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The Xi army, locked in battle, heard the bugle call.
They all turned their horses and fled.
The Xi people wanted to escape.
The Liang cavalry seized the opportunity.
If you can't beat them, you can at least keep the Xi people occupied.
Zhao Yuan watched as the Liao army was defeated and fled.
He immediately ordered all cavalry units to pursue.
Although Zhang Qing's troops were mainly infantry,
However, each was also equipped with a thousand cavalrymen.
The battleground between the two armies was more than 20 li away from Liangxiang.
Xiao Gan led his cavalry to flee the battlefield.
They dared not enter Liangxiang.
He led his troops directly to Nanjing.
Yelü Dashi led his troops back to Liangxiang.
He sent someone to count the troops.
Of the original ten thousand Khitan cavalry, only a little over three thousand remained.
Some of them must have escaped.
Yelü Dashi was still waiting for Xiao Gan to return with his troops.
Staying in Liangxiang
Hearing that Xiao Gan had already led his troops around Liangxiang and retreated,
The Liang cavalry pursued them again.
He had no choice but to lead his troops out of the city through the north gate.
Zhao Yuan easily won Liangxiang.
It was already dark.
Only then did they manage to bring their troops back to a halt.
In this battle, only a few pikemen from the infantry were shot dead.
There were virtually no casualties.
However, Hua Rong and Zhu Tong's cavalry suffered more than 3,000 casualties.
Only the corpses of more than a thousand Xi people remained.
It was better to leave behind the corpses of more than 5,000 Khitan soldiers in the vanguard.
That night, Xiao Gan led his troops back to Nanjing.
They suddenly unleashed their troops to loot the palace.
He then led the Xi soldiers to retreat to the area where the Xi people lived in Zhongjing Road.
Yelü Dashi arrived shortly afterward.
They could only seize Empress Dowager Xiao.
They brought Empress Dowager Xiao towards Xijing Road.
Searching for Yelü Yanxi.
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That very night, Zhao Yuan learned of Xiao Gan's looting of Nanjing.
Then Yelü Dashi stole the news that Empress Xiao had abandoned the city and fled.
Zhao Yuan originally thought he was in for a few more tough battles.
Only then can Nanjing Road be captured.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Gan and Yelü Dashi actually took the initiative to retreat.
The battle during the day,
Although Daliang won
However, Zhao Yuan also witnessed the fighting prowess of the Khitan and Xi cavalry.
If they keep harassing from both sides
The journey from Liangxiang to Nanjing, a distance of several dozen miles, is definitely not easy.
The difference between the Liang cavalry and the Liao cavalry.
The gap between them was roughly the same as that between the Liao and Liang infantry.
The Liang cavalry could not stop the Liao cavalry.
Infantry could not advance in formation indefinitely.
Although spaceships could be used to monitor the movements of the Liao army.
But the 30,000 cavalry are clearly here to harass you.
You're not in a good position to deal with this either.
Chapter 1851 Cavalry Against Cavalry
The infantry couldn't catch up.
The cavalry couldn't win.
Fortunately, the Khitans and Xi people were unwilling to fight the Liang dynasty head-on.
Zhao Yuan was not stingy with his 20,000 cavalry.
Even with lighting
Daliang can also train cavalry again.
The Western Xia dynasty was destroyed.
Daliang then had Ma Yuan.
Recruitment has never been a problem.
There were even 100,000 Tangut cavalrymen readily available along the Ningxia Road.
Their fighting strength was no less than that of the Liao cavalry.
However, Zhao Yuan was still determined to train Han cavalry.
Under the command of Lu Zhishen, Dong Ping, Yang Zhi, and Mu Hong of Ningxia Road,
They were all Han Chinese cavalry.
Although their fighting strength was inferior to the 100,000 Tangut vassal troops of Ningxia Road
However, the main force in each campaign to wipe out the Black Mountain tribe and the grassland tribe was still the Han Chinese cavalry.
Each time a ferocious grassland tribe was wiped out,
Han Chinese cavalry would pay a heavy price.
However, their combat strength is also constantly improving.
The Ministry of War also knew that cavalry was difficult to train.
Therefore, a military system was established.
Infantry and naval forces retired after three years.
Cavalrymen retire after five years.
The Tangut soldiers were treated the same as Han Chinese cavalry.
However, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the cavalry,
Zhong Shidao did not mix them up.
It is still organized by tribe.
Only the three border routes in the entire country have troops not from Tokyo.
The Tangut cavalry of Ningxia Road, the barbarian soldiers of Qinghai Road, and the barbarian soldiers of Guangxi Road.
After Wang Qing was defeated,
The troops stationed along Shaanxi and Gansu routes were withdrawn.
The imperial court distributed land to retired soldiers.
Let the Han people teach them how to farm.
Let the indigenous people settle down and farm.
This is the national policy of the Great Liang Dynasty.
Sichuan also had its share of unruly barbarian soldiers.
However, after Lin Chong led his troops to flatten dozens of villages with fire bombs,
The barbarian soldiers then dutifully laid down their arms and returned to their fields.
Zhao Yuan was willing to lose all 20,000 cavalry.
However, Xiao Gan and Yelü Dashi were unwilling to lose any more of their troops.
So they ran away.
The next day, Zhao Yuan led a large army to Nanjing.
It was just past noon.
The army then arrived outside Nanjing.
Grand Tutor Zhang Lin of Liao, Left Privy Councilor Qi Gong, and Privy Councilor Cao Yongyi
Vice Envoy Zhang Yanzhong, Councilor Yu Zhongwen, and Kang Gongbi,
The Han officials in the city, including Liu Yanzong, the clerk, all came out of the city to greet them.
A small number of Khitan and Xi officials were also mixed in.
After Daliang reclaimed Zhuo and Yi prefectures,
There was no discrimination against the Khitans and Xi people.
Anyone willing to cultivate the land can receive land just like the Han people.
This reassured the Khitans and Xi people in Nanjing.
When Yelü Dashi led his troops to flee...
Many Khitans felt that the Liao Dynasty had no future.
They chose to stay and continue living on the familiar land.
Many Han Chinese who came out of the city to welcome them saw the mighty and spirited Han army marching into Nanjing.
Their eyes were filled with tears.
It has been nearly two hundred years since Shi Jingtang ceded Youzhou to the Khitans.
They also lived under Khitan rule for two hundred years.
Although it can't be described as worse than death,
But they also can't stand up straight and be a decent human being.
Both the Khitans and the Xi people could ride roughshod over them.
Now the Liang army has finally arrived.