"Rubbish! Rubbish! Rubbish! It's all a bunch of rubbish! Li Ji threw a frontier urgent report on the ground.

The ministers below were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, and the frontier was defeated, and they were ashamed.

"Shame!" Li Ji pointed to the ministers below: "You are all flying and domineering on weekdays, you oppose this, and you protest against that." How can a fight be like a retard! The dignified border guards, muskets and artillery can't beat bows and arrows. Datang's face has been lost by you! ”

Li Ji is talking about the Northeast Khitan Department leading the troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, I have to admire the spirit of these nomadic peoples who are not afraid of death, they know that the Tang Dynasty is fierce, but they still go to war without hesitation.

In fact, they were all forced, Datang refused to exchange markets, there was a shortage of daily necessities, and they were hungry, so they went to war.

The frontier armament is lax, everyone thinks we have muskets, even Li Ji thinks so, that's because you haven't met a madman.

This group of Khitan hungry ghosts is crazy, and their only way is to rob. But they also knew the power of the Tang Dynasty's firearms, so they used guerrilla, night raids, traps and other methods that could be used to make the Tang army exhausted.

The Khitan army does not care about the gains and losses of one city or one pool, they have only one purpose, to rob.

The cavalry superiority was exposed, and the Khitan cavalry never fought with the main forces of the Tang army. Once they encountered the main force of the Tang Army, they fled.

And the muskets were helpless in the face of these shadow-like cavalry, and they often saw the muskets of the Tang army from a distance and began to flee on horseback. The mountains in the north are high and densely forested, and it is extremely difficult to chase.

At night, these Khitan soldiers began to go out again, and night was their best protective color. And the people outside the city were afflicted, and they burned, killed, and plundered, and did all kinds of evil.

"Your Majesty, to deal with the Khitan, we should send cavalry. With cavalry to balance the cavalry, our firearms are powerful, and the Khitan is not to be afraid. Xiao Nuoyan came out.

"I don't know, it's just that this Khitan is too rampant, I didn't want to use troops against it, since they sent it to the door, then don't blame me for being polite."

Li Ji was very angry on the surface, but in fact, he was secretly happy in his heart. He was bent on expanding and incorporating the Northeast into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

However, the ministers have always opposed foreign wars, because wars will cause human suffering. Unless it poses a threat to Datang, now the Khitan poses a threat to Datang.

"Your Majesty, not only the Khitan, but also the Jurchen tribe are eyeing us." Someone said.

"No matter who I am, as long as I offend my Tang Dynasty, even if it is far away, it will be punished, who is willing to lead the troops to battle?"

Ma Bujun Xiao promised: "The minister is willing to go on the expedition."

The Tang cavalry is still the main force of the horse infantry army, and Xiao Nuoyan is the most suitable to go on the expedition.

To deal with the Khitan, there is no need for a large army to be pulled, so as not to work the people and lose money. As long as it is attacked by cavalry, no one can be an opponent under the musket.

The leader of the Khitan is the famous Yelu Abaoji, who is brave and good at fighting, and is an extremely difficult person to deal with.

However, no matter how difficult it is to deal with, even if he is resurrected by Xiang Yu and Han Xin is alive, he will not be able to encounter a musket.

The Khitans are brave, their archers are powerful, but how can bows and arrows compare to the range of muskets.

Soon, when the Tang Dynasty was in full swing to develop its economy, Xiao Nuoyan led his troops north to wage war with the Khitan.

It's cold in the north, and it's really not covered. The weather is cold and covered with ice and snow, no wonder the Khitans will take risks. These nomadic peoples rarely cultivated agriculture, they had no shortage of food and clothing, and the imperial court refused to exchange markets, so they could only rob them.

In fact, the reason why Li Ji refused to exchange markets with the Khitan was because of Liu Rengong's son Liu Shouguang, who fled to the Khitan after rebelling against the Tang Dynasty and became brothers with Yelu Abaoji.

Abaoji took a great fancy to this brother, and the two hit it off and prepared to deal with Datang. They thought about it and thought of using cavalry to break it into pieces and rob homes and houses, so that the Tang army was exhausted.

The Tang army in the Northeast lacked horses, so Liu Shouguang and their sky were high and the birds could fly.

Xiao Nuoyan cavalry went north, the cavalry was highly mobile, and it took two months to reach the northeast.

Zhizhou, as the base camp of the Mabu Army, Xiao Nuoyan chose to be stationed here.

Eight thousand iron horsemen, all muskets. This time the cavalry used not long spears, but short spears.

The short spear was suitable for cavalry combat, was easy to carry, and could be ridden and fired on horseback. Each cavalryman carried three short guns, which allowed three rounds to be fired in quick succession in a matter of seconds. It is several times the speed of the Khitan cavalry archers, and the musket has a long range and is easy to aim.

As soon as the army of Ma Bu arrived, the local border guards were a head shorter than when they arrived. The forbidden army is fully equipped, which is really eye-catching.

