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After the iron kite heavy cavalry cut into the Liao army's formation under the rain of arrows, the hand-to-hand combat between the two sides officially kicked off. After the iron kite army broke through the enemy's defense line and damaged the morale of the Liao people, the Xixia cavalry who came from behind to cover up the attack became more courageous.
Strong, the waxing and waning has made up for some of the lack of combat power.
On the Liao people's side, the initial panic caused by the heavy cavalry breaking into the formation gradually dissipated as the hand-to-hand combat began. It is not difficult to understand that people's fear of the approaching danger is greater than the danger itself.
The scary thing is not that a sharp blade pierces one's body, but the moment when the sharp blade comes through the air and enlarges in the pupils. When there is a real hand-to-hand encounter, a coward will suddenly become brave, not to mention that the Liao cavalry is not a coward in the first place.
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This was a fierce strangulation. The Xia army used the power of charge, and the Liao people relied on their strong strength to fight an evenly matched battle. Under the bright stars in the north, on the Gobi battlefield with a radius of five or six miles, hundreds of thousands of people were strangers to each other.
The people were strangled together. Although they did not know each other, it did not hinder their mutual hostility at all, and they cut their weapons into each other's bodies mercilessly.
The sound of "廻廻" sounded again, and two red flames shot into the sky again in the valley. They were the Xia army from Kedun City rushing along the valley. The Liao army's baggage troops entering the valley had already been forced by Li Jiqian's army.
Exit later, but the large number of baggage and grain trucks will block the retreat like a constipated large intestine. In addition, there is chaos outside the valley, so we cannot withdraw from the valley.[
The rear army's baggage team that was unable to exit the valley was massacred by Li Jiqian. The number of casualties rose sharply, but it was not useless. The dead men, horses and grain cart baggage also blocked the forward advance of Li Jiqian's army. The battle situation outside
In the midst of a stalemate, if Li Jiqian's 50,000-strong army cuts in from behind, the Liao soldiers will be defeated.
Zhang Yuantie stood on a tall canopy carriage with a livid face, watching the desperate melee on the battlefield from a distance, but he felt no excitement at all. He frowned and asked a burly general Dangxiang next to him: "Ximu Weiming"
General, our army has 100,000 troops, and with the assistance of Li Jiqian’s 50,000 troops, the enemy has only 50,000 troops, three times more than the enemy. Why can’t you see that our army has the potential to win?”
Standing next to him was Xi Muweiming, who had contributed to the coup. After the Queen Mother Yeli came to power, he suddenly jumped five ranks from a captain of the small guard army to the commander of the Montenegro Weifu Army, holding seven
Ten thousand troops were stationed at Heishan in the north of Dingzhou and near the Utla Banner. This time, the imperial court transferred 30,000 troops from the right wing of the general state to form a 100,000-strong central army, and ordered Zhang Yuan to be the commander-in-chief.
The deputy commander has great trust in him.
Ximu Weming did not dare to make trouble with Zhang Yuan. Although she was the Queen Mother's personal favorite in bed, Ximu Weming knew that the Queen Mother would undoubtedly support Zhang Yuan between Zhang Yuan and herself, because there are many talents in men in the world.
There are countless people with extraordinary talents, but there is only one Zhang Yuan who knows how to govern the country. Therefore, when Zhang Yuan asked, Ximu Weiming quickly answered with a smile.
"Don't worry, Prime Minister. I have a backup plan. I have only sent 60,000 cavalry to fight against the Liao people. There are still 40,000 fresh troops who have not taken part."
"Oh? Why don't you send them up together?" Zhang Yuan was a little confused.
"The Prime Minister doesn't know that morale is the most important thing in a war. You see, the Liao people's formation is extremely tight, and the advantage of having a large number of people cannot be reflected when approaching the enemy. If we put all our belongings together, it will not be effective.
The effect of defeating the enemy in one fell swoop is to waste all our energy; as the battle situation becomes stalemate, the psychology of the soldiers on the battlefield will also change accordingly. No matter how high the morale of one side is, it cannot stand the endless attacks of the other side.
Reinforcements, even if they have an advantage, will become desperate due to the enemy's reinforcements; on the contrary, our soldiers are at a disadvantage, and every reinforcement will boost their morale. If one is ebbing and the other is ebbing, how can the enemy have fighting spirit?
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Zhang Yuan looked at Ximu Weiming in surprise and said: "Hey, General Ximu's analysis is very reasonable. I didn't expect General Ximu to be a famous general, but he has been buried for so many years."
Ximuwei Ming was a little shy and whispered: "To be honest with you, Mr. Xiangguo, you know my background best. I learned these from others. Do you still remember that night when I didn't hide the old thieves and attacked the palace?"
That night Mr. Su and I were guarding the palace wall together. Mr. Su said this casually, and I remembered it in my heart. This was the method he used to blackmail Pang that night. He did not order a swarm of people to attack, but a group of people.
The batch of attacks indeed quickly made us lose our ability to resist; if the Prime Minister had not arrived with his army, the Queen Mother and the Emperor would have been in trouble that night."
Zhang Yuan chuckled and said: "Do you believe what Su Jin said? What battle did that kid fight? The battle in Weizhou was just a matter of opportunism for him to win. It's a good thing you still remember his words."
Ximu Weiming's face turned red and said: "Even if what he said is wrong, I think the best time to truly attack with all our strength is to wait until Li Jiqian's army emerges from the valley. I can't put all my belongings on it.
