Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1139 Pulling and head skills

In the northeast of Xinghe County, Jozhou, there are high mountains and dense forests, and the south wind blows gently.

In the boiling river, war horses neighed and drums burst out.

Countless knights fought on both sides of the river, arrows flew back and forth, and the sound of piercing the air was endless.In the end, dense arrows fell like locusts, and the knight's corpse fell like rain, staining the entire river red.

On one side were the Khitan cavalry who came in aggressive pursuit, and on the other side were the Khitan warriors who defended their homeland and prevented the enemy from taking their pasture.The two sides fought with their lives, fighting desperately, for a shallow stream, countless heroic men buried their bones in other lands.

"The bones of the product department are dead!"

"Yelu Uli was seriously injured and retreated, so I'm afraid it won't work."

"The head of Shiwei moved the arrow and died."

……

The news flowed back to the rear, and Yeluxie, who was standing on a high hill overlooking the battlefield, was expressionless.But those who are familiar with him know that Xie Niechi is on the verge of breaking out, so don't provoke him if it's okay.

More than 2 people took turns to attack, and the Xia people blocked the river and resisted desperately.The two sides continued to invest new forces and strangled repeatedly. Although they seemed to have the upper hand now, the casualties were unprecedented.

"Send someone to charge again!" Yelu Xienechi ordered without being moved.

The people below were also red-eyed, and immediately officers led a team, one south and one north, each leading more than [-] riders, and surrounded them in two ways.

They moved a lot, and when they were looking for a place to ford in the shallow water, they were discovered by Xia Jun, and they immediately sent out their hands to stop them.

Not surprisingly, the two sides are fighting again.

Xie Nie stared intently.

This is completely hurting the enemy with the base, but there is no way.

When Khitan attacked Shiwei, Tatar and even Bohai, they would always mobilize elite troops first and fight with each other.

In the process of chasing and killing, not only the casualties were very small, but also a large amount of spoils were harvested, which was very easy.

Everyone is willing to fight such a battle.As long as you grit your teeth and fight through the previous few battles and pay some casualties, the overall situation will be settled.

But in the war with the Xia people, relying on their numbers, they won successive victories and continued to advance westward.But problems also followed. The Xia people did not collapse, but kept rushing and resisting desperately.As a result, the Khitan never ushered in a pursuit battle to reap the fruits of the battle. The Xia people were defeated but not defeated, and they charged repeatedly. The Khitan casualties remained high, which was a headache.

On the grassland, the terrain is flat and open, stretching as far as the eye can see.Considering the need for horse herding, drinking water, and the relatively fixed route, there is actually no conspiracy. The whereabouts of both parties are relatively transparent. It is difficult to play any tricks. Most of the time, you just meet and cut each other.In such a situation, if the enemy cannot be defeated with lightning speed and fall into a tug-of-war, then this battle will become very terrible: consume each other, hurt the enemy with the original, and a wise man will not take it.

Another reinforcement came galloping from the east. Judging by the flags and smoke, there were probably tens of thousands of horses.

After they rested their horsepower for a while, seeing that the Xia people were still resisting and not completely collapsed, they decisively entered the battlefield.

Their joining was timely and became the straw that broke the camel's back.After resisting for a while, the Xia army on the other side of the creek completely collapsed.The brigade retreated to the west, in a panic.

The Khitan people who had fought hard for many days were overjoyed, their morale was boosted, and they pursued bravely, reaping the lives of the Xia people who had given them their backs with ease.

The ratio of casualties between the enemy and ourselves has finally gained an advantage.

Yeluyu rode his horse steadily up the high slope, saw Xie Niechi heaving a sigh of relief, and sighed: "Xianiechi, you can still laugh. This battle is fought like this, no matter how you look at it, it's a loss."

"It's already a loss, if you haven't won the battle, wouldn't it be even worse?" Xie Niechi said, "But you're right about one thing. It's really hard to fight like this."

Starting from the pine forest on the flat ground, more than [-] troops surged southward and westward. They fought for more than a month, and they did win many battles. They wiped out more than [-] Xia soldiers, but their own casualties were about [-]. I can't see it.You know, this is a result achieved with three times the force, and if you say it, you will not be laughed to death?

Also, not getting much loot is pretty frustrating.

Why did the Xia people retreat early, the old, the weak, women and children?How did they get the news?This matter is worth looking into.

"If we go further west and hit Rouzhou of the Xia people, will we be able to plunder a lot of people, goods, cattle and sheep?" Yelu asked steadily.

"I thought it would be okay." Xie Niechi said irritably, "but in the past month or so, we have traveled westward for hundreds of miles, and only plundered [-] people and [-] cattle and sheep, which is really not enough to fit between the teeth. Going further Xi, I don't think we can get any tricks. If the Xia people can run once, they can run a second time. In today's battle, they resisted so fiercely, it must be for the retreat of the old, weak, women and children. I will catch up later In the past, I’m afraid it’s useless.”

It is really unacceptable for the grassland tribes not to be able to rob things.

Driving hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, the daily consumption is not a small amount. If you can't even get back the capital, how can you persuade others to come out to grab you next time?

"I also think it's dangerous to go west." Yelu wanted to set up the awning steadily, and looked to the southwest.

The pursuit battle was basically over, and the herdsmen retreated one after another.This place is not far from Johor State, if they go down to the city, they may be able to plunder a lot of property.But it may also be a trap. Before the Xianyou Palace and Yuyi Town in Yanbei have been captured, it seems a bit irrational to send troops westward.

