On the sixth day of June in the seventh year of Jianji, the main force of Wansheng Huangtou Army arrived at Toad Village, and with it came a large amount of grain and military supplies.
Under the protection of the thick fortress wall, the warriors felt relieved, their fatigue suddenly came over them, and they could finally have a good rest.
Along the way, it was not easy to be surrounded by a large group of cavalry. The thieves harassed me day and night, taking turns to kill, which made people very nervous.
Some troops could not hold out for a day, such as the Song Army.
Some troops could hold out for at most three days and still be the Song Army.
Some troops can persist for more than half a month, such as some European troops during the Crusades, who arrived safely at their destination.
Some troops can last for several months, such as Li Siyuan and Fu Cunxen's 70,000 troops, Liu Yu's 100,000 troops in the northern expedition to Southern Yan, and Ma Long's 3,000 troops in the west expedition to Liangzhou. They regard the Hu people as
Hundreds of thousands of cavalry are like nothing, and can even kill enemy troops.
Wansheng Huangtoujun's performance was professional.
Along the way, every time the enemy attacked, they were able to deal with it well.
The Khitan people's test does not necessarily involve large groups of people swarming up. In fact, in most cases, only a few people approach to create panic. At this time, it is not appropriate to use arrows to cover a large area for mounted shooting. It often requires someone with superb shooting skills.
Infantry archers are used to shoot moving targets to reduce consumption.
In addition, the enemy will sometimes concentrate their forces to attack a small vehicle formation regardless of losses. At critical moments, people from other vehicle formations need to open the vehicle barrier and go out to support. This is not an easy thing to do. If you don't do it well, you will be killed.
People were overwhelmed.
The same tactics, executed by different people, often have very different results.
You use this method, fail, and then go around shouting that it won't work. Is there a possibility that it's because you can't do it and the quality of your troops is too low?
The quality of soldiers is very important, and the quality of grassroots officers is very important. In contrast, in this face-to-face situation without too many tricks, the general's ability is no longer important. As long as he does not escape and everything goes according to plan,
If the quality of the soldiers is sufficient, the morale is high, and supplies are constant, they can advance to Toad Village like the Wansheng Huangtou Army.
Of course, they didn't lose anything.
There were 13,000 troops before the war, but now there were still just over 11,000 left. The biggest loss was that Li Congke wasted no time and led his army to chase down the remaining enemies, but was surrounded by others and almost failed to come back.
"General Ma."
"General Shi."
Shi Junli and Ma Sixun saluted each other.
Toad Village was occupied by the Heiji Army, and the camp was built by them. There were thousands of soldiers in total, led by Du Yuhou Ma Sixun.
This gentleman was born in Haozhou and was born in Liangjiang. Shi Junli was not familiar with him and had nothing to say. After the greetings were completed, he got down to the topic: "My troops carry 90,000 dendrobiums of grain, and the camp seems not big enough. Commander Zang has orders, every day
Each village must store at least 100,000 grains, does it need to be expanded?"
"Do you think this is a mountain forest?" Ma Sixun smiled and said not very politely: "The nearby Yulin forest has been cleared long ago, and there is no way to expand it."
Shi Junli felt a little annoyed, but suppressed it.
What Ma Sixun said is also an objective fact.
If the land in Yingzhou is suitable for grazing and farming, then further north, the value of farming becomes smaller and smaller. Look at the surrounding environment? Large areas of sand dunes and grasslands, and sometimes some swamps can be seen.
Reeds and trees.
The types of trees are very monotonous, most of them are elms and willows. Moreover, these woods are not very big, with patches here and there. According to Shi Junli’s experience, after these trees are cut down, most of them will be gone, and the swamp may also shrink.
, eventually turning into sand.
The flat pine forests hundreds of miles to the north are probably similar.
The word "pine desert" already tells you the local environment: a combination of thousands of miles of pine forest and desert grassland.
Let’s not talk about how this vast pine forest persists to this day surrounded by deserts and grasslands. Let’s talk about it. Once it disappears, is it possible to grow back? History has given the answer. By the Ming Dynasty
At that time, the area of flat pine forests shrank greatly, and the disappeared pine forests became part of the Horqin Sandy Land.
"Go and explain to Zang Shuai yourself." Shi Junli said angrily.
