When Liu Zhiyuan proclaimed himself emperor and the news reached Tokyo, in order to contain the Hedong soldiers and horses, Yelu Deguang arranged some countermeasures and deployed several groups of soldiers and horses around the Hedong area of influence.
Geng Chongmei led the army to Luzhou, but was completely wiped out by Liu Chengyou who went south, so he received a box lunch in advance.
Cui Tingxun visited Heyang during the festival and was on guard against Ze and Lu. As a result, Juhua was suddenly stabbed by Wu Xingde, and he was severely defeated despite being outnumbered. That is to say, Yelv Deguang did not punish him and gave him a chance to regroup. To this day, he is still in a stalemate with Wu Xingde in Heyang. They conducted a counterattack and achieved a small victory, but they were harassed from behind by Li Wanchao who was stationed in Zezhou. They were attacked from both sides. With the main force of the Khitan withdrawing from the Central Plains and without support behind them, life became more and more difficult. I am afraid that they will not be able to hold on for much longer.
In addition, it is Zhao Kuangzan, the son of King Yanshou Zhao Yanshou, who is the governor of Hezhong. The river is an important territory, the ancient "Hedong", a strategic location, but Zhao Kuangzan probably got the reminder from his old father and acted very low-key. He stayed in Puzhou and watched the current situation without showing any aggression.
The only one left is Gao Tangying, who is not too active and procrastinates, never taking office. It wasn't until Yelu Deguangshe went north to the Central Plains that he followed suit.
This time I was ordered to recapture Anyang, but I didn't dare to hesitate any longer. Following him to the north were a group of Yan soldiers and several Jin troops who surrendered, totaling more than 6,000 people. In addition, Yelu Balide personally led 5,000 elite Khitan troops to guard the formation.
First there was the virtue of martial arts, and then there was Luo Yanxuan. When the news of Luo Yanhuan's defection reached Liyang, Yelu Deguang was furious. He summoned General Yelu Jieli to the imperial camp and severely reprimanded him. If the minister hadn't dissuaded him, he would have punished Yelu Jieli for being a "knowledgeable person". The felony of "unknown person"...
Faced with the continuous rebellion of surrendered soldiers, Yelu Deguang was extremely vigilant towards the Jin soldiers and Han generals. By letting them attack Anyang, he obviously had the intention of consuming each other.
In fact, if he were not worried about causing unnecessary chaos, Yelu Deguang would have ordered all the states to surrender and kill all the Jin troops. Fortunately, during the retreat to the north, although Yelu Deguang's temper became more and more irritable, his mind became more and more clear.
If you want to kill them, when you go south to Kaifeng, you should take advantage of them to be gathered together and deal with them all together. At this time, if such an order is issued, it is almost certain that the prefectures and counties under the Khitan rule will be at war without the Khitan troops from various places taking action.
By the time Gao Tangying and Yelubali arrived at Anyang City, the four gates of Anyang City were tightly closed and they were in full formation. It was obvious that the rebels in the city were on guard. After learning the news that the Liao army was heading north, Liang Hui wisely gathered all his troops in Anyang City, exhausted his treasury, used all the armor and weapons to arm the army, used all the money to motivate the soldiers, and mobilized the whole city. Soldiers and civilians defend the city...
"After staying, how many people are there in this... Liao army?" On the city tower, looking at the two huge military formations with clear distinctions below the city, one of his subordinates asked nervously.
"Probably, there are tens of thousands of people..." Liang Hui's legs were also a little weak, and he tried hard to steady his mind and said.
After swallowing his saliva, the captain's face turned pale, and he said sadly: "I heard that the Khitans have three to four hundred thousand soldiers and horses. If they all come, how can we resist them?"
"Idiot! Do you think that all the Khitan troops and horses will gather in Xiangzhou?" Liang Hui immediately interrupted his men's wails and scolded. However, the tension in his expression could not be concealed at all. There must be hundreds of thousands of people around the Khitan Emperor returning to the north.
"They seem to be attacking, what should I do?"
"What should we do? Give me the order and hold it for me first!" Liang Hui said solemnly, using his loud voice to drive away the fear in his heart.
