readx;? Chapter 5: The Passing of Water (6)

At present, although the sixteen states of Yanyun are occupied by the Khitan, many local clans are stepping on two boats. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoEven if he is an official of the Liao State, he secretly has a lot of dealings with the Central Plains. Among them, the most famous is Yelu Abaoji's confidant Han Yanhui. Because he missed his hometown, he simply secretly ran back to Houtang to seek a career. It wasn't until there was a conflict with the powerful minister Wang Mian that he was afraid of being victimized by him, so he went to the Khitan again.

Therefore, in the eyes of Chai Rong and others, the affairs of Zhao and Han are not an insurmountable gap. The Han people in Yanyun and Yunyun are still Han people, and it was Shi Jingjiao who ceded Yanyun, not the big families in Yanyun and Yanyun. As long as Zhao Kuangyin and Han Jing secretly and silently kiss each other and don't cause trouble to their respective families, presumably the elders in the family are also happy to see their children have a good marriage!

That night, the four siblings camped out in the wilderness with the caravan. The next morning he got up and continued his journey south. It is the time when the lotus flowers are in full bloom, and along the way, the water is like a wave of eyes, the mountains are like eyebrows, and every face is full of smiles.

It's a pity that no matter how far the road is, there will eventually be an end.

On this day, the team arrived early on the banks of the Juma River. Behind the other caravans that had arrived earlier, they were ready to pay their cents to the tax collectors guarding the customs and pass through the pontoon bridge over the river in order.

The Juma River was the tentative boundary between the Han and Northern Liao, and although neither side recognized it, they tacitly gathered their troops and horses on both sides of the river for the time being to avoid unprepared military conflicts. Therefore, the pontoon bridge on the Juma River has become the last checkpoint for everyone to return south. As long as he succeeds in getting past and sets foot on the land on the south bank, he will completely escape from Shengtian.

Han Jing knew that she was about to separate from Zhao Kuangyin, and she was very reluctant in her heart, so she pulled her lover under the tree to tell her endlessly. Chai Rong and Ning Ziming were also relieved. Jumping off the mount, he fed the horse water and walked slowly to stretch his muscles.

After walking a few steps, I suddenly heard a noise in my ears. Immediately, in front of the crowded procession, several traders dressed as Han families fled to the river beach crying. And the two Khitan officials who kept the card charges, brandished iron rulers and leather whips, and chased after them, while chasing, they scolded, "Poor ghosts, poor ghosts who deserve to starve to death." Dare grandpa bargain and eat the leopard's guts! Lao Tzu suspects that you are a spy of the southerners, and these truckloads of leather goods are all contraband, and all of them are confiscated. A few of you, go to the yamen with Lao Tzu to verify your identity!"

"Uncle, uncle, spare your life! The small one is not to bargain, the small one did only receive 20% when he crossed the river last time!" The vendors were reluctant to buy their goods and did not dare to run too far. Covering his head with his hands, he cried and begged for mercy.

The little official showed no mercy to his subordinates, and continued to whip while roaring sharply: "Lao Tzu said that a few achievements are a few percent, you dare to make the decision for Lao Tzu, against you! Don't run, quickly kneel down and be bound, otherwise, you will be killed on the spot!"

"Uncle, uncle, spare your life. The little ones don't dare anymore, they don't dare anymore...... "The vendors cried and begged, not daring to hope that they could get their goods back, but only to escape to death."

The other vendors who were waiting to cross the river were concerned, but none of them dared to be angry. To the north of the Juma River is the boundary of the Liao State. As the common people of the Han Kingdom, how could they expect the government here to handle the case impartially? The unlucky ghosts who were beaten did not go to the Yamen, but only lost all their goods. If you really follow the little official to the yamen, I'm afraid you will have to take your life.

"Grandma's!" Seeing that the beaten hawker was already dying, Ning Ziming couldn't bear it anymore, and as soon as he reached behind the saddle, he was ready to speak out.

Chai Rong took the first step and pressed the back of his hand, shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Ziming, don't be impulsive." It's not just a few dozen tax collectors who guard the river. The Liao troops stationed along the river will come to inspect at any time. Once we make a move, even if you and I can get out safely, I'm afraid that those who cross the river today will have to be killed by the Liao soldiers!"

"Hmm!" Ning Ziming gritted his teeth and nodded, but there was a monstrous anger rolling back and forth in his heart.

"It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. One day in the future, we will fight here with a large army!" Chai Rong was afraid that he would be impulsive, so he grabbed one of his arms and explained in a low voice.

"Hmm!" Ning Ziming replied in a low voice, his gaze wandering back and forth along the riverside.

Compared with the Yellow River and the Sanggan River, the Juma River is not too abundant. However, the banks of the river are extremely steep, and they are wide and narrow, and they are uncertain. Even the river is sometimes rapid and slow, surging and unpredictable.

It is difficult to move a big boat on such a river. If you want to build a bridge, it is very difficult to find a suitable address for the piers and foundations. For thousands of years, people on both sides of the river have relied entirely on small fishing boats and pontoon bridges to cross the river. During the flood season, the traffic is basically cut off, and the travelers look at the river and sigh.

