Great time travel

Chapter 43. The Story of Searching for Liao

Of course, before leaving Huining, some necessary preparations must be made-whenever the Anglo-Saxons are in a weak state and are about to withdraw from a certain battlefield, they like to create a mess, so as not to leave themselves in the future. enemy.And the traversers also intend to follow suit: the current Song Dynasty is naturally unable to reach the north of the Great Wall, and the traversers also have no intention of living in the wild Jurchen hinterland for a long time, so.Creating a mess in the Northeast to add chaos to the Jurchens before retreating has become the best strategic decision for the Song Dynasty at the moment.

First of all, for those Bohai people and Xi people who insisted on fighting on the spot, Guo Daxian encouraged them, and left them most of the captured Jin Dynasty ordnance and food and luggage that could not be moved, and then took out The empty declaration issued by the emperor of the Song Dynasty before his departure, casually sealed a bunch of Jiedu envoys, soldiers and horse envoys, and command envoys, so that they could become famous and facilitate the recruitment of fellow clansmen. Give a number of empty Xuanzha, fill in the name and year, and you can make people an official, just to facilitate the commander-in-chief to make a wish on the battlefield and to attract the tribe.

——The more fiercely these "anti-government armed forces" fought in the Northeast, the more golden soldiers they attracted, and the safer the way for others to return home.

Secondly, although those Koreans and Mongols also want to return to their hometown, they are obviously not on the same road as the Song people.Therefore, Guo Jing gave them most of the captured horses for transportation, and equipped them with enough weapons and dry food so that they could find a way to fight back.

Then, there are about 6000 Song and Khitan slaves who are going to act with Guo Daxian.Obviously, the "Third New Tokyo", which was originally built as a five-story Japanese-style castle, cannot accommodate so many people even if it is squeezed into canned sardines... Fortunately, the general structure of a typical Japanese-style castle is located at the highest level of the castle. The castle tower at the center and the surrounding circles of city walls have considered the need for expansion from the very beginning.Whenever the population in the city increases and the land is not enough, the city lord only needs to build an extra wall around the outside and enclose more land.

——So, Doraemon took out magical props in Huining, "break the ground" on the spot, and used the original castle as "Honmaru", and then added two "Ni no Maru" and "San no Maru" outside. The city wall expanded the area of ​​the entire Yunshang Floating Island by ten times, and then built a bunch of simple houses between the city walls. Finally, these 6000 people and the food utensils that maintained their lives were all stuffed in.

Although the living conditions are definitely not good, at least they are much better than the shacks they lived in when they were slaves to the Jurchens.

Finally, in order to preserve the body of Liao Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi, Doraemon specially built an ice coffin in the floating city.

Regrettably, despite so many preparations before departure, the journey from the "Third New Tokyo" floating city to Ketun City was still full of twists and turns, and it was not smooth: on the second day of departure from Huining, "the third The "Third New Tokyo" had just crossed the Greater Khingan Mountains when it encountered a violent Siberian cold air flow and was blown far to the south—although the floating island at the base of the "Third New Tokyo" expanded tenfold, But the power system did not increase the power accordingly (there is no more [Fengshen Fan] in Doraemon's pocket), resulting in a greatly weakened wind resistance...

When Doraemon and the others finally manipulated the floating city to get rid of the air current and successfully hovered, they found that the "Third New Tokyo" had been blown to the coast of Bohai Sea in one breath, the former Cangzhou border on the border of Song and Liao... Some of the Song prisoners of war saw that they were not far from home, and they all wanted to return home. They would no longer accompany Guo Jing and the others to Mobei to find some Khitan people, and clamored to go home. Such as fighting.

Therefore, Doraemon and Guo Jing, who had a high value of integrity, had to send them to the ground in batches, and distributed some weapons and dry food, so that these Song slaves who had suffered enough in Saibei would not Falling down on the last section of the road in front of the house - at this time, Hebei is no longer stable, thieves are everywhere, bandits are rampant, and there are still small groups of golden soldiers raiding the grass valley. Unarmed travelers can't feel at ease on the road.

Just in case, in the spirit of doing good things to the end, Guo Jing also listened to the opinions of Yue Fei and Han Shizhong. According to the different states and counties of these people's hometowns, he formed several returning teams and appointed temporary managers of the returning teams. The leader even took out the seal issued by the emperor to him, the real protector of the country, and issued a letter of introduction to the local government, lest they finally return home, but be arrested as Jin spies...

However, not only the slaves of the Song Dynasty who escaped from Huining, but also Qin Hui, the imperial censor who served as the supervisor of the army, wanted to run away halfway. Leng Feng, all he wanted was to escort the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, Wan Yan Wu Qimai, to Bianliang as a prisoner as soon as possible, to get his own share of honor and rewards, and even because he wanted to send the body of Liao Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi I went to Bianliang to ask for credit, and a quarrel broke out with Guo Jing... After all, Song and Liao are enemies who have been fighting each other for a hundred years. Even under the current background of the Jin army's invasion, the Song people's eyes on the Liao Emperor are very subtle.It took a lot of effort to arrange the escort chariots and horses for Qin Hui, as well as the prison carts that Wan Yan Wu begged to buy.

