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Chapter 118 Shazhou Guard General Ji La Siyi
Shazhou City is an important border town of the Xixia Kingdom. It is close to the land of Xiliao and has a buffer area of ​​less than a hundred miles from Xiliao.

It is a place bordering the Mongolian forces. It is in the west of Xixia Kingdom and is in a remote location. However, the sandbank has nearly 10,000 defenders and [-]+ residents.

Like Suzhou and California, it was an important town in the west of the Xixia Kingdom. Each of these three places had nearly 1 defenders.

The geographical location of these three states is very important. If they are captured, the entire Hexi Corridor will be exposed.

Ganzhou, Xuanhua Prefecture, Xiliang Prefecture, and Zhongwei behind will be exposed to the Mongolian army.

A year ago, Mu Huali suffered a setback in Fengxiang Mansion due to the betrayal of the Xixia Army, and died of depression soon after.

Xixia also completely abandoned its contract with Mongolia and formally formed an alliance with the Jin Kingdom to form an anti-Mongolian force.

The Shazhou defender's name is Ji Lasiyi, a famous general in the northwest of Xixia Kingdom. A month ago, Xixia Kingdom scouts had discovered this returning Mongolian army from the Western Expedition.

As the defender of Shazhou City bordering Xiliao, Ji Lasiyi immediately sent out all his scouts to conduct a reconnaissance on the troops of Zhang Yong, Wo Kuotai and others.

If you want to find out the purpose of this Mongolian vanguard force, Xixia has completely broken up with Mongolia now. As the defender of an important western border town, you must be careful to guard against Mongolia.

"General, we have sent a large number of scouts, and now we have seen clearly that there is indeed a Mongolian army stationed northwest of Hamili. There are about five to 6000 people, including 4000 cavalry and about [-] slaves." A guard knelt down. In front of Ji Lasiyi, he spoke.

"Well! Let me ask you, do you know how their equipment is and who their leader is?" Ji Lasiyi asked.

There are only a few thousand people, they should be the vanguard of the Mongolian Western Expedition, right?
"General, it's a light cavalry. The leader should be Ogedai, the third son of Genghis Khan. There is another person we don't know. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, we didn't dare to get close to investigate." The scout said.

"Well! What are they doing now? Are there any current trends?" Jila Siyi asked.

"They were growing food before, and there were some sheep grazing around them. In addition, they also discovered a small salt lake nearby. The Mongols are mobilizing the surrounding population to mine this salt lake. Recently, they He also made a kind of soil block, which looks like he wants to build a simple city wall." The scout said.

"Farming, animal husbandry, building city walls, hum! I know what they are going to do. Are you sure they only have two thousand cavalry?" Ji Lasiyi asked.

"Yes, the general only has two thousand cavalry, and the rest are all slaves." The scout knelt on the ground and said.

"Very good! You have done a great job! Have they discovered it?" Jila Siyi asked.

"Reporting back to the general, we all stayed away from the reconnaissance, and during the reconnaissance, we usually pretended to be local people, driving dozens of sheep as cover. Several brothers' sheep were robbed by the Mongols, but there were no No matter what the casualties, the Mongols didn’t realize that we were all scouts,” the scout said.

Under the orders of General Ji Lasiyi, if they needed to observe closely during their investigation, they would put on the clothes of ordinary herdsmen, then drive their sheep to pretend to be nomads, and conduct herding reconnaissance around them.

Even if they were discovered by the Mongols, they would just think they were nearby herdsmen.

"Very good! You go down and rest first! Inform all the scouts under you. Monitor the Mongols' movements non-stop. If you have any latest information, come and inform me immediately." Ji Lasiyi said.

The scout nodded and then exited the hall.

"General, the vanguard of the Mongols has appeared. Their western expedition army will probably appear soon. Shall we report to the superiors immediately?" A sandbank guard stood up and said.

