Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated in a hundred battles; Before Han Jiangxue conquered the Xiliang Kingdom, he had already sent a large number of spies and meticulous work in the territory of the Xiliang Kingdom, so not only the troop layout of the Xiliang Army, but also the combat capability of the Xiliang Army, and the contradictions between the important figures of the Xiliang Army were all clearly known. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Sky Eagle led the 20,000 Flying Eagle Army, ostensibly to attack the capital of Xiliang Kingdom, but in fact, it was to attack the area around Moon Lake, the largest grain and grass base in Xiliang Kingdom.

Moon Lake is located about 200 miles southeast of Liangcheng, the capital of the Western Liang Kingdom. This Moon Lake covers an area of hundreds of thousands of hectares, and because the surface of the lake looks like a curved moon, it is called Moon Lake by the Xiliang people.

In the water of Moon Lake, fish and shrimp are abundant, and it is the largest aquatic product supply base in Xiliang country. However, this is not the main thing, the most important thing is that there are millions of hectares of fertile land around the Moon Lake, because there is Moon Lake water to irrigate, so the Moon Lake is the only land of fish and rice in Xiliang Country for hundreds of miles. The main supply of grain and grass in Xiliang Kingdom depends on the supply around Moon Lake, and the cities and villages around Moon Lake are the richest and most prosperous areas in Xiliang Kingdom.

Because the Moon Lake area is only a few hundred miles away from the capital of Xiliang Kingdom, when Tianying led 20,000 flying eagle troops to the capital of Xiliang Kingdom, the prince of Xiliang Kingdom, Tuan Kuankuan, first thought that the first target of the Liao army was the capital of Xiliang Kingdom. In addition, although the marshal of the Western Liang Kingdom, Tupapu also believed that Han Jiangxue led the Liao army to conquer the Western Liang Kingdom, the first area to attack was the capital of the Western Liang Kingdom, and the area around the Moon Lake, the land of fish and rice in the Western Liang Kingdom.

The marshal of the Western Liang State, Tupapu, believed that if the Liao army attacked the capital of the Western Liang State first, it showed that the Liao army was ready to fight a quick battle. On the contrary, if the Liao army first attacked the area around Moon Lake, then it means that the Liao army decided to fight in the territory of Xiliang State, which is a steady and steady battle, step by step.

Now Marshal Tupapu is faced with three choices: the first is more conservative, which is to stick to the capital of Xiliang, the fortress on the periphery of Liangcheng--- Yuehe City. This Yuehe City is more than a hundred miles east of the capital of Xiliang Kingdom, and there is a river called Yuehe flowing in front of it. The water of this Moon River flows into the Moon Lake, so this river is called the Moon River; The Moon River City was built on the west side of the Moon River. Because there is a river in front of it as a natural hazard, it is an area that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as the Yuehe City is held, the Liao army cannot directly attack the capital of the Western Liang Kingdom from the east, and as long as the Western Liang Army can hold the Yuehe City, even if the Liao army attacks the area around the capital of the Western Liang Kingdom, there is a risk of being cut off from retreating. Therefore, Yuehe City is also an important city that Marshal Tupapu must hold.

The second option was to send an army to assist the prince Tu Pu in the battle, which was a thankless choice in the eyes of Marshal Tu Pa Pu. Their own army is often exhausted, but they can't guess the true intentions of the Liao army, so it is easy to set a trap for the Liao army, and if you are not careful, it may cause the whole army to be annihilated.

The third option is the most risky option, but it is the one that truly reflects military strategy. That is, he directly led the Western Liang Army, and the lone army went deep into the territory of Liao State to capture the capital of Liao State-Liao Capital. Just like the last time Hanjiang Xue sent the Heavenly Eagle to lead the 20,000 Flying Eagle Army into the Xiliang Kingdom alone, it was the same as the mobile battle. Only in this way can the entire strategic arrangement of the Liao army be disrupted, so as to force the Liao army to fully withdraw its troops from the Western Liang State and reinforce the Liao country.

Of course, Marshal Tupapu knew that the conservative old emperor of Xiliang would not agree to such a risky action. Therefore, after thinking about it, the marshal finally decided to stick to Yuehe City, so that his tactics were stable and there was no fault, even if the other Xiliang armies were defeated; The old emperor could not blame himself for anything.

In fact, Han Jiangxue's task to Tianying was to first attack the area around Moon Lake, the reason was that the grain and grass around Moon Lake were abundant, and as long as the Liao army captured it, there was no need to worry about the logistics supply of grain and grass.

