Chapter 191: Ninety-Nine Springs

October and November in 936 were the peak seasons for soldiers in this world.

The original Later Tang Empire has been divided into two countries and three major forces, namely Shi Jingjiao Jin State, Zhao Dejun Yan State, Zhao Ping Zhenwu Army Force, Yingzhou Yin Hui Army Force, Fan Yanguang Tianxiong Army Force.

Everyone was holding back their strength and preparing to officially start the Central Plains Hegemony War after the spring of the next year, so at the end of the year 936, they invariably avoided fighting with each other, and seized the time to expand around and expand their strength.

At the same time as the forces of the Zhenwu army marched west to the north, Shi Jingjiao's Jin army set out from Taiyuan, and the troops were divided into two routes, the eastern front was led by Jing Yanguang, and the Fu Yanrao army and the Gaoxing Zhou army of the Later Tang Dynasty were suppressed in the Luzhou area, and Liu Zhiyuan led the troops on the southern line, and broke through Jinzhou in early November, and the army went south like mercury, and divided the Later Tang Empire into two at Tongguan, and the soldiers pointed to Chang'an, the western capital!

Zhao Dejun and Fan Yanguang fought a few times in Cangzhou and didn't make a profit, so they stopped fighting on both sides, turned around and went north, attacking the Khitan. Zhao Yanshou guarded the south, and the Dayan Empire went north in two directions, Zhao Dejun himself personally walked the Flying Fox Road out of Fengshengzhou Swallow City, and in one fell swoop eliminated the Khitan southern town Swallow City, while Liu Zaiming led another army, all the way north to Jinzhou along the coast, almost swallowing half of the original Bohai Kingdom!

As a result, the Great Yan Empire expanded its territory for thousands of miles, and the population of the area under its jurisdiction grew rapidly from the original 1.5 million to 2.5 million!

In the original historical script, although only Taiyuan Shi Jingjiao was rebelling in the Later Tang Empire, the entire empire was still unified on the surface, but due to the deliberate delay and inaction of the warlords, the Khitan State became dominant.

In this world, the arrival of He Daxian led to the failure of the Jin state after the intervention of the Khitan State, and the national strength of the Khitan State collapsed.

Not only did the Zhenwu army go north to loot indiscriminately, Zhao Dejun directly captured a large area of Khitan territory, and even Yin Hui of Yingzhou sent Guo Wei to wave his army north, lightning-like Liankeshu County, directly threatening the Jining area.

After the Yingzhou army occupied Xuande County, Yin Hui, who was eager to expand his power, directly announced that Xuande County would be included in the territory of the Later Tang Empire and named it Dezhou.

The Zhenwu army mainly robbed, and the loss of the southwest of the Khitan State was only temporary, but the Yingzhou army directly grabbed the territory by occupying it, which was intolerable to the Khitan State.

Yelu Bugu sent the general Yelu Kuma Si to lead 8,000 Khitan troops to block Guo Wei.

On the morning of this day, Guo Wei led 5,000 Tang troops to continue northward and reached Ninety-Nine Springs.

Ninety-nine springs are the Huiteng Xile prairie of later generations, in this endless alpine grassland, dotted with 99 large and small lakes, like a string of pearls on the grassland, the scenery is beautiful, the water and grass are fertile.

"Report, a Khitan scout was captured, and he was from the Southwest Recruiting Division."

"Who's leading the troops?"

"Khitan General Yelu Kuma."

"Continue to explore the west."

Guo Wei rode his horse and continued to move forward, and a large lake appeared in front of him, and the Tang army traveled around the lake, and after reaching a high ground, they camped on the spot.

On the opposite side of the Great Lake, there were traces of cavalry, and after a while, there were more and more cavalry, and the banner of the Khitan army also emerged from behind the mountain.

The topography of the steppe is visually completely different from that of the Central Plains. Wangshan ran a dead horse is this reason, from a distance, it is clear that it has been seen clearly, but if the horse runs over, it will take more than half an hour.

Seeing that the Khitan army had appeared, Guo Wei ordered the Tang army to continue advancing.

At the beginning of the year, when the 10,000 Tang Army saw 3,000 Khitan cavalry, they also had to take the initiative to avoid it, but now it is not the end of the year, and the 5,000 Tang Army saw the 8,000 Khitan Army, and they did not hesitate to meet it!

This is the characteristic of ancient cold-weapon warfare.

Everyone's equipment is actually not much different, the key is momentum! In ancient times, although the science and technology of the Central Plains were more developed than those of the grasslands, there was no generation difference. When the superiority of the northern cavalry offsets the weak weapon superiority of the Central Plains, what remains is the national momentum behind an army.

Of course, it is also important to lead the troops on the spot.

Guo Wei is the Taizu Emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty in history, in this world, although he has basically lost the possibility of being an emperor, but his own dragon energy is still there, where can he be afraid of thousands of Khitan soldiers!

Guo Wei, ranked seventh on the list of the top ten heroes of the Central Plains, holds a 100-8 pound Daguan knife, with a red face and broad ears, a long beard, known as Xiaoguan Gong, not only has high personal strength, is very capable of fighting, and his ability to lead troops is also extremely good.

To say that this Tang army has Guo Wei's dragon energy, it is actually not accurate, this Tang army actually has two dragon qi!

Another dragon qi is Chai Rong, the second emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty in history, Guo Wei's righteous son, and the second on the list of the top ten heroes of the Central Plains!

This second, to be honest, is a little watery.

Because Chai Rong was still young at this time, he had just turned fifteen years old, and he could only be regarded as a teenager, if he was compared with Yelu Wansi, who ranked second on the Khitan hero list, it was still a little worse, and he probably just caught up with Yelu Chacha, who ranked fourth on the Khitan hero list.

When Chai Rong can really stand second on the Central Plains Hero List, it should be two years later!

Of course, when we read novels, we shouldn't pay too much attention to these details, anyway, he should be second.

So, since the Tang Army is so fierce, the Khitan Army led the southwest to recruit the general Yelu Kumisi, but he is not an ordinary person, this person is also famous in history, and he is the second generation of southwest envoys who took over after Yelu Bugu!

Yelu Kuma, ranked fifth on the list of the top ten Khitan heroes, and Zhao Siwen is known as the southwest twin heroes of the Khitan Kingdom!

The grassland was wide, and the two armies could see each other, but everyone walked at the speed of walking, but they also walked for nearly an hour before they gradually approached.

When they were two miles apart, the cavalry on both sides stopped and began to line up, ready to charge and kill.

Guo Wei glanced at Chai Rong and nodded.

I saw fifteen-year-old Chai Rong running out of the queue and running out single-handedly, running all the way, shouting all the way:

"Chai Rong of the Tang Empire is challenging here, who dares to fight with me!"

The fifteen-year-old boy still had a young voice, a thin body, a silver helmet and silver armor, and a red cherry spear in his hand, looking weak.

Someone had already run out on the opposite side, and a Khitan general jumped on horse, raised a handful of iron bones in his hand, and slashed towards Chai Rongdou's head.

“%!$%$%Y%%%E$”

Wow, wow, a mouthful of Khitan words, where can Chai Rong understand! He ignored it, stepped forward with his knees between his knees, and raised his hand to stab out with a shot. (To be continued.) )