This battle on June 11, the seventh year of Jianji, marked the end of the chaotic war on the Western Front.
Since the official end of grazing in late May and the start of the attack, the Khitan people have tried every means. Chu Te, Die La and Pin have dispatched more than 30,000 cavalry, plus almost the same number of vassal soldiers and horses, to take advantage of the vastness of the grassland.
, went around and attacked the Xia people's temporary grazing land, blocking them for about twenty days.
But as the Xia people lost patience and began to ignore the sudden advance of the pigs, the resistance and harassment along the way had a tendency to collapse.
The change of hands in Yikun Prefecture may be a landmark event...
"Here comes the broth!" The auxiliary soldiers brought rice bowls one by one and distributed horse broth to the sergeants.
There wasn't much meat, but it was enough to eat. There were even some wild vegetables floating in the soup, which were green and shiny, making the warriors who were tired of eating dried meat, cheese, and milk powder salivate.
The Bohai prisoners swallowed their saliva.
For them, it is impossible to eat meat. They are just slaves. How can they be treated? Even if a horse dies of illness or old age, its meat and skin will be turned over, and it has nothing to do with them.
The grain they grew had nothing to do with them. The Khitan nobles collected it one by one, and it would be nice if they could leave some of the grain at the mouth of the lake for them.
When they were still in the Bohai Kingdom, the tribes of Heishui provided food to them. For example, the pigs of Mojie Prefecture were very famous. The tribes inside and outside had to offer them every year, and they were almost overwhelmed - the pigs of Mojie Mansion were
It has always been one of the tributes of Bohai Kingdom.
The rapid change of status is dizzying and difficult to adapt to. This is especially true for some Bohai scholars and nobles.
This is the fate of slaves who have subjugated their country, which is sad and realistic.
"If you want to eat meat, you must first know how to kill." Li Shaorong held a wooden bowl and ate with big mouthfuls. He also leisurely teased the Bohai prisoners who were piling firewood to make broth.
Well, the rice was cooked by the Bohai people, but they didn't get a share.
"In this world, if you can't farm, you can't do business, nothing can be done as fast as killing people." Li Shaorong smiled and said: "Look, the Khitan people arrested you, and you didn't dare to resist. You could only eat red rotten millet seeds. I dare to kill the Khitan people."
People can eat meat, have they learned anything?”
The Bohai people didn't know whether they didn't understand or what, so they remained silent.
"I know you understand. You have thin skin and tender flesh, and you are clumsy. Have you never experienced hardship before?" Li Shaorong said, "Why don't you take off your pants? Some comrades in the army are very good at this. Go and make them happy."
If you are happy, eating meat will not be a problem."
The Bohai man's face turned red, obviously he understood, but he did not dare to get angry and continued to cook the broth carefully.
"Don't all the Bohai people in Yikun Prefecture have any kind of cultivation? There are a lot of singers, piano players, painters, and carvers. They are very versatile, but none of them can fight for their lives." Li Shaorong sneered: "In Bohai
Wujing, you people may be able to make a fortune, and some of you may be very famous, but I tell you, if you don’t know how to fight and are not brave enough, your women will only be given to the Khitans, and you will only be given to the Khitans.
People are treated as slaves. If the master wants to play with your wife, he can play with your wife. If he gives birth to a child, he doesn’t even know if it is his or not. What use do you think you are?"
Perhaps unable to bear the humiliation, the man stood up suddenly, his teeth clenching.
"Oh?" Li Shaorong was a little surprised. After finishing the last sip of soup, he put the bowl on the ground and asked, "Have you figured it out? You still have some masculinity at last. I'll give you a wooden gun and a horse. Do you dare to go with us to find bad luck for the Khitans?"
"I want to tell the truth." The Bohai man said after holding back for a long time.
The cavalry warriors sitting around on the ground eating meat and soup laughed and looked at him with disdain.
Cowards are the most looked down upon. If you don't dare to gain wealth with a sword or a gun, you have to resort to opportunistic whistle-blowing methods. How can people think highly of you?
Li Shaorong stopped everyone's ridicule and asked: "What secret can you know? Could it be that Shu Luping stole someone in Yikun Prefecture?"
"It has something to do with Shuluping." said the Bohai man.
The smile on Li Shaorong's face stopped and he asked, "Tell me about it."
"There are so many people here, it's inconvenient." Bohai people are a little embarrassed.
"I think you deserve a spanking!"
"Why are you talking nonsense to him? Just kill him with one knife."
"Kill him, kill him! There are thousands of prisoners in Bohai, and there is no shortage of him."
Li Shaorong stood up, took the Bohai man aside, took out the dagger from his waist, and said: "You'd better know something. Otherwise, I will use this knife to cut off your head. Cutting your head with a knife, you know this is How does it feel?"
The Bohai man swallowed his saliva and said, "I know where Shuluping is."
Li Shaorong took a breath.
Damn it, I never thought that one day I would have to use this method to make progress?
"Go on." He said in a calm voice.
"Shuluping went to the Beilou, and with him were the old and weak women and children of the Uighur Shulu tribe, Chu Te, and Pin tribe." said the Bohai man.
"North Tower? Are you deceiving me?" Li Shaorong slammed it against the wall and asked: "Khitan only has the East Tower, the West Tower, and the South Tower. When will there be a North Tower?"
