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Chapter 43, the search for Liao (II)

Of course, before leaving Hoeryeong, some necessary preparations must be made - the Anglo-Saxons like to create a mess whenever their national strength is weak and they are ready to withdraw from a certain battlefield, so as not to leave themselves with a strong enemy in the future. And the traversers also plan to do the same: the current Song Dynasty is naturally unable to reach out to the north of the Saibei, and the traversers also have no intention of living in a wild Jurchen hinterland for a long time, so. Before retreating, creating a mess in the northeast and causing chaos for the Jurchens became the best strategic decision for the Song Dynasty at the moment.

First of all, for those Bohai and Xi people who insisted on fighting on the spot, Guo Daxian encouraged them, and left them most of the captured Jin Dynasty ordnance and grain baggage that could not be moved, and then took out the empty Xuanzha issued by the Great Song Emperor before leaving, and casually sealed a bunch of Jiedu envoys, soldiers and horses envoys and commanders, so that their divisions could be famous, and it was convenient to recruit their fellow clans - when the generals of the Song Dynasty went out on the expedition, they would generally be given a number of empty Xuanzha, and they could be given official titles by filling in their names. It is to facilitate the commander-in-chief to make a wish on the battlefield and solicit the use of the Tibetan department.

-- The more fierce the fighting these "** armed forces" fight in the northeast and the more gold soldiers they attract, the safer the road for others to return to their hometowns.

Second, although the Goryeo and Mongols also wanted to return to their homeland, they were obviously not on the same path as the Song people. Therefore, Guo Jing gave them most of the captured horses for transportation, and equipped them with enough weapons and dry food so that they could find a way to fight all the way back.

Then, the Song and Khitan slaves who were preparing to act with Guo Daxian added up to about 6,000 people. Obviously, the "Third New Tokyo", which was originally built as a five-story Japanese-style castle, could not fit so many people even if it was squeezed into canned sardines...... Fortunately, the general structure of a typical Japanese castle consists of a castle tower at the highest point of the castle and a ring of walls around it, which was designed to be expanded from the beginning. Whenever the population of the city increases and the land is insufficient, the city lord only needs to build an additional ring of walls on the periphery and encircle more land.

- So, Doraemon took out the magic props in Huining, and "broke the sky" on the spot, using the original castle as "Honmaru", and then added two castle walls, "Ninomaru" and "Sannomaru", on the outside, expanding the area of the entire floating island on the clouds tenfold, and then built a bunch of simple houses between the city walls, and finally stuffed the 6,000 people and the food utensils that sustained their lives.

Although the living conditions were definitely not good, at least they were much better than the shacks they lived in when they were slaves to the Jurchens.

In the end, in order to preserve the body of Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Liaotianzuo, Doraemon specially built an ice coffin in the floating city.

Unfortunately, despite all the preparations made before the departure, the journey from the "Third New Tokyo" Floating City to the city of Kotun was still full of twists and turns: on the second day of leaving Huining, the "Third New Tokyo" had just crossed the Great Khingan Mountains, when it encountered a violent Siberian strong cold air current, which was blown far to the south - although the floating island at the base of the "Third New Tokyo" was expanded tenfold, the power system did not increase the power accordingly (Doraemon did not have more [Fengshen Fan] in his pocket) ), the wind resistance is greatly weakened......

By the time Doraemon finally manipulated the floating city to get rid of the air flow and successfully hovered, the "Third New Tokyo" had been blown to the coast of the Bohai Sea, the Cangzhou boundary on the former Song-Liao border...... Some of the Song prisoners of war in the castle saw that they were not far from home, and they were like arrows, and they no longer refused to accompany Guo Jing and them to Mobei to find any Khitans, and they all clamored to go home, making the heads of the traversers as big as a fight.

As a result, Doraemon and Guo Jing and others, who had a high festival value, had to send them to the ground in batches, and distributed some weapons and dry food, so that these Song slaves, who had suffered enough in Saibei, would not fall on the last stretch of the road at the door of their homes - at this time, Hebei was no longer stable, thieves were swarming everywhere, rogues were rampant, and there were still small groups of gold soldiers fighting grass valleys, and unarmed travelers could not go on the road with peace of mind.

In order to be precautioned, in the spirit of doing good deeds to the end, Guo Jing also listened to the opinions of Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, and according to the different states and counties where these people's hometowns are located, he set up a number of homecoming teams, appointed temporary leaders of the homecoming teams, and even took out the seal issued by the emperor to him as a real person who protects the country, and issued a letter of introduction to the local government, so as not to let them return home with difficulty, but they were arrested as Jin people's spies......

