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Volume 1: Yan Yun Chaos Volume 3: Bending the Sky Chapter 49: Breaking the Stars of the Army (2)

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    In the Fenhe River Valley, a group of people and horses were walking southward at an unhurried pace.  At this time, spring is in full bloom in the north. Although the mountains east of the river are dark and the forests are sparse, the river valleys are dotted with lush grass and wild flowers, and the Fen River water splashes with broken jade, which still creates a unique scene.  On both sides of the river valley, there are villages and settlements everywhere. It is the peak time of field work, and farmers can be seen everywhere, hard at work tending crops.  However, the usual lively scene of village women delivering meals and sons and daughters playing around the fields was no longer there.  These working farmers looked north from time to time in the fields, seeming to be worried about something.  Outside Shiling Pass, there is a large group of Jurchen troops and horses, making a move to knock the pass!  The land east of the river was a battlefield from the late Tang Dynasty to the early Song Dynasty.  How many powerful vassals fought here, and several generations of kings among the five generations have risen here.  After the establishment of the Song Dynasty, they fought with the Later Han Dynasty for more than ten years, and the battle in Hedong almost turned into a white field.  The battle with the Liao people lasted longer.  After Chanyuan, the war on the border gradually died down, and the dense military forts and fortresses that had been set up on the east edge of the river were mostly in disuse. However, this time countless barbarians pressed forward, and a large number of people outside the pass came in in a hurry like clouds and rain, but  Let these war memories return to the hearts of the people in Hedong!  This group of people and horses passed by, which frightened the people working in the fields. Later, they were relieved when they saw this army and horses under the banner of the Shenwu Ever-Victorious Army.  The land to the east of the river has strong martial arts, although it is not as good as those Han people in Yandiyun who have been in chaos for many years.  But it is much stronger than the hinterland of the Central Plains.  This group of troops, under the banner of the Shenwu Ever-Victorious Army, covered the retreat of a large number of inward-migrating refugees from the north and held the pass.  Improve defense.  It doesn't bother people much either.  The armor is excellent.  The weapons are sharp, tightly restrained, and full of evil aura. At first glance, they look like strong soldiers.  With such an army and horses standing guard, they did not flee with their families, but continued to work in the fields. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? One after another, the rich and powerful families went south and settled near Taiyuan Prefecture, which seemed safer.  Ordinary people, if they don¡¯t work, they don¡¯t have food.  Abandoning home and career.  Most of them died in the ravines.  They worked hard, paid tribute, and multiplied.  I just hope that those in high positions can provide them with the most basic safety guarantee when foreign enemies invade.  At the turn of the two Song dynasties, the people in high positions had become so depraved that they could not even do this. It was these common people who rose up in arms to fight against the barbarians, staining the country of the Han family blood red, but in the end it was Zong Zesan who  He crossed the river and died.  The Heshuo and Hedong rebels were dismissed by the superiors!  This group of men and horses has one man who has never worn armor.  A grown man wrapped in an old cloak.  It was Han Shizhong who was the military envoy to Hedong and also led the Shenwu Changsheng Army after the newly released Baoda Army Jiedu stayed.  Along the way, we were inspecting the defense line of the Shenwu Changsheng Army deployed along the Fenhe River Valley, as well as the repair status of many military strongholds, and also inspecting the resettlement and migration of refugees in Yunnei.  The situation along the way has been pretty good. The Shenwu Changsheng Army is the founder of King Yan Xiao Yan, and it is known as the first among the four newly built armies.  Now that his morale is at its highest, how can he let other soldiers and horses compete with him?  Even Han Shizhong felt that Jiedushi was not interesting enough. He wanted to be a Jiedushi envoy to play, supervise and supervise strictly, and rush around non-stop.  