choke element

Chapter 332 Allies

Soldiers in the cold weapon era rarely have the concept of ideological work.After the Ding Navy established itself in Shandong, Guo Ning began to instill some things in the soldiers through the students of the military academy, but limited to the cultural level of the soldiers, what he instilled was limited to eating food as a soldier, killing the enemy and taking revenge. Boost the morale of the soldiers.

In the Hu tribe in Liaodong, the courage of the soldiers on the battlefield either came from the barbarism brought about by plunder and massacre, or from the confidence in their own powerful strength.What shaped this kind of confidence, apart from past achievements, was only the strong performance of leaders or tribal warriors.

This is the reason why Hu warriors always provoke and take the initiative to intimidate others. Even if this kind of provocation has no actual results, it is enough to plant their image of bravery in the army, which is beneficial to fighting on the battlefield.

The part of the Jurchen who moved to the Central Plains has gradually become a little bit weak.However, these Jurchens who have always lived in the cold and bitter places in the north, or the various tribes under their wings still maintain their original customs.There is no reason in their eyes, but only strength and weakness.

If the provoked party fails to respond in a timely manner, it will be seen as cowardly, and thus face intensified provocation and bullying.Therefore, the only reasonable response to a provocation is to retaliate, preferably double.

Just like what Wang Erer did at the moment.

When Wang Er'er stood back beside Li Yun, at least 50 people around the city gate drew their knives and threatened them at the same time.Even Pu Xian pressed the archers around him, all of them showed embarrassment.

But maybe they lacked confidence, or maybe they were too frustrated, and they yelled for a while, but no one took it seriously.

Li Yun waited for a while, then turned to Pu Xian and pressed: "Can we enter the city?"

There was a hoarse voice floating on the tower: "Of course."

Li Yun looked up, and saw that the speaker was about forty years old, of ordinary height and appearance, wearing a white Jurchen wrap robe, holding the battlement and looking down in a very casual posture.But when his eyes glanced at the caravan, he occasionally showed his naked body, which showed his status as a person who was used to bossing around.

"Meet the envoy!"

The beards who were originally irritable and noisy, bowed down one after another, and Pu Xian pressed it out.But Pu Xianlielin, who was particularly arrogant just now, not only knelt down, but even shivered.

So he is Puxian Wannu?
Li Yun bowed and saluted.

The area around the city gate suddenly calmed down.Only the war horse carrying the headless corpse ran for a small half circle, and then circled back to the original place.Xu Shi noticed that the knight's head rolled to the ground, lowered his head and neck to sniff, and snorted in confusion.

Pu Xianwannu glanced at the two adoptive sons, laughed a few times, and then said to Li Yun, "Judge Li, please, please come up and speak."

"it is good!"

Some servants came over and led the people to rest in the city.A group of people passed through the city gate, Li Yun patted Wang Jieer's arm, and followed a follower to turn left.

Walking a few steps along the sparsely populated street under the city wall, there is a rammed earth trail leading to the top of the wall.The trail has been in disrepair for a long time and is a bit dilapidated, but the scale of construction on that day can still be seen.

Pu Xianwannu stood at the top of the trail, watched Li Yun come up safely, and waved: "Come on, let's go north."

Li Yun followed behind him: "Okay."

The two walked one after the other for a while.

Dozens of soldiers followed several feet away with clanging footsteps.

As Li Yun walked, he took a rough look, and saw that the color of the rammed earth on the city wall was completely different from that of the trail. It was obviously newly repaired, and it might have been raised.Where the two passed by, there were many flags, fierce guards, and fierce battles on several horse faces.In the direction of Gangfu in the wilderness in the north of the city, I don't know how many people and horses are marching or training, rumbling footsteps, rolling up smoke and dust all over the sky.

"I have specifically inquired about the experience of Guo Jiedu's rise in the Shandong Dinghai Navy, and I admire it very much." Pu Xianwannu said in a deep voice as he walked, "Everything he did was bold and reckless, but when you think about it carefully, there is indeed something wrong with him." The reason is feasible... However, if it is someone else, I am afraid that I have neither such courage nor such determination. In those few battles on the battlefield, I am afraid that I have changed the command of others, and I am afraid that I will not have the ability to win."

"The envoy's praise, I should truthfully bring it back to my lord. I think it will be an honor to come to my house and learn about it."

Pu Xian Wannu said again: "I guess, Guo Jiedu should be training his troops quickly. When Yang An'er and Wanyan Heda decide the victory, Ding's navy will be fully equipped and just sweep Shandong. Competing in the Central Plains. But at the moment when he is seizing the territory and the people, the imperial court, as well as us, have to stand against the Mongols and dare not move at all."

"This... Propaganda, I'm just a judge of the herding station. I don't understand what you said, and I don't dare to hear it." Li Yun said cautiously.

Puxian Wannu laughed: "Don't be nervous. What your family Guo Jiedu did is also what I want to do. It's just that I started a little slowly. I live in a despicable place in Liaodong, surrounded by ignorant and incompetent people. There are too many constraints. After I have exhausted all means and sorted out one by one, the situation has changed too quickly...so now I can only look at the majesty of Dinghai, and I am deeply envious."

"Things are changing too quickly?"

