Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

"Xiao Dilu? Are you an official now?" Li Shaorong sat on the horse with a proud face.

"I'm here to listen to the chief of the eighth rank." Xiao Dilu saluted respectfully and replied.

"Little Zhima." Li Shaorong laughed and said, "Do you know what to do now?"

"At the command of the general."

"I'm a warrior, so you don't need to play with me. You are a Khitan, why do you think as much as Mao Zuizi?" Li Shaorong said dissatisfiedly: "The first priority now is to send people to gather the scattered Zhu Shan Second, order the fleeing shepherds to surrender. Don’t worry, Master Wang doesn’t want to kill, he won’t die.”

"Yes." Xiao Dilu replied.

Li Shaorong rode his horse and passed by Xiao Dilu, leaned over and whispered in his ear: "Give me Shuluping's family."

Xiao Dilu raised his head in surprise, it seems that this Li Qijiang is not as rough and impassioned as he speaks.

Contradictory words and deeds, duplicity in appearance, alas, people are really complicated.

"I've sent people to guard it, so I'll leave it to the general. But..." Xiao Dilu hesitated.

"What are you thinking about?" Li Shaorong glared at him, and said: "There is still a shortage of female officials in the Saint's Palace. If you let my sister enter the palace, you can support yourself. Otherwise, who will raise the three children?"

"The general is very considerate." Xiao Dilu saluted again.

Li Shaorong nodded in satisfaction, and entered the north building under the guard of a large group of sergeants.

The Shan army had 1 personnel, some of which were taken away by A Baoji, and the remaining [-] people were basically in the North Building.

In the previous battle, they captured about 2000 to 8000 people, and more than [-] people in the city surrendered collectively. Apart from the [-] people who were beheaded by them, there were about [-] to [-] people who fled in the wild.

It is the right way for Xiao Dilu to send people to appease him.It's better to control as much as you can, and to control it in your own hands, rather than being taken in by the Khitans and then fighting with them in turn.

Since the start of the war, he has killed Yelu Zhilie, captured Shulu Porun alive, captured more than [-] old and weak women and children, and captured more than a million cattle, sheep, horses and camels.Based on this, you can already win the title, but if you want to impress the saint even more, then you have to think of other ways.

"Report victory to Liang Shuai and the saint." After entering the city, seeing his own soldiers taking over every corner, Li Shaorong made up his mind and ordered immediately.

"Obey." After the messenger received the order, the nine people were divided into three groups, one group went to the way they came from, and the other group went to Helong Palace.

Nine people brought more than fifty horses and galloped all the way, and they could submit it to the saint's desk in three days at the latest—if they were not intercepted and killed halfway.

Li Shaorong went into another house in person to confirm whether Shuluping himself was intact.

The woman sat there with no expression on her face, instructing three children to sew furs.

Li Shaorong looked at it for a while, and thought to himself: "Long nights and dreams are not a good thing. When the flying dragon army arrives, they will send this woman and her family away. If the credit for getting it is lost, I will really regret it."

After that, he turned and left.

The atmosphere in Beilou City was a little uneasy.In particular, some people subconsciously resisted after learning that their superiors had surrendered and were suppressed on the spot.Some people tried to escape, but they were also caught, and their heads were hung everywhere to warn others.

The number of cavalry troops was too small, more than [-] people were left outside the city, and only [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers entered the city.As a last resort, Xiao Dilu was ordered to lead the Shan army to assist in the suppression.

He just needs to get through tomorrow.Tomorrow night at the latest, the Flying Dragon Army will arrive, and by then there will be no more waves on the North Tower.

As for where to go next, it depends on what Liang Hanyong means.

Just now there has been information that the Khitan retreat northwards, men, women, old and weak, are roughly divided into three groups.

The road with the largest number of people is the Beilou that is being raided by them right now. There are about 20 people, including the Uyghur Shulu Department, the Khitan Pin Department, the Chu Te Department, the Yaoren's Self-led Tribe, the Diela Department, and the Six Departments of Xi Wait for the vassal tribe.

