Water Margin begins as a captain in Yanggu County

Chapter 107 Steward Su has already gone to kill him!

Su Wu looked at the place where the river flowed into the sea, and he felt inexplicably nervous.

Standing at the bow and looking around, I saw that the shore was covered with vegetation such as trees and thatch. I didn't see any houses or human figures.

Su Wu shouted: "Go that way, go that way..."

He chose a shore that looked quite solid. The large ship could not go ashore directly, but had to stay two or three hundred steps near the shore.

Everyone had to go ashore in small boats and make many trips back and forth to transport people and horses. The goods were not urgent and would remain on the boat. They only needed to take some samples.

This was a solution Su Wu came up with after careful consideration. There were too few people on his side, only about 140 to 50 in total, and he had to leave 40 to 50 people to guard the large and small ships.

It was impossible to take care of such a large amount of goods, so he decided to leave lightly and find Wanyan Jurchen first.

Everyone started to file a case, including Su Wu and Li Liangsi, Lu Da, Wu Song, Yang Zhi, Luan Tingyu, Li Cheng, Li Yunlong, Jie Zhen and Jie Bao...

There was also Lu Junyi. When Su Wu was going to Laizhou, Dengzhou and other places to rob ships, Lu Junyi rushed over after receiving Su Wu's letter, without even knowing what was going on.

When they arrived in Laizhou, Su Wu was already about to set off, so he followed him on board.

It was not until he got on the boat that he knew where he was going, and he also understood why Su Wu had called him here in such a hurry, saying that this was a good trade route and that he could make a fortune.

The fact that Lu Junyi rushed to Laizhou without knowing anything showed that he had great trust in Su Wu and did not think that Su Wu would lie to him.

It was not until he got on board and heard Su Wu's words that he smiled somewhat bitterly.

Now that he has also come ashore, there is nothing to say. He is a big boy in nature, a person who plays around everywhere in the rivers and lakes. When he came ashore, he took a breath of cold air and said to Su Wu: "Brother, I'm afraid you have gone too far this time."

Su Wu smiled and said, "Isn't this more interesting than wandering around in the martial arts world?"

Lu Junyi smiled bitterly and nodded: "It's okay, brother. If we can go back this time, it will be a great story in the martial arts world!"

"Maybe in the future, brother will come here often..." Su Wu smiled, but was serious. He asked Lu Junyi to come just to set up a forward position first.

In the future, Lu Junyi really needs to come here often. Of course, he won't have to go around looking for the Jurchens. The Jurchens will build an outpost here and wait for Lu Junyi to come with all kinds of supplies.

Just looking at the people around, most of them were still unsettled as they had just come ashore, even Li Liangsi looked frightened.

Everyone's eyes were on Su Wu. Su Wu had already become the backbone of the group. Even Li Liangsi looked at Su Wu.

Su Wu was actually also unsure. Although this land had been part of the territory of the Central Plains dynasty for a long time, and even during the Han and Tang dynasties, counties had been established here.

But in the eyes of the people in the Central Plains, this land is still a wild place after all, with large tracts of dense forests, a large plain sandwiched between three large mountain ranges, and several small plains between the rivers.

The northernmost is Lesser Khingan Range, to the west is Greater Khingan Range, and to the east is Changbai Mountain.

It is very cold here, and wild beasts roam everywhere. The mountain tribes here have always been tough, and the tribes that left this land are even more capable of fighting.

There is no need to say much about the Donghu tribes, as well as the Khitan and Jurchen, all of whom left here and established vast empires.

Even Mongolia, Genghis Khan, Temujin, and the Borjigin Golden Family, all of them first came down from the Greater Khingan Range.

Later, there were the Jianzhou Jurchens... and even later, the three Solon tribes that the Qing Dynasty relied on.

Why are the people who come out of here so fierce?
Because the environment here is too harsh. People who grow up in this environment live in the territory of bears and Siberian tigers, surrounded by wolves. They either hunt and fish, or gather reindeer...

At this moment, countless times, the people here would have their food snatched from them by the claws of bears weighing hundreds of pounds or by the mouths of Siberian tigers weighing hundreds of pounds.

In order to get an iron pot, one had to hunt and kill several Siberian tigers before he could exchange their tiger skins for the iron pot from the Liao people.

The Liao people really didn't treat the people here as human beings. In fact, their own ancestors also walked out of this forest.

Everyone was waiting for Su Wu to give orders.

Su Wu calmed down and pointed to the river mouth: "Let's go, and head northeast along the river mouth."

One hundred men and two hundred horses slowly went into the woods.

