Chapter 542: Noodles
The million-strong Khitan army began to move south on December 19, and on the 21st, the army came to the area around Pennsylvania, where there was originally a small number of Jurchen garrisons, but now all of them have been withdrawn.
The army rushed in, and countless Khitans were looking for food inside, but unfortunately the food in the city had already been taken away by the Jurchens, and the Khitan rebels had no food, so they suddenly became anxious.
On December 23, the Khitan rebels came to the border of Xiangzhou, where they did not find the Jurchen garrison.
It wasn't until December 26 that the millions of Khitan rebels came to the city of Huanglong Mansion, they surrounded Huanglong Mansion, countless Khitan people looked at the walls of Huanglong Mansion, their eyes with a kind of "hunger and thirst", now they are extremely eager to rush to Huanglong Mansion and find food in the city!
Of course, there are also a small number of Khitan people who look at the Huanglong Mansion in front of them, with a different kind of excitement and excitement in their eyes.
"Brother Wuyu, when will we be able to take down the Huanglong Mansion?" Yelu Wuyu stood among the countless Khitan rebels, and a young man of more than ten years old next to him asked.
"Within three or five days, we will be able to conquer the Yellow Dragon Mansion, and then we will go to the Yellow Dragon Mansion for Chinese New Year's Eve, and by the way, support His Royal Highness the King of Liao to ascend the throne!" Yelu didn't say anything.
"Great!" The young man next to him let out a cheer.
"Isn't the ladder finished yet?" Yelu didn't say anything.
"The brothers are stepping up the production! However, there are not many trees in this area, and the Jurchens have already cut down all the trees in this vicinity! The young man said.
"We have enough patience to wait." Yelu didn't say anything.
At this moment, on the city wall north of Huanglong Mansion, Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Yan and others were standing there watching the scene below.
Wan Yan Zonghan's expression was calm, while Wan Yan Yan was pale and his body was trembling.
"Little prince, don't worry!" Wanyan Zonghan said.
"Marshal Du, how many Khitans are down there?" Wan Yan said in horror.
"There are three or four hundred thousand Khitans under the city wall in the north alone, and the total number of Khitans around it is only more than one million." Wanyan Zonghan said.
"So much!" Wan Yan felt that he could barely stand his body.
"Although there are many Khitans, they are just a rabble! If you look at the following, most of them are old and weak, women and children, what kind of combat effectiveness can these people have? They also don't have siege weapons, and it's impossible to take down Huanglong Mansion! So, fear not! Wan Yan Zonghan said.
Wan Yan wanted to nod his head in agreement, but at this moment, his teeth were chattering, and he couldn't speak.
Looking at his appearance, Wanyan Zonghan shook his head with some disappointment.
"Marshal Du, General Fushi's troops were defeated out of Hedian, what is going on? Could it really be that he was defeated by these Khitan untouchables below? A commander next to him also had a frightened expression on his face, hesitated at the moment, and asked suddenly.
"No matter how many of these Khitan untouchables there are, it is impossible to defeat our 50,000 elite soldiers! All 50,000 soldiers were wiped out that day, and no one fled back at all, so no one knew what was going on that day! However, then I sent someone to the Dehedian, and they found the corpses of our warriors in the forest north of the Dehedian, and in addition, they found this! Wan Yan Zonghan said.
The surrounding Jurchen soldiers all looked towards Wanyan Zonghan.
Wanyan Zonghan took out an arrow from his sleeve and said, "This is the arrow of the Song army!" The forest was full of such arrows, and many of our warriors were killed by arrows! This proves that it was the Song army that defeated us, not the Khitans! ”
The surrounding Jurchen soldiers were stunned for a moment, and then they nodded one after another.
To be honest, they didn't believe that the Khitan rebels below could completely annihilate 50,000 Jurchen elite soldiers, and they knew it in their hearts at this moment.
"Over the years, the Song army has continued to win, and we are constantly improving our evaluation of the Song army, and now it seems that we are still underestimating them! The strength of the Song army may have surpassed our Jurchens! I was observing the Khitan army below just now, and I didn't see the Song army inside! Wan Yan Zonghan said.
"That's great." Wan Yan said with some surprise.
