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Volume 1 Chapter 881 The war resumes

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    Spring is here, and the morning in Beijing is still cold.  Yang Gun opened the thick sheepskin curtain and faced a blast of cold wind, suffocating him suddenly.  Just coming off the warm kang, the cold seemed even more unbearable than usual.  He suddenly found a roll of paper tied next to the curtain door. He quickly untied it and looked around first.  It was just dawn, the air was dry and cold in the wind, there was no one in the tent camp, and nothing was found.  Yang Gun walked into the tent with the paper, took a piece of charcoal to light the oil lamp, and looked under the lamp. It read: The king of Yue must rebel.  Yang Gun hurriedly hid the things in his arms, packed up his things and went out of the tent.  When they arrived at the residence of Yelu Xiezhen, the privy envoy of the North Courtyard, they saw Xiao Siwen and Yelu Huer already in the hall.  When Yelu Xiezhen saw Yang Gun, he said: "The Yang Mansion immediately arranged for some people to go to the Jurchen Prince's Palace in the Yalu River." Yang Gun asked: "What happened?" Yelu Xiezhen said: "The imperial court sent an envoy to give birth to a Jurchen to write a letter to the local Jurchen tribe.  In order to reduce the number of pearls offered as an excuse for the decrease in pearl production, we need to know whether those women are beginning to despise the prestige of the Great Khitan." He thought for a moment and then said in a deep voice, "I also doubt whether the Koreans have any relationship with the Jurchen tribe.  "Xiao Siwen said harshly: "If you don't teach those savages a lesson, they will forget to be respectful!" Yang Gun listened for a while and finally took out the secret letter from his arms and handed it over with both hands: "This is  Someone quietly placed the letter outside my tent. I don¡¯t believe it, but I don¡¯t dare to keep it privately The King of Yue has always been humble, and this letter may be a personal grudge to slander him. " Several people looked at it and said: The King of Yue will rebel!  Suddenly they looked at each other.  The name of the King of Yue was Yelu Bishe, the fifth son of Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty and the younger brother of the "tyrant" Yelu Jing.  However, Yelu Bishe's mother had a lower status and was always humble. She often advised her brother Yelujing not to drink and kill indiscriminately. She saved many people and had a good reputation.  After Yelvxian succeeded to the throne, he did not give him any trouble and even named him King of Yue.  Xiao Siwen frowned and said: "The King of Yue does not seem to be an ambitious person." Yelu Xiezhen said: "What if some people instigate him?" Yang Gun said: "The Great Khan will camp in Dongdan, and we will definitely win this trip.  Be more prepared. "The capital of the Liao Dynasty is in Shangjing, but the center of power may not always be in Shangjing. Wherever the king's camp moves, it will be the center for controlling the vast grassland.  ¡­And just half a month later, Xu Jun¡¯s three groups had finished gathering and headed north.  On the wilderness on the north bank of the Yellow River, acres of cropland have become green.  There were only a few fireworks rising everywhere, not from the village smoke, but from cooking manure.  Last year, there was a bumper harvest on the Yellow River and the Yangtze River in the north and south, and there was an endless stream of grain ships on the Cao River from autumn to winter.  On a small mound, Guo Shao, who was riding a black horse heading north, couldn't help but said with joy: "This year is another great harvest year!" He pressed his sword and looked back. On several roads in the wilderness, the heavy crowds of people and horses and the diffuse dust made the brand new  The green spring adds a bit of depth.  Cavalrymen in shining armor surged rapidly on one road, while long, slow-moving dragons appeared on other roads.  Infantrymen carrying firearms walked slowly in columns on the roadside, and in the middle of the road were various vehicles.  Donkey carts, horse-drawn carriages, and wheelbarrows are all available.  The heavy copper cannon on the cart occasionally showed a ferocious metallic luster under the felt covering.  Food, grass, tents, gunpowder, and arrows were all transported with the infantry.  Dozens of officials in the Chinese army formed the front camp of the Liaoxi Army to help Guo Shao manage the army's food routes and warehouses.  There is no danger in mobilizing tens of thousands of cavalry in Hebei.  Guo Shao then led his bodyguard on horseback to leave the Liaoxi Army and headed straight to Shandong for inspection.  A few days later he arrived at Dengzhou Port.  Han Tong, the commander of the Dragon Army, went out to greet them one mile outside the port, and led Guo Shao and others to inspect the other two armies.  There are already camps and tents inside and outside Dengzhou Port. Both the Tiezhou Army and the Suzhou Army are waiting at the port.  In the past few days, Guo Shao witnessed another large-scale military mobilization in this era, and the scene was very spectacular.  Several huge Mulan ships were docked at the dock, their masts standing like towering trees.  Groups of soldiers carrying packages and luggage were walking onto the dock through the wooden corridor on the coast.  They climbed up the rope ladder to the deck of the tall ship Mulan.  Many small boats shuttled on the pier, and the soldiers clinging to the big boats were like a colony of ants.  People on the dock discovered the emperor's flag, and at some point, shouts of "Long live" began.  This will be the first large-scale attack by the Xu Dynasty on the Liao mainland, but the method of war is completely different from previous dynasties.  ¡­On the seaside at the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula, there are sparsely populated areas near Suzhou City in the Liao Kingdom.  The center of this area is several hundred miles away in Fuzhou (Fu County), where the Southern Jurchen Prince's Mansion and the Southern Jurchen Tang RiverSidu is there; Suzhou City is just a rundown small town.  Several wooden boats were drifting on the beach. Jurchens wearing animal skins threw a fishing net into the water with force, holding a harpoon in their hands and staring at the sea.  