In April of the third year of the Apocalypse, the Jin State sent an envoy to protest against the harassment of the Jin State City from time to time by the Wugu Department and the Enemy Martyrs Department of the Great Liang Shangjing Road, and asked the Great Liang to restrain the various departments.

At the beginning of the demarcation of the border between the two countries, Chao Yong, in order to solve the Yelu Yanxi and later Mongolian problems, also divided the Shangjing Province into the territory of Daliang. However, a heavy snowfall and the problem of grain and grass transportation caused Chao Yong to temporarily withdraw his troops, and Shangjing Province was not really ruled by Daliang.

Jin Guo was also aware of this situation, so he did not raise the issue of compensation. Wanyan Agu's intention to fight this is nothing more than to let Daliang send troops to deal with Yelu Yanxi in Shangjing Province, help them solve the border troubles, and at the same time consume Daliang's national strength.

However, it was not only the Jin State that was harassed by the Shangjing Province, in the second year of the Apocalypse, the Shangjing Province suffered a snowstorm, and the various departments were difficult to overwinter, and at the same time invaded the Jin Kingdom, they also invaded the three roads of Ningxia, Hedong and Hebei in Daliang. Although the cities of all roads did not fall, the people outside the city suffered a lot, so Daliang also prepared to attack the Shangjing Road of the Liao State.

On the second day after the envoys of the Jin State entered Beijing, Daliang sent 50,000 troops to attack the Shangjing Road of the Liao State on the grounds that the Liao State had invaded Hedong, Hebei, and Ningxia Road.

On 10 April, Chao Yong set out with 500 personal soldiers and would join Dong Ping and Yang Zhi and 30,000 party vassal troops in Montenegro Prefecture to sweep away the Shangjing Provincial Divisions.

Montenegro Prefecture is the new state capital of Daliang, north of Montenegro, in the Hetao Plain, the land is fertile, Daliang migrated more than 20,000 people to Montenegro, and more than 5,000 hectares of land were reclaimed in the second year of the Apocalypse. Because it was the northernmost city on the Ningxia Road, Dong Ping led 10,000 cavalry to garrison Montenegro Prefecture to guard against the grassland tribes.

Although there were only 50,000 people on this expedition, it was a collection of elite soldiers and strong generals from Ningxia Road, and the three generals of the Western Army, Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, and Yao Pingzhong, were all incorporated into Dong Ping's department.

Because of the reform of the Liang military system, the Western Army has disappeared, and even if young people from all walks of life join the army, they are all trained in Tokyo in a unified manner, and then the state capital decided by the Ministry of War will not necessarily return to Shaanxi, so naturally there will be no Western Army.

The Western Army disappeared. In addition to the general soldiers from the Western Army, such as Seed Master Dao, Seed Division, and Liu Zhongwu, the most promising future in the Western Army is Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, and Yao Pingzhong, so the generals from the Western Army call the three generals of the Western Army the three generals of the Western Army and cherish the memory of the Western Army.

In addition to Li Kui, who is not good at horse warfare, left in front of Chao Yong's tent, Sun An, Shi Bao, and Fang Jie will go north with Chao Yong, and they also transferred a fierce general from Hedong Road and Hebei Road to listen to the use in front of the tent, one is Yue Fei, the first general under Zhang Qing, and the other is Yang Zaixing, a fierce general under Liu Tang.

Yue Fei was promoted to lieutenant when he swept away the Southern Song Dynasty, and then he also made contributions to the destruction of Lu Shisang and the Yue Li Dynasty. But it's not enough to get promoted to general.

Yang Zaixing was a new soldier, Lin Chong led his troops to wipe out Wang Qing, and after Liu Tangsheng became a general, he commanded 10,000 new troops, and Yang Zaixing arrived under Liu Tang. When attacking Liao, because Liu Tang's troops were arrayed to meet the enemy, Yang Zaixing had no chance to make contributions. However, after Liu Tangbu guarded Hedong, Shangjing Dao blocked the Bu Department to harass him in the south, and Yang Zaixing seized the opportunity. In the first battle, he picked more than 20 obstructors with guns, and was promoted to captain for meritorious deeds, and his martial arts shook Hedong.

