Wanyanhu, the leader of the Jurchen tribe, has been paying close attention to the development of the situation since the beginning of the Liao-Song war. His men govern seven tribes. Although life is extremely difficult in this land full of forests, rivers and tundra, Wanyanhu's heart
I have always had a dream that I dare not let outsiders know.
Although he was affiliated with the Liao Kingdom, Wanyan Hu never truly surrendered to the Liao people for a day. Whenever he saw the tribe's cattle, sheep and horses being forcibly taken away by the Liao people, and his compatriots being beaten, scolded and bullied by the Liao people, he hated them.
You can't draw a sharp knife, mount a horse, and fight the Liao people happily.
But reason told him that he could not do this. If he did, the Liao people would mercilessly kill all his fellow tribesmen. In terms of military strength and strength, the Jurchen clan was definitely no match for the Liao Kingdom. He could only
Waiting patiently for the opportunity, like a wolf in the dark night, watching with bright eyes.
The Liao people have never really relaxed their vigilance against the Jurchen clan. There are always no less than 100,000 Liao troops stationed on the front line of Huanglong Mansion in Longzhou. Their intentions are self-evident.
But after the Song-Liao War began, Wanyanhu sent out a large number of sentinels to investigate every day. News came one by one, and every news made his heart beat faster. First, the garrison in Longzhou was transferred to the south to participate in the attack.
Song, but then the Liao people recruited Hu Congjun and arrived. The Hu Congjun was not strong in combat power, but it was large in number. Wanyan Hu still did not dare to move without permission. He only had 50,000 troops at full strength and could not tolerate any mistakes.[
Later, news came that a large army of the Song Army was raiding Shangjing. Most of the soldiers on the border were also transferred. Needless to think, they must have been transferred to Shangjing to guard Linhuang Mansion. So far, there were only 50,000 soldiers around Longzhou.
When the defenders arrived, Wanyanhu trembled with excitement after hearing the news.
But he was still very cautious. In addition to making preparations, he was waiting and watching. He was judging whether the Liao people had fully dealt with him. It was good to take advantage of the chaos to raise troops, but if the Liao and Song Dynasties reached a tacit understanding and ended in peace talks, then
But the trouble is big.
While waiting, news came one after another that Su Jin's army conquered more than a dozen state capitals, and the Liao Kingdom seemed to be unable to cope with this army that penetrated deep into the hinterland. Wanyanhu concluded that the Liao Kingdom's army had been defeated.
The Song people were dragging them to the south, and there was no way they could do anything to deal with the Song army. This great opportunity was once in a lifetime.
Just when he was about to raise troops to seize Huanglong Mansion, the Song army actually fought all the way north along the Tokyo Road and reached Zhengzhou. Wanyanhu suddenly felt a huge pressure. In the eyes of the Song people, he and the Liao people were the same.
After venting his anger, it was really worrying whether the Song army would attack his own tribe; Wanyanhu had to suspend his plan to attack Huanglong Mansion and pay full attention to the movements of the Song army to prevent being raided by the Song people.
At noon that day, Wanyan Hu rode his horse and led his men on patrol at the edge of the mountain forest fifty miles east of Zhengzhou. This is where the Jurchens' defense line is located. The densely forested mountains are terrain that the Jurchens are familiar with. Setting up a defense line again can be effective.
to prevent the enemy from advancing; the hot autumn sun shines on the daisies all over the mountains and fields, blooming vigorously, and the fragrance of the flowers makes people dizzy. At this moment, a long whistle breaks the quiet mountain forest, one long and two short, this is the enemy is approaching
After receiving the signal, Wanyanhu's heart twitched and he quickly climbed up the hillside where the sentry was.
Following the direction pointed by the sentinel, more than a dozen horsemen galloped over from the grassland at the foot of the hillside. They were all wearing armor and carrying long knives, looking majestic.
"It's the Song Army. It's the Song Army from Zhengzhou. I know this armor." Wan Yanhu whispered.
"But why are there only a dozen riders here?" Wanyan Hu was a little confused again.
A dozen riders arrived at the entrance of the forest valley in an instant. They seemed to have no scruples and rushed over without slowing down. His subordinates looked at Wanyan Hu and asked him for instructions. Wanyan Hu thought for a moment and waved his hand, and the subordinates around him immediately climbed up.
He got up, stood on the top of the slope and let out a long "oh ho ho" cry.
In an instant, several voices emerged from the woods on the hillside, and the sound of "oh ho ho" was loud, and then they rushed out to stop the dozen or so mounted Song troops.
The dozens of mounted Song soldiers changed their colors in astonishment, and their horses also got up due to the disturbed force and hurriedly reined their horses to a stop.
