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Volume 1: Yan Yun Chaos Volume 3: Bending the Sky Chapter 103: Urgent Storm (7)

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    Yi County is the administrative seat of Yizhou in the Yan region. Xiao Yan once frightened away the main force of Xiao Qian, the king of the remaining Liao Dynasty, under this city.  Said, w¡Öwwco¡ém Since the restoration of Yan land, the Bianliang court has also selected officials to care for the newly acquired land.  But for more than a hundred years, the scholar-bureaucrats and officials of the Song Dynasty had been nourished by a wealthy life until their bones were soft.  Of course, the first choice for becoming an official is to stay in Bianliang City. If Bianliang is not available, it is the Kinki Road, followed by the Hebei Road, and then the Jiangnan, Shaanxi and Hedong roads.  In other places, even if there is no military fire, civil affairs are not complicated, ministers are given double money, and as long as they are willing to take office, even if they choose people, they can point them as officials, and dispatch the prefectural army is no problem.  However, the officials of the Song Dynasty still avoided it, preferring to continue listening to drums in the capital.  The land of Yan was newly acquired, and it was full of wild and powerful people. The residents were scattered, and there were even more border dangers, but there were no strong soldiers to guard it.  Although officials were selected, few actually took office in more than two years.  Yizhou is very close to Hebei. One year as an official can be counted as a full appointment, and the salary of the minister is doubled.  But if something happens, it¡¯s easy to just run to Hebei.  Finally, some officials have taken office, and there have been three changes in the past two years.  Everything within the administrative office was ignored, and the scope of activities was not far away from the dilapidated city walls of Yi County.  It's just a closed-door government office that takes money from ministers.  Once a year comes to an end or a full-term appointment ends, they all leave without any attachment.  When the news came that the army had entered the Jurchen East Road, all the officials in Yizhou who already had a lot of vacancies disappeared overnight.  On the contrary, the indigenous Yan people inside and outside the city of Yi County came to the city with their own weapons to guard and maintain order inside and outside the city.  It¡¯s not that the Yan people of Yizhou developed loyalty to the Song Dynasty in just over two years. After the officials of the Song Dynasty gave up on them, they were still willing to defend Yizhou for the Song Dynasty to the end.  As for Xiao Yan, because Yizhou is very close to Hebei, it is difficult for him to do big business operations.  There are sporadic local tyrants in Yizhou.  He also has no sense of belonging to Xiao Yan.  But these indigenous Yan people have nowhere to escape.  He had no relatives or reasons to go to the Song Dynasty.  Only those who die in the ravine.  Everything we do is to maintain order and reduce losses in times of chaos.  Just wait for whichever force arrives first and surrender to that force.  This is the rule of survival in troubled times.  Liu Baozhong led more than 2,000 cavalry from Feihuxing and entered Yixian County. This is what he saw.  The local powerful people in Yixian County handed over the city defense without any resistance.  They also have eyes.  Although these two thousand cavalry are not many, it can be seen at a glance that they are all brave and daring warriors. Moreover, the Song army and horses came so fast, which shows that the Song Dynasty is still willing to defend Yan.  As Han people, this army and horses cannot be relied on!  Immediately after they knew that this military horse was His Majesty of the King of Yan, Yizhou was a little more enthusiastic.  "Xiao Yan's name can almost be regarded as infamous in the Song Dynasty, under the slander of the scholar-bureaucrats.  But in Yandi.  But it is the object of everyone¡¯s attention!  In the northern half of Yan's land, many powerful men came under Xiao Yan's command.  Now the children of each family.  They all had their backgrounds in the Song Dynasty.  If Xiao Yan can make further progress in the future, the future of the children of Yan will be even more limitless.  Moreover, Xiao Yan defeated Yelu Dashi, defeated Xiao Qian, defeated Jurchen, and established the prestige of Yanjing. Several years later, it is still like thunder in Yan land!  At this moment, it is still Xiao Yan's army and horses that come to aid Yan.  King Yan still hasn't given up on this place!  Liu Baozhong, who received local support, arrived in a hurry, but he was able to impose orders and prohibitions in Yixian County immediately.  Immediately recruit people to repair the city defense, stock up on food and supplies, collect military information from the front, and contact various places.  Although there are not many people in Liu Baozhong's department, the task is very heavy.  One is to meet the direction of Tanzhou, the second is to cover the Feihuxing Pass, and the third is to buy some time for Yu Jiangma Kuo's Tianwu Army to expand and reach the edge of Hebei.  As soon as he arrived in Yixian County, Liu Baozhong, who had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, was very busy!  