At sunrise, the ship could already see the coast. Ruan Xiaowu directed the ship to go north along the coast to the mouth of the Liaohe River. Qinbei Pavilion
"Hu Yanqing, have you been to Liaodong before?"
Sun Lei looked at Hu Yanqing and asked.
"The villain has never been here before. The laws of the Song Dynasty stipulate that generals are not allowed to leave their jurisdiction without permission from the court, let alone leave the country without permission."
Hu Yanqing clasped his fists and said, this place has long been the territory of the Liao Kingdom, how could he, a general from the Song Dynasty, come here.
"This is my first time here. The coastline of Liao Kingdom is quite desolate."
Sun Lei pointed to the coastline and said, this coastline is much worse than Dengzhou. There are even few fishing villages on the seaside, which shows that the population is not prosperous.
The fleet soon arrived near the mouth of the Liaohe River.
"Brother, that's not right. It doesn't look like there is a naval force stationed here. We came here so blatantly, but the enemy didn't react at all."
Ruan Xiaowu looked at the calm sea and frowned and said, they have a huge ship and a group of merchant ships. This is a huge target at sea and it is impossible for no one to discover it.
"Go and take a look first!"
Sun Lei was also a little confused. Even if the Liao Kingdom did not pay attention to the navy, it would not leave key places like the mouth of the Liao River undefended.
The fleet arrived all the way to the mouth of the Liao River, and could even see the water village at the mouth.
"It seems that Military Master Xu has already captured this place!"
Sun Lei smiled and pointed at the skull and crossbones flag on the water village. No one else in the world could use this flag except Liangshan Bo Shuijun.
"elder brother!"
Zhang Shun rode a small boat out of the water village with a smile.
"It's Brother Zhang Shun!"
Ruan Xiaowu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhang Shun, as long as they reunited smoothly.
Zhang Shun grabbed the lowered cable and boarded the giant ship in a few leaps.
"Meet you brother!"
Zhang Shun bowed to Sun Lei.
"Brother Zhang Shun, long time no see. Did your trip to Liaodong go well?"
Sun Lei looked at Zhang Shun and asked with a smile.
"Thanks to my brother, everything went well. We captured this water stronghold just after we arrived in Liaodong, and Military Advisor Xu even set it up as a stronghold."
Zhang Shun pointed at the water village with the skull and crossbones flag flying and said.
"The Liao Kingdom didn't give you any trouble?"
Sun Lei looked at Zhang Shun and asked, judging from the time, Zhang Shun and the others had already captured the water stronghold for some time, and the nearby Liao Kingdom cities would not have no reaction at all.
"Brother, those people are in a hurry to deal with the Jurchens. Self-protection is a problem, but they don't have the time to care about this."
Zhang Shun said with a smile.
"Jurchens? How is the war in Liaodong?"
Sun Lei asked.
"Brother, Liaodong is quite chaotic now, and it is different from the information originally obtained."
Zhang Shun said.
"Tell me in detail."
Sun Lei looked at Zhang Shun and asked.
"Brother, in this battle in Liaodong, the Jurchens originally attacked Liaodong, but later Gao Yongchang from the Bohai Sea took advantage of the Khitan people to go north to deal with the Jurchens and killed Xiao Baoxian, who was left behind in Liaoyang Mansion. He led 3,000 garrison soldiers to rebel against the Liao Dynasty and drove out Dagong Ding and Gao. Qingming and other Liaoyang Prefecture officials occupied Liaoyang Prefecture, claiming to be the Emperor of the Great Bohai Sea, and founded the country under the name of the Great Yuan Kingdom, and once occupied fifty cities."
"The Liao court sent Xiao Hanjianu and Zhang Lin to lead troops to attack. The two sides were victorious. Gao Yongchang restrained a large number of Liao soldiers and horses, which led to successive victories for the Jurchens in the north. Gao Yongchang asked for help from the Jurchens and was willing to divide Liaodong equally. To the north is the Kingdom of Jin and to the south is the Kingdom of Bohai.”
"The Jin people were unstoppable along the way, and soon reached the vicinity of Liaoyang Mansion, and not long ago defeated the armies of Xiao Hanjianu and Zhang Lin. However, the Jurchens did not stop there, and began to gather troops and horses, preparing to capture Liaoyang Mansion and win it in one fell swoop. Tokyo Road.”
