The dream of a lonely hero

A prisoner with disheveled hair and a dark face crawled out from the crowd and said:"The sinner - the sinner is Yelu Huaji, begging His Highness for his life!"

King Jin said:"Change good luck into good luck, turn misfortune into good luck, what a good name!"Sneered,"Haha! King Fan, 'Yelü Tiehan, the Lord of Victory,' did you ask King Gu to invite you personally?"

The prisoners pushed out a man with a broken arm. The disheveled man with a broken arm was grinning silly.

The prisoner kneeling on the ground said to King Jin:"Your Highness! This is Yelu Tiehan. He was scared to death!" He shouted to Yelu Tiehan:"Yelü Tiehan still doesn't kneel down and beg for mercy!"

King Jin said:"Who are you?"

The kneeling prisoner said to the King of Jin:"The young Ma Yao was previously Yelu Tiehan's personal attendant, and later became the capital school."

The King of Jin said:"Do you know why Yelu Tiehan suffered a disastrous defeat?"

Ma Yao said:"Yelu Tiehan I am so full of hatred that I dare to offend the majesty of His Royal Highness Prince Jin, Ruiwen. You will bring the blame upon yourself, and you will deserve your death!" King Jin said:"Death! The lonely king has the virtue of a good life, and does not want you and others to survive the catastrophe! The reason you said is wrong. Yelu Tiehan suffered a disastrous defeat because there were too many people like you who were sharp-tongued, flattering, and sellers seeking glory!"

Ma Yao cried hurriedly:"Your Highness! It's too late for me to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side. I beg Your Highness to spare my life!"

King Jin sternly said:"Shameless villain, heaven and earth are angry with others! I will forgive you, but heaven and earth will not forgive you. Someone came and cut out Ma Yao's tongue!"

Yangmao and Michao ran up. Mi Chao firmly held Ma Yao's head and pulled his tongue. Yang Mao took out his saber and cut off his tongue. Ma Yao's mouth was full of blood, he was rolling on the ground in pain and howling loudly.

King Jin loudly said:"Those who sell themselves for glory will never end well!"

Of course the civil and military officials under King Jin knew that this was not meant for prisoners. King Jin never missed any opportunity to warn his subordinates. The King of Jin ordered his sergeants to distribute horse meat to the captives to satisfy their hunger, ordered Wang Yuanji and Chen Xin to treat the injured prisoners, and ordered Yangmao and Michao Haosheng to take care of Yelu Tiehan and Yelu Huaji. He then ordered all the soldiers to enter the camp to rest.

In addition, Guo Mao, Li Bin, and Yuanda led the soldiers to climb vines, vines, and mountains. At Xuchu (19:00), they arrived at the jujube forest ten miles away from"Feihukou". At Xuzheng (20:00), Gao Qiong and Wang Hanzhong, Zhang Baoyang, Li Jun, Fu Dun, Geng Quanbin, Wang Zhao, and Ma Wei successively ordered their soldiers to arrive. Guo Mao planned his soldiers, and there were quite a few of 500 soldiers, so he immediately ordered them to camp. All the soldiers brought their own dry food to eat and rest. At the fourth watch and the fifth watch, Guo Mao woke up all the soldiers, ate their dry food hastily, and quickly marched towards Xiongzhou. At the end of the fifth watch, he came to the city and set up a formation, beating gongs and drums, waving flags and shouting.

After a while, I heard the sound of the cannon inside the city gate, the switch was locked, the drawbridge was lowered, and a pair of people and horses filed out, crossed the drawbridge, and formed a formation. Nanjing's left-behind marshal Emperor Shu Yan Wang Yelu Tieda personally took action, with Yelu Qiang, Zuo Yanzhang, Zuo Chenglong and Zuo Chengba on the left and right.

