Chapter 461: Landing
More than 20 miles south of Liaoyang, there is no village or town here, because the villages and towns here have already been cleared by the Jurchens!
There was a huge granary here, which was where the Jurchens stored their grain.
Wanyan Zonghan is about to lead the army south to "test" Shanhaiguan, and at this moment this granary has also received news, since the afternoon, the guards in the granary have transported a lot of grain to the car, and they will do this kind of work in the next few days.
The weather in June is extremely hot, but this is the northeastern part of the country, and by late at night, the weather has gradually cooled down.
There were quite a few Jurchen soldiers stationed around the granary, and these Jurchen soldiers were not to guard against the Song army, but to guard against the Khitan rebels nearby.
At the door of a warehouse, two veterans were resting against the wall at the moment.
These two veterans are already in their fifties, and they are dressed as Khitans! It is difficult for old Khitans like them to go to the battlefield, and they can only be responsible for guarding the warehouse.
"When I went home the other day, more than a dozen people in the village starved to death! There are more and more corpses piled up in the ravine at the east end of the village, all of them are the corpses of our Khitans! A veteran whispered.
"I heard that there have been several mass graves north of Liaoyang! I don't know if half of the Khitan people in Liaodong can survive this year! Another veteran said.
"There is so much grain in this granary, but unfortunately it has to be used for the Jurchen conquest! We Khitans are starving to death, and we can't eat this food! In fact, these grains were originally stored by our Great Liao Kingdom, but they were snatched away by their Jurchens! The veteran who spoke earlier said with some indignation.
"My son was also captured by the Jurchens, and now I don't know where he is, I don't know if he is still alive?" The other veteran sighed softly.
"In the first two years, our Khitans still rose up to rebel, but since last year, it has been rumored that Lord Yelu Dashi and the Jurchens have reached a peace agreement, and Lord Yelu Dashi sent people to all kinds of rebels to let those rebels stop rebelling! It's just that the Jurchens can't let us live, and Lord Yelu Dashi won't let us live! To rebel is to die, and if you don't rebel, you will starve to death! The veteran who spoke earlier gritted his teeth.
"Hey!" The other veteran let out a long sigh.
"It seems that the Jurchens are going to mobilize troops and horses again, and they are going to use troops against the Han people again! Hmph, I really hope that the Jurchens will be defeated by the Han people, in this case, we Khitans may still be able to survive. The veteran who spoke before said.
"Actually, I think the Jurchen is also dying! Since ancient times, how can there be a reason why a large number of people starved to death and the imperial court could still maintain it? Although Yelu Dashi asked us Khitans not to rebel, I don't think the people will listen to him! When more and more people starve to death, Liaodong will definitely be in chaos! If the Han people come from the south again, the Jurchens will die! The other veteran thought for a long time and said.
"Are you saying true or false?" The veteran who spoke before said excitedly.
"It's just my guess! Shhhh Another veteran said.
The Jurchen patrol walked by, and the two veterans had already closed their eyes and pretended to sleep!
It was getting darker and darker, and the two veterans didn't say much, and gradually fell into a deep sleep.
After I don't know how long, one of the veterans suddenly heard a "whooshing" sound and couldn't help but wake up from his dream!
He stood up, looked around, and immediately sensed that something was wrong around him! There is the sound of whizzing bows and arrows everywhere, and the occasional scream can be heard! The whole granary has become a mess at the moment!
"Not good! Xiao Si, hurry up! Get up! The veteran shouted.
Another Khitan named Xiao Si opened his hazy sleepy eyes and immediately noticed that something was wrong.
"What's going on?" Xiao Si said in horror.
"I don't know! It looks like it's not the rebels attacking here, it's the regular army! Let's run away! The veteran said.
"Run?" Xiao Si was stunned.
"If you don't run away, are you waiting here to die?" The veteran who spoke earlier said anxiously.
Although the two of them were forced to join the Jurchen army, they did not even have weapons and had no combat ability at all.
The two veterans had already run towards the back, and just after running a few steps, Xiao Si said violently: "We have to bring some food back!" Otherwise, you will starve to death! ”
The previous veteran was stunned for a moment, nodded, and then the two returned, they took off their jackets, each wrapped dozens of catties of grain in their jackets, and then hurriedly left the granary.
Not long after they left the granary, they saw that the granary in the distance was already on fire!
The two of them looked at the scene from miles away, and they couldn't help but be stunned!
"One hundred thousand stone of grain was burned like this! Who is the enemy? The veteran said.
