When Shishu Cong led his men and horses to the Qing Sai Army, it was already September 17th.
The Qing Sai Army was in the south of present-day Yanggao County, one hundred and twenty miles southwest from Yunzhou. It was the northern line of the two main roads from Yunzhou to the east leading to Youzhou, with a total length of seven hundred miles.
Starting from Li Keju's time, Li Quanzhong, Li Kuangwei, and Li Kuangchou fought several battles with Hedong. They followed these two paths, that is, they either attacked Yunzhou directly or attacked Yuzhou first.
The soldiers and horses led by Shi Shucong were not elite. They were mainly soldiers from Guanbei Daozhou, and there were also Ding Zhuang from the Tibetan tribe. They took advantage of the main force of the Jin army being attracted to the Yanchang area, and broke into the empty area east of Yunzhou, continuously
Captured many military towns and cities.
There are not many people in these places and they are relatively poor, but their geographical location is very critical. After being captured by them, if the Jin army does not want to be cut off from the road to Youzhou, they must send people to take it back.
Uncle Cong, who was old at fighting, certainly saw this, so after hearing that Jin general Li Congke led the flying cavalry army to move near the Qing army, he immediately returned - what is worth pondering is the attitude of Li Cunxiao and Li Siben, the Qing Yi army
In Xinyi Guizhou County, the soldiers guarded the gate alone and did not make a large-scale westward advance. The army that captured the students only advanced slightly westward, attracting some of the Xia army and cavalry, and did not work hard.
After Shi Shucong learned about the situation in the east, he confidently and boldly returned to the Qing army with 5,000 troops to reinforce the western front.
However, before the Jin army could arrive, the Khitan army rushed straight over.
On September 20th, Shi Shucong led his army westward to Baidengtai. Just as he was about to set up a stronghold, he saw a large group of cavalry coming from the west.
The sergeants looked panicked and were in a hurry.
Uncle Cong remained calm and climbed to the top of Baishan Mountain to look at the enemy.
There are two to three thousand thieves on horseback. Judging from their attire, they are all Khitans, but I don't know whether they are real Khitans or fake Khitans (vassal tribes).
The Khitan did indeed dispatch a large army to march westward a while ago to cooperate with the Jin army in attacking Shuozhou. There were many people, it is said that there were ten or twenty thousand people. The one in front of them was probably just a part of the enemy army.
"The Khitan traitor is in a hurry to go home." Shi Shucong looked at it carefully and said.
"Dutou, do you want to attack the thieves?" You Kunlun, the commander of Suizhou Prefecture Army, asked.
You Kunlun was Shi Shucong's old subordinate. He was extremely brave, always charged into battle, and made many meritorious deeds.
When Shi Shucong was transferred to the commander of Guanbei Province, he brought some of his close associates with him, and the court approved it. If it were in other places, the court might still be worried, but in the states of Guanbei, Shi Shucong even took all the state generals.
Even if he is one of his own, he can't rebel. The reason is that the soldiers don't support him.
"If we can, we won't fight." Shishu Cong said, "There seems to be some bandit cavalry in the distance. Judging from their attire, it seems they are not Khitan soldiers, but Jin soldiers. Could it be the pro-cavalry army or the cloud cavalry army?"
You Kunlun couldn't answer. There were a lot of Jin cavalry nearby, who knows which one they were.
"The Jin thieves are hiding and want to eat them, but they don't want to chew hard bones." You Kunlun laughed and said: "There are only more than a thousand cavalry, but there is nothing we can do about it. Khitan thieves, they want to return home like an arrow, most likely they won't - Eh
, they seem to be going to beat us."
Shi Shucong continued to observe.
It is true as You Kunlun said, if the Khitans want to run away, they can just leave. Even Shi Shucong's five thousand troops can't stop them, but they actually stopped, which is very suspicious...
Could it be that the Jin army did not provide good hospitality, ran out of food, and wanted to rob us?
Shi Shucong's rear formation brought many carriages and horses, and the carriages contained a lot of grain and grass, which he planned to store in the Baishan Mountain Camp.
"You go to the rear immediately..." Shi Shucong thought for a while. In terms of combat effectiveness, the thousands of soldiers under his command are not necessarily inferior.
The cheap Jin army may not be able to win, so we have to think of some way.
So, he asked You Kunlun to come over and give him secret instructions.
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Yelvluge stopped.
He has more than 2,000 people under his command. Except for a small number of elite cavalrymen from the Duila tribe, most of them are from Wuhuai and Suju 2 tribes.
The main force had already fled, and the troops were divided into separate groups and passed through the territory of Hedong. This was originally agreed upon by both parties, but unfortunately the Khitan cavalry had poor military discipline and looted along the way. They were severely charged by the Jin cavalry and lost many people.
, the rest are now a bit more honest.
In fact, Yelvrage didn't mind much about the unexpected incident in which the second Wuhuai tribe was beaten by the Jin army.
In this western attack on Shuozhou, many people from these two tribes died, including many who were dissatisfied with the Die La tribe. The death of these people was not a bad thing for the Die La tribe, and it might even be beneficial.
But considering that Abaoji might benefit the most, Lu Ge was not very happy.
Abaoji was so dazzling that he blocked the light of his brothers. Every time he thought about this, La Ge felt very unhappy. Why?
Therefore, in terms of his true nature, he is not very interested in getting involved with Xia people or Jin people. Now he just wants to go home quickly and watch the Abao machine to prevent him from taking all the benefits.
But what can I say? Now the troops are short of supplies! The risk of plundering the Jin people is too great. They will be attacked by the Jin cavalry who are guarding (supervising) and transporting (watching) them along the way. Then we can only find a way to deal with the Xia people.
