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Ximen Qing hung up the saber on the table, and ordered the subordinates outside the tent to bring wine and meat to welcome Mao Zilian, and asked Mao Zilian to tell him in detail about the situation of General Mao Zilian's visit to Linhuang Mansion in Beijing.
Ximen Qing, Jiao Ting and Mao Zilian talked in the camp at night by candlelight, and they didn't give up until midnight when Wanyan Shenguo arrived with [-] cavalry in person.
A new bold plan gradually took shape in Ximen Qing's mind.
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When the sun rises from the east bank of the Langhe River and the golden sunlight shines on both sides of the Langhe River, on the west bank of the Langhe River, Sanskrit sounds burst out in Ganquan Temple, and the morning bell rings. The soldiers of the two armies prayed for blessings and rescued the souls of the dead.
However, the sound of horns faintly coming from the east bank of the Wolf River made the monks of Ganquan Temple feel distracted and unable to calm down.
The presiding abbot of Ganquan Temple also praised the Buddha in his mouth and scolded his mother in his heart. He wondered whether the few confidant disciples he secretly sent out yesterday had made friends with Jin Junpan, which showed Ganquan Temple's heart to serve.
Hearing the sound of the horn, I'm afraid that the Golden Army Brigade has already killed, and today outside Ganquan Temple, is it going to be reduced to Abi Hell?
Now the Buddha can't count on it. He only hopes that the winner of the melee between the two armies can put down the butcher's knife outside the temple, and don't chop off his own head for eating, and then burn down the Ganquan Temple that he relies on for rice. "Namo Amitabha Buddha".
The presiding abbot of Ganquan Temple now hates not the Jin army who came to invade from afar, but Lu Yanlun, the chief general of the Liao army who set up his camp at Ganquan Temple.
There are so many temple jungles on both sides of the Lang River, why did you choose me as the garrison at Ganquan Temple?Doesn't this lead the flames of war to my Ganquan Temple?The old monk has never brought his disciples to your Lu family for alms, how can you harm the old monk?
When the presiding abbot of Ganquan Temple was praising Buddha and cursing people in his heart, Lu Yanlun, the general of the Liao Army who was cursed by him, had already brought Sun Yanshou and other generals fully clothed, and rode to the bank of the Lang River to deploy defenses.
Just when Wanyan Shengguo of the Jin Army led five thousand elite troops to Ximenqing's camp on the east bank of the Langhe River, the reinforcements from Yeluta Buye, who had stayed behind in Shangjing, also arrived on the west bank of the Langhe River.
Yelu Tabuye was overjoyed when he learned that Lu Yanlun repelled the attack of the Jin army and beheaded two generals of the Jin army. He hurriedly added [-] troops overnight to Lu Yanlun, asking him to stick to the Langhe defense line and win time for the capital to mobilize reinforcements around. .
Lu Yanlun gathered [-] soldiers and horses, distributed [-] soldiers and horses to the generals under his command, and ordered the generals to lead their troops to guard the shoal along the Lang River where they could ride horses across the river, and erected wooden fences to prevent the Jin army from crossing the river.He himself and Ai general Sun Yanshou commanded [-] soldiers and horses as a backup, preparing to launch a counterattack against the Jin army who forcibly crossed the Langhe River.
Climbing to the east, you can see that the golden army on the other side of the river has bright armor, and there are many swords and guns. There are about [-] people in sight.
Our army has 2 horses, and relying on the blocking of the Langhe River, it should be possible to intercept and delay the Jin army to the east of the Langhe River, right?Lu Yanlun thought to himself.
Although the Liao army had the upper hand, Lu Yanlun did not dare to take the initiative to cross the river and fight the Jin army.Because the golden army has won many battles with less, the world has understood that the gap in combat power between the two armies cannot be made up by several times the strength.
"General, the last general has searched all over the army, but there is no such fellow as Changtai's Mao Zilian! Didn't that fellow fear the enemy and fight cowardly, and escaped overnight?" Sun Yanshou came to Lu Yanlun's side cursing and reported to him.
"Shut up, don't disturb the morale of the army!" Lu Yanlun gave Sun Yanshou a hard look.
Sun Yanshou knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, hurriedly lowered his voice, whispered in Lu Yanlun's ear, and reported Mao Zilian's disappearance to him.
