Chapter 1148 If something goes wrong, there must be a monster
Zhang Quan'en held the iron mace and smashed it down with all his strength. The last Jin soldier fell to the ground screaming.
The sound of gold ringing sounded in the bandit camp, and the army retreated like a tide.
Zhang Quan'en let out a long sigh.
After fighting for a long time, he was almost exhausted. Many of the armor leaves on his body were damaged and fell off. At this time, the battle was over, his spirit was relaxed, and he suddenly felt pain everywhere.
There are a lot of wounds on the body! After decades of fighting, which warrior can withstand such a torment.
People like Li Keyong who don't know how to cherish their bodies, who are the heroes of a party and who repeatedly charge into battle, will definitely not live long.
In comparison, his sworn brother, the Great Xia Sage, has been in a high position for a long time, commanding large armies in battle, and rarely taking risks. Although it will have adverse consequences that warriors despise, it is still very difficult to choose the lesser of two evils.
worth it.
"Creak!" The city gate below opened wide, and a large group of sergeants poured out, chasing the defeated Jin army and fighting until another group of people came out of the rebel camp, and then they were able to stop and slowly retreated.
"I'm afraid the Jin army is going to run away!" A loud, loud voice sounded from behind.
Zhang Quan'en turned around and saw that it was Shi Shucong, the commander of Guanbei Province.
"The head of the clan." Zhang Quan'en bowed and saluted.
"You are an old man too, so you don't need to be polite." Shi Shucong sighed and said.
The brothers Zhang Quanyi and Zhang Quan'en conquered Caizhou and were finally defeated by Xia's army. It was also a crime not committed in war. There was really a huge difference in strength and there was no other way. Before that, the Zhang family also fought hard. The first battle between Xia and Liang was
Shao Shude personally led the troops and fought against the soldiers and horses of Zhang Quanyi, the governor of Youyang at that time.
During the Zhenheyang period, two men from the Zhang family died. Even Zhang Quanyi's wife Chu, his daughter-in-law Xie, and his nephew's wife Su were all kidnapped by Jinshang and brought into the harem. Such sacrifices were the result of the Liang King's death in Jiuquan.
I can't blame him.
"At Shidutou, the Khitan army is pressing down on the border. The Jin thieves took the opportunity to move north. They are looking for an advantage. How could they withdraw? Besides, our army in the south just lost a battle. It is a time when the Jin thieves are in high spirits. I'm afraid they won't.
Retreat?" Zhang Quan'en asked, puzzled.
The Xia army fought vigorously with the Khitan in the north. In order to contain the Jin forces, a large-scale diversionary war was also launched on the southern front.
Among them, at the Zelu battlefield, Li Keyong's son Li Cunxu commanded the Huangjia Army, the Silver Spear Rebel Army, the scattered army, and the four Khitan tribes in front of the command hall. They fought fiercely with the Longxiang Army commanded by Ge Congzhou and were defeated. They retreated all the way to Wu'er Valley.
Relying on the dangerous terrain, he repelled Long Xiang's army. The young and vigorous Li Cunxu felt the cruelty of the battlefield for the first time. They were all elite soldiers who rolled out of the dead. No one was better than the other, and no one would care about anything.
Be swayed by trivial matters, be skilled in skills, and have a strong will, and risk your life in the first place. Let’s learn more in the future.
In the direction of Heyang, Tianxiong's army took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and advanced rapidly, breaking several small security villages and attacking to the foot of Tianjingguan City.
While Tianxiong's army was driving Tu Tuan villagers to attack the city, they also selected elite soldiers without armor and armed with a few rations. They secretly climbed over the mountains on both sides, trying to make a detour to the back of Guancheng. Unexpectedly, they were discovered by the enemy, and Shi Jiantang, the general of Tianjingguan Town, was also there.
A brave and careful man, pretending not to know, allowed more than a thousand elite Xia soldiers to successfully cross over. Then they were ambushed by the enemy and the entire army was wiped out.
Seeing that there was no opportunity to take advantage, the Tianxiong army retreated.
Shi Jiantang, a twenty-eight-year-old young general, gained the attention of the Xia people for the first time.
In the direction of Cixi, Tielin's army divided into three groups and marched all the way north to attack Shilou County and defeat it. Kang Junli was in a hurry and mobilized troops to rescue him. As a result, he learned that the Xia army had another group of troops heading northeast to recapture Wenquan County, so he hurriedly mobilized troops to help.
