Under a hillside about eighty miles west of Datong City, three thousand Xia army heavy armored knights and six thousand Southern Liao army light cavalry are engaged in a small-scale battle, although the scale of this battle is very small, but it is also very tragic, although the strength of both sides is one to two, but from the class and combat power are not at the same level.
When the heavy cavalry meets the light cavalry, if it is in the daytime on the frontal battlefield, if the commander of the light cavalry is not a fool, the heavy cavalry will definitely not be able to beat the light cavalry, because although they are all cavalry, but their focus is different, the heavy cavalry focuses on a short distance to carry out assault operations, while the light cavalry is a long-distance long-distance attack, so when the heavy cavalry meets the light cavalry, as long as it is not a frontal battle, the defeat must be the heavy cavalry.
But tonight's battle was very different, because it was a head-on collision between heavy cavalry and light cavalry, which was like using a heavy tank to load a tractor, in front of a heavy tank, the tractor was no match at all; Since it was night, neither side carried out long-range bow attacks.
As soon as it came up, it was a short encounter, and the sprint speed of the two sides coupled with the Xia army's sharp war horse sabers The improved version of the Mongolian scimitar by the Western Xia craftsmen, the heavy armored knights of the Xia army could easily cut through the leather armor of the light cavalry of the Southern Liao army without swinging the knife at all, and then directly hit the vital point; On the other hand, the light cavalry of the Southern Liao army did not have such good results, because the Xia army was a heavy cavalry, so the general sword could not break the heavy armor of the Xia cavalry at all.
The heavy armored knights who were hit by the light cavalry of the Southern Liao Army did not suffer heavy losses at all, but left a white mark on the armor, of course, this does not mean that the heavy armored knights of the Xia army did not have casualties, and it was easy to collide in the process of the cavalry sprinting against each other, and some heavy armored knights were more unlucky, and they were hit in a place where the heavy armor was not protected.
The time of the battle between the two sides was very short, although the heavy armored knights led by Liang Gewei had some losses, but the losses caused to the Southern Liao army were greater, the heavy armored cavalry of the Xia army defeated the Liao light cavalry in a very short time, Yelu Mu did not dare to take the initiative to attack when he saw that the situation was not good, but ordered the army to do a good job of defense.
Liang Gewei led his heavily armored knights to slowly evacuate from the middle of the two hillsides, and Yelu Mu, who was beaten, could only watch Liang Gewei lead the army to retreat; Standing in Yelumu's position, in fact, his choice was right, looking forward from Yelumu's position, he could vaguely see some flags fluttering in the dark, the flag was the symbol of an army, Yelumu thought that the hillside was densely packed with Xia troops.
Due to the fact that Yelumu was counterattacked twice by the Xia army in a row in one night, Yelumu has become very cautious, Yelumu is now not afraid of 10,000 in case, in case the slopes on both sides are really Xia army, if he continues to pursue, it is very likely that he will end up with a completely annihilated end, in order to be cautious, Yelumu gave up the pursuit of Li Yi.
On the other hand, Li Liangzuo said again, although Li Liangzuo was already very careful, but he was still discovered by the Southern Liao Army's exploration horse, and when the Southern Liao Army's exploration horse was discovered, Li Yi had already fought with Yelu Mu in the west; After discovering Li Liangzuo's main army, Tanma immediately reported the news to Yelu Chongyuan, who heard the news and scolded himself for being stupid and scolded himself for being deceived by Li Liangzuo's tricks.
But at this time, it was not too late to know the news, Yelu Chongyuan sent someone to inform Yelu Mu to turn north to attack Li Liangzuo's main army, and on the other hand, he personally led the troops to the north of Datong to attack Li Liangzuo, at this time Li Liangzuo I led 3,000 soldiers and horses and Yelu Renxian's more than 20,000 troops on the road to the withdrawal of the main army, to be honest, Li Liangzuo did not trust these Northern Liao troops under Yelu Renxian from the beginning.
Li Liangzuo left Yelu Renxian's soldiers and horses by his side, in addition to thinking that they would be cannon fodder, but more importantly, he was afraid that they would rebel, we can make such a hypothetical scenario, Li Liangzuo led the Xia army to block the pursuit of the Southern Liao army here, and Yelu Renxian led the Northern Liao army and the army of the Xia army escorting the supplies to evacuate together, so that the materials may be looted before they have withdrawn to the destination.
You must know that this time Li Liangzuo looted a lot of materials from Datong City, there are more than 1,000 carts, which are filled with grain, grass, weapons, armor, gold, silver, jewelry, and silk and silk, with a total value of nearly 6 million taels of silver, which is a huge amount of money, and it is all the wealth accumulated by Datong over the years.
In order to protect these looted wealth, but also for the safe evacuation of the main army, Li Liangzuo chose to personally lead the army to break off, in order to prevent the sudden attack of the Southern Liao army, Li Liangzuo sent a large number of probe horses around, it can be said that Li Liangzuo has been fully prepared, time passed little by little, but Li Liangzuo still did not receive any news about Yelu Chongyuan, the more this is the more anxious Li Liangzuo is anxious, and many things are not sure that it is a good thing.
"Report, report, report" A scout horse galloped towards Li Liangzuo, and the spy came to Li Liangzuo's side, turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and said: "Your Majesty, a large number of cavalry were found in the southeast, suspected to be the Southern Liao Army. ” "Got it, let's go down," Li Liangzuo said with a calm face.
After the spies left, Li Liangzuo said to Yelurenxian: "Your Royal Highness the King of Ruyang, it seems that your old opponent will not let us go so easily, what should you do according to your wishes?"
Yeluren first said to Li Liangzuo with a bitter face: "Everything is at your Majesty's command. ” "In that case, you're welcome."
Li Liangzuo said with a smile on his face.
Immediately afterwards, Li Liangzuo issued a military order: "Order the army to retreat to the nameless hillside, and place more flags to prepare to meet the enemy." ” Not long after Li Liangzuo retreated to the hillside, Yelu Renxian led a large number of soldiers and horses to arrive, Li Liangzuo led less than 30,000 troops of the Western Xia and Northern Liao, facing the main force of Yelu Chongyuan's troops and horses as many as 80,000, and it will not be long before the 50,000 troops led by Yelu Mu will also arrive, so it is conceivable how much pressure Li Liangzuo should have been at that time, with the strength in Li Liangzuo's hands at that time, it could have been possible to compete with the Southern Liao army.
In order to stop Yelu Chongyuan Li Liangzuo used a suspicious tactic, in fact, it is almost the same as Li Yi's practice of planting flags on the hillside, you don't underestimate the flag, if you use it well, it is absolutely no problem to bluff the opponent, Li Liangzuo put the remaining elite of the Xia army and the Northern Liao army led by himself in the front, and the rest of the Northern Liao new army in the back, after all, looking down from the hillside, all the black pressure is the Southern Liao army, and you can't see the edge, and the timid people, especially the recruits, are easy to be timid when they see this situation.
Not to mention the recruits who have just enlisted, even Li Liangzuo saw that the endless Southern Liao army below was a little numb; However, Yelu Chongyuan was not happy, the shadow in Li Liangzuo's heart still existed, looking at the fluttering flags on the hillside, Yelu Chongyuan did not dare to rashly launch an attack.
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