Seeing that Yeluyu was a man of great influence who once dominated the world, even though he fell into this fate, he still retained a bit of a heroic temperament. After thinking about it, he actually gritted his teeth and continued to fight against the labor force with his two to three hundred men. The flag is heading west, passing through Yan'an Prefecture without entering, and heading directly towards the border of Hengshan Mountain in the northwest.
After all, as 'Yeluma Wu' said, for him, a remnant of the Khitan, defecting to Xixia is the best solution.
This is not to say that Xixia is the most friendly to the Khitan people. Friendship depends on who... If nothing else, just because the queen who was born in Liao and the prince with Yelu blood both died inexplicably, how dare you ask him Yelu Yu Why would Li Qianshun, the leader of Xixia Kingdom, offend the Jin people for his own sake?
The real reason was that Yelu Yujian had no choice.
In the long run, the northwest of Xixia is the real and only place to stay for him who has nowhere to go at this time, and if he wants to get there, Xixia is the safest passage.
Just think about it. Two to three hundred people are fleeing, with no livestock, no food, and no guide. In some kind of all-out war situation, what we really have to worry about is not only the diplomatic and political risks, but also how to avoid chaos. Army, how to obtain supplies... Therefore, finding a reliable political environment and obtaining supplies as soon as possible to appease the hearts of his subordinates is Yelu Yujian's most important priority at this time.
Of course, going south to join the Song Dynasty seems to be a way out, but the problem is that the fighting in the south is fierce and large armies are gathered. With his embarrassing identity as Yelu Yujian and only two to three hundred cronies, he can easily encounter a serious army there. I'm afraid that someone will do it to me.
Oh, you said you came to surrender, so what if I said you were faking it? I don’t know if I got credit for picking you up, but I definitely got credit for killing you!
And besides, if you really go to the people of Song Dynasty, what can you say about it? On the contrary, Xixia seems to have some opinions. What's more, it has been said that the real final destination is behind Xixia, and the road to the people of Song Dynasty is Not necessarily accessible.
In this way, Yelu Yujian gathered a few insiders, and then took advantage of the late autumn, before his identity was revealed, and under the guise of patrolling the border, he traveled day and night, leading a mere two to three hundred people to hurried westward, but directly came to the famous Pingrong Village. At this point, it is unlikely that the information will be exposed. This person is also brave, but he enters the village openly. He first reveals his identity, asks for supplies, and then directly gives the order, saying that the front is facing the enemy. When the Song people were fighting to appease the Xixia people, they asked the garrison officer to contact the Xixia general on the opposite side and go with him to the border, that is, to hunt under the Hengshan Mountain.
This is reasonable and reasonable, and it should even be the job that Yelu Yujian is supposed to do now that he is in an awkward position. Therefore, the officers in the village did not doubt that he was there, and directly followed the order frankly. The Xixia Hongzhou garrison on the opposite side also readily agreed, and things went smoothly. Unexpectedly.
Then, when the last day of October came, which was also the agreed date, Yelu Yujian knew that the critical moment was coming. Early in the morning, he and several close confidants who were familiar with the matter made appointments and made wishes, finally stabilizing the situation internally. , he directly took some supplies and set off to the northwest early in the morning to "hunt". As expected, the Xixia general came to see him as promised.
The two sides met in the afternoon, and they shot horses and rabbits at the foot of Hengshan Mountain. However, after just one arrow, Yelu Yu, who knew that he could not delay, did not care much when he saw it, and directly reined in his horse and shouted to the other party:
"General Weiming is staying here. I have a question for you."
Weiming is the surname of Xixia, just like Li, Zhao, and Tuoba are all surnames of Xixia... Their ancestors were Tuoba, one of the eight tribes of the Party, and were given the surname Li by the Tang Dynasty. He was given the surname Zhao by the Song Dynasty, but when he finally launched an army, he used the name Wei again. This was because the word "close to the party" means "close to the party" in Dangxiang language, which is a typical method of stimulating nationalism.
In fact, it was precisely because of this surname that Yelu Yujian came here instead of Longzhou a little further north... This Hongzhou guard general, who was about twenty years old and called Wei Mingyun Ge, not only From his father's side, he is the distant cousin of Li Qianshun, the current leader of the Xixia Kingdom. From his mother's side, he is actually Li Qianshun's cousin. His maternal grandmother is none other than a Xixia princess who is a generation older than Li Qianshun. She married Xixia. Lin Bubi was the eldest son of Dong Fei, the leader of Tibet. But later Dong Fei's adopted son Ali Gu seized power and forced the Xixia princess to return to Lingzhou with her daughter. Then her daughter also became a marriage tool.
