choke element

Chapter 274 The Covenant

The terrain on both sides of Xiaoqing River in this section is roughly inclined from southeast to northwest.To the southeast is the Changbai Mountain, and to the northwest it crosses the Xiaoqing River, where it transitions from a plain to a depression and a continuous water marsh.

Changbai Mountain is not a high mountain or a famous mountain, but because it rises suddenly in the plain, the mountain is extremely steep and steep.Standing on the top of the peak, if there is no cloud and mist blocking the line of sight, you can look far away.

Zhang Rong, Yan Shi and his party rode lightly on fast horses, came from the direction of Guide Town, met Zhang Rong's subordinate Liu Bin at Hongtang Ridge, and then entered Huashan and passed Qingshiya.When crossing this pass, the north wind lifted up the ice and gravel on the high cliff, and beat them down, injuring one person and two horses.

So after meeting up with Dong Jin who was stationed here, the group decided to rest for two days before continuing their return journey.

But he never thought that after resting for half an hour, he saw the actions of the Mongolian army with his own eyes.

"They plan to eat all of Wanyan Sala's troops...the appetite is really big." Zhang Rong murmured.

These people have all seen the momentum of the Mongolian army attacking like fire, and they know the destructive power of this grassland nation.After more than a month, I saw the Mongolian army with tens of thousands of iron cavalry rushing again, and I still felt heartbroken.

They saw white or gray Sulu battle flags fluttering, and various numbers of armored cavalry gathered under the flags.This was armed with armor captured after raiding the interior of the Golden Kingdom several times.

And more cavalry kept approaching, expanding the queue.Countless war horses gallop back and forth, gather or disperse, come out or disappear, so that standing on the top of the hill can almost see the end.

As far as the eye can see, it seems that there are galloping war horses everywhere.Those horses and the knights under the horses seem to be different from each other, but in reality, each of them must have assumed special responsibilities in the entire military system.

Dong Jin and others are not the Yinke Mongolian army, but we can see from a long distance that the front of Yinke seems to be spread out, but in fact there is a refined and ineffective command system, so that the whole army seems to be one. The gray and white small living creature seems to have no unified thought.

That huge living creature covered the open field, and rushed towards Wanyan Sala's troops with its teeth and claws.

The cavalry stirred up too little dust, and everyone's sight was gradually blocked.But you can still see the cavalry as fast as lightning, and hear the sound of thousands of horses galloping and stamping on the ground, combined with the low-pitched guttural shouts of countless Mongolians.

Those who have seen it with their own eyes can hardly understand and feel that kind of momentum and shocking power.

Everyone felt out of breath, as if they were pressed by something outside their chests.

We are all warriors with little combat experience, but the more experienced we are, the more we can feel the power of the Mongolian army.At that time, we simply couldn't imagine how weak the Ding Navy, which was able to break into the Mongolian cavalry, was?
After a while, Dong Jin squinted his eyes and said: "Wanyan's assassination is over! Xiaojin's Shandong Road Military Division is over!"

"The Mongolian army left a large number of people to clean the battlefield, and the rest of the soldiers and horses went directly to the west...Yang An'erdian also escaped." Yan Shi sighed.

"Will the Mongolian army go deep again? Will there be a war in Laizhou?" Guo Ning asked.

"Jie Shuai said yes, so of course he will." Dong Jin said.

"What did Shuai Jie say?" Guo Ning asked again.

Among the eight people, Dong Jin was younger and rich in experience, so he was vaguely regarded as a junior by the other two.Si Heng and I didn't talk too much. At that time, I stroked my beard, recalled it for a while, and then brought out Zhang Rong's words.

"It has been a year since Temujin established the small Mongolian kingdom. No matter how I break up the grassland tribes and set them up as thousands of households, it is so difficult to change the habits of the grassland tribes. At this time, every thousand households in the Mongolian army, Just wait for a large tribe, every thousand households follow Temujin, all in order to weaken their own strength, and want to gain benefits through conquests."

Si Heng sighed with emotion: "After a long time, we suffered a small loss in Laizhou City and hurt our vitality. It is definitely possible to make it easier to fight again. After all, these thousands of families will return to the grassland, and we have to do it too." He has nothing to say to his own people. If Genghis Khan wants to retaliate with troops, he has to transfer another weak family whose strength has not been damaged."

Si Heng was not worried: "You heard that there are not 47 thousand households in this small Mongolian country!"