"Let's leave this matter to Abaoji, he is Yilijin." Yeluxienechi said, "I think it's too dangerous, why don't we wait and see."

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In the city of Rouzhou, the command envoy Liang Hanyong worked hard to write and issue various orders.

In late June, there were Jin army cavalry in the direction of Shuozhou, and the activities were very frequent.By the beginning of July, several banners of the Jin army had even appeared, and their intention to capture Shuozhou was very obvious.

It is difficult for Liang Hanyong to judge whether the Jin army is suspicious, or whether it is really planning to do so.But Shuozhou is a very important place, so we must not be sloppy.Once Gein falls here, Shenzhou will be in danger.If Shenzhou is in danger, Shengzhou will inevitably be shaken, which will have a very bad impact.

Therefore, Liang Hanyong immediately dispatched the first town of Yinshan and [-] horsemen from Hexi to reinforce the Shanyang and Mayi counties of Shuozhou and assist the state soldiers to defend the city. Shuozhou is sparsely populated. Nine thousand mouths, I can't keep it on my own.

A large number of banners of the Jin army also appeared near Yanchang City in the north of Yunzhou.

In the past, this kind of city was defended by the soldiers in turn. Sometimes there were 2000 soldiers, and sometimes there were [-] soldiers. Liang Hanyong added another [-] people, making the defenders more than [-]. Traffic routes.

There was news from the north that the Khitan wanted to take a detour to the north and attack Nuozhenshui.This time Liang Hanyong did not follow the opponent's rhythm, but asked Shengzhou to open the warehouse and arm more young men.

Looking at the entire battlefield situation, the Xia army has successively assembled more than 11 people.Wait another ten days, and the force will increase to around [-].

These soldiers were mainly scattered on the vast battlefield extending from Nuozhenshui in the west, Xinghe in the east, and Shuozhou in the south.

Among the 9 people, more than one-third were used to defend against the Jin army, although they have not yet been deployed in a large scale.With the development of the war situation, the activities of the Jin army became more and more unscrupulous, and this force is likely to increase.

Therefore, the number of troops used to deal with Abaoji has never exceeded 15, and it is indeed very stressful to deal with the [-] Khitan army.

"Li Keyong may be coming. I suspect that he is already in Xindai, and he will wait for an opportunity to go north." Pei Guan stood in front of the map and said to a group of people: "If the Jin army general cavalry If the main force is pulled over, we have to push the Silver Spear Army and the Flying Dragon Army to the top. Relying solely on the light cavalry of the Fan tribes, we are afraid that we will be defeated by the Jin people. If the Jin people even dispatch infantry, then the eastern front will have to further reduce its forces Concentrate on beating the Jin people back first."

"How can you be sure that Li Keyong will go north in a big way?" Liang Hanyong asked.

"Even if he doesn't go north, he still has to keep his soldiers and horses on guard." Pei Guan said, "There is no difference. Guarding against the soldiers and horses of the Jin army is indispensable, even if they are useless from the beginning to the end."

Liang Hanyong did not refute.

The situation is such a situation.The Rouzhou camp faced enemies from two directions at the same time. The Khitan in the east had already advanced westward in a large scale.The Jin army in the south did not send out, but it restrained a large number of Xia troops, and they were all the main force-Liang Hanyong was holding a silver gun, and the second army of Feilong was in his hand. Set up the victory.

He even regrets it now.Yanbei's withdrawal was too clean and neat, and the Khitan people did not benefit much.If they were discouraged and retreated, wouldn't it be a loss?If they had known this earlier, they would have let Khitan loot more people, cattle and sheep, and attracted them to continue westward.

"I didn't expect that with a [-] army in Johor State, it would become a secondary battlefield. It depends on other people's faces." Liang Hanyong's face was a little upset.

There was a recent message from Anton's mansion, which had been forwarded from Luoyang to Rouzhou.

Zhao Wang Shao Siwu personally led the army to the north, and the troops were divided into two groups. The west route army went straight to Liaoyang, and the east route army merged with the Bohai army, and also marched westward, attacking the hinterland of Khitan.

If they succeed in this journey, the entire Khitan line will be shaken, and the morale of the army will inevitably be unstable, and they will want to return to the division for rescue.Even if the Johor camp succeeds in the counterattack, the first attack may not necessarily be theirs—no, there is a high probability that it will not be theirs.

And Sage seems to take that direction very seriously.

According to the plan, just three days ago, Huaihai Road Commander Wang Jiao led tens of thousands of state soldiers to Qingzhou and Dengzhou to assemble, carrying a large amount of grain, grass, and equipment, and floated to Andong Mansion to further invest in this battlefield.

Repeated pulling will shake the morale of the enemy army, make its morale unstable, and its combat power decline, laying the foundation for the final counterattack victory.The strategy set by the sage is indeed much more reliable than Liang Hanyong's previous so-called "luting the enemy to go deep".

"Why should Commander Liang sigh?" Pei Guan said with a smile, "Once the counterattack starts, it's still unknown who will win the first prize."

"That's right." Liang Hanyong came back to his senses and said: "I have to go to Shuozhou and Yanchang City to boost morale. The south line must not go wrong, and Li Ke must not let Li Ke use his concentrated elite to pierce through it all at once. Now. The southern line is stable, and Khitan is actually not that difficult to deal with."

He suddenly remembered several meetings with Zhao Wang Shao Siwu.Because of his wife, his relationship with King Zhao is actually very good, and it doesn't seem to be that important who made the first effort.

(End of this chapter)