On the right-wing battlefield west of Datong and Yingzhou, Chihu deployed more than 4,000 cavalry in total to pursue and defeat the enemy, commanded by four thousand households (thousand captains).
Since the battlefield on the west wing, in addition to chasing down the defeated Western Army and making preliminary preparations for the attack on Shuozhou City, it also involves persuading the remnants of Xiao Linshi to surrender and accepting the surrender of Cao Shixiong's troops. The scale of the troops on the right wing is limited, but it involves However, the affairs are very complicated. Everything is under the direct control of the Central Army Commander, and the four thousand households have no authority over each other.
As one of the four thousand households, Nayan Molihu's previous combat mission was to lead his troops to the area between Shuozhou and Yangkou Village, urge Cao Shixiong to surrender unconditionally, and participate in the early elimination of the defeated Western Army.
However, after hearing Cao Shixiong's specific plan to send his son out of Yangkou Village to report and lead Tianxiong's army to surrender, Nayan Molihu and Yue Hailou were on their way to the commander's tent when they heard about the activities of Shuozhou's main forces in this area. There were signs that the leader might even be the patrol envoy of Shuozhou, the Tenth General of the Tianxiong Army, Marquis of Yu Yu Xuhuai, who came directly here.
Nayan Molihu even took advantage of the Nayan family's privileges in the Red Husband Army and ordered the nearby Red Husband Cavalry to obey his orders.
Of course, Yue Hailou could guess that Xu Huai led a large group of elites to appear in Jingong Mountain, which was actually the same old trick.
Yue Hai suggested to Mo Lihu that they should follow the established battle plan and focus on clearing out the retreating Western Army on the right-wing battlefield, and there was no need to change the plan for Xu Huai's appearance.
Mo Lihu had no intention of missing this opportunity to capture Xu Huai.
At the beginning of the year, the Xishan Tibetan tribe was encouraged to attack Shuozhou. It was originally an idle chess piece dropped by the Zhennan Zong Palace in Yunshuo to try to escape the imperial court.
Although the Xishan Fan soldiers were too incompetent and were easily defeated by Shuozhou soldiers and horses in the battle of Houerwu, the movements in Shuozhou and Xishan were always within the sight of Zhennan Zong Palace.
It was not difficult for Mo Lihu to judge Xu Huai's intention of making a big show in Jingong Mountain, which was to make more stragglers flee to Shuozhou and Xishan. However, regarding this point, his decision was different from that of Yue Hailou. completely opposite.
Not only did he use his plan to move his cavalry from between Shuozhou and Yangkou Village to keep an eye on the Shuozhou soldiers and horses here, he also sent people directly to Lanzhou to ask Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili to send troops to attack Xishan and cut off the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain. And the passage through which the defeated soldiers of the Western Army fled south through the Xishan Mountains.
Yue Hailou smiled bitterly at Mo Lihu's almost youthful and energetic decision, but he had to be careful not to show dissatisfaction.
Cao Shixiong, Cao Shili and other Shuozhou surrendered generals had no loyalty to the Yue court. When they saw the poor performance of Tianxiong's army in Datong, they deeply regretted their hasty move to the south without careful consideration. This is undoubtedly true.
Cao Shixiong and other Shuozhou surrendered generals had long hoped that the Chihu cavalry would go south to join them. At this time, the main force of the Yan army had been defeated. The Cao brothers were also ready to raise their troops at any time, but the Cao brothers controlled Lanzhou. The Tianxiong army was still short-lived. It was not because a few of them said they would surrender to the Red Husbands that the generals under their command turned around without hesitation and attacked the soldiers and horses from Hedong with high morale.
In fact, most officials in Lanzhou have not suffered enough, and they even think that they are still loyal to the Dai Viet court.
In addition to the Tianxiong Army stationed in Xinzhou and Wenhengyue and Yinchao in Taiyuan, Zhu and Zhu were stationed in Langu.
