Li Keyong mobilized enough troops and launched an attack.
The second son Li Cunxu also followed him.
Although Li Erlang was led to drink by his unscrupulous father when he was five years old, he really did not have any military position at this time. He was just an "observer" to feel the atmosphere of the battlefield.
The fighting styles of the Li family's father and son are actually similar.
Li Keyong likes to charge into battle, and many of his subordinates are muscular men like this. They don't care about anything but killing each other with the enemy.
Li Cunxu also had the same purpose in attacking the Khitan. He would not accept life and death and would do it if he refused. In the end, with less than 10,000 cavalry, he defeated Abaoji's 100,000 cavalry and captured his son.
In fact, there was no earth-shattering "conspiracy". Fighting requires courage! The commander took the lead, was extremely brave, and led a group of men to kill the Khitan people to the point of fear.
The 100,000 cavalry brought by Yeluyi are not bad. They have rich experience in conquering east and west. It is not an exaggeration to say that the founding soldiers are elite. They are all veterans who have seen hundreds of battles in their lives and rolled out among the dead. They will be the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom in later generations.
The experience may not be as rich as theirs.
What determines victory or defeat is morale and bravery. The two sides open up the battle, do not play tricks, and directly attack each other. The bravery of the coach and the eliteness of the soldiers determine the outcome.
If this kind of battle is won, the growth of the coach's prestige is like riding a rocket, but it is much stronger than the prestige brought by strategizing from behind and coming up with all kinds of tricks.
Damn it, if you don’t know how to kill people, are you still us warriors? If we are brothers, we should know how to kill people!
Li Keyong and his son were very ambitious and rushed to Pingzhou with 4,000 cavalry and more than 20,000 infantry.
Along the way, Li Keyong scolded him all the way.
From being a Khitan man who "doesn't know how to live or die" to scolding his sworn brother Shao Shude as being "treacherous and cunning", I scolded him all the time.
"Your mother said she would find Shao as your wife, but I don't think that's possible." Li Keyong said angrily: "Their family has a good face and a dark heart. If they marry Shao Shude's daughter, the back house will definitely be uneasy."
Li Cunxu's left ear goes in and the right ear goes out. When did it happen? Xia Jin is just one step away from the war. It can even be said that the war has already started. Grandpa, what are you thinking?
"Grandpa, the Khitans have many cavalry, and I have many infantry. If someone steals the grain road, how will we fight this battle?" In order to prevent his father from chattering endlessly, Li Cunxu changed the subject.
"I started out as a cavalryman, but I have resisted cavalry on foot for so many years. It is not for nothing." Li Keyong sneered and said: "There is a lot of grain and beans in the eight garrison outside the pass. Even if the army comes together, as long as we fight quickly
A quick decision can be afforded in the short term. And the terrain of Pingzhou, with its rolling mountains, numerous streams, swamps, and dense forests everywhere, is it very suitable for cavalry warfare? The Khitan thieves would find this place to fight me, and it would be ridiculous.
Yeluyigu only knows how to fight, and Yeluyi lacks battle experience. We will kill them this time."
Li Cunxu became interested and said, "I heard that Yeluyi often drinks and dances with his subordinates. If I capture him this time, I will let him dance for me."
Li Keyong laughed loudly and said: "This time we will defeat the Khitan, but whether we can catch Yelu Yi depends on luck."
The first batch of reinforcements had arrived in Pingzhou, but they found that there were many Khitan soldiers, more than 100,000 horsemen. Li Cunzhang was not sure and asked for reinforcements again. Li Ke was so angry that he whipped the general who came to ask for reinforcements, and then left.
With the tight strength of the troops, he took more than 20,000 steps and rode out, and took him to Pingzhou himself.
After Li Cunzhang learned of King Jin's dissatisfaction, he did not dare to patrol any longer.
In order to weaken the Khitan's cavalry advantage, he ordered the army to take the mountain road. The soldiers protected the baggage and food teams and moved forward together. The Khitan people peeked left and right, but the mountains were so continuous that they could not use their cavalry advantage. They did not dare to dismount and fight on foot, so they could only watch.
