Chapter 188

Baili Wuji nodded, and then ordered Chen Yanzheng to take pen and ink, and wrote an edict ordering the hoarding of 100,000 recruits in Hangzhou and the cavalry of the special warfare army left in Jinling to abandon their horses and go north to Yanyun, and at the same time ordered Xu Shiming, Sun Guangxian, and Feng Dao to jointly supervise the country.

After writing it, Baili Wuji ordered Chen Yanzheng to hand over the letter to Peng Xiao, and asked Peng Xiao to provide enough ships for the recruits to go north.

Baili Wuji knew in his heart that the best way to deal with the iron cavalry was also the cavalry, with the current musket and even artillery, at most on defense, but it could not annihilate the iron cavalry, its speed was too fast, and the musketeers could not catch up at all, let alone artillery.

It is impossible for Liao to have too many iron cavalry, Baili Wuji naturally knows the cost of training an iron cavalry, the cost of a light cavalry has exceeded ten infantry, not to mention the iron cavalry, the whole body of an iron cavalry is as much as a hundred catties, every time you wear and get on the horse, you need at least two people to assist, and the iron armor on the horse is even more so, the weight of the knight plus the weight of the iron armor of people and horses, a war horse has to carry more than 500 catties, and this kind of war horse is one in a thousand.

It is conceivable that the Liao army will definitely not have a large number of iron cavalry.

Counting in a hundred miles, there are no more than 80,000 at most, and 80,000 iron cavalry, which needs to be assisted by at least 160,000 people.

Up to now, the Iron Cavalry has not gone south, only because the Liao State is not sure to break through the Ming army's defenses, at least not completely.

"So, what's next for this Iron Cavalry?" Baili Wuji muttered to himself.

Bai Likang was not taboo, and interjected: "It doesn't take advantage of the victory to attack Yanyun." Then it can only be Goryeo. ”

Korea? Baili Wuji was shocked because he made a mistake.

Baili Wuji said: "I ordered Baili Yi to lead an army of 30,000 to drive Yelu Jing, but Baili Yi's department is infantry. If Yelu Jing led the cavalry around the land of Goryeo and refused to return north, if the iron cavalry went to support ...... at this time. ”

Baili Wuji felt a chill in his heart, and glanced at each other with Bailikang and Chen Yanzheng.

Suddenly, he shouted: "Someone, inform Peng Xiao quickly, the fleet is ready to sail to Kaijing." ”

Baili Wuji turned his head to Chen Yanzheng and said, "You must stick to Yanyun, and at the same time prepare to receive new recruits from the north, when the time comes." If I haven't come back, you will leave 50,000 recruits and soldiers of the Special Operations Army in Yanyun to reorganize cavalry training, and the other 50,000 recruits will be transported to Kaejing, Goryeo. ”

Chen Yanzheng said: "Your Majesty rest assured. As long as the minister still has a breath of air, he will never let a Liao army cross Yanyun. ”

Baili Wuji nodded and said, "Bailikang, you quickly go and arrange for the special operations army to board the ship." Sixteen four-inch guns and related personnel were left behind. Defend with Gu Yanyun. ”

Brilikang took the order and left.

Baili Wuji turned his head to Chen Yanzheng and said: "General Chen, you have eight artillery pieces in Dushi and Gubei, as long as you are cautious, it should not be a problem to stop the Liao army from going south, remember, you must not send troops north without authorization." ”

Chen Yanzheng responded: "The minister obeys the order." ”

……。

When the Liao State went to Beijing, the hundred officials were arguing about which direction to send the iron cavalry.

Baili Wuji still misestimated the strength of the Liao State, even with a foundation of decades. The Liao State also trained 30,000 iron cavalry, so it was not impossible to find good horses. It's not that you can't find a good rider. The most important thing is that there is not so much iron armor, the north lacks iron-making technology, with the technology of the Central Plains, the annual output is only hundreds of thousands of catties of iron, not to mention the nomads.

If it weren't for the destruction of the Jin Kingdom and the looting of countless iron tools and armor, there would be no 30,000 of them.

The Liao State has always regarded the iron cavalry as the treasure of the town, and never showed it easily, and even the middle and lower officials of the Liao State did not know that there was such an invincible cavalry in the Liao State.

In the battle that had just annihilated the 40,000 Ming army twice, even though the iron cavalry was invincible, it was killed by mines and grenades, and many of them were killed, with a loss of nearly 20%, and now the iron cavalry is only 26,000 people.

Although the loss is only 4,000 horses, it is enough to make Liao's flesh hurt to the bone.

Now go south to attack Yanyun, or go to Goryeo to rescue Emperor Liao, the officials of the Liao State are indecisive and have a lot of disputes.

Attacking Yanyun is bound to confront the Ming State, and the hundred officials of the Liao State all think that the Ming State is strong, and even the invincible iron cavalry has lost nearly 20%, and the treasure of the Zhenguo will be sacrificed if they fight again.

Rescue Yelujing, in fact, all the officials of the Liao State are reluctant in their hearts, Yelujing is too brutal, and he has no talent to govern the country, except for his henchmen, he is basically hated by everyone.

At this time, a woman in a bearded suit who was less than twenty years old stood up and said, "I have decided to rescue my cousin." ”

A word is uttered, and then there is no sound.

What kind of identity can this woman say in one word?

Her name is Jeruzara, she is eighteen years old, her father is Yelu Ruan of Liao Shizong who was killed by Yelu Chacut, and her mother is Xiao Sage, the queen of Xiao, she is the fourth daughter of Yelu Ruan, and it was not her turn to come out, but Yelu Ruan's wife and children were killed by Yelu Chac. And she was the only one who did not accompany the army and became Yelu Ruan's only remaining daughter.

With the care of Yelu House, it is also Yelu Zala's own talent, who can stand out among the men of the Liao State, and his martial arts and literary talents are all counted, so he was unanimously elected as the commander of the iron cavalry.

After the final word, Jeruzara led the iron cavalry out of Beijing and headed for Liaoyang Mansion.

The system of the Liao State is different from that of the Central Plains, the Liao State is integrated by the Khitan people, each tribe is the actual controller, and the emperor commands the chiefs of the various departments, but he cannot interfere in the affairs of the tribes.

And the chieftain of the big tribe that even the emperor wants to give him three points. After Jeru-woo was killed by Fuso, the iron cavalry led Jeruzara to inherit the tribe of Jeru-zaru.

That's why Jeruzarat was able to make the final decision.

At this time, Baili Yi was very busy.

He was too tired, so Toyotomi Shixu led the Fusang army to garrison Kaijing, and Baili Yi led the army to drive away Yelu Jing's department.

After several days of chasing, Baili Yi's department ran with back pain, and Baili Yi cursed Yelu Jing in his heart, but he was actually helpless.

Fortunately, Yelu Jing was shocked by the musketeers before, if it weren't for this fear in his heart, he would have led the Liao army to fight with Baili Yi a long time ago, and although Baili Yi was equipped with grenades, but there was no musketeer configuration, this fight, even if it was a victory, it was a tragic victory.

On this day, Bailiyi finally divided his troops into three routes and drove Yelu Jing's troops to the north of Sashui, with the Yalu River in front.

Bailiyi also breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he drove the Liao army to the north of the Yalu River, he could be regarded as completing the task.

Baili Yi now fully understands the terrible nature of the Liao army, when he accepted Baili Wuji's order, he still slandered in his heart, but now he already knows deeply that this Liao army is to let itself kill, and it can't catch up, not to mention that they still come to sao from time to time to disturb. (To be continued......)