Chapter 1184: The Rise of the Republic - Empress Dowager Xiao
"Your Majesty! Let's go! Walking along the coastline, there is no Youzhou army, there is no Bohai Nu, the bay west of Hue City is also frozen, the army can pass directly, and it is not far from Fuzhou City after the bay. When you arrive in Fuzhou, you will be safe! ”
"Yes, Your Majesty, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, the vast expanse is thousands of miles, rich and sea-rich, it won't collapse so easily!"
Xiao Fengxian and Xiao Wuna kept tears in their eyes to persuade Yelu Yanxi at the head of Lushun City. Yelu Yanxi was stunned and looked at the fire in the direction of Hue City in the north......
He's already a little desperate!
A fire in Hue City has already burned out the hope of Yelu Yanxi's entire division retreating.
It may not be a problem to retreat to Fuzhou City along the route that Xiao Fengxian said, but it is 120 miles, and it can be completed in one day if you walk quickly.
But what about later?
There are still four or five hundred miles to retreat from Fuzhou to Liaoyang! A normal march takes ten days. If you are blocked by the Youzhou thieves, Bohai Nu and Ma family thieves again, and encounter another snowstorm, I am afraid that it will not be able to go for twenty or thirty days.
And the rations carried by the army are simply not enough to support so many people to eat horses and chew ......
Once the army runs out of food, it will be annihilated!
The whole army is wiped out, and he, the emperor, is still a fart? Wait to be a prisoner!
"Your Majesty!" Xiao Wuna was also a little anxious, and stamped his feet forward to persuade, "Your Majesty can take the armored cavalry of each army and the royal tent army to go first...... Prepare more dry food and horses, if there is a case, abandon the rear army, and the whole team rushes to Chenzhou. Chenzhou has 10,000 elite soldiers from Xiao Tao Su Hu, and there is a lot of grain in stock, and His Majesty brought the elite over, which should be able to supply for a long time.
With Chenzhou's soldiers, horses, and grass, His Majesty will be able to pack up the people and horses of Liaodong and go straight to Beijing at the same time. If you can still gather 100,000 troops, you may be able to retreat to the central and western parts of Xijing Province and Shangjing Province, so as to wait for the opportunity! ”
Xiao Wuna is actually a figure who plans the overall situation, not throwing it on the battlefield.
Now his plan has pointed out a way out for Yelu Yanxi.
Lead a handful of elite runners first!
It's a desperate stake...... Not having food is actually a small trouble! The more than 100,000 Han Chinese troops on the Great Black Mountain, as well as the Bohai army that had already occupied (in fact, not yet occupied) Hue City, were the biggest danger.
Together, there are more than 200,000 of them! A little more than the Liao army in Lushun City......
Therefore, we cannot expect the whole army to flee now, nor can we expect the majority to flee. I can only go first with a few elites!
The essence of the Liao army is actually also armored cavalry, accounting for almost thirty percent of the number of Khitan soldiers.
Yelu Yanxi placed less than 200,000 Khitan elites on the Lushun front, half of which were regular soldiers, and the equipment accounted for 30%, which was about 30,000.
The Liaohai Ice Sheet lost 7,000 in the First World War, and about 23,000 remained.
In Chenzhou, Liaoyang, Tongzhou and other places, Yelu Yanxi also deployed more than 30,000 elite soldiers. With the addition of auxiliary soldiers, it can reach 60,000.
In other parts of Tokyo Province, there are still some fragmentary troops, and there are also many soldiers and horses in Shangjing Linhuang Prefecture.
If they can all be collected, it is entirely possible to assemble an army of more than 100,000.
With this mobile force and the support of the Song Dynasty, Yelu Yanxi has the capital to continue to play in the battle for hegemony in the Northland.
Of course, it is necessary to take a step back.
Take a step back, throw out the fat of Tokyo Road, and even part of the territory of Shangjing Road and Zhongjing Road, and let Youzhou, Nuzhi, Bohai and Xianzhou Majia compete for each other, so that Liao will have a chance to recuperate and make a comeback.
Yelu Yanxi was just speechless, this was his concubine Xiao Sese, and the palace all deployed Yelu Yujian to go up the city wall together. Both of them were dressed in armor and looked ready to fight at any moment.
When he saw Yelu Yanxi, he bowed both.
Yu said: "Your Majesty, the 22,000 elites are ready to stop, one person and two horses, bringing enough food for ten days and horse feed for five days......"
"What? 22000? Yelu Yanxi looked back at Yu Jian, and then at Xiao Wuna. Who said you only take that many people with you? ”
"It's a slave maid...... Xiao Se said with tears in her eyes, "It's a slave and a maid!" ”
"You! You slut, I want to make you a slave! Yelu Yanxi was furious, when he said this, his eyes were dark again, his throat was sweet, blood spurted out again, and his body shook. Xiao Se Se immediately stepped forward and held Yelu Yanxi.
Xiao Wuna waved his hand, "Hurry up, hurry up!" There was an old man and the king of Lanling (referring to Xiao Fengxian, Yelu Yanxi forgot to cut his title), and the two of us led the troops to Hue City, playing the great edict of the Son of Heaven...... The Youzhou Army will definitely follow us. ”
Xiao Fengxian on the side had already lost his mind, and just sighed.
Yelu Yujian and Xiao Seseer glanced at each other, both of them nodded to Xiao Wuna, and then helped Yelu Yanxi down the city wall of Lushun together.
The 22,000 armored cavalry were already lined up in the West Gate of Lushun, and they did not play the god of the Great Liao Emperor, but only waved the banner of Yelu Yu.
