Chapter 281: Conditions for the Battle of Moxi
On the evening of November 1, when Liu Ji convened his generals to discuss the matter, in a huge felt bag in the Khitan camp north of Moxi City, the faces of the three commanders of the Khitan army, Yeluqi, the king of Youli, Yelu Amu, and Yeluge, the king of the left, were all very ugly. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Yeluqi said in a deep voice: "Last night's night attack, although we severely damaged the cavalry of the Jin people, but our own casualties were also very large, Ninth Uncle, Sixth Brother, what do you think?" ”
Yelu Amu sighed and said to Yelu Qi: "Old Seventeen, the losses of the 10,000 troops who participated in the battle last night have been counted, more than 64,000 people were killed or missing, and counting the losses during the day yesterday, as well as the losses of the siege, the total losses of the army under the command of the three of us here in Moxi City have exceeded 90,000 people, this battle can't go on like this, otherwise the rest of the army of the three of us will also be exhausted." ”
The loss of 90,000 people, only Yelu Am's army accounted for 40,000 people, you must know that Yelu Amu had lost tens of thousands of people in the fierce battles with the Uighurs and the Hawks' army, and now he has lost another 40,000 people.
If the army in Yelu Amu's hands is consumed too much here in Moxi City, the Khitan Khan Yelu Enemy Lie, that is, his own brother, will definitely not give him a single soldier, and it is even likely that he will be forcibly deprived of him, the right letter king, and rewarded to Yelu Enemy Lie's other sons.
Zuoli King Yeluge hesitated for a moment and said to Yeluqi: "Seventeenth brother, judging from the battles during the day and night yesterday, the army under the command of Liu Ji, the Great Jin Dove Tiger, is not weak in combat effectiveness, otherwise it would not have brought such a big loss to the three of us in a day and night. ”
Yeluge brought 50,000 cavalry this time, and now he has lost more than 20,000, he, the king of Zuoli, is the weakest of the eight Khitans, and his tribe of the king of Zuoli and the Khitan tribe attached to him, the king of Zuoli, can also make up 13 or 40,000 cavalry, and lose more than 20,000 people here in Moxi City.
Listening to the words of the other two Khitan kings, Yeluqi's face became even more gloomy, this time the expedition to the Great Jin Dove Tiger Liu Ji, he brought 70,000 Khitan elite horses, and also lost nearly 30,000 people, what made Yeluqi even more annoyed was that two of the four King Kongs under his command, Denggeril and Shuluhe, are now life and death unknown, such a defeat is Yeluqi has never tried.
Yeluqi, known as the Khitan god of war, was extremely reluctant to withdraw like this.
Then before Yeluqi could speak, Shu Lugen, who was sitting on both sides of the felt bag, shouted urgently: "You can't withdraw!" If we leave, what will my brother Shu Luhe do? Lord, you can't withdraw! ”
Yeluqi waved his hand at Shulugen at this time, meaning to ask Shulugen not to speak again, and then said to Yeluamu and Yeluge: "Ninth Uncle and Sixth Brother, this time we are on the order of the Great Khan, and we came to conquer the Great Jin Jiuhu, if we withdraw like this, how can the three of us explain to the Great Khan, and the other tribes in the grassland will definitely laugh at our Khitan tribe." ”
Yelu Amu smiled bitterly and said: "Old Seventeen, now that the three of us have brought 220,000 cavalry, there are only 130,000 left, presumably the Great Khan will also understand the hardships of the three of us, and the Great Khan does not want to see our 220,000 Khitan cavalry exhausted!" ”
Yeluge also said: "Seventeenth brother, let's not fight hard, even if we continue to fight, even if we really capture Moxi City and defeat the main force of the army under the command of the Great Jin Jiuhu, there will not be much cavalry left left by the three of us, according to this king, it is better for us to withdraw the troops first and then think in the long run!" ”
Yeluqi pondered for a long time before turning his head and saying to Shu Lugen: "Immediately send someone to contact the Jin people in Moxi City, and say that this king hopes to be able to fight with Liu Taishou into a jade silk, but the premise is that Liu Taishou will unconditionally release the captured Dengeril, Shu Luhe, and other Khitans captured by the Jin army on the battlefield, as long as Liu Taishou agrees to this condition, this king will immediately lead his troops to leave Jue'an County." ”
Yeluqi also didn't know whether Denggeril and Shuluhe were still alive, and he didn't know how many Khitan cavalry had been captured.
As for the retreat, Yeluqi was of course unwilling, but Yeluqi also knew in his heart that with the current 130,000 demoralized Khitan cavalry, a worse situation might occur if he continued to fight, and Yeluqi was not a person who insisted on going his own way.
Yeluqi's words made Yelu Amu and Yeluge breathe a sigh of relief, while Shu Lugen quickly got up and found someone to rush to Moxi City immediately.
Shu Lugen has a very deep affection for his brother Shu Luhe, and he learned from a thousand commanders named Eligula under his brother's command that his brother was captured alive by the two fierce generals of the Jin people, and there is a great chance that he is still alive at this time, so Yeluqi's order, Shu Lugen did not dare to hesitate at all.
When Liu Ji received the news from the Khitans, he was having dinner with his generals in the county government in Moxi City, and Liu Ji immediately said to Ding Lin with a smile: "Old Ding, you are like a god, the Khitans really can't stand it and want to withdraw their troops and leave, but the Khitan god of war wants us to release the captured Khitans." ”
Ding Lin said with a smile: "Lord, all ethnic groups on the grassland advocate the weak and the strong, and the cavalry in their hands is the foundation of their life in the grassland, unless they are facing life and death, otherwise there is a bloody battle like last night, and no grassland nomad is willing to fight!" ”
After a pause, Ding Lin continued: "Lord, although the Khitan people have suffered a lot of losses, but our Ju'an army is also broken this time, and the enemy of our Ju'an army is not only one Khitan, his subordinates suggest that the lord not push the boat down the river, return the captured thousands of Khitans to the Khitan god of war, and end this war with the Khitans. ”
released the nearly 3,000 Khitan captives captured, Liu Ji didn't care, but the Khitans named Liu Ji to release the captured Dengeril and Shu Luhe, Liu Ji was absolutely unable to do it at this time.
Liu Ji summoned all the eight generals under Ma Chao, and the system rewarded Liu Ji with a lottery opportunity, but Liu Ji did not keep this lottery opportunity, and used it directly during the day today.
As a result, Liu Ji couldn't help but laugh out loud, and three more puppet pills were drawn in this lottery.