In fact, the thought of fighting to the death flashed in his heart, but he understood that there were only more than a thousand warriors in his tribe, but the Liao State could send troops in a steady stream, and even if it was a pile of people, it could flatten his tribe. So he said bitterly: "But the Khitans can send 100,000 people." ”

Tao Lin said: "The Khitan was defeated twice against the Great Song Dynasty, and did not win against the Western Xia, and the national strength was greatly lost. In the past two years, the tax burden has been heavy, and how many people have fled, my brother knows. As long as it drags on for a year or two, there may not be no rebellion elsewhere. At that time, the Khitan Emperor may not be able to take care of such a remote place. ”

Speaking of this, he gave another reassurance to Maibuku and others: "If you can't support it then, you should be able to find a suitable place to move calmly in the next year or two." Otherwise, autumn is now coming........."

Tao Lin didn't finish his words, and Maibuku and the others understood that autumn was coming, and winter was not far away, and the tribe would not be able to survive the harsh winter without enough reserves.

Maibuku and several of his leaders looked at each other, and felt that Tao Lin was right: rather than immediately abandon everything and flee to an unknown place to face the unknown future, it is better to find a good place to settle and then walk calmly, and perhaps suffer less losses.

A few anxious leaders had already shouted that they were going to fight with the Khitans, and a few calm leaders did not object, but only looked at Maibuku silently. Maibuku gritted his teeth for a long time: "Grandpa told me that our ancestors originally lived in a place with abundant water and grass, but it was because of the oppression of the Khitan people that our tribe lived here. But over the years, we have not escaped the fate of being slaves of the Khitans, and now it is time for the Khitans to see that we Bohai men are not born slaves! ”

Several of the other tribal leaders drew their swords and roared at the shout of Maibuku, causing the people to gather around the door of the big house. Maibuku strode out of the room and ordered the drumming to gather the people, and Tao Lin also ordered the leaders of the production teams to report to the council hall as soon as possible.

While waiting for the people to gather, Maibuku said to Tao Lin: "Brother Tao, we can't wait for the Khitans to attack us, especially not for the Khitans to gather all the surrounding tribes. Many Khitans are no longer good at fighting their ancestors, only the palace tent army of the Khitan Emperor is still elite, and we will definitely be able to win the Khitan people in Suzhou alone. But the Khitans will attack us first with the warriors of the tribe, and then it will be a fierce battle. ”

Tao Lin actually wanted to start first, so he asked, "What did my brother say?" ”

Maibuku waved his big hand: "Let's go and knock down Suzhou!" Kill the Khitans in the city. In this way, the surrounding tribes will wait and see and will not take the initiative to attack us! Tuligai said that the Khitans in Suzhou did not strengthen their defenses, and if we were lucky enough to be able to sneak into the city, we would be caught off guard against the Khitans. ”

Once the matter is decided, it is necessary to seize the opportunity to strike first. This is the principle of these tribes who lick blood on the knife, and Tao Lin also felt that Maibuku was reasonable, and immediately agreed.

However, the backward form of social organization of tribes has a unique advantage in warfare, that is, high efficiency. Several of the chiefs agreed to Maibuku's plan, and after a commotion of a thousand warriors from the tribe, they mounted their horses and galloped north, leaving only Tao Lin to announce the beginning of war to the Song people here.

Many of the Song people who settled in Lushunkou followed Tao Lin to fight the Liao sailors, and immediately geared up when they heard that they were going to start a war with the Liao State. Tao Lin announced that the land occupied by the Liao State was their own, and everyone could get a piece. How fertile the land of Liaodong is, these people have seen it, get a piece of land, and there is no exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, this is a century-old foundation. For these people who have always begged for a living with their heads pinned to their belts, life is not worth much, and it is true to earn a good life for themselves and their children and grandchildren.

After Tao Lin's order, the people moved under the leadership of the leader, the arsenal was opened, the muskets, crossbows and gunpowder were distributed, the main road leading to Suzhou was monitored, and the fleet was ready to set off to meet Maibuku. Because these people were originally organized in the form of production teams and fleets, everyone followed their captains, and the captains knew what to do, and they were busy and not chaotic on this day.

It has to be said that some Khitans really don't know how to fight anymore. When Tao Lin led the fleet to the place later known as Dalian to meet Maibuku the next day, Abda, who was waiting for Tao Lin in the port, reported that Suzhou, a small city with a wall less than three meters high, had been captured by Maibuku, and more than 800 Khitan troops had been killed under Maibuku's surprise attack, and the rest had become prisoners. But the battle was still going on under the city.

