back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 453 Ambition
"Da da da……"

The sound of horseshoes rumbled through the grassland.

Xiao Feng rode a "Pegasus Horse" tamed from the Tianshan grassland, staring blankly at the distance in a daze.At this time, a military order came from the front, saying that Luhe was not far away, and the whole army stopped to rest and let the horses eat some forage.

In late autumn, only near the river and Shuipaozi can there be green forage.Fortunately, inspired by the Han people, the Khitan people also learned to bring their own forage, even dry forage is better than nothing.War horses are the main source of the Khitan people's combat power. If the war horses stop cooking, the Khitan people will not be able to exert their combat power twice in ten stops.

For this march, Xiao Feng was only a vanguard general, and he did not have the power to control the overall situation.And this time I'm not going to fight a war, who dares to fight before winter is approaching?Impatient to live now!

This time the soldiers sent troops to cross Riji, just to deter the Tungus people on the other side of Baishan Heishui.Speaking of these years, the Jurchens have really become more and more rampant.Not only did most of the cooked and Jurchen circles go away, they even dared to go deep into the hinterland of the Liao Kingdom.Previously, Emperor Taishu Yelu Chongyuan guarded Yueliji, as if it was nothing more than a fake.This is a good thing, the vassal country Goryeo came to complain, Yelu Hongji saw that Goryeo was very interested in sending gold and silver as well as beauties, so he waved his hand and sent Xiao Xulie, the Prime Minister of the Northern Mansion, to take [-] soldiers and horses to replace Yelu Chongyuan Go to guard Yueliji.

This kind of guarding is more of a deterrent.There are not many Jurchens, and the soldiers of all tribes combined may not have 10 people.A Khitan army of [-] is enough to deter them.After all, Yelu Hongji was the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, so he had some military knowledge.He had given Xiao Xulie a secret decree, as long as the time is right, he will hit the Jurchen's weakness and let these Tungus savages know how powerful the Khitan people are.

Of course, winter is coming, and the Khitan people are not familiar with the deep mountains and old forests, so naturally they will not mess with the Jurchens at this time.But after the spring of the following year, the situation was reversed.Although Xiao Xulie is old, his temperament is as strong as his name.Asking him to shrink back like Yelu Chongyuan is more uncomfortable than killing him.If the Jurchens are still as unscrupulous as before, it is foreseeable that they will suffer big losses.

But now that the head of Jurchen is Wanyan Wugunai, who is an old fox like Xiao Xulie, how could she be so easily fooled?Xiao Feng shook his head, smiled wryly, he was not a general in command, so he thought too much.

At this time, Lu He was already in sight.The vanguard stopped and began to dismount to collect water from water bags.The army of one hundred thousand is mighty and mighty, forming an invisible line.After the vanguard took the water, they were ready to continue to Yueliji.

When Xiao Feng was about to get on his horse, a voice came from behind: "Xiao Xianfeng, Xiao Xianfeng, the commander asked you to go over."

"Oh, I see." Xiao Feng got on the horse, waved his whip and ran towards the Chinese army behind.

Full of doubts, he met Xiao Xulie who was under Lang Yan. "Master, are you looking for me?"

Xiao Xulie was riding on the horse, his golden helmet covered his gray hair, but his already wrinkled face couldn't hide the trace of vicissitudes.Xiao Xulie is tall and tall, even if he is old, his height on horseback is almost the same as that of Xiao Feng.

Xiao Xulie couldn't hide his admiration in his eyes: "Xiao Feng, His Majesty has appointed you as the vanguard this time, what do you think?"

Xiao Feng's understanding of the Jurchens is second to none, and he said bluntly: "The Jurchens are my Daliao's confidant's troubles, if we don't get rid of them as soon as possible, I'm afraid it will become a big disaster!"