Chao Yong is naturally no stranger to Yang Zaixing, and when he saw the documents of the Ministry of War, he remembered Yang Zaixing's name in his heart.

Five hundred soldiers, one man and three horses. In half a month, they marched nearly 2,500 miles and reached Montenegro.

50,000 cavalry have already gathered at the foot of Montenegro, plus the war horses carrying grain and grass, tens of thousands of war horses have gathered at the foot of Montenegro for dozens of miles.

to the gates of the city. Chao Yong saw Dong Ping, Yang Zhi, Mu Hong and others all come to greet him, and there were some tribal leaders from Hedong Road in the team.

Chao Yong fought in all directions, everywhere. Officials and civilians will go out of the city to greet them, and there are many old men in their sixties and seventies, and the ten miles into the city is more difficult than his usual march of twenty miles.

In order to reduce trouble, Chao Yong simply set a rule that all officials could only greet them at the city gate, and not alarm the local people.

The various departments of the former Liaoguo Xijing Road on the Hedong Road tasted the sweetness of fighting side by side with the regular army of the Great Liang, and when they heard that the Great Liang was going to send troops to attack the Shangjing Road, they rushed to the army and wanted to send troops to help each other, so as to divide the population of the various departments of the Shangjing Road.

Although the officials of Montenegro Prefecture did not dare to alarm the people, when they saw the prince entering the city, the people in the city still cheered and worshiped the only true god of Daliang.

After the extinction of religion, the Liang forbidden to worship all the gods and Buddhas, the statue of Chao Yong was even more popular, people who are accustomed to worshiping something, no religion is like no spiritual sustenance, the statue of Chao Yong that was originally worshipped soon filled the gap left by the extinction.

Now almost every household in Daliang has a statue of Chao Yong, and Chao Yong's status is completely mythologized like a certain ancestor in later generations, and has become the only true god of Daliang.

In the worship of the people in the mountains and tsunamis, the group entered the military camp in the city.

Dong Ping had already set up a banquet, and everyone was seated.

After eating a few glasses of wine, Bai Dadan (Wang Gubu) leader Bed Gu'er couldn't wait to say: "I have mobilized five thousand tribal warriors, please allow us to contribute to the crown prince." ”

Mo Ge, the leader of the Wei Department of the Yin Mountain Chamber, also said: "Our department has also mobilized 3,000 warriors and is willing to follow the prince to fight. ”

Other small tribes also came out to fight, or thousands, or hundreds, all wanting to get a piece of the pie.

All the party departments of Ningxia Road have been settled and managed, some of them are cultivated by Han people, some are grazing in the designated pastures, and some are accustomed to eating by knives and guns, and they have joined the Daliang army and reorganized 100,000 party vassal troops.

Because the various departments of Hedong Road have just been surrendered, and the departments of Shangjing Road have been harassed from time to time, the Liang has not had time to reorganize, and the departments are still living according to the previous way of life.

Chao Yong looked at the leaders and said: "Once you join the army, all departments must abide by the military regulations of the Great Liang, advance when you hear the drums, retreat when you sing the gold, and those who do not listen to the order will be killed." If the whole tribe is defeated, all the tribe owners will be reduced to slavery. Are you still willing to go to war? ”

When the leaders of the tribes heard the prince say this, they couldn't help but look at each other.

In the past, they cooperated with the soldiers and horses of Ningxia Road to attack Ningxia Road, and they assisted from the side, and they fled if they couldn't fight, and they didn't need to implement the military regulations of the Great Liang. The population of Daliang is also innumerable, but the most populous Wangu tribe of each tribe is only tens of thousands, and the other small tribes are only a few thousand, and if the loss is too great, it is likely to be swallowed up by other tribes.

They also all know the ferocity of the various tribes of Shangjing Province, and all the tribes of Shangjing Province are constantly fighting all year round, although many tribes are branches of the Murowei tribe, but the ferocity of the Murowei tribe in the south cannot be compared with the Murowei tribe in the north. Moreover, the Shangjing Dao Naimanbu (Sticky Bage Tribe), Kelie Department (Obstruction Division), Mongolian Division, Wugu Division, and Enemy Lie Department are all large tribes, and only the population of Wanggu Department in Hedong is about the same as these departments, and the Yinshan Murwei of Mo Ge is smaller.