"While the Khitans haven't launched an attack yet, call all the soldiers in the vicinity, I have something to say!" Wanyan Zonghan said.
After about a quarter of an hour, more than 10,000 Jurchen soldiers on the northern city wall came to Wanyan Zonghan's side.
Below, countless Khitan rebels looked at the scene above in surprise, they didn't know what was going on above, the walls of this Huanglong Mansion were very high, and they didn't have siege weapons, it was almost impossible to climb with their bare hands, they could only watch from below, and they couldn't take the opportunity to attack.
Wanyan Zonghan's eyes swept over the faces of the surrounding Jurchens, and he could see that these Jurchens had different expressions, but the vast majority of the Jurchens had frightened expressions on their faces! After all, the scale of the more than 1.2 million Khitan rebels below is too large, although the vast majority of them are composed of old and weak women and children, but they still have a very big deterrent effect!
Wanyan Zonghan slowly took out the scimitar on his waist, and he wiped the scimitar with his sleeve, and the blade became brighter.
The surrounding Jurchen soldiers all looked at all this in amazement, and at this moment, Wanyan Zonghan suddenly raised the scimitar in his hand and slashed it towards his face, and a blood mark appeared on his face!
Suddenly, there was an exclamation from below! Not only the Jurchens are exclaiming, but the Khitans are also exclaiming!
After Yan Zonghan slashed at his face one after another, and after a while, his face was already bloody, and there was silence around him!
This is the unique custom of the Jurchens, known as "the face of the Jurchens" in history, generally only when facing a desperate situation, the Jurchens will face the face, in order to inspire courage! Twenty years ago, when Wanyan Aguta had just conquered the Huanglong Mansion, the Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi personally led 700,000 Liao troops to conquer Wanyan Aguta, and there were only 20,000 cavalry under Wanyan Aguta.
"Twenty years ago, the Emperor of Liao led more than 700,000 soldiers from all over the country to conquer Huanglong Mansion, and Emperor Taizu led 20,000 Jurchen sons to meet the battle, defeated the 700,000 army of Liao, and laid the foundation for the prosperity of our Dajin Kingdom! Today, there are more than 1 million Khitan old and weak women and children outside, and there are 50,000 Jurchen sons and daughters in Huanglong Mansion. Wanyan Zonghan finally put the knife down, his face was covered with blood, and he shouted.
"Yes!" There was a chorus of angry shouts from below.
"Excellent! When we were able to do it twenty years ago, we can do it now! I will lead you to kill all the Khitan untouchables outside, and let the Khitans know that we Jurchens are by no means something they can challenge! Twenty years ago they were no match for us, and now they are not our opponents either! Wanyan Zonghan raised the scimitar in his hand and slashed it downward, saying.
"Kill all the Khitans!" Wan Yan yelled frantically on the side.
Everywhere below is the voice of "kill the Khitans"!
For a time, the morale of the Jurchens was shocked!
"Marshal Du, the wound on your face needs to be treated." The Jurchen soldiers dispersed and went to their respective garrison positions, and Wan Yan Yan stood beside Wan Yan Zonghan and said in a respectful voice.
"No need to deal with it! Let the sons and daughters look at me, and let them understand that for the sake of the clansmen and for the sake of victory, we are not afraid of bloodshed and death! We Jurchens will fight to the last man, and I will shed the last drop of blood and use up the last bit of strength to kill the enemy! Wan Yan Zonghan said.
"Yes! Marshal Du, I will do the same, I will fight with you! Wan Yan said.
"Good!" Wanyan Zonghan patted Wanyan on the shoulder, showing a relieved expression.
He looked at the Khitan rebels below, with a sneer on his face, and at this moment he secretly vowed in his heart that he would completely defeat the Khitan rebels below as he did twenty years ago!
He's decided to go out of the city for a decisive battle, but he still needs to wait before that! The morale of the Jurchen soldiers has been stimulated, but the Khitan people below are also in high spirits, and now is not a good time to attack!
And he wanted to know the specific whereabouts of the Song army, and now the Song army was the biggest threat in his heart.
In the middle of the night on this day, the Khitan rebels finally made thousands of huge ladders, and when the time came, there were earth-shattering shouts of killing from all directions of the Huanglong Mansion.
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