Fortunately, although the forest here is dense, it is different from the forest in the south. The dense forest in the south not only covers the sky, but also covers the ground.

The dense forest here has trees that are tall and straight, but appear sparse, so it is not difficult for people and horses to move through it.

Even the trees here have a harder time surviving than those in the south.

On horseback, Su Wu also took out the map given to him by Zong Ze and looked at it. Not far to the east, there was actually a city, Laiyuan City, so there must be Liao people stationed there.

Even though there are not many Liao people there, we must not disturb them.

Even you know that the people living around Laiyuan City are the Hesuguan tribe, which are also Jurchens. The Jurchens belonged to the Liao Dynasty, that is, the Jurchens who were the lackeys of the Liao people.

In the future, all these Jurchens will submit to the Wanyan Jurchens.

Jurchen was originally a general term, and the Wanyan Jurchens were just a small branch of the general Jurchens. It was only after the Wanyan Jurchens became powerful that the Jurchens truly united and became one nation.

As Su Wu was wandering in the woods, he became worried, fearing that he might encounter the scattered Jurchens of Hesuguan.

After walking for two days, I didn't meet a single living person. The Northeast is a vast land, but it is sparsely populated.

With the brothers Jie Zhen and Jie Bao leading the way, and some scouts sent out on both sides, they continued slowly towards the northeast.

Going further forward, you will slowly enter the Huiba tribe, which is also a Jurchen tribe, and is called Huiba Jurchen.

I don’t know whether this Jurchen group is now Liao or Jin.

The Song people were not well-informed, so Su Wu could only move forward tentatively.

It was also during this time that the Liao people treated the Huiba Jurchens quite well. They appointed their leader as the king and established the Huiba King's Palace.

But the Huiba Jurchens were not so "familiar" and would occasionally rebel, just to show their support when they were bullied by the Liao people.

But I am often comforted again...

As for the current situation of the Wanyan Jurchens, Su Wu had no idea, and neither did anyone in the Song Dynasty. Even Li Liangsi was not very clear about it.

That's the awkward part.

Therefore, Su Wu had to be careful everywhere, even if it was a small village like the one Jie Zhen and Jie Bao encountered before, with only thirty or forty people.

Su Wu just walked away from it.

At night, no one had a fire and everyone just ate dry food. According to Su Wu's expectation, it would take at least six or seven days of walking and finding the river running northwest before they could relax.

It’s cold at night!

There is even light snow covering the ground.

If you don't have a fire at night, you will be shivering with cold. No matter how thick your clothes are, you still can't withstand the cold.

Even Su Wu knew that it was still okay now. After some time, this land would be truly frozen, and temperatures of minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius would be common. If people came at that time without fire, they would not be able to survive and would surely freeze to death.

Now that they have arrived here, everyone has stopped complaining, but they are all listless, and most of them look weak and tired when they get up in the morning.

Su Wu came to encourage him several times: "Brothers, you are here to fight for your future. I will definitely take you back safely."

Then Wu Song said, "Brother, we have come here. We can go anywhere, life or death, with you."

Most of the people just nodded, didn't say much, stretched their arms and legs, and continued walking.

Li Liangsi was secretly shocked when he saw that everyone around Su Wu was in the same state. Why were this group of soldiers so different?

Walking further ahead, we saw brothers Jie Zhen and Jie Bao wearing wolfskin coats, running back through the forests as if they were walking on flat ground.

When the two brothers came closer, Jie Zhen immediately said, "General, there is a fight in the woods ahead."

"What's going on?" Su Wu asked with a frown.

"A mile or two ahead, on the left side of the mountain, there is a large village with at least three or four hundred people. A group of people came from the north, about one or two hundred people, and they started fighting with the people in that village."

Jie Zhen said it clearly.

Su Wu subconsciously said, "Go around to the east, go around."

Everyone nodded and was about to turn around.

Suddenly, Su Wu said again: "No hurry, let's go and take a look!"

Li Liangsi immediately came over and asked, "Why did Chief Steward Su take such a risk?"

Su Wu waved his hands and said, "It's not a risk. If a fight breaks out here, who is fighting whom? This is the Huiba people's territory, and now, who is attacking from all sides?"

"Are you saying, General Manager, that it was the Wanyan Jurchens who were attacking the people in the mountains and forests?" Li Liangsi asked.

"I'm not sure, so we have to go and take a look first. If it's really the Wanyan Jurchens attacking that village, isn't that just right?" Su Wu was a little excited.

He added, "There's no need to bring too many people. You can take shelter behind the hillside over there. Brother Li and I will take a few people to the ridge to take a look..."

