Chapter 42: Mysterious and Haunted
The sky has already darkened, but the entire secluded capital is still prosperous, but it is much inferior to Kaifeng.
Sanyuan Inn, today has been crowded with sharp guests, the guests here are basically business trips from the south to the north, now spring has arrived, the north suffered an extremely serious cold wave last year, now these business travelers are doing the business of selling commercial goods, most of the goods they escort have some mildew grain from the south.
And most of the merchants in these business trips actually have business dealings with the Guangwei Group, and the general grain is restricted from being sold for export, but there are many grains and grasses in the granaries in the south of the Yangtze River that have not been consumed for decades, Zhao Dezhao feels that these should not be wasted at will, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty naturally do not need these, and he thinks that it is better to sell them to the Liao people, and then get a lot of materials from the Khitans.
At present, the merchants began to sell grain in Liao, and now a liter of grain has been sold for more than 200 wen in Youdufu, and the mildew grain can be sold for 70 or 80 wen, which is also because of the lack of grain in the north, and these merchants can also exchange a lot of iron, fur and other things from the hands of the Khitans.
Yang Zan and Leng Wu entered the Sanyuan Inn side by side, they had already gone upstairs, and when they didn't reach the room on the third floor, suddenly a short merchant with a mink fur came out of a door, he opened his mouth, revealing the big gold teeth in his mouth, looking a little obscene, but kept smiling, looking like a second ancestor.
Leng Wu was taken aback by this sudden "big golden tooth", but this "big golden tooth" just smiled, and then said: "Qinzhou Li Min has seen Commander Yang and Leng Xiaoniang. ”
Leng Wu looked embarrassed, and when she heard the "Big Golden Tooth" introduce herself, she immediately arched her hand and said, "Leng Nishang has seen Deputy Commander Xia. "The Li Min from Qinzhou in front of him is one level lower than Yang Zan, and Leng Wu is also the first time to see him, and he has not heard Yang Zan talk about it.
Yang Zan arched his hand and said, "Brother Li, don't come unharmed, I have something to discuss with you today." ”
Li Min immediately put away his smile and said solemnly: "Commander Yang, I have known everything in the letter from the Lord, today the brothers are waiting on the third floor, please Commander Yang to give a lecture, we have been in Youzhou for a few days, and the brothers' hands have also grown a lot, and they are preparing to make this Youzhou City chaotic for a while." ”
"Hmm." Yang Zan and the others immediately went up to the third floor.
As soon as Yang Zan arrived, everyone in the room stood up from their seats, even though Yang Zan was practicing qi and concentrating, he was also stunned by this battle, it seemed that his subordinates had been in Youzhou for a long time, and it was time to move their bodies.
Yang Zan took out Zhao Dezhao's order from his chest, and then looked at the expressions on everyone's faces, their eyes were full of anticipation.
Yang Zan lowered his voice, after all, this was in the enemy's territory.
"It's late today, let's talk about it tomorrow night."
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Early in the morning of the second day, in the Flying Fox Mountain, life here is as usual, as if it has not been affected by the outside world, Yelu Xian and Yelu Hugo each led 5,000 soldiers and horses, a total of 10,000 soldiers, guarding the two sections of the Flying Fox in the south and north directions.
The terrain of the Flying Fox is slightly more spacious than that of the Black Stone Ridge, and the cliffs on both sides will not be a little depressing, but this place is still easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The Song army's secrecy work is okay, the Liao army Yelu Xiuge they don't know what happened in the Black Stone Ridge Fort, Yelu Xianzhen has just led a few of his own soldiers to hunt in the mountains and forests this day, their military rations are a little stretched, this period of time rely on the Ulzhou grain transport officer to go south to escort the supply of grain, according to the statistics of the secretary of the army, their grain in the Flying Fox can still support three or four days.
But even so, Yelu slanted that they were confident that they would hold the Flying Fox, and while defending the Flying Fox, they were also confident that they would delay the Song army here for a while longer, and then they would come out of the Flying Fox after the Song army left. It can be seen that sometimes being a turtle with a shrunken head is not a bad thing.
It is difficult to come out to hunt today, at this moment Jeruxiu jumped on his horse, he pulled up his bowstring and aimed it at a gray-white prey in the forest, he opened his bow and arrows, and wanted to shoot them, but suddenly a figure rushed out of the opposite forest, and the man also opened a bow and shot at his side.
The arrow in Jerushugo's hand had already been shot, and the arrow on the other side rushed in a graceful manner, and Jerushugo's eyes were wide open, and the bow and arrow did not take his life, but grazed his eye socket.
His eye socket was split by an arrow, and blood trickled out of his eyelid, and Jeruxiu screamed in pain, and then quickly covered his left eye.
The gray-white shadow in the opposite forest suddenly disappeared in front of him, disappeared without a trace, and Yeluxiugo only cared about his own eyes, and did not see the person's appearance clearly, he only knew that the man was wearing a wide gray-white cloak, his body was a little burly, and he wore a mask on his face, and he did not see the rest clearly
The pain caused him to fall backwards, but fortunately he was caught up by a young man from behind the horse, so that he could not fall off the horse.
