When Zhang Xiongshan heard Wu Sanrong yelling, he couldn't help but perked up. He strode into the Yamen hall with Xu Pan, Su Mi and others. He saw that Shi Hai, Wu Sanrong, Xiao Chunquan, Xiao Chunyu and other generals were all excited about the news just returned from the scout.
Has.
"Look at the letter!" Wu Sanrong handed Zhang Xiongshan the letter and newspaper that the scout had just desperately sent back.
"...The Red Husband's army besieged Xingqing Mansion. One said that Princess Dangxiang was captured by the Red Husbands outside Xingying Mansion. The other said that Emperor Dangxiang was afraid of massacre in the city and offered the princess. Several of the princesses begged to surrender. King Chihu Khan summoned Princess Dangxiang to wait.
He was injured while sleeping and died of his injuries on the eve of the capture of Xingqing Mansion. The Red Guards currently claim that he fell off his horse and was injured and unable to defend the army. The four kings, Kusigu, led the troops to capture Xingqing Mansion..."
"The Red Army troops will advance to Xingqing. This news is definitely not false!" Zhang Xiongshan also couldn't bear the excitement and shouted.
The two armies of Chi and Hu, totaling nearly 300,000, began to gather in the autumn of last year. They then entered Dangxiang territory from Heihe in the west and Yinshan Mountain in the north. Basically without encountering any decent resistance, they captured the western part of Dangxiang, and the northern part almost reached Dangxiang territory.
All the land is surrounded by Xingqingfu City.
In other words, after occupying Xingqing Mansion, the Red Army can cross the Yellow River and enter the Longxi area, or go south along the Yellow River to capture Henan and other places, and finally point its troops directly at Qinzhou (the Yellow River is within the territory of Dangxiang, which country is
The left half of the glyph flows from south to north in the core area of the party item).
If it hadn't been for such a huge change, who could have stopped the advance of the Red Army?
"Let's go, you must have a drink today!" Wu Sanrong grabbed Zhang Xiongshan's arm and was about to drag him into the tavern.
The Chihu army failed to attack Jianghuai and turned to attack Dangxiang first. Almost everyone in Qinzhou was weighed down by huge rocks and could not breathe.
Xiao Linshi, Shi Hai and others worked hard every day but had no good plan, and their people became weak and emaciated - especially in the past few years, in addition to using troops against Vietnam, the Red Husbands also divided their troops to conquer the west.
The Taping Luntai, Yiwu and other places completely surrounded Dangxiang from the west, which actually cut off the fantasy of the remaining Khitan troops to move westward.
Even though there was a fierce dispute with the Gao family this time, Xiao Linshi wanted to lead the remaining tribe to move westward, but he only wanted to lead hundreds of thousands of tribesmen to move to the Jishi Mountain area in the west of Xihe Road, in the upper reaches of Tao River and Daxia River, temporarily.
Avoid the sharp edge of the red army.
Further west, we can only fight our way through the Heihe and Qingtang areas that the Red Army has already conquered.
However, if you make such a choice, in addition to countless Khitan men falling along the way, how far to the west do you have to go to completely avoid the front of the Red Hu people who have completely launched their troops to the Western Regions and Taixi?
Even if they can fight their way out of the siege and find a place with lush water and grass that the Red Guards have not yet arrived, how many Khitan men will need to sacrifice to win this habitat from the locals?
When the boulder was about to fall, how could one not be overjoyed when he heard the news that King Chihu Khan had been assassinated and that the army had stopped at Xingqing Mansion?
Seeing that Wu Sanrong couldn't wait to take him to drink, Zhang Xiongshan cupped his hands towards Xiao Linshi and said: "Then I won't bother Xiao Shuai today, and will go drink with General Wu first!"
"Don't you think the wine in the Governor's Mansion can't be intoxicating?" Xiao Linshi, who had a resolute and courageous temperament, laughed heartily at this time and said to Shi Hai, "I think the alcohol ban in the Governor's Mansion can be lifted today, so I will
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a taste of wine, I’m so greedy!”
"Before drinking, you should send a horse to carry the good news to Hanzhong, Wuyang, Xiangyang and Jianye!" Zhang Xiongshan said.
"Of course, Chunquan has reported several letters and drafted the memorial, and the messengers have been summoned to the mansion to wait for the sealing. It was General Wu who was surprised and told this matter.
It was interrupted..." Shi Hai said with a smile.
While Xiao Linshi went to arrange the banquet, he went over the letter and memorial written by his eldest son one by one to ensure that it was correct, signed and sealed it, and sealed it in a bamboo tube. After that, more than a dozen messengers galloped on horseback.
Report to all parties.
After a long time, Zhang Xiongshan calmed down his excitement a little. He sat in front of the hall and asked Xiao Linshi: "The Red Guard Thief King was assassinated and died. How much time does Xiao Shuai think this can buy Dai Viet?"
King Chihu Khan was assassinated, which is great news, but obviously we cannot expect that the Chihu people will fall apart and no longer be a threat to Dai Viet.
