Chapter Eighty-Four: Defeat and Defeat
Tatar is divided into black and white, one lives in the north of the desert, the other lives in the south of the desert, although they are all called Tatars, but the elephants are very different. From the appearance, the white Tatars have delicate skin, fair skin, probably European Caucasian blood, and a high level of education, and are very filial to their parents, crying when they are mourned, so they have a few more scars on their faces, and believe in a branch of Christianity - Nestorianism.
The black tartar is poor and clumsy, and is relatively long-looking, with a broad face and high cheekbones, no lines on the eyes, and a sparse beard, and a relatively ugly appearance. They are many and small, most of them have become followers of other races, attached to the Khitan or Bohai Sea, and now they are attached to gold, worship black, and believe in shamanism or Buddhism.
The Mobei of the Mongolian Plateau belongs to the plateau mountain region, the north, west and southwest are mountainous, and the Hangai Mountains, Kent Mountains and the Altai Mountains are the main mountain ranges, and the terrain is inclined from northwest to southeast. The eastern part is a slightly undulating high plain, with more than 1,000 large and small freshwater and saltwater lakes, and the grasslands near the lakes are rich in pastures, and the southern part lies across the Gobi Desert.
The southern Gobi region, commonly known as the desert, is relatively flat, with patches of outcrops and deserts, sand dunes, depressions, ridges, mixed with a few mountains and hills, lack of rivers and lakes, is an arid, barren and barren zone. The Gobi Desert stretches to the west and connects with the Junggar Desert, becoming a natural barrier on the Mongolian steppe...
Zhao Ta is strange, he is very busy every New Year, either this incident or that thing happens, anyway, he can't live in peace. This year, after the first day of the new year, I received an urgent situation - the Black Tatars invaded Fengsheng Prefecture, and the White Tatar troops could not resist it and asked for reinforcements.
In the past two years, in order to develop and Tatar ministries, Zhao Ta has been well water and not river water. Separated by the vast desert in between, there was almost no contact between the two sides. They suddenly attacked Xijing, but I don't know why? Is it because of the heavy snowfall this year and the cold weather? As a result, a large number of cattle and sheep and other livestock died, and the Black Tatar tribes could not survive the winter before they ventured across the desert to find food for themselves?
But Zhao Ta thought about it, things won't be so simple, now that Bianjing City is fighting hotly, what are the Jurchens most afraid of? He must have been worried that he would ruin their good deeds, and that the peace agreement between the two sides would not be reached, and then the Jurchens would bribe the Black Tatars and let them go south to harass them. Contain your own forces, be unable to aid the Song Dynasty, and then achieve a smooth capture of Bianjing!
The territory just laid down could not be handed over, Zhao Ta immediately convened an emergency meeting to discuss the military situation, and Yelu Yuzhen took the initiative to ask Ying to lead the forbidden army of 20,000 to Fengshengzhou for reinforcements. He knew very well in his heart that if he wanted to gain a foothold in Xijing and maintain his position, it was not enough to just eat the old book, and he was not sure if he wanted to make new achievements and fight the Jurchens. He still has a bottom for beating these Tatars.
Zhao Ta considered that Yelu Yu was once a Khitan general, and his command ability was no problem, and he had dealt with the Tatars and was familiar with their customs and combat methods. Either suppressing or fudu, he agreed to take him as the commander and lead the army to reinforcements. He also ordered the tiger stationed in Datong to move the two dragoon brigades to Yangcheng to respond, and ordered the lion general stationed in Yuanzhou to go to the front line of Baishuiluo to set up defenses. In order to prevent the Tatars from attacking Xijingfu...
Yelu Yu led the four generals stationed in Tiancheng County and Changqing in Datong Prefecture with a total of more than 20,000 people, with Yelu Ma 5 as the vanguard army and 5,000 troops in advance. Taishi Nu is the commander of the Chinese army, and 10,000 people are in the middle, and Pu Da is the commander of the rear army. Within two days, the assembly was completed, and they marched to Fengshengzhou, and three days later, the former army commander Yelu Ma Wu arrived in Yangcheng and went down outside the city.
