This old man was a younger brother of Li Jinzhong's grandfather, Brother Dahe. His name was Dahe Mingshan. He had always been resourceful and highly valued by Li Jinzhong. He was originally worried that Li Jinzhong would be fooled by Li Xian, so he warned him, but
Seeing that the other party already had a countermeasure, he stopped asking.
He didn't even ask what Li Jinzhong's plan was, because he had been by Li Jinzhong's side since he was a child, so he knew what Li Jinzhong was thinking and could roughly guess Li Jinzhong's strategy.
Li Jinzhong immediately mobilized Khitan and Xi tribe soldiers on a large scale. In a few days, he raised nearly 100,000 troops, and then led the army in the direction of Zhaozhou in a very high-profile manner. The excuse was that he was being deceived.
Revenge by killing Khitan prisoners of war.
The Khitan people can be considered a very united nation. After hearing that thousands of their tribesmen were innocently framed and killed by the Tang army commander Li Xian, everyone was filled with anger and roared loudly to avenge those tribesmen. Suddenly
I saw murderous intent filling the sky, a forest of swords and spears, and one hundred thousand soldiers all advancing in the direction of Zhaozhou.
"The damn Tang people actually did such a cruel and inhumane thing as trapping and killing prisoners of war. It is really intolerable. Today I must seek justice for those brothers who died and let Tang Gou learn a lesson. Even if it means death,
He must also die vigorously."
Li Jinzhong's righteous and awe-inspiring expression immediately aroused deep resonance among the Khitan soldiers. They all waved their sabers and roared loudly: "Kill, kill, kill! Tang Gou must be taught a lesson!"
With such emotional support, Li Jinzhong's 100,000-strong army moved very quickly. The whole journey of more than 400 miles actually arrived in five days.
Of course, the purpose of arriving was not to arrive at the foot of Zhaozhou City, but to reach an ambush place carefully designed by Li Xian, a dense forest in the east of Guocheng.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's prediction was so accurate. The Khitans have really arrived, but it seems that the Khitans can be regarded as blocking out the sky and the sun, and their flags are like a forest. How can so many people still have reservations? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince estimates
Could something be wrong?" Yang Sixu, who was ordered to ambush in the dense forest, didn't believe that the Khitans would appear here at first. Now that he saw that they actually appeared, he couldn't help but admire him. However, he heard Li Xian say that they were here.
It must not be the full power of the Khitan. There must be some reservations and some disbelief in it, because such a power seems to have 100,000 people, and although the Khitan and the Xi tribe are powerful, they only have 100,000 people at most.
Calculating this, Li Jinzhong had already put all his efforts into a decisive battle with his own side.
Although he was a little confused, Yang Sixu decided to follow Li Xian's instructions. He quietly ambush in the dense forest. When the Khitan army arrived at the ambush area, he immediately ordered an attack.
Then, only a burst of passionate drums was heard, and all the soldiers who were ambushing here tried their best to pour out the crossbow arrows in their hands. For a while, only the sharp sound of piercing the air was heard, all directed at the Khitan's
The knights rushed over, and the screams were heard immediately. The desperate screams immediately made Yang Sixu feel that the Khitans were really defeated, and they probably had nothing to hold back.
However, Yang Sixu still did not dare to disobey Li Xian's general order and continued to fire the crossbow arrows in his hand. When the crossbow arrows in his hand were almost fired and the Khitan people began to flee northward desperately, another drum sounded and Li Xian personally
He led his army to chase down the fleeing Khitan soldiers and began a frantic pursuit.
Originally, according to the art of war, one should not pursue an enemy when they are weak, but this time Li Xian gave the opposite order. As long as the enemy was defeated and fled, they must pursue them desperately and would not give up until they caught up with Li Jinzhong's army.
Although they knew that this battle would definitely bring a lot of casualties to their own side, since Li Xian had made up his mind, they did not dare to violate it. Naturally, they could only follow the original plan and pursue desperately.
In fact, not only Yang Sixu, but even Gao Sheji could not guess Li Xian's plan, but his ideas were somewhat different from Yang Sixu's, because based on Li Xian's past combat habits, this time our side seemed to be making a fuss out of a molehill, because according to them
It is estimated that the crossbow arrows just now were enough to injure thousands of Khitan people.
In order to cause as much damage to the enemy as possible, more than a dozen siege crossbows were used this time. Each siege crossbow fired a crossbow arrow that was longer than an arm, not to mention a human being.
Horses can't avoid it, and they can't die anymore. Moreover, due to the huge penetrating power of these crossbow arrows, they often don't just kill one target, they can kill at least two targets in a row, and some can even kill four or five targets.
, it looks just like a candied haws on a stick.
Under such powerful killings, they could see that this was a real defeat for the Khitan, and it was absolutely impossible to be a false defeat. Therefore, under such circumstances, no matter how powerful the enemy commander was, he could not save the situation.
Since a losing streak cannot be undone, there is absolutely no way there can be any backup plan that can turn the tide.
In this case, the Tang army only needs to send out some of the elites and kill him with a river of blood. But why does it require the entire army to be on guard and go all out to pursue and kill them? Even they know that Li Xian has just arrived.
All the troops were sent out.
However, no matter what kind of suspicion they had, they still did not dare to disobey military orders. So, except for a few people who transported heavy weapons back to the city, everyone gritted their teeth and chased the Khitan people, and they had a crazy meal
Chase.
With the entire army desperately chasing them, the Khitans suffered unprecedentedly heavy losses this time. The number of men they lost along the way was even greater than when they were ambushed just now, and combined, the number of men lost was even greater.
Almost around 10,000.
"Oh, I really don't know what the Great Khan was thinking. He did not hesitate to lose 10,000 elite soldiers to lure the Tang army into our ambush. Although this does seem very real, and it is simply invulnerable, because no one can
The defeat will be so real, but how can the Great Khan guarantee that the Tang thieves will definitely pursue us? Or that they will definitely go to our ambush location? Even if we get there, after losing 10,000 troops, can we defeat it?
These Tang thieves? Even if they can be defeated, how many men and horses will they lose? As the saying goes, if you kill a thousand enemies, you will lose eight hundred, but I really don’t know how many of our 100,000 Khitan warriors can survive after this battle?"
Yeluye, the Khitan general who was ordered to lead the forward team, thought of this and couldn't help but smile bitterly, with a deep bitterness appearing on his face. (To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!