Yuan Hao is more than 300 miles around, widely spread spies, and even took local materials, which is the appearance of herdsmen, these spies, themselves are local herdsmen, change their clothes, accents, and even their understanding of the surroundings, far above the Liao army that came from afar, even if they meet the Liao army, it is not easy to arouse suspicion.

Under the premise that one side has a heart and one side has no calculation, a large amount of information converges towards Yuan Hao, which is an army sent from Liaojing, and 40,000 Tielin troops are transferred, as well as other noble armies.

In Liao, although a country was established, the atmosphere of the nomads is still very obvious, to put it bluntly, it still maintains the characteristics of the tribes in the past, the king of the south and north courts, this is obviously the name of the nomads, it can be seen.

Although Liao Xingzong was personally conscripted, temporarily in Xingqing Mansion, did not come back, the rest is the operation of the civil official system, but the civilian system has no military power, and in the end, thousands of miles apart, under the premise of inconvenient transportation and communication, the army was sent out by the clan system to encircle and suppress Yuan Hao.

Yuan Hao not only generally understood the components of these Liao troops, but also understood the basic number, the total amount was very large, more than 120,000, but the combat effectiveness was uneven, if the combat effectiveness was the strongest, it was the Tielin Army with only 40,000 people.

It's a pity that these people didn't regard the Tielin Army as the absolute main force, with the Tielin Army as the core, to form the core of the battle, but randomly divided into different parts, which also gave Yuan Hao a chance, and Yuan Hao also made all the preparations and waited for the arrival of the Liao Army.

The Liao army came from Zhongjing, and they thought very highly of themselves, among the three kingdoms, the Liao State was the most powerful country, they had never fought with Yuan Hao, and they did not know that Yuan Hao's combat effectiveness.

In their opinion, Western Xia had perished, and when Xingqing Mansion was captured, almost most of the main force was left behind, and a small part of the force fled, as long as the army came, it was only a matter of time before Yuan Hao was taken.

Originally, according to Liao Xingzong's order, they had to fight steadily, control several important node cities in the grassland, prevent Yuan Hao from going deeper, wait for Liao Xingzong's troops to arrive, and then encircle.

But such an order is not a mandatory order, which gives them the opportunity, even if it is the Northern Song Dynasty, military merit is also an extremely rich foundation, not to mention the Liao State, which started by force, in order to obtain military merit, in order to further reward, of course they want to win this merit alone.

Even if Yuan Hao is no longer the emperor of Western Xia, but the former emperor of Western Xia, who was not taken by Liao Xingzong in person, fell into their hands, at least one great achievement is indispensable.

Interests are the eternal pursuit, these people did not take into account the difficulty of arresting Yuan Hao, let alone know, now that Yuan Hao has undergone earth-shaking changes, he still thinks about Yuan Hao's original appearance, Xingqing Mansion was captured, only more than 1,000 people escaped, how long has it been, what kind of power can he pull up.

Attracted by the prospects, these people began to be greedy for merit, and in order to catch Yuan Hao as soon as possible, they chose to divide their troops.

If Liao Xingzong was here, he would definitely not do this, even if the Liaoxia War did not last long, but in a short period of time, the Liao State had already seen the power of the Western Xia army, as well as Yuan Hao's reaction ability, and he had been so free and comfortable in the Liao State for so long, how could he pull up tens of thousands of people, and it was easy for the Liao army to be scattered into one or two thousand people, and it was easy to be attacked by the other party.

It's a pity that there is no convenient and fast way to contact in this era, Liao Xingzong knows, I don't know here, I don't know here, Liao Xingzong doesn't know, Liao Xingzong still thinks that this side honestly follows his orders, when he is setting up the iron bucket array, but he didn't expect that this side has put himself in danger.

If it is said that the Tielin Army is the core, 40,000 people are the main force, and then the other troops are assisted, more than 120,000 troops, if the premise of holding a group, let alone Yuan Hao's current army, even if it is 40,000 elite Iron Harriers, they don't dare.

But now, when the army of Liao chose to divide the troops, Yuan Hao decisively stayed.

