The Golden Family, rising from the Western Regions

Chapter 137: You bastard Dahe, do you recognize me, Li Xiao from Jinzhou?
Among the seven river basins, the largest river is the Ili River.

It rushes down from the Tianshan Mountains like a giant silver dragon, roaring across the Ili River Valley, then flows majestically through the Seven Rivers Basin, and finally flows into Lake Balkhash without hesitation.

It is no exaggeration to say that 60% of Lake Balkhash's water comes from the Ili River.

It is almost worthy of being called the mother river of the Seven Rivers Grassland, nourishing all living things on this land and witnessing countless rise and fall, glory and disgrace.

On this day, the sky was just getting light and the glimmer of morning light had just spread across the earth when a large number of cavalry troops had already gathered on the north bank of the Ili River.

The black horse paddled its hooves restlessly on the shore, and its neighing rose and fell, blending with the gurgling sound of the river.

The cavalrymen, dressed in leather armor and sheepskin coats, slowly advanced towards the south bank of the Ili River in the hazy morning mist.

If you look closely, you can see that these cavalrymen are dressed slightly differently, and the totems on their flags are also different.

Obviously, these cavalrymen came from different tribes in the Seven Rivers Basin.

The army they belonged to was the left wing army under Li Xiao.

After the meeting on the Seven Rivers Grassland, the Dongdu Army marched south and arrived at the north bank of the Ili River.

At this time, Wang Ting's army had already been ready on the south bank, ready to take advantage of the terrain advantage of the Ili River to consume the manpower of the Dongdu Army.

Therefore, Xiao Simo decided that the three armies would cross the river from three different directions.

As long as a breakthrough is achieved along the way, the Ili River will no longer be an obstacle to the Dongdu Army.

The crossing point of the left-wing army was in the upper reaches of the Ili River.

The river here is shallow and the riverbed is only a few hundred meters wide.

Enough for the entire army to pass through.

However, Wang Ting's army had already deployed reconnaissance cavalry on the south bank of the Ili River.

As soon as the left-wing army on the north bank took action, it was discovered by the enemy's scouts and the warning horn was blown.

"Woooooooo~"

The low sound of ox horns resounded across both sides of the Ili River, completely breaking the tranquility of the early morning.

Among the cavalry on the north bank, a group of cavalrymen wearing blood-stained white cotton armor were standing silently, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding nomadic tribal cavalry.

On their white cotton armor, dark red bloodstains were like hideous patterns, telling of the brutal battles they had experienced.

Although this group of white-armored soldiers only numbered about a thousand, the powerful sense of oppression they exuded still awe-inspired the surrounding nomadic cavalry.

In the middle of this group of white-armored soldiers, Li Xiao was riding on a tall black horse, his posture upright, like a towering mountain.

His whole body was wrapped in cotton armor, and his eyes were as sharp as an eagle, scanning the army in front of him and the calmly flowing Ili River.

"In another quarter of an hour, the opposing army will be attracted here." Li Xiao said in a low voice.

Da Hu beside him nodded gently: "The Ili River is very long. We can choose to cross the river from any place, but it is impossible for the royal court army to defend every place."

"They don't have that many troops."

Li Xiao nodded gently and said, "The Ili River can't stop us. At most, it can only consume some of our troops."

"And this is also the purpose of that Zhen Wuchi general."

After he finished speaking, he looked upstream again and said thankfully, "Fortunately, it's still the dry season."

"Otherwise, we only need to build a dam upstream. When our army is crossing the river, it will suddenly burst, and our army will inevitably suffer heavy losses."

Da Hu nodded and said, "This is God helping us."

Li Xiao shook his head. The main reason was that Xiao Simo was decisive enough to choose to attack the royal court in the spring.

At this time, the ice and snow in the Tianshan Mountains had just begun to melt, and the water flow of the Ili River was very small. It could not be called a natural barrier, but could only be said to be an ordinary stream.

Therefore, even if a dam is built upstream, it will not be able to generate the power of a flood.

Seeing that the North Shore Army was almost ready, Li Xiao shouted in a deep voice:
"Send a message to the Seven Rivers tribes."

"Cross the river and attack!"

"Destroy the royal court's army on the other side."

"As ordered!"

Immediately, several messengers in white armor rushed in different directions.

Soon, the attack of the North Shore Army officially began.

