In April, although the land in the Northeast has begun to warm up slowly, it is still a little cold whenever the night falls, especially this year, there are several inverted spring colds, which makes the temperature at night even lower, especially when resting in the wild, if you don't raise a fire, I'm afraid you can't stop the cold wind at all.

Zhao Jia sat next to the fire in front of the tent, carefully put his military lunch box on the fire, and waited until the water inside boiled, he hit the bamboo tube he brought with him, poured out a fist-sized mutton fat dumpling from it and threw it into the lunch box, and then took out a dry and hard cake and roasted it on the fire, this time they were traveling lightly, and everyone only brought three days' rations, so they had to arrive at the destination within three days, and complete the combat goal.

Sheep fat dumplings are a kind of dry food for the Great Song Army, the outside is wrapped in sheep fat, which can prevent the things inside from deteriorating, and the inside is made of flour, sugar, salt, meat, vegetable grains and other things, all dried and dehydrated to make dry food made together, a military lunch box put a dumpling, boiled is a nutritious soup, plus a piece of bread, enough to make people full, but the taste of this thing is not to mention, anyway, it is a rave of bad reviews in the army, and all the soldiers hate it to the core, However, this thing is easy to carry and is not easy to deteriorate, and it can also provide a soldier's energy consumption for a day, so there has never been another military dry food to replace it.

When the soup in the lunch box boiled again, Zhao Jia reached out and took the lunch box off the fire, and then tasted it with a spoon, feeling that the taste was not as bad as the army officer said, speaking of which he was a navy, and the most he used to eat on the ship was all kinds of fish and canned food, and it was inconvenient to raise the fire on the ship, and sometimes he couldn't even drink hot water, so in his opinion. The Army's soup, which can be cooked over fire, tastes good, at least better than the stinking fresh water on the ship.

"Jia'er, how do you feel, if you don't get used to it, I'll have someone send you back immediately!" At this moment, suddenly a mighty middle-aged general came over and said to Zhao Jia with a smile, only to see that this middle-aged man was tall and majestic. It was Zhao Yan's friend Hu Yanping, who had been staying in the Southern Navy all these years, commanding the landing combat forces in the navy, which was actually the Marine Corps, after all, in overseas operations, he mainly relied on the army to decide the victory or defeat of the battlefield, so the navy also had a large number of marines.

"Uncle Ping, don't even think about sending me back again, since I'm here. I must have to follow you to the head of Liaoyang Mansion in person, otherwise wouldn't it be a trip in vain? Zhao Jia looked up with a smile and said. Previously, their navy was the East Road, and they raided the coastal zone of the Liao State along the way, basically without encountering any decent resistance, and later occupied Chenzhou with ease.

Chenzhou is not far from Liaoyang Mansion, and after the Jurchens occupied Liaoyang Mansion, they took it as the capital of the country and moved all the Wanyan troops there. Previously, Ah Guta and Yelu Jun fought a decisive battle in Huanglong Mansion, and the defenders of Liaoyang Mansion were evacuated. Later, although some was added, the defense of Liaoyang Mansion was still very empty, and some time ago, Aguta directly led the army from Huanglong Mansion to Liaoguo Shangjing, and he had no time to take care of the safety of Liaoyang Mansion, so Hu Yanping and Xu Yuan discussed. It was decided to change the target of the Eastern Route Army to Liaoyang Mansion, if he could take the opportunity to occupy the capital of the Jin State, it would definitely make it difficult for Ah Gu to take care of it.

It is precisely because of this that Hu Yanping led an army of nearly 50,000 to prepare for a surprise attack on Liaoyang Mansion, and they all advanced lightly along the way. Everyone brought only the most basic necessities, and today was the first day. Originally, Zhao Jia belonged to the navy, and there was no need to follow Hu Yanping's army to attack Liaoyang Mansion, but he wanted to go to the Jurchens' lair to have a look, so he had to grind Hu Yanping for a long time before, and finally Hu Yanping had no choice but to agree to him.

Seeing Zhao Jia's resolute attitude, Hu Yanping also smiled and sat down and said, "Jia'er, I heard that you don't want to drive a sea ship to browse the world, why do you have to run with me to attack Liaoyang Mansion this time?" ”

Hearing Hu Yanping ask this question, Zhao Jia smiled and said: "Uncle Ping, you also know that going to sea is not an easy task, I have been preparing for this matter for several years, but I have not been able to fully prepare it, in addition, the confrontation between our Great Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom has just begun, my father has always regarded the Jurchens as the biggest enemy of our Great Song Dynasty, so I want to wait until the Jin Kingdom is destroyed before thinking about going to sea." When he said this, Zhao Jia sent the thick soup in his hand to Hu Yanping and said again, "Uncle Ping, you haven't eaten yet, do you want to try your army's specialty, it tastes good." ”

Hu Yanping and Zhao Jia were not polite, took the thick soup and took a sip and said: "It's still a taste, you just started drinking it, so you don't feel anything, but after a long time, you will feel that there is nothing more unpleasant in the world than this." When he said this, Hu Yanping paused for a moment and then smiled, "In addition, you are really sensible, and your father is really worry-free to have a son like you!" ”

For Zhao Jia's nephew, Hu Yanping, Cao Song and others also appreciate it very much, after all, with his background, he didn't have to work so hard, but Zhao Jia tried his best to get rid of the influence of his family and rely on his own strength to make a breakthrough, this kind of ambition is not something that anyone can have, and Zhao Jia's ability is also outstanding, among the younger generation, I am afraid that few can compare with him.

