The two battles that took place on September 8, 2013, the Battle of the Rising River and the Battle of Huanshui actually determined the future rise and fall of the Great Liao Empire, and even the entire Central Plains agricultural civilization and the northern nomadic fishing and hunting civilization.

If we only look at the grand strategy of the entire Liao and Song confrontation at that time, neither of these two battles seemed to be decisive.

Zhao Zhongge, who won the Battle of Qianhehewan, did not work hard to advance eastward to expand the results. He just took advantage of the opportunity of Yelu Eli in Qianyin County to lead his army to break through and seize Qianyin County. Then he temporarily ended the battle on the eastern front of Xijin Prefecture and led his troops back to the Hejian Camp. Xiao Xiamai was able to return to his Yutian Camp with the most sad mood, hold a big funeral, recuperate, and lick the terrible wounds.

Similarly, Yelu Yanxi, who broke through the Huanshui defense line, did not rush to march south, but set up a camp in Yonghe Town on the south bank of the Huanshui River and began to rest. However, Han Xiaozhou, who failed in the Huanshui Battle, and Zong Ze did not suffer a fatal blow. It was not that they suffered little losses, but that behind the two, there were enough people in Xiangzhou and mountain people in Taihang Mountain.

Moreover, Gao Qiu and Taiwei Gao's flag was already flying high above Daming Prefecture City. The number one coach in the Song Dynasty finally appeared on the battlefield in Hebei!

However, what is hidden behind these two battles, which can only be considered medium-sized, is a series of casualties that made Yelu Yanxi frightened.

"What? The man who divided the army in the palace has lost more than 900 people!?"

"Your Majesty, there are nearly 600 people who are seriously injured. I wonder if I can survive?"

"How is that possible!? It's just a group of farmers, how can they be so good at fighting?"

"Your Majesty, if those Han farmers lined up and fought, they would certainly not be the opponent of our Khitan Lang. But they were good at defending the city. Even if they built a fortress in the wild, it would be difficult to fight tightly! Moreover, the Song people also used a crossbow arrow that was extremely harmful to their good deeds!"

"Bound arrow?" Yelu Yanxi frowned and took a blood-stained triangular arrow from a waiter's hand. The three blades of the arrow were all sharply worn, and the part near the tip of the arrow was slightly worn.

"This group of Han people has used a lot of crossbow machines! It is also well-made and has great lethality. The crossbow arrows shot can penetrate the armor of the soldiers of the palace army within thirty steps. This is the seized crossbow machine. Please check it out."

Yesterday, the commanding palace troops to cover the four Jet Army soldiers to attack the Yanqing Palace, Monk Xiao, while explaining, handed a captured Tianjin crossbow to the waiter of Yelu Yanxi.

Yelu Yanxi put down the triangular arrowhead and took the Tianjin crossbow. He first carefully checked the workmanship of the crossbow body and crossbow arms, and then looked at the "tail" of the crossbow machine for a while, which was the shape of the butt stock used to stabilize the shooting.

"How many crossbow machines have been seized?" Yelu Yanxi asked.

“No less than 2,000 pieces!”

"So many!" Yelu Yanxi was stunned, "Every piece is made like this?"

“Every one is like this.”

"How is that possible!?"

Yelu Yanxi was shocked.

Although he was the emperor, the Emperor of Liao could not compare with Zhao Ji, the Song Dynasty official. What he saw and used were not all high-quality products. Even his imperial tent had a lot of shoddy things. So I was a little surprised to see the workmanship of this Tianjin crossbow. The things used by the soldiers on the battle formation were actually so well done!

And when he learned that this well-made weapon could actually seize 2,000 pieces at a time, he was not surprised. Instead, he was shocked, unable to understand and fear were intertwined.

How much gold, silver and treasure did Zhao Ji, the One Piece, snatched from overseas? He actually equipped the troops like the regiment training team with such good crossbows! How much does this thing cost? If you do it so well, you have to at least have to have ten or eight pieces?

Moreover, this is not a matter of money. How good craftsmanship is needed to be made? How many good craftsmen are there in the military weapon prisons of the Song Dynasty?

In fact, the Tianjin crossbow that Yelu Yanxi saw was not produced by fine craftsmanship, but was produced in large quantities. The reason why it looks very exquisite is that it adopts the production organization method of "standardization" and "subdivided labor". The various components of the crossbow machine are subcontracted to different manufacturers and strict specifications are proposed.

Because craftsmen only make one part or even one process day after day, practice naturally makes perfect, and the better and faster it is done. The quality and output of Tianjin crossbows continue to increase, while the production costs continue to decline. Therefore, there is a possibility of training a large amount of Tianjin crossbows for ordinary militia regiments to equip Tianjin crossbows.

In addition, the paper armor, spears, and swords and shields provided to the Xiangzhou regiment training army were also mass-produced by similar methods.

"How many beheadings and captives are there?" Yelu Yanxi asked with a frown, "Have you figured out the plan?"

"Report to Your Majesty, in the battle yesterday, we won more than 6,000 armored heads, and more than 3,000 prisoners of life." Xiao Fengxian replied, "The enemy's losses must be more than 12,000 people... Another great victory!"

