Bai Sheng returned to the camp, and immediately ordered the Modao army to wear full-body armor to attack in a whole team, and the five hundred soldiers lined up in five columns, marching to the east of the enemy's most popular camp.

The front row of tribal warriors saw that the Han army actually left the position, and couldn't help but see the hunting heart, and they put down their bows and arrows and rushed forward to kill, who knew that just arrived in front of him, with the front team centurion gave an order, a hundred heavy five-foot blades fell at the same time, the first few tribal warriors did not even have the strength to fight back to cut into several pieces, the back of a few brave people are still waiting to move forward, the blades of the second team of soldiers of the Modao battalion fell again, with a rain of blood, this knife array is like a wheel rolling non-stop, the blocker is invincible. After needlessly paying for the lives of a hundred and ten tribal warriors, the Khitans finally collapsed and began to rush down the mountain.

At the same time, the Hussar Battalion and the White Feather Battalion were like two sharp arrows from the camp, and they drove the Khitan rout army that dismounted to run in the direction of the cavalry. Seeing that the enemy's position was about to be stabilized, the two immediately led their cavalry to retreat towards the mountain, and when the enemy cavalry approached, they were approaching the Modao battalion that was halfway up the mountain. The light cavalry touched the front of the Modao battalion, and it was attacking from the back, although there were many people, but the rock-solid Modao battalion was blocked in the middle of the mountain, and lost speed. Xin Gu and Yu Fu Renliang saw that it was cheap, and immediately led the hussar battalion, and the white feather battalion turned back to kill the enemy cavalry group circling in the middle of the mountain, and this charge like a mountain falling rock broke through the enemy formation again. The tribal cavalry that suffered a big loss could not support it, and they retreated down the mountain again in a panic, if it weren't for Yelu Shilie, who besieged the palace army, and led the Shuozhou army cavalry to come to the rescue, I am afraid that this battle would disperse all these rabble tribal troops.

Yelu Shilie was born noble, and he usually boasted of being a famous general, but he never thought that he would be helpless against this inferior army trapped in the lonely mountain, so he was so angry that his face turned pale. He saw that the leaders of the surrounding tribes were already depressed, and knew that their morale was depressed, and if they forcibly attacked the mountain again, it would only increase their losses. He ordered all the tribes not to attack, but to cut down the trees at the bottom of the mountain, erect fences and antlers, and firmly surround the two connected mountains like iron buckets.

At night, seeing that the smoke had risen in the Khitan camp under the mountain, the military and civilian side of Lanzhou on the mountain breathed a sigh of relief. The world is not as big as the appetite of the soldiers, and no matter how arrogant the officer is, it is impossible for him to drive the soldiers to fight at the time of eating.

Han Derang's palace division army was weak, and after repelling the siege of the Khitan in Shuozhou, he led the army to cooperate with Wu Yingying. The soldiers had already taken out the dry food and chewed with the water, but the dried meat in his hand was motionless, only staring at a few soldiers digging the ground to get water, Wu Yingying asked with a smile: "After a hard day, my stomach is rumbling with hunger, what is Brother Derang thinking?"

Han Derang frowned, looked left and right and saw that there was no one else, and then said in a deep voice: "Lost Street Pavilion." ”

"Street Pavilion. Wu Yingying followed his gaze and saw that the soldiers had dug a five-foot deep pit, but there was no sign of water coming out of it except for the damp sand. The boundary of Shuozhou was originally short of water, not to mention the towering hills.

Lost Street Pavilion is the story of the Three Kingdoms, Shu general Ma Tan Tun soldiers on the mountain, was cut off by the Wei generals its water source, the whole army thirsty, defeated. The loss of the street pavilion led to the failure of the best strategic situation since the Northern Expedition of Shu Han.

At present, the situation of the Lanzhou army being surrounded by the Shuozhou Khitan on the hill is similar to that of the street pavilion, the Shuozhou Khitan is full of combat strength, and the back attack is unfavorable, but after turning the attack into defense, it firmly clamps the lifeblood of the Lanzhou army.

Wu Yingying couldn't help but be annoyed, and calculated in his heart that if he couldn't get the water source, he would probably have to lead the army to break through, but the more than 10,000 Han people had to abandon the tigers and wolves.

As if seeing through what he was thinking, Han Derang said in a low voice: "The matter has come to this, did Brother Wu ever plan to abandon the people to break through?"

Wu Yingying looked back at the Han Men who was cowering and receiving the water and fried noodles distributed by the soldiers, and thanked him repeatedly, he couldn't bear it in his heart, sighed, and said, "If you don't want to, you can't." ”

"Oh?" Han Derang followed his gaze, nodded approvingly, and said in a deep voice: "Don't hide it from Brother Wu, my ancestor is from Yutian, Jizhou." When the Great Liao Taizu was in Longxing, he also entered the customs many times to plunder the population, and my grandfather was taken out of the fortress. He looked into the distance, as if he saw the scene of a team of Han people trekking in the snow between the white mountains and black waters, "My ancestor is a scholar with a meritorious reputation, although he cherishes the state of his parents, but he can't escape several times, and he is the only one who has died through the ages, and he has endured it." By chance, Emperor Taizu knew that my ancestor had a strategy, so he was able to counsel the military aircraft and be promoted to the envoy of the Zhangwu Army, in charge of the affairs of the Han people in the Liao territory, and sorted out the original unwritten etiquette in the Khitan tribe into a code, and simplified the etiquette of the Central Plains court, and introduced it into the Liao State, so that the barbarian state would eventually become a brilliant dynasty. My ancestor was finally the hero of Taizu's life, and the Han family also became a prominent family among the Han people of the Great Liao. ”

Wu Yingying listened attentively to Han Derang's account of his family history, and his previous impression of the Han family of Liao was just the image of Han Chang with a red face and strong martial arts on the stage.

