Chapter 1224 Master Wang Has Arrived

On December 10, the province of Shu was approaching the border of Xixia.

As soon as the news came that the Tuo Lei army had defeated the main force of the Xixia army outside the city of Xingqing, Li Mu, the commander of the Flying Bear Army, decisively ordered the first army to enter Xixia quietly.

What Li Mu hit was a time difference.

At this time, Li Yuanhao, the emperor of Xixia, neither asked Daxia for help, nor did Ouyang Shuo issue a military order.

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Li Yuanhao is not an emperor who is willing to admit defeat easily.

In the next few days, Tuo Lei gave up his plan to attack the city, and led his troops to pursue Yeli Wangrong's troops fiercely. In the wilderness battle, this is what the Mongolian cavalry is best at.

The menacing Xixia army, after being slapped in the face, was chased and killed by the enemy non-stop. They didn't even have time to catch their breath. They couldn't enter the city or return to their homes. It was extremely aggrieved.

Tuo Lei is obviously very smart and flexible in his use of troops. After successfully ambush the enemy, he immediately changed his combat strategy from attacking the city to destroying the enemy's vital forces.

As long as the main force of the Xixia Army is wiped out, how many days will the Xingqing Mansion last?

Every day is a huge torment for Xingqing Mansion.

Seeing the army outside the city being eaten up by Mongolian iron cavalry bit by bit, Li Yuanhao was so anxious that he was unwilling to wait for the slaughter, and sat there waiting to die. On the 13th, he secretly ordered Yeli Wangrong to lead his troops back to the city overnight.

That night, the moonlight was like blood.

When Yeli Wangrong used a trick to get rid of the enemy's pursuit temporarily and quickly retreated towards the city gate, the Mongolian iron cavalry followed in an instant like a group of wolves smelling blood.

This surprised Yeli Wangrong. He really couldn't imagine how the enemy army could see through the illusion he set up in such a short period of time and quickly rushed up.

As everyone knows, Mongolian iron cavalry is best at tracking.

If you can take the opportunity to break through the city gate, it will be really good for the Mongolian army.

How can the Xixia Army let them do what they want?

In order to stop the Mongolian army and cover the withdrawal of the main force into the city, 20,000 Xixia warriors volunteered to serve as the rear for the army, and set up a large formation outside the city. They fought bloody battles and never returned.

Seeing this, on the top of the city, the defenders burst into tears.

It wasn't until late at night that the Mongolian army knew that they could not enter the city smoothly after cutting down the troops behind the Xixia Palace, so they flaunted their might and withdrew like a tide, disappearing into the vast night.

The corpse yard outside the city is their medal of merit.

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By the 14th, the battlefield situation had become clear.

The remnants of Xixia retreated into the Xingqing mansion, trying to defend it with a strong city. Early in the morning, Yeli Wangrong, who had a little rest, led his troops to the city wall, preparing for a tough battle with the Mongolian army.

The reality is that on this day, the Mongolian army did not attack the city at all.

Seeing this, both Yeli Wangrong and Li Yuanhao, the emperor of Xixia, trembled and had a bad premonition. After a month of fighting, they had a clear understanding of Tuo Lei's behavior style.

This is a general who does not play cards according to common sense. He seems to be a powerful and unconstrained style, but he often hits the enemy's vital points.

The abnormality of the Mongolian army must have new changes.

The fact is also true. After the Xixia army retreated into the city, Tuo Lei lost the interest in attacking the city. If he gave up an isolated city, Tuo Lei would get the whole of Xixia.

On that day, Tuo Lei personally led an army of 100,000 to guard the Xingqing Mansion, and the remaining Mongolian cavalry were thrown out, galloping wantonly in the territory of Xixia, burning, killing and looting, judging by the posture, it was actually going to loot the entire Xixia .

The battle situation seems to be back to the starting point.

The difference is that nearly half of Xixia's 500,000 troops have been lost, and they have been huddled in the city, doing nothing.

On the contrary, the Mongolian iron cavalry became braver as they fought.

On the 16th, Tuo Lei contacted the empire and asked the empire to send someone to receive Xixia, which was extremely arrogant.

At this point, Xixia is at the end of the road. On the same day, the stubborn Li Yuanhao finally conceded defeat and told Daxia that he was willing to take Xixia and belong to the Daxia Dynasty as long as he could keep Li's wealth and honor.

As for surrendering the Mongol Empire? That is impossible.

After several rounds of fighting, the two countries have forged a blood feud that will never end.

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Daxia's efficiency is still surprisingly high.

Ouyang Shuo got the report from the mansion of Honglu Temple, and immediately ordered Li Jing, the commander of the Northwest War Zone, to send troops to Xixia. Almost at the same time that Li Jing received the military order, Li Mu immediately led the four regiments of the Yingyang Army and marched into Xixia.

Only one day passed, and the first battle broke out.

On that day, Chen Tang, the head of the First Army of the Yingyang Army who sneaked into Xixia early, calmly commanded the army, and before the Muhuali tribe could react, he quickly surrounded and defeated it in one fell swoop.

When Tuo Lei commanded the army to attack Xingqing Mansion, Mu Huali's remnant troops stayed in place to rest and recuperate. How could he have imagined that as soon as he received the news that the Great Xia Army was advancing into Xixia, there would be enemy troops around.

Caught off guard, immediately suffered a big defeat.

The defeat of the Muhuali tribe was like a flash of lightning across the night sky of Xixia, indicating that this war of annihilating the country caused by food has ushered in a new turning point.

Tuo Lei outside the city of Xingqing Mansion got the report, and his expression became serious.

There are two options before Tuo Lei. One is to return to the grassland with the huge amount of property and food looted during this period, which can be regarded as basically completing the pre-war goal.

