Guo Mo and Huang Rong, after leaving "Fenglingdu", headed north.
This is the territory of the Jin people, to be precise, it is Hebei Road where Wanyankang was stationed.
Guo Mo did not go to see Wanyan Kang. Since the last meeting, he knew that the young prince of the Jin Kingdom was no longer of the same mind as the Great Jin Kingdom.
Of course, Wan Yankang, who grew up in the Zhao Palace of the Jin Kingdom, would not easily fall to the Song Dynasty.
With 30,000 "loyal and brave troops" in hand, it seems that he wants to do something for himself during this great battle.
Guo Mo had no intention of stopping him. The forces north of the Yellow River were inherently complex and were not under the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty for the time being. The conflict of interests was not very big.
Even if Guo Mo wants to intervene, he has more than enough intention but not enough power.
The two of them walked for more than half a month, but still had no clue, as if the other party had disappeared out of thin air.
At one point, Guo Mo thought that it was a deliberate prank by the other party, or that his purpose was to transfer Huang Rong away from "Peach Blossom Island".
Unfortunately, according to the latest news obtained from the "Imperial City Division", "Peach Blossom Island" has been in peace recently.
Guo Mo attaches great importance to the transmission of intelligence, so he invests huge manpower and material resources at all costs. Whether it is the Beggar Gang or the "Imperial City Division", the total number of people north of the Yellow River has exceeded 5,000.
Scattered throughout the Jin Kingdom, Xixia, and Mongolia, try to ensure that each state capital has a certain intelligence force.
Lu Chengfeng, who has always been prudent and bold, was singled out by Guo Mo to handle the matter personally, and his original position has been slowly taken over by Lu Guanying.
Although it was still under the "Imperial City Division", Guo Mo still gave the organization controlled by Lu Chengfeng a name, "Tingfeng".
It has its own exclusive team, and there is no upper limit on the number of people. Everything depends on actual needs.
The intelligence from the various armies and government offices at all levels is communicated to the superiors, and the information is communicated to the Beggar Clan's local branches.
Guo Mo's plan is that the current focus of "Tingfeng" is on external forces, focusing on the acquisition and transmission of enemy military and political information, and also cooperating with the military to perform special tasks at special moments.
In the future, it may be transferred internally, and Guo Mo even thinks about establishing a civilian logistics system within his own sphere of influence in the future.
You have to eat the food one bite at a time and do the things one by one.
Everything is still in its infancy now. He is very satisfied to receive the information about "Peach Blossom Island" in Taiyuan, even though the time was seven or eight days ago.
The person in charge of "Tingfeng" in Taiyuan is an acquaintance of Guo Mo's, Lu Wei from "Guiyun Village" in Taihu Lake.
Instead of searching aimlessly like this, it is better to set a goal and then follow the clues when you have some clues.
Therefore, Guo Mo and Huang Rong temporarily lived in Taiyuan City and asked "Tingfeng" to do their best to find out about Ouyang Ke.
After all, the last appearance of "Dongxie" Huang Yaoshi was to rescue Ouyang Ke at the foot of Taihang Mountain.
Then, if we find Ouyang Ke, we may be able to find Huang Yaoshi's whereabouts.
However, the search lasted for more than a month, and even Ouyang Ke had no news at all.
For this reason, Lu Chengfeng even sent someone to quickly go to the "White Camel Villa" in the Western Regions.
The news we received is that "White Camel Villa" has only been managed by a few servants in recent years. Neither the old owner "West Poison" Ouyang Feng nor the young owner Ouyang Ke have ever returned.
Time has entered the winter month again, most of the northern areas are already covered with snow, and the Mongolian army has also suspended its attacks on Xixia and Jin.
Juyongguan is still holding on, but it has been completely turned into a flesh and blood mill.
In the past year, the total number of casualties among the Jin army and the Mongolian army inside and outside Juyong Pass has exceeded 120,000.
Everyone took advantage of the winter break to quietly lick their wounds.
However, Mu Huali rarely withdrew his troops and even mobilized 40,000 troops from the rear, once again gathering 60,000 troops.
