Asali is known as the first warrior of the Eastern Qiang. He is two meters tall, has big arms and a round waist, and is extremely strong. He can lift a boulder weighing 800 kilograms. His weapon is a long copper hammer with a single handle weighing 80 kilograms.
A god-like existence among human soldiers.
It is for this reason that after Brother Richard reorganized the Khitano into the Xixia Army, he had to appoint him as deputy general to assist the general in commanding an army of 30,000.
There are a total of 50,000 Khitan people, including 30,000 Qiang people, 10,000 Khitan people, and 10,000 lower-level Dangxiang people. The Khitan and Dangxiang people were killed in two fierce battles in Xiping Mansion, leaving only 30,000 Qiang people.
people.
When Li Kan led the army and just left, Asali sent someone to secretly shoot an arrow letter on the top of the city. Not only was Asali extremely strong, he was also very clear-headed. He knew that the Song army in the city would come out at any time.
None of his soldiers were willing to sacrifice their lives for the Xixia people, so how could they possibly resist them.
In order to avoid unnecessary accidental damage, he wrote a letter to Liu Cui as quickly as possible and shot it on the top of the city.
At this time, Liu Cui also received a letter from Asali, which really surprised him. Of course Liu Cui knew about the Khitan slaves, and he also knew that Dutong had reached cooperation with the Qiang people and accepted the plan to mutiny among the Qiang slaves.
But he didn't expect it would be so soon, and he was worried that it was a trap, so Liu Cui hesitated for a while.
Vice General Xiang Ying advised: "The possibility of a trap is unlikely. If such a secret thing were known to the Xixia Army, they would have taken advantage of it to seize the city. General, this is an opportunity. The opponent has 30,000 troops, plus
With our 50,000 troops, we can share the worries of the capital."
Liu Cui nodded, "You make sense!"
Liu Cui immediately wrote a reply, and a Qiang subordinate disguised himself as an enemy soldier and went down to the city to deliver the letter.
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At night, in a large tent, Asali secretly discussed the action plan with ten generals. The ten generals were all Qiang people. When they heard that the chief Jiang Guangyuan had passed by, everyone was very excited.
"This is a letter from General Liu in Xiping City!"
Asali took Liu Cui's letter and said to everyone: "We have agreed to meet at the second watch. We must deal with Murong Tao before the second watch. It is not difficult to kill Murong Tao. The key is that he still has a thousand confidants. We cannot
Letting one person go is the key."
A general laughed and said: "At the second watch, everyone has gone to sleep. Our 30,000 troops have surrounded them so tightly that they can hardly fly even if they have wings."
Asali nodded and said: "You're right, I've been worrying too much. Now everyone goes back and keeps the secret. At the second watch, raise a fire as a signal."
Asali thought of everything, but overlooked one important link, which was the peripheral spies. The peripheral spies reported directly to the general. Ashari sent someone to deliver a message to the city, but was discovered by the peripheral spies.
When Murong Tao got the news from the outside spies, he suddenly became a little nervous. Everyone in Xixia knew that the Khitans were unreliable. They were Xiao Heda's army. If it weren't for the lack of troops, Brother Richard would never use the Khitans again.
No one was willing to command this Qiang army, so in the end it was given to Murong Tao. Why was it given to Murong Tao? Because he was originally a Song general who surrendered to Xixia, but he was still looked down upon by the Xixia people.
Murong Tao did not have any prestige among the Qiang people. He only commanded the army by commanding Asali. If Asali surrendered to the Song army, he would only die.
Murong Tao paced back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his hands, worried and scared. What did Asali want to do? Could it be that he wanted to surrender to the Song army?
At this time, a soldier quickly walked into the big tent and reported: "I am reporting to the commander-in-chief of the capital, I have discovered the situation!"
"What's going on?" Murong Tao asked anxiously
"Just now, Asali summoned ten Qiang generals for an urgent meeting. I don't know the specific content. However, I heard that someone sent a letter to Asali. I just heard that the specific situation is not clear."
