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Chapter 187 The Nine-Way Army

The Khitan army assembled on the Yellow River. To read the latest chapters, please lock in Aishang Novel Network biquge.info Elechuan is like a dark cloud floating in, covering a hundred miles of land, and the grass is drying up, but how can it withstand such a galloping of thousands of horses?

This time, the Khitan's intention is very obvious, that is, to prevent the Tiance Army from ascending to the position of overlord and re-establish its posture as the number one power in the world.

With the Pi Room Army as the center, there are 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Khitan tribe, followed by 40,000 people from the Xi and Hui close tribes from Monan, and 20,000 Tieli and Hui tribes from Donghu, followed by 20,000 Han soldiers from the Huangshui Valley who have been Huhua for a long time, followed by 30,000 people from the Dadan, Wugu, and Dilie tribes in Mobei, followed by 20,000 people from the Muwei tribe from the East China Sea, followed by 30,000 people from the Tuyuhun Hu tribe in the Yanyun region, followed by 30,000 Guishun Han soldiers from Yanyun, and secondly, captured after the last invasion of the Central Plains, 30,000 Han soldiers - these 30,000 people are the legendary cannon fodder troops, and the Hu people often use this technique.

The last time Yelu Deguang assisted Shi Jingjiao to attack Zhang Jingda, he took the speed of the soldiers as the priority, so he attacked Zhang Jingda with tens of thousands of elite cavalry, but this time he used a very large number of troops, with a total of nearly 300,000 people, this number is extremely rare for the nomads, and it is also something that has not happened in the Khitan in the past ten years.

And although there is a difference between the tribes, the combat effectiveness is not necessarily determined by the relatives, for example, although the East China Sea Murwei tribes are sparse, but they are extremely barbaric and terrible, and the Mobei tribes have 30,000 people, and the Khitan relationship is closer, and if it is not for the inferior weapons, otherwise the combat effectiveness is not under the heart!

As for the Han soldiers who have been Huhua in the Huangshui Valley for a long time, they are a very special part of the Khitan people, although these people are Han people, but Huhua has been a long time, has been willing to be a slave, and is good at all kinds of equipment wars, siege wars, and there are more skilled craftsmen who are good at making weapons in battle, which is an immeasurable force, this part of the people plus 30,000 Han soldiers who returned to Shun and 30,000 Han soldiers, once they enter the siege war or positional warfare, they will form a terrible group under the drive of the Khitan cavalry.

Two or three hundred thousand people crossed the river together in the north and east banks of the Hetao for hundreds of miles, and the cavalry in the north and south of the desert crossed the river, using a floating bag, and used an inflatable skin bag as an object similar to a lifebuoy, tens of thousands of people covered up in a place where the Tang army failed to defend, and crossed the river overnight, the Yellow River in the Hetao area stretched for thousands of miles, extending from Shuofang to the east of the river, since ancient times, it was not a place that could limit Huma, and there were several people in the north and south of the desert who were familiar with the terrain in this area, and the number of the Tang army could not be hundreds of miles of the Yellow River defense. As long as a few miles of places are glimpsed into the flaw, tens of thousands of people will be able to break through from this moment.

After Zhang Xichong's death, his successors stuck to the old rules and failed to stop the Khitan's full-scale river-crossing war in time. The vanguard cavalry on the opposite bank, which had already crossed the river, clashed left and right, and opened up a safe place to shore, and the Han soldiers of Huangshui had already chopped wood into rafts, and a large-scale operation to cross the river was carried out immediately.

Yang Zezhong thought that he could not resist the enemy, and thought of Zhang Mai's instructions, and immediately retreated on all fronts, and the weak brigade retreated directly into the Guzang grassland, and the elite relied on Lingzhou City to defend it.

The Khitan spent all of them in two days, followed by the swarm, covering Taonan and Fulin like water, and rushing towards the Dingyan army!

Although the party has long had the heart to obey the heavenly policy and only expressed its allegiance not long ago, no one in the clan expected that the Khitan would launch such an earth-shattering offensive this time! I didn't expect the Mobei and Monan cavalry to come so quickly!

As early as half when the Khitan cavalry crossed the river, the vanguard cavalry had already swept south! In the clash of elite cavalry, those who cannot be accommodated by the army will be set on fire wherever they go, and those who do not surrender will be killed! The Dangxiang clan has organized resistance, but where is the opponent of the leather room army and the elite cavalry of Mobei?

The flames were accompanied by blood, burning all over the north and south of the old site of the Great Wall in a few days, and part of the Great Wall left behind by the Tang Dynasty collapsed under the trampling of cavalry! In the Hetao area, from the Yellow River all the way to the city of Xiazhou, half of the inhabitants surrendered, half were killed! And those who surrendered immediately became the cannon fodder of the Khitan army.