"Haha." Ma Sixun smiled and did not answer.
The Heiji Army is a forbidden army. They have been fighting together with the "Prince" for several years and have a close relationship. Why are they afraid of your surrender? After the Khitan crusade, the presence of the Wan Sheng Huangtou Army is still a question.
After Shi Junli carefully inspected the camp, he climbed up to the watchtower and overlooked the world.
There are some rolling mountains in the distance on the east and west sides, but to the north, there is endless wilderness.
The terrain is so flat!
The Khitan people were still wandering around, but the large group of people had disappeared, perhaps heading to the pastures to rest.
This battle was really a torment for them.
The tactics of the King of Great Xia are ordinary, but they have the power to turn decay into magic. You can see through it, you can foresee it, but there is nothing you can do about it.
At the same time, a hint of worry emerged in Shi Junli's mind.
Although Ma Sixun is hateful, these Liang people who surrendered early did do well. After this battle, will the Wansheng Huangtou Army be disbanded? The army has been disbanded, what should I do? Arrange a governor, and it will last forever
?
If the governor can satisfy me, why should I fight for life and death? Alas.
On the seventh night of the sixth lunar month, the black army marched out of the camp in large numbers, carrying more than ten days' worth of food and water, and marched eastward towards the Khitan Yamen.
Naturally, their movements could not be hidden from the Khitans who were watching day and night, so a chase began.
Relying on their large number of horses, the Heijian army was able to escape the pursuit of the Khitans. After stopping for a while seventy miles east of Toad Village, they continued eastward and even encountered a group of Khitans grazing on the road.
Go up and fight for a while, then continue eastward.
The Khitans pursued and blocked them, almost using tens of thousands of horsemen.
After nightfall, more than a thousand people from the Heiji Army continued eastward, while the main force of more than 3,000 people took advantage of the cover of night to quietly move northward and then westward.
On the ninth day of the lunar month, they arrived at the ruins of the Jingfan garrison. After leaving some people on guard, the main force began to search the nearby Yulin forest. After cutting down the trees extensively, they did not process any further, and instead camped at the cracks in the damaged and collapsed earthen walls.
, forming a simple camp.
The Khitan people were a little slow in their actions, and they did not catch up until the evening of the same day. The Heijian army even had time to let the auxiliary soldiers who had finished their work take the horses away to graze - so many horses could not be packed in the city.
Ma Sixun carefully climbed up the weak earth wall and grinned: "Shi Lu, this thief, are you panicking? We are getting closer and closer to your lair, haha!"
Densely dense Khitan cavalry surrounded them.
There were heads on their spears, which seemed to be the heads of the black warriors who died in the battle. There were hundreds of them.
"Grass!" Ma Sixun punched the wall, causing dust to fly and soil to burst.
He got off the top of the city and looked at the soldiers sitting calmly on the ground, feeling very satisfied.
The city was heavily surrounded by thieves and the city walls were in decay, but there was no trace of panic on the faces of the three thousand black warriors.
Some people are eating, some are maintaining their weapons, and some are sleeping with their eyes closed.
There were no whispers, only the calmness and calmness before the battle.
"Shi Lu, old boy, let's see how long you can be arrogant. When we break through the Royal City of Yue, I will give all your wives and concubines to Brother Hua." After Ma Sixun cursed in a low voice, he sat down and took the water from the soldiers.
After shaking the capsule, eat and drink slowly.
The milk powder has already been shaken during the horseback march. The action of filling the milk powder can be completed on the horse.
When the military situation is extremely urgent, if necessary, they can only eat the preserved meat, cheese, and soaked milk powder they carry with them, and eat, drink, and eat all on their horses. After dismounting, they can directly go into battle. They have extremely high mobility and amazing combat effectiveness.
Zang Dubao used them as a pioneering force. I really don't know what they learned in the martial arts lecture hall.
This person can't do it!
The sky gradually darkened, and the south wind suddenly picked up, blowing up large amounts of dust and sand.
Amid the sounds of fighting, there was a dead silence between heaven and earth, as if even half of the living people were gone.
But anyone familiar with the battlefield knows that brutal fighting often breaks out suddenly and inadvertently.
****
Yelu Shilu fell down on the thick felt blanket.
