Fenghou

Chapter 1537 Encounter
The news of the disastrous defeat of the grassland coalition finally reached Jingzhao through Datong Mansion.

At the military meeting, Chen Qing slowly said to everyone: "Xiliao's tactics are very correct. They seized the opponent's weakness and attacked the Mierqi tribe. Although the Mierqi tribe is not the weakest, their pastures are far away. Thousands of miles away in the northeast, this big account has the weakest impact on their interests, and they are not willing to give their all. So after suffering losses, they took the lead in withdrawing from the battlefield. This is also the biggest problem for the coalition forces. They are loose and have their own scheming , the withdrawal of the Mierqi Department made the Tata Department and the Kret Department unwilling to work hard, and the result was a complete defeat."

Zhang Jun nodded, "This strategy can only be implemented if you know yourself and the enemy. It should be that the Naiman tribe understands the mutual suspicion of the three grassland tribes too well."

"That's right. In the previous war to wipe out the Mughal tribe, almost all the pastures and population of the Mughal tribe were divided up by the Tata tribe and the Kele tribe. The Mierqi tribe didn't get any benefits. This is a strategy for the division of the Jin Kingdom. Successfully provoked the relationship between the other two tribes and the Mierqi tribe. In the next battle to attack Lingxia Road, the Mierqi tribe did not send troops. As a result, the Tata tribe and the Kele tribe were defeated, and the Mierqi tribe took the opportunity to annex them. In the large pastures of these two films, the seeds of their hatred were planted in this way.

This time Wanyan Wushu gathered the three coalition forces, it can be said that he did it on his own accord, he was the one who divided the relationship between the three grassland tribes, and now he asked the three grassland tribes to be united, how could it be possible?Therefore, the grassland coalition will be defeated. "

"Your Majesty, is Wanyan Wushu still there?" Jiang Yanxian asked.

Chen Qing shook his head, "Probably not. According to the intelligence of the scouts, the eight thousand Jurchen troops were buried hundreds of miles away, but the Jurchens in Duncheng were all killed. Hunted and killed by other grassland tribes, he cannot escape the law of the grassland where the weak die and the strong live, and he will no longer have any chance of survival."

"Your Majesty, what shall we do next?"

"Xiliao depends on the achievements of Liu Qiong in Anxi, but the Naiman Department must rely on ourselves. I have mobilized a hundred thousand troops in Datong Mansion. The biggest problem now is logistics and food."

"Your Highness hopes that the imperial court will mobilize the people on Hedong Road to deliver food and supplies?"

Chen Qing nodded, "Actually, I still have another plan. I have already sent people to the Tata Department and the Kret Department to ask them to provide logistical support. We sent troops to destroy the Naiman Department, but we still need to have our own logistics. Prepare."

All Xiangguo agreed to mobilize 20 civilians and [-] carts on Hedong Road to gather in Datong Mansion.

In Anxi, the [-] troops led by Liu Qiong are heading west quickly. They only stayed in Yiwu County for ten days before they received an urgent call for help from Huihe in Xizhou. The [-] Xiliao army suddenly arrived and besieged Xizhou Don't lose eight miles in the capital of Huihe.

Liu Qiong immediately made a decisive decision and led an army of [-] to leave Yiwu County, marching towards Bie Shi Ba Li.

This time, the Xiliao army also came prepared. Yelu Dashi received the information from Jingzhao, and the negotiations between the Yong Dynasty and Xizhou Huihe broke down, and they would not send troops to rescue Xizhou.

Yelu Dashi was overjoyed and immediately dispatched 18 troops. He sent the Privy Council member Xiao Chabu to lead an army of [-], and joined forces with the Naiman tribe to march into the grassland and recapture the city of Ketun. State Huihe.

The [-] Western Liao Army had already stationed troops on the border. After Xiao Chaci'a did not get the emperor's order, he immediately marched into the Western Army Huihe. The army surrendered and was disbanded immediately.

The population of Anxi is not large, so the population is very important. It is the source of taxes for the Xiliao Empire. Xiliao generally does not kill and surrender troops, but disbands them into the people and becomes a source of taxation.

Xiao Cha stabbed Abu and led the army to continue eastward. Ten days later, the soldiers lost at the city of Bali.

At this time, Xizhou Huihe lost its troops and lost its generals, with only 2 troops left. Unfortunately, Khan Bi Lege fell ill and sent people to Yizhou in his sick bed to ask for help from the Yong army who had just arrived in Yiwu County.

But Yiwu County is more than a thousand miles away, and the Yong army needs to march safely, at least half a month.

It's been almost a month since this came and went, how can the Huihe army in Xizhou resist it?
That night, the Yong army arrived at the Qili River, four hundred miles away from Bieshabali, and the army rested on the grassland for the night.

In the middle of the night, the scout cavalry rushed back from afar and came directly to the temporary tent of the Chinese army.

Liu Qiong just fell asleep, and when he got the news, he immediately called several generals to discuss.

