Chapter 241 The excited emperor
"Woo——" With the sound of the long and ancient horns, the cavalry team that could not see the edge appeared on the grassland of Meizhou Prefecture, Liang Kingdom.
At present, except for the capital road, most areas of Meizhou Prefecture and Daizhou Prefecture are grasslands.
"Your Majesty, the grassland coalition is here."
Song Gong, the Prime Minister of Liang State, who was riding on the war horse, said to Emperor Jiang Xu with a little excited expression.
At this time, Liang Kingdom had already gathered one million cavalry and one million.5 million infantry on the grassland of Meizhou Prefecture, and almost all the men who could gather in the country were recruited into the army.
"Okay! Come with me to welcome all the khans of the coalition forces!" Emperor Jiang Xu also said with an excited look on his face.
The reason why the Emperor Jiang Xu of Liang was so excited was that at the time of the alliance, the Khans of all ethnic groups in the grassland had already made a promise to Liang.
This time, the grassland coalition mainly aimed at plundering food, population and wealth. As for the territory captured, it will eventually be handed over to Liang Kingdom.
Emperor Jiang Xu of Liang believed that with the scale of the grassland coalition this time, even the Zhennan Army, which is known as the world's invincible, is definitely not an opponent, so he took a gamble and bet on all his chips and trump cards.
After the Grassland Alliance joined forces with the Liang Kingdom's army, it set up a camp and stretched for hundreds of miles, which shows how large the coalition was.
That night, in a huge felt bag, dozens of khans from all races of the grassland gathered together. Hu Rong, Sewu, and Dongqiang, the three overlords of the grassland, were all in this felt bag at this time.
This time, the grassland coalition forces divided the troops into five groups and launched an attack on the northern frontier of the Great Yan Empire.
The grassland coalition forces that came to Meizhou Prefecture, Liang Kingdom are the main force of the entire grassland coalition. Millions of troops from the three tribes of Hu Rong, Sewu and Dongqiang were all arranged in the grassland coalition forces along the way.
The grassland coalition forces that attacked the Hengzhou Prefecture of the Dayan Empire were composed of the army of fifteen nomadic peoples including the Gaoheng tribe and the Dangfan tribe, with a total force of one million.
The grassland coalition forces that attacked the Xiongzhou Prefecture of the Great Yan Empire were composed of the army of nine nomadic peoples including the Jinle tribe and the Heike tribe, with a total force of 1.3 million.
The grassland coalition forces that attacked the Qizhou Prefecture of the Dayan Empire were composed of troops of fourteen nomadic peoples including the Southern Qiang tribe and the Urong tribe, with a total force of 1.2 million.
The grassland coalition forces attacked the Great Yan Empire's Haozhou Prefecture were composed of the army of thirteen nomadic peoples including the Di Qiang people, with a total force of 1.5 million.
The combined forces of the four grassland coalition forces in front had reached five million, but compared with the last route where the three armies of Hu Rong, Sewu and Dongqiang were located, the troops were still far inferior.
The three tribes of Hu Rong, Sewu and Dongqiang each sent 1.2 million cavalry this time, so the army of these three tribes alone reached 3.6 million.
The last journey also included 7.2 million troops from 64 nomadic peoples including the Northern Qiang, Chijie, Morong, and Huadi. If the two and five million troops of Liang Kingdom were added to the coalition forces that were ready to attack Dazhou Prefecture, the scale of the coalition forces would be as high as 13.3 million.
Emperor Jiang Xu of Liang picked up the wine glass and smiled at the Khans of all races in the felt bag and said, "On behalf of Daliang, I welcome all the Khans to come. I wish you a cup."
The Khans of all races in the felt bag gave Jiang Xu a very good face to the Emperor of Liang Kingdom, and they all drank a glass of wine.
The Khan of the Eastern Qiang tribe, Asgahi, put down his wine glass and asked, "Dear Emperor Daliang, I wonder what the South Army in Yanguo Town has been going on recently?"
Emperor Jiang Xu of Liang immediately said: "The Southern Army of Yanguozhen seems to have learned that our coalition forces will attack Dazhou Prefecture and Caizhou Prefecture. Now the Southern Army of Yanguozhen has mobilized many troops and arranged them in the northern areas of Dazhou Prefecture and Caizhou Prefecture."