The sea breeze and the sound of waves remain unchanged. It is a quiet morning, and the mist surges like smoke on the sea.  At this moment, there was a sudden cry of "Jili Wala".  The Jurchens on the boat looked up, their eyes widened and stared at the rocking board.  Three huge ships first came into view, with their huge sails covering them like clouds, and the yellow dragon flags on the big ships fluttering in the wind.  After a while, more ships filled the sea, and the three columns were like a flock of geese on the sea.  The Jurchen fishermen hurriedly rowed their boats to escape to the seaside, as if they had seen a monster.  Xu¡¯s military fleet gradually approached the seaside, and there was a dilapidated fishing village on the seaside.  Behind the fishing village, a bunch of dust was flying, and a group of Liao army cavalry had left the city and approached the seaside.  At this moment, the black shadow in the mist suddenly lit up like lightning, and a thunderous sound came.  The savage-like fishermen in the fishing village were frightened and ran out in confusion.  Not long after, patches of bright light flashed, and thunder became one.  The cannons on the sides of the three big ships fired together, and the ten-pound iron ball roared into the air.  Houses in the fishing village suddenly collapsed in pieces, with earth, rocks and thatch flying everywhere.  A large number of Xu Jun's light boats also approached the seaside, and cannons of all sizes roared.  The Liao cavalry on the seaside were holding bows and arrows, brandishing iron spears and iron bone flowers, and were shouting there.  At this time, an iron ball roared over, hit the soil on the beach with a "bang" and bounced. The war horse next to it was frightened, whinnied, turned around and ran away.  "Boom, boom, boom" The lead pellets from the Zimu gun flew over.  The Liao soldiers and horses were screaming and some people were falling off their horses.  A general raised his iron sword and waved, and everyone turned their horses and ran north, away from the iron balls and lead shot.  Several rounds of cannon fire were heard on the sea.  Then many sand boats appeared on the seashore. The people on them used oars to paddle the sand boats towards the seaside. Then soldiers jumped off the sand boats one after another and landed on the seaside with almost no resistance.  Seeing that the artillery on the big ship could hit the seaside, the generals of the Liao army did not dare to step forward again. After giving the order, they ran back to the city with their troops.  ¡­A large number of Xu¡¯s troops successfully landed at the seaside without losing a single soldier, and first set up camp fortifications.  Seeing that there were more and more people and horses, the Liao army knew that they were outnumbered, so they hurriedly sent fast horses to Fuzhou to ask for help.  Fuzhou immediately went to Liaoyang Prefecture, the capital of Dongdan Kingdom, for help.  But at this time, Liaoyang Prefecture was already panicking, because the military villages in Tiezhou and Liaoxi Corridor also sent people to call for help.  The Great Khan's tent will be arriving at Liaoyang Mansion in the near future, and all the government offices in Dongdan Kingdom are busy.  The monarchs and ministers in Yelvxian's tent in the Daliao camp gradually figured out the movements of Xu Jun from the news from Liaoyang: Xu Jun had advanced by sea and land from the Liaoxi Corridor, Tiezhou, and Liaodong Peninsula, and invaded in large numbers!  Some nobles advised that Liaoyang was no longer safe and migration to Liaoyang should be stopped.  Xiao Siwen said: "The fields around Liaoyang are flat and empty, just in time for the Liao cavalry to gallop. The Xu army is still mainly infantry, so there is nothing to fear." Yelvxian, who is nineteen years old this year, asked directly: "Is there any strategy to retreat from the enemy?"  Xiao Siwen unfolded a picture, pointed to the city and mountains painted on it, and said: "Xu's army has a total of several thousand people on the two east routes, and the main force is tens of thousands in the Liaoxi corridor. Our army is waiting for work in the hinterland of Liaoxi, and we send light cavalry all the way from Bazhou (Chaoyang)  Crossing the Songling Mountains would cut off Xu's army's food road, which would put him in a dilemma. "Yel¨¹ Xiezhen said calmly: "Even if Xu's army's food road can be cut off by land, Xu's army will transport food and grass to Liaoxi Fort by sea." Xiao Siwen was speechless.  A year ago, the Xu people suddenly built the Liaoxi Fort in Longshan, and Gucheng was there. Now they have finally determined the role of that fortress.  Sitting on a big chair made of tiger skin, the Great Khan Yelvxian held the scepter tightly in his hand and sat there without saying a word.  In the rough royal tent, all the ministers and nobles of the court fell silent.  Yelu Xiezhen was pondering something. Xiao Siwen guessed that the Privy Councilor of the North Court wanted to negotiate peace  All surrender to the Great Khitan, we are the kings of the grassland and the tigers in the jungle. If the tiger lowers his head to the sheep in the sheepfold, he will no longer be awed by the world." Yelv Xiezhen couldn't help but said: "The southerners are not like that.  Like people in a sheepfold Xiao Gong also said before that the former Xiongnu Khanate was destroyed by the Southerners and ceased to exist. "Xiao Siwen said emotionally: "You have also seen many Southern slaves.  They are weak and cowardly. Are you willing to admit defeat to such people?" Finally some nobles started shouting in embarrassment.He said loudly: "The vast grassland and the boundless Konoha Mountain will be the cemetery of the southerners!" Xiao Siwen took the opportunity to bow and said: "Great Khan, the Dongdan palace can be moved from Liaoyang and rebuilt in the ancient capital of Bohai Kingdom, Huhan City.  Daliao avoided Xu Jun's attack and was waiting for an opportunity to counterattack! " Yelu Xiezhen and other officials from the North Court were noncommittal. Yelu Xiezhen only said: "It is difficult for the imperial court to rely solely on grassland output. After Daliao loses Youyun, Dongdan Kingdom cannot survive.  What happened.¡±
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