Yuan Hao is also ruthless, when he knew that the army from here was divided, and the most important main force, the 40,000 Tielin Army, was also divided at the same time, he directly put the target on this.

The Tielin Army is the trump card of the Liao State, and it has always been the foundation of the Liao State, but because the heavy cavalry is not suitable for long-distance attacks, the number of Tielin Army that went to Western Xia was not large.

Liao is the strongest country among the three kingdoms, at least it has always been so recognized, plus now, even the Western Xia has been destroyed, and it is even more imposing, although I heard that Yuan Hao carried a large number of troops and made waves in Liao, but no one put it in his eyes.

After the division of troops, the largest force was only a 20,000-strong Tielin Army, and their commander was also a radical, not cooperating with other troops, but the first to stand out, wanting to get the first credit.

20,000 Tielin Army, this is a difficult bone to gnaw, but Yuan Hao came to gnaw it.

Only when this difficult and most difficult bone is broken, the next war will be smooth, and the most difficult thing will always be done first, and then the autumn wind will sweep away the others like falling leaves, compared with the 20,000 Tielin Army, the others are not a problem.

Yuan Hao has studied the art of war, and in his many years of military career, he has verified these art of war, and in a short period of time, he has formulated a very subtle and cruel plan.

first used 15,000 cavalry as bait, knowing that the Tielin Army was coming, but pretending not to know, was frantically attacking a medium-sized tribe, and when attacking, it was already exposed.

The location of this medium-sized tribe is, in fact, close to the edge of the grassland, and similarly, this tribe, which is mostly Khitan, is relatively close to some high-ranking officials in the vicinity, and even has a large number of standard equipment.

When it was besieged by 15,000 people, especially when the attackers had already shown their traces first, the tribe quickly sent messengers to ask for help and prepared for defense.

Before, what did Yuan Hao do when he swept the grassland, even if he swept a tribe with only a few thousand people, he would send thousands of troops, and the most important thing was to use various methods to reduce his defense.

For example, it took a few days to prepare, intercept some herdsmen, as well as young people, burn food, tents, in short, use all means to weaken the protection of this tribe, and then use heavy troops to attack.

already has an absolute advantage, and reduces the opponent's strength as much as possible, so that in this way, of course, there is no problem with the attack, and it will often take down a tribe with very little loss.

However, this tribe, although there are not many personnel, but in terms of overall strength, it is a few very strong, not only has about 8,000 prime-age laborers, but also some standard equipment, and even a batch of war crossbows.

The crossbow is a weapon born for the battlefield, especially for defense, and under the premise that the archer is easily resisted by a wooden shield, the strong penetration of the crossbow can play a breakthrough role.

The three countries of East Asia all have crossbows, and even once, the divine arm crossbow was also the killer weapon of Western Xia, and the same is true of Liao, perhaps in terms of iron-smelting technology, Liao is not as good as the Northern Song Dynasty, and cannot produce more high-quality crossbows, but as long as it is a crossbow, it has a huge effect, especially for unprotected light cavalry.

With 15,000 men, it is still relatively weak to attack a tribe with at least 8,000 strong laborers, which is relatively reluctant, and it is even more difficult if the opponent still has standard equipment and crossbows.

Yuan Hao knew this very well, because he was hiding in a mountainous area 7 miles away, and 20,000 heavy horsemen were brought by him and ambushed in this vicinity.

This medium-sized tribe is not a casual choice, if you want to set up a game, you must have the right time and place, the time is to create, but the right place needs to be found, this medium-sized tribe, compound all the requirements of his battle, of course, is the first choice.

The most ruthless thing is that these 15,000 people don't know Yuan Hao's overall plan at all, and their task is to capture this tribe, because their people, about 100 people who form a leading force, have been killed by this tribe.

These are already in the midst of non-stop killing, killing red-eyed troops, they don't realize at all, they are used as cannon fodder by Yuan Hao, in the previous time, Yuan Hao took care of them very much, not only did they have a lot of money, but their own losses were not very big, which made them relax their vigilance.

The tribe that has a grudge and is still very wealthy, such a big fat meat, has never fully fallen into their hands before, greed and hatred, blinded their minds, so rushed up, in the first time, suffered a big loss.

