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Volume 1: Yanyun Rebellion Volume 2: Bianliang Mistake Chapter 204: Invasion

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    The second day of February in the sixth year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty.  At this time, Bianliang, the heart of the Central Plains, is still freezing. Near Yingzhou, the northern border fortress, the wind and snow are as sharp as a knife.  A heavy snowfall fell all over the place.  In the wind and snow, a group of dozens of people were trudging through the snow.  This group of people were all wrapped in thick furs. In addition to the dirty furs, there were also messy armors.  Everyone in the group has mounts.  These war horses have lost a lot of fat due to the winter, making them appear thinner and longer-haired.  Walking hard through the snow, a thin layer of frost condensed on the horse's eyelashes.  Seeing that the group of people came to a sheltered place from the wind, the leader of the group called for everyone to dismount.  The knights on the horse all turned over and cursed. Without resting, they all loosened the girdle of the horse, wrapped a blanket around the horse to keep it warm, smashed the ice lumps on the horse's tail, and took out the material bag and added a handful of thick stuff inside.  Salt, replenishes the mount's physical strength.  It can be seen from these actions that these dozens of knights in messy uniforms are all veterans of the Northland. They have experience in battles. They know that no matter how tired they are, they must always go first before the horse, as long as the mount still has some strength left.  , even if he has an extra life.  The man in the lead is stout and has a rough complexion.  It was Meng Nuan, the small warlord of Yingzhou City.  Panting heavily, he found a big rock and sat down. The people around him naturally took his mount over and took care of it.  Meng Nuan took a breath and smacked her lips: "Do you have any wine?" One of the guards took off the water hyacinth from his body and tried to take off the stopper and pass it over, but found that it was already frozen. He immediately cursed and pulled a dagger to pry open the stopper.  .  Meng Nuan waved his hand: "I don't want to bother you anymore!" The guard next to him took care of his mount and scolded his mother: "These thieves from Yandi are fighting against each other, but the wind and snow are so heavy that the masters can't bear it!"  Come out for inspection! The birds are frozen, is there any movement? There are grain crops we have accumulated, firewood we have chopped, and houses we have repaired and kept warm and cozy!  In winter, we have to go out to drink the cold wind! What a shame. It¡¯s either them or me who makes the master anxious!¡± Another guard interrupted: ¡°General Meng invited me to inspect today.  "The scolding guard immediately changed his direction and started scolding: "If they hadn't been on guard against thieves, why would General Meng be so diligent? Even if General Meng ordered two hundred troops and horses?  The servant surnamed Tang only allowed General Meng to take fifty of us! It turns out that the thousands of troops in Heying Prefecture belong to General Meng!  Damn, what village is not popular for drinking spicy food? Why do you have to be so arrogant in Yingzhou City?" The guard next to him didn't know if he lost money in gambling, but he kept arguing with him: "In Yingzhou City?  That Princess of Shu and Shitiao Yushiro, maybe they wish we could just leave like this! Otherwise, why would they only have fifty riders and not send anyone to monitor them?  CelebratingWhy are we giving away our inheritance for nothing? Fifty riders can't even knock down a larger dock wall, why should we just leave in the wilderness?  Even if you leave, I won't accompany you!" Meng Nuan waved her hands to stop the quarrel, and stood up with a breath: "I, Meng Nuan, know that after a while, I always have a way.  Yes, I won¡¯t let you all go through this winter with me in vain I have patrolled for a dozen or so miles today, and I am already worthy of the princess of Shu. I will light a fire here to keep my mouth warm, warm and eat my mother-in-law, and rest until the sun shines.  We looked back over our heads. I still have some wine hidden in the camp, so I won't let you drink it until the time comes. It's just my wish you can rest here while I get there.  Look at the flag on the dock wall in front of you. If there is nothing wrong, I will turn around. It won't take half an hour!" All the subordinates shouted in confusion: "How can I let the general go and have a hard time?  I'll give you some wine and meat on the wall in front of you, so I can give him a tooth as a sacrifice!" Meng Nuan simply waved her hand: "What's the point of distinguishing between superior and inferior at this time? We just share the joys and sorrows.  