Chapter 508: A Battle
Liao Xingzong sped up, this side was attacked, and after the loss of 40,000 Tielin troops, the remaining troops also began to shrink to prevent Yuan Hao from escaping.
Yuan Hao did not escape, but made some preparations, for example, separated the materials and put them in different parts, and some floating wealth and strategic materials, all of which were sent back to Suzhou to ensure that there was enough way back.
The rest is waiting for the moment when the decisive battle comes, in the battle, Yuan Hao has enough background, even in the worst time, he dares to challenge the Liao State, to the Liao State to develop, now has 30,000 heavy cavalry, and close to 10,000 light cavalry, what dare not do.
Yuan Hao stopped to fight a decisive battle with Liao Xingzong out of preparation and military strategy, but no matter how he said it, his troops were only 40,000.
Maybe before, no one knew how much Yuan Hao's troops were, but now, with a series of wars, even if he wins in the end, but he can't wipe everyone out, for the army, identifying the enemy is a basic quality, once or twice, maybe there are omissions, three or four attacks, even if they win in the end, also expose Yuan Hao's total strength, 3 to 50,000, maybe in the middle, there will be some inaccuracies, but the final data, there will be no big difference.
Even Yuan Hao stayed to fight a decisive battle, and it was in the territory of Liao State, how could Liao Xingzong retreat, plus, the troops brought back from Western Xia, plus the troops before the meeting, the total strength exceeded 160,000, more than 3 times that of Yuan Hao, how could such a force be afraid.
A big battle, under the leadership of the commanders of both sides, began to prepare for the war, and the army gathered, with about 150,000 Liao troops on one side and about 40,000 cavalry of Yuan Hao on the other.
The difference between the forces of the two sides is huge, the gap is more than 4 times, so that the two sides are not on the same order of magnitude at all, if they face to face in a decisive battle, it is definitely a huge gap, and the Liao State will win, and it is a hearty victory.
There is no if in the war, the Liao State is a labor expedition, but Yuan Hao is waiting to see what happens, after cleaning up all the tribes on the grassland, it turns out that the internal supply of the Liao State has no geographical advantage, and Yuan Hao, after storing a few places, began a large-scale transfer and carried out a guerrilla war.
In the era of cold weapons, guerrilla warfare was very difficult to practice, for example, in the absence of firearms, physical strength was an important factor.
Why, in the first battle of Yuan Hao before, it was clear that the gap between the two sides was not big, 20,000 versus 20,000, but the result was very different, that's it.
One side shifted a wide area, and he couldn't even pick up a knife when he ran, but the other side waited for work, and who the final victory was, you don't need to think about it.
But under certain circumstances, it is still possible, the huge prairie itself is a natural place for guerrillas, and Yuan Hao has been fighting here for more than eight months, and of course he is very familiar with this place.
Coupled with the hidden materials and even the horses, these supplements provided help for a large-scale transfer, and Liao Xingzong, as a chase, did not dare to casually divide troops on a large scale under the premise of previous experience.
Yuan Hao's amazing combat power, coupled with the fact that Yuan Hao has a total of 40,000 horses, then a part of the 40,000 people is definitely not good, at least 80,000, in this way, the Liao army can only be divided into two parts at most, so it is very difficult to limit Yuan Hao to a certain range on the grassland of tens of millions of miles.
It took half a month for Yuan Hao to bring the guerrilla warfare to the extreme, attacking the east and the west, chasing the dead and chasing the north, sometimes, when it was clear in the morning, it was still thousands of miles away, and it was already close at night.
Even if he didn't understand the essence of guerrilla warfare, Yuan Hao relied on his excellent military literacy to bring everything to the extreme, and on the huge grassland, a guerrilla war was launched, and in 15 days, he not only fought thousands of miles, but also seized the opportunity to fight 7 battles.
This can be called a textbook-like transfer and battle, almost giving full play to Yuan Hao's military talent, these battles, did not fight against the main force of the Liao State, basically, they were all outnumbered by the crowd.
Its combat effectiveness is extraordinary, coupled with the fact that the fighters are selected very accurately, mostly three times and four times the strength, to deal with opponents, every war is won quickly, and it is a war of annihilation.