News of the war in Yandi kept coming.  And none of it is good news.  The Jurchen East Route Army was divided into two groups. Those who broke in through the Yanshan Mountains were the first Jurchen Army and a large number of auxiliary troops that had taken over from the Liao people.  The coach Wanyan Zongfu, the deputy coach Wanyan Zongbi, as well as the Yang family who came from the Bohai family, Ma Monk and other former Liao elites.  Tanzhou has been besieged and bombarded with countless cannons and stones.  Tanzhou, a place that Xiao Yan had worked hard to manage for a long time, was closing the city and defending it, while the powerful Yan people who were attached to Xiao Yan were retreating southward.  Those who attacked Yanjing from Pingzhou were the main force of the Jurchen East Route Army, including Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zongpan, Wanyan Zongjun and other Jurchen generals who were the most dear to them!  The total number of raw and mature Jurchens cannot exceed 40,000 to 50,000 men!  The auxiliary army, tribal army, etc. are even more like clouds and rain.  As the commander-in-chief of the army, Wanyan Zongwang did not direct the main force in the direction of Tanzhou, but first directed it to Yanjing.  Then go to Yanjing, the hub of Yandi, and the roads extend in all directions, so you can run in all directions.  The entire strategic initiative is in our hands.  "At this moment, the officials in Yanjing are just in charge in Hebei Province.  It¡¯s just a powerful movie that relies on Xiao YanSome Han officials from the former Liao Dynasty were just in charge under an unexplained name.  After Xiao Yan took over the power of Bianliang, he originally wanted to give Yanjing Direction a name and officially start to run the business properly, but the Jurchen East Route Army did not give Xiao Yan this time.  Liu Baozhong had been in charge of Yixian for a few days. Refugees from the north and local powerful troops arrived one after another and blocked the way.  Many defeated troops retreated here, everyone carrying a bow and holding a sword. The men and horses were exhausted, and many were injured.  When they saw the military flag of the Song Dynasty appearing at the top of Yi County City, they all cried loudly!  Xiao Yan has been operating in Yandi for several years, leading the children of Yandi to fight in Hedong and enter Wei Bianliang.  At least let the people of Yan land use the mantis as a chariot when the Jurchens march southward, or even if they are defeated in one battle and go south.  At least he fought desperately for the Song Dynasty.  Rather than like in history, after Guo Yaoshi was defeated, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians surrendered to the Jurchens together!  These refugees from the defeated army brought news that Tanzhou had been besieged several times and that Yanjing had fallen.  While the Jurchen army was burning, killing, and looting all over the Yan region to raise military supplies, they had already sent out sentries to patrol the Qingqi south, clearing the way forward, and preparing for the Jurchen army to take a short rest and move straight to Hebei in the Song Dynasty!  When such a critical military situation came, Liu Baozhong could only grit his teeth and hold on to the end.  At the same time, he sent a group of elite cavalry to go north to see if he could try his best to lure the refugees of the defeated army south.  At the same time, they are trying their best to gather the defeated army of refugees, repair the defenses of Yi County, and prepare to make a desperate plan here.  At the same time, he kept sending messengers to ride south.  Look where the Tianwu Army is now.  Liu Baozhong acted as a cover.  The Tianwu Army has not yet arrived.  Liu Baozhong will defend Yizhou to the end.  If the Tianwu Army can be deployed in time, he can also lead the refugee army to escape from Yizhou!  Liu Baozhong has already made the worst plan.  It's nothing more than dying with Yi County.  At this moment, the two Jurchen armies are surging southward, and the country of Song Dynasty is in danger of collapse and collapse everywhere.  But for a military minister, where is the place to die?  I only hope that I will sacrifice myself to win the battle for King Yan in the future and save the country.  You can get more chances to win!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~ Standing on the top of the Yixian wall and looking north, it is an open terrain with spring grass in full bloom, swaying in the wind, and dotted with wild flowers.  But in this scene of deep spring, what is carried by the wind is full of murderous intent.  Looking around the road, sporadic knights appeared from time to time, guarding the carriages and pedestrians.  Heading south tiredly.  The patrol cavalry was released from Yi County City and patrolled around to provide support.  But when encountering such a defeated army of refugees, they were all asked to gather in Yi County.  That is because there is still a selection process in Yi County. Those who are strong, have horses, and can fight in battle will be incorporated into the army. The rest who are strong and strong can also be retained as auxiliary troops.  Let the old, weak, women and children choose by themselves, either to go to Hedong via Feihuxing, or to give them a written ultimatum from the Long Guard to enter Hebei.  