Just take some hard work, that's it! Moreover, there are twenty-seven or eight families in the bird's dock wall who make a living by hunting. They are poor and hard-working. What's the point of talking about a few pieces of dirty skin?  Is there any use for it? I¡¯ll come back as soon as I can!¡± ¡°All of his subordinates are already tired, and after all, Meng Nuan is not the leader of a city now. If he wants to make good friends with his old friends, we might as well let him make good friends.  While talking about the panic, they each found a place sheltered from the wind and snow, picked up dead branches and made a fire to feel comfortable.  Meng Nuan said hello, and several of his most trusted men tied up the girdle of the horse without saying a word. After finishing arranging the mount, they got on the horse and walked back into the wind and snow with Meng Nuan. After a while, they lost sight of each other.  The figure is gone.  The subordinate who had scolded her most violently just now had not been taken away by Meng Nuan. At this time, when he saw Meng Nuan was far away, he sneered again: "We, General Meng, are too arrogant towards the princess of Shu."  ?Damn, these days, when it's his turn to patrol around the camp, he always leads the team himself and never shirks.  Do you still want to get a Khitan prince-in-law?  A hero has a hard time being a beauty. I see General Meng¡¯s situation, that¡¯s it. Let¡¯s just give up!  ¡± ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~ In the wind and snow, Meng Nuan and the other seven or eight riders went further and further into the desert and precipitous terrain. After walking for a while, they could no longer even ride the horses.  Walking deep into the mountain, after twists and turns, I came to a place with numerous dead vines. When I pushed aside the dead vines, I found a narrow opening.  After lighting the fire, I saw light everywhere, but it was a very dry cave, and there was no smell of animal traces. I don't know how I found it in the first place. It was not stuffy, so there was no ventilation.  On the cave wall, there was a row of oil lamps, which went straight into the depths of the cave. Meng Nuan lit the oil lamps one after another, and heard the slightest sound of weapons being drawn out from deep in the cave: "It's me.  !  Who is here?  "His voice hit the cave wall and reverberated. Under the light of the flickering oil lamp, several figures were seen running out. Everyone was holding a weapon. The first person was the confidant Meng Nuan sent to Datong Mansion in Xijing.  His face was full of weather, and he seemed to have suffered a lot. Tears burst out of his eyes when he saw Meng Nuan¡¯s figure: ¡°It¡¯s me, the general!  I have been waiting here for three days. If the general does not come again, Master Jurchen will leave.  Wouldn't it be a mistake to miss the important task of being the master!  " Behind that man, there were two strong men with flat faces and money-rat tails hidden under their leather hats. Their small eyes were gleaming. The sabers they held in their hands were long and heavy, like a piece of iron. If they hadn't fired  Liao Feng thought it was an iron mace. There was an unpleasant smell coming from his body. Meng Nuan's men were not very clean either.  The Jurchen's eyes turned, as if he wanted to choose someone to devour. Meng Nuan's confidants couldn't help but avoid them when they saw their eyes.  " Meng Nuan has been a horse thief for a long time, and later took advantage of the chaos to occupy Yingzhou. Although the horse thieves come and go erratically, they always have secret camps. Or they hide when the wind is unfavorable. Or it is just for Maodong. There is always such a secret place to hide.  Later, although he entered Yingzhou, he still left these secret camp strongholds. He sent his confidants to contact the Jurchen army and horses in Datong Prefecture, Xijing, and the agreed meeting place was these secret camps.  He always patrols, and whenever it's Meng Nuan's turn, he never misses it. But since things must be kept secret, he doesn't necessarily have to leave the team to investigate in the secret camp. Today is a snowstorm, and Meng Nuan is lazy.  He had to get away. Meng Nuan was already feeling a little cold. Yingzhou was not an easy place to fight. How could the Jurchen army come at once? He was just an insignificant little warlord in troubled times, not that big.  But every time I see Guo Rong, I see her tall and fit figure, and her pretty face that she reveals when she thinks of Xiao Yan.  With a foolish expression, Meng Nuan's heart became more and more intense. No matter how much she paid, she wanted to make her his personal favor! She didn't expect to come in the snow today.  