Volume 3 Mending the Cracks in the Sky Chapter 45 The World Is Like Chess (5)
Between the overwhelming cheers of countless Jurchen military horses, a team of men and horses hurriedly returned to the edge of the boiling camp.
This group of men and horses, all of them were Kofa cord heads, wearing dirty leather robes, short and rough and sturdy. The whole body was already full of fishy smell, and these days of rolling in the mire, it was even more filthy wolf bèi to the extreme.
This military horse is the auxiliary army of the Thirty Tatar Commanders of Monan, which was led by the former Jurchen general Yinshuke.
These steppe tribes that were once the fetters of the Khitan are the predecessors of Mongolia, if Xiao Yan has not arrived in this era, in the next hundred years, these tribes in the south and north of the desert will gradually grind into a powerful steppe empire, and after the sinicization of the Jurchens, they will rise violently again, bringing the tide of destruction to the entire civilized world. And the Han civilization really died for the first time.
However, now, these southern Monan tribes, which are deeply bound by the former Liao, are still scattered and do not form a big climate. After turning to the Jurchen conquest, this time he went south, and he also cobbled together more than 20 tribes and more than 5,000 knights. The Khitan blocked the supply of iron weapons to them back then, and these former Mongolian tribal warriors, although they were so skilled in equestrianism that the Jurchens were admired, were even more hard-working and fierce. But the equipment is extremely poor, and it is incomparable with the Jurchens who have completely inherited the Liao family's business. Not to mention the Shenwu Changsheng army in front of him, who was eager to be armed to the teeth by Xiao Yan.
These Mongol tribal armies, the best equipped are a stinky leather armor, horns, arches, bones and arrows. As a ranger scout, it's barely qualified, but if you really have to fight, it's still much worse. The reason is very simple, no matter how strong your Mongolian tribe is, it is only a person who is not afraid of life and death, and if the bone arrow is shot, the armor on the opposite side cannot be broken. And the opponent's blades and arrows flew in. A big hole was suddenly opened in his body. If the opponent's military horse has a basic level. I can't fight anything.
And now there are many tribes. Divided and scattered. It's not organizational at all. So at this moment, these steppe tribes, in the land of East Asia, are still just an inconspicuous role, and in the land outside the fortress, whoever is strong will be attached to whom. Hoping to get a piece of carrion.
Until the next few decades, Wan Yan Liang, who was so happy, moved the capital of the Jin Kingdom all the way to Yanjing, and the Sinicization of Cheng dΓΉ deepened rapidly. The rule of the Saiwaihu tribe was weakened. After the death of Wan Yan Liang, the Khitans were involved in an unprecedented scale of military rebellion outside the Saiwai. At that time, Jin Shizong Wanyanxi borrowed a large number of troops from the grassland tribes to participate in the pacification of the Khitans. After Xiao Saba's Khitan rebellion failed, the grassland tribe could no longer be replicated. In the end, this steppe tribe produced another group of strongmen who defy the sky............
But now, these steppe tribal armies are still obedient and trembling under the authority of the Jurchen soldiers. was called by the Jurchen army to be replaced, like a slave. All the way south, not only did he have to bear the heavy responsibility of sentry scouts, but also often went out to fight grass valleys for the Jurchen military horses. After searching the mountains and valleys, fighting a lot of lives, I worked hard to get a little grain and livestock. I had to give the Jurchen military horses most of it.
After Yinshu can be demoted, although there seem to be more people under his command than when he was in charge of the Jurchen headquarters. But the status is definitely plummeting! It is a Puliyan in the Jurchen headquarters. You can also mock him. After Zong Han demoted him, he basically ignored him.
For the Jurchens at this moment, it is still a tribal system of the jungle. Yinshu can lose the support of the people of the headquarters, and has lost battles again and again. He has been reduced to the weak. Although Zong Han also gave him his life, he didn't have much heart to take care of this weak man. Whether you will live or die in the future depends on the destiny of heaven.
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This group of knights consisted of about four or five hundred horsemen, and several tribes were mixed. After going out in the mud in the rain for three or four days to grass the valley, I had to return. The seized grain and grass were pitiful, at most two or three hundred stone of various grains. Behind the slowly returning procession were a dozen scrawny sheep and horses. And there are almost twenty or thirty lives lost on this trip.
