Chapter 939 The Red-Eyed Gambler's Last Chip
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A Baoji held the silver wolf-headed knife hanging from his waist and said with a wry smile: "When Li Jing attacked Liaodong from the floating sea in Shandong, he didn't take long to take down Liaodong and Liaoxi. I remember that in the face of the Qin army's attack, many people in the tribe said that the Kuhan in Liaodong would directly defeat the Qin army?"
When Yelu Yanmu was still trying to answer his nephew's question, another cavalry appeared in the thick fog. He immediately shouted at them: "Yu Yue, Shali, please go to the Central Army Commander's Mansion immediately."
"What's the matter?"
The Khitan wolf rider who reported the news shook his head, and the wolf scalp helmet on his head immediately shook.
"Yi Lijin urgently summoned the generals to discuss matters, and there was a big trouble."
"What's going on?"
"The Qin people, the Qin people have increased their troops again. As I just received the news, the Qin people sent a large number of troops to the northwest of us. It is said that there are more than 100,000 people, and there may be 200,000 people."
A Baoji took a breath secretly, feeling a sense of fear in his heart, and the thing he was most worried about finally appeared.
Under the leadership of Yelu Yanmu, Abaoji and the knight galloped along with his war horse on the vast plain shrouded by white mist.
Marshal of the left coalition of the tribal coalition, the Khitan, is now the first person in the Khitan, the current father of the Khitan Khan, now for the tenth time, Yelu Tiela, who served as the Khitan Yilijin, is already 64 years old this year. He has a black beard and still has sharp eyes, full of the confident general style that is enough to praise him as the ten military commanders of the Khitan. He has a tall head and a big horse, a tiger back and a bear waist. When he was twelve, he officially followed his father with his tribal army.
When he went to the battlefield, he won nine enemy heads. At the age of thirteen, he led his 100-man team to break into the central army of the Wei army, killing generals and capturing flags, and received unanimous praise from the various Khitan tribes. At the age of thirty years ago, he was officially promoted to the commander of the thousand men, and at the age of thirty years ago, he had become one of the few more than a dozen ten thousand men in the Khitan army. As early as thirty years ago, he had commanded a Khitan coalition of 100,000.
This former Khitan warrior is now in a big house built with ice and snow in the Shanxi Mansion. In the cold winter, living in a house made of ice and snow is actually much warmer than in those wooden houses that are breathable everywhere. However, the number one warrior in the heart of the Khitans was solemn, and Abaoji even keenly discovered that his uncle's hand was trembling slightly.
A strong man wearing a body was standing on one side. He was the son of his uncle Tila, Yelu Osi, the King of the Southern Court of Khitan. This was also the newly established official position after the Khitan had ended several chaos in recent years. He was the two deputy of Yilijin. The King of the North Court was commanding the Khitan tribe army, while the King of the South Court led the army of slaves, prisoners of war and mercenaries under the Khitan tribes, and also led other tribe affairs. He had great power, and now he was occupied by the Tila family, with his two sons.
Yelu Yusi is the king of the Southern Court and one of the twenty-four ten thousand-man commanders of the Khitan today. According to the old rules, each of the twenty tribes of the Khitan had a ten thousand-man commander, which was generally served by Yilijin of the tribe, and was commanded by Yilijin of the tribe during the war. As the most powerful Diela tribe, they had five ten thousand-man commanders. In addition to one of them, Yilijin of the Dadilie Prefecture and Yilijin of the Diela tribe, there were four. Yelu Yusi was the four ten thousand-man commanders of the Diela tribe.
The youngest one among the husbands is originally three, namely Yelu Shilu, Yelu Sassai, and Yelu Suguzi. Now these three positions are served by Yelu Wansi and Yelu Yanmu, and there is still a vacant left. It is said that Yelu Tiela intends to choose between Yelu Abaoji, the son of Yelu Sasai, and Yelu Huage, the son of Yelu Shilu. Whether it is Huage or Abaoji, if they can be elected as the leader of ten thousand men, they will become the youngest leader of the Khitan in history.
Yelu Yusi was the commander of ten thousand men and the commander of ten thousand cavalry. He commanded ten thousand Diela cavalry, the real Khitan cavalry. The grassland tribes have always focused on cavalry but less on infantry. In addition to ordinary cavalry, they are auxiliary soldiers and finally infantry. In Khitan, not all cavalry, but also infantry. Infants are basically held by slaves, prisoners of war, and other tribes.
