"Silver Saddle Khitan Zhi" is a cavalry unit composed of all Khitan warriors under the orders of the Later Tang Dynasty, which is a unique social phenomenon in the Later Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty ruled the country with an open mind, coupled with the aura of prosperity and Han culture, which attracted people from many countries and nationalities to settle in the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty. By the end of the Tang Dynasty, in the northern part of the Central Plains at that time, the situation of ethnic mixing was already the norm. Especially in the Youyan area, many Khitan people have also settled here, and their ancestors have lived here for generations, and these people also consider themselves residents of the Tang Kingdom.

As early as the Tang Dynasty, the Tang army often recruited warriors from some brave ethnic groups in the north to join the Tang army, and the Khitans and Turks were originally the best warrior materials, and they were also the warriors that the Tang army liked to recruit the most.

At the beginning of the warlord struggle at the end of the Tang Dynasty, when Li Keyong, the family of Zhu Xie of Shatuo, was stationed in Youzhou at that time, on the one hand, the Khitan state in the north was thriving, and the Khitans were described as war geniuses, on the other hand, these Khitans who lived in Youzhou and took Youzhou as their home were indeed tall and sturdy, brave and tenacious in battle, and very well disciplined, so they called and used a cavalry force composed of all Khitans.

In order to distinguish them from the soldiers of the northern Khitan Kingdom, these people had a silver leaf on their saddles, which was called "Silver Saddle Khitan Straight".

After the "Silver Saddle Khitan Zhi" was born, they repeatedly proved their value on the battlefield, 3,000 people can be used as 10,000 people, and it is a sharp weapon used to break the battlefield stalemate by assaulting and breaking the battlefield. Whether it is the warlords fighting for hegemony in the Central Plains, or the northern nomads who resist the invasion from the south on the national border, they are all very useful, and even used to fight against the regular army of the Khitan State, and the big knife is not soft at all against their own Khitan compatriots.

The loyalty of the Khitan nation is also fully reflected here.

This army was very controversial in the Khitan, known as the "Khitan traitor", quite a Han people look at the "traitor", the Khitan emperor repeatedly asked the Later Liang and the Later Tang Emperor to cancel the establishment, but no one paid attention to them.

Of course, the arming of the whole Khitan people is also risky, so the warlords in the post-Tang Dynasty did not dare to expand the scale at will when they formed the "Silver Saddle Khitan Zhi", generally about 3,000 horsemen, and then rebuilt when they died.

According to the formation of history, the Khitan people in Youzhou are divided into two categories, one is the "Eight Prefectures of the Back Mountains", these people are good at horse fighting, and the other is "Yinhulu", these people are good at riding and shooting.

Zhao Dejun's "Yin'an Khitan Zhi" has 3,000 people, which is basically a continuation of the previous practice of Li Ke using Li Cunxuan, directly recruiting from the Khitan residents in Youzhou, plus a small number of Khitan prisoners of war, to form this force, including 1,000 "Yinhulu" and 2,000 "Houshan Eight Prefectures".

The establishment is also very simple, 500 heavy cavalry, 1,500 light cavalry, 1,000 cavalry archers, in order to keep them loyal, all the "silver saddle Khitan straight" soldiers have to "pierce the face of Mingzhi", that is, to draw an X scar on the face with a knife, in order to tell the people of the Central Plains that we are not from the northern Khitan country, we are the Tang Dynasty people of the Central Plains.

Three thousand "Silver Saddle Khitan Straight" crossed the mountain from Tumen Road, appeared in the mountain pass northeast of Yizhou, cleared the nearby Khitan scouts, and soldiers under the city of Linyizhou. Yizhou Assassin Ding Xianqi immediately sent a letter to Liu Zaiming, and sent the heads of several Khitan envoys, explaining that he really still recognized Li Congke as the boss and did not take refuge in Shi Jingjiao.

Liu Zaiming, the commander of the camp in the north, is also the assassin of Zhaozhou, and it is common for this kind of state and county assassin history to be the grass on the wall, and the situation of swaying on both sides is commonplace, and he does not think so, so he let the three thousand silver saddle Khitan be stationed on the hillside outside the city, and then he took his own soldiers into the city to find Ding Xianqi to drink.

Wars are wars, and drinking can't be stopped.

When Ding Xianqi saw Liu Zaiming, he naturally entertained him wholeheartedly, and it was no problem.

Early the next morning, Liu Zaiming's own 10,000 Yizhou soldiers were also led out of the mountain pass by the deputy general and arrived at the city of Yizhou.

At this point, the Tang army, which had been struggling with scattered sand, finally landed a crucial piece on the Yizhou side, and the Khitan army had to consider fighting life and death.

Yelu Deguang received the news of the attack of the "Silver Saddle Khitan Zhi" the night before, and realized that the back road had been copied, on the one hand, he immediately sent 5,000 cavalry to try to disperse the Tang army, and on the other hand, he ordered the Khitan old and young people to gather at Hubeikou to follow the army south.

