The purpose of Yelu Tira's instigation of the Poison Feng Department to send troops was to test Yang Hao's reaction, and at the same time to secretly observe the real combat strength of the Xining Army, but unfortunately Yang Hao saw through his strategy and only sent Gu Duoli to come forward, although Gu Duoli's Weiyuan Battalion also belonged to the Xining Army, but his establishment and tactics were very different from the other battalions of the Xining Army, and he was still the same as the old black tribe, and Yelu Tira's purpose was obviously not achieved.

Therefore, on the second day of the defeat of the Poison Department, the Khitans issued an ultimatum to the Vulture in the name of rescuing their allies, asking the Vulture to release all the captured personnel of the Poison Department, and surrender the Datongchuan Ranch to the Poison Department, otherwise they would meet each other, the Khitan made a voice and threatened, and sent 30,000 troops to the south, approaching the jurisdiction of the Tiande Army, and on the same day Yang Hao issued a statement, accusing the Khitans of aggression and announcing that they would send troops to aid the Vulture and the Manhei Department,

Jin Mili heard that the Khitan sent 30,000 troops to the south, he was frightened, asked Yang Hao to make peace with the Khitan, and said that he was willing to give up the Datongchuan pasture, Yang Hao rushed to the tooth tent of Jin Mili at the northern foot of the mountain overnight, and cheered him up, Yang Hao analyzed the true strength of the Khitan people for him one by one:

"The Khitans have already offended the Uighurs by attacking the southeastern 16 Uighurs, and the reason why the Uighurs did not immediately return the color is mainly because their main forces are deployed in the southwest and northwest directions to deal with the Tubo and the Gyas, which does not mean that the Uighurs will give up these places, let alone that they will bow to the Khitans, after all, they are the overlords of the northern country, and they cannot afford to lose this face.

"In this way, in order to prevent the Uighurs, the Khitans had to leave most of their troops in the north, we sent people to investigate, the Khitan is known as 200,000 iron cavalry, among the 200,000 people, at least 100,000 people are stationed in the southeast, defending Youzhou, Zhenwu Army, Hedong and other border towns of the Tang Dynasty, these three border towns of the Tang Dynasty have no less than 200,000 troops, they are the elite division of the Tang Dynasty, the Khitans do not dare to be careless, these 100,000 are fixed and dare not move,

In addition, they have 50,000 troops stationed in the northeast to deal with your old friend Mughul Chambers, and the last 50,000 men they use to guard against a strong enemy in the west, and among these 50,000 people are their most elite 30,000 tart horse army, 15,000 new annex troops, and 5,000 men of the seven coalition troops.

"The tart horse army is the Khitan Khan's guard army, the combat power is very fierce, is the Khitan Khan to deter the surrounding departments of the greatest capital, in the words of the Khitan people is 'tart horses over a thousand, arrogant, tart horses over 10,000, the enemy can not fight', what tart horse army can run rampant on the prairie when there are 1,000 people, when the number of people exceeds 10,000, you can no longer find the enemy."

When Jin Mili heard this, he changed color in horror and hurriedly asked, "Can we still fight in this way, they have 30,000 people." ”

Yang Hao smiled lightly: "This is their boasting, as far as I know, the tart horse army is not invincible, the wolf army has defeated them, the battle of 5,000 wolf army killed 20,000 tart horse army lost their armor, even Daxu let the family take it, we have found out that only 5,000 of the 30,000 Khitan army in the south this time are the 5,000 tart horse army, the rest are mainly the new annex army, the new annex army is composed of those foreign soldiers who were conquered by the Khitans, and their hearts are full of hatred for the Khitans, they will not die for the Khitans." ”

Jin Mili was still flustered: "Even if it is a 5,000-strong horse army, it is a rare strong enemy, and the four battalions that are the best at field warfare are now stationed in Hedong, what will they do to deal with the Khitans in this battle." ”

"Don't be intimidated by the arrogance of the Khitans, they have fought hundreds of battles with the border towns of our Datang, and they have always lost more than they won." Yang Hao looked full of confidence, and the magic of self-confidence quickly infected Jin Mili, making him forget his fear for a while, and he asked eagerly: "How do you plan to deal with the Khitans." ”

Yang Hao confidently said to Jin Mili: "Let go of Datongchuan, the old and weak, women and children withdraw into Muna Mountain, you lead the main force to the northern foot of Daqing Mountain to meet with the Manhei Department, after the Khitan people get the Datongchuan, they will definitely get an inch, at this time I use the pass and the military village, step by step, consume its military strength, exhaust its morale, and then the Xiaocai battalion out of Jiuniang Pass, the Jinfeng Battalion from Ningbian to the east, the Tiger Battalion and the Weiyuan Battalion from the Yang Mountain to the west to attack, you and the Manhei Department from the north foot of Daqingshan to the west, together with the strength of our three families to break the Khitan people in Datongchuan. ”

Jin Mili praised: "This is a good plan, I will obey the order." ”

