Chapter 379: Khitan Princes and Princesses
The next day, the morning dew has not dispersed, the morning sun is rising, the north gate of Youzhou.
Zhonglang generals Xiao Yun and Xu Lin led the flying cavalry army and the tiger army to ride on foot, protecting hundreds of families who were willing to go to Dandong to make a living, and went to Jizhou and Pingzhou.
With the 6 Dingyuan, Li Chongliang, and Li Lei, who stayed in the two states and beware of the Khitan wolf riders, they converged, gathered the troops of the two states, escorted and imprisoned the prisoners of the two states, and went to Dandong in a mighty way.
At noon, when the sun was shining, Yang Yue, Wei Jiyan, and Chang Fengchun led 20,000 right military guards to protect Yuwen Linxuan, Lin Miaoyin, Yue Nujiao, and Li Zhaoyang's master and servant, carrying gold, silver, grain and grass, and also left from the north gate and went out to the pass.
On the way, perhaps because of the good thing of breaking Yang Yue, Li Zhaoyang's master and servant, in addition to assisting Lin Miaoyin in changing the dressing, approached the carriage, and Yang Yue occasionally had a ride or a few words, most of the time, Li Chaoyang's master and servant, and the horse was located in front of the army.
Their behavior is all because Li Zhaoyang is obsessed with that shy thing.
However, Yang Yue paid attention to Li Zhaoyang's master and servant riding skills, and the more certain he was, the more unusual their identities were.
In this regard, Yang Yue secretly instructed the soldiers to pay attention, secretly monitor their movements, and beware of the transfer of the army, which was calculated by two women whose identities were confused.
At the same time, Yang Yue instructed Wei Jiyan to send more spies to pay close attention to the movements of all parties.
Zhang Xuanheng led the main force first, Xiao Yun and Xu Lin led the people and prisoners in the middle, and he and Wei Jiyan escorted the gold, silver, grain, grass and ordnance palace.
Three-way army, if any side encounters an enemy attack, its own strength will be weakened.
Therefore, Yang Yue did not dare to be careless.
Fortunately, Youzhou is not far from Dandong, passing through Pingzhou, Yingzhou, and arriving at Andong Duhufu, it is easy to go to Dandong.
It's just that along the way, the forces of all parties are intertwined, and the Khitan wolf riders often haunt, even though Lin Kaiyue and Zhao Xuanhu led the troops to open up the road to Dandong. Zhang Xuanheng led a heavy army to open the way, and Yan Yuefeng led the troops in the rear to respond, and during the march, Yang Yue was still on guard against the Khitan wolf cavalry, and the Pinglu infantry cavalry raided.
Sleeping in the open for three days in a row, a long journey, even though it was hard, but it was safe and sound.
However, when he led the troops through Pingzhou, jumped over the Liao River, and was about to leave Yingzhou and step into the Andong Protectorate.
A crisis, but quietly coming...
Liaohe, also known as Liaoshui, the source of the bald mountain in the territory of the Khitan, there is yellow water in the east, nourishing the Songmo Governor's Mansion, and it is also the fief of the Liwang of the Khitan right valley, operating the state in the south, and flowing into the Bohai Sea.
This right valley Li King is one of the four kings of the Khitan, the status of noble, is the Khitan Khan King Yelu Yao's brother.
At the beginning, the tribe migrated to the banks of the Huangshui River, in order to beware of Zuoxian King Alta, when Zuoxian King was severely injured by Yang Yue's troops, the right valley Liwang took advantage of the situation to annex his tribe's remnants and people, and his strength grew.
Become the closest Khitan tribe to Pingzhou and Jizhou.
At this moment, in the upper reaches of the Liao River, in a mountainous area, there are 30,000 wolves riding, dragons and tigers, hidden in the mountains.
Condescending, looking down on the southern official road.
In the mountains, the soldiers distributed their spoils, and the horses carried gold, silver, soft and grain, and beside them were women and children who had just plundered.
The wolf rode the elite soldiers, with a smile on his face, you fight for me, and you are arrogant.
In the blink of an eye, a general turned back, angrily warned him, and the wolf cavalry elite soldiers were quiet, all hiding their bodies and lurking.
