The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

The ice and snow melted, and the snow water moistened the earth. As the air warmed, new shoots sprouted from the grass on the ground.

Just when everyone in the Jiankang court was busy preparing to move the capital, an urgent letter from miles away broke the lively situation.

Li Jingfu received this urgent report and hurriedly summoned important ministers to the palace for discussion.

The first person to arrive at the palace was Zuo Pushe Yuanqian, whom he personally promoted.

As soon as he arrived, Li Jingfu handed him the urgent report, and then asked eagerly: "Yuan Aiqing, the tribes in Beidi have united with the Jurchens in the northeast to launch an attack on the Jiliao border defense just after the beginning of spring. What do they mean? ?”

Yuan Qian couldn't help but frowned after reading the emergency report. Who would have thought that at the beginning of spring, Beidi and Jurchen would not herd, fish or hunt, but would join forces to invade the border. "Is it because they don't know how to farm and are too busy?"

When Li Jingfu heard this, he really wanted to roll his eyes at him, a barbaric foreigner who didn't understand farming culture. They knew how to plow the land and sow seeds in the spring!

"Yuan Aiqing, how do you think we should deal with this matter?"

What else could they do in this situation? Of course it was passive defense. With this thought, Yuan Qian said to Li Jingfu: "I think the enemy has already arrived at the city. What we have to do now is to defend well and prevent the enemy from crossing over." When we enter the pass along the Great Wall, it is the time for spring plowing, and we must not let the enemy affect the spring plowing of our people!"

At this time, Zhang Shidao came in from outside, and Li Jingfu told him the results of their discussion, "Sir, what do you think of this proposal?"

Zhang Shishuo paid the emperor the courtesy of a monarch and minister, bowed his head and said: "The emperor's policy is for the sake of safety and is very suitable for the current situation. However, before you make a decision, you might as well write to inform the empress. The empress likes to make strange moves, maybe she will There are already other plans there. In order to prevent your two decisions from conflicting, it is a sign of prosperity for the country to communicate with each other!"

Yuan Qian, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth after hearing his words. Harmony between the couple is a symbol of rejuvenation for the country?

Thinking about it, it seems right. Harmony between the emperor and the empress is not a sign of rejuvenation for the country.

Li Jingfu had long formed a habit and had no objection to Xia Jing's letter. He nodded: "I think the Queen's side received the urgent report earlier than I did. I will write a handwritten letter for the courier to send later."

At the same time, I was also curious, what would Xia Jing do when she received the emergency report?

Xia Jing, who was worried about Jiankang, had received an emergency report from the border two days ago.

At that time, she summoned several generals from the Gyeonggi Camp in the capital to discuss strategies against the enemy.

The veterans of the Gyeonggi camp all agreed to hold on to the pass. If the enemy could not attack for a long time, they would automatically retreat.

The young general felt so aggrieved, but had no better solution for the time being, so the discussion meeting fell into silence for a while.

Xia Jing didn't care why Beidi and Jurchen in the grassland wanted to jointly send troops this time, but she knew that if they dared to invade Dayu's border, she would always take revenge and let them know that invading Dayu would have to pay a heavy price.

"The passes on the Jiliao line have been attacked by the joint enemy forces, but there are no enemy troops on the west line of Bingzhou. I think their coalition forces have concentrated all their forces on the Jiliao line."

As she spoke, Xia Jing glanced at everyone, pointed to the map hanging on the wall, and rowed from Yanmen Pass in Bingzhou to the depths of the grassland. "There are border troops on the Jiliao line to resist the enemy, so it is safe for the time being. In this way, we can take advantage of the emptiness of the grassland." , sent a few cavalry out to kill the Beidi tribe in the area west of the grassland. In this attack on Beidi, we must eliminate as many of their tribe's strong men as possible, especially the Beidi warriors.

Also, if we can’t drive the livestock back, they will be destroyed.This time we will retaliate severely and let them know how much they will pay for invading Dayu! "

This time's revenge is to make Beidi understand that Dayu is no longer the Dayu who was humiliated by them at will. If you want to invade Dayu, you must first consider whether you can afford Dayu's revenge?

"Okay!" Li Chengmu agreed very much, "The queen mother and I have the same ideas. If that's the case, let's make this decision!"

Xia Jing smiled and looked at Long Yutian and others, "Uncle, what better way can I do this?"

"." Long Yutian was speechless. You, mother and son, have already made your decision. What's the point of asking him?

Every decision is made by the Queen, and there is no room for others to comment. In other words, the Queen's decision is the final decision.

And the prince, Li Chengmu, was the biggest yes man around the queen. Such a kind mother and filial son had no one else in Dayu.