When Tianying led the 20,000 Flying Eagle Army to the Moon Lake, the prince Tuankuan also saw the strategic intention of the Liao army, so he personally led 80,000 Xiliang soldiers to intercept the Sky Eagle and lead the Flying Eagle Army around the Moon Lake. Prince Takuan hoped that he could be eliminated in one fell swoop, and the lone Sky Eagle led the vanguard troops.

In fact, although the crown prince Tuankuan also knew that it was not easy to eliminate the vanguard of the Liao army led by Tianying, as the supreme commander of the army, he mainly relied on faith to support himself, and if there was no belief in victory, then this army would be defeated without a fight.

The reason why Han Jiangxue chose to fight a decisive battle with the Xiliang army led by Prince Tuo Xiankuan near Moon Lake was mainly due to several considerations, first of all, the Moon Lake was surrounded by the land of fish and rice in Xiliang Country, and it was the grain and grass supply base of Xiliang Country, so the Liao army did not have to worry too much about the supply of logistics grain and grass when fighting there; Secondly, Moon Lake is surrounded by plains, which is not conducive to the ambush of the Xiliang army, but it is conducive to the rapid attack and fight of the cavalry of the Flying Eagle Army.

But for the crown prince Tuankuan, he couldn't watch the Liao army's iron cavalry easily enter the Moon Lake area, so the prince Tuankuan led 80,000 Xiliang soldiers, preparing to intercept the Flying Eagle Army led by Tianying on the one hand, and sending 30,000 Xiliang troops to reinforce and defend Yuehu City.

Moon Lake City is the largest and richest city around Moon Lake, in addition to the capital Xiliang City in Xiliang Kingdom, it is the most populous and largest and most prosperous city in Xiliang Country.

Because Moon Lake City belongs to the territory of the Western Liang Kingdom, the guards of the Moon Lake City are only 30,000 local troops of the Western Liang Kingdom.

In the past, the main responsibility of these local armies was to maintain local law and order, so their combat effectiveness was very weak, and if they were occupied by the Liao army before they occupied Yuehu City, the consequences would be troublesome. Therefore, the crown prince Tuankuan sent a part of the army to reinforce Yuehu City, and he led the main force of 50,000 Xiliang troops to intercept the 20,000 flying eagle army led by Tianying.

50,000 intercepted 20,000, although the Xiliang prince Tuankuan had an absolute advantage in the army, but after the decisive battle between the two sides, the prince Tuankuan led the Xiliang army did not have the upper hand. Originally, according to the strategy of Hanjiang Xue, it was indeed to send the Heavenly Eagle to lead the 20,000 Flying Eagle Army to occupy Moon Lake City in advance. Now the 20,000 Flying Eagle Army led by Tianying was intercepted in the middle of the road by the Xiliang Army led by the Xiliang Prince Tuankuan, so Han Jiangxue decided to destroy the Xiliang Prince Tuankuan army first.

Once the troops of the Prince of Xiliang Tuankuan were eliminated, the army of Marshal Tupapu of Xiliang would be lonely at that time. Therefore, Nighthawk led 30,000 Flying Eagle Army to learn that the army led by Sky Eagle had fought with the Xiliang Army, and she immediately led the Flying Eagle Army to reinforcements.

Originally, the army of Prince Tuo Yan Kuan was inseparable from the Flying Eagle Army led by Tianying, but now Nighthawk led reinforcements to the Liao army. The crown prince was worried that the whole army would be annihilated after being surrounded, so he immediately led the Xiliang army to flee to Yuehu City.

Prince Tuo Kuan also knew that the Liao army was strong in combat, so his idea was very simple, that is, to stick to Yuehu City. Because Moon Lake City faces the lake, the Liao army without a naval army cannot fully surround Moon Lake City. In addition, the ditches and rivers around Yuehu City were not conducive to the cavalry of the Liao army. Therefore, the tactics of Prince Tuo Kuan of Xiliang sticking to Moon Lake City are also good.

Now Han Jiangxue led the Liao army, facing the problem of attacking Xiliang Kingdom in two directions, one was to attack in the direction of the capital of Xiliang Kingdom, but it was blocked by Xiliang Marshal Tupapu led 70,000 Xiliang soldiers to hold Yuehe City.

Now attacking around Moon Lake, it was also blocked by 80,000 Xiliang soldiers led by the Prince of Xiliang Tuankuan to defend Moon Lake City. Therefore, the choice of Hanjiangxue is the two important cities of Xiliang Kingdom, and one must be taken. (To be continued.) )