The south of Yanshan and the north of Danzhou.

In the night, seven or eight Danzhou sentinels are laughing and talking quietly around the bonfire, on the bonfire, in addition to a half-cooked roe deer is exuding an attractive aroma, there is also a big crockpot, the tea soup in it has been burned hot, gurgling and turning bubbles, some people are still not stingy with a lot of tea cakes from the Song Dynasty sprinkled inside, and then add salt and cheese, it is very luxurious.

These seven or eight Danzhou military sentry cavalry do not belong to the military system of Yujiang's training.

In the left vicinity of Danzhou, due to the endless supply of various materials from the Great Song Dynasty, there are many scattered people in Yandi. In another timeline, Guo Yaoshi relied on Yandi to pull up a family member, known as 300,000 military horses, although most of them are old and weak, but the scale of the soldiers is at least 50,000 or 60,000. This is also the result of the Great Song Dynasty deliberately restricting the flow of materials into the ruined Yan Land, and constantly trying to win over the men and horses under the command of Guo Yaoshi to Hebei.

In this timeline, the seven states of Yandi have never been destroyed by the Jurchens. And the Great Song Dynasty has always had supplies to come over. For a time, with Danzhou Yanjing as the center, a large number of people were collected. In addition to the strong and strong Yandi Han'er, there are even many Khitan relics, including the former Khitan elite Yuanjiaozi, who all came to Danzhou to ask for a full meal.

These centaurs, divided into several levels. The first layer is, of course, the dozens of commanders trained by Yu Jiang, 5,7800 regular troops. These commanders all have Xiao Yan's old background as military commanders. If it is not an outstanding and sharp person of Yandi Han'er, he shall not be selected into the regular army.

These regular armies, almost swept the southward of the Yujiang Belt, and were mainly divided into the Shenwei Army and the Tianwu Army. It is highly valued by military generals. It is an instant combat power that can be incorporated into battle. Passing through the armament of the Bianliang arsenal. This combat effectiveness has to be raised to a higher level.

The second layer is the auxiliary army. The regular army has food and salary supplies, and the armor collected by Yandi is only enough to arm these more than 5,000 people. Most of the people who survived the demise of the Great Liao were strong men and women, and half of the old and weak Tai had already filled the ravine. The regular army of more than 5,000 people is only a small part of these strong men and women. With Xiao Yan's order, Yu Jiang tried his best to organize it as an auxiliary army. The scale is so large that one regular army is often accompanied by three auxiliary soldiers. There is no salary and food, and there is still the expectation of being selected and transferred to the army in the future. On weekdays, in addition to military service. There are also drill tasks.

Iron armor is a weapon of militarism, even if Xiao Yan is clever in Bianliang and has a large amount of money, he can't get any armor. If the swallow land is cleaned, it will be able to arm the regular army. But there is no shortage of Yandi blades, and there are many horses. At that time, there was a huge cavalry group under Xiao Gan's command, and many people who could flee all the way from Liaodong also rode horses. The Xi people graze in the north and south of Yanshan, and there is never a shortage of horses. These auxiliaries were not well equipped, but half of them were well ridden. The bow is opened, and it is boiled out of the pile of dead people. Fifteen thousand auxiliary troops were equipped with four or five thousand horses and three or four thousand pack animals. In terms of combat effectiveness alone, I am afraid that it is no worse than the men and horses in the western army's border guarding villages, and the battle in the formation is naturally inferior, but the ability to maneuver in the field is even better.

These auxiliary troops took more than half of Yu Jiang away. There is still a lot left. The person who leads is still the person from Xiao Yan's old background who stayed.

The third layer is the people who are attached to the powerful people of Yandi.

The rule of the Liao people in Yandi collapsed, and the rule of the Great Song Dynasty had not yet been established. However, Xiao Yan's military talents are barely enough, but the administrative talents are very limited. The real scope of rule can only be limited to a part of Danzhou and Yanjing, while also protecting the trade routes. Other gaps can only be filled by these folk heroes. They took advantage of the chaos to occupy a large number of fields and pastures, and they were also trying their best to recruit displaced people to cultivate. There are hundreds of big and small heroes at one time.

If the real heroes rise together, these heroes will attack each other, and finally decide the strongest in this land. And the winner sits on the swallow land, and he has to have the heart to win or something in the troubled times.

