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After some counting, the Liao army lost [-] troops successively due to the melee caused by the rebellion of the western Jiedu envoy of the Xi nationality.Today, less than [-] have returned to the city.
With these troops, how can we defend the isolated city of Bei'an Prefecture?
Xiao Qian and his nephew B Shi Bajin looked at each other, frowning.
Perhaps, we can only rely on Nanjing Road to stay behind, and the reinforcements of Marshal Yeluchun will come to rescue?
However, Xiao Qianku stayed there for a few days, but he didn't see a single soldier coming to help. The nearby Xi tribe was also shocked by the Jin army. He took refuge in the Jinren.
Facing the persuasion of Yelu Yujian and others to surrender, Xiao Qian, who had nowhere to go, had no choice but to open the city gate and surrender.
After the Jin army captured Bei'an Prefecture, the front of the soldiers went straight to Gubeikou, the gateway of the Jingjing Road.
Chapter 768 Visit from the Hongji Assassins
In February of the sixth year of Dajin Tianfu, after a fierce battle, Wanyan Zonghan's army defeated Xiao Qian, the king of the Fourth Army of the Liao Kingdom, and occupied Bei'an Prefecture in Zhongjing Road.Xiao Qian, the king of the Fourth Army, was defeated and trapped, and surrendered to the Jin army.
At this time, under the pincer attack of the North Route Army and the South Route Army of the Jin Army, the cities of Zhongjing Road in the Liao Kingdom fell one after another.After the Jin army successively captured Zezhou and Bei'an Prefecture, the vanguard has already entered Songting Pass and Gubeikou.
In order to abide by the covenant with the Song State, the Jin Army temporarily stopped attacking the Yanjing area of the Liao State, and dispersed its troops to various places to wipe out the remaining Liao army and recruit and appease the people in all parts of Zhongjing.
Just at this time, the Nanjing Daoliao army, which Xiao Qian had not been waiting for for a long time, rushed from Shunzhou and Tanzhou to the Chaosi River in the south of Gubeikou, intending to retake the Gubeikou pass.
At this time, Wanyan Loushi's lieutenant general Wanyan Hunchu was in charge of guarding the Gubeikou pass, and he had only hundreds of soldiers and horses around him.
Seeing the menacing approach of the Liao army, Wanyan Hunchu hurriedly sent someone to ask for reinforcements from the chief general of Bei'an Prefecture, Wanyan Zonghan.
Wanyan Zonghan heard that the Liao army was coming, and wanted to personally lead the troops to Gubeikou to fight the Liao army.
At this time, Wanyan Xiyin and Wanyan Loushi came out and said to Wanyan Zonghan: "All the elite of the Liao army have been lost to me. The people who came are just local chickens and dogs. There is no need for Zonghan to conscript yourself! I will wait for you Break it with thousands of people!"
When Wanyan Zonghan heard the words, he allocated a thousand elite soldiers to Wanyan Xiyin and Wanyan Loushi, and asked them to go to Gubeikou to repel the Liao army.
When Wanyan Xiyin and Wanyan Loushi arrived at Gubeikou, Wanyan Hunju was fighting fiercely with the Liao army.
Due to the narrow terrain of Gubeikou, although the Liao army had tens of thousands of people, it was unable to fully deploy its forces.
The troops led by Wanyan Xiyin and Wanyan Loushi fought fiercely with the Liao army in the valley, killing the Liao army with their helmets and armor removed, their corpses piled up in the valley of the Chaosi River, and countless baggage and horses were seized.
After this battle, the Liao army in Nanjing Road shrank back to the Tanzhou defense line, and did not dare to send troops to cross the Zhongjing Road.The struggle between the Jin and Liao armies for the Zhongjing area seems to have finally come to an end.
The news of the fall of Bei'an Province and the surrender of Liao Army commander Xiao Qian of Zhongjing Road to the Jin Army soon spread to the Shangjing Road area, and was known by Xiao Yixue, who was staying in Shangjing who was entangled with the Jin Army.
The failure and retreat of the Liao army on the Zhongjing Road left Xiao Yi and Xue Jun alone.
Recalling the past of fighting the Jin army, the escaped general Xiao Yixue was safe and sound after many battles, but the other Liao generals who joined forces with him, such as Yelu Chigouer, Yelu Ta Buye, Yelu Mage, etc., were defeated and died one after another. , Xiao Qian was also defeated and captured, only he is still active in the Zhongjing area.
