Chapter 1222: The King has arrived
On December 10, the province of Shu approached the border of Western Xia.
As soon as the news of the defeat of the main force of the Western Xia army outside the city of Xingqing Mansion came, Li Mu, the commander of the Flying Bear Army, decisively ordered that the first army immediately quietly entered the Western Xia.
Li Mu is playing a time difference.
At this time, the Western Xia Emperor Li Yuanhao did not ask for help from Great Xia, and Ouyang Shuo did not issue a military order.
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Li Yuanhao is not an emperor who is willing to admit defeat easily.
In the next few days, Tuo Lei gave up his plan to attack the city and led his troops to chase and attack Yeli Wangrong's troops. In the wilderness war, this is what the Mongolian Iron Cavalry is best at.
The menacing Western Xia army, after being drunk by the head, was chased and killed by the enemy non-stop, and there was no time to catch their breath.
After successfully setting up an ambush for the enemy, he immediately changed his combat strategy, from attacking the city to destroying the enemy's vital force.
As long as the main force of the Western Xia Army is destroyed, how many days will Xingqing Mansion be able to support it?
Every day is a huge ordeal for Xingqing Mansion.
Seeing that the army outside the city was eaten by the Mongolian iron cavalry little by little, Li Yuanhao was anxious, unwilling to be killed, sat and waited for death, and on the thirteenth, secretly ordered Yeli Wangrong to lead his troops to withdraw to the city overnight.
That night, the moon was like blood.
When Yeli Wangrong used a trick to temporarily get rid of the enemy's pursuit and quickly retreat in the direction of the city gate, the Mongolian iron cavalry was like a group of vicious wolves that smelled blood, and instantly followed.
This surprised Noli Wangrong, he really couldn't imagine how the enemy army could see through the illusion he had set up in such a short period of time and quickly catch up.
As everyone knows, the best thing for Mongolian iron cavalry is tracking.
If you can take the opportunity to break through the city gate, it will be a great good for the Mongol army.
How could the Western Xia Army let them get their wish?
In order to stop the Mongol army and cover the withdrawal of the main force to the city, 20,000 Western Xia warriors took the initiative to ask for help, and set up a large array outside the city for the queen of the army.
Seeing this, above the city, the defenders burst into tears.
It was not until late at night that the Mongol army, after cutting down the troops behind the Xixia Palace, knew that it could not successfully enter the city, so it withdrew like a tide and disappeared into the vast night.
The corpse field outside the city is their medal of merit.
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By the 14th, the situation on the battlefield had become clear.
The remnants of the Western Xia retreated into the Xingqing Mansion and tried to defend the fortified city. Early in the morning, Yeli Wangrong, who had rested a little, led his troops to climb the city wall, preparing to fight a tough battle with the Mongol army.
The reality is that on this day, the Mongol army did not attack the city at all.
Seeing this, whether it was Yeli Wangrong or the Western Xia Emperor Li Yuanhao, their hearts trembled, and they all had a bad premonition. After a month of fighting, they had a clear understanding of Tuolei's style of acting.
This is a general who does not play cards according to common sense, seemingly imaginative, but he always hits the enemy's vital points.
The anomaly of the Mongol army must have changed in a new way.
The fact is also that after the Western Xia army retreated into the city, Tuo Lei lost interest in attacking the city, gave up a lonely city, and Tuo Lei would get the entire Western Xia.
On that day, Tuo Lei personally led an army of 100,000 to guard the outside of Xingqing Mansion, and the remaining Mongolian iron cavalry was scattered, galloping wantonly in the territory of Western Xia, burning, killing and looting, looking at the posture, it was actually to loot the entire Western Xia.
The battle seems to be back to the starting point.
The difference is that the 500,000 army of Western Xia has lost nearly half, and they have retreated into the city without doing anything.
On the contrary, the Mongolian iron cavalry became more and more courageous.
On the 16th, Tuo Lei contacted the empire and asked the empire to send someone to receive Western Xia, which was extremely arrogant.
At this point, Western Xia was at the end of the road. On the same day, the stubborn Li Yuanhao finally admitted defeat and informed Daxia that as long as he could protect the wealth of the Li family, he was willing to take Xixia and belong to the Great Xia Dynasty.
As for the surrender of the Mongol Empire? That's impossible.
After several rounds of fighting, the two countries have formed a deep blood feud and will not die endlessly.
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The efficiency of Great Xia is still surprisingly high.
Ouyang Shuo got a report from the Honglu Temple, and immediately ordered Li Jing, the commander of the Northwest Theater, to send troops to Western Xia. Almost at the same time that Li Jing received the military order, Li Mu immediately led the four legions of the Eagle Yang Army to advance into Western Xia.
Only one day passed, and the first big war broke out.
On that day, Chen Tang, the commander of the First Legion of the Yingyang Army, who had led his troops to infiltrate Western Xia early, calmly commanded the army, and quickly surrounded it and defeated it in one fell swoop before the Muhua Li Department could react.
During the period when Tuo Lei commanded the army to attack Xingqing Mansion, the remnants of Mu Huali had been staying in place to rest, where did he think that as soon as he received the news that the Great Xia army had advanced into Western Xia, there were enemy troops around.
Caught off guard, he immediately suffered a big defeat.
The rout of Muhua Li was like a bolt of lightning, crossing the night sky of Western Xia, indicating that this war of annihilation caused by grain ushered in a new turning point.
The tow thunder outside the city of Xingqing Mansion was repaid, and his expression did not feel solemn.
There are two choices in front of Tuolei, one is to take the massive amount of property and grain looted during this period of time, and return to the grassland, which can be regarded as basically completing the pre-war goal.