Outside Juyongguan, the state capitals formerly under the jurisdiction of the Jin Kingdom have now become the source of food and grass for the Mongolian army, and there is no need to transport them from the desert.
However, the Mongols were not good at farming, so they had no choice but to retain the original officials of the Jin Kingdom. As long as they were obedient, did not play tricks, and still retained their vested interests and status.
It's just that the masters above have changed, and they have become subordinates of the Mongols.
Muhuali also sent some troops to implement temporary military control of each state capital in units of a thousand troops.
These Mongolians were not good at managing people's livelihood, but they were good at wreaking havoc. For a time, they were everywhere complaining, but they had nowhere to redress their grievances.
While Guo Mo was waiting for news from Ouyang Ke in Taiyuan, a piece of intelligence came from the north, which completely shocked Guo Mo.
"Juyong Pass was lost——"
The Mongolian army unexpectedly attacked Juyongguan on a snowy night despite the heavy snowfall. They did not hesitate to lose tens of thousands of soldiers again, and countless horses froze to death.
But in the end we won Juyongguan.
More than 40,000 Jin soldiers died under the Mongolian cavalry, and even Wanyan Honglie, one of the northern commanders of the Jin Kingdom, was seriously injured.
If it weren't for Liang Ziweng and Peng Lianhu who were guarding him and led hundreds of personal guards to protect him to the death, it is estimated that the ambitious Prince Zhao of the Jin Kingdom for so many years would have been submerged under the iron hoof of the Mongols.
The key figure in the Mongols' conquest of Juyong Pass turned out to be Ouyang Feng, a former guest of the Zhao Palace of the Jin Kingdom, the famous "Western Poison" in the world.
It was he who took action personally, taking advantage of the windy and snowy night, and led a dozen masters to kill the defenders at the city gate from inside the pass, opened the Juyong Pass, and welcomed the Mongolian cavalry into the pass.
The Mongolian army and the Jin army launched a desperate struggle inside and outside the narrow Juyong Pass.
The battle lasted for two full hours.
In the end, the Jin army, which was vastly outnumbered, was still unable to withstand the wolf-like and tiger-like Mongols.
After losing Juyong Pass, they retreated to Changping and started fierce street fighting.
It was during a street fight in Changping that Wanyan Honglie was shot in the left chest by a cold arrow. The Jin soldiers once again lost Changping and retreated to Zhongdu City overnight.
The Mongols completely occupied Changping. In order to vent his anger at being blocked outside Juyong Pass for a year, Mu Huali announced that he would "not seal the sword for three days"!
The small town of Changping County instantly turned into a hell on earth.
"Ouyang Feng—Mu Huali—"
When Guo Mo saw the news, he smashed the table in front of him with his palm and gritted his teeth.
He is not a saint, but he cannot allow a wolf-like army to attack unarmed civilians for his own selfish interests.
Even in the Jin Kingdom, the majority of people were Han Chinese.
"Brother Mo, why is Ouyang Feng like this?"
As we all know, Uncle Ouyang and nephew have always been guests of Prince Zhao of the Kingdom of Jin. Why did he suddenly turn to Mongolia?
According to internal intelligence, Guo Mo even knew that the Ming Cult behind "Western Poison" Ouyang Feng now also supports the Jin Kingdom.
It seems that his status as a member of the "Murong Family" is causing trouble.
In the past few years, the Kingdom of Jin was the largest country in the world. Both Mongolia and the Song Dynasty were considered vassals of the Kingdom of Jin, and they were required to pay "yearly taxes" every year.
Over the years, first Genghis Khan Temujin emerged and unified all the Mongolian tribes. After becoming more powerful, he continued to expand externally.
Especially in the "Battle of Yehuling", the Mongols severely damaged the Jin army, causing it to lose 400,000 elite troops.
Since then, the Kingdom of Jin has completely begun to decline.
In the past two years or so, Guo Mo of the Song Dynasty also bucked the trend, won the first prize, practiced martial arts, killed Jin soldiers, and regained lost ground. The Jin army was defeated again and again on the border between Song and Jin.