Yu Jian has the talisman stolen by Xiao Si Se in his hand, and it is deployed in the palace, so he can naturally order this armored horseman. The order was immediately given to leave the city.
The 22,000-strong army, mighty, drove out of the city and headed towards the sea of ice to the east of Lushun City.
In order to save time, they will not pass through the mountains north of Arthur City, but will directly walk the ice sea all the way north to Fuzhou.
watched Yelu Yanxi leave with Yelu Yujian and Xiao Sese. Xiao Fengxian sighed: "Another Queen Mother!" ”
In fact, after Xiao Sese wrote a song and admonished him, he was only superficial, but in fact, he was no longer loved by Yelu Yanxi. Yanxi took her by her side, just to be humble and admonishing. Sooner or later, it will be settled by Yelu Yanxi...... But I didn't expect Yelu Yanxi to be hit repeatedly, as if she was going to die.
And Xiao Sisse disregarded his own safety at the critical moment, stealing talismans and transferring troops to preserve the strength of Daliao...... If Yelu Yanxi really died of illness, or was sick to death.
There is no doubt that the enthronement will be the son of Concubine Wen Xiao Sese, and the king of Wenzhong, who is also the eldest son of Yelu Yanxi, Yelu Aolu!
And Xiao Sisse is the new generation of Empress Dowager Xiao!
Xiao Wuna shook his head: "It's a pity that Concubine Wen is facing the Republic of Wuhao Gu...... It's not the Great Song Kingdom of Song Zhenzong!
King Lanling, the old man knows that you are unwilling. But the Great Liao Kingdom has come to this point, and what is above is not necessarily a good thing. Not on top of it isn't necessarily a bad thing. ”
He paused, "Now it's time for us to lead our troops out of the city and rush towards Hue City!" ”
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"Out of town! This time, it seems to be the main force, a large area of black pressure, going in the direction of Hue City! ”
On the mountain city of Daheishan, Ma Zheng looked at the soldiers and horses like a black torrent in Lushun City under the mountain, and finally let out a long breath. He looked up at the sky, a blizzard was coming!
This is not a good time to send troops.
Ma Zheng turned back to the whims around him and said, "Go and ask Ma Liangsi if he will send troops?" If no troops are dispatched, then the officer will have to send troops to pursue. ”
"Whoa!"
A military machine should take Ma Zheng's words, fly on the horse, and go to Ma Zhi's Chinese army to inquire.
However, when he arrived at Ma Zhizhongjun, this question was already a bit redundant.
Because Ma Zhi's army was divided into eight teams, they went down the mountain in turn. However, he did not go to pursue the Liao army, but took the road of Dongguan City, that is, the road where Gao Yongchang attacked Hue City before to intercept the Liao army.
Like the Liao army, Ma Zhi's army of 80,000 also went on the road with ten days' worth of food (the shortfall was borrowed by the Republican army).
The decisive battle with the Liao army was just a matter of hand. Now Gao Yongchang's 40,000 elite soldiers should have arrived in Hue City...... There are still 20,000 Bohai Nu on the other side of Hue City. You should be able to fight with the Liao soldiers, right?
It doesn't matter if you win or lose, just burn the grain and grass!
The rest of the things are to be solved by God.
And Ma Zhi's target is actually the Liaoguo Zhenhaifu Fucheng on the southeast coast of the Liaodong Peninsula. Although Zhenhai Mansion has the name of "Fu", it is actually a small place, but there are many Bohai people who cultivate in this area.
Ma Zhi's army would stay in Zhenhai Mansion for a while, scavenging for a little grain and grass supplies, and then march east to the four prefectures of Kai, Ding, Xuan, and Bao.
With his own base, Ma Zhi can laugh at Liaodong Dongfeng and wait for an opportunity to take advantage of it.
"Chief, Ma Zhi has sent troops!"
Ma Zheng stood on the mountain city of Daheishan Mountain, and had already seen Ma Zhi's army dispatching, so he smiled and said: "Let Wu Xuan's cavalry department and the people of the Wanyan family dispatch, just follow the Liao army brigade and bluff!" ”
He didn't care about the outcome of the battle of Hue City. As long as the Liao soldiers retreated without food, and were pursued by the fake cavalry and female direct cavalry who were accustomed to the harsh climate in a snowstorm, the final result could only be the loss of most of the troops.
As for the loss of 100,000 or 150,000, it doesn't matter.
At the same time, the battle in Hue City was still in full swing.
The grain that was burned was not as much as the generals of the three sides imagined, oh, should have imagined.
Because it was mainly hay that was ignited by Gao Yongfu and Guo Yaoshi's people, hay was more flammable than grain, and it burned at one point. It's scary to look at from afar.
However, the grain and hay in Hue were stored separately, and there were fireproof ditches between them, and the ditches were also filled with snow, which was turned into water by the fire, forming several ditches. And Yelu Dabei Nu commanded his subordinates, relying on these ditches to resist desperately.
Because the Bohai Nu (Minling) who was mobilized by Gao Yongchang's retainers was not a professional army, its combat effectiveness was not comparable to its destructive power. So for a while, the Liao army in Hue City couldn't help it.
However, as Gao Yongchang's army of 40,000 arrived at Hue City that night, the thousands of auxiliary soldiers of the Great Compassion Slave finally could not support it. In the early hours of the next morning, he had to abandon the city. Hue City and the grain stored in the city that had not yet been burned all fell into the hands of Gao Yongchang.
The overwhelming wind and snow also fell from the sky at this time, as if they wanted to completely cover up the land in the south of the Liaodong Peninsula, which had been devastated by a war.