Wanyan Agu laughed loudly, nodded and turned around. Wanyan Mingyue waved, and the thing on the side came over with a colorful piece of clothing. Wanyan Mingyue took the clothes and shook his hands, and one piece was sewn with tiger and leopard skins.
The made-made cloak stretched out. Wanyan Mingyue took the hook and tied the cloak around the back of Wanyan Aguda's neck. After special treatment, the tiger and leopard fur was shiny, bright and moist, and after careful splicing of patterns,
, like a whole piece of fur, flawless. More importantly, after tanning, the fur is light and stretchable, moving with the wind. In addition, the tiger and leopard skins are colorful, perfectly fitting Wanyan Aguda's figure.
, makes Wanyan Agu as big as a god, making people dare not look at him. It is really a battle cloak tailor-made for him.
"Hahaha, my sister is good at my craftsmanship. This war cloak gives me the power of a tiger and a leopard. I want to wear it and rush to the battlefield, kill all the dogs, and achieve unparalleled feats. Sister, let me go.
Already." Wanyan Aguda stepped forward and hugged Wanyan Mingyue with his strong arms. Then he let go and turned around, laughing and walking off the platform.
Wanyan Mingyue stood on the high platform, watching Wanyan Agu descend to the ground, watching him get on his horse. A group of generals followed him to the main road south of the school ground. Then, countless Jurchen cavalry rode up to follow him.
Horse hooves rose and fell, dust flew into the sky. One hundred and seventy thousand Jurchen cavalry officially set off to the south.
…
One hundred and twenty miles south of Xijin Prefecture, at the foot of Zhuozhou City on the south bank of the Sangqian River, an overwhelming army of Zhou soldiers and horses were approaching the city.
After four days of marching, the vanguard of the Zhou Dynasty consisting of 80,000 cavalry has arrived. According to the agreement with the Liao people, they will contact Liao officials in Zhuozhou City to discuss how to jointly attack the Jurchens.
Leading these 80,000 cavalry is Yang Jun's confidant, Han Gang, the commander of the Ansu Army who has been stationed in the border town for a long time. The Ansu Army is a mobile cavalry team in the surrounding towns, and their duty is to provide mobile support.
In the crisis situation of military towns everywhere, it was a huge army with 120,000 cavalry. Most of the cavalry selected for the Northern Expeditionary Army were selected from the Ansu Army, so with Han Gang leading the army, it was natural
The most suitable candidate. And this time, Han Gang's 80,000 cavalry will also be the vanguard of the Northern Expedition.
It was already sunset when the cavalry arrived outside Zhuozhou City. After four days of traveling to the city, they were all a little tired. However, the officials in Zhuozhou City failed to open the city gate to greet them for a long time, which made all the soldiers feel a little tired.
Become restless.
"Damn it, I traveled such a long way to help them put down the rebellion, is this how the Liao people neglect us? What do these bastards think of us?"
"That's right, what's this? We're here to help them, why are they so trusting? What's the point?"
The soldiers were cursing and shouting. However, Han Gang sat under a big tree and drank water quietly without much emotion. In fact, not many people knew the true mission of the army. In order to prevent the Liao people from becoming wary, the soldiers in the army
The public news is that this northern expedition is to assist the Liao Kingdom in quelling the Jurchen Rebellion. But only those core generals know the true intention of this army's northern march.
Finally, while waiting anxiously, the southern gate of Zhuozhou City opened. A small group of Liao cavalry rushed out from the city gate. They were surrounded by a young man on horseback. A hundred meters away from the Zhou cavalry
steps away
, they stopped. Someone came forward and shouted.
"His Royal Highness the Prince of Daliao is here to await the generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Please invite the leading general to come and speak."
"Damn it, what are you talking about? You want us, Mr. Han, to come forward and speak. It's time for this little prince to come and pay homage to us." All the soldiers were full of anger, cursing and shouting.
Han Gang stopped them, got up and walked to the front with more than a dozen generals. Upon seeing this, Prince Yelvshi of the Liao Kingdom, who was responsible for contacting the Zhou Dynasty's troops, also dismounted and came forward with a smile on his face. The two sides quickly reached a place.
, Yelvshi bowed first with a smile on his face.
"Yelushi is here to await the arrival of the generals of the Zhou Dynasty. May I ask which general it is?" Yelvshi said with a smile.
Han Gang cupped his hands and said: "I am the commander of the Ansu Army, the vanguard of the Northern Expeditionary Army and the commander of the cavalry, Han Gang. Prince Yelu, you are polite."
"It turns out to be General Han, whom we have admired for a long time. You guys came faster than we thought. I thought you would arrive tomorrow." Yelvshi said with a smile.
Han Gang said in a deep voice: "The military order is like a fire, how can we delay it? My marshal ordered our troops to arrive in Zhuozhou on the 4th, but we dare not delay even a minute. Does Prince Yelu think that we are here too early and should not come?"
Yelvshi said hurriedly: "No, I didn't mean that. You are here to help us, and we don't want it."
A lieutenant next to Han Gang shouted: "You don't want it? I think you are turning a blind eye. We traveled four days to get here, and you actually ignored our request and let us hang out outside the city for an hour. This is unjustifiable. We
We are tired of people and horses, shouldn’t we open the city gate early to let us enter?”
