On the fifth day of October, two months had passed since Usumish Khan was killed by Bashimi Khan and Jiediyishi Khan's troops.
On this day, Zhang Shouyu led two thousand elite cavalry from the Kelan Army Station to Yun.
In the middle city, one day before this, Zhao Ziliang had led two thousand cavalry to arrive first.
"Reporting to General, General Zhang has arrived with his army and is setting up camp outside the city."
After hearing the soldier's report, Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said, "Ask him to make arrangements for setting up camp and come see the general immediately."
"promise" When leading the troops on this expedition, in addition to storing enough food and grass in the thumb space, Zhao Ziliang only asked Zheng San to prepare ten days of dry food and five days of cold boiled water and distribute them to each soldier to carry.
In addition, In addition to the necessary equipment and weapons, each soldier also carried three pots of arrows, a total of ninety arrows.
In order to maintain marching speed and high-speed maneuverability, each cavalryman was equipped with two horses, so the entire army had a total of twelve thousand horses. .
These war horses accounted for almost 80% of the entire Hedong war horses, and most of them were seized from Cui Huitong's caravan.
You must know that when An Lushan rebelled in the future, he only had 30,000 war horses.
Soon, Zhang Shouyu rushed over, "General, the last general Zhang Shouyu has been ordered to lead two thousand elite cavalry to join us."
"Okay, Zhang Shouyu, sit down and discuss this matter."
Zhao Ziliang said and pointed to the empty seat next to him.
"Thank you General" Zhao Ziliang looked at the generals and officials on the left and right, and said: "The purpose of this expedition is to eradicate the Khitan and Tongluo, and at the worst, drive them to the north of Lake Baikal in the vast sea.
The troops sent out are these six thousand elite cavalry.
In order to maintain long-distance, high-speed marches and powerful mobile salutes, in addition to the cavalry and war horses you brought, I also gave each cavalry The soldiers prepared an extra war horse for transfer.
Of course, if they want to let the horse run, they must also let the horse eat grass.
Now is the time when the autumn air is crisp and the grass is fat and the horse is strong.
When the war horse wants to maintain high-intensity combat, it must be saved.
Your physical strength cannot be achieved by eating only grass, so you must eat other things.
Zheng San, tell the generals what food you have prepared for the horses."
Zheng San stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Xiaguan also prepared thirty kilograms of soybeans for each war horse.
After the war horses marched long distances and sprinted at high speeds, they fed them.
The horses can quickly regain their strength after eating.
Each time, three kilograms of soybeans are fed.
If it reaches five kilograms, don’t feed more.”
Zhao Ziliang pressed his hands and waited for Zheng San to sit down and said: "You all heard it.
After the meeting, please prepare the carriage and go to Zheng San to collect soybeans, soldiers' rations and water bags with cold boiled water."
"promise" "The whole army will set off on time at midnight tonight.
Zhang Shouyu, your two thousand cavalry is the left army, and it is thirty miles to the left of our center.
Gao Xiuyan, your two thousand cavalry is the right army, and it is thirty miles to the right of our center.
Here, the three armies marched hand in hand, and messengers were sent back and forth every hour to report military information and the march of the army along the way, without any mistakes."
Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan started fighting at the same time and said, "Nuo" Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and shouted again: "Bolehan, Guo Ziyi" "The end will be here" the two of them stood up.
"Bolehan led six hundred cavalry thirty miles in front of the army as the vanguard, with Guo Ziyi as his deputy."
Both Bo Lehan and Guo Ziyi were overjoyed and immediately accepted the order: "Follow the order."
The reason why Zhao Ziliang made Bo Lihan the vanguard commander and Guo Ziyi as his deputy was because Bo Bo Han had been with him for six or seven years and had learned a lot of marching and combat methods, especially in commanding cavalry.
Brahan has a lot of experience.
By having Guo Ziyi as his deputy, on the one hand, Guo Ziyi can learn cavalry combat methods from him.
On the other hand, Guo Ziyi has a calm personality and considers things more thoughtfully, which can make up for the shortcomings in Brahan's character.
A more impulsive side.
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and looked at Zhao Hu, who was standing aside, wearing armor and a sword on his waist.
When Zhao Hu heard this, he felt a little unbelievable that it was true.
When a subordinate next to him pulled his arm, he realized what he was doing and immediately stood up and promised loudly: "As you command."
Zhao Hu is now seventeen years old, more than 1.8 meters tall, big and round, brave and powerful.
His kung fu training is considered passable by Zhao Ziliang, so he was brought out for some training during this expedition.
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At midnight, Zhao Ziliang led 6,000 fine cavalry to set off north from Yunzhong City.
After a night of marching, they had marched three hundred miles at dawn.
This marching speed was already the limit for the newly trained Hedong Army cavalry.
After daybreak, the leader of the vanguard army, Bo Lehan, sent someone to report that he had found a forest with slightly higher terrain, which could be used as a temporary resting place for the army.
There was no one inhabited within thirty miles.
Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered the entire army to advance at full speed.
Rest for half a day in the birch forest before setting off.
After arriving in the birch forest, Zhao Ziliang ordered the soldiers to eat and drink immediately, rest and sleep immediately after eating and drinking, and arranged for his followers to serve as security guards.