Although the Mingjiao still supported the Jin Kingdom on the surface, since their right envoy of light disappeared mysteriously in the Song Dynasty, "Snake King" Ouyang Feng had a series of unlucky starts.
There are different voices among the top leaders of Mingjiao. Some people advocate that if they continue to support the Jin Kingdom, they will inevitably find the Right Envoy of Light and avenge him. They also have a premonition that something unexpected may have happened to the Right Envoy of Light.
This Right Envoy of Light has pretty good martial arts skills, a top-notch one.
However, the bigger reason why he was able to overpower everyone and become the Right Envoy of the Ming Cult was that he had a good father. He was the biological son of the previous leader.
Naturally, there are some elders in the religion who support this Right Envoy of Light. Unfortunately, they are not strong enough, so they reluctantly become Right Envoy of Light. When they take a mission and go to the Central Plains, they actually lose themselves.
Another voice wanted to support Mongolia, and it came from their leftist ambassador of light, Xiao Ju.
This man is dressed in a foreign costume. It is said that he comes from Xiliao. His kung fu is so weird that no one knows his heritage.
In this time and space, Mongolia prematurely broke into war with Xixia and Jin. Xiliao, which was supposed to be destroyed by the Mongolian cavalry, is still lingering on.
The surname Xiao is the common surname of the Western Liao Dynasty, and it is also the descendant of the Daliao Kingdom.
The Daliao Kingdom was destroyed by the Jin Kingdom. Although so many years have passed, the remaining Liao Kingdom also established the Western Liao Kingdom in the Western Regions.
However, in the hearts of the nobles of the Liao Kingdom, they still retained their hatred for the people of the Jin Kingdom. How could they easily forget the hatred of destroying the country and destroying the family?
However, the Jin Kingdom was too large in these years, and the Western Liao Kingdom was still lingering in the Western Regions.
In that place surrounded by wolves, it was difficult for me to survive safely, let alone counterattack the Kingdom of Jin and take back my homeland.
Seeing the decline of the Jin Kingdom under the strong rise of Mongolia, Xiao Ju suddenly had the idea of "revenge" in his heart.
It's just that the entire Mingjiao supports the Jin Kingdom for the time being, and it's not easy for him to jump out and sing the opposite.
In addition to being a strong martial artist, Xiao Ju is also very cold-blooded. He is not completely sure and generally won't jump out on his own initiative.
What's more, he escaped from the master's sect. After he came out, he restored his real name of Xiao Ju and completely abandoned his name in the master's sect.
More than forty years have passed, and he has already passed his 60th year. His skills are becoming more and more sophisticated. Except for the leader of the Ming Cult who has never touched him, Xiao Ju has never seen anyone with more powerful skills than him.
Although no one from the sect came to see him, Xiao Ju still stayed very low-key at Guangmingding and rarely went out.
He is still full of deep fear for his master. If the master is still alive, he will be over a hundred years old, right?
Until he met Ouyang Feng, a man who joined the Ming Cult halfway, defeated a Dharma King of the Ming Cult in one fell swoop, and was automatically promoted to the title of Protector Dharma King, known as the "Snake King".
By chance, Xiao Ju and Ouyang Feng verified each other's skills, and even though neither of them tried their best, they ended up in a draw.
Xiao Ju also knew that this new "Snake King" had a well-known name in the world - "Western Poison".
And together with the other four "Eastern Evil", "Southern Emperor", "Northern Beggar" and "Zhong Shen Tong", they are also known as the "Five Wonders" of the world.
Only then did Xiao Ju realize that there were still some people in the world who could compete with him, so he practiced even more diligently in the following years.
Xiao Ju and Ouyang Feng had a simple sparring match, and they actually developed a feeling of sympathy for each other. What's more important is that this Xiao Ju is better at using poison.
There are several kinds of poisonous arts, which are unique to the Western Regions. It is said that they were passed down from ancient times, but unfortunately there is no way to study them.
At this time, the leader of the Ming Cult was a man who was indifferent to fame and wealth. He reluctantly took over the Ming Cult in order to repay the kindness of the previous leader.
