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Chapter 9 Jungle, Culture

Wanyan Oli is obviously determined to die. As he gets older, his health is getting worse and worse. The difference between death and immortality is getting smaller and smaller.

When the Jurchen rises, Olibu has been busy with this matter since he is sensible. From the basic alliance between Wulibu's grandfather Wanyan and Libo in the most difficult time, he went to the basic alliance between the five major tribes, to the father Aguda of Wulibu, who completed the real rise of Jurchen and the destruction of the Liao Kingdom. This process is Wulibu's life.

Nowadays, the Jurchens are declining, and the life of Olibu is probably coming to an end.

The artillery outside the city slowly spread out on several positions, and the gunners cleaned the barrel again and poured the gunpowder into the barrel.

The Jurchens on the top of the city also knew the steps here, and most of them began to hide under the top of the city. Olibu also got off the top of the city.

More than 400 artillery bombarded the entire small city indiscriminately.

There have been many rounds of shelling in Huanglong Mansion City, and most of the houses that were smashed into ruins by the city were not yet repaired. The scene inside the city is extremely bleak.

The consequence of the four hundred cannons is that the city is truly turned into a pile of rubble, and everyone hides under the city walls. There is no tiles in the city to cover their bodies, and there is no place to store supplies.

The huge roar continued, and at the edge of the forest, countless Jurchens were watching Huanglong Mansion City from afar, but no one ran out of the forest to rescue him. Because the thick snow was really not a place where horses could gallop.

The Jurchens who lost the impact of the horse and ran out of the forest were obviously meaningless in the face of the tens of thousands of Han elites who were closely arranged.

The battlements on the top of the city were like fences on the vegetable field, easily pushed down by artillery. Even the city walls, although they did not collapse, were also full of holes. Although the solid projectiles could not easily collapse the city wall, the holes looked like they were shaky.

The large formation of soldiers wearing white armor had already stepped up, stepping on loud drums, very neatly.

The Jurchens finally began to go up to the top of the city. However, the cannon was still roaring and did not stop at all.

This is something that the Jurchens did not expect. The word "Step and Run" coordination has just appeared shortly, but this incident has already appeared outside the Huanglong Mansion.

Infantry and artillery coordination is the coordination ability between infantry and artillery. This matter relies on the improvement of artillery accuracy and sufficient training.

In the past, if the infantry began to advance, the artillery would have stopped firing early. Now, the infantry has reached more than a hundred steps below the city, and the artillery is still firing.

The projectiles hitting the city and the earth and stones that were smashed can even splash in front of these infantrymen.

The flesh and blood of the Jurchen on the top of the city was even more terrible. Some people had not even fired a feather arrow, but had become a bloody piece.

It was not until the army entered within 100 steps that the artillery had completely calmed down.

The city walls of Huanglong Mansion almost lost their squats. Even in many places, under the impact of projectiles, there were no bricks and stones, and the rammed earth inside was exposed. The rammed earth was hit again, forming some steep earth slopes. Although the earth slopes could not be climbed up, they brought more confidence to these siege men.

The siege battle really began, and Olibu stood on the top of the city with an iron spear.

The short ladder filled the entire city wall. The lost battlements also lost part of the defensive function.

The distance between the city and the city is only more than two feet apart.

With a knife and shield hand in front of him, he climbed up with a long ladder.

After the sword and shield hand, there are rows of muskets, and the city wall without marches. Facing rows of muskets, it is unimaginable to defend.

The scene in front of him, Olibu never expected.

Any Jurchen who exposed his body to block the enemy's ladder almost fell back to the ground after a burst of blue smoke under the city.

The segment shooting of muskets, no matter how many segments of shooting, brings continuous precise projectiles. Most of these musketeers have never practiced crossbow shooting techniques, and some people may not even be able to pull a real hard bow, let alone accurately shooting a crossbow.

However, within a few months, these people held muskets, not to mention hitting every shot, but most of them could point to hit wherever they were. Even if they were a hundred steps, these people could be accurate.

This is the efficiency of muskets. A precise crossbow shooter has always been a long time to practice in winter and practice in summer and at least in summer. In this regard, muskets do not require such a training process.

The feather arrows scattered from above the city wall, facing the cotton armor lined with iron sheets, seemed helpless. Not to mention piercing the armor, most of them could not even hang it up.

The cotton armor is not the iron sheet on the lining. The function of the inner liner is to prevent the sharp blade from slashing. The cotton armor is to prevent the feather arrow from being protected from tight fibers. The cotton armor is also to prevent the musket from being protected from tight fibers. Hard objects like iron are more likely to break through for muskets.

The dense white armors followed behind the city.

The situation is over, and Olibu is a little sad, but more of it is relieved. On this city, I have been defending for more than ten years and have been passively beaten in recent years. In this situation, Olibu is probably fed up.

Perhaps Olibu subconsciously knew that there would always be such a day. Every time he saw the Han army, it was different from what he saw last time. The improvement of military equipment, the mental outlook of soldiers, and the attitude of increasingly disregarding the Jurchens.

These are the feelings of Olibu once and again, and also the psychological changes of Olibu becoming increasingly uneasy.