No matter what, this young Xixia general is probably the core Xixia general who can understand Li Qianshun's intentions, and he can definitely make the decision.
"General Yelu, please speak." Of course Brother Weiming Yun wanted to give face to the great general, not to mention that the other party was a noble Khitan after all, so he reined in his horse and turned back, bowed his bow and smiled in apology.
"The Kingdom of Jin cannot tolerate me. Can I go to the Kingdom of Dabai and Gao for temporary refuge?" Yelu Yu saw him stroking his bow and leaning on his horse, looking calm.
Brother Wei Mingyun was startled for a moment, but he quickly realized... Based on the embarrassing identity of the other party, this is probably the truth. In fact, there have been similar rumors about this person more than once... However, although he clearly knew After understanding the other party's intention, Brother Yun remained silent, just smiled and looked at the surrounding scenery, not knowing what he was thinking.
Let's say that under Hengshan, the grass is everywhere in autumn, but it doesn't look luxuriant. Instead, it looks a bit fat. It seems that the Song and Xia countries fought for hundreds of years here in the past, and countless bones were scattered around, which fattened the land here. .That is to say, in the past two years, the Jin people have come. Although they have never been called allies with Xixia, they are actually allies. This is how the Qiucao fortress was built, which looks like peace.
Seeing that he had no choice but to rein in his horse, Yelu Yu could only rein in his horse and take a few steps forward. He stood cross-horse with the opponent, and then he bowed his head and said sincerely: "General Wei Ming, the Jurchens are really forcing too much... In the past, the Taizu of the Jin Kingdom regarded me as the marshal. Ren, as a result, when Nianhan came to power, he was narrow-minded and gradually took away my military power. But now they, the Wanyan family, are fighting with each other. Killing Nianhan was not enough. Instead, they wanted to use my life to establish their authority. I even lost my family. I hurried here before I could take them all... I hope that the great Bai Gaoguo will remember the past generations of marriages between the Yelu family and the Weiming family and allow me to stay away for a while."
Brother Wei Mingyun finally responded, but he opened his mouth to speak, but closed it again, and then continued to look around and smile.
Seeing the sun gradually setting in the afternoon, Yeluyu felt panicked. He could only lower his voice further and directly begged: "General Wei Ming, you must help me... You must know that if you don't respond, the general's life will be in danger." , right in front of me, and if promised, I won’t let Dabai Gaoguo be in trouble, I can just take the road and take refuge in Mobei."
"How many rides can you bring?" Brother Yun finally said seriously.
Yu Jian hesitated for a moment, then pointed forward with his finger.
Brother Yun instinctively turned around to look, but he only saw those Yu Jian's personal guards who were surrounding and killing rabbits. It took him a while to wake up, but his words still seemed unbelievable: "Just two or three hundred horses?"
Yu Jian was too embarrassed to answer.
"There must be more than a dozen Khitan cavalry and Xiren cavalry in the West Route Army, and you personally led them to fight with A Gu that day. You were their commander two or three years ago, but now there are only so many who are willing to follow you.
Leaving?" Brother Yun didn't care about the other person's feelings at all and didn't bother to ask further questions.
"Our cavalry was captured by Yelu Mawu, and the Xi people's cavalry were separated early, and they are all in the east of the river." Yu Jian became more and more embarrassed, but he could only bow his head and echo. "There are only more than 250 cavalry beside me."
Brother Yun sneered, reined in his horse and turned around on the spot, put his fingers in his mouth and blew a whistle... The Xixia cavalry, who had been chasing rabbits with the Khitan cavalry just now, heard the whistle and then turned directly to their own side.
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Brother Yun blew the whistle twice, but kept on racing, and he was about to turn back from the Hengshan Pass to the north.
Seeing this shape, Yeluyu felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He could not care about anything, so he could only rein in his horse and catch up: "General Weiming, if you don't save me today, you will kill me! And be careful, Dashi Linya is angry for this."
Dabai Gaoguo!"
