In the ancient city of Youzhou, you can see dark green moss in the corners of bricks and stones under the sun; the ground on the city wall and the edges and corners of the stones have been rounded. This is a trace of time, but there are not many signs of human damage. Youzhou has not had any war in many years.

Xiao Siwen stood beside the female wall, looking at it while holding her fingers and holding her beard in her eyes, looking thoughtful.

There were many people outside the city, but there was no war yet. You could see smoke everywhere in the wilderness from afar. Xiao Siwen looked at it for a while and said, "They were burning fire and roasting frozen soil, and they should have to use rammed earth to build siege fortifications."

After saying that, he stretched out his neck and looked down at the outer city wall. There was a layer of ice on it, and there were icicles under the female wall, as if frozen running water. The water that was poured last night would freeze in the evening and in the morning. But Xiao Siwen looked up at the sun and felt the warmth of the sun on his face. He guessed that the ice on the wall would melt before noon.

At this time, Abudi pointed to the northeast and said, "There is a large number of Zhou troops stationed there. Before they can surround the city, we can counterattack the attack camp."

Xiao Siwen immediately remembered Zhuozhou a few years ago. It was because of a thought that the general led his troops to attack Zhuozhou, but he suffered huge losses. He shook his head cautiously and said, "It's useless. Even if the attack on the camp is successful, too few people will not cause any substantial blow to the Zhou army. We still have to take risks... There are too many Zhou soldiers, and it is reported that there are endless people on several roads."

He also carefully observed the soldiers on the city and felt the faint fear of the soldiers. Because there were some rumors in the army, it was rumored that the King of Zhou, the Blacksmith, was a monster that ran out from the ground, with three heads and six arms holding a big iron hammer.

Moreover, the Zhou army was in full swing, so it was not appropriate to go out of the city to seek battle under such morale.

At this moment, a general knelt on the ground: "My general deserves to die! He has not yet explored the Zhou people to go north...Mo general has indeed sent scouts several times, but somehow he has not come back yet. I don't know what happened, but why didn't he find that Zhou's army was mobilized?"

Xiao Siwen looked down at him and said, "You are negligent, but even if you find out in advance, our situation is not much different. It took only a few days for the Zhou army to go from Yizhou to Youzhou? At that marching speed, it was just like this."

He looked back and said, "Now there is no other way, only defending the city and waiting for reinforcements. Without reinforcements, there is no way to deal with the Zhou army by the lack of troops stationed in Youzhou alone."

The generals bowed one after another and said, "The last general is waiting for the emperor to give orders."

Xiao Siwen said solemnly again: "The 10,000 cavalry soldiers who came to help at the end of last year are just there. All our families in the city who guard Youzhou are in the city. If we don't defend the city, the city will be destroyed and the jade will be destroyed! I hope you will strive to protect the country."

After saying that, he looked north for a long time, and deep in his sight, he seemed to see the vast grassland beyond the mountains and ridges.

...

In the royal court on the hills of Jingshan, even in the daytime, there were charcoal fires burning, and the windows were sealed. The firelight reflected on the face of the Liao emperor Yelu Jing, and the fireworks reflected in his eyes, which looked very terrifying.

The ministers of Zhubeiyuan were filled with righteous indignation and were shouting, beating and killing!

Yelu Jing held his face and said nothing. He thought to himself: If you weren't all thinking about taking me off the throne, with the martial arts strength of the Great Liao Dynasty, what about this?!

The nobles took the initiative to ask for troops to send troops to Youzhou to rescue Youzhou without any objection in the court.

The minister of the North Court came out and bowed with his hands pressed his chest and said, "The Khan issued an order. The North Court can gather the palace tent army and the tribal army within two months!"

The strength of the Great Liao Dynasty is not weak. They occupied a vast land and ruled numerous tribes and populations, and had almost no fortress in the Great Wall. Without a large number of powerful forces, it would be difficult to maintain such a huge country. Moreover, the cavalry mobilized quickly on the grassland, and the proportion of population to the force is high. It is a fact that hundreds of thousands of cavalry can be mobilized at extraordinary times.

But Yang Gun said, "I'm afraid I can't wait until the army gathers."

After hearing this, the ministers looked at each other.

Yang Gun bowed and said, "I was following Yelu Xiu Ge to rescue the Northern Han Dynasty. It was not a delay. But before I could reach the ground, Jinyang was broken. You can look down on the Northern Han Dynasty, but the solidity of Jinyang City is world-famous. The Zhou Kingdom's main name is 'Guo Pocheng', and its ability to attack and siege is beyond the world's estimates. If you wait for two months to gather the army and then go south, it is difficult to say who youzhou City is in."

A nobleman asked, "What do you mean?"

Yang Gun bent over and looked up at the upper position.

Yelu Jing pinched the bowl on the table with his tiger's mouth, raised his head and took a sip of the strong wine. As the hot smell flowed down his throat, his face gradually turned sickly and bright red.

He understood what Yang Gun meant: to save Youzhou as quickly as possible, the only option was to mobilize the palace tent army to guard the royal court in Shangjing!

But Yelu Jing had to think about whether the tribal army could gather together to the Shangjing with justification. Will it take the opportunity to make a mistake? If the palace army personally leads the palace army to the south and gather more reinforcements in the future, will it take the opportunity to occupy Shangjing to deal with the Khan who has already gone south?