Except for the Khitan army operating outside the city and the people who were held hostage, the radius of hundreds of miles was extremely bleak - the autumn wind blew, and there was hardly a single survivor!

All of a sudden, there was a lot of rumors in the entire Dingyan Army, no matter who mentioned the word Khitan, they were talking about tiger-change, and even Li Yiyin's face turned pale after receiving the successive defeats!

Last time, the Khitan only came to the country's partial division, and only half of the troops surrounded Xiazhou City, but this time the Khitan is the main force, and it is a frontal attack, even if the party has a home advantage, where can they resist? The strongholds of the Dingyan Army outside Xiazhou City were pulled out one by one, and each time they were pulled out, Li Yiyin was terrified in his heart.

He himself has the seven heroes and can still resist it, but the leaders of the other tribes have lost confidence in front of the Khitan army! Even lost courage!

Li Yiyin's uncle Li Rengui, as well as the clan elder Li Zhuangheng and others rushed to find him and asked him for countermeasures. Li Yiyin said: "What is the countermeasure? It's just to defend Xiazhou and wait for Liangzhou to come to help. ”

"But...... But ......" Li Rengui obviously has something to say, but it is y- to say that it is still off.

At this time, Li Yixiu rushed in and said, "Brother! The Khitan Leather Room Army has arrived! ”

Everyone was startled and ran up to the city together, but seeing that a terrifying formation gradually appeared at the boundary between the wind and sand and the sky, the Khitan hinterland in the robe and fur hat broke into everyone's vision one by one, Li Rengui, Li Zhuangheng and others were all good at looking at the sky, and only saw the state of the fine sand layer by layer, and knew that the tens of thousands of people who came were all good horses, and the riders must be elite soldiers!

In addition to tens of thousands of elite cavalry, there are tens of thousands of Mobei cavalry with a depth of more than 100 zhang, divided into hundreds of teams to sweep deep, the appearance of these two troops has cut off Li Yiyin's idea of going out of the city to fight!

Followed by fifty or sixty thousand Han soldiers, pushing siege equipment, selecting siege breakthrough points, the Li family has been difficult to divide a Xiazhou city for decades, and it is also a good offensive and defensive hand, just a glance to know that this siege formation is many times stronger than the last time Yelu Li Hulai does not know how many times!

What's even more terrifying is that this group of troops is not all of the Khitan army, according to the report of the spies, there is still an endless stream of successors to the follow-up Khitan!

More than 100,000 people spread all over the four fields outside the city, and the army was four, blocking the road in and out of Xiazhou! Tens of thousands of ragged men were driven into the vanguard of the siege - all of them were newly captured by the Khitans in the Hetao area.

When the offensive was about to move, the iron flagpole Da Xu, which represented the supreme authority of the Khitan clan, was pushed to the front of the formation, and more than 100,000 people outside the city saw Da Xu, the infantry knelt down together, and the cavalry raised their weapons together, shouting: "Long live the Khitan Emperor, long live, long live, long live!" ”

"Khitan Emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

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The sound sounded under the vast sky, and the party members in the city were all frightened when they heard it, and even women and children were frightened and incontinent.

saw a horse flying to the city, and after a while, Li Yixiu rushed over and said, "Big brother! Khitan ...... The Khitan Emperor sent a messenger! ”

Li Rengui, Li Zhuangheng and others, even if they were veterans, couldn't help but change together in public, and let out a slight moan

Li Yiyin sighed and said, "Please!" ”

A basket hung down and pulled the Khitan envoy up, and the Khitan envoy came to Li Yiyin and said proudly: "You are Li Yiyin?" ”

Li Yixiu shouted: "Presumptuous! ”

The messenger didn't even look at him, but said, "His Majesty the Emperor has brought you a word, you listen well!" ”

Li Yiyin said: "Listen to me!" ”

The messenger said, "I will give you three days!" ”

With that, he turned around and left.

Li Rengui, Li Zhuangheng and others looked at each other, and they all thought: "What does Yelu Deguang mean by this?" Three days? Do you mean that if you don't surrender within three days, you will attack the city? ”

But soon, the roar of the Khitan people broke Er Li's idea! After the Khitan envoy returned, the flag waved under the iron and iron order, more than 100,000 troops screamed, 200,000 war horses neighed like dragons, and the Han infantry immediately acted.

At this time, it was already dusk, but the Khitans had no intention of retreating, on the contrary - the siege began!

The apparatus is also activated!

Stones roared, and fire fell from the sky!

The Khitan has obtained the technology of the Han family for a long time, and in terms of siege ability, it is not under the Tang army!

"Hold on! Hold! Li Rengui shouted and ordered his subordinates to act separately.

10,000 Mobei cavalry came over, looking at the city is a rain of arrows!