"Now it will take more than half a month to report to Zhongxing Mansion and back, and the discussion among the ministers in the city will probably delay it for another half month.

Asha couldn't get rid of that trash, and he wouldn't come up with any good ideas.

By then, the Mongolian army will have already arrived at Shazhou City, and we have to prepare early. "Ji Lasiyi said.

"General, what shall we do?"

"Inform the California garrison and the Suzhou garrison to immediately strengthen the city's defenses and start stocking food in the city in preparation for defending the city," Ji Lasiyi said.

"General, are we just reinforcing the city defenses and stocking up on food?"

"No! There are only 2000 Mongolian troops. I want to take the initiative and annihilate them. This army is the vanguard of the Mongols.

According to the Mongolian marching tradition, they will order the troops to herd animals along the way and prepare food for the army returning from the Western Expedition. If we can annihilate this team, we can destroy the Mongolian supplies. "Ji Lasiyi said.

"Take the initiative, general, are you kidding me? In a decisive battle with the Mongols in the wilderness, we have no chance of winning at all. You should know this." A Xixia guard general stood up immediately.

"If it's a head-on confrontation, if you want to annihilate two thousand Mongolian cavalry, you will have to dispatch at least 5000 to 6000 cavalry, and even need a large number of infantry to cooperate. Otherwise, you will be annihilated by the Mongols."

Having fought with the Mongols many times, Xixia knew the tactics and fighting style of the Mongolian army very well, and also had a clear understanding of the opponent's strength. The 2000 Mongolian cavalry did not look like much.

But when it comes to fighting, you can't count them as 2000 people!There are only more than 3000 cavalry on the entire sandbank, only 1000 more than the Mongols. They are impossible to fight. The remaining 7000 or so infantry will die if they go there.

"I know, so I plan to notify the garrison generals in California and Suzhou to ask them to support me with two thousand cavalry respectively.

Six thousand cavalry were gathered to fight, and the Mongolian army was attacked by surprise, completely annihilating them, and then destroying all the city defenses they built, as well as the crops they planted and the livestock they raised.

If this force can be eliminated, the Mongols' Western Expedition supply line can be severely damaged, and among them are the three sons of Ogedai Genghis Khan.If he could be captured, it might change the entire situation of the war. "Ji Lasiyi said.

He had carefully considered this battle. If he could win, the benefits would be huge.

It can severely damage the supply lines of the Mongols' western expedition, capture Genghis Khan's son, and threaten Mongolia.

And this is no ordinary son. Ogedei is the next candidate for the Mongolian Khan. It is said that Genghis Khan has decided to make him.The position of Great Khan of Mongolia was passed to Ogedai, so the importance of capturing him is self-evident.

With this merit, he might be able to lead the entire northwest region. Six thousand versus two thousand, he is still confident that he can win.

"Should this matter be reported to Lord Asha first?"

"Tell him that the day lilies are already cold. He was the one who mocked Genghis Khan back then. He sent me a military order to have the cavalry from California and Suzhou quickly gather in Shazhou City and follow me to attack in half a month to stop the Mongolian army. "Ji Lasiyi said.

In this three-state land, I have the greatest military power, and the guards for the other two weeks also have a good relationship with me. 2000 cavalry should be sent over. In a battle related to the fate of the country, they should be able to know which is more important and which is less important. .

In the past few years, the Xixia Kingdom has suffered eight bad lucks, and the previous leader was beaten to the point of losing his soul by the Mongols.He surrendered to Mongolia without hesitation and agreed to be Genghis Khan's right hand, hoping to gain some benefits from following Genghis Khan, the newly rising grassland overlord.

Then they chose to attack the Jin Kingdom together with the Mongols. As a result, Xixia did not get any benefits. In addition, because of years of fighting that wasted people and money, the country was depleted and there were many complaints in the country.

After the new leader Li Dewang succeeded to the throne, he changed the strategy of the previous leader and decided to join forces with the Jin Kingdom to fight against the ambitious Mongolia.

