The Legend of Xiao Feng

My mother passed away, and I don't know what tribe they belonged to.I was adopted by a Han couple and grew up in the Central Plains. Later, my adoptive parents told me that I was originally a Khitan, so I went north to look for my ancestors. Unexpectedly, on the way, I encountered the Song army fighting with the Mongols. How, I grew up among the Han people. I couldn't bear to see the Song people being slaughtered by the Mongol soldiers, so I offered to help, but the Mongol soldiers outnumbered me, and I was seriously injured in the end. Then I met Brother Yelu.Being able to see all the clansmen today, Xiao Feng finally made this trip worthwhile. "

Yelu Huailiao said: "It turns out that you have such a tortuous life experience, it's rare that you are so fond of it, our Khitan tribe is in a precarious situation, and we need someone as courageous and resourceful as you." Xiao Feng asked: "Since I established the Daliao Kingdom, I, Khitan, have strong soldiers and horses, and surrendered from all directions. How could it have fallen to such a state?" Yelu Huailiao sighed, and said: "The glory of the Daliao Kingdom has become history. During the years, the prosperity of the Daliao reached its climax. Because of the silver and silk donated by the Song Dynasty every year, the country was rich, the high-ranking officials and nobles in the court did not want to make progress, and their lives changed from frugal to extravagant. The government gradually became corrupt, resulting in the decline of the country. The Xingzong and Daozong dynasties, until Emperor Tianzuo was captured by the Jin army, alas, our Daliao has been destroyed since then."

After Xiao Feng heard this, he was silent for a long time, and sighed: "Dynasties and dynasties have been subjugated because of the incompetence and corruption of the rulers. Unexpectedly, the same is true for me in Daliao." Yelu Huailiao said: "After Daliao fell, Yelu Dashi once led some people Going west, we rebuilt the Daliao Kingdom in Husi Orer, but it was also destroyed by the Mongols. We are surrounded by Mongols in Khitan, and we are oppressed and exploited by them everywhere, forcing us to die. We have become stronger, so I want to drive us all to the Central Plains." Yeluying continued: "Under the unbearable situation, we can only stand up and resist. The neck is waiting for the Mongols to slaughter. Since the Mongols have been busy fighting east and west in recent years, especially in their eagerness to conquer the Central Plains, they have no time to send troops to attack us. They just send some scattered soldiers to harass the city intermittently, and they can't take advantage of it. But we also lost part of our troops, and often dare not open the city gates, the people cannot go out of the city to hunt and herd sheep, often do not have enough food and clothing, and have to help defend the city. Life is not easy. We think that it is not an option to continue like this , before the Mongols came, we collapsed first. So I decided to take the risk of capturing the Crescent Princess. She is the sister of the Mongolian Great Khan Mengge and Kublai Khan who holds the military power. They have always been very fond of them. She, as long as they take her as a hostage to threaten Mongolia, they will definitely agree to our request. My father does not agree with us to take this risk, but I want to put all my eggs in one basket, and I don’t care about so much.”

After hearing this, Xiao Feng pondered for a long time, and said: "Princess Crescent Moon is my savior, I don't want her to be harmed. I had a long talk with Kublai Khan, and found that he has the world in mind and is a very powerful character. It seems that even if the Crescent Princess is captured, Kublai Khan may not compromise, and a large number of Mongolian soldiers may be recruited at that time, and if anything happens to the Crescent Princess, they will definitely slaughter the city, and we may be in a dilemma at that time." Yelu Huailiao nodded and said: "That makes sense, Xiao Yingxiong really has extraordinary knowledge." Xiao Feng shook his head and said, "My knowledge is really limited, the war in the south is not serious now, Kublai Khan is at home, if he wants to To completely wipe out the Khitan, I will definitely take this opportunity to send troops, and the troops will be famous. The Mongolian army may soon overwhelm the border, but I really can't think of any way to deal with it, so I can only play by ear." Yelu Huailiao was startled , lost his voice and said: "No way?! Mongolia has never taken us seriously, I don't think they will mobilize the crowd." Xiao Feng sighed lightly, and said: "I hope my guess is wrong."

It was almost dusk, everyone had dinner, Yelu Huailiao personally arranged a place for Xiao Feng, and everyone went to rest.

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更新时间2005-2-78:59:00字数：3304

On the second day, accompanied by Yelujie, Xiao Feng looked around in Linhuang City, and found that after more than 100 years of changes and continuous wars, many buildings in Linhuang City had been destroyed.The four city gates in the southeast, northwest, and north were all damaged to varying degrees, and the south gate was particularly serious. Yelujie said that due to limited financial resources, the gates could not be completely repaired.Xiao Feng secretly sighed, thinking how such a city gate could withstand a large number of enemy attacks.The original Kaihuang, Xuanzheng, Wuluan and other halls were also destroyed by Jin men, and many items treasured in them were almost looted.Standing in front of the dilapidated Xuanzheng Hall, Xiao Feng recalled the luxurious scene when he followed Yelu Hongji here, and he couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion.

