Three or four hundred people rode fast horses, galloping past on the official road from Bazhou to Qingzhou.
Qingzhou and Bazhou are both important towns located in the south of the Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasty. According to the temperament of the medieval infrastructure maniac of the Song Dynasty, castles must be built all over the place and there are many checkpoints until the Khitan cavalry who dare to invade are nowhere to be found. Only the hooves can feel at ease, right?
However, the Chanyuan Alliance restricted the Song Dynasty's infrastructure south of the boundary river. Therefore, the castles in Qingzhou and Bazhou were left over from the early Song Dynasty or even earlier, and had not been properly repaired for more than a hundred years. Although the main city wall is still there, the defensive facilities inside and outside the city wall such as the sheep and horse wall, the female head wall, the magpie platform, the horse face, the tiger drop, the pit, the inner trench, the inner wall, and the fork rafts have long since decayed. Collapse, cease to exist.
Moreover, in the hundred years after the Chanyuan Alliance, peace prevailed on both sides of the Liao-Song boundary river. Only merchant missions came and went, and there was no longer a big scene of soldiers from the north and the south attacking each other.
Under such circumstances, the garrison troops and civilians in the border counties of Hebei, such as Qingzhou and Bazhou, had long been left with only numbers but no military preparations. Even though there are some people who are receiving official pay and holding military status, they don't know anything about military affairs and don't practice martial arts.
When the Jin soldiers invaded Hebei and Hedong, they were able to conquer the Yellow River with overwhelming force. This was actually related to the century-old peace on the border between Song and Liao. If the golden thieves were allowed to break through in the Hengshan area on the border between Song and Xia, the myth of the Jurchens' invincible heavenly soldiers might no longer exist!
However, in the ten or twenty years after the signing of the Chanyuan Alliance, the Song Dynasty court still carefully considered how to delay the progress of the southern invading Liao army as much as possible without engaging in infrastructure construction.
For example, tossing the Yellow River, such as planting trees for greening... The former is an out-and-out bad idea, which has made it difficult to return to the river in three easy ways, turning the originally fertile Hebei into a miserable place with continuous floods and droughts.
The latter is somewhat useful, especially in the less populated Qingzhou, Bazhou, Cangzhou, and Xin'anjun areas. After more than a hundred years of greening, there are patches of forest on both sides of the official road, and you can't even see them all cut down... ....They are all good places for ambushes!
Therefore, the three to four hundred knights passing through this official road were all wearing hard armor, and the three dignitaries they were escorting were carefully guarded in the middle of the team.
These three important people were Wanyan Xiebao, Wanyan Chanmu, and Wanyan Wudubu who rushed to Qingzhou from Rongcheng, the first county of Xiongzhou, to attend the Qingzhou Conference.
Wanyan Yanmu and Wanyan Wudubu are both younger brothers of Wanyan Aguda. Yanmu is on the 11th line and Wudubu is on the 12th line. Although the two of them are senior, they are not very old. Yan's mother is only in her thirties this year, and I am only in my twenties.
These two people originally worked with A Gu, so they were naturally leftovers from A Gu's family. They were not as good as Ao Ben, Ao Libu, Yinliduo, Wushu, Shengguo (the legitimate son Zongjun, died in the second year of Tianhui), Nianlu Look at these six people (his legitimate son Zong Jun). But their status is not low, and Mu has already won the gold medal of ten thousand households. Wu Dubu was ordered to garrison Linhuang Mansion to control the surrendered Khitan tribe when Agu defeated the Liao Dynasty. If he had not been unable to control the Khitan tribe, all the Khitan tribes below him would have fled, and he would have won the Wanhu gold medal long ago. But now they both have to follow Wanyan Nianhan... Because without Nianhan to rescue them, they and the 20,000 Jurchen soldiers under them (including Ali Xi) have to be completely wiped out by the Song army. It is impossible to retreat to Xiongzhou and Bazhou to station.
The two of them could shamelessly ignore such a big favor, and the men below would not ignore it either.
Today's Jurchens are relatively simple and maintain the tradition of military democracy. The most convincing thing for them is a leader who is good at conquering and fighting.
On their way to retreat from Kaifeng Mansion to Xiongzhou and Bazhou, they witnessed with their own eyes the military talents of Wanyan Nianhan and Wanyan Xiebao. When compared with Wanyan Wu Qingbuye and Wanyan Xieye, it becomes even more outstanding.
In the opinion of both Wanyan Yanmu and Wanyan Wubu, the next master of Banbo Jilie must be Nianhan... Therefore, they both had no choice but to deal with their two brothers Aguda and Wu Qimai. He sided with the eldest prince Nianhan.
So now that Wanyan Yanmu and Wanyanwu are both in love, they are protecting Wanyan Xiebao, the representative of Wanyan Nianhan and Wanyan Xiyin, as they go to Qingzhou City to attend the meeting.
The departure time and route were all chosen by "Big Crow" Xie Bao. I don't know whether he, the shaman, is really a bit of a master or if he is very lucky. In short, he came here without any trouble or danger.
Now, the walls of Qingzhou City have caught the eyes of the three of them.
Because it was relatively close to Qingzhou City, there were also Jin soldiers patrolling the official road. They were all Xi soldiers under Tarlan, wearing leather armor and riding short Khitan horses, going back and forth on the official road. The expressions of these jeering people are very solemn, and you can tell at a glance that something is wrong...
Xie Bao and others also slowed down their horses and slowly headed towards Qingzhou City. "Big Crow"'s heart twitched for no reason, and an ominous omen came.
