With the arrival of reinforcements from Ningxia Zhongwei and Lanzhou City, Liangzhou City's strength increased greatly.
A large army often needs to be several times larger than the enemy to attack a city. There are now 30,000 armored men in the city. The exterior is shabby and they have been fighting for several days. The 100,000-strong army has suffered nearly 20,000 casualties.
When the reinforcements successfully joined forces with the people in the city, Aluotai realized that he had been tricked. There were not many people in Liangzhou City before.
If he had been able to attack the city with all his strength without interruption, he might have conquered Liangzhou and plundered all the gold, silver, money, food and women in the city back to the grassland.
The despicable Southerners actually used a small group of cavalry to make themselves nervous and did not dare to attack...
But the fighter plane was fleeting, and now that the heavy snow had stopped, if it continued, he might be surrounded by the southern army and become a turtle in a urn.
Unwilling to return home, he led an army of 100,000 people southward and lost 20,000 troops without gaining any benefit. Those who were dissatisfied with him would definitely take this as an excuse to go back like this.
No, we must capture Liangzhou and plunder the colorful world of the Central Plains.
Thinking of this, Aluota's gloomy eyes became even more sinister.
He summoned his own soldiers and said: "Wuerchi, take people to bypass Liangzhou and go to Xining to contact Qi Wenliang..."
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After receiving the secret message from Liangzhou, Jia Shiyi returned to the city that night.
The main hall of the General's Mansion was brightly lit. Several generals, including Jia Cong, Zhang Daiyan, Xu Youwen, and Tongzhi Chang Wei, the commander of the Ningxia Central Guard who came with the troops, were all discussing the feasibility of a surprise attack on the King's Court of Wala in the main hall.
Jia Cong knew that he was not as experienced as these veterans on the battlefield, so he naturally chose the less efficient but most practical method of working together.
"The troops Aluotai brought south this time are all the elites of the Oala Khan Court. The Khan Court is empty of troops. What General Eleven said is a good idea."
"It's rude to come and not return. It's cold in the north, and the Wala people would never dream that we would dare to go deep alone at this time."
"But three thousand people are too few. There are at least 20,000 to 30,000 elite guards in the Wala Khan Court. Since you want to do it, let's go to a bigger place..."
"Gather together 10,000 elite cavalry and bring out all the war horses, one person and three riders. Anyway, we are defending the city and there is no need for war horses."
"If someone else leads the team, I really don't dare to say that it will be possible, but since it is led by General Eleven, I am at least 60-70% sure. Is there any place in Wala that General Eleven has not been to? He is very familiar with it."
"It's not even April yet, and the Wara Khan Court must still be near the Zhabuhan River. It's relatively close. It's a rare opportunity! Let's do it!"
"Done!"
"It's best to go straight to Huanglong and capture King Wala Khan. Then we can be regarded as sealing the wolf as Xu, right?"
hiss!
These killers!
The original strategy of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao was immediately changed to sealing the wolf and living in Xu as soon as this group of people discussed it.
As the people in the hall said, the opportunity is rare, and it can't be justified not to take a big vote. Even if the Khan Court cannot be defeated by then, as long as Jia Shiyi brings more than 10,000 people to stir up trouble in Wala, it will be enough to make Daxia feel proud.
Zhang Daiyan frowned and said: "But when the army goes north, it's not good to carry too much food and grass, otherwise it will affect the speed of the march."
Jia Cong, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly interjected: "To defeat the enemy with food, you only need to carry a small amount of food and grass. Now that it is cold, the Oara people will look for a fixed place to collect food and grass. The inner saint is the outer king, this is what the sage said."
What a sage inside and king outside, he is worthy of being Xu Qingteng’s student.
Everyone nodded tacitly. It would be nice to fight without civilian officials to supervise the army. At least no one would talk about the benevolence and righteousness of the Celestial Empire.
The big strategy has been decided, and the generals have gone back to make preparations for the deployment of troops. Soon, seven thousand elites quietly left the city through the south gate under the cover of night, bypassing the eyes of the Wala people, and headed west.
In fact, Jia Cong wanted to follow Jia Shiyi to Wala, but he was now the commander-in-chief of Liangzhou and had important responsibilities. He needed to be in charge of the central army, so how could he lead his troops north to the desert.
Just because he had this idea before, the generals in the city were already on tight guard, and the number of guards around him more than doubled.
After dawn, Aluotai began another round of siege.
However, today's offensive was obviously more intense than in the past. The artillery was red, but the enemy was still climbing towards the city in a steady stream. After the North City Gate was blasted open by Tatar artillery, the two sides fought repeatedly over the gate.
People on both sides were furious, and the corpses in the doorway were piled higher and higher. In the end, Jia Cong once again took out the remaining fierce fire oil and used the wall of fire to block the Tatar reinforcements, and then managed to win repairs for the army in the city. Door opening time.
Wala attacked Liangzhou for more than ten days, and the blood under Liangzhou City even melted the thick snow on the ground.
There were more than 20,000 defenders in the city, and they blocked the 80,000 Wala Tatars from outside Liangzhou City.