Every day, hundreds of cauldrons are set up in Yi County, and clouds of white mist rise, making Yi County seem to be on fire.  What was boiled in each pot was gruel and various wild vegetables, so that these refugees could fill their stomachs a little.  Yixian County has insufficient grain and grass reserves, and the Hebei garrison will not send grain, grass and baggage to Yixian until the Tianwu Army deploys and military orders are issued to control the edges of Hebei Province.  Liu Baozhong could only live by counting the rice and could not be generous at all.  Although the north gate of Yixian County is open, refugees can enter without stopping.  But a fortress has been set up outside the city gate, and countless bows and crossbows are lined up on the wall to guard the city gate.  The city is also full of patrolling troops, often a veteran of the Dragon Guard with more than ten strong men from Yandi acting as city guards.  The elite cavalry troops came in and out from the south gate and dispersed in all directions, either patrolling, responding, or scouting.  Liu Baozhong's face was a little green and he was patrolling the city wall, looking at the scene of chaos.  In the past few days, he had spent at most two or three hours sleeping with his clothes on.  The heavy responsibility weighed on him, making this general as strong as an ox look a little haggard.  Now Yandi has been swept by the torrent of the Jurchen East Road army. Yesterday, a Jurchen squad sentry appeared only more than 20 miles away from Yi County. They were bumped into by the Dragon Guard patrol, and the two sides fought in a small scale.  , beheaded six Jurchen Tatars, and after snatching three horses, the Jurchen Tatar sentries retreated on their own.  Although it was a small victory, it also showed that the Jurchen Tatar army had already surrendered. I am afraid that all important points such as Yanjing and Tanzhou have fallen into the hands of the Jurchen Tatars!  Yesterday it was a sentinel squad, and in a few days there will be thousands of Hulu troops rolling in!  How long can Yixian County survive alone?  Not to mention that Yi County can only protect the edge of Hebei by a short line!  Why hasn¡¯t this bastard Yu Jiang Tianwu Army come yet?  Liu Baozhong, who was pacing on the city wall and pondering deeply, couldn't help but punched the city battlements with his fist.  The guards who were also tired next to them were startled. They looked north and found nothing happened.He stood there and lowered his head, closing his eyes for a while.  When arriving in Deyi County, the task was very heavy. Even Liu Baozhong's personal guard had to take turns patrolling.  There is not enough food and grass in Yixian County. Everyone is half hungry and half full. A little more sleep is worth eating meat.  Suddenly, these guards suddenly raised their heads, and Liu Baozhong also took off his feet and ran toward the south city wall.  There is no other reason than the cheers of our own army and horses coming from the south!  To the south of Yixian County and to the north of Yishui River, a motorcade was winding its way.  The fleet consists of more than a hundred two-wheeled emergency vehicles commonly used in the North. On the roads in the plains of Yandi and Hebei, such vehicles can carry about a thousand kilograms.  Around the convoy were hundreds of cavalry guards, watching the flags being raised.  It was a cavalry commander from the Tianwu Army's Central Army!  In front of them was the Dragon Guard's sentinel patrol team leading the way.  Seeing that they were getting closer to Yi County, dozens of riders left the group.  Boost.  Swirling up dust and smoke.  Come straight to Yixian County!  ¡°My dear, the Tianwu Army has finally arrived!  I also received the cavalry sent by me and brought up the food, grass and baggage!  Liu Baozhong clenched his fist and waved it twice, then ran towards the city.  As soon as they arrived at the city gate, these dozens of cavalry were led by the dragon guard's sentry cavalry and galloped towards them.  The first person stood up and dismounted. He was not tall and had an average appearance. He did not have the air of a serious general in the army at all.  Just like a veteran in an army.  But it was Yu Jiangyu who was promoted by Xiao Yan from the bottom of the old Changsheng Army!  Many refugees had fled their army and were gathering near the city gate.  Many people know this Yu Jiang who has been in Tanzhou for a long time.  Immediately they rushed towards him crying.  "General Yu, Tanzhou is over!" "General Yu, you are finally here. When will you take us back and kill us!" "General Yu, you must avenge us! How much has King Yan given you?  An army?" There were even more people crying and asking about the whereabouts of their children who had joined the army, and some expressed their condolences to Yu Jiang, and the south gate suddenly became chaotic.  Before Liu Baozhong restrained him, Yu Jiang shouted loudly: "We Youyan men, howling in mourning for your mother! Aren't my women and children all in Tanzhou! This revenge will eventually be avenged! Armor and weapons. I know how to do it."  They were sent in an endless stream, wanting to take revenge. Who do you want to show this to?" When Yu Jiang shouted, the refugees all stopped and retreated slowly.  