Fortunately, there are forests in the Jurchens, and forests belong to the Jurchens. The Han people cannot compete with the Jurchens in the White Mountains and Black Waters. Although the dream of a generation has been broken, the reproduction and reproduction of the Jurchens can at least be preserved.

This is the last thought of Olibu. Olibu is the generation whose dreams are broken.

For Olibu, the meaning of life has long passed away with dreams.

Therefore, Oli cannot die.

He died under countless muskets and bullets, and his body was covered with blood holes. The widened iron armor, with the smell of wisps of gunpowder, made Oli Bu die on the top of the city.

The warrior's death in front of the formation seems to be his destination.

In fact, the three are missing one is not only a strategic technique, but also a technique of attacking the heart. It implants a psychological idea that can escape in the subconscious mind. When a person passively faces a life-threatening life, most people usually take death as if they are ready to die. When a person has a life-saving straw, he will subconsciously reach out to grab it.

The courage of the vast majority of people is inevitable that some people will reach out to grab the life-saving straw. The people in the city are collectively called Jurchens, but they are these Jurchen men. In fact, a large part of them are not really Wanyan Jurchens.

The soldiers outside the city were all young and strong, and many of them even had a green face. This is the advantage of the population of the Great Xia Kingdom of over 100 million.

Many of the soldiers in the city have gray hair and have been fighting for decades, and have already taken swords to fight. The young and strong are a few. This is the population limitation of the Jurchens. Without real farming, the production in the forest cannot support so many people. The land of white mountains and black waters does not cover a large area, but the population cannot rise. This is a congenital deficiency. The population capacity is actually inferior to the jungle and grassland.

The Huanglong Mansion was broken, which was reasonable and expected for Yue Fei.

Perhaps it is also something that is subconsciously acceptable for the Jurchens. More than ten years have passed, and the experience over the past decade has also constantly foreshadowed that there will always be such a day.

But Yue Fei passed Huanglong Mansion, and countless white armored Han people entered the jungle directly.

This was something the Jurchens did not expect!

The main settlement of Huanglong Mansion to the Wanyan Tribe is actually not far away, and the straight-line distance is only within two hundred miles. However, the mountains and forests of all sizes increase this distance exponentially.

The center of Wanyan tribe is the line from Harbin in later generations. Liaoyang Prefecture to Huanglong Prefecture, and then go west. Later generations look at it, it is actually the plain area in the northeast. This plain is the Great Xing'an Mountains to the west, the Little Xing'an Mountains to the north, and the Changbai Mountains to the east. Three major mountains sandwich this plain.

However, in this era, it was still a place with dense jungle, and even small hills were difficult to easily climb over. Even if there were no hills, it was a place with continuous jungle. A place with heavy snow could be buried at the waist. If you go north further, you could even bury people in a while.

In summer and autumn, fighting against the Jurchens in such a forest will naturally have a very low winning rate. However, in this severe winter, the winning rate is extremely high.

Severe cold is relatively equal to people. Even if some people are cold-resistant, they are only based on human beings and cannot transcend the scientific scope of the human body. It is not something that people can tolerate if they are tens of degrees below zero.

There were as many as 50,000 soldiers who rushed into the forest to the north, and Yue Fei himself entered the forest. The front was the cotton armored musketeers, with more than 20,000. After that, although there were not so many cotton armors, they were all wrapped in cotton jackets, and they were wrapped in armor and armor outside the cotton jackets. Everything was in good condition to keep warm.

The army went forward and advanced in the jungle. There were thousands of people in front of them who had other responsibilities, which was to open the road. The way to open the road was to log wood. Cut out a road without trees in the jungle so that subsequent people could follow up, and even more so as to facilitate the transportation of supplies.

The jungle war is the real tragic tragedy. This war has just begun!

In the Western Regions, Hu Siwuerduo.

A difficult negotiation was finally concluded. A war that was about to break out finally came to an end. Even Husiwuerduo City sent a large amount of food to supplement the logistics of the Daxia army.

A letter was transmitted from the post station in the Western Regions to the Hejian. In the middle of the post stations, there were fast horses galloping continuously.

Even so, more than six months have passed when this letter arrived in Hejian.

At the court meeting, this letter became the theme.

Li Gang had just finished reading the content of the letter. Zheng Zhi had already asked: "What do you think about this matter?"

There are fewer and fewer such dynasties in the Daxia Dynasty nowadays, and the gathering of civil and military officials in the dynasty is actually not a very efficient approach.

Nowadays, there are more small-scale meetings, such as the Government Council meeting, the Privy Council meeting, etc. Sometimes the meetings are limited to various ministries and commissions. If one thing involves more departments, joint meetings between various departments will be organized.

For example, in the past, the court meetings where all officials of all yamen participated in uniform will only be once a month. In the future, Zheng Zhi may have to reform it, and the reform will be once a quarter.

Only in this way can we work efficiently. If the officials of larger yamen have to get up early in the morning and go to the imperial city to meet in court, it is obviously unnecessary. A meticulous office meeting is a pragmatic approach.

What followed was the reform of internal official documents and residences, and the content was increasing. This was one of the internal channels for national policy propaganda.