Aluotai kept sending people to plunder and search for food and grass. After surviving the most difficult moment, he finally received support from Xining Prefecture.
In late March, the temperature gradually warms up. The road to the west of Hexi has been opened, and Xining Prefecture sent people to deliver a large amount of food and grass, and provided A Luotai with excellent news.
The Xining army confronted the imperial army in the direction of Lanzhou on the Yellow River, and at the same time instigated the rebellion of people from various countries and state capitals in the Western Regions.
Only the Yongchang Guard in the west is still in the hands of the imperial court, but it does not have the strength to help Liangzhou. Today's Liangzhou is like an isolated city, and there will be no support from the army in a short time.
If the Wala army does not want to continue spending time here, it can go a hundred miles west to bypass the defense lines of Liangzhou and Yongchang Guards, go south from Shandan Guards, and join the Xining Army.
After learning about this situation, Alotai immediately wanted to go west. It's a pity that he wants to leave, but Jia Cong is not happy.
The Dragon Guard's spies are everywhere, including in Qi Wenliang's army. After learning that Qi Wenliang had sent grain and grass to the Wala Tatars, as well as news from various places, Jia Cong secretly hated Qi Wenliang for his traitorous behavior, and at the same time asked his scouts to keep an eye on every move of the Wala camp.
On the last day of March, Wala uncharacteristically spent a day attacking Liangzhou City in a perfunctory manner. He quietly packed up his gear at night and planned to head west in the dark.
Jia Cong immediately sent people to rush west to notify Yongchang Guards. At the same time, he ordered deputy general Zhang Daiyan to lead an army of 10,000 people quietly out of the city, march quickly and hide in Huishan Pass, the only way to the west.
Huishan Pass is a natural ambush place between two mountains and a valley. Although the people sent by Qi Wenliang were relatively familiar with the terrain in Hexi, they never expected that the spies of the Dragon Guard had already sent their whereabouts to Jia Cong's desk.
Not to mention that Jia Cong was so courageous that he dared to mobilize a large group of troops out of the city and ambush them on the road they must pass.
According to Jia Cong's instructions, Zhang Daiyan suddenly rushed out from the top of the valley when the Wala army was halfway through. The boulder broke the waist and cut off the Wala army in the middle.
The arrows rained down and they continued to fire. When the crossbowman's arm could hardly straighten, he immediately retreated, not giving the Wala Tarzi a chance to counterattack.
At the same time, Yongchang Guard's 10,000 troops buried a large amount of gunpowder at the entrance of the valley ahead. If Aluotai hadn't become cautious after the attack, the shocking explosion would have been enough to send the Grand Master of Oala back to the Immortal Heaven. .
After Zhang Daiyan led his men and horses to successfully join forces with the Yongchang Guards, 20,000 people continued to harass the advancing Tatar army.
Yongchang Wei received Jia Cong's general order as early as early March to move all the people outside the city into the city and implement the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness.
Every time A Luotai came to a Zhuangziwu fort, he originally wanted to plunder it, but he didn't expect that these Zhuangziwu forts were full of armored and armed troops.
The densely packed Wubao Zhuangzi of Yongchang Guards has become the biggest obstacle to the advancement of the Wala army. When they want to get around, there will be an elusive cavalry attack.
After a short journey of two hundred miles, it took more than ten days to arrive at Shandanwei.
Across the Shuimochuan River, Aluotai faces Zhang Daiyan on the bank of the Lema River. In just over ten days, nearly ten thousand of the Wala army died in the grassland of Yongchang Guard. Aluotai hated the people who led the army.
He felt that the man who attacked him secretly and caused him heavy losses was even more hateful than Jia Cong who resisted him head-on.
The two looked at each other from a distance, and Aluotai snorted coldly and flicked his whip: "Let's go, wait until we capture the Central Plains, and then come back to seek revenge on this person!"
The Wala army left Liangzhou, but the crisis in Liangzhou has not been completely resolved.
According to the latest news, Xining Mansion has instigated rebellion against the vassals in the Western Regions. West of Liangzhou, only Yongchang, Ganzhou, and Suzhou are still loyal to the imperial court.
The important roads in the southwest of Liangzhou, Zhuang Langwei and Xian Bosuo, have been captured by Xining's army. Now Xining's army is confronting the imperial court over the Yellow River, directly cutting off the connection between Liangzhou and Lanzhou.
Now what Jia Cong can do is limited, that is to defend Liangzhou, send as many people as possible to harass the defense line on the north side of Xining, and give Lanzhou's main troops a boost.
April in Hexi was originally the spring plowing season.
But the smoke of war filled the land of Hexi, and the people could only stay in the city and did not dare to go out easily.
Liangzhou's food and grass supply has become insufficient. Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians are eating horse chews. Even if they eat sparingly, they won't be able to carry them for a few days.
More than a dozen brothers of the Long Imperial Guard have died on the way to Lanzhou. The people in Xining Mansion have completely cut off the communication between Liangzhou and Lanzhou. Let alone people, they will not let even a bird fly through the Hexi Corridor.
