Volume 2 Bianliang Mistake Chapter 32 Entanglement (3)

The fourth day of the third month of the fifth year of the Great Song Xuanhe.

The brigade carried scattered military horses of various colors and banners of the Liao Army, swept down from north to south, along the two wings of Yanjing City. This chaotic army scattered all over the mountains, although scattered, moved heavily and slowly. But there was no intention of stopping. Along the way, some of the dock walls were submerged in an instant, and some of them were struggling to support, but there were always countless layers outside, and I didn't know how long they could last. These dock-walled forts have also asked the new owners of Yanjing for help. However, those who asked for help could not even get through to the outlying camps of the Song army in Yanjing.

Since Yanjing is tied, many of these dock fortresses are also coerced with the chaotic army, and in the Fuliao army, there are more banners of marshals from all walks of life. And the banner of Yelu Dashi danced in Yandi, and many of the remnants of the Liao people in other places also came to converge. In just a few days, the momentum of the so-called Fengtian Righteous Restoration Army has grown a lot.

The Fuliao soldiers and horses swept by the two wings bypassed the camp guarded by the Song army on the outskirts of Yanjing, and finally converged. They didn't dare to move the heavily guarded Song army camps, so they swept and plundered near Yanjing, while the Song army stopped in the barracks and watched them move. Every night, in a radius of nearly dozens of miles to the left of Yanjing, there are campfires all over the mountains. The momentum is shocking.

On the second day of the first month of March, Yanjing was finally encircled. The foreign language report was not available, and the Fuliao army even crossed the Gaoliang River, went deep to the south, and plundered the left near, and there were still some Song soldiers and horses in the south of the Gaoliang River, and they all retreated to Zhuozhou at this time. Between Yanjing and Zhuozhou, it has completely become the territory of the Fuliao army

And no matter the tens of thousands of Western troops in Yanjing City, or the elite cavalry of Xiao Yan's brigade who followed closely behind the main flank of the Fuliao Army, they all looked at this qiē coldly.

The so-called marshal line of Yelu Dashi was set up thirty or forty miles west of Yanjing City. In the past few days, the scale of Marshal Du's line has also swelled. After all, some of the heroes who came to vote were only willing to belong to Yelu Dashi's direct leader. Yelu Dashi also only selects some elites to fill the direct leader, and the rest is left to these heroes.

The Marshal's Mansion directly led the army's horses, and now there are 4,000 infantry troops and 600 horse troops. The armor is still about half, but the blades and bows are almost ready, and there is still a little military savings. These direct army horses are far worse than under the command of various marshals. Not only could they not participate in the plunder, but they also had to practice strictly on the march every day. When camping every night, they had to work hard to set up a strict camp, and the sentry patrols did not relax at all.

Although the days are hard, Yelu Dashi does have some means in the training of the whole army, plus this military horse, all of which are selected from the elite of the Fuliao army. It actually looks a little bit, and when the army is marching, those marshals from all walks of life are looking at it, and they unconsciously regard it as the support of Mount Tai in their army of recovering Liao.

Since he has this status, the grain, grass and military materials transported from all over the place are more diligent. These days, these Yelu Dashi direct leaders don't feel bad. In the troubled times, everyone gathered together, and the military law was strict. This brings people a stronger sense of security than when they were under the various marshals of the day, who closed their eyes today and didn't know if they would be able to open their eyes tomorrow. And you don't have to work hard everywhere to get food, and you can sit and eat peacefully after hard work every day. Naturally, there were those tattered people from all walks of life who sent grain, grass and military supplies. In the past few days, these direct leaders have already faintly regarded themselves as superior to the tattered men and horses of the marshals around them. The command of Yelu Dashi was also forbidden.

If it is delayed for a while, maybe it will be possible to train a military horse that can be used in the field for Yelu Dashi

Night had fallen, and among the camps of the Marshal's Mansion, there were bonfires, but they were all lined up. Neatly arranged. The Ma army sentries also went out, patrolling and running outside the camp, and from time to time there were signals indicating safety.