Zhang Shun said.
"So it's so complicated. According to you, the Jurchens are not prepared to divide Liaodong equally with Gao Yongchang?"
Sun Lei touched his chin and said in thought.
"Brother, the richest place in Liaodong is the south. How could a Jurchen in such a good place be given to Gao Yongchang?"
Zhang Shun said.
"Where are the military advisor and Xiao Qi?"
Sun Lei looked around and saw that Xu Guanzhong and Ruan Xiaoqi had not appeared yet.
"Brother, the military advisor and Brother Xiaoqi went up the Liao River to see the battle. The military advisor said that the Jurchens will attack Liaoyang Mansion in two or three days."
Zhang Shun replied.
"So I came just in time!"
Sun Lei narrowed his eyes and said.
"Brother, you can go to the water village to rest first. The military advisor and Brother Xiao Qi will be back before dark."
Zhang Shun cupped his fists and said.
Everyone entered the water village.
"Oh, we are finally ashore. I, Tieniu, will never take a boat again!"
As soon as Li Kui landed, he lay on the ground and screamed. He suffered from the bumps and winds along the way.
"Brother Li Kui, how can you go back without taking a boat?"
Wang Dingliu looked at Li Kui and asked with a smile.
"Anyway, I won't be taking a boat these days, so let me take it easy!"
Li Kui turned over and waved his hands and said, for him now, being able to lie on the ground is a pleasure.
"This Iron Ox is so useless. It's only been a few days on the boat and it's like this."
Lu Zhishen looked at Li Kui and said.
"Leave him alone, let him lie down, and let's go into the water village!"
Sun Lei greeted everyone and said that many of his group went out on a boat to experience the wind and waves for the first time, and even got a little seasick. Now they need to rest ashore.
At dusk, Xu Guanzhong and Ruan Xiaoqi led people down the river back to the water village.
"Meet you brother!"
Xu Guanzhong and Ruan Xiaoqi were also surprised by Sun Lei's arrival, and they bowed down quickly.
"No need to be polite, I just wanted to come to Liaodong on a whim."
Sun Lei smiled and helped Xu Guanzhong and Ruan Xiaoqi up.
"Brother, I have something to show you!"
Xu Guanzhong waved to the soldiers behind him, and the soldiers came over with a pair of black armor and stomach.
"Um?"
Sun Lei frowned as he looked at the armored stomach made of stacked black rectangular iron sheets. Just by looking at it, he knew that the armored stomach had amazing defensive capabilities.
"Brother, this is the armored stomach of the Jurchen cavalry. Not only the people are wearing armor, but also the horses are wearing armor. It is known as the Iron Buddha. It is protected from head to toe. It can be said to be invulnerable!"
Xu Guanzhong pointed at the stomach and said.
"This is a Tiefutu who accidentally walked to the water to drink water. Ruan Xiaoqi took the opportunity to drag him into the water and then captured him."
Xu Guanzhong added.
"Brother, that guy is extremely strong, and his armor and stomach are tight. The lower edge of the helmet reaches all the way to his shoulders, and even his neck is protected, like a tortoise shell. A short knife wouldn't even leave a mark on it, if it wasn't in the water. It’s really hard to win.”
Ruan Xiaoqi said, his short sword couldn't do anything to the iron armor, and in the end he still relied on the water to drown the Jurchen.
Lu Zhishen was a little disbelieving. When he smashed the Zen staff in his hand, he could only bend a few pieces of armor. The long pieces of armor did not break.
"this……"
Lu Zhishen was a little surprised.
"let me try!"
Sun An struck the armor's stomach with his sword, and the black sword slashed across it, leaving only a scratch on the armor's stomach. There was no way to really hurt the armor's stomach. If it were an actual battle, if this move alone failed, he would be dead. Already defeated.
"This iron smelting technology is no worse than that of the Central Plains. Aren't the Jurchens a barbarian tribe? How could they have such sophisticated iron smelting technology?"
Li Assistant frowned and looked at the stomach. He stepped forward and stretched out his hand to try. Only then did he discover the problem.
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