Volume 1 Born Out of Thin Air Chapter 44 The Great Defeat of the Liao State

The Chinese army of the Liao State completely collapsed, the cavalry on both wings scattered and fled, and the battle situation of the Liao State was decided.

Looking at the golden car cover shining in the sunlight in the distance, the old general Yelu Muzhong muttered: "Lin Wu, this battle should not have been launched in a hurry, let alone gathering the servant army that is not one heart, if you want to fight, you must do your best.

"Why don't you understand, even if you flee to the southern capital or the western capital, the Jurchens will chase after you..." Yelu Muzhong's guards and generals didn't dare to answer, and Yelu Muzhong was the emperor's grandfather, so they didn't dare to get involved in this kind of thing.

"Okay, you all go, stay and die. It's impossible to do anything, so let's save some vitality for Da Liao. Jerumuzhong ordered. Some generals left with their cronies, and some young generals hugged their fathers or uncles and wept bitterly, refusing to leave.

On the battlefield, the veteran generals and veterans of the Liao State saw that General Mu Chong began to gather his personal guards and understood something, so they concentrated there one after another. They had to follow the Khitan gods in a decisive charge to buy more time for their own soldiers to flee and their relatives to retreat.

"What are you crying about, go back and follow Xiao Zhen's kid to do a good job... Remember to bring your aunt to the Western Capital, and the Southern Capital will soon be a battlefield. Tell you Auntie, my old man can't accompany her anymore. Also, on the beams of the middle house..."A free and easy sign head is comforting his crying son and explaining some things.

"Nandu can only rely on Ah Ming, His Majesty the Emperor... Ay! Gather your subordinates well, give them the property, and don't be reluctant. Here is my letter to your mother, she will listen. Hehe, Daddy remembered the time when she was younger, when her face was so round, and she really wanted to eat another bite of the lamb she made..."A nobleman finished his last instruction to the heir, and then drove him away with a horsewhip. "Hurry up, remember to go directly to the Western Capital, property is not important. Youzhou will soon be a battlefield, and you can't go! ”

A sharpshooter kneels north to pay one last homage to his ancestors. "The green ox and the white sheep are above, and I am deeply willing to charge to the death for the Khitan clan, and ask my ancestors to bless my old wife and children to escape smoothly from ......"

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Ah Guta looked at the collapsed and scattered Khitan armor soldiers, and did not rush to catch up, but relined the formation and seized the time to rest. The Jurchen side suffered heavy casualties, almost everyone hung their lottery, and the men and horses were exhausted and in urgent need of rest.

The sun had already set in the sky, and the orange light shone on the cemeteries, orange, blood, white, and gray-black. Countless wounded people and horses struggled in it, the blood and water gradually solidified under the action of low temperature, and the smell in the air was strong, threatening to pull people into the hell of Ah Nose.

In the decades that followed, the area became a playground for wolves and a no-go zone for humans.

Jurchen high-level officials such as Ah Guta, Ah Qimai, Han Ye, and Wan Yanchang stood in the center of the Jurchen array, looking at the Khitan old army that was regrouping towards Yelumu, with complicated expressions.

The old Khitan army is willing to die for his own tribe, I don't know if my Jurchen will come to this day... After a cold war, Wanyan Aguda hurriedly threw this dangerous idea out of his brain, the Jurchens were invincible, how could there be this day!

Of course, Ah Guta didn't know, Yelu Abaoji looked at the collapsed and scattered enemy hundreds of years ago, and had similar doubts, but he also came to the same conclusion as Ah Guta.

The scouts hiding in the shadows quietly retreated and reported the movements of the Jurchens to Xiao Zhen and Ye Luming. After learning that the Jurchens had just gathered their formation and had not divided their forces to pursue, the two sighed regretfully.

Ah Gu is really an immortal talent, and he can still stay calm in the face of a big victory and not rush to pursue. As everyone knows, Ah Guta is also very helpless, he also wants to destroy the Great Liao army as much as possible, but he is afraid of being ambushed by a large army.

After all, the Liao State is only weak, not that there are no strong soldiers, let alone no qualified generals. The Khitan people have risen for hundreds of years, and there are still a large number of soldiers who dare to fight, and they also have strong combat power if they are properly commanded.

The Jurchen and Da Liao had fought many times before, and the senior Jurchen generals had a deep understanding of the potential of the Great Liao, so they were very cautious in using troops, which was very different from the invincible life a few years later.

