Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

Chapter 389: Taihang Road

An army of 180,000 Jurchens entered the Taihang Mountains!

At the beginning, the road was open, and the Jurchens could still ride their horses!

Only after walking for a long time, the road began to be rugged, with weeds and rocks everywhere. Under such circumstances, the Jurchens had to dismount their horses and move forward.

"The peaks here are endless, I don't know when I can go out!" Wan Yan Lou said.

"As long as you go all the way, you will definitely be able to get out! Since ancient times, from Hedong to Hebei, or from Hebei to Hedong, many troops have crossed! In the earliest time, Han Xin's battle of Jingxing was through Taihang to fight against the enemy, and Cao Cao also used to Leading the army through the Taihang, and also wrote the Bitter Cold Trip." Wanyan Zong said.

This Wan Yan Zongwang is exceptionally proficient in the Central Plains culture, and he deserves to be a leader among Jurchens.

What he said was the battle of Jingxing in the last years of the Qin Dynasty. Han Xin led only tens of thousands of troops from Hedong to Hebei to fight against hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops at Jingxingkou in the Taihang Mountains. , Used forward and reverse, defeated Zhao Jun, laid the hegemony of Liu Bang!

As for Cao Cao's bitter cold journey, it was Cao Cao's journey through Taihang to hunt down Yuan Shao's nephew Gao Gan. He led the army through the famous Yangchang Ban Road in Taihang Mountains and wrote this poem.

The ancient Taihang Mountain was different from the Taihang Mountain of later generations. There were no roads and railways extending in all directions to future generations. There were only small roads and mountain roads!

In the middle of the night, the rain continued to fall, but the Jurchen army could not find a place to rest.

They can only move on.

The mountains on both sides became steeper and steeper, and in the end, they almost moved forward in the line of the sky.

The sky was dark. Although soldiers were lighting torches, the rain poured down and the torches were often extinguished.

Wanyan Zongwang walked ahead, with unusual vigilance in his heart.

At this moment, a rumbling voice suddenly came from behind. Hearing this voice, Wanyan Zongwang was startled.

"What happened?" he shouted.

There was a faint scream in the distance, and the Jurchen soldiers behind came frantically forward.

"His Royal Highness, some rocks have fallen, and many soldiers have died!" A commander rushed to Wanyan Zongwang and said.

"Damn it! Go and save people immediately!" Wan Yan Zongwang said loudly.

He had just finished speaking, and there were rocks falling from above, and there was another rumble shaking the surroundings.

"His Royal Highness, it may be because of the rain. The rocks have fallen a lot. Let's leave quickly!" The chieftain said.

Wanyan Zongwang gritted his teeth, and at the moment he ignored the soldiers behind, so he could only move forward quickly! The rocks like this fall, no matter how high martial arts, I'm afraid there is only a dead end, he doesn't want to die here in vain!

Fortunately, the rumbling voice gradually stopped, and Wan Yan Zongwang was relieved!

The 180,000 army stretched for more than ten miles, the mountains on both sides finally became smooth, and the Jurchens cheered.

"How many people have we died or injured?" Wanyan Zong said.

"More than a thousand people died." The commander said.

"A thousand erlangs died here in vain. They could have killed 10,000 or more Han people!" Wanyan Zongwang felt extremely heartbroken!

"His Royal Highness, Taihang Mountain is too hard to do, these are inevitable things!" Qianfuchang said.

"Our Erlang died because of the persecution of the Han people. The Han people really deserve to die! When the day comes, I will return with a large army, sweep the Han people, seize all the Han people, and enslave all the Han people!" Wanyan Zongwang gritted his teeth.

They continued to travel deep in the mountains without rest all night.

Now they are walking on the famous Jingxing Road in Taihang Baxing! Taihang Baxing Road includes eight roads from Hedong to Hebei, Yanyun, and Henan. It is Jingxing Road from Niangziguan.

On the next day, the rain finally stopped and the sun came out!

The Jurchens traveled in the rain for many days, their bodies were covered with mud, and they were also filthy at the moment.

Originally this sordidness was nothing, but the Jurchens had enjoyed wealth over the years, and now they are a little unbearable.

In the afternoon, a small river appeared in front of him, and the Jurchen cheered again.

Countless Jurchens got off their horses, and they ran to the river to drink water and wash up here.

Even Wan Yan Zongwang got off the horse and came to the river.

A soldier handed over a towel, and Wanyan Zongwang was wiping his body. However, at this moment, the figure in the grass on the opposite side was shaking, and countless bows and arrows were shot here.

"Damn it!" Wanyan Zongwang was taken aback, he hurriedly stood up, avoiding an arrow!

However, not everyone is as powerful as him. Many of the Jurchen soldiers who were washing up screamed and fell to the ground.

"Chasing! Be sure to chase those people! They are the Han thief in the Taihang Mountains! Chase them and smash them into pieces!" Wan Yan Zongwang said angrily.

At the moment, countless Jurchens rode back on their horses, and they headed towards the other side of the river.

The Rebel soldiers on the opposite side had already fled far away, and the Jurchens were chasing them closely.

It's just that this place is among the mountains, and the soldiers of the rebels are constantly climbing toward the mountain. In the end, the Jurchens can only dismount their horses and chase them behind!

Rebel soldiers are very familiar with Taihang Mountain. They have lived here for many years, but Jurchen soldiers didn’t know anything about this place. After half an hour, they lost the figure of the rebel soldiers. After that, they searched for another half an hour and had to go from there. Down the mountain.

