In the camp of the summer army of Samma, the time of ten days passed quickly, and Li Bingchang, the king of Jin, gathered 100,000 of the most elite Western Expeditionary Army as the main force in the camp of Samma, including 30,000 fire crow army, 30,000 iron cavalry, and 40,000 foot soldiers; The rest of the 50,000 troops are used as backups, after all, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and if there is no reserve, Li Bingchang will not be able to deal with it in a critical situation.
"Big brother, the 100,000 army has been assembled, and the 50,000 reinforcements will be able to arrive later."
Li Hao, the king of Yue, reported to Li Bingchang, the king of Jin.
"Old Five, I will lead 100,000 main forces as the vanguard, and you will lead the remaining 50,000 iron cavalry to detour to their rear, cut off the support of the Khorezm army stationed in Puhualuo, and seize the Ryan as quickly as possible."
Li Bingchang ordered.
"It's the younger brother who takes the order."
Li Hao took the military order and said.
This time Li Bingchang wants to start a war with the object is not the Seljuk Empire, after all, the Seljuk Empire is too powerful, not Li Bingchang can deal with, Li Bingchang wants to attack Khorezm, the original historical Khorezm has been completely annexed by the Seljuk Empire at this time, but now it is not, because of the emergence of the Great Xia Empire, Khorezm has not only been preserved, but also become more and more powerful, relying on the only way to trade between the Great Xia Empire and the West, Khorezm has accumulated a lot of wealth over the years.
The current monarch of the Kingdom of Khorezm is Galga, who may not have been, after taking over the scepter from his father, he has been reforming aggressively, integrating the originally loose country into a centralized kingdom, and the reason why it has become a kingdom rather than an empire is because the current Khorezm cannot form the size of an empire in terms of land or population; Galgar concentrated all the power of the kingdom in his own hands.
Today, Khorezm has a population of 5 million and 300,000 male teachers; It borders the Bactria Empire in the east, the Volga River in the west, the Seljuk Empire in the south, the northern Iranian Plateau, and the southern foothills of the Ural Mountains in the north.
Although it was not a world power, it was also a regional power at that time, and Khorezm was still a multi-ethnic country combining agriculture and nomadism, and the combat effectiveness of its army should not be underestimated; Now Khorezm has moved the capital to Yulongjie Chicheng.
Yulongjie Chicheng is located in the plain between the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea of Khorezm, is the essence of the whole Khorezm, the people who live in Yulongjie Chicheng are as many as one million people, it is the most populous city in Central Asia at that time, the reason why Yulongjie Chicheng has such a large scale, and its unique geographical location is closely related, Yulongjie Chicheng is located in the traffic artery of the East and West North Road, the merchants who come and go are endless, and the surrounding land is fertile and suitable for farming, so it was created.
The Xia army attacked the two westernmost cities of Khorezm in two ways, Puhualuo and Rian, Puhualuo was originally the territory of the Black Khan Dynasty, after the fall of the Black Khan Dynasty, the Xia army once used the road of Khorezm, and formed an alliance with Khorezm to attack Samad from the flank; After the capture of Puhualuo, as a reward Li Liangzuo gave this city to Khorezm; Today, Puhualuo has a population of 200,000 and 30,000 Khorezm troops stationed there, making it the largest city in Khorezm in the east.
There are more than 400 miles from Sama to Puhualuo, even if it is a cavalry, it will take at least three days to arrive, not to mention that the Xia army still has heavy cannons and siege equipment, and it is nearly 800 miles farther away to Li'an, although the cavalry led by Li Hao, the king of Yue, it will take five or six days to arrive; Therefore, Li Hao led the cavalry to set off first, between Li'an and Puhualuo, which Li Bingchang arrived before he arrived at Puhualuo.
Time passed quickly, and the time of five days passed in a blink of an eye, and the 100,000 army led by Li Bingchang was still far away from Puhualuo Inside the main camp of the summer army.
Li Bingchang called General Xia to his side and said, "This march is too slow, and we won't be able to reach Puhualuo in two days." ” "What does the prince think?"
asked General Xia.
Li Bingchang then said: "In this way, this king will lead 30,000 iron cavalry and 30,000 foot soldiers first, and you will lead the fire crow army and 10,000 foot soldiers as the rear army, and we will meet under Puhualuo City." ” "Lord Wang, why don't you lead the 60,000 army first," General Xia said.
"This king should go to survey the terrain first, what is the use of you going so early," Li Bingchang said; "At this rate, the king's army will be able to reach the city of Puhualuo before sunset tomorrow."
Li Bingchang's foot soldiers did not walk on two legs, but on horseback; It was only one less horse than the cavalry, and the cavalry had at least three horses, one of which was a war horse and two pack horses; Originally, there were not many horses in the Western Expeditionary Army, and these horses were borrowed by Li Bingchang from the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate and the Northern Court Metropolitan Protectorate after he came to the Western Regions, and they would have to be returned in the future.
In the evening of the next day, Li Bingchang led his army to the city of Puhualuo, and Li Bingchang surrounded Puhualuo with an army of 60,000; The name of the general is Zalandin; Zalandin was the confidant of King Khorezm, otherwise he would not have sent Zalandin to Puhualuo; At the moment when the Xia army approached the city, Zalandin received the news that the Xia army was about to surround him.
In Puhualuo City, the city lord's mansion.
"City Lord, City Lord" A guard hurriedly ran to Zalandin and said: "Oh no, a large number of Xia troops suddenly appeared outside the city, and the city has been surrounded. ” "What, how is this possible, why did the Xia army suddenly attack us," Zalandin said in surprise.
"General, what do we do now," the guard asked.
"Order, all soldiers are ready to defend the city, and all the strong men in the city are mobilized to defend the city."
"Yes, the last general will give the order" Zalandin came to the city wall and looked at the Xia army camp that was already stationed outside the eastern city and said: "It seems that the Xia army should be no less than 100,000 troops, and immediately send people to Yulongjie Chicheng to ask Your Majesty for help, it will be too late." ” "City Lord, is Xia Jun so terrible?"
"You haven't seen the horror of the Xia army with your own eyes, the Xia army has been recuperating all these years, and has never fought abroad, talking about the horror of the Xia army, it was more than ten years ago, the Xia army and the Seljuks fought a decisive battle for Hanoi; Even the Seljuk army is no match for the Xia army, so you can imagine it."
"City Lord, the Xia army has blocked all the city gates, and we can't rush out."
"City Lord, you have seen people from outside the city."
Zalandin looked out of the city, and sure enough, he saw a person coming here, and the person who came was Xia Jiang; General Xia shouted to the head of the city: "The defenders in the city should hurry out of the city and surrender, otherwise there will be no chickens and dogs left after the city is broken." ” Zalandin shouted to the outside of the city: "General outside the city, our Khorezm and Daxia have always been good friends, why did we suddenly raise troops to invade our border today. ” "Lao Tzu is just because I see that you are unhappy, no, don't talk nonsense, hurry up and open the city gate and surrender, otherwise there will be no chickens and dogs left after the city is broken."
"In that case, then you will come to attack the city, I have an army of 100,000 in the city, and I am afraid that you will not succeed, so someone will release arrows."
Seeing a rain of arrows flying towards him at the head of the city, Xia Jiang immediately turned his horse's head and ran back
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