The soldiers, who had been camping for a day, sat around the campfires, cooked the rations they had divided, and devoured them one by one. Occasionally, there will be laughter and laughter, and some people will sing country songs. This qiē and qiē all look like a rather regular military horse, which is very different from the camping place of the marshals around them.

Jerodashi insisted on patrolling the camp every day, and his injuries were far from being fully healed. However, he has a good foundation and can barely walk on the ground. But when it comes to fighting on horseback, if you don't have two or three months to raise, don't think about it. If he has not put on armor and fought all night, he can still live a life, and it is already the green smoke from his Yelu Dashi ancestral tomb.

In the camp, he saw Jerod Dashi staggering around under the tight guard of several people. If you can't walk, just find a campfire to rest. Talk and laugh with the soldiers. Yelu Dashi is a talent of Yunwen and Yunwu, and he has come to write and make articles, and he has also come to talk to these soldiers in the village dialect. Every time you pass a bonfire, you can provoke a burst of laughter there.

Listen to the soldiers' complaints, soothe the wounded, and occasionally make jokes. Before he knew it, Yelu Dashi had passed through the entire camp and walked to the northwest corner of the camp. Regardless of the fact that his legs and feet were not very neat, he climbed the watchtower in the northwest corner with a few guards. Jimu looked in that direction.

I don't know how long I watched it, before Yelu Dashi muttered to himself: "Xiao Yan is there............"

Among the guards behind him, there was Dong Dalang. He also responded: "Follow very closely............ Xiao Yan is not easy to deal with............ Lin Ya, you are training like this, and you are still not Xiao Yan's opponent, far from it. ”

The faces of several other guards changed a little, Yelu Dashi turned around and waved his hand, asking them to retreat, leaving only him and Dong Dalang on the watchtower, Yelu Dashi looked at him with interest: "What do you say?" ”

Dong Dalang shook his head: "Xiao Yan's department, the foundation is divided into three parts, the Shengjie Army and the Bai Qi Army are both Great Song Dynasty long-trained elite cavalry, needless to say. There is also the original Changsheng Army Department under Guo Yaoshi, and since the army was formed, it has been five years since the Changsheng Army was formed. Even they are far from being comparable to Lin Ya's rabble............

………… The strong army is all fought, since Xiao Yan unified the army, he has moved to Yandi, how many hard battles have been fought? Even the Jurchens, he fought to the death and recovered Yanjing. Military affairs are neat, sharp and vigorous. In addition, the battle is fought by the armor of both sides, and Xiao Yan's heavy cavalry does not need to mention him. Even if it is a light horse, everyone has full body armor, but everyone who goes into battle, long and short blades, bows, arrows, and shields, all are ready. It's all refined blades. Other military utensils are also sufficient. As for the war horses, they are even two horses or even three horses, all of which are from Xiao Gan and the Jurchen Army. But the war horse is only 700, the armor will be more than half, the blade is there, and even the arrows don't know if each archer can get ten or not, this battle, how to fight? Da Lang is stupid, he really doesn't know what the only reason for Lin Ya's victory is"

Dong Dalang joined the army as a young man and has rich experience in warfare. At this time, he had no scruples - it could even be said that he didn't care about anything anymore, and he talked eloquently in front of Yelu Dashi, and every sentence was to the point. Yelu Dashi couldn't help nodding while listening, and when Dong Dalang finished speaking, Yelu Dashi looked appreciative: "Dalang, it's a pity that you can't serve under a certain command for a long time, otherwise you must be a certain henchman............"

Dong Dalang smiled and shook his head: "Lin Ya, you also know that my mind is not on this. ”

Yelu Dashi smiled and didn't persuade anything more. People have their own ambitions, and they don't have to be strong. In his opinion, Dong Dalang has been completely ruined by Xiao Yan. was originally a young general who attracted the attention of Yandi, even if the Liao State was destroyed, he would have enough future in the south and north. But this son has lived in hatred all his life, and he hated Guo Yaoshi for killing his father that day. At this time, he hated Xiao Yan for taking away all his everything, and the purpose of the rest of his life was to fight with Xiao Yan endlessly

At this point in life, there really isn't much to say.