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Zhang Yuandao: "This is just like a sentence. It is a good idea to defeat the army led by Li from the north to the south. Remember, you can't listen to Su Jin's words. He is from Song Dynasty, and he is not a good person."
"Yes, yes, I remember my humble position." Ximu Weiming disapproved in her heart and could only agree.
The strangulation on the battlefield has reached a fever pitch. The entire battlefield is like a meat grinder. Good people go in and come out in pieces after a while.
The combat power of the Liao soldiers was obviously higher than that of the Xia soldiers. The Xia soldiers were basically killed by individual soldiers. However, the Xia army took advantage of the iron kite army's heavy cavalry rampage to regain some of its disadvantages. The iron kite army was almost eliminated unless
It was a dozen soldiers who grabbed the heavy cavalry and knocked them to the ground at the same time, making them unable to get up. Otherwise, they would not be sorry at all; but how could the Xia army give them such a chance, except for the battle between the heavy cavalry?
In addition to supporting each other, the Xia army's ordinary cavalry also worked together to protect them.
The number of casualties on both sides exceeded 15,000. The Liao army suffered more than 7,000 casualties, and the Xia army suffered more than 8,000 casualties. The Xia army had a numerical advantage, but despite the assistance of the Iron Harrier heavy cavalry, it still had more casualties than the Liao army.
, which shows the ferocity of the Liao soldiers.
The turning point of the war occurred two hours later. Due to the huge disadvantage in numbers and the constricted terrain, the Liao army's baggage and rear army cavalry in the valley were finally annihilated by Li Jiqian. The grain carts and baggage were overturned under the mountain wall beside the valley.
, the corpses on the ground were also cleared out of a passage, and Li Jiqian led his troops to finally get out of the valley mouth.
With the continuous flow of cavalry from the city of Kedun, the already tense nerves of the Liao army were straightened out. Then three cannons were fired in the northwest, and Ximu Weiming hit the 40,000-strong army hidden in the air.
They joined the battlefield like a tide; the huge disparity in numbers made the Liao people's remaining fighting spirit disappear. Their tense nerves were cut off by a sharp blade, and their momentum suddenly became full, and they no longer had the desire to fight.
Xiao Hui looked up to the sky and sighed, knowing that there was no chance of winning this battle. The generals on the left and right gathered in, wrapped Xiao Hui and broke out to the northeast. Under the desperate charge of 5,000 elite palace guard cavalry, Xiao Hui and others
They fought their way out and fled in a hurry. The night was dark and the wind was high. The Xia army did not pursue them. Instead, they concentrated on closing the circle and killing all the remaining Liao soldiers who were stubbornly resisting.[
The 200,000 troops from both sides fought fiercely for two hours, and finally ended with a great victory for the Xia army. After two raids in the afternoon and evening, only 4,000 of the 60,000 Liao forward troops escaped, and all 56,000 Liao soldiers escaped.
were wiped out, more than 120 generals were killed, and a large number of grain, baggage, siege machinery, weapons, and armor were seized; more than 50,000 Liao soldiers were killed in the wilderness as soon as they survived; rivers of blood flowed on the ground within a three-mile radius of the entire battlefield.
, the cold wind blew by, freezing it with a thick layer of red blood ice.
The Xia people were not willing to give up. The ears of all the dead Liao soldiers were cut off and packed in dozens of sacks. They ordered them to go north overnight and left them on the path of the Liao army's follow-up troops. They wrote insulting words on them and ridiculed the Liao soldiers.
Xingzong Yelu Zongzhen said: The distinguished guests from the Liao Kingdom come to Daxia as guests. The country is weak and the land is barren. We treat the distinguished guests with all kinds of things. We have specially prepared dozens of bags of high-quality pig ears. Please treat the distinguished guests from the Liao Kingdom with these delicious pig ears.
The wine and the clouds are as humiliating as possible.
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Dozens of bags of bloody 'delicious pig ears' were placed in front of Yelv Zongzhen's big tent of Xingzong of Liao Dynasty. When entering and leaving the golden tent, the generals would not look sideways, covering their noses and frowning with palpitations.
Everyone rushed over from their respective teams after a long journey. They were heading south quickly when they suddenly received a military order requiring everyone to camp on the spot and be on guard. The general returned to the central army to discuss matters. At first, everyone could not figure out what happened.
But after seeing dozens of sacks of human ears frozen like jelly, everyone vaguely guessed something.
In the golden tent, the emperor was sitting behind the big case with a pale face. Another man covered in blood was kneeling in front of him and crying. None of the officials or military officers could tell who the man was. When the man raised his head,
When he pushed aside his long and disheveled hair to reveal his face, everyone was shocked. This person was King Xiao Hui of Korea, who was always known for his fortitude and bravery. People who were familiar with him had never seen him crying in such pain.
On weekdays, Xiao Hui is neatly dressed, with a straight waist, speaks crisply, and has a sense of arrogance all over her body, but today she looks like this.
"Xiao Qing's family, get up. I... I understand. Please take Xiao Aiqing to the side tent to wash up and take a bath." Yelv Zongzhen's voice revealed a deep disappointment.
Xiao Hui wiped away her tears, thanked her, and followed the chamberlain out of the tent. Yelv Zongzhen looked at Xiao Hui's rickety back, sighed, and was stunned.