Chapter 674: Desperate Qin State
The arrogant Yuan army thought that the victory was in hand, but he did not expect to be killed by Huo Quai's soldiers and horses and fled, like a lost dog.
Huo Quzhi did it, and he did it!
But now is not the time to celebrate, he is leading his troops to pursue the fleeing Yuan army.
Do you really think that the territory of Great Xia is to come and go when you want? Those who offend me in Daxia, although they will be punished, are you joking with this sentence?
After pursuing for more than a hundred miles, the war horses were so tired that they were out of breath and their speed slowed down, so Huo Quai's illness ordered the whole army to stop the pursuit.
What's more, the fleeing Yuan army has fled in all directions, and Huo Qubing must not be able to chase and kill indiscriminately in the grassland, he really thinks it is a dog chasing a rabbit, running around. His goal is very clear, only chasing Aguta. It's a pity that he didn't catch up with this big rabbit who escaped faster than a rabbit, but Huo Qubing released an arrow and hit him in the back of the chest, as for whether he could kill him, it depended on his luck.
Subsequently, Huo Qu fell ill and returned to defense.
In this battle, the Great Xia cavalry suffered more than 20,000 casualties, not only repelled the elite cavalry of the Yuan army, but also killed 70,000 enemies, captured 20,000, and obtained more than 40,000 intact war horses.
The heads of the Yuan people were placed on the border of Mohe County, facing the grassland, to deter the Yuan Kingdom.
The good news instantly spread throughout the Dongqi region, and Huo Quai's name instantly resounded in the territory of Great Xia, and everyone gave a thumbs up.
He is only eighteen years old, and with this feat, it is no wonder that His Majesty said that he will be brave to win the three armies in the future, and there will be a successor to the name of the champion Hou.
The advance army of the Yuan army suffered a crushing defeat, and the news spread all over the steppe, and the army led by the Khan of the Yuan State himself saw that it was about to arrive at the place, and it was directly hit by the blow.
The Khan of the Yuan State was furious, he cooperated with the Qin State this time, and took advantage of the Xia State soldiers and horses to attack the Qin State, and he just took the opportunity to seize the Dongqi region, for this reason, the Khan of the Yuan State who did not leave the royal court for many years drove the expedition in person, who knew that the 150,000 elite cavalry that went first was defeated by the other party with less.
If it weren't for the fact that Ah Gu was seriously injured by an arrow and was dying, the Khan of the Yuan Kingdom would have wanted to kill his brother alive.
But already here, the Khan of the Yuan State will not give up attacking the Dongqi region, if it is really waiting for the Xia State to destroy the Qin State, it will be a disaster for the Yuan State, and the ambition of the Emperor of the Xia State to unify Shenzhou is too great.
Therefore, the Khan of the Yuan State continued to march and prepare for a disgrace, and at the same time ordered Temujin, the leader of the Mongol tribes in the west, to gather 200,000 troops and attack Bactria with him.
Since the migration of the Mongolian tribes to the west, it has developed into a very large force, and attracted many tribes to the west, and the population of the entire west has reached more than 8 million, accounting for one-third of the entire Yuan Kingdom.
This made the Khan of the Yuan State very afraid, because the Mongol tribes were getting stronger and stronger, and when he couldn't suppress them in the future, it would inevitably be bad.
Therefore, this attack on Great Xia was one of his strategies, using Great Xia to weaken Temujin's forces.
But to the surprise of this Khan of the Yuan Kingdom, when he was still seven or eight hundred miles away from the Dongqi region, Huo Quai, who had just won the victory, did not care about celebrating, and actually took the remaining troops into the grassland and rushed to attack the soldiers and horses of the Khan of the Yuan Kingdom.
This is still secondary.
At this time, the geographical location of the soldiers and horses of the Khan of the Yuan State was just north of Ganzhou, so at the same time that Huo Qubing led the troops to raid, Tian Boyuan, the Marquis of Changsheng, and Han Ming, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, also personally led the soldiers and horses into the grassland early, and went deeper than 400 miles, waiting for the arrival of the Yuan army, and then united with Huo Qubing to launch an attack on the Khan of the Yuan State.
