As we headed north, the weather got colder.
The population of the Northern Kingdom was much lower than that of the Southern Dynasty. As we saw along the way, the sky was vast and the sky was high, and it was vast and wild. There were few states and counties, often hundreds of miles apart. There were occasional villages and forts in the middle. Those who farmed and collected firewood met Cao Cao. The team all hurriedly avoided him, closed their doors, and did not dare to leave lightly.
Cao Cao sighed and said: "This is the ancient Youzhou! What we have traveled to is the homeland of Liaodong County of the Han Dynasty. To the west, the Liao Kingdom is occupied by Liaoxi County, Youbeiping County, Dai County, Guangyang County, and Yuyang County. County, Shanggu County, and Zhuo County and Bohai County in the southwest were still in the hands of the Song Dynasty. They were in present-day Hebei Province and bordered Qingzhou. Later, Emperor Wu opened the border and expanded the four counties of Lelang, Xuantu, Zhenfan, and Lintun to the east. Today, most of Goryeo belongs to China."
He said these words lightly, without any hesitation. However, when everyone heard it, they couldn't help being slightly shocked. When they looked at the scenery in front of them, their mood suddenly changed.
Hua Rong said blankly: "My little brother, I know this is an exotic scenery, and I was watching it with great interest... Unexpectedly, it turned out to be the homeland of my ancestors. Oh, I think of our ancestors who drove into the desert and shocked the world. We, the descendants, can only buy peace with old coins. , this feeling in my heart is really hard to describe."
Lin Chong sighed: "We are the only warriors in ancient and modern times who were unfortunate enough to be born in the Song Dynasty. If Lin had been born in the Han and Tang Dynasties, he would have been wearing armor and holding a sword, crossing the Shuo Desert, and returning home wrapped in horse leather. It would have been a happy life." "
Shi Wengong said: "Maybe you are lucky enough to survive and return with a broken body. When the sun is warm, buy a pot of turbid wine and invite three or five brothers to lean against the wall, drink on the sun, talk about the heroic deeds of the past, and sometimes the children will play When he saw us in front of him, he laughed and said, "It's useless for you to brag. It's not easy for you to walk. How can you kill Shanyu?" We threw the pot and scolded: "You are a scoundrel puppy, if you don't have grandpas, Kill all the barbarians and have peace and prosperity now, haha, that’s not a happy thing either.”
After hearing this, everyone let their imaginations run wild and laughed: "It's really fun!"
Ruan Xiaoqi said loudly: "At that time, even if I am lame, I will still jump up and kick that puppy in the butt!"
Zhou Tong shouted: "Brother Qi, don't talk too much. If that puppy were your grandson, would you be willing to kick it?"
Ruan Xiaoqi thought for a while and said: "I don't even have a mother-in-law, how can I know? If he is the grandson of your little bully, how can you be willing to kick him?"
Zhou Tong laughed immediately: "My grandson, I have been telling him about ancient times since he was a child, telling him about his grandfather's life as a hero and his abilities. I attribute all the credit to you and others to me, and my grandson can only admire him." , how dare you say that I am old and useless?"
Ruan Xiaoqi was overjoyed after hearing this: "This method is good, this method is good! Then when we came to the north, I, Ruan Xiaoqi, personally wrote a letter to the officials before we could make the trip. It was also me, Ruan Xiaoqi, who gave me the guidance to Brother Meng Kang to make it." On a big ship, we encountered countless sharks in the sea. You and others were all petrified with fear, but it was me who jumped into the sea alone and killed several sharks with my hands. They were all two feet long... No! They were all ten feet long, and I was able to avoid capsizing. When I got to the shore, I met the Jurchens who were rude. Among them was a general named Wan Yan, who was the first Jurchen hero. He defeated Brother Lin Chong, Brother Hua Rong, and Brother Sun Li. I immediately angered Xiao Qi, so I jumped up and punched him, making him bow down and call me his father..."
He was dancing and singing, but his voice was so high that everyone laughed for a moment. Even Sun Li, who has always been taciturn, couldn't help but grinned and said: "Sun's credit goes to you. It also belongs to me. I told my grandson at that time that a twenty-foot-long fish swam in the sea, which frightened several brothers with outstanding water skills to their feet. It was his grandfather and I jumped into the sea and took a photo. Kill with a whip on the head."
