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In November, outside the customs, it was already a silvery world.

Guri Koga of Ganggangyingzi in the northeastern part of Shinshu walked out of the forest carrying a roe deer with an arrow in its neck.

Guri Koga, who is already fifty-six years old, is considered an extremely old man among the Jin people, but he can still carry a roe deer weighing fifty or sixty kilograms in knee-deep snow.

Around noon, Guri Koga walked from the foot of the mountain to the entrance of the village. He saw smoke from every house in the village, and about a dozen and a half boys, shirtless, wrestling in the village.

Kuri Koga's four sons had won two games in a row and were standing on the snow looking back and enjoying themselves. Kuri Kōga couldn't help but show his teeth and smile with satisfaction.

For the sparsely populated Jin people, boys, symbolizing the future, are the most precious wealth.

In a few years, these boys will become excellent warriors, capable of conquering cities and territories for Dajin and bringing wealth to their families.

Ganggang Yingzi is inhabited by the Mouke tribe of the Guli tribe and is one of the many Jin villages outside Huanglong Mansion.

There were originally more than 300 Jin people, 400 Han slaves, and more than 100 Han women.

However, at this moment, the young men and women in the village are either staying at the Daling River line with King Hailing, or going on an expedition with Wanyan Mouyan. There are only more than 200 Jin people, old, weak, women and children left in the village.

Kuri Koga was accustomed to this. He was originally a soldier under his ancestor Aguda, and followed his ancestor to participate in the Battle of Dehedian and the Battle of Hubu Dagang, and then went south to participate in the Battle of Tokyo.

After removing his armor in old age, the eldest son entered Tiefutu, the third son took orders under King Hailing, and the second son died in the battle in Hebei the year before last.

Thinking of the second son, Guli Jiahe felt a little sad, but when he looked up at Ganggang Yingzi, the sadness quickly dissipated. Even if the second son died in battle, it would still be worth it!

Just like the nine Han slaves and two Han women in the family, the warehouse full of grain, and the strong wine from the south were all produced by the fighting of two generations of Jin warriors!
Compared with the early years when there was no army to fight against the Liao Dynasty, he had neither enough food nor clothing nor warmth. Now he had Han people working for his family during the day and Han women serving him at night. If he didn't worry about food and drink, it wouldn't matter if a few people died.

While I was thinking about it, I suddenly saw in my yard, an old wife holding a Chinese woman's hair and walking out of the house. Without any explanation, she tied the Chinese woman to the horse post, picked up a stick as thick as her arm and hit the Chinese woman. His back was twitching.

The Han woman's screams echoed throughout the village. Neighbors near and far looked up, then looked away as if they were used to it.

The old wife is strong and strong, while the Chinese woman is delicate.

After all, this Han girl had been serving Guri Koga for several years. Guri Koga felt a little distressed at first, but then he thought about it and stopped at the entrance of the village, planning to wait until his old wife had taken care of this Han girl before going home.
From the old wife's scolding, it seemed that the man was beaten because he had eaten something secretly.

The Han people are lazy and greedy. They can't even get enough from one sparse meal a day, so they always want to steal food. This can be used as a warning to the Han slaves at home.

Didn't you see that, those Han slaves stood at the foot of the wall, too frightened to breathe?

A few breaths later, there was a faint sound of drums from the south. After fighting for half his life, Guli Koga could naturally hear the sound of horse hooves hitting the ground.

Sure enough, after more than a hundred breaths, a cavalry team slowly appeared in Guri Koga's sight.

This place is located in the hinterland of the Kingdom of Jin, near Huanglong Mansion. Guli Jiahe did not think anything else and stood quietly waiting for the sergeant to arrive.

After a few dozen breaths, the figures of the incoming people gradually disappeared. The men and horses were blowing white smoke in the cold air. There were no flags. They seemed to be wearing armor, but the armor was wrapped with seams of various animal furs such as mink, sheep, fox, rabbit and so on. Made of leather robe.

At first glance, this outfit is no different from what the golden sergeant wears in winter.

The only thing that puzzled Guri Koga was that since General Mouyan took away the last group of young men, there were no large numbers of troops within hundreds of miles. But at this moment, this team is endless, and there are at least thousands of people. .

Which subordinate of Meng'an is this?
Guri Koga was still puzzled, but after seeing the team, the women, children, and children in the village happily went to the entrance of the village to welcome them.

Among them, the fourth son of Guli Koga was the most excited. He strode up to his father and asked, "Amma, but King Hailing is here to recruit warriors again? Can I join the army this time?"

Men in the Jin Kingdom are born to join the army. Not only can they rob and reward women with wealth, but they can also gain respect from their tribesmen.

Guri Koga was very satisfied with his fourth son's active attitude in joining the army, but he still said: "I am a 15-year-old man. Next year, next year you can join the army."

