Chapter 1223

Ouyang Shuo's cold treatment made Xixia Emperor Li Yuanhao want to go crazy.

Li Yuanhao is also a smart person. Knowing that Daxia did not respond positively, he must think that the price Xixia offered was not high enough, so he was unwilling to make a move.

But this is Li Yuanhao's bottom line.

Could it be that he wants to follow the example of Jin, Shu, and Sui and belong to the Great Xia?

Li Yuanhao couldn't do it.

No matter who it is, as long as they sit on the throne of the emperor, they will not "abdicate to the virtuous" until the last moment.

Li Yuanhao's countermeasure was to order Brother Yeli Wangrong, no matter what, at all costs, to lead his troops back to aid before the fall of Xingqing Mansion.

Facing the menacing tow mine army, Li Yuanhao decided to take the command personally.

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Time is fast entering December.

After the natural disaster, the aftermath continued. In December, the northern land is already cold and bleak. In some places, heavy snow has even drifted down, whitening the dark red land.

Mongol Empire, Hara and Lin.

Looking at the little snowflakes outside the hall, Genghis Khan said in a trance: "Winter has come."

In just two months, due to the lack of fodder, cattle and sheep died in groups on the grassland. In order to keep the breeding sheep, some herdsmen even took out their rations to feed them.

An unprecedented ordeal burned the prairie.

In exchange for food, some frontier herdsmen did not hesitate to take risks, selling dead cattle and sheep to the Central Plains, and then buying back grain to feed the remaining cattle and sheep.

Many of the Mongolian nobles participated in it.

The most rampant is the border of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it seems that the Great Zhou Dynasty deliberately condoned it.

On the other hand, Daxia, which is next to Dazhou, has extremely strict guards at the border checkpoints, making it difficult to smuggle. However, the entire land of the Central Plains belongs to the Great Xia Dynasty, which has the most abundant food, which is really pissing me off.

"Great Xia Dynasty."

Genghis Khan chewed these four words, and was a little lost in thought for a while.

Throughout the history of China, there is no other dynasty like Daxia, which not only dominates China, but also spans the world. There are rumors that the territory of Daxia spreads all over the world, which fascinates Genghis Khan.

Once, he also built a super empire across Eurasia.

"It's a great blessing to be able to bid with such people at the same time." Genghis Khan's pride remained undiminished, and the more so, the more clear-headed he became.

He knew very well that now was not the time to confront Da Xia head-on.

Genghis Khan raised his eyes and looked far away. With the intuition of an emperor, he faintly felt that there was a fierce tiger lurking quietly in the south of Xixia. There may be twists and turns in the empire's road to attack Xixia.

"Perhaps, it's time to consider Wo Kuotai's suggestion."

The Wokuotai Khanate did not use troops against the Tubo Dynasty. Of course, it was not because they were afraid of Tubo. Regardless of the vast territory of Tubo, it is a barren land.

Wo Kuotai took a fancy to a piece of fat, but he didn't dare to act rashly.

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Great Zhou Dynasty, Handan City.

This winter, Dichen was also very cold.

With the decline of national strength, a single tree can't support it, people betrayed their relatives, a series of blows drove Di Chen into the abyss, and he almost didn't get up. It was Grandpa Dichen himself who cheered him up a bit.

What is before Da Zhou is not how to fight Da Xia, but how to survive this cold winter.

The combination of natural disasters and man-made disasters almost exhausted the granary of Da Zhou, and tens of millions of people were starving for food, waiting for Di Chen to find a solution. With no other way out, Di Chen could only take risks.

He instructed Mr. Chunshen, in the name of the chamber of commerce, to use the limited grain to go to the grasslands to exchange dead cattle and sheep. Because the herdsman's life is more difficult, it has made the Great Zhou Chamber of Commerce a lot of money.

With the support of meat, this winter in Da Zhou was not too cold after all.

After dealing with the food crisis, Dichen was already discouraged and had no more fighting spirit. Some nights, in the dead of night, Dichen even faintly envied Xiongba and Zhanlang, who could be brought back from the dead.

