When Nahe Xiongqi led 5,000 elite cavalry to wade through the sea ice in Liaodong Bay, directly interspersed with Ningjin in the middle of western Liaoning, and defeated more than 10,000 soldiers and horses who came from Linyu to aid western Liaoning, Hao Zongcheng in Songshan panicked.

The captives in the direction of Datong were indeed as Li Zhuo expected, and they divided an elite cavalry to borrow from Jinzhong and insert Yannan in a roundabout way - Hao Zongcheng hated Li Zhuo for being a crow's mouth, and said anything, but he could realize that the whole thing was probably really a big set for them by the Donghu people. In order to make this set, he even did not hesitate to let Matsuyama Castle out.

It was only February, and the land of western Liaoning was covered with snow. Although it no longer snows, there is no sign of warming up and returning to spring. The wind blew the dry snow and fluttered it, and if it weren't for the cold and white sun showing out, I would have thought it was snowy weather.

When Li Zhuo was in charge of the army, the 60,000 troops from Ningjin to Songshan were prepared in a gradient, and the grain transmission was centered on Ningjin.

Hao Zongcheng was anxious to get things done, and not only pressed all the troops that had already left Liaoxi to the front, but also transferred troops from Linyu and Changli to Liaoxi. At this time, there were nearly 70,000 troops gathered on the front line of Songshan, and Ningjin, as a transit point in western Liaoning, was less than 10,000 troops stationed, not counting the part that was defeated, and the reserve troops in Linyu and Changli were less than 20,000.

Compared with the rapid movement of troops to the north, the operation of grain and straw is seriously lagging behind. A large amount of grain backlog in Ningjin can not be transported, the camp rice grain and horse material on the first line of Songshan are only more than 40,000 stones, and the elite of Nahe Xiongqi is inserted into the first line of Ningjin, and Songshan is worried about running out of food.

During the period of Li Zhuo's soldiers, he occupied some hills to the north of Songshan. Li Zhuo sent troops to cut down wood and build a fortress on the top of the mountain, and used cavalry to protect the bottom of the mountain, built a total of six camps, set up camp fences, and dug long trenches on the periphery. Li Zhuo had the idea of extending northward step by step, and eventually built Songshan into an impregnable fortress.

After Hao Zong became the commander, he thought that the effect of Li Zhuo's step-by-step strategy was too slow, so he transferred more than 50,000 soldiers and horses to cross Songshan and extend to the north, hoping to find fighters.

When the captives were inserted between Ningjin and Songshan, Hao Zongcheng was worried that the back road would be lost, so he hurriedly pulled back the 20,000 soldiers and horses in the north of Songshan. Hao Zongcheng did not control the spread of the good news, and almost at the same time, the whole army knew the news that the back road was cut off, and the people were panicked.

Those generals who led the troops were not strong in battle. At first, he felt that Liaoyang was empty and had an opportunity to take advantage of, so he was anxious to fight, wanting to make war achievements and glorify his ancestors. Hao Zongcheng took out the secret decree, and they responded together and drove Li Zhuo away. But at this time, the captives rode from Jinzhong to Yannan in a roundabout way, and Liaodong had another elite cavalry across the sea into Ningjin to cut off their retreat, and these generals were the same as Hao Zongcheng, so they suffered from gains and losses, and they were at a loss.

Some people suggested going back to help Yannan immediately, some people suggested sticking to Songshan to wait and see the situation, and some people still insisted on attacking Liaoyang with heavy troops. The generals quarreled endlessly, and Hao Zongcheng did not have a quasi-idea. After Hao Zongcheng became the commander, Zhang Ximao temporarily acted as the military envoy as a member of the Ministry of War. Zhang Ximiao has read several military books, but they are far from enough to cope with the current situation.

Zhang Ximao and Hao Zongcheng's secret room discussed for two days, and finally came up with a plan that was not like four: Yuan Lishan led 20,000 soldiers and horses to attack Liaoyang, Cheng Tinggui led 20,000 soldiers and horses back to Ningjin, and Hao Zongcheng and the generals led 30,000 soldiers and horses to respond in the center of Songshan.

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Between Songshan and Liaoyang, there are moats built by the Donghu people.

No one will easily let the enemy army approach the gate of the royal capital, and after the loss of Songshan, build a peripheral interception camp in the southwest of Liaoyang to keep the enemy out of the royal capital, which is what the Donghu people have been doing in the past two months.