He was not at all greedy for the power of the leader of the Ming Cult and the religious affairs of the Ming Cult. He was just obsessed with several advanced martial arts of the Ming Cult.
Therefore, in the years since he succeeded as the leader of the Ming Cult, the academic affairs have been taken care of by Guangming Envoy and the Four Dharma Kings, while he just stayed in the main altar and practiced martial arts diligently.
Or occasionally sneak out and travel around famous mountains and rivers to explore the secrets.
Regarding the two completely different voices within the Ming Cult, the leader simply ignored them, turned around and climbed down from the Bright Summit, out of sight and out of mind.
Head all the way north to find a place he just discovered in the ancient book - Bai Yujing.
The white jade capital in the sky has five cities on the twelfth floor.
The immortal caressed my head, and my hair was knotted, so I could live forever.
After many years of searching, he finally found a trace of the search in an unknown ancient book. Taking advantage of the dispute between the two factions, the leader of the Ming Cult began his search journey.
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Xiao Ju, the envoy of Guangming Zuo, and Ouyang Feng, the "Snake King", actually hit it off on this matter. Ouyang Feng personally took action and openly joined Genghis Khan Temujin.
Xiao Ju, on the other hand, was secretly arranging the masters of the Ming Cult. In fact, deep down in his heart, he was still afraid of his master and did not dare to go to Guangmingding easily.
"Thanks to Mr. Ouyang for your hard work this time. Thanks to Mr. Ouyang's help, otherwise our Mongolian cavalry would still be blocked from Juyong Pass."
In a huge royal tent in Mongolia, three people were having a drink. The one in the middle was Genghis Khan Temujin.
If Guo Mo were here, he would definitely see that Temujin is older now than he was a few years ago, his body is slightly fatter, and he has more gray hair on his temples.
The person sitting on the table with his head bowed was none other than Ouyang Feng, the "Western Poison". Temujin's third son, O Kuotai, was holding his hands with him.
"You're welcome, the Great Khan. Since my master has decided to help the Great Khan and unify the world, I will naturally go all out. As long as the Great Khan unifies the world, don't forget the promise made on that day."
"Western Poison" Ouyang Feng changed his past arrogance and actually restrained himself a lot in front of Genghis Khan.
"Haha, don't worry, Mr. Ouyang. The world is so big. It's no big deal for me to allocate thousands of miles to build a country at will. I will never break my promise."
Wokuotai also came over and toasted "Western Poison" Ouyang Feng frequently.
Ouyang Feng withdrew from Temujin's tent on the pretext that he still had important matters, and promised that he would come to help him whenever there was any difficulty, and then left for the west.
"Father Khan, this man is a jackal and is definitely not a kind person. He first sought refuge with the Jin Kingdom. When he saw that the Jin Kingdom was losing its power, he defected to my Mongolian tent again."
"Moreover, he keeps saying that he wants to restore his Yan Kingdom. He is such a capricious villain. Why should Father Khan keep him and cooperate with him?"
After Ouyang Feng left, Temujin and his son were the only ones left in the king's tent. Ogedei couldn't hold back and spoke out the questions in his heart.
"Haha, Wo Kuotai, a man who is a great Khan should have the world in mind and be open to all rivers. Talented people, mediocre people, gentlemen and villains, who can't be used by me?"
"What's wrong with the jackal? As long as you are a more ferocious beast than him, no matter how cunning the jackal is, he can only serve as your minion. Once he makes any move, sooner or later he will just become a meal in your mouth."
"It's good to be ambitious. What I'm most afraid of are people who have neither ambition nor ability. What I just said to him is not all perfunctory. If he can really make a big enough contribution, even if he is given a thousand miles of land, even if he is given up,
What can he do if he restores his Yan Kingdom?"
"The key thing now is that our Mongolian army is supposed to be sweeping the world, but there are no people to govern the world. There are still some martial arts masters in the Jin Kingdom. I heard that the martial arts in the Song Dynasty was more prosperous."