But as soon as Xiao Promise's army arrived, the Khitan army seemed to have already received the information, and they stopped.

Xiao Nuoyan organized several battles, but only wiped out a small group of Khitan cavalry, and did not encounter the main Khitan force.

Three months have passed in a blink of an eye, and the Khitan cavalry seems to have disappeared, and Xiao Nuoyan can't find the slightest shadow of the Khitan cavalry every time he sends troops, and he can't help but feel anxious.

Li Ji learned of the frontier war report in the capital, and it was one after another that the holy decrees were sent down to scold Xiao Nuo bloody. You dignified Tang Dynasty horse infantry cavalry, nested in the northeast for three months, stunned to find the main force of the Khitan cavalry, what are you doing to eat.

Li Ji did not give many soldiers, 8,000 cavalry. The mountains in the north are high and dense, and Xiao Nuoyan does not dare to lead his troops to go deeper, in case he encounters the main force of the Khitan cavalry, it may not be good for him to go deep alone.

Although muskets were in hand, the Khitan cavalry archers were not vegetarians. Every time they went into battle, they encountered a small group of Khitan cavalry, as few as three or five people, and as many as only a few dozen. Although they will be eaten by the forbidden army in the end, the forbidden army also suffered casualties, because the Khitan cavalry in the northern woods is in the dark, and the Tang army is in the light.

In the Zhizhou camp, Xiao Nuoyan frowned, this expedition was full of ease, how could he not meet the main force of the other party.

The pioneer generals are Yang Guest and Li Nanguang, these two are right-hand men, and Li Ji gave these two fierce generals to Xiao Nuoyan.

Li Nanguang was even more furious, he was a straight man: "The Khitan dog thieves don't know which rat hole to hide in, - we've been looking for months, and there is still no trace of them." Every time I go out, I encounter small fish and shrimp, can they grow wings and fly! ”

Xiao Nuoyan is also strange, they have sent troops hundreds of times, it is impossible not to meet the main Khitan force every time, did they really throw away their territory and escape?

Guest Yang is much more clever, and he has his own thoughts: "General Xiao, the last general has always had a doubt in his heart, and he can probably know the reason why we can't find the main Khitan force."

Xiao Nuoyan knew that Yang was unparalleled in his wisdom, and every time he went out to fight, his subordinates suffered the smallest casualties, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed at the moment: "Oh, tell me quickly, why?"

Guest Yang arched his hand: "General, let's crisscross the Khitan for several months, it stands to reason that even if we can't annihilate the main Khitan force, there will always be a chance to meet." But we just can't find any shadow of them, and the general thinks that the main Khitan force doesn't exist at all. ”

Xiao Nuoyan frowned: "What do you mean, the main Khitan force doesn't exist at all?"

Guest Yang nodded: "Exactly, the last general guessed that this Yelu Abaoji already knew that the imperial court had sent a forbidden army to wage war with the Khitan." He also knew that they were not our opponents, and if the main force was bumped into by us, they would either be killed or wounded. So Abaoji ordered his troops to be broken up and carried out guerrilla warfare. ”

Xiao Nuoyan suddenly realized, he slapped the table and stood up: "You mean to say that the Khitan cavalry has long been reduced to zero, so we can't find their main force for a long time?"

Even Li Nanguang understood: "No wonder every time we encounter a small group of Khitan cavalry, it turns out that they have already broken up the main force." It is easy for a small group of cavalry to hide, and it is not easy to be detected, because we can't kill a few of them every time, and we ourselves have suffered a lot of casualties. ”

Xiao Promise was overjoyed: "Okay, find a way for them, and we will have a way to cure them!"

"The Divine Decree has arrived!"

As he was talking, Li Ji's holy decree came to the capital again. Xiao Nuoyan hung his head and knelt down to be scolded.

This time, Li Ji was not polite, nor did he use the previous holy decree format, but scolded at the beginning: "Xiao Nuoyan, you pig-like head." I tell you that the Khitan cavalry has long since lost its main force, and they have broken it up and broken it into pieces to avoid the encirclement of the forbidden army. In this way, he used his own way to govern his body, ordered the horse infantry army to be divided into pieces, implemented guerrilla tactics, and encountered the Khitan cavalry to beat his mother! ”

This is not a holy decree, more like a private message from Li Ji. This time, Xiao Nuoyan was scolded and did not feel wronged, he was surprised that he had just learned about the deployment of the Khitan cavalry, and how did Li Ji know about it in the capital.

In fact, this is not difficult to guess, coupled with the infiltration of bad people everywhere, Li Ji also just got the news from the Khitan, so he sent a decree to Xiao Promise overnight to give him a way to deal with it.

This is interesting, the Khitan cavalry was dismantled for guerrilla warfare, and the forbidden army was also broken into pieces to return a tooth for a tooth.

