After everyone left Funiu Mountain, they dispersed into more than a hundred small teams. After all, the goal of moving forward with soldiers and horses was too big, and the court would soon find out the clues. They dispersed into more than a hundred small teams of more than ten people, from different places.
Line travel or interval operations will not attract too much attention. As long as you arrive at the designated place outside Bazhou City at the specified time to assemble.
Lin Jue Baibing, Sun Dayong and more than a dozen of their followers took a detour through remote roads and stayed overnight. Six days ago, they arrived at a small valley called Xiaodong Mountain on the outskirts of Bazhou. This was also the agreed-upon gathering place.
After arriving, only seven or eight teams were able to arrive. Lin Jue asked everyone to rest in a small valley and wait for the subsequent teams to arrive. He took Bai Bing and disguised himself as an ordinary farm couple riding a donkey into Bazhou for the market and entered the city.
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After many twists and turns, Lin Jue inquired about Ma Qingshan's residence. That night, Lin Jue and Bai Bing sneaked into Ma Qingshan's residence and revealed their identities.
Ma Qingshan was very surprised by Lin Jue's arrival, but he was also quite happy. Lin Jue was his savior, so he was naturally attentive, polite and considerate. Lin Jue didn't waste much time and told Ma Qingshan directly the news he knew.
Regarding Yang Jun's death, Lu Zhongtian's attempt, and all the news that the imperial court was about to purge Yang Jun's gang members, Lin Jue told Ma Qingshan. Coincidentally, the imperial court's order for Ma Qingshan and Han Gang to go to the capital had just arrived this afternoon.
Based on what Lin Jue said, Ma Qingshan immediately realized that this decree was not easy to come by. He and Han Gang would probably be in bad luck if they went to the capital.
Lin Jue seized the opportunity and chatted with Ma Qingshan all night. Finally, Ma Qingshan had a clear understanding of the entire court situation and the situation he was facing. Originally, Ma Qingshan had a deep understanding of the situation after the last long conversation with Lin Jue.
There was a big uproar, and he was quite worried about the situation in Dazhou described by Lin Jue. However, Ma Qingshan finally felt that he could not agree with the path Lin Jue took. But for Lin Jue's desire to save
In fact, he no longer misunderstood the efforts to overthrow the Great Zhou Dynasty. During the conversation with Lin Jue, he felt Lin Jue's concern for the country and the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty all the time. At the same time, he also realized that Lin Jue
It was not because of personal ambition. If Lin Jue had any evil intentions, he could have led the soldiers and horses in Funiu Mountain to attack the city and seize the territory during the imperial expedition to the north, disrupting the rear of the Zhou Dynasty. Because the more chaos the Zhou Dynasty had, the more chaos it would cause to him.
The more opportunities he has, the more likely he is to inform and help the Northern Zhou Dynasty soldiers and horses. He should rather hope that the imperial soldiers and horses will be defeated. This is enough to show that this person is aboveboard and is really practicing his own ideas.
He hopes to overthrow the current corrupt court of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the usurper Guo Xu, establish a brand new court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and take a new path to save the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Ma Qingshan was not an ignorant person, he was one of the people who were close to awakening. Under Lin Jue's enlightenment, his mood changed drastically, and many ideas that he used to find unacceptable suddenly seemed unacceptable.
It is not an untouchable taboo. In addition, the current situation of the court that Lin Jue told him has reached a situation that is difficult for him to accept. Negotiating with the Liao people is a cowardly and wrong idea. From Lin Jue's words, he can hear that the court may
It was because he had compromised and reached an agreement with the Liao people and killed Privy Yang as one of the conditions for the peace agreement, and committed the act of destroying the Great Wall. This shows that the imperial court is completely stupid and rotten.
Moreover, Lu Zhongtian took the opportunity to seize military power and purged Yang Jun's old army with the intention of completely controlling the army. After taking over the three powers of military, government and finance, the entire court would be controlled by Lu Zhongtian. On the surface, it was the Guo family, but in fact it was the Lu family.
Do you still want to be loyal to the court controlled by this old thief who stole the country? Do you and Han Gang still want to go to the capital to beheaded by the old thief?
After a long conversation that night, Ma Qingshan's thoughts finally changed. Lin Jue did not force Ma Qingshan to join the Luoyan Army. Lin Jue just provided an idea. That is, Ma Qingshan and Han Gang were actually
There is a lot to be done. They must have the courage to take a step forward, awaken the people of the world, and inspire the people of the world. Even if they die, they must not die in an unexplained way. Lin Jue hopes that Ma Qingshan can persuade Han Gang to organize the army to go to war. This can undermine the achievements of the imperial court and the Liao people.
