"Hiss!" Yelv Deguang gasped, and all the leaders, generals, and ministers in the tent were also shocked.
There are millions of people under this rule, and there are more than 50,000 people with armor, as well as heavily armored bear and tiger warriors. This sounds very much like their Great Khitan Kingdom!
When did Hexi have such a powerful force?
"But that Guiyi army that destroyed the Ganzhou Uighurs the year before last?"
Yelv Deguang suddenly remembered that last year his mother, the Empress Dowager Yingtian, celebrated Luping's birthday. Uighur envoys from Xizhou came to congratulate her, saying that the Uighurs in Ganzhou had been annexed by the Uighurs and had the ambition to unify the Western Regions.
At that time, the Xizhou Uighurs' words were very exaggerated, and they also revealed that they wanted the Khitan to support them.
But Yelv Deguang focused all his energy on the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, and sent away the Uighur envoys without any pain.
Now it seems that we must pay attention to Hexi. Yelu Deguang intuitively felt that this Hexi rebel army vaguely showed a strong semi-nomadic and semi-sedentary attribute, which was a bit inconsistent with his Great Khitan Kingdom!
"Your Majesty! A child who is ignorant may not know the inside story.
From what I can see, although Longyou in the west of Hexi is vast, it is sparsely populated, and the various tribes of Amo, Dangxiang, Shatuo and Uighur live side by side.
That King Zhang has only been in power for three or two years, so he may not be able to unify the country, so carrying fifty thousand soldiers may be just bragging."
Zhao Yanshou came out of the queue, bowed and raised his hands and said, "Of course Zhao Yanshou knows who Zhang Zhao is."
Because in these years, the connection between his wife, Princess Yan, and Princess Yongle in Hexi has never been broken.
Zhao Yanshou and Murong Nobunaga were both married to the daughter of Emperor Mingzong of the former Tang Dynasty, and both of them were brothers-in-law of Shi Jingtang.
At this moment, Zhao Yanshou came out and said this, which was exactly how the Zhao family and his son survived.
Zhao Kuangzan exaggerated Zhang Zhao's military strength, frightened the Khitan monarchs and ministers from taking revenge immediately, and offered benefits to Zhang Zhao.
Zhao Yanshou came out and revealed that he knew the truth and falsehood of Hexi. On the one hand, he patched up Zhao Kuangzan's exaggerated words, and on the other hand, Yelv Deguang gained more trust in him, a capable person who knew the truth and falsehood of the Southern Dynasty.
Sure enough, when Yelu Deguang saw that the Zhao family and his son knew what was true and false in Hexi, he immediately felt that he had seen the right person.
"The King of Yan is really talented. Please collect more details about the true and false information in Hexi."
"If what King Yan said is true, Your Majesty, in the past few months, tribes near the Tiande Army reported that there was a conflict between the Hexi soldiers and the Xiang Li family of the Nan Dynasty's Nan Dynasty's Nan Dynasty's Nan Dynasty's Nan Dynasty's Nan Dynasty's Nan Dynasty.
Could it be that the Hexi soldiers captured Xiazhou City and annexed the Dingnan Army so quickly?
If their troops and horses are so powerful, and they can ambush us with thousands of soldiers when they are annexing the distress army, their power will be huge!
If such a powerful enemy is not destroyed, we are afraid that the western frontier will be unrest, so it is better to abandon Yunzhou first, retreat to Huanzhou, and wait until the next year to gather the troops before making plans."
When I heard that the Hexi Guiyi Army was not weak, I felt that Yelv Deguang had been encircling Yunzhou with his arrogant maneuvers, which had lasted until winter, and Yelv Pode, as usual, proposed to withdraw the army first.
The leaders and generals of the Khitan tribes were impatient with the bitter cold of camping in winter, so they all spoke in agreement.
"Your Majesty, no!"
A loud shout came, and everyone looked for the voice and saw that it was Situ Han Kuangye, the military envoy of the Tiancheng Army.
If Zhao Yanshou is still a Han, then the Han family where Han Kuangye lives is the Khitan among Han people.
