"For more than a hundred years, we have to rely on ourselves, put down our pen and ink and pick up the bow and knife, and deal with the gap between the Turks, Uighurs, Jiankungu, Dangxiang, Khitan and other Hus, and barely compete for a place of survival at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. When the Turks were strong, the Richi tribe faced a catastrophe several times, and two heroes appeared in the Liu family of Langshan. One was named Liuli and the other was named Wu Tianji. Two senior heroes led the Richi tribe to defeat the Turks several times. From then on, the Hu tribe stopped treating us as Han people. Many small tribes even sent women to marry us, and we became a Hu tribe, calling ourselves a Liji tribe."

Hou Dayong did not expect that the Richie tribe would have such a story. After sighing, he asked again: "How many people are there in total when you follow the Liao army to attack the camp this time?"

"Two thousand people."

Hou Dayong thought that the warriors of two thousand Han blood had been wiped out by him, and gasped for breath, and said, "Oh, this battle in Lian County was just a battle with his own family, and his flesh and blood were destroyed, so that his relatives could hurt their enemies. The Liao army general probably ran away. If he caught him, he would definitely tear him to pieces."

Liu Cangjin did not expect that the Zhou army generals were so kind, and his expression became respectful, saying, "The Wu Bing Captain who commanded the Richie Army has been killed in battle. The Liao army is the only general. He is a horse thief. When the Black Eagle Army rushed to the camp, he abandoned the army and ran away. If he did not escape, the Liao army would not have been defeated so miserably."

"Will the official of the sage use a big axe?"

“It’s right”

Hou Dayong did not expect that such a coincidence would happen. He met a horse thief in Hetao and said, "He did not change his nature of a horse thief. He left his army and fled. The Liao army would not tolerate him. It seems that there will be another powerful horse thief in the Hetao grassland."

Hou Dayong asked about the situation of the Liao army casually and went to the battlefield outside the city together. Liu Cangjin, Liu Cangmang, and Wu Shuisheng changed into the military uniforms of the Black Eagle Army. Although he was still injured, the three of them got on the horse were extremely neat and neat.

Hou Dayong praised: "Good riding skills."

Liu Cangmang sighed: "This grassland is rich in water and grass. It is a great gift from God to the Hu tribe. However, the competition between the Hu tribes is extremely harmful. As long as any Hu tribe is slightly inferior or occupying the plump grassland, it will attract sieges. In a battle, it is often a disaster of extermination. In order to survive, the Jiangnan scholars of the Lijiu tribe can only ride on horseback like the Hu people and dance guns and arrows, otherwise they will be wiped out long ago."

"This is what is called "local things are chosen by nature, and the fittest survive." Hou Dayong said casually.

Liu Cangmang was shocked when he heard this and looked up at Hou Dayong. He didn't know Hou Dayong's identity at this time. Seeing that Hou Dayong was extremely brave, there were always several capable soldiers following him. He guessed that Hou Dayong must be a general with a high status in the Black Eagle Army, but he did not expect that he was the highest general of the Black Eagle Army.

The group soon arrived at the battlefield outside the city. After overnight clearing, more than 100 Black Eagle Army soldiers had basically completed the cleaning task. Early this morning, all the bodies of the Black Eagle Army soldiers were covered with white cloth and transported to Lian County by cart. Jiang Hui, in accordance with the old habits of the Black Eagle Army, found a high-rise and wide land in the city to bury the Black Eagle Army soldiers who died in battle. The bodies of the Liao army were usually buried on the spot.

The bodies of the dead soldiers of the Liao army were not transported to the city, but piled up together, just like several hills, the blood flowing from the mountain of corpses flowed into streams and gathered into small water ponds. In the sky, a few unknown eagles hovered in the sky, making annoying cry from time to time. Liu Cangmang and the other three did not cry loudly, or did not cry, but just knelt silently next to the corpse and slumped their heads to the ground.

Dozens of soldiers were digging pits and preparing to bury the bodies on the spot.

When the two armies fought each other, Hou Dayong had seen too many strange corpses. He was not afraid of seeing dead people, but seeing mountains of corpses after the battle was not a pleasant thing.

Hou Dayong turned his horse and looked at the west bank of the Yellow River. The boundless grassland directly connected to the horizon. Dozens of ordinary people were clearing a long canal. This canal was extremely long enough to irrigate a large area of ​​land on the west bank. All of these lands were given to the people in the city. Most of them participated in the work of repairing silt fields in Zhongmu County. It was no problem to clean these canals. The people across the river seemed to be in high interest, singing mountain songs while working.