Under the golden umbrella cover, Yelu Tieda stood on horseback and held a sword. He wore a purple gold helmet with three prongs and handsome characters, and there were big and small red tassels scattered on the top. Wearing purple and gold armor with nine locks and eight locks, a collar embroidered with clouds and flowers, a pair of oblique leather stitched cloud-heeled boots, and a red nail belt. A bow and a pot of arrows. He rides a lightning yellow dragon horse and wields a three-pointed gold-backed sword. His fourth son, Yeluqiang, had a golden crown and gold armor, holding a pear-shaped steel spear, and riding a silver fisted horse. He said to Yelu Tieda:"Father! Where did this mountain bandit come from and dare to cause trouble here? Wait for the child to be killed." They are just playing around." Yelu Tieda looked at the hundreds of mobs with disordered banners in front of the formation, and laughed angrily, saying:"Haha! Don't dirty your hands with such a thieves, let's ask the Zuo family and his son to go out to face the enemy. Let's go!" He turned around and said contemptuously:"You Zuo family and his son are experts in dealing with these rabble. One hundred thousand is not a problem. How can you shrink your hands and tail with just a few hundred people!"

The Zuo family's father and son had no choice but to swallow their anger after being crushed to death by officials at the highest level. , venting all his anger on Song Jun. Zuo Chenglong rushed out of the formation, clapped his horse and wielded his sword. Guo Mao jumped to the center of Gai on his tiptoes. Zuo Chenglong slashed with his sword, and Guo Mao raised his spear to meet him."Boring, banging!" The big knife hit the iron gun pole, and sparks flew everywhere! The shock made Zuo Chenglong's arms numb and his jaw sore. His broadsword was almost knocked away, and his horse"kicked, kicked, kicked" backwards for more than ten steps. In Guo Mao's hand, he held the front handle of the green dragon-pointed steel spear firmly, twisted the back handle, and ran to the left to ride on the dragon. His heart was pierced in front, as fast as lightning, and it covered the mountains and rivers with its power. Zuo Chenglong hurriedly tried to block the attack with his knife, but was unable to block it. Guo Mao stabbed him under his horse with a spear. Guo Mao flew onto Zuo Chenglong's Aiye horse and shouted loudly:"Bah! Fannu, come and die!"

The morale of the Song army was greatly boosted, and the soldiers shouted and beat drums to cheer. In the Liao army formation, Ye Luqiang sneered:"Haha! Where has the former prestige of Zuo's army gone? Now that they are so vulnerable, is it true or not that Yemapo defeated a hundred thousand barbarians?" Zuo Cheng was so domineering that he shouted"Wow!" , leaping like thunder, urging his horse to raise his sword, and galloping in front of the formation like the wind.

Gao Qiong shouted:"Guo Military Academy, be careful! That guy Zuo Chengba is not easy to mess with! My brothers Wang Zhaoyu and Pei Zhongpu were both killed by that guy. No one under the command of King Jin can be his opponent." Zuo Chengba said. When Chengba saw that his eldest brother Zuo Chenglong was killed in battle and was ridiculed by Yeluqiang, he was so angry that he wished he could cut Guo Mao into pieces. He swung the three-pointed two-edged sword like a windmill and used the momentum of the horse to rush towards Guo Mao and hug his head. Just cut, Guo Mao raised his gun to parry the"嘡啷啷啷" head-on, steel against steel, sparks flying everywhere. The shock caused Zuo Chengba's arms to tingle, his sword collapsed, and his horse neighed, making it difficult for him to retreat seven or eight steps.

Guo Mao's green dragon-pointed steel spear weighs eighty-two kilograms. It is forged from fine iron and solid steel. It is eight feet long. In front of it is a three-foot-long spear head. It has a wide palm face and is edged on both sides. It is very sharp. Zuo Chengba was indeed extraordinary, and Guo Mao's horse was so shocked that it took two steps back. The two horses were circling, and Guo Mao flicked the Qinglong-pointed steel spear, and immediately released more than twenty spearheads. Zuo Chengba hurriedly swung his knife to seal it, but he managed to fire more than twenty gun points."噌" his left shoulder was picked for a while, the armor was torn and the skin was torn, and blood flowed out. The two horses crossed the stirrup, Guo Mao came back with his big gun, turned around and shot again,"poof", and poked the horse in the buttocks. The horse screamed in pain, ran away and ran around the city like crazy.. The Song army was shouting and beating drums incessantly.