The Khan Tojire, the Seyfalite tribe, followed by asking: "Father-in-law, have you found out how many troops have gathered in the southern army of Yanguo Town in the north of Dazhou Prefecture?"
In order to form an alliance with the Sei Falcon tribe, Emperor Jiang Xu of Liang gave his three beautiful daughters to the Sei Falcon tribe Khan Tojire as his concubines, so the Sei Falcon tribe Khan Tojire called Emperor Jiang Xu of Liang's father-in-law.
When the Emperor Jiang Xuxian of Liang heard that the Khan Tojirei of the Seychelles called himself father-in-law, the Emperor of Liang was very happy. "Although the son-in-law did not find out the specific forces of the Yanguozhen Southern Army in the northern part of Dazhou Prefecture, it should be at least four million. At the same time, in the northern part of Caizhou Prefecture, the Yanguozhen Southern Army should have gathered millions of troops."
The Khan of the Hurong tribe, Xirilige, then smiled and said, "Dear Emperor Daliang, I wish you a glass of wine. Our tribes basically have no source of information in the areas controlled by the Southern Army of Yanguozhen. The next battle with the Southern Army of Yanguozhen will have to rely more on your Daliang's intelligence."
"Haha, Xi Rilige is polite. This is what I, Daliang, should have done. After all, Daliang is also a member of the coalition forces."
After the banquet that night, seven khans did not leave the felt bag.
In addition to the Hurong Khan Xirige, the Seyfar Khan Tojire and the Eastern Qiang Khan Asgai, there are also the Northern Qiang Khan Uenqi, the Chijie Khan Sanacai, the Morong Khan Huledege, and the Huadi Khan Dalantai.
In addition to the three tribes of Hu Rong, Sei Yu and Eastern Qiang, among the other 64 tribes of the coalition forces, the Northern Qiang, Chi Jie, Mo Rong and Hua Di are all powerful clans on the grassland. This time, they each sent hundreds of thousands of cavalry to join the grassland coalition forces.
Therefore, the coalition forces in this journey will form the highest commander of these seven Khans.
"Torgire Khan, there are no outsiders here. I wonder what you plan to deal with your cheap father-in-law in the end?" Hu Rong Khan Xirige.
The corners of the mouth of the Seyfurian Khan Tojire curled slightly, "Don't worry, for the common interests of all ethnic groups in our grassland, I, Tojire, will not take into account this relationship with Liang Kingdom. When the value of Liang Kingdom is gone, I support all ethnic groups to jointly divide the two prefectures of Liang Kingdom, and even the capital road of Liang Kingdom."
The Emperor Jiang Xu of Liang would never have thought that the Khans of the grassland ethnic groups promised Liang when they met was just to pull Liang into the chariot of the grassland coalition forces.
This time, the grassland coalition will not only plunder food, population and wealth, and all ethnic groups are even preparing to occupy part of the territory of the Great Yan Empire.
The heavy snow disaster last winter caused heavy losses to all ethnic groups in the grassland. So after discussion, Khan of all ethnic groups felt that if the power of all ethnic groups could be expanded to part of the territory of the Great Yan Empire, even if such heavy snow disasters were encountered on the grassland, the various ethnic groups in the grassland would not be short of food.
The Khan of the Eastern Qiang tribe Asgahi said at this time: "The Southern Army of Yanguozhen is very strong, and it is said to have tens of millions of troops. I think if the Southern Army of Yanguozhen is too difficult to fight, we can shift our target to the other four prefectures in the northern part of Yanguo, even the Liang Kingdom, the capital road of Liang Kingdom, and the southern part of Meizhou Prefecture and Daizhou Prefecture, which are still very wealthy."
Hu Rong Khan Xi Rilige pondered for a moment and said, "The territory controlled by the Southern Army in Yanguo Town is the real wealth. Now that we have gathered such a huge force, we have to try it."
"What Xirilege Khan said makes sense. We have all come. We have to compete with the Zhennan Army. I don't believe how powerful the Zhennan Army is. Our army has gathered tens of millions of warriors from all races of the grassland!" said Huludgrand, the Khan of the Morong tribe.
