When the Khitans who came from Suzhou brought the news of the rebellion in the Bohai Sea, he gathered 2,000 Khitan cavalry the next day, and also requisitioned 2,000 private soldiers from Fuzhou and 2,000 tribal troops from the Jurchen tribe to form a rather majestic team. On the morning of the fourth day after Maibuku took the city of Suzhou, Yelu Dazhen set out with his army. As a result, as soon as they left Fuzhou City, the tribal army that had opened the way in front returned to report that the scouts had been ambushed and shot several people dead.

Jerodah really asked how many enemies there were, but the messenger said that he didn't even see how many enemies there were. He asked who the enemy was, but the person who reported the news this time affirmed that the other party admitted that it was Suzhou's rebellion.

Yelu Dazhen was led under a big tree on the side of the road ahead, saw a large piece of bark scraped off, and carved a few words with a knife, but it was "no longer a Khitan slave", and sure enough, it could only be left by the rebels. This made him frown, because even when there was a large-scale rebellion before, he had never heard of such a verbal expression of the purpose of the rebellion. He knew that these tribal armies under his command seemed to be submissive, but as long as they had the opportunity, they would fight back, so these words made him worry about whether the tribal army would be bewitched. But after thinking about it, he was relieved that these savages were afraid that they would not be literate.

Then he looked at the words on the tree for a while, and realized in his heart that this rebellion was not simple.

However, at this time, Yelu Dazhen did not think that his 4,000 cavalry could not suppress the rebellion, so he only ordered the whole army to strengthen its vigilance and send more scouts. Gradually, however, it became clear to him that his plan to arrive in Suzhou in two days would not be realized, because the road was full of traps and ambushes, the scouts of the vanguard were constantly killed and wounded, and the bridges were destroyed and the roads were blocked by downed trees, leaving the whole team to wriggle on the road like reptiles.

Although the leader of the Jurchen tribe who fought in the vanguard reported to Yelu Dazhen that there would be no more than fifty enemies harassing them in front of him, there were no more than mountains and forests in this area, and even fifty people could easily get stuck in the narrow road. If it was difficult to catch these people, these people would have left with one blow, and every time they waited for the people who had made a detour to intercept them, they would have already run away.

Because of the constant harassment, Yeludazhen's team walked more than twenty miles from dawn to sunset, which was slower than the normal march. Yeroda was furious and ordered a Jurchen chief to lead his men to the front at night to drive away the harassers.

The next morning, Jerodazhen again set out with his troops and walked much faster, but this lasted only for the morning, and in the afternoon he caught up with the disgraced Jurchen chieftain. He asked, "Did you catch anyone?" ”

The Jurchen chief said helplessly: "These people turned out to be good horses, and we can't catch up." ”

In Liao, ordinary war horses can only eat grass, and the war horses of the great nobles have some preferential treatment. However, after Lushun opened up the wasteland for farming, the Maibuku tribe, like the Song people, began to add sorghum, soybean meal, and even fishmeal to the horses. After increasing the concentrate feed, the explosiveness and endurance of the horses naturally improved greatly compared to the same kind that only eats grass, how can the horses that are just beginning to grow fat catch up with them. The Jurchen chieftain did not know the key to this, and could only judge from experience that the other party's horse was better.

Yelu Dazhen also thought that the enemy was riding a good horse, and there was nothing to be done about the enemy's harassment, but it was necessary to put down the rebellion, and it was necessary to continue to move forward. After another day's walking, they broke more than thirty men, and the tribal army that opened the way in front of them noticeably hesitated.

If they can cut off a few heads of their enemies and get a reward, these people will naturally have to fight for credit. But at the moment, the battle is holding their breath, just being stepped on by cold arrows and stepping on the trap, they can't even catch the shadow of the other party, these people are not Khitans, but they are not willing to fight this kind of battle that only gives the Khitans their lives but has no benefits. Those Bohai warriors who hid in the shadows and let cold arrows beat the sticks often shouted "stop being slaves to the Khitans" and "the Khitans are our common enemies" from a distance not far away, which touched the hearts of the tribal army, and their morale was even lowered, and they became more and more cautious and slower and slower to move forward.

Yelu Dazhen fought horses for half his life, suppressed rebellions many times, saw the situation clearly, and arranged for the Khitan soldiers to urge behind the tribal army, and the tribal army had no choice but to speed up again, but it was not as fast as yesterday.

