The hands of the Great Khan were still bare, and they were smeared with some grease, so that the cold wind would not blow their hands apart, and they were not allowed to shoot arrows with their bows. In this respect, the Great Khan, like ordinary shepherds, was not in the slightest.

The Great Khan is too tall and fat, and the yellow fat horse on his body is actually a big horse that is taller than half of the body of an ordinary war horse, but in the body of the Great Khan, it seems to be a horse that has not yet fully reached adulthood, swaying slowly and slowly, as if it is a little listless.

Around the Great Khan, there are several of the most noble Nayan, the left Yan Wanyan Zongshu, the right Yan Wanyan De, the front Nayan Yelushu, the back Nayan Yeluming, these are the most noble existence in the entire Donghu tribe, under that Yan is Nuoyan, and then under it is the princes, can be the son of the Great Khan, or the son of Zhu Nayan, the position of the Great Khan is publicly promoted in Nayan, that is to say, the five Nayan are qualified to be the Great Khan, but during the hundred years of Donghu, that Yan can be held by the Yelu clan from the Khitan tribe, and sometimes the Xiao family, or the Li Division, the Fufu Yu Division, not like the Jurchen tribe, all the upper positions are Wanyan, and other surnames are not qualified to be Nayan.

From this point of view, there are still very serious tribal remnants in the Donghu State, they do not have two prefectures, three divisions, six departments and various temples, although there are Yingzhou, Liaozhou and other prefectures in the locality, but the prefectures are assigned to the management of various tribes, they set up 10,000 households and 1,000 households in the local area, according to the Jurchen name, in fact, it is a thousand commanders and centurions, which is a kind of system division of soldiers and peasants.

The Donghu people were originally born in the iron fire, the whole tribe was full of blood, and the plundering and expansion were originally immersed in their blood, coupled with the real predicament, the invasion of the Great Wei and the ambition of the territory were also constantly breeding with the smooth entry of the customs again and again.

Now they have come to this point, behind Chechen Khan Wanyan Hong is like a wave of cavalry, boundless, brilliant colors, black, gray, white, red, blue, cyan, yellow, many colors of robes and flags, with the various colors of the horses, it seems that the frozen black soil blooms gorgeous flowers, and those countless long knives and iron spears flickering cold light, it seems to be the brilliance of flowers shining in the sun.

The sky seemed to be shaking, the earth was trembling, and countless iron horses crossed the river, looking as if it was boundless. Such a momentum gives those who control this power a sense of solemnity and an incomparable sense of pride. These cavalry in front of them are the famous Donghu Iron Cavalry, they are divided into five divisions, each with more than 40,000 people, and the iron cavalry in the early 200,000 people is enough to crush all the forces in the world that dare to resist.

The only exception is the Great Wei Forbidden Army.

Chechen Khan also had a gloomy face, and the light cavalry of the Donghu outpost also sent about 30,000 or 40,000 people, which was the same as the number of cavalry of the Wei army, and all departments sent people, from thousands to tens of thousands, and the Donghu people were also adding fuel one after another.

The Wei army came out of Yuguan at the end of last summer, and the cavalry of the Wei army from outside Yuguan was entangled and engaged with the Donghu cavalry.

From the time of discovering that the Wei army was out of the customs, the Donghu people gradually began to mobilize, and their tribes were scattered very widely, and the farthest part was already in the upper reaches of the Naowen River, reaching the territory of the Bohai State established by the Yan people at the beginning, and it was also the downstream of the Heishui Governor's Mansion to live and hunt.

There were once established the Buyeo Kingdom, the Bohai Kingdom, and the Han and Tang Dynasty Prefectures, but now they are all decaying. Donghu people used to be Xianbei, Buyeo, Jian, Khitan, including Mongolia including fishing and hunting nomadic general name, their language is similar, the race is actually almost a race, now divided into several tribes, fortunately, the Khitan and Jurchen are reunited together, Donghu Liguo, using the ancient name of antiquity.

The two sides were at a stalemate for more than half a year, from late spring to late summer, and then to autumn and winter, and the location of the stalemate on both sides gradually changed from Yuguan to Ningyuan, and then to Jinzhou and Yushui.

It is not that the Donghu people did not dare to fight with the Wei army, but up to Chechen Khan and Zhu Nayan, down to the ordinary herdsmen and soldiers, everyone found that the Wei army lined up along the narrow corridor of western Liaoning, slowly advancing all the way, building a large number of military forts and camps, due to the special topography of western Liao, if the Wei army fought in the area of Yuguan, it was just suitable for the characteristics of the Wei army's formation and then the battle, leaning on the Xiongguan, the terrain was flat, although the cavalry could impact, but the infantry could also fight after the formation, the Wei army's supplies were near, it was considered to be a good man, and the morale was booming just out of the pass, Even if it is a good time, no matter how good the location is, although the Donghu people are arrogant, they will not rush over to fight a decisive battle with the Wei army at that time. And it takes time for the army to recruit and mobilize the people to gather, the Wei army is not good at coming this time, when it is known that the Wei army is out of the customs, every Donghu person is quite clear and understood, this time it must be a rare battle, is a decisive battle that determines the fortunes of the Donghu country.

"In another ten days, the water will skyrocket." That Yan Wanyan Zongshu is the brother of the Great Khan, Wanyan De is the uncle of the close tribe, and the Wanyan family and the Yelu family are the two most noble families in Donghu, and they completely control the power of the tribe.

It's just that the remnants of the tribal system in Donghu are quite clear, and the 10,000 households under each Yan are also controlled by the big surnames of the family, including the major surnames of the Khitan, the major surnames of the Jurchens, and one of the 10,000 households is the Gao clan of the Jian, which also controls the remnants of the Bohai Yanya in Donghu.

