Chapter 774: The Crazy Jieli Khan
Frightened, he knew that his 20,000 Turkic cavalry would definitely not be an opponent, and if he gave the other party time to deal with it calmly, he probably wouldn't even be able to save his own life. Ashina Bozhen no longer hesitated, and immediately led more than 20,000 horsemen to flee directly to the east.
The defenders in the city wanted to attack, but they were all foot soldiers on their side, and the total number of troops was only 5,000.
In the end, the battle at the northern end of the Hetao was won with a hearty momentum. After that, Jieli Khan, who received Ashina Bozhen's letter asking for help, was immediately furious.
He had been making preparations for the invasion of Guanzhong for nearly a year, and even gritted his teeth and squeezed out a smile to curry favor with the envoys of the Chinese Empire, making them believe that the ****** was so friendly that for the copper materials urgently needed by his allies, the ****** people even sent his own people to mine Yunyun.
The result? Before he could eat the fox meat, he was hit with a bracket, and he still belonged to the kind of beating that made his eyes glaze gold.
Now, more than 300,000 troops have gathered in the area of Dajin Mountain, and they have ordered Liang Shidu and Liu Wuzhou to prepare and approach their own brigade to enter the Central Plains. As a result, at this time, no more than two thousand miles away from his Golden Horde court, tens of thousands of troops of the Chinese Empire actually appeared.
What's more, this army directly took away the northern end of the fertile Hetao, and also made the Turks lose more than 200,000 people, how to make him not angry, like a big stick, about to knock down on a passing fat sheep, a little fart suddenly came out next to him with an iron rod poked into his chrysanthemum, like pain and hatred.
Enraged, Jieli Khan personally led the 300,000-strong army to the nearest Yulin County, where his cousin Ashina Bozhen's pasture was now occupied by the Chinese Imperial Army.
But by the time his army arrived here, five days had passed since Ashina Bo was defeated and fled to Dajin Mountain to report the news. And only five days of work.
The four cities north of the Yellow River were empty, and even the location of the Ashina king's tent was like a storm passing through, leaving only a mess, and the unpleasant stench made it almost a hell on earth. However, not to mention the human figure, not even the ghost shadow was seen, only a few dozen wild dogs roamed and gnawed.
In the end, the scouts sent out found a few herdsmen who had escaped north late the next night, and only found out after inquiring. After the Chinese Imperial Army occupied this place. He immediately drove these Turkic tribes and their cattle and sheep southward for a day, then boarded a raft on the bank of the Yellow River and crossed the Yellow River, and then headed west towards Wuyuan County.
Not only the captured Turkic tribes, but also all the people in the cities in this area were forced to leave their homes, board rafts and transport ships, and head for Gohara County.
In other words, the more than 270,000 people in this area, as well as nearly a million livestock, were all forced to leave their homes and go to Wuyuan County by the Chinese Imperial Army, leaving only a land of desolation.
When the angry Jieli Khan led his army westward and came to the bank of the Yellow River, he found that the wharves on the side of the Yellow River had all disappeared, and the fishing boats and merchant ships that originally walked in the Yellow River had also disappeared without a trace.
Instead, there were tall and majestic warships of the Chinese Empire, with a ballista cannon and a steel crossbow with a handle sticking out of the porthole, and the entire hull looked as hideous as a hedgehog.
Seeing this scene, Jieli Khan almost fell to the ground, and when he led the army to the west along the river again, sure enough, two days later, he saw that the other side of the Yellow River was crowded with countless people, including Han Chinese, Turks, and countless cattle, sheep and horses were heading west.
His heart was dripping blood, and his heart was burning with anger. However, across this turbulent river that crossed the land of three arrows, he could not do anything. No matter how good the Turkic archery skills were, there was no way to make a bow and arrow with a range of only more than 100 paces put on its wings and shoot it 200 paces away.
In five days, of course, it was impossible to transfer more than 270,000 people to Wuyuan County, not to mention nearly a million head of livestock. However, neither Li Daozong nor Wei Chigong wanted the nearly a million cattle to fall into the hands of the Turks again.
These nearly a million head of cattle are enough to provide two months' rations for 500,000 troops, leaving it for the Turks who are malicious to the Chinese Empire, which is definitely not a good idea, but it would be a pity to slaughter them directly.
Although a large number of ships and ships accompanying the army can be transported, if you want to transport it, it will take at least three to four days to transport 60,000 people to Gohara County, but the question is, will Jieli Khan give that much time?
It's not that they don't want to hold here, but at the beginning of the strategy, it was decided to abandon the area north of the Yellow River and temporarily avoid the Turkic front. Compared with Wuyuan County, which was bifurcated by the Yellow River and then joined, the northern area of Yulin County is really unsafe.
