Chapter 669: Escape
The reason why Baishan is called Baishan is because there is continuous snow on the top of the mountain, which has never been seen in most places in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Baishan is also the most obvious target, in fact, when they saw Baishan, it had been proved that those who entered the area of the Jurchens found traces of the Jurchens along the way, but they all cleverly avoided it.
Whether it is a variety of auxiliary equipment, including telescopes, it can give them directions, avoid those Jurchen tribes, and prevent unnecessary conflicts, otherwise, there are wolves in front and tigers in the back, and they will not be able to escape at all.
All along, the Liao army was behind them, within a range of 50 to 100 miles, sometimes, a little farther, sometimes a little closer, after the cavalry of the Plantation entered the range of the Jurchens, the Liao pursuers hesitated a little.
Because of the continuous chasing, scattering, at this time the chasing soldiers who fell behind, about 20,000 people, such a team, enough to be similar to the kind of seeds, even if the combat effectiveness of the seeds is a little stronger, it doesn't matter, as long as it is a little delayed, there will be other soldiers coming, more than 400,000 troops, all of them are cavalry, it's not a joke.
But when it comes to the Jurchen's control, it's different, the reason why the Jurchen has become a big problem for the entire Liao State is because of the huge number of people, a tribe, maybe not strong, when a series of tribes, united together, can play a very terrible role.
20,000 rides, it's really not enough.
Fortunately, there was a follow-up, when the herald passed the matter of the seed into the Jurchen range to the front command, and then passed through the front to Liao Xingzong, who was more than 400 miles away, Liao Xingzong was furious.
A Western Xia, it makes the Liao State anxious, but no matter how the Western Xia says, it is also the establishment of the country and the emperor, although the power is not large, but it is also a relatively equal relationship, what is the Jurchen, the inferior people attached to the Liao State, there may have been such and such doubts before, when these cavalry entered the Jurchen sphere of influence, it has not yet caused war and confrontation, this has already explained everything.
Soon, Liao Xingzong gave the order to attack indiscriminately, and this order was not only issued to these pursuers, but also to the northern troops of the Jurchens who had been intimidating and oppressing in the direction of the further north, and a strangulation began quietly.
Indiscriminate attack, when the order was given, the Liao army, which had gathered 60,000 in front, began to kill all sides like a tiger out of the cage.
At any time, the closer the tribes are to the Liao Kingdom, they are more obedient, at least, more obedient to discipline, but this time, they are the first to be unlucky.
He knew that only when the Liao State and the Jurchens had a head-on conflict, it was an opportunity, and he was entering the Jurchen range, carefully avoiding the Jurchen's sight, while observing the movements of the Liao army.
When the Liao army attacked indiscriminately, he knew that the opportunity had come.
All along, he has been preparing the clothing of the Liao army, but in the process of escaping, he has not been worn, in order to avoid startling the snake, under the premise of the large-scale encirclement of the Liao army, echoing each other very closely, even if a cavalry wearing the equipment of the Liao army, even if it can be concealed for a while, it cannot be concealed for a lifetime, and it will be discovered if it is not careful, and then lose the only opportunity.
Now, as long as you go deep into the Jurchen camp, when the two sides really start to fight, it is the time to fish in troubled waters.
Fishing in troubled waters, you must be mixed with water, it is really clear water, how do you touch fish.
According to the information of the Imperial City Division, the more he understands the Jurchens, but the deeper they go into the tribes deep in the mountains, the more powerful they become, although their cavalry, dismounting, will reduce a lot of combat effectiveness, but in order to make the Liao army more chaotic, he still has to go further.
At this time, even if you believe that there is a problem with these cavalry, there is no turning back when you really confront the Jurchens and destroy a large number of tribes, perhaps, the upper echelons have also found a problem, but they just take advantage of the situation to clean up the Jurchens.
In this period, the Jurchen has developed quite well, even if there is no such an immortal genius as Wanyan Aguda, the current foundation is there, even if the Liao army uses 400,000 troops, at most it will break the peripheral tribes and consume the power of the Jurchens, and the more powerful Jurchen tribes, in the face of such indiscriminate attacks, will definitely react.