While these knights were lazily riding back, some were still tearing and fighting for two women's clothes that were not very good in material and workmanship, and finally they simply rolled into the mire and fed each other with old fists, and no one cared.
Yinshu Ke was at the front of the queue, with a dirty leather robe, and in addition to mud, there was a heavy bloody smell on his body. The ugly face with a huge scar twisted all the time, so that even the roughest Mongolian knight did not dare to come forward.
was relegated to this, and he could breathe and drink for a Puliyan. Yinshu was silent, and he took these miscellaneous military horse sentries to scout and fight the grass valley all of them. This time, I found a small village in the mountain that was in danger, and Yinshuke personally led the team at night, crawled all the way from the quagmire, bit the knife and climbed the wall, and finally killed Ding Zhuang who patrolled the night and opened the gate of the village, so that these seizures were obtained.
Although he has not led this mixed beard for a long time, he admires these miscellaneous beards very much for the silver arts, and he can be regarded as obedient to orders.
Returning at this moment, I saw the Jurchen military horses all over the mountains cheering, excited by the red sun that came out of the probe. Yinshu was gloomy and silent.
Just as he was about to return to his own messy and shabby camp, a group of dozens of Jurchen military horses Fei also greeted him, in addition to these dozens of armored horsemen, there were more than 100 followers, ragged pale head bullet pressure and other auxiliary troops. The leader of the team was none other than Pu Liyan, who was under Xi Yin. After they got closer, Pu Liyan sneered at Yinshuke, and announced loudly to himself: "Grain, grass and livestock are all handed over!" β
The silversmiths were stunned for a moment, and then there were anger on all sides. It turned out that when I returned from the food, I could always stay a few percent, barely satisfied. In addition, these miscellaneous people are born to endure hardships, and they can barely get through. Seeing that the grain and grass in the army are getting less and less, and the income from grass and grain is not enough, it is now hard to collect such a little. Yinshu is still far away from the army, and is not ready to hand over the proceeds this time. Xi Yin, who was sitting in the Chinese army to manage and transport the grain and grass of the whole army, had such a straight nose and intercepted them on the edge of the camp!
If you pay it all in. In a few more days. What will be eaten?
A bunch of miscellaneous beards are rude. Hold their blades tightly. But looking at the dozens of Jurchen armorers wearing armor, sharp blades, and full of evil spirits, they could only hang their heads, and many people's eyes turned to Yinshuke.
Yinshu, who had been silent, could only come out of the crowd at this time and owe to Pu Liyan. He said in a deep voice: "It's better to follow the old rules and leave us a thirty percent." Otherwise, if you are hungry, who will help Zong Han? β
Pu Liyan sneered: "Now I didn't expect you to think of yourself as these muddy things!" The dead light is gone, which just saves us from going out of the grassland every year to reduce the ding! If you can't starve them, will you be happy when you are hungry for us Jurchen? Simply don't have a surname from now on, you don't have to insult this precious surname! β
Xiyin's subordinates, in the battle of Yingzhou, participated in the tragic battle of seizing the city under the pressure of Yinshuke, and there were hundreds of casualties. I hate silversmithing so much that my teeth itch. I used to be helpless, but now I have a chance. Where else can you be polite to silversmithing?
With a wave of his hand, the pale-headed bullets that followed the Jurchen armor rode on, and immediately rushed up, snatching the grain and grass on the horses and leading the livestock. And the Jurchen armor also lazily stepped forward, seeing what was eye-catching in those miscellaneous leather robes, and snatched it up, if it was liked, it was in its arms, and if it didn't like it, it was thrown into the mud, and the horse was trampled on. There are also Jurchen armored horsemen who took a fancy to the mount under a certain miscellaneous beard, and compared them with their blades on the horse, asking them to let the horse out.
The miscellaneous beards were so angry that their beards stood up, but they didn't dare to resist. Twenty or thirty of their tribes, Jinghua, were forced to go south with the Jurchens, and the strong people who could fight were basically here. It's only four or five thousand horsemen, and compared to the Jurchen force that is now at its peak, there is still a huge disparity between strength and weakness! If they dared to resist, the Jurchen military horses would slaughter them without mercy. The fighting between the grassland tribes is extremely cruel, they are all strong and dead, what should the tribe do if they are old and weak?