Yelvshi smiled awkwardly and said: "I'm extremely sorry. It's just the negligence of my men. I was patrolling in the north of the city, and they were late in reporting, so the time was wasted. We didn't mean to be negligent, and I ask you to forgive me for this."
This reason was obviously far-fetched, but Han Gang didn't care at all, and said in a deep voice: "Well, that's nothing. Prince Yelu, it's getting late, and my 80,000 brothers are exhausted and need to go into the city to rest. You can open the city gate now to let us
Let's go into the city. We still have to talk about how to cross the Sanggan River tomorrow."
Yelvshi smacked his lips and said: "This...this..."
Han Gang frowned and said, "What? Prince Yelu just says what he wants to say."
Yelvshi swallowed his saliva and summoned up the courage to say: "Okay, then I'll tell you straight. That's it, Zhuozhou is a small city, and I'm afraid it won't be able to accommodate so many of your troops entering. Can Mr. Han lead the generals to enter?"
How about the rest of the brothers staying and camping outside the city? This will make it easier to relocate and avoid chaos in Zhuozhou City."
"What? You want us to camp outside the city? Thank you for your ability to explain it. We came from Zhou Dynasty and walked hundreds of miles. We were exhausted and came to help you Liao people suppress the rebellion. You have such an attitude, which is simply unreasonable."
The fiery-tempered lieutenant shouted loudly, and more than a dozen generals also shouted and cursed.
"No, no, it's true that Zhuozhou is too small and unstable. Your 80,000 troops have suddenly poured into the city and it's really difficult to arrange. Please forgive me, General Han. We really have no choice. We definitely don't have any scorn.
." Yelvshi hurriedly held up his hands and explained.
Han Gang frowned and thought for a while, then said in a deep voice: "Prince Yelu, I don't know who you Liao people are.
What do you think? I, the Great Zhou Dynasty, sent troops to help you suppress the rebellion this time, completely at your request, regardless of any cost or reward. It is indeed rude of you to do this. I want to ask Prince Yelu, we can't enter Zhuozhou City.
, then when our army goes north, will you not let us enter all the state capitals and cities along the way? Do you want us to camp outside?"
Yelvshi smacked his lips and said: "This... it depends on the situation. Although you have come to help our Liao Kingdom, we have agreed beforehand. Do as the Romans do, and your soldiers and horses must obey the arrangements of our Liao Kingdom. Originally we wanted you to
The troops and horses of your country can be brought under the unified control of my father. If you don't agree with this matter, we can only give up. But this is the territory of our country after all. If your troops and horses go their own way, it will cause chaos. So... still
Please Master Han know our difficulties."
Han Gang laughed and said: "So, you are actually wary of us? I didn't expect that when we led the army to help you and fought for you, you became suspicious of us."
Yelvshi frowned and said: "You can't say that, you can't say that. Well...actually...I thought I would see the Great Zhou Envoy Yang today, so I still have something to say with him. Master Han will come first.
Now, some things are hard to say."
Han Gang said coldly: "What's not good to say? I can listen to you on behalf of Marshal Yang. Marshal Yang will arrive in two days. He said that he wants me to contact you with full authority on his behalf. What's not good to say?"
Yelvshi thought for a while and said: "Well, what I want to say anyway is... we only asked you for help before with one hundred thousand soldiers and horses. But I heard that your Zhou Dynasty seems to have gathered an army of three hundred thousand troops. This
It’s a little too much. It seems to violate the number we agreed on before.”
Han Gang laughed and said: "Prince Yelu, what you said is really strange. Don't you hope that we can send as many troops as possible? Don't we need to fight quickly to quell the Jurchen rebellion? The more we send troops, the better."
The more, the happier you should be."
Yelvshi smacked his lips and said, "That's what I say...but...but..."
Han Gang smiled and said: "You don't have to hesitate. Have you Liao people had any doubts? Are you mistaking our good intentions for donkey liver and lungs? We have good intentions to reinforce you, but you not only neglect us, but also criticize us endlessly. You are
What do you think? In this case, I think I should report back to my Marshal and ask Marshal Yang to report to the court and cancel the reinforcements for you. It is really unreasonable to avoid sticking my warm face to your cold buttocks."
Han Gang's words were actually a threat. He deliberately said that he wanted to withdraw his troops, fully expecting that Yelvshi would immediately apologize and admit his mistake. However, he was very wrong.
Instead, Yelvshi seemed to be relieved, and said with cupped hands: "Master Han, why don't you retreat temporarily and wait for your court's final decision? This will avoid misunderstandings between the two sides. Even if you decide not to send troops to help us, it doesn't matter. After all,
It's a matter of friendship to help, but it's our duty not to help. It's a huge expense for you to send out so many soldiers and horses all at once, and we really feel bad about it. I, the Liao Kingdom, have nothing to compensate you for. My father has said this.
We acted hastily, and the fault lies with Daliao. My father said that he would personally write to your emperor to clarify the matter, thank him and apologize to him. Otherwise... you camp outside the city tonight, and tomorrow