This wolf cavalry, is the cavalry of the Liwang tribe in the right valley, half a day ago, just a surprise attack on the more prosperous Huaiyuan Town in the northeast of Yingzhou, looting, harvesting a lot.
Hidden here, though, they wait to catch the next prey.
In front of the mountain, at the highest place, two young Khitan generals exchanged ears on horseback, and from time to time there was a hearty laugh.
Behind them, followed by two burly generals with maces, with serious expressions and eagle-eyed eyes, they scanned back and forth, very vigilant.
Next to the young general, there is a Khitan female general, red inlaid with gold goose feather armor, tightly wrapped in a proud body, with a pretty face, slender fingers clenching the iron bow, sharp arrows like eyes, looking straight to the south, followed by a hundred women's army.
Their status is noble, and even the king of Yougu Li is afraid of three points, just because the three of them are from the Khitan royal court, namely the third prince of Khitan Yelu Jinshan, the seventh prince Yelu Siguang, and the ninth princess Yelu Chunxi.
When the spring is cold, the glacier has not yet thawed, and when the climate is abnormally cold, the Chang'an spies lurk. Fast horse sends back news to the royal court.
Yuwen's Chang'an rebellion, Chang'an civil strife, wolf smoke in Dugi Province, wars continued, Yuwen's strong forces, swept the Central Plains, changed the dynasty trend..
When the tribal leaders of the royal court learned about it, they went to the sweat tent one after another, and took the initiative to ask for help, hoping that Yelu Yao would send troops to take advantage of the fire to rob and chase the Central Plains.
The parties were fierce, but Yelu Yao got the information and did not move, only the tribes did not move, reorganized the army and horses, and waited for the opportunity to go south, beating grass and rabbits.
Gyeonggi Province, the civil war in Dugi Province, seems to be expected by Yelu Yao, as he said to the tribal leaders under his command, the Tang Dynasty is like a fierce lion entrenched in the center, dying of old age. Even though the tigers and leopards are rampant next to him, trying to grab food, only this male lion can barely snatch the meat when he is napping or when he is injured.
The rebellion is over, and the lion is greatly damaged, which is a great opportunity for the tiger's mouth to take the food.
Yelu Yao specially ordered his younger brother, Yelu Puhua, the king of the right valley, to lead the tribe south.
Yelu Puhua led his troops southward, wanting to take advantage of the emptiness of the defense of the northern frontier of the Tang Dynasty and conquer the city.
Who knows, before arriving at the front line of the Great Wall, Yang Yue led the troops to return triumphantly, and the northern frontier of the Tang Dynasty gathered heavy troops.
Hearing the news, Yelu Puhua was very annoyed, and the tribe made a big move, and if he did it empty-handed, he would not be laughed at by the tribes.
Unwilling, Yelu Puhua wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Youzhou army had just returned from counterinsurgency, and the whole army was sleepy and tired, and he urgently needed to rest, so he attacked Pingzhou and Jizhou, knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger.
Warning Yang Yue, in the Khitan, in terms of seniority, Zuo Xian Wangbu, extremely famous, in fact, was expelled by the Khan King from the royal court and exiled to the weaker tribes in southern Xinjiang.
Today, the Khitan wolf rode south, and he Yang Yuexiu wanted to be arrogant.
However, the spies reported that Pingzhou and Jizhou were well defended, and the armies of Youzhou were dispatched.
Yelu Puhua did not know Yang Yue's plan, for fear that Youzhou would transfer troops and send generals, and wanted to increase troops to Pingzhou and Jizhou.
In the midst of hesitation, the royal court sent an edict from the Khan, ordering him to stand by and wait for the king of Zuogu Li to come with his troops, and the two major Khitan tribes jointly launched a spring offensive against the Tang Dynasty.
It just so happened that Yuwenshi sent spies to ask the Khitan for help, and Yelu Puhua sent his deputy general Bo Bo Lun to lead his wolf cavalry west to pick him up, and he personally stationed the main force in Bald Mountain to wait.
However, Yelu Puhua is not a person of peace after all, and he cannot seize Jizhou and Pingzhou, and he is not idle in Bald Mountain, and orders his generals to go to the border of Yingzhou and loot on a large scale.