The world is so ironic.

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On December 5th, Xingqing Mansion.

Tuo Lei led 200,000 Mongolian cavalry, and they have already approached the city.

Both sides are in a race against time. For Tuo Lei, if they can conquer Xingqing Mansion before the Xixia reinforcements return to rescue, then it will be a big victory.

Li Yuanhao is naturally the opposite.

The most powerful thing about Mongolian cavalry is that there is no logistical drag. Just like this battle of Xixia, the two armies only brought three days of rations, and the rest of the food was all settled on the spot during the march.

It is precisely because of this that the people of Xixia suffered a catastrophe.

In order to conquer Xingqing Mansion as soon as possible, the dragging method can be described as bloody. He ordered troops to drive hundreds of thousands of people from surrounding villages and cities, and attacked the city for the Mongolian army.

Under the persecution of Mongolian cavalry bows and arrows, countless poor people rushed towards the city gate, trying to knock open the gate of Xingqing Mansion with the simplest ram.

After all, Xingqing Mansion is the capital of a country, and the city gate is as solid as a rock, how could it be breached so easily?

Li Yuanhao had been driven to a dead end, and he had no right to show mercy. The defenders in the city had no choice but to attack his comrades, shooting and killing innocent people one after another.

In just one day, the moat outside the city turned pale red.

And that's just the beginning.

In the next few days, similar tragedies continued to be staged.

The entire moat has been filled with corpses, and the river has stopped flowing. Not to mention the river water, even the canals in the city have been dyed red, which makes people look sideways.

When the people in the city found that even the well water was light red, they vomited one by one.

In just five days, 600,000 people were buried outside the Xingqing Mansion, and more than half of them were killed by the Mongolian army outside the city.

The purpose is to break the courage of the defenders at the top of the city.

Such a crazy act finally provoked the anger of the heavens and the people.

Knowing that their compatriots were slaughtered mercilessly like pigs and dogs, the Xixia Army, which was still on the march, burst out with unprecedented potential. After leaving a part, the rest of the main force rushed to Xingqing Mansion.

In order to stop Mu Huali's tribe, the broken Xixia army launched a charge of life and death.

In the face of such an enemy who is not afraid of life and death, the Mongolian cavalry does not feel timid.

What started as an inconspicuous sniper battle turned into an earth-shattering death battle. The two sides fought for a day and a night, and none of the 100,000 Xixia troops survived.

Even Ye Li Yuqi, the general in charge of the army, died on the spot.

After the war, there were only three out of ten Muhuali tribes.

Mu Huali, the victorious Mongolian warrior, felt that he would survive the catastrophe. He bowed deeply to the battlefield full of corpses and said, "This is a group of opponents worthy of respect."

After this battle, the Muhuali tribe suffered heavy casualties and was unable to pursue them, so they had to rest on the spot.

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On December 9th, Yeli Wangrong led an army of nearly 300,000 troops and rushed back to Xingqing Mansion.

The balance of victory tilted towards Xixia again.

But as soon as this Xixia army arrived on the battlefield, it suffered a big loss.

It turned out that Tuo Lei once again took advantage of the Xixia army's desire for revenge, and took advantage of the situation to disguise the camp, leaving only a few Mongolian cavalry in the camp, and the rest were dressed up by local people.

Unaware of the enemy's situation, the Xixia Army, bent on revenge, plunged headlong into the Mongolian camp, and by the time they discovered that it was an empty camp, it was too late.

Only the sound of rumbling horseshoes could be heard outside the camp.

Tuo Lei personally led his troops, came from both sides of the camp, rushed into the camp with clattering cavalry, swung the butcher knife at the panic-stricken Xixia army, and set off a heinous slaughter.

The Xixia army struggled to support them, and finally, under the command of Yeli Wangrong, they managed to blaze a trail. They suffered heavy casualties and their morale was low.

Dragging mines and using troops is really miraculous.

Li Yuanhao in the city was rewarded, and he almost sat slumped on the dragon chair.