Fan Zhuoyuan led the Xiaojie army to go directly north, along the Baihe River out of Longmen Mountain, after crossing the Great Wall into the grassland, not far from the Yangcheng in front of the place is He Lubu Ma place, here is the source of the later generations, a famous scenic tourist area.

There is a large lake in the area, which the herders call Swan Lake, and the scenery is excellent, which is suitable for grazing horses and sheep.

He Lubu was waiting outside Yangcheng early, with his helmet and armor on his head, his figure was tall and excited.

After Fan Zhuoyuan arrived, he hugged him fiercely.

"General, I've been waiting for you for two whole years! Is it finally time to do something big? ”

Fan Zhuoyuan said heroically: "Yes, we are going to do a great thing that will be remembered in history!" ”

He Lubu nodded vigorously, and after meeting his former colleagues one by one, he led everyone to his horse farm.

Along the way, he introduced his development in the past two years.

For the past two years, he ostensibly mainly herded cattle and sheep for the nobles of the Song court, and at the same time grazed a large number of horses along Swan Lake, more than 10,000 of which could be used for the needs of the battle array.

Everyone was beside Swan Lake, and they saw a group of grassland herdsmen grazing horses in Holubu.

He Lubu pointed at them and said: "Most of the herdsmen here are gathered here after the failure of the struggle against various tribes on the grassland, including the Zubu people, the Murwei people, our Khitan and Han people.

They weren't from the same tribe, my family and I took them in, and they became our people. ”

Fan Zhuoyuan said: "This is equivalent to you establishing a new grassland tribe. ”

"Nope! This is all preparation for the great cause of the general! They all survived the most brutal battles, and all of them were qualified fighters.

I often train them with the method of training the army, and when they are organized, they are an elite cavalry!

They, plus my family, totaled 3,676 men and more than 12,100 horses, all willing to serve the general! ”

Listening to He Lubu's horn, which was the horn used by the Xiaojie army, the herdsmen immediately gathered with swords and bows, and soon formed a basic cavalry charge formation.

Coupled with the people of He Lubu who rushed over nearby, there were indeed more than 3,000 people.

Fan Zhuoyuan patted He Lubu's shoulder heavily, and many of the herdsmen gathered were cavalrymen who had been in the Xiaojie army, and they shouted in surprise when they saw Fan Zhuoyuan.

For a while, these three thousand herdsmen who didn't know Fan Zhuoyuan were also talking about it, and they naturally heard of Fan Zhuoyuan's name.

Fan Zhuoyuan said to He Lubu: "Such a group of people and horses can dominate one side if they are put on the grassland." ”

He Lubu smiled, "If it's just for grassland hegemony, what's the point!" We're waiting for the general to lead us in attacking the Jinren! ”

Fan Zhuoyuan said: "Very good! I'm here to get military horses, and then go on a thousand-mile expedition to Liaodong and attack Huining Mansion in Shangjing! ”

All the generals were shocked, but they didn't expect Fan Zhuoyuan to plan like this.

Yun Long frowned and said, "But Yandi doesn't care about it like that?" ”

Fan Zhuoyuan nodded, "No matter!" I can't do it! The main force of the Jin army is here, so the rear must be empty.

They once captured hundreds of thousands of people in the four states of Yunshuo to go to slavery, plus enslaved many Khitan and Xi people.

As long as an armed force enters and gives them hope of resistance, they can fan more people to riot!

And the slave rebellion can hide our whereabouts, and it can continue to snowball into the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom, if we can annihilate one or two remaining Jin troops.

In this way, the main force of the Jin Army can be attracted back from Yanjing, so as to fight the time difference and finally kill back to Yandi and recapture Yanyun! ”

Such a heroic and risky strategy made everyone present stunned.

After discussing He Lubu's military horse, when the next move was to go, everyone's thinking direction was focused on Yanyun, Central Plains and other places.

