The sky is blue, the fields are vast, the wind blows and the grass appears low...Golden soldiers!
At the foot of Yinshan Mountain, on the grassland between the Yellow River and the North River, this is the summer when the pasture is the richest and the climate is the humid. If you look around from the center of this prairie, you will see nothing but green. Only occasionally can you see white cloud-like flocks of sheep and colorful horses. Groups of them are wearing white robes, carrying quivers and scimitars. Driven by Ali Xibing of the Jin Army, they slowly flowed on the prairie.
If you didn't know that those knights grazing cattle were extremely ferocious, you would have regarded the scene in front of you as a pleasing grassland landscape painting.
On the official road leading to the Tiande Army from Wu Lahai City, a rather large army of soldiers and horses was walking. Teams of cavalry are all configured with one person and two horses or one person and three horses. Except for one riding horse, the rest of the horses carried large bags of luggage on their backs. There are also some knights holding the five-color military flag or the red and black military flag of the Kingdom of Jin, marching in the forefront of the cavalry groups.
In addition to these knights with two or three horses, on the left and right of this marching team, there are many grassland herders wearing dirty leather robes and smelly leather hats, driving large groups of sheep and horses. Judging from their appearance, there are white Tatars living in Heishan and north of Yinshan Mountain, and black Tatars (Mongol people) who have recently moved to the grasslands south of Yinshan Mountain to graze. Their numbers are also extremely large. When viewed from a high place, including people and animals, they are simply boundless, covering a large grassland.
In the middle of the marching team composed of a large group of people, horses and animals, there was a huge carriage surrounded by a large group of horses and carriages. The carriage was pulled by twenty-four strong horses. There was a verandah in front of the carriage, where the owner could stand on it to get some air and enjoy the scenery. The owner of this car is none other than Wanyan Wu, the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, who is begging to buy it!
Wu Qi spent half his life buying this great Jin emperor. In the past, he always traveled on horseback when traveling far away, and rarely took a car. Even if he did, it would be an eight-horse cart. However, he seems to have made a fortune in the past two years, and his hard-working and simple style has been completely lost. This time, the royal chariot will not only ride in a luxurious carriage pulled by twenty-four horses, but there will also be dozens of other cars containing his royal belongings.
The fleet that serves him alone is already a bit vast!
The big car actually has a big advantage, that is, you can hold small military meetings in the car anytime and anywhere. After the meeting, you can put a table on it and eat and walk at the same time... It's so comfortable!
This is the life an emperor should live!
At this time, Wanyan Loushi, Wanyan Xiebao, Hebule, Wanyan Zongpan, Wanyan Wu Qimai's eldest son, and others all got Wu Qimai's order and squeezed into this large carriage, and together they Have a meeting.
"Your Majesty, before I left Wu La Haicheng, I just received a report: Zhao Kai, an official from the Song Dynasty, has arrived at Fengxiang Mansion. He also ordered Qian Shun to store 100,000 stones of grain in Wei City for military use.
In addition, the Lingzhou and Baotai armies of the Song Dynasty have been stepping up their efforts to build and collect ships these days. It seems that they are preparing to transport military supplies for the Battle of Montenegro. "
The person who is now informing Wu Qimai of the intelligence about the Song Dynasty that he just learned is Wanyan Xiebao, the supervisor of recruitment at Southwest Road.
The fat man seemed to be in a good mood, with a confident smile on his face when he spoke... He was obviously a confident fat man.
Because the arrival of Wu Qimai, the great golden emperor, gave him the confidence to win!
In addition to being confident, the fat man was also a little excited.
On the battlefield of the Black Mountain War that is about to begin, Zhao Kai, the official of the Song Dynasty, Yelu Dashi, the emperor of the Liao Dynasty, Li Qianshun, the emperor of the Gao Kingdom of the Great White Kingdom, and Wanyan Wu, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, are all gathering together. There is an emperor...The emperors are gathering together!
Since ancient times, could that battle have such a battle? Even if more troops are dispatched, reaching millions, the number of emperors that can be seen on the battlefield is only two at most, right?
Well now, four of them came at once!
Just for these four emperors, this battle will go down in history... I just wonder how many emperors will leave alive after the Battle of Montenegro?
Thinking of this, Wanyan Xiebao couldn't help but give Wu Qi a look - his father Nianhan had already taught him not to predict the life span and future of the Wanyan family... .But he couldn't help it!
Why does Yintang turn black? Didn't you wash it clean?
Wanyan Xiebao saw a dark patch between Wu Qimai's eyebrows, which seemed to be ink... His heart skipped a beat.
"How many soldiers does Zhao Kai have? How many can we gather together?" Wu Qimai didn't notice that his eyebrows were darkening... When he was writing a personal letter to Li Qianshun just now, his fingers were stained with ink. Not found. After I finished writing, I used two fingers to pinch the center of my eyebrows for a while, so I made a black Yintang!
"Zhao Kai has at most 80,000 soldiers," Wanyan Xiebao said with his fingers. "Since Zhao Kai mobilized many Western troops to go out to camp, the Shaanxi Yingtian Envoy's subordinate soldiers only numbered over 100,000. Among them, Half of them have gone out to serve in Shaanxi. There are only a little over 50,000 soldiers left in Shaanxi. Even if they are all sent in, there will only be more than 50,000 people. Among these 50,000 people, at least 10,000 people must be left to guard the place, so that they can be concentrated The maximum number in Lingzhou is 40,000.
