There was a big defeat last night, and it spread throughout the city almost before dawn. Three thousand people were dispatched, all elite soldiers, but they encountered a tough fight and hundreds of them died on the spot. On the way back, I heard it several times
With the sound of war drums and the panic of choosing a way out, hundreds more people got separated. In the end, only 1,780 people managed to escape back to the city.
Such a disastrous defeat cannot be concealed. The morale in the city is now low, rumors are spreading everywhere, and the big and small heads are trying their best to suppress it, and only then can this restlessness be suppressed.
Tuoba Sigong looked at his younger brother's guilty expression and did not blame him. Instead, he said: "The elite troops of the Difficult Army are not easy to fight. Although this night attack was your idea, I didn't object to it. Isn't it the intention?"
What if the idea succeeds? But in this world, it is indeed very difficult to get lucky, and Thief Shao will not give us this opportunity. You are not wrong in this battle."
"Brother." Tuoba Sizhong said with a gloomy face: "In that case, we will go out of the city in a few days and fight the Shao thieves. If we continue like this, they will almost plunder all the tribes outside."
Tuoba Sigong nodded. He had carefully considered that the food, cattle and sheep in the city would be enough for several months, enough to last until the cold winter months when the snow fell, and Shao would have to leave if he didn't want to.
But this is meaningless. Before leaving, Thief Shao had enough time to plunder cattle and sheep, recruit tribesmen, and even move them away. What will he get by then? An empty city that only consumes food.
A pasture for cattle and sheep, and nearly 10,000 uncertain soldiers to raise. At this time, Shao Thief only needs to secretly recruit and surrender, and maybe his head will be "borrowed" by others to take credit.
There is no point in continuing to defend.
"Kill more cattle and sheep in the next few days, and make more wine, so that everyone can eat and drink happily. Let's build up our morale first. When it is almost done, we will go out of the city to fight to the death with Shao Thief." Tuoba Sigong said:
"Whether we live or die depends on this battle."
As long as the field battle is won, there is still a chance to regain everything lost, even capture and kill the Shao thieves, and counterattack Xiazhou. Although the strength of the Youzhou army is not as good as that of the Dingnan army, it will definitely be defeated in a normal battle, but there is no chance
Is it luck? In the past few days, a ceremony to worship the gods will be held, hoping that the gods can bless his people.
"Sizhong, you and Siyao prepare to hold a sacrifice to heaven in a few days so that the gods can bless the Tuoba family." Tuoba Sigong said.
"This is a big deal. Killing cattle and sheep is probably useless, so I have to kill maidservants." Tuoba Sizhong said.
Tuoba Sigong nodded. According to party customs, the highest level of sacrifice to heaven or alliance oath is not to kill cattle and sheep, but to kill maidservants to sacrifice to heaven. Therefore, he quickly ordered: "Select more than ten women in the city to be sacrificed."
Kill them all that day."
Tuoba Sizhong went to do it with a solemn expression.
Tuoba Sigong sat in the room in a daze for a long time. He thought about surrendering, but he felt that he was not willing to do so. The foundation of several generations has finally made some progress. If he gives up now, when will there be a chance to revive? Luck
, sometimes it’s just once, fleeting, how can you be willing to accept it if you don’t work hard?
Different from the gloom and gloom in Youzhou City, in the camp of the Dingnan Army in the north of the city, the generals were beaming with joy and their morale was high.
"Clan leader Wu Zang, please rise." Shao Shude personally helped up Wu Zang Qingxiang who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "It's not too late to find your way back when you've lost your way. Hengshan is thousands of miles wide and has tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land. We will have to rely on Wu Zang Qingxiang more in the future.
Tibetan chief."
Wu Zang Qingxiang calmed down a little, stood up and stood aside.
What Shao Shude said was not polite. The terrain of Hengshan is complex and vast, with hundreds of fortresses in the mountains. They are all built in dangerous places and control tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land. If all the ministries unite, it will not be a problem to draw 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers. In
With the bonus of the terrain of their home field, the strength of the 20,000-strong enemy army, and the cooperation of Li Xiaochang of the Bulgarian Army, they can certainly win, but the protracted search for mountains and strongholds will inevitably consume a lot of time and resources.
Once it is not wiped out completely once, it will happen again later, and it will have to use a large army, spending countless time and energy. Even when you are away on an expedition, these people will go down the mountain to plunder, wouldn't it be disgusting?
Now that the power of the world has become obvious, I don't have that much time to accompany the party members to hide and seek in the mountains. During the Three Kingdoms period, Shanyue had troubled Soochow for many years, consuming a lot of their resources, and could even be said to have seriously affected the national strategy.
Don’t you take this as a lesson?
If you are not afraid of the grassland barbarians, you can pacify them in a short time, because the grassland is unobstructed, so you can just send out a large army to fight. But the Hengshan Party Xiang cannot play like this! After playing with them for ten or eight years, Li Keyong is afraid that he has already
Enter the pass.
The Muzo clan and the Yeli clan are both members of the Nanshan party clan. Stabilizing them is equivalent to stabilizing the Nanshan party. If they deepen their relationship, not only will they not become their enemies, they can even become helpers. They are their own
The trump card to compete with Li Keyong.
Nori Susukaomi should not have too many doubts about himself now. This attack on Youzhou, Yeli Yu's Yi Congjun will be able to get a lot of spoils, which can be said to further consolidate the relationship. If the Mu Zang clan can be conquered again,
Nanshan party items are worry-free.