There are only eight Khitans in the whole Khitan.
Yelu Yusi, a king in the South Court, mainly tribal soldiers besides the Khitan, but he is a ten thousand cavalry captain. It can be seen that this person is not simple. In fact, he is also the youngest ten thousand cavalry captain in the Khitan in the past century. As early as ten years ago, he served as the important position of ten thousand cavalry captain at the age of 25 and has always been in charge of the most elite cavalry of the Khitan Diela tribe.
"Yusi, is your news reliable?"
The two hands pressed on the table were also trembling.
"Fifty thousand new troops and 100,000 civilians have gathered towards Fuyu since autumn. Now, they suddenly move northward, moving closer to the Qin army to Da'an where the Nianshui and the Shui River converge." Yelu Yusi said with a plain expression.
"Fifty thousand new troops and 100,000 civilians." A Baoji's face became increasingly ugly, and his head was shaking gently. In such a time, the Qin army suddenly added so many troops to Da'an behind them. They braved the bad weather to send troops, and they could fully reveal their intentions. They wanted to stabilize Da'an's defense line and trap them.
"Yilijin!" Abaoji took a step forward and spoke loudly. "I thought that we should break through immediately and we must disperse the troops. It is best to disperse the small troops of about a thousand people to break through. The Qin people have completely stuck our rear passage. Even if we can survive this winter, there will be a spring and a summer. We will not be able to wait for the best season for next autumn. In the current situation, it is completely impossible to defeat the Qin army in the Bohai Sea. We should prepare early. Since we can't beat them, we should retreat as soon as possible. Withdraw now. Although we take risks, the Qin people cannot stop us. Of course, they will lose some, and the losses may be quite large, but it is better than staying here until the end of the road next year and being taken away by the Qin army without missing a single leak."
Yelu Tiela stared at A Baoji with some dissatisfaction. The saddle in his hand thumped on the ground with a bang.
"Chuli. You were extremely brave in the Battle of Daibei. You are so famous that you are possessed by the ghost of a coward. I actually heard the word "retreat as soon as possible" from your mouth. The war has not begun. It is too early for us and the Qin army to win and lose." His cousin, Yelu Brother Hua sneered at A Baozhen. Brother Hua is eighteen years older than A Baoji. He is also very brave, but he is a little different from A Baoji, who once made a big name in the Battle of Daibei. His age has become his weakness. Now the two are competing for the position of the last ten thousand men, so he is becoming more and more disagreeable with this little brother.
"Yi Lijin, Beizhi is not cowardly and makes such suggestions."
Brother Yelu Hua refused to let him go, "The warriors dare not fight. They are determined to retreat. What is this not cowardice? Is this still brave?"
"Yilijin, please think carefully. Our tribal army is indeed very strong. However, in the nine battles in autumn, we fought with them, but in the end we suffered more than 100,000 casualties. Now, the Qin army is still replenishing troops, but we have no soldiers to replenish. Among the remaining hundreds of thousands of people, there are less than 200,000 powerful soldiers who can fight, and there are fewer and fewer materials. If this continues, the enemy will become stronger and stronger, and we will become weaker. This result can be imagined. We retreat at this time, not cowardly, but seize the momentum. It is like a fist, when the fist is exhausted,
The clever way is to immediately retract the fist, so that it will be powerful if it hits again. We retreat to our territory, accumulate strength again, and fight the Qin army in the future. Yilijin, distance is the best defense. When the attacks of the Central Plains people, our biggest weapon is to advance and retreat. When they go deeper and the food and grass are gone, we will besiege them like wolves, chase them, and annihilate them. This is our strength. We must not give up our strengths, play positional wars and wars of attrition with the Qin people. The last battle of Daibei in the Central Plains was a lesson for the past!”
Yelu Abaoji ignored Yelu Hua Ge, but Yelu Hua Ge was unwilling to let him go, and continued with a very hurtful smile, "I just suck, when did your mouth become more sharp than your bow and knife? I see you said so much, it was because you were beaten by the Qin people during the Battle of Daibei."
