After solving his worries and leveling all the small tribes in the Mobei grassland, the strength in Li Liangzuo's hands swelled to 200,000, of which 40,000 were the cavalry of the grassland tribes that had just been subdued.
After sweeping the small tribes in the southern part of the Mobei grassland, Li Liangzuo immediately led an army of 200,000 to the depths of the grassland, and this time Li Liangzuo marched very fast; After sweeping these small tribes in the south, Li Liangzuo collected a lot of horses, not all of which were war horses, but many of them were traveling horses and pack horses.
Here Tianyu will tell you about the concept of ancient horses, in the ancient cavalry, the types of horses are roughly divided into three categories, namely war horses, traveling horses and pack horses; When you hear the name, you know that war horses are used for fighting, marching horses are used for marching, and pack horses are used to carry things; The reason why the cavalry divides the horses so carefully is mainly because the cultivation cost of war horses is very high, so in the case of non-combat, the cavalry generally rides horses, and the soldiers of the cavalry cherish their war horses very much, and they are reluctant to ride special horses as grandfathers.
To get back to the point, Li Liangzuo led an army of 200,000 to march 180 miles in a day and night, and killed the old nest of the North Bu Department at the fastest speed; What is the concept of one hundred and eighty miles, the German armored division during World War II had a one-day marching distance of eighty kilometers, and a large number of marching horses can naturally increase the speed of the march.
However, despite Li Liangzuo's rapid march, the final result was still a step slower, and when Li Liangzuo led his army to the palace of the Great Prince, it was not surprising that Mogus had already led the main army back to help; When Li Liangzuo swept through the grasslands in the south of Mobei, Mogusi had already gotten the news; For the steppe people, it was easy to escape in the vast steppe, and the herdsmen who had escaped from the small tribes in the south revealed the news of the arrival of the Xia army to Mogus.
Mogusi was shocked when he heard it, but he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, although Mogus didn't expect that the Xia army would send troops to the Mobei grassland at this time, but the soldiers would block and the water would cover the earth, since Li Liangzuo came, then Mogusi wanted to meet the Xia army led by Li Liangzuo, in fact, he also had an understanding of the combat power of the Xia army, but in Mogus's opinion, these are all bragging, and only the cavalry of the North Blockade Department is the most powerful army in the world.
In such a state of mind, Mogus led an army of 100,000 to return to the palace of the Great King, plus the army left behind at this time Mogus still had 120,000 people in his hands; When Li Liangzuo led the army to the outside of the city of the Obstruction Palace, the not tall Obscuration Palace, had closed the city gate, Li Liangzuo did not choose to attack immediately, and the powerful army could not take any advantage in the siege war, in Li Liangzuo's opinion, the best way was to lure Mogus out and destroy it on the grassland, without the protection of the city wall, the Xia army could exert a strong combat effectiveness.
In order to lure Mogusi out of the city, Li Liangzuo sent someone to write a letter to Mogus, the content of the letter roughly means that Li Liangzuo scolded Mogusi for being a coward and did not dare to go out of the city to fight; What kind of person is Mogus, that is a tall and mighty steppe man with a straightforward personality, how can he endure being scolded as a coward by Li Liangzuo, Mogusi was anxious on the spot, and greeted Li Liangzuo's ancestors for eighteen generations.
Although the decisive battle did not start immediately, but the small-scale contact battle had begun, the scout team of the Xia army attacked everywhere, intercepting and killing the lone soldiers of the North Blockade Department everywhere, Li Liangzuo immediately withdrew to the south for thirty miles and set up camp for the south, for the cavalry, thirty miles is not far away, and it is not close to a node of the cavalry assault.
The camp where the Xia army was stationed was very distinctive, it was located on a hillside, which was a favorable commanding height compared to the surrounding flat terrain, and the surrounding movements could be seen from standing on the hillside, and the Xia army could observe whether there were enemy troops around at any time; Before the two armies started the war, Li Liangzuo won an advantage for the Xia army in terms of geographical advantages.
As soon as Li Liangzuo woke up in the early morning, Li Yi hurriedly walked in and reported to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, there is a large number of cavalry from the Northern Blockade Department outside the camp. ” Li Liangzuo was happy when he heard it, Li Liangzuo never thought that since his radical method had such a great effect, Mogus not only led the army to come, but also chose a battlefield that was very beneficial to him, Li Liangzuo said to Li Yi excitedly: "Li Yi ordered the army to assemble and prepare to go out of the camp to meet the enemy. ” Outside the camp of the Xia army, Li Liangzuo placed all his 200,000 troops on the mountainside, and opposite Li Liangzuo was the 120,000 steppe cavalry of the Northern Blockade Department under the command of Mogus; The two teams faced each other, no matter in terms of troops, terrain, weapons and equipment, personnel quality and other aspects, the Xia army under Li Liangzuo had an advantage, and it was a battle that could not be defeated at all for Li Liangzuo.
But Li Liangzuo didn't think so, in Li Liangzuo's opinion, this time he not only wanted to win, but also to win beautifully, it was best to win by a big score; The reason why Li Liangzuo wanted to do this was to promote the prestige of the Xia army, Li Liangzuo knew that although on the surface, these grassland tribes had surrendered to his feet, but in fact, these people had their own little Jiujiu in their hearts.
Li Liangzuo must use a big victory to shock them, let them understand the strength of the Xia army, completely surrender at their feet, and the combination of grace and power is the magic weapon to subdue these grassland men; Seeing that the Xia army was finished, Mogus rode his war horse and slowly walked towards Li Liangzuo's array, and on the other side, Li Liangzuo also turned his horse to meet Mogus.
After meeting with Li Liangzuo, Mogus said: "You are the little emperor of Western Xia; Ben Khan told your acquaintance to obediently lead the army out of the steppe and submit to the feet of Ben Khan, otherwise you will be wiped out in the Western Xia Kingdom. ” Li Liangzuo couldn't help but laugh when he heard Mogusi's arrogant appearance, and Li Liangzuo also said very arrogantly: "Okay, since you want me to surrender to you, then you have to show your true skills, and have the ability to fight us on the battlefield with real swords and guns, if I am defeated, don't say a word, immediately withdraw the army and return to China, if I win, you will die." ” Li Liangzuo's face was full of murder when he said the last sentence, which made Mogusi's heart tremble, Li Liangzuo still looked at Mogus with a smile and said: "I have 200,000 troops under my command, but I am now telling you that I only sent 50,000 troops when the two armies fought a decisive battle, as long as you can repel the army under my command, I will not say much and immediately turn around and return to Western Xia." ” Hearing Li Liangzuo say this, Mogus was very excited, in Mogus's opinion, Li Liangzuo was a fool at all, how could there be two armies fighting against their own side and still retaining their strength, who did not invest as many troops as possible to defeat their opponents as quickly as possible, so as to achieve the final victory.
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