Han Kuangye's father, Han Zhigu, was captured by Emperor Yingtian's empress dowager Shu Luping's brother.
When Shuluping married Yelu Abaoji, Han Zhigu followed Shuluping to Yelu Abaoji as a dowry, and he gradually became more important after that.
At this time, the most important infantry force among the Khitans, the Zhangwu Army, was trained by Han Zhigu for the Khitans.
Han Zhigu's eleven sons are all high-ranking officials in the Khitan Kingdom, especially the third son Han Kuangsi, who is young and handsome and is rumored to be the face of Empress Dowager Yingtian, Shu Luping.
In history, Han Kuangye had a son named Han Derang, who was considered a super heavyweight.
Han Derang rolled into the same bed with Queen Xiao Chuo when Liao Jingzong was still there. After Liao Jingzong's death, he openly had sex with Xiao Chuo.
Xiao Chuo asked his son Liao Shengzong to call him Ji's father. Even after Xiao Chuo's death, Liao Shengzong still treated Han Derang as his father.
When Handerang fell ill, Liao Shengzong and the Queen personally offered decoctions to him like a son and daughter-in-law.
It’s really outrageous!
at this time.
Yelu Deguang didn't want to retreat in the first place. Hearing this, he immediately asked: "What is Han Situ's opinion?"
Han Kuangye knelt on the ground and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty came to Yunzhou in person with the dignity of ten thousand chariots. If you don't leave Yunzhou City, wouldn't it be a great loss to your Majesty's divine power?"
Moreover, according to what King Yan said, all the tribes in Hexi are coexisting. The situation is complicated and the territory is vast and sparsely populated. Regardless of money, food, troops, and horses, I cannot imagine how the Hexi soldiers can fight against the Dingnan army and send a large army to threaten our court.
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With the bravery of our great Khitan heavenly soldiers, your majesty can pacify the four states of Yinxia, Yousui and Yunzhou in just a few months. Can you still send a large army to Yunzhou?"
Yelu Deguang calculated for a while and nodded hesitantly, "If I recruit a large army from all tribes, it will not be difficult to defeat the Dingnan Army with 50,000 people.
But it is not easy to stabilize the four states of Yinxia, Yousui and Sui. As for sending another 4,000 soldiers out, we must mobilize the entire country's troops and get one hundred thousand."
"As your Majesty said, we, the Great Khitan Kingdom, can govern five million people and support tens of thousands of heavenly soldiers, so we may be able to get it. However, the people in Hexi only have more than two million people, and the country has only been established for a few years. How can we do it?
In my opinion, Zhang Zhao of Hexi Province must have raised his troops when he seized the four prefectures of Yinxia, Yousui and Hexi while the Lord of Jin had put down the rebellion and had no time to go west.
And Your Majesty is the father of the Jin ruler of the Southern Dynasty, and he is powerful in all directions. If the Jin ruler appeals to Your Majesty, begging Jian to get rid of these traitors, Your Majesty will definitely agree.
Therefore, I think that Zhang Zhao from Hexi is afraid of His Majesty’s power, so he is taking advantage of it by striking first to prevent me from advancing westward.
Of those four thousand soldiers, it is impossible to say that there are only one or two thousand elite soldiers, and the rest may be soldiers from the prefecture and Zhejia, just a bluff."
Yelv Deguang was overjoyed when he heard this, "Yes, Situ said it was a great good thing. If I retreat today, I have fallen into the Hexi people's trick. With the dignity of ten thousand chariots, I am intimidated and run away. How can I save my face?"
I intend to mobilize 10,000 soldiers from various tribes and station the Jingbian army in the Wuzhou City area to guard against the Hexi soldiers.
The Youpishi Army is on guard between Yunzhou and Wuzhou City. Once Yunzhou City is captured, I will definitely join forces with Zhang Zhao of Hexi Province to hunt in the four states of Yinxia, Yousui!"
Han Kuangye's statement actually had many flaws. He called Zhang Zhao a bluff, but being able to defeat three thousand Pishi troops is also called a bluff?
And this is just a guess from Han Kuangye himself. Although some of his guesses were correct, they cannot be used as evidence after all.
