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    Chao Yong did not go to see the execution of officials who surrendered to the Liao Dynasty, nor did he go to the city gate to listen to the people's words of gratitude. Instead, he took Dong Ping and Hua Rong to Baigou River early in the morning.

    Xiongzhou is only twenty miles away from Baigou River. Because Liao soldiers often cross the border to clear grass and valleys, there are no villages in these twenty miles, but it is not an endless wilderness.  Instead, ponds appear from time to time, which are the "Great Water Wall" built by Zhao Guangyi, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty.

    Since the land bordering the Liao State and the Song State was a plain, and the two countries were at war, the Liao State's cavalry often drove straight in, so the Song State needed to find ways to restrict the Liao State's cavalry.  So someone came up with the idea of ??using the mountains, rivers and swamps in Hebei to create square fields to restrict the direct entry of Liao cavalry.  These square fields are actually large ponds with only small roads in between.

    If the Liao cavalry went south from here, they would have to form a long snake formation to pass, and this would give the Song soldiers a chance to snipe.  After all, it is difficult to resist the charge of thousands of troops, but the impact of just a few horses will be limited.

    The fly in the ointment is that the Great Water Wall cannot cover the border of Liang State because the water in the river is limited.

    The path that runs through the middle of the pond gives people the illusion that the stallion has turned into a boat.

    Just after passing the "Great Water Wall", I saw five "far barriers" roaring towards me, each with one person and two horses.

    Chao Yong picked up the Overlord's bow hanging on the saddle and smiled at Hua Rong: "Let the Liao dogs see how powerful our Han sharpshooters are."

    Hua Rong knew Chao Yong¡¯s shooting skills, so he smiled and said, ¡°Prince, leave two for me.¡±

    Yuan Lanzi, who was running by, couldn't help but laugh strangely when he saw Chao Yong taking out their bows and arrows.

    ?????????????????? However, they saw that the three men had bright armor and divine war horses under their crotches, and knew that they were generals of the Liang Kingdom. However, they had the idea of ??capturing the three men alive. They did not use their bows and arrows to shoot at each other. They just stared at Chao Yong and Hua Rong, preparing to avoid them.

    Yuanlanzi are all elite Khitan warriors, all of them are good at martial arts, not to mention riding and shooting, but they don't think Chao Yong can shoot them.

    But soon the five people knew that they were wrong, but they had no chance to correct their mistakes.

    Two black lights flashed, and before the two of them had time to react, they were shot off their horses by Chao Yong's arrows.

    Seeing this, the third person hurriedly raised his scimitar and saw a black light coming toward him. He hurriedly slashed at it, but the cut was empty, and then he felt severe pain in his lower abdomen.

    Looking down, he saw a bloody hole the size of a child's fist appearing between the horse's neck. An iron arrow shot through the horse's neck, then through the protective hardwood in front of the saddle, and finally into his lower abdomen, leaving only about two inches long.  iron arrow feathers.

    "So strong."

    The third person exclaimed, and the horse suddenly fell down. He also blacked out and fainted.

    Hua Rong also used a strong bow. With an arrow in his hand, he shot a man off his horse.

    Seeing that the situation was not good, the last person knew that he had encountered a rare sharpshooter in the Liao Kingdom. He also knew that if he turned around and ran away, he would only die faster.  He hurriedly grabbed his bow and arrow and wanted to shoot at Hua Rong. He hid in a stirrup and hung it crookedly on the saddle. He opened his bow and arrow and shot at Hua Rong.

    Although Hua Rong's arrows were not faster than Chao Yong's, the second arrow arrived in the blink of an eye, hitting the last person's throat.

    "Well"

    The last person stared at the arrow he shot. Hua Rong flicked it with the bow scabbard and dropped it under the horse. He reluctantly took his last breath and fell off the horse with a plop.

    Chao Yong's three arrows and Hua Rong's two arrows were completed almost at the same time. Dong Ping saw that the two of them killed five riders from a distance in the blink of an eye, and he couldn't help but praise: "The prince and General Hua are great shooters. Dong Ping admires them."  ¡±

    He had many battles with Liao soldiers in Hebei, and the most difficult one was Yuanlanzi, but those who crossed the border to hunt grass valleys on weekdays were usually ordinary Liao soldiers.  Yuanbanzi was an elite member of the Liao Kingdom, so he naturally didn't have to worry about food and grass.  However, occasionally Yuanbanzi would cross the border to hunt grass valleys. Yuanbanzi would not appear on a large scale, but just a few horses would cause the border troops to suffer a lot. Their shooting skills were not as good as that of Yuanbanzi, and their riding skills were not as good as others. Their war horses  Not to mention.

    It is even more difficult to encircle Yuanlanzi. On weekdays, Yuanbanzi is sent out with one person and two horses, coming and going like the wind.