At this time, the vanguard army led by Bo Lehan had already rested for two days.
After an hour, we continued heading north and traveled thirty miles.
While Zhao Ziliang's army was resting and sleeping, Bolehan sent someone to report again.
A Khitan tribe of seven to eight hundred people was discovered.
Bolehan decided to attack them.
When Zhao Ziliang's army all woke up at noon, Bolehan Han sent someone to report again that the vanguard army had wiped out the tribe of more than 700 people by the river eighty miles ahead.
He himself had killed more than 60 people and wounded more than 20 people.
When Zhao Ziliang arrived with his army in the afternoon, the camp by the river was in a mess, but all the bodies had been buried.
There were only the remains of many burned tents and some tents that had been dug out, as well as a total of more than 7,000 cattle, sheep and horses.
Brehan had already led the vanguard to continue heading north, leaving only about thirty people on site to look after the cattle, sheep and horses.
Zhao Ziliang looked at the cattle, sheep and horses all over the ground and shouted: "Judge, arrange for people to slaughter the cattle and sheep, take three days of meat to make dried meat and distribute it to each soldier.
Leave fifty people to drive the other cattle, sheep and horses back to Hedong." " "promise" It is not an easy task to drive the captured cattle, sheep and horses back to the east of the river.
Such a large number of livestock need to eat, so it is impossible to march as fast as a human being.
When walking, livestock eat for a while and then walk for a while.
Fortunately, this season is everywhere They are all weeds.
In places like Monan, you can see endless weeds as tall as a man.
Within three days, Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan both sent people to report that they had encountered some small tribes.
After raiding these tribes, they seized a large amount of cattle, sheep, horses, furs and wool.
Although they themselves suffered some losses, they could still bear them. within the range.
At present, they have sent people to drive back the captured cattle, sheep and horses.
It was impossible for Zhao Ziliang's army to raid a small grassland tribe without leaking news.
After some people escaped during the raid and fled to other tribes, the news spread.
This made the Khitan tribe and Tongluo in Mobei feel like they were facing a formidable enemy. , Zhao Ziliang and others could no longer make successful raids like before.
Tribes from all over the country sent out detective posts fifty miles away.
Zhao Ziliang's three armies were quickly discovered after they appeared.
Some Khitan tribes still view the Hedong Army in the same way as before, believing that the Hedong Army's combat effectiveness is mediocre.
Therefore, the whole clan fights against the Hedong Army.
If the Hedong Army has the upper hand, they will certainly fight.
If the Hedong Army does not have the upper hand, they will immediately retreat and join up with other friendly forces. , to accumulate troops and then fight against the enemy, some small groups of Hedong troops rushed forward greedily and suffered heavy losses.
Some even fell into the siege of the Khitan tribe army and were completely annihilated.
After the news of the defeat in the battle, Zhao Ziliang immediately sent an order not to allow the vanguard army and the left and right armies to disperse their forces to raid every Khitan tribe.
Instead, they concentrated their superior forces to attack the weak tribes first and avoid the powerful Khitan.
In short, the tribe abides by one principle: if it can win without losing too much of its own strength, it will fight.
If it can win but the loss will be too great, it will not fight, in order to preserve its own vitality.
Since they had already penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Khitan territory at this time, the three armies were fighting separately, and their connection was no longer as convenient as before.
Therefore, Zhao Ziliang sent people to give orders to Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan to decide on their own the marching route and whether to fight the Khitan tribes along the way.
But they must meet at the banks of the Dule River half a month later.
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The Dule River is the dividing line between Khitan and Tongluo.
After crossing the Dule River and going north, you will reach the territory of Tongluo.
The Khitan is also called Qibi.
It has many tribes.
The large tribes have tens of thousands of people, and the small tribes have There are hundreds of people, and the most powerful among the Khitan tribe is the Xi tribe.
However, the Xi tribe's strength was greatly reduced after being defeated by Wang Zhongsi last year.
At present, they can only collect seven or eight thousand riders at most.
That evening, Hu came to report: "General, Bolhan sent someone to report that the front is the territory of the Khitan Xi tribe.
Now the Xi tribe has prepared all the men and horses, about 8,000 fine cavalry, waiting for a decisive battle with our army.
Bolhan's The reconnaissance cavalry has already contacted the Xi clan The reconnaissance cavalry fought several times in succession, and both sides suffered losses.
Moreover, according to the information they caught and revealed, people from other Khitan tribes are also coming to this area.
Presumably the Khitan people want to unite to fight against our army."
"Oh."
Zhao Ziliang stood up with a riding whip and walked down the hillside along the lawn, followed closely by the general.
On the grassy hillside, Zhao Ziliang walked for a while and stopped and said: "Immediately send an order to Bulhan, telling him not to go further north, but to retreat a certain distance south to join the Chinese army.
Then send an order to the right army Gao Xiuyan, ordering him to quickly move to the center."
The army moves closer" "Where is General Zhang Shouyu?"
asked a captain.
"Don't worry, the previous military order is still valid.
We must rush to Dulehe within the specified time."
The generals around him didn't understand why Zhao Ziliang ordered Gao Xiuyan to lead his troops to join him.
Zhao Ziliang's move left the generals a little confused
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