"Great victory?" Yelu Yanxi raised his eyelids and glanced at Xiao Fengxian, "There are 1,500 serious injuries to the Gong branch army alone. Why do the losses of the Four Cliffs cost two or three thousand people? How could it be considered a great victory for four thousand people to exchange for 12,000 people in the Song State? How many heroes in our Great Liao Dynasty can sacrifice this way?"

In the imperial tent, the atmosphere suddenly became lower.

The battle of Huanshui seemed to be a great victory, but in fact it revealed a huge crisis! The casualty exchange ratio in this war was very unfavorable to the Liao Kingdom!

When Zhong Fu's troops were annihilated, the Liao army suffered great losses. However, after all, Zhong Fu was the "most elite" new army in the Song Dynasty, and it was reasonable that the Liao army suffered a greater loss. But this time the Liao army faced the Xiangzhou regiment training team, and the losses were so great. This was a bit unacceptable!

Moreover, the combat power of the Xiangzhou regiment training can be obviously replicated! They are nothing more than "standing on the base of the wall and using strong crossbows". Building walls is the master of the Han people, and building strong crossbows is also the director of the Han people.

What’s more important is that they have more people! Even if they don’t count the losses of the Four Jet Army (Han Army), 12,000 to 1,500 is not something Yelu Yanxi can bear. There are tens of thousands of Han people, and only two or three million Khitans, which is dozens of times different! This eight-to-one exchange ratio is still a team training, how can this be done?

When Yelu Yanxi was having a headache when he had to switch to eight Han regiments for military training for a Khitan Palace, in Yutian County, more than a thousand miles away, the whole city was crying and every family was filial.

The news of the defeat of Qianghe has reached Yutian. This time it was not for eight Khitans to replace one Han people, but for the reverse. It would be possible to use the lives of eight Khitans or "half-Khitan" Han family soldiers, and it would not necessarily be possible to exchange the lives of a new Han army officer and soldier.

Less than half of the 30,000 troops led by Xiao Xiamai and Yelu Eli ran back to Yutian, and most of the ones who ran back were auxiliary soldiers. The real warriors of the Xi people, the Han family and the cavalry of the Wenzhong family, all lost 670% and at least 10,000 people (referring to the Xi people and the Han family) were sprinkled with blood.

It was just a medium-sized battle, and it was beyond everyone's expectations that it would have such lethality.

"This, this, how is this possible! How is it possible? So many Han family members are gone..." Yelu Guanligu was already in tears. Because he was old and weak, he did not come to the battlefield in person, but Xiao Xiamai unified the command of the Xi army, the Han family army and the cavalry of the Prince Wenzhong's mansion.

The so-called cavalry of the Wenzhong Palace is nearly half of the blood of the Han family in Yutian. The Wenzhong Palace and the Han family in Yutian were originally family members. All the Han family members with the Yelu surname were from the Wenzhong Palace.

Therefore, in the battle between Qianhehewan, almost half of the Han family in Yutian were founded. A large family who was originally a prosperous family would be at risk of losing their future in a blink of an eye.

King Xi Xiao Xiamai was also sighing. He was from the Ministry of National Uncle's tribe, not from the Six Ministry of Xi. Not many of the Xi people who died in the battle in Qianhewan were his relatives. However, the losses of the warriors of the Xi people and the lethality of the Song State New Army still made him feel deeply desperate.

The Battle of Qianhehewan is not a matter of exchange ratio, but once again proves the reality that the combat power of the so-called elite Khitans is already weaker than that of the most elite new army of the Song people in the Southern Dynasty.

"Control Li Gu," Xiao Xiamai looked at the old man Yelu Control Li Gu, crying almost, and then sighed, "We should join forces to report to the emperor and ask him to return to Xijin Mansion, and then join the entire army to fight to the death with the Song people!"

Yelu Guanligu wiped his tears. Just as he was about to agree with Xiao Xia’s suggestion, a child from the Han family in Yutian ran in panic, holding a letter written by someone who didn’t know who wrote it.

"But, but the Song army is calling?" the old man asked in a trembling voice.

"Reporting to my eldest father, it's not Song Jun who came to Yutian."

Fortunately, the old man sighed in a solemn tone.

The Han family said again: "It was Song Jun who went to Tokyo Road!"

"ah!?"

"What?"

Now Old Man Yelu and Xiao Xiamai both jumped up from the chair.

"Song, Song, did the Song army bypass Yutian east?" Old Man Yelu stuttered, "Then, Xijin Mansion..."

He is afraid that there will be changes in Xijin Mansion now!

There is no second family among the families in Yan, like the Han family, who is loyal to the Great Liao Dynasty! Otherwise, why would the sixth battalion guards under the command of the Ma Renwang be viewed on the wall in the city west of Xijin Prefecture?

After they learned about the news of the Battle of Qianhehewan, would they consider betraying the Liao Dynasty?

Only when Xijin Prefecture City is broken can the Song army draw elite troops to advance eastward... If this is true, then the Han family in Yutian will be destroyed!
Chapter completed!