He has been in Tanzhou for a long time, has won the hearts and minds of the people and the army, and has led countless Youyan disciples to rise to prominence under King Yan. Even though his appearance is not amazing, he has enough prestige among the soldiers and people of Yan!  After drinking the refugees who came from the defeated army, Yu Jiang cupped his fists and saluted Liu Baozhong: "General Liu, I'm late, don't blame me." Liu Baozhong was considered a veteran of the Western Army, even though he didn't have that deep acquaintance under Xiao Yan.  .  Liu Baozhong may not be very close to people like Yu Jiang who came from the old Changsheng Army.  Not to mention that Yu Jiang is now in charge of the Tianwu Army, and his status is already one level higher than his.  He spent these days guarding Yi County alone, longing for the arrival of the Tianwu Army, and accumulated a lot of resentment towards Yu Jiang.  But now when Yu Jiang took the lead to greet him, Liu Baozhong returned the favor to him more respectfully: "I have met General Yu. As long as the Tianwu Army arrives, the general will be relieved. Is it too late? But please General Yu.  The Lord has come to the city, but no matter what the arrangements are, all the generals will obey the orders. "There is no other reason. Yu Jiang finally got married and had children after more than thirty years, and now they are all trapped in Tanzhou City!  Just because he was summoned by the King of Yan, Yu Jiang led the Yan people into the defense and left his wife and children behind.  At this moment, when he is waiting to turn around, he is already separated from life and death.  So what if such a loyal and diligent general comes from a victorious army? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? And judging from Yu Jiang¡¯s haggard appearance and his appearance covered in fatigue, he must have tried his best to lead the Tianwu Army northward.  By this time, Liu Baozhong's previous resentment had long since dissipated.  Surrounded by their personal guards, the two walked up to the city and walked all the way to the northern city wall, exchanging military information on both sides as they walked.  The Tianwu Army led by Yu Jiang and Ma Kuo did their best to move north quickly.  According to Xiao Yan's instructions, Hebei's defense is divided into three levels. The first level is to further integrate Yan's forces and play a role in blocking the sluggish Jurchen East Route Army.  The second layer is to rely on the Hebei border defense line. The margin defense system developed by the Song Dynasty for decades to prevent Liao cavalry conflicts can also be relied on for a period of time.  The second level is the defense system with Daming Mansion as the core.  Damingfu is the north of the four capitals of the Song Dynasty and is the core hub of all roads in Hebei.  After the fall of Yuanbian, Damingfu was the key point to protect the Yellow River.  If Daming Mansion is not protected, the Jurchen army can attack directly on the bank of the Yellow River.  The heart of Bianliang is no longer safe to defend.  Moreover, Daming Prefecture is a large and powerful town with huge reserves, including Hebei's wealth and military resources.  If the Jurchens get it, their military might will be even more powerful, and the fierce flames will be increased tenfold!  The Tianwu Army went north and encountered trouble when arranging the defense of Daming Mansion.  It turns out that I know a lotXu Churen of the Fufu had been recruited to Bianliang as the Minister of Zhongshu. At that time, he was planning to send Cai Mao to Damingfu, but he was demoted to Yingzhou because he was implicated in Cai Jing's rebellion.  Daming Mansion was short of commanders for a while, so under Xiao Yan's instructions, he used horses to expand his power and be responsible for sorting out Daming Mansion's defense.  There are certainly precedents in the Song Dynasty for military ministers to know states and counties, but they are all border states.  Suddenly, a military minister knew about Beijing in the Song Dynasty. Even under Xiao Yan's authority at this moment, the princes of the Dongfu were nothing more than a coward.  But how can local officials in Daming Prefecture be convinced?  They had never seen the heads that Xiao Yan chopped off in Bianliang. After Yu Jiang Ma Kuan led his army into Daming Mansion, the local officials acted in an overt and treacherous manner.  It's almost as if he doesn't obey any orders at all.  He also boasted that he had the integrity of a scholar-bureaucrat.  Yu Jiang and Ma Kuo struggled patiently for several days.  After the news came that the Jurchen East Road army suddenly moved southward.  Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore. Yu Jiang was still a little subconsciously cowardly towards the officials of the Song Dynasty. However, Ma Kuo was young and was highly valued by the king of the Song Dynasty. Even Xiao Yan, after experiencing the Bianliang Rebellion, still valued him and finally did not care.  Make a polite move.  Although the scholar-bureaucrats were not killed, those who were organized and managed were sent to Bianliang for disposal.  Those petty officials who fanned the flames even chopped off a bunch of bloody heads!  In this way, all parties in Daming Mansion were suppressed and they truly took full power.  