Xiao Xulie sighed, and said: "That's true. I, Daliao, and the Central Plains have opened a discussion field to communicate with each other. Even recently, His Majesty has been obsessed with the Central Plains culture, and has no intention of practicing martial arts and hunting. Alas, for a long time, I The elite soldiers that Daliao depended on for the founding of the country will probably lose their courage in comfort. And the Jurchens are no less brave than my Khitan. If one goes up and down, the Jurchen will become a confidant. In addition, they are capricious. Harassing me in the Northeast of the Liao Dynasty, plundering cattle, sheep and people, is really abominable! Xiao Feng, what strategy do you have to wipe out the Jurchens?"

Xiao Xulie is worthy of being a famous old fox, even in seemingly simple questions, there are secrets hidden in them.The Jurchens are scattered in Baishan and Heishui, how can they catch them all?The most aquatic and grass-dwelling people, the people who lived on fishing and hunting, ran away if they could not be defeated. Even if the Khitan army was twice as large, it would not necessarily kill all the Jurchens.Xiao Xulie played tricks, in fact, to test Xiao Feng, to see if this "No. [-] Khitan Warrior" with the same surname is worthy of his reputation.

Xiao Feng's mind is clear all the time. Hearing what Xiao Xulie said, he frowned slightly, and said: "The number of Jurchens is close to one million. Among the tribes, there are many Khitan people. With only one hundred thousand troops, I think It is impossible to catch them all in one go. Marshal, forgive Xiao Feng for his blunt words. To deal with the Jurchens, the best strategy is to fight and kill Jurchens, supplemented by lure to surrender!"

After hearing this, Xiao Xulie clapped his hands and said: "Okay, you are worthy of being the number one warrior of Khitan, and your knowledge is extraordinary. To tell you the truth, I think so too. It's just that I'm old and weak, and it's up to you to charge into battle. This is the number one warrior. Hey, if I were ten years younger, I could compete with you!"

Xiao Feng looked at Xiao Xulie's burly body just like him, he really believed such words.It's just that Xiao Xulie has always been famous as a leader in the army, and he is also outstanding in political affairs, but he did not expect that he also has extraordinary attainments in martial arts.

Hearing these bold words, Xiao Feng also aroused great ambitions: "It is the great wish of a Khitan man to pacify the frontiers of the Great Liao for me! Even if a corpse is shrouded in horse leather, it is the way a man should die!"

Xiao Xulie nodded in satisfaction, then sighed suddenly and said: "Actually, don't look at the prosperity of the Central Plains, it is a cup of poison. Even if my Daliao occupies such a territory, I can't manage it. Now that there are goods imported from the Central Plains, Some people have become greedy for ease and enjoyment. The current Dashun seems to be revitalized, but when the little emperor got old, he was replaced by another emperor, and he still remembered the days of suffering? So my enemies of the Liao Kingdom, always Still the same kind of people!"

After hearing this, Xiao Feng thought it was very reasonable.He had seen the martial prowess of the Jurchens before. In terms of brute force, it was even stronger than the Khitan soldiers.It's a pity that there is no leading figure, but there is Wanyan Wugunai on the side of Shengnuzhen.This duplicitous villain is one of the most hated people in the Liao Kingdom.He first pretended to accept the official position of the Liao State, and then recovered the various ministries of the birth and Jurchen through righteousness.When the power grows stronger, some Khitan people who don't know the inside information are secretly bewitched to herd and live on the land where the Jurchen was born.After being discovered, he simply left the Liao Kingdom and stood up on his own.Later, Liao Xingzong's royal conquest came, and Wanyan Wugunai attached himself again.Later, Shu and Jurchen were bewitched for the most part, and Wanyan Wugunai had become more and more prosperous, and gradually became the biggest scourge on the northeast border of Liao Kingdom.In terms of the degree of threat, the Jurchens are much larger than the Han people.The Han people just leaned against the city and defended, without the ability to attack.The Jurchen was very aggressive, and a piece of flesh would be torn off if she didn't pay attention.

Xiao Feng nodded and said: "Xiao Feng can't keep up with the Commander's concerns. Whenever the Commander has orders from now on, Xiao Feng will definitely charge forward!"

(End of this chapter)