The peace negotiation broke the Liao people's plot to divide and rule, and could also vindicate their own name. Lin Jue even assured Ma Qingshan that as long as they dared to send troops, Zhuozhou would be captured and it would be a great victory.
After Lin Jue left, Ma Qingshan struggled for a long time and finally made a decision. So in the afternoon, when Han Gang, who sensed something was wrong, invited Ma Qingshan to the North City Tower to discuss the motives of the imperial court ordering them to return to the capital, Ma Qingshan finally made his attitude clear.
, convinced Han Gang. The reasons he used to convince Han Gang were actually learned from Lin Jue last night, and they were also the reasons Lin Jue convinced him.
Of course, Ma Qingshan concealed a lot of information. He was worried that Han Gang would be suspicious and wonder how he knew so much information. But in fact, after just a little persuasion, Han Gang had already agreed to organize the army to go on an expedition, and he would die.
This shows that Han Gang had already had other ideas in his mind, and Ma Qingshan's persuasion only added fuel to the flames. After learning that Ma Qingshan had similar ideas to himself, the two naturally hit it off.
However, Han Gang's idea was to attack Zhuozhou to prove his ambition. He did not think that he would definitely capture Zhuozhou and achieve a great victory. But Ma Qingshan was a little unsure, although he did not trust Lin Jue's guarantee.
He didn't dare to believe it completely, but Lin Jue's words gave him some confidence.
The reason why Ma Qingshan did not inform Han Gang about Lin Jue's presence in Bazhou was because of Lin Jue's request. Lin Jue believed that Han Gang was a stubborn person and could only convince him with facts. He was a leading general, but
He doesn't understand the overall situation, so there is no need to tell him something, otherwise he will rebel and refuse Ma Qingshan's persuasion. Ma Qingshan deeply agrees. Lin Jue did not go to Han Gang to talk, but directly
Coming to talk to him shows that in Lin Jue's mind, he is much more important and sensible than Han Gang. The fact that he came to his place to find him without fear of danger also shows that he knows that he is not that kind of ungrateful person.
These actions all revealed that he recognized and respected him. Ma Qingshan felt gratified for this, and even felt a sense of joy that he had found a confidant in his life.
While Ma Qingshan and Han Gang were reorganizing their troops, Lin Jue had already led thousands of assembled troops to sneak into Zhuozhou, and had made a lot of preparations and explorations beforehand. When Han Gang and Ma Qingshan arrived with 30,000 troops,
, Lin Jue and others joined Ma Qingshan's account, and a complete plan to attack the city was placed in front of Ma Qingshan.
It can be said that the combat operation to attack Zhuozhou was ostensibly commanded by Ma Qingshan, but in fact Ma Qingshan was just a general who conveyed Lin Jue's will. Through Ma Qingshan's hand, he planned a surprise attack on the city from three sides, blockading the North City and annihilating all the troops in the city.
Although Ma Qingshan had doubts about his plan, Lin Jue's tone left no room for doubt.
The army had no choice but to fire arrows, and Ma Qingshan could only choose to believe that Lin Jue's plan would work. That night, after the battle started, all Ma Qingshan's doubts disappeared. Lin Jue said that there were no defenders on the Liao army's city wall, so he only needed to shoot
Kill the night patrol Liao soldiers to attack the city. Lin Jue said that the Liao army's combat power is not high, they are just tired infantry, and the number is small, so there is no need to worry. Various things like this aroused Ma Qingshan's doubts
The information was proven to be true and correct. The decisions made based on this were all effective. Only then did Ma Qingshan truly understand why Lin Jue dared to guarantee that Zhuozhou would be captured.
After capturing Zhuozhou, Ma Qingshan, who couldn't restrain his joy, admired Lin Jue very much. He even felt that Lin Jue's leadership strategy was no less generous than that of Yang Jun. His thinking was clearer, his goals were clearer, and his combat skills were better.
The courage and courage were also greater. Ma Qingshan vaguely felt that if the leader was not Yang Jun but Lin Jue, the results would have been different.
