Chapter 370: The Miracle of a Flood
Just when the westward advance army of the Ju'an army was attacking the city in the provinces of Ludne, Costa and Naikarek in Gaochang Kingdom, Yeluqi, the Khitan right-handed king, finally waited for a messenger sent by his father, the Khitan Great Khan Yeluqi, but there were no reinforcements that Yeluqi expected. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the letter from the Khitan Great Khan Yelu Dilie to Yeluqi, there was no clear indication as to whether the Khitan, Baitan, and Limo tribes should continue to attack the Ju'an army in Qishankou, and still kicked the ball back to Yeluqi, and the Khitan Great Khan Yelu Enemy Lie told Yeluqi that whether to fight or not to fight depends on Yeluqi himself.
If Yeluqi thinks that if he continues to fight, he can completely defeat the forces of the Great Jin Jiuhu Liu Ji, then Yeluqi can lead the remaining 450,000 cavalry of the Khitan, Baitan, and Limo tribes to continue fighting, and if Yeluqi thinks that he will continue to fight, but he is not sure to defeat the Great Jin Jiuhu Liu Ji, then he will simply retreat with the 450,000 cavalry of the Khitan, Baitan, and Limo tribes, so as not to have too many dreams at night.
After reading the letter from his father, the expression on his face did not change, and then he asked the messenger, "Does my father Khan have anything else to convey to this king?" ”
"Tell the king of Youli, the Great Khan asked his subordinates to tell you that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and the Jing'an army under the command of Liu Ji, the dove tiger of the Great Jin Dynasty, can block the onslaught of more than 1.5 million cavalry of the ten nomads on the grassland in Qishan Pass, but let the alliance of the ten clans lose their troops, indicating that Liu Ji, the dove tiger of the Great Jin Dynasty, has a very strong strength, I hope that the king of Youli will be cautious, as the superior, it is important to achieve victory, but judging the situation is even more important for the superior."
Yeluqi sighed, nodded at the messenger and said, "This king knows, you go down and rest!" ”
"Yes, the subordinate has retired."
After the messenger sent by Yelu Enemy Lie left Yeluqi's felt bag, Yeluqi smiled bitterly and said to the Great Khan of the White Tanned Tribe, Ai Keji, and the Great Khan of the Limo Tribe, Qingge Ditai: "Although Father Khan asked this king to choose whether to continue to fight this battle, but the letter from Father Khan to this king and the words brought by the messenger are obviously not wanting our Khitan, Baitan, and Limo tribes to continue to entangle here in Qishankou. ”
The Great Khan of the White Tanned Clan, Ai Keji, immediately said: "King Youli, since the Great Khan of Yelu Enemy Lie does not approve of the remaining 450,000 cavalry of our three clans and continues to attack the Ju'an army in Qishan Pass, then we should withdraw our troops as soon as possible!" If the cavalry of the Ju'an Army on the grassland comes back, it will not be easy for the 450,000 cavalry of our three clans to leave. ”
Yelu Enemy smiled bitterly, he didn't expect that the cavalry sent by Liu Ji to the grassland was so lucky, the day before yesterday just came a news that shocked Yelu Enemy, the cavalry of the Jue'an Army that captured the Dangxiang Wangting, after destroying more than 20 large and small Dangxiang tribes, finally and the 400,000 Dangxiang cavalry gathered by Dangxiang Khan Sehelai, launched a decisive battle at the foot of the Indifferent Mountain, and this decisive battle quickly divided the victory and defeat in an unbelievable way, as for the victorious side, it did not belong to the Dangxiang people.
After the five cavalry battalions led by He Ruobi, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Zheng Wei, and Wang Ji captured the Dangxiang Wangting, they used the personnel and materials captured by the Dangxiang Wangting to expand the strength of their five cavalry battalions as much as possible, and on the other hand, they used the Dangxiang Wangting as a base to attack other tribes of the surrounding Dangxiang tribe.
Originally, the five cavalry battalions of the Grassland Army had 110,000 cavalry, and they lost nearly 8,000 people in the process of capturing the Dangxiang Wangting, but a few days after the five cavalry battalions captured the Dangxiang Wangting, the total strength of the five cavalry battalions was expanded to 420,000, of which more than 60,000 captured Dangxiang cavalry were forcibly recruited, and 100,000 Qingzhuang among the ordinary herdsmen of the Dangxiang clan were recruited, as well as 100,000 Jin Qingzhuang and 60,000 Hu Qingzhuang, who were originally slaves of the Dangxiang Wangting, also joined the Ju'an Army.