Yelu Jing couldn't control himself from thinking too much. If he felt safe, what would the windows of the palace be sealed?

He took another sip of wine, the bowl was empty, and he wanted to throw it on the table, but he put it down gently for a while and said coldly: "How many people can there be in a month?"

The Prime Minister of the North Court said: "The palace tent army and tribal army gathered in the areas outside Shangjing, can have 100,000 to 200,000 cavalry."

Yelu Jing understood that Youzhou had a great relationship. If you were to die and lose Youzhou, it would arouse internal dissatisfaction and conflict.

He no longer hesitated and said immediately: "First transfer 40,000 elite cavalry soldiers to quickly move south to attack the Zhou people to attack the city. A month later, Ben Khan led a large army of '200,000' from Shangjing to the south!"

All the ministers agreed, "The Khan is wise and powerful!"

Yelu Jing looked down at the ministers and looked over one by one, his eyes paused on the young Yelu Xiu Ge's face: "Yelu Xiu Ge, take Ben Khan's elite troops first!"

Yelu Xiu Ge immediately stepped out, slapped his left chest with an ambitious palm, and bowed vigorously, "The last general will be decisive to fulfill his mission!"

"Okay!" Yelu Jing pointed at Yang Gun again, "You should be the deputy general."

Yang Gun said: "I will receive the order."

Yelu Jing slapped the table with a palm: "Give wine!"

The palace maid hurriedly came up with a can of wine, first put it on Yelu Jing, then poured two bowls of wine and delivered it to the two generals.

Yelu Jing picked up the wine bowl.

"Thank you!" The two generals bowed together, and raised their heads to drink the wine.

Yelu Jing also picked up the bowl and poured it into a stomachache. His body became even hotter. He waved his hand and threw it into pieces, stood up and pointed at the south: "If you don't give me a look, I think the Daliao is easy to mess with!"

...Yelu Xiuge and Yang Gun took the imperial edict to the camp in the northern part of Shangjing to mobilize troops. The two led the guards out of the palace city and soon saw the garrison of the palace tent.

Yelu Xiu Ge looked at the scene in front of him excitedly.

The tents were covered with scattered tents, horizontally and vertically, and very neatly on the grass, as vast as white clouds in the sky. The scene here is completely different from the Nancheng. There is no building at all, it is just an open land. The Khitan army did not need houses, maintained its original habits and lived in tents.

Yelu Xiu Ge shouted, led his men down the gentle slope and rushed into the camp. The accompanying palace officials handed over the evidence and summoned military generals from various departments to confirm the military order.

Yelu Xiuge immediately inspected the various departments of the Palace Treasure Army, and he determined that the Palace Treasure Army in the North Courtyard of Beijing was the real elite!

Most cavalry have iron armor, mainly scales and mail, and at least they also have strong hard leather armor.

Since Emperor Taizong of Liao, the Liao Kingdom has not been a pure nomadic country. Although the main force is still on the grassland, there are large areas of farmland and towns in Bohai Kingdom, Youzhou and other places; even in the southern part of Shangjing, there are areas specially built for the Han people. A large number of craftsmen of various ethnic groups have made porcelain, tools, and armor and weapons for them. Forging armor is troublesome and cannot meet the needs of most Liao troops wearing armor, but the palace tent army has priority equipment and the armor rate is very high.

The palace tent army in Shangjing North Courtyard was well-equipped, with strong soldiers and strong horses. There was even a heavy cavalry with armor even in horses, but the personal guard Yelu Xiuge could not take away, and that guard was only around the emperor.

The main force of the Liao army was hunting everywhere, and the tents of the garrison could be scattered. It took less than two days to send troops.

A large number of horses came out of the capital, and tens of thousands of horses surging on the grasslands were naturally difficult to hide. There were a large number of Han people in the southern city, and many people knew that the Liao army's palace tent army had left the capital... Among them were spies from the Great Zhou.

First, a small number of fine works pretended to be fur merchants entering the southern city of Shangjing to establish trade relations with the local area. This path was more troublesome and difficult. Later, the Northern Han Dynasty fell into ruin, and many Northern Han officials were worried about being liquidated by the Zhou army, so they fled to the Liao Kingdom with their families, with many slaves among them.

At that time, there were mixed soldiers and people. The detailed leader of Jinyang took the opportunity to disguise himself as various identities and sneaked into the fugitive crowd according to the prior arrangement, and then ran to Shangjing. Some said that the slaves of a certain family were separated, and there were too many slaves in each family that were difficult to find out, and no one cared about them. Some people even claimed to be an official in Jinyang. They happened to be asked by an official which yamen and which room he was in, but they were in trouble. Officials in the Northern Han Dynasty thought he was a greedy man who was fishing for trouble and coaxed him away.

Outside the south gate, two men carrying firewood stood there and waited and watched. On the undulating grassland, the black horse herd was filled with water like a flood. The earth was so open that the horse team did not need a road. It seemed slow to march, but it was already a very fast march speed.

One of the men was sending out the air to observe the surrounding situation, while the other carefully estimated how many people there were. Tens of thousands of people could not count, but it was probably only a matter of time.
Chapter completed!