Early in the morning, in the summer army camp of the city of Huluo, after a day of rest, the originally tired Xia army was in good spirits at this time, Li Liangzuo in the big tent of the Chinese army called all the generals and captains, although the summer army achieved a decisive victory in this operation, but Li Liangzuo did not stop the idea of war, on the contrary, Li Liangzuo planned to take the initiative to attack the Liao army.
"Generals, yesterday I have received accurate information, Yelu Chongyuan has retreated to the area of Montenegro to collect the rout, and Xiao Dadan, the leader of the Bai Dadan department, has led the remnants of 20,000 cavalry back to his hometown north of Yinshan, what do you think about this?"
Li Liangzuo said to everyone.
"Your Majesty, although our army has won a great victory this time, the Liao army still has the strength to fight, and the last general means that we will enter the territory of the Liao army and wipe out all the Liao troops west of the Yellow River."
Li Yi said in high spirits.
"Yes, yes, kill his turtle son" Li Liangzuo almost didn't laugh when he heard the Sichuan dialect with a Xixia accent, cleared his throat and said to everyone: "It is appropriate to take the initiative to attack, tell me about the specific action plan?"
Ji La Siyi stood up and said: "The last general thinks that we should attack the Black Mountain camp of the Liao army first, and it is best to capture Yelu Chongyuan alive, so that the Liao army has lost its military commander, and the so-called capture of the thief first captures the king." ” "It's all reasonable, Yelu Chongyuan is surrounded by the elite of the Liao army, as long as they are eliminated, the Liao State will have no soldiers and horses to compete with us since the west of Datong."
"Yes, these turtle sons must be annihilated" Li Liangzuo looked at the hotly discussed generals below, and said to everyone: "What the generals said is good, but your appetite is too small, in this battle, I will not only destroy the remnants of Yelu Chongyuan's Black Mountain camp, but also annihilate Bai Dadan's troops, and I will include the three states in the western part of Youyun into the territory of my Great Xia Kingdom." ” The generals were all surprised to hear that Li Liangzuo had such a big appetite, and Ji La Siyi immediately stood up and said to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, now that the snow is covering the mountains, our army's logistics grain and grass cannot be transported in at all. ” "It's all too much, this is a once-in-a-lifetime fighter; After our army penetrates into the Liao realm, we can use war to feed the war, and all the materials can be collected on the spot, and I have made up my mind, and the generals do not need to persuade them.
Li Liangzuo said decisively.
"Ministers obey His Majesty's Sacred Decree" "Okay, our army is divided into two routes in this campaign, the North Route Army is led by General Jila and 20,000 iron cavalry to level the Bai Dadan Division, all adult men are killed, and women are assigned as slaves; The Eastern Route Army was personally led by me, and after annihilating the remnants of Yelu Chongyuan's soldiers and horses, 40,000 iron cavalry captured the three states of Tiande, Yunnei, and Dongsheng.
Li Liangzuo gave a military order in a loud voice.
"The Last General Commands" This time, the Xia army took the initiative to attack, focusing on rapid mobile combat, so each person was equipped with two war horses, and the heavy armored cavalry was three war horses per person; In the battle the day before yesterday, Li Liangzuo annihilated all the 30,000 heavy armored cavalry of the Liao army, and the armor, weapons, and horses obtained allowed Li Liangzuo to expand the heavy armored cavalry to more than 10,000 people.
After marching for two hours, the army came to Yelu Chongyuan's camp at the foot of Black Mountain, at this time Yelu Chongyuan had less than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the weapons and armor were not complete, when Li Liangzuo led the army to arrive, the Liao army was withdrawing south.
Yelu Chongyuan did not expect that Li Liangzuo would dare to take the initiative to attack, leading the army deep into the territory of the Great Liao, at this time the Liao army did not have the fighting spirit to flee south in the ice and snow, less than 100 miles south of the Liao army's black mountain camp, it is the Liao State's important town Tiande City on the border of Xia and Liao.