Under the lights, Dong Dalang hid his hideous scar face in the dark and looked in the direction where Xiao Yan was for a long time.

Yelu Dashi sighed and brought up another topic: "How are your more than 100 riders?" Is it available or not? ”

Dong Dalang nodded: "When the camp went south, more than 100 horsemen were selected, and with these time picking, there are already 200 horsemen." Every day, he took them out to spy and participated in the storming of forts, and he had slaughtered four or five villages. The rest of the generations are all the same as me, there is no tomorrow today, the bold and reckless generation, Danzhou is rich, this generation dares to try. It's a big deal, what's the big deal? If Xiao Yan's savings in Danzhou are taken away, most of the belongings of the Liao people in Yandi will be transported to Danzhou by Xiao Yan............ They dare to gamble with me. ”

"What about Zhen Liuchen?" Yelu Dashi asked softly again.

Dong Dalang sneered: "It's a rare loyal person among us, who keeps reading that eldest sister...... Although he hasn't acted with us these days, but when the time comes, how dare he not follow me to attack Danzhou? In his opinion, this is also the last chance to save his eldest sister............ He must not have seen it, the eyebrows of the daughter of the Guo family and Xiao Yan were the friendship between the two of them living and dying together, Xiao Yan was able to take a girl and not let go when he was the most depressed, and the woman was killed, how could he be willing to kill the daughter of the Guo family? Maybe it's the treasure in Xiao Yan's hands."

Speaking of Xiao Yan and what he has, the vicious hatred behind Dong Dalang's tone is almost deep in the marrow of people.

Yelu Dashi's expression remained unchanged, and he said lightly: "Guo Yaoshi died, just a little bit of blood. If you can save your life, you can stay. ”

He said it casually, and he didn't take it seriously. Dong Dalang's psychology is almost perverted, and he just wants to destroy what Xiao Yan has now. How could Jerodashi not know? He can use Dong Dalang, that's it.

The two were silent for a long time, and Yelu Dashi suddenly spoke: "Let's go out tomorrow, lead the department, go south first, and then go around to the northwest." Xiao Yan has something there to attract his attention, and there is room for maneuver to go south and detour, and he will be difficult to appear. As for whether you can succeed or not, it's up to you. ”

Dong Dalang was silent, and bowed deeply to Yelu Dashi in the dark: "Thank you Lin Ya for helping me with a soldier and horse, if he has a chance one day, he will meet Lin Ya again." ”

Yelu Dashi smiled and waved his hand: "You saved a certain family, and now there is a glimmer of life." This is what you deserve, don't thank me. ”

After Dong Dalang finished saluting, he turned around and went down the watchtower. The two of them didn't talk much, and they knew each other in their hearts. I'm afraid there will be no time to meet again. Under Xiao Yan's strong pressure, both of them could only struggle desperately to survive

After Dong Dalang went, Yelu Dashi pressed the railing of the watchtower with his hand and did not move for a long time. The success or failure of Dong Dalang's trip is not what he cares about. He was just thinking about how to break out of a bloody path in Xiao Yan's hands, and to accumulate as much capital as possible to accumulate more strength for the restoration of the Great Liao in the future

Under Xiao Yan's oppression, he had no choice but to continue south. With the deliberate connivance of Xiao Yan and the Western Army, they besieged Yanjing. Although the momentum is now extremely huge, he completely understands that he still can't resist Xiao Yan and the Western Army's blow to the south just to buy time, stay one more day, and gather more strength. Xiao Yan's mentality is planned, and he also grasps it. just waited for Bianliang to come with news in his favor.

Now the Fuliao army lies between the north and the south, and if there is an envoy from the south, it is not difficult for him to know immediately. It was not difficult for a team of horsemen to break through the scattered or even unguarded camp of the Liao army and rush into Yanjing City. You must know that these marshals from all walks of life know few soldiers, and they go out to plunder and collect grain during the day, and they are happy in the camp at night. Between the camps, there is no contact sentinel, only the coerced refugees who depend on the camps everywhere to survive. They are widely distributed, and it is not too much trouble for an elite team of horsemen to find a gap to fight in and out. But this movement will be known to him immediately.

