Chapter 361 The Battle of Taros (1)
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In addition to letting go, the most important reason why Li Liangzuo asked to lead his troops in person was to shock the various tribes within the Black Khan Dynasty. Although Li Liangzuo basically controls the entire Black Khan Dynasty, he really controls all major cities, and they are also important towns on the Silk Road. He has no control over those nomadic tribes. The big reason is that nomadic peoples have no place to live, and the absolute rights of the tribe chiefs. These nomadic tribes have always been a potential threat to Li Liangzuo. Once the Xia army fights the Serbian army to a decisive battle, these seemingly weak nomadic tribes are likely to become decisive forces.
Li Liangzuo hoped to eliminate the thunder cavalry and Shi people through the Battle of Talas, so as to achieve the purpose of shocking the nomadic tribes in the Western Regions. Therefore, Li Liangzuo decided to kill the chicken and use the ox knife, and personally took charge of the troops to lead the troops. Before Li Liangzuo left, he needed to redeploy the Xia army. The most important thing was who would hand over the 300,000 troops to command before Li Liangzuo left. These more than 300,000 troops were the elite Li Liangzuo of the Great Xia Kingdom. Li Liangzuo must hand over to someone he could absolutely trust.
Logically speaking, Li Wu is the most suitable candidate in Li Liangzuo's heart, but now Li Wu's life and death are unknown. Xiao Zhuozi is Li Liangzuo's confidant minister. Unfortunately, he is a eunuch and cannot lead the troops. The remaining candidates are Li Yanzong, Li Yi, Jila Yonger, Feng Fu and An Qinggui.
After some careful consideration, Li Liangzuo said to Xiao Zhuozi: "Send someone to bring Li Yanzong and Li Yixuan."
"Yes, the slave takes the order..."
After Xiao Zhuozi took the order and left, Li Liangzuo looked at the map of the entire Western Region with his hands behind his back. The various forces marked the territory of the entire Black Khan Dynasty very clearly. Through the map, it can be found that the situation was not good for the situation in the Great Xia Kingdom. Because Li Liangzuo was too greedy and did not make sufficient preparations, all the problems of the Xia army were finally exposed. The 600,000 Xia army that carried out the Western Expedition can now be said to be divided into three parts.
The first part is the main force of the Xia army stationed on the Honghe defense line. This army has 400,000 people and is the elite of the Xia army.
The second part is the 100,000 Xia army stationed in Yutian and other places. This Xia army was led by King Li Bingchang of the Deed. It was the reserve force prepared by Li Liangzuo for himself and the last force to support the battlefield.
The third part is the defenders stationed in various cities along the line and Li Wu and others who entered the enemy territory. The combined force of this part is less than 100,000 troops, and the forces are scattered in various places. Among them, the Xia army troops stationed in various cities are to ensure the supply line of the Xia army's rear, while Li Wu and others who entered the enemy territory are now unknown in their lives. If they can really penetrate the enemy territory, their purpose of combat is to destroy the logistics supply of the Serbian army.
Now, after Li Liangzuo was able to move these three forces of the Xia army, the 400,000 troops stationed on the Honghe defense line did not have an absolute advantage in decisive battle strength compared with the Sughe army. Now Li Liangzuo has to draw another 100,000 troops to attack the Tuqi Shi headquarters; the Xia army's forces on the Honghe defense line will inevitably become empty. If the Sughe army launches an attack at this time, the Xia army will face the danger of attacking both sides. The final result is likely to cause the defeat of the entire Honghe defense line, which is definitely something Li Liangzuo does not want to see.
"The last general Li Yanzong meets His Majesty..."
Li Liangzuo came back to his senses and looked at the two of them and said, "All up! You all know the matter! I don't say much nonsense. Now the situation is urgent. I will lead a 100,000 army north tonight. After I leave, the 300,000 army on the entire Honghe defense line will be handed over to you. I appointed Li Yanzong as the commander and Li Yi as the deputy commander. After I leave, you two will replace me with the 300,000 elite troops who commanded me;
I give you the right to act cheaply. You can kill you first and then report anything. Although I lead the troops away, the flag of the commander will stay in the camp to confuse the enemy. You two directly exercise your power on behalf of me, and don't let anyone know that I have led the army to leave. Do you understand?"
"The last general understands, but Your Majesty, leaving the 100,000 troops will inevitably attract the attention of the secret spies of the Serbian army. What excuses will His Majesty lead the troops away?"
"The news of Talas cannot be hidden for too long. Instead of hiding it like this, it is better to publish it. My 100,000 troops are to attack the Tuqi Shiren, but the commander on the surface is not me, but Xiao Zhuozi; so 'when it is true and true' can only confuse Maliksha."
"It's still your Majesty's wiseness, and he's thinking so thoroughly."
"Okay, don't flatter me anymore; after I leave, our defense line will become empty. It is too difficult to defend all such a long defense line, so after I leave, all the Honghe defense lines will be adjusted immediately, and all the troops originally deployed in the river bank will be withdrawn. With the camp as the fulcrum, one camp will be set up on each side of the north and south sides. The three camps will form a support force. If the attack of the CAD army crosses the river depends on the situation, they can first "hit half the cross"; if there is no chance that the army will defend the three camps and support each other, and wait for my reinforcements to reach, I will be back in at most half a month."
"Yes, the last general will take the order."
Li Liangzuo's redeployment on the Honghe defense line can be said to have completely changed the original attacking situation of the Xia army; the Xia army originally deployed a considerable number of troops to patrol and maneuver on the river bank, and once there was a chance, they would cross the river to fight. If the battle went smoothly, the Xia army's follow-up troops would quickly cross the Honghe River and launch a large-scale attack.
But now, Li Liangzuo has changed his offensive posture and turned to defense, and it is not a comprehensive defense but a focus on defense. For Li Liangzuo, since the Honghe defense line lacks a hundred thousand troops, it is already quite inappropriate to use Honghe as a "moat". All Li Liangzuo has to do is to protect his bridgehead along the Honghe River.
After explaining everything, Li Liangzuo led a 100,000 army to secretly leave the Xia army camp that night. Although Li Liangzuo left secretly, he was discovered by the spies of the Serbian army just left the camp. Of course, all this was expected by Li Liangzuo. Most of the people led by Li Liangzuo to go north this time were light cavalry, and only a small part were heavy cavalry. The purpose of this was to increase the mobility of the troops.
The Xia army's transition speed was very fast. In just three days, it marched for more than 1,000 miles and reached a place less than a hundred miles away from Talas City. This place is now the sphere of influence of the Tukha Shi people. The Tukha Shikhan Pontler has moved the Khan to Talas City. In Pontler's view, Princess Xia is confronting the Serbian army and has no time to take care of him. Moreover, after the Xia army and the Serbian army decided the victory, Pontler had long pacified other forces around and established the Tukha Shikhan Kingdom.
But the Xia army came too fast, much faster than Pontler imagined. As soon as Li Liangzuo arrived at the sphere of influence in Talas City, he began to massacre the Tuqishi tribes around Talas City. Of course, there were some innocent people among them, but Li Liangzuo could no longer care about so many people. Now for Li Liangzuo, he was just using iron-blooded means to shock the nomadic tribes in the entire Western Regions and make them completely surrender to the feet of the Xia army.
Chapter completed!