Yang Hao's military deployment has not yet been conveyed to the battalions participating in the war, Yelu Tera got a copy in his hand, and after reading Yang Hao's subordinates, Yelu Tera laughed and said: "They all blow this person to the gods, but that's it." His younger brother Jeruyundeshi, who was only twelve years old and rode a foal with the army, heard the words of Jeruthira and raised his neck and asked curiously, "Brother, how can you have the map he has drawn?" Jelother smiled and said, "Brother, listen well, this is called a trick of use, and I learned it from the Han people." ”

Yelu Yunde said with a smile: "It is said that Yang Hao is good at using it, isn't this brother 'treating others in the way of others'." Jerodiel stroked Jeruther's head and praised, "My brother is wise, and your future achievements will be above mine." ”

Yeluyun Deshi asked again: "Since my brother has insight into the enemy's strategy, how should I deal with it next?" ”

Jerodher laughed and said, "I'm going to come to him." ”

According to Yang Hao's subordinates, Jin Mili took the initiative to give up Datongchuan, and the Khitan soldiers occupied this excellent pasture without blood, at this moment the ice and snow of Datongchuan have just melted, and the shoots of the pasture grass are still buried in the soil.

After Yelu Guluo led the army to occupy Datongchuan, he immediately waved his troops south to surround the old city of the Tiande army, the old city of the Tiande army had been abandoned, and then because of the iron bell camp in this tuntian, it gradually flourished, the surrounding earthen walls were re-repaired, and trenches were dug outside the wall, but these are nothing in the eyes of Yelu Guluo, he is a siege expert of the Khitan people, large and small have broken through fifty or sixty cities, the largest one is Youzhou City, that was twelve years ago, he took advantage of the civil strife in Youzhou, and suddenly led the army to break through Youzhou City, slaughtered at least 10,000 people,

He can use wood to make a kind of siege equipment called "triangular house", "triangular house" design ingenious, simple process, easy to take materials, but extremely practical, it is inspired by the triangular roof of the Han land, the Khitan people use wood to build a triangular wooden frame similar to the beams, and then cover the wooden frame with raw cowhide, and on the raw cowhide is coated with a layer of paint made of ox and sheep blood mixed with plant ash, this paint can prevent both arrow shooting and fire attack,

During the siege, more than a dozen sturdy soldiers carried the "triangular room" to rush to the enemy's city wall, the enemy's arrows shot on the surface of the "triangular room" did not work at all, close to the city wall, the soldiers used a crane's beak hoe to plane the wall, this process is very long, if there is no friendly cover, the "triangular room" in the soldiers is difficult to get, because the enemy can use rolling stones, sassal wood to destroy the "triangular room", but if there are archers in the rear to cover, then the city will become more tolerant,

Arriving outside the old city of the Tiande Army, Yelu Guluo began to make this kind of "triangular house", but the process was extremely slow, because there were no tall trees around the old city of the Tiande Army, and it was necessary to go to Muna Mountain, a hundred and ten miles away, to get wood, there were countless military fortresses on the way, and it was simply difficult to move an inch.

However, Yelu Guluo is not in a hurry, because his task is not to break the city, he is mainly using himself as a bait to attract the main force of the Xining army, and to instigate Yelu Tira's tart horse army to bypass the Huyan Valley and go south to occupy the surrendered city, Yelu Tira's purpose is to control this trade route between the Tang Dynasty and the northern kingdoms, he is not uninterested in the neighboring rich Fengzhou, but feels that he is not able to swallow this fat meat for the time being,

Just when Yelu Guluo was feinting on the western front, Yelu Tera led 10,000 tart horse troops to suddenly cross the sheep mountain and appear under the surrender of the city, the guards of the surrendered city were less than 1,000 people, and they were not the soldiers of the village, which was a kind of local armed force between the people's army and the regular army, some similar to the garrison army of Fengzhou, and the soldiers were mainly local people, which was recruited by Park Eun Jun Ming Yang Hao, in order to supplement the lack of strength of the regular army.

According to the experience of fighting with the Tang army in the past, Yelu Tera believed that as long as the Tang army's heavily defended cities and military villages were broken, the belligerents would be defeated, because in the eyes of the Tang people, land is everything, as a border guard, it is an unforgivable felony to abandon the city and lose the land, and they always take the gains and losses of a city and a place as the key to victory or defeat.

"Capture the surrendered city of Zhongshou, and the Tang army will be defeated." This is all the idea of Jerodiel, the city wall is tall and thick, and Jerodira did not go to build a "triangular house", he asked the Han slaves in the tribe to cut down trees to make more than 70 ladders, and then pointed to a lower city wall in the east of the city and said to the general Yelu Gebal: "Keep your eyes open and stare at the Han people at the head of the city, whoever dares to show his head will be killed." ”

Yelu Geba is a famous Khitan marksman, the best record is twelve years ago when he attacked Youzhou, he shot and killed eighteen partial generals of the Tang Army in one breath, and killed the Tang Army in Youzhou closed the door and no one dared to fight, Yelu pulled out seventeen disciples, everyone has outstanding archery, among which the most famous "Youyun Sanjie" archery is amazing, still above him,

After Yelu took the order, he took five apprentices to stand under the city, each carrying a hundred feather arrows, and the work of the tea shot the guards at the head of the city, and the soldiers who came from other places to reinforce were held behind the female wall and did not dare to show their heads, taking advantage of this work, the Khitans climbed the city with the help of a cloud ladder, and fought for about a stick of incense, the Tang army was defeated, the west city was lost, the city gate was opened, the Khitan iron cavalry swarmed in, and the city was lost instantly.