These two princes, who were sent by the Khan in the name of experience, also led the barracks to the state border fortress to rob them.
In the past few days, the harvest was abundant, and it was too late to send it back to the barracks, so they took the risk to lead the troops deep into the camp state.
The ninth princess, Yelu Chunxi, heard that the war in southern Xinjiang was in full swing, and her brothers led the wolf riders to reap a lot of money, left the royal court without authorization, and led the women's army to secretly run to the front line.
Yelu Jinshan and Yelu Siguang discussed, in the official road in the south, there was no army for a long time, and said impatiently: "Pinglu City, that old boy, will you deceive us, otherwise why don't you see the trace of the prince of the Southern Tang Dynasty for a long time?"
This Yelu Jin Mountain is burly and strong, wearing tiger skin, long messy, holding a mace, quickly getting off the black horse, like a tiger general.
Recently, it was he who forcibly demanded that he lead his troops to venture into the hinterland of Yingzhou despite the military orders of the Liwang of Yougu.
Of course, regardless of the danger of his life and plunder, the 30,000 wolf riders under his command also made a lot of profits, and they were so rich that they were full of oil.
Yingzhou was originally a fief of the Pinglu Jiedu envoy, Han Xifan ordered the general Su Lige to lead the troops to garrison, before the winter of previous years, Su Lige according to the custom, sent troops to the Khitan tribute, sent gold, silver, grain and grass, in exchange for peace in the coming year.
It's a pity that the Khitan wolves have a huge appetite, and the winter food alone can't satisfy their appetite at all.
In the past few days, the wolves rode on the border of Yingzhou to plunder, and the guards in Pinglu turned a blind eye, and few generals resisted.
However, on the spot, Yelu Jinshan led the troops to break into the hinterland of Yingzhou, but it caused the Pinglu generals to be annoyed, and they all asked the ruler Pinglu Desulig to lead the troops to fight.
Su Lige was cautious, and learned that the leader of the troops was the Khitan prince, and the more he did not dare to lead the troops to resist, he ordered the troops to be stationed in various parts of Pinglu, put swords and guns into storage, and return the war horses to the camp, so as not to conflict with the Khitan prince and bring death to Pinglu.
Afraid of the Khitan wolf rider, and afraid that the wolf rider would take turns to rob, Pinglu's loss was too great, and Su Lige consulted with his cronies.
Some cronies learned that the Youzhou army had moved to Dandong, and suggested that Su Lige leak Yang Yue's traces to the Khitan prince to divert the attention of the Khitans.
Not half a day ago, Sulige sent an envoy to inform Yelu Jinshan that Yang Yue would lead his troops through the Liao River to Dandong.
Therefore, Yelu Jinshan, who had a rich harvest, dispelled the idea of a triumphant return, and led the troops to hide here, wanting to ambush Yang Yue.
It's a pity that after waiting here for a long time, there was no trace of Yang Yue for a long time, and Yelu Jinshan gradually became dissatisfied with Sulige.
After all, capturing Yang Yue alive not only robbed the gold and silver, but also erased the shame that Arta brought to the Khitan when he was killed.
"Third brother, don't be impatient, I heard that this King Yan is a ruthless stubble, and he slaughtered my Khitan people again and again on the grasslands of southern Xinjiang.
In the southern Xinjiang region, dozens of tribes were uprooted, and the elite laborers were all killed.
At the end of last winter, it was even more lightning fast, and even a ruthless character like Zuo Xianwang Arta was easily cleaned up, and today, we ambushed Yang Yue, so we must be cautious." Jereus Siguang is cautious in his words and kindly reminds.
On the battlefield, Yelu Siguang is far from being Yelu Jinshan's opponent, but in terms of strategy, Yelu Jinshan is not worthy of lifting his shoes.
"At that time, Alta was old and unenterprising, and was strengthened by Yang Yue step by step. If I had garrisoned southern Xinjiang, I would have captured Yang Yuesheng and escorted him back to the royal court, so that he could herd horses and feed the sheep." Yelu Jinshan said loudly, reminding his younger brother that he was very unhappy.
"The third brother is brave, I sigh to myself, but the Central Plains said that the arrogant soldiers will be defeated." Yelu Siguang still chattered and reminded, but in his heart he despised Yelu Jinshan again and again.
