The military boots slammed back and forth on the ground a few times. Yelumin bent down and actually dug out a rusty piece of iron from the soil. Although it was no longer in shape, one could still guess from the general shape that this piece of iron was

Or the tip of a knife.

"Look, here is Hengluos!" Stretching his arm forward, pointing to the boundless wilderness in the distance, Yelumin looked back at Zheng Yong, Wanyan Yinshuke and others beside him and said. "Back then, Gao Xianzhi, Li Siye, Duan Xiushi and other Tang generals led the

The battle between more than 20,000 soldiers of the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty and hundreds of thousands of Arabs and the allied forces of Central Asian countries took place here."

"Twenty thousand versus hundreds of thousands?" Wanyan Yinshu didn't understand this period of history. Hearing such a huge disparity in the numbers of the two enemies, he was surprised and asked: "How can we win this fight?"

"It's true that we didn't win!" Yelumin said with a smile: "In the end, only half of the people went back, but the number of enemies they killed was several times their number. Although Gao Xianzhi lost this battle, he still fought the most powerful enemy at that time.

The domineering power of the Tang Empire. After a violent collision here, the two empires found that they were not easy to mess with, so they got along well."

"It's a pity that the Tang Dynasty lost control of this vast area." Zheng Yong sighed.

"Shit!" Yelumin dismissed it: "How can this happen! The Tang Dynasty lost control of this place because of the Shi Siming Incident in Anlu Mountain. The Tang Dynasty's national power declined and it was no longer able to radiate its power here.

, naturally we will allow external forces to take advantage of the situation."

"Really?" Zheng Yong was dubious, as this seemed to be somewhat different from his understanding.

"It's okay, read more books!" Yelumin smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

In fact, Yelumin himself did not understand these things. He had plagiarized this knowledge from the Empress Dowager Chengtian. As for Zheng Yong, he basically did not mention it since Yelumin started to use troops against Hei Khan.

Instead of killing him, he suddenly transformed and became one of the tough generals under Yelumin.

"Now, we are back!" Yelumin raised his riding whip and said with great pride: "What the Central Plains Dynasty once lost, it is now up to us to take it back!"

The Liao Dynasty claimed to be the Chinese orthodoxy and the Chinese inheritance. For this reason, they had been fighting with the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years. Now they took the lead in regaining the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties, while the Song Dynasty stayed in the south of the Yangtze River and did not care about itself. This is true in many countries.

In the opinion of the Liao people, this was one of the most powerful means to silence the Song people on another battlefield.

Within Daliao, the proportion of Han people is now getting higher and higher.

As Empress Dowager Chengtian's political reform progressed, the importance of Han officials and the Han army in the Liao Kingdom became more and more prominent, which made them more eager to fight for the Chinese orthodoxy.

Yelumin, the northern king of Daliao Town, spent a year integrating the Ugu Dilietong Tribe, Nianbage Tribe, and Beizubu Tribe, and then marched westward. First, he occupied Qiuci in Xizhou.

Yanqi then confronted the Western Army of Daxia King Xiao Ding in Gaochang, and almost captured Gaochang.

As the main force of Xiao Ding, King of Great Xia, advanced westward and the two sides formed a stalemate in Xizhou, Yelumin turned his attention to the Black Khanate.

The purpose of his coming to the west was just to contain the main force of the Western Army, so that the Western Army could not take care of others and thus achieve the strategic goal.

He didn't want to have a life and death duel with Xiao Ding.

What Yelumin wanted was the Black Khanate, the Khwarizimo Kingdom or the Seljuk Kingdom, which seemed to be easier for him to swallow.

Xiao Ding's bones are too hard, and one bad move will burn his teeth.

Over the past year, Yelumin has been doing one thing, constantly harassing the eastern part of the Black Khanate and irritating the other party.

Several of the vassal tribes and small countries of the Black Khanate have been wiped out by Yelumin.

Not only did he kill people and rob wealth, he also chopped off the heads of the leaders of these tribes and small countries, marinated them and gave them to the Black Khanate.

They have only one purpose, to anger the other party, and then let the other party deploy their troops to fight him to the death.

The other party actually doesn't have much choice.

If they don't respond and sit back and watch these small tribes being killed one by one by Yelumin, their strength will shrink sharply. At the same time, it will also cause a huge blow to their prestige. By then, they may not need Yelumin to fight them.

Local forces will simply fall in line with the wind.

In the end, the outcome will not be any different.

It is better to gather all the troops now while the prestige is still there and fight the enemy to the death.

And Yelumin wanted this.

He wanted to finish his work in one battle.

It is not in his interest at all to enter into a stalemate with his opponent.

Next to me, there is Xiao Ding, a big tiger, staring covetously!

If he and Heihan were on par with each other, Xiao Ding would definitely take advantage of the situation.

Now, under the coordination of the Queen Mother, Yelu Huan of Xijing Road will increase the pressure on the Western Army in the next two months so that he can finish this battle calmly.

When Yelu Dendrobium reaches Xijing Road, it will also make Xiao Ding be more vigilant.

