"After the Jurchens established the Jin Kingdom, they were like wild dogs, manic and uneasy, and whenever they saw a living person, they barked and showed their teeth, aggressive, and there was no return to the simplicity of the past."

These few words, Xu Guanzhong wrote down in a very fine plum blossom seal in the booklet that he carried in his arms all the year round.

Cao Cao deeply thought of this, this was exactly what they felt most personally when they traveled with the army of Yan Lou's room.

For the more than 100 Song people who appeared in their own ranks, the Jurchen generals were extremely curious, and the way this curiosity was manifested was to provoke rudely again and again.

Whenever they camped, groups of Jurchen soldiers, swept by the wind, looked up to their rude and ignorant faces, and provoked Cao Cao and his group of Song people in a more direct or very direct way, or forced armor blades, or pushed and shoved, for fun.

If only Ma Zheng and others are here, I am afraid that they can only be bullied by others and give what they want, but where is Cao Cao who is easy to bully? Ignoring what the person said, he just sneered, narrowed his eyes and said with a big grin: "My brother Taiwan Yan Lou invited me to fight the Liao army equally, and said in person that we are brothers, don't you Jurchens treat brothers like this?" ”

He had already seen that Yan Lou was majestic in the army, so as soon as this big hat was pressed, the only thing the Jurchen army general could say was: "Hmph, that's Lou Lou Meng'an who deceived you for a while, you Song people have always been weak, why are you brothers with our Jurchen heroes?" ”

Cao Cao was waiting for this sentence: "You say we are weak? Okay, heads-up! Where is Lin Chong—"

Fortunately, as guests invited by Wanyan Lou's room, the Jurchen generals did not dare to bully more and less, and all provocations usually ended in a contest in the end.

A cadre of brothers took turns to fight, and the outcome was naturally more victorious and less defeated - among the Jurchen generals, there was indeed no shortage of warriors, except for Lin Chong, Shi Wengong, Sun An, and Hua Rong, even Luan Tingyu and Sun Li may not dare to claim victory.

But even if there are more wins and fewer defeats, it is enough to turn the word "weak" into a false talk, although the spread of such an outcome will attract more provocateurs the next day.

After two or three days like this, Cao Cao gradually realized that the root of the hostility of the Jurchens was the relatively delicate and elegant attire and demeanor of his own group!

In fact, if you pay a little attention, you can find that even if an ordinary soldier in the Song army, the texture of his clothes and hats, his lines, and even all kinds of small objects he carries, and even his eating and sleeping appearances, compared to these Jurchens, everywhere reveals the huge difference between the heavenly kingdom and the barbarians who turned into foreign barbarians, and this is the source of the Jurchens' disgust.

Xu Guanzhong was a little puzzled by this, in his opinion, the Jurchens more than ten years ago did not have this kind of fierce mania that was obvious to the outside.

At that time, the Jurchens were much poorer than they are today, and now most of these Jurchen generals have a lot of gold and silver, but in the early years, even copper and iron were extravagant and rare, and even the leather clothes to protect against the cold were mostly sheepskin and dog skin, and they were often passed down from generation to generation, which was particularly dirty and smelly.

But in the midst of extreme depravity, they appear kind, humble, magnanimous, and even timid.

He talked about the years when he traveled around the north with his father: at that time, with some of Xu's father's superficial medical skills, they were the guests of honor in various Jurchen tribes, and when the patients were cured, the Jurchens were grateful, and they really wanted to take out their hearts and offer them.

Sometimes, when his father and son were hindered by wind, snow and thunderstorms, and knocked on a certain hut to seek shelter, those brave men who could fight bears would always show a modest and shy smile, and do their best to bring out the best food in the house for guests, and hold sincere admiration for the manners and gestures of his father and son.

After all, Cao Cao is much more transparent, and after listening to Xu Guanzhong, he suddenly smiled and said: "Guanzhong, you don't know, at that time, the Jurchens were bullied by the Liao people for more than a hundred years, and they couldn't help but think that they were inferior in their bones, so they were kind and plain." Now that they have repeatedly defeated the Liao State, it is the time when they are anti-slave and arrogant, and they think they are the first people in the world, but there are many people who are not as good as us, so they naturally can't help but be angry. In fact, the reason for the detailed investigation is just the word jealousy. Hehe, if he occupies the Liao Kingdom in the future, and then looks at the prosperity of the south, this jealousy will inevitably increase, and the thoughts of destruction will be born. ”

Xu Guanzhong said worriedly: "If you say so, you must not let it enter the Central Plains." ”

Cao Cao's smile gradually became cold: "It doesn't matter, the person he is afraid of is only strength, if he can't beat China in the future, he will naturally restore his kind and duty." ”

Guan Zhong listened to it and was deeply impressed.