After Hu Yanping finished speaking, he handed over the lunch box, Zhao Jia took it and drank it, and then bit down a large piece of cake, speaking of the day's rapid march, he was also tired, even if these marching food was not very delicious, but he couldn't take care of it much.

Seeing Zhao Jia's gobbling up, Hu Yanping couldn't help laughing, and then saw him reach out and snatch the cake in Zhao Jia's hand, and then tear the cake piece by piece into the thick soup and said with a smile: "It tastes better to eat like this, and it's easier to news, don't be in a hurry to rest after eating, walk around the camp more, after all, if you walk for a day today, if you rest immediately after eating, your whole body will be sore the next day, and it will be even more uncomfortable at that time!" ”

"Hehe, thank you Uncle Ping!" Zhao Jia smiled again, and then lowered his head and "snored" to finish the contents of the lunch box, just at this time Hu Yanping was going to continue to patrol the camp, so Zhao Jia followed him around the camp, and now his identity is Hu Yanping's personal guard, and it is normal to follow Hu Yanping's side.

Hu Yanping was also willing to take Zhao Jia with him, and helped him introduce some key points when the army was camped, as well as the places that need to be paid attention to when deploying, which are completely different from the navy, Zhao Jia also listened to it with relish, and asked for advice from time to time, after all, it is not a bad thing to know more.

Soon after the camp was completed, Hu Yanping took Zhao Jia back to the camp tent to rest, Hu Yanping's guards around him were camped around his tent, Zhao Jia was arranged by Hu Yanping alone in a tent because of his special identity. In fact, at the beginning, Zhao Jia hoped that he could be an ordinary soldier and enter the army, and eat and live with other soldiers, but Hu Yanping was worried that if Zhao Jia encountered danger, he would not be able to explain to Zhao Yan, so he insisted on making such arrangements for Zhao Jia.

Before dawn the next day, Hu Yanping's army set up camp again, and rushed to Liaoyang Mansion at the fastest speed, on the way they had encountered some small groups of Jurchen cavalry, but they were all cleaned up by the cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty, and they were fighting for time at this time, so even if the news of the Jurchen army was learned, it was nothing.

At noon on the third day, the tall city walls of Liaoyang Mansion City finally appeared in their field of vision, which also made all the Song soldiers and soldiers refreshed, and the speed under their feet increased again, and their faces flashed with excitement and indifference.

The Jurchens in the city seemed to have received the news, and at this time, they saw that the gate of Liaoyang Mansion was closed, and the defenders on the city were also ready to defend, but they may have received the news a little late, and the Jurchens on the city were obviously a little confused, and even Hu Yanping could see the panicked expressions on the faces of some Jurchens through the binoculars in his hand.

"Siege!" Hardly did any stop, Hu Yanping led the army to the south gate of Liaoyang Mansion, and immediately announced the siege of the city, and the Song army officers and soldiers under his command immediately performed their duties in an orderly manner, and the front army divided to both sides, revealing the artillery in the middle, and then dozens of artillery roared, all aiming at the city gate of Liaoyang Mansion.

Liaoyang Mansion was not fully prepared at all, and the city gate was not blocked, and under several rounds of salvos, the city gate was quickly bombarded into pieces by cannonballs, and then the muzzle of the cannon was turned around, and the Jurchens on the city began to bombard, which was also the standard process of the Song army's siege.

The Jurchens had no experience in fighting firearms at all, under the bombardment of artillery, the defenders at the head of the city were quickly in chaos, taking advantage of this opportunity, the front infantry of the Song army immediately stepped forward with sandbags, and filled the moat in the blink of an eye, and then the cavalry on both wings rushed out, took the lead in the city, and began to create chaos in the city, taking advantage of this opportunity, the other Song troops swarmed in, and it was very easy to kill into the city of Liaoyang.

Hu Yanping didn't expect to attack Liaoyang Mansion so easily, when he rode into the city gate, he found that the Jurchens on the city wall had also been cleared, and there were no more Jurchens around who resisted, which made him stunned for a moment, and a look of doubt flashed in his eyes and whispered: "How can it be so easy?" ”

"Uncle Ping, it seems that something is wrong, Liaoyang Mansion is the capital of the Jin Kingdom, even if the Jin army is transferred to attack the Liao Kingdom, but the defense here cannot be so lax?" At this time, Zhao Jia also felt that something was wrong, and stepped forward to remind Hu Yanping.

As soon as Zhao Jia's words fell, he suddenly saw a horse rushing from behind and shouted: "General Qiyu, a large number of Jin cavalry have been found behind our army!" (To be continued.) )