In the Ziwei Palace, the imperial capital of Great Xia.
Xiao Zhuozi hurriedly ran to the imperial study with a piece of music, and after coming in, Xiao Zhuozi said to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, Li Yi has mostly reported that His Royal Highness the King of Jin has already used troops against Khorezm." ” "I know, you go down," Li Liangzuo said very calmly.
In fact, Li Liangzuo had long expected that Li Bingchang would use troops against Khorezm, because at this time, in the Western Regions, in addition to the Great Xia Empire and the Seljuk Empire, there were only Khorezm, or Ghaznavids in the south; However, Ghaznavid was the Seljuk Empire's sphere of influence, and it was impossible for others to easily get involved, and attacking Ghaznavid was no different from going to war with the Seljuk Empire; Therefore, Khorezm was Li Bingchang's only choice.
On the day that Li Liangzuo received the report, Li Bingchang, the king of Jin, led an army of 140,000 troops outside the city of Keti; Koti City is the second largest city in Khorezm, with a population of 500,000, and because Koti City is located on the bank of the Amu Darya River, surrounded by fertile soil and rich in water resources, it is one of the few important grain producing areas in Khorezm, and it is also an important cultural city in Khorezm, which was once the capital of Khorezm.
Looking at the fertile fields around him, Li Hao, the king of Yue, said to Li Bingchang, the king of Jin: "Big brother, look, these fields around here, when we lay down here, this will be able to become an important grain production area for us in the future, and we will be able to be completely self-sufficient." ” "This is located on the banks of the Amu Darya River, and in the future, more canals will be dug to divert the water of the Amu Darya River to other places, and this grain-producing area can continue to expand, and it is a good place to defend and difficult to attack with the Khorezm Sea to the north and a desert to the south."
Li Bingchang said with great satisfaction.
Before he won Khorezm, Li Bingchang and Li Hao began to plan the future of Kirti City, which may seem a little whimsical to others, but it is not, this is a sign of self-confidence; For the victory of this battle, Li Bingchang, the king of Jin, and Li Hao, the king of Yue, were full of confidence.
Looking at this land, Li Yue said with some worry: "Big brother, such a place, I'm afraid we can't grow it ourselves, we only have 200,000 people, and it is basically impossible for my father and Li Dadu to escort and immigrate here."
Li Bingchang smiled and said: "It's not simple, this Khorezm has strong men, don't just think about killing people in this war, as long as you are willing to surrender to us, you will be spared death, of course, as long as you are young and strong, these are all free strong labor." ” "But big brother, there are so many people, if one of them is not well supervised, I'm afraid they will make trouble," Li Hao said with some concern; "And there are many more of them than we are, and there are more and more people in the future, so we won't be in danger."
"It's not easy, just castrate them all when the time comes."
Li Bingchang said with a smile: "Wouldn't there be no hidden danger if they made them eunuchs completely?"
Li Hao suddenly felt as if he didn't know Li Bingchang; Li Bingchang has changed completely different from before, he has become so ruthless, in fact, Li Bingchang's change is also forced, if you don't choose Xia Jun like this, there will be no enough labor, and without labor, these fields will become wilderness, if you don't castrate these Khorezmian people, there will be more and more of them in the future, and Xia Jun is likely to slowly devour their culture, just like Chinese culture swallows all the ethnic minorities in the Central Plains.
The Xia army came to camp outside the city of Koti, and that night Li Bingchang wrote a letter to Galga, the king of Khorezm, the general content of the letter was to ask Galga to surrender immediately, and if not, the two armies would fight a decisive battle outside the city of Koti three days later; With an army of 350,000 troops, it was absolutely impossible for him to surrender, and a decisive battle would naturally become their only option.
The three days passed quickly, and in the early morning of this day, the Xia army poured out of the camp and left the camp, and the combined army of the Khorezm army and the Kipchaks also drove out of the city of Koti, and the two armies set up positions ten miles south of the city of Koti to prepare for the final decisive battle; At this time, the total strength of the two sides was 140,000 Xia troops against 350,000 coalition forces.
The 400,000 Xia army included 30,000 fire crow troops, 70,000 cavalry and 40,000 foot soldiers, and the 40,000 foot soldiers were divided into crossbowmen, Mo knife men, spear and sickle soldiers, giant shield soldiers, and so on; And Galga's 350,000 allied troops are all cavalry, and Khorezm's ability to have such a large cavalry force can show how rich Khorezm is.
Li Bingchang personally commanded 40,000 foot soldiers and 30,000 fire crow troops as the middle route army, and the 70,000 cavalry were divided into 35,000 people each of the left route army and the right route army, led by Li Hao and Liang Yongneng, the kings of Yue, to protect the two wings of the Chinese army and guard against the surprise attack of the coalition forces; And Galga's thirty-five cavalry directly put on an offensive formation, and in Galga's opinion, the offensive of his thirty-five iron cavalry was something that the Xia army could not resist no matter what.
"Warriors, in front of you are our enemies of Khorezm, the Xia army, who have invaded our homeland and killed our relatives, and the warriors from the steppe we will kill them all to comfort the spirits of our loved ones in heaven, and Allah will bless us" Galgar cried out.
"Oh, oh, oh, oh," the coalition cavalry let out an orc roar as they brandished their swords.
Galega drew his sword and pointed at the position of the Xia army's central army and ordered: "Warriors pull out your sword and attack the Xia army's central army" Looking at the coalition forces rushing towards him, Li Bingchang calmly ordered: "Order the artillery team to fire as soon as the enemy cavalry enters the firing range, use flowering shells, every ten artillery pieces are a batch, and the return artillery will throw explosive packs after the enemy enters the firing range; ordered the Bird Gun Army to carry out a three-stage strike; Crossbowmen, bed crossbows, free fire" "Yes, the last will give the order" Immediately after the order flag flashed, Li Bingchang's military order was conveyed, and the 10,000 bird gunners immediately left the protection of the shield wall, and divided into three columns outside the shield wall, and all the bird gunners began to clean up the chamber and load the ammunition, and the trained bird gunners could already do the continuous shooting of the three people, which was also the basis of the three-stage attack, and after the first column was fired, they would immediately squat down to clean the gun chamber and load the ammunition, followed by the second column, the third column, and then the first column.
The first thing the Xia army fired was the artillery, and all the thirty guns were adjusted to the maximum elevation angle, so that the flowering shells fired out were about ten miles, so as soon as the cavalry of the coalition army attacked, the artillery of the Xia army roared, and the artillery also took three shots, the purpose of which was to achieve uninterrupted shooting.
"Boom, boom, boom" One after another, the bullets exploded in the cavalry formation of the coalition forces, and the violent explosion shocked everyone, and the frightened horses galloped wildly, and some riders even fell under their horses; Shocked, Galega said: "How is this possible, there must be demons in the Xia army who are using witchcraft. ” "Father, what should we do now, do we want to withdraw the army?"
Sila asked Galgar.
"No, order our cavalry to rush through there, as long as the final victory is ours."
Galgar said with conviction; "Allah will bless us."
The coalition cavalry continued to rush forward under artillery fire, and the one who rushed to the front was all cannon fodder, and it didn't work at all.
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