Xiao Qi stood up, bowed and said: "Your Majesty is both wise and brave. This strategy is the most beneficial to our current situation, Dayu. I second my opinion!"

"." Long Yutian rolled his eyes speechlessly this time. This old boy has now learned to flatter the empress, and he spoke before he even opened his mouth.

Xia Jing looked at Long Yutian, "Uncle, I'm choked. Why are you rolling your eyes?"

"." Long Yutian wanted to cover his face, but nodded helplessly: "I second the proposal!"

Several big shots nodded in agreement, and none of them with lower official positions dared to raise objections and nodded in agreement.

When Xia Jing saw this, she said happily: "That's it."

Next, the cavalry took advantage of the emptiness of the grassland and went deep into the grassland. The cavalry of Cong Guanglei, the general of the three passes of Yanmen Gate, was not enough.

In this way, Xia Jing ordered the capital camp to send cavalry, led by General Sha Yuliang, to cooperate with Cong Guanglei, the general of Yanmen Three Passes, to go out and raid Beidi.

The cavalry went deep into the grassland to raid the Beidi tribe. This was not the first time they sent troops. They already had experience.

This time is the same as last time. You don’t need to bring much food and grass. The main thing is to bring enough food and grass to penetrate into the grassland. Once you enter the grassland, you can fight and support the battle.

The cavalrymen from the Gyeonggi Camp set off two days later and headed straight for Yanmen Pass.

Also passing with the cavalry was a letter and military order from Xia Jing to Cong Guanglei, the commander-in-chief of Yanmen Pass, Ningwuguan and Pianhe Pass.

On the capital side, the cavalry from the Gyeonggi camp went straight to Yanmen Pass. At the same time, on the Jiliao line, Dayu's border army was locked in a stalemate with the combined enemy forces, and the battle situation became so stalemate.

After an offensive and defensive battle two days ago, both armies are now resting and recuperating. Meng Shaokui, the commander-in-chief of Jiliao, looked at the joint enemy forces stationed outside the pass and said to Du Bi, the defender of Huangya Pass next to him: "This time the enemy troops are already outside the pass. They’ve stayed long enough, how much more food and grass do they bring this time?”

Du Bi looked at the camp in the distance, frowned and said, "In my opinion, there is probably at least half a month's supply of food and grass. Otherwise, it is impossible for the joint team of Beidi and Jurchen to be stationed outside so calmly."

In the past, these barbarians came to the border to fight in order to support war. When did they bring so much food and grass? Now it seems that they are attacking the border with the determination to win.

Thinking of this, he said with a somewhat solemn expression: "Now it seems that they will not retreat easily. We have to think of a strategy to scare them. Otherwise, they will not be able to retreat without breaking their bones this time." !”

After hearing what he said, Meng Shaokui was convinced, "We are different from them who travel long distances. We wait for work. Even so, they still insist on it. It seems that we have to build stronger fortifications when we turn back, and they will If we come back to tackle the problem again, our cannons will increase the firepower and blast them!" Only when they are beaten many times and hurt will they have any scruples.Otherwise, they would be like leeches, clinging to Ji Liao's line. It would be impossible for them not to bleed, and they would have to be on guard at all times.

When it comes to bombardment, it is actually our own side that takes advantage.

Beidi and Jurchen are dominated by cavalry. If the cavalry is attacking, it is impossible to bring heavy artillery.

With such scimitars and war horses, this joint enemy force can only be passively beaten.

Chen Shaokui turned around and scanned the great rivers and mountains in the pass, and asked Du Bi: "You said that this time the joint enemy troops will invade the border as soon as the ice and snow melt. Why are you so impatient?"

It is difficult for anyone to make a judgment on this issue without understanding the internal situation of the Beidi and Jurchen tribes. Du Bi listened to his question and shook his head: "Maybe it is for food, grass and supplies."

After hearing what he said, Chen Shaokui shook his head helplessly: "For food, grass and supplies, their coalition forces invaded the border this time and spent countless amounts of food, grass and supplies. Do they really want to come to the pass to rob them because of the lack of supplies and supplies?"

Look at the horse traps and trenches they dug outside the pass. These fortifications can make it difficult for them, but the coalition forces do not flinch. If there is no reason, he will not believe it.

In fact, if he knew the weather, he might not be so entangled.

This period in history is in the Little Ice Age. The grasslands and Jurchen tribes have been in extreme cold in recent years. The white disaster caused countless livestock and herdsmen to freeze to death every winter.

In such a harsh environment, it is understandable that Beidi and Jurchen want to seize land further south in the pass for their tribes.

In the next half month, the two opposing sides fought several times, and both sides suffered losses.