Originally a slave of the 100,000 Jin young people, participating in the Ju'an Army is the most active, presumably even if there is no settling-in allowance and a generous military salary, these 100,000 Jin young men are willing to join the Ju'an Army and go to the party to take revenge, but among the 100,000 people, only 20,000 can ride horses, so He Ruobi, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Zheng Wei and Wang Ji temporarily transferred some officers from their respective cavalry battalions, and temporarily formed an infantry unit of 80,000 Jin young men who could not ride horses, and the remaining 20,000 Jin young men who could ride horses, All of them were absorbed into five cavalry battalions.
The young and strong among the 60,000 Hu slaves are not excluded from joining the Ju'an Army, after all, they are only lowly slaves here in the party, and after joining the Ju'an Army, they immediately gained freedom, not to mention that in addition to the settling-in fee of twenty taels of silver that can be obtained just after joining the Ju'an Army, they can also get a generous military salary every month in the future, such a generous condition is unique in the entire grassland.
The captured more than 60,000 Dangxiang cavalry and 100,000 young and strong people of the Dangxiang clan, their families were all in the Dangxiang royal court, although many people were unwilling to join the enemy's army in their hearts, but unfortunately they were already involuntary at this time, and all the Dangxiang people who were unwilling to give in, including all the nobles and officers, were ruthlessly purged by the Jue'an army.
The 160,000 party members who joined the Ju'an Army, He Ruobi and they did not favor one over the other, and each of them still gave 20 taels of silver for settling-in expenses, and the military salary in the future was the same as that of other soldiers of the Ju'an Army.
He Ruobi and his five cavalry battalions seized more than 2.5 million taels of gold and more than 17 million taels of silver in the Dangxiang Royal Court, so He Ruobi and the others, who had deep pockets, did not spare money for this large-scale expansion of the army in the Dangxiang Royal Court.
On one side is a bloody butcher's knife, on the other side is a white flower of silver, this kind of means of attaching equal importance to grace and power, for the 160,000 party members is still very effective, in the subsequent battle against the other tribes of the party, these party cavalry who joined the Jing'an army, performed very well, and showed no mercy to their own people.
After capturing more than 20 other large and small Dangxiang tribes near the Dangxiang Wangting, the five cavalry battalions of the Ju'an Army carried out the same conscription on these Dangxiang tribes, which made the strength of the five cavalry battalions of the Grassland Legion swell a little, and when the 400,000 Dangxiang cavalry led by the Dangxiang Great Khan Sehelai came to the foot of Moran Mountain and prepared to recapture the Dangxiang Wangting, the five cavalry battalions already had 390,000 cavalry and 100,000 infantry, and the 100,000 infantry were basically composed of the rescued Jin young people.
This decisive battle related to the fate of the Dangxiang clan, because of a mistake by the Dangxiang Khan Sehelai, or God's help, the winner was divided in just one day and night, which made many people unbelievable, including He Ruobi, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Zheng Wei and Wang Ji, the five generals who led the army of Jue'an.
After the 400,000 cavalry gathered from the tribes of Dangxiang led by the Great Khan of Dangxiang Sehelai to the foot of the Moran Mountain where the Dangxiang royal court was located, he did not rush to attack the cavalry of the Dangxiang army entrenched in the royal court of Dangxiang, but immediately began to build a camp more than ten miles south of the royal court of Dangxiang to prepare for a long-term battle, after all, the great Khan of Dangxiang Sehelai already knew that the cavalry of the tortoiseshell army that captured the court of Dangxiang was not weak, and it would not be so easy to recapture the royal court of Dangxiang.
After the 400,000 Dangxiang cavalry built the camp, the time was already in the evening, so the Dangxiang Khan Sehelai then ordered the whole army to eat and rest, and waited for the next morning to attack the Dangxiang royal court, but the night suddenly rained rain, and it rained until the next morning, no one expected that the rainstorm had just stopped, and the Anjia River near the Dangxiang royal court rose because of the sudden rainstorm, which eventually caused a flood.
The camp chosen by the Great Khan of the Dang Xiang Sehelai belongs to the riverbed left after the diversion of the Anja River more than 100 years ago, and the relatively low terrain is relatively low, and the surging flood along the riverbed of the old road suddenly impacted the camp of the Dangxiang people, and at least 80% of the Dangxiang camp was not spared, and the Dangxiang royal court did not encounter the impact of the flood because of the high terrain.
Taking advantage of your illness to kill you, He Ruobi, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Zheng Wei, and Wang Ji learned that the camp of the Dangxiang people had suffered a flood, and immediately sent a large number of cavalry to rush towards the camp of the Dangxiang people.
Then the cavalry of the Hawkshire Army went along the high ground on both sides of the flood, covering up the frightened Dang Xiang people, although a large number of Dang Xiang people escaped with their lives, but their horses, weapons and armor were lost in the flood, and in the face of the fierce Hawk'an cavalry, there was no other way to go except to raise their hands and surrender.
