Chapter 364: Good News from the Prairie
Now the three infantry battalions of Wei Xiaokuan, Huang Gai and Han Dang, as well as the five newly formed infantry battalions, remain in the territory of Ju'an County, the two infantry battalions of Xu Rong and Cheng Pu, and the three newly formed infantry battalions are distributed in the four counties of Yongjing County. ”
"Since you've brought it up, let's talk about it quickly! What are your ideas? ”
"Now the subordinates and the seven infantry battalions of Gao Shun, Li Xin, Mengwu, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou, and Zhang Guiben, although the losses are very large, but the remaining soldiers can be regarded as elite soldiers, as long as we replenish a large number of soldiers to our seven infantry battalions, and then use the remaining elite soldiers as the backbone, then the combat strength of our seven infantry battalions will be restored to eight or ninety percent immediately. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Le Yi's meaning, Liu Ji understood, Le Yi wanted Liu Ji to transfer soldiers from the twelve new infantry battalions here in Qishankou to Le Yi and his seven old battalions, so that Le Yi and his seven infantry battalions would quickly recover their combat effectiveness.
However, after all, these twelve new infantry battalions have been established independently, and a large number of soldiers from these new infantry battalions have been transferred, and it is impossible for the twelve new lieutenants to have no ideas in their hearts, which is also the reason why Le Yi hesitated.
Liu Ji thought about it for a while and said: "This is a good idea, after a while, Ben Taishou will summon Gai Yan and Zang Gong and the twelve of them to discuss the matter of transferring soldiers to your seven cavalry battalions." ”
This time, the twelve new infantry battalions that accompanied Liu Ji to Qishankou were Gai Yan, Zang Gong, Ma Wu, Liu Long, Li Cunqiao, Li Cunxin, Li Cunjin, Li Siben, Fu Cunxian, Li Cunxian, Shi Jingsi, and Kang Junli.
Liu Ji turned to Su Lie again and asked, "How is the situation of the ten cavalry battalions of the Grassland Legion here in Qishan Pass?" ”
Su Lie said: "My lord, after a period of sweeping on the grassland, the ten cavalry battalions here in Qishankou have a total strength of up to 240,000, although after ten days of hard fighting, the ten cavalry battalions of our grassland legion have lost a total of 60,000 people, but the ten cavalry battalions still maintain a strong combat power of 180,000 cavalry, as long as the infantry can hold on, our cavalry can hold on here in Qishankou." ”
Liu Ji asked again: "Is there any news from the five cavalry battalions of He Ruobi, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Zheng Wei, and Wang Ji?" ”
Su Lie shook his head and said, "There is no news yet, but according to the time, it should be news soon." ”
As soon as Su Lie's words fell, Gao Zhong, the captain of the guards battalion, hurriedly walked into the tent and presented an urgent report from Chengyin City to Liu Ji.
After Liu Ji read the urgent report at a glance and ten lines, a happy smile suddenly appeared on his face, "Good news! Chengyin City forwarded a good news from He Ruobi's five people, He Ruobi and their five cavalry battalions had destroyed the Dangxiang Wang Court four days ago! ”
There were a total of fifteen cavalry battalions in the grassland army of the Ju'an army, and Su Lie only brought ten cavalry battalions to Qishankou to cooperate with the infantry of the Ju'an army to resist the Hu coalition army, while the five cavalry battalions of He Ruobi, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Zheng Wei, and Wang Ji were sent to the grassland by Su Lie, waiting for the opportunity to send a big surprise to the various ethnic groups of the coalition army, and it could also play a role in encircling Wei and saving Zhao.
The five cavalry battalions led by He Ruobi, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Zheng Wei, and Wang Ji were far away from the huge Hu people's coalition army, and after careful study, the five finally decided to take the party item Wang Ting first.
As the second echelon of nomads on the steppe, Dangxiang has a population of more than 3 million, including slaves, of which almost a quarter of the population is concentrated in the Dangxiang royal court on the west side of the Moran Mountains and the Anjia River on the right.
Although Dangxiang also has four kings, these four kings are all confidants of Dangxiang Khan Sehelai, and it can be said that the entire Dangxiang clan is firmly controlled by Sehelai Khan.
Of the 100,000 Dangxiang cavalry brought by Dangxiang Khan Sehelai to join the coalition this time, only 20,000 were the elite cavalry of the Dangxiang royal court, and the remaining 80,000 cavalry were recruited from the Dangxiang tribes, while the Dangxiang cavalry remaining in the royal court still had 100,000 people.
He Ruobi, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Zheng Wei, Wang Ji's five cavalry battalions, after a while of expansion, added up to 110,000 cavalry, He Ruobi and others chose a route to avoid encountering various nomadic tribes as much as possible, in order to avoid startling the snakes, took a lot of detours, and it took almost six days to quietly come to the vicinity of the Dangxiang Wangting.