While Jerodada was slowly moving along the road, Tao Lin was not idle. After defeating Luohai's walled fort and sweeping away a tribe that attacked Maibuku with Luohai, and discussing the next battle plan with Maibuku, he led the heavy armor troops to board the ship again, bypassing the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula with the wind, driving north along the west coast of the peninsula, and arriving at the bay west of Fuzhou and hiding. As soon as Jerodazhen led his army out of the city, the scouts who had been in ambush outside the city reported to Taurin.

Fuzhou, Ningzhou, and Chenzhou in Liaoguo are all on the seaside, but they are all poor places, so the pirates never come to these two places. Therefore, the defense of Fuzhou was very lax, and the soldiers did not strengthen the defense because of the rebellion two or three hundred miles away, but opened the four gates as usual, allowing the people to enter and exit. The defense of such a lax city is the fat in front of Tao Lin. On the morning of the third day of Yelu Dazhen's departure from the city, Tao Lin first let people sneak into the city, and then rushed into Fuzhou City with 800 infantry with a swagger, and then lit wolf smoke to summon the accompanying fleet into Fuzhou Bay.

As Yelu Dazhen drew closer and closer to the city of Suzhou, the cavalry of the Maibuku tribe who harassed him reached 200 people, and Yelu Dazhen had to advance with extreme caution. Finally arrived at the city of Suzhou, looking at the small city with four gates wide open, Yeluda Zhen ordered angrily: "Go in and search to see if the thief is still there." ”

Immediately the clan army howled and rushed to the city gates. Suddenly, several horses galloped from afar, and the people on the horses shouted, "Lord Dazhen! Oh no! Fuzhou is occupied by pirates! ”

Yelu Dazhen hurriedly stood on his horse and looked over, and recognized that the person running in front was clearly a soldier from the family. In a short time, several people ran to him, and the soldier jumped off his horse and crawled to him, crying to him that yesterday a large number of pirates rushed into the city, and that Yelu Dazhen's family had been captured by the pirates, and that only a few of them had come down from the city wall to report the news.

Not only is Yeluda really stupid, but also the Khitan generals under him are stupid. These people's families are all inside and outside Fuzhou City, but they know that now that all the soldiers in Fuzhou City have been brought here by Yelu Dazhen, there is no longer the strength to resist the pirates. There are still some tribal armies of Haoqiang and tribes outside the city, but whether they will send troops when there is no Yeluda really recruited, even if they send troops, they will be leaderless. As for Ningzhou, which is the closest to Fuzhou, although it is only more than 100 miles apart, it is two states after all, and people may not come to the rescue of Fuzhou.

Now these Khitans have nothing in their hearts except their families and wealth that have fallen into the hands of pirates. What Suzhou, what traitors were thrown into the back of their minds. Yelu Dazhen immediately ordered, the rear team became the front team, and the whole army immediately returned to Fuzhou!

As soon as Yerdhazhen ran like this, he was immediately noticed by Amin, who was watching from the mountain, and he hurriedly ordered the wolf smoke to be lit and informed of the hidden Maibuku outside the city.

Before going to Fuzhou, Tao Lin explained that if the enemy retreated, he must have received the news that Fuzhou had been lost, and he should pursue it immediately. The Khitans such as Maibuku did not retreat, but approached the city of Suzhou, and he had to abandon the city of Suzhou to preserve his vitality. At this time, when he saw the wolf smoke indicating the withdrawal of the Khitans, he immediately led five hundred cavalry to chase after him.

The Khitans, including Yelu Dazhen, had no heart to fight now, and after Yelu Dazhen only left a thousand tribes, he hurried towards Fuzhou. There was no one to harass on this way, and the anxious Khitan generals kept going, and on the premise of not exhausting the horses to death, they ran for a day and night and could see Fuzhou Bay in front of them. Suddenly, the cavalry in front stopped and exclaimed: "There are enemies!" ”

When Jerodah went to the front, he saw that half of the road, which was not wide, was blocked by a large tree and a deer, and the other half was blocked by a team with bright armor.

PS: Thank you for the tip. I would like to apologize to everyone, the situation in the unit has been unstable recently, changing jobs has taken up too much experience, and the level of writing has declined.