"Forty-seven thousand households, there is no reason to go out. This small Mongolian country has thousands of outer borders. Could it be that people are left for defense? Jie Shuai said that the Mongolian army went deep into Hebei that time, and probably used eighty to ten thousand households." , and the troops were divided into eight groups to sweep. Although the main force is returning to the central capital one after another at this moment, it is not because we want to gather troops to come to Shandong."

Guo Ning said: "The Mongolian army is so fierce, I'm afraid they will be willing to win, right? Is it difficult for us to launch a small offensive once or twice as revenge?"

"Ah Tui thought, if the Mongolian army wants to take over the Shangding navy, how many thousands of households will they have to mobilize?"

"It must be less than the soldiers and horses that Tuo Lei originally led."

"That's right!" Dong Jin clapped his hands: "Ten thousand households were defeated by you. If the Mongols want to win, they must send fewer troops. Is seventeen thousand households enough? Or seventy, eighty thousand households They thought, the seventh prince, Tuo Lei, is said to be the most beloved son of Genghis Khan, and he can only lead ten thousand households. So, who is the commander who can lead seventy or eighty thousand households? Such a dispatch, relationship From the small strategy of the whole southward attack, it may even be related to the distribution of power within Mongolia, so it is not so difficult."

Guo Ning was still thinking, but Yan Shi nodded again and again: "In the final analysis, Tuo Lei would also be willing to give up his position of being the only one in charge. I fought fiercely at that time, obviously to vent my anger, to win a few battles, and to cover up the shame of defeat. The more active I am and the more I work hard, the situation in Shandong will not change in any small way."

Speaking of that, I smiled at myself with a simple expression, and said meaningfully: "This is also very good. Tuolei can also be regarded as helping Guo Jieshuai, Wanyan Sala and Siheng Guangdian are not as good as us The soldiers and horses led by them were quickly defeated and died, which is good for Xiaojia!"

Dong Jin knew that Yan Shi was still soft-hearted. I watched Yang An'er Dian's troops massacre the people and plundered wantonly. I really hated it to the extreme.Yes, after all, Zhang Rong is a small member of the imperial court, so if he doesn't say anything, it's just random talk.

Just as I was about to say a few words of consolation, Guo Ning said in a low voice, "Exactly, those dog officials will die one more time."

Si Heng was full of vigor in his youth, and he lived along the Daqing River since he was a child, where grass bandits and local bandits were active. He witnessed the officials of the Kingdom of Jin oppressing the people, including fields and millet, and even slaughtered the fleeing people, thinking that he had made great achievements in pacifying the bandits.There are some words, I just want to say in the past, and I dare to say it.

But a few days ago, my relatives and family members had already moved to Laizhou, and they were treated by Yinke, so some feelings of hatred and hostility towards the imperial court were overwhelming.

Si Heng looked at the two of them, smiled wryly and said, "Hearing what they said, it seems like we should go and throw Huang and slap me."

Yan Shi let out a hey.

Guo Ning shook his head repeatedly and said, "Si Hengguang is right!"

"I'm one of the best men in Shandong, how can I do it?" Si Heng laughed casually.In those days, I have been going back and forth around Jinan, and I don't know what happened elsewhere.

Guo Ning did not have the identity of Zhang Rong's personal guard, and the news was very well-informed. He immediately said: "A few days later, Huang Slapwu intends to raise troops to sweep Shandong, but the commander-in-chief only took two hundred horses for a long-distance attack. Huang Slapwu was forced to kneel on Huang Slapwu's evidence Beg for mercy! I heard that Huang Slapwo wanted to give his sister to marry him, but Jie Shuai was moved by the beauty and agreed to the marriage! Come here, the two families agreed to attack each other, and Jie Shuai asked Huang Slapwu for it. Back to Dengzhou and Dinghaizhou!"

Speaking of that, Si Heng imagined Zhang Rong's majesty in Moqi Mountain, showing envy.

Dong Jin was taken aback: "Huang slaps me to raise troops?"

"Well, it will be ten days before Jieshuai goes to Juzhou. At that time, Huang Yuwu should have sent troops, saying that Ding Xiaojun had already crossed Muling Pass and besieged Yidu."

"Ah Tui! That's such a trivial matter! You should have said it earlier! Even if the two families are attacking each other, it will be a war between the old and the young, and the road is easy!"

Dong Jin only felt that the return journey was so smooth that the cold sweat on his forehead slowed down.I yelled, and repeatedly ordered my subordinates to pack their luggage and prepare to go.

(End of this chapter)