First of all, there are some high-level cavalry, ranging in numbers from a few hundred to 1,000 people, to counterattack the Liao army that is attacking indiscriminately.
They may not be as good as the Liao army in terms of equipment, let alone the forbidden army of the Northern Song Dynasty, but the advantages in terms of race, coupled with strength, etc., when they encounter the same number of Liao troops during a raid, it must be the Liao army that will eventually fall behind.
In fact, he almost encountered these Jurchen warriors, but with the help of alertness and binoculars, he avoided it, and was lucky to see a few small battlefields, when more than 600 Jurchen cavalry charged towards the Liao army, the Jurchens with rudimentary weapons in their hands were not afraid of death, and their strength and lethality were above the Liao army, and most of them killed the Liao army under the premise of considerable casualties.
Chong Mo is not a brainless person, on the contrary, his mind is very clear, he did not have a more intuitive understanding of the Jurchen before, but he only knew that this is a race further north in the Liao Kingdom, but now it seems that it is more barbaric and powerful, once they grow up, will it be a big trouble.
However, this thought was just in the mind of the cultivator, and it disappeared after a turn, for him, now is not to evaluate the Khitan and Jurchen, which race has stronger combat effectiveness, he needs to contain the Liao army.
This task has been basically completed, and at present, the Liao army has been pinned down thousands of miles away, and has fallen into the Jurchen area, and has begun to fight, and no one will easily stop when the blood of both sides is shed.
Even if Liao Xingzong got the news about the Northern Song Expedition at this time, he would not withdraw so easily, once he was attacked by the Jurchen tribe from behind, it would not work without paying a certain price.
The completion of this most important task means that he came to Liaodong and came to the hinterland of Liao, and what he needed to do was basically achieved, and now, what they should do is to save themselves and strive to be able to return to the meeting place smoothly.
At present, when Liao and Jurchen are fighting, this wish is very difficult.
The Liao side has mobilized heavy troops, almost more than 300,000 people, densely distributed in an area, and the Jurchen warriors are also increasing, although they have not formed a large army, or hundreds or thousands of activities, it seems that the strength of their respective tribes, they are still very vigilant against each other, and they are not combined, but under the suppression of external forces, this combination is inevitable.
In the same way, Chong Ge also saw the good side of the Jurchens, one after another, the Jurchens killed almost more than 5,000 Liao troops, the number of people is nothing compared to the entire Liao State, more than 300,000 troops, not to mention 5,000 deaths, even if 10,000 deaths, it is nothing.
But the point is that after desperately obtaining these kills, these Jurchens seized a large number of weapons.
The Liao State itself is a heavy cavalry, and on the Jurchen side, there may be special targeted research, but the Jurchens who are dressed in animal skins and even fighting with rudimentary stone and wooden weapons, once they are fully armed, it will be terrible.
I believe that the scale of the battle will get bigger and bigger, and all the killings will be intensified, and when the time comes, it is really impossible to say who will kill the deer.
However, these are not what a kind of man should care about, in the map and intelligence, there is a shortcut, along the White Mountain, all the way to the south, and finally to another area of the peninsula, and then bypass that piece, interspersed with the past, and finally return to the Liaodong Peninsula.
There will be a lot of detours, and there will be no supplies in it, but for this time, the seed is very well prepared, not only carrying a large amount of tactical dry food, but also some killer features.
When Xue Yu supplied the seeds, he not only gave the standard military rations, but also gave another new product, which combines chocolate and oil to form food, which is extremely high in calories, not to mention two taels, maybe more than half a tael, which can support a meal.
That is to say, if all the food is gathered together, they can support a total of at least 50 days, so that considering all aspects, if everything goes well, at most 20 days, they can reach the Liaodong Peninsula, and then light a special wolf smoke, and they can notify the Ding Navy ships that are wandering at sea to pick them up from another place.