"The monk can't leave the temple if he can, and that fellow fled the battle, so he can't escape the guilt. His family is in Changtai County, so you quickly send people to Changtai County secretly, and take Mao Zilian's family back to Linhuang Mansion. After this battle, it won't be too late for me to return to Linhuang Mansion to take care of that guy." Lu Yanlun taught Sun Yanshou face-to-face tips.
"The last general has orders!" Sun Yanshou clasped his fists and retreated.
Not long after, a cavalry team of more than a hundred people left the Langhe Barracks and headed straight for Changtai County.
On the east bank of the Lang River, Wanyan Shenguo led the generals to ride up a low hill, looking at the heavily guarded Liao army camp.
"Shengguo, I think the Liao army is nothing more than that. Do you want me to lead the troops to attack and kill them to capture the flag for you?" A young Jurchen general beside Wanyan Shenguo asked.
"No, our army is not going to fight today. We just need to bluff here to attract the Liao army to defend with all their strength." Wanyan Shenguo pointed to the Liao army's defensive formation on the west bank of the Langhe River with a whip in his hand, and replied to the generals around him.
"Our army will surely defeat the Liao army that looks like chickens and dogs, so why wait until tomorrow?" All the generals around Wanyan Shenguo were puzzled.
"You don't have to be restless, just keep your spirits up today. There will be changes in Linhuang Mansion tomorrow, and the Liao army in Hexi will definitely retreat in a hurry. Our army only needs to chase after it, and we will surely gain a lot." Wanyan Shenguo He smiled at the generals.
"Shengguo, aren't you waiting for Ximen Qing to seek victory?" Some generals looked around, but they didn't find Ximen Qing and his subordinates, so they suddenly came to their senses.
Wanyan Shenguo smiled without saying a word, all the generals around him looked at each other in blank dismay, not understanding why the crown prince trusted the guest general Ximen Qing so much.
Although Ximen Qingmouke was good at riding and shooting, everyone knew that he was just a businessman from the Song Dynasty after all.Can that person really disrupt the Liao army's rear base camp as the prince said?
Chapter 639 Shangjing and Zuzhou
Shangjing Linhuang Mansion is located on the north bank of Huanghe River in the southeast of Shangjing Road in Liao Kingdom. It belonged to Xi'anping, Liaodong County in the Western Han Dynasty.There are seven mountains around Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, Liao, namely: Tianti Mountain, Mengguo Mountain, Belu Mountain, Dulujin Mountain, Wushan Mountain, Gaodian Mountain and Sage Mountain.These seven mountains surround Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, Liao Dynasty, forming a guard.
Historical records: "Taizu took the power of Tianti, Mengguo, and Belu Mountains in Weidian, and shot gold and dirty arrows to recognize them. It is called the Dragon Eyebrow Palace. The city in the third year of the book of gods is called Huangdu. Tianxian 13 In [-], the name was changed to Shangjing, and the mansion was called Linhuang."
This shows that Yelu Abaoji, Taizu of the Liao Dynasty, personally selected the site for building the city. The Liaoshangjing Linhuang Mansion was built on a field of reeds between the three mountains of Tianti Mountain, Mengguo Mountain and Belu Mountain.
During the establishment of the Liao Shangjing Linhuang Mansion, the "Longmei Palace" was built first.Huangshui is like a winding dragon flowing from the northwest to southeast of the remaining veins in the middle of Xing'an Mountains. The Linhuang Mansion in Liaoshangjing is a palace built on the dragon eyebrow.
Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing was the first capital city built in Khitan in the early days of the founding of the country, and it was the political, economic, military and cultural center of the Liao Dynasty in the early days.It was officially established in the third year of the Shenchu of Taizu of the Liao Dynasty.
Shangjing Linhuangfu City has a vast territory and majestic momentum. It is divided into two cities, and the two cities are connected in the shape of "日".
The inner city in the north is called the Imperial City, with a circumference of about ten tang lis and a hexagonal shape. It consists of an outer city and an inner city.
There are four gates in the outer city of the imperial city, namely Andong Gate in the east, Dashun Gate in the south, Qiande Gate in the west, and Gongchen Gate in the north.
The outer city of the imperial city protected the great inner city within.There are three gates in the big inner city, the south gate is called Chengtian Gate, with pavilions; the east gate is called Donghua Gate, and the west gate is called Xihua Gate.
