Unconsciously, another year has passed, and in the past year, the whole world has been relatively peaceful, there have been no large-scale wars, but the Liao army in the bridgehead occasionally has some conflicts with the Song army, and that's it; However, the frontiers of the Great Xia Empire have never been calm, and small-scale wars have never been broken, especially in the north and northwest of the empire, that is, the areas under the jurisdiction of the Northern Protectorate of Anbei and the Great Metropolitan Protectorate of the Northern Court.
During this period, there were never fixed boundaries between countries, between tribes, and between tribes, and the so-called territory was actually the territory that could actually be controlled; Last winter, the cold snap from Siberia once again swept the entire northern hemisphere, and most of the territory of the entire Great Xia Empire suffered from the White Plague, fortunately, for these natural disasters, the Great Xia Empire had already taken precautions, and the empire had stored enough food, grass and heating items in many areas, and some of the affected tribes were rescued.
For the herdsmen of these tribes, it was fortunate to be a subject of the Great Xia Empire, and if such a disaster occurred in the past, it was very likely that the entire tribe would suffer a catastrophe; But not all tribes are lucky, the nomadic tribes located in the northern part of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, that is, the Baikal area of the North Sea, are not so lucky, they are sometimes obedient to the Great Xia Empire, sometimes rebelling, and have long annoyed Li Chahan, who is the Metropolitan Protector of Anbei.
Therefore, when faced with the nomadic tribes in the north asking for help, Richardan did not pay attention to them, in Richard's opinion, they were not the subjects of the empire at all, and the empire had no obligation to help them; Richard's actions also annoyed the leaders of these tribes, and after the deliberations of the tribal leaders, these tribes prepared to jointly send troops to the Great Xia Empire to loot in order to obtain the necessary supplies, and the northern frontier of the Great Xia Empire began to be in turmoil.
Zhenzhou, the residence of the Metropolitan Protectorate of Anbei.
Richardan had received a report from the north, the patrolling soldiers claimed that the two nomadic tribes in the northernmost part of the empire had been slaughtered, thousands of people had died, and all the cattle and sheep had been plundered.
"The envoy sent by His Majesty has arrived."
A general ran in to report to Richard.
"Prepare the incense case quickly and prepare to receive the order."
After Li Chahan finished speaking, he personally went out of the city to meet the envoys.
After welcoming the envoys into the palace, a set of procedures for receiving the decree has been completed, and the envoys asked for the holy decree to read it out loud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Order the Marquis of Anping and the capital of Anbei to protect Li Chahan to lead the Anbei army to crusade against the Beihai Department, and admire this." ” "Weichen commands, long live my emperor, long live, long live" "Master Hou, this is a tiger talisman," the envoy said as he handed a tiger talisman into Li Chahan's hand.
"There are angels all the way here, come to someone, arrange for the angels to go down and rest" "Thank you, Lord Hou" After receiving the holy decree, Li Chahan led the guards to the summer army camp outside the city, at this time the camp gathered 50,000 troops, in addition to the 30,000 Anbei army, there are 20,000 tribal soldiers, in this is already the largest force that Li Chahan can gather in the grassland, most of the troops of the Xia army's western expedition were requisitioned from the Anbei region, which has become the main source of Xia cavalry, and now the language of all the tribes under the jurisdiction of the Anbei Protectorate is no longer Turkic, but Chinese; This was also the most successful part of Li Liangzuo's assimilation reforms, and these tribes have become nomadic tribes that have been sinicized.
In the camp of the Xia army outside Zhenzhou City, the generals of the Anbei Army and some of the governors of the Governor's Mansion have arrived, and the 50,000 cavalry officers and soldiers of the Xia Army are ready to go on the colonel's field, and they are waiting for Li Chahan's military order, these 50,000 cavalry in addition to the 30,000 Anbei Army are veterans, and the rest of the 20,000 tribal soldiers are all recruits who have not been on the battlefield, and the average age of these tribal soldiers is not less than eighteen years old, and eighteen years old is already a qualified soldier for the grassland people.
"Soldiers, Your Majesty has sent an edict, ordering our Anbei Army to send troops to the Northern Expedition to rebel, to destroy all the enemies who dare to invade our Great Xia Empire, and we will use their blood to avenge our people," Li Chahan said impassionedly.
"Revenge, revenge, revenge" "Where is the Vast Governor Yelujin?"
"The end will be."
A veteran stepped forward and said.
"Ordered you to be the deputy marshal and assist Benhou in taking charge of the army."
Richard Han ordered.
"The Last General Commands" Yelu Jin is the first to surrender to the Xia army of the Liao, after the surrender has been serving as the vast governor, during the Anbei Army, Yelu Jin was once appointed as the Anbei Guard, responsible for managing the protection of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, although not officially appointed by the imperial court, but Yelu Jin is very valued, in the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate is completely equivalent to the second person, this expedition Li Chahan sent this veteran out of the horse, but also in order to let Yelu Jin earn some credit, so as to add officials to the knight.
"Where is Black Deter?"
"The Last Will Be" "Order you to be the vanguard general, lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to go first, and explore the way for the army ahead."
"The Last General Commands" "Where is Omunggo?"
"The Last Will Be" "Ordered you to be the commander of the Left Army" "The Last General Commands" "Where is the Wuduer?"
"The Last Will Be" "I ordered you to be the commander of the right army" "The Last General Commands" These people appointed by Li Chahan were all generals who surrendered to the Xia army back then, and these generals have been sitting on the cold bench all these years, and they have also written to Li Liangzuo several times to ask to lead the army to the battle, but they were all rejected by Li Liangzuo; First, because Li Liangzuo had enough generals under him at that time, these generals were all Li Liangzuo's descendants, and they had not grown up at that time, Li Liangzuo needed to let them go to the battlefield more and exercise more, and these generals could naturally only sit on the cold bench in the rear; Second, these generals are not at ease with Li Liangzuo, and they need to be inspected.
This time, the reason why Li Liangzuo asked Li Chahan to use these generals is because the generals of the Xia army are already a little insufficient, all the generals have their own tasks, Li Liangzuo has no extra generals to send to Li Chahan, and second, these generals have been suppressed for too long, if they are suppressed, it is estimated that there may be chaos, and it is not conducive to the future surrender work of the Great Xia Empire; In addition, because these veterans have been holding back for too long, this release is like being bitten by a tiger that has been hungry for a long time before it comes out of the cage.
After appointing generals at all levels, Li Chahan led the army to set off, from Zhenzhou to Beihai is still thousands of miles away, now it is just spring, the grass has just budded, it is the most vulnerable time for the nomadic tribes, and it is the best fighter to choose to attack at this time, the Xia army is not fast on this road, because in addition to the army they also carry a part of the cattle and sheep, some of these cattle and sheep are for the Xia tribe in the north, and the other part is to be used as the military food of the Xia army, which is also the difference between the steppe cavalry and the Central Plains, they don't have any food and logistical supplies at all.
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