Several other khans also nodded. Compared with the territory controlled by the Zhennan Army, the capital road of Liang Kingdom and Meizhou Prefecture, Daizhou Prefecture was not enough to see, and the degree of wealth was too different.
Just when the main force of the Grassland Alliance converged with the Liang Kingdom army, Li Bin had already led his army to Weibei City in Dazhou Prefecture.
This Weibei City was newly established by Zhennan Army after the annexation of Dazhou Prefecture. It is located on the border between Dazhou Prefecture and Meizhou Prefecture, Liangguo, and is regarded as a border fortress.
Weibei City is not big, and Zhennan Army only garrisons two to three brigades here all year round.
However, outside Weibei City, looking around, there were all camps built by Zhennan Army.
Li Bin set up his handsome tent in a mansion in Weibei City.
On April 23, Ruikang's 11th year, in a spacious hall in this mansion, Li Bin said loudly to hundreds of generals of the Zhennan Army: "Yunshe has discovered that it will soon attack the grassland coalition forces in our Dazhou Prefecture, including the Hu Rong, Sewu, Dongqiang, Beiqiang, Chijie, Morong, Huadi and other 67 clans.
The 67-seven-sected Hulu army alone had more than 10 million cavalry troops, and the Liang Kingdom also organized one million cavalry and one million.5 million infantry to join this grassland coalition.
In other words, our Zhennan Army is about to face an attack of almost 13 million enemy troops!"
As soon as Li Bin finished speaking, many generals from the Zhennan Army in the hall couldn't help but talk in a low voice.
"The barbarians on the grassland are really going to fight to the death this time. Tens of millions of cavalry gathered throughout the way alone."
"Did we have less troops gathered in Dazhou Prefecture? This time Liang Kingdom has also been mixed up. I think a few more guards should be drawn immediately."
"Although there are many people in the Hulu, the Nanmen Army in our town gathered all the elite troops this time. The independent cavalry guards were transferred here alone, and the lord personally led the troops. I feel that more than 10 million Hulu cavalry are not worth worrying."
After all, the Zhennan Army only learned that the Grassland Alliance was about to invade last month, so at this time, the number of troops gathered in Weibei City was far less than that of the Grassland Alliance.
In addition to the fifteen independent cavalry guards, there were only fourteen guards gathered in Weibei City.
Thanks to Zhuge Liang, Zhang Liang, Guo Jia and others, who predicted that the grassland ethnic groups might invade the Dazhou Prefecture and Caizhou Prefecture of Zhennan Army due to snow disasters, they dispatched a lot of troops to these two prefectures first.
Otherwise, the Zhennan Army would not have been able to gather so many troops in Weibei City at this time!
Now a new round of reorganization of Zhennan Army has been completed. Each standard guard has about 190,000 people, and each independent cavalry guard has about 110,000 cavalry.
The eighteen standard guards and fifteen independent cavalry guards combined are about 4.3 million. Although the troops are already quite large, they are less than half of the main force of the grassland coalition.
Including the 2.5 million army of Liang Kingdom, the Zhennan Army gathered in Weibei City, which was even less than one-third of the other party.
Li Bin waved his hand immediately, and the hall and room became quiet in an instant, "Don't worry, compare the troops, when will the Nanmen Army in our town have been afraid of it!
The Grand Governor's Office of Zhennan has ordered that two guards will be drawn from the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, the Western Barbarian Protectorate, the Meizhou Guardian, the Bizhou Guardian, the Rongzhou Guardian and the Cizhou Guardian to rush to the battlefield in Weibei City.
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We can also get reinforcements from fifty-six township guards.”
After Li Bin said this, the many generals in the hall couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Although the Zhennan Army has strong combat power, the cavalry of all races in the grassland are not given for free. After all, the cavalry of all races in the grassland have lived on horseback since childhood and are skilled in riding and shooting. They can be regarded as one of the best cavalry in the world.
