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Chapter 24 Active Attack

In the early morning, in the Xia army camp in the Oluoha City, after a day of rest, the originally tired Xia army was refreshed at this time. In the central army's tent, Li Liangzuo summoned all the generals and lieutenants. Although the Xia army achieved a decisive victory in this battle, Li Liangzuo did not have the idea of ​​stopping the war. On the contrary, Li Liangzuo planned to take the initiative to attack the Liao army.

"My generals, I have received the exact information yesterday. Yelu Chongyuan has retreated to the Heishan area to gather the defeated army. In addition, Xiao Dadan, the leader of the Baidadan tribe, has led the remaining 20,000 cavalry back to his hometown north of Yinshan. What do you think of this?" Li Liangzuo said to everyone.

"Your Majesty, although our army won this time, the Liao army still has the power to fight. The last general means that we will enter the territory of the Liao army and eliminate all the Liao army west of the Yellow River." Li Yi said with great enthusiasm.

"Yes, yes...kill him a turtle son..."

Li Liangzuo almost laughed when he heard the Sichuan dialect in Xixia accent. He cleared his throat and said to everyone: "It is necessary to take the initiative. Are you talking about the specific action plan?"

Jila Siyi stood up and said, "The last general thought we should attack the Heishan camp of the Liao army first, and it is best to capture Yelu Chongyuan alive. In this way, the Liao army has lost its military commander. As the saying goes, capturing the thief first."

"The general rule is reasonable. Yelu Chongyuan is surrounded by elite Liao army. As long as they are destroyed, there will be no soldiers and horses in the west of Datong..."

"Yes, we must annihilate these turtle sons..."

Li Liangzuo looked at the hotly discussed generals below and said to everyone: "All the generals are saying good things, but your appetite is too small. In this battle, I will not only destroy the remaining troops in Yelu Chongyuan's Heishan camp, but also annihilated the Baidadan tribe. I will bring the three western states of Youyun into the territory of our Daxia Kingdom."

All the generals were surprised to hear that Li Liangzuo had such a big appetite. Jila Siyi immediately stood up and said to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, now that the mountain is covered with heavy snow, our army's logistics food and grass cannot be transported in at all. In such a large-scale battle, it is impossible to not have enough logistics reserves. I will ask Your Majesty to think twice."

"The general is worried about it. This is a once-in-a-lifetime fighter opportunity. After our army penetrated into the Liao territory, we can use war to support all the supplies we can collect on the spot. I have decided that the generals don't have to persuade them." Li Liangzuo said decisively.

"I will follow Your Majesty's Imperial Order..."

"Okay, our army is divided into two groups in this battle. The Northern Army was led by General Jila and 20,000 iron cavalry to pacify Baidadan's troops. All adult men were killed, and women were sent to slaves. The Eastern Army was led by me personally, and 40,000 iron cavalry after annihilated the remaining troops of Yelu Chongyuan, captured Tiande, Yunnei and Dongsheng three prefectures." Li Liangzuo issued a loud military order.

"The last general takes the order..."

This time, the Xia army took the initiative to attack, focusing on fast mobile combat, so each person was equipped with two war horses, and each person had three war horses. In the battle the day before yesterday, Li Liangzuo wiped out all the 30,000 heavy armored cavalry of the Liao army, and the armor, weapons and horses obtained allowed Li Liangzuo to expand the heavy armored cavalry to more than 10,000. This time, the Northern Army had three thousand heavy armored cavalry and the Eastern Army had seven thousand heavy armored cavalry following him.

After two hours of rapid progress, the army arrived at Yelu Chongyuan's camp at the foot of the Black Mountains. At this time, Yelu Chongyuan had less than 50,000 troops and horses, and his weapons and armor were not complete. When Li Liangzuo led his army to arrive, the Liao army was withdrawing to the south.

Yelu Chongyuan never expected that Li Liangzuo would dare to take the initiative and lead his army deep into the territory of the Great Liao. At this time, the Liao army had no fighting spirit and fled south in the snow. Less than a hundred miles south of the Liao army's Heishan Camp, it was Tiande City, an important town on the border of the Liao Kingdom in Xia and Liao.

"Report... to your Majesty, the Liao army is fleeing south." The scout came to Li Liangzuo to report.

"Map." Li Liangzuo said as he was looking at the map on the horse. "To the south is Tiande City, the important city of the Liao army, and he ordered the army to be wiped out before the remaining soldiers of the Liao army entered Tiande City."

"As for orders..."

Winter was not suitable for fighting, and Li Liangzuo chased him all the way, with the corpses of the Liao army all over the ground. These people were frozen to death, some even turned into popsicles, and many of the Xia army were frozen to death and frostbite. However, this did not change Li Liangzuo's attitude towards the Liao army. The Xia cavalry chased the Liao army reluctantly.

Both legs could never run four hooves, and the Xia army's cavalry quickly caught up with the Liao army's rear-end troops. The Liao army was already hungry and cold, but now it was chased by the Xia army, so the Liao army was powerless to resist. In addition, Yelu Chongyuan did not expect the Xia army to dare to attack boldly, so when the Xia army was raided, Yelu Chongyuan could not stop the effective defense at all.

After one battle, most of the 50,000 remaining soldiers of the Liao army were annihilated, and the rest were all captured by the Xia army. Yelu Chongyuan led dozens of cavalry to escape to Tiande City; Tiande City was the largest military stronghold of the Liao Kingdom on the border between Xia and Liao. Usually, there were 25,000 troops alone in Tiande City, but during this expedition to Xia, Yelu Chongyuan had almost all the Tiande Army, and at this time there were only one thousand old and weak guarding the city.

"Report... to Your Majesty, you did not find Yelu Chongyuan. Beizheng found the horse's hoof seal in front of you." The captain came to Li Liangzuo to report.

Under the leadership of the lieutenant, Li Liangzuo came to the horse's hoof seal and looked at the clear horse's hoof seal on the ground. Li Liangzuo said: "Looking at the direction of the horse's hoof seal, Yelu Chongyuan must have fled to Tiande City. It's too late to chase after him..."

"Your Majesty, can we just let this turtle grandson go..."

"Without letting him go, there is no such thing as this. I ordered the army to rush to Tiande City at full speed and told my brothers whether they want to freeze to death in the snow tonight, so I will take the city down."

"As for orders..."

"Li Yi, pass on my will, and after the city is broken, all those who resist will be killed, please do not care..."

"Yes, the last general will take the order."

With the order of Li Liangzuo, 40,000 Xia army cavalry came straight to Tiande City. Yelu Chongyuan just fled into the city and heard the report from his subordinates that the Xia army had already arrived at Tiande City.

"Damn it, can you let people live? This butt is not hot yet! Xia Jun chased him..." Yelu Chongyuan cursed.

"King, there are only a thousand old, weak, sick and disabled in the city. They are not the opponent of the Xia army at all. Let's run away quickly! It's too late." The deputy general persuaded Yelu Chongyuan.

Yelu Chongyuan pulled over the report and asked viciously: "Tell me quickly, how many Xia army are there?"

The whistle cavalry had already been scared and said tremblingly: "There are Xia soldiers all over the mountains and fields, and at least 100,000 people..."

"Impossible, where did the Xia army get so many soldiers?" Yelu Chongyuan asked with his eyes wide open.

The deputy general continued to persuade Yelu Chongyuan: "King, even if the Xia army does not have 100,000, there are 50,000. The Xia army attacks the city with the momentum of victory, and our army cannot resist at all. The king should leave quickly!"

"Go and gather all the horses in the city and bring enough food. We rushed to Qinghe City overnight." Yelu Chongyuan ordered.
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