When Brother Yun heard this, he stood on horseback and looked at each other. He smiled and shook his head: "General Yelu, I respect you as a noble descendant of Khitan... You are indeed a noble descendant of Yelu, but you are the first general and famous minister to pay gold with the national surname.
...and after surrendering, isn't it normal for people to gradually become suspicious and then want to get rid of them? How can you blame me? If it were me, even if the enemy country is powerful, I would die to serve the country. How could it be possible?
Such a disgrace to you!"
This was almost a mocking scolding in person, which was in sharp contrast to Brother Yun's cautiousness when they first met. Yeluyu's face stiffened when he was scolded, and then flushed, but he was speechless and could not respond. It was the few knowing people behind him.
The Khitan confidants who had followed him all looked at each other in shock, unable to raise their heads for a moment.
"Ten thousand steps back, even if you are so unbearable, as long as you still have a few thousand soldiers and horses to use as capital, then I don't like it, and it is worth it for us to understand that the Gao Kingdom has a few soldiers and horses for you to deal with the Jin people.
One or two...two hundred and fifty cavalry, enough to fill the gaps between the teeth of the tribes in the north of Yinshan Mountain? Do you want our king to give you another three hundred cavalry to protect you on the road?" Brother Wei Mingyun continued to sneer. "You take Yelu.
Dashi is trying to coerce you, so if you want to come here this time, you should basically go to Ketun City, right?"
Seeing this, Yeluyu felt ashamed and angry, but he could only bow his head: "Yes!"
"Let me ask you, do you know why my country's leader stood still during the Battle of Yaoshan last year?"
"I know." Yelu Yujian whispered to him. "Dashi Linya killed the green ox and white horse in Kedun City, and joined the Eighteen Divisions to the west. Although the Jin people felt a little safe for this, the marching route of Dashi was behind Dabai Gaoguo.
, so your lord and Dabai Gaoguo dare not move lightly."
"It's good that you know." Brother Wei Mingyun shook his head and sighed. "Then let me tell you something you may not know. Yelu Dashi is different from you. He is unyielding. In the mouth of my country's leader, he is almost as important as the official family of the Song Dynasty.
When he arrived at Kedun City, there were only 10,000 people, and together with the 18 tribes heading west, there were only 20,000 people. As a result, the western expedition only lasted for half a year, and he surrendered the Uighurs, Gaochang, and Tunyemili (the area around Tacheng in later generations) along the way.
), Alima (later Yining area), all based on the north and south of Leyuan Mountain (Altai Mountain). That area is arable and grazing, and as fertile as a river. For Yelu Dashi, it almost has the foundation of the royal industry, and
The number of soldiers and horses has gradually reached tens of thousands, and their power is no longer weak to our Dabai Gao Kingdom..."
Yeluyu was stunned when he saw it, and the Khitan cavalry gradually surrounding him were breathing heavily.
"But it's a pity." Brother Wei Mingyun shook his head even more when he saw this. "Since Yelu Dashi has established a royal estate there, although Kedun City is still under his control, it is just a Kedun City. From Yinshan Mountain to
To the north, there are three thousand miles of desert along the way, plus the Mongol people gradually moved over and occupied the land around Ketun City... You two hundred and fifty people are on the road to death... I am a member of the Dabai Gao Kingdom, and I will not do it no matter what.
Because of you, a mere dead person has caused the country and Dajin to be at odds with each other."
Yelu Yujian was in a trance. Looking behind him, many Khitan cavalrymen around him were also in a daze.
In other words, there is no reason why Yelu Yu was so shocked when he saw these people. In fact, Yelu Dashi's Western Expedition can be called a miracle in world history, because his starting point was Kedun City, which was actually in the north of Xixia and Lanzhou.
Directly to the north, it is the so-called location of the Northwest Expedition Department of Daliao in the past, and it is near Ulaanbaatar in later generations.
This was the fortress used by the Khitans to suppress Mobei. After the Khitans were established, there was an ancestral law that allowed 20,000 troops to be stationed in Kedun City. No matter how far the country was, they were not allowed to move... Of course, in fact, there were still dangers of corruption there.
When Yelu Dashi arrived at that place, he only saw 10,000 soldiers and horses. It took several years to unite the 18 tribes that were friendly to the Khitan around, and then he got 20,000 soldiers, but in the end he thought the place was remote and could not succeed, so he finally
of the Western Expedition.