I'm old, and after riding a horse for most of the day, my whole body aches.
Yelu Yuzhi, the son of Ou Si, brought the food and wine. After a while, Ou Si also came in.
"Xima Ge played well, a big victory." Ou Si sat down opposite Shi Lu, grabbed a leg of lamb and started to chew on it.
Xema Ge went to Mojie Mansion, bringing with him a large number of old, weak, women, children, cattle and sheep, and of course the soldiers and horses to protect him. There were not many people, just over 30,000 horsemen. They were not very strong, but they actually won?
"Both battles in Minzhou and Gaozhou were successful, and the 30,000-strong Bohai army was defeated. More than 5,000 soldiers were beheaded, and 10,000 people were captured." Ousi added.
"How many casualties are there?" Shi Lu asked.
"More than two thousand." Ou Si said: "It's indeed a bit much. This time the Bohai people recruited tens of thousands of Blackwater Mohe generals, especially the five Blackwater tribes. They were brutal and fierce, and their troops were very sharp. The Imperial Army was defeated in the Bohai Sea.
They still fought to the death, and finally most of them were captured. Xama Ge loved his bravery, so he stayed under his tent and went to plunder the Bohai Sea together."
"Is there a certain number for the rise and fall of the world?" Shi Lu sighed after hearing this.
The Five Blackwater tribes were driven thousands of miles north by the Bohai people.
A hundred years ago, the Five Blackwater tribes had more people, better equipment, and stronger combat effectiveness, forcing the Bohai people to build border walls to prevent them from going south to plunder. But when Bohai prospered, several generations of kings took over, and finally
Or kill these fierce savages until their heads are rolling, and either surrender or run away.
At that time, the Bohai State even dared to provoke the Tang State in Yingzhou. In the battle of Madushan, more than 5,000 Tang troops were annihilated, which showed great power.
But there is no immortal dynasty in the world, and Bohai has come to an end after more than 200 years of existence. They are now unable to control the five Blackwater tribes, their army is completely decayed, and the entire country is just a piece of fat. The Khitan does not have this fate, if they can
Eat them, digest them well, and you may be able to achieve great things.
Pity!
"What rise and fall?" Ou Si asked.
"Let's not talk about this." Shi Lu said with waning interest: "The Xia people have left the mountains and come to the grasslands. What do you think we should do next?"
Even though I heard the words, I couldn't eat anymore.
Like Shi Lu, he became more and more anxious day by day.
At first, when the Xia people moved north from Yingzhou, they slowly sluggished. Although they were nervous at that time, they still held out hope, thinking that the strategy of luring the enemy deep into the country might work.
The further north the Xia people went, the longer their food roads became, the more exhausted their military morale was, and the more casualties they had. However, as they set up camp step by step, two strongholds of Toad and Jingfan were set up one after another, and they suddenly advanced three hundred miles north.
Can't sit still anymore.
The grain path was lengthened, but it seems that it was not successfully cut off.
Abaoji led the elite to the south, and the results of the battle were reported back, but they were only results. Several Xia people's grain transport teams were eliminated, but they were unable to completely cut off the grain road.
Moreover, Shi Lu just discovered a problem: according to the Xia people's habit of hoarding grain in every city, even if the grain road is completely cut off, it is estimated that it will not be a problem to persist for three months.
Three months? The winner may have been decided.
Shi Lu has already sent people to find Abaoji. He really wants to talk to his nephew. The original tactics may be wrong and must be adjusted.
"Shi Lu, maybe it's time to bring back all the soldiers, especially the infantry from the army states, and find a way to besiege and completely destroy the Xia people's military stronghold." Ou Si said: "Actually, they were a little aggressive. There are
The men nicknamed the "Black Army" took us by surprise and penetrated deep into our rear. They looked brave, but in fact they were easily trapped. Now it's time to announce the news of the victory of the Monjie Mansion to all the ministries to boost their morale, and then mobilize heavy troops to eat up their camp.
. In short, we cannot let them move forward step by step. The Jingfan Village they built can reach Donglou and Longhua Prefecture to the north, Miyun County to the west, Laoya Zhang and Muye Mountain to the east.
In Zimeng County, which place is not the family property that we have accumulated over the years through hard work?"