"Your Majesty, according to the ministers, Your Highness Zhao is both talented and virtuous. This decision not only avoids the war, but also achieves the due purpose. It is a strategy to kill a single shot." Li Gang said, for Li Gang, there is no doubt that he supports himself as a student. Zheng Kai and Li Gang have been teachers and students for more than ten years, and there is no need to say much about their relationship.

No matter how honest a person is, feelings are always extremely important human nature.

When Zheng Zhi saw this letter sent back from the West, he actually didn't accept it very much at first. Zheng Zhi was too rigid, which means he was too decisive in killing. Over the years, he has become more and more like this.

Therefore, Zheng Zhi had never thought about the method of cooperation. It was not until after reading the letter and thinking about it seriously that he felt that this was the case or this was actually a reflection of Zheng Zhi's inner thoughts that he was unwilling to accept.

Then Zheng Zhi said, "Yelu Dashi was demoted to the king and accepted the canonization, which is actually not very meaningful. The king and the emperor are just a name. Today, they cooperate to surrender and start a rebellion in the future. There are too many such things in history. After all, it is not a safe plan."

What Zheng Zhi said is the worry in his heart.

Li Gang hurriedly continued: "Your Majesty, accepting the canonized surrender is a nominal trend. In the future, we will have many methods to do so. If the Khitans can lead the 80,000 troops westward, I don't know how much trouble it will save me. The navy has already gone west. To cooperate with this army, as long as it can defeat the Turks several times. It is no problem to cede a little land in the bay. In this way, the bay can gain a foothold, and in the future, there will be an outpost to expand the territory. This will kill several birds with one stone."

What Li Gang said is also very reasonable. Across the sea, thousands of miles away, transporting tens of thousands of troops to the bay, not to mention the logistics supply issue, just saying that this transportation is unrealistic at this time. Even if the army and horses are transported, it is a period of no chance of victory if they want to defeat the Turks and occupy the territory. The Seljuk Turks are not small states, and they cannot be easily defeated.

If you want to gain a foothold in the bay, you need a considerable outpost. It is obviously impossible for the Turks to give this outpost to the Great Xia Kingdom. Then the army in the Western Regions needs to force the Turks to submit.

There was a Western Liao as the logistics pillar, plus the 80,000 troops in the Western Liao Dynasty, and more than 200,000 troops went to war with the Turks, forcing the Turks to submit, and forced the Turks to submit even if they were not convinced. In this way, it would be a long process to break the Western Liao into a mess and then spend manpower and material resources to establish a unified regime. It would be better to borrow a chicken to lay eggs now.

In this way, if the navy goes west, it will immediately go ashore to establish a stronghold. With strongholds, business and trade routes, more and more Han people will arrive there, more and more merchant ships, and the supply will be much simpler, so transporting the army will become less troublesome.

The Crusades will take two hundred years to fight. Although most of the Turks are victorious, they also suffer heavy losses. This is an opportunity.

Zhong Shizhong also took a few steps forward and said, "Your Majesty, what Li Xiang said is reasonable. As long as my Daxia maintains its military power, continues to develop and continues to make progress in its military. The Khitans cannot turn out the palm of their hands. Moreover, the Khitans also ceded thirteen cities along the roads. Although this is only Yelu Dashi's sincerity, it also gives my Daxia its own control on the important transportation roads. In the future, even if Yelu Dashi's descendants have the intention of rebelling, they can react quickly and destroy it with a large army. If the people of Western Liao did not rebel, there are many ways to weaken them in the future. Your Majesty does not need to worry, Your Highness, King Zhao, is truly talented and virtuous."

After hearing this, Zheng Zhi nodded and said, "This policy is not bad, but it cannot be taken lightly. He issued an order to rush westward. He appointed Yelu Dashi as King of Khitan Liao, and sent all his descendants to Hejian to pay homage."

Zheng Zhi used the same trick again, and asked Yelu Dashi to come to his descendants, not to threaten the hostages. But he wanted these people to come to study, go to school, learn Chinese characters, and read some sages. Let's talk about it for a few years. If Yelu Dashi returns to the west, Zheng Zhi will immediately be awarded the new Khitan Liao King in Hejian.

As for the candidates for the new Khitan Liao King, it is obviously unnecessary to have both talent and virtue. Whoever reads well and has good character will be established. If you establish a new Khitan Liao King, you will put it back to manage the territory. This is the best way to control. Those who can fight, kill and have bravery will definitely not be able to become the Liao King.

Zheng Zhi was extremely confident about the Chinese culture of this era. The influence of culture is often the main means to change a person.

Just like Yelu Dashi, it is not that Dashi Linya was a scholar who had read sages and scholars. This cultural identity is actually the main reason for avoiding this war. In this era, only by understanding culture can one have a basis for mutual trust. Even in the next thousand years, this principle has not changed much. From the 200th anniversary of the Crusades to the Middle East powder keg in later generations, cultural differences are the beginning of the war, and interests accompany them.

Even the ideological dispute is a cultural dispute.

As for whether Yelu Dashi would send all his sons to Hejian according to the imperial edict, it depends on Yelu Dashi's decision.
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