Chapter 48: The Oath of the Great Wall

This team of horses went all the way to the west.

Because of the heavy snow, there are few traces of people along the way, and it is very rare to meet the Han farmers who come out to collect firewood, and when they see the army rushing wildly, they immediately run to the side of the road with rolling and crawling, avoiding far away, but more often they meet the Khitan warriors who wear leather clothes and ride out on horses to hunt, and they are in groups and roaring past. Occasionally, someone found that these horsemen were all Han Chinese, and immediately surrounded them, followed and ran up for a while, drawing their swords in their hands, and kept shouting something, and they were all reprimanded by Xiao Du at the end.

When the group passed by Lulong, a hunting team of ten people surrounded them, and a Khitan Han with a bare head and open clothes shouted a few angry words, and suddenly raised his bow and shot an arrow at the team, shooting off the felt hat on the head of a special soldier.

Lin Feng, who had been squinting at this group of people, roared, raised his right hand into the air, gestured a "three", and then pressed violently under the gang, and the team that was still running forward neatly sounded three short whistling sounds, and the three major marksmen in the team, Qin Hansheng, Rao Xingyu, and Luo Xing, shot out in unison, and the three arrows shot out from different directions, arriving almost at the same time, bringing the wool scarf around the big man's neck, penetrating the corners of his flying clothes, and shattering the shaking Luan bell under the mount.

Dahan was stunned for a moment, wiped his neck with his left hand, the green tendons on his head burst out, and his right hand immediately pulled out a knife in his hand, wanting to make a move. The other Khitan men behind him also raised their swords in their hands, shouting violently, and they were ready to attack immediately.

At this time, Xiao Du had already turned around and stopped these people with a roar.

Seeing that group of men slashing their knives on the ground one by one, Lin Feng admired this kind of bloody courage and fierceness very much.

It seems that these people are at most the villagers of the Liao State.

Originally, the total population of Liao was only a few million people, much less than that of the Han people, and the total number of daily standing armies was about 200,000 to 300,000. However, it is impossible to stand up to the system of all people being soldiers, and the mobilization capacity in wartime is too great.

According to the "History of Liao? The "Bingwei Zhi" recorded: "The military system of the Liao State, all people who are over fifteen years old and less than fifty years old are subordinate to the military register. One for each regular army, three horses, one for the grass valley and one for the camp shop...... "What is even more terrible is that these people do not issue ordnance, all of them are self-prepared, and the horses do not give grain and grass. Once there is a war, these people will move when they see the goldfish charm, and it is not uncommon for the whole country to piece together a million, or even reach more than 1.5 million.

No wonder the history is called the four neighbors of the Liao State, "there are hundreds of strong countries, living in the area of the four wars, the tiger is in the middle, do not dare to take the cherry blossoms, and the system has a skill." With such a strong war strength, it is no wonder that the self-reliant Han generals in the north during the Five Dynasties period competed to be the emperor and the nephew emperor, this tiger is too powerful, and acting for the tiger seems to be the only rational choice they can make!

Lin Feng was secretly amazed in his heart, but he was proud in his heart, you have a strong ride, I have technology, as long as I give me time to develop, what are I afraid of you doing? Lin Feng raised his neck again and sang "Loyal to the Country", and the special soldiers immediately responded.

"The wolf smoke rises, and the rivers and mountains look north; The dragon rolls, the horse neighses, and the sword aura is like frost......"

The singing voice was generous, the rhetoric was agitated, and Han Zheng, who had been trying to follow the back of the team, became worse and worse the more he listened, and when he reached the last "dignified China wants to let the Quartet come to congratulate", his face became red and purple, but he didn't dare to say anything at all.

Early in the morning of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the heavy snow was gradually getting lighter, and Lin Feng, who had breakfast, did not go on the road immediately, pointed to Xiao Du to the figure of the Great Wall looming on the northern peak, and took a group of brothers to visit. Xiao Du shook his head and turned back to the post station to rest.

There were steps not far to the north, but Lin Feng didn't choose the easy path and led his brothers towards the steep wall facing the post station.

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, the brothers let out a shout and rushed to the top of the mountain, and the game turned into a mountaineering competition.

Halfway up the mountain, the brother who rushed in front stopped, and a wall that almost went straight up and down blocked the way, and two of the two who were good at self-reliance tried twice, both because their feet were on the snow, and one slipped down, and was caught by their teammates.

