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Chapter 89
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After an army went through a mutiny, not to mention the blow to morale, even the atmosphere became extremely strange.This is the situation in the Khitan army.The Khitan cavalry looked down on those soldiers of the northwest tribes who were suffering. The clan soldiers dragged out of the barracks and beat them up...

Only then did Yelu Chongyuan regret it, regretting that he had listened to his idiot son's words, which led to the current situation.After accepting Xiao Feng's strategy, he immediately ordered that all the cavalry, except the Khitan cavalry, be sent to the Youyun area to attack the Dashun border residents.

The tribes in the Northwest got the military order, and it was in their arms.After traveling long distances, they sent troops from the tribe, wasn't it just to plunder and exchange for living supplies?

The tribes in the Northwest, the Jurchen tribe, are all in a generally bitter and cold place. They live only on grazing and hunting, and they can't fill their stomachs.The bitter cold place made their bodies extremely refined, and their temperaments were also very cruel.If it wasn't for their small population, they would have turned against Khitan long ago.Even now, the tribes in the northwest and the Jurchen tribes are turning back and forth, causing a large part of Liao's military power to be placed on the defense of these tribes.

In fact, the Liao Kingdom is also capable of conquering these tribes, after all, they are small in number.But it's useless to conquer it.Taking Baishan Heishui as an example, there are not many grasslands suitable for grazing. On the contrary, there are many mountains, which the Khitan people are not used to.Yelu Hongji also knew that even if Baishan Heishui were captured, there would be no benefit, so naturally he would not do such useless efforts.

You can't fight, you can only win people's hearts.Yelu Hongji asked the tribes who were willing to obey him to send troops, and promised that the items they looted would be his own. This made many tribes return to their hearts and were willing to send troops to help Khitan.

Yelu Hongji trusts Yelu Chongyuan, and entrusts Yelu Chongyuan with the most important task of defense, which is to defend against the most powerful Jurchens.But Yelu Zhongyuan didn't think so. Some tribes of the Jurchen tribe were capricious, which caused his tribe's troops to decline rapidly, and he was quite complaining.

This time he took the initiative to ask to send troops, in fact, to prove to Yelu Hongji that he is not inferior to anyone, don't leave him in a bitter cold place where the water and grass are not lush, and there are no Han and Koreans to plow the grass.Not to mention his political opponents, Prime Minister of Beifu Xiao Xulie, Tongzhi of Beiyuan and Deputy Privy Envoy Yelu Yixin underestimated his own strength.

Now that Yelu Chongyuan is riding a tiger, he can only send out the cavalry of these tribes and let them fend for themselves.It's the best if it works. If it doesn't work, then you can reduce these young tribes, reduce their young population, and stop being so arrogant.

I don't know how excited these Shiwei, Jurchen, Xi clan and other cavalrymen are. They have been charging and attacking the city for the past few days. They have suffered huge casualties but have not reaped any benefits. They have long been dissatisfied.Of course they are happy to go out to fight grass valley at this moment.

After rushing out of the barracks screaming strangely, these nearly 6 foreign soldiers disappeared without a trace.Only more than [-] Khitan troops remained in the barracks, and there were less than [-] Han troops.

Soon, Zhu Daguang also learned the news.The frontier soldiers watching from the watchtower had a panoramic view of all this.Zhu Daguang said to himself in doubt: "What the hell are the Khitan people doing? There is no reason to divide their troops. These troops are not enough to attack other state capitals? Youyun sixteen states at least say that each state capital has [-] to [-] frontier troops. , are veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles, how can they be afraid of cavalry like them. What does it mean that the Khitan sent so many cavalry? Could it be..."

Zhu Daguang suspected that the Khitan people had the intention of retreating, but the Khitan camp had not moved, and he was not sure.Although the frontier army on the watchtower said that more than 2 cavalry had left the Khitan barracks, but their whereabouts were unknown.Doing the math, there are still more than 6 people in the Khitan barracks, and the frontier army in Youzhou City is only 5 at full strength. It is absolutely impossible to fight in the field.

Zhu Daguang hesitated for a long time, and felt that it would be better to stick to it.According to his experience, the Khitan people usually don't bring enough rations for two months. It has been at least 20 days since they dispatched troops, and there is still more than a month left.If you firmly guard Youzhou City, everything will be fine.

Wang Shao also got the news through the scouts, and he was overjoyed: "In this way, the strength of the Khitan army has been reduced again, and this is an opportunity for my imperial army! It's time to fight, otherwise the soldiers below will not be able to sit still! "

He also understood that the enemy sent so many cavalry, and sooner or later they would find their whereabouts.Since they haven't found out yet, they should take the initiative to catch them by surprise.

After carefully studying the latest accurate map drawn by the monitors, Wang Shao determined the marching route.He decided to pull the army to the junction of Shunzhou and Youzhou, lay in ambush, wait for dark, and attack the Khitan barracks at night!
When the more than 2 forbidden soldiers heard such an order, they immediately became excited.When they went out, they held their breath and wanted to fight.After a long trek and waiting, it was finally time to fight. All the soldiers and officers showed a desire on their faces.

The equipment of the imperial army is the best among all armies, both cavalry and infantry have armor.According to Lu Chengqi's regulations, these armors are relatively light, and after all, chain mail is good for defending against bows and arrows.

Regardless of the ban.Whether it is a frontier army or a Xiang army, there are more than a hundred people as a capital. The horse soldiers are the military envoys and the deputy horse envoys, and the infantry are the capital heads and deputy capital heads. The head of the army, the ten generals, the marquis of Yu, the Chengju and the detainees.Each horse army has 13 gunmen and banner heads, and more than 16 of them are archers (horse bow is a kind of soft bow, the range is not far, about a hundred steps); each infantry army has swordsmen Eight people, [-] gunmen, and more than [-] people are crossbowmen.The crossbowmen of the infantry also have to fight hand to hand, and they are also equipped with simple knives.For the convenience of marching, heavy shields are not carried.There are a lot of light and strong wooden shields, after all, the mandarin duck formation required by Lu Chengqi must have sword and shield hands.Some infantry use Xuanhua axes or Maza knives.The crossbowmen use well-made god-armed crossbows. The bow is three feet three feet long, and the string is two feet five feet long. It is equipped with a mechanism, but it can be fired by one person. Yes, it is the most threatening weapon for individual combat in the cold weapon period, and it is not one of them.Originally, the God Arm Crossbow would take some time to be invented, but with Lu Chengqi's strong support for the development of science and technology, the God Arm Crossbow was invented in advance by archer Li Hong.The production precision of the god arm crossbow is high, and the military inspector rushed to make it day and night, but only [-] pieces were produced, so they had to be supplied to the most elite imperial army first.

In addition to combat weapons, the auxiliary soldiers also carry two pieces of cloth curtains, iron horse bowls, shovels, chisels, baskets, axes, pliers, nail beds, etc., one each of pots, fire drills, salt bags, pestles, etc. Three pieces of reins.In addition, there is a whetstone, a felt hat, a felt suit, and a suitcase each.Of course, there is also food: nine buckets of wheat rice and two buckets of rice per person, and fried noodles that Lu Chengqi asked the Ministry of Households to make for each person, enough to last three days.

The Forbidden Army is worthy of being the most elite army in Dashun, and the equipment is almost armed to the teeth.With so much equipment, no wonder there is an auxiliary soldier behind every soldier, and some even have two auxiliary soldiers, otherwise these combat tools cannot be obtained!However, despite having a lot of equipment, these forbidden soldiers still pack up vigorously. In less than a cup of tea time, they have pulled up their tents and are ready to march.

(End of this chapter)