Lizhou was probably located in the current Jianchang area of ​​Liaoning Province!
The lord of Lizhou City, Wanyan Shabuli, is one of the rare Jurchen captains of ten thousand men! Now he has 3,000 pure Jurchen soldiers under his command, as well as 8,000 elite new auxiliary troops! In addition to these, there are also just
Recruited nearly 20,000 slave troops!
By the 25th of the first lunar month, Wanyan Sabuli had also received news that the Liangshan army was marching northward and was now heading towards Lizhou.
He summoned his generals and counselors. The counselor was a Khitan named Yelu Yande, and he was a born among the Khitans! The Khitans also conquered the world immediately at the beginning, but after 200 years,
There are also many students among the Khitan people. Some students are rotten scholars and know nothing about anything, while others are quite resourceful. This Yelu Yande is over 40 years old and is a wise man among the Khitan people.
"What do you think we should do now? Should we go out of the city and fight Liangshan, or should we stick here and wait for the arrival of my Jurchen army?" Wanyan said as a counselor, looking at the generals below.
"General, I think it's best to evacuate Lizhou," Yelu Yande said.
"What? Evacuate Lizhou?" Wanyan Shabuli said in disbelief.
"Yes, there are too many troops in Liangshan, and it is impossible for us to defend Lizhou!" Yelu Yande said.
"I will never evacuate this place! We Jurchens have no reason to retreat voluntarily!" Wanyan Sabuli said coldly.
"If the emperor knew the situation here, he would definitely order General to evacuate! We must concentrate all our forces in the Zhongjing area and then fight them to the death!" Yelu Yande said.
"Impossible! How could the emperor issue such an order?" Wanyan Shabuli shook his head.
The Jurchens originally planned to unite the four forces and then launch an attack on Liangshan. They did not expect that Liangshan would take the initiative to attack in such a short period of time. In the past two years, during the war between Liangshan and the Jurchens, Liangshan has been on the defensive! From the beginning
In Liaodong, Hua Rong adopted a defensive strategy. At that time, Liangshan wanted to exchange time for the rear.
With its solid foundation, Liangshan's strategic advantage will naturally grow as time goes by! Therefore, the Jurchen upper echelons, including Wanyan Aguda, believe that Liangshan may always focus on defense and wait until its strength completely exceeds that of the Jurchens.
He had just launched the attack, but he did not expect that Liangshan would start the main attack after the New Year this time.
"I want to go out of the city to intercept the Liangshan army!" Wanyan said fiercely.
"Okay, if the interception out of the city can cause some damage to them, we might be able to defend Lizhou." Yelu Yande said.
"I will take 5,000 people out of the city, and you will stay in Lizhou!" Wanyan said.
In the afternoon of that day, Wanyan Sabuli left Lizhou City with 5,000 people, half of whom were pure Jurchen soldiers, and the other half were composed of new auxiliary troops. He was one of the famous Jurchen generals, and he did not
Heading south to attack the Liangshan army, he first led 5,000 people towards the west. He wanted to harass the Liangshan army from the west flank.
However, he didn't know that as soon as he left, the information here had already been sent to the Liangshan Army.
On the 27th, when the intelligence arrived, Liangshan's cavalry also began to take action.
On the vast snowfield, Zhang Xian led ten thousand cavalry towards the west. He kept running and sending spies forward.
More than thirty miles away behind Zhang Xian, the heavy cavalry regiment was also heading to the west! The heavy cavalry regiment had not been on combat missions during this period. Now that they heard that the enemy was ahead, they were also very excited, but their
Their mobility is far inferior to that of light cavalry, so their marching speed is somewhat slow.
"Has the news here been reported to the Grand Governor?" Zhang Xian asked the soldiers beside him as he advanced in the night.
"Already reported." The soldier beside him said.
"A mere 5,000 people dare to intercept us halfway. That's asking for death!" Zhang Xian said with a smile.
"I have heard of Wanyan Sabuli before. It is said that he is also a powerful warrior among the Jurchens." Zhe Yanwen, who is now one of Zhang Xian's deputies, said immediately.
"Hmph, reckless! If I were him, I would definitely evacuate Lizhou City at this moment! Then Lizhou is just a small town, how can it resist our 100,000-strong army? Besides, the Jurchens did not gain any support from the people in Lizhou, and they gave up the city
It has no impact on them, and there is no material there for them to plunder! I really don’t understand what the Jurchens are thinking now, he came out to die!" Zhang Xian laughed.
"He thinks that we are just like their previous enemies and can defeat us with only a small amount of troops!" Another general next to him said.
The so-called former enemies were the Khitans. At first, the Khitans were vulnerable to the Jurchens. Although Liangshan has risen, although it has shown extraordinary fighting power, and although the Jurchens have begun to pay attention to it, the Jurchens still subconsciously face the Khitan.
Human feelings, that’s why Wanyan Shabujue made such a decision!
On the battlefield, many generals make wrong judgments mainly because they underestimate their opponents and fail to take them seriously!
The sky was getting darker and darker. When Zhang Xian and others were walking through a deserted forest, they suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance! The other party had obviously noticed them and was heading in their direction!
"It's a Jurchen! Listen to the voice, it's the 5,000 Jurchens who came out of the city!" Zhang Xian said excitedly.
"Do you want to rush up and fight them?" Orihiko Wen asked.
"No! Let's retreat!" Zhang Xian said.
"Retreat?" Zhe Yanwen said in surprise.
"The Jurchens are very powerful in combat. Although our number is twice as many as theirs, if we rush forward like this, we will definitely suffer a lot of casualties. Let's go back and cooperate with the heavy cavalry regiment behind us to kill them together! If anyone comes, rush immediately.
Go back and notify the heavy cavalry regiment behind so that they can prepare to meet us!" Zhang Xian made the decision immediately.
Originally, Zhang Xian was one of the top generals under Yue Fei among the Yue family armies in history. Although he was young, he had already shown extraordinary battlefield wisdom. In just a moment, he made the decision that was most beneficial to him!
At this moment, Zhang Xian's cavalry slowly retreated towards the southeast!
Oncoming was Wanyan Sabuli's 5,000 cavalry. After Wanyan Sabuli heard the sound of horse hooves on the opposite side, he frowned slightly. There were many more people on the opposite side than them. It was dangerous for them to rush over like this! But it was very dangerous.
Hurry, Zhang Xian’s army
The team began to retreat. Wanyan Shabuli was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said: "The Han people are Han people after all. They are cowardly to the extreme. They have so many more people than us, but they don't dare to fight us! They retreated
Yes, let’s chase!”
The commander next to him was also a Jurchen. The commander also laughed and did not take the Liangshan army seriously at all!
Zhang Xian's army continued to move toward the southeast, and Wanyan's 5,000 cavalry were chasing him closely. The distance between the two armies would not exceed 10 miles!
An hour has passed, the north wind is howling, and the speed of the war horses begins to slowly decrease. Such rapid running makes the war horses very tired.
At this moment, several cavalrymen galloped towards Zhang Xian's army in the wind and snow.
"General, they are on the hills ahead, and they are ready!" a cavalryman shouted.
"Okay, go over there!" Zhang Xian said loudly.
When they arrived at the hills, Zhang Xian's army began to move eastward along the hills, followed closely by the 5,000 cavalrymen who stayed with them.
Chapter completed!