Follow them all the way forward.
"Grandpa, after beating the Khitan away, go and fight Yang Yue." Li Cunxu suggested: "The old man saw that we were not making any move, so he has been dividing his troops recently to fight against Shi Wei. If we let him continue to fight, will there be anyone in Yanbei?
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Li Keyong was also very angry after hearing this, but as a man in his forties, naturally he could not be as impulsive as he was twenty years ago. He just heard him say: "It doesn't matter, I have left a heavy army in Youzhou. Although Yang Yue has
We have more than 100,000 horses, but we don’t have the strength to fight them to the front of the mountain. Let them be arrogant for a while, and then we can drive away the Khitan."
"First attack Khitan, then Yang Yue, and then go to Hezhong." Li Cunxu said: "After entering Puzhou, kill Wang Yao and let my brother-in-law be the governor."
The brother-in-law is naturally Wang Ke. The couple will be living in Jinyang with nothing to do. Li Cunxu often hears his sister mention Shao Shude. She has a good impression of her uncle, saying that he is gentle and kind, and she really treats her as a niece. Xia
The princess was also very nice. They worshiped Buddha, went on an outing, and played together, and almost didn't want to leave.
"Wang Ketai is useless. Liu Xun came back and mentioned this to me. Alas!" Li Keyong looked up to the sky and sighed, saying: "If he conquers the middle of the river, he will have to station a large army to support him. What a waste!"
Li Keyong never thought that he would also serve as the governor of Hezhong. He could not bear to take the position of his son-in-law.
Gai Yu listened to their conversation behind the father and son and almost fainted.
Does this seem like conquering the world?
He only wanted a quick victory and to finish the Khitan affairs as soon as possible. If possible, there would be no major fights. Since both sides valued peace, it would be best if they each stopped fighting.
It is already late August, and the war on the grassland will not last until after autumn. It has always been said that the grassland people go south when the autumn is high, and the horses are fertile. There is no such thing as the Central Plains army going north to the grassland after the frost. The withered and yellow weeds all over the ground have stopped growing.
, draft animals, what do war horses eat?
As long as these messy things are taken care of, even if Yang Yue is not defeated after late autumn, he will have to retreat. At that time, his hands will be free, and he can go south to rescue Zhu Quanzhong and fight in Hezhong or Heyang.
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"That's what it's like in the north." Shao Shude sat on the tiger-skin chair and smiled leisurely: "I think the Khitans are also testing. If Li Keyong is not tough enough, they will become more and more courageous and will not be satisfied.
In the eight garrison outside the pass, we will try to attack the six mountain passes west of Linyu Pass. Youzhou is very attractive to the Khitan people, far more than those tribes."
"Your Majesty, the ambitions of the Khitan people are no longer concealed." Chen Cheng, who rushed to Zhengzhou, said: "In time, it will become a big trouble. I heard that there is a country of Bohai to the east of Khitan. It has been at peace for many years, but its armaments are depleted. Wen Tian and Wu are rioting, and there are still internal strife all day long.
.If the Khitans make a large-scale advance eastward, they may not be able to resist."
"Don't worry, the Khitan people's primary goal is to go south. If there is no other way, they will not go eastward." Shao Shude said: "That's it for the north. The eight Khitan tribes should pay attention to it, but they shouldn't invest too much energy. Now the first priority is
The target is still the Central Plains. Where is the Wuwei Army?"
"This meeting will be held in Xuzhou." Chen Cheng replied.
"Did the Tielin Army capture Shan's father?"
"The siege of the city has just begun. Zhu Zhen led an army of ten thousand people south to form a military force. They practiced all day long and watched with eager eyes. The Tielin army did not dare to attack Shanfu with all its strength."
"What is Zhu Zhen thinking?"
"I'm afraid we are still waiting and watching, but we may also want to attack the Tielin Army's flanks."
"This traitor, I won't give him the command of Jingnan Jiedushi. I want to see how long he can endure." Shao Shude said: "Where are the returned troops?"