However, as the Zhongjing Road fell into the hands of the Jin Army, Xiao Yi and Xue Jun had been completely separated from the Liao Army of Nanjing Road and Xijing Road, and became a lone army.
At this time, there was also information that the Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin had dispatched General Wanyan Xigunai to lead troops to Linhuang Mansion to strengthen the defense of Linhuang Mansion and wait for an opportunity to annihilate Xiao Yixue's army.
After Xiao Yixue got the news, he didn't dare to entangle Mao Zilian any longer in Raozhou, and retreated north with his army.
Xiao Yixue, who had nowhere to go, decided to lead the army back to the Recruitment Division on Northwest Road, and hibernate temporarily, waiting for the Liao army to counterattack.
The Northwest Road Recruitment Department of the Liao State is far away on the Mobei Grassland. It was established by the Khitans to control the commercial routes in the Mobei Grassland and to suppress the rebellious and subdued Zhubu tribe and other grassland tribes.
The Recruitment Department of Northwest Road has jurisdiction over Zhaozhou, Weizhou, Zhenzhou, and Fangzhou, as well as border castles such as the main city of Talan, Pitt River City, and Hedong City established along the Luqu River.
These towns are far away in the north of Mobei, and the Jin army is anxious not to make an expedition, which is enough for Xiao Yixue to recuperate.
Moreover, the Liao State Northwest Road Recruitment Division, which controls the Silk Road in the Mobei Grassland, has close contacts with countries in the Western Regions. If nothing can be done, Xiao Yixue can lead the army to retreat to the more distant Western Regions.
As a large East Asian country with a vast territory of thousands of miles, Khitan of the Liao Kingdom still has a great influence on the Western Regions of Central Asia.
Decades ago, in the Karakhan Dynasty of Central Asia, there was a great philosopher named Yusuf Hass Hajifu, who wrote such a verse in his book "Fu Le Wisdom":
"The brown earth is covered with green silk,
The Khitan caravan laid out the peach blossom brocade again.
……
You have to get in touch with them,
Do your best to satisfy your wishes in the transaction.
The rare treasures of the world are in their hands,
Can make people look good.
They traveled from east to west,
Will help you realize your good wishes.
The countless treasures and silks of the world,
All from their side.
If there were no merchants in the world running around,
How can I wear sable fur?
If there is no dust on the Khitan caravan road,
Where did the countless silks and satins come from?
If there were no merchants running about in the world,
Who can see the clusters of jeweled pearls?
......"
Yusuf Hass Hajifu's works were widely circulated in Central Asia and influenced later generations. This also shows how far-reaching Khitan's influence on Central Asian countries is.
The idea Xiao Yixue had in mind was to occupy the recruiting department on the Northwest Road, use the Khitan influence of the Liao Kingdom in the Central Asia and Western Regions, obtain their support, and continue to fight against the Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom.
At this time, Xiao Yixue still didn't know that a few years later, Yelu Dashi, a great talent of the clan of the Liao Kingdom, had the same idea as he did today, and also fled to the recruiting department of the Northwest Road after the defeat.Nayelu Dashi also used the troops of the Northwest Road Recruitment Department to fight to the Western Regions and established a new country, Xiliao, in Central Asia.
Of course, Xiao Yixue didn't have the ambition of Yelu Dashi. At this time, the Liao Kingdom was still alive, and he didn't have the opportunity to lead the army to the west. The opportunity to make history had not yet fallen on his head.
When Xiao Yixue led his troops through the territory of the black car Shiwei tribe who was friendly to him, and then bypassed the Wugu tribe whose situation was unknown, and returned to Hedong City by the Luqu River, there were already people waiting for him here. .
Those who waited for Xiao Yixue outside the city of Hedong were a group of members of the Mongolian Hongji tribe.When these Mongols saw the return of the Liao army, they immediately offered horse milk tea and beef and mutton to clean up the dust for Xiao Yixue's Liao army.
When Xiao Yixue was in charge of the Shangjing Road, among the nomadic tribes of the Wugu Dilie Commanding Army Division, he had a closer relationship with the Mongols.
Because there had been rebellions in the Wugu tribe and the enemy lie tribe a few years ago, it was Xiao Yixue who led Mao Zilian and other generals to put down the rebellion.Therefore, there was a feud between the Wugu tribe and the enemy lie tribe and Xiao Yixue, and they never sent troops to support Xiao Yixue's Kangjin.