In addition to the well-established military and political system of the Chihu people, King Chihu Khan rose in Mobei and fought for half his life. He is already 68 years old this year. The Chihu people should be prepared for his death due to illness or various accidents.
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When King Chihu Khan was assassinated, the Chihu army was not particularly panicked. They still followed the established plan to capture Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Dangxiang State, and massacred the city.
This not only heralds that the Chihu Iron Cavalry has entered its most prosperous and peak period, but also clears the final obstacle for the southern expedition to Vietnam. When the new Khan of the Chihu people is about to ascend the throne, his army will sweep southward at any time.
Of course, this is not meaningless.
This can at least buy Dai Viet more buffer time.
Emperor Jianji ascended the throne in Xiangyang. Although he experienced various hardships and dangers during this period, although there were still various internal conflicts and civil unrest occurred one after another in various places, it is undeniable that Dai Viet is also rapidly restoring order and vitality. It can even be said that
The military strength is far greater than before the fall of Bianliang.
In addition to Chushan, the four armies of Xiqin Road, Dongchuan Road, Huaidong and Huaixi Road, even though there is still some gap in strength, they still dare to fight a tough battle with the Chihu people at this time, which is far from being defeated at the last moment of Tianxuan.
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And Chushan needs more time.
The assassination of King Chihu Khan is good news. The good news is that it can buy more time for Vietnam. The most important thing now is how long this time may last.
"The Chihu people have the tradition of the younger son guarding the stove. That is, when the father is alive, the eldest son gets married and lives separately, and gets a part of the property and livestock. After the father dies, the younger son born to the main wife inherits the property and manages the housework - Lao
The Great Zhasak Code established by the Khan during his lifetime also stipulates that the elder will get more, the younger will get less, and the last son will inherit the father's inheritance. From this point of view, Chihu should be the youngest son born to the concubine, and he is also the most military.
The talented King Kusigu of the Four Sects succeeded to the throne. In this expedition to Dangxiang, Kusigu, the King of the Four Sects, assisted King Khan with troops. The final capture of Xingqing Mansion and the massacre of the city should have been Kusigu's handiwork. However, when it came to King Khan
In the battle, things are far from that simple. The king of the big sect, Kuosa, the king of the second sect, Ulullie, and the king of the third sect, Mengchi, have long been blocking one side. They have attached elite soldiers ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, and other large and small sect kings also have tens of thousands.
Ten strategies, they may not be willing to let Kusigu inherit the throne. Even before that, there was a letter saying that the Chihu people were going to conquer the party this time, and there had been internal discussions about who would succeed the Khan if something unfortunate happened to him because he was old.
, King Chihu Khan summoned his ministers at that time and appointed his eldest son Kuasa as his successor."
Xiao Linshi has studied Chihu very deeply over the years and said,
"Therefore, Kuosa and Kusugu may not necessarily meet each other in battle, but they will definitely compete for the position of Khan. Unlike the Central Plains monarchy, the Chihu people followed the Kuriltai system, which is the tribal meeting system. In the end, the position of Khan will be
I’m afraid we won’t know until the Chi Hu people convene a tribal meeting. By estimation, we should be able to gain two to three years of buffer time in Dai Viet!”
"With these two or three years of buffer time, we may not be able to fight for it." Zhang Xiongshan is the Zuojunjun of the Military Intelligence Department of the Chushan camp. His understanding of the various internal situations in Chushan is far better than that of ordinary generals. He knows that if he really wants to
In the buffer time of two or three years, Chushan's military strength will inevitably reach a higher level, which can even be said to be a big one.
"Yes..." Xiao Linshi also said with emotion.
There is a buffer time of two or three years. On the one hand, they do not need to leave Qinzhou for the time being, and the conflict with the Gao family can be restrained for two or three years. On the other hand, they also have time to operate in Taoshui and the upper reaches of the Daxia River, so they will not move westward too hastily.
, so that if the foothold is not stable, it is possible to face the front of the Chi Hu people. Of course, Xiao Linshi also hopes that more optimistic changes will occur in the Southern Dynasty in two or three years.
When the Khitan, Dangxiang and many of the tribes were conquered by the Chihu people, the only one who could resist this huge army and curb its expansion was the Southern Dynasty.
He even regretted sending troops to He Nan too early. This matter would most likely become a handle for the Southern Dynasty to attack them, making Chu Shan even more passive if he wanted to help.
However, who could have predicted that such a turn of events would occur at this time?
"After this banquet, I'm afraid I have to say goodbye to Commander Xiao and return to Chushan early," Zhang Xiongshan said to Xiao Linshi, "Many military generals and trainees in Chushan may still need to stay in Qinzhou for training. I want to invite Xiao Linshi
Please take good care of me..."
Some things must not be leaked or written into a secret letter and sent back to Chushan. Zhang Xiongshan decided to rush back to Chushan in person to report to Xu Huai.