Li Yun pondered for a while: "Xuanshi refers to the Khitan army raising troops? If there are tens of thousands of soldiers in Xianping Prefecture, brother Yeluliu can't pose any threat. With the strength of the troops I have seen today, the nobles said earlier that they are worried. I think the safety of our caravan is too much to worry about."

Pu Xianwannu waved his hand: "Brother Yeluliu may indeed raise troops, but until today, his troops around Guangning Mansion have not been deployed in a large scale. It is just a cover to talk about Brother Yeluliu, yes I deliberately made it up to bluff people. The reason why I invite you to Xianping Mansion is because someone wants to meet you, so please send a message to Guo Jiedu."

"Such a major military event can also be arranged? But I don't know, who are you trying to bluff?" Li Yun smiled wryly twice, paused, and then asked: "I don't know who is the one who wants to send a message to my commander-in-chief?" ?”

The city of Xianping Mansion is very strong, but its scale is not large. The two walked along the city wall for a long time, and they had already reached the north from the south.

Pu Xianwannu raised his hand to signal: "Look over there."

In the north of Xianping Prefecture, after leaving the small amount of cultivated land around the city, there are many mountains.The mountains range from gentle to steep, and there are dense forests everywhere on the mountains. The rivers between the mountains are either clear and green, or rushing, wrapped in mud, showing a khaki color.

On the road by the water, an army is advancing rapidly.The queues were often covered by rolling hills, and the specific number of troops could not be seen, only the cold light of weapons and the fluttering of flags.But it is roughly estimated that there are three or four miles from the beginning to the end, and they are divided into four to five teams, that is, at least 5000 people.

"This is?"

"This is the army recruited by Si Wanyan Tiege from the Northeast."

"It turned out to be him?" Li Yun was taken aback, and then said: "I have heard the name of General Wanyan Tiege for a long time. Did he go south from Taizhou to support Xianping Mansion? I heard earlier that the envoy Disagreements with General Wanyan Tiege turned out to be fake."

"That's true. Brother Wanyan Tie is indeed at odds with me. When Taihe attacked Song Dynasty, Brother Wanyan Tie and I were under the subordinates of the right deputy marshal Wanyan Kuang. Brother Tie was extremely brave. The leaders fought fiercely to defeat the enemy, pulled out the antlers, and seized the door to enter. When attacking Xiangyang, he was also the pioneer, who was born, led the army across the river, and won many battles... This man is braver than me, and his achievements are better I am also more loyal to the imperial court than me, and I hate it deeply."

"This... envoy, I don't understand what you mean."

"So, this time, I reported to various places that Brother Yeluliu had raised troops, and I sent a few groups of fine men to Taizhou in succession, and asked them to try their best to exaggerate the strength of the Khitan rebel army, and begged Wanyan Tiege to take care of the Kingdom of Jin Come on, you must put aside the past and lead the army to rescue. Brother Wanyan Tie actually believed him, he is really a loyal minister of the Kingdom of Jin!"

From Pu Xianwannu's hoarse voice, there was a snoring sound, as if there was thick phlegm, and it seemed to be choked by something: "Five thousand steps, starting from Taizhou, more than 600 miles! But he is now It's here! Judge Li, do you know what this means?"

Li Yun thought for a while: "Representing Wanyan, the recruiter knew that after the Khitans raised their troops, they immediately sent troops south to support them, without any delay."

"That's right!" Pu Xianwannu said with emotion: "Yesterday morning, the envoy he sent galloped into the city to announce that the reinforcements were coming. I didn't even think about it. In the end, a flaw was revealed, so I had to kill the envoy. "

"The flaw mentioned by the envoy refers to..."

"Keep watching." Pu Xianwannu still pointed at where Brother Wanyan Tie came from.

The next moment, a high-pitched horn sounded.

Within Li Yun's line of sight, around the marching route of Wanyan Tiege's troops, all the hillsides, plains, valley entrances, woodlands, and everywhere Li Yun could see, figures seemed to appear.

Those people uttered earth-shattering shouts, accompanied by the neighing and galloping of countless war horses, as if a storm rolled up from a deep valley, or thunder fell from the sky suddenly.Countless cavalry rode and galloped, and in their forward direction, there were arrows like dense rain.

The battle started without warning, but there were no battle lines on the battlefield.

The ambushing party attacked too fast, and their momentum was too fierce.Almost instantly, the queue of Wanyan Tie was opened gaps one by one, as if being bitten by a wild beast, and then the gaps widened into fractures, and the fractures expanded into large and small encircling circles.

The cavalry on the ambush side rushed around, the archers splashed arrows, and the armored infantry followed closely, brandishing weapons, and flocked forward like a pack of wolves, engaging in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the Jin army.

Brother Wanyan Tie is worthy of being a strong general. Even at this time, Li Yun could still see the generals in the queue shouting continuously, and even charged in the opposite direction himself, trying to turn the situation back.But on the entire battlefield, the morale of the Jin army collapsed visible to the naked eye. Every piece, every place where people were fighting, there was the sound of bowstrings that Li Yun was very familiar with. Of course, there was also that special, The high-pitched and low-pitched terrifying shouts of killing... Li Yun was also familiar with it.

"It's the Mongolian army?" Li Yun said with a groan, "It turns out that Pu Xianxuan sent you to vote for Mongolia."

Puxian Wannu shook his head: "No, no, I made an alliance with the Mongols."

(End of this chapter)