As he spoke, Su Wu had already set off. Li Liangsi hurriedly followed him, and Wu Song and Lu Da followed behind him, with brothers Jie Zhen and Jie Bao leading the way.

After walking for more than a mile, they reached a small ridge. They lay down on the ridge and looked to the west.

The battle was fierce.

The attacking party were all able-bodied men, wearing little, all wrapped in animal skins. Occasionally one or two would wear cloth over the skins, and they wore animal skin hats with pheasant feathers stuck on them.

The weapons were also varied. Some people were holding big wooden sticks, some were holding simple spears... and some... actually had the standard long swords, and some even had spears that looked very sophisticated.

One or two of them even wore armor...

This looks really weird.

Most of the people defending the village had a small spear head tied to a wooden pole. They wore no armor and were wrapped in animal skins.

However, both sides had a large number of long and short bows and crossbows of various types, and they shot at each other, and these bows and crossbows were not of sophisticated quality.

However, the attacking side had several relatively sophisticated bows and crossbows, and the arrows they shot were obviously very powerful and accurate.

The two sides were apparently in a stalemate for a while, and then the one or two hundred people on the attacking side began to split up, with dozens of them shuttling around in the distance in the woods, apparently trying to get behind the village.

In this way, attacking from both sides, although this tactic is simple, in Su Wu's vision, he knows that this tactic will definitely work.

Sure enough, not long after, dozens of men behind the village suddenly broke in.

He was really cruel. He didn't kill anyone he saw, but he killed any man he saw. Every time he attacked, he was steady, accurate, ruthless and fast. Killing people was like killing a chicken.

The boy, who was about seven or eight years old, just ran over and stabbed him, and blood was sprayed all over the boy's neck.

As long as there are strong men in the village who really turn around to resist, the attackers will be extremely fierce, using bows and crossbows, swords and spears, wooden sticks, and even biting with teeth and poking eyes with fingers...

Lu Da was beside Su Wu, so he also said, "These people are so fierce!"

There were shouts and cries of killing everywhere, and the cries of women and children shook the sky.

Su Wu frowned, thinking and pondering.

Li Liangsi also asked, "Are these one or two hundred people really the Wanyan Jurchens?"

It is difficult to recognize.

Su Wu asked Li Liangsi: "Can you speak the Jurchen language?"

Li Liangsi shook his head: "I can speak Khitan, but not Jurchen. However, Jurchen and Khitan have many similarities."

Su Wu shook his head. If they spoke Khitan, people would misunderstand them and think they were Liao people...

Li Liangsi asked again: "General Manager Su, did you really meet the Wanyan Jurchens?"

Su Wu nodded and said, "Nine out of ten, it's the Wanyan Jurchen."

"Why?" Li Liangsi asked again subconsciously.

"Because those few pieces of armor, as well as those standard weapons and crossbows, if it weren't for the Wanyan Jurchens who had fought against the Liao people repeatedly, who would have them?"

Su Wu stated the basis for his judgment: for the people here, even an iron pot is a luxury.

Li Liangsi's face lit up, and he nodded repeatedly: "That's right, it's impossible for others to have these things. Only the Wanyan Jurchens have seized these things from the Liao people. Then..."

Li Liangsi looked at Su Wu again and waited for Su Wu to make a decision.

Su Wu was undecided for a moment. If he was really mistaken for a Liao person, a fight would be inevitable. Not to mention the outcome, even if he won, the Wanyan Jurchens would surely send more people to surround him in the forest...

hold on……

Su Wu also said, "Brother Lu Da, quickly turn back and find the men and horses, put on armor and mount the horses, and get ready. Brother Jie Bao, you go with brother Lu Da."

Gotta prepare for the worst.

The two of them quickly descended toward the ridge.

In the village, the fighting became even more intense, and it was all hand-to-hand combat, which was brutal and bloody.

All I saw was the big wooden stick being swung at the man's body, repeatedly, until the man's entire chest collapsed...

It didn't take long before people in the village began to flee, and the only ones who could actually escape were the strong men.

He actually fled towards the ridge towards Su Wu.

Li Liangsi immediately became nervous and asked, "Manager Su, what should we do? Should we hide away first?"

Su Wu frowned. If someone escaped, someone would naturally come to chase him. Su Wu's position, and even the hundred or so people behind him, might really be exposed.

Su Wu thought about it and saw that the person running in front was getting closer and closer. Su Wu suddenly turned around and said, "Li Cheng, get the crossbow and shoot!"

Li Liangsi's heart tightened: "Is this the case?"

Su Wu nodded seriously: "Help them, help Wanyan Jurchen shoot the fleeing man."

