Chapter 10 Three surprises a day
In the Hue City on the bank of the Yellow River in the northern part of Xixia, Mozang Epang led the most elite imperial guards of Xixia to Hue City to block the Liao army's southward pace. At the same time, the other 30,000 troops stationed in Keyimenno Yishengdu to quickly support. At this time, the Xixia army in Hue City had a total of 80,000 troops, but it seemed insignificant compared with the Liao army.
"Report, report, report... Report to the Prime Minister, General, and the Liao army have arrived at the west bank of the Yellow River and are preparing to cross the river." The scout came to Mozang Epang and Nuo to report.
After hearing this, Nuoyishen immediately suggested to Mozang Epang: "Master, I think our army has left the city immediately, set up troops on the bank of the Yellow River, and attacked while the enemy's crossed the river before halfway. In this way, our army will definitely win a complete victory."
"The general's words are wrong. The Liao army has 300,000, but our army is less than 100,000 now, and we cannot compete with the Liao army at all. In the original meaning, we will resist the city and stand firm. After the subsequent reinforcements arrive, we will counterattack." Mozang Epang opposed.
No Yi Zhuan continued to persuade Mozang Epang, saying: "Master, the city of Shunhua is too close to the Yellow River. Once the enemy floods the waters, our army will be in danger! Please ask the Prime Minister to go out of the city to fight for the three armies."
Mozang Epang looked at Nuoyi Chongdu in disgust and ordered: "Send an order. Without the military order of the minister, no one can leave the city to meet the enemy. Those who violate the order will be killed."
"Affect the order." The deputy general next to him immediately took over the military order of Mozang Epang.
The reward did not move and waved his sleeves and said, "Since that's the case, please feel free to defend the city! This general brings his troops out of the city to fight."
Due to the disagreement of opinions between the two men, Mozang Epang and Wuyi Shengdu, the Xia army in Huhua City was divided into two. Fifty thousand troops defended the city with Mozang Epang, and the 30,000 Chao Shun Army deployed defenses on the bank of the Yellow River to organize the Xia army to cross the river. As a result, the dispersion of the Xia army's military power directly led to the development of the subsequent battle situation.
He is worthy of being a veteran on the battlefield without any reward. He led 30,000 weak troops to block nearly 200,000 Liao army troops on the east bank of the Yellow River. Under the sunset, the banks of the Yellow River are filled with Liao, the bodies of the Xia army and the unowned war horses are still wandering beside the master. The battlefield is particularly desolate to face the brilliance of the sunset.
In the Chaoshun Army camp, in the central army tent that had not been moved to the capital, a group of blood-covered generals stood beneath the capital that had not been moved to the capital and asked: "General, there are too many Liao troops. Our army has suffered heavy losses. Now there are less than 10,000 brothers alive. Let's withdraw our general!"
"Retreat, you can think of it. This place is less than 600 miles away from the country. Without us here, the Liao army can reach Xingqing Prefecture within three days. At that time, our Daxia Kingdom will have the disaster of the destruction of the clan and the race. Do you know?" He scolded everyone with an angry face without giving up his reward.
The deputy general immediately suggested to everyone who did not move the reward: "The general is probably not a solution to our army here. We can follow the example of the late emperor to lure the enemy deep into the ground and clear the fields. Please withdraw your troops first for the sake of the big plan!"
As soon as the deputy general finished his words, a scout ran in and said, "Report to the general, the big thing is wrong. Hue City was captured by the Liao army. The Prime Minister led the remaining soldiers to flee south."
He slapped the coach's desk without any help, stood up and said angrily: "Bastard..."
The deputy general quickly persuaded him that he did not transfer the reward and said, "General, our army should break out of the enemy's siege first! Otherwise, there is a danger of annihilation of the entire army, please put the overall situation first."
Without moving the capital, the Liao army was unobstructed from Hue City to Xingqing Prefecture. After conquering Hue City, Liao Xingzong led nearly 200,000 Liao troops to march south along the Yellow River. The Liao army attacked the city and quickly approached Dingzhou, the last line of defense in the north of Xingqing Prefecture.
At this time, the one who was stationed in Dingzhou was Wei Gening Ling. Wei Gening Ling led 30,000 Xiangqing Army and 20,000 Imperial Guards to garrison here. After the troops arrived in Dingzhou, Liao Xingzong immediately divided his troops to loot around him. Soon, he captured the important town of Xixia where food was stored in the depths of Helan Mountain. In addition, the palace at the foot of Helan Mountain was also lost.
In the bedroom of the Empress Dowager of Xingqing Palace, Li Liangzuo had no news about the front line from the conversation between Heiyun and his subordinates. When he heard that the Liao army was only a hundred miles away from Xingqing Palace, Li Liangzuo was immediately frightened. In Li Liangzuo's opinion, he was finished, and he had completely finished. The Xia army lost consecutive battles and had no sufficient troops in Xingqing Palace.
"Where is the Prime Minister now?" Wuzang Heiyun asked the attendant with a dark face.
"Report to the Empress Dowager, the Prime Minister has fled to Liangzhou by leading three thousand remaining soldiers." The attendant replied cautiously.
"Report... Report to the Empress Dowager, the city of Danliang City has been captured by the Liao army, and hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and grass in the city have all fallen into the hands of the Liao army." A messenger came in to report.
"Report... Report to the Empress Dowager, the Helan Mountain Palace was captured by the Liao army, and the Liao army robbed all the palace maids and headed north." After a while, someone came in to report.
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In less than a day, all kinds of bad news came one after another. Li Liangzuo, who was lying on the dragon bed, felt a little cold. Empress Dowager Wuzang had no time to take care of his son at this time. He immediately summoned the ministers of civil and military affairs to send people to Liaoying for peace. In order to withdraw his troops from Liaoxingzong, Empress Dowager Wuzang sent someone to send his old rival Weishi to Liaoying.
For Empress Dowager Wuzang, this was a trick of killing two birds with one stone. It not only eliminated his old rival, but also caused Liao Xingzong to withdraw his troops. After some negotiations and agreed to the various harsh conditions of the Liao Kingdom, Liao Xingzong finally agreed to withdraw his troops. However, even if the Liao army withdrew its troops, it plundered the people in Xixia, which greatly damaged the vitality of Xixia.
This battle was the first battle when Li Liangzuo came to this world. Although he did not come to the battlefield in person and did not take command, the chill on the battlefield had already made Li Liangzuo feel cold all over. Li Liangzuo found that his country was too weak to compare with a big country like Song and Liao.
The territory of Xixia is limited to 850,000 square kilometers, and most of them are deserts and Gobi. There is no strategic depth at all, so the Liao army attacked outside the capital in less than a month.
This battle had a profound impact on Li Liangzuo and the entire Xixia Kingdom. Although Xixia had an ethnic minority regime established by Dangxiang, there were very few real Dangxiang people. Moreover, as a time traveler, Li Liangzuo did not care about this. Although Xixia still had a strong nomadic atmosphere, Li Liangzuo made a wish in his heart, that is, to completely sinicize the Dangxiang people and integrate them into the Han ethnic group.
Because only in this way can Li Liangzuo realize his true dream of an emperor, rather than the false emperor nowadays. I don’t know what Li Yuanhao, who had just arrived in the Nine Springs, would feel if he knew his son would think so.
Chapter completed!