They came and went quickly, but in between coming and going, the arrows were already flying like a violent rain all over the northern city of Xiazhou!

The Mobei cavalry just went, and the Monan cavalry came again, and it was another round of arrow rain!

20,000 arrows nailed the head of Xiazhou Beicheng like a hedgehog in a moment!

Li Yixiu screamed and hugged Li Yiyin and rolled into a felt shield wall, only then did he dodge the rain of arrows, but he had already been hit by an arrow in his left arm!

The war has been heating up from the very beginning! Li Yiyin wolf bèi, Li Yixiu was injured, and Xiazhou City, which had stood for decades, became stormy in an instant!

"I'll give you three days!"

This sentence hit Li Rengui and Li Zhuangheng's hearts like a hammer!

Li Rengui understood it like this: "Within three days, Yelu Deguang is sure to break through Xiazhou City!" ”

Li Zhuangheng understood it this way: "If we don't surrender within three days, I'm afraid that the party may be wiped out in the future!" ”

No matter which way it is understood, this sentence does not seem to be a lie and intimidation under the combat power expressed by the Khitan!

This is the intention of Yelu Deguang to send out the army: he not only wants to defeat the enemy, but also to establish the myth of the invincibility of the Khitan iron cavalry in the minds of the people of the world, including the northwest domains! As long as this myth is erected, the Central Plains vassal domains will no longer dare to look up to the Khitan Empire, and they will barely prostrate all of them in the Iron Empire!

Li Yixiu was a poisoned arrow, and Li Yiyin was by his side when Wuzhen scraped and treated him, because the treatment was timely, the poison did not spread, but Li Yixiu's face was pale after excessive blood loss.

After Li Rengui and Li Zhuangheng saw the horror of the Khitan, they had something to say in their hearts, but they couldn't speak because of Wuzhen. Finally, after Wuzhen went out with the box, Li Zhuangheng said: "General, is it ...... Are we really going to carry it? ”

"What does that mean?" Li Yiyin's face darkened.

"The momentum of the Khitan is greatly beyond our imagination!" Li Rengui said. They originally thought that although Tiance and Khitan were evil, the party's defection to Tiance only played a role in containing Khitan and Shi Jin, but they didn't expect that the Khitan was actually the emperor this time, and it was such a terrible offensive.

If you want the party members to contain the Khitan and Shi Jin, they are willing, and if they want them to work for Zhang Mai as pawns, the party will hesitate! What's more, the strength displayed by Yelu Deguang has already shown that the Khitan army is capable of destroying the entire party clan!

"What do you mean, you guys?" Almost the same sentence, Li Yiyin's tone is three points heavier!

Li Rengui said: "What we mean, the general understands. ”

Li Yiyin said: "I don't understand! ”

Li Zhuangheng said: "The party is weak, and it can't resist the Khitan!" ”

Li Yiyin said angrily: "Do you want me to surrender to Yelu Deguang!" ”

Li Rengui said: "Those who know the times are Junjie, and our party's project is not Han'er, and there is no difference between being under the Hu flag or under the Han flag." ”

Li Yiyin snorted and said, "Yelu Deguang just showed his face, and he scared you like this?" When did my party boy become so timid as a mouse? ”

Li Rengui said: "It's not cowardly like a mouse, it's really ...... General, we must make Zhang Mai make a statement! Zhang Mai is a peerless hero, he will not take care of us! We can't let Xiazhou build a foundation for decades, and we can't use the party and the old and young as bargaining chips for Zhang Mai and his Khitan gambling! ”

"Shut up!" Li Yiyin shouted: "You dare to say words that slow down the hearts of our army before the big war!" If it weren't for the fact that you were my uncle, I would have court-martialed you for this alone! ”

Li Rengui was drunk by him, and only then did he relent. Li Yiyin waved his hand and said: "Our Xiazhou City is not so easy to fight!" The former Emperor Mingzong couldn't touch us, and neither could Yelu Deguang! You go down, let the sons and daughters guard their respective posts, and make big decisions, I have my own opinions! ”

Although Er Li was not satisfied, he did not dare to disobey, and took the order to retreat, and after they left, Li Yixiu touched the green skin around the wound and whispered: "Brother, the opinions of the two uncles, we can't completely ignore them, after all, they represent the thoughts of many people in the city." This...... Khitan is terrible! ”

Li Yiyin was calm and said, "Are you also afraid?" ”

Li Yixiu said: "I am willing to live and die with my brother!" However, if Zhang Mai is unwilling to send troops, it is not worth it to us! ”

Li Yiyin said in a deep voice: "I know." ”

In the middle of the night, the sound of killing outside was still shocking, the Khitan actually attacked the city overnight on the first day, no one in the entire Xiazhou City could close their eyes, the wounded soldiers continued to be sent from the city, and many of the people in the city were injured by falling rocks and fireballs, and the medical support troops sent by the Tang Army were busy without any gaps, and the soldiers and civilians of Xiazhou paid heavy casualties on the first day. The city of Urn in the north has even become a sea of fire!