"You don't need to look for it, just this one pontoon, within a radius of two hundred miles, there must be no second one. This river, like the Gaoliang River and the Lu River we once walked, has the same troubles, the width is uncertain, the volume of water is sometimes large and sometimes small, and there are not enough bridges on the river!" Chai Rong did not go north this time to do business. After pondering for a while, he knew what Ning Ziming was looking at, and while walking, he whispered, "It's not just that it's easy for us to kill people now, but it's hard to get out! If someone leads the Northern Expedition in the future, it will also be a big problem." The defending side can hold the attacking side back for at least five days by cutting the rope that ties the pontoon. If one of the parties is not familiar with hydrology and chooses to fight during the flood season, it will basically lose the game before it can be fought!" (Note 1)

"What if you take the risk of forcing a crossing, take advantage of the defenders' lack of reaction?" Ning Ziming has accumulated a lot of combat experience under Chang Si's account. He glanced up at the river and asked in a low voice.

"The Sun clan is too big, and it's difficult to supply supplies!" Chai Rong thought about it and shook his head very expertly. "Unless, like the Khitans, after crossing the river, let the soldiers plunder. But if you do that, you will lose the morale of the people. Even if you can take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, you may not be able to hold it!"

"Then there is only one way left, to buy off the soldiers guarding the bridge. Or send a small number of elites to sneak across and take the pontoon bridge by surprise. Then set up camp with his back to the water, and while receiving the army to build more pontoon bridges to cross the river, he resisted the opponent's counterattack!" Ning Ziming listened to him seriously, frowned, and gave his own opinions while observing the coastal terrain.

"The one who crosses the river first must be the elite of a hundred battles. The generals who lead the army must also put their own life and death aside!" Chai Rong's eyes quickly lit up, and then he shook his head with a wry smile, "You may not know that under the envoys of each section, the only elite who can really care about life and death is their own Yanai pro-army." And the pro-army in the Yanai is the foundation of the Jiedu envoy. Sensei said that if he fought out before the battle, even if he lost more than half, he might face the risk of being swallowed up by others. ”

"No wonder the last time I passed through Yi County, the defenders fled when they saw the bandits!" Ning Ziming was slightly stunned and said urgently. Then I remembered that when Chang Si first arrived in Luzhou, he only brought 500 parts under his command, but he was able to kill all directions. Obviously, these 500 steps are the foundation of Chang Si. As long as these 500 people don't hurt their muscles and bones, they will always think about changing places to be his knots. And these five hundred people are completely lost, and his position is in danger. Even if he holds the Great Seal of the Festival in his hand, he will be hollowed out by the local tyrants and become a puppet in name only.

"That brother was originally a bandit, of course he was reluctant to take out the capital!" Chai Rong smiled, sighed and shook his head, "It's not just their brothers. Li Shouzhen retreated to the river, and Bai Wenke, Guo Congyi, and Chang Jiedu led a crowd of 100,000 people to besiege the city, and from the beginning of the year to the present, they did not even attack the head of the city once! To say that the latter three were ten times stronger than Li in terms of military ability. But a strong attack will definitely damage the elite, so everyone simply watched from outside the city, and no one refused to fold the old book first!"

With these words, Ning Ziming couldn't catch the stubble. First, Chang Si has the grace of life for him, and he doesn't want to count Chang Si's behind his back. Second, in his eyes, Li Shouzhen is definitely not a good thing, and Liu Chengyou, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, is not a good bird.

"It's still the case to fight a brave and resourceless Li Shouzhen, who will swear to the Northern Expedition in the future, and face the Khitans here, I'm afraid that the generals will have their own thoughts!" Chai Rong was a little depressed, so he continued to comment in a low voice. "Why was the Great Jin Dynasty destroyed by the Khitan back then? Du Chongwei's defection was one thing, and all the envoys were busy preserving their strength, and no one was willing to take the lead in fighting hard, which was another aspect. If Fu Yanqing and Gao Xingzhou are brave enough to be the first, how can Du Chongwei have a chance to collude with the Khitans?"

Although he has no official position at the moment, what he sees and thinks is to reorganize the old days of the Han family as soon as possible. Therefore, he hated the current Central Plains princes and took care of their own acres and three points of land, but ignored the status quo of the Liao State Iron Cavalry. However, hatred is hatred, and most of the time, he can't use any strength at all. At best, he can only complain a few times to the river and his friends.

"Alas!" Ning Ziming's hand removed from the handle of the steel whip hanging behind the saddle, and he let out a long sigh at the river. The crying on the riverside has stopped, the life and death of the beaten traders are unknown, and the Khitan officials who beat people are full of pride. The other vendors who were waiting in line to cross the river bowed their heads one by one, their hands tucked into their sleeves, and continued to move slowly forward, like a large flock of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

"If one day in the future, we can train an elite soldier who is not afraid of death. None of them are inferior to the Yanai cronies of the Jiedu envoy!" Chai Rong also spat out the river water, and said with his head tilted. The voice was low, but serious and firm. "In the past, Xiang Yu and Zhang Han fought against each other, and the princes also watched from the wall. But Xiang Yu and the children of Chu under his command can still break through the 200,000 Qin army. Now that no one wants to do this Xiang Yu, our brothers will come by themselves!"

Note 1: In ancient times, the Sorghum River was abundant, and now there is only a dry ditch less than ten meters wide. The specific location is in Beijing near Gaoliang Bridge.

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