And where is the Alima that Wei Mingyun said? In fact, it has reached the westernmost end of China's territory in later generations.
In other words, in just one and a half years, Yelu Dashi led his eighteen tribes to march westward for three to four thousand miles. Considering the deserts and mountains in the middle, the actual distance was probably tens of thousands of miles.
After marching thousands of miles to the west, conquering all the attacks, and bowing to famous countries, and then establishing a foundation, I dare to ask Yelu Yu, how can he not be surprised when he sees these acquaintances who have surrendered and given the Yelu Big Stone?
Of course, no matter how famous Yun Ge or Yelu Yu is, he would never imagine that in another time and space, Yelu Dashi would go south and north, and continue to march westward to conquer without stopping. Along the way, he paid equal attention to kindness and power, and finally
They marched straight into the river and reached the Aral Sea, traveling nearly 30,000 miles back and forth!
Yelu Dashi also formally proclaimed himself emperor after dominating Hezhong, and established a large Central Asian country with an area several times that of Xixia and an actual controlled population far exceeding that of Xixia. He then continued the Daliao Kingdom there for nearly eighty or ninety years.
Compared with this man, Yelu Yujian's fate was just as Brother Yun mocked him - he deserved it.
"General Weiming!"
After recovering from the shock, seeing the Xixia people maintaining a defensive posture as they escorted Brother Yun to the north, Yeluyu couldn't care less about shame or emotion, and directly begged again. "Can't you really give me a way out?"
This time, Brother Yun didn't even look back, as if he had made up his mind.
"Don't bother Dabai Gao to take them in. Just pretend not to see us. How about letting us cross from Hengshan tonight and borrow some land to go to Kedun City?" Seeing helplessness, Yelu Yu reluctantly continued.
Brother Wei Mingyun finally turned around impatiently: "How is this different from accepting you?"
"What if I just want to go from the north of Hengshan Mountain and use the shelter of Hengshan Mountain to cross the river?" Yelu Yu saw him dismounting his horse and kowtow on the ground. "I want a famous general and a way to survive."
Seeing this, Brother Yun finally exclaimed: "If I don't allow you like this, it's really not giving Yelu two words... That's good. You can cross Hengshan from Hongzhou and are not allowed to enter the city, nor are you allowed to go west to Dabai Gaoguo.
To enter the hinterland, just follow the border to the northeast along the Hengshan side, and finally cross the river from your Jin Kingdom to the Yinshan Mountain... You go there tonight, and I will report this matter to the living female capital of Yan'an Prefecture in three days...
This is the final condition, you can come or not, it’s up to you.”
With that said, Brother Yun didn't say anything more, just dropped Yu Jian on the ground and headed north, but he left hundreds of his bodyguards behind and blocked the mountain pass.
The sky was clear in autumn, and Hengshan blocked the north wind. It was really comfortable here at the southern foot. However, the two to three hundred Khitans were suffering under the surveillance of the Xixia people, especially Yelu Yujian, who finally got up with great difficulty, and finally announced in public that the North
The plan to go to Kedun City to find the Yelv Stone became even more so after that.
The news came suddenly, and many lower-level Khitan people who had heard the truth for the first time were obviously shocked and frightened about leaving the Jin Kingdom.
Yu Jian felt sad but helpless. After a little comfort and encouragement, he could only climb a hill to watch the sunset to relieve his mood. However, he could not suppress the uneasiness in his heart no matter what. He stood on the hill and stood there.
He would look west, now north, now south, now east. Even if a close friend brought him roasted field mice, he would just wave it away.
Yelu Yu couldn't help but see this. After all, although Brother Yun opened a hole for him, it was almost a dead end... Why he wanted to seek refuge in Xixia before had already thought of it. Since Yelu Dashi was marching west
, and also took away eighteen tribes that were friendly to the Khitans. The area around Nakhodun City must now be occupied by the Mongols. Although the Mongols have a king, the core control area is in the east, so it can
There will definitely be nothing but chaos around Duncheng. If there are more than two hundred people like me, if we get together, we are afraid that they will be swallowed up directly.
What's more, there are thousands of miles of desert.
This desert is not comparable to the vast sea of a few hundred miles between Xixia and Song Dynasty. Since ancient times, Monan and Mobei have been regarded as the most serious desert in the Central Plains.