While the father and son were talking, the vanguard of the team, which was composed entirely of horse soldiers, had arrived at the entrance of the village. The leading men gathered their horses together, and the two sides looked at each other.

Among the people who came, there was one with a golden seal on his face, and he asked: "How far is this place from Huanglong Mansion?"

Although he spoke the Jurchen language, Guli Jiahe was alarmed. The golden mark on this man's face was a unique symbol of the Han slaves raised by the Jin people, in order to prevent the families from being confused about the Han slaves' belongings.

It has the same meaning as branding cattle and horses.

Then he looked at the man next to him. He had a handsome face and a somewhat elegant temperament.

This kind of temperament is what Kouri Koga hates the most!
In the past ten years, the Jin country has become very powerful, but the Jin people have never been able to imitate this look and taste, which is unique to the Han people!
Guri Koga sensed something was wrong, so he did not answer the Han Nu's question. Instead, he asked cautiously: "Who are you?"

The Han slave with a golden seal on his face turned sideways to translate to the handsome general, but the latter grinned, showing his white teeth, and replied in blunt Jurchen language: "I am your golden man." Killer Star."

Kori Koga, who had reacted very quickly, quickly pulled out the skinning dagger used for hunting from his waist, and charged forward with a roar.

But as soon as he took two steps forward, the young general raised his hand slightly.

'咻~'

A featherless short arrow was nailed into the middle of Guri Koga's forehead the next moment.

The forward charge was still strong, and he ran two more steps before crashing down on the young general Ma Qian, a veteran of his ancestor who had fought dozens of battles in his life and had killed twenty-seven people in Tokyo City in Ding Weinian. Ganggang Yingzi attempted to defeat him, and Guli Jiahe died.

Seeing this, his fourth son rushed over like crazy. There was another soldier who raised his hand and fired a crossbow without any hesitation. There was one less warrior in the future of the Jin Kingdom.

Something unexpected happened suddenly, and the villagers from Guli Jiabu who were rushing here from the village couldn't help but stop.

I don't know who shouted, "It's a Han dog!"

But after hearing this, not only were everyone not afraid, but they all drew out the short blades at their waists and rushed over at a faster speed.

Not only are there veterans, but there are also half-grown men, and even women.

It is evident that the Jin people are fierce.

However, the huge equipment gap between the two sides cannot be made up by bravery.
Just a quarter of an hour later, more than 200 Jin people who stayed in the village were dead or injured.

Seeing that they were invincible, a few Jin people scattered and fled into the wild.

But in the vast snowfield, two legs can't run as fast as four legs.

At noon, the Han army set up camp on the spot and cooked delicacies with the grain and game in Ganggang Camp to replenish their physical strength.

This is the first hot meal that Xiaoxinhutuan has eaten in three days.

After the meal, Ziyou came to report the seizures, saying: "The warehouse contained about 1,100 kilograms of wheat, 2,000 kilograms of deer, roe deer and rabbit frozen meat, 700 kilograms of dried meat and salted fish, and no furs or furs of various animals. statistics."

Xiao Xin, who was sitting on the threshold of Guli Jiahe's house and picking his teeth, heard this and said: "Good guy! A small village has stocked up so many things. Send an order to bring dried meat, salted fish, and ten kilograms of wheat per person. Let's go down. The demolition team blasted a hole in the ice on the river and threw all the remaining frozen meat and wheat in."

On the side, Fan Rushan, the deputy of the Tiger Regiment, did not feel any joy after winning the battle. Instead, he glanced at the corpses of half-grown men and women in the distance from time to time.

Xiao Xin probably guessed what his brother-in-law was thinking, and couldn't help but said: "Brother, you can't bear it?"

Fan Rushan sighed but did not answer.

Xiao Xin spat out the teeth-picking stick, squinted at the corpses all over the village, and said calmly: "Brother, have you forgotten how Fan Jiu died?"

Fan Jiu was born in Fanjiazhuang, Yingshang County, Yingzhou.

Since the rebellion in Huaibei in the ninth year of Fuchang, he has been following Xiao Xin and is an old member of the Eighth Regiment with Miao Hong's roots.

Half a month ago, on the third day after Xiaoxin landed in Shunhua, Liaodong Peninsula, he captured a Jin village named Wuyanpao.

At that time, Fan Jiu's tribe only killed the veterans of the Jin who resisted. During the evacuation, Fan Jiu, perhaps out of intolerance, ran alone and left part of the rations for several teenage Jin.

Unexpectedly, several people took advantage of his unpreparedness and killed Fan Jiu in the house.
From then on, as long as the Tiger Group met someone who resisted, they would not care about men, women, old or young.