In order to reduce trouble, Cao Cao took out gifts to make friends with the generals in the army, as well as some famous warriors, there were only two kinds of gifts: one was wine, the other was the Spring Palace, and within two days, no one came to provoke, one by one, they were affectionate, and they all regarded Lao Cao as a confidant.

In fact, this is also human nature - in a dirty and messy place, suddenly a well-dressed person comes to him, and he is naturally prone to hostility, but if that person shows a certain strength, and shows an approachable attitude, and deliberately befriends, then everyone will be proud that they have a well-dressed friend.

After Yan Lou saw it, he nodded secretly: , I have heard that the Han people in the Central Plains are good at scheming, and now I see that sure enough, this ability of hard hands and soft hands, we Jurchen heroes are not good at it.

In fact, the soldiers below have been provoking for days, and as the commander-in-chief, how can he really not know? It's just pretending not to investigate, secretly observing how Cao Cao and others deal with the ear. But he didn't know, how could Cao Cao see such a little trick in his eyes? I didn't think much about it, just treat wild dogs like that: kick him to let him know that he is not good at bullying, and then throw a bone in the past, and the dog will naturally shake his head and tail.

The army surrounded Yizhou for several days, it was already December weather, on this day, the sky was rising, and it was snowing.

Li Taibai has a poem: Yanshan snowflakes are as big as a seat. Here is still in the north of Yanshan, that snow, not long before the mountains and rivers are white.

Wanyan Lou convened the generals to discuss, frowned and said, "This is a mistake by a certain family!" Originally, I wanted to surround Yizhou as bait, fishing for two big fish, the resentful army and Yelu Dashi, but who knew that this heavy snow suddenly fell, and it was difficult to stop for a few days! Now that the snowflakes are like a curtain, it is difficult to see people half a mile away, and the snow is deep and there are no hooves, and it is more and more difficult to transmit information, if he avoids the eyes and ears of the spies and takes advantage of the snow to sneak attack our army, but it is not easy to play, can you wait for everyone to have a way? ”

The father and son of the Han family, Jurchen Mouke, frowned and thought hard when they heard the words, and they all felt that there was no other good way, but Cao Cao lowered his head and did not say a word.

After Yan Lou looked at the words, he suddenly said: "Wu Jiedu, if you have a good plan, you might as well say it and everyone will refer to it." ”

Cao Cao pondered for a moment and smiled slightly: "In my opinion, since the wind and snow are hindered, the enemy is against me, isn't it all ordinary?" Now that the news is out and the bait has failed, then we will take advantage of the snow to take the city, and then this and so, and so on ”

When the Han family father and son heard this, they gradually showed surprise.

After listening to Xu Guanzhong's translation, Yan Lou was overjoyed at first, and then frowned: "Brother Wu's later strategy sounds extraordinary, but the previous strategy is very problematic, you must know that it is not easy to attack the city, not to mention the wind and snow?" You people in the south may not have experienced the winter of my northern country, when the snow is heavy, the city wall is frozen like an ice skate, how can you get it? ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Since I said this plan, I am naturally sure, brother Tai only needs to act according to the plan, and I will bring my brother to break the city for you." ”

Wan Yan Lou Room stared at him with two eyes and said: "Brother Wu, although we are brothers, but it is not easy to be affectionate in the army, you can't take the city is small, but it is a big deal to frustrate my spirit." ”

Cao Cao laughed: "Then how about the military order?" ”

Wan Yan Lou slapped the table: "Okay! If you can break the city with these men, half of the money and food in the city will be given to you. ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "My family is thousands of miles away, what is the use of this money and food?" If you reward me, I will give you half of it, and the other half will be given to Emperor Aguta. ”

At that time, Cao Cao and Wanyan Lou wanted to come to the long rope for a few, and in the middle of the night, they took a group of Song people, did not use torches, wrapped the horse's hooves in soft cloth, and went out of the camp to look at Yizhou.