The second is to recklessly capture Xingqing Mansion.
Xingqing Mansion, as the capital of Western Xia, has the most treasures and the most abundant reserves of grain and grass, if it can capture this city, the Mongolian army can be full at once, and there is no worry about winter.
When that happens, it is possible to either withdraw the troops or gather the city to defend it.
Such a temptation that Tuo Lei can't resist at all.
In this southern expedition to Western Xia, Genghis Khan took Mu Huali as the main general and Tuo Lei as the deputy general. The result was a fiasco for the Muhua Li Division, and the Minefield Department won successive battles and achieved fruitful results.
This is a great achievement.
If Xingqing Mansion can be captured in one fell swoop and the siege of grain in the empire can be relieved, then the next khanate established by the empire will be the Tuolei Khanate.
The Wilderness Tractor is not the same as in history.
Tuo Lei in history was a pure general, who only knew how to fight on the battlefield, and finally died of illness because of the suspicion of the third brother Wo Kotai.
Fortunately, the descendants of Tuolei competed for strength and finally controlled the bloodline of the Yuan Dynasty. Even if he is unwilling, he has to consider his vein, and taking charge of a khanate is the ultimate pursuit.
"Order, the whole army assembles and goes all out to attack Xingqing Mansion!" Tuo Lei made up his mind.
"Yes!"
As soon as the military order was given, the clouds moved in all directions, and Xingqing Mansion fell into a bitter battle again.
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Let's talk about the Great Xia Eagle Army.
After the First Army defeated the Muhua Li Division, the Yingyang Army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, nor did it march all the way to relieve the siege of Xingqingfu, but under the command of Li Mu, the troops were divided into five routes, from the south to the north, and swept all the way.
Of course, the Eagle Yang Army did not sweep the Western Xia army, but encircled and suppressed the Mongolian iron cavalry scattered in the Western Xia, and must not let go of any fish that slipped through the net.
In this way, the Eagle Yang Army marched all the way with the great momentum and the division of the king.
Every time a place is "recovered", the army must proclaim the prestige and benevolence of the Xia king, and bluntly say: "The Xia king is benevolent and can't bear the slaughter of the people of Western Xia, so he waves his troops to save him." ”
In this way, they wantonly bought the hearts of the people of Western Xia.
For the people in the deep troubled world, whoever can protect their safety and give them a peaceful and prosperous world is the savior and their king.
Western Xia was connected to Shu, and the Qiang people in the two places were already in contact with each other. The Qiang people of Shudi, since they were attached to Great Xia, have lived a prosperous life, and they have long been envied by the people of the Qiang people in Western Xia.
Now that the Great Xia King has arrived, there is no reason not to welcome him warmly.
On the contrary, Li Yuanhao, the emperor of Western Xia, has done nothing since he entered Xingqing Mansion, and he can neither expand the territory nor protect the territory and the people, which is very disappointing.
Especially not long ago, under the city of Xingqing Mansion, hundreds of thousands of people were slaughtered by their own soldiers, and the blood flowed like a river, which completely chilled the hearts of the people of Western Xia.
Although Li Yuanhao was also forced to be helpless, emotionally speaking, the people still couldn't forgive.
In this context, the Eagle Yang Army is really invincible, everywhere, the people are all welcomed, and the Qiang people are fierce, one by one take the initiative to guide the army, encircling and suppressing the Mongolian iron cavalry hiding.
The encirclement and suppression operation went unusually smoothly.
Before that, they also showed off their might, burned and killed the looting Mongolian cavalry, and suddenly became a rat crossing the street, and everyone shouted and beat them.
Although Tuo Lei had already issued a military order for the entire army to assemble, the 100,000 army had already been spilled, and it was not said that it could be withdrawn immediately.
For the Mongol cavalry who went out to plunder, this was really a great difference, and it was reasonable to enrich their own pockets while sacking the empire.
Even the Mongol army had a clear rule that as long as the army went out to plunder, as long as it handed over eighty percent of the wealth, the remaining property could be distributed by the troops participating in the plunder.
The troops who have snatched the red eye, where can be immediately withdrawn with a paper order.
The troops did not dare to face the order to resist the army openly, but they could find a reason at will, what sudden rainstorm, the bridge was destroyed, which made it difficult to march, and they had to take a detour, resulting in a delay in the assembly time.
Excuses like this are a lot of excuses.
If it weren't for the strict discipline of the Mongol army and the tough methods of towing mines, it may have been difficult to reassemble the 100,000-strong army.
But as soon as the Great Xia Eagle arrived, those Mongolian iron horsemen scattered all over the place, like a rabbit meeting an eagle, ran faster than anyone else, and hurriedly withdrew to Xingqing Mansion.
In particular, the large army scattered in the south was afraid of being overtaken by the Eagle Yang Army, and sometimes in order to evacuate quickly, they had to leave the wealth that had been looted with great difficulty in the middle of the road like garbage.
It's not that the Mongolian Iron Cavalry is a coward, nor is it that the Great Xia Army is really so powerful, but they know very well that with the strong intervention of the Great Xia Army, the entire battlefield situation has undergone a fundamental reversal.
Prior to this, those Qiang people faced the sacking of the Mongolian iron cavalry, and in the face of the fear of death, they could only hide in the deep mountains and old forests, endure and steal their lives, and did not dare to resist at all.
Now that the king has arrived, the situation has immediately dropped.
Before the Great Xia army came, the local Qiang people had already descended the mountain, ready to meet the king, and the eyes of the Mongolian iron cavalry were also strange.
In this case, where did the Mongol cavalry dare to be arrogant.
One is not good, maybe if you can't wait for the Great Xia army to arrive, you will be torn to pieces by the fierce Qiang people.