After Xiao Xin finished speaking, he still couldn't understand his hatred. He pointed at the Han man with the golden seal on his face and said: "Brother, ask Qin Zhiyuan again, how did his younger brother die? Did the Jin man ever have mercy on us Han children? ?”

Qin Zhiyuan was a Han slave that Xiao Xin rescued a few days ago. Six years ago, Qin Zhiyuan's eleven-year-old brother was beaten to death in a wheat field because he was young and lacked strength while working for the nobles of the Jin Kingdom.

Seeing her brother-in-law's face flushed by her question, Xiao Xin softened his voice and said slowly: "Before we crossed the sea to the north, Brother Chen had promised me the right to do things conveniently. Now the Jinxia army is raging in the hinterland of our Central Plains. , If we continue to be benevolent as women, we will only spoil things! Brother, do you know that the night before departure, Brother Chen told his younger brother that the battle between Qi and Jin is not about one family, but two clans. The right to live! If we lose." At this point, Xiao Xin pointed to the group of Han slaves and women in the courtyard who had just been in chaos. At this moment, hundreds of people were still in shock, huddled together, with their heads lowered and shoulders hunched.

Those who have been trained are like a group of docile sheep.

Xiao Xin sighed, and then said: "If we lose, our descendants will probably be like them. Big brother, in order to prevent our descendants from being like pigs and dogs, not to mention causing some killings, even my younger brother Ma Le shrouds his body and is also there No matter what!”

Xiao Xin's words reminded Fan Rushan of a pair of children at home.

If his children were really reduced to such a miserable situation, Fan Rushan could only think about it for a moment, and his blood would surge in his chest.

"Tanfu, please stop talking. My brother's heart is as sharp as a knife when he hears these words. There is a king of Chu in the world and a good man like you, who will never let the descendants of the Han family suffer such a tragedy."

At the end of the day, after an hour's rest, the four thousand tiger soldiers reorganized their equipment and prepared to continue their march north.

When they parted, the group of Han slaves and women still stood obediently in place. Even though they were shivering from the cold, they still did not dare to move at all.

However, after such a long time, the familiar local accent kept ringing in their ears, and some people finally understood what was going on.

Seeing that the young general was about to leave, a woman who had been kidnapped by the Jin for many years finally had the courage to step forward and knelt down in front of Xiao Xin's horse.

As soon as he opened his mouth, tears welled up first, "General, are my relatives back home waiting to save me?"

Xiao Xin didn't know how to answer for a while.

When the woman saw this, she couldn't help but cry more and more sadly, "If the general abandons us and ignores us, when the Jin Kingdom finds out that all the Jin people here will be killed, we will have no chance of survival. Please take us with you, general."

When she said this, the remaining hundreds of Han people all knelt down and sobbed.

Even though he couldn't bear it, Xiao Xin could never bring this group of people and this extraordinary force of the Sixth Brigade with him. What he was doing was running thousands of miles to destroy the Jin Kingdom's rear areas.

Their victory or defeat is not only related to the Daling River front line, but also to the situation of the entire world.

After pondering for a while, Xiao Xin called to record the matter and brought some of the grain, meat and various furs obtained here, and then said: "You divide these things. If you want to survive, flee to the mountains first."

When the woman heard this, she showed an expression of despair. How long can she survive in the mountains with all this food and fur to keep out the cold?

The winter outside the customs is no joke, it's just a matter of dying early and dying late.

"General, can't you really take us away?"

The woman lay on the ground exhausted, looking aimlessly at the blood-stained snow on the ground.

Xiao Xin hardened his heart and just said: "I can't take it with me. You guys try to live well and survive this winter. Maybe next year, King Chu will come out with his army. If you can hold on until then, I will definitely give it to you." go home!"

'send you home! '

These four short words made this woman's fish-like eyes shine with a glimmer of light.

Then, the woman bowed her head again and kowtowed to Xiao Xin seriously.

Then, he stood up with difficulty, picked up a bag of grain, picked up two furs to keep out the cold, and walked out of the yard firmly but slowly.

With her taking the lead, others also came forward to kowtow, take supplies, and formed an uneven line, walking step by step toward the mountains in the distance.
The sixth day of November.

Outside the Huanglong Mansion in the Imperial Capital of the Jin Kingdom, a horse army suddenly appeared.

In just a few days, more than ten Jin villages on the outskirts of Huanglong Mansion were swept away.

On the tenth day of November, this horse army deliberately swaggered past the city as if it was a provocation.

Ever since the ancestor Aguda rebelled and occupied Huanglong Mansion, there has never been an enemy in the vicinity for decades.

For a moment, people in Huanglong Mansion were panicked.

However, Wanyan Liang and Wanyan Mouyan had already wiped out all the capable warriors in the Jin Dynasty.

