Chapter 21 The Battle of Ora Child City
In the evening, on the wall east of the city wall on the east side of the Oluohai City, Li Liangzuo looked at the Liao army's camp in the sun. Looking at the boundless tents of the Liao army, Li Liangzuo felt a little numb; the Khitans were nomadic and had strong combat power, and they were the most powerful military group on the land of China in this era. Now Li Liangzuo still had to fight with such a powerful opponent with a disadvantaged force, so he naturally felt unsure.
"Your Majesty, you have been standing here for more than an hour. It's dark. Let's go back!" Li Yi walked to Li Liangzuo and said.
Li Liangzuo looked at the brightly lit Liao army camp under the city and said, "Li Yi, do you think I can win this battle?"
"I believe that Your Majesty will definitely defeat the enemy." Li Yi said firmly.
Li Liangzuo said with a wry smile: "Li Yi, do you know? We not only want to win this battle, but also win beauty. Only in this way can we suppress the villains in the court; and the 50,000 army must be firmly controlled by my hands. With these 50,000 elite troops, I, Li Liangzuo, can be invincible."
It turned out that in addition to fighting with the Liao army, Li Liangzuo was mostly targeting the 50,000 elite army. These 50,000 troops were originally led by the Wuzang family. With this army, Wuzang Epang could firmly control the government. Now that Li Liangzuo brought this army to the battlefield, it would be equivalent to making Wuzang Epang lose his support. As long as Li Liangzuo completely controls this army and returns to Xingqing Prefecture, it would be equivalent to the Wuzang family's rule over the Western Xia collapsed half of the sky.
Li Yi never expected that Li Liangzuo would think so. Although he knew Li Liangzuo's idea, Li Yi was still very worried about the overall situation of the battle. After all, everything could happen in an instant, not to mention that the Liao army's elite troops were opposite.
The tense atmosphere of the war made Li Liangzuo unable to sleep all night. In the central army tent, Li Liangzuo looked at a sheepskin map alone and continued to practice on the ground. However, Li Liangzuo gradually found that he was no match for the Liao army no matter what. Both sides did not have the advantage of the troops, weapons, equipment, or even the right time, place, people and Li Liangzuo were not in the upper hand.
After thinking about it, Li Liangzuo had only one way to defeat the Liao army, which was to win by surprise. The most critical battle with the Liao army this time was the first battle. If the first battle was won, it would be easy to talk about it in the future. If the first battle was defeated, the Xia army would probably collapse thousands of miles away, and the entire Hetao would fall under the iron hoof of the Liao army.
In the early morning, Li Liangzuo walked out of the tent with blood in his eyes. The soldiers outside the tent had already started to bury the pot and cook. For many people, this might be the last time they had eaten in their lives. Li Liangzuo came to the sergeant who was eating and sat down. The soldiers seemed terrified and terrified.
Li Liangzuo smiled and said to the sergeant: "Go and get another bowl of rice, and you can give it to me for this bowl!"
The soldier looked at Li Liangzuo in shock for a while, and then said loudly: "Yes."
Soon, the news that Emperor Li Liangzuo and the soldiers had dinner together spread throughout the military camp. There was a world of difference between the generals and ordinary soldiers in ancient times. The generals had their own small kitchens, not to mention that Li Liangzuo was also the emperor. Eating with ordinary soldiers was a great honor for the soldiers.
At this time, many soldiers gathered around Li Liangzuo. Li Liangzuo looked at the food in the bowl. The food in the military camp was actually very bad. Each person had a large bowl of brown rice in the bowl, covered with some pickled pickles, and a large piece of fat meat. This fat meat was not available every meal, and the soldiers could only eat a piece of fat meat before the war.
"My mother! It's really His Majesty and our group of Qiu Bas have dinner together! If I go back to the village and tell my family that I have eaten with the emperor, my aunt will definitely not believe it." A veteran looked at Li Liangzuo with his eyes curled up and murmured.
Li Liangzuo pulled a few bites of rice and saw that everyone was looking at him, and said vaguely, "What are you watching me? Everyone, have a meal! After we finish eating, we have to do the turtle grandsons of the Liao Kingdom!"
As soon as Li Liangzuo finished speaking, the soldiers burst into laughter. At this moment, these ordinary soldiers felt that the emperor was so approachable. Since Li Liangzuo said he wanted to eat quickly, these soldiers naturally did not dare to neglect them. They all used their strength to fill their mouths. Li Liangzuo felt infinite comfort when he looked at these simple soldiers.
"Brothers, do you think we can win this battle?" Li Liangzuo asked the soldiers around him.
"We will definitely win and drive the Liao people back to their hometown..."
"Beat him a grandson..."
"Hahaha……"
Li Liangzuo did not expect that his swear words would become the general term for the Liao army in the future. After eating with his soldiers, Li Liangzuo personally beat the drums and gathered the generals. With the sound of "dong, dong, dong...", all the soldiers in the Oluohai City gathered at the school ground.
Li Liangzuo said to the soldiers at the tall school platform: "Brothers, outside the city is the 200,000 army of the Liao Kingdom. They invaded our Daxia Kingdom and wanted to kill our relatives, plunder our wives and daughters, and occupy our fields. Do you agree?"
"Don't agree...Don't agree..."
"Okay, they are all iron-minded men. I don't say much nonsense. Everyone in this battle, including me, has advancement and no retreat. You retreat. I will kill you. I will retreat. I will kill you. I will retreat. The only goal of this battle is to kill the Liao army... Kill, kill, kill..."
"Kill, kill, kill..."
Li Liangzuo's words immediately made the morale of the 80,000 Xia army soared, and shouts of killing soared into the sky. Among the 80,000 troops under Li Liangzuo were heavy armored cavalry, iron kite, 60,000 light cavalry, 7,000 crossbowmen, and 10,000 infantry.
Since this battle was a cavalry duel, Li Liangzuo took away all the light and heavy cavalry, and there were five thousand crossbowmen. Only 12,000 elderly, weak, sick and disabled people were left in the city. Li Liangzuo can basically be said to have come out in full swing.
Outside the city of Oluohai, at the foot of Yinshan, Li Liangzuo led a 70,000 army to seize the advantageous terrain and lined up with Yinshan. Although the Liao army did not have the advantage in the terrain, it was crowded with people. The Xia and Liao armies lined up at the foot of Yinshan, and the two sides were at odds and could start a war at any time.
"Your Majesty, the formation of the Xia army is so strange. It actually lets the light cavalry take the lead. The heavy armored cavalry is behind. This is not consistent with common sense!" The deputy general said to Yelu Chongyuan.
Yelu Chongyuan smiled and said to the deputy general: "I heard that the commander of the Xia army this time was Li Liangzuo, the king of the Western Xia Kingdom. He didn't even have a single hair, and he didn't know how to fight. In this battle, I will win the Great Liao Dynasty. I will be ordered to capture the king of the Western Xia Kingdom alive, and be rewarded with a thousand gold medals, promoted to three levels, and be granted the title of Marquis of Wanhu."
"The king has an order that those who capture the king of Xixia will be rewarded with a thousand gold medals and will be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Houses..."
Li Liangzuo smiled when he heard the shouts of the Liao army camp. Jila Siyi next to him suggested to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, should we adjust the formation and place the heavily armored cavalry in front?"
"No, General Jila please believe my judgment." Li Liangzuo said seriously with a serious expression; "Li Yi asked the soldiers to shout, "Those who capture Yelu Chongyuan alive will be rewarded with one tael of silver, one cattle and one sheep."
"This... Your Majesty has given too little reward!" Li Yi said.
Chapter completed!