Chapter 269: Falling short of success, Shigetokuro (1)
Two days later, Xiao Deli received news that Jinzhou City had been captured by the defeated army, and dozens of officials, including the magistrate, were killed.
After the defeated army plundered the city, they marched west again. On the way, they met the Han and Bohai navy, which were issued later.
The Han and Bohai navy sergeants, who had been brutally exploited by the harsh government over the years, had long accumulated a lot of resentment. Without saying a word, they responded with swords raised, killed the Khitan officer who led the team, shared the rations they carried, and joined the group to go west. Lai, Shi, Run and other states in Zhongjingdao seemed to have been burned by fire, and no one was spared.
"How can the news from the west come? Has the blockade of the Song Army been lifted?" Yelu Dabeinu asked strangely.
"The Song Army did it on purpose. They deliberately let go of the news about this line, just to let us know that there was chaos in China and that we had lost contact with Nanjing and were fighting alone. There would be no more reinforcements or food in a short time. Presumably this news, It has been spread to Liaoyang and Tongzhou."
Xiao Deli sighed.
"The situation is very clear now. Our army has 150,000 soldiers and horses brought by King Liang, plus Xiao Gong (Xiao Helu)'s original 50,000 Tokyo garrison, totaling 200,000."
Xiao Deli began to calculate the strength of the enemy and ourselves.
"The King of Liang took 50,000 of the most elite Liao Xing troops to Beijing, and 150,000 remained in Tokyo. Later, he successively issued orders to the Han troops and Bohai navy in Tokyo, the prefectures and counties in Beijing, and reinforcements from Nanjing Road. Part of the signed army, excluding the losses of several defeats, our army still has 230,000 soldiers and horses."
Having said this, Xiao Deli's face turned dark.
"It is said that our army has a numerical advantage, but it is actually useless. First, most of these troops and horses are issued by the Han Army and the Bohai Navy, and the morale and morale of the army are low. The Khitan and Xi soldiers who are really useful are actually short of horses. ..."
When Yelu Dabei Nu heard this, he couldn't help but feel sad. We, Liao, are also short of horses now? The Khitan and Xi Bing, who are highly skilled in cavalry, can't form a cavalry because of the lack of horses.
But he also knew that the current situation in Tokyo was because the Liao Xing Army came in the first place. The Liao Xing Army assembled all the war horses in Tokyo Road first, and then distributed the rest to the state armies.
The 50,000 Liao Xing Army, together with the pack horses for preparing horses and transporting grain and grass, took away 70,000 good horses at once, and there were really not many horses left for the Tokyo Prefecture Army.
In recent years, the Liao Kingdom's leaders have been cowardly and sycophantic, and officials have been corrupt. The horse administration has been deteriorating at a speed visible to the naked eye. The number of good horses in various places has been rapidly decreasing. In recent years, the wealthy Song State in the south has been desperately buying horses, which is also one of the reasons. Nobles and officials who are greedy for enjoyment dare to sell anything.
"Although we still have 230,000 soldiers and horses, there are only about 20,000 to 30,000 cavalry. Under such circumstances, we dare not go out of the city to fight with the Song Army. It is really ridiculous. In the past, the Song Army did not dare to go out of the city to fight with our Liao Army. Now we, the Liao army, dare not fight in the field with the Song army."
Xiao Deli's lament made Yelu Dabeinu feel very uncomfortable. But what made him, a mighty Khitan general, even more distressed was that the Liao army was scattered in several cities, fighting independently, but most of the cities were short of food. .
"Mr. Xiao, what should we do now? Without food, we can't defend the city for long. But once we leave the city...the Song Army's one hundred thousand cavalry, no one knows where they are lying in ambush. From Tongzhou to Liaozhou, and then When they reach Liaoyang, the Song army can gallop freely and switch to battle at any time. How are we going to fight this battle?"
Xiao Deli looked up to the sky and sighed, "Our army fell into the Song army's plan from the beginning, and then was led step by step to where it is now."
Yelu Dabei Nu did not have the sentiments of mourning the autumn and despising the spring like the civil servants. He just said in a low voice: "How can we break the situation now? We can't fight and we can't defend. It's really distressing!"
