In the northeast of Xinghe County, Johor, there are high mountains and dense forests, and the south wind blows gently.
In the boiling river water, war horses neighed and drums beat.
Countless knights were fighting on both sides of the river, arrows flying back and forth, and the sound of piercing the air was endless. In the end, dense arrows fell like locusts, and the corpses of the knights fell like rain, dyeing the entire river red.
On one side are the Khitan cavalry who are pursuing fiercely, and on the other are the Khitan warriors who are defending their homeland and preventing the enemy from taking away their pastures. Both sides are fighting for their lives, fighting to the death, and countless heroic men are burying their bones for a shallow stream.
A foreign country.
"The Bones of Pinbu died in battle!"
"Yelu Uri was seriously injured and came back. I'm afraid he may not be able to survive."
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The news spread back to the rear. Yelvshenechi, who was standing on a high hill overlooking the battlefield, had no expression on his face. But those who knew him well knew that Yelushenechi was on the verge of an explosion at this time, so it was better not to provoke him.
After 20,000 attacks, the Xia people blocked the river and formed a formation to resist desperately. Both sides continued to invest fresh troops and repeatedly strangled them. Although they seemed to have the upper hand, the casualties were unprecedented.
"Send people to charge again!" Yeluxie Nechi was unmoved and ordered.
The people below were also furious, and officers immediately led teams, one from the south and the other from the north, with more than 3,000 horsemen each, and surrounded them in two groups.
Their movements were very large, and when they were looking for a place to cross the shallow water, they were discovered by Xia Jun, who immediately sent out manpower to stop them.
Without any surprise, the two sides engaged in another battle.
Xie Niechi watched intently.
This is simply hurting the enemy with your own abilities, but there is nothing you can do about it.
When the Khitan attacked Shiwei, Tartar and even the Bohai Sea, they always mobilized elite soldiers and generals to fight with the opponent. They often gained the upper hand, and then chased them to the north.
During the pursuit, not only will there be very few casualties, but a large amount of loot will be harvested, which is very easy.
Everyone is willing to fight this kind of battle. As long as we grit our teeth and fight through the first few battles and pay some casualties, we will be done with the big move.
But in the war with the Xia people, they relied on their numbers to win successively and continued to advance westward. But problems also arose. The Xia people did not collapse, but instead continued to fight and resist desperately. The consequence was that the Khitan
There was never a pursuit battle to reap the rewards. The Xia people were defeated and they charged repeatedly. The Khitan casualties remained high, which was a headache.
On the grassland, the terrain is flat, empty, and endless. Considering that you need to herd horses, drink water, and the route is relatively fixed, there is actually no conspiracy. The whereabouts of both parties are relatively transparent. It is difficult to play any conspiracy. Most of them are
It's time to meet and kill each other. In such a situation, if the enemy cannot be defeated quickly and falls into a tug-of-war, then the battle will become very scary: consuming each other and injuring the enemy with their own strength, which is not what a wise man will do.
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Another reinforcement came from the east. Judging by the flags and smoke, there were probably tens of thousands of horsemen.
After they rested their power for a while, they saw that the Xia people were still resisting and had not completely collapsed, so they decisively entered the battlefield.
Their joining was timely and became the last straw that broke the camel's back. After resisting for a while, the Xia army on the other side of the creek completely collapsed. The large group of troops collapsed westward, panicking.
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The Khitan people, who had fought hard for many days, were overjoyed and their morale was greatly boosted. They pursued bravely and easily harvested the lives of the Xia people who showed their backs to them.
The ratio of casualties between the enemy and ourselves finally gained an advantage.
Yelu Yu steadily rode his horse up the high slope. When he saw Xie Nechi breathing a sigh of relief, he sighed: "Xie Nechi, you can still laugh. This battle has been fought like this. No matter how you look at it, you will lose to death."
"We are already at a huge loss. If we haven't won the battle yet, wouldn't we be even more at a loss?" Xie Nechi said, "But you are right about one thing. It is really uncomfortable to fight like this."
Starting from the flat pine forest, more than 100,000 troops surged southward and westward. They fought for more than a month. They did win many battles and wiped out more than 7,000 Xia soldiers. However, our own casualties also amounted to about 5,000. The casualty ratio was exactly
I can't see it. You know, this is a victory achieved with three times the force. If you tell me, you won't be laughed to death?
In addition, not much loot was obtained, which also made the
People are very uncomfortable.
Why did the Xia people evacuate the old, weak, women and children in advance? How did they get the news? This matter deserves further investigation.
"If we go further west and attack the Xia people's Rouzhou, can we plunder a large number of people, goods, cattle and sheep?" Yelu Yuwen asked.
"I originally thought it was okay," Xieniechi said irritably, "but in the past month or so, we have marched hundreds of miles westward, and only plundered 4,000 people and more than 60,000 cattle and sheep. It's really not even enough to fill the gap between our teeth. If we go further,
Xi, I don’t think they can achieve anything. If the Xia people can run once, they can run a second time. In today’s battle, they resisted so fiercely, it must be for the retreat of the old, weak, women and children in the rear. I will rush back later.
I'm afraid it's useless in the past."
Not being able to rob anything was really hard for the grassland tribes to accept.
Driving hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep to fight, the daily consumption is not a small amount. If you can't even get back the capital, how will you convince others to come out to fight with you next time?
"I also think it's dangerous to go west." Yelu wanted to put up a tent and looked to the southwest.
The pursuit battle is basically over, and the herdsmen of various tribes have withdrawn their troops one after another. This place is not far from Rouzhou. If you fight to the city, you may be able to plunder a large amount of property. But it may also be a trap. The Xianyou Palace in Yanbei
, before Yuyi Town was captured, they marched westward, which seemed a bit irrational.