Everyone's eyes were on Yinshuke, and everyone listened to his orders, went out to sentry, and desperately fetched food, all for nothing. Now you have to come up with a way, or if anyone still listens to your orders, even if you barely manage to deal with it, you will never die like this before!
Yinshuke's face was gloomy, and he suddenly rode his horse towards the Priyan, and immediately leaned back, as if he was about to say something pleading. And the Priyan looked at it coldly, and waited for the silver magic to plead in front of him, and then refused mercilessly.
Unexpectedly, after Yinshu got closer, he suddenly reached out and pulled him from his mount! The Pryan was unsuspecting, and only lazily lit the stirrups on the horse. The silver technique can be done suddenly, and it falls into his grasp at once!
Yinshu Ke choked and pulled out the saber at his waist, and Puliyan was carried on his horse by him, and the sharp blade pressed against his neck, and said coldly: "Let them stop!" I will not give a grain of this grain. Let my sons and daughters go! I will go with you to find Xi Yin, kill or chop, and follow Xi Yin's actions! β
All the Jurchen armored horsemen let out an exclamation and turned to Yinshuke. The blades were all drawn, but I didn't know what to do for a while!
Yinshuke's expression was faint, sitting on the horse, looking around the left and right, and suddenly shouted, like a thunderous shock: "Where were you when I rushed into the Khitan Great Array when I was guarding the step?" When I followed Zong Han all the way to hunt down the Khitan Emperor for thousands of miles, where were you? When you broke the army, where were you? I lost the battle, was condemned by Zong Han, and was convinced. But you bastard, dare to bully me? Let them go with the grain and grass! Otherwise, killing you is like killing a dog! β
The general is down, and everyone can be destroyed for a while. But once the color changes, there is still an awe-inspiring power!
That Pu Liyan has also seen a lot, and he is not a person without courage. But under the power of the sudden color change of the silver technique, he didn't dare to think of the slightest strength! In the end, I just thought about it, I can go to Xi Yin with this silver technique and see how Xi Yin cleans him up!
Puriyan hissed and ordered: "Let these people go!" Yinshuke, do you dare to follow me to see Xi Yin? β
As soon as he gave the order, all the Jurchen armored horsemen dispersed, and those Mongolian horsemen still looked at the figure of Yinshuke. Yinshu waved his hand without looking back, and those Mongolian miscellaneous beards stroked their chests on the horse and bowed, and left after turning back three times.
At this time, many people were alarmed, and they all looked here. However, on the edge of the continuous camp of the Jurchen army, most of them were tribal auxiliary soldiers or driven students, and when they saw the banner of the Jurchen headquarters army riding on horseback, they only dared to watch from afar. Don't dare to come forward.
The Pu Liyan still hissed freely and shouted, "Silver." Do you dare to go see Hee-Yin? β
Silversmith can smile faintly. Put the knife into the sheath, and pushed the horse into the mud under his feet: "What kind of bird is Xi Yin, I dare not see him." β
Seeing that Yinshu Ke let go of Pu Liyan, dozens of armored horsemen rushed up, all kinds of blades were facing Yinshuke, and some people wanted to come up and capture Yinshuke and send it to Xi Yin. Look at how long this guy from a small department can last!
It was at this time. Then I heard a deep voice sound: "What are you doing, it's all gone!" β
The Jurchen armor rode around and saw a black banner waving, and dozens of guards surrounded a tall and clothed Jurchen general, who was Wanyan Lou's room.
Wanyan Lou Room was in the Jurchen West Route Army, thick and powerful, and had outstanding achievements. Although the silver art has been soaring all the way before, and it is very much loved by Zong Han, it has never been able to pass the status of the Lou family. Xi Yin is compared to this Jurchen militarist general. Even more so to the end. After hearing Yan Lou's words, the Jurchen armored horsemen lowered their blades one after another. Pu Liyan wanted to say something, but Lou Room just waved his hand: "There is a cooking here, you guys go quickly!" Xi Yin is there, and he will speak! β
Lou Room said this, what else did this Pu Liyan dare to say? At the moment, he bowed and bowed, and then greeted his subordinates and retreated, not even interested in complaining in front of Xi Yin. Lou's room was covered with silver, and Xi Yin could only stare dryly.