Xiao Deli calmed down and thought for a while, "After much thought, I found that the key to solving the current predicament lies in His Royal Highness Prince Liang's Liao Xing Army. If these 50,000 elite troops can return to aid Tokyo, our game of chess will be safe.
Already."
"Then quickly send troops to invite His Royal Highness Prince Liang to return to our army." Yelu Dabeinu said eagerly.
"I have already sent someone to report the situation to His Highness Prince Liang. But can we think of it, can the Song Army not think of it? What if their next target is the Liao Xing Army? Encircling the point to bring reinforcements is the Song Army's specialty. This was what they used back then.
With one move, the Xia army was overwhelmed from the left to the right, and its troops were pulled back and forth, and in the end they were completely defeated."
"Surround the site for reinforcements? Trap our Tokyo area, lure the Liao Xing army to return for reinforcements, and then ambush on the road. One hundred thousand Xuanwu cavalry against 50,000 Liao Xing troops..." Yelu Dabeinu couldn't help but feel shocked.
Got a shiver.
If the Liao Xing Army is defeated, not only will the game of Tokyo Road be completely dead, but Nanjing, Xijing and other places will also be in danger. Because Yelu Dashi does not have any power to suppress other factions in the DPRK.
Didn't Emperor Tianxi, who had a noble status and was very popular among the Khitan clan and relatives, not want to take over all the power in the court and become the true destiny of the Liao Dynasty?
Xiao Pu's virtuous daughter, who is so skillful that she can win over some Khitan nobles and a group of Han officials for her own use, doesn't she want to listen to politics from behind the curtain and become the second Holy God Xuan Queen (Xiao Yanyan) of the Liao Dynasty?
As the crown prince, King Jin also has a group of people around him. Moreover, his mother can also draw in Yelu Yujian's connections. Don't these people want to support King Jin on the throne so as to gain support?
And the leaders of the Xi people, who are just sitting back and watching the decline of the Khitan tribe's strength and having soldiers in their hands, will they always be content with others?
...
If Yelv Dashi does not have the sharp knife of Liao Xingjun, the situation in the DPRK and China will be unbalanced. Internal fighting will begin, and even civil strife will begin. The situation of powerful enemies pressing down on the territory, internal and external troubles will only make some careerists think it is an opportunity.
Coming.
"Slave of great sorrow, the Liao Xing Army cannot afford to lose. We would rather lose the Tokyo Road than let the Liao Xing Army suffer a loss. If the Liao Xing Army loses Tokyo, we still have a chance to get it back; if the Liao Xing Army loses, we will lose everything and fall.
Into endless hell..."
Xiao Deli lamented.
"But... if the Liao Xing army does not return, how can the current situation be resolved?" Yelu Dabei Nu asked sadly and angrily.
Xiao Deli didn't answer because he didn't know the answer in his heart.
Song Jun relieved him of these worries the next day.
Early the next morning, as if emerging from the ground, one hundred thousand Song troops came from all over the mountains and plains, and soon surrounded Liaozhou City.
At the beginning, Xiao Deli and Yelu Dabeinu were still calm.
Liaozhou City was built according to the standard state city of the Central Plains. It was larger and stronger than Huanglong City. There were nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and they had no worries about food and grass. They really were not afraid of the Song army attacking the city.
But when he saw thousands of Song soldiers, under the command of craftsmen, putting together various accessories and building ten giant counterweight trebuchets in just half a day, Xiao Deli felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
There was a battalion of craftsmen accompanying the Song army. They had been working day and night somewhere - most likely in Haozhou in the west - to make the accessories for the ten trebuchets.
That's why the Song army waited until today to set up their positions and start attacking Liaozhou City.
Once the city of Liaozhou is broken - it doesn't need to be completely broken. It only needs to burn the hundreds of thousands of grains in the warehouse in the east of the city. The last hope of everyone in the cities of Tokyo, from Tongzhou to Liaoyang, will be completely shattered. Everyone would have expected that.
Soon, the Liao army in various states will collapse due to lack of food.
The power of the Song Army's trebuchet flame bombs has been verified in the Battle of Xia. "
"It's bitter! It's bitter!" Yelu Dabei Nu shouted with a dull look on his face.
"God won't help me in Daliao!" Xiao Deli looked up to the sky and sighed.
Soon, the two people's whining was interrupted by sparks flying through the air. This chapter has been completed!