Yelu Dashi set out for the western expedition from Ketun City last year. In the previous few years, he used this area as a base to harass the Jin people. However, because of the inability to send troops effectively in this desert, and the gradual rise of the Mongol people, he turned to this place.
As for the Western Expedition, Nihan wanted to conquer it several times before, but he always stopped in front of this desert.
It is difficult to say whether the Mongol Hebul Khan's eventual rebellion against the Jin people, including Nianhan's unwillingness to hand over the Monan land promised to the Xixia people, was directly related to the Yelu Dashi and this desert.
But these are not what Yelu Yujian should be thinking about at this time. There is only one thing he should be thinking about...that is, how can he cross the desert without the guidance and supplies of the Xixia people? Even only north of Hengshan, and he is not allowed to enter the city.
, how should he control his troops from being dispersed? After leaving Hengshan, how should he successfully cross the river and head north when the pursuers are bound to have their nets ready?
To be fair, Yu Jian himself felt that, let alone Kedun City, he would be killed on the road if the Yellow River failed to cross.
However, if you don’t go to Kedun City and don’t look for Yelu Dashi, where can you go? Even if you want to look for Yunnei Jiedushi and Yelu Nuge, who is of the same clan, don’t you have to go to the north?
In a daze, the sunset had arrived. The Xixia people followed the agreement and left the mountain pass directly. Yelu Yujian also forcibly put away his thoughts and came down to gather his tribe.
However, at this moment, a piece of news like a bolt from the blue hit him on the head again.
"General..." The confidant guard who was responsible for counting the number of people came forward to report, and his lips started to tremble. "Ten people are missing! All the people from the Grand Master's slave are missing."
Seeing that Yeluyu was in a trance, he instinctively ran away to the Hengshan Pass, and his followers hurriedly followed him. However, after passing the Hengshan Pass, the confidants counted the number of people again, and found that there were about ten more people missing, and they probably did not follow him at all.
At this point, the morale of the Khitans has become increasingly low. It is conceivable that if Yelu Yujian does not boost their morale, this team will soon fall apart.
"General!"
Things happened faster than expected. The sun had not completely set yet. On the north side of the Hengshan Pass, facing the cold wind that was obviously much colder, someone took the initiative to question Yu Jian, and this time it was this team who took the lead.
A mid-level and high-level officer in the team. "Our family members are all in Hedong. I just followed you here because I was confused..."
Yelu Yujian stared at this person in the afterglow, but said nothing.
The man seemed to feel a little embarrassed, so he put down the sentence and continued: "But you are not to blame for this matter. I knew what Yelu Mawu's confidant said at the ferry that day in person, and it is only our fate that is to blame.
No good. This is the only way to go to Kedun City to find the Big Stone King. The desert is so far away and so wide in the middle, and the Xixia people don't give us a way to get there. Besides, nine out of ten Taishi slaves go directly to look for the girl.
The real people are high-density, so where do we get the chance to go northeast? I'm afraid we will be blocked by the Jurchens when we reach the Yellow River, right?"
This question got to the point. Yelu Yujian came to his senses. He had no excuse and could only avoid talking about it: "Saba, what do you mean? Can't you be more frank?"
"What I mean is that since we have reached this point, it is better to break up and let us find refuge with the Xixia people. Anyway, the Xixia people are worried about you, the general, but not us subordinates. We are cavalry."
Good guy, why don't the Xixia people allow me to be a kite and eat military food?" Saba said while looking around behind him.
Seeing Saba's signal, more than a dozen of his accomplices started making noise together. Slowly, seventy or eighty people responded gradually, and then stood behind Saba, directly confronting the people behind Yu Jian.
The light gradually dimmed, and both sides were worried that the situation would not be clear after dark, so the atmosphere gradually became uneasy. Some people actually started to draw swords and then insulted each other. The two sides directly faced each other hand-to-hand, and the atmosphere was tense and uneasy.
Seeing Yelu Yu standing between the two groups, he thought for a moment and suddenly let out a long sigh, but raised his hand to stop his confidant. Then, with his hands empty, he stepped forward and said directly to the man holding the knife, "In that case, you guys
Let’s go! We will also take half of the supplies brought from Pingrong Stronghold... But please remember that we have been together for many years and go directly north to Hongzhou City. Do not spy on our route or reveal our itinerary."