The cavalry of the Holsak tribe were the first to spur their horses into the river.

It was not yet fully light, and the river water was very cold in the early morning, causing some war horses to neigh in resistance.

But under the control of the soldiers, the war horses still slowly walked towards the other side.

Soon, more and more soldiers walked down the Ili River. Long spears were like a forest in the river. The soldiers advanced steadily. The neighing of war horses and the shouts of soldiers intertwined, causing ripples on the river water.

The royal army on the other side of the river panicked when they saw the surging attack.

A Khitan general shouted to the messenger: "Go tell the general that the rebels have begun to cross the river here."

"This is the rebels' main attack point. We need more troops and support."

"Otherwise, we won't be able to defend this section of the riverbank at all."

After the messenger left, the general shouted to the four or five hundred soldiers under his command: "Brothers, our families and tribes are behind us."

"For their safety, defend the Ili River to the death."

Zhen Wuchi certainly knew that the Ili River in its dry season alone could not stop the Northern Frontier Army.

After all, the number of Northern Frontier troops is more than twice that of the royal court.

Therefore, the order he gave to each department was to hold on for at least one day.

Within this day, we will do our best to kill as many people as possible in Dongdu and lay a solid foundation for the subsequent decisive battle.

Therefore, when the Dongdu army began to attack, the royal court army on the south bank also gathered on the shore, lined up in a row, and waited for the north bank army to approach, and then shot arrows.

What they didn't expect was that when the nomadic cavalry on the north bank were still a hundred meters away from the shore, they suddenly stopped.

A group of Han soldiers riding war horses and holding crossbows walked out of the crowd.

The leader was none other than Chen Laojiu, the master of the Divine Arm Crossbows from Jinzhou.

His mission was to provide cover for the Seven Rivers tribes attacking the south bank.

"Team One, get ready!"

Following Chen Laojiu's loud shout, all fifty crossbowmen under his command drew their crossbow strings and aimed at the Wang Ting soldiers on the south bank.

A distance of one hundred meters is completely within the range of the Shenbi crossbow, but it is difficult for the opponent's bows and arrows to reach here.

"Fire arrows!"

Following Chen Laojiu's loud shout, all forty crossbowmen pulled the trigger.

In an instant, cold rays of light flashed across the early morning sky like lightning, and sharp crossbow arrows shot straight towards the royal army with a whistling sound.

The crossbow arrow was extremely fast and penetrated the leather armor of the royal court soldiers in the blink of an eye, making a dull "puff" sound.

"Ahhh~"

"Help~"

"My stomach, my intestines are coming out."

"Herla, my brother, please wake up and don't die."

……

The royal army on the south bank suddenly fell into chaos, and dozens of soldiers were shot by arrows and fell to the ground.

Some soldiers were shot in the throat by crossbow arrows and died on the spot; others were shot in the arms or legs and screamed in pain.

The lucky soldiers around were also shocked when they saw this scene.

"how is this possible?"

"How is it possible that their crossbows can shoot so far?"

The Khitan general shouted in fear and tried to reorganize the troops and calm them down, but the soldiers were already panicked by the sudden attack and were unable to obey orders at all.

Immediately afterwards, the second round of volleys from the Shenbi crossbow followed, causing dozens of soldiers to be killed or injured, and the morale of the army was further shaken.

After nine rounds, the crossbowmen had fired three hundred arrows, causing heavy losses to the royal army.

Taking advantage of the other side's confusion, the leaders of the Seven Rivers Tribe gave orders to advance at full speed.

Thousands of Qihe soldiers rushed to the other side with great momentum.

The battle broke out and the most primitive hand-to-hand combat began between the two armies.

But as soon as the battle started, the Wang Ting army was defeated.

The army's strength was originally inferior to that of the Dongdu Army, with only about four or five hundred people, and hundreds of them were shot and killed by the Shenbi crossbow.

On the other hand, on the attacking side, thousands of cavalrymen from various tribes of the Seven Rivers were continuously landing on the shore.

The situation became one-sided and overwhelming.

However, at this critical moment, a burly man led three thousand soldiers to support.

He was wearing heavy chain mail, holding a long sword, riding a tall warhorse, and with great momentum, he killed a Seven Rivers soldier with one sword.

He shouted loudly in Khitan language to the battlefield: "The commander of the Eagle Division of the Pishi Army, the Eagle General Dahe Chuluoduo is here."

