Xia Jun rested at the foot of Yong'an Mountain for ten days, at this time it has entered the late autumn when the weather begins to gradually cool, Li Liangzuo must find a shelter for the Xia army in the northeast before the winter comes, otherwise hundreds of thousands of troops in the ice and snow, it is very likely to be frozen to death, Li Liangzuo in addition to finding a place for the Xia army, but also for the Xia army to prepare enough cotton clothes for the winter; In addition, it is necessary to prepare enough food and grass, after all, the Xia army will face siege warfare next, and it is fighting in agricultural areas, there is no endless prairie here, and there is no way for these steppe warriors to hunt freely.
If you want to feed these hundreds of thousands of troops, Li Liangzuo needs a lot of materials, but it is impossible for Li Liangzuo to transport these materials from the distant Western Xia, the only way is to raise them nearby, saying that raising them is actually robbing, Li Liangzuo cannot spend a lot of money to buy these things from the local people, who makes them the people of Liao But robbery is also to pay attention to skills, Li Liangzuo's hands have enough troops, to rob the materials naturally need a lot, and for the location to be robbed, it must also be a large and medium-sized city in Liao, because those small places are not enough for Li Liangzuo to stuff his teeth, and Li Liangzuo's first target was set on Zhongjing Dading Mansion, one of the five capitals of Liao.
Zhongjing Dading Mansion is one of the five capitals of Liao, located in the hinterland of Liao, since the founding of Liao Taizu, it has always been an important strategic zone in the middle of Liao, Zhongjing Dadingfu is a traffic core of the entire Liao, all the roads leading to all parts of Liaoguo almost have to pass through here, Zhongjing Road is connected to Shangjing Road in the north, Nanjing Road in the south, Xijing Road in the west, and Tokyo Road in the east, which shows the strategic importance of Dadingfu in Liao.
After the Liao Civil War, the importance of Dading Mansion has become more prominent, Dading Mansion has been under the control of Southern Liao, which has not only become a link hub between Nanjing Road and Tokyo Road, but also has become an important forward base of Northern Liao to resist and attack, as the largest strategic location of Southern Liao in the north, a large number of materials will naturally be stored in the city of Dadingfu, and these materials are what Li Liangzuo urgently needs now.
Li Liangzuo led 350,000 troops to cross Yong'an Mountain, and Yelu Hongji led the Northern Liao army to divide into two roads, Li Liangzuo led the army to Songshan at the fastest speed, Songshan is located in the territory of Zhongjing Road, in the northwest direction of Dadingfu, only more than 150 miles away from Dadingfu, according to the speed of the Xia cavalry, 150 miles only one day to arrive, Li Liangzuo stationed the army in Songshan, the first is to let the Xia army rest and recuperate, the second is that Li Liangzuo wants to discuss the action plan with the generals.
"Let's talk about how we fought this battle in the past, my Xia army was a field battle, this time it is a siege battle, I have received accurate information, the Southern Liao army has 50,000 garrisons in Dading Mansion, the whole city is built like a fortress, and the materials in the city are also piled up; If we take this city, our army's winter food and grass will basically be solved, and if we can't take this city, everyone will starve together.
Li Liangzuo said to the generals.
So the generals began to discuss fiercely around the sand table of Dading Mansion, in fact, no matter how they discussed, there is no good way to siege warfare in this era, and for those well-defended cities, they can only be filled with human lives; In order to be able to take down the Dading Mansion Li Liangzuo can be regarded as a bloody investment, Li Liangzuo specially transferred a group of skilled craftsmen from Jincheng to build large-scale siege equipment, these people are Li Liangzuo's baby bumps, it is impossible for Li Liangzuo to let them act with the army until the last resort, after all, marching in this era is very dangerous, if there is an accident on the road and one dies, it will be an irreparable loss for Western Xia.
Seeing the heated discussion among the generals, in the end, they couldn't come up with a feasible plan, Li Liangzuo frowned and said: "Okay, okay, don't discuss it, you can't come up with a good plan for a lifetime." ” "The ministers are ignorant, please give your majesty advice."
The generals immediately said to Li Liangzuo.
Li Liangzuo said helplessly: "Actually, I don't have any good way, I can only rely on the generals to lead my brothers to fight hard." ” When the generals heard this, instead of being depressed, they all said enthusiastically: "The last general will obey His Majesty's military orders. ” "The herald order, the army will rest in Songshan for a day today, and march to Dading Mansion tomorrow."
Li Liangzuo firmly issued a military order.
"Your Majesty respectfully obeys Your Majesty's Divine Commandment."
All the generals knelt down in unison and saluted Li Liangzuo and said.
On the day when Li Liangzuo marched into Dadingfu, that is, when Gao Wei led the army to occupy Zhuozhou, at this time the Xia army can be said to have formed a north-south flank attack on the Southern Liao army, although the Xia army formed a north-south flank attack on the Southern Liao army, but the South Route Army led by Gao Wei was very weak, only more than 15,000 people, more than enough to protect himself and not enough to attack, not to mention that Gao Wei always faced the threat of the Southern Song army; On the other side, the main force of the Hetao Army led by Ji La Siyi was blocked by the Southern Liao Army outside Juyong Pass, and he could not advance a single step.
Originally, after Yelu Nerugu occupied Nanjing Road, Ji La Siyi led the Xia army to kill it, in order to resist the attack of the Hetao army, Yelu Nerugu gathered his main army in Changping, Changping is located in the northwest direction of Xijin Mansion, the southwest direction of Dading Mansion, from Changping to Dading Mansion has more than 600 miles, according to the marching speed of the Southern Liao Army, it will take at least five days to arrive, that is to say, Li Liangzuo has at most five days to take Dading Mansion, otherwise he will face the internal and external attack of the Southern Liao Army.
In order to maintain the best combat effectiveness of the army, the journey that could have been completed in one day, Li Liangzuo was stunned and walked for two days, before this Dading Mansion had already gotten the news, and at the same time the news was transmitted to the hands of Yelu Nerugu at an expedited speed of eight hundred miles, Li Liangzuo did not know that when he led the army to Dading Mansion, Yelu Nerugu had led a light cavalry of thousands of people from Changping to Dading Mansion.
Under the city of Dadingfu, the endless Xia army set up a formation, Li Liangzuo rode on the black wind and looked at the big city in front of him, for this siege Li Liangzuo made full preparations, Li Liangzuo knew very well in his heart that this would be the most difficult battle for his army, no matter in what era the siege war will be the most tragic war, in the siege war The original disparity in strength will be quickly leveled, the ancients surrounded it five times, ten times attacked; This means that only ten times as many besieging troops as the defending army can attack the city.
Although the Xia army has not yet attacked the city, the murderous aura exuded by the Xia army has already made some timid southern Liao troops feel afraid, Li Liangzuo looked at the city of Dadingfu The corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, and said to Li Yi beside him: "Bring me my golden dragon treasure carving bow." ” Li Yi didn't dare to slack off and immediately took Li Liangzuo's Golden Dragon Treasure Carving Bow, Li Liangzuo rode on Hei Feng and picked up the Golden Dragon Treasure Carving Bow, accompanied by a carved long arrow, and asked Li Yi beside him with a smile: "Li Yi, how far is it from here to the city wall?"
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