The attrition and injuries of the military and civilians, Li Yi Yin still felt that he could bear it, but

Monk Wuzhen was busy for a while to see if Li Yixiu's injury had changed, and when he was about to go out, Li Yiyin said: "Monk Wuzhen!" When does Marshal Zhang want to let Xiazhou City wait! ”

His words are low, but they are full of inescapable power!

Wuzhen put down the box and said very seriously: "Seven days, one month." ”

"What do you mean?"

Wuzhen said: "Please hold on to the general for seven days, and after seven days, make plans!" At that time, no matter what the general had planned, the marshal would not blame the general. ”

"What about that month?"

Wu Zhen said: "If the party can hold on for half a month, then after the big victory, the marshal will become a brother with the general!" ”

Li Yiyin said twice and said, "Become brothers...... Become brothers! It seems that Marshal Zhang has a very accurate estimate of the Khitan's coming! But a month...... I don't know if I, Li Yiyin, have this blessing! ”

Outside the city of Xiazhou, Yelu Deguang sneered at the horse, and said to the generals and chiefs of the leather room army behind him: "After this city, further south is the flower world in Guanzhong, and to the west, there is the splendid market of Liangzhou and Lanzhou, the wealth of the Silk Road, I don't know how much has been accumulated in Chang'an and Lianglan, and when you get there, I will allow you to plunder for three days." ”

The generals of the Leather Chambers and the chiefs of the various tribes cheered in unison when they heard this.

The fierce attack of the Khitan, of course, Xiazhou City bore the brunt, even the Guanzhong Plain was also affected!

After receiving the news, people from all walks of life changed their minds. Liu Zhiyuan was only calculating how to deal with the Tang army in Chang'an City every day, but now the terrible momentum of the Khitan aroused his vigilance, and he asked his secretary to write a secret letter and send it to Tongguan to Shi Jingjiao.

But Shi Jingjiao was unmoved, and replied that he wanted him to transfer troops as usual and prepare to meet the Tiance Tang Army!

Liu Zhiyuan was calm, and said in his heart: "Last time, His Majesty exchanged Yanyun for the throne of Luoyang, and this time, he is probably preparing to exchange the erosion of the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan for the peace of the northwest." ”

Inside the city of Qinzhou.

The envoy of the former Xiongwu Army hurriedly sent a battle report about the Khitan, and although his face was as calm as possible, he could not completely hide the panic in his heart.

After he retreated, Guo Wei entered and said: "The Khitan is menacing, marshal, we are just afraid that we have to play the hole cards in advance." ”

"Hole cards?" Zhang Mai said: "What hole card?" ”

Guo Wei said: "Guzang grassland, there are soldiers and horses secretly stationed, marshal, isn't it?" ”

Zhang Mai lowered his head and said calmly, "Now...... It's too early. ”

Guo Wei said: "Maybe the marshal has other plans, but the Khitan is too violent, if we don't do it for a long time, the heart of the party can't be strong, in case Li Yiyin betrays and Shuofang falls, I'm just afraid ...... I'm afraid that Lianglan will also be in danger of overturning! ”

Zhang Mai said: "This time, I did bet all of them into it!" However, Lianglan is the root of the place, and there is no room for error...... That's it! Little ūn! ”

Ma Xiao Ūn flashed out of nowhere, and Zhang Mai said, "Give the order!" Ma Xiao's voice trembled a little: "I want to ...... Let Deputy Governor Murong show up? ”

Mai Qu pointed and said: "Long Xiang Iron Armor on the left, Long Xiang Iron Armor on the right, Guo Weibu, Yang Zhebu, Xi Sheng's Modao Battle Axe Formation, Eagle Yang Army, Tianshan Xinrui, plus the sweat and blood cavalry regiment, firearms new army...... Hum! The elite of the Nine Roads soldiers and horses move together! I want to see what Yelu Deguang and Shi Jingjiao can do to me! ”

He stood up, walked out of the window, faced northeast, and said, "Come on, come on!" This battle will be the burial ground for all of you! ”

Ah Bo is now in Dalian, as the author of the "Code of Mountains and Seas" to participate in the relevant publicity activities, the schedule is very tight, because on Monday to rush back to deal with the work matters, but still squeeze the time code Tang Qi.

I've heard that some authors have a preference for activities such as book signings, but unfortunately I don't like to be busy, but the publishing contract stipulates that the author has the obligation to assist in all kinds of promotions and publicity, so I threw it out and sold it.

I don't know when I will be able to participate in this kind of activity as the author of "Tang Ride". Go for it. A！ ~！

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