Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 475 If you want to fight, then fight (please subscribe!)

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Early April.

Emperor Tianzuo gathered [-] Mongolian troops and [-] Xixia troops out of Jiashan, crossed Yuyangling, and headed straight for the Tiande army.

mid-April.

Emperor Tianzuo collected more than 2 Han soldiers and horses in Tiande, Yunnei and other places, and began to station the Tiande army.

late April.

Emperor Tianzuo sent thousands of cavalry to Qingshui River, intending to invade the border of Shuozhou.

(Qingshui River borders Shanxi and Pianguan; it borders on the Yellow River in the west and faces Zhungeer Banner across the river; it borders Gule Banji River in the north and Helinger; it borders Tuoketuo in the northwest, and its overall location is in The junction of "Mongolia, Shaanxi and Shanxi".)
Before the war, Liu Kai released all the secret special forces.

In fact, the confidential special forces had already sent the Khitan, Xi, Haner, and Bohai people who had been absorbed some time ago into Emperor Tianzuo's army.

In addition, the Tianyan in the west of Liaoxi also paid close attention to the intelligence of Emperor Tianzuo's Liao, Xia, and Mongol coalition forces.

Therefore, Liu Kai knew every move of the coalition forces clearly.

Knowing that Emperor Tianzuo would send thousands of cavalry to cross the Qingshui River, Liu Qi said that Yue Fei would ambush the first battalion, the left army of the kidnapper, the right army of the kidnapper, and Fang Jieying (the middle cavalry battalion of Yue Fei's army) at the ranger station of the coalition army. place.

In that battle, Yue Fei cleverly set up an ambush, defeated the rangers of the coalition army, and captured two thousand households of the Liao army. In the end, only less than [-] remnants of the defeated soldiers fled back.

Through interrogation, Yue Fei learned from the two captured Liao army Qianhu that the Liao generals Yelv Dilie and Temuge's troops were stationed at the Baihe River thirty miles away from Qingshui River.

Yue Fei took the opportunity to attack Yelu Dilie and Temuge's camp at night, taking advantage of the fact that Yelu Dilie and Temuge's troops were unprepared for battle.

As a result, many were captured, and Yelu Dilie and Temuge only led more than 1000 horses and fled back to the Tiande army.

Early May.

The coalition forces crossed the Qingshui River in three ways to knock off the pass.

Liu Kai used the strategy of suspicious soldiers to open and close the door.

The coalition forces didn't know the reality, so they didn't dare to advance rashly.

Taking advantage of his hesitation, Liu Kai fired a volley of strong bows, crossbows, and flying thunder cannons, and then charged with cavalry.

The coalition forces, who were caught off guard, were soon overwhelmed and retreated towards the Qingshui River.

The First Battalion, the Guaizi Zuo Army, and the Guaizi Right Army quickly captured and killed thousands of coalition forces.

In mid-May, the coalition forces moved to Guaili Village in the east of the city.

Taking advantage of the fact that the coalition cavalry were not good at night battles, Liu Kai sent Niu Gao to lead 3000 troops from his headquarters to attack at night through thunderstorms.

Niu Gao led his men into the enemy camp in the dark, and when the lightning flashed, he jumped up and fought bravely; after the lightning passed, Niu Gao and his men stayed in hiding.

The coalition forces did not know the details of Niugao's camp, and the camp was in chaos.

The Niugao Battalion followed the secret signal agreed before the battle, gathered at different times, and defeated the coalition forces.

The coalition forces were in panic, and later they killed each other.

By daybreak, the allied forces were unable to fight back and had to retreat.

Emperor Tianzuo was furious when he learned that the vanguard army had suffered heavy losses one after another. Then he personally led more than [-] elite troops to the west bank of Qingshui River to cover the field.

Seeing that Emperor Tianzuo led an army of [-] horses to attack, many people were afraid that the Liangshan Army, which was mainly composed of infantry, would lose.

Li Yan supported Liu Kai and entrusted the overall situation to let Liu Kai wait for the opportunity to fight.

A few days later, Emperor Tianzuo sent [-] troops to the pass to fight against Xixia's [-] iron kites.

The weather was cool in the morning, Ren Liao army and Xixia army insulted in every possible way, but Liu Qi just stood firm and did not fight.