The Shenwu Ever Victorious Army was urged to prepare their defense lines like crazy.  From north to south, the three defense systems with Shiling Pass, Xiyao Village, and Kugu Village as the core blocked the Fenhe River Valley passage to death.  Han Shizhong was confident that if the Jurchen Tatars were to attack Taiyuan all the way, they would probably have to go next year, and he didn't know how many troops would be left in the end.  King Yan led the army and wiped out all the Jurchen West Route Army by fighting on foot.  Although the defense system was still satisfactory, the Jurchen West Route Army spread out its frontal force and only patrolled and tested the defense system on the east edge of the river. They were not allowed to knock in for a while.  But at this moment, Han Shizhong only had a mixed expression on his face, and when he spoke, he also looked worried, not as loud as before, as if he didn't care about anything in the world.  One of the things I was happy about was that the retreat operation from Yunnei to Hedong went smoothly, blocking the Jurchen Tatar West Army from the edge of Hedong.  The second is that his family's reputation has skyrocketed. King Yan handed over the old foundation of Shenwu's ever-victorious army to his family, which shows his trust.  In the future, as long as the King of Yan does not fall, it will not be difficult for these fresh soldiers to become a famous family.  What worries me is that this war will soon affect half of northern China.  This is a critical threshold, and I don¡¯t know if King Yan can take this step!  King Yan of the Jurchen East Route Army has his own arrangements, and that is not his own war zone.  Han Shizhong didn't worry about that either.  Just talking about the war in Hedong, Han Shizhong can feel relieved about the Ninghua Army where he is guarding, and the Hutuo River Valley where Yue Fei is guarding.  But in the direction of the Kelan Army, which was closely adjacent, Han Shizhong always had hidden worries.  During Cai Jing¡¯s brief period of employment, he also made small moves towards Hedong and made personnel arrangements.  He originally worked in the central government and had a high official position.Zhe Yan, a descendant of the Zhe family who was waiting to be promoted to the throne in Youge, was a scholar of both civil and military affairs and became a direct bachelor of Longtuge. He was appointed deputy envoy of Hedong Road to appease the prefecture.  It was to unite the Zhejia soldiers and horses in Fengfu County and other places to form a plan to threaten most of the Hedong controlled by Xiao Yan.  At that time, Xiao Yan was about to lure the snake out of the hole, so he pretended not to notice the incident, and Zhe Yanzhi left the town smoothly.  Nowadays, in Hedong, there is Wu Min, the pacification envoy, who is responsible for transporting grain and grass, pacifying the rear, and supporting the two armies of Han Shizhong and Yue Fei.  Han Shizhong, the Hedong economic envoy, was mainly in charge of the military affairs on the Hedong Road and dealt with the Jurchen West Route Army.  There was also the Hedong Road pacification deputy envoy Zhe Yanzhi, who unified the Zhejia Army and the Western Army, relying on Shaanxi behind it, and formed its own system.  The so-called Zhejia Army refers to the military horses from Fengfuxiao area that were passed down from the Five Dynasties and can truly be regarded as the vassal town of the Song Dynasty.  He is from a foreign race, but has become completely Chinese.  In the early days, the Song Dynasty wanted to use them to fight against the Northern Han Dynasty and against the Liao Kingdom.  Later, they were used to attack the Xijing Road of the Liao people in the north, to fight against the Xixia Zuoxiang Shenyong Army in the west, and from time to time they had to cross the Yellow River west to cooperate with the Western Army's battle in Hengshan.  Precisely because of this unique and important position, the Zhe family has ruled this corner of the river east of the river for generations, raising their own troops and horses, and establishing their own staff.  After several generations of his family, I don¡¯t know how many of his descendants died fighting for the Song Dynasty.  When Cai Jing sent Zhe Yan away as a hostage, he wanted to use the Zhe family's army and horses in case anything happened.  It can be used to contain Xiao Yan's Hedong Shenwu Ever-Victorious Army.  But this arrangement was made not long ago.  I'm afraid Zheyanzhi hasn't reached Fuzhou yet.  