Li Liangzuo's plan worked, the two sides just made contact with the Serbian army and suffered heavy losses, facing the Xia army's two-sided attack, the strategic situation of the Serbian army was very bad, in the face of the Xia cavalry that continued to break in, the hatred in Maliksha's heart The current situation is already very unfavorable to the Serbian army, and the Serbian army will only suffer more heavy losses if it continues to fight, so the two armies fought for less than half an hour, and Maliksha ordered the whole army to retreat.
"Tell the army to evacuate immediately."
Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Maliksha immediately and decisively issued a military order.
"Your Majesty, our army has just started the war and retreated, isn't it," said an adjutant general to Maliksha.
Maliksha said decisively: "The current situation is not favorable to our army, and if we continue to fight, the situation will only be more unfavorable to our army.
"Yes, I'll do it."
After Maliksha issued the military order, the Serbian army began to retreat in an orderly manner, although Li Liangzuo led the Xia army to chase closely, but after the two sides distanced themselves, the Xia army's attack on the Serbian army became weaker and weaker, and after successfully getting rid of the pursuit of the Xia army, Maliksha immediately sent someone to give an order to Mehat, so that he could lead the army to meet him.
At this time, Mehat's army was suffering from frequent attacks by Li Yanzong's troops, Li Yanzong divided his army into several units according to the original plan, and the commanders of the generals of each department kept attacking the Serbian army, so as to delay the Serbian army's rescue operation against the Serbian army that was still in the encirclement of the Xia army.
"Drive, drive, drive" A herald rode a fast horse towards the Chinese army in Mehat, and upon seeing Mehat, the herald immediately announced: "Your Majesty has an order, and General Mehat is ordered to withdraw his army as soon as possible, without mistake." ” "The last general commands."
Although Mehhat was very puzzled by this, he still took the military order, after all, the holy order cannot be said.
Although the march was difficult, but the retreat was very easy, Mehhat led an army of 100,000 and soon joined forces with Malikshah, after seeing Malikshah, Mehhat asked: "Your Majesty, why did you suddenly let the last general withdraw his army?"
” "The reinforcements of the Xia army have arrived, we have lost our fighters, and we must think about it in the long run."
Maliksha said.
"But Your Majesty, our time is obviously running out, and if we delay any longer, we will run out of food and grass, and the trapped brothers are estimated to have no food and grass."
Mehhart said.
"I have just received information that the Xia army in the Terra fan has already moved and is attacking the Iron Gate Pass, once the Iron Gate Pass is breached, we will really become dogs beaten by the Xia Army."
"Your Majesty means to retire," Mehhat asked, surprised.
"I haven't made a final decision yet, I want to ask your opinion" "Your Majesty, please forgive the words of the last general, we can say that the battle of the Northern Expedition has been lost, the Xia army is indeed much stronger than we imagined, and in addition to the Xia Emperor Li Liangzuo's tricks, it is basically impossible to win in the unfavorable situation of our army; Although our army was defeated, its foundation was not damaged at all, and as long as His Majesty can return home safely and work hard, he will be able to make a comeback in a few years. ” If it was before, Maliksha would inevitably reprimand Mehhard, but this time Maliksha was unusually calm, this performance shows that Mariksha has accepted Mehhard's opinion to some extent, but this is very important for Mehhard, because this is a chance for Mehhard, a chance to get Marikshah's approval, and getting the king's approval means that Mehhard's next step is to enter the upper echelons of the Seljuk Empire, and he is no longer a small leading general.
"If I choose to withdraw my troops now, it will be equivalent to giving up the 300,000 troops who were besieged, which will make me explain to the people of the world after I return to the dynasty."
Maliksha still said unconsciously.
Mehhat continued to persuade: "But Your Majesty, even if Your Majesty does not withdraw the army, can Your Majesty guarantee that we will be rescued by these 200,000 troops and our army's food and grass are about to run out, without food and grass, these 200,000 Serbian warriors, without the Xia army to attack, I am afraid that we will be scattered." ” "You Rong Zhen think about it" "Whether it is fighting or retreating, please make a decision as soon as possible, and the last general will swear to follow His Majesty's military orders."
Mehhat said with a salute to Maliksha.
On the other side, Li Liangzuo led the army to join Li Yanzong, and there are still 170,000 people in the two armies of the Xia army, counting the soldiers and horses stationed in various places to surround the Serbian army, the main army of the Xia army still has 470,000 troops, if you count the other divisions, the strength of the Xia army still has more than 600,000 troops; On the other hand, the main army of the Serbian army still has 500,000 people, and these 500,000 troops are divided into two parts and are in danger; Since Maliksha led reinforcements, the Serbian army has lost 200,000 troops, and the partial division led by Sevic has also suffered heavy losses.
In terms of total strength, the Serbian army no longer has an advantage, and the Serbian army is within the strategic encirclement of the Xia army, losing the logistics supply, and the defeat of the Serbian army is basically a sure thing, now let's see how much the Xia army needs to pay to annihilate the Serbian army, and whether Maliksha can lead the army to break out of the encirclement and return to the Seljuk Empire.
Dozens of miles north of the camp of the Serbian army is the camp of the Xia army, originally the two armies of the Xia and the Sai army were facing each other from east to west, but now it has become a north-south look, Li Liangzuo led the 170,000 Xia army to protect the heart of the 300,000 Xia army that surrounded the Serbian army, with this 170,000 army in hand, although Li Liangzuo did not have absolute confidence to leave Marikshah, but he was still very confident in blocking Maliksha from the encirclement of the Xia army.
In the big tent of the Xia Army, Li Yanzong knelt on the ground and pleaded with Li Liangzuo: "The last general is incompetent, and he did not hold the camp and ask Your Majesty to punish him." ” Li Liangzuo said expressionlessly: "It's not your fault, you were attacked by Xia Jun from both sides; However, our Xia army has clear rewards and punishments, and Li Yanzong bears the responsibility for the defeat, and I will deal with it after returning to Beijing. ” "Your Majesty" "Now the main force of our army and the main force of the Serbian army are on par, and the Serbian army is still divided into two parts by our army, the key to the next battle is to annihilate all the 500,000 Serbian troops at the minimum cost, do you have a way to make peace?"
asked Li Liangzuo to the generals.
Li Yi first said to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, the last general thinks that the current enemy of our army is still Maliksha in the south, and the Serbian army in our encirclement is completely a turtle in an urn; The last general thought that he should concentrate his superior forces, first annihilate the 200,000 Serbian troops led by Malikshah, and then turn back to clean up the surrounded Serbian army. ” "Your Majesty, the Serbian army surrounded by our army has basically run out of food and grass, and it only takes three or five days to wait for the Serbian army to collapse without occupying itself, and it will be easy for our army to annihilate the enemy army at that time."
Ji La Yong'er said.
"Okay, tomorrow we will secretly transfer 100,000 troops from among the soldiers and horses besieging the Serbian army to participate in the siege of Malikshah, and strive to annihilate it in one fell swoop."
Li Liangzuo gave a military order in high spirits.
"Report, report, report Your Majesty, the Sentinel Cavalry has reported that the Serbian army has withdrawn to the west."
An adjutant general ran in and reported to Li Liangzuo.
"Your Majesty, hurry up and order a pursuit," the generals asked Li Liangzuo for his life.
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