"Let Abaoji decide this matter. He is Yili Jin." Yelvshenechi said, "I think it's too dangerous. It's better to wait and see."
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In the city of Rouzhou, Liang Hanyong, the commander of the city, wrote quickly and issued various orders.
In late June, Jin army cavalry appeared in the direction of Shuozhou, and their activities were very frequent. By early July, multiple Jin army flags had even appeared, and their intention to capture Shuozhou was very obvious.
Liang Hanyong couldn't tell whether the Jin army was just trying to create suspicion, or whether it was really planning to do this. But Shuozhou was too important to be careless. Because once this place fell, Shenzhou would be in danger. If Shenzhou was in danger, Shengzhou would definitely be big.
An earthquake will cause quite severe effects.
Therefore, Liang Hanyong immediately dispatched the first town of Yinshan and 5,000 Tibetan soldiers from Hexi to jointly reinforce Shanyang and Mayi counties in Shuozhou and assist the state soldiers to defend the city - Shuozhou is sparsely populated, with only a thousand households and less than 1,000 people.
Nine thousand people cannot be defended by themselves alone.
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A large number of Jin army flags also appeared near Yanchang City north of Yunzhou.
In the past, this kind of city was defended by Tibetan soldiers in turns. Sometimes there were 3,000 soldiers, and sometimes there were 5,000 soldiers. Liang Hanyong allocated another 2,000 soldiers, making the garrison strength more than 6,000. It is best to control this Yunzhou northbound force.
transportation routes.
News came from the north that the Khitans wanted to take a detour to the north and attack Nuozhenshui. This time Liang Hanyong did not follow the opponent's lead, but asked Shengzhou to open the warehouse and arm more men.
Looking at the entire battlefield situation, Xia's army has successively gathered more than 90,000 men. In another ten days, the strength will increase to about 110,000.
These soldiers were mainly scattered on the vast battlefield reaching Nuozhenshui in the west, Xinghe in the east, and Shuozhou in the south.
Of the 90,000 men, more than one-third were used to defend the Jin army, although they had not yet mobilized in large numbers. As the war situation developed and the Jin army's activities became more and more unscrupulous, this number of troops was likely to increase.
Therefore, the number of troops used to deal with Abaoji never exceeded 50,000. It was really stressful to face the 150,000 Khitan army.
"Li Keyong may be coming. I suspect that he is already in the Xin Dynasty now, waiting for an opportunity to move north in a big way." Pei Guan stood in front of the map and lectured to a group of people, "If the Jin army will be the main force of the cavalry,
If we pull over, we have to push forward the Silver Spear Army and the Feilong Army. If we rely solely on the light cavalry of the Tibetan tribes, we may be defeated by the Jin people with one blow. If the Jin people also dispatch infantry, then the strength of the eastern front will be further reduced.
Concentrate on fighting back the Jin people first."
"How are you sure that Li Keyong will go north in a big way?" Liang Hanyong asked.
"Even if he doesn't go north, he still has to leave troops and horses to defend him." Pei Guan said: "There is no difference. The troops and horses to defend the Jin army are indispensable, even if they are not used from beginning to end."
Liang Hanyong did not refute.
The situation is like this. The Rouzhou camp faces enemies from two directions at the same time. The Khitan in the east has already
After a large-scale westward advance, relying on the superiority of their troops, they were unscrupulous and powerful. The Jin army in the south did not lead, but it contained a large number of Xia troops, and they were still the main force——Liang Hanyong held the silver spear, and the Feilong Army was in his hands.
, one is to guard against the Jin army, and the other is to spread out at critical moments to establish victory.
He even regrets it now. The Yanbei side retreated too cleanly and did not allow the Khitans to gain much. If they were discouraged and retreated, wouldn't it be a shame that they had known this and allowed the Khitans to plunder more people?
and cattle and sheep, attracting them to continue marching westward.
"I didn't expect that the 100,000-strong army in Johor would become a secondary battlefield, and we would act based on other people's opinions." Liang Hanyong looked a little unhappy.
There is a recent news from Anton Mansion, which has been forwarded from Luoyang to Johor.
Shao Siwu, King of Zhao, personally led the army to the north. The troops were divided into two routes. The west route army went straight to Liaoyang. The east route army joined the Bohai army and also moved westward to attack the hinterland of Khitan.
If they succeed on this journey, the whole Khitan front will be shaken, and the morale of the army will inevitably be unstable, and they will want to return to rescue. Even if the Rouzhou camp succeeds in counterattack, the first victory may not be theirs - no, it is most likely not theirs.
And the saint seems to attach great importance to that direction.
According to the plan, just three days ago, Wang Jiao, the commander of Huaihai Road, had led 10,000 state soldiers to Qingqing, went to the second state to assemble, carried a large amount of grain, grass and equipment, and floated across the sea to Andong Mansion to further invest troops in this battlefield.
Repeatedly pulling to shake the enemy's morale, destabilize their morale, and reduce their combat effectiveness, laying the foundation for the final counterattack victory. This strategy set by the sage is indeed much more reliable than what Liang Han called "luring the enemy deep"
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"Why should Commander Liang sigh?" Pei Guan said with a smile, "Once the counterattack begins, we still don't know who will win the first prize."
"That's right." Liang Hanyong came back to his senses and said, "I have to go to Shuozhou and Yanchang City in person to boost morale. On the southern line, we must not make any mistakes, and we cannot let Li Key pierce it all at once with his concentrated elite.
.The southern front is stabilized, and the Khitan is actually not that difficult to deal with."
He suddenly remembered several meetings with King Zhao Shao Siwu. Because of his wife, he had a very good relationship with King Zhao. It didn't seem that important to whose family the credit fell.