"My ancestor was blessed by the Taizu, and he should have tried his best to repay it, but the south side is where the ancestral tomb is located, and I dare not forget it. I always teach my children and grandchildren that we are all Han Chinese. When I was a young man, I asked my ancestors, "Why don't you return to your hometown because you cherish your homeland?" My ancestors sighed and did not answer, but my grandfather, who never drank alcohol at home, got drunk at night and was depressed for several days. I was also beaten by my father, and I never dared to mention it again. ”

"It wasn't until after I came out of office and had a lot of dealings with officials from the south that I realized that the south was even more contemptuous than the Khitans in the Liao country. There are Han officials, when they first saw my official Gao Juexian, they thought I was a Khitan noble, and there were many stammers. Later, after I learned that I was a Khitan Han Chinese, my speech and demeanor had a sense of neglect. When I was young, there was a good Han general disciple, secretly fled to the south to join the army, and then there was no news, I was an official after I asked someone to inquire, actually because of the Khitan Han'er background, tortured to death. Speaking of this, Han Derang's words were sluggish, and he snapped a dead branch in his hand.

Wu Yingying was silent, and Han Derang's experience was also in modern China in later generations. The 100-year humiliating national history has made some Chinese people, including some officials, have a subconscious of white supremacy. Even if a compatriot achieves high achievements in the world, it is only because of his race that he is not treated as well as the white race at home.

"Only then did I know why I was depressed as an official of my grandfather and father. In the Liao State, the Khitan people looked down on the Han people, and in the southern country, the Nan people looked down on the Khitan Han people. The Han family temple in Jizhou has already removed my family. ”

Looking at Wu Yingying's eyes full of sympathy, Han Derang smiled slightly: "I once sent someone to investigate your origin, and reported that you are also a disciple of the Khitan Han general, I don't see it, although you have a Youyan accent." ”

Wu Yingying shrugged his shoulders and replied helplessly: "My accent was forced to be learned by my master when I was a child, and I couldn't explain it clearly, so I had to admit it." "There's no way, Mandarin is popularized everywhere in China, and Youyan accents are popular.

Han Derang couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "Your master is really a wonderful person, instead of teaching Luoyang Zhengyin, but teaching you Youyan tone, isn't it that you will be looked down upon when you come out." "He is a Youyan Han person, and Han'er has been discriminated against by the southerners for a long time, and he has a lot of feelings.

Seeing that Wu Yingying was silent, Han Derang said in a deep voice: "Brother Wu, I have a few words, I don't know whether to say them or not." ”

Wu Yingying hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Brother Han, why should you be polite, please advise me." ”

Han Derang said: "Brother Wu knows that in this world, people's origins are often more important than people's deeds. For example, I was born in the Han clan of the Liao State, so I can only be loyal to the Liao royal family, but not the Song family. If you don't want to, you can't, you understand this truth. ”

Wu Yingying nodded, if Han Derang voted for Zhao Song, he would be lucky to be idle in Bianliang for the rest of his life, and it was more likely to be used as cannon fodder.

Han Derang said again: "In this world, it doesn't matter how you are, what matters is how you are in the eyes of the world." ”

Seeing that Wu Yingying was stunned when he heard this, Han Derang smiled slightly, and continued: "The world thinks that you are a Khitan Han'er, and the Khitan Han'er's background and the white eyes you suffer will fall on you." As far as I can see, the Zhao clan unified the Central Plains, the power was large, and the Taiyuan Liu clan could not last, and at that time, there would be no buffer between the Song State and the Great Liao, and there would be continuous wars. If you vote for the Song Dynasty, no matter how great your feats are, or how much loyalty you have to the emperor, as long as you mention the origin of this Khitan Han'er, you will be suspicious, and it will be difficult to reuse. With the ambition in Brother Wu's chest, can he suffer from this depression?"

Wu Yingying was silent for a long time, and said: "How do the people of the world have anything to do with me, I go straight, but I just have a clear conscience." ”

Han Derang smiled, as if Wu Yingying was arguing with words, he stretched out his hand and patted Wu Yingying's shoulder, looked over the continuous camp tent of the Khitan in Shuozhou under the mountain, and looked into the distance: "You and many heroes, as long as you work together, you will be able to cross and close between the Liao and Song dynasties, the world is big, and it is the deer field of you and me." ”

Wu Yingying nodded and said: "If you are together, you will be strong, and if you are divided, I know the meaning of Brother Han, as long as it does not violate the way of heaven and the hearts of the people, virtue is the beauty of adults." ”

Han Derang retracted his gaze, looked at Wu Yingying and said, "Brother Wu, this trip to Shuozhou Khitan must have been instructed by someone to take my life." You and I are trapped in this Jedi, there is no water inside, no reinforcements outside, if we survive this catastrophe together, I will treat you as if you are brothers. ”