Pursuing the remnants of the Khitan Wukui tribe, capturing Huaiyuan Military City, and recovering the entire Yingzhou are the final combat tasks assigned by the Yingzhou Army Headquarters to the Northern Command. Currently, the person responsible for commanding the Northern Command to carry out this operational task is the Northern Command of Jiaxiao
The commander of the capital was Zhou Kan.
Zhou Kan was a butcher and had been a member of the Lulong Army for several years. Although he fought bravely and made many achievements, he was unsatisfactory in the Lulong Army because of his vulgarity and lack of background. He was always the leading soldier in the Lulong Army. Later, the Lulong Army
There was a large-scale recruitment of Jianzu to prepare for the southern expedition. Zhou Kan was kicked out to the newly established Jianzu camp to serve as a soldier. Because Zhou Zhiyu, who was the commander of the Jianzu camp at the time, was short of men, Zhou Kan relied on his seniority as a veteran.
He became a gang leader, but he was still not taken seriously.
The moment that changed Zhou Kan's fate came from the disastrous defeat at Weizhou City. At that time, he and his brothers were surrounded by Xuanwu Army He Delun's soldiers and were almost massacred. If it were not for Li Chengzhong leading Jiang Miao, Wang Yibo, Zhao Da and others
After being rescued, Zhou Kan had become a lonely ghost under Weizhou City. Then, Zhou Kan followed Li Chengzhong and retreated north overnight, starting a wonderful journey of one year and three months. In such a short period of fifteen months,
, Zhou Kan went from being a small gang leader to becoming a military envoy of the Training Department of the Yingzhou Army Headquarters, with an official rank of Yihu Lieutenant, and a rank of seventh rank.
In terms of military position, Zhou Kan rose from a gang leader in charge of nine people to one of the three giants of the Yingzhou Army. In terms of rank, he was promoted from the lowest deputy lieutenant to ten ranks! Now he has become a major general.
, controlling 1,600 soldiers! The master of the Khitan who could only be looked up to in the past is now trapped in an isolated city by himself. What an honor this is, what a high-spirited spirit! This is the only way for a man to live in this troubled world.
Only then can I be worthy of living in this world!
Of course, Zhou Kan was not carried away by his ambition. In more than a year, he followed Li Chengzhong in more than ten battles, large and small. He was already experienced and had a vicious vision. He did not take advantage of the opponent.
At the time of the new defeat, they violently attacked Huaiyuan Army City, but they calmly pinned the army under the city to wait for the opportunity.
Huaiyuan Military City is different from Liucheng and Yanjun. This city is a real military city. The city's defense facilities are very good, with ditches, archery towers, urns, shooting angles, etc. all very complete. According to the captured Wu Kui
All the prisoners of war confessed. The horse paths on the city tower are separated by arrow walls, and the streets in the city are as winding as a maze. There are also caves for hiding soldiers, tunnels, etc., which are extremely difficult to conquer. As long as five hundred people are put in, they can withstand thousands of people.
It doesn't matter if the army lasts for several months or even half a year.
But this military city is too narrow. Although five hundred people can withstand thousands of troops for half a year, if the number of people is too large, it will expose its huge hidden danger-lack of food. The food in the military city
Even if the warehouse is full of food, it will only be enough for five hundred people for half a year. If you have made sufficient preparations and filled all the places where food can be placed, you can last longer, but the problem is begging for food.
He had a sweet dream of a great victory. He never thought that he would be defeated so quickly, so he didn’t have enough food. In addition, the tribal elders, nobles and their families who hid in advance after hearing the news around the military city.
With the large number of craftsmen and slaves captured by the Wei tribe, this small military city now houses more than 7,000 people. It can be said to be extremely crowded.
Therefore, as long as Zhou Kan stationed his army under the city, he did not even need to block the four gates. He only needed to send out cavalry every day to cut off the grain roads and prevent grain from entering the city. Begging for food would be unbearable. There was no way to escape even if begging for food. He might be able to lead
A few of his own Taima guards opened the door and fled alone one night, but it was absolutely impossible to take everyone away - the Yingzhou Army was not blind. If one person could remain silent in front of thousands of people,
The escape is a normal situation, or thousands of people sneaking away in front of one person can be barely explained, but for more than 7,000 men, women, and children to disappear under the eyes of more than a thousand elite soldiers, it is a nightmare.
Tan.
If the beggar is really going to do this, then for the Wukui tribe, such behavior will definitely lead to the disaster of genocide. Facing the Yingzhou army with everyone equipped with horses, it is too easy to carry out such a pursuit.
.And if Qihuomai escapes alone and throws so many tribal elders and tribal elites to the Yingzhou Army, not only will the Wukui tribe also die, but he himself will not be able to hide from the Khitan tribes on the entire grassland, including the Wukui tribe.
unanimously cursed.
Facts have proved that Huaiyuan Military City could no longer survive after eighteen days of suffering. A negotiator came out of the military city. This man looked very young, but his self-reported identity made Zhou Kan
It cannot be easily ignored, because the other party claims to be the son of the Eight Khitan Alliance, Yue Shilu, named An Duanquan.
The disastrous defeat of the Wukui tribe in Lumingwa made An Duanquan feel happy and worried. Fortunately, the Lulong army and the Khitan once again provoked a dispute, and a fight was a big war. The battle of thousands of people could almost make the two sides reach a conclusion not long ago.