Li Liangsi actually understood what Su Wu was thinking, but his heart was still in his throat.

Li Cheng stepped on the crossbow arm with his foot, bent over to pull the string, loaded the arrow, turned around and raised his hand to shoot.

The arrow flew about a hundred and fifty or sixty steps and then the person running in front of him fell down.

"Good shooting, reload arrows and shoot again!" Su Wu gave another order. There were only three or two people fleeing from the village just now, but now there were already seven or eight.

Su Wu also ordered: "Brothers, be prepared. If the fleeing people in the village rush over, just kill them."

The people on both sides were preparing their weapons.

But no one expected that Su Wu suddenly stood up and stood on the ridge, holding a spear.

Li Cheng fired another arrow and knocked down another panicked man.

Looking at the village, there were already thirty or forty people fleeing, and behind them, there were another twenty or thirty people chasing after them.

Su Wu said to his left and right: "Everyone stand up!"

Wu Song and Lu Da stood up immediately, holding two huge machetes in their hands, and stood on both sides of Su Wu.

Then Li Liangsi licked his lips and stood up.

Li Cheng did not even dodge. He walked towards Su Wu, stepped on the crossbow, pulled the string, and started shooting continuously.

How could the thirty or forty people fleeing from the village not see that the enemy had also appeared on the small ridge ahead?

Even if I looked up and turned around, I saw that there were only a few people on the ridge, about thirty or forty people, and they did not stop walking.

Li Cheng kept loading arrows. It was very troublesome to string this hard crossbow and it required great strength. After shooting several times, some arrows missed the target, but he still managed to knock down four people.

The thirty or forty men, wearing animal skins and hats, howled and rushed towards the ridge. They seemed to be speaking something, but I couldn't understand a word.

Behind Su Wu, he heard the rustling sound of snow, and a hundred or so people were climbing up the small ridge from behind.

Su Wu did not wait, he got off his horse first and rushed towards the fleeing man. Wu Song and Lu Da also got off the horse, but Su Wu said: "Brother Li, you don't have to follow us to fight."

Li Liangsi nodded, and really did not move. Instead, he turned to look at the hundreds of people behind him and shouted, "Quick, quick, General Su has already gone to kill them! Go and help quickly."

The ridge was only about forty or fifty meters high, and Su Wu reached it quickly. With spear in hand, he stabbed the man in front of him with quick eyes and hands.

Su Wu was startled by the stabbing. The man in front of him reacted very quickly and jumped to the side, dodging Su Wu's spear.

The man leaped to the side, and as soon as his feet landed on the ground, he leaped forward again and pounced on Su Wu, with the short blade in his hand, thrusting it straight into Su Wu's head.

Su Wu also reacted quickly. He raised the butt of his spear diagonally and hit the man who was rushing towards him from the air, while his head was also tilted.

With a bang, the man was knocked to the ground by Su Wu, and the short blade did not pierce Su Wu's head.

Su Wu quickly put away his spear and stabbed again, only then was he able to pierce through him.

The man in front of him certainly had never learned any Central Plains martial arts, but although he died under Su Wu's spear, he had a very keen sense of battle.

If Su Wu had been careless and slow to react, he might have been decapitated by this man.

Could it be... that this is the innate fighting gene of the Jurchens in the mountains?
If there are less than ten thousand Jurchens, they will be invincible if there are ten thousand. There is really some truth in this statement!

When the Wanyan Jurchens were at their strongest, they gathered more than 30,000 warriors to fight. It was these 30,000 people who overthrew the vast Liao Empire with millions of soldiers...

The Jurchens are truly terrifying.

Su Wu did not have time to think, as another one came at him. Su Wu's adrenaline surged, and his senses were extremely focused. He thrust his spear again and stabbed again, but he knew that the first stab would miss, so he made a follow-up move and knocked down another person.

Looking at Lu Da and Wu Song beside him, they also seemed to be a little surprised, but they raised their swords and chopped the two men to the ground.

When I looked up again, the thirty or forty people in front of me suddenly stopped and even walked slightly backwards.

Even these people had fear in their eyes. They looked forward and backward, back and forth.

Su Wu also turned his head. On the ridge that was forty or fifty meters high, there were already a hundred or so armored men coming down. Some of them had already walked up behind Su Wu and stopped.

No wonder the thirty or forty people who were fleeing stopped running.

But looking further away, the twenty or thirty people chasing after him suddenly stopped.

So, the three parties just stopped and looked at each other.

(I missed writing about Lu Junyi yesterday, but I made up for it today. There is still one chapter left.)
(End of this chapter)