The commander of the Donghu people in Qingqiangling is the Prince of Mordomu, Yeji Luorong. In the early years of the expedition to Yanxi Zhuhu, Ye Ji Luorong showed both wisdom and courage of military talent, the last time to break through the southern invasion, he led 20,000 elite cavalry, in the vicinity of Gyeonggi to contain Jingying, Jizhen, Xuanzhen several times his own troops, to ensure that Ye Zier led the main force to smoothly sweep Yannan, northern Shandong.

Although the soldiers and horses he commanded in Qingqiangling this time were mainly Donghu people, Yanxi Zhuhu, Goryeo people, and Liaodong Han people also accounted for almost half of the proportion, and the total number was less than 20,000; However, the group of Southern Dynasty generals who were captured from Yannan last time worked very hard.

At the beginning, it was planned to use Qingqiangling as the final battlefield, and use the 20,000 people led by Ye Ji Luorong as bait to attract the main force of the Jizhen army to the battle. However, Li Zhuo was not fooled, and replaced Hao Zongcheng, and it was too late in time, so he could only send Nahe Xiongqi to lead his troops to cut into Ningjin first, and cut off the back road of the Jizhen army in Songshan.

Even so, the Khan insisted on not agreeing to the soldiers and horses on the front line of Qingqiang Ridge to press to Songshan......

They didn't know about Songshan's grain and grass reserves, and it was not a good thing to force the sixty or seventy thousand Jizhen troops back to Songshan City to hold on. If they startled the snake and let Hao Zongcheng of Songshan withdraw from Liaoxi, it would not be the result they hoped to see.

In several encounters, although there was an intention to deliberately release water and lure the enemy deeper, it could also be felt that the Jizhen army was much stronger than the battle of Chentangguan and the last invasion of Yannan. Not to mention whether Hao Xiongqi led five or six thousand elite cavalry to slow down the southward retreat of the Jizhen army, even if it was delayed, they led a large army to catch up and surround it, and then completely eat it, I don't know how much it will cost.

To make Hao Zongcheng feel fortunate and delusional, to make them hesitate, and to constantly consume the strength and will of the Jizhen army in the field battle, is the best tactic.

Ye Ji Luorong and Ye Zier didn't know that Hao Zongcheng, Zhang Ximeng and others had already played the card they needed the most.

From Songshan to Qingqiangling, Ye Ji Luorong constantly sent small cavalry and infantry to carry out tentative attacks on the 20,000 Jizhen soldiers advancing north, killing and wounding each other, and no one took advantage.

"Uncle, how far can you fight in this battle?"

The one who asked Yeji Luorong was Yeji Baishan, the eldest son of Yejier, who was the deputy marshal of Yeji Luorong and was named the king of the county.

Ye Ji Baishan looks rude, not at all like Ye Zier's delicate appearance, but like his mother, Ye Zier's eldest concubine is ugly and not favored, but it does not affect Bai Shan's status, after all, the most favored Jade Concubine has no heirs.

Yezier's health is not good, no one knows how many years his body can carry it, Yezirorong doesn't really want Baishan to inherit the throne, in that case, he and Duodi will be in danger.

Ye Ji Luorong hid this layer of thoughts and did not show it, looking at the soldiers and horses of Jizhen winding north at the foot of the distant mountain, and replied to Bai Shandao: "Honestly fight this battle first, and then think about others!" If you can eat the Ji Zhen Army, it will be a great victory! ”

There were more than a thousand horsemen galloping from the north, and the banner carried by the leading knight was trimmed with gold, and Ye Jiluo Rong looked over and said, "Your father is here, let's go over and greet him!" He mounted his horse and hurried down the mountain, surrounded by the horsemen.

Yezier was dressed thickly, sat on horseback, watched Yeji Luorong and his eldest son Baishan come over, and said: "The Southern Dynasty has sent an envoy to ask Hao Zongcheng to withdraw from Liaoxi, although the messenger has intercepted it, but I think the Southern Dynasty will continue to send messengers - I decided to send troops to support Nahe Xiongqi first, and completely seal Liaoxi, you have to grit your teeth and hold on for a few days first!" ”

"If the two heads of the Jizhen Army are poked out and cut off, Hao Zongcheng will definitely be frightened, and he will not dare to move in Songshan City, so there is no need to worry. Father Khan should mobilize most of the soldiers and horses of the whole clan to enter the pass from Linyu and join forces with the third uncle king. As long as the fortresses and cities around Yanjing are broken, and the long-term siege of Yanjing will be easily broken! Ye Ji Baishan said.