On a high ground in front of the heavy array of Jerumu, he held an iron helmet. "Dead old men, old brothers, Khitan veterans. We are defeated, defeated! The old army in the audience was gloomy, but the look in his eyes was firm and firm.

"The Jurchens are already in a difficult situation, in order to evacuate our dolls, and for your families to escape the clutches... Finally, for the sake of Da Liao! I, Yelu Muzhong, a Khitan warrior, please accompany me to die! Jurchen can be a hundred wins, and Da Liao will not die! ”

"Let's die!"

"Da Liao will not die!"

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The sun is beginning to sink into the horizon, the air is cold again, and the brutal battlefield is about to be covered in wind and snow.

The 20,000 Khitan veterans handed over some armor to the young men, drove them away from a distance, and then put on the tattered armor and walked neatly towards the Jurchen array.

"Boy, watch how the battle should be fought, but don't get too close, the family still has to rely on you." An old soldier said this to his son not long ago, and on the hillside in the distance, his son clasped his hands and was ordered to watch the battle with thousands of unwilling young men.

Heading into the 100 meters, Halig and Lantai sighed. The Jurchen phalanx began to shoot arrows, and the old army returned fire.

At 50 meters, 5,000 people fell in the old army, and 500 people fell in the Jurchens.

At 20 meters, 8,000 people fell in the old army, and 700 people fell in the Jurchens.

At the time of the hand-to-hand encounter, the old army fell 10,000 people, and the Jurchen fell 800 people.

A dull bull's horn sounded, and the Jurchen cavalry burst into the old army array from both flanks, slashing and slashing. The Jurchen warriors in the back row also put away their big bows, picked up weapons such as iron spears, broadswords, giant axes, and maces, and assaulted forward.

The old Khitan army and their companions, many of whom were old brothers who grew up together, cooperated in three or five, and then more people formed a small circle to resist. Shield-bearers and heavily armored men are outside, long weapons block attacks, short weapons pass through gaps, and those with excellent archery skills wait for an opportunity to shoot arrows.

Tiefutu's war horses were no longer usable, and now the light cavalry who launched the charge were obviously unable to charge directly. The light cavalry was a food delivery for these veterans who were experienced in combat and fought in formation.

The level of cavalry and archery of the Jurchens was not as good as that of the Khitans, and the accuracy and strength of the bow and arrow on the horse decreased a lot compared with the foot archery, and the casualties of the Jurchen cavalry gradually increased.

Aguta told the cavalry to retreat, and the infantry approached with large shields and spears, and the dead soldiers and strong bows stepped forward and broke through the formation on foot. The Jurchen heavy armor broke into the old army's formation and attempted to cut and encircle. Yelumu confronted each other and fused the small circle array in twos......

Ah Gu hit the iron with a blue face, looking at Yelu Muzhong, who was full of white hair and blood. It's just 20,000 old soldiers, and they actually fought out 3,000 Jurchen soldiers!

An hour ago, the Jurchens faced hundreds of thousands of Liao troops, and less than 5,000 were killed. Of course, the reason why the Jurchens were fought out by the Khitan old army was mainly because the tribal army was physically exhausted and the real Jurchens were on top of the whole line.

Having said that, more than half of the Jurchen's subordinate tribal army suffered casualties, and it was already unbearable to fight again, and it was impossible to force it.

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In Mingyue Village, Li Xiang looked at a complete set of new weights and measures with satisfaction. After the craftsman battalion determined the mother ruler and built the mold, the first set of measuring tools was finally made.

Today's modern weights and measures only have units of length, weight, volume, and angle. Li Xiang plans to set up a special workshop to specialize in the production of new measuring instruments. Do you want to set up a measurement bureau? Li Xiang sometimes thinks maliciously.

Length. The carpenter took out the various rulers that were popular in the Great Zhou, and then added them to the average, multiplied by three, and set a length of one meter.

The length adopts the ten-point system in an all-round way, and the decimeters and millimeters are specified to meet the needs of length measurement. Thunder Blacksmith created a steel rod as a length master ruler, which was the first unit of measurement to be determined, and many other units were fine-tuned.

Weight. Thunder Blacksmith and Carpenter Tsuba teamed up to create a large square water tank with an internal side of one meter, filled with water, and the weight of the water was 1,000 kilograms. It's not very accurate at the moment and needs to be fine-tuned.

Volume. This one is relatively simple, one cubic decimeter is called one liter.

Angle. Using the 360-degree measurement method, now only a ruler can be made by hand, and the accuracy is not enough.