Secondly, the road to Manjie Mansion led by Yeluxia Mage was dominated by the three tribes of Khitan Yishi, Wukai, and Nirah, plus one of Diela and the vassal tribes, with about 10 people in their early years.

In addition to these two roads, there is also a part that retreats northward to Shiwei, mainly Tuju, Tulu Bubu and Diela, plus vassal tribes, with a population of nearly [-].

The exact location of the other two groups of people is still not clear, because they had very little contact with each other before, and they have been moving slowly, so it is difficult to ascertain exactly.

But it doesn't matter, just search slowly.It is even possible to let the Khitans themselves deceive the Khitans and capture as many cattle and sheep as possible.

Without the old and the weak, women, children, cattle and sheep, the Khitan cavalry would be like water without a source, and it would be easy to destroy them.

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"You can take as much as you can, don't delay." A Baoji ordered decisively.

Yuwen and the others responded excitedly, and went down to give orders.

They had just broken through a food transport team of the Xia people, slaughtered two thousand state soldiers and soil regiments, and a lot of food and military supplies became their spoils of war.

But this kind of work gradually became unbearable.

One is because the Xia people began to mobilize more people to follow the food transport team.Especially those useless cavalry, who could not catch up with the Khitan cavalry archers in the grassland, but when guarding the grain troops at close range, they hid behind the infantry first, and when the horsepower of the Khitan light cavalry was exhausted, they rushed to kill them, causing them a lot of losses.

This kind of cavalry, which is good at conflict, can only be dealt with by the Khan's own army, neither the Great Falcon nor the Little Falcon, let alone the tribal shepherds.

If you continue to grab it, you will not make much money, and you can even say that you will lose money.

Another reason is that they found that the grain road of the Xia people did not seem to be affected much.

They hoard grain and beans ranging from more than 20 to as many as [-] hu in each city. If you break through a grain transport team at a time, it will affect up to [-] hu.The Xia people will coordinate and send more food transportation teams and guards later, and the problem is almost solved.

The city where grain is stored is like a reservoir. When there is a drought, the gate is opened to release water, and when it rains, more water is stored, which plays a role in regulating the grain supply.

Based on these two factors, A Baoji judged that if the fight continued, there would be no results, and the Xia people's food supply would not be cut off at all, so they should not stop retreating.

Haili stood aside leading the horse, worried in his heart.

His thinking is similar to that of A Baoji: the plan made before is a bit taken for granted.

The Xia soldiers divided into four groups to attack Khitan together.

According to the latest news, Bohai State's route has been completely defeated.And there is another big news, Da Weizhen, the lord of the Bohai Sea, died of illness, and his son Da Chiu Zhuan came to the throne before his death, and ordered Uncle Wang Dashu to be a teacher.

This road has completely lost its threat.

On the Liaoshui road, there were few Xia soldiers, and their people were also very few, not worth mentioning.

The real trouble is over there in the flat pine forest.

Can Yeluhelu defend Yikun Prefecture and prevent the Xia people from standing out?Haili was most worried that Helu could not bear it, and fought the Xia people, [-] against [-], which seemed to have an advantage in strength, but he suspected that he would be defeated in one fell swoop, and that would be the end of it.

As for the front, everyone knows that they can't stand it.

The Xia people advanced step by step. As long as they were not in a hurry for success and followed the current strategy of building a city every 100 li or so, Yelv Shilu would have nothing to do.

Now—it's time to adjust tactics.

"Let's go!" Seeing the shepherds take off the leather harness on the horse's back and pile up the grain bags one by one, A Baoji ordered the retreat without hesitation.

"Is there any news from Xiali?" Before leaving, he asked suddenly.

Yeluxia led people to fight the Shatuo cavalry, and he fought and left, heading northwest. It was regarded as blocking the sword for Abaoji and others, so of course he should be concerned.

"Not yet," Haili replied.

"What day is it?"

"June eleven."

"Go east first to confuse the Xia people, and then go north." A Baoji nodded and got on his horse.

"Big Khan is going to the Dragon Palace?" Haili frowned and asked.