Jia Cong gave up the hope of seeking help from Lanzhou and directly ordered the remaining three thousand cavalry in the city to go south to Xining Prefecture. While harassing the defense line on the north side of Xining, he also used food to the enemy and directly snatched food from the Xining army.
Not even half a day after the three thousand cavalry set off, the horn sounded in the northern city of Liangzhou.
A large group of cavalry appeared at the north city gate. Smoke and dust billowed, and tens of thousands of horses could not be seen.
At night, the entire Liangzhou city is covered with the aroma of meat.
Jia Shiyi sent more than a thousand people to drive back thousands of cattle and sheep. Thousands of cattle and sheep were galloping outside Liangzhou City. The smoke and dust almost made the soldiers guarding the city think that the Tatars were coming again. The city is under siege.
In Liangzhou City, the soldiers and civilians, who had not tasted meat for several days, ate the fragrant broth foam again today, and there was a lot of laughter.
Jia Shiyi, who was thousands of miles away, had already brought more than 6,000 people to the south bank of the Lema Zhabuhan River.
During more than a month of fighting, Jia Shiyi wiped out as many as fifteen small Wala tribesmen, killed five to six thousand enemies, and seized countless cattle and sheep.
If he hadn't wanted to go straight to Huanglong, Jia Shiyi would have wanted to bypass the big tribes and continue north, chasing and killing the small tribes on the grassland.
"Report!"
The scout finally returned, and everyone turned their attention to the scout sent earlier.
Just listen to the scout's excited report: "General Qi, the Wara Khan Court is located by the river less than twenty miles northwest. Judging from the layout of its camp, the defenders are only 30,000, and the defense is lax. The Chinese army's camp is located south of the camp. side……"
The weathered Jia Shi's eyes flashed and he cheered loudly.
"The army is resting on the spot. When noon comes, brothers will follow me and march straight to Huanglong. Whether we can seal the wolf and live in Xu depends on today!"
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The previous dynasty was overthrown, and the descendants of the Golden Family have lost their former glory.
They have lost their ambitions in the past and are now accustomed to huddled on the grasslands and living a life of passability.
After the death of the former national master Chinur, the power of Wala fell into the hands of the most powerful Choros family.
Aluotai deposed the old Khan of Wala and pushed Yilan, the eldest prince of Wala, to succeed him as Khan and was granted the title of Grand Master.
The biggest difference between Aluotai and Chinur is that this man was very ambitious. After taking power, he directly sent troops to annex many small tribes near Oara.
At the same time, a temporary agreement was reached with the Tatars, and both parties bound their men, ending years of mutual conquest.
In just one year, the strength of the Wala Khan Court increased greatly. The elite army directly under the Khan Court alone numbered 150,000.
If Aluotai hadn't been deceived by Qi Wenliang this time and said they were jointly sending troops to divide the world equally, and Aluotai didn't want the servant tribe to take advantage, Jia Cong would have faced more than a hundred thousand troops in Liangzhou.
Although Yilan is dissatisfied with the Choros family taking over the power, he is an extremely tolerant person. He knows that he cannot live without the Choros family and cannot resist the Choros family. Therefore, he has always respected Aluotai very much and even called him father.
Aluotai led his troops to the south. He not only hoped that Walazhen could divide the Central Plains equally with Xining Prefecture, but also hoped that Aluotai would defeat the Southern Kingdom so that he could take charge of power...
The spring in the grassland came late, and Aluotai sent troops abroad again and has not returned yet. At this time, the Khan Court could not move, so it could only stay in the old place and wait for its return.
Wala is different from the Central Plains. Apart from hunting and herding, there are no serious political affairs that need to be handled by Yi Lan.
Just after noon, Ke Dun, who was born in the Troos family, had lunch delivered.
Yilan had just picked up the short knife on the plate and was about to cut the meat to taste, but suddenly she heard a loud shouting outside.
Only then did he feel the ground shaking. Yi Lan, who was on horseback, immediately realized that this was something only a large group of cavalry could do.
"Go and see what's going on?"
Wow!
The curtain of the sweat tent was violently opened, and the strong soldiers rushed into the sweat tent and said hurriedly: "The Great Khan, these are the cavalry of the Southern Kingdom. They are about to reach the sweat tent. The Great Khan quickly changed his clothes. The generals have already been summoned. Personal soldiers, escort the Great Khan to move."
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"kill!"
The knife in Jia Shiyi's hand was like a glimmer of cold light. As his horse galloped, he slashed across Tatar's neck.
The noble officials and nobles of Walada were having lunch, and they did not realize that someone would raid the Khan Court. Many of them were killed by Daxia Erlang without even putting down their bowls.
The Oara army generals who responded hastily could not even organize an effective blockade. They watched helplessly as Jia Shiyi led thousands of people from south to north through circles of tents until they reached the Oara Khan tent.
Hundreds of Tatars who stood guard in the sweat tent soon died in front of Jia Shiyi's horse. He rode forward and separated the curtain of the sweat tent with a knife.
Then his face turned cold, and he cursed secretly and shouted: "The chieftain has run away. Brothers, follow me. I must capture the chieftain today and send him back to the capital to perform a dance for the two saints!"
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