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Chapter eight hundred and thirty ninth: a fight to the death

The leaders of all races and chiefs did not receive any courtesy when they arrived at Linhuang Mansion, but the cavalry that entered and left the city made the chiefs feel shocked. The agile cavalry were disciplined, and whether they were galloping or stationing horses, they were all in line. It can be seen that the 60,000 Jurchen cavalry lost it was not unfair. The Song army was able to show their power in Linhuang Mansion, but it was not luck.

There were more than 30 leaders coming, almost none of them were missed. They were all arranged in an inn, guarded by the Song army. Everyone was anxious to see the auxiliary king, but there was no news at all. This arrogant attitude made these anxious chiefs a little impatient.

However, the rules in the grassland have always been like this. Whoever is strong will have the capital of arrogance and speaks with all their strength.

So although there were some complaints, no one dared to say anything. On the fourth day, a lieutenant finally entered the inn and led them into the palace.

When they arrived at the main hall, the two squads of civil and military officials had already stood up. The chiefs and leaders looked at Chen Ao who was above him from afar and bowed down.

Chen Ao wore a dragon suit without saying a word. After a long time of silence, he said unceremoniously: "This desert has been the mastermind of the Song Dynasty from now on. I set up the Anbei Protectorate in Linhuang, stationed troops and horses, and ruled various divisions. If anyone is reluctant, he might as well speak out today." Whether it is the Anbei Protectorate or any other name, it is nothing more than controlling the desert. When the Liao people were strong, they unified all divisions. After that, the Jurchens were strong. Now that the Song people have changed, who dares to say something bluntly? Chen Ao's reputation has long been spread throughout the grassland. Who doesn't know that this person, like Wanyan Aguda, is a cruel person who wants human life? If he does not surrender today, he may be ambushed outside and waiting for your head.

Everyone said with a loud voice: "I am willing to drive your highness." Chen Ao's face was restored to a better look. He walked down from the hall step by step, and walked among the leaders and chiefs. He seemed very comfortable walking in the garden. He slowly said: "The grasslands of each department should be re-divided. In the past, the Jurchens plundered your land and could return some of them appropriately. However, you should not make any ideas about the plump water plants in the Linhuang Mansion area. This is my property. Do you know?" It is an unexpected surprise to be able to return some grasslands. Who dares to have any complaints? These leaders all bowed to the ground and said: "Yes."

Chen Ao had other plans in his heart. The water plants in Linhuang Mansion are the most abundant. Now they are firmly in their hands. Of course, they must make good use of them. You must know that this is a natural horse farming site and the best place in the world. What Chen Ao has to do is to let the Han people raise horses. In fact, the Han people were originally only suitable for planting, but it is a farming civilization. It is difficult to change their habits, and it is easy to say.

What Chen Ao wants to do now is to sell the ranch and divide these beautiful ranch into hundreds or thousands of yuan in size and contract them out, and rent them to merchants for fifty years. So before that, he had already sent a letter to Quanzhou and asked the Haizheng Yamen to post a notice to let those powerful merchants come to negotiate. The merchants in Quanzhou are not short of money, but the lack of wealth. Now the Song Dynasty is very scarce. A large number of cavalry need war horses and have to purchase them everywhere. Yu also needs horses to deliver goods. Especially in Suzhou and Hangzhou and Quanzhou, the value of manpower is getting higher and higher, and horses naturally become important laborers for transporting yu. In addition, there are more and more wealthy people there. With money, they naturally prepare a few carriages and hire people to carry the arrogant. However, the manpower there is already a shortage of manpower. A proud man must prepare at least four people to rotate, so how comfortable and cheap it is to get on the carriage. As a result, the gap in horses has become larger and larger. Some merchants have even started to sell horses, buy horses from Nanyang to ship, and then transport them to Quanzhou and Suzhou. However, not only are the horses in Nanyang short, but their feet are also much less powerful. Some horse merchants have taken the opportunity to raise the price of horses, making horses even more scarce.

The prospect of raising horses is already predictable. It is conceivable that as long as the notice is posted, those big merchants and big merchants will inevitably flock to try it out. If all the land is rented out, not only Chen Ao can make a big profit, but use this money to reward the three armies: on the other hand, these merchants have ranches, and naturally they have to recruit people on a large scale. How many people should be recruited in hundreds or thousands of ranches? This is astronomical. There are horse herds to raise horses, and in order to deal with wolves and horse thieves, there must be a large number of guards. In addition, there are also a large number of people. These people will form a community of dozens or millions on the grasslands in the Linhuang Mansion area. Although it is an employment relationship, they have unconsciously turned them from farmers to workers, and then from workers to herders.