Everyone laughed more and more, and Ruan Xiaoer said: "Brother Sun, listen to Xiao Qi's nonsense. If he talks like this to his grandson, his grandson won't believe the first sentence!"
After everyone heard this, Ruan Xiaowu smiled and said: "His grandson will definitely ask: Grandpa, you don't know how to read a basket, and you don't even know a word when the pole is overturned. How did you write a letter to the official? You old man It’s more like going to the hut.”
Everyone in the motorcade fell down laughing. Ruan Xiaoqi blushed and quickly changed the topic, pointing forward and asking: "Brother Wu, what Liaodong County did you say this is? If you go further north, it's He County." ?”
Everyone was also curious, but Cao Cao shook his head and said: "The territory of the Han Dynasty, as far as Youzhou, and beyond Liaodong County, is inhabited by the Wuhuan, Fuyu, and Sushen tribes. These tribes have all turned into barbarians. Looking at my strong men is like looking at the kingdom of heaven, and looking at my Han soldiers is like looking at the heavenly soldiers!"
Looking at my strong men is like looking at the kingdom of heaven. Looking at my Han soldiers is like looking at the heavenly soldiers!
When he said these words, all the brothers felt their chests heat up, and Li Jun suddenly sighed: "A man should do this, kill all the barbarians and make them bow their heads, and avoid them when they see Han, so as not to bring shame to our ancestors!"
Everyone nodded for a moment, and Lin Chong and others couldn't help but look at Cao Cao, thinking that my brother said before, my fortune in China must be still strong, otherwise why would the sky give birth to him, and why would he give birth to us? This is the right principle! When we follow him, how do we know that we cannot conquer our ancestors by overpowering our ancestors and carve out a large territory for our children and grandchildren?
All the brothers looked after each other and knew each other's intentions. It was just that Ma Zheng, Hu Yanqing and others were in the queue, so they couldn't express it openly.
But they didn't know that Ma Zheng and Hu Yanqing also exchanged glances secretly, and both thought: The Prime Minister said that this person is good at fighting, knows how to advance and retreat, and recognizes superiority and inferiority, so he attaches great importance to him. However, as we watch, we see that this person has a deep gully in his chest. It's so big that I'm afraid it's far beyond the prime minister's expectation.
As everyone was talking about entering the harbor, they suddenly felt the ground move. Lin Chong shouted: "No, it's a large group of cavalry!"
The convoy was suddenly startled. They had seen the ferocious Jin soldiers at the port before, and they were afraid that they would come regardless and kill them. Cao Cao's expression remained unchanged and he said loudly: "There is no need to panic! The earth mountain on the left is five or six feet high, which can be used to station troops." , occupy the advantageous location, and then take care of it with others!"
After saying that, he led everyone and hurried to the mountain a mile away. Just as he climbed up the mountain and stood still, he saw three or four hundred golden soldiers galloping on their horses. Lin Chong saw Qi and said: "Hey, it doesn't look like they are coming towards us. It’s like losing a battle.”
Hu Yanqing didn't believe it when he heard this: "The Jin soldiers are victorious in every battle, but have they ever failed?"
Zhou Tong sneered and said: "Victory in a hundred battles? Can't you, Master Huyan, personally count every battle? Even though the Jin Kingdom has a sharp army, it may not be able to win both big and small battles."
Hu Yanqing's eyes were so angry that he was about to retort, when he saw a large army coming from behind to cover him up. He immediately exclaimed: "Oh, it's the Liao army!" Then he said in shock: "That's all, if this Liao army pursues If you don’t go to Jinbing, will you come to trouble us?”
When Ma Zheng heard this, he immediately trembled and said in a trembling voice: "If the Liao army knows that our country wants to exchange gold, there will be a dispute, and we will all be punished with death! God, why did we meet the Liao army?"
Cao Cao said calmly: "The land here has not been under the rule of the Jin Kingdom for a long time, and it is very close to the Liao Kingdom. What's the surprise when several Liao troops are killed? I am just trying to watch the two armies facing each other, who is higher and who is lower!"
Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly saw a group of Liao troops emerging in front of the Jin army. There were only four to five hundred in number, but they all rode fine horses and had bright armor. They were obviously the elite of the Liao army.
Sun Lidao said: "It turns out that the Liao army has already laid an ambush. Now I'm afraid that the Jin army will be demoralized!"