There are still many party cavalry are fully equipped, but a flood has made these party cavalry lose the courage to resist, and finally this big battle related to the fate of the party Xiang clan, because of a sudden flood, turned into a one-sided pursuit battle, 400,000 party cavalry killed and wounded and captured many people, less than 10,000 people can escape, more than 100,000 people were drowned and killed, up to 290,000 party cavalry became prisoners of the tortoise army, including the party Khan Sehelai and many other party high-level people, He was drowned in the raging flood.
Before, the Dangxiang royal court was captured by the cavalry of the Dangxiang Army, and the 400,000 cavalry gathered by the various tribes of the Dangxiang were almost wiped out, and everyone knew that the Dangxiang clan was finished, although the Dangxiang clan still had more than 200 tribes, large and small, but the vast majority of these tribes were recruited by the Dangxiang Khan Sehelai, not to mention that there were more than 200 tribes in the remaining Dangxiang tribe.
In Yeluqi's felt bag, the Great Khan of the Limo Clan, Qingge Ditai, swallowed his saliva and said: "King Youli, the Great Khan of Yelu Enemy Lie should not know that a cavalry of the Great Jin Jiuhu has almost wiped out the cavalry of the entire Dangxiang clan, otherwise he may directly order the 450,000 cavalry of our three clans to retreat!" ”
Yelu sighed and said: "If it weren't for waiting for the letter from my father Khan, the day before yesterday I received the news of the defeat of the 400,000 party cavalry, this king would have the heart to order the withdrawal of the army, since now my father Khan let this king decide for himself, then our three clans will leave early tomorrow morning!" ”
Yelu's words immediately relieved the Great Khan Ai Keji of the White Tanning Tribe, and the Great Khan of the Limo Tribe, Qingge Ditai, and the Ju'an Army wiped out 400,000 party cavalry through a flood, and the effect was even more terrifying than destroying 400,000 party cavalry through a bloody battle.
The Anjia River near the Dangxiang Wangting, since the riverbed was diverted more than 100 years ago, has never had a flood, and as a result, the 400,000 Dangxiang cavalry just arrived near the Dangxiang Wangting, and they encountered a great flood that has not been encountered in a hundred years, which can only be said to be the arrangement of God, and the reverence of the grassland tribes for the sky is deep in their bones.
Early in the morning of June 6, 427, the 450,000 cavalry of the Khitan, Baitan, and Limo tribes, which had not moved north of Qishan Pass, slowly retreated to the depths of the grassland.
At this time, the Ju'an army on the side of Qishankou had not yet received the news that the five cavalry battalions of the Grassland Legion had sent back, and they did not know that the 400,000 Dangxiang cavalry gathered by the entire Dangxiang clan had been almost wiped out by the five cavalry battalions of the Grassland Legion because of a flood.
Liu Ji learned that the hundreds of thousands of cavalry of the Khitan, Baitan, and Limo tribes had finally withdrawn, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered to reward the three armies.
As soon as the hundreds of thousands of cavalry of the Khitan, Baitan, and Limo clans withdraw their troops, the four counties of Ju'an County and Yongjing County will be considered safe, and then Liu Ji can put all his energy into the Western Regions, and the westward legion that is fighting bloodily will also receive more support.
The Jue'an army here in Qishankou was still immersed in the joy of the Khitan, Baitan, and Limo tribes retreating, and Chengyin City sent someone to send the good news of the five cavalry battalions of He Ruobi, Wenchou, Yan Liang, Zheng Wei and Wang Ji, and then the hundreds of thousands of Jue'an troops here in Qishankou completely fell into a carnival.
After reading the good news sent by He Ruobi and others, Le Yi said to Liu Ji with a happy face: "God bless the lord!" God bless me, Hawks Army! After He Ruobi and his five cavalry battalions wiped out 400,000 Dangxiang cavalry by the flood, more than 200 tribes of the entire Dangxiang clan almost reached the point where there were no soldiers available. The hundreds of thousands of cavalry of the Khitan, Baitan, and Limo clans ran fast enough, otherwise as long as He Ruobi and them sent troops back to help, it would not be so easy for the hundreds of thousands of cavalry of the Khitan, Baitan, and Limo clans to leave! ”
Liu Ji turned his head to Su Lie, the commander of the Grassland Legion, and said with a smile: "This time, the five cavalry battalions of your Grassland Legion have made great contributions, and those five cavalry battalions have helped our Hawkshire Army expand hundreds of thousands of troops, and whether to continue to clear the remaining more than 200 tribes of the Dangxiang Clan, Su Lie, what is your opinion?" ”