Yelu Tiela glanced at the young guards' commander and sighed, "Shali, do you know how bad the weather is now? In such a season, not to mention retreating, or marching calmly, countless people will have to freeze to death along the way. Now you want us to give up this camp that is wind-proof and rain-proof, and we must disperse our troops into countless small teams and break through the siege of hundreds of thousands of Qin people. There are interceptions in front, pursuers behind, and fog and snow, cold wind and severe cold. Do you know how thick the snow outside is now? In some places, horses step on them and pass the horse's belly directly. In such a season, if we do not need Qin people to pursue and intercept, most of us will have to freeze to death. Shali, you must know that our coalition is not all soldiers, but there are many women, children, elderly, and wounded soldiers. What does it mean to retreat now? Can I make up this decision?"
What does Yelu Abaoji know very well, which means that the ultimate retreat to the north will be only more than one-third at most, which means that at most 200,000 people will evacuate from the Bohai Sea. Even if the evacuated soldiers are all soldiers, the old and weak are left behind, which is also a huge loss for the tribe. Moreover, facing the Qin army that has intercepted the two main channels, it is still a question whether they can evacuate one-third of the people.
But A Baoji felt that he should leave, even if he could only withdraw 100,000 soldiers, it was worth taking risks. At this time, the hero cut off his arm, and it was like everyone was killed by the Qin people here in the end. Now he left, and he still had a chance to take revenge in the future. If he didn't leave now, they would not even have a chance to take revenge.
"Grandfather, I think it's too alarmist to sip. Our supplies are still there, but they are not as big as the food is gone. Besides, even if the day the food is gone, we will still have millions of Bohai people under our command. It will be enough to kill them as military rations. We will waste our lives with the Qin army, and even if we want to leave, we have to wait until next autumn. We are afraid of consumption. Are the Qin army not afraid? They are not fewer than us, and the Southern Barbarians are not adapting to the severe cold of the Bohai Sea, so they can fight. Besides, Li Jing
Is it safe to transfer all the main forces to the Bohai Sea? I heard that Huang Chao from the Central Plains has been wiped out. Now that Li Keyong has occupied the Central Plains, there are more than 20 vassal states in their alliance. Li Jing is afraid that Li Jing wants to withdraw his troops earlier than us. We can see who can't hold on now. Anyway, we are in trouble with the Qin army, waiting for the fire in Li Jing's backyard to catch fire. By then, Li Jing will be the one who withdraws, and the entire Bohai Sea will belong to us. Maybe we can also occupy Liaodong and Liaoxi outside the pass."
Brother Yelu Hua's words were the thought that many tribal generals such as Tila had always had in their hearts. It was difficult for the tribal army to fight Li Jing alone. But they were still looking forward, looking forward to the change in the Central Plains, and looking forward to the fire in Li Jing's backyard. In that era, the situation would be different.
The loss is too great now, which is equivalent to directly admitting defeat, and it is a complete defeat. But if you persist, although the hope is slim, there is still a glimmer of hope. The Khitan and the coalition are now in a difficult situation. They are like gamblers who are frightened. If they don’t lose all their last chips, they will never leave the table like this.
Yelu Tiela pulled out the scimitar, and everyone was shocked.
However, his knife did not slash at anyone, but handed the knife to Yelu Hua Ge directly.
"I will now grant you the 24th Khitan ten thousand men's position as the 24th Khitan ten thousand men's position. Holding this knife, this is the ten thousand men's golden wolf-headed scimitar, and it is also the proof of your ten thousand men's leader!"
Brother Yelu Hua stepped forward in surprise and held the knife, so excited that he was a little at a loss. Yelu Abaoji stood aside and said nothing. He looked at the boots on his feet, but his heart felt sad. In fact, he cared very much, and he really wanted to win the position of ten thousand men.
Although he knew very well that the position of Chief of the Wanfu was not entirely due to his strength, and he and Brother Hua had the qualifications to compete for it because of their father's status in the tribe. But when Brother Hua, a brave but unscrupulous guy, still felt a lot of dissatisfaction in his heart.
Amid his regret for missing the boss, a deep sense of worry arose in his heart.
It is too dangerous for everyone to sit and wait for the enemy to have trouble like this. How can we place the hope of the Khitan in the hands of Li Jing's enemy?
Chapter completed!