The troops of Run, Lei Teng and Xie Zhong were also deeply involved with the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain, so it was difficult to be sure that they would join Cao Shixiong.
Only the six-chamber troops stationed in Yangkou, Ningwu, Kelan and other fortresses were personally controlled by the Shuozhou surrendered generals Cao Shixiong, Cao Shili and Mengping.
Although this part of the army was rebuilt based on the Shun Army of the Qing Dynasty, it still absorbed some veterans of the Tianxiong Army who had fled from Datong, and also recruited a large number of strong men from the Xiang Army in Xinbin and other places to supplement it.
With the foundation of the Qing Shun Army and a group of generals who followed Shuozhou to the south, Yue Hailou believed that Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili brothers led the six-chamber imperial army to the north and controlled Kelan, Ningwu, Yangkou, etc. There is absolutely no problem with the Walled City.
However, the vassal army led by Cao Shixiong had a weak foundation. Following the Cao brothers' change of tactics in a short period of time would inevitably lead to panic, and it would be difficult for them to act as an elite main force in attacking difficult situations and defeating the enemy.
From Yue Hailou's point of view, if Cao Shixiong were to lead his troops to attack the southern part of Xishan Mountain where Tongbai Mountain Soldiers had been operating for some time, even if they could attack by force, the casualties would definitely be extremely heavy.
However, from the way Qihan, Ulullie and others accepted the surrender of the remaining Khitan forces of Datong and declared war on the Yan army, Yue Hailou also deeply understood the different attack strategy style of the Chihu people.
At this time, Mo Lihu forced Cao Shixiong, and Cao Shixiong surrendered his vassal troops to attack Xishan. The casualties were difficult to control, but if you think about it from the perspective of the Chihu people, no matter how large the surrendered vassal army without combat effectiveness is, it will only devour valuables. Apart from the resources, what is the benefit?
It would be better to use brutal warfare to eliminate the weak and retain the strong among the various surrendered troops, and at the same time prevent the Cao brothers from expanding their power too quickly.
Yue Hailou was thinking about these things in his mind, secretly feeling that Moli was suddenly arrogant again, but as an Uluru Lie, one of the young generals whom Jochi deliberately released for training, there was no way he could not have some scheming in the city.
At this time, a number of people on fast horses came from a distance. After negotiating with the surrounding scouts, they quickly drove towards Yuehai Tower, and suddenly Nayan Moli came from this direction.
Although these knights were all wearing Hu clothes and fur clothes, they all had southern looks. Mo Li suddenly recognized that they were the subordinates who followed Yue Hailou in Beitou a year ago. Only then did he remember that Yue Hailou was extremely violent when he was in Beitou. He was in a sorry state, but there were dozens of people following him.
Before officially declaring war on the Southern Dynasties, Yue Hailou took the initiative to lobby Cao Shixiong, Xiao Xinhan and others. After that, Mo Lihu did not see Yue Hailou himself for a while.
He met Yue Hailou again and led his troops into Datong City, but at this time there were only three or four people following Yue Hailou, and the other subordinates did not know where they had gone.
This time Yue Hailou accompanied him to meet the people sent by Cao Shixiong, but he did not accept his orders. Although Mo Lihu was confused, he refrained from asking what Yue Hailou was doing.
However, Yue Hailou had a few words with his subordinates who came to deliver the message, and then said to Mo Lihu:
"Before he decided to formally declare war against the Yan army, King Uluru Liezong had already expected such a result, and specifically promised Yue Mou to recruit troops to form a tribe on both sides of the Hui River. However, Yue Mou really wanted something else. He was more willing to accompany General Na Yan to discuss the surrender with the people sent by Cao Shixiong, and hoped that everything would go smoothly for the Red Guard Cavalry going south. However, Yue was not completely without selfish thoughts. When Yue was in the Southern Dynasties, he had great feelings for Cai Qing and Cai Hu. Yuan You can be said to be loyal, even if Xu Huai and Ge Boyi end up plotting against him
, the Cai family and his son put all the blame for the punishment on Yue Mou, but they had no complaints at all. How could they have thought that the Cai family and his son would be cruel to my family? Yue Mou's subordinates found Cai Yuanyou's hiding place, and Yue Mou was thinking about it at this time. My wife and children are seeking revenge and cannot be by my side, please forgive me, General Na Yan!"