Murong Tao knew in his heart that the Song army must have replied to the letter. Asali summoned ten Qiang generals to discuss the matter, of course to discuss how to deal with him.
At this moment, Murong Tao finally made up his mind. If he didn't leave, he would have no chance.
"All soldiers gather, I'm going to inspect the camp."
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At dusk, Asali was having dinner with a group of generals. A soldier walked up quickly and whispered a few words to Asali.
Asali stood up suddenly, "What? He ran away!"
"General, what happened?" several generals asked one after another.
"Murong Tao just left the military camp and went south with three hundred soldiers, and he actually let this bastard run away."
Several generals were also stunned. How could Murong Tao get the news? He shouldn't have!
Asali didn't care about eating anymore, so he threw down his bowl and rushed to the Chinese army camp. At this time, General Luo Jin had led thousands of people to control the Chinese army camp. Murong Tao's 1,000 soldiers, except for the 300 who followed Murong Tao, In addition to running away, the other 700 people were captured, and they were all kneeling in the open space in darkness.
Asali went into the Chinese army's big tent and looked through it. He took away the seals and documents, and all the silver and money in the box were gone. He must have escaped.
"Send my order and all soldiers will assemble immediately."
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Before it got dark, Liu Cui received another letter from Asali, saying that Murong Tao had run away. He had led his army to assemble outside the West City without weapons or armor, waiting to be gathered.
Liu Cui hurried to the west city head, and sure enough he saw densely packed Xixia soldiers outside the city, all wearing Qiang white clothes, which was very spectacular. On the other side, there were piles of leather armor and weapons like a hill.
Liu Cui was overjoyed and immediately said to his deputy Xiang Ying: "Let's go out of the city to recruit the Qiang people!"
The city gate opened and toward the suspension bridge, 20,000 Song troops came out of the city. The soldiers moved their armor and weapons into the city, and Liu Cui led the generals to come forward to greet Asali and the Qiang generals. The two sides met happily.
"It's getting dark soon. Please go into the city to rest, the generals. The soldiers can go back to camp. Let's discuss the next step tomorrow."
Liu Cui invited the Qiang generals to rest in the city while the soldiers returned to camp. This was the rule. Regardless of surrender or surrender, the soldiers would be separated at the beginning.
Of course Ashari also understood this rule and ordered all the generals to follow the Song army into the city. The soldiers returned to the camp to rest, while Ashari accompanied Liu Cui into the military camp to check.
Of course, the Song army also gained a lot, mainly the logistical supplies of nearly 200,000 troops and hundreds of thousands of sheep that could not be taken away, as well as nearly 20,000 large tents, all of which were given to the Song Dynasty because of the surrender of the Qiang people. military.
There is of course a reason for this. Their logistical supplies were originally transported from Xingqing Prefecture by 50,000 Han people driving 50,000 carts. It was impossible for these Han people and carts to stay in the military camp. They returned after unloading. Xingqing Mansion and the Xixia court just wanted to use them to harvest wheat, and then use their carts to transport the wheat back.
These 50,000 Han people were forcibly escorted to the Hetao Plain in the middle of the Yellow River to harvest wheat. Various materials, baggage, grain and sheep in the Xiping Mansion camp could not be transported, and in the end they all became the possessions of the Song army.
The Song army began to transport various supplies into the city, of course using rafts along the moat. Thousands of torches illuminated the camp and along the way like daylight.
At the gate of the city, Asali and Liu Cui looked at the busy soldiers. Asali asked: "Both the Jin soldiers and the Xixia army have gone south to attack the main force of the Song army. What do General Liu have in mind?"
Liu Cui smiled slightly and said: "I have a bold idea. I will leave 10,000 soldiers to guard Lingzhou, and then we will lead an army of 70,000 to attack Xingqing Mansion. I wonder if Li Kan will be in a hurry to withdraw his troops?"
Asali blinked and asked with some surprise: "This is called surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao!"
Liu Cui nodded, "That's right. Then didn't the general capture 700 soldiers? I showed mercy and released them all, and then told them that our army went to attack Xingqing Mansion, and these soldiers would definitely go to Li
