236 Expedition to Xiliangxia
Han Jiangxue personally led an army of 100,000 to the vicinity of Moon Lake City, and learned that the Western Liang Army led by Prince Tuo Yan Kuan had fled into Moon Lake City. Han Jiangxue personally inspected the terrain around Yuehu City www.biquge.info felt that the ditches and rivers around Yuehu City were vertical and horizontal, which was not conducive to the attack of the cavalry-based Flying Eagle Army, so Han Jiangxue decided to personally lead 50,000 Liao troops to ambush near Yuehu City and monitor the movements of the Xiliang Army in Yuehu City.
In addition, she sent Sky Eagle and Night Eagle to lead 50,000 flying eagle troops to make a detour to attack Xiliang City, the capital of Xiliang Kingdom. Of course, the main purpose of this is to attack the east and the west, and want to lure the prince Tuo Yan Kuan out of Moon Lake City to reinforce the capital of the Western Liang Kingdom; It's not that I really want to attack the capital of Xiliang Kingdom. Because Han Jiangxue knew that if Yuehe City still fell into the hands of the Xiliang Army, he would not be able to hold on to the capital of Xiliang even if he sent the army to capture the capital of Xiliang Kingdom.
Han Jiangxue also sent Du Muyi and Mu Zage to lead 50,000 Liao troops to bypass Moon Lake City and start to loot grain and grass in the area around Moon Lake, after all, Han Jiangxue felt that it was impossible to conquer Xiliang Kingdom quickly, so she collected grain and grass in the area around Moon Lake as early as possible, so as to be prepared.
Sky Eagle, Nighthawk led 50,000 flying eagle troops to the capital of Xiliang Kingdom, the old emperor of Xiliang Kingdom sent the eldest prince Tuan Heng to lead 30,000 elite troops of the imperial court to block the attack, and at the same time hurriedly sent people to the marshal Tu Pa Pu in Yuehe City and the prince Tu Xiankuan in Yuehu City to ask for help.
The eldest prince of Xiliang, Tuanheng, was almost wiped out by Hanjiangxue last time, so he was already a frightened bird, and he was already frightened and defeated without a fight. Besides, he led 30,000 Xiliang troops and wanted to fight against the Sky Eagle, and the Nighthawk led the 50,000 Flying Eagle Army, which was undoubtedly hitting the stone with an egg.
However, it was difficult to disobey his father's order, and the eldest prince Tuanheng stubbornly led the Xiliang army on the periphery of Liangcheng, and fought with the Sky Eagle and Night Eagle led 50,000 flying eagle troops. Not long after the fierce battle between the two sides, the eldest prince Tuanheng led the Xiliang army and couldn't resist it, and hurriedly led the remnants of the defeated army to flee to the capital Xiliang City.
Originally, Marshal Xiliang Tupapu was going to lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to reinforce, but as soon as he drove the army out of Yuehe City, he had already received the news that the army led by the eldest prince Tuanheng was defeated. Therefore, Marshal Xiliang Tupapu hurriedly stopped sending reinforcements, and he was also afraid that his army would leave the Liao army in Yuehe City to ambush.
Now, according to Marshal Xiliang's idea of Tupapu is to stick to the change, his hope can only be pinned on the Chu army. Tupapu thought to himself that now the elite army of the Liao army is dispatched to conquer the Western Liang State, then the domestic strength of the Liao State is relatively empty, so that the Chu army is likely to capture the territory of the Liao State, if the Liao State cannot withstand the attack of the Chu army, then Han Jiangxue may lead these elite Liao army to retreat back to China for reinforcements.
After the defeat of the eldest prince Tuan, he led more than 10,000 remnants of the army to defeat the generals and fled to Xiliang City, the capital of the Western Liang Kingdom. But he didn't expect that Mu Rong had already led 30,000 flying eagle troops to ambush on the periphery of Xiliang City, so the defeated eldest prince Tuanheng and the remnants of the army led by him were immediately intercepted by Mu Rong with an arrow and the flying eagle army; Together with the Skyhawk, Nighthawk led the Flying Eagle Army in pursuit.
In this way, this time the eldest prince Tuan Heng led 30,000 Xiliang troops to be wiped out, and the eldest prince Tuan Heng wanted to escape on horseback, but was shot in the arm by Mu Rong with an arrow, he was injured and fell off the horse, and the Liao army was captured alive. As for the 30,000 Xiliang soldiers under his command, except for most of them who were annihilated, the rest were captured.
Han Jiangxue was overjoyed when she learned that the eldest prince of Xiliang Kingdom, Tuan Heng, had been captured, and she asked Mu Rong to escort Tuan Heng, the eldest prince of Xiliang, and thousands of captured Xiliang soldiers with one arrow.