He had worked hard for so long and suffered for so long. The Jurchen soldiers finally came over! Meng Nuan's heart was still filled with emotion. The two Jurchens looked at him stiffly.  accent: "Are you Meng Nuan?  You seem to be quite capable. Yinshu has given you an official position to lead the Khitan army in Yingzhou.  You will be able to exert your strength!  Tell me, we are going to attack these thousands of troops in Yingzhou and capture the Liao people and the princess of Shu. What can you do so that we can repay the general!  " At this time, the Jurchens are indeed still simple and fierce, and they are so aggressive in recruiting lackeys. There is no greeting or condolences. All their trump cards are revealed immediately. I am really getting a little anxious after waiting. Yin Shu can lead the company to lead the main soldiers and auxiliaries.  There were nearly 10,000 soldiers, who went through great hardships to reach the Yunzhou states. More than hundreds of people were killed on the way. The main force of the army had already dispersed, and they were sweeping across Shuozhou and Wuzhou in the past few days.  Yin Shu could personally lead an elite Jurchen army in Ningyuan and hid in the ice and snow. Yingzhou City could not be attacked with this small army and horse baggage.  The only chance is to lure Yingzhou's army and horses out to fight, or to bypass Yingzhou to avoid attacking the city and disrupt the rear of the Liao Army.  Defeated the main force of the Liao army and captured the Duke of Shu, a native of Liao.?.  The purpose of disrupting the rear of the Liao Army was to mobilize it.  The foundation of the Fu Liao Army was still in the Yunnei Prefectures, relying on it to recruit troops and supplies to strengthen its strength.  The role of Yingzhou is to block the Jurchen army and horses from going south. Now the Jurchen army and horses are willing to take risks and go deep into the Yunnan states with little force.  What's the use of just guarding Yingzhou at this time?  Are they waiting to be beaten to a pulp in the rear, then surrounded by Jurchen troops from the north and south, and trapped to death in Yingzhou City?  In Yin Shu Ke Lai, the only chance for the Fu Liao Army is to guard Yingzhou and continue to isolate the Jurchen army from the two armies.  Then he sent his troops south, gathered the main force, and defeated the Jurchen's lone army in one fell swoop.  The main force of the Liao army in Yingzhou, together with the princess of Shu, must have been lured out! ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? By?Liao Fangjun?Naturally, they are not fools.  He left Yingzhou and went south just to be beaten, so he would naturally be on guard at every step.  Take full precautions.  We also learned from military information that there were many war horses in the Fu Liao army, and their maneuverability was no less than that of the Jurchens.  It is not easy to seize the opponent's main force, defeat it in one fell swoop, and capture the heavily protected Shu princess.  At this time, you need that very powerful bird Meng Nuan!  The two Jurchen leaders are both top-notch strategists and their status is quite high.  Meng Nuan's envoy has been waiting in the secret camp for several days.  Yin Shu can also patiently hide his troops nearby.  Fortunately, the Jurchens grew up among the white mountains and black waters, so they endured hard work.  Otherwise, I will really freeze to death.  Fortunately, there has been heavy snow recently. The area around Yingzhou was originally very remote, and there were many places to hide troops.  It has not yet been exposed.  But if you delay for one more day, there will be one more variable!  When the two Jurchen generals finally met Meng Nuan, their tone of voice naturally sounded anxious and eager, so violent that it seemed like they could make Meng Nuan's face bleed!  Meng Nuan¡¯s confidants were a little dissatisfied after his death, ever since he surrendered to the Princess of Shu.  Although the prestige and power are greatly reduced.  But after the princess of Shu came down, she was still polite to Meng Nuan.  These Jurchens, if they are ruthless and domineering when they first meet, I am afraid they will be even more difficult to serve!  The envoy sent by Meng Nuan had already surrendered for the Jurchens, and he was still enthusiastically building a relationship between the two families: "These two Jurchen generals are both confidants of the great noble Yin Shu.  The nobleman sent him personally, and the nobleman is still there" "With a snap, the envoy slapped the Jurchen man hard again, and blood started to flow out.  The Jurchen man glared and said, "Do you want to die? How could Yin Shuke's name be said by a cheap slave like you?" Meng Nuan's followers became even more upset after Meng Nuan's death. Someone had already quietly pressed the handle of the knife.  