Of course, it is impossible for the five cavalry battalions of the Ju'an Army not to meet the Hu people along the way, but all the Hu people who found the five cavalry battalions of the Ju'an Army have been eliminated, and even for the sake of secrecy, two Dangxiang tribes and one Rouran tribe have also been completely destroyed by the five cavalry battalions.
After Dangxiang Khan Sehelai led his troops to participate in the coalition of the ten tribes of the grassland, the 100,000 Dangxiang cavalry left by the Dangxiang royal court were all commanded by Sehelai's eldest son Taruge, but Taruge never expected that there would be a cavalry unit of the Hawks' army, not to resist the powerful coalition of the ten tribes, but secretly ran to attack the Dangxiang royal court, and was caught off guard.
In just one night, the Dangxiang Wang Court, which had 100,000 cavalry and nearly 700,000 herdsmen and slaves, fell into the hands of the five cavalry battalions of He Ruobi, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Zheng Wei, and Wang Ji.
In this fierce battle of the Dangxiang Royal Court, the five cavalry battalions lost less than 8,000 people, but the results were very brilliant, the 100,000 cavalry of the Dangxiang Royal Court were killed nearly 30,000 people, and more than 60,000 people became prisoners, and only more than 10,000 people fled under the leadership of Taruzhe, the eldest son of the Great Khan of the Dangxiang Khan.
Of the nearly 700,000 herdsmen and slaves of the Dangxiang Royal Court, except for a small number of people who took advantage of the chaos to escape, the remaining ordinary herdsmen and slaves fell into the hands of the five cavalry battalions of the Ju'an Army, of which there were more than 120,000 Jin slaves, about 100,000 were young men from the Great Jin Dynasty, and 20,000 were young women from the Great Jin Dynasty.
The booty captured by the five cavalry battalions of the Hawks' Army was even more piled up, because of the lack of time, only a rough figure was counted for some of the main trophies, including 500,000 war horses, 100,000 horses, more than 200,000 cattle, 5 million sheep, 60,000 iron armor, 200,000 leather armor, 400,000 weapons, 300,000 bows, 50 million arrows, 2,500,000 taels of gold, and 17,000,000 taels of silver, and the actual seizures were only a lot more than the above figures.
In addition, the five cavalry battalions of the Ju'an Army were still in the Dangxiang Royal Court, and seized a large number of copper coins, grain, animal skins, cloth, silk, jewelry, and other materials.
He Ruobi, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Zheng Wei, and Wang Ji also mentioned in their good news to Liu Ji that because their five cavalry battalions had captured too much booty, they could not transport them back to the territory of Ju'an County at this time, otherwise they would definitely be intercepted and killed by the Dangxiang cavalry and the cavalry of other tribes of the Hu people coalition army on the way, so the five decided to use the personnel and materials captured by the Dangxiang royal court as much as possible to expand the strength of the five cavalry battalions, and used the Dangxiang royal court as a temporary base to attack other tribes of the surrounding Dangxiang tribe.
Of course, as long as it was the tribe of the ten tribes of the Hu Alliance, they were all within the target of He Ruobi's five cavalry battalions.
After Su Lie finished reading the good news handed over by Liu Ji, he said to Liu Ji with a smile: "My lord, the party cavalry in the Hu people coalition army should not stay here in Qishankou anymore!" ”
The news that Dangxiang Wangting was captured by a cavalry unit of the Dang Xiang Army, at this time, the high-level of the entire Hu Ren Coalition Army also knew about it, and the eldest son of Dangxiang Khan Sehelai Taruge sent someone to report the shocking news to his father quickly.
In the felt bag of Yeluqi, the Khitan Right Rite King in the camp of the grassland coalition army, in addition to the master Yeluqi here, the great khans and sect kings of the other nine clans of the coalition army gathered here.
Dangxiang Great Khan Sehelai said in a deep voice: "Alliance leader, this Great Khan must immediately lead his troops back to the grasslands of our Party's Xiang clan, gather all the tribes of the Dangxiang clan, and take back the royal court from the hands of the Ju'an army!" ”
The 100,000 party cavalry that participated in the steppe coalition army lost more than 30,000 people in the ten days of fierce fighting, and there are still 70,000 party cavalry to maintain combat effectiveness, and the 20,000 elite cavalry brought by the party Khan Sehelai from the royal court were unscathed because they did not join the battle.
After ten days of bloody battles, the total strength of the coalition army of the ten tribes has dropped to 1.14 million, about 400,000 cavalry of various ethnic groups died in these ten days, and more than 20,000 cavalry of various ethnic groups were seriously injured, and it is impossible to go to the battlefield again in a short period of time, and more than 20,000 seriously wounded people, at least half of them are disabled, and they don't want to go to the battlefield again in the future.