Seven or eight people gathered in the big tent, and Liu Qiong said to everyone: "I just got the news that Huihe Khan died of illness, Prince Uzkan surrendered in Kaicheng, Xizhou Huihe has surrendered to Xiliao."

"When did this happen?" Deputy General Li Cheng asked anxiously.

"It should have been three or four days ago, when the Xiliao army attacked the city violently, and the Xizhou Huihe army suffered heavy casualties, with less than [-] troops left. They couldn't stand it anymore, but Khan died of illness at this time, so they chose to surrender. .”

Tang Qian asked again: "Does the Western Liao army know we're coming?"

"You should know, Xizhou Huihe asked us for help, how could Xiliao not know our arrival, I guess the army of Xiliao is coming to kill us."

Everyone was gearing up, they had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
After everyone went to rest, Li Cheng whispered to Liu Qiong: "The surrender of Huihe in Xizhou means that our Anxi Protectorate has to change its strategy?"

Liu Qiong nodded, "Actually, I really hope that Huihe in Xizhou will perish. This is what the emperor said is the best ending. Let Xiliao destroy Huihe in Xizhou for us, and then we will take back Anxi from Xiliao. Then the signed treaty It will be invalid, and the military town system of the Tang Dynasty will be switched directly to the prefecture and county system of the Sui Dynasty, and all the land will be ours."

Liu Qiong took out a copy of the imperial edict, and said: "The Son of Heaven has already considered it very carefully. This is the canonized edict given to me by the Son of Heaven before the interim, as well as the seal of King Gaochang. I hope to use it."

Li Cheng nodded, "We must seize this opportunity, because we are afraid that Xiliao will not destroy Huihe, and if Huihe continues to attach to it, it will be troublesome."

Liu Qiong said coldly: "Use war to speak, the winner is king!"

Early the next morning, the army continued westward. Two days later, Liu Qiong got the news that the [-] troops from Xiliao appeared fifty miles away from them.

Liu Qiong immediately ordered the army to stop moving forward and line up to prepare for battle.

An hour later, a black line appeared in the distance, and Xiao Wuli, the king of the Western Liaonan Academy, led an army of [-] to appear on the grassland.

Before dispatching troops, Chen Qing learned about the combat characteristics of the Xiliao army through Li Cheng. He likes intensive assaults and battles with large armies. He used this intensive cavalry assault tactics to defeat powerful forces one after another, and even defeated 40 Serres Pillar Empire Army.

For this reason, Chen Qing also created a targeted tactic called the Qin Crossbow Formation. The Qin Dynasty's crossbow formation was invincible and wiped out the Huns cavalry.

For this reason, the [-] infantry were equipped with heavy-duty crossbows with divine arms, which needed to be wound on the ground and pulled by pedals and hands.

The heavy-duty crossbow also uses heavy arrows. The arrowheads are streamlined armor-piercing arrows. The cluster of arrows alone weighs three or two. If it is shot with the wind, the range can reach six hundred steps. If 5 people shoot in volley, the Western Liao Army will again The mighty will die in one battle.

Yong Jun deployed a large formation of 5 crossbow troops, and the sound of drums was loud, "Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

One hundred thousand troops quickly entered the position, with ten thousand hoplites in the first row and ten thousand spear throwers behind them.

Behind the ten thousand spearmen came fifty thousand heavy crossbowmen.

The [-] heavy crossbowmen are also the spear army. Each soldier holds a spear. There are [-] cavalry on each side of the spear infantry, and [-] cavalry behind the team.

In this battle, the [-] cavalry were not the protagonists. The cavalry were only responsible for chasing the enemy. The real protagonists were the heavy crossbowmen.

The infantry had not yet converted to crossbowmen, they were waiting for the enemy to charge and confuse the enemy.

The [-] Xiliao army was getting closer and closer, and stopped about three miles away from the Yong army.

The coach Xiao Wuli had followed Yelu Dashi to defeat Tong Guan's hundreds of thousands of Song troops in Yanshan Mansion with tens of thousands of mourning troops.

Although decades have passed, Xiao Woli still remembers that scene clearly.

The imprint of Song Jun's cowardice has been carved into his bones.

At this time, the formation of the Yong army was very similar to that of the Song army. Perhaps the Han army was the same, mainly infantry and supplemented by cavalry.

Xiao Wuli sneered, these Han troops always naively thought that they could withstand the impact of cavalry with a large formation of infantry, the Song army was like this, and the current Yong army is still like this.

The 40 soldiers of the Seljuk Empire could not hold back the impact of the [-] Xiliao cavalry, not to mention the fact that there is still a one-to-one comparison of troops.

If you want to rebuild the Anxi Protectorate, you must first ask Xiliao if he agrees?
Xiao Woli swung his saber and shouted sharply, "Shock!"

"Woo-woo-"

The low-pitched horn blew on the grassland, and the one hundred thousand army suddenly mobilized, rushing towards the Yong army with unrivaled force.

One hundred thousand cavalry is enough to crush and destroy everything.

(End of this chapter)