At that time, it was when he gave up a qiē and turned around and went north quickly, and Dong Dalang went to attack Danzhou, if he could let Xiao Yan divide his troops, it would be great. Rushing through Xiao Yan's interception is more certain. If it doesn't work out, there is no loss for him anyway. When the time comes, it will be nothing more than to exchange more lives for the opportunity for him to rush out

He slammed the railing of the watchtower in front of him, and the guards below heard the sound, and several people had already rushed up: "Lin Ya, what's the matter?" ”

Yelu Dashi turned around and ordered: "Order the generals, don't pull out the camp tomorrow, this camp is still here, and a battalion of men and horses will be stationed there." The rest of the main force will follow me towards Yanjing............ We will not stand in front of Xiao Yan for the army, and we will be one with the main force of the army."

The guards took the order and left, and Yelu Dashi looked to the northwest and smiled coldly.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan, even if you lead the troops to attack a certain family, how many camps do you have to break through and how many lives do you have to kill before you can rush in front of a certain family? A certain family is waiting to see your majesty

At this moment, at the head of Yanjing City, several generals of the Western Army were pressing their swords against the battlements, quietly looking at the qiē in front of them.

Within a radius of dozens of miles, the Song army relied on Yanjing City to guard the outer camp, forming a large circle to defend the inner Yanjing City. And beyond this big circle, there are scattered bonfires all over the mountains. Although the walls of Yanjing City are high, the lights of the Fuliao Army that were isolated by the Song military camp are no longer very clear, but they give people the feeling that they are all there, filling all the space around Yanjing.

A general of the Western Army watched it for a long time, and couldn't help but whisper: "Straight lady thief, really let them surround us like this?" ”

Beside him, standing was Yao Gu. The wind was strong on the city walls, blowing his beard high. Yao Gu's face was dark, and he snorted: "What's this, once the rabble is dispatched, it won't be destroyed?" ”

Another general hesitated: "The one who commands this army and horses is Yelu Dashi............ This is not an easy guy to deal with, God knows what variables can be in his hands? ”

This sentence immediately attracted the echo of the generals, who were all Yao Gu's most confidant generals. In front of him, there has always been no scruples about speaking.

“………… Xiao Yan really hid Yelu Dashi in his hands and hid it in his hands, why did he let him escape again? ”

"He is also surnamed Xiao, God knows what he is thinking about whether he is in the same place as Yelu Dashitong, but it is difficult to say. Don't let us suffer a big loss in the end."

"I don't know what the old breed thinks, why is he so determined to stand on Xiao Yan's side? Things haven't changed, but that's it. Now that the situation has changed, why not change course? Do you have to wait until things get out of hand again? ”

"Being trapped in Yanjing alone, no matter what, is not a good thing. If there is a slight mistake, maybe it will annoy Yao Xianggong, and we will go to ask the old Xianggong again, this pile of broken copper and iron in front of us, we will finish the bag. Anyway, it's all about quelling chaos, why wait until Bianliang has a saying to quell the chaos? In this way, our Western Army is still the first meritorious, and it is not too difficult to protect the Western Army, why bother like this now, the benefits are mostly left to Xiao Yan's house."

Yao Gu's face was as pale as iron, and he scolded back: "What are you talking about? The old breed has already made a decision, who wants to disobey the order? If you want to say such things to the old people, you will go by yourself, but so-and-so will not go."

This sentence made everyone a little gray. Yao Gu snorted: "Don't look at it, it makes people upset to go home, and you all go back to the camp."

One of the generals was Yao Gu's confidant flag officer, and he couldn't help but ask again: "Yao Xianggong, the Lord Yuwen from Bianliang has asked to see him several times, and I have covered my left and right, which is really hard." If you don't want to be fair, you will see him once, and listen to him, and you will not be straight. Lord Yuwen is an angel after all, and Yao Xianggong is always a little troublesome if he is stiff like this............"