The young man jumped on Jerushuge's horse and rode his horse to the camp.
In the tent, the military doctor was cleaning the wounds of Jeruxiugo, and the basin was full of blood, which had just been taken out and dumped by a soldier.
Yelu Huge's left eye has been wrapped in thick gauze, and the military doctor on the side also shook his head, although the arrow cluster did not blind Yelu Huge's left eye, but this injury will still affect Heroy Huge's eyesight, naturally the military doctor did not tell Heroy the truth, and when the wound is good, it will leave an ugly scar on the eyelid.
At this time, Yelu also ran in, he asked about the condition, and he also chose to remain silent.
According to Hugh's description, the man in the forest opposite must have been a spy of the Song army, and when he thought that there was an enemy in the Flying Fox, Yelu was very angry, and he immediately called a painter, and then painted this person according to Yeluxiu's description.
The man was only one figure, wearing an off-white cloak and a black mask.
Yelu thought that there must be a spy in this army, so he immediately summoned his henchmen and searched the army.
The henchmen were ordered to go down and began to secretly investigate in the army.
In the military tent, Yelu Huge was very angry, one of his eyes was covered with thick gauze, and he could only see with one eye for the time being, which was a great shame for the Khitan people on the steppe.
Inside the Flying Fox Castle, in a white military tent, Chen Jinguo had just returned to his camp tent, he took off his off-white cloak and a black mask, and then quickly peeled off the dirt on the ground, only to see a hole exposed, and he immediately hid these inside.
After Chen Jinguo had done everything, he then pretended to be nothing, and when the hour came, he went to stand guard outside the tent
In Yizhou City, the Song army was practicing from top to bottom, and in the past few days, the imperial court has mobilized a lot of troops to go to Jinpo Pass.
Outside Yizhou City, the entire army of armored soldiers waved the swords in their hands and were practicing.
In addition, there was a group of brightly armored cavalry on the plain in the distance, all of them clad in strong and stubborn clothes, and soldiers holding military flags, neatly scattered on both sides, as if waving flags and shouting.
The scorching sun overhead baked the earth, and the ground under the feet of the soldiers also extended, and they looked at the lofty mountains and mountains in the west, eager to immediately put on their wings and fly over to destroy the Liao army of the flying fox.
An official road leads to the city of Yizhou from afar, and at this moment, two post officials galloped over the official road, and the fierce horses they sat on were riding on the official road with flying legs.
"It's the Song army in Jinpo Pass." The two postmen had already arrived at the foot of the Yizhou urn city on horseback, and the guards at the city gate immediately opened the city gate after seeing it.
The neighborhood in Yizhou city has been completely different from Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, the closed "fang" of the Tang Dynasty has not been used, and the city system with streets and roads as the skeleton has also been formed in Yizhou City, and the pattern in the city is relatively open, and now the Song Dynasty and Liao war, Yizhou is the first to bear the brunt in the north, and the cement and other building materials transported from the south during this period of time have also been used to strengthen the city wall, build cement roads, and go to the people's houses.
Zhao Kuangyin did not wear armor today, but wore a purple round-necked official robe and a lacquered hat. At this moment, two postmen outside the house hurriedly delivered the newspaper. Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly summoned them, and picked up the report written by He Lingtu, quickly browsed it, he closed the secret report excitedly, and then talked to Zhang Dejun on the side.
The post officer bowed and retreated, and Zhang Dejun, who was standing on the side, saw Zhao Kuangyin's appearance of being happy, and then walked out from the side, and arched his hand: "Slave and maid, congratulations to the official family for winning the battle, this time Brother He has made a lot of contributions." ”
Zhao Kuangyin couldn't hold back the joy in his heart, and said to Zhang Dejun on the side: "Under the Black Stone Ridge, it is indeed a happy event, Zhang Daguan, you go to the barracks quickly, I have a happy event to tell them." ”
"Yes, official." Zhang Dejun was just about to turn around and leave, when Zhao Kuangyin suddenly said, "Zhang Daguan, you go and tell the cook to get some wine and food, and I want to treat the soldiers a little." Although it was not Kaifeng in Tokyo, Zhao Kuangyin planned to give the soldiers a little surprise first, and if he won the battle, he would be rewarded for his merits.
"Yes."
Not long after, Cao Bin and Pan Meizhu generals also rushed in, and when they saw Zhao Kuangyin's happy look, they immediately bowed their hands and said: "He Xi Guan's family, Heishiling has been captured by my Great Song Dynasty. ”
Zhao Kuangyin said: "Today I see that you are all in high spirits, this battle of Heishiling can be regarded as a good start, our army took this pass without blood, but it is a great luck, today I have prepared some wine and food, reward you, and wait for the next day to return to Beijing, and reward together." ”
"Thank you for the love of the officials."
The generals picked up the cup in their hands and toasted Zhao Kuangyin.
ps. Today's update is a little late.,It's estimated that these days have been updated at night.,Come and collect this book.。