Shao Shude vaguely remembered that Li Jiqian in later generations started his career with the grassland Dangxiang. The Hengshan Dangxiang actually had a common relationship with them. He might have defected to the Song Dynasty or to the Xia Dynasty. Li Jiqian later obtained the support of this grassroots by marrying the Yeli family. After all,
It was impossible for the emperor of the Song Dynasty to marry any Yeli family.
Li Deming successively married his own die-hard grassland party Xiang Weimu and Hengshan party Xiang Mozang. His son Li Yuanhao seemed to have also married a woman from the Yeli clan. The Yeli Wangrong brothers were also Xixia generals. From then on, he broke up with the Hengshan party Xiang and joined the Song Dynasty.
It is possible that hundreds of thousands of people were used by Xixia and became a forward base for attacking the Song Dynasty.
It is impossible for me to get the unreserved support of Hengshan Dangxiang like Li Jiqian and Li Deming. After all, it seems difficult for the women of the Yeli clan to win over the Linzhou Zheju clan, but they just need to lean towards me.
Send some troops, pay tribute, and help yourself conquer the world. When you unify the country in the future, an imperial edict comes down, asking your family to move to the capital. Can Nori Nobuomi and his son resist? By then, their base will already be in the Han Dynasty.
Three hundred states and a mere Hengshan Party item are no longer of importance.
"The commander-in-chief is so tolerant, and the Tuoba family is deeply grateful. Now that he heard that Dongshan's party members wanted to come to Youzhou, he sent his son Jie Ming to go there and called all the leaders one by one to pay homage to the commander-in-chief. Tuoba clan
If you act against the will and bring about your own destruction, the commander-in-chief only needs to show his righteousness to these people, and thousands of troops can be used by the commander-in-chief immediately." Wu Zang Qingxiang was eager to perform meritorious service and said immediately.
"Oh? How can you summon him without the head of the Tibetan clan?" Shao Shude said happily: "If you are willing to come, you are not guilty, and someone will give you a reward."
"Your Majesty's military might is so powerful. As long as you are not completely ignorant, you won't hesitate to wait and see." Meizang Qingxiang said: "Now that your Majesty agrees, I will go and do it."
"Okay! Okay! As soon as Dongshan Party Xiang surrendered, and the four Yanzhou Wuyi tribes were also defeated, I want to see what else the Tuoba clan can expect?"
After Wu Zangjieming led people to recruit Dongshan Dangxiang to surrender, the Dingnan Army continued to stare at Youzhou. The cavalry were still looking for tribes to loot. Pingxia Dangxiang was so tortured by them that his vitality was seriously damaged. Ding
The population losses were severe, it is estimated that more than 10,000 people died, and 20,000 to 30,000 women and children were also captured.
The rest have basically been reduced, because if you don't move fast enough, you will inevitably end up being plundered.
Shao Shude asked Li Yanling to make a count. The total number of seizures and tributes amounted to more than 300,000 heads of various miscellaneous livestock, and even 20,000 dendrobium of corn.
There are actually people farming in Youzhou!
Hengshan Dangxiang, Pingxia Dangxiang, and Hexi Dangxiang were the three major foundations of the early Xixia period. In the early days of Xixia, there were about 1.5 million people, and these three major parties together accounted for more than one million people. Pingxia Dangxiang was mainly nomadic and was called
After struggling a lot, I don't know how much strength I have left.
I have done a good job as the envoy to appease the Pingxia party!
On September 23, Li Yixian suddenly came to report: Troops were sent out from Youzhou City!
I’ve finally waited for you today! I’ve arranged a big show and I’ve been waiting for it for a long time!
At three o'clock, amid the fierce beating of war drums, the armies of both sides lined up in formation on the field.
The Tuoba clan probably sent out more than 7,000 people, and the Dingnan Army was faced with more than 6,000 people from the Wuwei Army.
Shao Shude climbed up to the high platform as usual, and when he took a quick look, he saw that the Tuoba clan had formed a square formation. This was to take charge of the defense and wait for him to attack.
"Li Yixian, bring those people forward and shake the enemy's mind." Shao Shude ordered.
"The general will obey his orders."
After a while, more than a thousand cavalry came out from the rear, escorting two to three thousand old, weak, women and children. As soon as these people arrived in front of the formation, there was a lot of noise from the Tuoba clan, and the formation was in chaos.
"Tuoba Sigong, I finally got through this old thief like you!" Shao Shude laughed on the high platform.
The old and weak women and children in front of the battle were mainly from the Tuoba tribe. They were all selected from the populations of the tribes that had been plundered. They generally had family members in Youzhou City.
If the Tuoba clan was defending the city, it might not have much effect when they took these old and weak women and children to the city. After all, they were in the city, and the officers and leaders could still suppress them, so it was impossible for them to actually kill these women and children.
. But in front of the battle, things are completely different!
Tuoba Sigongfu's expression changed drastically when he saw these captives from his tribe. As the noise behind him became louder and louder, his hair stood up subconsciously. No one wanted to tie him up, right?
"Dong dong dong..." The drums from the Wuwei Army rang, and the sergeants shouted "kill" three times, then raised their long spears and lined up forward. They had won many battles and had high morale. The most fearless thing was fighting the enemy.
war.
"Let's go!" Tuoba Sigong flicked the horse's head and jumped directly to the back of the formation.
As soon as he left, the brothers, nephews and nephews who followed him to the battle no longer hesitated. They turned their horses and fled southward with their own soldiers and generals. They did not even dare to return to the city.
