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Chapter 236 Against the Khitan Army

When we learned that the Uighurs had fully agreed to the three conditions proposed by Liu Ji, welcoming the remaining Uighurs and herdsmen on the grassland, the ten cavalry battalions of the Dai'an Army, which were more than 100,000 cavalrymen, slowly split from the middle, revealing a passage of about fifty steps.

Then the remaining Uighur army and herdsmen passed quickly through the formation of 100,000 cavalry in the Dai'an army. Uighur Khan Kurban, the right wise king Shamushak and more than a dozen Uighur army generals, came to the four cavalry commanders, Su Lie, Yang Zaixing, Zhou Kai and Huaxiong. As for the other six cavalry commanders, they were in the cavalry formation at this time.

It turned out that the envoy sent by the Uighur tribe to Chengyin City followed the Uighur Khan Kurban and introduced to each other: "General Su, this is the Khan of our Uighur tribe! The Khan, this is General Su Lie under General Liu Ji, and is the commander of the 100,000 Dai'an cavalry here!"

Uighur Khan Kurban rode on the horse, bowed and said with a smile: "The name of Khan is Kurban, General Su Lie, I'm lucky to meet you!"

Su Lie also rode on the horse and bowed his hands with a smile and said, "I am the commander Su Lie under General Liu Ji. I have seen Kurban Khan and asked Kurban Khan to lead the team to continue to move southwest. My lord has sent people to prepare a lot of food ten miles away based on this, enough for 130,000 people to eat for two days. As for the Khitan pursuers, it will be blocked by the 100,000 cavalry of our Dai'an Army."

When he heard that Su Lie was just a commander under Liu Ji, the Uighur Khan Kurban flashed his surprise expression. Kurban knew the military system of Jin very well and knew that the commander was just a deputy general and had not reached the level of a general. A general in Jin could command about 3,000 soldiers, but the commander named Su Lie in front of him could command 100,000 cavalry. What was the situation?

Then he heard Su Lie say that in the ten miles ahead, Liu Ji had sent people to prepare food for 130,000 people for two days. Kurban couldn't help but smile bitterly. Now there are only 37,000 people left in the entire Uighur army, and only more than 78,000 people left in the remaining old, young, women and children. The total number of Uighur people is only more than 115,000. Compared with the total population before the war with the Khitans, more than half of it has been lost.

Uighur Khan Kurban nodded to Su Lie and said, "Thank you General Liu Ji for your thoughts. According to the information brought back by our scouts, the Khitans chased us more than 100,000 cavalry, and it is only dozens of miles away from here. We should soon be chased over. The Khan is willing to lead our Uighur cavalry and meet the enemy with General Liu Ji's cavalry!"

Su Lie exchanged glances with Yang Zaixing, Zhou Kai and Hua Xiong beside him, and then smiled and said to the Uighur Khan Kurban: "Now that the Khitan pursuers are coming, Su Lie will not be polite to Khan Khan. Please select 20,000 Uighur Khan as soon as possible and prepare to cooperate with our 100,000 Dai'an cavalry to fight the Khitan army that is pursuing!"

Su Lie paused and continued: "Khan Kurban, there is one thing that must be explained first. Su is in charge of this battle. Please ask Khan Khan to act according to Su's orders, otherwise Su would have to offend him. After all, the military law is ruthless!"

The Uighur Khan Kurban nodded seriously and said, "Don't worry, this battle was originally the Khan and our Uighur cavalry, but the orders of Su Duwei are followed!"

At noon on September 4, 426, the 100,000 cavalry of the Dai'an army and 20,000 Uighur cavalry had just had lunch, and the Khitan pursuers appeared. The Dai'an army and Uighur cavalry immediately set up a formation on the grassland and prepared to fight the aggressive Khitan army.

Yelu Amu, the right-Xin King of Khitan, had long learned from the Khitan scout that the general named Liu Ji of Jin not only took in the remaining Uighur tribes into the grassland under his control, but also assembled at least 100,000 cavalry and joined forces with tens of thousands of Uighur cavalry to prepare to fight the Khitan army under his command. He couldn't help but be furious.

Liu Ji's actions were equivalent to attacking the face of the Khitan tribe. Yelu Amu, the Right King of Khitan, was determined to teach the ignorant general of Jin a lesson. Don't think that you dare to challenge the Khitan tribe's power if you defeat a group of mobs on the grassland!

Yelu Amu's eldest son Yelu Bayi saw the orderly Dai'an cavalry opposite, and he couldn't help but say to the right-sin king Yelu Amu with some concern: "Father, the Great Jin Jiuhu gathered at least 100,000 cavalry here, and the Uighurs' tens of thousands of cavalry have surpassed us in terms of military strength. Should we give up the pursuit of the Uighurs? After all, with the Great Jin Jiuhu's soldiers, it is unlikely that we can destroy the Uighurs."

At this time, Yelu Amu's second son Yelu Chagan also urged the horse to come to Yelu Amu and said, "Father, what the elder brother said makes sense. The army under his father had lost more than 25,000 people in the previous battle with the Uighurs and the pursuit of the Uighurs. If we fight with the cavalry of the Great Jin Jiuhu today, our losses will increase. My father will not make such a great sacrifice for the Uighurs!"

Yelu Amu's third son Yelu Menghe also advised: "Father, now it's a bit of trouble. The soldiers of the Great Jin Jiuhu have also joined this whirlpool. This is something we had never expected before. Even if we return to the Great Khan Yelu Dilie, we have a remark, so the Great Khan has no reason to accuse his father. After all, what the Great Khan said was not working well, and some people still jumped out on the grassland to help the Uighurs!"

There are more than a dozen sons of Khitan Right Xin King Yelu Amu, and five of them are already adults. This time, Yelu Amu only brought three of them. These three sons were outstanding in both martial arts and wisdom. This is also one of the reasons why the Khitan Khan Yelu Dilie was a little concerned about Yelu Amu, the king of Youxin King Yelu.

After hearing the words of his three sons, Yelu Amu pondered for a moment and said, "No matter what, one of the sons of the Great Khan Yelu Dilie died at the hands of the Uighurs. With this alone, we Khitans and the Uighurs will never die! Now that the Great Jin Jiuhu dared to take in the remaining Uighurs' troops and herdsmen, which is equivalent to challenging us Khitans. If I retreat in shame today with more than 100,000 troops, then where is my face? Where is our Khitans' majesty?"
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