choke element

Chapter 492

Zhang Jing looked at the sky with some despair.

The heavy snow was still swaying wildly, and the snow flakes were gathered into snowballs by the random wind, and then scattered, falling on the ground, making a rustling sound.If you overcome the coldness of being hit by the snowflakes in your eyes, and look up to the sky, you can see that the dark zenith is almost within reach, and more snow seems to be broken somewhere in the zenith. Like pouring down.

He looked around and saw roads and fields and hills all white.

In the interior of Northeast China, such heavy snow cannot be said to be so rare.But if trekking, marching, and fighting in the heavy snow, it would be too hard!
No, that's not only hard work, it's really fatal!

When Zhang Jing rose from the countryside in the early years, he also suffered a lot, but in the past two years, as his status has risen, it is inevitable that wine and beauties, brocade quilts and sable furs, the original strong muscles and bones are not as good as before, and he can no longer bear such harsh conditions. surroundings.

Since the reign of Da'an, the Dajin Kingdom has continuously loosened its control over the localities. Jinzhou, Zongzhou and other places on the Liaohai Passage have long since fallen into the hands of many townspeople.Among them, the brave Zhang Jing and Zhang Zhi brothers controlled the salt fields and trade routes of Jinzhou and Zongzhou, and they were the leaders in terms of strength and prestige.

That day Yan Chengyu, who was left behind in Beijing, claimed to have hundreds of thousands of people under his command, half of them were powerful soldiers headed by the Zhang brothers.

And when Mu Huali led his troops into Beijing Road, Zhang Jing immediately claimed to be the king of Linhai County, and gathered more than [-] people to respond to the Mongolian army, which single-handedly created Wanyan Chengyu's death.

The reason why Zhang Jing did this was to imitate Yeluliuge, king of Liao of the Khitan tribe, Alawusi, king of Beiping of the Wanggu tribe, and others, and use the power of the Mongols to realize their ambitions.

But what made him suspicious was that after Mu Huali settled in Beijing's Dading Mansion, he verbally recognized his status as Linhai County King, but he never gave him an official seal, tiger charm, or even his jurisdiction in Jinzhou and Zongzhou. There is no serious official title to recognize it.On the contrary, the original subordinates, Shi Tianying and others, received Mu Huali's kind treatment one after another, and even took away a group of troops recruited by Zhang Jing himself.

For this reason, Zhang Jing was very unhappy.After he bid farewell to Mu Huali, he returned to Jinzhou for a long time, devoting himself to managing and forming his own elite army called "Black Army".

It was not until ten months ago that Genghis Khan himself arrived in Beijing's Dading Mansion, and Zhang Jing left Jinzhou to visit him.Genghis Khan was very kind to the Han tycoons on Beijing Road, and asked Zhang Jing if he was interested in serving as a marshal in Dading Mansion and in charge of the ten Han troops who were prosecuted in Dading Mansion.

Genghis Khan was polite, but too stingy.

In recent years, the post of marshal has become worthless.Even if you want to win him over with high-ranking officials and rich salary, you can't just be a marshal?I, Mr. Zhang, is already the king of Linhai County!Is a prince!
On the same day, Zhang Jing heard that his former subordinate Shi Tianying had been promoted by Genghis Khan to become a hereditary hundred households, and promised to give him a hundred good horses.

The Mongols' hereditary one hundred households, if placed in the attached army, would be at least ten thousand households. Genghis Khan was too partial to one another, right?
The next day Zhang Jing tactfully rejected Genghis Khan's proposal, and continued to return to Jinzhou to win over many local figures and manage his own power.

Three days ago, a Mongolian messenger suddenly rushed to Jinzhou to deliver an order, saying that the army sent by the Great Khan to fight in Liaodong was defeated, and the general Jebe was killed. Therefore, the Great Khan urgently called all the troops and generals to gather troops and food on the east side of Beijing Road. Raoqing Town, Yizhou, wanted to send troops to invade Liaodong, wipe out the Ding Navy, and avenge Jebie.

Zhang Jing was a little surprised by Zhe's death.After all, such a powerful Mongolian army will die in battle. In Zhang Jing's memory, it has never happened.