The Bohai people were knocked to pieces. After calming themselves down, they said: "It's not long since the Beilou just got up. You don't know it's normal. The Beilou is on the north bank of the Hun River (Huolin River), two sides away. The Khitan people use four hundred miles as one side, and two sides as eight hundred miles. If they collect horses and attack quickly, they may gain something."
"How did you know?" Li Shaorong stared at him and asked.
In fact, he already believed it in his heart, but he still had to confirm it again and again.
An eight-hundred-mile long journey is no joke. Even if one person and three horses are grazing while advancing, it would still take four or five days to arrive. More importantly, the eight-hundred-mile range is quite large, and the area on the north bank of the Hun River is not small either. What about the specific location? What if you get lost? This is something that you have to consider.
"My wife was taken away by nobleman Duoyu of the Yaonian clan. Before she left, she told me in private." The Bohai man said with a sad look on his face.
Li Shaorong believed it even more, and secretly sighed that a woman was causing trouble.
"Let's go, follow me to see the military envoy." Li Shaorong pulled him out.
The people in Bohai stared wide-eyed and couldn't believe it. This military academy had a good heart. It actually didn't take all the credit and gave him a chance to show his face and make meritorious deeds.
"It should be yours, no one will be ignorant. If you don't even follow these rules, how can you run the army?" Li Shaorong pulled him like a chicken and said.
"This world belongs to you..." Bohai people looked amazed.
The cavalry envoy Yu Oritsugu is meeting an important person.
"I've been dodging all the way, and I can see you." Han Yanhui sighed as he chewed the rough horse meat.
His clothes were shabby, his face had a dusty look, and his hands had scars of various sizes. According to him, they were scratched while hiding from the Khitans in the grass.
As the recorder of Zimeng County, he was one of the first batch of people to follow Shuluping to evacuate north - yes, ordinary people did not evacuate, but as a Han official valued by Abaoji and his wife, Han Yanhui, Han Zhigu, Han
Lin and others, together with Xiao Dilu who was under their protection, all got the chance to evacuate.
The North Tower was extremely desolate, with only a crudely built earthen city. More than 200,000 people rushed in at once, and one can imagine the level of chaos.
And this is actually nothing. Chaos, just take care of it. Shan Shan's army is considered to have some combat effectiveness. They only select those who are strong in the Shulu department, or those who are good at martial arts among the prisoners. Suppressing the chickens and dogs is not a problem.
The difficulty lies in the shortage of supplies.
After walking such a long way, the cattle and sheep lost a lot of fat. They were all being kept and could not produce much milk. Therefore, there was a shortage of food for a while and many people were hungry. Shuluping ordered some to be slaughtered.
They are thin animals, but this is just drinking poison to quench their thirst. I don’t know how many people will starve to death before they recover.
Han Yanhui took advantage of this chaos and fled all the way south. He was lucky enough to avoid the Khitans, and then waited for the opportunity for the cavalry army to ignore it and march eastward. If he had come a few days later, he would have
Either he died of starvation, or he ran out to look for food, and probably passed him by.
"I originally wanted to go to the West Tower and Yuewang City, but now it seems that the North Tower might be better?" Military envoy Oritsugu Yu looked at his deputy Liu Zijing and asked.
"Don't go to the West Tower." Han Yanhui swallowed a piece of meat with force and said: "The people there have gone and the building is empty. There is nothing. The Yuewang City is not far from the West Tower. There may be some people there, but they have a city. It's expensive."
It may not be convenient for the military."
"It doesn't hurt to go to the west building first. Even if the Khitans find out, they can sneak in and report the news. There are so many jars and jars in the north building, how far can they escape in a short while?" Liu Zijing said: "It's all a matter of convenience, but the focus is
It really should be placed in the north building."
On the grassland, the territory is vast and uninhabited. The biggest problem is how to find the enemy. Once discovered, it basically means death. This is the cruelty of grassland battles.
But the difficulty lies in discovering it.
For example, during World War II, naval fleets left port to fight. Commanders from both sides would fly a large number of reconnaissance aircraft from aircraft carriers to search for traces of the enemy.
Whoever discovers the enemy first will have the upper hand, and then torpedo planes will fly over overwhelmingly to attack the enemy. In this process, the party that is attacked is very passive, and the losses will often be very heavy.
Now that Han Yanhui has provided the traces of the Khitans, it is inevitable to kill them.
Zhejiyu thought for a moment, and when he was waiting for the order, his own soldiers came to report, and Li Shaorong asked to see him.
When they saw Li Shaorong coming in with a Bohai prisoner, Zhejiyu and Liu Zijing didn't think anything, but when they heard the Bohai man repeating what he had said before, they looked at each other.
Laughing loudly.
Yes, these things corroborate each other and cannot be false.
Han Yanhui was stunned.
The "top secret" information he worked so hard to spread has actually been revealed by a Bohai prisoner.
"Two generals, Du Yu is indeed in Beilou. He was previously a close associate of Hende Jin Khan of the Yaonian clan and a native of Yu in Xilou. He later defected to Abaoji and was sent to Yikun Prefecture as an official." Han Yanhui added.
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Oritsugu no longer hesitated and immediately ordered the horses to be inspected. At the same time, he sent a messenger westward to look for Liang Hanyong.
The raid on the North Tower cannot be accomplished by relying on their cavalry alone. The Feilong Army or the Golden Sword Army must be involved. But no matter what, this is a great achievement and worthy of celebration.