The results of each of the 7 wars were not too big, 3000-5000, and the largest one was only about 7000 people, but after the 7 wars, the Liao State was once again annihilated by about 40,000 people.
You must know that the Western Xia, which was attacked by the Liao State, only sent 100,000 people, plus the losses of the Tielin Army before, a total of 80,000, which the Liao State could not afford.
Liao Xingzong's royal expedition, of course, is expected to produce results quickly, and it is best to be able to catch Yuan Hao, even if he can't, he must clean them out.
But the current situation told him that even in the hinterland of the Liao State, he still had no way to catch Yuan Hao, especially in the back, he had already gained insight into Yuan Hao's movements, and the Liao army had made certain arrangements for this and set up some traps.
It's a pity that the grasp of the timing, the Liao State is still bad, and Yuan Hao is the closest one, the distance between the two sides is only 50 miles, almost less than an hour's time, you can rush to the scene, as long as at that time, the besieged Liao army, can hold on a little more, you can keep Yuan Hao.
Yuan Hao's decisiveness was also beyond imagination, when it took 2 hours, the periphery that had already been breached, and at most half an hour, he could completely annihilate the remaining 3,000 people, he chose to leave directly and let go of the results at his fingertips.
In the battle of wits and courage, Yuan Hao won the battle, the morale of the party cavalry was high, and the morale of the Liao army was low, and some gossip began to spread among the Liao army, all thinking that Yuan Hao was almost invincible.
However, they didn't know that in 15 days, Yuan Hao used almost everything he could think of and what he had arranged.
Without advance preparation, this guerrilla war is almost impossible to play a role, and in the collision with the Liao army, Yuan Hao also began to understand that his strength is still a little worse than the strength of the Liao State.
The bargain was taken and a large amount of supplies were seized, so it was time to leave.
Of course, the Liao State is unwilling to let them leave so easily, but the continuous transfer of wars, almost a wide range of transfers, especially 7 wars, although the overall results are not too high, but some key points have been divided, and now, the Liao army, which has been sharply reduced to 110,000, has begun to hold together.
The soldiers are divided into two ways, cooperating with each other to encircle and kill, there are almost no loopholes, and the encirclement formed makes it difficult for Yuan Hao to escape, but now, he can only focus on one aspect, and the rest is only to control some nodes.
This formed a huge flaw, and this flaw was grasped by Yuan Hao, so the result was doomed.
At this time, it can also be seen that Liao Xingzong and Yuan Hao's overall view of the problem, when Yuan Hao was ready to escape, Liao Xingzong still looked at it according to his previous vision.
Almost, only 50 miles away, Yuan Hao finally escaped, which also made him see an opportunity, that is, a better design of a trap, this design made him ignore that Yuan Hao was in a weak position and was ready to escape.
With Yuan Hao's reconnaissance ability, of course, it can be seen that this trap arranged by Liao Xingzong, to be honest, this trap is very tempting, if Yuan Hao breaks the boat, takes out 10,000 heavy horses, strikes at this bait, and then on the premise of eating the bait, he responds with 20,000 people, and there are still seventy or eighty percent of the strength to escape.
But Yuan Hao restrained his desire, the purpose of coming to the Liao State has been achieved, and it is a meaningless thing to continue, killing and wounding an additional twenty or thirty thousand Liao troops will have little impact on the Liao State, as long as there is a little omission, maybe, his main force will be left behind.
Yuan Hao, after starting the last material point, began a large-scale transfer, took 3 days, moved more than 700 miles, jumped out of the encirclement of the entire Liao State, and pointed at Datong Mansion, an important town of the Liao State on the edge of the grassland.
Datong Mansion is an ancient city, but in this era of the Liao State, it is not important, he was promoted during the Battle of Liaoxia, from the Datong Army to Datong Mansion.
Later, because of the battle of Liaoxia in history, the Liao State was defeated, and the Liao State strengthened its pressure and control over the Western Xia, which was continuously improved, and finally reached the level of Xijing.
But now, Datongfu, a city located in the western part of the entire grassland, at a distance from the Northern Song Dynasty and Western Xia, is just an emerging city.
