The soldiers of the Ming Army underwent high-intensity military training and military assessments day after day, year after year, in order to have strong combat effectiveness to deal with powerful enemies.
But now they find that after possessing strong combat power, they can't meet any strong enemies.
In fact, this is an absolute Versailles idea, because there are still strong enemies, and the Xiliao cavalry can still exert strong combat effectiveness if it is not against the Ming army.
For example, on the western battlefield at the same time, 50,000 Western Liao elites led by Xiao Weili defeated the troops of the Khwarezm Kingdom and fled in embarrassment.
The Khwarezm army was led by the well-known general Ayaerbei in the country. They gathered a force of 70,000 troops and tried their best to fight against the Xiliao army. However, they were still defeated and were defeated by the Xiliao army in the battle.
Aya'er did not try his best, used all his elite troops, and even used his own elite cavalry to attack the Xiliao army formation, but he still could not change the situation and was caught and killed by the Xiliao army.
The 70,000 troops of the Khwarezm Kingdom died, some fled, and some were captured. They were all miserable and miserable. Not even 30,000 people escaped back to the capital alive.
The king of Khwarezm, Il Arslan, was so frightened that he didn't know what to do while he was still in the country.
He saw the Western Liao army marching in, directly attacking his capital, capturing and killing him. In panic, he even prepared to kill his own woman first, and then his son and daughter, to prevent them from being attacked by the Western Liao. The humiliation of the Liao Kingdom.
The ministers and generals under his command also ran away and cried, and only a few of them were willing to stay with Arslan to protect him, which made him somewhat relieved.
However, the Xiliao army was only five or six days away from his capital, and he was unable to raise enough troops to launch defensive operations, which made him despair.
Then, on the tenth day of November in the tenth year of Hongwu, Arslan suddenly learned a piece of news that shocked him.
The Xiliao army withdrew.
When they were only three days away from the capital of Khwarezm, the Xiliao army suddenly made a 180-degree turn, withdrew, and rushed towards the road they came from.
It seems that their enemy is not in the capital of Khwarezm, but in their own rear, or in their home base.
How is this going?
This sudden good news completely confused Arslan, so much so that he couldn't be happy even though he should be happy about it.
He immediately sent someone to investigate the matter in depth.
Ten days later, on November 20, the 10th year of Hongwu, he learned the reason why the Xiliao army retreated so quickly.
The army of the Ming Dynasty is threatening Husi Wour'er, the capital of the Western Liao Dynasty.
It is said that the Ming army has completely broken through the territory of the Xizhou Uighurs and will basically eliminate the Xizhou Uighurs as a vassal state of the Western Liao. The coalition forces of the Western Liao and the Xizhou Uighurs were completely wiped out by the Ming army. .
Now that Xiliao was in a hurry, they recalled the 50,000 elites commanded by Xiao Orila who was attacking the Khwarezm Kingdom and asked them to quickly return to aid Husi On'er, otherwise the capital of Xiliao would have to consider moving.
This was an almost devastating blow to the prestige of Xiliao, and was an unbearable burden for the monarchs and ministers of Xiliao.
Since the Khwarezm Kingdom has been defeated and is facing the danger of national subjugation, it must have learned its lesson, so let’s not say anything else and hurry back to rescue the capital!
"Emperor Ming...he didn't break our covenant? We...we are saved?"
After receiving the exact news, Arslan collapsed directly on the ground, covered his face with his hands and howled loudly. He cried for a long time before finally calming down.
The Ming Dynasty did not betray its alliance, the Ming Dynasty did not abandon their allies, the Ming Dynasty really came, they came!
Arslan rejoiced and spread the news on a large scale, letting his people know that Khwarezm was saved. Everything was not over yet, they were saved!
It was night, and the whole city was celebrating. People full of emotions about surviving the disaster hugged each other, congratulated each other, laughed, shouted and cried, and then ate and drank, as if they wanted to take away all the fear and pain they had experienced in these days. It seemed like it was all digested.
Although they suffered heavy losses, and although they were almost destroyed, they still survived.
In contrast, Xiao Orila, who was hurriedly embarking on the road to return, had completely opposite emotions.
He had no idea that such a thing would happen when he had won a great victory and was about to break through the capital of Khwarezm.
The army led by his youngest son was annihilated together with the Uighur army. His youngest son died, and Xiliao was facing a serious existential crisis.
To be honest, he didn't like his younger son very much, thinking that he was frivolous and unworthy of bravery. He admired his eldest son Xiao Duolu more, thinking that he was the stable heir to the family.
But after all, he was a son and a blood relative. He died like that. He was very sad and filled with anger towards the people of the Ming Dynasty. His heart was filled with violent murderous intent.
He drove the army on a forced march, requiring the army to move as quickly as possible, and forcefully demanded that the Kingdom of Western Karakhan along the way provide them with sufficient food and supplies so that they could rush back to Husi Or'er as soon as possible for defense.
At the same time, he also received an order from Yelvpu Suwan to ask the Kingdom of Western Karahan to send troops to fight with the Western Liao army to jointly defend Western Liao and surround Husi Wour'er.
At the same time, he also complained very much about Yelu Pu Suwan. He felt that there was something wrong with this woman. Why would he send his youngest son, who had never experienced leading an army alone, to carry out such a fatal task?
Isn't this an obvious attempt to reduce the number of members of their family?
What's the difference between leaving the eldest son who has experience in commanding troops and choosing the younger son who talks a lot instead of choosing Li Xin instead of using Wang Jian?
But the matter has come to this. As Yelv Dashi's close comrade-in-arms and Yelv Pu Suwan's father-in-law, he must lead his troops to quickly return to the defense, keep Hu Si Won'er, preserve the national foundation of Xiliao, and prevent Xiliao from becoming a rootless duckweed.
He hates it, but his hatred can only be resolved after the Ming army's invasion is resolved.
While he led his army quickly and slowly, Yelu Pusuwan also fell into an unprecedented military, political and trust crisis.
On the one hand, it was the impact of the military failure, and on the other hand, it was the losses caused by her mistakes in employing people as a leader. This made the government and the public full of complaints and incomprehension about her, as well as voices demanding that she come up with countermeasures as soon as possible.
The proud empress was very angry about this.
She hated Xiao Pu Guzhi Shali, who looked down on her, and Xiao Duolu Bu, who didn't stop her forcefully. She even hated those bureaucrats and dignitaries who acted according to the prevailing circumstances.
When she made great achievements, they tried their best to praise her, but when she faced difficulties, they criticized and ridiculed her without hesitation, which put her in trouble.
But it has to be said that her only bargaining chip now is the 20,000 elite guards guarding Hu Si's ears, and the 50,000 elites commanded by Xiao Orila. Only by relying on them to defeat the Ming army can her crisis be successfully resolved.
Can you win?
she does not know.
The strength and offensive momentum of the Ming army completely exceeded everyone's expectations. The natural barrier of the thousands of miles of Gobi did not seem to hinder the Ming army at all. Their logistics seemed to be very strong.
No one can guarantee that they are at the end of their tether.
Therefore, judging from the previous disastrous defeat of 20,000 cavalry, many officials have proposed that Yelupu quickly move the capital to the west to temporarily avoid the enemy. They said that this can further stretch the Ming army's logistics supply line and make their supplies more difficult.
Maybe it can have the effect of defeating others without fighting.
But Yelu Pusuwan was not a person who knew nothing about military affairs.