Lin Jue proposed another plan to attack the Jin Mansion. This time, even Ma Qingshan thought it was too much. But he did not question it. He had regarded the plan to attack the Jin Mansion as the final test for Lin Jue. He secretly decided
, if Lin Jue can really conquer Xijin Mansion and win another big victory, it means that Lin Jue is the person he has been looking for, someone who can follow him and fight against the Liao people, then he will join the Luoyan Army without hesitation.
, to reverse the last reluctance in your heart. Because such a person is worth following and worth changing your mind.
Han Gang had no objection to Ma Qingshan's idea of continuing the attack. No one died in the Battle of Zhuozhou, and the great victory was already an accident. Han Gang thought that dying under the walls of Xijin Mansion would be a good choice, and if he could
Killing another group of Liao dogs would be enough. Han Gang didn't think there was anything wrong with Ma Qingshan's idea of letting other generals who were forced to leave freely. Zhuozhou has been captured, and he analyzed the situation in Jinfu
War is a life-and-death situation, so why bring these people to die, so he agreed. As for the fact that the generals refused to leave at the meeting, Han Gang was surprised. He even almost told the truth to persuade the generals not to follow.
They were willing to die, but these generals still insisted on their opinions. Of course, Han Gang was not stupid enough to force them to leave with a knife. After all, although attacking Jin Mansion was an act of overestimating his own capabilities, the more troops and horses he had, the greater the chance of victory.
.Even if there is a small hope of victory, he cannot completely give up. Han Gang can't imagine what kind of sensation it will be if he can win in the battle of Xijin Mansion.
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The vast land of rolling hills is shrouded in the sunset. The scenery of Yijinfu is excellent in autumn, because the leaves turn yellow and red, and the long grass changes color. The rolling hills are like a piece of colorful brocade, the scenery is magnificent and
Open and amazing.
To the west of Xijin Prefecture, on the official road from Xijing Datong Prefecture to Xijin Prefecture, a long motorcade was slowly traveling on the official road. There were more than 300 fully loaded carts, stretching for several miles.
There were two thousand people driving the cart and the accompanying soldiers and horses. They all drove slowly and mechanically with expressionless faces, hoping to reach the camping spot among the hills ahead before the sun went down. There were already soldiers and horses.
We found a suitable camping spot ahead, just a few miles away.
This convoy was one of the convoys of grain and supplies that were transported from Dazhou to Liao as collateral for the compensation money after the peace agreement between Dazhou and Liao was reached. Dazhou could provide one thousand at a time.
The compensation was more than 10,000 taels of silver, so the Liao Kingdom asked them to offset it with grain and materials. This was exactly what the Liao Kingdom needed. Using the grain and grass materials compensated by the Zhou Dynasty as the capital for annihilating the Jurchens was what the Liao Kingdom needed.
People make wishful thinking.
Chapter 1362
Because the Liao people were in a hurry, after the peace agreement was reached, the Liao Kingdom asked the Zhou Dynasty to cash in this large sum of compensation and tribute silver at the end of the year. Therefore, the Zhou Dynasty court issued an imperial edict a few days ago and sent special personnel to go there.
The state governments of the Great Zhou Dynasty organized convoys of food supplies to be sent directly to the Liao Kingdom. They were cashed in batches through pricing and summary. Because of this, the convoys sent to the Liao Kingdom from the Great Zhou Dynasty entered the Liao Kingdom from several directions.
The east side entered the Liao Kingdom from the Xiongzhou line of Baozhou. Eight or nine days ago in Bazhou Bian Town, a convoy of hundreds of large vehicles passed through the city and entered the Liao Kingdom through the border town checkpoint. To the west, the Bian Town area
They entered the Liao Kingdom through Datong Prefecture in Xijing of the Liao Kingdom. There were also sporadic convoys entering the Liao Kingdom from the border towns and cities. These fleets continuously carried the harvest of the people of the Zhou Dynasty to the Liao Kingdom and maintained the imperial court of the Zhou Dynasty.
The peace you think you have.
Not only did the Liao people want grain supplies from Da Zhou, but what was even more outrageous was that they required Da Zhou to deliver all the grain supplies to Dading Prefecture in Zhongjing before the delivery was officially completed. Therefore, all the people in these convoys had to drive the carts
The hardship and humiliation of the long journey to Zhongjing for delivery can be imagined. Of course, after entering the territory of the Liao Kingdom, the escorting soldiers and horses of the Zhou Dynasty were replaced by soldiers and horses of the Liao Kingdom. In addition to the driver of the carriage, the escort personnel of the Zhou Dynasty included
Only accompanying delivery and valuation officials can follow.