Yao Gu sneered: "A certain family is relied on, and it is all in the Western Army." What do those Bianliangzi do? The Western Army is in charge of the old breed, and it's not me who comes to the door again, or a word, I don't see"

As he spoke, he had already pressed his sword and went down to the city, and the flag officer also followed closely, and there were naturally guards below, and a group of people rode their horses and raised fires and hurried away. The leading generals on the city wall looked at each other and complained in a low voice: "I said that I wanted to lead us to see the opponent's military situation, and I thought that things had room to turn around, but it turned out to be like this, but it was so kind and boring." Scatter yourself, go back to camp and go to bed early with his mother's big head"

More than 20 miles northwest of the Fuliao Army Brigade, Xiao Yan's camp also stood silently in the dark.

The camp set up by the cavalry army has always been larger than that of the infantry army. Xiao Yan's subordinates set up five or six large camps, which stretched out for several miles, and between each camp, bows and arrows could be connected to each other. Of these camps, only half of his men were dropped. Most of the light cavalry under his command has already been scattered, covering all the passages in the north of Yanjing, and once the Fuliao army shows signs of going north, it will be known by Xiao Yan as soon as possible. When the time comes, he will be defeated by cavalry, and all kinds of opponents will be defeated for him.

These days, Xiao Yan's subordinates have followed the Fuliao army led by Yelu Dashi step by step, watching them encircle Yanjing. At this moment, when Jerod stopped, he stopped. Set up camp and confront him from afar.

At this moment, Xiao Yan was also standing on the watchtower, looking northeast for a long time. Several mink hats were guarded, standing behind him, silent.

Footsteps suddenly sounded, breaking the silence of the watchtower. Xiao Yan looked back, but it was Niu Gao who walked up. Xiao Yan's pro-general next to him is Zhang Xian, who is now in Yanjing. Without Zhang Xianhuwei, Xiao Yan didn't feel any insecurity. Han Shizhong and Yue Fei refused to do anything, and transferred Niu Gao from the position of leading the commander of the heavy cavalry to defend Xiao Yan. With their kindness, Xiao Yan could only acquiesce with a smile.

Compared with Zhang Xian, Niu Gao has a different temperament. He has a temper more like a big child. What I like is to be lively.,There's no interest in looking at the boss at all.。 Hanging out with his own minions is happier than anything else. Serving under the veteran ruffian Han Shizhong, the two are quite compatible.

Originally, according to his intimacy with Xiao Yan, it was okay to come to Xiao Yan for a walk, which was better than anything else for the future. Xiao Yan is also a person, and he remembers the people who dangle in front of him every day. What's good, of course, think about the familiar people first. Like Niu Gao, he will only stop in the army. I am afraid that Xiao Yan's status will be higher in the future, and Zhang Xian and others will also rise with the tide, and Niu Gao is still doing the work of commanding people.

This time, the white soldiers were transferred and temporarily guarded by Xiao Yan's side. Niu Gao was reluctant to be the boss, and he complained a little in front of Yue Fei. scolded Yue Fei fiercely: "At this time, Xiao Xuanzan is the main backbone in the army, we are all surprised, Xiao Xuanzan is not surprised, you are by Xiao Xuanzan's side, you have a strength, brave and able to fight." Xiao Xuanzan likes to come to the enemy in person, don't let Xiao Xuanzan come forward when the time comes, if Xiao Xuanzan is a little injured when you rush to the front, don't use Xuanzan's hands, and don't let me clean you up, Zhang Xian rushed back, and cut off your black head first."

Yue Fei was deep and respectful in front of Xiao Yan, only treating Niu Gao a little like his younger brother who couldn't make it, and reprimanding him was the same as reprimanding his grandson. Niu Gao ate him and scolded him, and he went to Xiao Yan's side to serve. These days, in addition to not being as thoughtful as Zhang Xian, there are some things that Xiao Yan has thought of before he has been instructed. The others are quite competent, and nothing has gone wrong.

His footsteps were also heavy, and when he went up to the watchtower, he seemed to be about to stomp the building down. Several mink hats and guards were snickering behind them, and Xiao Yan also turned around and scolded with a smile: "You black guy, it's a shame that you are leading a heavy horse, if you let you lead a light horse to a distant sentry, what kind of enemy will alarm you."