Judging from the battle situation, he has been completely mobilized and his defeat has been exposed.
At the critical moment, the third group of troops led by Zhen Xu, the military envoy on the right side of Tielin's army, was defeated by Jin generals Zhou Dewei and Shi Yan in Pu County. As a result, the entire army's retreat was unstable and they had to retreat.
On the whole, these three active attacks did not achieve any results. Jinyang even considered it a big victory to boost their morale - from a strategic goal perspective, they did win because they were able to defend well.
Under such circumstances, would the Jin people retreat easily?
"The elite infantry of the Jin army have been captured by the South
They have been mobilized. Kang Junli was in Shizhou, and he was in a panic. He was begging for reinforcements everywhere. Jinyang has no troops to mobilize, so can we only tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall?" Uncle Cong sneered: "The Jin soldiers are indeed not weak.
But there are just a few people. Look at the faces of those who have been attacking the city these past few days. They are just winning troops, can't you tell?
Zhang Quan'en was ashamed, he really didn't pay attention. Perhaps, this is the reason why he can only hang out in the state, while Shishu Cong can be the commander of the city.
Suddenly there was a drumbeat outside the city. Zhang Quan'en suddenly turned around and saw thousands of cavalry turning out from behind the mountain. Judging from their well-armored and well-trained appearance, they should be the main cavalry of the Jin army.
What is this going to do? Cavalry attack the city? Zhang Quan'en is puzzled.
"Cover the infantry's retreat." Shi Shucong whispered and hurried downstairs.
There are four thousand Feilong soldiers in Shuozhou City. If we want to pursue the retreating enemy army, these big men must be dispatched. But ordinary people can't command them at all, and only a high-ranking official like Shi Shucong has a little chance -
-Actually, it's hard to tell. He belongs to the state army, and the Feilong Army is a forbidden army. In addition, his status is a bit embarrassing, so he can only use his status as a town envoy to suppress him.
"That's right." Before going downstairs, Shi Shucong warned again: "I got news today that the Anton Mansion is fighting well, and the Khitans may have to retreat. In this case, the war will undergo major changes.
, be prepared.
Zhang Quan'en was a little confused and didn't know what Shishu Cong was talking about.
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Outside Yanchang City, Li Siyuan and Shi Shanyou led more than 20,000 Hedong, Youzhou Yamen, and Datong town troops, as well as a large number of local villagers, to fill in the trenches outside Yanchang City, demolish the sheep and horse wall, and
They marched all the way to the city and started a bloody siege.
For Hedong, the existence of Yanchang City is really disgusting.
It's not far from Yunzhou, but only a few dozen miles away. It blocks the northward route of the Datong Army. Maybe the cavalry can pass, but the infantry and baggage troops really can't. In the long run, the Xia people will not suffer a devastating blow in Rouzhou.
, can't run away.
And since you can't drive them away, as time goes by, they will attack you.
Jin army scouts continued to send back information. In the past two years, the number of registered residents in Jining County, Rouzhou has increased day by day. The government has built water conservancy projects, distributed farm tools, and rented seeds to livestock. The people have planted a large amount of rye and herded cattle and sheep, and it has become increasingly prosperous.
If the Jin cavalry had not made several sneak attacks during the late autumn when the vegetation was dry and cold, causing the Xia people to suffer varying degrees of losses, their development would have been faster.
If you give them a few more years, I can't even imagine what Johor will develop into.
Therefore, this is a thorn in the side and must be removed, otherwise Yunzhou will not be able to sleep peacefully.
After Li Keyong made up his mind to send troops, Li Siyuan and Shi Shanyou immediately gathered their elite troops, almost plundered all the Tu Tuan villagers and Tibetan Ding Zhuang from Yunzhou, marched north in large numbers, and besieged them fiercely.
Yanchang is not a fortified city, it was built in a hurry, but there is still a chance.
But after several days of attacking, Li Siyuan discovered something was wrong: the defenders in the city were too strong and there were not many in number.
On the night of August 15th, he personally interrogated several captured Xia Army rangers and learned that there were nearly 10,000 troops stationed in the city, including 5,000 Feilong troops and 5,000 Yinshan soldiers.
