Chapter 357: Bloodstained Prairie
When he arrived near Helan Mountain, after careful investigation, Yuan Hao found that he had no chance.
For 20 days, Yuan Hao didn't do anything, Yuan Hao also knew about Liao, of course he wouldn't move the large troops of Liao, and he didn't even choose to transport the spoils of war, he knew very well that Liaoguo had not relaxed its pursuit of him,
His more than 10,000 people, with combat effectiveness, that is, he carries 1,000 people, as long as there are more than 3,000, the elite Liao army escorts, it is impossible to break through.
Himself, he wanted to wait for the time when the Liao State transported livestock to the country on a large scale, and then proceeded, and the huge herd of livestock in Western Xia was enough to dilute the strength of the Liao army.
He didn't expect that Liao Guo would be indifferent, why is this? Could it be that they are going to take it back together at the end.
In this way, some of the efficiency will be low, and the protection will also be reduced, but the safety is greatly increased, and the livestock themselves are mobile military food, and it is also the habitual method of the nomads to drive large-scale livestock to fight.
If this is the case, it will be much more difficult, occasionally the past few teams, all of them are at least 5000 troops to escort, all of them are the elite troops of the Liao State, and they do not carry much material, the speed is extremely fast, often, when Yuan Hao is thinking about it, he has already missed it.
Continuous lurking, watching the opportunity slip away in front of his eyes, it seems that since the invasion of the Liao Kingdom, everything does not follow his wishes, and even Yuan Hao's heart has a trace of fear, what is wrong, the previous miscalculation is undoubted, and now, it has become so difficult.
This undoubtedly has nothing to do with the omission, because Yuan Hao has lost the most basic source of information. Yuan Hao lost Xingqing Mansion and the five core states, and he has basically lost his judgment on intelligence and the current situation, and it is impossible for him to know that Liao Xingzong has reached a contract with Han Qi to exchange 10 million cattle for some necessary materials, mainly weapons and armor.
Compared with 10 million livestock, hundreds of thousands of armor can be worn directly on the body to increase combat effectiveness, as well as military rations or something, what Liao brought back will not be too much.
10 million head of livestock, which is all for Western Xia, and for Liao, it is also an extremely large number, and most of them will be quite troublesome if they are sent back to Liao.
It must be divided into batches, and each batch will not exceed 500,000, so it may take 20 batches.
For livestock, Liao State can't send a large number of people to protect it like property, and it is impossible to send a batch, another batch, and it must be transported many times, which will give Yuan Hao a chance, as long as he robs a batch, he will completely turn over.
It's a pity that Yuan Hao's attention was wrong, and all the 10 million livestock were used by Liao Xingzong to trade with the Northern Song Dynasty, and of course they would not be transported.
As for the things traded, even if it is 300,000 sets of foot armor, when stacked, it is far smaller than 10 million livestock, and it may be tens of thousands of carts, which can be loaded, although the number is still very large, but among the 100,000 troops, it is not inconspicuous at all.
Under such circumstances, it was impossible for the Liao State to bring a large number of cattle back, but only sent some loot over in advance.
These trophies were all snatched from Xingqing Mansion and Western Xia, although there were no good things in Western Xia, but they had accumulated over the years, and there were a lot.
There are some gold and silver, and there are some works of art, women and the like, these things are expensive and small in quantity, and every time, more than 5,000 troops will be sent to escort them, and Yuan Hao will not be given any chance.
Yuan Hao's intelligence support is insufficient, but he is a genius military strategist, the sense of smell on the battlefield is quite obvious, even if he feels very bad now, he also doubts his judgment, he still found a solution to the problem in a short period of time, and marched to the territory of Liao.
More than 10,000 people, even if they are integrated, if they are trained, they need a lot of resources, and he almost escaped from Xingqing Mansion with 1,000 cavalry, of course, he will not carry a lot of resources.
In the remote areas of Western Xia itself, the resources were insufficient, relying on the looting of the massacre, and the resources finally obtained were relatively limited, which were not enough to support his development.
As an ambitious monarch of the Western Xia, the contradiction between Yuan Hao and the Liao State also began with the rebellion of the Dangxiang tribe that began to enter the Western Xia.
The current four capitals of the Liao State, until the establishment of the fifth capital, strengthened the management of the west, the entire west, on the steppe bordering the Western Xia, that is an absolute nomadic tribe, and even the Mongolian tribes further north, even the control of the Liao State is not particularly in place, which gives Yuan Hao a chance.
What is faster than robbery, let alone against Liao, this is an opportunity for revenge, he deeply understands the characteristics of nomads, and knows very well that as long as he does not attack some big cities of Liao, the possibility of leaking news is almost equal to zero.