"Who dares to come and die?"

As if worried that the soldiers of the Seven Rivers Tribe would not understand the two impressive identities, Daha Chuluoduo repeated it again in Turkic.

The effect is also very obvious.

These soldiers from the Seven Rivers Tribe were indeed shocked.

Although they didn't know who Da He Chu Luoduo was, they were very familiar with the famous Pi Shi Army.

At that time, Yelu Abaoji selected a group of brave and capable soldiers from various Khitan tribes to serve as the royal guards.

Known as the Pi Shi Army.

It was the most powerful army of the Liao Dynasty, equivalent to Temujin's Qiexue Army and the Tiger Division of the Turks.

At that time, the Pi Shi Army was divided into five parts.

They are the North, South, Left, Right and Yellow Skin Room Army respectively.

During the Western Liao Dynasty, although the Pi Shi Army continued to exist, internal changes had taken place.

The original five parts were changed to six, all named after animals.

They are the Dragon Army, Tiger Army, Bear Army, Eagle Army, Iron Dove Army and Swan Army respectively.

In addition, the original Khitan people have always had a tradition that the queen has certain military power.

Therefore, Western Liao reorganized the Shancong Army under the control of the Queen into the Feng Army.

In this way, the seven Pi Shi armies became the most elite troops of Western Liao, always guarding the safety of the royal court.

But now, the Eagle Division, one of the seven Pi Shi armies, appeared on the battlefield, which indeed made many Qihe soldiers feel fearful.

After all, in their inherent impression, the Pi Shi Army has always been synonymous with strength.

What's more, this Da He Chu Luoduo also has the title of General Yingyang, which sounds even more powerful.

Under the attack of the Eagle Tribe, the Qihe Army, which had just landed, was beaten back step by step.

They soon returned to the shore, and many soldiers even turned around and fled to the north bank in order to save their lives.

But soon, crossbow arrows came towards them and instantly killed all the soldiers who were about to escape in the Ili River.

It was Chen Laojiu's Shenbi Crossbow Hundred Households Team. In addition to covering the landing of the Qihe Army on the south bank, they also served as the supervisory team.

Anyone who escapes can be shot directly without reporting.

Meanwhile, Hutu was still shouting in Turkic to the Qihe soldiers in front of him: "The commander has given an order."

"Anyone who deserts the battlefield will have their entire family executed."

"Anyone who dares to disrupt the morale of the army will have their entire family executed."

The soldiers of Qihe naturally do not have much loyalty to Dongdu, but now the northern part of Qihe has become the occupied area of ​​Dongdu Army.

Their tribal families are in the hands of the Dongdu Army.

Therefore, even if these soldiers are afraid of death and want to escape and surrender, they still have to consider the safety of their families.

Gradually, the situation on the south bank was temporarily stabilized.

Li Xiao, who was on the north bank, soon learned about the situation on the south bank.

At the same time, he also heard a name that made him think about it day and night.

"Da He Chu Luo Duo?"

"It's true that enemies often meet in a narrow road." Li Xiao suddenly laughed and whispered coldly.

A year ago, this guy was the powerful governor of Jinzhou.

Hexi Fort has to live under the control of others.

But unfortunately, this guy is a fool, or he deliberately lost the Battle of Beishan in order to get rid of the relationship with the Xiao family.

In short, the result was that Li Xiao's father died in the battle, and dozens of young and strong people in Hexi Fort died.

This blood debt must be attributed to the Karluk people, but Daha Chulodo is also not free from responsibility.

Li Xiao couldn't forget about him. What's more, this guy was engaged to Xiao Yanyan before and they almost got married.

This made Li Xiao even more unhappy with him.

"Brother, you must not let him go."

"Yes, kill him."

"That damn Dahe Chuluoduo killed so many of us in Hexi Fort, and now he's the damn general."

"Such a royal court is simply incompetent."

"Fuck him."

Behind Li Xiao, Dahu, Erhu and others shouted.

Last year, they fought many wars.

They have won many times, but they are not worth mentioning at all.

Only the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Beishan is engraved in everyone's mind.

It was as if he had suffered such great humiliation and injustice that he had to take revenge.

Looking at the excited crowd, Li Xiao looked up at the sky.

Coincidentally, at this moment, the first ray of morning sunlight fell on Li Xiao's face.

"Its daybreak."