Yinshuke looked at Lou Mur Dao, bowed, and said with a wry smile: "But let Lou Mur see the joke." β
Wanyan Lou rode his horse to Yinshuke's side, and dozens of guards spread out their guards, leaving room for the two to talk. Wanyan Lou Room frowned and said: "Xi Yin is too much, if there is any trouble in the future, just come to find so." β
Yinshuke shook his head: "Lou Room happened to come here, isn't it just to see me being humiliated by the villain?" β
Wan Yan Lou room smiled: "I really can't hide it from you." β
He raised his head to the sky, looking at the canopy that had finally become clear, and the hot sun overhead: "The weather is finally clear, and the army can accelerate southward, but this battle is not easy to fight." β
Yinshu can nod, and after the Jurchen army made contact with the true face of the Shenwu Changsheng Army, they finally understood that it was not for nothing that Yinshu could be defeated several times. Needless to say, after the break, the bows and crossbows and locusts in the military village generally beckoned over, and the Jurchen athletes also had to avoid their fronts for the time being. The Khitans, who have been rumored for a hundred years to fight against the Southern Dynasty army and horses, now finally understand what the truth is.
But immediately scouting the rangers and fighting with the military horses of the Southern Dynasties, they still couldn't suppress them, which was one thing that made the Jurchens very depressed. All the way to pursuit, all the way to scout ranger battles. The cavalry of the Southern Dynasty was able to open and close, and the scale was enough to use, at least there was no problem at all to cover the retreating road. The horse is both well-equipped and fine, and in terms of the loss exchange ratio alone, the Jurchen knights are actually slightly at a disadvantage!
This, of course, has factors that limit the muddy roads and limit the Jurchen army from giving full play to its cluster advantage. But in the face of such a strong military horse, when they retreated to the eastern edge of the river, relying on so many military villages to defend them, they also mastered the cavalry to respond to mobile support. I don't know how to gnaw away the defense line of the southerners, and I don't know how to lose the lives of many girls Zhenjian'er!
Go south straight into Hedong and hit the most critical Taiyuan Mansion in Hedong. Starting from the cloud, there are basically the two most important paths. One is along the Hutuo River Valley, where there are Yanmen and other dangerous military village passes to protect it. The other is along the valley of the Fen River, where there are also important military passes such as Shiling Pass. Needless to say, after the Shenwu Ever-Victorious Army retreated, these two paths would be covered tightly!
However, the Jurchen Western Route Army did not have the capital to hold each other for a long time before these two passes. Xiao Yan began to operate Yunnei early, transported the grain and grass population into Hedong, and finally implemented the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness. Even if you can still capture a little, how can you support such an army of 100,000 people?
Although the Jurchen Eastern Route Army may also move south at any time, Zong Wang will never extend a hand for Zong Han, but he is afraid that he will delay for a while longer, so that Zong Han's troops can attract more Southern Dynasty military horses to the east of the river. If Zong Han single-handedly promoted the war against the Southern Dynasties, but in the end he was blocked beyond the east of the river, but the Eastern Route Army swept away thousands of troops, it would really be a big joke. And the Zonghan group, in the power system of the Jurchens, will also plummet!
Lou Room and Yinshu are both understanding people, and they already know each other if they don't beat them well, let alone say anything.
Yinshu Ke said lightly: "What's the matter?" β
Lou Room snorted and pointed to the southwest: "Spread it out more!" These horses under your command can endure hardships. I can run. And you personally sit and lead. Look at the west side. Can you open a hole and come out! We are just fighting to the death head-on, and we are dragging the main force of the Southern Korean army for you. opened the breach, and said that Zonghan would enter from here and go around to Taiyuan. And those Southern Korean military horses that were in front of them would have to come back to help. We were biting at the back, crushing them all the way. In the end, under the city of Taiyuan, they were destroyed in one fell swoop! β
Silversmithing can be silent. It's a daunting task. The Jurchen headquarters inherited the Liao family's belongings, and it was difficult to break through the frontal southerner defense line, not to mention his thousands of miscellaneous light horsemen? Running around the breach, there is no support behind him, and if he doesn't reach it, he will be sent to death.
Wan Yan Lou added another sentence: "I will transfer you with blades and armor to equip your light cavalry." And I will give you two or three more direct collar Mok. Yinshu, whether you can turn over or not depends on this! β
Yinshuke suddenly looked up at Lou Room, and his heart suddenly understood.
