The biggest gain from conquering Wuyuan, in addition to cutting off the retreat of Yanmujin and others, was the capture of the little girl Shulü Ping alive. If history had developed normally, this little girl would have been the future Empress Dowager of the Liao Dynasty.
After knowing the identity of the little girl, Zhu Li did not abuse her and her daughter. Instead, he placed them under house arrest in the Wuyuan Governor's Mansion and sent several elite soldiers to guard them.
In addition, Zhu Li also left behind 5,000 palace guards and three relatively smart and brave captains to garrison Wuyuan City.
He also ordered them not to change the Di people's flag for the time being, and to wait until Zhu Li defeated most of the Di people in Wulashan and the Di people fled back to Wuyuan, and then they could change the Di people's flag.
If the flag remains unchanged, it will inevitably cause the Di people to flee here and have a lucky mentality. This is not a question of intelligence or talent, but a human instinctive reaction, the instinct for survival. As long as they have a lucky mentality, the Di people's defeated soldiers will approach Wuyuan.
As long as the other party hesitates for a moment, it will give Zhu Li more time and opportunities to capture Yan Mujin. He can also capture the biological mother of the future Liao Taizu and his fiancée. Even if they are raised in Shuozhou, they may play a big role in the future.
Just like Zhu Wen’s brother Zhu Cun, Zhu Li has been providing him with good food and drink since he was abducted by Yue Pengju to Shuozhou. He just restricted his freedom, which might work someday.
At the foot of Wula Mountain, the bloody battle had been going on for three days. The soldiers on both sides were extremely exhausted. If the battle continued, there was a high possibility that both sides would suffer losses. But even though she knew this, Yan Mujin had no way to deal with it. If Gao Su and Zhang Jingda did not stop fighting, could she surrender
On the fourth day, just after breakfast, Gao Su and Gao Siji launched another attack at a very timely manner, as if they were going to fight the Di people. As soon as they attacked, they started a bloody killing spree like crazy. Their ferocious appearance made even Yan Mujin, who was standing far away and had an overall view of the situation, frown.
Over the past three days, hundreds of Di warriors have died at the hands of Gao Su and Gao Siji. These two evil demons are definitely a nightmare for the Khitan warriors.
From Yan Mujin's point of view, she had no idea what had happened to Gao Su. He was determined not to give up until the enemy was dead, and he didn't even care about the casualties of the Tang army soldiers.
The general fought desperately, and the soldiers under his command would also fight fearlessly. Their posture of sweeping everything and crushing everything made the Di people, who had an absolute advantage in military strength, feel disheartened and even kept being suppressed.
It is said that the arrogant are afraid of the stupid, and the stupid are afraid of the desperate. In just three days, the number of soldiers killed on both sides exceeded 30,000, not counting the wounded.
Since the confrontation, for every Heshuo guard who died, almost two Di warriors were killed. This was the result of the general taking the lead and risking his life.
Shulü Pogu and Li Renfu were also fighting desperately, but in the eyes of the soldiers on both sides, the two were just resisting passively, while Gao Su and Gao Siji were the ones who were fighting desperately. With different mentalities, the morale they brought was naturally different.
Yue Lixin led his troops and for a time entangled Zhang Jingda on the south bank of the Yellow River. When both sides ran out of arrows, they actually started throwing stones across the river. Stones the size of an adult's arms were whistling back and forth across the Yellow River like rain. The Khitan warriors and the Tang army in Hanoi were throwing stones and fighting each other with great pleasure.
Standing on a high platform in the distance, Yan Mujin frowned slightly. She felt vaguely uneasy. There was no reason for the Tang army to fight so hard. Doing so would not benefit them at all.
No.
But after thinking hard for three days and considering countless possibilities, she even imagined that the other side had a third army, but where this army was and from where it would appear, she still didn't figure it out until now.
The two towns of Huaishuo and Woye in the west were guarded by nearly 20,000 warriors. In her opinion, it should be impossible to capture them. Even if someone attacked there, she would get the news.
Except for the westernmost part, the entire southern part of Fengzhou was under her control. There was no disturbance at all. She couldn't figure out what went wrong.
But at this moment, a group of fierce cavalry suddenly rushed out from behind the Di army on the bank of the Yellow River. The appearance of this wave of cavalry was particularly strange. They actually rushed out from the direction of Fengzhou Fudi.
How is it possible? This was Yan Mujin's first reaction when she saw this large army. How could they emerge from the direction of the hinterland? She thought of countless possibilities, but she never expected this to happen.
There were not many cavalrymen on this group, only about three or four thousand at most. However, the timing chosen by the other party was very tricky. Just when Yue Lixin ordered the trigger to be pulled and the stones on the catapult to be fired, this group of people rushed to Yue Lixin's back.
At this time, the attention of many Khitans was still on the central part of the Yellow River. They were on those tower ships, warships, and chariot ships and did not pay any attention to the movements behind them.
Only a few Khitan warriors who reacted quickly suddenly discovered that the Tang army was rushing out from behind. Although they were very surprised, they did not dare to be negligent at all. They immediately shouted and led their men to meet them.
However, this cavalry was very fierce, and the leader was a young general. Yan Mujin, who was standing in the distance, could even clearly tell that the other party was definitely no more than twenty years old.