After the opening of the north-south trade route, the population of the city increased dramatically, and there were 50,000 people in the city at this moment, but when Jerodira entered the city, the people in the city had fled, and only one empty city remained. And Jerodira was suspicious in his heart, and he sent men to inspect the granary, which was full of stockpiles, and went to inspect the treasury, which contained tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Jelother laughed and said, "I said earlier that the Han people are all cowards, you see how fast they run, the granaries and silver vaults are discarded." Yelu Yunde actually said worriedly: "The Tiande army is stationed with thousands of Tang troops, and it is not a good sign to be defeated so easily, my brother should be more careful." Yeluthera also felt justified, so he ordered hundreds of light cavalry to go out of the city to search, and no large Tang army was found within a hundred and ten miles of the surrender city.

Yelu brothers are relieved, Yelu Tira will divide the army into two, half of the tun into the city, the other half in the north of the city camp, that night to kill cattle and sheep to celebrate, is the night of the second watch, Tiande sailors size hundreds of ships will be six battalions of longbowmen from the south bank of the river to the north bank, hidden in the east and west of the city in the mountains and forests, about the end of the three watches, a rocket from the west of the city embroidery pavilion into the city, followed by thousands of rockets will illuminate the night sky into day, in the blink of an eye, the city fell into a sea of fire,

Seeing that the surrounding fires were busy leading the main force out of the east gate with the intention of avoiding the mountains and forests, and did not want to be shot back by the dense arrows outside the east gate, Yelutira said in horror: "Is this the arrow of the Tang people, there are such dense arrows in the world." ”

The Yelu brothers ran to the north gate again, the neighborhood inside the north gate was already a sea of fire, the army was fighting the fire while going forward, the extra horses had been discarded, relying on a ruthless spirit Yelu brothers rushed through the line of fire, the arrows outside the north gate shot very densely, the corpses of the Khitan people had been piled up, they had no choice but to brave the rain of arrows to charge outward, the main force finally rushed out, Yelu Tira's face was smoky and burning, purple and black red, looking back at the shape of a brazier in the surrender of the city, he said with palpitations: "It's dangerous, it's dangerous, It almost burned in the brazier. ”

The two armies will be united, the attrition is more than two percent, the enemy situation is unknown and does not dare to stay for a long time, immediately open and retreat to the north, everyone sighs and walks, walked more than ten miles, the sky is getting brighter, Jerodira was suddenly surprised to find that he is walking in a depression, the east and west sides of the slope is a dwarf pine forest,

"Get out of here, get out of here soon."

Yeluthera's heart suddenly became nervous, this kind of terrain is too suitable for ambushes, the Khitans suddenly accelerated the speed of their march, seeing that they were about to get out of this unfavorable area, suddenly the front of the banner was unfurled, a Tang army of thousands of people blocked the way, and was passively beaten all night, this time I finally saw the enemy, the Khitan soldiers were restless, and they asked for battle, Yelutira took advantage of the situation, and shouted: "We want to teach this group of barbarians who don't know the height of the sky and the height of the earth a lesson." ”

The Chinese army leaned forward, the Khitan armies rushed towards the Tang army like a mountain and a sea, blocking the way of Yeluti was Yu Chongchong's tiger camp, after several rounds of expansion, the tiger camp had nearly 2,000 troops at the moment, the Khitan people entered the city on the night, Yu Chongchong rushed from Huyan Valley to this place to set up a camp, the Khitans launched a general attack as soon as they came up, Yelu Tira knew very well in his heart that the Tang army must have set up an ambush here, and this place would be more dangerous if he stayed longer,

Yelu Yunde really pulled his brother's sleeve and persuaded: "Although the Han people are cowardly and treacherous, they are not stupid, they must have a trap, my brother should be careful." Jerodellia comforted, "I will be fine, but you stay behind and take care of the wounded, and when you see that you are ahead, you will take them with you." He also told Yeluyun Deshi: "If there is an ambush in the woods, you can go and go, and if you can't, you can surrender, and you don't have to worry about me." After saying this, he drew his scimitar and shouted: "Khitan warriors, the time has come to prove your bravery, and use the scimitar in your hands to cut off the enemy's head." ”

Six thousand Khitan cavalry rushed to Yu Chongchong like a sea of mountains, the sound of horses' hooves was earth-shattering, Yelu Yunde did not participate in the attack, he and hundreds of burned soldiers stayed in the rear to watch the formation, when Yelu Tira's cavalry opened the formation and rushed to the Tang army camp, he suddenly felt the earth tremble violently, on the east and west slopes, at least tens of thousands of cavalry appeared in the black pressure, like two iron hammers, slammed down from a height,