The outer city to the south of the imperial city is called Hancheng, with a circumference of 27 Tangli, a slightly square shape, a wall of two feet high, and no enemy towers.There are city gates on three sides of Seoul, Yingchun Gate and Yan'er Gate on the east; Shunyang Gate and Nanfu Gate on the south; Jinfeng Gate and Xiyan'er Gate on the west, a total of six gates.
In the early days of the founding of the Liao Kingdom, the capital was set at Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing. The rulers of the Khitan lived in the imperial city in the north, and the Han people lived in the city of Han in the south. A reflection of the political system that treats the Han people.
When the Liao Kingdom was building the Shangjing Linhuang Mansion, it was the time when Khitan was flourishing.The Khitan cavalry of the Liao Kingdom ran rampant all over the world. The Taizu of the Liao Dynasty never thought that the capital would be attacked by foreign enemies. Therefore, he did not build defensive facilities such as towers, horse faces, and urns on the outer city.
However, according to the Han people's city-building practices, the Liao Kingdom still built a moat when building the Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing.
During the construction of Shangjing City, Yelu Abaoji, Taizu of the Liao Dynasty, selected the site. Han Yanzheng planned and designed it with reference to the functions of Youzhou and other cities in the Central Plains at that time. During the construction process, artificial canals were designed.
Kang Moji, who was in charge of building the capital, led the craftsmen to dig the Wushan River to divert the Huangshui to the southwest and flow into the north of Linhuangfu, Shangjing, Liao Dynasty. In the north of the city, it was divided into an inner city canal and an outer city canal.
The outer city canal forms a moat on the north, west and south sides of the outer wall of Linhuangfu City in Shangjing, Liao Dynasty.In the southeast of Liaoshangjing Linhuangfu City, it merges with the inner city moat derived from the inner city, and then flows southeast for more than [-] miles before it flows into the main river of Huangshui.
This artificially drawn river from Wushan was named Lailiu River.
In the east of Shangjing, there is also an artificial river, Jinli River, flowing from north to south.The Lailiu River and the Jinli River together constitute the water transportation system and military protection system of Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, Liao Dynasty.
Now the old capital of the Liao Kingdom, which has been standing for more than two hundred years, is about to face the test of the Jin army.
Yelv Tabuye, who stayed behind in Shangjing of the Liao Kingdom, learned that Xiao Yixue was defeated, and after the Jin army pointed directly at the Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, he allocated [-] troops to the Han general Lu Yanlun, and asked him to guard against death by the Lang River, delaying time, and fighting against each other. Baili hurriedly sent someone to ask Emperor Tianzuo for help.At the same time, Yeluta Buye ordered the powerful men from all counties of Linhuang Mansion to bring soldiers and food to Linhuang Mansion, urgently strengthen the city defenses, and prepare to defend the capital desperately.
To the south of Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, there is a tributary of Huanghe River called Shali River, which flows from southwest to northeast and finally flows into Huanghe River.Upstream of this tributary, there are two small cities, one is the county seat of Changtai County in Linhuang Mansion, and the other is Zuzhou City on the Shangjing Road of the Liao Kingdom.
Zuzhou City is about forty miles away from Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, and it is the Fengling town of the Khitan ancestral mausoleum in the Liao Kingdom.The so-called Fengling Town of the ancestral mausoleum means that the Zuzhou city was built to guard the ancestral mausoleum of the Liao Kingdom.Therefore, although this Zuzhou city is not big, it has special significance for the Khitan people of the Liao Kingdom.
Zuzhou City is located on the mountainside on the north side of the Shali River. It is a building built against the mountain.In the mountains five miles away to the northwest of it is the ancestral mausoleum of Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji.
The ancestral mausoleum is surrounded by mountains, and the undulating mountains open an opening in the southeast direction, forming a circular valley.The mountain peaks around the valley are covered by green forests. Like a patron saint, they have been quietly guarding the tomb of the Khitan hero Yelu Abaoji for 200 years.
However, the peace of Zuling and Zuzhou City was finally broken.
The city walls of Zuzhou are all rammed with earth, and the whole city is composed of the outer city and the inner city.
There are four gates in the outer city, and the gate on the east wall is called Wangjing Gate because it faces the Shangjing City directly.The gate on the south wall is called Daxia Gate.The Great Wall Gate on the west wall is called Yeshan Gate, and an urn city is added.The gate on the north wall is called Xingguo Gate, and an urn city is added.