"It's a man named Luo Hai, he has a lot of cattle, sheep and land in Suzhou, and when he saw us attacking the city, he led his family to contact two nearby heroes to attack us." Abda said angrily.

Tao Lin said with a smile: "These heroes are really loyal to the Liao State. Such people must be eliminated. ”

He pursed his lips and whistled, and immediately the drums sounded, and the six hundred people who had already come ashore lined up to the sound of the drums and went to the battlefield. Abuda hurriedly went to deliver a message to Mabuku, asking the tribal cavalry to entangle the enemy.

When 600 Han Chinese rushed into the battlefield, the balance of war immediately tilted. At the forefront were three hundred armoured soldiers, all armed with muskets or crossbows, and when they approached the enemy's formation, they skillfully lined up, and when the cavalry of Mambuku got out of the way, they leaned forward and bombarded the enemy with a rain of arrows, knocking them on their backs. Occasionally, if there were no cavalrymen who were stopped by the rain of firearms and arrows and rushed to the front of their ranks, the armor soldiers in the front row picked up the bronze fire guns as steel whips, and smashed the enemy off their horses, and they were skillful in killing. If you look closely at the foreheads of these people, there are clear or faint gold seals, indicating that they are all from the Great Song army or prisoners who are stabbed.

The forces loyal to the Liao State had never seen such might, and immediately turned and fled after suffering heavy casualties, and Maibuku's men pursued them, and Tao Lin also asked Ming Luohai the location of the walled fort, and sent 400 troops carrying four gates and guns to help enter the city of Suzhou.

The assassin who tried to kill the assassin had already been cut off in the head by Maibuku, and Tao Lin couldn't help but laugh when he walked into the assassin's mansion - the treasures that the assassin had originally purchased from the Great Song Dynasty through Tao Lin were all on display here, but now all of them were back in Tao Lin's hands.

Luo Hai, the Suzhou landlord with more than 2,000 people, was driven back to his walled fort by a firebolt and crossbow arrows and cavalry shock, but he was not panicked. The walls of his walled fort are also more than a zhang high, which is slightly higher than the walls of the state city. Some of the people who retreated first warned that there were more than 1,000 family members and serfs who retreated into the fort, plus the more than 200 cavalry he brought back, it would not be a problem to defend the fort for a few days. He thought that he didn't know what it was, a weapon that could make a terrifying sound could easily kill a horse, but there was definitely nothing to be done in the face of a thick wall.

"As long as we hold on for a few days, when Fuzhou gets the news, we will definitely send reinforcements, and then we will be meritorious heroes. Maybe you can be an official? "He was still dreaming when he saw the thieves' pursuers approaching the fort wall.

Then he was astonished to see some infantrymen with shields on their backs, pushing a few strange two-wheeled carts not far from the fort wall, fiddling with them for a long time, and then running away, leaving only one man to put his torch on a round thing on the roof of the two-wheeled cart.

Just as he stretched out his head to see what the enemy was tacing, he saw that the round thing spewed out a cloud of smoke, and then there were several loud bangs, almost at the same time, the people around him who were shooting arrows screamed and fell down several times, he also felt a "hmm" in his ears, a hot thing flew over, so frightened that he quickly shrank his head and hid behind the wall, his heart pounded, secretly speculating what means the enemy used, how it was the same as thunder and lightning.

Luo Hai was okay, some uninformed family members and serfs had already knelt on the ground and prayed, so Luo Hai had to cut two people to force them to continue fighting.

Since the beginning, after a while, the four small carts will roar for a while, and every now and then, there will be people in the fort wall with their heads or large holes in their chests, which, together with the constant flying arrows, have caused great casualties to the people guarding the fort, and the people on the fort wall have become more and more cautious and frightened. The cavalry outside began to shout that they were Bohai people, against the Liao State, and only killing Luo Hai had nothing to do with others, and some people's eyes began to hesitate.

At this time, dozens of men ran under the fortress wall with shields on their shoulders and threw their belongings into the fort with torches. Shortly after the thing hit the ground, it exploded, sending pieces of iron and stones flying sideways, injuring many people. But hurting people is secondary, and the roar is even more terrifying. After a while, the old butler with white hair stumbled onto the wall and shouted to Luo Hai: "Master, it's not good! Those Bohai people, Bohai people opened the back door! ”