Today's weather is good, in the woods of the mountain peaks, climb high and look, you can clearly see the situation on the battlefield, the whole war is very satisfactory to him, although, this part of the loss, but their manpower is still superior, gradually salvage the situation, although the number of casualties is increasing, but obviously, the tribe has obviously fallen into the disadvantage, being captured is only a matter of time.

Now, the key is whether the Tielin Army can get the information in time and come quickly.

In fact, everything was set, when they started, the Tielin Army was actually more than 40 miles away, and in the whole process of attacking, because of the appearance of the crossbow, when the attack slowed down slightly, when the battlefield was sorted out and regrouped, more than an hour of time had been wasted, plus now, almost 2 hours, enough for the Tielin Army to rush over.

From Yuan Hao's point of view, it can already be seen that the 20,000 Tielin Army has already rushed to the vicinity and is armoured less than 3 miles away.

For heavy cavalry, when it is impossible to rush, it is also fully armored.

For the heavy cavalry, plus the riders, equipment, weapons, the overall weight is more than 250 pounds, even if all the heavy cavalry armor, are carefully selected, more majestic horses, but can not be fully armed to hurry, the heavy cavalry charge distance, about forty or fifty miles, in the hurry, has consumed horsepower, what to do in the face of war.

In general, the team of heavy cavalry will have one or two alternative horses, which are used for camel equipment, knights, main horses, and even horse armor is not approved, just lightly armed, and after arriving near the battlefield, they will immediately change their clothes, and experienced knights can change their clothes in just half a cup of tea, and then launch a charge.

The speed of the war horse charge, more than 35 kilometers per hour, a distance of 3 miles, as long as it is slightly blocked, it is not visible to the naked eye, not to mention, the cavalry who have been caught in the war, they have not yet realized that a terrible monster has arrived around.

35 kilometers per hour, an hour is about 70 miles, if you charge with all your strength, it will be about three or four minutes, that is, the time of half a cup of tea.

The Tielin army came very suddenly, and the angle chosen was very appropriate, attacking the tribal army here, and they didn't realize it at all, but when the horses' hooves rumbled and the earth shook, they saw a black iron line coming.

These people used to be just young people of the Dangxiang clan, in the Liao country, not high-level, the herdsmen on the grassland, the regular Liao army, maybe they have seen it a few times, but the elite Tielin army in the Liao army, they have not seen it at all, but like a fierce beast cavalry, up and down, are hideous armor, the momentum is surging, this kind of momentum, directly take the lead, the attacker's camp immediately panicked.

The commander of the Tielin Army, happy in his heart, the number of the other party is large, even if it is a long time to attack, but there are at least more than 10,000 people, these relatively well-equipped troops, even if it is the Tielin Army, it is not easy to attack, of course, there is no problem in defeating, if you want to take them all, you need a problem.

The commander easily encountered these armies of Western Xia, of course, he had to take them all, so that he could do his best.

The commander of the Tielin Army is also good, and among the younger generation of Khitan, he can be regarded as a rising star, but unfortunately they don't have much experience in the battlefield, especially the war of the Great Army.

The Liao State has been more than a few decades since the alliance of the Yuanyuan, and there have been no large-scale wars, the only one is the Battle of Liaoxia, which is still 100,000 people, and the usual suppression of the grassland tribes and the fight against the Jurchens in the far northeast are almost all wars of small legions, and they don't realize that these armies are bait.

Of course, the lack of investigation is also an important reason, even Yuan Hao took so long to find out that Lian Yuanhao did something in such a long time, how many troops he expanded, I don't know at all, just through estimates, I know that Yuan Hao has a large army, so 15,000, naturally, it is considered that most of Yuan Hao's main force.

Knowing oneself and knowing oneself, a hundred battles will not be defeated, but not knowing oneself, let alone knowing oneself, that is a nightmare, they thought that this was an opportunity for military exploits, but they did not realize at all that this was a cruel trap carefully set for them, 15,000 people, or a young and middle-aged army, were thrown out by Yuan Hao as a bait, and the result of misjudgment was a catastrophe.