Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in hlnovel.com -> Historic -> The world is well and healthy

Chapter 1069: The Great Destruction of Khitan (Part 1)

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    You can search "ÌìÏ°²¿µ" on Baidu to find the latest chapters!

    At the end of September, Yang Guang issued an order to change the title of Lu Duke Huang Mingyuan to Wei Gong, and Bao Guogong Yu Wenshu to Xu Gong.  In addition to the previous Chu Gong Yang Su, three people have been awarded the title of Duke instead of Duke. No one knows what Yang Guang wants to do, but Huang Mingyuan understands that Yang Guang is planning to reform the title.

    On the fifth day of October, news came from Yingzhou that Huang Mingzhen and Wei Yunqi, who had been ordered to conquer the Khitan at the beginning of the year, led their troops to defeat the Khitan and relieve the siege of Yingzhou.

    It has been ten months since Yang Guang led the Youzhou Army to rescue Yingzhou and attack Khitan in December last year with Huang Mingzhen as the commander-in-chief of the Yingzhou Road March.

    It was already at the end of December last year when Huang Mingzhen received the order.  Huang Mingzhen ignored the cold weather and quickly mobilized troops and horses to leave Yuguan to rescue Yingzhou.  As for when the Turkic army contacted by Wei Yunqi will arrive at Huang Mingzhen, I don't know, and I don't dare to expect it.

    At this time, the Sui army had not yet developed the habit of having barbarians to cooperate with them in fighting.

    After the Battle of Guanzhong that year, Huang Mingzhen stayed in Chang'an for more than three years. Although he had not fought on the battlefield for a long time, he quickly adapted to Youzhou.

    Huang Mingzhen did not take office alone, and was even more prepared than Huang Mingliao when he went to Hengzhou.  After arriving in Xuanzhou, Huang Mingyuan handed over hundreds of cavalrymen under Gao Zhen's command to Huang Mingzhen, and also appointed Zhao Shiti, Liu Heitai, Fan Yuan, Meng Chenqi and others as Huang Mingzhen's minions to help Huang Mingzhen gain a foothold in Xuanzhou and express his gratitude to Huang Mingzhen.  Zhao Shiti was the cavalry general of the Xuanzhou Hsiao Prefecture, and Liu Heitai, Fan Yuan, Meng Chenqi and others were all governors-general, allowing Huang Mingzhen to fully control the military power in Xuanzhou.

    After Huang Mingzhen sent out troops, he led his troops directly to Yingzhou.  When the weather was cold and the ground was shaking, the Sui cavalry had no advantage compared to the Khitans. Therefore, after Huang Mingzhen arrived in Yingzhou, he stationed his troops at Bailangshui (today's Daling River in Liaoning Province), across the river from Yingzhou.  , as a containment.

    The Khitan chief Heduluo, who had been attacking Yingzhou for a long time, originally wanted to take advantage of the cold weather to seize the opportunity. When he saw the Sui army's reinforcements arriving, he was shocked and thought of withdrawing his troops.  It's just that he is unwilling to give up Yingzhou City, which he is about to capture, and is also worried that the morale of the troops will be affected by the lack of gains despite such heavy losses, so he does not dare to retreat easily.

    Seeing that Huang Mingzhen stopped moving forward, Dahe Duoluo was ready to test Huang Mingzhen's strength before making calculations.

    On January 13, Dahe Duoluo ordered his army to continue to besiege Yingzhou City, and at the same time sent thousands of cavalry across Bailangshui to attack the Sui army's camp.

    After Huang Mingzhen came to Bailangshui, he carried soil and water, and took advantage of the freezing weather to build twelve small forts as a line of defense to protect the camp.  Hundreds of crossbowmen are placed in each small fort, and the forts look after each other.  After the Khitan cavalry came over, the crossbowmen in the fort cooperated with each other to kill the Khitan cavalry.  If the Khitan cavalry wanted to attack a certain small fort, they would have to face the designs of several adjacent forts, and they would also have to prevent Huang Mingzhen's main force from attacking behind them.

    Moreover, these small forts greatly restricted the movement of the cavalry, artificially cutting off the charge path of the Khitan cavalry.  The Khitan cavalry launched several attacks on the Sui army, but were defeated by the Sui army with heavy losses.

    After suffering several losses, Dahe Duoluo did not dare to attack Huang Mingzhen's troops rashly again.  Seeing that the Sui army's reinforcements did not take the initiative to attack, and not knowing what the Sui army had in mind, he had no choice but to take a defensive position against them to be safe.