Chao Yong saw that the leaders of the various departments stopped talking, so he said, "Okay, you can retreat." Sweeping away Shangjing Province has 50,000 soldiers and horses. ”

The leaders of the various departments who had already retreated saw Chao Yong say this, and they returned to their seats one after another.

Although the slaves were attractive, they still could not be allowed to risk a great loss of strength and fight to the death of the various departments of the Upper Kyoto Province.

Wang Gubu is also a big tribe, but it has always been a loyal dog of a big country, first for the Liao State of the subordinate department, after the decline of the Liao State, but also continued to provide horses, sheep, and camels for Yelu Yanxi and Yelu Dashi. Later, the Jin State destroyed the Liao State, and guarded the frontier for the Jin State, guarding against the Mongols, Kereh, Naiman and other departments in the north. Temujin destroyed the Kereh tribe, and the barbarian tribe fought against the Mongols with the Wangu tribe. Wang Gubu betrayed the Naiman tribe again, and sent troops to help the Mongolian tribe destroy the Naiman tribe, and became the loyal dog of the Mongolian department. The tribal leaders attacked the king of Zhao in the Yuan Dynasty.

Mo Ge Lost's Yinshan Murwei Department was not as good as Wang Gu's Department, and the Jin State pursued Yelu Yanxi to Xijing Road, and Mo Ge lost sent people to send horses, camels, and sheep to the two countries at the same time. Maybe it was because the savages of the Jin Kingdom looked down on the Murwei Department, in short, Mo Ge lost and sent troops to help Yelu Yanxi, but he was defeated by the Jin State, and his son Tuogu was also captured alive by the Jin State. Of course, Mo Ge lost would not give in because of a son, or Jin Guo insulted Mo Ge Shi badly. In short, Mo Ge lost his allegiance to Yelu Yanxi.

Later, Chao Yong led his troops to the north, forced back the soldiers and horses of the Jin State, and summoned the Xijing Province departments in Jiashan, and Yelu Yanxi had already fled to Shangjing Road. Mo Ge couldn't escape, and the soldiers and horses of Daliang had already approached the tribe, so he was attached to Daliang.

Chao Yong was not prepared to let the ministries live according to their original way of life, but to divide them. Many of the places where the tribes live are also suitable for farming, and Chao Yong wants them to learn how to farm, and where they can't, develop animal husbandry. Let them join the wool industry in the Central Plains.

Although the ministries could benefit from this, they wanted to weaken the power of the leaders of the ministries and might be resisted by the ministries or let them flee to Shangjing Province to join Yelu Yanxi, so Daliang put the time for the reorganization of the Hedong Ministries to the time after the Shangjing Provincial Ministries were wiped out, and cut off the retreat of the Hedong Ministries.

Since the ministries had to be reorganized, Chao Yong naturally couldn't let the ministries continue to expand their strength. There are always hundreds of thousands of people in the various departments of Shangjing Province, and if they are sent to the various departments of Hedong as slaves, it is very likely that a large tribe will appear in the various departments of Hedong that can unify the Mongolian steppe, and Chao Yong will naturally not allow this to happen.

Even without their help, Chao Yong was fully sure to deal with the various departments of Shangjing Province. There are more than hundreds of large and small tribes in Shangjing Province, and there are many small tribes under the big tribes of the Naiban Tribe, the Kereh Tribe, and the Mongolian Tribe, and for hundreds of years, these tribes have been killing each other, trying to twist them into a rope, which is not something that people like Yelu Yanxi can do.

The Liao State had never really conquered these tribes, and after Yelu Yanxi arrived in Shangjing, he exterminated several small tribes, only to make the Kelie tribes, which had been greatly reduced by the strength of the Liao State, submit. The Mongol tribe in the east, the Nabarian tribe in the west, and the Mi'er beggar tribe in the north are still unruly, plundering the Kereh tribe from time to time, and the Liao cavalry is also more victorious than defeated against these fierce grassland and woodland tribes.

