Chapter 378

Wei Ran recruited a large number of craftsmen and men and went straight to Yingzhou City (Chaoyang City). This was the foundation of Pinglu Jiedu envoy. The place was very rich, and it was also used as the foundation by yelyabaoji.

Wei Ran's army arranged barracks along the White Wolf water, that is, the Daling River of later generations, cutting down trees to make siege equipment.

At the same time, several huge hot-air balloons were raised. The number of defenders in Yingzhou City was small, and they were not elite and weak in combat effectiveness.

The first time I saw a hot-air balloon with ferocious faces, it was even worse than the Tubo army. Wei Ran observed the layout of military forces and the topography of houses in the city through hot-air balloons, and completely mastered the actual situation in the city.

Seeing that the garrison was in a panic, he didn't wait for all the siege equipment to be ready. He set up two ladder ladders, pushed them onto the siege vehicle, and added the ladder used by ants. Under the cover of strong bow and crossbow, he took Yingzhou City in a wave.

After entering the city, they plundered the government treasury and burned down the government offices and bureaucrat offices. However, they did not kill innocent people indiscriminately, but forced the officials and people in the city, dismantled the city walls and wantonly damaged the infrastructure.

People in the city dare not cooperate in order to save their family's property and life.

Wei Ran handed over the arms of the garrison in the city to the ruffians and hooligans in the city, disarmed all the local troops, and asked those ruffians and hooligans who were temporarily promoted to do their best to dismantle the city wall.

Then he led the army to leave Yingzhou with full harvest.

On the other side, Li Chengye, with 4000 troops and horses, met 10000 zahu who was chased and killed by the angry Khitan main force on the grassland under the central contact of a Li.

At this time, these miscellaneous Hu troops had long been pursued and killed, leaving less than 4000 people and horses, and suffered heavy losses. But one of the two hundred elite riders left by Wei Ran didn't die. I'm afraid none of the more than 10000 miscellaneous Hu would have escaped if they hadn't helped command during this period.

After Li Chengye arrived, relying on his strong army, abduction and deception, and the deception of the 200 Fenglin cavalry, half of the people and horses in the miscellaneous Hu were willing to obey Li Chengye's orders and take revenge on Qidan.

The other half had been completely beaten into a ridged dog and ran away overnight with its tail.

At this time, Khitan's main force had learned that King Xi's camp was broken by Wei Ran. Yeluabaoji did not make the mistake of dividing troops. Although he knew Wei Ran's general strength from the prisoners, he did not take it lightly.

As a new overlord on the grassland, Yelu abaoji knew that the Han people could not compete on the grassland under normal circumstances. Only those elite troops with excellent commanders and strong combat effectiveness can come and go across the grassland like a high wind.

Moreover, during this period of time, he chased and killed one after another on the grassland, set up ambushes and attacked those miscellaneous Hu troops, which also made him feel better.

These miscellaneous Hu men and horses are just the rats who were beaten by Qidan on the grassland. The man named Li Dingguo really deliberately used them as bait to delay the action of his main force.

It has been nearly ten days since this time. God knows how much trouble has been caused to his rear in western Liaoning and southern Liaoning. He doesn't dare to stay on the grassland. He must return to Yingzhou. He must completely crush this army like the fierce and cunning wolves on the grassland!

When yelyabaoji came to Yingzhou, he saw a city with half of its walls torn down, and there were no Fenglin soldiers in the city. It was all the spontaneous actions of the people in the city.

The scene in front of him almost made his air pressure rise crazily, and almost ran away on the spot. However, it was also similar to the violent walk. He ordered that the citizens in the city who participated in the demolition of the wall be beheaded on the spot.

However, it was opposed by many people in the army, because many of the people who broke down the wall were relatives of high-ranking officials and rich families in the city. If they were to be killed, there would be great trouble for the foundation of yelyabaoji's rule in the local area.

After some persuasion by his subordinates, Yelu abaoji, who regained his mind, asked people to identify the family background of the people who demolished the city wall, cut off all the local ruffians and ordinary civilians, leaving only the relatives of those who were either expensive or rich.

In this way, the shadow of Fenglin army was lost. However, it is impossible to ensure whether Fenglin army has left Western Liaoning, which makes Yelv abaoji uneasy.

Sure enough, when he presided over the city repair in Yingzhou, he heard that Liaoxi county city was being attacked by Fenglin army. He did not want to, immediately led the army to Liaoxi county city.

The town of Liaoxi county is located in the northeast of Jinzhou city in the later age. It was originally under the control of the East Antarctic mansion during the Tianbao years. It is a military fort that guards the essence of the Liao Xi corridor to the Liaohe plain. However, after the Xuanzong, it became more and more decadent, and the military fort was gradually weakened.

Yelyabaoji originally wanted to abandon this place after the war and set up a city in the southwest with a better geographical location as a solid city that really guards the corridor of western Liaoning, that is, Jinzhou City.

But now Wei Ran didn't give him this opportunity. The defense of the fort in front of him was very empty. He didn't need much effort to attack it easily.

But Wei Ran did not do so. Instead, according to his original plan, he decided to arrange a battlefield in the mountains from Yingzhou to here, so that the armies of both sides could fight a real hard battle in this terrain where cavalry could not carry out.

However, he still reported the idea of just in case, setting up ambushes in the mountains first. At the same time, using the craftsmen and civilian men who came with the army, he built a simple military stronghold in the middle of the two mountain roads and crossed the middle of the rivers along the way.

The ambush failed completely as Wei Ran expected. However, Yelu abaoji was also the leader of the eight departments of Khitan. Using vanguard scouts and letter eagles, he soon found that Wei Ran's ambush in the mountain road did not rush up foolishly.

Instead, a large number of scattered soldiers were assigned to clear up the ambush troops arranged by Wei ran along both sides of the mountain road. The main forces of the two sides fought for the first time under such circumstances that no one expected.

Wei Ran was not on the battlefield at that time. The battle was presided over by Li Jianxing. Both sides are clearly cavalry, but they choose to fight such a disorderly war in the mountains that even the army can't arrange.

In this regard, Wei Ran's Fenglin army is more experienced than the Qidan army, because the location of kuozhou is a dangerous place surrounded by mountains on both sides of the Yellow River.

Therefore, his soldiers should not only be good at riding on the plateau, but also know how to step in the mountains. On weekdays, there is no less training in Mountain Warfare, so it has more advantages in a narrow and complex battlefield environment.

Once the two sides contacted, although the Khitans occupied an absolute advantage in number, the Khitan soldiers who were used to riding could not give full play to their strength in the complex mountain environment. Li Jianxing took a group of scattered soldiers and easily defeated them with flower array.

When Wei Ran knew that the battle had begun, he immediately raised a hot-air balloon to observe the enemy's movements. At the same time, he used the rapid mobility of cavalry in the rear to support each other in the two mountain roads at any time, which could also prevent the Khitan army from blocking Wei Ran's retreat.

Even if he finally defeated Wei Ran, he was not afraid, because he still took the initiative in the war. First of all, the whole army is cavalry, and after some looting on the grassland, it has long been one person and three horses. At this time, it is the season of autumn high horse fat. There is no shortage of forage in the mountains. In addition, the grain, grass and beans looted from Yingzhou are enough to support it for a long time.

Secondly, behind him is the Liaoxi corridor. If you go west along this corridor, you can enter Lulong County of Pingzhou, and then enter the land of Yanyun. Then you will return to your own territory. You are not afraid of Yelv Abao's opportunity to pursue and kill.