And Zhao Kai can only mobilize 30,000 troops from Hebei and Hedong... In addition, some Tibetan tribes, Qiang tribes, and Khitan tribes under Xiao Heda will send troops to help. Therefore, Zhao Kai has almost 80,000 soldiers at hand. Even if it exceeds a few, it will not be too many. "
Not to mention, Wanyan’s diagonal calculation is quite accurate!
"What about us?" Wu Qimai asked again.
"There are more of us!" Xie Bao said with a smile, "Not counting Ali's Xi soldiers, there are 30,000 Jurchen and Bohai soldiers belonging to the Southwest Recruitment Department!
The Hedong Army sent another 15,000 Mongolian soldiers and 10,000 White Tatar soldiers.
Your Majesty also brought 30,000 Jurchens, Bohai regular soldiers and 5,000 Xi soldiers from Datong Mansion in Xijing... This is a total of 90,000 people! In addition, Li Qianshun also promised to send 50,000 troops! So we have a total of 140,000 people here, which is a total of 60,000 more than Zhao Kai's 80,000... which is a huge advantage! "
The "Black Yintang" that Wanyan Wu begged to buy couldn't help but twist it again, "If you don't count Li Qianshun's 50,000 people, it's 90,000 versus 80,000... almost! Xie Bao, Li Qianshun, Li Are the two brothers Cha Ge reliable? If they defect to the Song Dynasty, it will be Zhao Kai's 130,000 people versus our 90,000 people... Oh, there is also Yelu Dashi, how can he get it together? Send out tens of thousands of elite soldiers?"
"Of course Qian Shun can't be relied on..." Wanyan Xiebao nodded and said, "Your Majesty, how about we bring in more troops... The more the better! The more soldiers we have , the more reliable he becomes!”
In Xie Bao's view, Li Qianshun is a decisive force!
If he betrays Dai Jin, then Zhao Kai will be doomed!
On the contrary, Dajin may lose the Battle of Montenegro... and the Battle of Montenegro is something Dajin cannot afford to lose!
If Daikin loses this battle, although Daikin will not collapse immediately, it will inevitably decline.
"You still need to mobilize troops?" Before Wu Qimai could say anything, his eldest son Wanyan Zongpan frowned and said, "This time, the Jurchen and Bohai soldiers alone dispatched 60,000... Only more than 20,000 people were dispatched in the battle of Budagang!"
"There was no such thing back then..." Wanyan Loushi said, "If there had been, we would have sent them to protect the Dagong Mountain! Your Majesty, I think that the Battle of Black Mountain is very likely to lead to a stalemate... .... If you want to break the stalemate, you have to see who can bring more troops to the battlefield!"
"There are also explosive pots!" Wanyan Xiebao added, "Your Majesty, this battle is about the rise and fall of our country... If the army is defeated, Zhao Kai and Yelu Dashi will be connected together, and the war will start from there. If the Central Plains burns to Mobei, my rear in Dajin will be in chaos.
My nation, Dajin, is not a nomadic people, but a people of farming, fishing and hunting. Moreover, most of their estates are located on Shangjingfu (Huining) Road and Beijingfu (Linhuangfu) Road... If they are always burned, killed and violated by the Khitans, how can the warriors serve with peace of mind? "
Although the Jurchen and Bohai tribes are barbarians, they are also farmers, not nomadic tribes. And their manor is close to the grassland... Once it is robbed every once in a while, who has the heart to rob others? Don’t you have to keep the money you finally robbed at home? If he turns around and returns everything to Yelu Dashi, isn't he going to suffer a huge loss?
Therefore, the success or failure of the Battle of Black Mountain is directly related to whether Yelu Dashi can be fully armed! And once Yelu Dashi gets enough iron tools... the stalemate on the battlefields in Hebei and Hedong will end within two or three years, and Zhao Kai will completely take the initiative!
Wanyan Loushi said: "Your Majesty, in this battle...my daughter must do her best!"
Wanyan Wu Qimai thought for a while and nodded: "It makes sense... This battle must be fought well! Only one of me and Zhao Kai can leave the Black Mountain battlefield!"
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"In the official family, brothers Li Qianshun and Brother Richard are unreliable!"
"Yes, if the two of them have no evil intentions, they should come to Fengxiang Mansion in person, at least one of them should come... But they don't come, and they use the Western Expedition as an excuse to treat us like monkeys!"
"Guan family, why don't we take advantage of the situation and capture Xingzhou first, and then go north to fight the gold thief to the death!"
"Officials, give the order, I am willing to be the vanguard!"
Fengxiang Mansion, Lingjiu Mountain. In Zhao Kai's palace, Xiang Ke, Li Xiaozhong, Xiao Heda, and Li Yongqi were all trying to persuade Zhao Kai to take Xingzhou to avoid being blocked by brothers Li Qianshun and Brother Richard.
Zhao Kai, on the other hand, had a smile on his face and seemed to have a winning chance.
"No!" Zhao Kai waved his hand and said, "The key to success or failure in this battle is not Li Qianshun and Brother Richard, but whether the gold thieves dare to fight! As long as they dare to fight, I will win... What I am worried about , In fact, it is the gold thieves who are entrenched in the dangerous places of Montenegro and will not fight with me to consume our army's food and grass!"