Yelu Yanxi led his troops in, and did not let the fighting in the Mongolian steppe end, but was stirred into the fighting of various tribes, and he could only take the conquered Kereh tribe and other tribes to fight.

Chao Yong swore to go out after a day of rest in Montenegro, and hundreds of thousands of war horses gathered at the foot of Montenegro, and the grass in Montenegro was about to be gnawed up.

The Northwest Road of the Liao State was located in the city of Kedun, west of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of today's Outer Mongolia, about 1,500 miles from Montenegro.

From Montenegro Prefecture to the north, you have to pass through hundreds of miles of desert and Gobi area before you can enter the steppe area.

The gathering of troops and horses in Montenegro did not hide from Yelu Yanxi, who was sitting in the Kereh department, and after Yelu Yanxi got the news, he summoned all the troops loyal to him. In addition to the Kereh tribe that had already been conquered, the Wugu tribe Jiedu envoy Qi Zhe and the commander of the enemy martyr tribe also led their troops to surrender, plus some small tribes around him, Yelu Yanxi soon gathered another 50,000 soldiers and horses.

Of course, Yelu Yanxi is just a decree, and the specific things are naturally done by Xiao Telie, Brother Temu, Yelu Dashi and others. Yelu Yanxi had a more important task, and after arriving in Beijing, Yelu Yanxi fell in love with hunting yellow sheep and wild wolves.

Yelu Yanxi can just open his mouth, but Xiao Telie and the others are going to break their legs. The Naiman, the Mierqiti, and the Mongols around the Kereh tribe have not surrendered, and they have to gather troops and horses, and they have to beware of these three tribes taking the opportunity to plunder the women and children of the Kereh tribe, if the women and children of the Kereh tribe are all robbed, there is no doubt that the soldiers and horses of the Kereh tribe will be defeated immediately.

Therefore, they could only let all the women and children of the Kereh Department move to the vicinity of Zhenzhou, Victoria, Zhaozhou, and Fangzhou. These four cities are only a few dozen miles away from each other, and if they are attacked by the steppe tribes, they can support each other. The Northwest Road Recruitment Division of the Liao State and the Great Palaces of the Obstruction of Bu are located in Zhenzhou and Zhaozhou.

After the Mogusi rebellion, the Liao State sent troops to kill the ministers of the Hindu for eight years, and now the total population of the Kereh tribes (Divination) is only about 100,000, and the tribes are also afraid of being attacked by the Liang army or other tribes, so they soon gathered near the city. However, when the various ministries were gathered, food and timber became a problem again. Of course, these problems are a headache for Xiao Telie and others, and Yelu Yanxi considers how many yellow sheep and wild wolves can be hunted every day.

When the soldiers and horses of Daliang were less than three hundred miles away from Fangzhou, Yelu Yanxi ended his safari. Convene members of various ministries to discuss countermeasures.

The previous time Xiao Telie called on all the armies to fight to the death in Shilinduo, although because Yelu Yanxi ascended to the top to watch the formation, he was directly attacked by Wanyan Zongwang, which frightened Yelu Yanxi into defeat and fled, resulting in the collapse of the army. However, Xiao Trio was promoted from deputy commander to commander because of this battle, and won the trust of Yelu Yanxi.

When everyone arrived, Xiao Telie said: "There are only 50,000 soldiers and horses in the Liang Kingdom, and there are 20,000 Han cavalry, and the Han people have not seen horses for hundreds of years." Do they dare to let the war horses run? ”

When the generals of the Liao State heard this, they couldn't help laughing.

"Han people should be good at riding donkeys, and they must not be scared to pee their pants when riding a horse."