Originally, according to Lao Cao's thoughts, it was enough to bring only his own brothers, but it was those Dengzhou soldiers, who saw Cao Cao and others breaking the Han family father and son in Tushan before, majestic, these days I saw Cao Cao dealing with the Jurchen provocation, looking at the Jurchen provocation, looking at each other, and I also felt admiration in my heart, and they all asked for life with Sun An and Sun Li, and wanted to fight, so even Hu Yanqing also led several of his subordinates to accompany him, except for Xie Bao, who had not healed from his injuries, only Ma Zheng and a few servants did not dare to accompany him, and stayed in the big tent and trembled.

Along the way, Hu Yanqing was quite excited, and said in a low voice: "Back then, the class exceeded the Western Regions, thirty-six people crisscrossed the desert, and the Han Wei was far away. ”

Since Hu Yanqing drummed out of the station on the earth mountain, Lao Cao's attitude towards him was almost a lot, before the Jurchen army would provoke, he also went out to fight twice, although both failed, but still won the respect of Lin Chong and others. Hu Yanqing intersected with these heroes, and the cautious style cultivated in officialdom over the years is slowly changing, gradually revealing the true colors of Jiangmen Erlang.

Braving the snow and feeling the dark, diving one foot deep, and when he arrived at the city of Yizhou, there was no defender who found it, Hu Yanqing said happily: "The Liao army is so light on the enemy, it is really defeated." ”

Cao Cao laughed in a low voice: "The fierce generals such as Wanyan Lou Room all think that such a wind and snow cannot attack the city, and the defenders are naturally relieved and careless. And in such a cold day, if they could insist on sentry, the Liao army would not have been defeated so repeatedly. ”

Hu Yanqing chuckled, stretched out his hand to touch the city wall, and immediately cried and mourned: "Wu Jiedu, I said how dare the defenders be careless, they have already been drenched in water on the wall, and now they are all frozen, how can they get on it?" ”

Cao Cao said disdainfully: "Watering into ice is left over from Wu's previous life, so what's so difficult about breaking it?" Hmph, Brother Shiqian, this first work, for the brother is only taught in your hands! ”

What a "flea on the drum"! Hearing this, he shook his spirits and said with a smile: "Brother, brothers, Huyan is the commander, and look at the younger brother's ability!" ”

After that, he took out a pair of gloves from his arms and put them on: the palms of his fingers are all short hook blades! He took out two iron claws and put them in front of his feet, and like an old ape with steel fingers and iron claws, he only climbed up, saying that the wall was hard and slippery? I saw a burst of smoke above me!

In just a few breaths, Shi Qian had already climbed to the city wall, he poked his head out silently, looked left and right, those guards, all nested at the corner of the stairs to roast the fire, hehe smiled, turned over gently, untied the long rope tied to the back and slowly lowered it from the city wall - Xie Zhen, San Ruan, Jiao Ting, Li Jun, Zhang Shun, one by one dragged the rope, and climbed up steadily.

Among these people, Xie Zhen is a top hunter, climbing mountains and walls, originally an expert, San Ruan, Li Zhang, are all water heroes, climbing poles and jumping waves, and their skills are also agile, but Jiao Ting is a good kung fu, with strong hands and feet, flexible and balanced, so with only one rope, it is effortless to go to this ice city.

Eight people are divided into two teams, short and cat-waisted, from the left and right to touch the generals, meet the defenders who gather to roast the fire, jump out is a few knives, but only a stick of incense, this city wall, dozens of night vigil soldiers, without a word was killed.

Then he gathered seven people and came down, and killed more than ten people in the city gate, and opened the gate without a sound.

Cao Cao laughed: "Brother Huarong, release the signal!" ”

Hua Rong nodded, and took out an arrow that had been prepared with flammable materials, lit it on the fire fold, and shot it in the air, but when he saw a flash of fire, with a sharp whistle, it flew up to a height of more than 20 zhang, although it was a heavy snowfall, a radius of several miles, and it could be seen.

Cao Cao and the others all took out the torches in their arms, took the fire and lit it, and mounted their horses one after another, holding the torch in their left hand and the blade in their right hand, and roared in unison, and rode into the city.

