The rise of the prince

Chapter 472
Yelu Dashi looked up and saw that the sky was about the same. He waved to call the messengers and ordered everyone to stop and rest. Several messengers had to order the horses to start running separately. It took half an hour for fast horses to go from one end of the team to the other.

He thought in his heart, when they arrive in Shangjing, when this hundreds of thousands of troops join the battle, the whole battle will be reversed. Next spring, the survival of Daliao will be a certainty. Kill those villains!
Yelu Dashi felt a little sad, recalling the battle a few months ago, if Khan had followed Han Derang's suggestion, he would not have ended up in the present situation, even if he didn't listen, in fact, he still had a chance to think of the previous battle more, he The more unwilling it is.

Yelu Shulie only needs to hold on for another moment. In just half a moment, Han Derang will be able to go around behind the Jurchens. Once they are encircled and attacked, no matter how brave the Jurchens are, it will be useless!

But because the coward was afraid, his central army retreated. As soon as he retreated, the king of the North Court died in battle, and the left army was almost chased and killed. Tens of thousands of Khitan warriors who defended the country died in battle, and the land of Liao Kingdom was bloody. , Zhongjing was lost, the Jurchen soldiers came to the capital, and the Khitans of the whole country began to dissatisfy and ready to move
Everything, because that coward retreated, backed up half a moment ago!
He couldn't hold on for even a moment, he was afraid of dying like that, he didn't deserve to be a khan at all!
Yelu Dashi thought in his heart that not far away, his entourage had already started to set up a camp for him, and delivered milk wine to him, preparing to light a fire and barbecue.

He took a big sip, on the dark grassland, the heavy sky in the distance meets the snow-white ground, the night and the earth squeeze the twilight, and a vast orange red flows out, like a giant eye of a god, looking down at the earth, pulling out his long shadow.
He has long stopped fighting for the Khan. In this winter, he can only find some warmth when he thinks of the strong princess holding the umbrella for him, the princess who weeps silently in the dark. If her grandma is still there, the Liao Kingdom will not be It will be what it is today.

During the reign of Empress Dowager Xiao, it was the peak of Daliao. Yelu Dashi missed the Liao Kingdom at that time. Now she is gone, but her granddaughter is still there, fighting for Princess Wei, Yelu Dashi warned himself in his heart.

At this moment, two black shadows rushed over in the distance, and the shadows were getting closer and closer. Slowly, he saw clearly that they were two men on horses. The horses were already foaming at the mouth, and one of them was standing in front of him. He fell off his horse at the place where he was walking, and without a sound, his horse fell to the ground without taking a few steps, dragging a long gully in the snow.

What's going on? He frowned, his heartbeat accelerated slightly, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.

The other came to him with sunken eye sockets and chapped lips, and said weakly, "Your Majesty, the Jurchens. The Jurchens are besieging Shangjing! The Jurchens are besieging Shangjing!"

After finishing speaking, he fell off the horse and lay down in the snow. After a while, he heard the sound of snoring.

Yelu Dashi was stunned for a moment, short and extremely long, countless things flashed through his mind, and he had no time to catch them, and when he came back to his senses, he was a little shaky, trying to hold on to the cold rein, and then shouted: "Come on! Order, gather all cavalry! Gather all cavalry!"

His hoarse and anxious roar echoed in the grassland.

"My lord, this thing can't reproduce, and it can't run as fast as a horse. Why buy it?" Shen Lin looked at the hundred mules in the stables of the villa in puzzlement.

People are in good spirits on happy occasions, and Shen Lin is full of smiles these days. The imperial court has already issued an imperial decree to add him as a fifth-rank cavalry general. Among the brothers, he is at the back, so the age is actually not very old, it was just in those days.

While feeding the mules, Li Xingzhou said, "What's the use of a horse being able to run once you're in the mountains?"