The current grain transport team was escorted by 500 Liao Army cavalry from Datong Prefecture in Xijing. The convoy set off from Taiyuan Prefecture on Hedong Road and entered Datong Prefecture.
Road, heading east to Xijin Mansion, they have already trudged nearly five hundred miles to get here. However, Xijin Mansion, which is dozens of miles away, is not the end point. Their end point is more than 600 miles east of Xijin Mansion.
This humiliating journey can only be completed in the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing.
There is a gentle slope between the hills of Guandao, with small hills to the north and south, and dense woods to the east and west. This is indeed an ideal place to stay overnight. The cold wind at night will be somewhat blocked by the hills and woods.
Although the cold is unavoidable in the middle of the night, it is much better than being exposed to the wind.
The sun was about to set. The soldiers of the Liao Kingdom loudly ordered the officials of the Zhou Dynasty to order all the carriages and horses to stop on the gentle slope. The coachmen shouted to the mules and horses to get into the heavy carts and rush to the slope. Soon after
, the chaotic situation finally calmed down. Hundreds of large vehicles formed a three-story circle on the slope, with an open space less than a hundred paces in diameter in the middle. This is tonight's simple camping site.
The Liao soldiers dismounted. The Liao general who led the army was named Xiao Quan, who was a lieutenant among the soldiers and horses belonging to the South Privy Council of the Liao Kingdom stationed in Datong Prefecture, Xijing. For this drudgery of escorting carriages and horses, Xiao
Quan was unwilling to accept it. But the military orders were overwhelming and he had to make this trip, so he felt quite unhappy. Along the way, he looked for trouble everywhere and had already whipped dozens of Dazhou coachmen.
Xiao Quan frowned and rubbed his shoulder, which was a little sore from the saddle.
Thigh, looking at the setting sun, he ordered the Liao soldiers beside him: "Go and ask those big Zhou pigs to chop wood for us to make a fire, cook, and feed the horses. I don't want to eat dry food tonight, so I opened a bag of grain. Da Zhou
Zhou’s rice is delicious. Let’s eat the white rice sent by Zhou’s cowards tonight. It’s a pity that there is no meat. It would be better if there were some beef and mutton.”
A Liao military captain laughed and said: "General Xiao wants to eat meat. It's not easy. Horse meat is not delicious, but mule meat is delicious. Can't we just kill a mule used by the southerners to escort the cart? The general eats meat.
Brothers can still drink a few bowls of soup."
Xiao Quan was stunned and said: "Is it possible? That is an animal pulling a cart. If you kill the mule, how will the cart move?"
"What are you afraid of? There are two mules and horses in one cart. If you kill one, there will be another. If you can't pull it, let the driver pull it. They will be idle." The captain laughed.
"You're right, let's do it. Go and do it." Xiao Quan laughed and waved his hands, sat down on the grass, picked up the kettle and drank water. The Liao soldiers scattered away, shouting at the tired Dazhou coachmen.
Go mow the grass and chop wood for a fire to cook.
The captain who came up with the idea led a few soldiers around the livestock, picked a fat mule and brought it to the grass in the middle. The owner of the mule came back with a bundle of firewood and saw this busy scene.
Come forward and ask.
"Why are you pulling my mule? My mule hasn't had enough forage yet, and it has been working hard all day." said the mule's owner.
"No need to feed it, it won't have to pull the cart tomorrow," said the Liao military colonel.
Several Liao Army soldiers laughed nearby. The owner of the mule asked in confusion: "What do you mean, military men? There are still hundreds of miles to go, and my big flower has to work hard for at least ten days. It won't
Pull, who pulls the cart?"
"I said you don't need it to poop, because tonight it will enter our stomach. Look at the meat of this body, it must be delicious. As the saying goes, the meat of dragons in the sky is the meat of donkeys on the ground. Mules are the cross between horses and donkeys.
The taste will not be too bad." The captain stretched out his hand and patted the mule's back, where the tenderloin was, and he knew the meat there must be delicious.
"What? You...you want to kill my big flower to eat? Isn't that possible? This is my mule, and it has to pull a cart. Are you kidding me?" the mule owner said in shock.
"Who are you kidding? Go ahead and don't ruin my fun." The captain scolded and drew out his machete.
Seeing the captain pull out his machete, the owner of the mule finally realized that they were not joking, they were serious about it. So he shouted loudly: "How can you do this? Master Zhang, Master Chen, come and take a look.