To fight a war is to fight a momentum. Although the warlords of the Tang Army are still confused, and few people know what they are doing, but He Daxian's heart is bright, how to fight is your business, put you in the right position, and the strategic advantage will naturally be revealed.

Yizhou, morning, cloudy.

In the land of Jinzhong, the drought lasted for nearly two months, and from today, dark clouds finally appeared in the sky, and the weather began to cool down.

The generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, Yelu Chache, led 5,000 cavalry to set off for three watches, crossed the mountains and mountains in the night, and arrived at the Xizhang Pass in the southeast of Yizhou when the sky was just bright.

Riding on a horse, standing halfway up the mountain, looking at Yizhou City at the bottom of the mountain.

Yizhou city was built at the foot of the mountain, there is a Muma River between the Khitan army of Yelu Cha and Yizhou City, on the other side of the river can already see some Yizhou army scouts running around on both sides of the Muma River, and did not see the legendary "silver saddle Khitan straight", presumably camped on the back of the north of the mountain.

At this time, another scout cavalry came to report that in the big valley in the northeast, a large number of Tang cavalry poured out of the valley, and it was estimated that there were more than 10,000 people.

After thinking about it, Jeruchacth waved his hand and ordered the march to continue.

Obviously, Yelu Chacius did not take the newly arrived Tang army of more than 10,000 to heart. This Khitan army of 5,000 people is an all-cavalry unit, and the cavalry will definitely fight on the plains, what is it like to hide in the mountains?

Yelu Chacha led 5,000 cavalry down the mountain and walked to the Muma River, where the Tang army on the other side of the river was already in full array.

"Silver Saddle Khitan Straight" still did not appear, the city wall of Yizhou City was full of Yizhou soldiers, and the Yizhou soldiers who had just come out of the valley were also on the other side of the river, listlessly and slowly walking along the river.

These Yizhou soldiers were mainly foot soldiers, and the cavalry was only about 2,000.

The Yizhou soldiers also saw the Khitan army, but they didn't care. The two sides are still far away, twenty miles away, but they can only see each other.

Yelu Cha is the son of Yelu Anduan, the nephew of Yelu Abaoji, and the cousin of the current emperor Yelu Deguang

Uh, a little correction, now there are only two giants, it turns out that there is another Yelu Lihu, I heard that in a ravine was accidentally set on fire by a nameless boy, burned all over the body, there is no skin on the body is good, and now it has been sent back to the Khitan country for cultivation.

Last night, when I heard that the Tang army was passing through Yizhou, Yelu Deguang was so anxious that he immediately ordered that Yizhou should be uprooted immediately and the troubles should be cut off.

Originally, he asked Yelu Cha to bring 10,000 horsemen to pacify Yizhou overnight. But Jeruchachel was not pleased.

"What? Isn't it just 3,000 silver saddle Khitan straight? Can you compare to my authentic Great Khitan warriors? I took 10,000 Khitan warriors over to fight 3,000 Khitan puppet troops? That's too much to look down on me. ”

"And how many do you want?"

"Give me 1,000 Khitan warriors, enough to destroy 3,000 silver saddle dogs, and take Yizhou by the way. When the time comes, after we have slaughtered the city, the emperor will send someone to move things. ”

"No, I'll take five thousand and ride over."

"Where to Ride Five Thousand"

"Just five thousand horsemen, the Tang army may have reinforcements, less nonsense! Three more departures! ”

Isn't this Jeruchachel stupid? The emperor gave him more manpower, but he was still chirping?

You don't understand the culture of the Khitan people, the Khitan people are warrior culture!

People in the Central Plains pretend to be forced, and they usually ask: "There are four ways to write the fennel character of fennel beans, do you know?" "If you change to a Khitan to pretend to be forced, that is, to see who is braver.

"What? Did you fight one of the three and still lose? Arouse! ”

"What? Do you beat one of the three of you? How can you still win three against one, is it amazing? Gangdu! ”

"What? It takes 5,000 people to fight 10,000 Tang dogs to win? Forget it, you go home and take the kids, I'll come! ”

"What? Yelu Li Hu led 5,000 men to fight 1,000 Tang soldiers, defeated? What a Khitan scum! You deserve to be in a medicine bucket for the rest of your life! ”

Do you see it? When a general comes out and pretends to be forced, there are many irrelevant netizens who are irresponsibly talking nonsense.

In the Khitan Kingdom, a general who wants to pretend to be a good general, the more people he brings to the battlefield, the greater the risk.

If there are too many people in my hands, there will be no credit if I win, and if I lose, I will die, on the contrary, if I have fewer soldiers, then it will be much safer to run into an enemy ten times as large as mine.

If you win, it's a big credit, and if you lose, it's justifiable to run away when you run away.

What the? What if you can't escape? How can it? Every Khitan is born with six legs, okay! He has two, and his horse four!

This is also a travel tip, in the future, when you travel to the Khitan country, when you want to pretend to be forced, you must take "brave" as the first in order to truly win the respect of the Khitan people.

Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you, now it's 2016, the Khitan Kingdom is dead, so you still don't want to go.