Cai Jing was overthrown by a palace coup.  This move was of no use to Cai Jing.  But for Orihiko, it's a different story.  He was born in the Zhe family and was a descendant of a general. During the Chongning period, he became a Jinshi. He was talented in both civil and military affairs and was regarded as an outstanding talent of the Zhe family.  When he was thirty years old, he joined the military as Chao Qinglang, and was promoted by Zhao Ji along the way. Only about forty people were qualified to enter the Dongfu.  I am deeply indebted to Zhao Ji.  How can a conceited and arrogant person be convinced by a powerful and traitorous person like Xiao Yan?  Once he returns to his homeland, he will be like a dragon returning to the sea. No one, whether it is Wu Min or Han Shizhong, even Xiao Yan from Bianliang or Xiao Zhong from Weizhou, can command him.  ¡°If the command just doesn¡¯t move, that¡¯s fine.  Han Shizhong just hoped that the Zhe family could guard the east and west sides of the river.  Anyway, it was King Yan who led us to fight the hard and fierce battle in the end.  Among the Zhe family's army, although Zhe Keshi, who is the most capable in fighting, is already old, many of the elite soldiers and generals under his command have also been disarmed to retire.  But Zheyan has been a civil servant for too long.  What the military now relies on is the governor of the prefecture.  Although Zhe Keqiu is far worse than Zhe Keshi, and he is a very easy person.  But the combat effectiveness of the Zhejia Army is somewhat lacking.  If you can fight in a down-to-earth manner, you should be able to persist for a while without any problem.  But when Han Shizhong moved to Hedong as the economic envoy, he once sent an extremely polite letter to Zheyan.  Informed of the current situation, Zheyan was asked to reorganize the defenses in the north.  But the messenger was kicked out before he could even enter the government office.  However, after hearing that Orihiko still issued an order to rectify the defense.  As for how effective it will be, it's hard to say.  The junction between the Zhejia forces and Han Shizhong's unified troops is the Kelan Army.  The Kelan Army was originally captured by Zhe Yuqing, the ancestor of the Zhe family, from the Northern Han Dynasty for the Song Dynasty. He presided over the establishment of the Kelan Army, set up military fortresses, and built the Great Wall from Tiandong Fort to the north. This Kelan Army  The army also falls within the Zhe family's sphere of influence.  Shenwu's ever-victorious army has never been allowed to cross the Kelan Mountain as the border.  Han Shizhong never caused this trouble.  But if the Jurchen Tatars fail in front of Shiling Pass and Yanmen Pass, they will turn west to break through Kelan's army.  There is an east-west Lanshui River in the Kelan Army. Although the valley is not as wide as the two main roads in the Fenhe River Valley and Hutuo River Valley, it is still enough for the army to pass.  Along the Lanshui River Valley, all the way east, as long as the Honggu Village guarded by Zhejia's troops and horses is broken, one can enter and exit between Lanzhou and Xianzhou, cutting off the Shenwu Changsheng Army's retreat to Taiyuan! ?? Han Shizhong looks rough, but he is extremely thoughtful.  After hastily setting up the frontal defense line, he rushed back to inspect the weakness of the western flank.  I have been thinking about this issue since I came here.  In his opinion, the only way to block this hole is to close it.  But Shenwu's ever-victorious army only has so many troops and horses. If they are prepared everywhere, they will be outnumbered everywhere.  We can only hope that King Yan will lead the army to Hedong quickly.  Deploy a troop of troops and horses to block the opening.  Even if the Zhejia Army is hostile to their own side, the Kelan Army can still defend the territory that belongs to them for a while, right?  Keep some reserve troops and horses for emergencies, and you should be able to survive the worst.  When King Yan¡¯s army arrives, at least the front of Hedong can be defended according to danger.  The Jurchen West Route Army used a dilapidated Yunnei prefecture as its base. There was insufficient food and fodder, and there was nothing to plunder. After the division veterans were exhausted.  You can attack from Shiling Pass and Yanmen Pass, seek a decisive battle with Zong Han's troops, and secure a victory!  Along the way, Han Shizhong finally had an idea.  