Under the golden umbrella of the Liao army, Nanjing's left-behind marshal, Imperial Uncle Yan Wang Yelu Tieda, mocked:"Zuo Dujian, Zhao Guangyi's 100,000-strong army was defeated by your son and was almost completely wiped out. Today, they were beaten by bandits." You are running away to the death, you are so unrestrained, you must have a different ambition!" Zuo Yanzhang saw that one of his two sons was dead and the other was injured, King Yelu Tieda of Yan swore at him, and he was so angry that he couldn't get up and was killed by his horse. Ye Luqiang said:"Father! How can these barbarians be relied on? Let's see if the boy goes out to kill the Song general." After saying that, he raised his horse and pointed his steel spear to fight Guo Mao. He passed the pear blossom and pointed the steel gun, grabbed him, stretched his arms lightly, twisted the wolf's waist, kicked the war horse away, and captured Yeluqiang alive. Guo Mao carried Yeluqiang and beat Ma Rufei back to the main formation and threw Yeluqiang on the ground. Several soldiers grabbed his shoulders and tied up Yeluqiang tightly with their arms.

When King Yelu Tieda of Yan saw that his beloved son had been captured, his heart was as hot as fire and his anger was as strong as smoke. He jumped on his horse and brandished his sword, and went straight to Guomao. Guo Mao calmly intercepted the fight and shot Yelu Tieda's purple gold helmet with three prongs and handsome characters flying away. Yelu Tieda was shocked, his ears were buzzing, stars were popping up in his eyes, he was so frightened that he ran away looking at the formation without his horse's life. Guo Mao rode in hot pursuit. Four tooth generals ran out of the Liao army on Pegasus. Yelu Jun, Yelu Chao, Wei Feng, and Hong Qiu each held their weapons to stop Guo Mao and fight. Guo Mao plucked up his energy, roused his might, and challenged four generals with his spear. The Liao army was in chaos, and Mo Tou fled into the city. Guo Mao chased him with his horse and spear. Seeing Yelu Tieda's flying horse crossing the suspension bridge, the Liao general guarding the city tower did not care about the Liao army that had not yet escaped, and hurriedly ordered the suspension bridge to be pulled up. When the suspension bridge rose more than ten feet high, Guomao's war horse was still one foot away from the moat. How far away, both feet kicked hard, and the legs clamped hard on the horse's belly. The horse jumped forward with a"squeak" sound, clicked on the stirrup, twisted and flew onto the suspension bridge, swung the green dragon-pointed steel spear and ran towards the iron rope of the suspension bridge. How to go, there were two loud"ding-dang" sounds, sparks flew everywhere, and the arm-thick iron chain was broken and"clang-clang" fell to the ground, and dust flew up. The city gate was closing"squeaking" and was only about six feet wide. Guo Mao flew to the city gate with his toes, supported the city gate with both feet, flicked the steel spear in his hand, flew up and down, stabbed left and right, and stabbed forward. Later, a cold light flashed from the point where the steel spear started, ghosts cried and wolves howled, killing the Liao soldiers until their flesh and blood were scattered in a pile of corpses. In a moment, the Liao soldiers were driven back at the city gate and the city gate was opened. The defeated Liao army behind him surged towards the city gate like a tide. Guo Mao flicked his big gun. The gun spread all over his body, like dancing pear blossoms, like falling snow. The gun blended into knives, spears, sticks, and sticks. , axe, axe, shovel, spear moves, pick, point, stab, sweep, pierce, split, lift, swing, cut, smash, the Yasai mosquito dragon came out of the water, like a strange python turning over, the blood of the Liao army was killed There is a river and corpses everywhere.

The 500 Song troops behind him, under the leadership of ten military leaders including Li Bin, Yuanda, Gao Qiong, Wang Zhao, Wang Hanzhong, Zhang Baoyang, Li Jun, Fu Dun, Geng Quanbin, and Ma Wei, were like wolves and tigers."White-faced Tiger" Li Bin danced with Fang Tian's painted halberd,"Double Mace Taibao" Yuan Da wielded iron maces,"Gao Da Chi" Gao Qiong wielded a nine-tooth nail rake,"Wang Dahan" Wang Zhao grasped three flaming forks," Wang Han, the King of Flower Knives, mentioned the Eight Diagrams Splashing Wind Knife again, Zhang Baoyang, the"Golden Retriever Lion", wielded the Siming iron shovel, Li Junchuo, the"Eight-Armed King Kong", had a thirteen-section bamboo steel whip, and Fu Dunqing, the"Sai Ying Bu" wheel The"Hengjiang Iron Dragon" Geng Quanbin pulled the Five Elements Qiankun to seize the throne, and the"Kou Zhaisi Si" quietly wielded the Qiushui Yanling Saber, as if like a tiger entering the flock, the people killed by the Liao army turned on their backs and fled with their heads in their hands.