A herdsman community composed of Han people, with its back against the hinterland of the pass, echoing the Song army in Linhuang Mansion. What changes will happen on the grassland in the future? It is almost foreseeable that if there is a turmoil in the grassland, the Song Dynasty can recruit herdsmen at any time and form a large-scale cavalry. The combat power is never below the various divisions of the grassland. In addition to the addition of the cavalry captain and the cavalry, who can block the edge of the Song army's iron hooves?

Chen Ao's idea came from later Cossacks. The Cossacks and the Russians had the same language and race, but the only difference was that the Russians mainly farmed, while the Cossacks made a living by grazing. After that, the Russian Tsar won over the Cossacks and formed the Cossacks, making great contributions to Russia's expansion of territory. And these horse shepherds and guards would be Chen Ao's Cossacks in the future.

After sending the leaders and chiefs out, Chen Ao looked around and said, "Prepare the army and horses, set off on Dading Mansion the morning of the next morning to fight against Wanyan Agu!"

"Abide by the order!"

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Dading Prefecture, with the arrival of the cold winter, the entire wilderness of Dading Prefecture was covered with silver. Under the city of Dading Prefecture, the continuous camp made loud noises and neighed horses. Wanyan Aguda led the iron cavalry to arrive here for half a month. In half a month, the Jin army launched a long offensive on Dading Prefecture, and one after another, the crazy Jin army did not avoid arrows and stones, and tried to climb Dading City again and again with the low sound of the horns.

The Song army on the city was prepared for a long time, and the defenses and bans everywhere were airtight. These well-trained naval infantrymen kept shooting the Jin army under the city with their hand crossbows. The fire rate of the hand crossbows was faster than that of the bow and arrow and had a longer range. However, the cost was often high. However, the money was never a big problem for the navy. The 100,000 naval troops had more than 30,000 crossbows. In addition, the cannons set on the city tower also kept spitting out flames. The bombs were extremely lethal, which forced the Jin army to disperse their formation before they could rush towards the majestic city walls. However, once the formation was dispersed, the offensive would inevitably become weak. For half a month, the entire Dading Mansion remained motionless, and there were countless corpses left under the city.

The Jin army was becoming more and more impatient. The army had not stored much food, and the weather was getting colder and colder. More than 200,000 people had to eat and wear, and were trapped in people and horses. If they could not take over the Dading Mansion, they would be trapped to death and starved to death.

However, defending the city was the strength of the Song army, and siege was the disadvantage of the Jin army. The navy's cavalry had a stable chance of winning over the Jin army with its advantage.

Wanyan Aguda was getting more and more irritable. Just yesterday, he had already killed a ten thousand men in public who was unfavorable to siege the city, making the three armies awe-in. Today, he was still wearing golden armor and carrying an imperial guards to surround him. No matter what, Dading Mansion must be taken down. If it is delayed, Linhuang Mansion is very likely to be compromised by Chen Ao. Hundreds of thousands of Jurchens will become a loser, and decades of foundation will be destroyed.

In the north wind, Wanyan Aguda did not wear his tiger-skin coat. In the cold weather, many Jurchen warriors even simply wore a piece of cotton armor, and their hands and feet were frozen purple. If Wanyan Aguda came out tightly, it would inevitably make people feel heartbroken. So when the cold wind blew and the raging cold wind penetrated into his clothes along the armor, Aguda, who was nearly sixty, was already so cold that his whole body was purple. He whispered white mist, his eyes were like a vulture, and he looked at the towering city wall, unconsciously feeling powerless.

The Song army's firearms and crossbows were too powerful and defended by the city. For the Jin army, which was already scarce, this place was simply an insurmountable barrier. The current Jin army was about to end its end. Without supply, they would sooner or later freeze to death and starve to death. The shaman god left him not much time. If he wasted time here, it would be the burial place of Wanyan Aguda.

His eyes widened, and a little bit of splendor flashed. He put one hand on the harps of the knife, shouted, pulled out the long sword, and regained his confidence and incomparable courage. As long as he was familiar with his hands, Wanyan Aguda believed that he was invincible.

The shaman in front of the formation beat the hand drum and began to pray for the warriors who were about to fight, praying for the victory of the war. Dozens of shamans were disheveled, their bodies kept twitching, rolling their eyes, muttering the ancient and vicissitudes of language, making strange characters. The sound of the hand drum was mixed with this sound, and it seemed extremely sacred in Wanyan Aguda's ears.

Wanyan Agu took a deep breath, pointed at the front of the long knife, shouted loudly: "Responsibility first!"

Someone came out of the military formation behind. Suotu was wearing the armor of a captain of ten thousand men, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, with a ferocious look, and shouted like thunder: "Here!"

"Take your warriors and go and give the southerners some beauty."

Suotu didn't say anything, then pulled his horse to his army and roared like a wild beast. The Jurchen cavalry team in the army immediately burst into a loud shout in response to him. Suotu's face was red and raised his weapon. A cold iron spear pointed straight into the sky and shouted: "Kill all the dogs!"

"kill,…"
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