However, it was not only the Song slaves who escaped from Huining who wanted to slip away halfway, but also Qin Hui, the imperial historian who served as the overseer-this guy really didn't want to go to Mobei to blow the cold wind anymore after experiencing a journey outside the fortress in fear, and only wanted to escort the Emperor Wanyan Wu of the Jin State to buy a prisoner in Bianliang to get his own share of honor and rewards, and even quarreled with Guo Jing because of whether to send the body of Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Liao Tianzuo to Bianliang for merit...... After all, the Song and Liao have been rivals for a hundred years, and even in the current context of the invasion of the Jin soldiers, the Song people look at the Liao Emperor with a very subtle look. And it took a lot of effort to arrange the carriage and horse for Qin Hui to escort the prisoner car that Yan Wu bought after begging.

This mess of things was delayed for ten days, and by the time it took off again, it was already grinding into February.

Unfortunately, this time the luck was really bad, Doraemon had just manipulated the "Third New Tokyo" floating city to fly over Yanshan, and encountered another snowstorm on the edge of the grassland. The heavy snow that fell so quickly that it almost crushed the floating city into the air and disintegrated. And the cold air flow of more than minus 40 degrees Celsius made everyone fully appreciate the "coolness" from Siberia...... Several people even froze to death!

When he was in a hurry, Doraemon suddenly had a flash of inspiration and a big brain, and now he made a very low-level omission:

“…… Ahra! I obviously have a magical prop in my pocket! Wouldn't it be nice to just adjust the weather to a sunny day with no wind?! As for the temperature, let's adjust it to zero degrees Celsius first, otherwise it will be hot and cold all of a sudden, and it will be easy to get typhoid fever and cold......"

-- As a result, the second half of the journey to the floating city of "Third New Tokyo" became relatively smooth in the artificial weather......

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In the early morning, the red light of the rising sun had just sprinkled the earth, but the cold of the night seemed to be dispelled in an instant.

Taking advantage of the rare sunny days in this cold winter season, the floating castle of the "Third New Tokyo" soars over the endless snowfields.

At this moment, there is not a trace of clouds in the half-blue-violet, half-orange-red sky. The air was cold and dry, and the faint wind was still cold, but it was much more relaxed than the cold wind howling and biting like a knife a few days ago.

Doraemon, Wang Qiu, and Guo Jing stood together on the castle tower with a wide field of vision, carefully observing the surrounding terrain and landforms through various instruments, and even shot a [mini reconnaissance satellite] in an attempt to determine the current position and correct the next course.

And between the "Ninomaru" and "Sannomaru" in the floating city, the Khitans are lighting fires and holding rudimentary funerals for their compatriots who have frozen to death.

On the one hand, according to the distance and relatives, and on the other hand, in order to prevent some ill-intentioned people from making difficulties from within, in this floating city, only hundreds of "descendant troops" from the Song Kingdom were allowed to stay in the castle of "Honmaru" with the traversers. The Song Dynasty slaves who were freed in Huining were confined between the "Honmaru" and the "Ninomaru", while the Khitans were placed between the outermost "Sannomaru" and "Ninomaru".

-- The farther you go to the outer edges, the more rudimentary the shelter you provide, and the worse the conditions for heating and cold protection. Moreover, just in case, the walls of Honmaru, Ninomaru, and Sannomaru were closed and sealed off from each other, so that no one could rush to the castle tower in one breath - so, in the snowstorm last night, the outermost Khitans collapsed their houses by the snow and could not call for help, so the tragedy of freezing to death occurred......

However, although several people had just frozen to death in the blizzard, after the end of the first qiē, the remaining Khitan prisoners of war only silently collected the corpses of their compatriots, cremated them and put them in the ashes jar, without shouting and shouting about the group ** - the psychological endurance of ancient people, especially the ancients in the era of war, is really far beyond the imagination of pampered modern people.

After listening to the lamentations sung by the Khitans for a while, Wang Qiu turned his attention back to the work of direction determination.

“…… Professor Guo, where are we now? Is it still far from the city of Kedun? ”

“…… Luckily, the blizzard brought us closer to the city of Kedun. Guo Jing said as he marked the map with red and blue pencils, "...... There are still about 200 kilometers left - if modern archaeologists are correct about the location of the ruins of the city of Khotun......"

“…… That's right, I saw traces of human activity in that city from satellite photos. But ......"

Doraemon lifted his round head from the satellite screen and looked back at the Liao Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi lying in the ice coffin - although he was known for his mediocrity in history, and finally became a prisoner of the Jurchen enemy, if you look at it alone, this late emperor of the Liao Kingdom is dignified and very majestic," ...... The emperor of the Khitans is dead, and we bring his corpse over, is it really of any use? ”

“…… If we bring a living Liao emperor over, it will be a big trouble! ”

Wang Qiu pouted at this, "...... As the saying goes, one mountain can't accommodate two tigers, if this emperor survives to the city of Kedun, how should he get along with Yelu Dashi, who has real power? Didn't you force people to smash the sign of loyal ministers and commit murder? On the contrary, now that we bring Yelu Yanxi's body to mourn him, Yelu Dashi only needs to squeeze out a few tears and cry twice, which can not only fulfill the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, live up to the name of loyalty, but also logically clear the obstacles, inherit the Khitan throne and restore the will of the country...... He should thank us for that alone......"