Chapter 495: The Liao State took advantage of the fire to rob
After the city of Xingqing Mansion was broken, Li Liangzuo was escorted by three thousand iron harriers and five thousand proton troops to escape from the north gate of the capital, for Li Liangzuo, the queen of Western Xia, the Great Song Dynasty naturally would not let him go so lightly, so Yang Wenguang had already sent people to ambush outside the north gate, wanting to capture the other party alive, but unfortunately the three thousand iron harriers were too powerful, and the heavy cavalry charged up like a tank cluster charge in later generations, and the Song army in ambush couldn't stop the other party at all, and finally let the other party escape through a gap.
Li Liangzuo, who escaped from the capital, went all the way to the north, apparently wanting to escape to the northern Wuthorn Child City, which is the most famous city in the north of Western Xia, and it is also the rear of the Western Xia against the Liao State, where not only is the army stationed, but also a large number of grain and grass weapons are stored.
Yang Wenguang and the others naturally would not watch Li Liangzuo flee to the Vulture Child City, so they sent an army of 20,000 people to chase all the way, but unfortunately the Western Xia people had more cavalry, and the Song army could not catch up at all, and finally could only watch the other party get closer and closer to the Vulture Child City, and they were about to enter the city.
However, when Li Liangzuo's army was about to arrive at the Vulture Child City, what he never expected was that a Liao army suddenly appeared in the city, and at the same time, the Liao army in ambush also rushed out on both sides of the road and behind it, and it seemed that they wanted to capture Li Liangzuo. Seeing the Liao army killed from the city, Li Liangzuo also immediately understood that it must be the Liao State that took advantage of the opportunity of the Song army to surround Xingqing Mansion and sent troops to capture the Vulture Child's City, and also blocked the news. In order to let himself fall into the net.
Thinking that the Liao State actually took advantage of the fire to rob, Li Liangzuo was also extremely angry, but he didn't want to think about it. At the beginning of the civil strife in Liao, he also took advantage of the fire to rob, almost destroyed Yelujun, and now the Western Xia was almost destroyed by the Great Song Dynasty, and the Liao State was unable to put pressure on the Great Song Dynasty, since this is the case, it is better to take this opportunity to get some benefits from the Western Xia. Even if Li Liangzuo can be captured alive, not only can he be ashamed. Maybe you can also use the name of Li Liangzuo to get greater benefits.
Seeing the Liao army coming from three sides, although Li Liangzuo was extremely angry, he stubbornly suppressed his anger with reason, and immediately ordered the five thousand proton army to rear. He followed the three thousand Iron Harriers to rush in the opposite direction, and with the help of the charging power of the Iron Harriers' heavy cavalry, he finally really broke out of the encirclement.
However, although Li Liangzuo escaped his life from the hands of the Liao army, he also paid a great price, such as the concubines and ministers he brought with him almost all fell into the hands of the Liao army, only the Empress Liang followed him out of the encirclement, and the five thousand proton troops left behind were almost wiped out, and the three thousand iron harriers who protected him also lost more than half, and finally only about 2,000 remnants of the defeated army escaped with only about 2,000 people left.
Li Liangzuo is a person with a tough personality. Since he chose to flee for his life, he will never give up until the last moment. Therefore, after he escaped from the Vulture Child City with people, he immediately turned to the west and fled, and the west of the Vulture Child City was the Yan Military Division of Heishui Town in Western Xia, where heavy soldiers were also stationed, but the number of troops there, grain, grass, weapons, etc. could not be compared with the Vulture Child City, otherwise he would have chosen to go to the Black Water Yan Military Division.
Just when Li Liangzuo fled to the Yan Military Division of Heishui Town. The Song army, who did not receive the news, also killed the city of Wuthorn Children, only to see that the banner of the Liao State was replaced on the city. What the Song army didn't expect was that when they came to the city, the Liao army in the city opened the city gate and set up a banquet under the city, apparently to entertain them.
When he saw the banner of the Liao army on the city of the vultures, he immediately guessed what happened, and when he saw the Liao State under the city to entertain him, it made him extremely angry, after all, they desperately destroyed the Western Xia, but let the Liao State occupy the city of the vultures, taking a big advantage in vain, and now they are holding a banquet under the city, clearly trying to humiliate them.
Faced with this situation, Guhe immediately asked the Liao State in the city to withdraw, and the other party naturally refused unexpectedly, but perhaps it was the Song army's combat strength that made the Liao State very jealous, so although they refused to withdraw from the Wuthorn Child City, they were willing to give the Song army some compensation, such as the Western Xia ministers and Li Liangzuo's concubines that they had snatched from Li Liangzuo before, these people were useless in their hands, so it was better to hand them over to the Great Song Dynasty to be a favor.
Guhe also knew that it would be impossible for the Liao army to spit out the fat in their mouths with just a few words, unless they fought with each other, but now that the Great Song Dynasty had just destroyed the Western Xia, it was really not suitable to clash with the Liao State again, so in the end, he had to withdraw his troops with hatred, and as for those prisoners in the hands of the Liao State, they naturally accepted it, after all, don't do it in vain, these people can also get a lot of credit for bringing them back.
