Chapter 225

Ten days later, first of all, the army of Hujia could no longer hold on, and the grain and straw they carried with them were about to run out, and the army of 50,000 people ate and chewed horses, and they had to be replenished one day.

The soldiers of the Enemy Lie no longer cared about the herdsmen of the Eight Enemy Tribes, and even began to loot grain from the herdsmen of the Eight Enemy Tribes within a radius of thirty miles.

As long as people are hungry to a certain extent, there is nothing they can do, especially this kind of nomadic people, and they are still out of the category of primitive tribes, what ethics and morality, what etiquette, as long as they can eat enough, what about killing and robbing.

Needless to say, the nomads, throughout the Central Plains for more than 40 years, there are not often rumors of people killing people for meat because of hunger.

The rebels of the Eighth Division of the Enemy Law began to waver, and under the strong opposition of their own tribal herdsmen, the friction between the rebels and the army of the Yaks became more and more intense day by day.

Finally, on the twelfth day, a battle broke out between the rebels and the Quesz army on the north bank of the Yuqu River.

The result can be imagined, more than 10,000 enemy and eight rebels were defeated by the army of the Qiangs, and it took less than a day.

Since then, the army of the Enemy has been more justifiable in the territory of the Eight Divisions of the Enemy Law to cultivate grass and valley at will, and in order to save food, the herdsmen of the Eight Divisions of the Enemy Law have been slaughtered in whole areas.

At this time, the herdsmen of the Eight Divisions of the Enemy Law were under the condition of their lives, and they cheekily turned to the Liao army for help.

Yelu's strategy was very effective, easily disintegrating the alliance between the two armies and the eight tribes of the enemy, and causing the two armies to fight, losing strength, which made Yelu's prestige among the Liao army's iron cavalry reach a new height.

Yelu Dilu, who originally swept the Iron Cavalry with bravery, also had a resourceful side. Not only did he admire the soldiers, but he also made Jeruzarat look up to him.

After accepting the help of the herdsmen of the Eight Divisions of the Enemy Lie, Yelu began to plan to close the net against the Gansi army.

Yelu Dilu planned to lead 10,000 iron cavalry under the leadership of the herdsmen of the eight tribes of the enemy. quietly crossed the Yuqu River and ambushed it to the north; Ordered 10,000 iron cavalry to move twenty miles south first, and then divided into two roads to drive the Tunja army in the east-west direction.

If the Hangas army could not resist the attack of the iron cavalry and retreated northward, then the 10,000 iron cavalry ambushed on the north bank immediately launched a surprise attack at the moment when the Hangas army crossed the Yuqu River. In this way, it can be done in one battle.

On the fourteenth day, the iron cavalry of the Liao army began to sortie.

The cavalry was very depressed, and the army of 50,000 had moved from the north to the south. That's invincible.

But when you encounter the Iron Cavalry, it's like an egg hitting a stone.

Although they didn't know that the iron cavalry was originally the nemesis of light cavalry, they had never eaten pork, and they had always seen pigs walking.

The Iron Cavalry could not shoot through the bow and arrows. The sword can't cut in. This has made the cavalry of the Gang Clan stay away from the Iron Cavalry.

The commander of the army has already thought about withdrawing his troops, and it is not in vain to be able to loot and occupy the Chazara Department, and he has no intention of seizing the territory of the Liao State.

As a result, the army of the Tunjas began to prepare to return north.

It was also at this time. The iron cavalry of the Liao army began to drive the Huangjia army from south to north, just right. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the commander of the Legion ordered the army to retreat north.

When the army crossed the Luqu River in twos and threes, and was about to gather to return north to the Chazara Department to completely sack it, Yelu led 10,000 iron cavalry from east to west, and came to an iron ox plough along the Yuqu River to completely sweep away.

How could the cavalry of the Huangsi block the charge of the iron cavalry, and the Liao army pierced a thin layer of cloth like a red-hot iron bar, without much effort.

The terrified cavalry could not defeat it, but they could escape, and as long as they wanted to escape, the iron cavalry would never be able to catch up.

With an order, the commander of the Gang gave an order, discarded his baggage and wounded soldiers, and led the army to flee north in panic.

Yelu did not order the pursuit, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, Da Lang's words, he naturally remembered.

However, nearly 10,000 prisoners and wounded soldiers were immediately beheaded on the banks of the Yuqu River.

Since then, after the war, the Liao State has formed a deep hatred.

After this catastrophe, Jeruzara no longer had the intention of preventing Jerod from controlling the iron cavalry, and she officially appointed the left wing of the Yelu enemy iron cavalry to command 10,000 iron cavalry.

Three days later, the 20,000 reinforcements from the Liao State to Beijing arrived, and by this time, the Huangjia army had already withdrawn to the territory of the Chazara Department in the north of the Liao border.

Because of the outstanding achievements of Yelu's enemies, Jeruzara reported to Shangjing and asked for merit for Jeru's enemies.

A month later, the holy decree of Yelu Jing of Liao Muzong arrived at the Yuqu River, and the holy decree praised the merits of the iron cavalry, and awarded the commander of the iron cavalry, the chief secretary of Han'er, and the deputy envoy of the North Court of the Zhongshu Order, and promoted Yelu Dilu to the North Court Lin Ya (Liao official name, fictitious title), and ordered Yelu to lead the iron cavalry back to Beijing, and the 20,000 Liao troops who came to help changed their defenses to guard the border of the Yuqu River.

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Since the recovery of the five states of Dingnan this time, the friendship between the Zhou State and the Ming State has been increasing day by day.

Not only Chai Rong and the ministers of the Zhou State, but also the people of the Zhou State regard the people of the Ming Kingdom as one, and the feelings of real comrades-in-arms and brothers.

Trade between the two countries boomed rapidly.

Merchants traveled from state to state, selling all sorts of novelty and high value-added goods from the Ming to the Zhou state, then from the Hexi Corridor to the Uighurs in Ganzhou, and then more or less westward to the two states of Sha and Gua controlled by the Guizhou army, and further to the Western Uighurs in Gaochang.

In this way, the Silk Road in the Tang Dynasty began to revive again, and the Zhou and Ming kingdoms entered the honeymoon period.

The Ming State could even let a small number of troops escort supplies to Yanyun through Zhou Guoyi, Di, and Cangzhou.

Commerce and trade brought huge benefits to the Ming State, not to mention that most of the trade used the gold and silver bills of the Ming Kingdom, and the merchants had been accustomed to using the Ming bills for settlement, and the bills were convenient and had the Ming government as a guarantee to undertake, who was willing to carry a heavy metal currency to buy and sell.

Over the course of this year, the rate charged alone far exceeded the agricultural tax of the Ming State for a year, which made the minister of the Ming State admire the talent of the unscrupulous merchants.

Baili Wuji is purging the new army, which in the eyes of the ministers of the Ming Kingdom, the emperor is indeed a little unprofessional, and the training of the army is completed by the generals.

Baili Wuji modified the musket and added a military spur to the musket, although it was always less useful than a spear when fighting and fighting against cavalry, but it was better than nothing, with a military spur, there was always room for self-preservation.

The quality of crucible steel in the Ming Kingdom is getting better and better, and the output is getting bigger and bigger, and it is no longer a problem to mass-produce military thorns while manufacturing gun barrels. (To be continued......)