Facing the sky with the Yellow River

The mountains in Longbei come to hang out

Maoye willow trees grow in the river bay

One place of land and water nourishes another place of people

Turned over the beam and turned the road

The eyes are full of loess mountains

It's famous.

He lives in Sanshilipu Village, Nazezhou.

Listening to these mountain songs that looked very similar to Xintianyou tune, Hou Dayong had some illusion of war being gone. These sounds of deliberately suppressing sobs came from behind, pulling Hou Dayong back from the peaceful artistic conception.

Liu Cangmang whispered: "If you have tears, don't cry easily."

Wu Yongsheng's face was covered in tears and pointed to a corpse and said, "He is Wu Yonghuo, my sergeant, and my cousin. He is a very good person. He has two children in his family, and he doesn't want to die here."

Hou Dayong looked at Wu Yongsheng's finger. A face was exposed at the bottom of the body, half open his mouth, and his eyes were empty. If it weren't for the loss of life, this face would have been handsome and full of vitality. Hou Dayong couldn't bear to look at it anymore, and said to Jiang Hui behind him: "Send some soldiers to separate the soldiers of the Richie from the Khitans, and send some white cloth over here, find a high place to bury the soldiers of the Richie."

Liu Cangmang and the other two had heard what Hou Dayong said, and they showed a look of gratitude on their faces.

Hou Dayong thought for a while and said to the three people in a negotiation tone: "This place is close to the Yellow River. If the Yellow River rises and floods, it may flood the soldiers' cemetery. All the Black Eagle Army generals who died this time are buried in Lian County. It is better to bury these soldiers in the city, which can prevent water from flooding, and the soldiers of the Richie tribe will not endure the stern and north wind alone."

How to bury the enemy's corpses is a major event for the army. It usually depends on the decision of the leader of the three armies. This general can arrange it easily. Moreover, no one around dared to raise objections. Liu Cangmang was thoughtful and had already become suspicious. He grew up and knelt down in front of Hou Dayong, saying: "General Gao Yi, Liu, representing the fallen soldiers of the Richie army, kowtowed to the general." After kowtowing, Liu Cangmang said: "Forgive me, I want to ask the general's name. If I have the opportunity to return to the Richie army, I will definitely burn an incense stick for the general every day to bless the general with great happiness."

Hou Dayong was determined to take Richie's troops into his own pocket, but he didn't want to hide it, saying, "I am Hou Dayong."

Liu Cangmang lived at the foot of Yin Mountain for a long time, and the Khitans separated them from the Great Zhou. They only had a slight understanding of the situation of seizing the Great Zhou. Hou Dayong had not arrived in Lingzhou for a long time and had not fought with the Khitans. Therefore, Hou Dayong's name was not loud on the grassland. It would be better to Li Yiyin, a governor of Dingnan, and Zhe Congruan, the governor of Prefecture, and Liu Cangmang read Hou Dayong's name in his mouth, which was considered to remember this kind general.

Jiang Hui is an extremely spiritual general. Today, he has been following Hou Dayong and it has been seen that Hou Dayong is deliberately recruiting this group of Han people from the Richie tribe. He ordered his personal guards: "There are a large number of soldiers killed in the Richie tribe. There are fifty carriages for transporting grain in the city, all of which are transferred, and two hundred soldiers are also transferred to help."

After arranging all the matters, Hou Dayong was unwilling to stay on the battlefield for a long time, so he took Jiang Hui back to Lian County. Before he could enter the city, a pigeon flew over from the sky and flew straight towards the courtyard where Hou Dayong was.

Guo Jiong led his army to successfully occupy Xihuizhou!

Shan Zongyuan led the Jiao Camp to block the Dangxiang Army in Fangdangdu, Jingyuan City. The Jiao Camp built a field position with a carriage, and three thousand Dangxiang cavalry attacked the Jiao Camp in turn, but could not break through the position. Nearly 400 corpses were left, all of which were killed on the defensive crossbows. The total casualties of the Jiao Camp were less than fifty!

Hou Dayong and Jiang Hui are both gourmets. When they encounter this great victory, they must use food to celebrate warmly. Liu Cangmang, the Richman team, and the three others were also invited to attend the banquet.

At this time, Liu Cangmang had already learned from the soldiers that Hou Dayong was actually a powerful Shuofang Jiedushi. He had no direct impression of the Central Plains court. He only learned from the descriptions of the older generation that the Central Plains "the court was incompetent, the eunuchs were in power, the foreign towns were domineering, and the people were living in poverty." Therefore, Liu Cangmang and others had come to the Central Plains since the end of the day, the Han people in the Central Plains had no feelings for the Great Zhou Dynasty, and naturally they had no psychological burden to attack Lian County.

