Chapter 316: The Three Divisions of the Xi Clan

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Li Chongjiu's side did not face the battle, while the Khitan coalition army on the other side had already arrived, and Luo Yigao also led a thousand elite cavalry to meet the division.

When Luo Yi saw the Khitan camp, the first feeling was that the number of people was too dense to count, and the second was that it was disorganized and dirty.

The Khitan is still in the era of tribal alliances, and although it is divided into eight parts, under each department, there are various large and small leaders. Therefore, once the army gathers, the crowd is full of voices and is very chaotic.

In addition to being able to convey the order to his eight Yili Jin, the Khitan Khan Dahe Luoluo, who held the green ox and white horse Da Xu, could not pass the order down like an arm, not to mention that the Khitan in order to conquer Liaoxi, and pulled a lot of scattered clansmen in the Murowei, Baifei, and Ya tribes to take advantage of the fire to rob.

Therefore, it has become a top priority to check the soldiers and horses, and now there are more than 100,000 horses in the Khitan alone, according to the method of knotting ropes in the past, that is, all the ropes of the Khitan are held in one place, which is not enough.

Seeing that the Khitan people were so chaotic, dozens, hundreds of people were scattered in a group here, where was a group, Gao Kaidao just glanced at it, and Luo Yi was directly disdainful, the Sui army was from the gang leader, team leader, brigade rate, captain, general, and general level by level, and the order was clear.

If you look at Li Chongjiu's army on the opposite side, you can see that more than 20,000 people are marching in an orderly manner, and one banner of the Chinese army is mobilized to a regiment of 200 people like an arm's finger. And the troops march in arrays, and each team and each regiment have rules and regulations where they are.

Of course, Luo Yi is confident that he will lead the troops and have been in the army for more than 20 years, and he will definitely be better than Li Chongjiu, at least he can see a few subtle deficiencies in Li Chongjiu's battalion, but so what, no matter how good his art of war is, it is a pity that he only has a thousand men under him.

Thinking of this, Luo Yi couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, and couldn't help but lament why Lao Tzu was unlucky.

Faced with such a situation, the Khitan people finally found a solution, and it turned out that even if there is no culture, the living will not suffocate to urine, and the Khitan people also have their own soil wisdom.

He enclosed a field in a square in the center of the ground with a rope, and then ordered his men to enter from behind, and every point of 100 men was released from the front, and then according to the Turkic military system, a 100-man commander was appointed for every 100 people.

In the end, the Khitans had more than 1,100 hundred-man teams, each led by the eight Yili Sumire, and the father and son of Daga Duluo. Although Luo Yi looked down on the organization and discipline of the Khitans, he didn't dare to underestimate the Khitan cavalry when he saw the Khitan cavalry, all of whom were fierce-looking.

After pressing the big camp, Luo Yi heard the whining of the bullhorn in the distance.

The sound of the horn was rough and loud, and then more than a dozen of the same horns also sounded at the same time, and it was harmonized, which was quite earth-shattering at first glance.

The Khitan soldiers all rushed out of the tent, looking at the horn sounding, and then the big trumpets rose from behind the distant mountain like white clouds, gradually covering the entire mountain.

In the camp, Li Chongjiu and the general were discussing the military situation, and suddenly they also heard the sound of a huge bullhorn in the distance of the mountain, and it sounded like some fierce beast roaring from a distance.

After hearing that the main force of the three Xi tribes had arrived, Li Chongjiu and the generals immediately stopped the military discussion and climbed to a high place to watch the formation, only to see that the distant mountains were densely covered with all kinds of white and black daku. In the valley, the cavalry of the Xi tribe was like a river digging an embankment, rolling back and forth.

The three tribes of the Xi people, the Yan Dynasty, Ding Ling, and the soldiers of the Han army do not know the details of the three tribes of the Xi nationality.

First of all, the warriors of the Humu royal tribe who were born on the lush grassland of Uzhumuqin were all skilled in archers and horses, especially the Uzhumuqin horses under the crotch. To guide a good horse bow, it is the pursuit of grassland warriors to win, and being able to get a Uzhumuqin horse is the dream of every grassland warrior.

The Uzhumuqin horse is a famous breed of Turkic horses, with hard-working, hunger-resistant, thirst-resistant, heat-tolerant and cold-tolerant character, running fast and long. Among the more than 20,000 cavalrymen of the humiliating king's department, everyone rode under their crotches.

Of course, the warriors of the Humiliated Kings who rode on the horses of Uzhumuqin were also the fastest on the grassland, and the most capable of long-distance cavalry, and even the Turks were a little afraid of the warriors of the Humiliated Kings.

Li Chongjiu pointed along the general of Mu Kun Xi and saw the big silk woven by five colors in the distance, which was the big silk of the humiliating royal department. This Daxu was given to him by the Khan Turks at the beginning of that year to rule the five tribes of the Xi tribe. Li Chongjiu saw the military appearance of the humiliating royal army, and thought a little.

Then the other party continued to introduce the other two, Mo Hefu and Qi Yan, although the war horse is not as good as the humiliation of the king, but it also has its own characteristics.

The Mohefu tribe is said to be the best at animal husbandry among the five tribes of the Xi people, except for cattle, sheep and horses. Mohofer's favorite thing is to raise pigs.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, the pig is a pig, and in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Han people liked beef and mutton rather than pork, and even if there were pigs, they were not raised by the method of raising, but were generally free-range (Note 1).

The Mohofer people, of course, raise pigs to eat their flesh and their skins. Mo Hefu killed pigs and worshipped pigs, and according to the general Mu Kun, many of the sergeants and soldiers of the opposing tribe tattooed the pig pattern on their bodies.