Sa Ba and other rebel soldiers originally just wanted to survive, but they were a little shocked when they heard this. But when things got to this point, since Yu Jian promised not to fight with each other, how could they stay? So several rebel leaders discussed for a while, and in the end they only wanted to take
After receiving a few supplies, he bowed respectfully to Yu Jian from afar, gathered a crowd of one hundred and eighty people, and headed due north.
Not only that, next, Yu Jikong sat still at the mountain pass and simply did not light a bonfire. He just let the other subordinates follow the example of Saba and others and flee. It was not until two or three o'clock in the middle of the night that a confidant came to tell him that only one of them was alive.
They have been riding twenty or thirty, and no one has escaped for a long time... I want to ask the general to decide whether they can light a bonfire and sleep for the time being, otherwise it is just the cold wind in the north of the mountain, and I am afraid they will all get sick from the cold.
Yu Jian seemed to have just come to life at this moment, and finally responded to the wind in the night: "Now that the matter has come to an end, how can we decide? Pu Da, don't light a bonfire, let everyone gather together, surround the horses outside, and surround people inside, just say I have something to do."
Discuss this with all your brothers and sisters."
Hearing the seriousness of what Yu Jian said, his confidants did not dare to neglect, and quickly gathered the remaining people together. After the people were surrounded, Yu Jian spoke again: "Until now, there are still so many brothers who have never left us.
Seeing this, I shed tears of gratitude, even though I was supposed to die, now I have to desperately find a place for you brothers to die... Moreover, we are indeed not at the end of the road."
These words were a bit abrupt. Even though the remaining people were all loyal to Yu Jian, there was also some commotion in the surrounding area.
"Brothers, I have been terrified since I crossed the Yellow River. It was not until the situation was unresolved that I relaxed my mind and figured out some things... You said that the five elders of Yeluma had long been disgusted with me because of the military power.
Extremely loyal to the Jurchens, how could he kindly send me across the river and persuade me to come to Xixia?"
There was a commotion all around, and Pu Da couldn't help but ask on the spot: "Did Yeluma Wu deceive us? The fourth prince doesn't want to kill us?"
"Yes and no." Yu Jian's voice was low, but gradually became stronger. "How did Yelu Ma Wuyi have the courage to frame me like this? Don't forget that in Hedong these years, our daily lives have been monitored. First of all,
Xiyin, and then Ba Lisu... If it was just Ma Wu who was trying to trick me, how could I hide it from Ba Lisu? How could the Taiyuan side allow me to cross the river in a grand manner under the banner of the Labor Army without asking or blocking me?"
I was surrounded by low-level officers, who didn't understand these things. When I heard this, I felt it made sense, but at the same time, I just felt like my mind was in a state of confusion, and I still couldn't figure out the pros and cons.
At this time, Yu Jian was really about to cut his heart out, but he did not hesitate and continued to answer frankly in the cold wind: "I can't think of the specific reason at the moment, but it can instruct Ba Lisu and Ma Wu.
, I think it’s just Wanyan Wushu who should have arrived in Taiyuan at this time, and Wanyan Wushu has done it many times, maybe he wants me to be a asking stone to Xixia or the living women asking for directions, maybe he just wants to force me away...
...It doesn’t matter at all, because he came from Yanjing and issued instructions on the way, but it is impossible to know everything about what is going on here, so he must not have thought that we have just received the specific information that King Dashi has established a foothold in the west of Xixia."
"So what if we know?" Pu Da was still puzzled, but he did not delay him from taking the initiative to speak to his general.
"If we know this information, we will have the capital to negotiate with the Song people, because if this is the case, we can also lead to the location of King Dashi from He Huang, the Song people." Yelu Yujian answered slowly, and there was no trace of emotion in his voice.
The state of panic for the past half day. "Whether Wanyan Wushu wants to test Xixia with me or not, we all insist that this is what he means, and he is basically preparing to lure Xixia to join the Yan'an war. By then, the Song Dynasty and Xixia will have a century-old blood feud."
, they have to believe it even if they don’t believe it; then we use Wushu’s ignorance of King Dashi’s founding as the key point, and tell the Song people that we can act as envoys for the Song people and go west out of Hehuang to Hamili to meet King Dashi and make an appointment with the Khitan army to the east.
Come, attack Xixia and even the Jin people! The Song people will definitely agree!"
The surrounding gradually became quiet, but several people were obviously breathing heavily. It was obvious that a few smart people realized that this move was indeed feasible logically and theoretically.