    It is also wronged to say that these five distant blocks are also wronged. When they encounter a hundred and eighty Song Army, they dare to come forward to fight.  When the Song army formed a formation, they wandered outside and shot until the Song army collapsed and then charged in and killed them.  But this time, they encountered two rare sharpshooters in the world. They were shot dead before they even got close to each other.

    In the past, they were the only ones who shot and played with the Han people. Unexpectedly, today, five people only shot one arrow and the whole army was wiped out.

    Chao Yong relied on the power of the Overlord Bow and the penetrating power of the iron arrows to kill three people. Two of them were shot directly through the chest, and the third one was killed with both men and horses.

    But the two people Hua Rong shot and killed were both shot in the throat, relying on precise shooting.??.

    Chao Yong took back the iron arrow, and the three of them continued towards Baigou River.

    Along the way, he shot several more Yuanlanzi, and was discovered by Yuanlanzi in the distance.

    When Yuanlanzi realized that he was no match for the two sharpshooters, he alerted the surrounding Yuanbaizi. No one came to tease the three of them anymore, but only monitored them from a distance.

    Chao Yong has no interest in chasing them, and he probably won't be able to catch them, even though the three of them are carefully selected war horses.  However, Yuanlanzi's horses are also top-notch horses from the Liao Kingdom, so the difference is really not that big. Yuanlanzi are all people who grew up on horses, and their riding skills are definitely better than those of the three.

    Baigou River is also called Juma River. It is the boundary river between Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasty. It was called Laishui in ancient times. In the Han Dynasty, it was renamed Juma River because the river water has the potential of galloping giant horses.  Later it was renamed Juma River because Liu Kun resisted the invasion of Shile's cavalry here during the Jin Dynasty.

    Shi Le is also the emperor of the Qiang people in Central China during the Wuhu Rebellion. He once besieged and killed more than 200,000 Han soldiers and civilians in the Battle of Ku County, and his soldiers ate the Han corpses.

    When Shi Le was in power, the Hu people robbed the Han people without being punished. The Hu people could take anything from ordinary Han people if they needed it.  At the same time, it is taboo for Han people to call nomads barbarians, but they should call them "Chinese people".  There is even a law that prohibits the word "Hu" in any speech or writing, and offenders will be beheaded.

    Once, Shi Le summoned local officials in Shan Yuting. When he saw Fan Tan, the governor of Xiangguo County, wearing patched and shabby clothes to see him, he was very dissatisfied.

    He asked right away: "Fan Tan, why do you come to see me disheveled?"

    Fan Tan said without thinking, "It's all because the barbarians were immoral and robbed all my clothes, so I had to come to court in rags."

    As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that he had violated the prohibition and hurriedly kowtowed to plead guilty. At that time, there were still relatively few Han literati who surrendered to Shi Le, so Shi Le did not ask him to kill him.

    However, he still had some grudges in his heart, fearing that Fan Tan would have a deep prejudice against the Hu people and secretly do things that would be detrimental to his rule.

    During the banquet, Shi Le pointed to a plate of courgettes and asked Fan Tan, "Do you know the name of this thing?"

    Fan Tan was also worried in his heart. Shi Le was a master who killed without batting an eye. When Shi Le pointed at the cucumber and asked him, he respectfully replied: "Purple table delicacies, silver cup of green tea, gold bottle of nectar, jade plate of cucumber."

    After hearing this, Shi Le smiled with satisfaction and rewarded him with a carriage, horse, clothing, and money of three million.

    Fan Tan knew that the money was not really compensation for being robbed by rogue thieves, but a reward for giving him the name "Cucumber".  Courgette is native to the Western Regions. After Zhang Qian brought it back from the fortress, it has been called courgette because it comes from the land of the Hu people.

    Shi Le forbade people to use the word "Hu", but courgettes have had many names, and people are still used to calling them courgettes.

    Shi Le thought that the name cucumber could replace courgette.

    This is the origin of "cucumber".

    The county guards were often robbed by the barbarians. You can imagine the situation of the Han people at that time.

    It was precisely because of Shi Le's brutality against the Han people that it became even more valuable for Liu Kun to resist Shi Le, so the people renamed the Juma River the Juma River.

    The source of Baigou River is countless springs, with a large water outlet. A hole can be dug by hand in the forest to form a spring. The spring water surges against the fine sand, so Baigou River flows continuously all year round.

    Three pontoon bridges have been laid on the river dozens of feet wide, each of which can accommodate three horses.

    This is the result of Yelu Dashi these days. He could not send troops, but he was not willing to sit in the military camp and built these three pontoon bridges.

    As soon as Yelu Yanxi arrives, the army can quickly cross the river and open up new territories.

    Because Xiongzhou surrendered to Liao Dynasty, when Yelu Dashi built these three pontoon bridges, there were no casualties. Only a Han craftsman accidentally fell into the water and was washed away.

    In Yelu Dashi¡¯s view, this was negligible. He just asked Yuanlanzi to search a section along the river to appease the craftsmen. Of course, he asked Yuanlanzi to look for a Han craftsman, and he would definitely come back empty-handed.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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