Of course, the combined enemy forces were on the siege side, and their losses were even greater. There were also casualties on Dayu's frontier army.

On the other side, the cavalry from the Gyeonggi Camp and the cavalry from Yanmen Pass quickly left the border. When they set foot on the grassland, they marched as fast as possible towards the depths of the grassland.

In order to take the enemy by surprise, two groups of cavalry, led by Sha Yuliang, went out day and night and swept away on the grassland.

Starting from the border, they went deep into the grassland. Whenever they encountered grazing tribes, they swept them away. They killed the livestock, cattle and sheep, and the men. The remaining old and young women rushed to one place and snatched away all the horses.

Nearly cavalry swept across the grassland very smoothly. The reason why it was so smooth was entirely because the Khan of Beidi recruited warriors from various tribes to attack the passes along the Jiliao line.

This gave Dayu an opportunity, and Beidi Khan may have never dreamed that he would lead troops to attack Dayu's border pass, and Dayu was not idle, but sent troops to raid his backyard.

If he had known the consequences in advance, I wonder if Beidi Khan would have dared to be so unscrupulous?
Therefore, sometimes what you think is an honest person, once he resists, his power is also very terrifying, sometimes enough to be fatal.

At the same time, the generals at the Jiliao front line also received secret letters from the imperial court.

The content of the secret letter was very simple, informing them of the imperial court's military plan and asking them to hold on to the pass at the minimum cost and everything would be fine.

As for annihilating the enemy troops, it is not yet time.

After seeing the strength of Dayu's defenders, Beidi and the Jurchens rested and began to try to tackle the problem again.

During this time, Beidi Khan discovered an anomaly, "Why did they just defend this time and not take the initiative to provoke us?"

The defense was in the most conservative manner. Could it be that the ordnance of Dayu's frontier army was almost exhausted?
Beidi Khan's mood became excited, thinking that he organized the cavalry to attack the pass with all his strength, and the Dayu people were defeated and abandoned the pass and fled.And he led the army to occupy a large territory within the pass, and his people could spend the winter in peace. Beidi Khan couldn't help but smile!

Thinking that he had discovered the secret of Dayu's defenders, Beidi Khan organized two more attacks in the next few days, further confirming that Dayu's defenders did not want to confront the enemy head-on and were conservatively resisting the enemy's attack.

After the two tests, the next step was for the entire coalition to rest for two days to prepare for the final sprint.

The Beidi cavalry were invincible, and the Beidi Khan wanted to attack with all his strength. Dayu's frontier army was unable to withstand this offensive.

After occupying the pass, the Beidi nobles can own a large area of ​​land and groups of Han slaves. Under his leadership, the people's life will be further improved. Thinking about it will make them excited!
In fact, the Beidi people have invaded the pass more than once. Countless times before, the goal was not as clear as this time.

In the past, the purpose of entering the pass was just to plunder, but this time it was purely to occupy the land, with a clear purpose.

Thinking about how this time is different
Hahaha, Beidi Khan wanted to look up to the sky and laugh.

Under his leadership, Beidi will always go further, and he will become a god in the hearts of his people!
It's just that the general attack scheduled for three days has not yet reached the third day.In the early morning of the next day, the Beidi and Jurchen soldiers and horses stationed on a plain ten miles outside the pass were awakened by the vibration of the ground when the sky had just turned white.

"what happened?"

For grassland people, they are most sensitive to the sound of horse hooves. They were right, there were thousands of horses galloping in the distance!

"Khan, listening to the vibration, I think there are a lot of horses coming. Could there be other tribes coming to support us?"

Beidi Khan's eyes were confused for a moment, "Probably not. I didn't ask them for help. They didn't dare to send troops to support without permission."

Before he finished speaking, the leader of the Jurchen tribe changed his expression and asked in disbelief: "Could it be Dayu's cavalry coming?"

When Beidi Khan heard this, he was so frightened that his expression changed again and again. He was stunned for a moment and shouted loudly outside the tent: "Someone is coming! Someone is coming!"

The warrior guarding outside the tent was startled when he heard such a hurried shout. He opened the door curtain and asked, "Does the Khan have any instructions?"

"Hurry up and pass the order, let the leaders of the Jurchen tribe and our own generals gather quickly to prepare for battle!" Beidi Khan's face was extremely ugly.

When the warrior heard this, his expression changed, he turned around and ran out of the tent, shouting as he ran: "The enemy is coming, gather together and prepare for battle!"

As he shouted at the top of his lungs, the Beidi military camp, which had not yet fully awakened, was instantly turned upside down.

Before the soldiers and horses were assembled, Dayu's cavalry came galloping over like lightning.

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