The Jin soldiers marched south, their iron hooves vibrated, and people flowed like a tide.
The first one to bear the brunt was the land of Youyan. Soldiers and horses came and went like the wind, light cavalry sentries were sent out in all directions, and the states began to fortify their walls and clear the country again.
When the cold wind gets warmer, the people and soldiers in the north will be mentally prepared. The Jurchen Tatars will definitely move south.
Now they finally moved, and the Jurchens were not idle for half a year. The vast territory gave them sufficient supplies of money, food and soldiers.
At the foot of Tanzhou City, Han Shizhong frowned slightly, looking at the secret message from the sentry in front of him, a trace of doubt flashed in his heart.
The civilians and vassal troops driven by the Jurchen Tatars actually rushed to the front this time. This is a bit strange and does not conform to the usual style of the Jurchens. They only drive these people to die in the front when they are attacking a city. Generally, when marching
They will let the Jurchens take the lead because they are confident enough to win the encounter in the wild.
What's even more strange is that the vanguard of this march south turned out to be Yelu Yujian, a Khitan surrendered general. However, generals like Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Loushi did not come to be the vanguard, and Wanyan Loushi did not even move in Zhongjing Mansion.
Han Shizhong pondered for a moment and said to the soldiers beside him: "Send someone to Juyongguan and tell Zongze that this time the Jurchens will probably divide their troops again during the southern expedition, so that he can prepare there as well."
This soldier is also a veteran of the Western Army. Hearing this, he said: "Han Shuai, this Jurchen doesn't want to bite the hard nut of Juyong Pass, right? You must know that they suffered a loss at Juyong Pass last time, and Aguda led the army there.
Juyongguan gave Yizhou an opportunity to take advantage of it."
Han Shizhong shook his head and simply didn't think about it anymore, saying: "What the hell, if the soldiers come to block it, if the water comes and the earth covers it, if you don't lose the swallow, it will be a success."
"Can't we fight out?" Xiao Bing asked.
Han Shizhong laughed in his heart. The generals were a little tired of fighting. Unexpectedly, the soldiers were ambitious and wanted to break the Great Wall. He rubbed his hands and said: "You'd better go and tell Zongze to be careful and make no mistakes. Female
Real people are used to dividing their troops, so we have to be more careful this time."
Juyongguan got its name from the Qin Dynasty. According to legend, when Qin Shihuang was building the Great Wall, he moved prisoners, soldiers and forcibly recruited civilians to live here, which means "migrating ordinary people".
The situation here is dangerous. It is connected to Lulong and Jieshi in the east, and Taihang Mountain and Changshan Mountain in the west. It is the most dangerous place in the world. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. It has two passes in the north and south. The south is called "Nankou" and the north is called "Juyong Pass".
There are many passes and fortresses connected, the terrain is high, the valley is deep, and there are many soldiers and horses in it. It is really a model of the west gate of Yanyan, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Zongze is here to gather the powerful people of Yan, recruit the people of Yan, and train day and night.
Standing on the city wall, looking at Qing Zhuang who was carrying wooden and rolling stones upwards, Zongze twisted his beard and smiled: "Go back and tell Han Shizhong that he can rest assured that unless the enemy chiefs do not go to Juyong Pass, they will never come back.
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After finishing speaking, Zongze put his hands away, looked at the mountains and whispered: "To be honest, I hope they will come to attack Juyong Pass. It has been four years since Han Shizhong's men were recruited by Qin Long, right? In these four years, they will first
He conquered Tibet and defended Youyan, without stopping, and left his hometown. After fighting so many fierce battles, it was inevitable to feel tired. Especially those generals, who were originally depressed and unsuccessful people in the Western Army. Now that the Xia thieves are dead, Qin Long
An Ding, these people haven’t had a chance to go back and take a look, right?
The soldiers and horses under my command are different. They are all men of Youyan. They are guardians of the land and home, but they are just Jurchen Tatars. In the past hundred years, the land of Yan has never lived peacefully for a day. Moreover, these soldiers and horses are not the only sons in the family, or they have brothers.
He may have lost his parents and has no ties to tie him down, so he only wants to make great achievements."
The soldier who came to deliver the message felt a little sore in his eyes when he talked about the central issue, but he said: "General, please don't underestimate us Qinlong soldiers. We haven't fought enough in this battle."
Zongze didn't think so, he laughed and said: "Whether we have fought enough or not, we have to continue fighting. Now that the army is approaching, it is too late to retreat. After repelling the Jurchens, we will wait for the court's dispatch. Yang Shaozai is a loving soldier."
I will definitely not let you all be buried in a foreign land."
Originally there was a huge disparity in status between the two sides, but Zongze was very lively in conversation today, so Xiao Bing boldly continued to ask: "General Zong, you said you had defeated the Jurchens, don't you think we can break through the Great Wall and attack Huining Mansion?"
What?"
Going straight to Huining Mansion? Zongze shook his head and said patiently: "Three feet of ice cannot be frozen in a day. The Song Dynasty has been suppressed by the northern foreigners for so many years, and it cannot be changed overnight. The loss of this Xiongguan and
Dacheng, go to the north to fight against the Jurchens in the ice and snow? Defend this time, defend again, maybe it's time to leave the fortress."
Zongze still had something he had not said out loud, which was Yang Shaozai's new policy. This kind of thing could not be discussed with the border officers and soldiers.
Zongze was born as a Jinshi and had 20 years of experience in local county magistrate politics. Of course he could see what this New Deal was like. It was simply earth-shaking. If the New Deal could really be spread all over the world with an iron fist, then the Song Dynasty
Maybe we can really recreate the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties. ——
In Bei'an Prefecture, the Jurchen army marched hard on the road where the ice and snow melted.
Many civilians were slapped on the head and face by the Jurchen cavalry because they got stuck in the mud.
The Jurchens regarded these peasants as being completely inhumane. Not only were they not fully clothed, but they also had insufficient food to eat. They themselves were well fed and full of energy. Even if they were human beings, even the treatment of war horses was far better than these.
Healthy mouth.
Most of the Tatar soldiers were equipped with two horses each, one to carry people and the other to carry dry food, cheese and wine.
In the Huining Mansion area, due to the efforts of Yang Pu and others, the Jurchen nobles began to establish laws and alleviate the abuse of local foreign people.
But when they arrived at this borderland, they returned to their previous ferocious nature, even though this place was still nominally the territory of the Jin Kingdom.
Wherever the Jurchen soldiers and horses passed, there were almost no intact villages, and the roads were full of naked corpses. Their blood-stained clothes were all stripped off by the Jurchens and wrapped around their horses.
Fortunately in the wilderness, as soon as they passed the village, Jurchen Tatars would run back and forth, driving and killing them for a show, and from time to time they would hear wild laughter.
This place is close to Youyan, and there are mostly Han and Khitan people. I don’t know how many people are crying and struggling hard. The men have been taken captive to do hard labor, and the bodies of women and children have been laid out on the roadside. Every pillar in the sky rises.
Under the billowing smoke, there is a village that is being burned.
The Jurchen general Zuo Shu turned a blind eye because they, the Jurchens, needed a large number of people to die in front of them when fighting, especially when attacking a city.
In the past, they would plunder wherever they went, but after crossing the Great Wall, the Han people began to fortify the walls and clear out the wilderness. Often there was not a single living person to be seen within a radius of dozens of miles.
Therefore, they can only use this method to obtain raw materials, transport them in daily life, and serve as cannon fodder in wartime.