Chapter 954 0949 [The morale of the military and the people can be used]
The capital of Western Liao Dynasty, Hu Si Han Er.
The envoy from Xixia has not arrived yet, but the envoy from Khwarezm has arrived.
The envoy knelt on the ground and said to Yelu Dashi: "Great Jurhan, my king asks for your help and hopes that you can send troops immediately!"
Yelu Dashi asked: "He was defeated so quickly?"
The messenger explained: "The noble lords were afraid of the Seljuk Sultan, and all of them turned traitor. My king could only lead his loyal guards to temporarily avoid the edge of the Seljuk army, and now he has retreated to the grasslands of the Talas."
"Why should I send troops to help him?" Yelu Dashi asked.
The envoy said: "As long as you can help my king regain the throne of Shah, Khwarazm will be a vassal state of Daliao from now on."
Yelu Dashi nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, let Ajisi wait. The Seljuk Sultan will withdraw his troops soon."
After sending the envoys of Khwarezm, Yelu Dashi sent an official message to the army stationed in Khujand. He asked the cavalry to repeatedly harass the Western Kara Khanate, making it look like he was about to attack Samarkand.
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Yelu Dashi, who was familiar with Chinese history books, could force the Seljuk Sultan Sanjar to withdraw his troops without resorting to a major war.
Sure enough, Arslan Khan, the monarch of the Western Kara Khanate, was so frightened that he frantically wrote to Sanjar asking for help, claiming that the Western Liao army was approaching Samarkand.
Sanjar was worried that his vassal country would be destroyed, and he believed that he currently had insufficient troops, so he led his army back to Mulu to gather a large army - he wanted to have a showdown with Yelu Dashi!
The King of Sighistan, King of Gur, King of Ghazni, King of Mazandaran and other Khorasan monarchs immediately responded to Sanjar's call and led their troops to join Mulu. Sanjar continues
Gathering troops, the troops from further vassal countries have not yet arrived, and it will take at least half a year to complete the assembly of the army.
In the decisive battle next year, the total strength of both sides is estimated to be 200,000, and it will soon determine who is the overlord of Central Asia.
But he said that Sanjar withdrew his troops from Khwarazm and left his nephew Suleiman as the king of Khwarazm.
This Suleiman visited the Ming Dynasty a few years ago and lived in Kaifeng for more than a year. He only left China after the fall of the Jin Kingdom.
Suleiman became the king of Khwarezm and appointed military and political governors and city lords in various places.
The local nobles were afraid of Sanjar, so they chose to betray Ajisi. However, they never expected that Sanjar's nephew would actually parachute officials to snatch the interests of the local nobles.
At this moment, Ajisi, who had just lost his son, led his troops back to Khwarezm.
Those nobles who betrayed him came to seek refuge with him one after another.
Ajisi chose to forgive, and took these nobles and troops to conquer the city and regain the territory. Suleiman and the Seljuq officials were so frightened that they fled with a small number of troops.
Immediately, Ajisi led his army south to retaliate.
He captured the city of Bukhara in the Western Kara Khanate, killed the governor, sacked the city, and demolished the city walls.
This is tantamount to directly stating that Ajisi chose to join forces with Yelu Dashi to challenge Sanjar's hegemonic authority in Central Asia.
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"The Ming Dynasty sent troops to Xixia?" Yelu Dashi finally met the Xixia envoy.
The Xixia envoy said: "Our country has been suffering from drought for many years. It is a time of weakness, and it also coincides with the death of the holy king. The Ming Dynasty went back on its promise, regardless of diplomatic relations, and chose to send troops at this time."
Yelu Dashi asked: "How many Ming troops have come?"
The Xixia envoy said: "The Ming Dynasty sent tens of thousands of troops to sneak attack on the three cities of Daxia and Hexi, and then invaded our Daxia Weifu Military Division. They may invade from Shaanxi next year. Please ask His Majesty the Great Khan to send tens of thousands of troops to rescue. It is best to provide a batch of military rations.