However, unlike ambushes, this kind of operation that penetrates deep into the territory of the Liao State cannot carry so many burdens, at least, some weak strength cannot be carried, and they can be placed in the territory of Western Xia.
Soon, among more than 10,000 people, 4,000 people were carefully selected, carrying two horses, and equipped with various weapons, although only 1,000 people were in their hands, which was relatively sophisticated, but this was already a very strong force.
With 1,000 guards as arrows, coupled with Yuan Hao's command, it should be able to have considerable combat effectiveness, and the remaining 4,000 people are also the ones who have some battlefield experience and are relatively strong in physical strength.
This time, it can be said to be a big gamble, when he is on the side of Helan Mountain, no matter what, there is still a chance to escape, once he is in the territory of Liao, after being discovered, as long as Liao sends tens of thousands of troops to chase, it can even be divided into several parts to outflank, it will be difficult for him to come back.
But Yuan Hao still went without hesitation, Yuan Hao has always been a very heavy gambler, the three wars of the founding of the country, which one is not in an extremely dangerous situation, risk-taking, it can be said that from the youth, the first time on the battlefield, Yuan Hao is in the gambling again and again, to this day.
Under the premise that Xingqing Mansion is occupied, and only one of the most remote Suzhou is left in the land of Wuzhou, if you don't take risks, Western Xia will become an insignificant force and be slowly eliminated.
From the founder of a country to a rogue, this is what Yuan Hao does not want to see, he has to gamble, and he has to gamble a lot.
The same is Helan Mountain, but this time it is the west of Helan Mountain, Helan Mountain is a north-south mountain range, the east and west are not too wide, but the difference is nearly 200 miles on both sides, Liao State cannot be defended in place, the western side, is still a barren.
The grassland is like this, it is simply impossible to use dense cities to form a line of defense like the Northern Song Dynasty, so that there is no way to start, and there are roads everywhere on the prairie, which are nothing more than familiar and unfamiliar.
If you are familiar, there are roads everywhere, and if you are not familiar, you will be swallowed by the grassland, and Yuan Hao, who was born here, is very familiar with the roads here.
The three cities that the Liao State sent troops, Yuan Hao would not touch, he knew very well how low his power was, but after bypassing, attacking the tribes on the grassland was his best choice, and the same, there were also those party clans.
Perhaps, they already know the contribution of Xingqing Mansion, but in front of the knife, the practice of obeying the strong on the grassland will still make them obey orders, which is Yuan Hao's self-confidence.
The reason why the Dangxiang clan rebelled was because the suppression of the Liao State was too much, and even if it wasn't for the support of the Western Xia, they wouldn't dare to rebel, after all, their power was weak.
However, after the suppression of the Liao State, the party can be said to have suffered a great loss of vitality, forced to surrender on the surface, and all kinds of military forces were looted.
This kind of hatred and reduction in power has become the foundation of Yuan Hao, the same clan and clan, with the same goal, and there is not enough protective power.
At this critical moment, for Yuan Hao, no benevolence, righteousness and morality, what means and friendships can compare to real strength, for the sake of strength, he did everything.
The passages on the grassland that extend in all directions, and even when the Liao State conquered the Dangxiang clan, they were secretly invaded by him, and now, when the Liao State has won and most of the forces are in the territory of Western Xia, it is impossible to think that Yuan Hao still ventured in.
More than 4,000 people, far easier than before, even Yuan Hao was careful day and night, and finally, it took 10 days to go deep into the territory of Liao.
At this time, it was at least 500 li away from the border of Liao, and the nearest city was also more than 400 li, which was the interior of a prairie, a relatively barren place.
The Dangxiang tribe itself is close to the border, no more than 150 miles from the nearest city.
It's a pity that the rebellion hurt their vitality greatly, and at the same time, the Liao State was afraid of the Dangxiang clan in the territory, colluding with the Western Xia, and specially moved them 150 miles, which now went deeper into the interior of the grassland, and the contact with the Western Xia was much more difficult.
In the eyes of Liao, the control has increased greatly, who knows, but it has also created an opportunity for Yuan Hao, there are almost hundreds of thousands, divided into at least 1,000 tribes of different sizes, widely distributed within a radius of 500 miles, and there are no other tribes around, not even Liaoguo cities.
In this case, what will happen if a hungry wolf comes in, and the flames of war have been ignited since the first day Yuan Hao entered.
Yuan Hao has never been benevolent and moral, madness and killing are his first choices, in the first contact into the area of the party members, it is a tribe of less than 5,000 people, because of the relationship between resistance and Liwei, the chickens and dogs killed by Yuan Hao are restless, and then, the bloody killing began to spread.