Shen Lin couldn't agree at once. Li Xingzhou knew that it would be difficult for him to react in a short period of time. After all, people's inherent concepts are difficult to change. It is believed that mules are inferior to horses, and there is a proverb that mules are drawn by horses. Everyone has long believed that Mules are not as good as horses, and they don't go back to consider the specific situation.

"Think about it, when you enter the mountain, whether it's a mule or a horse, they can't walk faster than people on the mountain road. If that's the case, what's the use of being fast?" He tickled the mule, and the animal moved its neck closer in cooperation.

"So, it's not as good as a mule. It carries more, less disease, and better endurance." Li Xingzhou said.

"Hey, what the prince said is true, it is not as good as a mule." He muttered to himself: "It turns out that there are times when a mule is not as good as a horse."

Li Xingzhou patted the well-behaved mule and said with a smile: "Yes, there are times when mules are not as good as horses, so people's brains must not be rigid, they must be flexible, and they must be flexible. The way to change is the key to victory."

Shen Lin fell into deep thought after hearing this, and after a while cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for your teaching, my subordinates will remember it. Listening to the words of the prince today is better than reading ten years of books. You will be enlightened suddenly, and you will benefit a lot."

Li Xingzhou actually likes Shen Lin very much. Among the new army, Yan Shen is brave and loyal. Di Zhi has the style of a general, calm and handsome. He still lacks a cavalry commander. Cavalry commander, but also talent.

This kind of sophistication is rare and needs years of experience.

"What are your plans for entering Beijing next year?" Li Xingzhou asked him.

Shen Lin smiled: "My lord, my subordinates are only fifth-rank military officers, and they still have a place in Jiangzhou. What's the point of waiting for the capital? Naturally, I will follow the imperial court's arrangement."

Li Xingzhou put down the fodder in his hand: "How about our new army, the new army is newly established, and it is the time when there is a shortage of manpower."

Shen Lin nodded, then cupped his hands and said: "If the prince doesn't dislike it, the subordinates are willing to serve!"

"I am happy to have a talent like you. I am not a big temple, but if you are really capable, I guarantee you can make a lot of difference."

A hundred mules are not enough, shells, bullets are very heavy, especially six guns.

There were not many mules nearby, so Li Xingzhou gathered some pack horses. It would be inconvenient for the tall war horses to reach the mountain road.

In winter, the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, making it inconvenient to enter and exit, but it is not only them who are blocked, but also the black mountain bandits!

Li Xingzhou weighed it carefully, if he waited to die, the entire Ningjiang Mansion, the Black Mountain bandits would come and leave whenever they wanted, they would always be passive.

It is indeed a test to seal the mountain with heavy snow, but it is also a test for the black mountain bandits.

Everyone thinks that they dare not send troops in winter. This kind of thinking is an opportunity in itself, and it is the best way to deceive others if you don't bully others.

Li Xingzhou read the reports of the bandits' comings and goings several times in his hand. He ordered the counties to send them up, and he had been reading them for several days.

Basically, the location of the Black Mountain bandits can be determined based on the haunting reports. They should be in the middle of the Taihang Mountains.

Jingxing is located in the middle of the Taihang Mountains. It is an important passageway from east to west, connecting Taiyuan Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture.

So it is only possible to be in the south of Jingxing.

But it is impossible to go south to Taihang Xing. Taihang Xing is densely covered with villages and cities in the south. If their nest is really south of Taihang Xing and they have not been discovered, unless the entire Jiangzhou people are blind.

Through some reasoning and guesswork, it is actually not difficult to confirm their general location, but the difficulty lies in a more precise location.

Because Jingxing is in the middle of the Taihang Mountains, and Taihangxing is at the southern end of the Taihang Mountains, there is a large area in the middle.

Li Xingzhou had his own ideas. Many officials in Jiangzhou were led by the nose after being robbed of food by the black bandits, and they forgot to think about an important issue, that is, the source of water!

(End of this chapter)