"It doesn't matter who it is! Anyway, we're finished, and if we are caught by the Jurchens, we will definitely be killed! Let's go to the country! Hide in the mountains! Xiao Sidao.
The two veterans were afraid that the enemy would catch up, so they didn't dare to stay long, and hurriedly continued to run into the distance.
At this moment, in the original position of the granary, tens of thousands of soldiers in black light armor are standing here, all the soldiers are holding strong crossbows in their hands, and the leader is handsome and elegant, who is it not Wu Jue?
"General, there are more than ten granaries south of Liaoyang! Let's divide our troops into five routes, should we rush to other places now? A pro-soldier stood beside Wu Jue and said.
"No need! The five granaries we burned are the ones with the most reserves! After these five granaries were burned, even the Jurchen soldiers would find it difficult to eat food this year! Let's get out of here! It's a long way from the sea, so you can't stay here longer! Wu Jue said.
In just half an hour, 10,000 troops had withdrawn from here and headed south!
And in the rest of the place south of Liaoyang, you can also see the fires rushing to the sky, and the rest of the army is constantly withdrawing from this place!
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Tokyo Liaoyang Mansion all the way to the east, on the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula, this is where Zhenhai Mansion is located!
Zhenhai Mansion is also the city that the Liao people once built, this era of Dalian, Lushun and other places have not been developed, Zhenhai Mansion is the most important city on the Liaodong Peninsula, but also the most important city east of Liaoyang Mansion!
There are dense primeval forests and large areas of pasture!
This is the place where the Liao people raised horses, and after the fall of the Liao State, it was taken over by the Jurchens, and it was also a place where the Jurchens raised horses.
There are more than a dozen huge horse farms around Zhenhai Mansion, and there are more than 20,000 war horses in the entire Zhenhai Mansion, as well as more than 50,000 cattle and more than 50,000 sheep! On weekdays, meat is provided for the Jurchen army! In times of war, the Jurchens could even directly drive cattle and sheep to the battlefield to provide food!
It's dark and the sea is very stormy! Between the rolling waves, you can faintly see countless black dots appearing on the sea!
These black dots are getting bigger and bigger, and they are actually warships.
After a long time, the ships finally came to the shore, and countless warriors disembarked from the ships and stepped onto land!
These warriors were also dressed in black light armor, some of them were armed with bows and crossbows, others with spears and swords!
"The whole team! Points! "In the darkness of the night, I heard a loud shout! However, the sound of the waves was so loud that it was impossible for the shouts to travel too far.
"One, two, three, four......" Soon, the sound of counting came!
The two generals stood on a stone by the sea, and after half a quarter of an hour, the army in front of them was completely assembled!
"General Qiqi, the first army is assembled! It should be 10,000 and 82 people, but it is 10,082 people! ”
"The Second Army is assembled! It should have been nine thousand six hundred and sixty-seven, and it was ......."
"Third Army ......"
A moment later, all the armies were finished!
"Excellent! The 1st and 2nd armies attack Fenghai Ranch! The Third, Fourth, and Fifth Armies set up ambushes nearby, waiting for the arrival of Jurchen reinforcements from Zhenhai Mansion! We came to Jiangnan from Yuzhou, from Jiangnan to Lianghuai, from Lianghuai to Dengzhou, and experienced countless wars, but they were all fighting against bandits and rogues, and this is the first time we have fought against the Jurchen! Raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while, don't embarrass me Wu Lan! The middle-aged general said loudly.
"General rest assured! We will not disgrace you, we will not disgrace the Navy! Now it's time for our navy to make a contribution, in fact, watching other armies continue to fight against the Jurchens and defeat the Jurchens, the soldiers are holding back a lot of strength in their hearts! The commander of the First Army said.
"Good! Let's go! Wu said.
Fifty thousand troops marched quickly towards the west and strode forward!
In the middle of the night, there was a light rain in the sky, and the speed of the army's advance remained unchanged at all, and Wu Luan was overjoyed in his heart! Such weather is most suitable for assault and ambush operations! There will be no problem in destroying the defenders of the pasture, the only thing to worry about now is the Jurchen army coming from Zhenhai Mansion! According to the information they obtained, there were 10,000 Jurchens stationed in Zhenhai Mansion, all of them were cavalry, and they had to be dealt with carefully!
Fenghai Ranch is the largest ranch east of Zhenhai Mansion, and after coming here, the First Army and the Second Army have already rushed in, and soon the shouts of killing sounded!
And Wu Lan led the officers of the military department to move forward quickly, and the scouts had already reported the surrounding terrain continuously! The rain was pouring down, and they were anxiously discussing and arranging!