Behind the "Chinxin Liu Yan" recognized the flag, there were dozens of old generals in their sixties surrounded by cavalrymen with a few years old and covered in frosty faces. The veteran was gray and his beard was gray, his dark old face was wrinkled, and he was wearing a blue robe that was white and stained, and he was not wearing armor.

This person was Liu Yan, the commander of the Yanzhou camp, one of the eight battalions of the Liao Dynasty's resentful army. Like Guo Yaoshi, Ma Zhi (Zhao Liangsi), and Liu Yanzong, he was both Han from the Liao Dynasty. He was also from a noble family. He was related to Liu Yanzong, who now joined the Jin Dynasty and was granted the commander of the Han army in Nanjing. His ancestors were Liu Lung, the governor of Lulong of the Tang Dynasty. The Han society under the rule of the Liao Dynasty seemed to be in the stage of a wealthy society. Although there were imperial examinations, the imperial examinations in the Liao Dynasty were different from those in the Song Dynasty and were completely monopolized by the aristocratic families.

The society under the rule of aristocratic families must of course strictly distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate children. Liu Yan's ancestors were gangsters, so he did not stay in Yanjing to develop, but moved to Yanzhou (area in the western Liaoning Corridor area) of the Liao Dynasty, and became a local wealthy family. When Liu Yan was young, he relied on his background and talent to win the Jinshi of the Liao Dynasty's Zhongjing Road and entered the southern official system of the Liao Dynasty.

However, his career was not very smooth. He had always served as an official in Zhongjing Road and Nanjing Road. Sometimes he was a civil servant, sometimes he was a military officer, and sometimes he was a military officer, and his official fortune was always bad. When he reached middle age, he encountered the great era of the rise of the Jurchens and the collapse of the Liao Kingdom. Liu Yan, who did not want to see his hometown ravaged by the Jurchens and wanted to seize some opportunity in this chaotic world, took advantage of the situation and seized the opportunity of the Liao Kingdom to organize the resentful army, led a group of children from the clan, dispersed all their wealth, recruited heroes, and raised a Yanzhou camp, joined the resentful army, and became one of the eight resentful army camps.

However, this resentful army, which was highly expected by the rulers of the Liao Kingdom, not only fought unfavorable after its establishment, but also had rebellions one after another, and Liu Yan was also involved. After several changes, Liu Yan and more than 800 cavalry of the Yanzhou camp led by him finally followed Guo Yaoshi and led the Liao to join the Song Dynasty.

This betrayal became the last rebellion in Liu Yan's life. When the Jin soldiers headed south and Guo Yaoshi once again led the Song and Jin Dynasty to join the Jin Dynasty, Liu Yan, who was stationed in Yanshan Prefecture, did not follow him, but led more than 800 cavalrymen in his army and retreated south to Zhending Prefecture with all his family members.

When Emperor Huizong of Song was surprised to learn that there were still hundreds of people in the Changsheng Army who did not surrender to the Jin Kingdom, he wrote the word "Chicin" in person and gave it to Liu Yan. Liu Yan's flag recognition became "Chicin Liu Yan".

However, this "Chinxin Liu Yan" who was determined to follow the Song Dynasty recently encountered something that made him feel bad. I don't know what Cai Mao, the Hebei Road Transport Author of the Song Dynasty, thought that Liu Yan was also from a resentful army and had relied on Guo Yaoshi. He thought that Liu Guo and the other two had a personal relationship, so he wanted to use this friendship to open up a "road to beg for mercy". And Liu Yan was not allowed to argue, so he transferred him and another "diplomacy talent" Ma Kuo, who was also in real life, to Daming Mansion to listen to it.

This made Liu Yan a little overwhelmed... His relationship with Guo Yaoshi was not very good. Although both of them were from resentful soldiers, their relationship was not close. Liu Yan's Yanzhou camp was always in a group, while Guo Yaoshi had always wanted to annex Liu Yan's army, and the two sides fought openly and secretly for several years.

The reason why Liu Yan was unwilling to follow Guo Yaoshi to invest in money was that he not only recognized that the Song Dynasty had good treatment and was relatively generous and kind, but because he had too many conflicts with Guo Yaoshi.