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"Next year?" Yelu Dashi felt very embarrassed.
He didn't know when the decisive battle with Seljuk would take place. It might be next year or the year after tomorrow. It would depend on when Sanjar would lead his troops to fight.
Anyway, within a year or two, Yelu Dashi will have no time to look around.
The Xixia envoy asked: "Does His Majesty the Great Khan know about firearms?"
Yelu Dashi nodded: "I know."
The Xixia envoy said: "In the Ming Dynasty, the destruction of gold relied entirely on the power of firearms. And I, Daxia, also know how to make firearms."
"Really?" Yelu Dashi sat up straight.
The Xixia envoy said: "As long as the Great Khan sends troops to help, no matter whether we win or lose next year, our country will repay the favor by offering the method of making firearms."
Yelu Dashi said: "Let me think about it carefully, and you can step back."
The Xixia envoy bowed and resigned, but Yelu Dashi fell into a tangle.
His original plan was to enlist the Xixia and Kele tribes, and the three parties would work together to prevent the expansion of the Ming Dynasty.
But the Nakele tribe first fought with the Mongolian tribe, and then fought with the Merqi tribe. Mobei was already in a group and was unable to move south at all.
Xixia was also a new king who succeeded to the throne. He was in charge of the country, and suffered from natural disasters and famine for many years.
On his side, he wanted to fight Seljuk decisively.
The tripartite alliance that was promised can now only focus on its own affairs, and no one has the energy to lend a helping hand.
But if he didn't save Xixia, the Ming Dynasty would probably destroy Xixia, and Yelu Dashi's territory would be bordering the Ming Dynasty.
After thinking about it, Yelu Dashi decided not to care.
If Xixia is destroyed, let it be destroyed. You have to defeat the Seljuks first. This is related to the foundation of Xiliao's future.
A few days later, Yelu Dashi called the Xixia envoy: "There is a large Seljuk country in the west. They may send hundreds of thousands of troops to kill them at any time. I don't have any troops available for the time being. Go back and tell the Xixia monarchs and ministers that if there is a danger of annihilation of the country,
They can flee to me. Regardless of whether they are soldiers, civil servants, or monks, as long as they come, I will provide them with proper accommodation and give them temples, houses, farmland, and pasture."
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The Xixia envoy wailed: "The Great Khan, my lips are dead and my teeth are cold! If Great Xia is destroyed, Emperor Zhu of the Ming Kingdom will definitely covet Gaochang. Then the Great Khan will be on guard against the Ming Kingdom day and night."
Yelu Dashi said: "I really don't have any extra troops in my hand, so you can return home and resume your duties. Any officials, people, monks and laymen of Xixia can come to my Daliaoan home. As long as they come, they will be given special treatment. All the foreigners here are foreigners, and you are all welcome when you come."
We are all of the same race. Regardless of Dangxiang or Tubo, Han people or Uighurs, everyone who enters our land of Liao is of the same race."
The Xixia envoy was still pleading, but Yelu Dashi stood up and left.
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When the news of Yue Fei and Han Shizhong's victory came back to Luoyang, it was already early winter, and the first snow of the year had not yet fallen.
"Great victory, great victory!"
"General Han Shizhong and General Yue Fei, lead the troops to recover the three cities in Hexi and the land outside Taowai!"
The cavalrymen were galloping all over the city holding rubies, and passers-by stopped to listen, and many people came out of shops or homes.
Officials also posted banners announcing victory all over Luoyang City.
In addition, they also received temporary training to draw a simple map of the Loop area and patiently explained the specific situation to the onlookers.
"This few-character bay is the Yellow River, and it has been the territory of China since the Qin and Han Dynasties..."
"General Han and General Yue set out here after joining forces. Do you know where this place is? It was the Shanyu Protectorate during the Tang Dynasty!"