Yelu Dashi frowned and said: "The Han cavalry on Ningxia Road has also been training for almost two years, and the combat strength of the 30,000 party cavalry is not inferior to my Daliao iron cavalry. Don't be underestimated. ”

Xiao Telie was just when he was getting his will, how could he allow people like Yelu Dashi to question and mock: "Dashi Linya is probably scared out of illness by the prince of Liangguo, you abandoned Nanjing Dao." Can we abandon the Shangjing Road again? ”

"The Han cavalry rode horses for two years, and we have been riding on horseback since we were children, and we can't win the Han people in horse battles. We don't have to think about recovering Daliao. ”

Although Yelu Yanxi did not kill Yelu Dashi, he no longer trusted Yelu Dashi, and divided most of the more than 5,000 soldiers and horses brought by Yelu Dashi to everyone, leaving only 1,000 soldiers and horses for Yelu Dashi. In this tent, it can be said that he brought the least number of soldiers and horses, if it weren't for the fact that he was the only champion of the Khitan tribe, the people of Liao thought he was smart, and there was no place for him here.

Yelu Dashi said patiently: "I also think that we can defeat the Liang army, the soldiers and horses of the Liang State come from afar, it must be that the people are sleepy and the horses are lacking, as long as we meet it, the Liang army that can be fought in a decisive battle will be defeated and retreated, and we can even chase and kill them for hundreds of miles." It's just that when you go all out, don't underestimate the enemy. ”

The leader of the Kereh tribe said: "If all the soldiers and horses are dispatched, I am afraid that the barbarians, the Mi'er beggars, and the Mongols will come to rob our camp." ”

Yelu Dashi said: "Didn't all the people of all tribes withdraw to the nearby city? If we go on an expedition, let everyone enter the city, and if those barbarians want to sneak attack, it will be difficult to break the city. ”

Yelu Yanxi said with a smile: "What Lin Ya said is that we will attack with all our might, and we will meet the prince of Daliang." In Hebei the previous time, he was defeated and buried gunpowder in advance, and when he came to this vast grassland, his gunpowder was useless, and it was time for him to taste the taste of defeat. ”

Yelu Dashi heard that Yelu Yanxi was going to recruit in person again, and hurriedly said: "The emperor is a member of the Great Liao State, so he should not take risks lightly, and Weichen dared to ask the emperor to sit in Zhenzhou, and let General Xiao Telie lead his troops to Fangzhou to defeat the Liang State soldiers Ma Keye." ”

The history of the decline and fall of the Liao State can be said to be the history of Yelu Yanxi's escape, as long as Yelu Yanxi is on the battlefield, he must be the first to escape, and then the entire army will be led by him alone.

Yelu Dashi knew this very well, and he did not hesitate to sell it to Xiao Telie, wanting to stop Yelu Yanxi from conquest.

How could Xiao Trilie not know this, that day in Shirenduo, the Liao soldiers were ten times larger than the Jin soldiers, so he wanted to inspire the soldiers to fight to the death, defeat the Jin soldiers, and boost morale. After Jin Bing saw the Liao soldiers arrayed, they did not dare to rush into battle.

Unexpectedly, Yelu Yanxi also felt that he could defeat the Jin army's forward, so he took his concubine to climb the heights to watch the formation, but Wanyan Zongwang found out where Yelu Yanxi was, and took hundreds of Jin soldiers to the hill where Yelu Yanxi was located, which frightened Yelu Yanxi and fled, they could only lead the troops to chase and escort, and the army immediately dispersed.

If Yelu Yanxi didn't ascend, even if they couldn't catch Yan Zongwang in that battle, they would definitely be able to scare him off, but the final result was a big defeat.

With the previous lesson, Xiao Trilie also did not want Yelu Yanxi to come to the battlefield in person, and also echoed: "This battle is as easy as a breeze, and the emperor is waiting for us in Zhenzhou to receive good news." The last general must capture the prince of Liang and present it to the emperor. ”

Yelu Yanxi heard that both of them said that they could defeat Liang Guo, but he was even more moved, he had escaped so many times, how could he win once, otherwise if he died, others would call him to run away from the emperor.

"Okay, needless to say, I've made up my mind, you all go and order your troops and horses, and we'll go to Fangzhou."

After Yelu Yanxi finished speaking, he turned around and walked out.

When Xiao Telie and the others saw Yelu Yanxi say this, they had no choice but to go and order their own troops.

"The Emperor's ......"

Yelu Dashi screamed, but Yelu Yanxi didn't look back and went out directly.

Seeing that there was no one to accompany him to advise, Yelu Dashi sighed, and had no choice but to gather his soldiers and horses. (To be continued......)