Of course, Liao Xingzong knew that Datong Mansion was an important place, but what he valued more was the route that Yuan Hao entered from the grassland, in his opinion, Yuan Hao came from here and would definitely leave from here.
Liao Xingzong is a little rigid, of course, this is also related to his personal quality, his military quality, so that he can only be fixed, and will not be considered comprehensively.
After Yuan Hao was familiar with the layout of the Liao State, he quickly found such a weakness as Datong.
It can't be said that Datong is weak, one has been promoted from the Datong army to the level of Datong Mansion, and the future is Xijing, Datong itself is not weak, even if a large number of troops are transferred, it still maintains 5000 troops, and the city defense is not bad.
It's a pity, this is just good, if Yuan Hao seizes the time, desperate attack, can still easily capture Datong Mansion, after all, it is only a city in Liao, or in the west, a city in a place where Liao does not pay attention, although he built a city wall, but the city wall is only about three meters, a little to build a soil fence, you can leap forward, the defense is very small.
Yuan Hao did not choose the method of attacking, his troops are the foundation of his future, to put it bluntly, without these elite soldiers, he may not be able to have enough strength in a short period of time to counterattack the Western Xia mainland, a Suzhou, which cannot meet the current ambitions of Yuan Hao.
In the past, whether it was the Tielin Army that was encircled and suppressed, most of the Liao troops who were encircled and suppressed in the back, their equipment, and clothes and the like, were left behind.
For Yuan Hao, who only has Suzhou left, there is a lack of everything, especially military materials, none of these things can be let go, because Suzhou cannot be produced, or very little is produced.
Under such a premise, it was created, Yuan Hao could casually create 30,000 or 40,000 Liao troops, as for the language, at present, the soldiers under Yuan Hao's command are almost all from the original party clan.
This Dangxiang clan is not the Dangxiang clan of Western Xia, but the Dangxiang clan on the grassland, these Dangxiang clans who have entered the Liao State for many years and integrated into all aspects of the Liao State, perhaps their status is not high, and they have not even entered the most basic strata in the Liao State, but they can play the role of the Liao army that is like a fake.
The city, in feudal society, in the era of cold weapons, was the easiest way to obtain a city, and some terrible, almost never breachable fortresses were captured in this way.
Now Yuan Hao, not only is he more fully prepared, but also has no flaws, unlike the usual fraud to open the city gate, here from top to bottom, all are understood, in the name of the king of the North Courtyard, came to support Datong Mansion, and even looked decent, helped to guard the city for two days, and after dispelling all the vigilance, he began to attack.
This terrible method of building a city is impossible for even a famous general to contend with, not to mention the current guards of Datong Mansion, in the Liao State, they are all third-rate generals, and it is impossible to defend it.
Yuan Hao is like a march, it is easy to take, if Yuan Hao, if he is still interested, he can even use the Daimyo's Mansion to arrange some traps, and with the help of defense, and the Liao army will touch again.
However, under the premise that the road to return has been opened, Yuan Hao is not in the mood to stay in Liao, and he is still very clear about the theory of one by one, and he will only bury his gains if he is endless.
Even after leaving the Daimyo's Mansion, he didn't even go back to Xixia to stir up the wind and rain, maybe now, doing this, will get a lot of benefits, and even annihilate a lot of Liao troops, but can not get the original land of Xixia, but will carry a heavy burden, a little careless, it is easy to be counterattacked by the Liao State, it is better to take the gains that have been obtained, to develop in Suzhou, when the power is consolidated, and then carry out a war.
Datong Mansion, which looks inconspicuous and may even become a floodgate, completely seals Yuan Hao's back road, has become Yuan Hao's life path, and won Datong Mansion, everything suddenly opens up, Liao Xingzong is far away 500 miles, and even the goal is wrong, every other day, he will go further, which will give Yuan Hao at least half a month's time.
With all the cavalry, even if there is a part of the heavy cavalry troops, they can go out more than 250 miles in a day, and in 15 days, even if Yuan Hao does not arrive in Suzhou, it is almost the same.
On both sides of the war, when Yuan Hao chose to leave, this war, in fact, has ended, unless Liao Xingzong pursues Yuan Hao desperately.