Han Jiangxue was accompanied by Tuohunteng, the general who surrendered from the original Xiliang, and inspected these Xiliang prisoners, and Hanjiangxue asked Tuohunteng to speak to these Xiliang soldiers, which of course means that the Liao army treats the prisoners preferentially, as long as you take refuge in the Liao army, the Liao army is not to blame in the past, and you can also give them a reward for meritorious service.
Because of Tuohunteng and the Xiliang surrender soldiers led by him as an example, most of these captured Xiliang soldiers were willing to take refuge in the Liao army, because in their opinion, the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang army was far inferior to the Liao army, so it was only a matter of time before the Xiliang country was destroyed, and there were many Xiliang soldiers themselves from many different tribes, and they were originally conquered by the Xiliang court, so they took refuge in the Xiliang court. Now that they have been captured by the Liao army, it is normal for them to switch to the Liao army.
Han Jiangxue saw that she had captured the eldest prince of the Western Liang Kingdom, Tuan Heng, so she said to Tuan Heng: "As long as Tuan Heng can sincerely join the Liao State, then I am willing to help him become the emperor of the Western Liang Kingdom."
After the eldest prince Tuanheng was captured, he thought that his life would not be guaranteed, but he didn't expect Han Jiangxue to give him such superior conditions, he was overjoyed and hurriedly agreed. Of course, he also knew that although Han Jiangxue was willing to push himself as the emperor of the Western Liang Kingdom, he was actually the son emperor of the Liao Kingdom. But that's the best way to do it.
Seeing that he agreed, Han Jiangxue asked Nighthawk and Sky Eagle to escort him to the capital of Xiliang Kingdom, asking the old emperor of Xiliang Kingdom to open the city gate and surrender. Otherwise, once you attack Xiliang City, you will kill the chickens and dogs.
The old emperor of Xiliang Kingdom was also stupid when he saw that his eldest son was captured, and he led the army to be annihilated. He hurriedly asked Marshal Xiliang Tupapu and Prince Tuankuan to lead the army to reinforce the capital.
Marshal of Xiliang Tupapu knew that he was leading the army to reinforce Xiliang City at this time, which was also a dead end; But he insisted on Yuehe City, but he was just dying, and he couldn't hold on for long, so he was embarrassed. In the end, Tupapu decided to make a desperate bet, and he led his 70,000 Western Liang army in Yuehe City, not to the west to reinforce the capital of the Western Liang Kingdom, but to the east, preparing to attack the capital of the Liao State.
According to Marshal Xiliang's idea of Tupapu, now that the territory of Liao is empty, it is possible to lead 70,000 Xiliang troops to capture the capital of Liao, and it is best to fight for the capture of the Empress Dowager Xiao of Liao, and then he will have the capital to negotiate with the Liao army led by Han Jiangxue.
Han Jiangxue didn't expect that Marshal Xiliang Tupapu would use such a risky move, and when Han Jiangxue learned the news and sent an army to conquer Yuehe City, it was already five days later, and at this time, Marshal Xiliang Tupapu had already led 70,000 Xiliang troops to quickly advance to the territory of Liao.
Han Jiangxue knew that in the current capital of Liao, there were only about 20,000 royal soldiers guarding it, and if Marshal Xiliang Tupapu led 70,000 Xiliang troops to attack near Liaodu, it was very likely to conquer Liaodu.
Therefore, Han Jiangxue asked Nighthawk to command the expedition to the capital of Xiliang instead of himself, and he took Tianying and Mu Rong with an arrow, and led the cavalry of 50,000 Flying Eagle Army to quickly reinforce Liaodu, ---the capital of Liao.
Because half of the 70,000 Xiliang troops led by Marshal Xiliang Tupapu were infantry, although they set off five days earlier than the Hanjiangxue troops, the speed of the march was not as fast as that of the Flying Eagle Army.
After the Marshal of Xiliang Tupapu entered the territory of Liao, he began to attack the city, after all, the Liao State defended very few cities in the west, so Marshal of Xiliang Tupapu soon led the army to defeat the vicinity of Liaodu.
Xianglian, Ling'er, including Empress Dowager Xiao, they never dreamed that the flames of war would burn to the capital of Liao so quickly, and now Empress Dowager Xiao asked for help from the army of the little emperor in Fengting City, which was far away from the water. As for asking Han Jiangxue for help, Empress Dowager Xiao didn't have a bottom in her heart, because these Xiliang troops came from under Han Jiangxue's nose.
Empress Dowager Xiao couldn't help but complain about how this Han Jiangxue did it, such a naïve strategic mistake would be made, could it be that Han Jiangxue deliberately wanted to borrow a knife to kill people, and wanted to use the Xiliang Army to solve herself, but she herself was the king in Xiliang. (To be continued.) )