But after all, this is not a troubled era where a qiē rule has been lost, there is the Great Song Dynasty in the south, and there is the Jurchen in the north. Yandi was just lingering in the cracks for a while. This momentum of combining strength and strength cannot be long-term. Always find a backer to rely on. At this moment, the Jurchens did not move north of Yanshan, and the nearest one was the Yujiang Department that operated in Danzhou on behalf of the Great Song Dynasty. And the vast majority of these heroes are from Han'er. When the Great Song Dynasty had not let these Yandi Han'er discourage, who else could they choose to attach themselves to if they didn't choose Yu Jiang?

And the trade route from the Great Song River to Danzhou is also under the control of Yujiang, and a steady stream of grain, agricultural tools, goods, etc., can also get ready-made benefits by relying on Yujiang.

These heroes and horses add up to twenty or thirty thousand capable fighters. Many sons and daughters of Haoqiang joined the Yujiang Army as lower-level generals, and won the fame and wealth of the Great Song Dynasty. This time he went south to win for King Yan. Haoqiang's children enthusiastically followed, and also gathered thousands of knights to come out.

Now that the Tianwu Army has not returned, the ones who remain in Yandi are the original auxiliary army and the military horses dominated by Yandi. Especially this sentry detective, there are most people under the command of Yandi Haoqiang.

At this moment, the person camping in the mountains south of Yanshan is the son of a dock wall in the north of Danzhou, the person who leads the team, and the nephew of the lord of the dock wall.

Although he is a strong and close relative, he begs for a life in Yandi, and the leader of this team is called Zhang Xuan, and he does not have that kind of pampered attitude. On the contrary, he was full of wind and frost at a young age, with long hands and feet, strong holes, and scars on his body. Several knights under his command didn't have any condescension to him, but they kept turning out large Song tea cakes and salt cheese from his small bags that he regarded as treasures, and unceremoniously added them to the tea soup. There were also a few people who held his hands and feet, and they were so anxious that they screamed.

The wall of the Han family in Yandi will naturally not have it when the Liao people are strong. It's nothing more than when the sky collapses, their relatives gather to protect themselves, and everyone struggles desperately together. The dock walls are numerous, and it has only been a few years, and the simple and healthy style has not yet begun to decline. The enemy is coming, up to the lord of the dock wall, down to the homeless people who have been recruited to farm the land, all of them have to go into battle desperately, who can still hold a high shelf at this time?

Seeing that the treasure in the bag was ruined by the children, Zhang Xuan got out of the way, and scolded: "Straight mother thief." I'm going to get this bit of food. Isn't it easy? Took it all the way. You don't even know how to use it, but it's good for you to clean it up! Today, I will let you go back to the castle and look for you one by one! ”

The sons and daughters just drooled around the tea soup, and the roe deer meat didn't care much. Someone laughed and said: "San Lang, when you join the Yucheng Lord Army, don't you want as much food as you want from the Great Song Dynasty?" Why are you arguing with us about this? What a little family! ”

Zhang slowly snorted: "This time I went south." Da Lang Erlang took the lead, and lost me to continue drinking here, and said how much and how much? It's also my bad luck, Bo Shi pours a fork on the left and a fork on the right, and a mixed pure is gone! This hand chop is also a straight thief! ”

Speaking of Zhang Huan's two lucky brothers, one is the own son of the lord of the dock wall, and the other is the uncle of his mother's family. The sentries were all gloomy. Da Lang and Erlang each brought more than a dozen henchmen to the south with the Yu City Lord, and when they left, they were beaming, and it was said that they were going to fight for the throne of King Yan and make great contributions. After receiving the reward, I can't say that I can't get a big Song official body and marry a daughter-in-law of Bianliang who is like a flower and a bone. Before leaving. The boast is sky-high. Everyone was salivating with envy, and looking at the stinky hands of their own leader Zhang Xuan, everyone was disdainful.

The Liao State said that if it perishes, it will perish, and the Jurchen Tartars are too cruel. Yandi Han'er, none of them want to defect to them. But the Great Song Dynasty has been separated for more than 100 years, and emotionally it is really far away. And it is said that he also returned from Liaodi, and made a great achievement, and the first army subdued Yandi, defeated the Jurchens, and killed Yelu Dashi and Xiao Gan, who not only became famous in Yandi, but also kept people and horses to operate in Yandi, and became the reliance of Yandi Hanmin. After Xiao Yan settled on Yan, Yandi Hanmin privately called him Grandpa Xiao without a name.

