This defeat in Shahushan resulted in more than half of the damage. Fortunately, the Jin soldiers did not take advantage of the victory to pursue them. Shi Bin packed up the remaining troops and had someone find a coffin to bury Yelu Hongniao. He sat on the slope and watched the troops tidy up. Things have changed, and the pride and ambition that I had when I came here have long been gone.
A subordinate came over and said, "Big boss, He Meng is back." Shi Bin raised his brows and shouted in a deep voice, "Where is he?" The subordinate pointed not far away, and Shi Bin stood up. , stretched out his hand to pull out the subordinate's sword, and walked over holding it upside down.
There were many people gathered in a circle. Shi Bin walked over and stretched out his hand to push the person in the outermost circle away. When the person saw that Shi Bin had arrived, he shouted: "Here comes the big leader."
These people automatically made way for Shi Bin. Shi Bin walked into the circle with a knife, but saw He Meng lying on the ground. Wu Jialiang used a knife to cut open his back. His clothes were all gone. Dyeing red, only a small tail of an arrow cluster was exposed. Wu Jialiang was taking the arrow for him.
He Meng¡¯s whole face was lying in the soil, and he had lost his breath long ago. What came back was only his body. Shi Bin was originally furious, but seeing that he was dead, he could only sigh heavily.
A subordinate next to him stepped forward and said: "Big boss, Leader He is back after beheading the Jin army general who attacked the camp and killed the red girl." Shi Bin was shocked and said, "Where is it?" This subordinate came from the side. Taking a bloody cloth bag, Shi Bin opened it, looked at it, and threw it into the smelly ditch nearby. Then he looked back at He Meng's body and shook his head.
Wu Jialiang took the arrow cluster out of He Meng's back, took a water bag to rinse it, and said, "It is indeed a three-stop arrow." Shi Bin looked back at the arrow cluster, which was what he saw on ordinary days. The arrow cluster is somewhat different. It is tapered on three sides, with barbs on each ridge.
Wu Jialiang sent the arrow cluster to Shi Bin and said: "Big boss, please take a look. This is a conical three-stop arrow made by Luoyang Mansion. It was only equipped with the northwest armies and the Wuyuan Army last year. Where did the Jurchens get it?"
Shi Bin took it over and took a look. An important feature of these three-stop arrows is that the arrow shafts are deliberately made to be particularly fragile, especially the arrowheads, which are deliberately dug thin. After hitting someone with a strong crossbow, the arrow shafts will break easily. It is very difficult to remove the arrow cluster without tools. The barbs on the sharp ridges of the arrow cluster are hooked in the flesh, and it cannot be removed until it is dug out. Therefore, if it is hit by the tapered three-stop arrow, it will die ten times. The Jin soldiers emerged from a bitter cold land with backward technology, and they never had such sophisticated and ingenious weapons.
Shi Bin threw the arrow on the ground and said: "It seems that the Golden Dog has received the support of the Zhao family of the Song Dynasty, so it has this conical three-stop arrow. At this time, the two countries have an alliance. If there is a war in the future, the Jurchens can also take these." The arrows came back to Zhao Song's officers and soldiers, and those in high positions in the temple were really blinded by lard, and they couldn't even imagine this."
Wu Jialiang said: "The officials only know how to write poetry, calligraphy, and painting, and the powerful ministers under them are all ordinary treacherous villains. How can they think of so many things? They have no real power, and they can only sigh helplessly." Shi Bin said: "Look When the Jin soldiers are no longer able to stop them, immediately ask the brothers to retreat towards Longgu Pass." Wu Jialiang hesitated for a moment and then said: "Do you want to seize Roufu County?"
Shi Bin pondered for a moment and immediately said: "How not to rob? This Roufu County town must not be defended. It is better for us to rob something than to lose the golden dog." Wu Jialiang glanced at the coffin of Yelu Hongniao in the distance. , Shi Bin asked: "Where are Yeluchuan's troops now?" Wu Jialiang said: "In the northwest of Ningren County."
Shi Bin nodded, walked to the coffin and stroked it. After a while, he said: "Go and notify the Khitan named Xiao to come over and take her away. I think she is still willing to be with that person after all." Wu Jialiang They all knew that he was always ruthless in his actions, but now he seemed to be extremely generous and humane, which was a bit surprising.
Shi Bin led his men in a hasty defeat. When he came, he had nearly 8,000 men, but when he retreated, he had only 3,000 men. Xiao Kuohai got the news and led his men to rush over. Shi Bin placed the coffin of Yelu Hongniao in a valley. Let the people wait for him to come.
Xiao Kuohai and the Liao army he led had white cloth tied on their armors. General Yeluchuan finally died of an arrow wound and died the day before yesterday. The remaining seven or eight hundred Liao soldiers under him were returned to Xiao Kuohai's command. He had just been buried. Yeluchuan immediately heard the heartbreaking news.
Xiao Kuohai came in a hurry, but he didn't shed any tears. The woman who made him feel heartbroken when he thought about it day and night was lying in front of him. However, countless people had been killed and injured in the war in recent days. She was not the only one fighting to the death. He stood there looking at the coffin and remained silent for a long time. One of his soldiers said: "General Xiao, do you want to open it for the general to see?"
Xiao Kuohai shook his head and sighed: "The world is too chaotic now, so don't disturb her." In his heart, the appearance of Yelu Red Bird has never been blurred, remembering the time when Yelu Dashi sent people to persuade her. , and later visited the house in person to talk about the country¡¯sWhen the dynasty was on the verge of death, what did personal honor and disgrace matter? He and his wife shouldered the most difficult task in the world. Yelu Dashi had faint tears at that time and bowed to the two of them to the end.
When the Liao Nanjing delegation set off, Yelu Dashi lay on the ground and sent them off on their journey with the most solemn Khitan etiquette. Now Yelu Red Bird has fulfilled her mission, and in exchange for Shi Bin's army coming to fight in Liao, she is considered dead. Of some value.
Xiao Kuohai found a place with lush flowers and leaves and asked his men to dig a deep grave. He watched the coffin being slowly put into the pit and couldn't help humming in a low voice: "In the winter moon, eat towards the sun, and Ge Lang goes to Nanshan." , I hope my brother can shoot more deer and return home as soon as possible. The snow is tight and the north wind is cold. We can catch tigers and wolves with all our strength, and send slaves to buy more clothes" This Khitan tune was often sung to him by Yelu Hongniao when they were young. Xiao Kuohai finally hummed lower and lower, and could no longer hum.
The snow is tight, the north wind is cold, everyone is trying to catch tigers and wolves, and they are sending slaves to buy more clothes Fang Jinshi stood not far behind Xiao Kuohai, listening to him humming this Khitan tune, and thinking of Yelu Hongniao and him in Jingyuan that day When they met for the first time in the army's food and grass camp, he remembered that she secretly asked him to deliver the news on Killing Tiger Mountain. Although the two of them had not spoken much, Yelu Hongniao made him feel respected from the bottom of his heart. Maybe her situation was so unbearable. , but she was loyal to her country and put down all her life and death, honor and disgrace for the sake of her nation, dynasty, and country. She had really done her best.