In the next few days, Xiao Feng took a closer look at the living conditions of the people in the city, and found that many people's livelihoods were very difficult.Once Xiao Feng saw a little girl crying by the side of the road, he went up to her and asked her what was going on, the little girl raised her head, her thin face was round and black, she sobbed and said: "I'm hungry , I went home and found a steamed bun I wanted to eat, but my mother snatched it back and slapped me, saying that I was ignorant, but I stole food. That steamed bun was for my father and younger brother to eat, isn't it? Give me something to eat... woo woo... But I'm really hungry..." Xiao Feng felt sore, he walked quickly to the street to buy some steamed buns, handed them to the little girl, and said, "Take it and eat it. .” The little girl reached out to take it, picked up a steamed bun and stuffed it into her mouth.

Xiao Feng turned around and walked back, suddenly he heard the sound of crying from behind, he looked back and saw a group of children surrounding the little girl and grabbing the steamed buns in her hand.Xiao Feng walked over and shouted: "Why are you grabbing things?" The group of children were frightened and stopped when he yelled at him, the little girl rushed to Xiao Feng's back, she pulled Xiao Feng's clothes and said: "They are also hungry." The child also said: "Yes, we are very hungry." Xiao Feng looked at them, sighed, and said: "You wait, I will go buy some steamed buns again, I can't snatch this little sister again." All the children nodded and agreed in unison.

After Xiao Feng bought the steamed buns and distributed them to the children, seeing them devouring them hungrily, he felt very uncomfortable, thinking to himself how many hungry people there are in this city, how can they have the strength to resist the Mongolian cavalry?He frowned and pondered for a while, then walked towards Yelu mansion with big strides.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the mansion, he happened to meet Yeluying coming out of the mansion on crutches, Xiao Feng asked: "Brother Yelu, where are you going? Is General Yelu at home?" Yeluying said: "Today is the fifteenth day, my father was early I went to the ancestral mausoleum. Every fifteenth day, my father would go to the ancestral mausoleum to pay homage to the ancestors. Although the country is no longer a country, respect to the ancestors is still indispensable. I was tired of sitting in the house and was thinking of going to the street. Let's go and have a look at the top of the city." Xiao Feng said: "I just walked around and found that many people were not full to eat, and there were many hungry children on the street. I think it's autumn now, and it's too late to go out to hunt in the city. It's also suitable, the hunters are afraid of the Mongolian soldiers, so I will lead a group of soldiers out of the city to hunt, firstly, I can distribute the prey to the poor, and secondly, I can practice the soldiers' riding and shooting skills." Yeluying said happily: "Good idea! With Brother Xiao as escort, we will have no worries! Let's go, let's gather a team of soldiers now." Xiao Feng asked, "Do you want to wait for your lord to come back?" Yeluying waved to the attendants to prepare the horses , and replied: "No need, I have always been responsible for the training of soldiers. Now we have brought a group of soldiers to hunt near the ancestral mausoleum. My father will be very happy to see him." Xiao Feng was riding a horse, Yeluying was in a carriage, The two ran straight to the west gate of the city.When they arrived at the gate of the city, Yeluying asked the generals guarding the city to gather a group of soldiers. Each of them mounted the best horse, carried a bow and arrow on their backs, and Xiao Feng and Yeluying led them out of the city.

Linhuang city is adjacent to Huangshui, the water and grass are abundant, and the land is fertile and suitable for cultivation.At that time, the autumn wind was blowing, and it was the harvest season. However, due to years of wars, almost all the people who originally lived around Linhuang City had moved away, and the people in the city did not dare to come out to farm.Xiao Feng raised his eyes and saw that the abandoned fields were already covered with weeds, some of them were as tall as a man, swaying in the wind, like ghosts, as if they were expressing their hatred for the subjugation of the country.Xiao Feng couldn't bear to watch, he urged his horse to go quickly, suddenly he saw a rabbit flash past among the bushes.Xiao Feng bent his bow and nocked an arrow, he patted his horse and hurried away, suddenly the arrow flew through the air with a "chi" sound, the rabbit fell to the ground.All the soldiers cheered in unison, someone had already rushed over to pick up the rabbit. They had all hunted before, and they knew that rabbits were small, quick-moving, and loved to burrow into bushes. Ordinary hunters might not be able to catch them even if they fired several arrows all the way. From time to time, seeing Xiao Feng raising an arrow and dropping it, he hit the target with one shot, everyone admired him.Immediately the spirits of the people were lifted up, they rode their horses all the way to the west, on the way Xiao Feng personally instructed the people on their archery, many soldiers shot some prey such as pheasants, deer and so on.

The crowd came all the way, and suddenly a bag-shaped valley appeared in front of them, with gurgling springs in the valley.Yeluying said: "This is the ancestral mausoleum, the resting place of our ancestors, Brother Xiao must have come here for the first time." Xiao Feng had come to pay respects before, at this time he could only give an ambiguous "um", suddenly His expression changed, and he waved his hands to make everyone retreat, then he quickly drew two arrows, put them on the strings, and suddenly drew the bow to the full.At this moment, there was a commotion in the jungle, followed by a few roars, two tigers sprang out suddenly, waving their sharp claws and pounced towards Xiao Feng.Due to the close distance, everyone exclaimed in unison.Xiao Feng swung his right hand repeatedly, and the two arrows