Now let him go and ask Master Guo to match him up. Wouldn't that push him into the fire pit? Master Guo is so cruel that he might get a Hongmen Banquet and chop him up...

Thinking of this, Liu Yan sighed!

"Liu Zuowu, don't worry too much. When you arrive at Daming, the lower officials will explain to Mr. Cai... If you have lower officials, you can deal with it if you have lower officials. There is no need for Zuo Wu to go there in person."

The person who spoke to comfort Liu Yan was a middle-aged man in his forties. He was burly, dark, windy and frosty, and dusty on his face.

This person was another "envoy to beg for mercy" transferred by Cai Mao from Zhending Prefecture, named Ma Kuo. Ma Kuo was also from the Western Army and was a member of Xihe Road. He was also a loyal and martyr. One of his uncles, two uncles, and two brothers died in the continuous war against the Xifan tribes of Xixia and Qingtang. He originally served in the Xihe Army with his father Ma Zheng, but when the Song Dynasty and the Jurchens had a maritime alliance, his father Ma Zheng happened to be the commander of the Dengzhou military commander. So the father and son changed careers to diplomats. Ma Kuo also had many contacts with the senior officials of the Jin Dynasty, and they were also somewhat intimate with each other.

When the war between the Song and Jin Dynasties began, Ma Kuo happened to be an official in Zhending Prefecture and was not valued. Instead, he was sitting on the bench. His relationship with Liu Fu, Zhizhen Ding Prefecture, was dismissed. After Liu Fu received Cai Mao's document, he did not want to leave Ma Kuo to resist the Jin Dynasty in Zhending Prefecture, so he sent him and Liu Yan to Daming Prefecture together.

After hearing Ma Kuo's words, Liu Yan could only sigh. He had a long time to deal with the Jin thief. Of course, he knew it was difficult to beg for mercy from these robbers. The robbers were all insatiable, and the robbers' appetite would become bigger and bigger...

Just as the two were speechless, someone from left and right suddenly shouted: "The enemy attacks, there are cavalry in front!"

Liu Yan and Ma Kuo were both excited and quickly pulled off the reins, stopped the war horse under their crotch, then stood up on the kickstand, put their palms on the eyebrows frame and looked forward.

Their place is not far from Daming Prefecture City, and you can see the majestic and magnificent city of Daming Prefecture from afar. Five or six miles ahead of them, there is a large forest, and the official road leading to Daming Prefecture City just passes through the woods. You can vaguely see that the cavalry of the brigade is coming from the other end of the woods along the official road from south to north.

The cavalry team was in a strict lineup, and everyone was wearing armor and embroidered clothes (the short clothes covered with armor cannot cover all the armor), and a long spear on his shoulders and a helmet with a red hat tassel on his head. Looking from a distance, you saw a jumping red tassel and a flashing cold light coming!

In front of this team of cavalry, there were also people holding a red flag, but because the distance was too far, they couldn't see what words were stabbed on it.

"Route in line, wear armor!"

Although it is close to Daming Prefecture City, the Jin people's army is heading south along the west bank of the Yellow River (the Yellow River flows into the sea at this time). Now it should not be too far from Daming Prefecture City. Therefore, the Jin people's cavalry appeared outside Daming Prefecture City. Liu Yan did not dare to neglect it, and quickly ordered more than 800 of his subordinates to expand their formation and put on the armor they carried with him.

The eight hundred cavalry of Liu Yan's troops were all veterans of Yanzhou who had followed him for many years. They had rich combat experience and had already experienced psychological qualities. So they quickly put on horseback and armour according to Liu Yan's orders. They also formed a formation with fifty cavalry as a group and were ready for battle.

Not long after, the cavalry coming from the south of the woods in front also began to form a formation with the woods on their backs. Their number was nearly twice that of Liu Yan's troops, and they were only one man and two horses!

At this time, Liu Yan and Ma Kuo finally saw clearly the red flag-recognizing words, which should be "Yun Prince Zhao".

They also saw a burly general with silver helmet and silver armor under the flag, immediately spearing with a murderous intent.
Chapter completed!