"Took it." Wanyanhu shouted.
Dozens of soldiers came forward with bamboo spears. The bamboo spears were raised at an angle and surrounded a dozen Song troops. A tall and handsome leader of the Song army shouted loudly: "May I ask who your friend is?"
A subordinate of Chief Wanyan?"
Wanyan Hu was stunned. Song Jun actually knew his name, which was a little weird.
"I am Jingtai, commander of the vanguard army of General Su Jin of the Great Song Dynasty, and I have come to discuss important matters with Chief Wanyan in the name of the general." The man said loudly.
Wan Yanhu frowned and thought, he and the Song people had a long-standing relationship, how could they discuss important matters together? They all said that the Song people were tricky and there was no guarantee that there would be no tricks.
"Lord Chief, they seem to know you." One of his subordinates asked.
"I know a bird, take it down." General Wanyan Hu waved his big hand, and the subordinate shouted loudly: "The chief has an order, take them down."
Dozens of soldiers received the order and held the crowd with bamboo spears in their hands. Some of them stretched out their hands to pull the Song soldiers on their horses. Suddenly a figure flashed, and several soldiers who were close to arrest were hit hard in the chest.
He hit hard with the sledgehammer, staggered a few steps and sat on the ground.[
"Damn it, our commander sent us here to deliver the message because he was interested in you. You savages don't know how to show appreciation and come to arrest people without saying a word. If anyone dares to come over, grandpa will beat him with a bloody face."
The burly Song Army stood in front of several Jurchen soldiers who fell to the ground and shouted loudly.
I hadn't seen anything yet when I was on horseback among the crowd, but when I looked at his face, I was suddenly frightened. If it wasn't for the bright sunlight, I would have thought I had seen a ghost; this man's face was full of violence.
Forget it, the nostrils are actually thick, like two black holes at the bottom, it looks terrifying.
The Jurchen soldiers mustered up the courage to stab the man randomly with bamboo spears. The man turned sideways and grabbed seven or eight bamboo spears and turned them around in the creaking nest. The soldiers on the other side of the bamboo spears followed.
He spun around and fell into pieces.
"Bah, bring a fire stick to fight too. I'm warning you, don't annoy your grandpa and me, otherwise grandpa will get angry and you won't be able to walk around with anything to eat." The man spat a few times and cursed.
The soldiers did not dare to retreat without orders. They got up and were about to move forward when Wanyan Hu's loud scolding came from behind: "If you don't retreat yet, isn't it embarrassing enough?"
The soldiers quickly retreated, and Wanyan Hu strode up to the ugly Song army, cupped his hands and said, "What a handsome man, but his tone is quite loud."
The man chuckled and said, "Hey, what are you doing with a chicken feather on your head? It's so hot that you can go shirtless and wear a tiger skin vest, and you won't be too embarrassed, haha."
Wanyanhu was furious, tightened the cloth belt around his waist and said: "I am Wanyanhu, leader of the Jurchen chieftain. This military master is very skilled in martial arts. I am here to ask for some advice."
The Jurchens are brave and refuse to admit defeat. They hold tribal martial arts competitions every year. They are proud of their martial arts. Especially to outsiders, they must not lose in the competition. What's more, the Song general in front of them has to use his fists and feet to learn from the humiliation ceremony.
"It turns out that you are Leader Wanyan. This is General Ma Han, the deputy commander of our vanguard army. I have offended Duo just now. I would like to apologize to you on his behalf. My commander-in-chief sent me a letter to ask the leader...
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"Don't be busy. We'll talk about it later after we deal with General Ma Han." Wan Yanhu interrupted the Song Army officer who claimed to be Jingtai, the commander of the Song Army's vanguard army, and stared at Ma Han for a moment.
Jingtai frowned, leaned down from his horse and said in Ma Han's ear: "General Ma, don't hurt anyone. We have something important going on. The commander will scold us when we turn around."
This sentence sounded harsh to Wanyanhu's ears. What does 'don't hurt others' mean? Doesn't this make it clear that he is no match for the person in front of him? At that moment, his anger surged upwards, and he suppressed it and shouted: "
let's start."
Mahan laughed, stretched out his hand, took off the helmet on his head, and took off the armor on his body and threw it all over the floor. He still kept his waist knife on the grass, twitched his fists, turned his thick neck that crackled, and said: "Let's
Let’s talk it over first, but don’t be impatient. After the fight, let’s talk about business with him. If you don’t feel happy about losing and walk away, then I, my old horse, will look down on you.”
Wanyan Hu said angrily: "Let's see who can win who." Before he finished speaking, his body swayed and he approached Ma Han. He opened his hands and grabbed him fiercely.