But this Li Dewang has an extremely cowardly character, and was driven out of control by General Asha. In Ji Lasiyi's view, he is also an incompetent person!
That's why he decided to make a dangerous move and lead a cavalry to attack the Mongolian vanguard. Anyway, even if he and others did not attack him, their target should be Shazhou City.

Seeing that his general had made his decision, it was hard for others to say anything. Soon several military orders were sent out of Shazhou City, heading towards California and Suzhou.

At the same time, another messenger went to Zhongxing Mansion, the capital of the Xixia Kingdom, to report the incident to the Xixia Lord.

Xixia garrison Ji Lasiyi decided to lead [-] cavalry to attack the Mongolian vanguard, destroy the Mongols' livestock supplies, and capture Genghis Khan's son Ogedai alive.

A few days later, the garrison generals of California and Suzhou also responded to Ji Lasiyi's orders and decisions. California and Suzhou each sent two thousand cavalry and rushed to Shazhou City to gather.

Soon a cavalry force of about 6000 people quickly gathered. Everyone rode out lightly, carrying only ten days of dry food. Led by Ji Lasiyi, the guard general of Shazhou, they marched towards the land of Xiliao and towards Hami. Go with force.

As for Li Dewang, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, his Xixia army had already taken the initiative to attack before he even received the news.

The large-scale operation of the Xixia Army was immediately discovered by the local Mongolian guard, and this battle report was quickly received in front of Wo Kuotai.

"Report! Lord Wo Kuotai, urgent military information is reported from the front. About 6000 Xixia troops rushed out of Shazhou City and came towards Hamili." A Mongolian scout rushed to Zhang Yong and Wo Kuotai without stopping, and This battle report was sent up.

"Oh! Xixia has such a long face. How dare you take the initiative to attack? Are there only 6000 people? Heavy cavalry or light cavalry? Who is their leader? How far are they from us now." Wo Kuotai said indifferently. asked.

After many years of fighting with Xixia, the Mongolian army knew very well that the Xixia people's combat effectiveness was much worse than that of the Jin Kingdom, and even worse than that of Mongolia.

And there is no suitable battlefield nearby. These people dare to take the initiative and fight the Mongolian army in the wild. Who gave you the courage?
Although he only had 2000 cavalry, Genghis Khan did not just send out their troops. There was also a cavalry of about 4000 who also herded livestock along the Xiliao area to provide food and grass for the Western Expedition army.

So he didn't pay attention to the 6000-strong Xixia army at all.

"My Lord Kuotai, these cavalry are all light-armored cavalry. The leader is Ji Lasiyi, the defender of Shazhou in Xixia Kingdom. We are still about four to five days away. If the enemy speeds up, they will probably catch up in three days. Come to our location." The scout knelt on the ground and said.

"I understand, let's explore again!" Wo Kuotai nodded and said.

The scout nodded and immediately rode away.

"Father-in-law! Let me just say it. There is definitely something wrong with those herdsmen before. You still don't believe it. You think they are just local herdsmen." Zhang Yong came over and said.

Recently, there have been one or two herdsmen driving dozens of sheep to graze around them from time to time.

Even though they were driven away many times by Mongolian soldiers and even robbed their sheep, these guys were still grazing around happily. This is very problematic!

After Zhang Yong told Wo Kuotai about this, his cheap father-in-law didn't think much about it, thinking that it was just some ordinary people coming to graze their cattle, so he didn't need to worry about it.

If they are willing to come and deliver sheep, then feel free to come.

The aquatic grasslands in this area are good, but there are no good aquatic grasses in other areas. If they don't graze here, where can they graze?

Now it seems that my guess is correct, these guys are indeed Xixia's reconnaissance scouts.