Before he finished speaking, he heard the group of golden soldiers roaring wildly. They all stabbed their own horses in the buttocks. The already extremely fast horses suddenly accelerated and ran straight into the Liao ambush without hesitation.
Everyone's expressions changed, and they cried out: "How brave!"
Seeing the group of golden soldiers, they seemed to be possessed. With maces, swords and spears in their hands, they fought hard to attack them. The Liao soldiers were not willing to be outdone, shouting and fighting fiercely. Their martial arts were also extraordinary, but compared to the golden soldiers, they were It's missing a bit of madness.
Cao Cao and others clearly saw that some golden soldiers were slashed five or six times, but they were able to leap up and knock the enemy off their horses. Some of them threw their long soldiers without hesitation, and then pulled out their bronze hammers and short axes. During the fight, some golden soldiers rolled to the ground and were trampled half to pieces by horses. They even hugged the Liao horses' hoofs with their hands, and even opened their mouths to bite them. They were like evil ghosts who did not know pain and crawled out of the Nine Nether Hell.
Lin Chong's face turned pale when he saw it, and he shook his head and said: "I thought that the Tiger Cavalry and the Leopard Cavalry were extremely capable. In fact, if compared with these Liao soldiers, they are only among the best. If we encounter this group of golden soldiers, the number of people is equal, I'm afraid... ...There is no victory but defeat!”
When Cao Cao heard this, he also looked worried, but comforted him and said: "That's why I brought you here specially. The so-called strength and weakness are all relative to each other. Only by knowing yourself can you know the enemy."
In a few words, nearly half of the Liao army had been killed. The Jin soldiers seemed to be fighting to the death, but in fact, the number of those who actually fell was far less than that of the Liao army. Only fifty or sixty people fell.
Sun Li pointed to the battle formation and said: "That young general in the Liao army was ruthless. He killed seventeen or eight Jin soldiers alone. Without him, the Liao army's losses would have been even greater!"
Everyone looked at what he pointed at, and sure enough there was a young man in white armor, about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a strong body, a three-pointed two-edged sword that made flying up and down, but his riding skills were extremely good, and he seemed to be invisible in the formation. In the realm of human beings, many Liao soldiers who were invincible were saved by him.
Lin Chong praised: "His swordsmanship is not inferior to Jiuwenlong. It is really rare for someone at his age."
As he was talking, suddenly the crowd among the Jin soldiers moved out of the way, and a general flew straight towards the young general of Liao Kingdom, and chopped off his head with a big sword in his hand. The young general waved his three-pointed sword to block, and his body trembled, obviously he was out of strength. At this time, the two horses were already there. They crossed each other, and the two of them rushed to kill each other. The young general slashed two Jin soldiers with his sword and fell off their horses, but the Jin general who used the sword killed seven or eight Liao soldiers in a row.
The two armies were fighting until this point. Although the Liao ambushes were slightly larger, they were still showing signs of failure. At this time, a large group of Liao troops from behind also arrived, with a total of seven or eight thousand troops and horses, heavily besieging the Jin soldiers.
Hua Rong sighed: "Victory or defeat is determined! Although the Liao army is not as brave as the Jin army, it is more than twenty times more numerous, but this is not a guarding Dagang!"
After all, Song and Liao had been at odds for more than a hundred years. Although Hua Rong and others believed in Cao Cao's words and knew that the Jin Kingdom was a more formidable opponent than the Liao Kingdom, given their current mood, they still wanted the Jin soldiers to win.
Cao Cao and others nodded, thinking that the Jin soldiers would definitely be defeated. Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a distant and solemn horn sound among the Jin soldiers.
Cao Cao clapped his hands and said: "Oh! How come the Jin soldiers were ambushed by the Liao army in the Jin Kingdom? It seems that they deliberately lured him into their trap, but it was the Liao army who was really ambushed!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard the words. They heard the sound of horns all around. Either in the dense forest or behind the valley, golden soldiers came out. There were five teams of people and horses in total, coming from all directions. Each team didn't have many people. With only four to five hundred men, the Liao army was obviously panicked.
Cao Cao praised: "You are really domineering! Are you going to surround and kill nearly 10,000 enemy troops with two or three thousand men?"
