????????? As soon as they sat down to rest, a cavalry force seemed to come out from under their noses. They looked at them intently for a while and then left.
"King Fengcheng, don't be surprised, that's one of our own." Han Congxun said, "The soldiers and horses of the Qibi tribe are here to help."
Han Congxun is the son of Han Jian and the former deputy envoy of the Canzhou regiment training. After Zhubian County stopped the regiment training, he became "unemployed".
????????But how could he, a noble son of the new dynasty with a well-established family background, be truly unemployed? In fact, he is now the commander of the Johor state army and has been ordered to lead thousands of cavalry eastward.
Respond to the evacuation of the old, weak, women and children from Sanquan, Xianyou Palace and Ruyuan.
King Xi also withdrew due to his sensitive status. The eldest son Su Zhi stayed behind in Yuyi Town.
?????????"The Qibi tribe really knows the principle of dying lips and cold teeth. It's very good, very good." Qu Zhu said hurriedly.
"The Qibi Department has always understood the general situation, so don't worry, King Fengcheng." Han Congxun said with a smile.
?????????When Qu Zhu heard the words "King Fengcheng", he felt a little melancholy.
?????????This is a title granted by the former Tang Dynasty. Now that the new dynasty was established, he was not given a title. I don't know if he forgot it or something.
???????? Speaking of which, the former Tang Dynasty was still generous. None of the heroes were granted the title of king with a different surname. Those who were granted the title of king were all external military leaders or Tibetan tribesmen. The New Dynasty also did not grant the title of a king with a different surname, so why not
If the title of king for the Tibetan tribe is implemented as soon as possible, everyone will feel at ease.
Han Congxun had no time to care about Qu Zhu's thoughts. He ran forward and backward, constantly talking to the scouts and rangers, asking them to expand their range to avoid being approached quietly.
?????????This retreat is no small matter.
There are about 100,000 people in the three tribes, and they are fleeing westward with more than one million livestock. These people have extremely weak fighting ability. Once they are caught up by the Khitans, it will be great fun.
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Thinking of this, Han Congxun had to secretly curse. The imperial court was too greedy and expanded all the way, exposing its soft belly to the enemy. Usually relying on the strength of their troops and horses, the Jin people did not dare to go north in large numbers.
We can only take advantage of the vacuum period after the army has dispersed to send out a small group of elite cavalry to sneak attack and cause some damage to each tribe.
?????????Now that the Khitans are marching westward, the problem has been exposed immediately. If the five states of Yun, Xin, Yi, Gui, and Wei are not removed, the Qinan grassland will never have peace.
Another group of cavalry appeared in the north. Judging from the direction they were traveling, it seemed to be east.
When the leading chief saw their retreating troops, he rushed over and asked for some supplies such as cheese, milk dregs, and koumiss.
?????????Go to Zhufangfang and find out that this Uighur cavalry from Hunbu is going to cut off their rear. He also ordered people to kill a lot of livestock to supplement their meat. Even precious grains were given to them.
He took out part of it, about two hundred dendrobium, and distributed it among the knights on the expedition.
?????????"Whose order are you heading eastward on?" Han Congxun took advantage of the group of cavalry to herd their horses and found someone to ask.
????????This man was carrying a pack horse with armor and swords and guns on it. He looked like a small-headed man from a fake tribe. When he saw Han Congxun asking, he didn't dare not reply, saying: "Tuoba Jin of Xianyou Palace
After sending people to ask for help, Liang Dutou heard about it and dispatched some troops to go eastward, carrying ten days of dry food, to Tanshan Mountain to defend against the enemy."
?????????"The Khitans are chasing so fast?" Han Congxun was a little surprised, "Can the Xianyou Palace be unable to withstand it?"
????????The chieftain shook his head and said: "I don't know. But they have a city wall, so they shouldn't be in such a mess. We didn't fight desperately in the past. The leader said that we should first ensure that three groups of old, weak, women and children are taken care of.
With the cattle and sheep, we can evacuate smoothly, and then we can fight and retreat, blocking and harassing at every level, trying to slow down the Khitan's pursuit as much as possible...
???????Han Congxun was quite emotional when he heard this.
He knew that the Khitans were playing a big game this time. If stragglers like them rushed forward and defeated the masses with a small number, the casualties would be huge. To put it bluntly, this was to delay the Khitans with their lives.
But the people who were saved were not his own tribesmen. It was quite good for the Bei Ya Li Fan Yuan and the Privy Council to do this.