This is wonderfulHe shook his head and pointed forward with his riding whip: "Zhi Niang, we're going to Kugu Village just ahead. It's been a very hard walk. I'll allow you to drink tonight! Keep your spirits up for me tomorrow and have a good time."  I will go on patrol and wait until I return from Kugu Village. Starting from me, Old Han, one by one, I will clamp the bird's beak tightly and not touch a drop of wine! By then, I will also learn from Yue Pengju and beat the boss mercilessly with his military stick!  "The two generals beside Han Shizhong are Niu Gao on the left and Qu Gai on the right.  The two of them have the same black tower-like appearance, and both are cavalry commanders wielding blunt weapons. Although Niu Gao is already an official of Huazhou Defense Envoy, Qu Gai is still a junior envoy.  But the friendship between the two is quite good, and the good wine is average.  In these days, the military was strictly prohibited from drinking, and neither of them dared to break the ban.  When they heard Han Shizhong suddenly speak, their eyes lit up, they looked at each other and took the lead to get out of the crowd.  "The general has spoken, why don't you just run away like a thief? Are you holding your buttocks between your hands and trying to imitate the girls in the tiles? If you don't get to Kugu Village before dark, you won't wait for the general's army. We will do it."  The boss said hello one by one with his fist! ¡± ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~ West of Yanzhou.  Dijin Zedong.  Along both sides of the Zhuolun River running east-west, there are many herders' tents living in settlements.  As the Jurchens swept through the Xijing Road of the Liao people, their troops dominated the grasslands, demanded tribute, and recruited strong men as auxiliary troops. They also recruited cattle and horses from herdsmen to supply food for the army going south.  Many grassland herdsmen migrated all the way here, and the population suddenly became prosperous.  But this time.  When the herdsmen settled in their tents, there was thick smoke billowing, and thousands of soldiers and soldiers were running in all directions, slashing and killing everywhere.  Along the way, they have destroyed several tribes, killed hundreds of unsuspecting bastards, and robbed thousands of cattle and horses.  The officers and men of the Zhejia Army, whether on horseback or on foot, are fully loaded.  Several young generals climbed up a hill as if they were flying, dismounted and saluted a middle-aged man under the banner of the Chinese army, and reported back: "General, I got eighty-two more heads this time. They are all strong. No."  The old and the weak make up for it!" That middle-aged man is the first person to lead the army in this generation, even though he is sent by civil servants.  But he has always been accustomed to acting in the military.  He has long arms and legs, a rough face, and a very sinister aquiline nose. There is no trace of his civilized demeanor at all.  At that moment, he just waved his hand: "It's just a matter of returning the head. It doesn't mean much now to transfer and get promoted. It's just to let my nephew know that our journey was not in vain. My nephew has a strong temper, and he doesn't want to be promoted."  I will ask the King of Yan of Bianliang for his children to be transferred. Now the children of our Zhe family are in trouble. The world is in chaos again. Those with strong soldiers and horses have a bright future! The straight mother and the thief are waiting for the King of Yan and the Jurchen Tatars to lose.  , why can¡¯t the whole Hedong belong to our Zhe family?¡± Zhe Yanzhi is the son of Zhe Keshi, a famous general of the Zhe family. In terms of age, Zhe Keqiu and Zhe Yanzhi are similar, but in terms of seniority, Zhe Yanzhi is Zhe Yanzhi.  uncle.  Although Zhe Yanzhi held a high official position, it was Zhe Keqiu who truly led the Zhe family's troops.  Because his elder brother Zhe Keshi is still alive despite his old age and illness, Zhe Keqiu also obeys his nephew's orders face-to-face.  But when it comes to actually doing things, most of them do it on their own.  Although Zhe Yanzhi was hostile to Xiao Yan's side, he also knew that the Jurchen Tatars coming south would cause great trouble, so he ordered the border areas east of the river to be on guard and to reorganize their defenses.  Let Zhe Keqiu lead the elite into Kelan's army.  The only thing that can be done is to guard the basic points such as Fengfu County. Instead of going to Kelan's army, he took thousands of troops to the west from the territory of the Xixia Zuoxiang Army Division and attacked, killed and looted along the Zhuolun River.  come over.  