Hearing what the other party said, Li Chongjiu's Han generals all laughed, saying where is this quirk. In Wei Chigong's words, it is really a group of pigs.

Li Chongjiu also smiled, but he knew that in the Rudongyi tribe and even the Tunguska tribe, the worship of pigs was not uncommon. Even the Tartar Emperor Nurhachi, which means wild boar skin in Manchu, and his brother Shuerhaqi means little wild boar skin, and the two brothers are collectively called big and small wild boar skin.

Li Chongjiu looked at the cavalry of the Mohofu Division, and most of them were decorated with wild boar teeth, with pheasant tails as crown ornaments, and they were all wearing leather armor and shields made of wild boar skin. Anyone who has hunted knows that the skin of wild boar is hard, so although the leather shield armor made of wild boar skin is not as good as the iron armor, it is much harder than the ordinary leather armor.

As for the Qi tribe, located in the northernmost of the Xi tribes, not only the Han people, but also the Xi people do not know much about it, I heard that their people and Bai Fei are very harmonious, the patriarch and Bai Fei Du Lun Jin tribe intermarriage for generations, and among the tribes, women are also very strong and brave, often with their husbands to fight together.

And this time, with the Khitan southern expedition, according to the scouts, there were also two or three thousand female riding troops in the Khitan department.

This time, the two divisions of Mohefu and Qizhen each sent more than 10,000 cavalry, together with the Ministry of the Humiliation King, with more than 50,000 cavalry.

When the Xi cavalry, dressed in felt shirts and armed with arrows, arrived on the plain from the valley, the Khitans at the foot of the mountain were very loud, and the Khitans also blew the horns to welcome the arrival of friendly troops.

The mountains are full of cheers from Khitan soldiers. The Khitans held their axes, sledgehammers, and maces aloft, ripped open the skins on their chests and began to shout, as if they had won a great victory.

Seeing this scene, Yan Yan, Ding Ling, and even the generals of the Han army all had gloomy faces, and suddenly said to Li Chongjiu: "Khan, if the boss does not lead the army again, I am afraid that our army's morale will be disturbed. ”

"Yes, our current military strength is not enough to confront the Khitan Xi people."

"Yes, whether to send an army to the west to search, take it! I think it must be the reason why the news is blocked by the Khitans. ”

Li Chongjiu was silent when he heard this.

In contrast to the rising momentum of the Khitans, on the other hand, the Han army camp on Li Chongjiu's side was very silent, as if indifferent, and as if he was frightened. This made the Khitan people show off their strength for a while.

After the meeting, the morale of the Khitan Xi people was high, and at the moment, Luo Yigao and others of the Khitan Xi tribe held military discussions to discuss the decisive battle.

The leaders of several tribes of the Khitan Xi tribe, seeing that Luo Yigao had few soldiers, did not attach much importance to it.

As the leader of the alliance this time, Dahe Duluo did not make a sound, but he had an opinion on insulting the royal department, and said unceremoniously in front of everyone at the moment: "You two Han generals also have two counties under their hands, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are also there, why did you bring this person this time." ”

Luo Yi was silent, all of them were disdainful, also because he was not familiar with such a person, and more importantly, he couldn't understand Turkic dialect. Gao Kaidao is a little familiar, when he was in Yuyang County, he surrendered to the Turks, like Liu Wuzhou and Li Yuan, and wanted to use the Turks to increase his strength.

This time, he contacted the Xiren Khitan to fight Zhuo County together, and responded in the middle, and he also had the merit of liaison.

Gao Kaidao said in an inauthentic Turkic dialect: "We fought with Li Chongjiu before, and our subordinates suffered great losses, I lost Anle County, and Brother Luo lost Zhuo County. However, it is true that we still have thousands of foot soldiers, but they remain to threaten the enemy's rear food routes. If the enemy army does not speed up the decisive battle with us, our infantry army will take the initiative to cut off the rear road of Liaoxi County. ”

"Joke!" Wu Mandu directly reprimanded, "Then Li Manzi's subordinates are all cavalry, and your infantry is very slow, how to cut off its grain route." ”

Gao Kaidao was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that the other party was also familiar with the art of war, and said: "After a long time, it will definitely show flaws, there are enough soldiers and horses here, we leave a soldier and horse behind it, and the effect will be greater than here." ”

"You Han people are cunning, timid, and afraid of death!" A general of the Xi clan snorted, ignoring Gao Kaidao's words, and directly made a conclusion.

Gao Kaidao wanted to say a few words when he heard this, but when he saw the faces of the people present, he was no longer speechless at the moment, and at this moment he was a little envious of Luo Yi, and he couldn't understand a word of Turkic words.

Luo Yi looked at Gao Kaidao's expression, sneered and whispered in Chinese: "Such a person, I don't know how powerful the Li thief is, it's okay to let them touch the nails, and then these people will know how to respect Lao Tzu." ”

Gao Kaidao shook his head, and also whispered in Chinese: "Brother Luo, I don't think this shape is right, the kid surnamed Li is only 40,000 horses, and the Khitan people are just stupid, you say that you can beat it by rushing hard." When the time comes, if the Khitan Xi people win, what will the two of us do? Isn't it even more statusless? ”

Luo Yi listened to Gao Kaidao's words and nodded.

Note 1: It is said in the history books that Tuoba Jue plundered Xi and got more than 100,000 horses, cattle, sheep and pigs. It shows that the Xi people had large-scale pig breeding at that time.