choke element

Chapter 330 Battle Cloud

The interior of the Northeast has always been bitterly cold, and the winters are extremely long. Even the tribesmen in the northern border who are accustomed to this climate complain quite a lot.

During the Dading period, the imperial court honored the Song Dynasty with Yeluzi, Minister of the Ministry of War, to celebrate the birthday of the emperor of the Southern Dynasty.It was still in mid-October at that time, and the ministers of the Southern Dynasty expressed condolences and said that it was extremely cold in the north at this time, but Yelu Zijing said frankly that the cold was unbearable.

October is already extremely cold, and by February and March of the following year, the land will thaw and become muddy, and there will be six months in a year when nothing can be done. You can only hide and shiver in the huts filled with Ula grass. What can you really do? Yes, only six months in summer and autumn.

Li Yun wanted to quickly spread out the business network belonging to Dinghai on such a vast land, so naturally he would not delay.

He is also really a bold person, he doesn't take the matter of being attacked by the wild Jurchen to heart at all.Now that he had reached an agreement with Heshi Liehuanduan, he left Zheng Rui to station at Hesihan Pass, waiting for the support sent by Guo Ning, and then loaded a few carriages with the goods he planned to sell, and still only received the number Ten subordinates continued north.

On the contrary, Wang Haoer worried about this for a long time, and finally besides carrying an extra iron armor and strong bow, he also felt that Hoduo’s hot air balloon was really useful, so he prepared a car and took Hoduo and the whole set of parts with him. , ready to play tricks at any time.

A group of people first went to Gaizhou to meet Wendihan Qinggou, who was stationed here, and the host and guest had a pleasant talk.

Although this gentleman has lost Guangning Prefecture's knowledge of Guangning Prefecture affairs, but he was born in the top [-] Jurchen surnames, has been active in the Northeast for a long time, and has a high reputation.Li Yun saw with his own eyes that he only brought a few followers, and he freely went in and out of many birthed Jurchens, wild Jurchens, and even Xi, Shiwei, and Bohai tribes.

Even the chiefs or powerful leaders of these other tribes are respectful in front of him and dare not go beyond.

After meeting with Wendihan Qinggou, the group went to Chengzhou again.

Here in Chengzhou, there have been no military and political officials to guard since last year. However, there is a Bohai native named Meng An who still has strength.Of course, being able to reside within a short distance from Guangning Mansion, he certainly has friendship with the Khitan people.

When the Daliao Dynasty fell, the Han people in Tokyo and the Bohai people had grievances, and they killed each other.But after the killing, the Han people and Bohai people all became obedient citizens of the Jurchens, and the old things of that year were gradually no longer mentioned.

Chengzhou was exhausted due to the military chaos, and supplies were even more scarce, so that one ingot of silver was exchanged for four or five stones of rice.Li Yun and others lingered in Chengzhou for a few days, promised a few carts of grain and rice for the next month, and were treated with good wine and meat. They also negotiated some business with Bohai people and recruited several Bohai people as guards.

If we continue our journey, we will see fewer and fewer people and more and more ruined villages, and the road is becoming less and less like a road. After the road surface collapses, tall grass grows across the knees from time to time.

According to the premise agreed with Heshi Liehuanduan, the Dinghai Navy will not do business with the Khitans, so the caravan must also avoid being discovered by the Khitans' sentry cavalry. The group rests for an extra three hours during the day, and hurry up in the morning and evening.

As far as the eye can see, there are either grasslands, swamps, overgrown shrubs, or continuous dense forests, and across them is a complex terrain intertwined with mountains, river beds, and valleys.Sometimes walking for two or three hours, there are not a few residents in sight.

Occasionally, you can see a few city ruins from the Liao Dynasty to the present.Tucheng is tens of miles around, with hundreds of houses and three rafters in official houses, which is not as good as a small town in Shandong.But outside the Tucheng, there are almost no traces of farming. In some places, the soil ridges and ash piles can be vaguely distinguished, and stone mortars and stone mills can be dug out, but what are covered on these are only charred wood. , or were gnawed by wild beasts to scattered bones.

Along with the caravan, there were a few scribes responsible for drawing maps and recording the surrounding environment. They could only sigh here and draw a mark representing abandonment on the map.

The next journey, normally speaking, first two journeys to Xianping Mansion, and then eleven journeys to Shangjing Huining Mansion, counting the rest in the middle, it will take a month.

However, also because of the agreement with Heshi Liehuanduan, the group chose the longer journey on the eastern route.They turned east at Shenzhou, and were expected to enter Guide Prefecture first, then enter Posu Road, go upstream along the Huifa River, cross the east pass of Qingling Mountains, go north along the Huolun River, and enter Shangjing.

This route requires a total of 21 journeys, which is much farther than the previous one, and the road is also difficult to walk.