At that time, Xixia was already half dead, and the troops and horses of the brave army on the left wing were almost retreating to the west of Dijinze.  There are no Dangxiang herdsmen in Zhuolunchuan at all. At this time, they are all ignorant miscellaneous people who have migrated from the grassland.  Gei Zhe Keqiu led his disciple army to attack suddenly, without the slightest ability to resist, and they were killed so hard that they ran around crying and howling.  The generals who reported military information were all young men of the Zhe family, most of whom were senior citizens.  Hearing what his uncle said, his eagerness to obtain merit by relying on his head was immediately poured cold water on him, and everyone was a little embarrassed.  A young general from the Zhe family hesitated for a while, and finally said: "General, Xuanfu ordered us to prepare the border in the north, but now we are coming from the west. We have captured a lot this time. Is it time to go back?"  He glared: "What reply? The Jurchen Tatars and the Yan King's troops are fighting to death, what does it have to do with us? As long as the Feng Mansion is not lost, it is enough! My nephew and the Yan King don't deal with it, but they always return it.  To keep up the dignity of a famous minister, I ordered us to guard Kelan's army to save my nephew from trouble! If the Jurchen Tatars really wanted to invade from Kelan's army, they would also go to Taiyuan Prefecture.  It's time to take the retreat, and there will be plenty of battles! If we don't use these idiots to train our troops at this time, how long will it take to get back to work?  Break!" These words immediately made the young general Nuonuo retreat.  Everyone knows that this general's real intention is to sit back and watch the Jurchen Tatars and the King of Yan's army lose both sides, and take advantage of the situation to see if he can expand the fold.??Power.  Even though everyone has some objections in their hearts, Zhe Keqiu has already made up his mind, what else can anyone say?  There are two important generals of this generation of the Zhe family, brothers Zhe Keshi and Zhe Keqiu.  Zhe Keshi is already very ill and is suffering from ailments. Even if he is properly treated, he will not be able to survive for a few more years.  All matters concerning the Zhe family and the army can be settled with one word by Zhe Keqiu!  "Seeing these generals Nuonuo disperse and gather their troops, Zhe Keqiu still made a bed under the banner of the Chinese army and sat down with a golden sword.  He twitched a few sparse beards under his chin and squinted his eyes in thought.  Just sit back and watch the success or failure.  Except for Fengfu Xiao, who cannot afford to lose anything, the rest will be fought with King Yan and the Jurchen Tatars!  If King Yan wins, he might as well take the back road and beat the drum.  King Yan must have been severely weakened at that time, so he still couldn't win over the Zhe family? ???????????????????????? If King Yan were defeated At that time, the Song Dynasty would not have to rely more on Zhejia to stabilize the situation in Hedong?  At least along the way to Hedong, the Zhe family can be settled with one word, and the territory is no longer limited to this remote and desolate place of three states!  If you can guard the Kelan Army for King Yan, the situation in Hedong will be stable.  The King of Yan supported his own conquests and brought tens of thousands of elite soldiers and generals, but the Jurchens refused to give in. Hedong was the fundamental territory of the King of Yan. What should he do if he took advantage of the situation and swallowed up the Zhe family's territory?  The Xihe Army and the Yongning Army were all devoured by King Yan. Why should Zhejia be an exception?  It would be better to let King Yan fight harder My nephew is still too bookish  Heroes. But at the turn of the Song Dynasty, we encountered such a situation! In the time and space without Xiao Yan, it was not necessary to surrender to the Jurchens after they were defeated and surrounded.  In order to fight for the throne with another great traitor, Liu Yu, his own Pao Ze, who was said to have surrendered and fought hard, worked hard as a leader and as a lackey to attack the Western Army that had fought side by side with the Zhejia for a hundred years. The Zhejia had gained countless blood on their hands.  Because of this, this generation was destroyed in one blow! ¡ª¡ªOscar Press) (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster! PS: Updating is here.
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