Yelu Ma Wu and fled here to the White Tatar leader to get in touch, Yangcheng County Commander also informed him of the military situation, the invasion of the Black Tatars, to the Black Mountain Murwei nine divisions, dispatched about 10,000 horses in a windy night across the desert, suddenly appeared in Fengsheng Prefecture, here the nomadic White Tatar tribes did not have time to assemble was broken by each of them, the population and livestock suffered heavy losses, can only retreat to the Yangcheng Luo line, want to Xijing for help.
On the fifth day, Yeluma led the army to advance to Yangcheng Luo, where he joined the White Tatar troops to attack the enemy, and the two armies fought fiercely in Yangcheng Luo for half a day, the Xijing army beheaded 500, and the enemy retreated along the Lightning River. While leading the army to chase, he reported the military situation to the commander Yelu Yuxuan, so that he could then catch up with Fuyi Town to rendezvous.
However, Yelu Ma Wu was eager to win, and forgot Yelu Yu's warning not to attack rashly, but to wait patiently for the arrival of the army to attack together, and he did not wait but pursued him overnight, and arrived outside the town of Fuyi before dawn. At this time, the 20,000 men of the Black Tatar Left Route Army had already set out from the upper reaches of the Lightning River and went straight to the south of the front army in Baishui. When Yelu Mawu learned of this information, he immediately returned by the same route and wanted to retreat to Yangcheng.
Upon his arrival, Jerumawu immediately prepared to attack the Tatar garrison, despite the fatigue of the march, and by this time the Tatars had already laid out a bow formation just in case. At this time, Jeruma Wu found that the enemy army was several times his own, and he was worthy of being a veteran of battle, so he immediately sent 500 men to attack from the front, and sent 500 men to attack the enemy's grain, grass, herds, and families, with the aim of disrupting the enemy's position, and he led the rest of his army to attack the Tatars, trying to descend in a row.
The Tatars quickly attacked from both flanks and repelled the first echelon of Jeruma V, and he personally led the second wave of men and horses to continue the attack, but also failed, suffering heavy casualties. At this moment, the Tatar army, which had been defeated by him, followed behind the mountain, and formed a flanking and encirclement with the left army from the left and right. Of course, the vanguard of Jerumawu could not resist such a fierce attack, and after another crushing defeat, he led the remaining soldiers to break through.
Just arrived at Yangcheng Yelu Yu heard that Ma Wubu was besieged, immediately rushed to relieve the siege, on the way with 2,000 Tatar troops encountered and started a fierce battle, the Tatar army fought and retreated, leading him to the north deeper, the next day outside Fuyi Town thirty miles outside Yelu Yu Shen and the defeated vanguard army rendezvous, that night in the east of the Huli Hu Dongchuan camp, to find out the situation tomorrow and then attack.
However, before dawn, the Black Tatar Right Route Army had already arrived from the hidden Gouluo, and the Rendezvous Left Route Army surrounded the Dongchuan regiment of Huolihu, and condescended to fire thousands of arrows, and the unprepared Xijing Army immediately became in chaos. Only then did Yelu Yu realize that the Black Tartars were by no means the 10,000 people mentioned in advance, but nearly 60,000 people, and he immediately broke through the siege in the direction of Fuyi Town.
After a fierce battle, Yelu Yu abandoned his baggage and led the army to flee to Fuyi Town, stabilized the defeated and retreating armies, and reorganized the team has lost nearly half, and the commander of the rear army, Pu Da, fell into the enemy and failed to break through, and he did not know whether he was alive or dead. But before they could get a chance to breathe, the Black Tatar armies had already caught up and surrounded Fuyi Town, and at this moment the Xijing army did not dare to fight and could only defend the city... (To be continued......)