There are all kinds of opinions, but as long as they think of the main force of the 150,000 Jin Army gathering in Yanyun and the 50,000 elites locking Taiyuan City, all of them feel as if they are pressing a stone heavily in their hearts.

After all, even if a mere thousands of Xiaojie troops can fight, how can they defeat more than 100,000 Jin troops?

Moreover, they are destined not to get the support of the Song Court, they need to rely on themselves for everything, and if the savings of the Yin Sect and the Demon Sect are used up in terms of logistics, I am afraid it will be difficult to continue.

And at the moment, Fan Zhuoyuan directly cast his strategic attention on Shangjing, the country of Jin, two thousand miles away, so all the fog of war seemed to be opened!

Since the Jurchens started their army, their total population has never been dominant, and the population is naturally not very large now.

When an army of 200,000 goes on an expedition, there must be an emptiness inside.

As long as you act properly, although it is a military adventure, the hope of winning the bet is great!

Fan Zhuoyuan said: "He Lubu! Wu Yu! Tsunesuke! Gu Huaizhen! Zhang Jin! Fu Yan! The soldiers are fast, and we enter western Liaoning from the northeast of the grassland this time! ”

Fan Zhuoyuan had been marching over the military map he had brought from the primordial world for the past few days, so he decided to come up with such a strategy.

He called everyone and squatted on the ground on the mud to simply draw a general topographic map of Yanshan, grassland, western Liaoning, and eastern Liaodong.

Pointing to a canyon in the mountains in the northeast, he said: "There is a river here, called Huangshui, which is the earliest birthplace of your Khitan people. Lü's Spring and Autumn Period and Huainan Zizhong called it one of the six rivers in China.

From here, you can cross the Great Xing'an Mountains and enter the Mingtong River, which is directly inserted into the heart of Liaodong, which is where the Jin Kingdom is located! Although the road is more than 3,000 miles, it is a flat river, and you can quickly enter Liaodong with pure cavalry maneuvers!

As long as you pass through the Great Khing'an Mountains, there are Xianping Mansion, Xinzhou, and Longzhou, all of which are densely populated places, so you don't have to worry about not being able to grab supplies, and you can also disrupt the Jin State and fan a large number of slaves to help. ”

Huangshui is the Xilamulun River in later generations, and the Songhua River is the Songhua River in the mixed river, and the Huining Mansion in Shangjing of the Jin Kingdom is near the HLJ Harbin in the later generations.

Everyone was amazed when they saw Fan Zhuoyuan mark all kinds of key places on the map.

Fei Yue said in surprise: "General Fan, are you very familiar with the terrain of western Liaoning, eastern Liaoning, etc.?" ”

Fan Zhuoyuan said in his heart: "The military maps accurately surveyed and mapped in later generations will not lie to me. ”

He Lubu looked at the map and said, "General, go to the northeast of the grassland, these locations are the pastoral areas of the Obstruction Division, and it is inevitable to start a war with the Obstruction tribe when you pass through there.

It is better for us to cross the Yanshan Mountain directly, take the Chifeng into the Liaodi, although the road through the mountains is dangerous, but we can avoid unnecessary battles. ”

Fan Zhuoyuan shook his head and said: "I know what you mean, I have also thought about this road, although it is feasible to directly enter Chifeng through Yanshan and then go east."

However, there are many settlements of Jin people on the way, and entering in this way may cause the Jin army to be alert and return to help.

So I decided to go around hundreds of miles, just walk the Huangshui Canyon, if you meet a diviner on the way, hehe, this is better! Why don't you want a free source of soldiers?

With these 7,000 elites, plus more than 10,000 war horses, and you have enough armor and equipment, are you still afraid of some primitive nomadic tribes?

Once you encounter the grassland tribe, it is the time to supply them on the spot, and you can easily recruit them, and after you enter the Huining Mansion, you are about to use them to plunder everywhere!