After Ma Kuo stayed behind to manage Daming Mansion, Yu Jiang, who had been delayed for some time, immediately went north.  Seize time to deploy troops on the edge of Hebei.  Stick to all the key points.  After receiving military information from Liu Baozhong, he immediately led his troops northward to replenish food and supplies to Yixian County, and discussed with Liu Baozhong how to handle the war in Hebei.  At this moment, there are more than 10,000 Tianwu Army main force spread out on the edge of Hebei Province, and there are more than 20,000 Hebei Garrisoned Forbidden Army. As for how useful these Hebei Garrisoned Forbidden Army can be put to use.  No one can tell.  After listening to Yu Jiang¡¯s introduction of all this, Liu Baozhong pondered for a while.  He said with emotion: "General Yu, although I belong to the Dragon Guard Army. But since General Yue sent me here, I will fight to the death in Hebei. There are two generals Han Yue in the east of Hedong, and there is also King Yan leading the gods.  When the guards came to take charge, there was no shortage of me. I calculated that in addition to our own troops and horses, we had received powerful local troops and horses in recent days, as well as the defeated troops from the south. We then recruited the strong ones from Yan to collect five thousand soldiers.  It's not difficult to fight against the army As long as Hebei's aid is not cut off! I will stay in Yi County!" Yu Jiang looked moved.  Liu Baozhong received the order to go out to Feihuxing to support Yandi. At this moment, he was waiting in Yixian County until the Tianwu Army brigade arrived, and took in thousands of defeated troops and many refugees. He had completed his mission.  When Yu Jiang's army arrived, he left as soon as possible and returned to Hedong.  There are many elite soldiers and generals gathered there, and the King of Yan is also in charge. There are many opportunities to make meritorious deeds.  But those who stayed behind in Yi County helped the Tianwu Army guard the border and struggled to support the Jurchen East Route Army's offensive.  As high-ranking generals, they all knew that King Yan was gathering an army to fight Zong Han's west route army in Hedong.  Here in Hebei, there was no support for a while. Instead, they had to rely on their hard work and sacrifice to buy time for the decisive battle for the Hedong army!  Liu Baozhong¡¯s decision can be said to be highly righteous.  Yu Jiang is not a person who is good at words, and he is a bit inferior because of his family background.  At this time, I couldn't say anything, I just turned over and bowed down.  Liu Baozhong helped him up: "How can there be any reason for Shangguan to refuse to worship his generals?" Looking to the north, Liu Baozhong smiled bitterly: "Now the King of Yan is fighting so many Jurchen Tatars alone, and others are unwilling to fight a hard battle.  , King Yan comes to fight. There will always be people in King Yan's army who have to fight hard! The longer we stay here, the more calm we will have in the decisive battle with King Yan. And as a general of the Song Dynasty, we can't let Jurchen.  The Tatars easily ruined Hebei! Even if we die in battle here, as long as King Yan can win, we can always save the situation. After all, there will always be someone who will remember us!" Yu Jiang nodded solemnly and said something after a while.  He said: "Then it's settled. You will protect the Guangxin Army and Ansu Army in Yizhou, I will guard Xiongzhou, Bazhou, Xin'an Army and Cangzhou, and General Ma will serve as the apse in Daming Mansion. We will guard here.  Until death, wait for the arrival of King Yan's army!" The two of them struck hard with both hands, and they reached the conclusion of fighting to the death on this front.  The military generals were all very happy to talk to each other.  A few words will produce results.  After finishing speaking, the two of them looked northward at the same time, and were speechless for a while.  Liu Baozhong hesitated for a moment and then spoke slowly: "General Yu, I have sent a team of capable soldiers and horses as far north as possible. The people leading the army are all good players in the fight. Maybe the general's family members are the only ones who are lucky.  The Prime Minister will be supported by my soldiers and horses" Yu Jiang smiled bitterly and slowly shook his head: "I have not thought about this for a long time. In troubled times, it is not just my family members who will die?  Let's fight to the death to help King Yan put an end to this troubled world! Then I'll pick up their bones This thief of a straight motherDay!  " After suddenly cursing fiercely, Yu Jiang stopped looking to the north and squatted down with his head in his hands. Liu Baozhong stood beside him, waving his guard to move away slightly, but he just stayed with Pao Ze. At this time,  , No matter how hard you try, it¡¯s useless. I just hope that in the coming war, more Tatars will be killed for revenge! The Zhiniang thief, Yang Zaixing, is like a wild horse that has escaped the reins. Will the Jurchen Tatars turn around now?  The army is about to kill you! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster! PS: The tinnitus is still very severe, gritting my teeth and insisting on typing! The monthly ticket list has been blasted repeatedly, crying for monthly votes!!
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