Chapter Ninety-Four: Preparing for War
Khitan Nanjing, Xijin Province. It can also be called Youzhou of the Later Han Dynasty and Fanyang County.
This is the base camp of the Khitan southward raid, and every southward raiding army starts from here, compared to the Lion City, this is the base of the Khitan southward.
As a nation of all soldiers, the Khitan does not lack wolf riders, and even their wolf riders are somewhat excessive, only the tribal wolf riders are more than 260,000, plus the five Jingzhou Han Army, the Bohai Navy **, etc., the Khitan will have more than 800,000 troops and nearly one million, and Nanjing Xijin Mansion has nearly 100,000 troops, 30,000 tribal wolf riders, 60,000 Jingzhou Han troops, and the rest are some miscellaneous troops.
When the ambitious Yelu roared to stay in Nanjing and concurrently served as the commander of the soldiers and horses, it was the development of Nanjing Prefecture to the extreme, in the military, the Khitan set up the five major Jingzhou, Nanjing military power is the most strong, not to mention, and there are a large number of well-trained foot soldiers, but fortunately, these years, the Khitan because of the battle for the throne, no time to go south, just to maintain the attack on Baozhou Cizhou and other places.
But in Yelu's army, in addition to the wolf cavalry who can fight well, his Han army should not be underestimated, in the attack and defense of Wu'an City, these Khitan Han soldiers, the casualties brought to the Wu'an battalion are far greater than the wolf cavalry.
And the reason why Yelu Roar did not go south this year is because he took into account the strength of the Baozhou Hedong Army, and he has not yet been able to break through the forces of Baozhou in one fell swoop.
The failure of Wuliji's southern invasion, the loss of Xingzhou Shicheng and other eight cities, made him lose face, although he had to admit the fact of the rise of Cizhou in his heart, but in the face of the tribe, he was still in a state of vowing to exterminate Cizhou City, he even had a trace of gratitude to Wuliji in his heart, it was the failure of Wuliji that made him realize that the Later Han Dynasty except for Guo Wei of the Hedong Army Liu Feng of the Cizhou Army was not easy to get along.
Zeng Yu Deng Jieyu after the occupation of the eight cities, he quickly reorganized the defense, and had the strength to defend the eight cities, and when all this information was transmitted to Yelu Roar's table, Yelu Roar just smiled contemptuously, although he admitted that the Cizhou army's counterattack brought him some trouble, but he believed that the iron hooves of his wolf rode could crush all the rebels.
His southward march this time will be completely aimed at the Cizhou army, he wants to lead his wolf cavalry, crush the past, and make the villagers in Cizhou and other places tremble, and he wants to use bloody facts to tell the world that the wolf ride is irresistible.
In his eyes, Liu Feng is just a hairy boy who has not dried up, and Wuliji was planted in Liu Feng's hands, and it was more because of Zeng Yu that Liu Feng had the opportunity to become famous in a war, and he was only afraid of the Baozhou Hedong Army.
However, Yelu Roar also knew the reason for the speed of the soldiers, and he left a total of 30,000 soldiers and sergeants stationed in various places in Nanjing to prevent the Baozhou Hedong Army from taking the opportunity to counterattack, and the rest went south with Yelu Roar to conquer Liu Feng, a total of more than 60,000 sergeants, and went south.
Lion City, once Wuliji's old nest, now has become Liu Feng's headquarters, and the battle with the Khitan is more and more beyond the imagination of the Cizhou sergeant, before the battle of Wu'an City, I only want to be able to hold Wu'an City and protect the villagers from being plundered; After the battle of Wu'an City, a big change came all of a sudden, recovering the lost territory of the Eight Cities.
And now they want to go back 200 miles to the north and regain Yingmo Erzhou, and the battle here is beyond everyone's expectations, they neither thought of how they would become so strong, nor did they expect that the Khitan would become more and more vulnerable.
However, it's too late to think about all this, because the wolf rode south this time, gathered 60,000 soldiers, how to teach Cizhou Liu Feng They are not nervous, for this battle, Liu Feng took out all the old bottoms, except for Liu Hu who stayed in Yucheng, Bayar who was stationed in Linzhang, and the rest of the captains were transferred by Liu Feng to the front line of the Lion City.
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In the north of the Lion City, the sentinels of the two sides are already in a stalemate, strangling each other in the wilderness, only two days of casualties, and Cizhou has exceeded 100!
"Report! Checkmate! "Since Liu Feng received the holy decree of the Later Han Dynasty, the military generals of Cizhou have changed their titles.
"The Khitan army has left Yijin Pass!" Sentinel Pegasus came to report, there were still blood stains on the uniform, and the Khitan army, most of which were cavalry, moved extremely fast, and could reach the Lion City in one day.
Finally came, Liu Feng had been preparing in the Lion City for seven days, and Yelu Roar had also assembled and marched south.
"Revisit! It is necessary to explore the various situations of the Khitan army! During the march, the number of wolf cavalry, the number of Jingzhou troops, etc., it is necessary to explore all the conditions of the Khitan army in as much detail as possible! Liu Feng said in a deep voice, he knew that his intelligence could only rely on the sentinel cavalry to investigate, so he was extremely strict.
But Wu Ze was full of bitterness, as the captain of the Wind Wolf Battalion, almost all the war horses of the original Wind Wolf Battalion were assigned to sentry scouts, and almost all of them were brothers of the Rong clan, and they were sacrificed in batches.
Liu Feng caught a glimpse of Wu Ze's expression and said coldly: "This battle is related to the safety of the entire Northland villagers, don't be afraid of the sacrifice of the sergeants, their sacrifice is worth it, as long as this battle is won, the Northland will be peaceful for many years." ”
"Yes, the last general obeys!" Wu Zeli saluted
Seeing that Wu Ze was ordered, Liu Feng exhaled a long breath, he knew that the battle that would determine the fate of Cizhou at this time, and most of the sergeants under his command had not gone through such a big battle, and they were really at a loss when they were in battle.
And almost the whole battalion is the sentinels of the Rong tribe, and more than half of the casualties are killed, not only Wu Ze is distressed, but Liu Feng is also distressed, these are his roots.
For this battle, Liu Feng also made a lot of preparations in hardware, he knew that it was impossible to simply retreat, and he could lead Yelu Roar to the Lake City area, so he must have a big battle with Yelu Roar in Lion City.
Therefore, it was necessary to strengthen the Lion City, but for the sake of time, I had to dig a large number of trenches to delay the siege time of the Khitan army, and then supplement it with the defense equipment, intending to fight a war of attrition between the Lion City and the Khitan.
The bed crossbows, ballistas and other powerful weapons borrowed from Baozhou also gave Liu Feng some courage, and Liu Feng deployed a large number of chariots and horses to the Lion City, in order to quickly transfer the sergeants from the Lion City, Liu Feng can be said to be racking his brains.
The sergeants and craftsmen, plus the villagers of the Lion City, also participated in the whole work, doing some work within their ability, Liu Feng's heart became more and more bottom-up, and they all said that the victory of a war depends on the right time, place and people, maybe Liu Feng does not occupy the time, but with the right place and people, he must have a good fight with Yelu.
This may also be a kind of mentality that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers.
When the sentry cavalry reported that the 50,000 sergeants of the Hedong Army were also ready to go out, and at a location in Hucheng that was also ready for an ambush, Liu Feng had a heavy look, and finally showed a smile, he was a little eager to try this war, and at this moment he was looking forward to the arrival of the Khitan wolf cavalry army, and there was no more cowardice!