On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Shangyuan Festival, the spring rain came at the right time in the Guanshan area, but unexpectedly there was already intensive fighting here.

In the dilapidated old site of Tongguan, in the Jin Army camp that was roughly built according to the old checkpoints, there were many soldiers standing around a watchtower with obvious signs of fire, the curtains were neatly arranged, and there were constant patrols of soldiers carrying armor and weapons on the outside.

, not at all affected by the insignificant spring rain.

On the top floor of the watchtower, a Jin Army general wearing Zha armor was sitting behind a few desks with a frown on his face. He then watched the surrounding soldiers hurriedly take away the flags and set up a simple awning above his head and around him. And he

The brand new gourd-shaped silk-lined iron helmet with red tassels was placed on the table, but the red tassels had been wet by the rain.

At the same time, just behind him, the majestic Yellow River was still clearly visible in the extremely shallow rain... Tongguan Road, outside the mountains and rivers, was right here.

By the way, this Jin Army general is about fifty years old, with a thin and yellow face, but a huge frame, and his eyes are like lightning... If Zhao Jiu were here, he would definitely feel that this man is so similar to Han Shizhong.

However, no matter how downcast or difficult it is for Han Shizhong, or no matter how prosperous or proud he is, he can never conceal his rogue spirit in the market, but there is clearly something opposite to the rogue spirit in this Jin Army general.

It is a kind of temper that is very bitter and hateful, but also slightly cruel.

This kind of temperament can be seen in many senior generals of the Jin Army. It should originate from the fishing and hunting era in the white mountains and black waters. It is the unique temperament brought about by the identity of a hunter who is desperate for survival.

That's right, this person is none other than Wanyan Loushi.

By the way, as we all know, the Kingdom of Jin suddenly rose to prominence and achieved military hegemony in East Asia in just 20 years. It can definitely be said that it can swallow up thousands of miles like a tiger. Although anyone can judge from politics, economy, military, culture, geography

There are so-called reasonable explanations for this country's flag-raising from many angles, but in the final analysis, no one can deny that at that time, Jin Taizu Wanyan Agu hit the Jurchen heroes beside him, and there was a surge of heroes.

Otherwise, why didn’t the Song Dynasty destroy the Liao Dynasty?

To list these heroes in detail, Wanyan Aguda himself is not mentioned, his brothers Wanyan Wu begged to buy, Wanyan Yanmu, Wanyan Osai, Wanyan Xieye; his biological son, the eldest prince Wanyan Oben,

The second prince, Wanyan, is inseparable, and the third prince, Wanyan, is inseparable; his distant support is Wanyan Nianhan, Wanyan Xiyin (Wanyan Valley God), Wanyan has great silver skills, Wanyan Benjian, Wanyan plans a good tiger

, Wanyan Qianlu... various characters, most of whom have military experience, and a few are both civil and military, but all of them are worthy of special mention.

However, the level of these heroes is uneven, and they can be divided into grades or rankings.

For example, after the Liao Dynasty was destroyed that day, the internal public opinion in the Jin Kingdom was that the number one hero was none other than Wanyan Nianhan, who was always called the "National Prime Minister" by the Song people.

Wanyan Nianhan is certainly amazing, no one can deny this man's talent.

But after all, he is the number one hero at the political leader level, at the highest level of commander, and was supported by the entire Western Route Army of 100,000 people and the entire Yuanzhi Wanyan Clan United Faction. It does not mean that this person is at the same time.

He leads the army like a god, has unparalleled force, has amazing strategies, and has sound internal affairs.

In fact, if nothing else, everyone knows that when it comes to specific military merits, 80% of Wanyan Nianhan's military merits were earned by his two subordinates, Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Yinshuke.

Among them, Wanyan Loushi is recognized as one of the best in silver skills over Wanyan.

There is no need to go into detail about this man's achievements. Let me just say one thing. This fifty-year-old general, frowning in the spring rain, was a fierce warrior of the Jin Army. Under the system of conspiracy, he was the first person to obtain the status of a hereditary warrior by relying on his military merits.

people.

He is the first general of the Jin Army!

At least that's what the dead Wanyan Aguda thought that day.

However, such a general, after sending troops south this time, has been frowning and rarely smiling... After the shed was set up, Wanyan Lou's room was still sitting behind the gorgeous tortoiseshell table, looking at the top of his head in silence, as if

There were puppets, and the generals and attendants on the left and right, no one dared to come forward and say anything, until looking downstairs, the people and horses neighed, and someone came in a hurry.