The second is to recklessly capture Xingqing Mansion.

As the capital of Xixia, Xingqing Mansion has the most treasures and the most abundant grain and grass reserves. If it can capture this city, the Mongolian army will be full at once, and there will be no worries in winter.

At that time, it is possible to either withdraw the troops, or gather the city to defend.

Such a temptation, Tuo Lei couldn't resist it at all.

During the Southern Expedition to Xixia, Genghis Khan took Mu Huali as his general and Tuo Lei as his deputy. As a result, Muhuali's department suffered a disastrous defeat, and Tuo Lei's department fought and won successive battles with fruitful results.

This is a great achievement.

If the Xingqing Mansion can be captured in one fell swoop and the siege of the empire's grain can be relieved, the next khanate established by the empire will be the Tuolei Khanate.

Tow Thunder in the Wilderness is different from the history.

In history, Tuo Lei was a pure general who only knew how to fight on the battlefield. In the end, because of the suspicion of his third brother Wo Kuotai, he died without a problem.

Fortunately, Tuo Lei's descendants fought hard and finally took control of the blood of the Yuan Dynasty. Even if Tuo Lei of the Wilderness doesn't want to, he still has to think about his lineage. Taking control of the Khanate is the ultimate pursuit.

"Send the order, the whole army is assembled, and attack Xingqing Mansion with all its strength!" Tuo Lei made up his mind.

"yes!"

When the military order was issued, clouds moved in all directions, and Xingqing Mansion fell into a bitter battle again.

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Let's talk about the Great Xia Ying Yangjun.

After the First Army Corps defeated the Muhuali tribe, the Yingyang Army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, nor did they rush all the way to break the siege of Xingqing Mansion. Instead, under the command of Li Mu, the troops were divided into five groups, from south to north, and swept through all the way. .

Of course, the Yingyang army is not sweeping the Xixia army, but encircling and suppressing the Mongolian cavalry scattered in Xixia, and must not let any fish slip through the net.

In this way, the Yingyang army marched forward triumphantly with mighty force and the king's division.

Every time a place is "recovered", the army must publicize King Xia's prestige and benevolence, saying bluntly: "The king of Xia is benevolent, and he can't bear the people of Xixia being slaughtered by aliens, so he sent troops to rescue them."

In this way, wantonly bought the hearts of the Xixia people.

For the people in the deep troubled times, whoever can protect their safety and restore them a peaceful and prosperous world is the savior and their king.

Xixia is connected to Shu, and the Qiang people in the two places are already in contact with each other. The Qiang people in the Shu region have lived a prosperous life since they belonged to Daxia, and they have long been envied by the Qiang people in Xixia.

Now that Master Da Xia has arrived, there is no reason not to welcome him warmly.

On the contrary, Li Yuanhao, the emperor of Xixia, has done nothing since he took over the Xingqing Mansion. He can neither expand the territory, nor protect the environment and the people.

Especially not long ago, under the city of Xingqing Mansion, hundreds of thousands of people were brutally slaughtered by their own soldiers, blood flowed into rivers, which completely chilled the hearts of the people of Xixia.

Although Li Yuanhao was also forced to be helpless, but emotionally speaking, the common people still could not forgive him.

Against such a background, the Yingyang army is really invincible. Everywhere they go, the people are all welcome. Moreover, the Qiang people have a strong folk style, and they take the initiative to lead the army one by one to encircle and suppress the hiding Mongolian cavalry.

The encirclement and suppression operation went on surprisingly smoothly.

The Mongolian cavalry who had been flaunting their power before, burning, killing and looting suddenly became rats crossing the street, and everyone shouted and beat them.

Although Tuo Lei had already issued a military order to assemble the whole army, the 100,000 troops had already been released, so it didn't mean that they could be taken back immediately.

For the Mongolian cavalry who went out to plunder, this is really a great job. While looting for the empire, it is reasonable to fill their own pockets.

Even the Mongolian army has expressly stipulated that when the army goes out to plunder, as long as 80% of the property is handed over, the remaining property can be distributed by the troops participating in the plunder.

The troops who are so red-hot can't be taken back immediately with a single transfer order.

The troops did not dare to confront the military order openly, but they could find any reason, such as a sudden heavy rain, the bridge was destroyed, making it difficult to march, and they had to take a detour, which delayed the assembly time.

Such excuses are really a lot of things to find.

If it weren't for the strict discipline of the Mongolian army and the tough methods of dragging the army to rule the army, it might be difficult to reassemble the 100,000 army.

But when the Great Xia Eagles arrived, those Mongolian iron cavalry scattered all over the place, like a rabbit meeting an eagle, ran faster than anyone else, and hurriedly withdrew to Xingqing Mansion.

Especially the army scattered in the south, for fear of being overtaken by the Yingyang army, sometimes in order to withdraw quickly, they had to leave the wealth they had plundered with great difficulty like garbage in the middle of the road.

It's not that the Mongolian iron cavalry is cowardly, or that the Great Xia Army is really that powerful, but they know that with the strong intervention of the Great Xia Army, the situation on the entire battlefield has undergone a fundamental reversal.

Before that, facing the looting of Mongolian iron cavalry and the fear of death, those Qiang people could only hide in the deep mountains and old forests, forbearingly surviving, and did not dare to resist at all.

Now that Master Wang has arrived, the situation immediately changed.

Before the Great Xia army came over, the local Qiang people had already descended the mountain one after another, preparing to meet the king's master. It was also strange to look at the Mongolian cavalry.

In this case, how dare the Mongolian cavalry be arrogant.

If one is not good, maybe it will be torn to pieces by the tough Qiang people before the Great Xia Army arrives.