Chapter 141 Datong Offense and Defense (1)
Three months later, Yelu Renxian had retreated here in the camp of Yelu Renxian in Baidengshan, Datong. In these three months, Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Renxian fought three relatively large battles. These three battles were all around Yelu Renxian's new defense line. The two basically tied in these three battles.
Yelu Renxian's new defense line is based on Baidengshan as the core, and the defense line is arranged on Qingpi Road in the north and south direction. This is the defense line in the north. In Yingzhou in the south, Xiao Yuanshan relies on Yingzhou City as the core and sets up defense line in Longshou Mountain as the basis. Both defense lines occupy an absolute geographical advantage, and are basically the same as Li Liangzuo's speculation at the beginning.
Relying on Datong Prefecture and Yingzhou, Yelu Renxian's defense line can be said to be as solid as a rock, which is also an important reason why Yelu Chongyuan could not conquer Xijing Datong as soon as possible. In order to conquer Xijing Datong as soon as possible, Yelu Chongyuan placed his camp in Changqing, and Zheng Hun of the Southern Army was supplemented and placed his camp in Hunyuan. However, Zheng Hun had more defense but insufficient attack.
In addition, the distance between the two armies is a bit far, so they cannot form effective cooperation. This is also an important reason why Yelu Chongyuan did not conquer Datong. The longer the time delays, the more unfavorable the situation is for Yelu Chongyuan. Recently, Yelu Hongji from the north has sent troops south, and the original harassment has gradually turned into an attack, which greatly increased the pressure on Yelu Chongyuan.
In the camp of the Liao army in Changqing, a young prince in a python robe rushed over with more than a hundred cavalrymen. This person was Yelu Chongyuan's son, Yelu Mu, the king of Yan. Yelu Mu held the war horse under Yelu Chongyuan's tent, turned over and dismounted, threw it to the reins and threw it to the guards next to him and walked into the tent.
After entering the tent, Yelu Mu knelt on one knee and bowed to Yelu Chongyuan and said, "My son, Yelu Mu, paying homage to his father, long live the father, long live, long live, long live."
When Yelu Chongyuan saw that his son was coming, he quickly walked down from his dragon throne and said with a smile: "Mu'er, why are you here? Why did you come here before your injuries have healed?"
Yelu Mu stood up, patted his chest hard and said with a smile: "Father, don't worry! The child's injury has been healed long ago, and it's no longer a serious injury."
"Okay." Yelu Chongyuan said with a laugh, "Why worry about the great harmony that has not been broken when my tiger comes?"
Yelu Mu asked Yelu Chongyuan with a serious expression: "Father, it's been three months now, why haven't my father conquered Datong yet?"
"Oh!" Yelu Chongyuan sighed and said, "Yelu Ren first leaned against Datong, built defense lines along Qingpi Road to occupy a good location, and Xiao Yuanshan echoed it in Yingzhou. This Datong is as solid as a god, and this battle is not easy to fight!"
"Is there really no way for Father?" Yelu Mu asked Yelu Chongyuan again.
Yelu Chongyuan replied: "There is one way, but I don't dare to attack easily!"
Yelu Mu asked on the spot and said, "My son is willing to take the order to go."
Yelu Chongyuan was overjoyed and said, "Okay, I'm waiting for this sentence. Why do I fear Yelu Renxian if I have a tiger?"
"Father, tell me! How do you want my son to fight?" Yelu Mu asked Yelu Chongyuan.
Yelu Chongyuan walked to the map and said to Yelu Mu: "Mu'er, Datong and Yingzhou are more than 100 miles apart. The cavalry can arrive within one day, and can echo each other and serve as a supporter. Therefore, if you want to break through Datong, you must cut off the connection between Datong and Yingzhou."
"What is Father meant to take Huairen?" Yelu Mu asked boldly.
Yelu Chongyuan said, "It's true that Huairen is located between Datong and Yingzhou. It is the only way to the two places. As long as our army can occupy Huairen, the one-character snake formation that Yelu Ren first set up to defend Datong will be broken, and Huairen is the seven inches of this formation;
But Yelu Renxian is not a fool. He cannot not know the importance of Huairen. He must have heavy troops in Huairenbu. Once attacked, Datong and Yingzhou will inevitably send troops to reinforce. Mu'er's battle is very dangerous. If there is a slight mistake, he will probably be surrounded by Huairen's city!"
Yelu Mu bowed firmly and said, "Father, my son is confident that he can take Huairen, please give orders."
Yelu Chongyuan patted Yelu Mu on the shoulder and said, "My son is brave. I will send you to this battle. I will give you 30,000 cavalry. If you can't capture Huairen for a while, Muer, you must withdraw as soon as possible, do you know?"
"Yes, my son is obeying the emperor's decree." Yelu Mu took over the military order.
Then Yelu Chongyuan ordered: "The person who came will call Yan Shu to me."
Not long after, Yan Shu came to the central army tent. After entering the tent, Yan Shu bowed to Yelu Chongyuan and said, "Last general Yan Shu, pay homage to Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty."
"I'm sorry, please come up." Yelu Chongyuan said to Yan Shu; "I'm going to order you as the deputy general and lead 30,000 cavalry to follow the King of Yan to raid Huairen."
"The last general takes the order." Yan Shu took over the military order.
Yelu Mu looked at Yan Shu, then asked Yan Shu, "You are a Han Chinese."
"Yes." Yan Shu replied immediately; "The last general is indeed a Han person."
Yelu Mu then said to Yelu Chongyuan: "Father, it's enough for the kid to go this battle by himself. It's not a burden to bring a Han man."
"Shut up." Yelu Chongyuan scolded Yelu Mu and said, "How can we make fun of marching and fighting? Since I have issued an order, you two must firmly implement it. If you can't take Huairen down, you two will come to see you."
"Yes, my son will receive the order." The two of them took over the imperial edict and said.
As Yelu Chongyuan said, Yelu Renxian arranged a one-character snake formation, and this seven-inch support was indeed in Huairen. Yelu Renxian also knew the importance of Huairen, so he strengthened the city defense and stationed 10,000 heavy troops. It can be said that Huairen protected as solid as a solid foundation. Once Huairen was attacked, Datong and Yingzhou would be like snake heads and snake tails, and rolled in the middle and could eat all the enemies that were attacking Huairen.
At this time, Yelu Renxian, who was in the camp on Baidengshan Mountain, was also worried. Three months had passed, and the food and grass in Datong were about to bottom out. If you want to continue to fight, you must want to buy a large amount of food and grass in Xixia. However, Xixia raised the price of food very high, so Yelu Ren was heartbroken when he first paid for the food.
"I will pay homage to the prince at the end." After Yelu Xin entered the tent, he bowed to Yelu Ren first.
"Xin'er, get up!" Yelu Renxian said to Yelu Xin; "How is it? Is there any news ahead?"
"Everything is normal. The child thought Yelu Chongyuan should have wanted to drag us down." Yelu Xin said to Yelu Renxian; "Now our food and grass are tight enough for ten days. Uncle, you should think of a solution quickly!"
"Bang!" Yelu Renxian slapped the commander's desk with a palm and said angrily; "Li Liangzuo, this despicable villain, sooner or later, I will deal with him with my own hands."
Yelu Xin said to Yelu Renxian: "Uncle, now is not the time to get angry. Now our army can only obtain food and grass from Xixia. If we offend Li Liangzuo, we may even have our own retreat."
Chapter completed!