Ye Ji Luorong smiled in his heart, this kid is playing this with himself!

Ye Zier glanced at it from afar and said, "Let's fight the battle in front of us first!" ”

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On the 26th, Cheng Tinggui led his troops on the east side of Danling to engage the cavalry led by Nahe Xiongqi, and fought a few tentative battles, and then retreated to the eastern foot of Danling to garrison for confrontation. After only a day's hold, more than 10,000 captives suddenly inserted again from the northeast, joined forces with Nahe Xiongqi, and besieged Cheng Tinggui's troops in Danling. Although Cheng Tinggui sent people to Songshan to ask for help, on the night of the 27th, the captives launched a fierce attack on Cheng Tinggui's headquarters.

Logging is difficult in the cold season, and the time for Cheng Tinggui to retreat into Danling is short, and the Danling camp is extremely thin. The captives dismounted and carried out a night attack, and broke through the Danling camp from the northeast corner in the early morning of the 28th. Cheng Tinggui's department held out until noon on the 28th, Cheng Tinggui was seriously wounded and died, and the remaining generals saw that they could not wait for reinforcements, and finally could not resist the pressure and chose to divide their troops to break through, and since then Cheng Tinggui's department has completely collapsed.

Barren mountains and mountains, covered with ice and snow, except for the deep mountains and old forests in the west, there is nowhere to escape, the routed army runs in the snow, but the captives are easily chased and killed from behind, shot by arrows or slashed by swords—the blood that splatters out flows into a river, melts a piece of snow, and after a short flow, it freezes into red ice.

Nahe Xiongqi divided 5,000 cavalry to chase and kill the rout, blocking the Songshan retreat, he led the main force to the north, and defeated the more than 10,000 Jizhen soldiers who went out of Songshan to aid Cheng Tinggui at Yaowang Mountain, forty miles away from Songshan City. After that, he bypassed Songshan City and attacked Yuan Lishan's headquarters that was attacking Qingqiang Ridge at this time.

Only by completely annihilating Yuan Lishan's subordinates, the Jizhen army in western Liaoning will not be a problem.

In addition to the more than 10,000 elites led by Nahe Xiongqi and the 20,000 defenders of Qingqiangling, on the first day of the first month of March, Ye Zier personally led 30,000 soldiers and horses to Qingqiangling and completely besieged the 20,000 soldiers and horses under Yuan Lishan's command in the ice and snow.

In the face of the sudden deterioration of the situation in western Liaoning, Hao Zongcheng did not dare to send reinforcements to pick up Yuan Lishan's subordinates, nor did he dare to hold on to Songshan City, for fear of besieging Songshan City for the Donghu people, and on the second day of the first month of March, he abandoned the city in a hurry and broke through to the south.

Hao Zongcheng led the breakthrough of only more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, the preparation was very insufficient, the accumulation of grain, heavy baggage and heavy ordnance were all discarded, since the road was opened, there was no arrangement behind the palace. The 20,000 soldiers and horses just rushed on the road, fled south in panic, and in the area of Ningjin and Danshan, they were stubbornly intercepted by the 5,000 captives and cavalry stranded here, and only a few soldiers and horses leaked through the gap.

Yuan Lishan held out at the eastern foot of Qingqiang Ridge until March 6, and when he saw that there were more and more captives surrounding him, and there was not a single reinforcement in the direction of Songshan, he chose to surrender.

Then Ye Zier immediately ordered Ye Ji Luo Rong and Na He Xiongqi to lead 20,000 elite cavalry first, and would send Danshan to intercept the troops, pursue the Jizhen army that fled south, and enter the customs with Ye Ji Duodi, who entered Yannan in the early stage, and join forces to fight Yanjing again!

Yezier and Changshan Yejibaishan led the main force to sweep the tail and receive surrendered troops in the areas of Qingqiangling, Songshan and Danling, and only after resting and recuperating could they lead the army into the customs again.

The Jizhen Army, which Li Zhuo spent three years of energy to rebuild, completely collapsed in less than ten days.