?????????"The eight Khitan tribes are not all elite soldiers and generals. I heard that the only good fighters are the Khan's personal troops commanded by Sali Yeluyi of Tama Prison. You need to be careful when encountering them." Han Congxun said:
"Do you have enough arrows and wound medicine?"
The Khan's personal army brought out by Yeluyi totaled more than 10,000 people. They were selected from the elites of each department. They were full-time warriors with excellent armor and fighting skills.
???????Have rich fighting experience, strict discipline, and bravery.
The others are herdsmen. They are herdsmen with combat experience. They are non-professional warriors who are willing to come out to rob, but they may not be willing to fight hard. It depends on the level of morale-building of the officers and
Whether prestige can convince the public?
????????"It should be enough." The chief hesitated for a moment and said.
?????????The Tibetan soldiers in Bei Ya's tribes are actually Tu Tuan peasants from the Han region, or even worse. When Tu Tuan peasants go on an expedition, the imperial court also distributes equipment, so the Tibetan soldiers have to prepare their own dry food.
Weapons, not everyone has the ability to buy enough supplies, it depends on their financial strength, or whether their leader is generous or not - it is not surprising if you encounter stingy tribal nobles who ask you to go into battle with bone arrows.
Even lending you a horse has to be calculated.
?????????"I'll have someone give you several carts of dried meat, arrows, and medicine for wounds." After Han Congxun said that, he directly asked someone to come over and implement it.
After giving the instructions, he smiled and said: "Since the annexation of the black carriage Shiwei, there is no shortage of large carriages. You can also take the carriages away, there is no need to return them."
The chieftain was a little moved after hearing this, and said: "The Supreme Khan sent people to teach us how to grow rye, grow beet, and squeeze sugar. He also sent people to sell the goods to the grassland. Life has been easy these past few years.
We have done a lot. This time we send out troops and just go all out, there is nothing more to say."
Han Congxun became more and more emotional and patted his shoulder hard without saying anything else.
???????He used to work beside Zhang Quanyi.
?????????Zhang Shijun still has a lot of experience in the way of economic development and economic development. Shenzhou is the best at promoting rye. Xuanhongchi and Daihai are also planted on the salt brine land.
He bought a small amount of sea beet. He once took Han Congxun to visit various counties, and even personally led a team to distribute seeds to herdsmen in the Nuozhenshui area.
The herdsmen’s planting technology is pathetic. For them, after planting the seeds, the entire planting process is over. There is no field management, they just wait for the autumn harvest to harvest, which saves effort and worry.
.But even such extremely primitive agricultural cultivation has brought them valuable cash income.
????????At a time when the number of livestock in the Central Plains is rising and the competitive advantage of grasslands is increasingly weakened, this kind of economic support is extremely precious. Herdsmen can exchange sugar for urgently needed living supplies, and how much more can they have at home?
If you save less rye, you can survive for a while during times of famine.
????????In short, the living conditions of some herdsmen have improved significantly.
????????In addition, after the White Disaster, the imperial court would also open warehouses and release grain for relief. The rule of the Supreme Khan in the Qinan Grassland was indeed quite stable. It may not be as supportive as the people of the Han Dynasty in Kansai, but
Among all the dynasties, it can be considered to be among the best.…
After saying goodbye to the Hunbu Fan soldiers, Han Congxun got on his horse again and patrolled around.
On the vast grassland, countless cattle, sheep, and people rolled westward. They ran for their lives while grazing, stopping and going. Starting from mid-June, they arrived in Johor in batches.
, which made everyone in the camp breathe a huge sigh of relief.
The secret report from the Gao family may not have much impact on the outcome of the war, but it is very valuable to these herdsmen who retreat hastily. If it is ten and a half months at night, they may not be able to escape.
If the city wall falls down, it is impossible to protect everyone.
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????????The director of the Lifan Academy, Ye Li Jingchen, also came to Shengzhou.
???????More than twenty years have passed, and the once handsome middle-aged man has turned into an old man with white hair and beard. Old man, the grass on the grave of our old enemy is three feet high.
He is still working in the center of the imperial court and is the head of civil affairs in Beiya. With such a status, there is nothing more to say. I am content!
Privy Councilor Yang Can was sitting in the Jinhe County Yamen, his eyes slightly closed, as if he was asleep.
????????Yari Susukaomi didn’t bother him, and just went about his business on his own.
?????????"I asked, is Liang Hanyong's plan feasible?" Yang suddenly asked.