These Liao people actually want to kill my big flowers for meat. Why don't you come and stop them?"
Two officials from Zhou Dynasty happened to come over, and the owner of the mule hurriedly asked them for help. The two men trotted over. After listening to the owner of the mule's narration in a few words, they saw the Liao soldiers sharpening their swords and knew that what they said was true.
Fake. Mr. Zhang, who was sent by the Political Affairs Hall to the lower state capital to serve as a collection escort, hurriedly handed over to the Liao Military Colonel.
"Don't you guys be joking? How can you kill mules and horses for meat? These are animals that pull carts. How can these materials be transported to your country's capital after eating the mules? Besides, this mule is a personal property, and it is not a compensation.
You Liao people, if you want to eat mule meat, you have to spend money to buy it. And the owner has to sell it."
"I won't sell it. My family relies on Dahua to pull carts for support. If we sell it, will we drink from the northwest wind? Besides, they want to kill and eat meat. My Dahua is human, how can we sell it to others and be fooled?"
Eat meat." The owner of the mule shouted from the side.
The captain of the Liao Army frowned and said nothing. Xiao Quan came from a distance, looked at the mule and said with a smile: "What are you arguing about? This mule is not bad. Look at the meat on the chest and thighs. This is the only one. Just kill it."
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The captain hurriedly whispered a few words in Xiao Quan's ear. Xiao Quan frowned and glared at the two Zhou officials: "Master Zhang, Master Chen, what did you just say? We Liao soldiers eat your Zhou Zhou officials."
You still have to spend money to buy a mule? You don’t even think about it. If it weren’t for the kindness of Daliao, our army would have already reached Bianliang. Let’s just say it’s a mule. Even your wives, children, and sisters will become the property of our Daliao soldiers.
, you can do whatever you want. You southerners are so ungrateful that you still make a lot of noise after eating a mule, which is really inappropriate."
The official surnamed Zhang smiled apologetically and cupped his hands: "General Xiao, that's not what you said. Our two countries have already established good relations and the peace agreement has been concluded. This means that one code should be returned to the other. The mules are not included in the delivery list for this escort.
Besides, we have to pull the carriage, does General Xiao hope to delay the convoy's journey?"
Xiao Quan laughed and said: "Shout? You are so eloquent. I am really ashamed for you Zhou people. Such a big court calls itself the Central Plains Kingdom. Now it should be the tail wagging the dog in front of us in Liao Dynasty."
Obediently, you tuck your tail between your legs. The master said that he wants to eat a piece of mule meat. Even if you eat the meat from your body, you will have to cut it off. Are you not convinced? If you are not convinced, let your soldiers and horses of Zhou Dynasty start a war with my soldiers and horses of Liao Dynasty.
Not only were 300,000 soldiers and horses killed, but the entire army was almost wiped out. They scurried away with their heads covered, and then turned around and asked for our lives. If I were you, I would have to find a piece of cloth to cover my face and walk around in broad daylight, and I would be so embarrassed that I would die of embarrassment."
These words were so serious that the two Zhou officials turned red and glared, but they were speechless. Da Zhou was defeated, and Da Zhou was the party seeking peace. What he was doing now was to escort the compensation.
Errand work is not something to be proud of. When others expose your scars, you have nothing to say.
"No matter how General Xiao insults us, please let this mule go. After all, the errand is important. General Xiao doesn't want to delay the escort trip because of his appetite." Mr. Zhang said solemnly.
"I don't care anymore, this mule is going to be eaten today. Lieutenant Cha, why don't you take action quickly? I'm already hungry, and it's getting dark soon." Xiao Quan shouted.
The Liao military captain agreed, raised his scimitar and started to attack. After all, he was a member of the army, so he struck quickly and hard. The scimitar slashed down diagonally, and after the cold light flashed, the mule's head and neck were cut off, and it fell to the grass.
On the body, blood splattered from the severed head, and the limbs struggled and bounced.
"Ah!" The two Zhou officials were startled and couldn't help but take a few steps back. They didn't expect that the Liao people would actually do it at their word. Moreover, even though it was a mule, it was beheaded in front of them, and it was not dead yet.
The way the blood is struggling is really scary.
"You bunch of damned dog thieves, you actually killed my big flower... I will fight with you. You bunch of Liao dogs..." The mule owner was shocked at first, and then he screamed like crazy, baring his teeth and claws.