Mo Li suddenly glanced at Yue Hailou and said, "Since the Zong Wang promised you to recruit troops to form a tribe, why should you refuse? Could it be that you are worried that in our minds, you are not even as good as Cao Shixiong, Xiao Qian and others?"
, or is he hiding his sharp edge? Cai Yuanyou is the military supervisor of the Southern Dynasty. Even if he has become a lost dog, there will definitely be no shortage of guards around him. How can you have enough subordinates under your command? If the loss is too great, Shuchi will have to
You blame me for not being considerate and alert, so you led two hundred cavalry and obeyed the command of the Marquis of Yue!"
Mo Lihu still liked Yue Hailou to know how to advance and retreat, so he ordered Bai Hukuo to lead his troops to follow him to surround and kill Cai Yuanyou.
"Thank you, General Na Yan!"
Yue Hailou saluted Mo Lihu.
Although he had sent people to persuade Zhu Xiaotong to act as internal agents, and the whereabouts of Cai Yuanyou, Tian Zhizhen and others were discovered by Zhu Xiaotong secretly leaving traces on them, Cai Yuanyou and Tian Zhizhen were followed by more than a hundred soldiers, and their hiding places were unknown.
It was so dangerous. If he really led fifty or sixty of his subordinates to storm in, it was hard to say how many casualties there would be.
And he has only a few direct descendants left under his command. Losing any one of them will be heartbreaking.
Now that Molihu wanted Kuoti to lead two hundred cavalry at his command, Yue Hailou was still grateful. At the same time, he also confirmed that Molihu insisted on sending Cao Shixiong to attack Xishan. He probably wanted to use Lanzhou to surrender his troops to fight with Shuozhou's troops.
He works hard to consume, but it is not entirely due to his youth and exuberance.
From this point of view, even if he had the permission of King Uluru Liezong to recruit troops to form his own tribe on both sides of the Hui River, he should still be careful to avoid arousing unnecessary suspicion among the Chihu people.
At least until his wings harden, he still has to be careful with his butt between his legs.
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"Did Yue Hailou take people away?"
Yue Hailou was also wearing Han armor next to Mo Lihu, so they were far apart. Xu Huai and the others were still able to confirm his presence. At this time, they saw that Yue Hailou did not stay to help the Fan general blockade Shuozhou soldiers and horses, and actually led the soldiers and horses of Shuozhou.
Xu Huai and the others felt a little confused as they left with more than two hundred riders.
Of course, Xu Huai and the others didn't think much about it.
The Yan army was defeated by the Red Hu people. Tens of thousands of stragglers fled on both sides of the Hui River. Tens of thousands of Red soldiers and horses were chasing and defeated. It was hard for them to imagine that Xin Lan was in this era.
When the news of the defeat of Yan's army was learned in other places, the situation was already in chaos.
It was already expected that Cao Shixiong and other Shuozhou surrendered generals would surrender to the enemy.
The main force of the Red Husband Cavalry will seize Yingzhou, Yanmen and conquer Xin and Taiyuan, which will happen soon; next spring at the latest, the Red Husband Cavalry will be able to drink from the Yellow River.
The mountains and rivers are destined to be shattered into confusion. Do they still need to worry about how bad the situation will happen, and what kind of crisis they will face?
All they can do is to block it with soldiers and cover it with water, and do everything possible to rescue the remaining soldiers of the Western Army through Shuozhou and Xishan and escape back to Jingyuan, so as to prepare for the Qinwang Battle next spring and the longer, more difficult and more difficult battle in the future.
Cruelly expelling the Tartars, in order to regain the broken mountains and rivers, and save as much living strength as possible...