However, Yelu Deguang was not willing to retreat. As soon as he heard what Han Kuangye said, he immediately used it to silence everyone.
These tribal leaders and generals hoped that he would retreat and Yelv Deguang's prestige would be damaged. They were happy to see it, but they did not want Yelv Deguang's authority to grow and reduce their power.
Several tribal leaders wanted to persuade him again, but when they saw Yelu Deguang's cold expression, they hesitated and did not dare to say anything further.
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In Shengzhou, after the snow had subsided a little, four people including Zhe Deku and Murong Nobunaga led thousands of soldiers and horses and rushed to Fuzhou without looking back.
What else can you do if you don't look back? Are you going to have anal sex with Yelv Deguang's 50,000 troops under Yunzhou City?
Don't be ridiculous, not to mention that the logistics can't keep up in the snowy weather, but if they can keep up, with these four thousand people, as long as they send out 10,000 Pishi troops, they will be finished.
Maybe they didn't need ten thousand Pishi troops. They were able to defeat three thousand Zuo Pishi soldiers this time. That's because they calculated with intention and without intention.
It was the Khitans who regarded them as a grassland tribe with weak fighting ability and made mistakes in their response, which led to their massive defeat.
On normal days, even if the 3,000 Pishi troops could not defeat their 4,000 cavalry, there would definitely not be much of a problem in protecting themselves.
Moreover, Zhang Zhao sent them here to fight against the Khitans. The most important task was to prevent the Khitans from easily gaining control of Yunzhou.
Therefore, while leading his army back to Fuzhou, Zhe Deyi sent his younger brother Zhe Deyuan as an envoy to Yunzhou.
Zhe De wanted to go here because he had two tasks. First, the Zhe family had lived in Yunzhou for a long time. They had great prestige in Yunzhou City and had countless relatives and friends.
If Zhe Deyuan can enter Yunzhou City, it means that there are people leading troops in the west to deal with the Khitan, which will definitely boost the morale of the soldiers and people in the city, so that they will not surrender the city easily.
The second thing was to go to see Yelu Deguang. They captured hundreds of captured Pishi troops by the Hun River.
If the captives were brought to Yunzhou City under the pretext of releasing these Khitan soldiers and horses, they would immediately be punished for overthrowing the Khitan people.
The image of a loyal minister and a righteous man that King Zhang wanted to be known and established will be established in no time.
As for irritating the Khitans so much that they abandoned Yunzhou to fight Zhang Zhao, they don't have to worry about it for the time being, because if the Khitans are coming, they will most likely come to Fuzhou first.
Ignoring the thorn in Fuzhou, I also crossed the Mu Us Sandy Land to go to Xiazhou.
If Yelu Deguang really dared to do this, then Zhang Zhao might as well transform into Li Jiqian and fight with the Khitan in the Northern Song Dynasty. Yelu Deguang might be in trouble.
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It has been almost three months since Zhang Zhao besieged Xiazhou. Three months ago, Li Yi waited with a smile while waiting for countless Guiyi soldiers to freeze to death before being forced to withdraw.
But now, he didn't know whether the Guiyi Army had frozen to death or not, and the people in his Xiazhou City were about to freeze to death.
The reason is very strange, so strange that Li Yiyin has never considered this issue before.
That is, there will probably not be enough firewood for cooking and heating. He has stored enough food for half a year, but now he is almost unable to cook it.
Ten days ago, furniture had been demolished and burned in Xiazhou City. Five days ago, some families were burning door panels. Dozens of families were cooking together to save firewood.
After today, many people's door panels have been burned. If they want to eat cooked food, in addition to spending a lot of money to find someone with firewood to cook with, even the wood in the saddle has been split and burned.
Many people have already looked at the gate, beams and pillars of the Yamen of the Dingnan Army Festival, with their eyes sparkling.
Even the Li Yiyin family has begun to cook meals for ten days at a time, and then eat cold meals without starting the fire.
When the cold wind blows in winter, more quilts are added to keep warm, and wives and concubines huddle together to sleep.
There is enough food, but there is no cooking. What kind of life is this?