At this point, he knew that this battle was not easy to win and there was no hope of winning.
"Don't stop!" Shi Shanyou, the governor of the Datong Army, slammed the table and said angrily: "Miao Jilie, if you dare to retreat, I will enforce military law."
Miao Jilie is Li Siyuan's vassal name. No one has called him that for many years. At this time, he was a little annoyed. He just heard him say: "I am a guest soldier, just here to help. There are so many Xia thieves in Yanchang City.
How do you fight? Are you going to wipe out all the Datong Town Army and Yamen Army? If these 20,000 people are gone, Xindai will not have the strength to attack.
"Aren't there still five battalions of new troops?" Shi Shanyou said: "There are more than 50,000 people. Why don't we mobilize them all and attack Yanchang in one fell swoop and go straight to Rouzhou. The Khitan has recently stepped up its offensive and fought very fiercely.
The latest time, we have been near Johor. I heard that Xinghe County is under heavy siege and may have been lost. With such a good situation, we should just go all out, why retreat?"
Indeed, the Khitan people don’t know what to do recently
The battle was particularly fierce, changing the previous skilful battle. More than 100,000 cavalry soldiers were divided into groups, some of which detoured to the northern grassland, and some of which took the Yun Road to the west.
Just the day before yesterday, more than 10,000 Khitan cavalry detoured to Yunzhou and marched westward, reaching as far as Mayi County in Shuozhou. The Jin army also sent troops to coordinate the battle.
More than 30,000 cavalry soldiers cut off the communication between the Xia armies in Shanyang and Mayi, forcing them to be isolated in various strongholds. It was not until the Xia people also dispatched cavalry troops south that the connections between the cities in Shuozhou were re-opened.
"The Khitans are thieves. They always go up when it's beneficial and withdraw when there's no benefit. If you work so hard, there must be something wrong if something goes wrong. I think there's something wrong." Li Siyuan said without giving in, "It's better to wait and see and find out.
What are the Xia people doing?
"Miao Jilie, your excuses are really ridiculous." Shi Shanyou sneered, "If you dare to retreat, I will sue the king and see how you explain."
The veins on Li Siyuan's forehead were exposed, and his anger was welling up.
After taking a deep breath, he suppressed his anger and walked out of the camp with a cold snort.
Nephew Li Congzhang and adopted son Li Congke were waiting outside.
"uncle!"
"grown ups!"
The two people gathered around and were surprised to see Li Siyuan's angry face.
"Shi Shanyou is obsessed with profit and it is unreasonable." Li Siyuan sighed: "Before he became the military commander of the Datong Army, he was quite capable. He was senior and senior, and I admired him very much at that time. I didn't expect that now - alas, there is only one thing in my eyes.
This three-acre area of Yunzhou only has the foundation of the Datong Army, and it is already crazy."
Li Congzhang and Li Congke looked at each other, puzzled.
"Don't think too much." Li Siyuan said: "Congzhang, the Silver Spear Army in front of the horse has been taken care of by me. Cong Ke, the cavalry army has gone to Shuozhou. You hurry to the flying cavalry army camp and keep an eye on it for me.
On the back road, if something goes wrong, respond immediately.
The four armies of Guanqi, Feiqi, Xiongjie, and Maqian Silver Spear can be regarded as Li Siyuan's old troops.
The Xiongjie army is attacking the city, and the cavalry army has gone to Shuozhou. The flying cavalry army just fought a battle with the Xia silver spear army a few days ago and returned to Yunzhou to recruit new Tibetan soldiers.
Many of the officers and backbones of these four armies were Li Siyuan's old subordinates when he was the governor of Shunzhou in Yanzhen. They were relatively obedient and he did not want them to suffer any losses.
"As ordered." Li Congzhang and Li Congke responded in unison.
At the end, Li Congke couldn't help but ask: "Why are you doing this, sir?"
"You don't understand. There is a lot to learn." Li Siyuan said, "There is a problem with this battle. The problem lies with the Khitans. What do they want? Even if it is revenge, it is enough to conquer the three springs in front of the barbarians. It should not be
So hard working. Whether it’s the Uighurs, Tatars or Khitan, they are essentially all seeking to bring benefits to each other. If something goes wrong, there will be monsters, unless——"
At this point, Li Siyuan stopped talking. He would not make baseless guesses.