The visibility on the river surface became clear, and the situation on the south bank could be clearly seen.

Li Xiao could even vaguely see a strong figure among the chaotic army.

"He is Oga Churado?"

"She's so ugly." Li Xiao complained secretly.

Although he also wanted to kill this guy, Li Xiao did not act rashly.

He is waiting for his chance.

An opportunity to severely damage the elite troops of the royal court on the opposite side.

The wait wasn't long.

Soon, the big tiger next to him suddenly pointed to the eastern sky.

An excited voice said, "Brother, look, it's a signal fire."

"It's a signal smoke signal."

"Commander Jiu Meng'an succeeded."

"Hahaha, great."

"This time, that son of a bitch over there can't get away."

When Li Xiao saw this, a slight smile appeared on his face and he slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

It's finally going to succeed.

Li Xiao made two preparations for this river crossing battle.

The Seven Rivers Army in front of them was just a feint, and the real killer was the Northern Navy.

They had secretly gone upstream last night.

Li Xiao made a feint attack from the front to attract all the Wang Ting troops upstream.

In this way, the Beihai Navy will cross the Ili River at the lowest cost.

Then, they advanced westward along the river, joined up with Li Xiao's main force, and attacked Wang Ting's army from the flank.

The wolf smoke was the sign that they had successfully crossed the river.

"Okay." Li Xiao laughed.

"Order all tribes in Jinzhou to cross the river."

He is now the commander-in-chief of the left-wing army and has even greater power.

Of course, within our capabilities, we will favor Jinzhou's army more.

Just like in this river crossing battle, the Qihe Army, as the last to join, had the lowest status, so Li Xiao gave them the task of frontal attack.

It seems like he is just going to die as cannon fodder.

The North Navy is a brother army and ranks second in status, so Li Xiao arranged a relatively easy task for it.

With the Qihe Army taking on the main attack from the royal court, the Northern Navy can also reduce some casualties.

Li Xiao's true subordinates, the Jinzhou Army, have the easiest task.

Follow behind and pick up the military merits directly.

It is quite similar to the style of Xiao Simo's six-academy army during the Naiman War last year.

"Woooooo~"

With the sound of low trumpets, the Jinzhou Army began to cross the river.

Directly head downstream, which is the left wing of the Wang Ting army.

At the same time, Ohga Chuluoduo received a report from the scouts on the battlefield.

"General, a cavalry unit of three to four thousand men has appeared on our flank, with the banner bearing the inscription 'Jiu Meng An'.

Upon hearing this, Da He Chu Luoduo's face suddenly changed.

"Nine fierce Anhe?"

"Why did the North Navy appear upstream?"

Then, he said angrily: "Damn it, we were fooled."

"The real crossing point of these Dongdu troops is upstream. We have been deceived by them."

Then, he looked at the Seven Rivers Army in front of him, which was still blocking the river and entangling the Wang Ting army, with a momentum of fighting with one's back to the river.

Looking at the left wing, the vanguard of the Jinzhou Army has already landed.

They were a group of soldiers wrapped in white armor.

Residual blood stains could still be seen on the armor. Each of them was holding a spear, full of murderous intent, with a fierce look in their eyes.

White armored soldiers.

Also known as the White Devil.

While Xiao Simo was inquiring about Wang Ting's movements, Wang Ting was also trying to understand Dongdu.

Da He Chu Luoduo knew the origin of this army, which was Jinzhou where he once served as the governor.

"A bunch of lowly Han people."

Ohga Izurota said angrily.

In his impression, Jinzhou Hanmin has always been an honest, low-key and trouble-making person.

But he never expected that the Jinzhou Han tribe had changed so drastically just one year after he left.

He made many military achievements on the Naiman battlefield and was invincible. He even slaughtered two tribes on the Qihe grassland and became the white devil that the Qihe herdsmen were afraid of.

All these achievements made Da He Chu Luoduo feel a surge of anger.

How come a bunch of Han Chinese pariahs are so powerful?
So much so that every military achievement made by the Jinzhou Army seemed like a mockery to Da He Chuluoduo.

"General, the Dongdu Army has already landed. We can't stop them. Let's retreat quickly."

A general said loudly that the Dongdu army was about to surround them on three sides, and now they only had one way to go, which was to go behind.

If you don't leave, it will be too late.