In the past, it was the Yuan Kingdom that plundered south and waged wars in other people's lands, but this time, the battlefield began in his territory, and it happened to be the sentence of the conscription, and the feng shui took turns.
Huo Quzhi, Tian Boyuan and Han Ming pinched the Khan of the Yuan Kingdom, tore off a large piece of meat of the other party, and then entangled for several days, so that the Khan of the Yuan Kingdom lost his troops and surrendered his generals, until the Temujin of the Mongolian tribe led the troops to help, and Huo Qubing and Tian Boyuan and others, who received the news in advance, withdrew their troops.
When the reinforcements came, and the Khan of the Yuan State thought that he could breathe a sigh of relief, Temujin, under the advice of Guo Jia, completely exposed the ambition of the wolf, and took advantage of the inattention of the Khan of the Yuan State to directly attack him.
Temujin is ready to kill the Khan of the Yuan Kingdom and become the new Khan of the Yuan Kingdom!
So the infighting began.
In the end, the Khan of the Yuan State had a great life, and fled eastward in a hurry under the protection of the cavalry, but this time the 500,000 army suffered serious losses.
Subsequently, at the suggestion of Guo Jia, Temujin waved his troops east to pursue and kill the Khan of the Yuan Kingdom. The Khan of the Yuan Kingdom has suffered serious losses in his troops, so when will he not take the Yuan royal court now?
In this way, the civil strife in the Yuan Dynasty began, and there was no flawless consideration for Great Xia.
When these news reached the Qin State, many days had passed since the New Year, and before I knew it, it had entered the third year of the Taichu Dynasty.
Xiao Rui's army on the middle route had already entered Xianyang County, and it was only more than four hundred miles away from the Qin capital. The other seven roads are like open claws, and Qin Du is under the claws.
Xiao Rui was very pleased with Huo Quai's exploits, and he was all expected. Even though the number of enemies was more than doubled, Xiao Rui had no doubts about Huo Quai's ability.
In the previous life, the characters who could be the champions in Chinese history should not be underestimated!
Now that the conspiracy between the Qin State and the Yuan State has collapsed, and the internal strife in the Yuan State has begun, Temujin wants to take the royal court and become the new Khan, but it is not a matter of time and a half, by that time, Great Xia has already solved the Qin State.
Qin Guo put a big chip on Yuan Guo, but he didn't expect Yuan Guo to lose so quickly and so badly. Now the morale of the army and the people of the Qin State has completely dropped below freezing, and the low cannot be lower.
Their original strategy against Xia had automatically collapsed, scattering their forces, and although they limited the speed of Great Xia, they also lost these forces.
How many available troops are there in the current Qin capital?
Xiao Rui fully believed that Qin Zheng, who was forced to be urgent, could only choose to forcibly recruit soldiers, but the people were not soldiers after all, and forcing them to die was likely to force them to rebel.
Don't forget, in such a cold winter, the people have no harvest, and it won't be long before spring begins, and the people are all conscripted, who will plant the land?
But now Xiao Rui is more curious about Qin Zheng's expression, is it despair, or anger?
It's a pity that I can't see it anymore.
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The majestic Qindu Imperial Palace.
When the news of the internal strife in the Yuan army and the flawless care for Great Xia came to the Qin capital, the Qin capital was quiet, and even the girls in the land of fireworks showed sadness.
Who said that they don't know the danger of losing their country, and they can only sing backyard flowers? They were also sad, and lo and behold, there were no more guests.
The fireworks women are all sad, not to mention the civil and military ministers, who are worried one by one, worried about becoming the people of the country.
Generalissimo Meng Tian hurried back to the Qin capital and entered the palace to plead guilty. They pinned their hopes on the Yuan Kingdom, and now their hopes are shattered, and only despair remains.
When Meng Tian walked into the Golden Palace, raised his head, and saw Qin Zheng sitting upright on the Golden Palace, his eyes empty, and the six gods had no owner.