    And the morale of Yingzhou City on the front has been greatly boosted due to the arrival of reinforcements.  Dahe Duoluo attacked several times, but Huang Mingzhen was restrained from the south, making him unable to exert his full strength.

    The two sides faced off like this for more than half a month, and the Khitan attack made no progress.  Huang Mingzhen's troops in the south are like an iron shell that cannot be smashed or opened; while Yingzhou City, which always wants to win, will fall short due to the attacks of the Sui army on the southern front.  Huang Mingyuan was like fishing. If he didn't strike, he would just go around in circles with the Khitan people. Da He Du Luo was so angry that he had no choice but to do anything.

    By the beginning of February, the two sides had been in a stalemate for more than half a month. The Khitan people had long run out of supplies. Countless people died of cold and starvation. The whole camp was full of corpses.

    The Khitan was originally marching in winter, which was a taboo for military strategists. In addition, the soldiers were alone and in deep, with insufficient supplies. How could the soldiers be willing to continue fighting.  Seeing that everyone was complaining, Dahe Duoluo did not dare to stay in Yingzhou City anymore, so he prepared to withdraw to the grassland.

    But it was easy to come and hard to go. As soon as Da He Du Luo showed his escape attitude, Huang Mingzhen discovered the other party's intention.  Although the strength of the two sides was quite different, Huang Mingzhen did not want his army to be consumed too much here, but with such a good opportunity, not annihilating the Khitans was not enough to make Daheduluo regret it.

    Huang Mingzhen ordered Liu Heitai and Meng Chenqi to be the vanguard, and each led more than a thousand cavalry from both sides to wait in front of the Khitans.

    On February 6, Dahe Duoluo fled north, but Huang Mingzhen did not pursue him.

    Wait until all the Khitan peopleAt the foot of Kaiyingzhou City, Huang Mingzhen mobilized his troops to attack, but at this time the opponent had already fled for dozens of miles.  Everyone advised Huang Mingzhen to pursue the attack, but Huang Mingzhen remained stationary at the foot of Yingzhou City and ordered his army to reorganize. At the third watch, Huang Mingzhen suddenly beat drums to gather his generals and pursued northward.

    Everyone puzzled, can they catch up at this time?

    Seeing that everyone was doubting this, Huang Mingzhen said: "This big Heduluo is also a hero. He has been besieging our camp for so long and just fled like this. How can he be willing to do so? How can he explain to his tribe? I don't expect him to be afraid.  If our army pursues, we will personally break off the rear, and even set up an ambush, waiting for our army to pursue, so as to take advantage of the opportunity to win. If I wait for a day, Dahe Duoluo will think that our army is timid and will be bold when he sees that our army is not pursuing.  If we are on the move, our defenses will be thin. If our army attacks again, we will be able to defeat the unprepared opponent."

    Everybody was enlightened.

    As expected by Huang Mingzhen, Dahe Duoluo saw that he could not attract the Sui army. He knew that the ambush plan was ruined, so he rushed back to the front army and moved forward.

    By the time the Khitans arrived near the Tuohuchen River (today's Laoha River in Chifeng area), they had already entered the hinterland of the Khitans.  At this time, it was snowing heavily, the wind and snow were roaring, it was difficult for people and horses to walk, and Dahe Duoluo was even more relaxed.

    At this time, Liu Heitai and Meng Chenqi, who were ambushing in the Tuohuchen River area, suddenly came out and attacked the Khitan troops directly.  The Khitan people were hit hard and caught off guard, and were cut into several sections by the Sui army's cavalry.  The two sides fought fiercely for several hours, with no winner or loser.

    At this time, Huang Mingzhen, who arrived at the starry night, led 3,000 cavalry to the Tuohuchen River battlefield and gave the opponent a fatal blow.

    The Khitans were attacked from the rear by the Sui army. They could no longer hold on and began to collapse.

    Huang Mingzhen gathered the main force to cover up the enemy and defeated the Khitan army.  The Khitan people fled desperately, lying dead for dozens of miles, almost losing their courage.  Huang Mingzhen's forward troops pursued them as far as the Ruoluo River (Shalamulun River) before withdrawing their troops.

    In this battle, thousands of Khitan troops were ambushed and thousands of cattle and sheep were captured, which severely damaged the morale of the Khitan people.  For a small tribe like the Khitans, the loss of thousands of troops was almost a serious loss of vitality, and they would not be able to regain their strength within a few years.

    What¡¯s more important is that the Khitan people killed by the Sui army in this battle were timid, and Da Heduluo no longer had the courage to fight against the Sui army.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report