But Da He Chu Luoduo shook his head stubbornly, his eyes wide open, as if he wanted to eat someone, and his ferocious face roared: "No."

"We can't retreat. We haven't lost yet."

"Order the entire army to attack the left wing and destroy the Jinzhou Army."

In Ohga Churodo's opinion, the Nanakawa army in front was not a concern, and only a small number of troops needed to be left behind to block them.

The main force of the Eagle Department's Pi Shi Army will attack the Jinzhou Army on the left wing.

As long as he is defeated, the three-sided encirclement of the Dongdu Army will be completely broken, and he will be able to attack the Beihai Army on the right wing at will.

Difficult first and easy later.

"Kill him~"

Under the order of Ohga Churodo, the Eagle Department's Pi Shi Army began to attack the Jinzhou Army with all its strength.

When the morning mist cleared, the two armored torrents finally collided with each other.

Dozens of gaps suddenly appeared in front of the Jinzhou army's formation, and one hundred heavily armored cavalrymen rushed out like arrows, with the tips of their spears shining coldly in the sunlight.

Da Hechu Luoduo's pupils suddenly shrank.

"Armored cavalry?"

This scene reminded him of the Battle of Beishan last year.

The Qarluk rebels defeated his Jinzhou army with the help of one hundred armored cavalry obtained from the Naimans.

Moreover, during the Battle of Beishan last year, the Han people of Jinzhou couldn't even gather ten decent sets of armor.

At this moment, in the dust raised by the iron hooves, a whole torrent of armored vehicles was coming towards them.

This made Da He Chu Luoduo very angry.

Why does Golden State have everything once I leave?

"But don't underestimate my Pi Shi Army." Da He Chu Luoduo roared angrily.

The Pi Shi Army is the most elite force of the royal court.

The real strength lies in the extremely high armor coverage rate.

Almost 40% of the Pi Shi Army soldiers were wearing iron armor.

Although it is not fully covered like an armored cavalry, it only uses iron armor on important parts.

However, in this era, such a Pi Shi army was already able to defeat most of the nomadic cavalry.

And obviously, Ohga Churodo also believed that one hundred armored cavalry were the limit of the Jinzhou Army.

As for the so-called white-armored soldiers, they were just playing tricks and could never be a match for the Eagle Tribe Pi Shi Army under his command.

"Kill with me~"

The iron cavalry of the Pi Shi Army confronted the armored cavalry of the Jinzhou Army.

Da He Chu Luoduo led his men to encircle and suppress the rest of the troops.

As long as the light cavalry retreats, the mere one hundred heavy cavalry will be nothing more than lambs to be slaughtered.

"Go to hell~"

Da He Chu Luoduo roared and chopped down a white-armored soldier with the long sword in his hand.

Under this powerful force, the white-armored soldier was chopped and flew away.

But what shocked Ohga Chuluo was.

He was unable to cut through the armor, but only chopped the outer cotton cloth, and the blade could not cut into it at all.

"Armor plate?"

Oga Izurota opened his eyes wide and said in shock.

It turns out that this armor only looks soft and is just a layer of cloth.

But there was actually a layer of iron sheet wrapped inside.

No wonder it was spread as such a horror by the various tribes of the Seven Rivers.

"damn it."

"It's troublesome."

Da He Chu Luoduo changed into a pair of iron bones and continued to fight, but he felt an inexplicable gloom in his heart.

The reason why the Pi Shi Army is so powerful compared to other nomadic tribes is because of its armor rate.

But now, the White Armor Army is also wearing iron armor, and its defense is no weaker than the Pi Shi Army's semi-iron armor.

This made Da He Chu Luoduo have a bad feeling about this war.

If the Pi Shi Army fails to quickly defeat the Jinzhou Army in front, it will be in danger when the Beihai Army behind it surrounds it.

At this moment, Da Hechu Luoduo suddenly heard a loud roar coming from a distance.

"You bastard Da He, do you recognize me, Li Xiao from Jinzhou?"

Da He Chu Luoduo looked up and saw a group of white-armored cavalry in the distance, like sharp spears, tearing through the Pi Shi army's defense line and charging straight towards Da He Chu Luoduo.

The leader was a general who was wrapped in white armor, tightly covering his body with only a young face showing.

Those cold eyes were like a pair of sharp swords, filled with murderous intent, pointing directly at Da He Chu Luoduo.

(End of this chapter)