Zong Han must have planned the Sakai brigade. The strategy of widening the front and looking for weak points and breaches in the long border defense line on the eastern edge of the river of the southerners. The horses that were scattered. He's definitely not the only one. And Zong Han would never have high hopes for a clan auxiliary army light cavalry. This is Lou Room taking care of himself, transferring armor and blades, and sending his henchmen from home to seek victory, hoping that he can make meritorious achievements and turn around and return to Zong Han!
Since being demoted, Yinshu Ke has never bothered to say a word, but at the moment, he doesn't know how many words are turning in his chest.
Lou Mu was not grateful to him, patted him on the shoulder and said: "In this war, the Jurchen will be on top from now on, and will be the lord of the world from now on, and if you lose, you will ............ Yinshu can you really have the talent of a general, and the southerners, even if it is a small setback, but also for us to find out the reality of the southern dynasty military horses. Once the merit is returned to Zong Han's side, it will be of great benefit to Zong Han............ Zong Han judged you like this, and you shouldn't have any complaints. β
There were some things that Lou Mu didn't say. For example, the Jurchens destroyed a large country with few soldiers, relying on strong troops. Defeating the Southern Dynasties, this prestige will be unshakable, and it is possible to become the co-lord of the world. If this war fails, the hastily established rule of the Jurchens will be shaken!
How can you not understand these unfinished meanings? But he doesn't want to do anything about the Jurchen clan now. He just wanted to participate in this war, slaughter the Southern Dynasty into a sea of corpses and blood, and let this Shenwu ever-victorious army tremble and crush in front of him!
He just thanked Wanyan Lou for remembering him and taking care of him, so that he had such a chance to be in battle again!
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When night fell, in the scattered camp of those Mongolian horsemen under the command of Yinshuke, there was a tsunami of cheers at this time!
Today's silver art can break the face with Xi Yin's subordinates, although these Mongolian miscellaneous beards have returned, they are all worried. for fear that the Jurchen army would suddenly come and trap them in one fell swoop. When the time comes, what else can be done except begging for mercy?
Some tribal elders are already discussing whether to arrange some young men in each tribe to secretly leave the team and return to the grassland, leaving some seeds for each tribe.
Before the thought stopped, the silver art had already returned. Following him, it was not the Xiyin Department of the brigade who came to ask for the crime. On the contrary, there are a lot of blades and armor, a lot of military equipment, and even grain and livestock!
The good news is not only this, from now on, this clan army will not have to undertake the hard and thankless tasks such as scouting and fighting the grass valley, and there will be no need to go around in the states of Yunnei in this white land. Instead, he undertook the real combat mission, but as the vanguard, he went straight to the dynasty, looked for weak and breachable places, and smashed into the flowers and rivers of the Southern Dynasty in one fell swoop!
These Mongolian tribes followed the Jurchen military horses to fight, in addition to being afraid of the Jurchen military might, how could they not covet the wealth of the Southern Dynasty, and wanted to go south with them, and use the Jurchen military power to kill and loot?
Although now we have to fight with the Southern Dynasty with our true face, we are already a separate army, and after entering the Southern Dynasty, we have all our own gains! On the grassland, the white plague and the black plague, the tribes attack and kill each other, and people are dying all the time. As long as you can enter the Southern Dynasty, even if you have to fight hard, what's the big deal?
This qiΔ is all given by the silver technique. Fortunately, they have such a Jurchen general to lead, not only can they focus on defending them, but they can also bring them blades, armor, military equipment, and can also take them to take the lead in crashing into the flowers and rivers of the Southern Dynasty!
Under the firelight, countless Kefa rope heads, hideous-looking grassland men cheered around Yinshuke, and some people knelt on the ground, pulling out knives and stabbing blood at Yinshuke, to express their will.
"Immortal Heaven is above, and villains and others follow General Wanyan and fight for their lives, and they will not hesitate. It's all based on General Wanyan's orders! β
In the midst of the cheers, Yinshuke's face was still gloomy, and he clenched his teeth, and couldn't help but look at the dark night sky to the south.
At this time, he used all his power to hold back his excitement and sit still. In his heart, he only wanted to step into the flowers and rivers of the Southern Dynasty in one step, and smash everything he encountered in front of him! (To be continued......)
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