"Think about Guo Jing and the Guo Mo brothers. We also need to have our own martial arts masters in charge. This Ouyang Feng can just be used."
"Did you find out anything about the last time I asked you to go to the Western Regions to invite people?"
Temujin suddenly asked.
"Father Khan, they promised to send someone, but they just want to ask for the position of national advisor."
Wo Kuotai replied with embarrassment.
"Imperial Master? It's just a vain name. You can agree to them, but don't agree to them easily."
"Let's do this. Continue to increase troops and let Mu Huali take over the central capital city as soon as possible. You can invite a few more places, whether it's the Western Regions, Tubo, or even Xixia, Jin Kingdom, or Song Dynasty."
"Spread the news that on August 15 next year, this Khan will hold a convention of heroes from all over the world in Zhongdu City. Those who can win the first place can be our Mongolian national division."
"Don't you want the position of national advisor? I will throw it away. Whoever wants to take it can do so according to his or her ability."
Wokuotai excitedly promised and then withdrew from the king's tent.
"Wo Kuotai, I hope you won't let me down, even if you really want my life..."
Genghis Khan, who was left alone in the king's tent, seemed to have grown older all of a sudden.
"Brother Mo, what should we do next?"
Huang Rong also knew that once the Mongols broke through Juyong Pass, the entire north of the Yellow River would no longer be safe.
If the Mongols were willing, they would probably be able to capture the Jin Kingdom's state capitals one by one very quickly.
"Rong'er, there's no need to worry. After all, it's already winter. I guess the breakthrough of Juyong Pass this time was just a surprise move by the Mongols."
"Even if they capture Zhongdu, they will have to wait until next spring before they can move south in a big way. The Jin people still have at least three or four months to prepare."
"The Song Dynasty's military strength is still beyond its reach, so it can only use its hands and feet in the northeast and northwest."
Guo Mo took out a pen and paper and wrote a letter to Wan Yankang, informing him of the war in Northern Xinjiang. The key was that it included his analysis.
The front line of Hebei may not be able to be defended. The Jin Kingdom must defend the city and fight a war of attrition against the Mongols.
At the same time, he hoped that Wan Yankang could move his troops to the northwest, join forces with Xixia troops, and launch an attack on the Mongolian garrison in Xixia territory.
Since Mongolia has focused its main attack on the front, Xixia's troop investment will definitely decrease.
In order to ensure the chances of Wanyankang's success, Guo Mo even introduced Monk Wanyanchen Chen in a vivid way, who was serving as reinforcements in Xixia territory.
Guo Mo hopes that through his praise, Wanyankang will be taken more seriously, and by cooperating with Monk Wanyanchen, being able to take this person under his command will be a great help for Wanyankang to gain a foothold in Xixia.
Guo Mo also unabashedly pointed out that Wan Yankang was interested in the land of Xixia. If he could really win it, Guo Mo would also be happy to see it happen.
After finishing writing, Guo Mo handed the letter to Lu Wei and asked him to send someone to deliver it to Wan Yankang.
At the same time, Guo Mo also asked people who "listened to the wind" to spread the Korean intention to invade the desert westward in northern Xinjiang, so as to disrupt Mongolia's intention to invade the south.
In fact, Guo Mo actually sent a secret agent to pretend to be an envoy from the Jin Kingdom, and went to Goryeo to make an appointment to capture the Mongolian grassland, and made many promises.
The northwest and northeast are both strong and weak. As long as these two places are moved, at least half of the Mongolian troops can be contained.
For the sake of safety, Guo Mo also ordered Meng Gong's troops stationed in Luoyang to detach 20,000 "Dunwu Army" infantry and cavalry. They would be on standby by the Yellow River after the beginning of spring, ready to go north to the Northeast Road at any time.
The changes in the situation have exceeded Guo Mo's expectations, or the current direction has completely escaped Guo Mo's understanding.
Guo Mo can no longer rely on his foresight to judge what is about to happen. He can only continue to increase his own strength and make more preparations.
Guo Mo has informed Lu Chengfeng to go north immediately.