There are only more than 1,000 defenders in this city, even if they are in a good position to fight during the day, it is difficult to be Cao Cao's group of tigers and wolves, not to mention the snowy night, everyone is in a dream? Cao Cao and others entered the city, it was really like a divine soldier descending from the sky, how could there be the slightest power to fight back in the city?

Wake up quickly rushed out of the camp, split the face and saw the knife and gun killing, the back saw such a ruthless, one by one the liver and gallbladder were broken, kneeling down and asking to surrender, Hu Yanqing rode the horse and danced the spear, killed several people in a row, blood sprayed on the snow, only felt arrogant, couldn't help laughing, even the few generals under his command were also excited, roaring endlessly.

After Yan Lou's room arrived with the soldiers, Yizhou had been occupied by Cao Cao, and the four gates each sent people to guard it, and the city was full of soldiers and civilians, and they did not escape one.

The Jurchen generals touched the slippery city wall, looked at the ropes hanging down, and were stunned one by one, and Lou Mu also exclaimed: "Brother, how can you climb such a city wall?" ”

Shi Qian's gloves and iron soles had already been put away, and Cao Cao said with a straight face: "Without him, only with heart and ears!" Lou Cousin Tai, like this city wall, if you can't climb it yourself, you will definitely not be able to climb it, on the contrary, if you believe in yourself and think that you can climb it, then you will definitely be able to climb it! ”

Oh! What a profound truth! Lou Mu couldn't help nodding: "I understand!" When I was fourteen years old, I encountered a tiger in the mountains, and there was no way to escape, thinking to myself, either it would die or I would die, so I had no distractions, fought hard, and finally stabbed the tiger to death! Come to think of it, brother, this is what you said about your intentions! The knowledge of your Han people in the Central Plains is really unfathomable. ”

Cao Cao nodded: "That's exactly the reason." I couldn't help but be secretly shocked in my heart: At the age of fourteen, you have not achieved the size and strength to do so, and you actually have the power to stab the tiger? In the Central Plains, I am afraid that it has already become famous.

Wanyan Lou Room was very happy to see that he had understood correctly, and he couldn't help but look up and down the city wall for a while, as if he was eager to try.

Cao Cao hurriedly said: "Brother Lou, has the camp been arranged?" ”

Wanyan Lou Room remembered the matter, gave up the idea of climbing the wall, nodded and said excitedly: "According to what you said, only a few people were left to guard, and they were instructed to pretend to be lazy, and then many big pits were dug in the inner camp, covered with cloth and snowflakes, if you don't step on it, you will never be able to see the truth or falsehood!" The father and son of the Han family led people to guard the Chinese army. ”

Cao Cao frowned and said: "After all, they are newly surrendered, if the resentful army kills, they are old friends with each other, in case they ......"

Lou Room smiled and waved his hand: "Brother, don't worry, if there is no snow, I don't know whether the resentful army or Yelu Dashi arrived first, but at this moment, the wind and snow are fierce, no one comes, if someone comes, it must be that Yelu Dashi!" ”

As soon as he said this, Lao Cao suddenly woke up: That's it! After all, the resentful army is a Han in the north, and its loyalty to the Liao State is bound to be limited.

blurted out: "In this way, this Yelu Dashi is loyal to the Liao State?" ”

Lou Mu put away his smile and nodded: "This person, not very old, not famous, now about thirty years old, but he is a talent with both civil and military skills, according to the rules of the Liao State, the Khitan people did not need the imperial examination, but he was bound to participate, won the Jinshi, and entered the Hanlin Academy." The Liao people call Hanlin Linya, so everyone calls it Dashi Linya! A few years ago, he was released to do the history of the Assassin of the Prefecture, and our army clashed several times, his martial arts are really extraordinary, and he is also very witty in battle, and he has never suffered a loss, so he was recently appointed as the envoy of the Liaoxing Army. ”

Cao Cao couldn't help but rise when he heard this: "If he is really a general, such a snowy day, it is the time of the surprise attack, I am afraid that he will not let go, brother and sit in this city, wait for me to go back to the camp, I will meet him for a while!" ”

There is a division of teaching: Yizhou City has a solid ice condensation, and the fleas on the drum are climbed with iron fingers. The wind and snow drove the soldiers and horses in, and the pits were densely packed to wait for the eagle to fly.

(End of chapter)