This battle is an expedition, and we have no way to retreat, no supplies, and no source of troops, so we are fighting a reckless and lawless fight! ”

"Although the general's strategy is risky, it is quite feasible, but it is very important. We are not rogues, some tough battles may have to be fought, with 6,000 men and horses under our hands now, can we do it?

Moreover, it is the end of summer, and it is already autumn after the journey of 3,000 miles to Liaodong, and even so, I am afraid that the climate in Liaodong will be very cold, and once the snow begins to fall, it will be extremely unfavorable to us. ”

The voice of the speaker is quite magnetic, unhurried, and seems quite steady.

Fan Zhuoyuan turned his head to see that the man was wearing a bearded suit and took off his hat to salute, which was a typical Khitan aristocratic attire.

He Lubu hurriedly got up and introduced: "General, this noble man is our Liao Kingdom...... No, it was the Taibao, the former guard of the Great Liao Emperor, who served as the Zhongshu Order. His name is Xiao Zhonggong. ”

Fan Zhuoyuan was not familiar with this person, Xiao Zhong bowed down and introduced himself: "The contemptible person once fled to Western Xia with Emperor Tianzuo, and was betrayed by Western Xia, His Majesty died, and I was taken captive by Wanyan Lou's room.

Originally, he had been out of the Jin Kingdom, and then followed Yan Zonghan to attack Yandi, and served as a strategist. After Yan Zonghan's defeat, he broke away from the Jin army and came to the grassland, why was the general rescued by the clan, so that he could settle here.

I saw General Fan today, I sincerely admire it, and I am willing to go to Beijing with General Fan on an expedition to save my people! ”

This person has been an official in history to the prime minister of the Jin State, and even a king, and his ability and wrist are all superior.

In the official history, before the shame of Jingkang, the Song court had intended to rebel against this person in the territory of the Jin State, but unfortunately the Liao people looked down on the Song court even more, and even hated the Song court for betraying the Tanyuan Alliance and backstabbing the Liao State.

Therefore, not only was he not instigated to rebel, but he also informed the Jin State of the matter, so that the Jin State launched an all-out attack on the Song Dynasty, thus creating the shame of Jingkang.

Fan Zhuoyuan said: "Since Mr. has already left Shijin Kingdom, why did he flee again?" ”

"Jin and I have a hatred of destroying the country, but I have no choice but to be Jin."

"At the beginning, Nanjing was also captured by Fan, and it is said that Mr. also has a hatred for destroying the country, but Mr. does not hate?"

Xiao Zhonggong said: "The general was originally a Yan person, and he used to be a common person in my Liaodi, if the general was still a general of the Song Dynasty, I would rather live in seclusion than come out to see him."

However, the general has been expelled by the Song Dynasty, and this time he led the Yan land to rise up, but it was for the Yan people, not for the Great Song Dynasty, since they were all the same old people of the Liao State, Xiao was willing to dedicate his strength! ”

Fan Zhuoyuan nodded and said, "Okay!" There is indeed a lack of a strategist who is good at governing and giving advice among the generals, and since Mr. is willing to accompany him, Fan is very honored! ”

Xiao Zhonggong bowed repeatedly, which indicated that he was willing to officially join the fledgling army of Fan Zhuoyuan.

Fan Zhuoyuan pointed to the map and said: "Mr. Fang Cai has some doubts about the combat strength of my 7,000 soldiers and horses, to be honest, if these 7,000 soldiers and horses are allowed to fight with the same number as the main force of the Jin Army now, the general will not have much confidence."

However, on this three-thousand-mile expedition, I have the confidence to gradually forge them on the road, and become no less powerful than the world's strongest army that annihilated Yan Lou's department head-on!

As for the climate issue, I also have some thoughts, so after arriving in Liaodong, I need to complete the strategic goal within a month, lure and annihilate the main force of the Jin army to stay behind, destroy the local countryside, and make the troops of the Jin army stationed in Yandi come back to help, so as to fight the time difference to counterattack Yandi! ”

After gathering everyone, He Lubu led the people to the place where he had hidden his armor and weapons.