Hesitation has never been a habit of the plant, he must make a decision, jump out of the entire battlefield, by the way, make the contradiction between the Liao and the Jurchens deeper, in fact, after changing clothes, the seed brother regarded himself as the Liao army and began to perform a series of tasks.
The ordinary Liao army, except for the beginning, unexpectedly pulled out a large number of Jurchen tribes, and the other Liao armies were difficult to threaten the larger tribes, and they had already been explored, or migrated, or ran away.
But it's different for the species, telescopes, higher literacy, and all kinds of equipment make them almost invincible here.
After killing more than 10 tribes, all of them were cleaned up, and after they were burned out, not only did they let the Jurchen's blood flow more, but also opened a road for themselves, which was equivalent to killing a road in the hinterland of the Jurchen and jumping out of another section, and at this time, the Liao army closest to the Jurchen was still 200 miles away, and was strangling with the Jurchen knights.
In the night, Chong Ge took the troops to rest, in such a thousand miles of running, continuous marching, Chong Ge was not without losses, with a total loss of more than 700 people, of which when attacking the Jurchen tribe, at least about 400 were lost, and the rest, either fighting with the Liao army, or withdrawing due to illness and injury, there were less than 3,300 people left, but the spirit at this time was completely different.
It is completely different from the battles in the northwest and even the Northern Song Dynasty, this is the place suitable for cavalry to run, and the cultivators are even a little reluctant to go.
The idea is good, if when the Liao army fights with the Jurchens, they can have more opportunities to fish in troubled waters, if they stay, they will definitely make a lot of achievements, and if they are ordinary generals, maybe they really stay, at least stay for half a month, which can have a better effect, and the danger is not great.
At this moment, the biggest goal has been achieved, even if it is killing tens of thousands of Liao troops, it will not play much role in the overall strategy, but will put everyone in danger.
Perhaps, during the attack in the northeast, he did not collect more information, but he knew more about the situation of the Liao army, and got first-hand information about the Jurchens, which was helpful to the Northern Song Dynasty.
After a short period of contact, the Liao army and the Jurchen suffered very large losses, and the Liao Xingzong was furious and began to adopt the practice of extermination, and the Jurchens also reversed the color, under the strong external pressure, the Jurchen tribes actually showed signs of gradual integration.
Everything that happened in the far northeast, no one knew, the tentacles of the Imperial City Division began to penetrate into every corner of the Liao country, but it was concentrated in Youyun, as well as the key cities of the Liao country, the further to the north, in fact, the weaker the tentacles, which can only be known through some indirect information.
Regarding the troops of the plantation, there is no way to directly transmit the news for the time being, and the carrier pigeons are not very safe, so they can only go back through the Liaodong Peninsula.
After leaving the Jurchen control area, he was quite careful all the way, and did not dare to move forward easily under the premise of not ensuring safety, and more than 4,000 people twisted and twisted, using 2 times more distance than the straight-line distance, fortunately, after leaving the Jurchen control area for 600 miles, he gradually increased his speed.
The area controlled by the Liao State, there are many large areas of no man's land and pastures, as long as you are careful, avoid some densely populated towns, the field is almost a stage for the cavalry, plus a certain change of clothes, the appearance of the Liao army's clothing, it is also very deceptive, the whole team is moving faster and faster, it is expected that in a week, you can reach the Liaodong Peninsula, if nothing else, at most ten days, you can get on the ship and leave.
In the north, with the help of cavalry and careful planning, the entire territory of the Liao State was turned upside down, in Zhejin Mansion, Di Qing also made the final preparations, and the construction of 8 camps was completed, which also indicated that Zhejin Mansion could not break out of the city defense without foreign aid.
After deciding to attack with explosives, Di Qing did not spend extra strength, not even a few feints, at least 4 tunnels are being built, and similarly, there are 2 spare, which are half dug and stopped, these tunnels, as long as there is an explosion, the explosion collapses even a small section of the city wall, which means that the disaster of Zhejin Mansion has arrived.