In the Zhizhou battalion, Xiao Promise mobilized before the war: "Soldiers, we have worked hard for months of fighting!" The following is my military order, every 100 people are a small team, and they will fight in the forest. Remember, our attack this time is scattered, each squad must not be more than ten miles apart, each team carries a signal flare, once the other party is stronger than the other party or into an ambush, the signal flare will be sounded, and the nearby teams will immediately rush to help! ”

The soldiers below whispered, what kind of battle is this, dismantling all the cavalry, in case of encountering the enemy's main force, isn't this letting the enemy eat away. But the commander had an order but did not dare to disobey, Xiao Nuoyan mobilized local solidarity troops to support on the periphery, and a general battle began.

Sure enough, the dismantled horse infantry army had a small team of every 100 people, and when they landed, they encountered a large number of Khitan cavalry squads. There was no suspense in this battle, and the Khitan cavalry encountered the horse infantry army, and they were almost passively beaten. After all, no matter how sharp an archer is, it can't compare to a musket. The forest was filled with the sound of muskets, puffs of white smoke from the sound of gunfire, and the screams of the enemy.

"King! The king is not good! Someone from the Yelu Abaoji battalion soon came to deliver a message: "King, the Tang army is the same as us, the team is separated, they have powerful firearms, we, our people are dead!"

Yelu Abaoji and Liu Shouguang were taken aback, the Khitan cavalry was not many, and they were killed and wounded by the forbidden army in a few days. Soon, one-third of the Khitan territory was occupied by the forbidden army, Xiao Nuoyan's army continued to move north, and Yelu Abaoji was defeated and retreated.

The Khitan has become a mortal situation, and another cavalry in the northeast, the Jurchens, has appeared.

In fact, at this time, the Jurchens should be called the Black Water Eagle, and the Black Water Turtle people drank the blood of Mao Ru and fought very bravely, and the Bohai State they established was already out of the Tang Dynasty at this time.

The Black Water Jar is divided into the Simu Division, the Junli Division: the Cave Speaking Department - the northern part of Huatai: the Moyu Department - the southeastern part of Huatai: the Funi Department - the Yulou Department (Rulou), the Yuexi Department, and the Tieli Department.

After the establishment of the Bohai State, under the leadership of the Heishui Ministry, the other Jin Tatar ethnic groups were managed by the Tang Dynasty to set up the Heishui Governor's Office, collectively referred to as the Heishui Tatar. The Black Water Turtle does not refer to the Black Water Department alone.

The king of the Bohai Kingdom is called Da Yin Zhuan, a strange and awkward name.

At this time, the big writer was quite honest, mainly because he was always bullied by Yelu Abaoji. They fought against the Khitan several times, and each time they were beaten all over the ground by Yelu Abaoji.

The capital of the Bohai Kingdom is called Khan City, and the great writer at this time is restless in Khan City.

This Yelu Abaoji lost most of the Khitan, and the war with the forbidden army was about to collapse. However, the fight against the Bohai State was like a bamboo, and Abaoji abandoned the Khitan and surrounded Kuhan City.

Abaoji thinks so, if he can't defeat the Tang army, then he will give up the Khitan, and it's a big deal to bow down again. Then he will occupy the Bohai Kingdom and be the king of the Bohai Kingdom.

At this time, the remnants of the Khitan had already surrounded the city of Kuhan, and at this time, the military genius of Yelu Abaoji was stimulated.

Just when Xiao Nuoyan's army fully occupied the Khitan and the Tang Dynasty incorporated the Khitan into its territory, the city of Khan was also broken by the Khitan cavalry.

After the city was broken, Yelu Abaoji hung the head of the great writer on the wall of Kuhan, and all the men over the age of 16 in the city were slaughtered.

When it came to the Great Song Dynasty, the Jurchens were thriving. At this time, the black water deer was still very weak, and Xiao Nuoyan replied to tell Li Ji about the military situation here, and asked Li Ji to decide.

Li Ji immediately convened a meeting of the ministers to study how to deal with the Khitan situation.

Some people feel that the occupation of the Khitan is still a complete victory, and the Bohai Kingdom is freezing and poses little threat to the Tang Dynasty, so it doesn't matter if you want it or not.

Some people advocate that Xiao Nuoyan continue to advance northward, continue to defeat Yelu Abaoji, and include the Bohai Kingdom in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

After weighing the pros and cons, Li Ji chose the latter. Although Yelu Abaoji was not in trouble at this time, he was worried about his descendants.

At this time, if you don't cut the grass and eradicate the roots, it is not impossible to let them turn over after a hundred years. The Jurchens are an example, at this time the Jurchens who were still black water were weak chickens, who knew that they would die in the Northern Song Dynasty hundreds of years later.

So Li Ji came down with a holy decree, and Xiao Nuoyan Ma Bujun continued to go north, captured the Bohai Kingdom, and took down the head of Yelu Abaoji, so as to prevent future troubles!

Xiao Nuoyan was not happy, this time he sent troops to the Bohai Kingdom, and the artillery of the forbidden army was transported, just waiting to continue the war and play the prestige of the Tang Army.