"Report to Your Majesty, the Liao army is fleeing south."
The scout came to Li Liangzuo's side and reported.
"Map."
Li Liangzuo rode on his war horse and looked at the map and said; "To the south is Tiande City, an important town of the Liao army, and the army must be annihilated before the remnants of the Liao army enter Tiande City."
"Obedience" Winter was originally not suitable for combat, Li Liangzuo pursued all the way, and there were corpses of the Liao army all over the ground, these people were frozen to death, some even froze into popsicles, and many people in the Xia army were frozen to death and frostbitten, but this did not change Li Liangzuo's attitude towards the Liao attack, and the cavalry of the Xia army pursued the Liao army closely.
Two legs can never run four hooves, the Xia army iron cavalry soon caught up with the rear tail of the Liao army, the Liao army was already hungry and cold, and now there is a Xia army chasing and killing, so the Liao army is powerless to resist at all, plus Yelu Chongyuan did not expect the Xia army to dare to attack boldly, so when it was attacked by the Xia army, Yelu Chongyuan could not stop the effective defense.
After the first battle, most of the remnants of the 50,000 Liao army were annihilated, and the rest were all taken prisoner by the Xia army.
Tiande City is the largest military stronghold of Liao in the border between Xia and Liao, and there are 25,000 people in Tiande City alone in peacetime, but this expedition to Xia, Yelu Chongyuan will almost transfer the Tiande army, and at this time there are only 1,000 old and weak people left in the city to defend the city.
"Report to Your Majesty, I didn't find Yelu Chongyuan, and I found a horseshoe print in front of me."
The lieutenant came to Li Liangzuo's side and reported.
Under the leadership of the school captain, Li Liangzuo came to the horseshoe print, looked at the clear horseshoe prints on the ground Li Liangzuo said: "Look at the direction of this horseshoe print, Yelu Chongyuan must have fled to Tiande City, and now it's too late to chase."
"Your Majesty, are we just letting this turtle grandson go?"
"Let him go, how can there be such a reason, order the army to rush to Tiande City at full speed, and tell the brothers that if they don't want to freeze to death in the snow tonight, they will take the city down to Lao Tzu."
"Obedience" "Li Yi, pass on my will, after the city is broken, all those who resist will be killed" "Yes, the last general commands."
Li Liangzuo gave an order, and 40,000 Xia army iron horsemen came straight to Tiande City, Yelu Chongyuan just fled into the city when he heard his subordinates report that the Xia army had come to Tiande City.
"Damn, don't let people live, this ass hasn't been hot yet, Xia Jun is chasing after it," Yelu Chongyuan scolded.
"King, there are only a thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people in the city, and they are not the opponents of the Xia army at all, let's hurry up and escape, it's too late."
The adjutant general persuaded Yelu Chongyuan.
Yelu Chongyuan pulled the sentry horse of the report and asked viciously: "Tell me quickly, how many people are there in the Xia army?"
The sentry cavalry had already been frightened, and said tremblingly: "The mountains are full of Xia troops, and there must be at least 100,000 people."
"Impossible, where did the Xia army get so many soldiers and horses" Yelu Chongyuan asked with a glaring eye.
The deputy will continue to persuade Yelu Chongyuan: "King, even if the Xia army does not have 100,000, there are 50,000, the Xia army will attack the city with a great victory, our army will not be able to resist at all, the king should go quickly."
"Go, gather all the horses in the city, bring enough food, and we will rush to Qinghe City overnight."
Yelu Chongyuan ordered.
Not long after Yelu Chongyuan led one hundred and ten cavalry to leave from the south gate, the defenders of the Tiande army surrendered to Li Liangzuo, who occupied a strong military fortress without a single soldier, and all the grain, grass, weapons, armor, ordnance and other things that had been hoarded in the city for many years fell into the hands of the Xia army
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