Meng Nuan's eyes moved, and he said calmly: "The strength of the Jurchen army should be told to me in detail. Is it coming from the north, or where is it coming from? Only after you explain it clearly can I plan and act. The higher ups must not hide this from me!  "The two Jurchen generals looked at Meng Nuan fiercely, but Meng Nuan did not give in at all.  After a stalemate for a long time, a Jurchen army spat on the ground, showed his yellow teeth and said with a ferocious smile: "At this time, our Jurchen army is already sweeping across Shuowu Prefectures. If you don't surrender to dogs like you, what will happen if you don't surrender?"  It¡¯s time to fight them to the death!¡± All Meng Nuan¡¯s confidants stopped moving.  The hand pressing on the handle of the knife also quietly moved away.  Did the Jurchens bypass Yingzhou?  In this ice and snow?  Now the army has penetrated deep into the cloud?  Such cold weather and such dangerous terrain.  Even wild beasts only hide in their dens.  However, the Jurchen army and horses charged forward in the snow, and the lone army came over the mountains and south!  The Jurchens are strong.  It certainly lives up to its reputation!  How can it be defeated by the Fu Liao Army?  Meng Nuan smiled coldly: "In that case, we can have a good talk" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a dock wall dozens of miles west of Shanyang County, Shuozhou Administration Office.  The man on the wall of the village, wearing a ragged leather jacket, was suffering in the wind and snow with his neck curled up.  In recent years, wars have been raging, and life has always been difficult.  Every winter, it becomes even more difficult.  At this time, far from the beginning of spring, most of the little food stored in the fort has been consumed.  Except for the seed food that must not be touched, I don¡¯t know how long it can last. ?? If it hadn¡¯t been for the sudden rise of the Shi Niao Fu Liao Army and occupied several states, all the docks would have been nominally dominated by the Fu Liao Army.  The Liao Army also opened the southern route to the Song Dynasty, and many old and weak people were driven to eat in the rich Song Dynasty for them.  The pressure on the dock walls everywhere has been greatly reduced, and it is impossible to survive until now.  ¡°No one knows how long these old and weak people can last on the journey.  But in this world, what can you say?  I just want them to have enough to eat in Song Dynasty.  If I stay here, I don¡¯t know if I can survive this winter!  Thinking of this, the man on duty on the wall sighed again.  I walked back to the watch shed on the wall of the village. There was a fire in the watch shed, but now it has been extinguished and the firewood has been burned cleanly.  Looking at the heavy snow in the sky, I really didn¡¯t go out to collect firewood or find dead branches.?Courage can only shrink tighter.  Bored and restless, the man squinted his eyes and looked to the west.  The wind and snow are still rolling all over the sky, showing no signs of stopping.  ¡°You damn bastard, how many people will you take away before you give up¡± Suddenly, this man jumped up.  In the wind and snow, a large number of iron cavalry emerged from the distance like a black line.  Five of the knights on the horse have watchmen, ten have small flags, and one hundred have drums.  Wearing a leather hat, fine armor, and often a long sword.  The horse is mounted on a tall horse, and the mane is not cut. The horse is unusually powerful.  Every knight has a head and two bullets to follow.  He carries a bow, arrows, and fodder for the knight, and wears a long sword to cut off his head.  A large group of people came galloping through the snow, rolling up snow and fog all over the sky.  The man on duty on the wall of the village had escaped all the way from Datong Prefecture in Xijing and had seen the Jurchen army.  The dock wall thought that he was strong, so he took him in.  I am alone and have no one to rely on, otherwise I would not be sent to guard the village wall in the heavy snow.  He was stunned for a while, then he jumped up and shouted in a changed voice: "Jurchen army, Jurchen army!" The Jurchen army and horses bypassed the dangerous fortress of Yingzhou and suddenly appeared in the clouds.  The heart of the state!  In name, this is still the Yunzhongfu Road of the Song Dynasty, although no Song official has ever set foot on it.  Why did this large group of Jurchen soldiers and horses appear out of nowhere?  They have already killed a mountain of corpses and a sea of ??blood in the Liao region. What kind of bloody storm will they cause when they appear here?  ps: Something happened, something is missing
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