The above is the news about Li Liangzuo that Yang Wenguang just received, Zhao Yan was silent for a long time after listening to it, and finally spoke: "For the Liao State to take advantage of the fire to rob the matter, we have already expected it, so it is not surprising, and they took the initiative to return the prisoners, which shows that they are still very weak in the country and do not want to conflict with us, and it also shows that the Liao State has also given up on Western Xia, and we can rest assured that we can hunt down Li Liangzuo." ”
Regarding Zhao Yan's analysis, Yang Wenguang also nodded approvingly, although the strength of the Liao State was greatly damaged due to civil strife, but the strength to take advantage of the fire to rob is still there, especially the Wuthorn Child City is close to the Liao State, and it is normal for Yelujun to choose to send troops to occupy it, but this has damaged the interests of the Great Song Dynasty, but it is a pity that they are now tired of the old soldiers of the division, and they really don't have the strength to start a war with the Liao State again.
"By the way, Li Liangzuo fled to the Yan Military Division of Heishui Town, did they chase Guhe again?" Zhao Yan asked again at this time, if Li Liangzuo does not die or be arrested for a day, then the Western Xia occupied by the Great Song Dynasty will not be peaceful for a day.
"Don't worry, the king of the county, they have already chased Guhe, but although Li Liangzuo lost most of his troops in the hands of the Liao army, he also got rid of some of the burden, so this time Li Liangzuo fled faster, and it may be difficult for them to catch up with Guhe!" Yang Wenguang spoke again at this time, and his brows furrowed after speaking, it seemed that he didn't have much hope for the pursuit and killing of Li Liangzuo.
"King of the County, I have something I want to report!" At this moment, Xue Wolf, who had been standing behind Zhao Yan, suddenly stepped forward and spoke.
"Oh? What's up? Zhao Yan also looked at him in surprise when he heard Xue Wolf's words, although the conversation between himself and Yang Wenguang just now did not avoid Xue Wolf, but Xue Wolf was just an intelligence officer of the Imperial City Division, and he would forget these things after hearing them, but with his identity, he should not intervene in this kind of major matter, and Xue Wolf's shrewdness should not know this truth.
"King of the county, just before the city was broken, I received news that Li Liangzuo had been secretly in contact with Yelu Chongyuan, who fled to the northwest road of Liaoguo to recruit the division, speaking of which came from Yelu Chongyuan fled to the northwest road, and quickly subdued a group of tribes, so that his strength grew rapidly, it is said that he already has 100,000 soldiers to fight, this time the Western Xia was defeated by my Great Song Dynasty, Li Liangzuo also sent people to ask for help from this former ally, some time ago Yelu Chongyuan has sent someone to respond, agreed to send reinforcements, but not before I can send this news out, Xingqing Mansion City has already been broken by us. Xue Wolf had a stern face.
"Yelu Chongyuan, a lost dog, dared to come and get involved in our affairs, it seems that he is really old and confused!" Zhao Yan couldn't help but be angry when he heard this, Yelu Chongyuan was almost destroyed by Yelu Jun, and it was not good to stay on the Northwest Road, and he even wanted to come to help Li Liangzuo, which seemed to Zhao Yan to really not know whether he was alive or dead.
"Hehe, the king of the county, you are wrong this time, Yelu Chongyuan is not old and confused, but he is still very shrewd!" But as soon as Zhao Yan's words fell, Yang Wenguang sneered.
"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Zhao Yan couldn't help but ask in surprise when he heard this.
"Yelu Chongyuan is an old fox, he was beaten by Yelu Jun before, even after this period of recuperation, I'm afraid it is only to restore some strength, as for any 100,000 combatable soldiers, they must be bluffing, it is already good to have a maximum of thirty or forty thousand people in his hands, and the reason why he promised to aid Xixia this time must be that he is not at ease, and it is even likely that he has the same idea as Yelu Jun, it is nothing more than to take the opportunity to bite off Xixia, so as to restore his own strength."
Yang Wenguang paused when he said this, then looked at Xue Wolf and said with a smile: "Xue Wolf, you reminded us of Yelu Chongyuan's matter at this time, and it is estimated that you also saw that the Yan Military Division of Heishui Town happened to be close to Yelu Chongyuan's sphere of influence, and there is this uncertain variable, so I'm afraid that something will happen to us chasing and killing Li Liangzuo, right?" ”
"It's all wise, Xia Guan really thought of this, no matter what Yelu Chongyuan'an's heart is, he is likely to send troops into Western Xia, if he only sends 20,000 people of General Gu to pursue, I'm afraid an accident is likely to happen!" Xue Wolf finally spoke out his worries at this time, which was also the reason why he spoke boldly just now.
"I see, if Yelu Chongyuan sends troops, it will be really a big trouble!" Zhao Yan also showed a thoughtful expression when he heard this, if it was placed in the past, Yelu Chongyuan's little strength was naturally not to worry, but now they have just laid down Xingqing Mansion, which is the richest place in Western Xia, and they need to send a lot of troops to garrison, and there are still many Xixia cities around that have not yet surrendered, and they also need to send troops to attack, so now they really can't send too many troops to hunt down and kill Li Liangzuo, which is also one of the main reasons why Guhe does not dare to clash with the Liao.
"Hahaha~, the king of the county doesn't have to worry about Yelu Chongyuan's affairs, the old man has an idea!" At this time, Yang Wenguang suddenly laughed and said, with an expression of victory on his face. (To be continued) R580