But it was such a young general who wielded the steel spear in his hand, and his spear was as fast as lightning and his stabbing was as fast as rain. With just one encounter, five or six Khitan warriors were cleanly and neatly killed in an instant.
This outrageous and stunning scene shocked Yan Mujin, who was standing far away and watching the fight, so much that his jaw almost dropped to the ground. How could it be possible? It was absolutely impossible.
The few brave generals who just rushed forward were all warriors who were very powerful in the tribe. How could they not be able to withstand even a single blow from that young general
She couldn't accept this fact, and she couldn't help but become suspicious. Was the young general a human or a ghost, and what kind of magic was he using
The sprint at that moment was like fireworks that suddenly rushed into the night sky, gorgeous and dazzling, with an indescribable cold beauty.
The stab was extremely beautiful, but also extremely deadly, like a flash of light, or like a rush of war; it seemed to have been accumulated for thousands of years, but it was stunning in an instant. All the Khitan generals who rushed forward, at this moment, were like withered flowers, suddenly withering.
Yan Mujin widened her beautiful eyes and exclaimed, "Who is this person?"
A Khitan scout heard the exclamation and slowly came back to his senses from the stunning scene just now. He said like a sleepwalker: "Sanmoge, that person is Zhu Li, the great general of Huaihua in the Tang Dynasty." (Moge means Madam)
"Zhu Li? Zhu Li!"
When Yan Mujin suddenly heard Zhu Li's name, her eyes instantly turned red, and her pretty face immediately looked a little distorted. She looked at Zhu Li with gritted teeth and disbelief. How could the other person be so young? Is this really the murderer who killed her husband
Wherever he looked, in Yan Mujin's eyes, Zhu Li
Like a demon, with only three or four thousand cavalrymen, he brazenly charged into the Khitan army of more than ten thousand people. The steel spear in his hand was like the scythe in the hand of the god of death, moving back and forth fiercely, constantly reaping the lives of Khitan warriors. None of the tens of thousands of Khitan warriors could be his match.
Zhu Li led his troops who were as ferocious as tigers and brave as lions. Wherever their spears pointed, the Khitan army was scattered. This powerful force, like evil spirits and ghost riders, instantly caused panic among the Khitan army.
These Khitan warriors who followed Yanmujin and Yuelixin into the expedition were all elite Khitan soldiers. They were not panicked at first when they were suddenly attacked, and they were ready to organize themselves to fight against Zhu Li's attack together.
However, after several encounters, any Khitan warriors who dared to step forward to stop them were all bleeding and their bodies were scattered all over the ground. Wherever Red Hare passed, only countless broken limbs and arms were left behind, and wailing was everywhere, it was extremely tragic.
A strong enemy is not scary; what is scary is an invincible opponent. Such an enemy makes people lose all hope of victory. The elite Khitan warriors are also afraid and terrified. Expressions of horror and panic appear on the faces of more and more of them.
"Go, gather the archers, shoot him to death, I must kill him." Yan Mujin stood on the high platform, pointing at Zhu Li with trembling hands, and shouted at a deputy general at the top of his voice.
"Yes," the deputy general received the order and left immediately.
Zhu Li was unaware of Yanmujin's mad hatred and murderous intent. He planned to first defeat the Khitans on the banks of the Yellow River, and then lead the Henei army led by Zhang Jingda ashore. As long as the plan succeeded, the Henei army, in cooperation with the Yunzhong army, would defeat this wave of Di people in no time.
Therefore, he decided to go all out and show no mercy. As the old saying goes, "When shooting a man, shoot the horse first; when capturing a thief, capture the leader first."
If there weren't the largest number of Khitans surrounding Yanmujin, Zhu Li would have rushed over early and captured the Di commander directly.
Since there is little hope of capturing Yanmujin alive, it seems that we have no choice but to capture or kill Yuelixin. This woman is the main general who is holding Zhang Jingda back. Only by killing her can the Hanoi army be liberated.
Having made up his mind, Zhu Li immediately took action, riding his horse and charging towards Yue Li Xin.
Yue Lixin, who was standing by the river, also spotted Zhu Li. She looked up and saw a general of the Tang army, riding an invincible horse, killing people in all directions, cutting through thorns and bushes, and heading straight towards her.
The Khitan elites along the way flew to both sides like wheat in a whirlwind, and the splattering blood was like mud and water when wheels rolled over a puddle, splashing into the sky on both sides.
Although Yue Lixin was the wife of Murong Ba, the most powerful general of Khitan, this was the first time she had seen such a brutal scene of killing. From her horrified eyes, one could tell that she was very uneasy inside and seemed to have been shaken and frightened for a long time.
Although Zhu Li did not reach her at this moment, his murderous intent was firmly locked on her from a distance of several meters away. She felt as if she was in an ice cave, her blood stagnated, and her whole body seemed to have suddenly turned into a sculpture, unable to even move a little finger.
Zhu Li's eyes were emotionless and as cold as a glacier that had been there for thousands of years. The cold and merciless murderous intent seemed to make her smell the breath of death. She was horrified and suffocated. Her pretty face turned red, but she dared not move at all.
Closer and closer, Zhu Li had been ready to strike. Just one strike and Yue Lixin would be dead for sure.