Niu Gao came up and grinned, but he didn't forget to salute before speaking: "Xuanzan, the grain and grass received from Danzhou have been counted and included in the camp, and the elder brother of the Yue family and General Han have received their own receipts. The numbers are correct, ten days of food and forage, plus some military equipment. The elder brother of the Yue family and General Han both said that there were still some deficiencies, and the lack of food in the army was a lack of confidence. Bring in another ten days of grain and grass, and it will be almost the same. They asked me to come and ask for praise, and asked Danzhou to urge another trip of grain and grass over? ”

Xiao Yan groaned: "How many days?" ”

Before Niu Gao came, he had already memorized what he was about to say, and he was afraid of making mistakes. At this time, he replied briskly: "Go back and walk empty, two days." Heavy load when I came, three and a half days. ”

Xiao Yan calculated, and if another batch was transported, there would be fifteen days of grain and grass in the army, which was almost enough to support the conclusion of the matter here, and there was even a considerable amount of margin. When the army is outside, they are most afraid of running out of food. As long as the food and grass are sufficient, you can deal with Yelu Dashi and them with peace of mind. This matter must not be overlooked. He nodded and said to Niu Gao: "Pass my military order, let Danzhou receive grain and grass and military funds again, you don't need to move, guard Danzhou, and wait for my future orders." Danzhou back road, no loss"

Niu Gao nodded in response, turned around and was about to go back. Suddenly, he patted his head again: "I almost forgot, otherwise the brother of the Yue family will scold me again" He reached into his arms, took out a letter, and handed it to Xiao Yan: "Xuanzan, this is a book sent by the Senator of Danzhou with the grain transportation team, Senator Fang also said that there is no need to praise the book, Danzhou back road, he will take care of it." ”

Xiao Yan took the letter, waved his hand at Niu Gao, and asked him to go down to give orders. At this time, the guards of the mink hat capital had already lifted the air death lamp to illuminate Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan took advantage of the firelight to open the letter and read it hurriedly.

After reading it, Xiao Yan's face suddenly became extremely ugly. The mink hats behind Xiao Yan have been with him for a long time, and they will observe his words and expressions, and at this time, they can't help but mutter, what happened in Danzhou?

There was nothing wrong with Danzhou. Fang Teng's contingency measures are all in order. And he also analyzed the situation in front of Xiao Yan, which was similar to what Xiao Yan thought. Try your best to stabilize the Yanjing Western Army, and sit calmly and watch Yelu Dashi's moves. Yanjing is encircled, and it is impossible not to let Bianliang vibrate. Once Bianliang is shaken, someone in the court will naturally make a move, and the husband will not miss this opportunity according to Fang Teng's understanding. Although the situation is out of control, it is not that there is no room for the best outcome, and it is necessary to try to hold on.

What made Xiao Yan's face ugly was that Fang Teng mentioned it lightly in his letter. He has already doubled Guo Rong's close surveillance, and if she moves a little differently, or if there is a change in Danzhou, he will get rid of her. Let Xiao Yan forgive him for the crime of being a tyrant. There is already a Zhen Liuchen, and then there is a Guo Rong who still has a little appeal to the old department of the Changsheng Army, and now Xiao Yan can't stand any changes.

Xiao Yan used his hand hard, and he had already gathered the book into a ball. He closed his eyes and smiled wryly. Guo Rong's stubborn and cold face came to mind again. Since crossing, he has struggled forward in Yandi. I'm most sorry, maybe it's this girl. But I don't know if someone is playing tricks in the dark, and I have to inflict harm on her again and again. How could Guo Rong be with Dong Dalang all the way? She is a girl who dares to love and hate, and she can't turn. Dong Dalang betrayed her father, who was her enemy, how could she go to the same place with Dong Dalang

But if she killed her father, wouldn't that be her greater enemy? This love and hatred can never be resolved

Xiao Yan opened his eyes and looked south and east blankly. I acted here, and I don't know how many people were buried. This sin, just because he is for the future of the Great Song Dynasty, can he be at ease? How will the history books of later generations record themselves as an inexplicable time-traveler?

In this era, sometimes people really can't help themselves.