"Daddy..."

The visitor was about thirty years old and was the daughter of Wanyan, the eldest son of Wanyan Lou. She came upstairs and saw her own father, but she couldn't help but stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "But the rainy day brings old wounds.

Tolerate?"

"Can you still bear it?"

Wanyan Loushi finally smiled, and the officers and guards on the left and right were also relieved.

Seeing this situation, Wanyan Huonv also forced a smile... He naturally knew what kind of suffering his own father suffered in the rainy day, but he was unable to do anything.

"What do you say about Fushui Town?" After laughing, Wanyan Lou's room didn't move at all, but asked about military affairs again. "The military order I gave you included something to tell you to go there on your way back, right?"

"Reply to Daddy, we have slaughtered them all as you ordered." Wanyan Huonv immediately replied sternly. "But the two Meng'an who did it also said frankly that quite a few people fled into the Taihua Mountains and Shaohua Mountains in the south...

…And according to them, the rain is heavier in the west, so even if the fire is lit, it probably won’t be able to burn it completely.”

"It's just a rough slaughter." Wanyan Loushi nodded slightly and didn't take it seriously.

Wanyan Huonv nodded, paused for a moment, but still took the initiative to ask: "Dad... Fushui Town is opposite Shayuan Prison, between Chang'an and Tongguan. We have walked here seven or eight times in the past few years.

No matter how rich the villages and towns are, they don’t have much money at the moment, and there are no cities or soldiers there, let alone those who refuse to surrender, so why must they be slaughtered?”

"Military law cannot be abolished." Wanyan Loushi answered calmly. "Actually, it was my fault at the beginning. My back pain was the worst before the rain, so I made a mistake in the amount of food and grass that should be collected for applying water... At that time, they suppressed

If someone came to explain it clearly, I would naturally change it, but they just used old grain and watered horse feed to fool them, but I couldn't spare them."

Wanyan Huonu nodded in understanding at first, but then sighed again.

Wanyan Loushi followed the sound and laughed: "You are the leader of ten thousand households, and I am also the leader of ten thousand households. If the leader does not obey the general, then you can say that, why bother to sigh and pretend?"

That's right... Wanyan Loushi and his son Wanyan Huonv actually have the same official position and the same military position at this time. They are both the ruler of ten thousand households and the capital.

This is not because female officials were promoted too quickly, but because Wanyan Lou's family has been unable to be promoted... When the hereditary system came to Meng'an, the leader of the army was usually ten thousand households, and the temporary status of the leader of the soldiers and horses was the commander-in-chief.

On the other hand, military positions include the positions of marshals in the Capital Marshal's Mansion, while political positions include Bojilie.

Even, taking into account the changes in the functions of the Marshal's Office, the Governor, who actually had the actual power of the Marshal before, has generally seen a decline in power.

This is a flaw of the Jinren system, but it may also be related to Wanyan Loushi's background.

Because according to rumors, the Wanyan of the Wanyan Lou family is not the Wanyan of the clan, but the surname given by the Wanyan tribe after the Wanyan tribe defeated the Qishui tribe. It is a bit like a position between a domestic slave and the clan.

But no matter what, probably because of this background, although Wanyan Loushi has outstanding military achievements and is trusted by everyone, and has actually enjoyed the command of the West Route Army for a long time, it has always been difficult for him to have the title of marshal. He has always been

Shanxi Tongjun Division Dutong.

Of course, on the other hand, the fact that both father and son are the rulers of ten thousand households also proves the prominent position of Wanyan Lou's family in the Jin Army, and no matter what, no one can shake Wanyan Lou's family's position in the west of the Jin Army.

The authoritative position in the Route Army... Even the marshal of Wanyan Lou's Wanhu could not be appointed or dismissed, because the full name of Wanhu of Wanyan Lou's family was Wanhu of Huanglong Mansion.

It is the Huanglong Mansion that goes directly to Huanglong. This is a reflection of the special status of the Wanyan Lou family.

Stop gossiping.

Wan Yan Huonv heard her father's joke, but she still looked a little serious: "Dad... I still remember that we, father and son, defeated the Song Army's 200,000 soldiers here. At that time, you asked me to rescue the Song Army soldiers who fell into the water.

, and ordered the entire army not to massacre and plunder the people without authorization, and also appointed a large number of Song people as local officials. Logically speaking, this should be the combination of power and virtue among the people of Song Dynasty, right? But why repeatedly, the people on both sides of the river in the north and south

Are the people of the Song Dynasty still unwilling to be obedient citizens of the Jin Dynasty?"