In fact, Xiongzhou City's defenses were empty, and Nanjing stayed behind. Marshal Emperor Yelu Tiehan, King of Yan, was arrogant, leaving only a thousand cavalry troops to guard the city. One hundred thousand elite Liao troops were taken away by Fan King Yelu Tiehan, and the Song army in Xiongzhou surrendered three thousand soldiers. The Xiang army had little fighting power. Unexpectedly, it was killed by Guomao's five hundred mob. The three armies were shattered and their bones were broken. They were frightened out of their wits. They were as busy as a bereaved dog and as hasty as a fish that slipped through the net, and fled through the city.

Guo Mao fled through the city. Mao led five hundred miscellaneous troops to conquer Xiongzhou in one fell swoop. Wei Fang, the governor of Xiongzhou, was originally a Song Dynasty official who surrendered King Yelu Tieda of Yan. Seeing the defeat of the Liao army, he hurriedly surrendered to Guo Mao. Guo Mao ordered Wei Bo to temporarily take charge of Xiongzhou. Release the list to calm the people, and wait for the King of Jin to enter the city before making a decision. At noon (12:00), King Zhao Guangyi of Jin led his civil and military officials Jia Su, Chai Yuxi, Dai Xing, Sangzan, Shang Feng, Ge Ba, Fu Qian, Wang Neng, and Zhang Xu , Wang Rong, Wang Xijie, Yang Mao, Mi Chao, Wang Yuanyou, Chen Xin, and two thousand soldiers stationed in Xiongzhou City

"Wang Hanzhong, the King of Flower Swords, beheaded Han Chengzhao, the governor of Zhennan, at the"Flying Tiger's Mouth". His leader,"White-faced Tiger" Li Bin,"Double Mace Taibao" Yuanda,"Gao Da Chi" Gao Qiong,"Wang Dahan"、""Golden Retriever Lion" Zhang Baoyang,"Eight-Armed King Kong" Li Junchuo,"Sai Yingbu" Fu Dunqing,"Hengjiang Iron Dragon" Geng Quanbin, and"Kou Dementia Si" Ma He each brought the heads of Liao army teeth to ask for credit. Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi He was so excited that he ordered the military and political affairs department to write down their merits one by one, and then rewarded them based on their merits. He sent the commander to order the army to rest in Xiongzhou City for three days. Wei Fang sent the people's household registers, registration records, warehouse money and grain, and came to present to the Jin Dynasty. King. The King of Jin ordered his authority to know Xiongzhou. Wei Fang had already arranged for the soldiers to kill cattle and horses, and prepared a banquet to reward the Song army officers. The military tents were deployed in front of the mountain camp and were still set up at the Yamen of Xiongzhou. Three days later, the King of Jin promoted the tents, In the hall, Jia Su, Chai Yuxi, Guo Mao, Li Bin, Yuanda, Gao Qiong, Wang Zhao, Wang Hanzhong, Zhang Baoyang, Li Jun, Fu Dun, Geng Quanbin, Ma Xi, Dai Xing, Sang Zan, Shang Feng, Ge Ba, Fu Qian, Wang Neng, Zhang Xu, Wang Rong, Wang Xijie, Yang Mao, Mi Chao, Wang Yuanyou, Chen Xin and other civil and military officials were arranged in two rows. Gao Qiong came out and said with a smile:"Your Highness! Mr. Guomaoshan led 500 of us villagers to barbecue 108,000 barbarians and capture Xiongzhou City in less than two days. This - this is something I would never even dream of! What are you waiting for now? In one fell swoop, he captured Tanzhou and defeated Youzhou in Nanjing. Yuanda also said:"Yes!" Your Highness! In one move, Nanjing brought slaves to Nanjing!"