However, after Liu Cangmang came into contact with the officers and soldiers of the Black Eagle Army, he was deeply shocked. The clothing, language and even behavior of the Black Eagle Army soldiers were still no different from those of the Rich tribe soldiers, which made Liu Cangmang feel extremely friendly. It surprised Liu Cangmang even more that the Great Zhou Dynasty was not as dark as the legendary one. Although the construction of Lian County he saw had not been completed, the city showed a peaceful, busy and simple scene, which was very different from what the older generation said.

The Black Eagle Army attacked the Liao camp at night and defeated the 4,000 Liao troops. This may be a bit accidental. The Black Eagle Army did not completely convince Liu Cangmang. During the banquet, Liu Cangmang learned from the conversation of the generals that Dangxiang Fangdangren had been completely defeated, and was even more shocked. Richie's army and Fangdangren confronted many times, and they knew the combat effectiveness of Fangdangren. Such a strong opponent was actually driven out of Qingshui River by the Black Eagle Army. It seems that the combat effectiveness of the Black Eagle Army was a bit terrifying.

The next morning, Liu Chengtong, the chief secretary of the Black Eagle Army, and Liu Cangmang and others bid farewell to Hou Dayong, took a small path, and headed towards the foot of Yinshan Mountain.

On the morning of May 20th, Jingyuan City was still immersed in a dream. The first ray of sunshine broke free from the surrounding people of the darkness, and golden light shone through the clouds and shot towards the vast earth.

A soldier in the room rubbed his eyes and looked at the city in disbelief, then let out a shocking scream: "The Black Eagle Army is outside the city."

Fangdangdu, Fangdangji, Shi Gaojin and others rushed to the city wall. The stones and rolling wood were quickly moved to the city wall. The Zhou army outside the city had about 20,000 people, and dozens of chariots outside each city gate. The Zhou army's big camp was waving and the liaison soldiers galloped across the camps, which was extremely powerful.

Fang Dangdu's face was a little red. He looked outside the city with some contempt and said to Fang Dangzhi Jin: "The Jingyuan city wall is strong and the food is abundant. What can the Black Eagle Army do to me?"

Fang Dangzhi Jin stared at the people outside the city, without responding. Fang Dangdu was a little bored, and he held his left hand on the hilt of the knife, shaking slightly.

A few days ago, Xiaoying Shuai Fang Dangdu led three thousand Jingyuan City elite cavalry to seize Xihuizhou, but was blocked by the Zhou army in a must-passing valley. The crossbow arrows as dense as locusts flew out from behind the Zhou army's chariot, causing Fang Dangjun to suffer a lot. The huge difference in victory and defeat of this battle completely defeated Fang Dangdu and the Black Eagle Army's confidence in the decisive battle. At this time, seeing the Zhou army besieged the city, Fang Dangdu felt a sense of indelible despair deep in his heart.

This time when the Black Eagle Army besieged Jingyuan City, the Black Eagle Army dispatched only 10,000 elite troops, and the other 10,000 were the three thousand united soldiers in Tongxin City and five thousand united soldiers in Lingzhou City.

The united soldiers in Tongxin City mainly came from immigrants from the Western Regions. Most of these Tang people were trapped in the Western Regions when the Tang Empire competed with Tubo, and later became citizens of Jinshan Kingdom. They lived in the Western Regions with fierce conflict for a long time, and were not inferior to the Uighurs. However, they lived among the Uighurs, Tubos or Dangxiang people, and were weak, and they were inevitably bullied by the local Hu tribe. At this time, the Black Eagle Army armed them and trained them strictly, but in one winter, they seemed to be strong soldiers. This was the first time they followed the Black Eagle Army to fight, and they were all excited, hoping to win a battle to vent their depression for many years.

Lingzhou City is an important town in the border. The people in Lingzhou City have more Hu Qi than the people in the pass. Most of them can ride horses and shoot arrows. Although there is no melon and the people of Sha are strong, they are not cowardly. Lingzhou City united soldiers to form 4,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry. The cavalry was commanded by Guo Jiong, the Lion Camp, and Hou Dayong did not break his promise. Bai Shuangwu jumped into the temporary commander of the infantry.

Bai Shuangwu lived in the army since he was a child. His father Bai Chongzan has always ruled his family by law. Therefore, Bai Shuangwu is a good player in the army. In less than a month, he has brought these 4,000 united soldiers in a very good manner. Although it is too early to become elite soldiers, it seems quite like a formation.
Chapter completed!