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The army in front of us is small in number, about five thousand, but it also carries a large number of horses and supplies. Isn't this a benefit sent by God?
La Ge turned his head and glanced at the Jin cavalry who had dismounted and rested in the distance. They had no intention of helping. Bah! They are still allies, and they are still brothers. Is this such virtue?
Of course, he also knew that the Jin army was not having an easy life now.
Yanchang City could not be conquered for a long time, and great internal differences had arisen. Li Siyuan insisted on retreating, while Shi Shanyou insisted on not retreating. The rift between the two sides was so big that outsiders like them knew about it.
With this appearance, why fight?
When the Xia army from Shuozhou catches up and cuts off the retreat of the frontline army, there may be nothing left. Stupid!
Yelvrage observed the Xia people carefully again.
Their rear formation was very chaotic, the people were making loud noises, and the horses were extremely thin. At first glance, they looked like weak soldiers and weak horses, which was far different from the capable and strong soldiers like the Feilong Army.
It seems that this weak army can try to attack.
He waved and called several tribal leaders.
"There is not much food and water. I want to send people to defeat the Xia army in front of me and seize their food and grass. Are you willing to obey my order?" Yelu Lage asked.
Suddenly, the nobles of the two tribes of Wuhuai looked at me and I looked at you, and finally said: "It is true that there is not much food and grass. If we go east to Guizhou, there will be backwaters along the way, and supplies will not be easy. I'll stab you.
The idea is exactly what I want, just give the order and I will obey.”…
Yelu Lage nodded with satisfaction and said: "It's no time to delay. Shuozhou's Feilong Army may catch up at any time, and we must fight quickly. Look, there are more than two thousand people in the Xia people's rear formation, and they are in chaos.
It seems that if they bypass the front line where they are more elite and dare to fight, and take a roundabout way to get their baggage, the Xia thieves will definitely be defeated. Then if the front line is defeated, the morale of the front line will be in chaos, and the chaos will follow. This battle can be regarded as won.
"
Everyone also followed and observed.
Indeed, the Xia people's rear formation was too chaotic, and they should all be weak soldiers. They rushed over with cavalry, and these people were afraid that they would disperse in a hurry. This battle was actually easy to fight.
"Since we all have no objections." Yelulag looked at everyone again and then said, "Then let's do it."
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Li Congke led the flying cavalry troops scattered several miles away.
He really had no interest in directly intervening in the war between the Khitans and the Xia people.
According to the sergeants who returned from the rout, this Xia soldiers were not very strong in combat effectiveness and were mostly composed of state soldiers and local regiments.
But he also wanted the Khitans to win.
The closer the Xia army approached Yunzhou, the more panicked he became.
The foster father and Shi Shanyou were having a huge quarrel and no longer wanted to waste their lives in vain under Yanchang City.
Li Congke once persuaded his adoptive father in private, and the Khitan began to retreat, clearly betraying the Jin army. The Xia army did not send the main force to pursue the Khitan, but gathered together elite soldiers and generals and gathered in the direction of Yunzhou.
The Xia people's plan was so loud that people in Hebei could hear it: Didn't they just want to eat up the various Jin troops that were besieging Yanchang City?
The adoptive father also agreed with his view, but Shi Shanyou was stunned and did not want to retreat, which led to this strange situation.
He had no choice but to lead his troops and fight desperately to drive away the Xia soldiers who were trying to get closer to Yunzhou, so as to clear the way out for his adoptive father.
In fact, he didn't have many troops at hand, just a flying cavalry army.
This unit has been fighting for a long time, and has suffered a lot of damage in the previous series of battles, so the attrition is a bit serious. Li Congke just took them in Yunzhou to recruit some strong Tibetan people, and barely restored the establishment of 2,000 people.
, but the combat effectiveness is not that good in a short period of time.
So he didn't want to move and just sat and watched that idiot Yelvrage's performance.
In this battle, if the Khitan fought well and the Xia people could no longer hold on anymore and were tired, then they would choose the right moment to send out their cavalry and overwhelm the remaining Xia soldiers together.
If the Khitan people didn't fight well, then he wouldn't bother to take care of it. The Khitan people liked to seek death, so let them do their best.
The regular sound of horse hooves sounded in the distance.
Li Congke looked around and saw that the Khitan cavalry had moved!
Good guy, more than 2,000 cavalrymen are dispatched together. They want to complete the victory in one battle, and they are quite adventurous.
Li Congke put his legs under the horse's belly and climbed onto a slope. He stared at the battlefield carefully with his eyes wide open.
The Xia people’s rear formation is really chaotic!
More than two thousand people were busy dragging vehicles and looking for weapons.
Some people even squatted down with their heads in their hands, wondering what they were thinking.
Some people started crying. It looked like they were scared to death because they were new to the battlefield.
Only a few elite soldiers were still kicking and beating the chaotic soldiers to cheer them up and quickly face the enemy.
It's over! Li Congke sighed secretly, and the Khitan cavalry made a circle and went straight to the rear, with a very clear goal.
Let this fool Yelu Ge take advantage!
More than 3,000 people in the Xia army's front line hurriedly formed their formation, and they were slowly turning around, as if they wanted to rescue the back line, but - was it too late?
The distance is covered in just a few hundred steps in an instant.
The Khitan cavalry screamed loudly, armed with bows, bones, spears, and sabers, and charged towards the Xia army's rear formation.
"Buzz!" A dense barrage of arrows suddenly shot out, causing the Khitan cavalry to flip over and fall in large pieces.
"Huh?" Li Congke was shocked. He didn't run away and dared to fight back?