After all, in this desperate situation, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, it is worth gambling at this time!
However, there is still a problem.
"General, the battle between the Song and Jin Dynasties is fierce in the front, and there are Taishi slaves who have reported the secret. How can we easily cross the front line and find the Song people? How can we ensure that we find the Song people who know the situation properly? There are also Xixia people, we are here On the Hengshan side, if the Jurchens from Pingrong Village arrive and directly look for the Xixia people, then the Xixia people will not be able to withstand it and they will carry Jonah again, so what will happen to us?"
"It's a life-and-death gamble." Yu Jian said in a sonorous tone. "I remember that the Security Army's Kaolin Village is where the Western Army general Zhong Guo Hao is. I bet he was not captured by a living woman! I also bet he knows my identity. We know the overall situation of the country! Since we are small in number, we have abandoned our baggage and mounted our horses. While both the Xixia and Jurchens thought we were north of Hengshan, we quickly led our horses back along the original road, from the south of Hengshan to the west and south to Kaolan Village!"
Only then did everyone realize why Yu Jian had been sitting on the cold and windy mountain pass without moving, and why he had been unwilling to raise the fire and let everyone disperse. It turned out that he wanted to hide his whereabouts and turn back with a small force.
Moreover, only a small group of people will be accepted by the Song people's walled city!
In this way, since Yelu Yujian explained everything and had a glimmer of hope, and the last twenty or thirty people were reliable, they no longer delayed. They first drove away all the livestock carrying supplies, and then connected the remaining ones with ropes. The men and all the remaining horses then desperately walked back south through the mountain pass at night.
Perhaps it was God's will to stop this man, and the group turned around in the dark. On the way, only one person sprained his foot, but he was still able to ride carefully with him... They were able to cross the mountain pass successfully.
After crossing the mountain pass, the group still didn't dare to neglect or light a fire. They just mounted their horses and rode lightly along the mountain. I don't know how long it took, but before the sky became clear, they finally heard the loud sound of water ahead... Everyone Knowing that they had arrived at Hunzhou River, they dismounted and rested for a while, using some dry food and river water. After a while, the sky became slightly brighter, and they couldn't wait to find shallow water to cross the river.
It was only then that everyone took a breather, because the sky was already bright and there was another river blocking the pursuers. Next, all they had to do was gallop to Kaolan Village.
What's more, since they were so careful, there should be no traces of them exposed, so no matter who it was, they probably thought they were still north of Hengshan.
After everyone finished arranging, they all mounted their horses.
Only Yelu Yujian was about to raise his whip, but finally couldn't bear it any longer. He reined in his horse and turned around, facing the northeast and taking a look.
Pu Da, a close confidant next to him, came to his senses and asked everyone to swear an oath to avenge the traitors of today's Taishi slaves.
However, just as everyone pulled out the daggers, Yu Jian sighed and shook his head: "Today, there are twenty-three brothers who will never leave. Of course, I will never forget it. As for the Grand Master's slaves who were forced by the situation, I can't call them Resentment. Even if I pull away from the horse and Ma Wu just follows the orders, I can't even feel resentment."
At this time, Pu Da and others looked at each other, as if they were a little confused.
"Two people!" Yu Jian also pulled out a dagger. "One is Wanyan Wushu, who can easily throw me away like a pebble; the other is today's tall and famous Brother Yun, who wantonly humiliated me and treated me like a fool. We are just dirt... I see our bodies and minds, but we dare not forget each other at all! I swear today that one day, I will let today's brothers enjoy wealth and honor, and let these two regret treating me like nothing!"
After saying this, Yu Jian picked up the dagger and drew a bloody path on the palm of the other hand. Then, without waiting for the twenty-three followers to follow suit one by one, he said no more and only accelerated his horse to go southwest first.
The second day of October.
At noon, Yu Jian led 23 riders straight to the foot of the Kaolan Village, which was not tightly surrounded. He came to the door with his bare hands and announced his name under the bow and arrow of the divine arm. He also claimed that he was an old friend of Guo Hao's late father, Guo Cheng, and Guo Hao went to the city to question him.
Later, I heard that it was Yelu Yujian, the former commander of the East Road of the Liao Kingdom and the right-hand supervisor of the Jin Kingdom, Marshal Yelu Yujian. Sure enough, he rejected all opinions and accepted Yujian into the city.