"The enemy killed more than two hundred of us, but we didn't even catch an enemy! These pigs and dogs, what else do you do besides cunning?" Wan Yan Zongwang was extremely angry.

"His Royal Highness, these Han Chinese thieves are indeed cunning! But their combat power is average, and their strength is extremely limited. At most they are harassing us. We just need to be careful!" Wan Yan Lou said.

In the previous two years when Guanshan attacked Xixia, in order to contain the Jurchens, the Hedong Rebels aggressively attacked the Hedong prefecture. At that time, Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Lous led the army to carry out the raid. The Hedong Rebels suffered heavy casualties, leaving only tens of thousands of people. These tens of thousands of people are hiding in the depths of the Taihang Mountains, and they dare not come out in the past. Now that the Jurchen army passes through their territory, they dare to come out to harass.

In any case, it is difficult for the Hedong Rebels to inflict too many casualties on them, so their strengths are too different.

"I still feel very uncomfortable in my heart! I hate the Han people to the extreme! They should have been slaves of our Jurchens, but now these slaves dare to resist, it is ridiculous! They think our Jurchens are really at the end of the road? Hey, We just encountered some small setbacks! When I get to Hebei, I will settle accounts with the Han people!" Wanyan Zongwang gritted his teeth.

"Yes, the Han people should be the slaves of our Jurchens, or the slaves of the Khitan and Xixia people. The land of the Central Plains is like a piece of fat. Sooner or later, the Jurchens will eat this piece of fat!" Wanyan Lou said. .

"Our soldiers did not rest yesterday. Let them rest today, and then continue on their way." Wanyan Zong said.

Now the Jurchen army is resting in the mountains.

Autumn arrived, and it was very cold in the mountains. These Jurchens squeezed against each other, some squeezed against their horses, and fell into deep sleep one after another.

It's just that Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Loushi are cautious, and they still sent thousands of people to guard the surroundings. Once there is any change in the surroundings, they will immediately wake up the soldiers. Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Loushi also continued to watch the night, worrying about accidents.

Fortunately, this night was spent peacefully.

In the early morning of the third day, the Jurchen army moved towards the east again.

An autumn scene in the deep mountains, with fallen leaves flying, and hoarfrost on the ground.

They go all the way, and they can often see wild animals.

The road on this day is also very difficult, sometimes it is a small road, and sometimes it suddenly opens up.

Wanyan Zongwang sent more than 500 people to explore the way ahead.

More than five hundred people galloped on horses. At this moment, there was a loud noise, and the horses in front stepped into a huge pit. People suddenly turned their horses and turned, and there were screams everywhere! The people behind couldn't hold the horse, and some fell into the pit.

After Yan Zongwang got the news, he was furious again, not to mention it.

On the fourth day, they did not encounter any ambush.

On the fifth morning, when the Jurchen army was walking forward, the army of more than 10,000 people behind was suddenly besieged by the Hedong Rebels!

It turned out that the Hedong Rebels actually organized more than 30,000 people to rush down from the jungle on the mountain to attack the Jurchen army!

When the Jurchen army in front reacted and came back, the rebel soldiers had already evacuated from here at an extremely fast speed. The Jurchens chased for a long time without chasing the rebel soldiers!

At night on the fifth day, when the Jurchens were sleeping, another thousand rebels attacked them! Only this time, the Jurchens were on guard, so the thousand rebels did not take advantage.

On the sixth day, the Jurchen was attacked by a huge falling rock on the mountain again, but this time it was thrown down by the rebel soldiers from the mountain! Wanyan Zongwang sent someone to chase after him, but unfortunately he still couldn't find the rebel soldiers!

On the seventh day, the Jurchen walked halfway, and the road ahead was blocked. It took the Jurchen two hours to clear the road ahead! Later in the afternoon, they encountered a fire attack! The weeds on the mountain were half withered and the fire was not big, but the smoke was so great that countless Jurchens were fainted to death!

Day after day, there were constant ambushes, and the Jurchens walked for twelve days before they saw the plain ahead!

When he got here, Wanyan Zongwang sighed with relief.

"We finally came out! Hebei is ahead!" Wanyan Zongwang said with joy.

"Along the way, we have died more than 20,000 people!" Wan Yanlou said.

"So many died?" Wan Yan Zongwang couldn't believe it.

"They harass every day, and every day more than a thousand people die, sometimes even more! Our morale is very bad now!" Wan Yanlou said.

"Tell them, we are in Hebei! Now Hebei is still under our control, only a small group of Song troops from the south enter! Shandong and Liu Yu's hundreds of thousands of troops! We still occupy many parts of the Central Plains, and still Enslaving countless Han people, there are still Han people willing to be our lackeys. We will soon be able to open up the road from Hebei to Yanyun. When our army rushes from Liaodong and the grasslands, that's when we defeat all the Song troops. The cunning Song Army, they are only relying on the raid on Jiangnan, so there is such a situation, their strength is still far from ours!" Wan Yan Zongwang laughed.

Wanyan Loushi nodded and began to comfort the soldiers. Soon there were waves of cheers from the Jurchen army.

"The front is Jingxing County, where we still have ten thousand garrisons! There are our garrisons and countless grains in the Daming Mansion area, I want to go there as soon as possible!" Wanyan Zongwang secretly said.

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