This pile of messy things was delayed for ten days before and after, and by the time it took off again, it had been delayed until February.

But the luck this time is really bad. Doraemon just flew over Yanshan in the "Third New Tokyo" floating city, and encountered another snowstorm at the edge of the grassland.The thick and heavy snow that fell suddenly almost crushed the floating city into the air and disintegrated.And the cold air current of more than minus 40 degrees made everyone fully appreciate the "coolness" from Siberia... There were even several people who were frozen to death!

In a time of desperation, Doraemon suddenly had a flash of inspiration and opened his mind, and found that he had made a very low-level omission:

"...Alas! I still have a magical item [weather controller] in my pocket! Just adjust the weather to a sunny day with no wind?! As for the temperature, let's adjust it to zero degrees Celsius first, or else It's hot and cold all of a sudden, and it's easy to catch typhoid cold..."

——Thus, in the artificially created weather, the second half of the journey of the floating city "Third New Tokyo" became relatively smooth...

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In the early morning, the red light of the rising sun had just filled the earth, but the bitter chill of the night seemed to be dispelled in an instant.

Taking advantage of the very rare sunny day in this cold winter season, the "Third New Tokyo" floating city soars quickly over the endless snowfield.

At this moment, half of the blue-purple, half orange-red sky did not see a single cloud.The air was cold and dry, and there was a faint wind, although it still made people shiver, but it was relatively less severe than the howling, bone-piercing wind a few days ago.

Doraemon, Wang Qiu, and Guo Jing stood together on the castle tower with a wide view, carefully observing the surrounding terrain with various instruments, and even launched a [mini reconnaissance satellite] in an attempt to determine the current position , correct the next route.

And between the "Ni no Maru" and "San no Maru" in the floating city, the Khitans are lighting a fire and holding a simple funeral for their frozen compatriots.

On the one hand, it is based on distance, and on the other hand, it is also to prevent some unruly people from attacking from within. In this floating city, only hundreds of "direct troops" from the Song Dynasty are allowed to join the traversers. Stay in the castle of "Honmaru".The Song Dynasty slaves rescued in Huining were bound between the "Honomaru" and the "Ninomaru", while the Khitans were placed between the outermost "Sannomaru" and "Ninomaru".

——The further you go to the outer edge, the simpler the accommodation provided, and the worse the heating and cold protection conditions.Moreover, just in case, the gates of the Honomaru, Ninomaru, and Sannomaru’s walls were closed and isolated from each other, so as to prevent anyone from rushing up to the castle tower in one go—so, during the blizzard last night, the outermost The Khitan people were crushed by the snow and their houses collapsed, and they couldn't ask for help, so they froze to death...

However, even though several people froze to death in the blizzard just now, after everything was over, the remaining Khitan prisoners of war just silently collected the corpses of their compatriots, cremated them and put them into the ashes jars without shouting What kind of group incidents are caused by clamor—the psychological endurance of ancient people, especially those in the war-torn era, is far beyond the imagination of pampered modern people.

After listening to the dirges sung by the Khitan people for a while, Wang Qiu turned his attention back to the work of determining the position.

"...Professor Guo, where are we now? Is it still far from Ketun City?"

"...Fortunately, this blizzard brought us closer to Ketun City." Guo Jing said while marking the map with red and blue pencils, "...there are about [-] kilometers left ——If the location of the ruins of Ketun City discovered by modern archaeologists is correct..."

"...There should be nothing wrong. I saw traces of human activities in that city from the satellite photos. But..."

Doraemon raised his round head from the satellite screen, and looked back at the Liao Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi who was lying in the ice coffin—although he was famous for being stupid in history, he was finally reduced to the old enemy of the Jurchen However, if you look at the appearance alone, the last emperor of the Liao Kingdom is very majestic and dignified, "...the emperor of the Khitan people is dead. What is the use of us taking his body over there? ?"

"...If we bring a living Liao emperor with us, we will be in serious trouble!"

Wang Qiu curled his lips at this, "... As the saying goes, one mountain cannot contain two tigers. If the emperor survives and reaches Ketun City, how will he get along with Yelu Dashi, who holds real power? Isn't it forcing him to smash the brand of loyal ministers? Are you guilty of regicide? On the contrary, we will bring Yelu Yanxi's body to mourn him. Yelu Dashi only needs to squeeze out a few tears and cry twice, and he will be able to fulfill the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers and live up to the name of loyalty. He was able to clear the obstacles in a logical way, inherit the Khitan throne and restore the country's legacy... Just for this one thing, he should thank us very much..."