"Perhaps the emperor of their Song Dynasty is back?" Wanyan Loushi looked at the rain in front of her and thought thoughtfully. "If you can be your own family, why should you be an obedient citizen for others?"

"What about Xijing (Xijing in the Kingdom of Jin, referring to Datong)?" Wanyan Huonv immediately retorted. "Xijing was originally the territory of the Liao Kingdom, but the Mongols turned against it, and they actually followed suit..."

Wanyan Loushi thought for a moment and shook his head: "That means there is indeed something wrong with the strategy of our Kingdom of Jin."

"Dad, according to me, we should also follow the example of Hebei and give all the land and population to Meng An Mooke..." Wanyan Huonv finally couldn't bear it anymore and said what she wanted to say. "Don't do it again.

The people of Song Dynasty conquered Song Dynasty!"

Wanyan Loushi finally narrowed his eyes and looked at his son carefully. He wanted to ask his son, is it better in Hebei?

The hundreds of thousands of so-called rebels in the Taihang Mountains can't be defeated without stopping. Is it any better than the Khitan nobles' rebellion in Datong?

The Khitan nobles rebelled, and Wanyan Loushi led his troops there, easily defeated those people, and then killed them all. But has the Taihang Mountains been clean for a day in the past few years?

However, after a moment, the famous Jin Army general suppressed his inner impulse, because he understood that it was normal for these young people to have similar thoughts... He also thought this way when he was young, but he had experienced more, and gradually

The thinking is different.

Moreover, the most critical problem is that he does not know what is right.

Should Hebei learn from Shanxi and use the Song Dynasty to control the Song Dynasty, or should Shanxi learn from Hebei and enfeoff and conquer the region? Or are both sides wrong?

After all, for now, neither strategy has achieved its goal, and neither Shanxi nor Hebei has Antai.

As soon as he thought about this, the Jin Army general frowned again: "This kind of matter is something that the king of the country, Marshal Du, and Bo Jilie should discuss, so you and I don't need to say more... You go down and rest for a while,

Let's wait until your brother comes back and we can discuss military affairs."

Wanyan Huonv immediately shut up... Although he had already entered middle age and his official position was theoretically equal, in front of his own father, apart from the relationship between father and son, he was just an ordinary general. Therefore, seeing his biological father actually

Somewhat unhappy, how dare he talk too much?

Moreover, his father's old wounds were unbearable on a rainy day, so how could he just enjoy it? So he simply stood up with his sword in hand like an ordinary guard.

In this way, the father and son sat and stood in silence on the dilapidated Tongguan watchtower, allowing the spring rain to get thicker and the vision gradually becoming blurry.

However, this silence did not last long. In less than two quarters of an hour, horses' hooves rumbled on the road east of Tongguan, and then several more horses galloped into the pass and turned under the watchtower.

When the first person came upstairs, it turned out to be Meng'an Wanyan Mouyan who had been exploring eastward before. He was also the second son of Wanyan Lou's family who was only in his twenties this year, and the brother of Wanyan Huonv.

"Dad! Big brother!" Wanyanmou's descendants had inherited his father's skeleton. He was sweating profusely and greeted his father and brother first.

"Second brother came just in time." When Wan Yanhuo Nu saw his second brother arriving, she also greeted him casually. The brothers were very different in age. They were like father to each other, but they were very close. "Dad is waiting for the second brother to report!"

When Wanyan Loushi heard that his two sons, who had always been proud of their Jurchen identities, were now called brothers from the Song Dynasty, he was also confused for a moment. However, the military situation was such that he didn't bother to think too much, so he just raised his lips to indicate.

"Dad, we can't fight Shaanzhou!" Wanyan Mouyan said to him. "I will listen to your orders and go to Shaanzhou City with Ba Lisu. Ba Lisu will lead his own brigade behind, and I and I will make up for the two thousand elite soldiers.

We went to block the Song people on the narrow road to the east, but unexpectedly, the Song people's brigade had already exited the narrow road and occupied key points to prepare to set up a stronghold, which seemed to echo the Shaanzhou City... Wu Libu and I rushed into a village that had not yet been established.

We set up a stronghold and killed two to three hundred people, but with more and more people from the Song Dynasty, there was really nothing we could do. In addition, my father had previously ordered me to come back today, so I came back directly. I met Ba Lisu on the way, and he
To be continued...