After going to the city for two or three miles, he looked around the city and ordered his people to lay out the siege equipment that was being transported. At the same time, Gao Tangying personally rode his horse to the front of Yelu Balide's formation and asked for instructions: "General Yelu, are we going to attack now?"
"Leave it all to Gao Shijun!" Yelvbalide looked a little arrogant and said with a sideways look: "Anyang is where your government is, so you have to hurry up. Your Majesty is very angry with these bandits. Don’t let His Majesty down..."
Although Yelvbalide's attitude was very unpleasant, Gao Tangying had to laugh along with him, hurriedly returned to the formation, and ordered the attack.
The development of things exceeded Liang Hui's imagination from the beginning. He had no intention of preventing the Khitans from returning north, but as far as Yelu Deguang was concerned, his occupation of Anyang City was a thorn in the side of the Khitans' return and had to be removed. Moreover, their behavior of seizing the city and killing officials just angered Yelu Deguang, who became increasingly angry...
However, the Yan soldiers and Jin soldiers under Gao Tangying were not of the same mind, and the soldiers were not of the same spirit. In addition, they had to march hard all the way, and they had many complaints. They were asked to attack the fortified city, but they could not do their best. With 100% combat power, it was good to be able to exert 30%. He tried to attack tentatively, but ended hastily.
Next, there was no breakthrough progress, and it was the same until Yelu Deguang arrived in Anyang.
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To the west of Anyang, in the Huanshui River Basin, reconnaissance from the Longqi Army cavalry has become more and more frequent. Since those war horses were collected, the Longqi Army's cavalry has achieved breakthrough development.
At the same time, as most of the Khitan army slowly moved northward, the confrontation between the two scouts and Tanma became more and more cruel between the hundreds of miles of mountains and rivers in Linli and Anyang.
On the north bank of the Huan River, more than a hundred cavalrymen, led by Han Tong, were temporarily repairing their horses. The soldiers were eating and the horses were drinking water. Han Tong's expression was serious and he looked unusually dull. Although he had been promoted, he had been in a bad mood recently. He had been holding his breath and wanted to make meritorious deeds, wash away his previous sin of "disobeying military orders", and compete for the new establishment. The commander of the Longqima Army.
Liu Chengyou established a new cavalry army, which was divided into two battalions: left and right. Han Tong was commanded by the left battalion. As for the army command, it was temporarily vacant.
Not long after, a group of cavalry came galloping from the northeast, followed by some Khitan rangers in pursuit. Observing the situation and analyzing the situation, Han Tong saw that there were not many enemy cavalry. Han Tong immediately led his men to meet them. After a short and fierce fight, the enemy cavalry retreated.
"Commander, we rescued an officer who escaped from Anyang City. He said he was a subordinate of Xiangzhou Liuhou and wanted to ask for help from His Highness!" Yang Ye put the blood-stained sword into its scabbard and pointed at a wounded officer. Passage to South Korea.
After glancing at the person, Han Tong looked eastward. The hills were undulating and isolated, and he couldn't look too far. To prevent an accident, Han Tong directly ordered: "Take him back to Linli. Evacuate!"
Lin considers. Longqi's entire army of more than 6,000 men has been stationed here for several days.
Upon receiving the request for help from Anyang, Liu Chengyou made no comment and just summoned the generals to ask for their opinions.
As a result, the consensus is that it cannot be saved and cannot be saved. In fact, after learning that Yelu Deguang's hundreds of thousands of troops had arrived in Anyang, several generals had already suggested to Liu Chengyou that they should withdraw to Luzhou or, if that didn't work, they would have to retreat to the Taihang Mountains.
It's not that they are afraid of the enemy, it's just to avoid the edge temporarily. After all, the Longqi Army's troops are too weak. If Liu Chengyou had enough troops, he wouldn't need more than 50,000 troops, which would be enough to arm-wrestle with Yelu Deguang.
However, Liu Chengyou still refused to advance or retreat and stayed peacefully in Linli. It seemed that the Khitans had no intention of coming west to deal with him for the time being.
"Liang Hui defended Anyang, how could he have defended it for so long! How could that messenger escape from Anyang City! Do you think this was a trick by the Khitans to lure our army into action?" Even if he decided to stand still, , Liu Chengyou still made a guess with great interest.