The peace treaty became a piece of waste paper. When the peace treaty was abolished, it also meant that the troops of Abaoji and others would once again be involved at the border and would not be able to escape. What was worrying was that the loser was actually the Wukai tribe, and
It was a real disastrous defeat. Of the 2,000-strong army that set out, only a few hundred remnants of the army returned with abandoned helmets and armor. After this battle, the Wukui tribe was greatly weakened, and the help of his brothers suffered a great blow.
weaken.
When An Duanquan and Qihuomai, who had fled back to Huaiyuan Military City, met, they were both extremely ashamed. Qihuomai had never suffered such a defeat since he became the master of one department. In front of his own "An Da"
It was hard to keep his head up. An Duanquan felt guilty. In order to provoke a dispute between the two sides, he encouraged begging to buy troops. As a result, the other party suffered heavy losses, and he was even more frightened.
Qihuomai blamed the defeat on Brother Rong's betrayal. He thought it was a trap set by Brother Rong and the Yingzhou Army. He shouted angrily, "Brother Rong, the old dog is hurting me." He didn't know it at the moment.
, the "old dog" he calls has been thrown into Liucheng Prison and will be severely punished in the name of "conspiracy to rebel and undermine Yingzhou separatism".
Although An Duanquan was not concerned about the specific reasons behind the war, he felt that this was an excellent excuse and immediately sent a messenger to Fuyu to use the Yingzhou army to sabotage the peace talks and deliberately provoke border provocations to lure and annihilate the main force of the Wukai tribe.
Name, please brother Hua to report to Yue Shilu, requesting a military attack on the Yingzhou Army to ensure the safety of the Khitan tribes and maintain the glory of the Green Bull and White Horse Ancestral God. Of course, the meaning behind it does not need to be stated clearly, Hua Ge
The five brothers have a tacit understanding and can understand each other at a glance.
Since Da Yue Shilu took over the power of the Khitan Eight Tribes Alliance, he has spared no effort to promote the strategy of sinicization, such as attaching importance to craftsmanship, advocating farming, building cities and settling in, etc. After seizing Fuyu City from the Mohe people of Bohai Kingdom, the Die La tribe took the lead
After moving here, it is now the center of life for the Diela tribesmen. Da Yue Shilu is now in Fuyu, but he has been lying in bed for several months. It is said that he often suffers from "pus flowing from the mouth and falls unconscious."
"Wake up" and "should not see the wind", all orders must be conveyed to the outside by Brother Hua and other brothers.
After receiving the notification from the messenger sent by his fifth brother An Duanquan, Brother Hua was overjoyed. He immediately discussed with his second brother Lage, third brother Diela, fourth brother Yindishi and others, and issued a grassland recruitment order in the name of his father, asking for
The various ministries immediately sent troops to launch military retaliation against the Lulong Army's border fortresses. It also specified that Abaoji would be responsible for attacking Guizhou, Huolu would be responsible for attacking Jizhou, and Aping and Abo would attack Yingzhou. They were assigned to all the Lulong Army's border towns.
In order to increase the weight of this recruitment order, Brother Hua also called his subordinate to the Dayue Mansion and asked him to issue a recruitment order with the same content in the name of "Yili Jin".
It turned out that Qijin of the Diela tribe was under his jurisdiction, and he was also the Yili Jin of the Eight Tribes Alliance. Yili Jin means the "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses" of the Eight Tribunals of Khitan. This position has always been held by Qijin of the Diela tribe.
, and it is also the key position for Qijin of the Diela tribe to control the power of the Eight Khitan Alliance. In the Eight Khitan Alliance, the nominal ruler is the Qijin of the Yaonian clan of the Yishi tribe, and every generation of the Yaonian clan Qijin is
He is the natural successor to the Khan of the Alliance, but he has no actual power because compared to the Diela tribe, the strength of the Yishi tribe is too weak. The one who really leads the direction of the eight Khitan tribes is the powerful Diela tribe, and
The actual ruler is Qijin of the Diela tribe.
Logically speaking, it turns out that the original leader of the Khitan, Jijin Hadi, was the leader of the Khitan. But unfortunately, Hadi met Shilu, a hero who only appeared in the Diela tribe for a century. He was a noble child who only knew how to play.
, when the tribal elders meeting discussed the successor of Qijin, he could not convince the crowd at all, so he turned to Shilu for help, and with the help of Shilu, he inherited Qijin of the Diela tribe. Shilu had great achievements.
Haidi didn't like to deal with tribal affairs, so he handed over all affairs to Shilu, allowing Shilu to take all the power into his hands. The full-fledged Shilu finally stepped on Haidi, and he was under the Khan.
, a new title "Greater than Yue" was added to Yi Li Jin, which in Khitan dialect means "general knowledge of military and state affairs", and he became the first person to hold great power among the eight Khitan tribes.
Therefore, his jurisdiction became the Qijin of the Diela tribe with only the title and no real power. Then, he could not even keep the Qijin of the Diela tribe, and gave the "Rang Xian" to Shi Lu, leaving him with only a nameless "Yili"
However, he himself didn't care about this. As long as he could continue to enjoy his wealthy life, he didn't mind who in the tribe kept his word. He was very obedient and issued the same grassland recruitment order in the name of Yili Jin.
, and continued to go back to his own house to enjoy himself.
When Yue Shilu was in power, no one from any tribe or ethnic group in the grassland dared to violate this kind of conscription order. But this time is different from the past. At least Abaoji, Huolu, Aping, Abo and others have dared to challenge the authority of the conscription order.
Abaoji, who was in the Khan's tent of the Eight Khitan Alliance in Raole Mountain, just smiled lightly when he saw the recruitment order, and went out to hunt. Compared with such things, hunting is more important.
He planned to discuss this matter after hunting good prey.