Since he deceived Wan Yankang into going to Xixia, he had to keep such a large area as Northeast Hebei Road in his own hands, even if he couldn't completely occupy it.
Therefore, he directly moved the "Tingfeng" headquarters from Luoyang to Taiyuan.
"Rong'er, I can't find out the news about my father-in-law for a while. Maybe no news is the best news. I plan to go to Xixia in person. What do you mean?"
Guo Mo looked at Huang Rong guiltily.
"Brother Mo, I will follow you wherever you go. I don't want to be separated from you, and I don't want you to face difficulties alone."
Guo Mo asked Lu Wei to send someone to notify "Bronze Corpse" Chen Xuanfeng and tell him where he was going. Chen Xuanfeng naturally summoned the escort and moved closer to the direction Guo Mo left.
Xixia Kingdom, Xingqing Mansion.
From the outside, there is nothing attractive about this ancient manor except that it is slightly larger in size. There is not even any plaque hanging on the gate of the manor.
In a place as sparsely populated as Xixia, a large area is not something worth talking about.
The decoration in the manor is actually a rare Jiangnan style, with a pavilion three feet tall and a terrace five feet tall. However, the vegetation in the manor is an authentic product of the northwest.
The manor faces north to south, and the northernmost part is the owner's residence, which occupies a quarter of the entire manor.
"Liuyanju" is the name of the owner's courtyard, and his daily living place is called "Shenhetang".
At this time, it was past noon, and it was snowing heavily in "Liuyanju".
The falling snowflakes fell on the Jiangnan-style buildings in the courtyard, looking so out of place.
However, this kind of incompatibility has lasted for nearly a hundred years.
"Western Poison" Ouyang Feng was standing under the eaves of the "Shenhe Hall".
His skill has already reached the point where he is invulnerable to cold and heat, so he is naturally not afraid of this little bit of wind and snow.
I just saw this great master in the world waiting respectfully outside the "Shenhe Hall" because the head of the family inside was taking a nap.
The famous "Western Poison" Ouyang Feng didn't dare to express his anger or ask questions. He just waited there quietly, just like a grandson.
No, he was actually his grandson. The head of the family who was taking a nap inside was Ouyang Feng's grandfather, at least in terms of blood relationship.
It's just that the head of the family who is taking a nap is not named Ouyang.
This is the second time "Western Poison" Ouyang Feng has come to see the head of the family. The first time he came, he was only in his twenties.
At such a wild and unrestrained age, he disdained to return to his family, believing that with his intelligence and incredible martial arts talent, he would be able to make a name for himself.
Ouyang Feng was arrogant at that time, and he also had the capital to be arrogant. In fact, he did achieve great fame on his own.
The owner of the "White Camel Villa" in the Western Regions is the famous "Western Poison" among the "Five Wonders" in the world.
Until he was frustrated in the Chongyang Palace of Zhongnan Mountain and was severely beaten by the dead "Supernatural Power" Wang Chongyang.
Only then did he realize that his strength was weak, or that it was not that he was incompetent, but that he lacked a certain foundation.
Look at Wang Chongyang's "Quan Zhen Sect", Huang Yaoshi's "Peach Blossom Island", Bibihong Qigong's "Beggars' Gang", or Nan Di's "Dali Kingdom".
Ouyang Feng felt that his "White Camel Villa" was just a place to live. Apart from himself, his power was too weak.
He bowed his head to his family in a "compromising manner" and not only obtained the family's unique skills, but also through connections, entered Mingjiao and became the "Snake King" who protects the religion.
His "featful feat" outside Juyongguan finally reached the ears of the family master, who summoned him to meet him here.
As far as Ouyang Feng knew, the head of the family had not met any of his descendants for almost thirty years.
"Is there Feng'er outside? Come in -"
When Ouyang Feng was thinking wildly, an old voice came from the "Shenhe Hall".
It seemed that it did not come from the human mouth, but from an ancient holy beast.
Slightly low-key, yet possessing an undeniable domineering quality.
"yes."
Ouyang Feng responded respectfully and gently opened the door of "Shenhe Hall".