The weather was so hot in the afternoon that the iron kite soldiers disarmed one after another to enjoy the cool air. Liu Kai suddenly sent the first battalion out of the west gate to feign an attack. Then Han Shizhong sneaked out the Tie Futu and the kidnapper left and right troops out of the south gate, attacked the flank of the coalition forces, and defeated the coalition forces.

Unwilling to fail, Emperor Tianzuo moved to Shuoxi in an attempt to besiege Shuozhou for a long time.

When it rained heavily for days, Liu Kai frequently sent troops to attack at night.

Emperor Tianzuo was really tired of dealing with it, so he could only retreat to the Tiande army in mid-May.

In this battle, Liu Kai took Shuozhou as the key point of defense, took advantage of the weather and the coalition forces' weaknesses such as not being used to fighting at night, and used offense as defense, using long strikes to attack short, severely damaged the main force of the coalition forces, and shattered the coalition forces' first attack.

Emperor Tianzuo, who returned to the Tiande army, learned from the painful experience, thinking that the reason why he lost to Li Yan was mainly because Li Yan had the natural danger of Shuozhou as his support. If it was a dignified battle, the loser must be Li Yan.

In addition, because most of the coalition forces were borrowed by Emperor Tianzuo, Bie Li Ganshun and the Khans of Mongolia, Emperor Tianzuo was very afraid that if time dragged on for a long time, this coalition army would disperse, especially in times of repeated defeats. case.

Based on this, Emperor Tianzuo personally wrote a letter of war to Li Yan.

The content is as follows:

Destiny is so great that you cannot force it back; the artifact is too great, so you can use wisdom if you don't hear it.The conclusion of ancient and modern times is hard to change, and it is the sage who abstains from theft.Therefore, Li Yan, the governor of the Protectorate of Andong, wanted to spy because of the rebellion of the bandits. Outsiders had the manners of Zhou Gong, but inside he was the evil of Ren Zi. Regardless of righteousness, he captured my wife and daughter, stole my great treasure, and took away my land. Behavior of Jie and captive, misleading the country and harming the people, poisoning people and ghosts, letting the generals and soldiers plunder the city, causing me to fall into misery.According to historical records, officials without morality are greedy and cruel, especially in Yu Yan.Heaven regrets misfortune, God does not help rape... Today, there are millions of powerful soldiers and thousands of generals. They want to hunt with their feet on the banks of the Qingshui River on the fourth day of June ten days later.

After receiving the letter of war sent by Emperor Tianzuo, Li Yan gathered all the generals and staff officers together, and then passed the letter of war to them.

After everyone had seen it, Li Yan asked, "Yelu Yanxi wants to fight me, what do you think?"

Chen Kuupong said: "The reason why the Lord Liao seeks a decisive battle is because he knows that he has no chance of winning if he continues the previous battle, and his troops are not his own. They are unstable and may disperse at any time, so Wei Wei I believe that we should continue to use defense instead of attack, and I believe that it will not take long before the Liao Lord's army will be destroyed without attack."

Most people are in favor of Chen Kuutong's proposal. After all, who wants to take risks if they can remain invincible?

To be honest, Chen Kuutong's proposal is not wrong, it is a mature and prudent policy.

but--

Li Yan would not adopt Chen Kuutong's proposal.

Li Yan has learned that Yang Keshi was defeated in Langoudian.

The defeat at Langoudian was the prelude to the repeated defeats of the Song army, and then the Yanjing area would be turbulent, at most half a year, if Li Yan could not win Yanjing, Yanjing would definitely be taken by the Jin people.

Therefore, Li Yan can no longer entangle with Emperor Tianzuo here, and has to go to Yanjing to participate in the competition. Otherwise, once Yanjing falls into the hands of Jin or Song people, not only will all his previous efforts be wasted, but he may also lose his life. Got to be trapped in this odd place in the clouds.

Li Yan looked at Liu Kai, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Wu Jie and other generals, and asked, "If I fight Yelu Yanxi, what are our chances of winning?"

Liu Kai, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, and Wu Jie said in unison: "Ninety percent."

After hearing this, Li Yan's eyes flashed, and he said, "Bring a pen and paper."

Soon someone sent a pen and paper to Li Yan, and Li Yan wrote six words in one go: "If you want to fight, then fight!", and then ordered someone to send it to Emperor Tianzuo...

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(End of this chapter)