild Goose Army. To be exact, the entire siege took only half a day, and the strong towers and walls of Bianliang South City were destroyed by the fierce firearms that the Luoyan army had never seen before. Wanyan Aguda was stupid, and the scouts who came back to report were knocked out by him, because Wanyan Aguda didn't believe their reports at all, let alone that the Luoyan army had new siege firearms. But all the scouts' reports were like this, and he had to believe it.

A cruel fact was placed in front of Wanyan Aguda, his wishful thinking failed, the Luoyan army was devastated, and even solved Lu Zhongtian almost undamaged, once again showing a terrifying combat ability. And I'm afraid there's not much time left for me. He had to make a decision right away, whether to stay or go. Stay, Lin Jue will definitely not let himself go, he must lead the army to attack. And I have no certainty of defeating him. If he evacuated immediately, he could destroy the Liao State with his existing soldiers and horses, as Lin Jue had told him, and claim the throne in the north. But the relationship with Da Zhou, because of the existence of the Luoyan Army, I am afraid that I have to pay some price. It is estimated that you have to pay tribute every year before you can live in peace. Moreover, he must suffer the consequences of losing his reputation after fleeing from the wind. He is not invincible, Lin Jue is his nemesis, he must avoid Lin Jue.

It sounded like the latter option was wiser, but Wanyan Agu was absolutely unwilling to do so in his heart. Obviously, this avoidance will not be the final result, even if you can hide for a while, you can't hide for a lifetime. He went south to invade the Great Zhou and killed hundreds of thousands of their soldiers and horses, and the people were killed, and I am afraid that this account will not be so easy to erase. When Lin Jue led the army to repay the blood debt, unless he mastered the secret of the same firearms as the Luoyan army, he was still a lamb to be slaughtered. Beg? Tribute? Called the emperor's nephew? The experience of the big week is in the past, and this method will only make the other party's appetite bigger and bigger. At the beginning, he saw that the Great Zhou groveled to the Liao people, so he had contempt for the Great Zhou, and he made up his mind to move the army south. Now that the situation is reversed, Lin Jue will not give up.

After thinking about it for a few days, Wanyan Aguda made a decision. As a Jurchen man, he couldn't let down his brothers who followed him, he had already let them down a little, and he couldn't let them feel ashamed anymore. It is true that retreating to the north can be a temporary peace, but it is not a one-size-fits-all solution. He had to face Lin Jue's attack, and he had to solve this matter once and for all. Perhaps the hope of destroying the Great Zhou has been dashed, but at least it is necessary to keep the occupied territory and ensure that the two sides will get along on an equal footing in the future. There will be no aftermath.

There is only one solution to all this, and that is to come face to face. Settle everything with one ultimate battle. Although the opponent is indeed terrifyingly strong, he can still expand his forces and fight to the death. There are more soldiers and horses than the Luoyan army, and their soldiers are not timid and afraid of death, and their own army has an advantage in field battles. As long as you plan well, you don't have a chance of winning.

What's more, he also has a magic weapon that is not well known. That may be Lin Jue's life. At this time, in order to win, I can't care about anything.