They were condescending and could see clearly: in the middle of the battle formation, there were more than 200 Jin soldiers left. Under the command of the golden general with a big sword, they rushed like a dragon. There were thick layers of Liao soldiers outside. However, there were five lines of soldiers outside. However, the golden soldiers rushed in like a wave, and after a while, they successively joined the golden soldiers in the middle.
The golden soldiers in the middle grew in size every time they received reinforcements, like an evil dragon gradually taking on its ferocious form.
When reinforcements from five routes were successively injected, the nearly three thousand Jin soldiers were no longer able to be surrounded by the opponent. Under the command of their own general, they charged and charged wildly, tearing the Liao army's formation to pieces.
Sun An sighed: "No wonder these guys dare to make big claims, saying that 'every ten thousand people are invincible'. Considering that there are only more than 2,000 people, there is such a momentum. If it really is ten thousand people, it is difficult for a hundred thousand troops to surround him." .”
Cao Cao pointed out the root cause: "This is what is called the real so-called elite soldiers and brave generals. The martial arts and riding skills of his soldiers are far better than those of the Song soldiers and even the Liao soldiers. In addition, they are not afraid of death. How can they not be far superior to others?" ? Looking at his generals, they are also brave and unparalleled. Look at the one who wields a big sword. I think Wen Da's sword skills are nothing more than that."
They were discussing that the situation on the battlefield had changed again. The Liao army could not withstand the attack of the Jin soldiers and began to flee in all directions. The largest group of more than 3,000 people actually came to kill Cao Cao and others on the hill. .
Ma Zheng and others were horrified. Most of the hundreds of people in the convoy were so frightened that they started to fight.
Cao Cao took a look and couldn't hide his disappointment: "We only saw that the Liao army was vulnerable to the Jin soldiers, but we didn't know that our own troops were even more vulnerable. Haha, these Dengzhou soldiers were all chosen over and over again. , Who would have expected that he would be so courageous."
Sun Li's face turned red and he shouted at dozens of Dengzhou soldiers: "Even if we don't win, we will die once. Since death is inevitable, why not die happily! You all follow me, and it will be your turn when I die in battle." wait."
When the Dengzhou soldiers saw Sun Li's bravery, they were touched by him. Although they were still shaking, they were finally able to pull out their swords from their scabbards.
Seeing that Sun Li was embarrassed and anxious, Cao Cao patted his arm and said with a smile: "That's all, I'm worried about my brother. To be honest, they still have too few battles. When they fight more and win more in the future, Naturally, we can cultivate elite soldiers.”
After saying that, he stamped his foot hard, pulled out his sword and said, "The first victory starts from here!"
I saw Old Cao's eyes as cold as lightning. He glanced at all the brothers and said loudly: "Hundreds of gold soldiers dare to act as bait. Two or three thousand gold soldiers dare to surround and kill the Liao soldiers. Although I have a small number of people here, brothers." But they are all rare heroes. If a Liao dog cannot win a golden dog, how can he take advantage of me, Wu Zhi? Just listen to my orders, like this, like this!"
"Today, I will give the Liao dogs a defeat in front of the Jurchens, and then teach them why they call good men heroes!"
After listening to Cao Cao's words, all the generals felt courageous. They all shouted and prepared according to the order. Ma Zheng pulled Hu Yanqing and said: "This guy is crazy! This group of Liao soldiers is desperate and desperate. How many of us are there? While he is fighting, you and I can climb down the mountain from behind and escape for our lives."
Hu Yanqing's face was gloomy and uncertain. It was not until Ma Zheng pulled his sleeves again and again that he came to his senses and swung his hand suddenly, almost causing Ma Zheng to fall. Hu Yanqing shouted with a tiger face: "Although I Seeing that they are not used to it, they are descendants of the Huyan family after all, so it’s okay for everyone to run away. Since they dare to fight, I am running away alone. In the future, my ancestors will also slap me in the underground. "
As he spoke, he quickly turned back to the car and opened his package. Inside was a pair of bows and arrows and an iron gun. They looked extremely exquisite. They were obviously made by famous craftsmen, but they had been left for a long time, lacked maintenance, and were also a bit rusty. Hu Yanqing looked at the long-lost weapon, slightly confused in his eyes, and picked it up with great care.
There are different teachings: the wind and snow in the north are wild, and the beard is strong and the blade is cold. The children of the Han family have no other hope, so they kill all the barbarians to expand the Han territory!
(End of chapter)