It is said that the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty had a testament to defeat Yanjing and use it as the king. Grandpa Xiao also tried his best to collect the Yan land in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty and set up officials to protect it. But it was obstructed by those courtiers in the court who looked down on the northerners............

It is said that Grandpa Xiao tried his best to maintain the Han'er of Yandi in the court, transported grain through trade, acted against great risks, and left troops in Yandi to kill the Jurchens............

It is said that Grandpa Xiao was appreciated by the three kings of the Great Song Dynasty, and both of them had the ambition of running Yandi to defend the Jurchens, and they also had the ambition of expanding the territory to the north and setting up the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate. The Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was touched by the ambition of the two. The emperor wants to pass on the position of a saint to the three kings, and then reuse Grandpa Xiao to achieve his great deeds............

It is said that the court and the central government did not accept the evil spirits, and the crown prince, who was afraid of losing the throne, initiated a rebellion. In the end, Xiao Grandpa surrendered by one person and one horse, Taishang Shun lì Neizen three kings, and Xiao Grandpa became the king of Yan in one fell swoop. They want to Yongzhen Yandi and be the patron saint of their Yandi children!

It is said that Grandpa Xiao even summoned the Yandi military horses to return to Bianliang, one to sweep away the remnants of the evil in the court. One is to train the people of Yandi as the military horses of the Great Song Dynasty, not only should they share the food and salary, but also have the fame and wealth in the future, and they will open up the Andong Capital in the future, and how much land will be distributed to the soldiers. These military horses who happily responded to the call to the south, even if they didn't have a big reward, they could go to the legendary Bianliang for a while, and they could see Grandpa Xiao in person, which was enough to brag in front of others for more than half a year!

These rumors in Yandi either happened spontaneously among the people, or someone secretly added fuel to the fire. has already rendered Xiao Yan into a demigod-like legend in Yandi. Yandi Hanmin, everyone is proud of his service.

This time, Zhang Chuan Zhang Saburo was too bad to follow the southbound brigade, which really made him sad for a long time, and today a little treasured food was also coaxed by the children, and for a while he only felt that his family had reached the lowest point in his life.

Seeing Zhang Zhuan's dejected appearance, after all, Zhang Zhuan's mouth was soft today, and one by one he turned to persuade him.

"San Lang, don't be unlucky. Some people went south at the call of King Yan, and some people guarded their homes, didn't they? The credit is average. Doesn't King Yan know? ”

"That's right, the Danzhou army has walked cleanly, and now it has crossed the Yanshan sentry, that is, our edge dock forts. They eat wine in Bianliang, and we eat wind in the mountains! When it comes to merit, it can't be said to be thicker. ”

"San Lang, compared to the previous days, it is now considered heavenly. No matter what you eat, you can always mix a round belly. The Jurchen Tartars were also honest and did not dare to move on the other side of the mountain. People, it's still enough! ”

Speaking of the Jurchen topic, Zhang Wan's dejected demeanor was a retraction, and he shook his head and said, "I always feel that something is wrong." ”

He couldn't say what was wrong. After all, it's just a small sentry leader on the edge of the dock wall. I just subconsciously felt that in the past, if Danzhou was a strong soldier and a strong woman, the Jurchen Tartar would not dare to move lightly. Now the centaurs are so empty. The weather is getting better again. Even if the Jurchen Tartars don't make a big move, they will have to come to Koubian to plunder. Why did you cross the Yanshan outpost and probe it, but it was so unusually quiet?

Originally, he wanted to go deeper, but their docked military horses did not have more resources than the army under Yu Jiang's original command. This border sentinel detective has shrunk much more than when Yu Jiang was there. And Danzhou is empty, even if they go out and sentry, they are not sure. I was anxious to go back to my home. This time, I went on a trip, and when I arrived in Shanbei, I looked like I was still turning around as usual. But sitting by the bonfire, looking at the surrounding mountain shadows, like monsters crouching in the dark, Zhang Huan only felt a great fear in his heart.

Let's hope nothing happens............

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Suddenly, Zhang slowly jumped up with a low shout, and at this time, a few strong winds sounded in the night sky. Zhang slowly turned around, and a sharp light arrow had already flashed. And one of his sentries had already been shot in the chest. With a muffled snort, he fell into the fire!

Sparks splash. Tea soup overturned. A few horses tethered to sheltered from the wind also neighed with their hooves raised!

