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Compared with the Khitan army of more than 20,000 people, Li Chengzhong only had more than 4,000 men. It can be said that there is a huge difference in military strength. However, the Yingzhou army relied on the rapid construction of a defense system and was not afraid of the Khitan attack. But if they wanted to spread the news,
, which is basically hopeless.
"The Khitan people's encirclement is very tight, and there are large groups of rangers in all directions. They are deliberately blocking all exits. We have sent scouts for three consecutive days to pass information to Fuyu, Huaiyuan, Liucheng and other directions, but have failed.
, As of today, 13 scouts from the left camp have been killed, 9 scouts from the old camp have been killed, and a total of 17 people have been injured." Meng Xuxing informed Li Chengzhong of the situation.
Li Chengzhong thought for a moment and said: "Let the sons come back. Such a loss is too heavy. It is not easy to train every scout. Losing one of them is heartbreaking."
"Then let's wait here?" Meng Xuxing asked.
"Just wait here! Believe in them, whether it is Lao Zhang or Zhong Si, I believe they have the ability to judge. If the prediction is good, the Youxiang and Huaiyo coalition forces should be ready to dispatch. This battle plan
Our goal is Mount Raole and Fuyu City. Now that we have reached the first step, we have arrived at Mount Raole and attracted the Khitan army. The rest is up to them," Li Chengzhong said.
Although Abaoji had made a strategy of besieging the Yingzhou Army and trying its best to consume its supplies, for the Khitan people, maintaining supplies for more than 20,000 soldiers was not an easy task. Therefore, the Yingzhou Army's supplies were consumed
At the same time, it is also consuming the Khitan people's own supplies, and the consumption rate is faster than that of the Yingzhou Army. The only difference between the two is that one side cannot be replenished after it is consumed, while the other side is on the outside line, so
can be continuously replenished.
But even if the Khitan people can be replenished, they have made careful preparations before, but this consumption rate is also very fast. It is quite a heavy burden for the Khitan people. It is so heavy that the Khitan tribe forces that can be controlled by Abaoji are
All the abilities to supplement it seem quite reluctant.
Abaoji has estimated that the supplies of the Yingzhou Army should only be enough to sustain the supply for one to one and a half months, considering the two hundred vehicles carried by the enemy. The specific length of time it can last depends on how much non-food items the enemy carries in the vehicle.
Regarding supplies, it also depends on how the other party arranges food for the soldiers. The rations he prepared for the Khitan soldiers lasted for three months, which was the limit of what he could do.
Since the confrontation with Buyeo City, Abaoji has lost the channel to obtain food support from Buyeo. He also made a demand for food purchases to Zhao Jing, the former Lulong Army Mountain North Camp Commander, but received no response because the Lulong Army was desperately building a
Fanyang---Da'an Mountain Defense Line, they had no extra food. For food, Abaoji even sent people to Hedong to seek help from Li Keyong, who was also born in Hu'er, but Li Keyong also had no extra food for him.
——Hedong Army is undergoing a crazy attack by Xuanwu Army.
It is not easy to collect food for three months. The real food rations are only enough for more than a month, and a large number of cattle and sheep need to be slaughtered to survive. Because in addition to the more than 20,000 Khitan warriors under his command, Abaoji also needs
Feeding nearly 100,000 tribesmen. In order to realize Abaoji's strategy of luring the enemy, these tribesmen all fled to the distant Western Liaoze. These tribesmen also needed to eat. Among them were the Yelv clan of the Diela tribe, the Shulu clan, and the Yoshi tribe.
, the Tuju tribe, the Tulubu tribe, and many many slaves from various tribes who were robbed. Of course, the more important thing is the nobles of the Yaonan clan of the Yishi tribe, including Hende Jinyi Khan!
Therefore, Abaoji's determined war period is three months. If this time limit is exceeded, the people under Abaoji's control will go hungry!
In fact, his estimate of the supplies carried by the Yingzhou Army was greatly different from the actual situation. The food in the two hundred Xi chariots carried by the Yingzhou Army could indeed sustain the supply of the army for a month, but that was limited to the departure from Liucheng.
, after being trapped at the foot of Raole Mountain by the Khitan people, although they replenished food for a few days from the Xi people's gathering place at Dayakou, the food in Xi's car was only enough for twenty days.
But the thinking of the Khitan people is different from that of the Han people. For the grassland people, there are many types of food that they consider, but there is one thing that they will not consider, and that is war horses. Every horse is a natural gift for the Khitan people.
Friends are their most important partners. They are a nation on horseback and have a very deep affection for horses. In the minds of many Khitan people, horses are even their family members and an indispensable part of the leather tent.
, so Abaoji has never thought about this. Not only him, but most Khitan people will not think about this issue.
In fact, on the tenth day after the Yingzhou Army was besieged at the foot of Raole Mountain, the screams and neighing of horses could be heard from the Yingzhou Army's camp.
At that time, Li Chengzhong had just organized manpower to dig a ditch that led the stream from Raole Mountain to the camp. This ditch circled the camp, mainly to prevent the Khitan people from rocket attacks. Once the Khitan people planned to burn the camp with rockets, the Yingzhou Army could
It is very convenient to get water to put out fires on the spot.