There is no shortage of martial artists in Khitan, how many years, it still hasn't broken into the Great Wall, isn't it that martial arts are acceptable, and civil governance is insufficient?
"Sixth brother, third brother is a tribal warrior, among the younger generation, the combat power is second only to the eldest brother, is it not more than Yang Yue, the king of Yan?" Yelu Chunxi pursed his lips, slightly suspicious of the sixth brother's words.
She knew that the third brother and the sixth brother, one was a vulgar martial artist, and the other was trying in vain to learn the Tang culture and reform the tribe. Each other's personalities are diametrically opposed, and their styles of doing things are different.
If it weren't for the father Khan who arranged for the two to come to southern Xinjiang, they would not have crossed paths at all.
"It's still difficult to predict whether the third brother can defeat King Yan, but if he can capture King Yan alive, it must be wonderful," Yelu Siguang did not explain, which is stronger and which is weaker, when Yang Yue leads the troops to arrive, the two sides will fight, and the winner will be divided..
"Cut, use a bird to capture alive, if we meet in a while, this king will cut him and ask my father Khan for credit." Yelu Jinshan clutched the mace in his hand and said rudely: "Of course, if the ninth sister is in love, it is not bad to keep one."
Hearing this, Yelu Chunxi chuckled, not shy, "Third brother, if my sister looks at me, I don't have to do it with the third brother, I will personally ride the horse and capture it."
Yelu Siguang was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Third brother, you can't kill it, you can't kill it!"
"Why can't you kill it, don't say that the prince of the Southern Tang Dynasty is the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and this king is not wrong to kill. Sixth, aren't you afraid of Nantang?" Yelu Jinshan raised his mace, his words were arrogant, and his violent personality was revealed.
"That's it, Sixth Brother, tell me why you can't kill it, does this Yan King have three heads and six arms, or does he have a personal relationship with Sixth Brother?" Yelu Chunxi turned his head and asked.
Yelu Siguang said: "This Yan Wang is not a reckless man, on the battlefield, killing people like hemp, in the court, the implementation of reform, I have studied in detail the strategy he implemented, if it is implemented as scheduled, the Southern Tang Dynasty will be prosperous, and even prosperous in the past, but unfortunately the Southern Tang Emperor has no eyes, expelled him from Youzhou, this does not force this prince, only to transfer to Dandong?"
If we meet in a while, if the third brother captures him alive, we will ask him a few questions, and implement his transformation technique in the Khitan."
"The third brother has always been above the top, and he can't help but put the Southern Tang scribes in his eyes, and today, he wants to ask the prince of the Southern Tang Dynasty for advice.
Okay, Chunxi wants to see what kind of virtue and ability the other party has, so that the sixth brother is so respected." Yelu Chunxi said.
"Alas, I can't tell you for a while, in short, I'll talk about it when I catch him." Jerry Si Guangdao.
At this time, Yelu Chunxi said: "The sixth brother is so anxious, after a while, my sister took the half-brother of the women's army to capture her. Women's Army, don't you say?"
"Yes!" The Women's Army cheered in unison.
At this time, dozens of miles away, there was a sound of horses' hooves, like a black cloud, riding mightily.
It was as if in front of them, anything that stood in the way would be trampled into powder.
"Third brother, this group of cavalry is not weak, it seems that it should be a veteran of the battlefield." Yelu Chunxi paid attention to the cavalry in front of him, and couldn't help but marvel, secretly comparing it with the wolf cavalry behind him.
"Hang him on what battlefield veterans, after a while, my brother will turn them all into battlefield dead." Yelu Jinshan raised his mace, signaled the whole army to fight, and whispered to the burly general beside him:
"Attila, order the wolf riders to prepare for battle, and the enemy army is approaching, so that they can taste the bow and arrows of the wolf riders."
"The third prince can rest assured." Attila spurred his horse and left.
Yelu Chunxi was silent, his eyes looked straight at the front of the cavalry, searching for Yang Yue's traces.
At this time, Yelu Siguang was also secretly excited, Yang Yue led the troops into the net, if he was captured alive, he would solve his doubts.
(End of chapter)
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