There was another sharp sound of bowstrings, and more than a dozen feather arrows came quickly. Those who had just bounced up were hit by arrows one after another. Zhang slowly rolled on the ground, and had already touched the long knife placed aside, and when he was facing the sky, he saw that countless figures had emerged from the darkness in all directions of the sheltered valley where they were. Standing on a high place, with a bow and arrows, feathered arrows rained down, they poured down on their little sentry team!

After shooting a round of arrows, I heard a Jurchen shouting: "Don't let any of them go!" ”

Suddenly, countless figures surged down towards the valley. The firelight reflected their figures, all of them were sturdy and stout, hideous-looking, and Jurchen armor with a money rat tail on the back of their heads!

Zhang slowly gritted his teeth, knowing that he was not lucky, he was ready to die here. A mid-arrow boy is about forty years old. The face is full of wind and frost. At this time, he touched the bow and arrow by the fire, and while straightening up and stretching the bow and arrow, he shouted at Zhang Huan: "San Lang, go quickly!" Go to inform the village, go to notify Danzhou, go to notify King Yan! The Jurchen Tartars are coming! ”

Zhang Xuan finally reacted from the sudden attack, looked at the remnants of his sons, whether they were injured or not, they all touched the blades, roared and jumped up, and rushed towards the Jurchen Tartars who pounced. Those who fell to the ground with arrows just watched him, and everyone seemed to be roaring two words.

"Let's go!"

I don't know when, tears have already filled my eyes. Zhang slowly roared, turned over, and pounced on the stake of the horse without looking back. There is a figure hidden in the darkness for a long time, and the Jurchen Tartars are the first to open the way and explore hard, naturally they are all elites who have fought old battles, how can they not know how to cut off the back road of this little centaur first?

They had long been quietly walking in the night, lurking on the left. Once you get your hands on it, you jump out. Come grab these dozen mounts. Zhengzhang buffered, and the two long knives slashed over!

Zhang Shu is twenty-six this year, and he is a seven-foot man. Whether it is stepping down or arching horses, he is only stronger than those two brothers who went south. Otherwise, why would you lose for so long? It's not that he only hates his own ability, and he can't dedicate himself to the legendary Yan King!

The wind is cold and the knife is strong, and Zhang Shu is wrapped around his head and brain, the blade is on the top and the back of the knife is down, and he is swept up obliquely from under the body. His long knife is also frequented, and it grows thick and heavy. Actually swing the two knives away in one move!

Then twist your wrist and slash diagonally with your backhand. The Jurchen Tartar in front of him also reacted quickly, and quickly lowered his body to avoid it. A knife grazed his helmet, and the sound of metal friction was loud, splashing a spark in the night!

With this knife counterattack, Zhang Xuan had already swept to the side, the valley was rocky, and there were trees and rocks everywhere. Say that you can't die at the hands of the Jurchen Tartars today!

At first, one of the two Jurchen Tartars was grazed with a knife over the iron helmet, and he was so dizzy that he couldn't move for a while. The other scolded a Jurchen sentence and was trying to catch up. Splitting the face is an arrow. But it was the forty men who first reminded Zhang to walk slowly, and at this moment he had already been hit by four or five arrows in his body, and he was still trying his best to support his body and send arrows to help!

The Jurchen Tartar slashed and flew arrows, but he couldn't catch up with the chapter. As soon as he rolled, Zhang Xuan had already hidden in the darkness. I use both hands and feet, and I don't know where to crawl.

The forty-year-old man sent out the last arrow, but finally could not hold it anymore and fell in a pool of blood. I watched the Jurchen Tartars surround me. There were constant screams around, but it was the Jurchen Tartars who mended the knives to the fallen boys.

Seeing a stout Jurchen Tartar with a mouth full of yellow teeth walking with a sneering knife approaching, the man had no strength to scold, just watched him sneer and slowly stab into his chest. Feel the cold blade sink deeper and deeper into the flesh.

The man finally let out a long breath and muttered, "Dog Tartar." ”

Then he tilted his head and was no longer still.

Above the valley, a Jurchen general wearing the armor of a former Liao nobleman and wrapped in a cloak of woven flowers and gold threads just looked indifferently at the sight of a qiē.

Behind him, among the mountain roads of Yanshan, he didn't know how many Jurchen military horses were surging like wolves in the dark! (To be continued......)