Li Liangzuo's Xia army in the first battle of Dadingfu can be said to have suffered heavy casualties, which was a disastrous victory; Behind this disastrous victory is the decline in the combat effectiveness of the Xia army, because in the last year, the Xia army has carried out a sharp expansion, although the total strength of the Xia army has increased, but the combat effectiveness has dropped significantly, plus the following Li Liangzuo's eastern expedition is the newly formed grassland corps, although in terms of weapons and equipment is the same as other units of the Xia army, but the combat effectiveness is much inferior, to a large extent, because the composition of this army is too complex, and has not been systematically trained.
From the expedition to the present, Li Liangzuo's current strength is less than 250,000 troops, which means that the 300,000 troops of the Xia army have lost 100,000 troops so far; Although there were so many losses of soldiers and horses, the combat effectiveness of the Xia army not only did not decline, but improved, and several bloody battles made these unruly steppe cavalry know how to cooperate with the battle; These men who were born on the grassland have strong combat effectiveness, but they just don't know how to cooperate with each other, and they learn these valuable tactics on the battlefield.
On the other side, Yelu Nerugu's losses are greater, since the evacuation in Dading Mansion, Yelu Nerugu led the army to retreat to Yuzhou, the original main force of more than 200,000 Eastern Liao Army, now only about 100,000 remains, in addition to the soldiers and horses lost before guarding Dading Mansion, Yelu Nerugu's Eastern Liao Army has lost 130,000 people before and after, although the Eastern Liao Army has not been completely wiped out, but now it has been severely damaged by the Xia Army.
The most important thing is Yelu Nerugu's elite Tielin Army, which lost sixty percent in the Battle of Dadingfu, and now there are only more than 10,000 Tielin Army left; In fact, whether it is the Xia army or the Eastern Liao army, the number of people who really died on the battlefield is not too much, more people are injured, coupled with the sudden cold weather, many wounded soldiers can't stand the cold and are directly frozen to death, the Eastern Liao army lost Dadingfu, and more people froze to death on the way to Yuzhou.
Anyway, in this big battle, the Xia army and the Eastern Liao army can be said to have fought a lose-lose situation.
Now that the Xia army and the Eastern Liao army have fought you to the death, the cheap ones are Yelu Hongji's Northern Liao and Wanyan Hanpu's Jurchens, of course, Wanyan Hanpu's power is still too small, and the affairs of his own family have not been resolved, and it is impossible to start a foreign war immediately.
However, Yelu Hongji was not like this, after taking Xingzhong Mansion, Yelu Hongji immediately ordered to take out all the money in the treasury to recruit troops and horses to expand the military strength, and the strength of the Northern Liao army expanded rapidly; With soldiers and horses, naturally they can't be raised in vain, and with the dream of recovering the lost land, Yelu Hongji began to lead the army to fight everywhere in the cold winter to regain the lost land; It successively recovered Jianzhou, Qianzhou, Andezhou, Jinzhou and other places, and the troops pointed directly at Lizhou.
Lizhou is located in the southeast of Yuzhou, the two places are only a hundred miles apart, take Yuzhou can pose a threat to Yelu Nelugu from the side, in the big tent of Yelu Hongji outside the city of Lizhou, Yelu Hongji sits on the dragon chair, Yelu Yixin, Yelu Renxian, Xiao Yuanshan, Zhao Ge and others are all under the tent to obey orders.
The attack on Lizhou is the result of Yelu Hongji's thinking for a long time, Yelu Hongji does not want the Xia army to stay in the territory of Liao too much, the only way to force the Xia army to leave is to destroy all the rebels as quickly as possible, that is, Yelu Nerugu's Eastern Liao army, as long as the Eastern Liao army is eliminated, Li Liangzuo will have no excuse not to leave.
"Your Majesty, the army has been assembled."
A herald came in to report.
Yelu Hongji sat on the dragon chair and said to the ministers below: "Ladies and gentlemen, the rebels have been severely defeated, and now is a good time to destroy them in one go. ” "Obey Your Majesty's Sacred Commandment."
The ministers saluted Yeluhongki and said.
Now the Northern Liao army has won several victories in succession, and the morale is high, and it is not a problem to a small city like Lizhou, under the several charges of the Northern Liao army, the Eastern Liao army guarding Lizhou immediately abandoned the city and fled, and some simply raised their hands to surrender, for these surrendered soldiers Yelu Hongji incorporated them into his own army, after all, these people are valuable soldiers to Yelu Hongji.
After successfully taking Lizhou, Yelu Hongji was even more high-spirited, thinking that the elimination of the rebels was just around the corner; On the other hand, the loss of Lizhou is extremely bad news for Yelu Nerugu, which means that his flank is completely exposed to the front of the Northern Liao army.
"Your Majesty, now that Lizhou has been lost, Yelu Hongji's army is only a hundred miles away from Yuzhou, please make a quick decision on what our army should do."
An old minister said to Jerunerugu.
"General Lin, how many elite soldiers and horses do our army still have?"
asked Yelu Nerugu to General Lin.
General Lin replied: "Your Majesty, the army has just experienced a major battle, and its military strength has not yet recovered, and the number of sergeants who can fight now is really limited. ” Yelu Nerugu frowned and said, "I don't need too many soldiers and horses, I will give you half a day to prepare 30,000 iron horses for me, and this time I will go in person." ” "Yes, the last general commands."
General Lin took the military order.
Yelu Hongji took advantage of the winter to launch an offensive, it can be said that it was completely beyond Yelu Nerugu's expectations, in Yelu Nerugu's view, the troops will block, the water will come to cover the earth, since the people are coming, we can't help but retreat, besides, this winter, even retreat is not good legs, once it encounters a white plague, it is likely to lead to the annihilation of the whole army, in this case, Yelu Nerugu can only sacrifice his life.
Half a day later, General Lin will select 30,000 iron horsemen from the whole army, these people are the few capable Li Liangzuo in the Eastern Liao army, and they are also the last reliance of Yelu Nerugu, Yelu Nerugu stood on the school platform and said to someone: "Brothers, now Yelu Hongji has colluded with the Xia people to do all kinds of evil, and killed our brothers and sisters, parents, wives and children; Now that Yelu Hongji has taken Lizhou, which is less than a hundred miles away from here, we should give up our lives and have hope of survival instead of sitting and waiting for death again; For the sake of the future of our children and grandchildren, for your future, and for the future of the Great Liao Kingdom, brothers swear a bloody battle against the enemy. ” "Bloody battle, bloody battle" Under the leadership of Yelu Nerugu, 30,000 Southern Liao troops left Yuzhou and went east against the wind and snow, a big war has been inevitable, this is a war of great disparity, and at the same time it is also a life and death battle for Yelu Nerugu, if this is defeated, then Yelu Nerugu has a chance to start over, but if it is defeated, it will be the end of the death of the country.
If the two armies fight head-to-head, Yelu Nerugu can be said to have no chance of winning, after all, the difference in strength between Shuangfang is too big, Yelu Nerugu only has 30,000 iron cavalry on his side, while Yelu Hongji has nearly 200,000 troops Tianyu knelt down and begged for recommendations, monthly passes, rewards, please everyone
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