It is a cave in the middle of Yanshan, in the early years, it was burned by He Lubu with fire for three days and three nights, and sprinkled with grass ash and lime, covered with wormwood, often lit wormwood to smoke insects and mice, so the environment is very dry, conducive to storing materials.

Privately hiding weapons and armor, originally doing this in the Song Kingdom, will inevitably be punished by the nine clans.

However, this area was located at the junction of the Song and Jin dynasties, and was mainly in an administrative area that was difficult for the Jin state to consider.

Normally, the Song army did not dare to go out of the Great Wall at all, and the people who came and went were merchants and herdsmen.

With the help of Chang Fu, Zhang Jin and other relevant generals in the civilian and military groups, He Lubu collected a large number of weapons and armor in the form of profit export.

Of course, it is mainly weapons, and there are relatively few iron armor and the like, and most of them are leather armor.

Weapons are basically knives, spears, bows and arrows, shields, etc., there are not so many types, but they are all very practical, and they are all wrapped in oilcloth, stored in a dry area, and are very well maintained, without rust and insect moth.

There are only about 200 pieces of iron armor here, and more than 5,000 pairs of leather armor.

Iron armor is too difficult to get hold of, this thing is very sensitive, and it is difficult to work and craft.

Leather armor is easy to say, nomads can do this, and they can get it in large quantities on the grassland.

In addition, it is all paper armor, which is still made by Fan Zhuoyuan when Fan Zhuoyuan was stationed in Juyongguan and Song Tingjia's stomach was not transported to the front line in time for a while.

The appearance of paper armor can be traced back to the middle of the Tang Dynasty at the earliest, and relevant explanations are also recorded in the General Essentials of the Wujing.

The well-made paper armor has a strong defense, no worse than the iron armor, and even in the Ming and Qing dynasties, it can resist the attack of fire guns, and it is even lighter.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, there were local officials in Quanzhou who were willing to exchange 100 collar iron armor for 50 collar paper armor for warships and naval forces.

The disadvantage of paper armor is that it is easy to be damaged, and basically after a battle, there will be a large number of paper armor that needs to be replaced.

Therefore, paper armor is also mostly made in the style of piercing nails, so that only the corresponding paper armor pieces need to be replaced.

In the past two years, He Lubu has been doing many things secretly, and the iron armor is too sensitive, but as long as the paper armor is a legal paper mill, it can be manufactured in secret.

There are four or five thousand bodies accumulated here, plus leather armor and iron armor, everyone in the whole army can wear armor!

In addition, there is also a large amount of gunpowder stored in a cave with a relatively shady environment next to it, stored in clay pots, and even hundreds of earth-shattering thunderbolts have been prepared!

He Lubu saw that Fan Zhuoyuan was very satisfied with these equipment, and said with a smile: "The equipment here is not only my credit, the paper mill was opened by Brother Gu, the craftsmen were found by Brother Chang, and the transportation was quietly sent by Brother Zhang Jin to transport it."

In addition, the Yin Sect also provided intelligence support and bribed the guards of the relevant passes, so it took two years to deal with it so smoothly. ”

Although these things were quietly arranged by Fan Zhuoyuan with a few casual words two years ago, everyone completed them beyond his expectations.

Originally, Fan Zhuoyuan thought that it would be very good to have a few thousand veterans at most, and he had to find another way to grab weapons and equipment.

Now that I look at it, the foundation of the start is here, and it is definitely enough! It's definitely enough for a golden person to eat a pot!

Fan Zhuoyuan said: "Okay! Thank you for your hard work! Sect Master Yun, thanks to your heart!

There are no other problems at the moment, and preparations will begin today, and all departments will be reorganized and distributed military horses and equipment!

Holubu, you lead people to prepare five days' worth of food, and we will go to the north, where we fight, where we can rob, because the food is against the enemy! ”