As for the current Bohai State, it is actually a union of the remnants of the Yan Dynasty and the remnants of Goguryeo, and it claims to be the country of Little China, but it is a pity that it was defeated and retreated by the Donghu people.

There is also a section, that is, a few decades ago, the Great Wei Navy Division was still strong, and the southern and northern Navy divisions combined had hundreds of warships, when Donghu Ruo conquered the Bohai Sea, the terrain of the peninsula was attacked by enemies on all sides, and the barren land was attacked by the Great Wei Navy Division on all sides, which was really worth the loss, so the country was retained.

Wanyan Zongshu is more than Chinese New Year's Eve, with a beautiful mustache on his chin, and the armor on his body is also extremely fine, and the big coat is quite fine and neat.

This is a nobleman who has a noble status, knows that his blood is noble, and knows how to maintain his prestige.

It's a pity that the decoration is too much, and it seems to be a little shy, although Wanyan Zongshu is also more than ten years old in the army and has won many awards, but in the evaluation of the clansmen, it is far less than the Great Khan.

Five years ago, the old Khan died, and when all the Nayan and nobles met, the current Great Khan was unexpectedly elected as Khan, and there was no wave at all.

First of all, Wan Yande is in his fifties, usually silent, silent, lacking the prestige and credibility to become a Great Khan, of course, others don't know how heavy the beating and suppression of Wan Yande was in his youth and middle age, which also made this Na Yan cautious and cautious, unwilling to say more and do more.

As for Wanyan Zongshu, he was evaluated as jumping out of flashiness, and he had nothing to do with the sweat position.

Today's Great Khan, resolute and decisive, decisive, when the key time is a lot of words, usually silent, but under the control of benevolence, many people are favored by it, but will not bend the law because of grace, all violations of the law must be punished, these measures and the Khan itself strong force, but also make everyone awe-inspired, the Khan succeeded to the throne for several years, although there was a defeat in Hebei, but everyone also understood that it was the arrogance of the leading ten thousand households to underestimate the enemy, not the Khan was unable to control the way.

At this time, the Donghu people have gathered all the living forces together, in the white mountains and black waters, from the black water to the brain plague river and then to the Liao River, all the men who can hold bows and ride horses are gathered together, in fact, not only more than fifteen years old, many twelve or thirteen-year-old young people, who can ride a bow and ride a horse, can also be gathered into the army.

The old man has already had white eyebrows, the young man is only twelve or thirteen years old, and the Donghu people can only gather an army of more than 200,000 people by relying on the measure of all the people being soldiers, and all their tribes add up to less than three million, half of men and half of women, and remove the old men who are too old to ride and shoot, and then remove the young people under the age of ten, these more than 200,000 people are the main force that can be used on the battlefield.

When it comes to late spring, the ice will melt and thaw after delaying for about half a month, and then the river will skyrocket, and the water temperature will be colder than now, and it will take another half a month, the rise will gradually flatten out, and when the mountains and rivers are full of greenery, the water level will fall, and the water temperature will gradually rise.

It can be said that if you want to fight with the Wei army this year, this moment is the last good opportunity.

In front of the army, there were countless sentry horses, or a group of thirty or fifty people, running out of the yellow dust in the sky, or a group of several horsemen, the position was erratic, sometimes far and sometimes near, everyone knew that there were more sentry horses dozens of miles away or even hundreds of miles away.

The Wei army has already moved, which is also the reason why the main force of the Eastern Hu army is pressed forward.

Originally, they were in the lower reaches of Yushui, near the Liao River, in this radius of less than 100 miles, gathered more than 100,000 people, after knowing that the Wei army had moved, Chechen Khan heard the great news, and immediately set off from Liaozhou, also brought all the nobles, mobilized all the manpower that could be mobilized.

In front of him is not only the army of more than 200,000 people, Donghu is also mobilized at least 300,000 people, because they lack vehicles, there is no water transportation, sea transportation, all food materials, including arrows and ordnance, are to be pushed forward by the people with wheelbarrows.

It can be said that for the battle in front of them, the Donghu people also tried their best.

Wanyan Zongshu continued: "Fortunately, we caught up, the Wei people are really interesting, and if we drag it on, we will be even more uncomfortable, they can't hold on?" ”

I have to say that the strategy of Li Guorui and Yue Zhi also formed a very strong pressure on the Donghu people, which made them extremely uncomfortable to be suppressed.

The Great Wei army did not arrive, and guarded Ningyuan City, so that the Donghu people could not make up their minds to attack with all their might, if they pulled out Jinzhou, there were only a small number of Great Wei sentry cavalry cover, and if something was wrong, they would retreat, and they would ride fast horses but go. And if the two armies confront each other until autumn, a snow falls, and the main force of Donghu will have to withdraw to the east of the Liao River, which is inevitable.

Wanyan Zongshu sighed and said, "My people have complained very fiercely, their babies can't eat enough, and they cry all day long. The plundered Han people lacked food and clothing, and hundreds or thousands starved to death every day. This time, I asked the Han people to push the cart, and the dead people went from Liaozhou to Yushui, I calculated, at least 30,000 people have died! ”

Wanyan Zongshu raised a finger, shook it, and said, "Great Khan, after this battle, I calculate that at least 100,000 Han people will die, or even more." All the silver in our treasury is used to boost the morale of the people, as well as the accumulated heavy arrows and arrows, light arrows, and those war horses that have been fattened with great difficulty, they are all tired, and at least tens of thousands of war horses will die! And those spears, knives, horizontal knives, I don't know how much they will be lost. What matters is food, and now in addition to our palace tent army, Tiefutu and kidnapping horses, even ordinary light horsemen eat bean coarse grains. After this battle, we will have to eat wild vegetables for at least one summer, and in the autumn and winter, we will have to starve to death a large number of people and horses......"