"The two generals first conquered this place. It is now called Dongsheng Prefecture (Tuoketuo County). It was the surrendered city of Dongshou in the Tang Dynasty..."
"General Han led his troops to march westward and captured this place (Baotou) first. This was the headquarters of the Anbei Protectorate in the Tang Dynasty, also called Zhongshoujiang City..."
"General Yue led his army southward and attacked all the way to the west. He defeated two cities in three days, leaving one city for friendly forces, and captured the land of the three cities in Hexi. This is an incredible place. Xixia and Liao have been fighting for hundreds of years..."
"This place was the Xishou surrender city in the Tang Dynasty, but it became the headquarters of the Xixia Weifu Army. They called it Wu La Hai City. Now, it has also been recaptured by two generals, and the Wu La Hai City defenders surrendered without a fight!
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"Why surrender without a fight? Because our soldiers have just won a great victory!"
"I only have more than 10,000 Ming Dynasty cavalrymen, and the remaining 20,000 are all cavalry from the grassland tribes. But Brother Richard, the king of the Jin Dynasty in Western Xia, has an army of 300,000 people! But he said that Yang Yizhong, Yang Jin, Li Yu, and Liu Zhengyan
The generals, each with 1,500 cavalry, charged towards the 50,000 Xixia soldiers..."
"At that time, General Han commanded and dispatched, General Yue, General Xu Qing, General Wang Gui, and General Li Shifu, with only two or three thousand cavalry, rushed straight into Xixia's 100,000-strong army. There were 8,000 iron kites alone..."
What he said was reliable at first, but later he turned into a braggart.
This was personally instructed by Ju Ming, and was not only promoted in Luoyang, but also in other state capitals.
Although the people of the Ming Dynasty are very angry now, Xixia is an old rival after all. The Hundred Years War between Song and Xia has tortured all the people. Various rumors are now emerging among the people. Even some officials are worried about some accident and urgently need a fight.
A hearty victory to appease the people.
Young and old men, young ladies and young wives from inside and outside Luoyang gathered more and more at places where they posted their posts, smiling as they listened to the officials bragging.
Many people cannot understand simple maps and cannot understand the geographical location.
They only knew that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had won another battle, and they were winning one victory after another. The Xixia army was beaten to pieces, with countless casualties.
"Long live the Ming Dynasty!"
After the officer finished bragging, he suddenly raised his arms and shouted.
The common people were stunned at first, then a scholar also shouted, so everyone cheered: "Long live the Ming Dynasty!"
The official shouted again: "Long live your Majesty!"
"Long live your Majesty!" the people's shouts became louder and louder.
After all, Luoyang is too far away from the front line, and the whole city in Lanzhou is already going crazy.
As long as Xixia is destroyed, Lanzhou can be transformed from the front line to the rear, and the people's lives will be improved countless times.
Especially the businessmen celebrated spontaneously and invited music groups to play and play.
Fifty thousand troops have been assembled outside Lanzhou City, and there are tens of thousands of troops in the surrounding castles. There are 100,000 troops in Lanzhou Prefecture alone waiting to go to war next year.
A piece of cloth was sent to various military camps, and the officers announced it to the soldiers. This time there was not much exaggeration.
In a series of battles between Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, including the decisive battle, they surrendered more than 30,000 enemy troops and captured more than 60,000 enemy troops. They captured seven state army cities (one of which was captured by Yao Pingzhong) and captured the fortress.
There are twenty-one places in the city.
The commander in charge of Lanzhou is Wu Jie. After reading the battle report in detail, he said with a smile: "As you all know, the Ming Dynasty battle report cannot be falsified. Even if someone does it, they don't dare to go too far. The Weifu Army of Xixia is real.
After being defeated, Xixia will have to leave enough troops to defend Keyi Gate next year. The number of enemy troops we have to face will inevitably be greatly reduced. Do you have the confidence to follow me through the Hexi Corridor?"
"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
Shouts came one after another, and the morale of the Lanzhou Ming army was already as high as a rainbow.