Although the Ten Clans Alliance suffered a lot of losses, what made Yeluqi breathe a sigh of relief was that the elite infantry of the Jue'an Army here in Qishankou had been almost consumed by the Ten Clans Alliance's hard work at any cost, and Yeluqi had already seen the dawn of victory.
But at this critical moment, there was a sudden news that the Dang Xiang Wang Court was captured by the Juan army, which was definitely a heavy blow to the morale of the entire coalition army.
There are about 70,000 party cavalry in the Ten Clans Alliance, even if these 70,000 party cavalry leave, the impact on the coalition army with more than one million troops is not great, but Yeluqi is worried that the withdrawal of these 70,000 party cavalry at this time will cause a series of chain reactions.
Yeluqi sighed and said to the Great Khan of the Dangxiang clan, Sehelai: "The Great Khan of Sehelai, this king understands your mood very well at this time, but since the cavalry of the Hawkish Army can capture the Dangxiang royal court of hundreds of thousands of people overnight, it means that this Hawkish army is very strong, you must not fall into the trap of the Hawkish Army because you are in a hurry, maybe the cavalry of this Hawkish Army is waiting for the Great Khan of Sehele to lead the troops back to the Dangxiang Palace!" ”
Sehele gritted his teeth and said: "The Dangxiang royal court has gathered almost half of the wealth of our party's Xiang clan, and it must not be snatched away by the Juan army like this, at all costs, the Great Khan will also take back all the things in the royal court!" ”
After a pause, Sehelai asked Yeluqi: "Alliance leader, because our party Xiang people have participated in the coalition army, the Jue'an army will attack our party's Xiang Wang Court, can the other ethnic groups of the alliance send some cavalry to lend Ben Da Khan to help our party Xiang people take back the royal court?" ”
When Yeluqi heard this, he immediately looked embarrassed, Sehelai not only wanted to take away 70,000 party cavalry, but also wanted to borrow some cavalry from other tribes, you must know that now is the critical moment for a decisive battle with the main force of the Ju'an army, Yeluqi even hopes that other tribes can send some more cavalry, so that the victory of the steppe coalition army is greater.
Sehele took away 70,000 party cavalry, but Yeluqi was not very willing, let alone lent troops to Sehele!
Yeluqi said embarrassedly: "Sehele Khan, we have reached a critical moment here, that ...... You get the idea! ”
Sehelai's face was a little more gloomy, "That Great Khan will lead his troops back to the territory of our Xiang clan early tomorrow morning, and when the royal court is recaptured, this Great Khan will bring troops to rejoin the cavalry of all ethnic groups!" ”
At this time, Mu Gulu, the Great Khan of the Rouran Clan, suddenly said to Yeluqi: "Alliance Leader, the territory of our Rouran Clan is not far from the Dangxiang Royal Court, and this Great Khan is worried that the Juan army will attack the tribes of our Rouran Clan, and even our Rouran Royal Court, so this Great Khan is ready to lead the remaining 40,000 Rouran cavalry to return to our Rouran Clan's territory." ”
Mu Gu Lu, the Great Khan of the Rouran Clan, also brought 100,000 cavalry this time and joined the Ten Clans Alliance, but because of Mu Gu Lu's recklessness, in the onslaught of the previous few days, the Rouran cavalry suffered heavy losses almost every day.
Although in the last few days, the Rouran cavalry had stopped attacking the infantry battle formation of the Ju'an army, but of the 100,000 Rouran cavalry, there were only about 40,000 left.
As soon as the words of the Rouran Clan's Great Khan Mu Gulu fell, Yeluqi sighed secretly in his heart, and the chain reaction really came.
Yeluqi hurriedly persuaded Mu Gu Lu, the Great Khan of the Rouran Clan: "Mu Gu Lu Great Khan, now the cavalry of the Ju'an Army that captured the Dangxiang Wangting has been exposed, as long as this cavalry of the Ju'an Army invades the territory of your Rouran Clan, the tribes of your Rouran Clan will definitely know in advance, with the hundreds of thousands of cavalry of your Rouran tribes, why not be afraid of the cavalry of the Juran Army!" ”
Mu Gulu shook his head and said, "Alliance leader, even the Dang Xiang Wang Court has been captured by the cavalry of the Ju'an Army, what else can't happen." ”
Yeluqi paused for a moment, and then persuaded: "Mugu Lu Great Khan, now the main force of the Ju'an army here in Qishankou has been almost defeated by our Ten Clans Alliance, and then it is time to reap the fruits of victory, you left with the Rouran cavalry at this time, so ......"
Yeluqi didn't finish his next words, but Mu Gulu understood what Yeluqi meant, at this time, he led the troops to withdraw, so the huge wealth of the Great Jin Dove Tiger Liu Ji would not have the share of the Rouran clan, this was at the beginning of the alliance, and the ten clans agreed that whichever clan withdrew halfway would not get any spoils.