It is said that the one who defeated Jebe's troops was the Ding Navy from Shandong, and before this victory, they had defeated the Mongolian army twice, and even captured the prince and killed thousands of households.

It seems that the Mongolian army is not as powerful as they boasted?Is it possible... In the early years, every time the court soldiers and horses met the Mongols, they would definitely fail miserably, perhaps because of the slackness of the court soldiers and horses, rather than the strength of the Mongolian army?

Zhang Jing felt a little ridiculous at the same time.

In the past few days, heavy snow has fallen sharply, how can we march and fight?
Even if Genghis Khan was furious, he had to distribute his troops to eat for the winter, or go south, go to Zhongdu Road and Hebei Road to beat the autumn wind of the imperial court, and grab a few granary envoys.Going to Liaodong at this time, wouldn't that be death?Genghis Khan's opponents were really sincere, and if a general died, he would be confused?

With this idea in mind, Zhang Jing did not call out all the 1 people who dared to die from his own family, let alone order many powerful people in Erzhou.He took his brother Zhang Zhi and hundreds of personal guards to join him.

Those who went to Dadingfu with this idea included not only the Zhang brothers, but also powerful figures who supported themselves in Xingzhongfu, Zezhou, Yizhou, Jianzhou and many other places.Zhang Jing met them one after another on the road, and found that the number of people led by the generals was no more than a hundred, and the few were only twenty or thirty attendants.

So everyone looked at each other and smiled, feeling a tacit understanding.Everyone felt that the military power of the Mongols seems not so reliable recently, so they are all here to pretend.

I didn't expect Genghis Khan to be true.

Everyone's persuasion was useless, everyone was really forced by him to march to Liaodong in the ice and snow!
On the border of Jinzhou, Zhang Jing can still force local support to take care of him.The army left Yizhou and headed east, which was Yeluliuge's territory earlier, now the Khitan people are extinct, and the surrounding area is so desolate that no living people can be seen.

After only marching for half a day, Zhang Jing was almost driven crazy by this absurd approach.

It's so hard, it really doesn't work!Have to figure out a way!

Zhang Jing was thinking frantically, his younger brother Zhang Zhi called the quartermaster: "How are the soldiers doing?"

The quartermaster trembled and said, "General, it's only been a long time, and there are already people who can't hold on and are about to freeze to death! There are more than 20 soldiers with frostbitten legs and feet, unable to move!"

Zhang Zhi thought for a while, and reluctantly said, "Twenty people got frostbitten in half a day? It's okay!"

He turned to his elder brother: "Based on this, we can rush to Liaoyang in one go, and when we join forces with Prince Consort Botu, we will still have 500 people under our command!"

you fart!
Is this how the account is calculated?
If things go on like this, not to mention the soldiers who finally got together, my majestic Linhai County King himself will not be able to hold on halfway!Not to mention going to Gaizhou to fight, it is no different from sending to death!No no, it may not be death, because all the soldiers on the way will flee!

Zhang Jing almost wanted to curse, but he was really lacking energy, so he waved his hands repeatedly to make the quartermaster retreat.

The group of people walked for a while in the wind and snow, and suddenly heard the heavy sound of troops marching not far away.

When he turned around, he saw the Mongolians marching with horses a little farther away.

These Mongolians wore dirty leather jackets, and their faces were dark because of the wind and sun all year round.

On the snow-covered road, they moved forward intently. On both sides of the road, in the undulating snowy field obstructed by rocks and thorns, they pulled the reins, dragged each other occasionally, and continued to advance intently.No one complained, no one hesitated, their expressions were like rocks.

Looking at them, Zhang Jing felt in a daze that they were not human, but more like wild horses, wild deer, or wolves.They themselves are part of the harsh environment, something that can be compared with the white, gray and black disasters on the grassland!
The army formed by these people has an indifferent murderous look... Maybe they can really rush to Gaizhou?
He turned around, startled suddenly.

In front of his horse, at some point stood a Mongolian with a black helmet and black armor.The Mongol said in a buzzing voice: "King Zhang, the Great Khan welcomes you!"

(End of this chapter)