Moreover, according to the information that has been detected before, the main force of the Turks has begun to concentrate in the area of Dajin Mountain, and it will not take more than seven days to rush here from Dajin Mountain. So, no matter how hard they work and how smooth the wind and water are, they can only transport it twice, and what will happen to the rest of the people?
In the end, Wei Chigong and Li Daozong decided to cross the river first. If you cross the river, you can send 60,000 people to the south bank of the Yellow River in an hour, even if those livestock are not as obedient as people, but you only need patience, and there is absolutely no problem in getting all of them to the south bank of the Yellow River in a few days.
Therefore, six days later, when Jieli Khan arrived with a large army, the Chinese imperial army had already sent Turkic prisoners of war and those Han Chinese, who had long been oppressed by the Turks, to the south bank of the Yellow River.
All the ships on the north bank of the Yellow River were taken to the east bank, and all the wooden docks were destroyed. And even the Jieli Khan was really mad and ordered the Turkic cavalry to cut down wood for boats. It is also necessary to consider whether it can break through the powerful fleet of the Huaxia Empire that is rampant in many inland rivers in China and no one dares to provoke.
"Poor Jieli Khan, I wonder if this guy is vomiting blood?" When Ben Gongzi saw the battle report in his hand, he was overjoyed.
"Even if you don't spit it out, you should swallow it back in your stomach." Luo Shixin's goods are schadenfreude next to him.
"General Li and General Wei Chi really did not disappoint Your Majesty, and with a little means, they took away more than 270,000 civilians and prisoners of war, as well as nearly a million livestock. Du Ruhui was so excited that he rubbed his hands there.
"Of the nearly a million cattle there were more than 689,000 sheep, nearly 153,600 cattle, and 75,480 horses. Obediently, if you buy it with money and silk as in the past, it will almost catch up with our tax for a year. Fang Xuanling looked at the content above, and his heart crackled and quickly came to the result.
Samurai scratched his scalp with a happy look on his face. "This doesn't include the more than 500,000 head of livestock we have obtained in Wuyuan County, so we don't even need to fight the autumn wind. Suitable experienced herders were selected directly from those people to graze these cattle, sheep and horses, but it was really difficult to support so many livestock with the pastures in the area of Wuyuan County. ā
"It doesn't matter, we also have vast pastures in Longxi and Xihai County, but there are not many livestock, so we can send some of them to Xihai County for grazing." Fang Xuanling's eyes rolled, and he immediately gave a brilliant idea.
"Everyone, everyone, don't be too happy, don't forget that this result is less than half of our strategic plan." Yang Gongren coughed dryly twice, stood up and said. "Although the south of Yulin County is occupied by our Huaxia Rejuvenation Army, don't forget jƬ, the old nest of Liang Shidu is in Diaoyin County and Shuofang County in the south."
"Today, we have cut off the waterways in the northern part of the Loop, but here we cannot be on guard at all times. Therefore, Chen Jian yƬ, march north as soon as possible, and be sure to occupy Diaoyin County in the shortest possible time. At the very least, the Liang army must be driven away from the area along the river. In this way, the Liang division was completely divided and surrounded by our Chinese revival army in the central area of the Hetao, even if you want to meet the main army of the Turks, you have to think about it first. ā
"Well, tell the sailors that they should act first and destroy all the docks in the area of Diaoyin County, and the ships will either be pulled away or sunk. Let those Turks be trapped in the area east of the Yellow River for the time being, and create favorable conditions for our Chinese Empire to attack Diaoyin and Shuofang. In addition, General Pei, the Yan'an Front, was ordered to start the operation. ā
"No!" With a neat and excited roar, three armies and one division that had been secretly stationed in the Chinese Empire began to march north from Yan'an County. At the same time, the two elite integrated armies of the Huaxia Fuxing Army in Shanxi began to move northward, oppressing Liu Wuzhou and Li Mi. As a result, the three warlord leaders in the northern part of Shanxi were all in danger and difficult to come to their aid.
Liang Shidu himself did not expect that the day of defeat would come so quickly, in less than two months, even Liang Shi could only watch the Turks roar angrily on the east bank of the Yellow River, but he did not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool in front of the Chinese Imperial Water Master.
Just when the Liang division received an order from Jieli Khan, he ordered his men to rush to make boats, large carts, and bed crossbows overnight, so as to open a passage over the Yellow River for the Turkic army to enter the Hetao.
Nearly 100,000 Chinese Empire Revival Army, under the command of Pei Renji, broke through eleven cities in a row with a momentum like a bamboo, and the soldiers pointed directly at the old nest of the Liang Division.