It was precisely because Yeluhu suffered a big loss at the hands of Xiao Ding that he was finally transferred to Korea. The two were enemies and were extremely jealous when they met.

Yelu Dendrobium will not let Xiao Ding have an easy time.

Going to Goryeo is not a chore, but Yelu Dendrobium's reputation was trampled over and over again by Xiao Ding back then.

Now that Yelu Dendrobium is back, is there any reason not to take revenge?

I think Xiao Ding also understood this.

"According to intelligence analysis, the Black Khanate has gathered about 200,000 more troops. Chang Qing, are you exaggerating? Our troops are too few!" Zheng Yong was worried.

"Is it less? It's quite a lot!" Yelumin chuckled: "There are about 100,000 of us!"

"One hundred thousand people came there!" Zheng Yong rolled his eyes. "Did you include those horse bandits, rogues, and thieves and prisoners? Tribal armies such as the Zubu people, Wugu enemy Lietong, and Nianbage will

It’s hard to say whether they will be truly used by us. Our real core soldiers are only 20,000 soldiers.”

"Didn't you say that Gao Xianzhi only had 20,000 people back then?" Wanyan Yinshu said on the side: "Gao Xianzhi can resist the opponent with 20,000 people. We are much stronger than him now, and the prince is definitely infinitely stronger than that Gao Xianzhi.

ah!"

Zheng Yong rolled his eyes again.

Look at this flattery.

You Wanyan Yin Shu is a barbarian, how do you know who Gao Xianzhi is!

But looking at Yelumin, she looks so proud!

"The Black Khanate has used its full strength this time, and even the troops from the west have been mobilized. It's great. When we wipe out their main force here in one fell swoop, and then go to attack them, there will basically be nothing.

Although it was blocked, it took a certain risk, but it was worth it."

Yelumin currently has more than 100,000 troops under his command.

It's just that the composition of this 100,000-strong army is very complex.

Among them, the Shan soldiers brought over by Yelumin included Wanyan Yinshuke's 3,000 Jurchen troops, a total of 20,000 people. This was the core of the entire army and the basis for Yelumin's suppression.

Secondly, there is the Ugu Enemy Lietong Department. Because they followed Yelvxi in the rebellion, their main force was wiped out, and the remaining three melons and two dates fell from the top to the bottom. They really want to become the masters again, and want to

To achieve this, they can only rely on military exploits to stand up, so their fighting will is also very strong. But they are not many in number. They are over 16 years old and under 60 years old. They all go into battle, and there are only more than 5,000 of them.

The divination people have always been half-hearted. They themselves are divided, and part of them, under the leadership of Mogusi, surrendered to Xiao Ding. If the battle is going smoothly, they will usually be very energetic, but once there is a headwind,

It's hard to say whether the battle will be effective or not.

Then there is the Nianba Ge tribe. They are still very complete and have tens of thousands of elite combat forces, but they are also the ones that give Yelumin the least peace of mind, because they have not made any mistakes. They are just subordinates of the Northwest Recruitment Commander.

, had to go out on Yelumin's order.

The Liao Kingdom's restraint policy on such large tribes under its subordinates was similar to the policy of restraint implemented by the Song Dynasty in the past. The binding force was not too strong and it all depended on the personal ability of the chief general.

But no matter what, these are still troops capable of fighting.

On the periphery, there are wandering bandits and horse thieves.

In the Western Regions and Qingtang, there are not many horse thieves and bandits. Although the Western Army once controlled these places, they are too big. Except for some places with economic and military value, the Western Army has troops stationed there.

It's all very casual, which gives these people room to live.

These people gathered under Yelumin's subordinates and were completely fooled by Yelumin.

After high-ranking officials and generous salaries lure these people here, it is not that easy to leave again.

Perhaps from that time on, Yelumin was considering using these people as vanguards.

These people total tens of thousands of people.

However, although there are many people, it is hard to say how effective they can be on the battlefield.

These people have no shortage of personal combat capabilities, but they basically have no concept of large-scale army operations.

Less than 50,000 men were all the troops Yelumin could use.

For this battle, Yelumin even took time out of his troops in Qiuci and Yanqi, and completely handed over the task of confronting the Western Army in these two places to the Uighur general Pu Gujun.

If you cannot defeat the enemy quickly, then the Western Army will definitely take advantage of your illness and kill you. If Qiuci and Yanqi fail to defend, the whole situation will collapse.

"If we win, we can take over the entire Black Khanate in the next year, and then use this as a basis to pursue Huazimo and Seerzhu's ideas. If we lose, let's go back to Mobei!"

"Yelumin didn't care at all and said: "In a few years, we will come back again!"

For Yelumin, except for the core troops under his command, everything else can probably be given up!

Soldiers and horses from both sides gradually gathered, and both sides had the same intention, that is, a decisive battle.

So I didn’t even bother to do those things that I tried to explore.

In the same area where Gao Xianzhi fought the decisive battle with the Abbasids, the army from the Central Plains once again faced off against the Arab army.
To be continued...