But Heshi Liehuanduan had already said something earlier: Puxian Wannu of Xianping Mansion is ambitious and has completely gone the way of rebellion. He will not allow the navy to communicate with Puxian Wannu in any case to strengthen this person's strength.Therefore, he specially sent a thousand households called Aotunma monk to accompany him to ensure that Li Yun's whereabouts would not get out of control.

Li Yun has already found out that this monk Aotunma was the one who led the army to burn and kill the wild Jurchen village.Later, the wild Jurchens besieged the caravan station and killed many people. Monk Otunma was the culprit.

But Heshi Liehuanduan didn't take it seriously. Li Yun was in Liaodong, and now he only wanted to do business to make a profit. Apart from that, he couldn't be too demanding.Then, Monk Autunma came as soon as he came, and since he was watching closely, Li Yun worked harder and went east.

As a result, a group of people trekked hard for half a day in the mountain valley of Guide Prefecture. Before they had walked twenty miles, the hub of a large car fell into the ravine and burst on the spot.

Li Yun and others tried to repair it, and thought of many ways, but all failed in the end.In desperation, he had no choice but to lead people to unload the goods quickly and distribute the materials on this cart to other vehicles.

There are quite a few delicate items in those supplies, and they can't be thrown away casually.Many pieces need to be re-balanced according to weight and size. Sometimes the placement and binding are not suitable, and they have to be untied and rearranged.

This job is not easy, the group of people has been busy for half an hour, everyone is sweating profusely, but they can't take off their clothes to fan the wind... The mountain is full of mosquitoes and flies, and the sound of flapping their wings is like thunder. Everyone who wears heavy clothes, once the clothes are taken off, the blood will be sucked dry!

It was hot, tired, and irritable, and the faces of several people became more and more ugly.However, the monk Aotunma took a few cavalrymen and wandered around leisurely, sometimes watching the people in the caravan busy with a mocking expression.

Today's Ding Haijun can be regarded as a strong army in the border of Shandong, and the soldiers always think that they can be called a strong army in the world after their own calculations.However, most of the Jurchens in the Northeast are rough and violent, and their vision is very narrow, like a frog at the bottom of a well, they always look at everyone with a little contempt.

Previously they were thinking about dispatching horses and earning goods, so everyone just endured it, let alone this man's arrogance, now seeing him still look so arrogant, the dissatisfaction in the hearts of the soldiers was hard to suppress.

A young soldier thought he was standing farther away, and was separated from a cart full of supplies, so he bluffed his hands and made a gesture of secretly drawing a bow and shooting an arrow.Immediately, he split his palm and blew a whistle, simulating clusters of arrows flying through the air, shooting that Jurchen Qianhu to death.

This action was a bit funny, everyone including Li Yun laughed.

Li Yun smiled and waved his hands: "Okay, okay, put on a show, don't take it seriously."

The young soldier was a little proud, so he whistled extra crisply.

But no one expected that his whistle was still lingering in the lingering sound, and the fierce whistling of arrows piercing through the air really erupted in the air!

"Get down! Dodge the arrows!" Wang Hao'er shouted, holding Li Yun and A Duo with both hands, pushing them both under the car.

But right in front of Wang Haoer, Monk Aotunma suddenly sank his head, and his body tilted and fell on the saddle.I saw an arrow shot in the back of his neck, and the arrow went straight into the brain.Blood flowed from the corner of Monk Autunma's mouth, his hands and feet twitched slightly, and then he died.

At the same time, several cavalry accompanied by Monk Otunma were even worse.Almost all of them were hit by [-] or [-] arrows, and like a blood-spitting hedgehog grew out of thin air, they swayed on the horse's back for a long time and slowly rolled down to the ground.

When they fell to the ground, the footsteps of hundreds of people resounded loudly. Behind the high slope where these cavalrymen were standing, several rows of archers appeared.

Li Yun struggled, stood up straight from under the car, and asked, "Who is here?"

A military officer was transferred from the archers: "The subordinates of the Shandong Xuanfu envoy arrived in Liaodong, but they deliberately avoided the Liaodong Xuanfu envoy. This is not the etiquette of a guest. Come out, I am here to welcome distinguished guests, and invite them to go to Xianping Mansion."

"So it's Xuan Envoy Pu Xian's subordinate? Disrespectful!" Li Yun's face remained unchanged: "We are in a hurry to go to Beijing, can we meet Xuan Envoy Pu Xian again on our return trip?"

"No." The man bowed slightly.

"why?"

"Good teaching Judge Li learned that three days ago, the Khitan army Yeluliu raised [-] troops and went out to attack and plunder everywhere. The front part of the Khitan army has arrived in Shenzhou and will continue to advance eastward at any time. Cut off the waterway of Huifa River. For the safety of everyone, please take refuge with me in Xianping Prefecture, otherwise, an unspeakable tragedy will happen."

(End of this chapter)