"Don't go." A Baoji shook his head and said, "Shao Shude is the most treacherous thief. Judging from the way he uses his troops, he seldom gets into dangerous places lightly. It is just a short distance away from Dragon Palace and Yingzhou City. Difficult. If I go, I will be surrounded by heavy siege, and it is impossible to say that some people are there. The key to using soldiers in the grassland is to be light, fast, and agile, and try to avoid head-to-head confrontation. Now I am worried that Helu will not be able to hold on, and the Xia people will break through Come in."

"Where does the sweat want to go?" Haili asked.

"Meet Arudun Yuyue first." A Baoji said: "On the way, let's see if there are any fighters."

Light, fast, maneuverable and flexible are the advantages of Khitan cavalry.

Thick as a mountain and bravely rushing to kill are the advantages of Xia Jun's cavalry.

First trade space for time, lengthen the supply line of the Xia people, let them divide their troops everywhere, and then use the characteristics of mobility and flexibility to form a partial force advantage, eat a part of the bulky and slow Xia people, and accumulate small victories into big victories. The fundamental strategy is also their only feasible strategy.

Now it seems that the implementation is not very ideal.

Up to now, they have only eaten three Xia people's food transport teams and killed thousands of people.But once they encountered hard stubble, they could only watch them calmly arrive at their destination, letting go of no less than ten food transport teams.

Going north to find a fighter?Haili is not very optimistic.

The next thing we encountered was not the State Army Corps. This battle was really difficult.

On June [-]th, A Baoji, who was returning from the north, ran into Yelu Yuzhi who had led troops to harass the Xia army, and learned that Yikun Prefecture had been captured by the Xia people on June [-]th, he was speechless for a long time.

Helu persisted for 20 days before and after, but finally he couldn't resist...

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On June [-]th, the Wansheng Yellow-headed Army endured "buzzing flies" all the way, and arrived at Jingfan Village with difficulty and determination.

There was a mess outside the city, with corpses everywhere—only human corpses, no horse corpses, probably eaten.

Shi Junli asked people to restrain the corpses of the enemy and us, and buried them hastily.

"Why are you three days late?" Ma Sixun, Marquis of the Black Army, looked at Shi Junli, Li Congke, and Li Congzhang angrily, and asked.

"Isn't it normal for the thieves to suddenly attack our department regardless of casualties and come three days late?" Shi Junli frowned, with a gloomy expression on his face, but Li Congke couldn't help it, and replied directly.

"Do you fucking want to watch us starve to death?" Ma Sixun spat and cursed, "You have such a vicious mind. I will report it to the Privy Council and the saint. Let's see how you explain it!"

Shi Junli strode away, not wanting to argue too much with this mad dog.

In fact, it was not completely incomprehensible to Ma Sixun's anger.

It was a few days late. First, the Datong Army, which took over the defense of the Hachi Village, came a day late. Second, Li Congke said that the Khitan people went crazy, and at the cost of thousands of deaths and injuries, the delay was greatly delayed. speed of their progress.Blame me?
"Rebuild the walled city again." Shi Junli walked around and ordered.

The military academy led the way.

Shi Junli climbed up and looked at the north again.

He had just received news that the northern line had broken through, Yikun Prefecture had changed hands, and tens of thousands of Western Army troops were marching eastward. The Khitan people probably couldn't stand it anymore.

To be honest, Jingfan Village is less than [-] miles away from Yikun Prefecture, which is not that far away considering the sparsely populated grassland.From this perspective, they really went deep into Khitan territory.

According to Zang Shuai's order, the next step is to continue northward, heading straight for Longhua Prefecture (now the ancient city of Ximengjiaduan Village, Ximengjiaduan Village, Naiman Banner), about 170 miles away.

According to the news, there are thousands of strong guards in the military prefecture of Abaoji, and there may be 4 to [-] people.Taking this place, even if the Khitan cavalry could not be captured, would still wipe out their years of hard work, and increase Khitan's internal conflicts, causing them to split.

Even if there is no division, it is nothing.Khitan Babu, go back to nomadic pastures!