????????Yari Susukaomi put down his brush, coughed several times, and then said: "It's hard to say."
?????????"What's the explanation?" Yang Can asked.
"He thinks the Khitan people are fools." Yeli Jingchen said bluntly: "I have read through the archives about Yeluyi, and he is actually very flexible in the use of troops. Why does he think that
Will the Khitans fight in his own way?"
Yang Yao was silent for a moment and sighed: "It's hard to enter Jinyang now. Li Keyong even blocked the river.
There is not a lot of information about the routes in and out of Heyang and Wei Bo's caravan in ????????. At this time, we only know that Li Keyong and Abao Ji are brothers, and we don't know anything else."
"This is how wars are fought. We don't know what the Jin people are thinking, how many soldiers they have, whether they will be dispatched, and when they will be dispatched. We don't know how many troops the Khitan dispatched, so we can only make a rough guess.
We don’t even know where Abaoji’s main force is.” Nori Nobuomi said: “Correspondingly, the Khitan people and the Jin people also looked at us with a dark eye. Both sides were testing and guessing. If
I am Abaoji. To be on the safe side, I invite Li Keyong to meet on the grassland. When the clouds of war are gathering, if Li Keyong goes north, he will definitely be accompanied by a large army. If he also recruits the Tutuan countrymen, he will have to mobilize.
Seventy or eighty thousand of these soldiers plus the army brought by Abaoji, there may be 300,000 of them, grazing while marching westward, pushing all the way, winning with numbers, and then we will be the ones who fall into a passive position. "
?????????"Li Keyong may not agree." Yang Yao said.
"Indeed." Nori Kasumi said: "But it is also possible to agree. The only ones that the Rouzhou camp can really fight are the Feilong and Silver Spear armies of 30,000. The town troops cannot fight.
, not even the state soldiers, let alone the Tibetan soldiers. Let me tell you, the most dangerous enemy in this battle is not the Khitans, but Li Keyong. If this guy sends out his cavalry, what kind of flying cavalry, my dear
For the cavalry, cloud cavalry, hengchong, Yier, sudden cavalry, sudden formation, and Tielin troops, we have to put the Feilong and Silver Spear troops on top. The town soldiers and state soldiers are mainly infantry, and their main task is to defend the city.
If the remaining Tibetan soldiers fight with the Khitans, it is hard to say whether they will win or lose, and the possibility of losing is not small."
?????????Yang Yao thought about it carefully...
?????????Why did the Xia army have a huge advantage in Daibei in the past, forcing the Jin army to retreat and defend? The routine is actually very simple, there are too many people! Some elite soldiers coerced a large number of Tibetan people, showing an overwhelming trend, forcing the Jin army to retreat.
People dare not go to war. The existence of the Khitan people now actually helps the Jin people make up for the weakest link.
????????On paper, the strength of the Jin and Khitan coalition forces far exceeds that of the Rouzhou camp. In this battle, the possibility of losing is greater than the possibility of winning.
Liang Hanyong also realized this, so he first ordered the old, weak, women and children in Sanquan, Ruyuan, and Xianyou Palace to retreat. At the same time, he ordered the three groups of Ding Zhuang who had been recruited to rely on the city to retreat layer by layer.
Blocking consumes the Khitan army.
The Khitans have no ability to attack the city. They are safe in a short period of time. If you want to retreat, it is not difficult. You can just run away from the city. The Khitans are unlikely to dig trenches or build trench walls.
They are not in the habit of being besieged.
????????To put it bluntly, this is a plan to lure the enemy deeper.
The Khitans may or may not be fooled. Liang Hanke really thought too simply.
?????????"Liang Hanyong's pattern is a little too small." Yeli Jingchen said with a smile: "The saint likes the combination of right and wrong when using troops. As the eldest son-in-law of the saint, Liang Hanyong has not even learned the basics. Look at it.
Well, the memorial should have arrived in Luoyang and been placed on the sage's desk. The sage would not agree, as his plan is much bolder."
????????Yang Yao laughed and said: "No matter what the saint thinks, let's stabilize Rouzhou's position first. If the Jin soldiers and Khitans are overwhelmed, all plans will be useless.
Already."
?????????The saint’s thoughts, combined with the information he received before, he vaguely guessed.
?????????In fact, it is just a replica of what he did against Zhu Quanzhong back then.
????????The classic tactic of combining Zhengqi with Qi is almost the first thing that everyone who studies the art of war needs to master. But there are not many people who can use this trick well. The sage's skills in this area