Meng Tian hurriedly lowered his head, knelt down and said: "The criminal minister Meng Tian knocked to see Your Majesty, and the criminal minister commanded the defeat, so I implore Your Majesty to surrender the crime." ”
The voice swirled around the beams in the empty golden hall, and after a long time, Qin Zheng came back to his senses and asked, "Meng Aiqing, how many troops do we have?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty, the army outside the city plus the forbidden army, there are still 200,000." Meng Tian told the truth.
Qin Zheng's face finally regained its expression, it was a kind of sadness that was more sad than his heart: "The dignified Great Qin, with more than one million troops, there are only 200,000 left?" As for the others, they won't all be killed by Great Xia!"
Meng Tian sighed: "Back to Your Majesty, less than one-fifth of those who died on the battlefield for the sake of the country, two-fifths of those who were captured and captured by Great Xia, and the rest of the troops were reduced to deserters. ”
Qin Zheng hurriedly asked, "What if we continue to recruit soldiers?" The counties in the east have fallen, there are still several counties in the west, and Daqin still has sons and daughters who can fight! ”
Meng Tian said: "Your Majesty, now that the people's hearts are in turmoil, once the forced conscription is carried out, it will soon be spring ploughing, and I am afraid that the people will riot." ”
"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, do you want me to sit here and watch the soldiers and horses of the Xia Kingdom come in?" Qin Zheng suddenly roared angrily.
Meng Tian knelt there and said, "Your Majesty, the Xia army has entered Xianwang County, and Weichen suggested that Your Majesty move to Kunlun County." ”
Kunlun County is the westernmost county of the Qin Kingdom, relying on the Kunlun Mountains and the Tianshan Mountain Range, and when you get there, it is really the westernmost county of the Shenzhou Continent.
Qin Zheng couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Escaped to Kunlun County, can you go further west?" ”
Meng Tian said: "Your Majesty, when the spring ploughing is over, we will be able to recruit troops to resist the Xia army, so time is very important to us." In addition, Wei Chen suggested that the granaries of the treasury should be completely released, and if anyone is willing to become a soldier, he will be rewarded with food, so as to encourage the people! ”
Qin Zheng's eyes lit up, this is indeed a good way.
Before the Xia State invaded, the grain in the granary of the eastern treasury of the Qin State was transported away, so Great Xia did not take it. In the past few years, the Qin State has opened a warehouse for relief, and a lot of grain has been consumed, and a lot of the original storage for several years has also been consumed, but there are still some left, which is much better than the situation of the Qi State at the beginning.
If food is used as a reward, it will indeed attract some poor Baixin to join the army, and then forcibly recruit some soldiers, according to Meng Tian's calculations, it should be able to gather another 500,000 troops.
In this way, there will be an army of 700,000, and they will be able to fight against the Xia army again.
Qin Zheng also understood that it was useless to keep the food, in case the country was destroyed, the food would be left for Daxia, so he immediately agreed with Meng Tian's suggestion, and Meng Tian was fully responsible for this matter, and the treasury under the jurisdiction of the household department fully supported it.
At the same time, Qin Zheng's mind was also active, he had the idea of evacuating, maybe the longer it dragged on, the better it would be for him.
At the same time, in the harem.
Chang Yu also heard the news of the defeat of the Yuan Kingdom, he was stunned, and he immediately made up his mind when he was still hesitant.
"Qin Guodu is fucking dying, what else do I have to think about!"
"In the future, the Xia Kingdom will dominate Shenzhou, and a marquis position is enough for me to be happy."
During this time, Chang Yu has not been sure of his mind, especially when Zhao Ji gave birth to a son, which made Chang Yu unwilling to give up the original plan.
But now, the facts made Chang Yu have to make the right choice, and the Qin State was no longer able to stop Great Xia.
In addition, his son has already been born, although it is a little earlier to kill Qin Zheng now, it is also appropriate, in case the Great Xia can't destroy the Qin State, when the time comes, Zhao Ji will listen to the government, and his son will be the emperor of the Qin State.