"It's not too late to find out now. There are only six thousand Xixia light cavalry on the left and right. My two thousand Mongolian cavalry can easily annihilate them. I have never heard of this Ji Lasiyi, and I guess he is not a famous general." Wo Kuotai said.

hehe!Ji Lasiyi is not a famous general.

This guy is not some unknown person!Even his strategic vision and ability are not inferior to those of Monk Wanyan Chen.

This is the general who can stop Genghis Khan on his way to conquer the world.

Genghis Khan personally led the army. When he returned from the Western Expedition, he learned of Mu Huali's death. The Xixia rebels immediately led the Western Expedition army to attack Xixia and besieged Shazhou City.

But this guy from La Siyi actually blocked the world-famous Genghis Khan.

The Mongolian army continued to attack the city for many days, but failed to capture the small Shazhou City. Later, the tunnel they dug was discovered by Ji Lasiyi, and the Mongolian army suffered heavy casualties.

Genghis Khan personally led his army and besieged Shazhou City for half a year to no avail.

Genghis Khan, who returned from the Western Expedition, was defeated at the foot of Shazhou City with an army of 20.

Later, the Xixia army was defeated by Bolu, the son of Muhuali, on the eastern front. The Xixia leader agreed to send his son to Mongolia as a hostage, and Genghis Khan withdrew his troops.

In the spring of the next year, because Xixia did not fulfill the treaty, Genghis Khan led his troops to attack Xixia for the last time, completely starting the war to destroy Xia.

The Shazhou defender also had a good record against the Mongolian army for the second time. There was no food in the city, and he used a trick to fake the surrender of the Mongolian coach Kudu Timur, and almost captured the opponent alive.

A month later, Mongolia cut off all connections between Shazhou and the mainland. Shazhou ran out of food and the city was destroyed. Ji Lasiyi died in battle.

Able to hold off Genghis Khan's Western Expedition for half a year, the defender of Shazhou City was a top talent, a famous general buried by history.

　In the 17th year of Jiading and the first year of Xia Qianding, in the fifth month of Xia, Mongolian soldiers surrounded Shazhou but failed.The Mongolian ruler returned from the Western Regions. Hearing that the Xia Kingdom had a different plan, he sent his troops from outside the river to attack Shazhou.After more than a month, he sent troops to enter Yexue City.The guarding general Ji Lasiyi was in the fire cave. Many Mongolian soldiers died, but Siyi City was defended as before.

　　In the ninth month of autumn, Mongolia broke through Yinzhou.Mongolia had been attacking Shazhou for a long time. Fearing that Yin and Xia would send troops to help, they sent generals such as Bolu and Heima to attack Yinzhou.Tahai, the prisoner, went to battle, was defeated and captured.Tens of thousands of people were beheaded, hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep were killed, and Yinzhou was broken.

　　In November, Dewang sent an envoy to Mongolia to request surrender, and Shazhou was surrounded.Dewang heard that Yinzhou was not defended and the tribes in Mobei were in disarray. He sent an envoy to the Mongolian army to ask for surrender, and promised to surrender in exchange for a pledge.The Mongolian rulers began to break the siege of Shazhou and held on to the city for half a year. The army and the people were exhausted and all the cattle, sheep, horses and camels were eaten. [
　　In the second year of Baoqing, there was a drought in Hexi in March of the third year of Xia Qianding.The vegetation in the Hexi prefectures is dry and yellow, and the people have nothing to eat.

　　In the third year of Baoqing, in March of the fourth year of Xia Qianding, Mongolia broke through Shazhou.The Mongolian ruler sent Tiemu'er, the capital of Hu, to summon the state generals. The state generals pretended to surrender, rewarded the army with cattle and wine, and set up an ambush to wait.Suddenly, Tie Mu'er from the capital arrived, and his horse stuttered. He was almost captured.Qian Hu Xili Qian's tribe was given the horse to ride on, and he returned the army and defeated the Xia soldiers, thus breaking Shazhou.

　　
　
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