Wanyan's mother saw the Great Shaman Xiebao's face suddenly darken, and quickly asked in a low voice: "Xiebao, what's wrong?"
Wanyan Xiebao frowned and said, "Maybe it's because I know that Ban Bo is extremely powerful..."
Wanyanwu sighed after hearing what his grandnephew, who was only a few years younger than him, said: "Fifth brother has been winning battles all his life, but he didn't expect that he would end up in the hands of the officials of the Song Dynasty... .I don’t know what will happen to our Great Jin Kingdom next?”
Wanyan Xiebao sighed, not knowing what to say.
Because the ominous premonition in his heart was getting stronger and stronger, and it was almost condensing into a big ball... It wouldn't be like this if only a familiar Bamboo Jilie died!
While he was thinking hard, the group had already arrived at the west gate of Qingzhou City. There is also a large gold barracks outside the west gate of Qingzhou City, so the city gate is not tightly guarded. After the guards checked the tokens, they were released. Wanyan Xiebao, Wanyan Yanmu and Wanyanwu all entered the city. They saw groups of knights on the street, all heading towards the center of Qingzhou City.
Wanyan Wudubu quickly went to stop a group of them and asked loudly: "What happened?"
The leader of the group of knights was a Jurchen Meng'an, who recognized Wu Dubu, so he said with tears: "I am the deputy commander of Dubu (he was originally the deputy commander of Wanhu), and I know that Banbo Jilie is gone. ....."
It turns out that Wanyan Xie is also dead!
I said to myself: This Xianbao's crow's mouth is really powerful!
Thinking of this, he asked again: "When did it happen?"
"Just now..." Commander Meng'an said, "Just now, the emperor's personal soldiers from Hezha Meng'an came to talk to me, which made me cry a lot in the mansion where we are all familiar with Bamboo."
Just now? Wudubu turned around and glanced at Xiebao with a gloomy expression. He remembered the legend of the "crow's mouth" and didn't dare to say more at the moment. He turned back to Xiebao and said, "Xiebao, let's go too..." You are a shaman, so you can recruit a soul for Xie Ye."
Xie Bao then looked up at the sky and sighed mysteriously: "His soul went south..."
Wanyan Yan's mother sighed: "That's to go to Daming Mansion... He's not willing to give in!"
Wanyan Xiabao nodded, "I'm not willing to give in... Let's go and see Banbo Jilie!"
As he spoke, he rode forward, following the knights who were rushing to mourn in the street, towards Wanyan Xieye's residence.
Wanyan Xie also lived in the county government office of Qing County, the first county in Qingzhou. When Xie Bao and others arrived, the county government office was already crying.
Xie Bao got off his horse and followed Yan Mu and Wu Dubu as they walked inside, crying. Everyone recognized the three of them, and also knew that Xie Bao's father was probably the next leader, so they all bowed to the three of them to show their goodwill.
Xiebao returned the gift while walking inside, and soon met Wanyan Boji (Zongyi) who came out to greet him. He is the ninth son of Xiebao's family, and he and his brother Ahuli are both legitimate sons... My brother died just now, and now my father has died. It’s really a disaster that never comes singly!
Moreover, his father's aunt and brother's sisters-in-law were all left in Daming Mansion, and he couldn't inherit them... So he felt even more depressed. While crying, he moved Xie Bao, Yan Mu, and Wu Du He then entered the morgue of his father Xie Ye.
Wanyan Wu Qimai, Wanyan Puluhu, Wanyan Talan, Wanyan Oben, Wanyan Wushu, Wanyan Zuluguan, Wanyan Alu, these great Wanyan have all arrived and are crying. Watching a shaman perform a great dance there.
When Wu Qimai saw Xie Bao, Yan Mu and Wu Dubu coming in, he frowned and asked, "Where are Nianhan, Alan and Xiyin? Why didn't they come?"
Wanyan Nianhan, Wanyan Xiyin, and Wanyan Alan all hold the Wanhu gold medal. The three of them plus a Khitan soldier from Yelu Yujian, plus the Datong Han army led by Han Qixian, form the Nianhu army. Khan's military base.
It doesn't look like there are many, but Wanyan Nianhan also has Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Yinshu but these two tiger generals - not two, but two! The sons of Lou Shi and Yin Shuke are very good at fighting!
Therefore, after the Aguda faction lost Wo Libu, and the tens of thousands of households under the control of Wo Libu and Wu Shu suffered heavy losses, the Nianhan faction was already the most capable faction within Daijin.
In order to prevent unexpected events, Nianhan, Xiyin, Alan, Yu Jian and Han Qixian have not come to Qingzhou yet...
"In the past two days, large groups of Song troops have arrived at Zhongshan Mansion and Gaoyang Pass," Wanyan Xiebao said. "My father and the others were worried that the Song people would march to Yizhou, so they stayed in Xiongzhou and did not come."
In fact, it was Crow Langjun who felt something ominous when Nianhan and others were about to set off, so he asked the three of them to stay, and he took his two uncles to Qingzhou.
Pruhu snorted: "What's there to worry about? The one who led the troops to Zhongshan Mansion and Gaoyang Pass is that old guy Zongze... He's just an old bookworm, what's there to be afraid of?"
When Wanyan Xiebao heard this, he couldn't help but frown. Zongze had previously mobilized many troops in Xiangzhou and Cizhou, and also fought several battles with Han Qixian and Yelu Yujian, but he didn't suffer at all!
This old bookworm is not easy to deal with!