"We are almost arriving in Huaizhou. We can arrive in three days at most."
Ten thousand people from the Hezhong Yamen Army were also ordered to set off. Originally, the Chishui Army was also about to set off, but unfortunately the situation in Hezhong was unstable. Some Yamen soldiers were making noise and were unwilling to go out to fight. Wang Yao urgently asked the Xia soldiers to help suppress it. The experience of staying behind
The four armies of Lue, Dingyuan, Chishui and Feilong dispatched more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry and killed more than 1,000 yamen soldiers, thus stabilizing the situation.
But they couldn't move, and Wang Yao couldn't leave either, so Feng Zangzhi had no choice but to lead the Ten Thousand Hezhong Cavalry eastward to Menghuai. It can be imagined that their morale was certainly not high.
"Today is the Double Ninth Festival, so forget it. Let Tianxiong's army go south immediately tomorrow." Shao Shude ordered: "Liang Jun is a bit tempted to take the bait."
In the past ten days, Liang general Zhu Youyu marched westward with more than 18,000 people, attacking Wansheng Town first. The Zhenguo army resisted for several days and then retreated "unbeatable".
It happened that the Tiande army appeared in Huazhou and attacked Suanzao County and Suanzaojin.
Zhu Youyu made a prompt decision and left more than 2,000 Tutuan villagers to guard Wansheng Town. The main force went south and attacked Zhongmu County. The goal was very clear. He tried to pull out this nail and remove the biggest threat to the west of Bianzhou.
Calculating the time, we will arrive in the north of Zhongmou County later tomorrow.
Nowadays, Xia Army cavalry are everywhere in the wilderness. Heroes from Mianchi, Heqing and other counties in Henan Prefecture have been recruited. They bring horses, bows and arrows, and more than a hundred riders per group, looking for Liang Jun scouts or scouts on various roads, large and small.
As soon as the messenger was discovered, he immediately pounced on and bit him like a pack of wolves. If Zhu Youyu had been more vigilant, he would have discovered that his ability to obtain external intelligence had been greatly weakened. This is undoubtedly a dangerous signal, but Xia Jun has been
I've always done this, and there doesn't seem to be anything particularly strange about it.
If you have to dig deeper, the navy reported that there were a large number of small boats operating near Biankou, and they were very busy sneaking in and transporting grain, grass and equipment at night. The number of masters on the shore also increased greatly, and they seemed to be hoarding a large amount of supplies in preparation for the war.
This discovery made Zhu Youyu hesitate, and he subconsciously wanted to return to Wansheng Town.
But all the troops were dispatched, and retreating without any reason affected morale. After thinking about it, he finally decided to go south.
Zhongmou is too close to Bianzhou. If something goes wrong, it is easy to retreat. Besides, there is a large army stationed in Bajiao Town. In an emergency, it only takes more than a day to rush over for rescue.
He didn't believe that even the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses on hand could not make it back even though it was only a forty-mile journey.
"Don't move the cavalry for now, the time is not yet ripe." Shao Shude suddenly stood up, stared at the map on the wall with his eyes, and said: "Wait a little longer. Set out in five days, carry seven days of food and water, and bypass the Wei family.
Don't worry about it, just go straight between Zhongmou and Bajiao Town. Zhu Quanzhong fought a comfortable battle for two or three months. Now it's time for him to see what a difficult battle is like. Give the Tiande Army, Tianxiong Army, Cavalry Army, and Guards
The pro-military army sent an order that whoever dares to cheat and act slippery this time will not be spared if the battle is ineffective. The brave men from Wangwu, Xin'an and other counties will all move closer to this side."
"In addition, give orders to the four armies of Jianrui, Zhongwu, Mighty, and Zhenguo. Each unit will attack the enemy face to face, regardless of casualties. Don't be afraid of casualties. I will replace them with as many people as they die."
"As ordered." Chen Cheng responded.
He mobilized more than 90,000 soldiers and horses at one go, just to encircle and annihilate Zhu Youyu's 10,000 people. The king used his troops like a lion fighting a rabbit, and he used all his strength.