Two masters from the Guiguan area came out of their horses, took off their shoes, spit into their hands, and climbed a few times, the people had already flipped to it, and then threw off the two ropes.

The others immediately rushed to the top.

In less than two quarters of an hour, all one hundred and five brothers had climbed the towering walls of the Great Wall.

Standing high on top of the nearest beacon, Lin Feng watched the winding dragon stretch its body on the snow-covered mountaintop, disappearing intermittently on the top of the distant peaks, his heart was full of pride, and he shook his arms and roared.

Obviously, since the Shi Jingjiao era fell into the hands of the Khitan, these Great Wall ruins have not been repaired at all, although they do not look as neat as the Ming Great Wall of later generations, but the broken but not decadent body still maintains its dignity in the cold wind, telling the dignity and history of the Han nation's survival and struggle.

When everyone's howling stopped, Lin Xiao shouted in the cold wind: "Brothers, if you don't go to the Great Wall, you are not a hero!" Today, we climbed the Great Wall of the Northern Kingdom, are we heroes?! ”

"Yes!" "We're the best!" A group of brothers, intoxicated by the grandeur and grandeur of the Great Wall, raised their arms in response.

The majestic chorus echoes between the mountains, sending the "best" echo far away.

Lin Feng stomped on the solid city bricks under his feet and roared loudly: "The Great Wall has been our strongest line of defense against the northern nomads since ancient times. More than ten years ago, this was still the domain of our Chinese nation, but it was given to the Khitans by Emperor Shi Jingtang! Now some people think that if we lose the defense line of the Great Wall and the barrier of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, we will no longer be able to defeat the nomads, and we will never be able to recapture the vast land left to us by the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty? Is that so? Is that really the case?! ”

The sixteen prefectures of Youyun refer to the sixteen prefectures of You, Ji, Ying, Mo, Zhuo, Tan, Shun, Xin, Fu, Confucian, Wu, Yun, Ying, Huan, Shuo, and Wei ceded to the Khitans by Emperor Shi Jingjiao of the Later Jin Dynasty, including the Beijing-Tianjin-Tang region and the northern part of Hebei and Shanxi provinces. Because Youzhou is backed by the Yanshan Mountain Range, it is commonly known as "Yanjing", so it is also called "Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures".

The brothers were all solemn, quietly feeling the anger in Lin Feng's words.

Lin Feng thumped his chest to the point of a tom, and roared angrily: "The strongest line of defense is never in the Great Wall, not in the mountains, not in the fortified city, not in the deep trenches, but in our hearts!" As long as we never retreat in our hearts, the enemy will never be able to defeat us.

Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu! If there is a will, it will be done, and the one hundred and two Qin Passes will eventually belong to Chu; Hard-working people, the sky is not bearable, lying on the salary to taste the gall, three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu! Today, at the top of the Great Wall, I hope you will follow me and swear that in this life, you will not be afraid of hardships and sacrifices, and personally return all the wandering Chinese homeland to Datang! ”

"I swear!"

"I swear!"

……

A group of brothers shouted loudly in turn.

Waiting for the roar to stop, Lin Feng asked in a deep voice, "Now, who can tell me, what are we doing so far to Liaoguo?" ”

The brothers looked at each other, staring at Lin Feng without speaking. Before the trip, Lin Feng told everyone that he had to find a way to ally with the Liao State on this trip and delay the pace of Hou Zhou's southward attack, but anyone could guess that Lin Feng's original intention was not here.

Only Duan Ruitong was unscrupulous, and directly shouted "alliance with Liao", which caused everyone's chuckles.

Lin Feng didn't laugh, and said loudly: "Yes, but that's the official statement to the outside world, in fact, we came here as a martial artist for dignity!"

As soon as I got off the boat yesterday, everyone had already seen and experienced how much the Great Liao Kingdom and those proud Khitan people despised me and the Han warriors! We are here to tell them with practical actions that we are not here to ask for them, we are here to cooperate with them, Datang also has the nobility and dignity of our country, and we have the dignity and honor of a soldier! ”

Lin Feng looked at the tense faces one by one, and roared angrily: "The most stubborn one warns everyone, in this Liao country realm, in all the years to come, no matter when and where, remember the pride of one of our special soldiers, and would rather die standing than live on your knees!" ”

"It is better to die standing than to live on your knees!" A group of brothers shouted in unison, as if to dispel the depression in their chests and the coldness in front of them.