At this time, Cui He reported to Li Chengzhong that too much food was consumed, and it was only enough to sustain the army for ten days. Moreover, Cui He also reported that the camp and nearby pastures could no longer supply horses with food like this, so Cui He
Ask if the slaughter of horses will begin as planned.
When formulating the plan, the Yu Hou staff officers of the Yingzhou Dudu Mansion had considered the situation of the army being surrounded. When food ran out, their plan was to kill horses. According to the horses equipped by the Yingzhou Army, this
This time, Li Cheng brought thousands of horses, including 400 horses for pulling carts, 3,000 ordinary riding horses for the infantry camp, and nearly 2,000 horses for the cavalry camp and scouts. Of course, there was no plan.
They will slaughter cavalry horses. These horses are very valuable. At the same time, if they are slaughtered, it means that the Yingzhou army will no longer have the ability to counterattack quickly. Therefore, more than 3,000 horses can be slaughtered for food. A team of soldiers consumes one horse per day.
Calculated on a horse basis, one hundred horses need to be slaughtered a day, which is enough to feed the army and sustain supply for more than a month.
Of course, eating meat alone is definitely not enough. Even the grassland people cannot survive on meat alone. Fortunately, Li Chengzhong camp still has ten days of rations, which can be mixed and eaten together, so he can persevere.
Therefore, when Cui He asked, Li Chengzhong ordered without hesitation: "Start with the rogue horses pulling the cart."
The sound of horses neighing reached the Khitan camp, and the Khitan people looked grim. Many soldiers looked at the Yingzhou military camp from a distance, gritting their teeth and clenching their fists.
"What are they doing?" Abo looked across in confusion.
"They are killing horses..." A Ping said in a serious tone, with a cold gleam in his eyes.
"These bastards!" Huo Lu was furious: "I'm going to kill them! I'm going to kill them all!"
Abaoji was silent for a long time, then sighed: "I miscalculated, Li Chengzhong actually killed the horse. It seems that they can still hold on for more than a month..."
The Yingzhou Army's method of killing horses to replace military rations shocked the Khitans. In addition to igniting the anger of the Khitans, it also cast a considerable shadow on their siege strategy. Then, this shadow began to gradually expand,
Abaoji began to hesitate about his initial strategy.
This shadow began to spread after more than ten days of besieging Yingzhou Army.
For three consecutive days, a batch of grain, cattle and sheep scheduled to arrive did not arrive. For this reason, Abaoji sent three teams of cavalry to search the northeast. That night, two of the cavalry teams returned to the camp without finding anything, and the other team of cavalry returned to the camp without finding anything.
But he still didn't return. So Abaoji sent out more cavalry the next morning, not only to find the inexplicably missing grain, cattle and sheep, but also to deal with the cavalry who had not returned.
One of the cavalry teams sent out to search stayed overnight on the route of the missing cavalry that night. They accidentally discovered some suspicious traces at the camp, including messy horse hoof prints and discarded arrow fragments. The next day
After dawn in the morning, they followed these traces and dug up the headless bodies of more than ten Khitan cavalry. The information was quickly sent back to the Khitan camp, so Abaoji and others immediately judged that the enemy reinforcements had arrived and no need was needed.
If you think about it, this evidence points directly to the Waiyo Alliance Army! At the same time, they have guessed that the cattle, sheep and grain that have not been transported should have been robbed by the Waiyo Alliance Army.
The Khitan people randomly increased the warning curtain, and they sent more rangers to search outside. The longest distance was fifty miles away from the foot of Raolao Mountain. Therefore, the judgment of Abaoji and others was confirmed in the following days.
Two cavalry squads encountered enemy troops due east and northeast, forty to fifty miles away, and had small-scale battles. After identification by the rangers, they found that the cavalry was from the Bohai cavalry due east and the former Wukai cavalry was from the northeast.
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Abaoji ordered the entire army to be on tight alert, preparing to wait for the coming Waiyo Allied Forces. However, after waiting for many days, the expected main force of the Waiyo Allied Forces never made it to the road. Abaoji had to send more rangers out to search, but after losing their
After checking with many rangers, more detailed information finally came.
The cavalry of the Waiyo Allied Forces used hundreds of cavalry as combat units, cruising outside the battlefield. When they encountered a small group of Khitan cavalry, they immediately stepped forward to fight. When they encountered a large group of Khitan cavalry, they immediately turned around and fled. This tactic basically effectively covered Xiangdong's situation.
and the northeast direction, putting the Khitan people's supply routes in jeopardy.
Now they were in serious trouble. Abaoji and others had to painfully admit that the strategic idea of dividing and defeating Zhonghua, which was expected to be attacked by enemies from both sides, fell into bankruptcy. The vulnerable Waiyo coalition army did not dare to fight face to face, but hid in hiding.
Going far away, staring at him all the time, gave Abaoji a feeling like a light on his back. At this moment, Abaoji suddenly remembered that the Wukai tribe in the Huaiyue coalition army who had defected to the Yingzhou army were also Khitan people.
The other party also knew the grassland tactics that the Khitans were proud of.
The current situation makes Abaoji very embarrassed. Although they have trapped the main force of the Yingzhou Army and the number one enemy Li Chengzhong, they have also put themselves in danger, and their food supplies have also been greatly threatened.