The King of Jin was speechless and looked at the two civil and military columns. Chai Yuxi came out and said:"Your Highness! In less than two days, 108,000 Liao troops were killed, and no trace of armor was left. Xiongzhou City was captured, and the imperial brother of Liao Dynasty, Fan Yushengtianjun Yelu Tiehan, Zhennan Left Governor Yelu Huaji, and the general were captured alive. Yeluqiang and deputy vanguard Yelvshi killed Han Chengzhao, the governor of Liao Zhennan, which was an earth-shattering feat. If we send our troops north to attack Khitan again, we will still make mistakes and all our previous efforts will be wasted! I hope Your Highness will think twice."

The King of Jin stood up and left the commander's case, walked up to Guo Mao, and asked,"What does Guo Aiqing think of Yu Xi's words?

Guo Mao said confidently:"Getting Tanzhou and conquering Youzhou with ease is like taking something from a bag." If we don't work hard to seize Nanjing now, we will never have another chance in the future!

King Jin still said:"Opportunity?"

Guo Mao said:"Opportunities must not be missed and never come back again." Chai Yuxi said:"

Youzhou is the capital of the Khitan. Its status is no less than that of Kyoto. The city is also rich in food and grass. The Holy Emperor has personally led hundreds of thousands of elites in the Northern Expedition several times. Not to mention Youzhou City, even Tanzhou City has not been visited." Now His Highness has only three thousand soldiers at his disposal, and they are all Xiang troops who have not fought in battle. How can we fight against Youzhou?

Yang Mao said:"Chai Sima is right!" Just accept it when it's good, don't steal the chicken but lose the rice! Guo

Mao ignored Yang Mao and said:"What Chai Sima said is true. Youzhou is a battleground for military strategists of all ages. It is accessible in all directions, both land and water. It was the Hu people who invaded the gate of our Central Plains. They blocked Beijing in the north, controlled the Central Plains in the south, and controlled the Central Plains in the west." It leads to Jinyang and reaches the sea in the east. The city wall is 2,447 feet long and 7 feet long. The city is 2 feet 5 feet high, 15 feet wide at the top and 3 feet wide at the bottom. The moat is 2 feet 2 feet deep and 8 feet 8 feet wide. There are battlements, enemy towers and police shops. Youzhou is the lifeblood of the Liao Kingdom, so the emperor ordered the two emperors, King Yan Yelu Tieda and Fan King Yelu Tiehan, to guard it with one hundred thousand elite soldiers. Although Youzhou's one hundred thousand elite soldiers were killed in Pansigou and the entire army was annihilated. There are less than 2,000 garrison troops in the prefecture, but they have to rely on the city's strong forage and sufficient supplies of food and grass to resist stubbornly. Even if there are 550,000 strong soldiers, it will be difficult to conquer within half a year. Yang Mao said:"

Just now I said that conquering Youzhou is like taking something from a bag, and now I say it is difficult to conquer. This is not a slap in the face!""

The King of Jin said:"The first is to attack the enemy's strategy, the second is to attack the enemy, and the second is to attack the army. Attacking the city is the bottom, and attacking the heart is the top. Could it be that the military academy uses the art of attacking the heart to defeat the enemy without fighting? Although the elite of the Liao Kingdom suffered a huge defeat, our mere thousands of people are not powerful enough to attack Youzhou. What can we do? Guo

Mao said:"Shanfu has been taught by strangers since he was a child. He has a little knowledge of the art of hiding armor from Qimen. He borrowed hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals to come to earth and burn Youzhou. The Liao army in Youzhou will open the city to surrender. I will capture Youzhou without a single blow." state."

The King of Jin and everyone were all shocked.

After a moment of silence, Yang Mao said:"Guo Mao, what kind of strange sect, Dunjia, and strangers are pointing out nonsense. In the battle at Pansigou, you were just a rat in a rice vat - a fluke! No matter how powerful you are, you can't move Youzhou City into a box and let you grill it!"

Guo Mao said:"I am about to put Youzhou City in a box for barbecue, but this box is ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times bigger than Pansigou.

Yang Mao widened his eyes and sneered,"Haha!" I've been eating and drinking like crazy these past few days, fanning myself and talking - talking like crazy! Okay, don't lie to me first, tell me how you can easily get to Tanzhou nearby?"