The only one thousand old soldiers left in Huanglong Mansion can barely defend the city and do not have the ability to go out to fight outside the city.

Prime Minister Wanyan Hushe, who stayed in the city, urgently ordered retired soldiers from various villages to come to support, but three days after the military order was issued, only more than 200 people came.

It's not that the other old soldiers didn't come, but they were all slaughtered by Xiao Xin.

The Kingdom of Jin had rare troops marching westward, and the Kingdom of Qi also had Tiger Ben who crossed north!

Come on, let’s see who consumes more energy than whom.

More than a thousand miles away, on the east bank of the Daling River, is the Wanyan Liang army camp in Xianzhou.

Since Wanyan Mouyan's troops crossed the Greater Xianbei Mountains, communication between the two armies has been equally inconvenient.

It was not until late last month that we received the exact news that the Jinxia army had entered the Central Plains.

Wan Yanliang didn't have time to be happy for a few days, but he learned that an unknown number of cavalry troops had appeared in the hinterland.
At first, this horse army seemed to have no clear purpose and just attacked Jin villages near some cities.

This made Wan Yanliang particularly angry. The Jin State's fierce and restrained system was not only a military organization, but also a production organization.

Now that all the elites of the Jin Kingdom are outside, logistics is extremely dependent on these scattered villages. But every time this horse army breaks a village, it will slaughter all the old soldiers, hoard food and destroy it, disperse the Han slaves, and even remove the plowing people. All farm tools will be burned.

The destruction in just over twenty days not only caused a shortage of manpower for transporting grain from the rear, but the supply of grain and grass also began to become tight.

If this continues, let alone whether there will be a shortage of food on the Daling River front line, it is almost a foregone conclusion that the Jin Kingdom will suffer from famine in the spring next year.

What made Wan Yanliang's heart bleed even more was the rapid disappearance of young men from the Jin Kingdom, the source of soldiers in the clan.
The Han people in the Central Plains have a prosperous population. Even if tens of thousands of people are killed in battle, the country will not be shaken.

But the Kingdom of Jin cannot withstand such trouble!

This horse army that breaks into the hinterland is going to cut off the roots of Daijin!
This was not the only thing that bothered them. The Qi army used some tricks to move the thunder cannon to the warship.

In the past few days, the navy of Qi State bombarded the cities along the northern coast of the Bohai Bay with 135 shells, and the 246 shelled the cities along the western side of the Liaodong Peninsula.

Although it did not cause much damage, more than ten cities on the seaside were shaken every day.

In order to prevent Qi's army from crossing the sea and landing again, Wanyan Liang's already modest troops had to be divided into guarding the coastal cities. There was no remaining strength left to turn around and annihilate the cavalry army in the hinterland.

But we can’t let them run wild outside the customs!

The State of Qi now has two granaries in Huaibei and Hebei to rely on, and can consume them at will.

But outside the pass is the only rear for the Kingdom of Jin.

Wan Yanliang realized firsthand that he had no choice but to move forward or retreat.
On November 12, Wan Yanliang took advantage of the freezing Daling River and bravely attacked the coalition defense line.

But he was blasted back by the thunder cannon.

On the 13th, Wan Yanliang wavered for a time and wanted to lead his troops to retreat, but an unexpected incident stopped him from thinking about it.

On the same day, Wan Yanliang was rewarded, and King Wang Kai of Goryeo sent his attendant Jin Fushi to lead an army to capture Baozhou City of Jin Kingdom.

Wan Yanliang couldn't help but be furious!
The battle between Jin and Qi can be regarded as a fight between two tigers. You, a skinny dog, dare to take the opportunity to bite Dajin?
After the rise of Goryeo, the affairs of the Liao Dynasty were followed. After the destruction of the Liao Dynasty, the affairs of the Zhou Dynasty were followed. After the Zhou Dynasty moved south, it was the affairs of the Jin Dynasty. Each time he changed his father's country, he did so smoothly without any sense of shame or guilt.

But now, even the slaves with three surnames dared to provoke Da Jin, which made Wan Yanliang completely understand the reality. Jin State was first in civil strife, and then blocked by Qi State. The westward marching army has not yet captured Tokyo City, and its hinterland has been blocked again. The Qi army broke in.

At this time, from the perspective of other countries, Dajin was already in a precarious situation and was in danger of being destroyed at any time, so only Korea dared to take the opportunity to invade.

At this time, Jin Guo must be tougher and must not retreat!
But right now, both the Daling River line and Tokyo City's offense and defense seem to be in a stalemate.

Only the intervention of external forces can break the balance at this time.

Wan Yanliang couldn't help but look up to the south. Wu Weizheng, who had crossed south to the Zhou Kingdom a few months ago, became the last life-saving straw. (End of chapter)