Guo Jia, who was sitting under Li Bin, then spoke to Li Bin and suggested to Li Bin: "Lord, since the grassland coalition and the 2.5 million army of Liang Kingdom will join the territory of Meizhou Prefecture, it means that Liang Kingdom has basically given up its defense against Daizhou Prefecture and even the capital road of Liang Kingdom. Why not take the opportunity to take the initiative to attack Daizhou Prefecture and Jingcheng Road of Liang Kingdom!"
Li Bin hesitated, "We only arranged four guards and one independent cavalry guard in the border area of Caizhou Prefecture. If the grassland coalition and the Liang Kingdom's army divided the troops, it seems that they can't resist it with just four guards and one independent cavalry guard."
Guo Jia smiled and said, "Don't worry, lord, according to my estimate, the grassland coalition may not send troops to rescue the Daizhou Prefecture and the Jingcheng Road of Liang Kingdom, and will not even divide troops to rescue the Daizhou Prefecture and the Jingcheng Road of Liang Kingdom. As for the Liang Kingdom's army to divide troops to rescue, what's the fear of our Zhennan Army!"
When Li Bin thought that the barbarians of all races of the grassland came to plunder, they might not necessarily help Liangguo rescue Daizhou Prefecture and Jingcheng Road. Moreover, even if the grassland coalition forces really sent troops to rescue them, the troops of Zhennan Army attacking Daizhou Prefecture and Jingcheng Road could be retreated back to Caizhou Prefecture.
"Okay, then order the 19th and 36th guards in the border area of Caizhou Prefecture, plus the 22nd guards of the independent cavalry, to immediately attack the Daizhou Prefecture of Liang Kingdom. If the progress goes well, continue to attack the capital road of Liang Kingdom.
The thirteenth and fifteenth guards in the border area of Caizhou Prefecture will stay and continue to garrison to prevent the grassland coalition forces from splitting their troops to attack Caizhou Prefecture."
Li Bin never expected that the 19th guards of the Zhennan Army, the 36th guards and the 22nd guards of the Independent Cavalry would be so smoothly to attack the Daizhou Prefecture and the Beijing Road of the Liang Kingdom.
In order to form an army of 2.5 million, Emperor Jiang Xu of Liang State transferred almost all the males who could be transferred in the country, leaving only some elderly, weak, sick and disabled defenders left behind in various cities in Liang State.
As a result, when facing the attack of Zhennan Army, it was like a surrender. As soon as the Zhennan Army resisted outside the city, a white flag was raised on the wall.
As Guo Jia expected, the Grassland Alliance was not willing to divide his troops to save the Daizhou Prefecture of Liang Kingdom, and even the seven khans of the Grassland Alliance Command. They believed that it would be of no benefit to the Grassland Alliance to rescue the Daizhou Prefecture and the Beijing Road of Liang Kingdom.
The other seven khans felt that even if the Zhennan Army captured the Daizhou Prefecture and the Jingcheng Road of Liang Kingdom, they might not be able to defend themselves. If the grassland coalition forces could not defeat the Zhennan Army and entered the Zhennan Army's territory to rob.
You can also turn your head and attack the Daizhou Prefecture and Jingcheng Road of Liangguo, which have been occupied by Zhennan Army, so that you will not leave the reputation of attacking your allies.
Emperor Jiang Xu of Liang was reluctant to let Daizhou Prefecture and Jingcheng Road be captured by Zhennan Army. However, in order to persuade several khans of the grassland coalition forces, Jiang Xu only sent back 100,000 cavalry and 200,000 infantry, hoping to at least defend the capital of Liang's country, Daliang City.
However, before these 300,000 reinforcements could resist Daliang City, they were defeated by the 22nd independent cavalry guards in the wild.
The generals led the troops of Liang State finally gathered less than 30,000 troops.
But with less than 30,000 troops, how can we save Daliang City, which has been surrounded by Zhennan Army?
The Liang State general had to lead his troops out of the capital and return to the Liang State army.
In the end, when the main force of the Grassland Alliance and the Liang Kingdom army confronted the millions of the Zhennan Army outside the Weibei City, the Daizhou Prefecture and the Capital Road of the Liang Kingdom, including the Liang Kingdom's capital Daliang City, all fell into the hands of the Zhennan Army.
Chapter completed!