Late at night, in the camp of Guazhou, Li Yanzong's Chinese army tent.
Li Chahan hurriedly walked in, walked up to Li Yanzong, who was looking at the map with candles, and said: "The last general is seeing the general, I don't know what the general is looking for the last general."
Li Yanzong hurriedly called Li Chahan to his side and said, "Chahan, you came just in time, General Ben has something urgent to find you." ” "What's the matter with the general," Li Chahan asked Li Yanzong.
Li Yanzong said to Li Chahan while holding the oil lamp: "I just got the military report, Jiaohe City is almost unable to hold on, the Uighur Khan has led the ministers and nobles to flee to Yizhou, and I am afraid that Gaochang will not last long once Jiaohe City is broken." ” Richard Han said angrily: "This time the Falcon King is really a soft bone, knowing that he will not lead his troops to resist if he escapes?"
Li Yanzong did not reprimand Li Chahan, but said to Li Chahan: "Okay, don't talk about those useless ones, now the Uighur army is probably frightened by the Black Khan army, and it is hoped that they will have no fun, and we will only rely on ourselves next; Suleiman has 200,000 elites, all of whom are soldiers of a hundred battles, and we may not be able to fight hard, and if we want to win, we can only use dangerous moves. ” "What tasks does the general need to complete at the end of the general?"
asked Li Yanzong.
Li Yanzong walked to the map and said: "The Japanese general will personally lead the army along the north road to support Gaochang, the army needs to cross the north mountain if it wants to reach Gaochang, I am afraid that it will be difficult to walk along the way and will delay time, and when we arrive, I am afraid that Jiaohe City has been lost, so the general can only try his best to keep Gaochang; Whether this can keep Gaochang depends on you, I will give you 20,000 light cavalry, you lead the secret westward along this road, and then attack Yanqi by surprise, Yanqi is the way back to the country of the Black Khan's army, once Yanqi falls, Suleiman's army will definitely be unstable, so we have an opportunity. ” Li Chahan said happily: "The general is wise, why didn't the last general think of it?"
Then Li Yanzong said worriedly: "It's just that this march is very dangerous, from Guazhou to Yanqi for nearly two thousand miles, and most of the way is desert and Gobi, once you get lost, I'm afraid the journey will be over." ” Li Chahan knelt down on one knee and said: "Chahan Yuan led the troops to go, please complete the general." ” Li Yanzong patted Cha Han on the shoulder and said, "Okay, he is worthy of being a child of the royal family, and he is His Majesty's most important general; Richardan obeyed the order and ordered Richardan to lead 20,000 light cavalry to attack Yanqi City, if he took the city, it would be the first merit of our army's westward expedition. ” "Chahan takes the order."
Richard Han took the military order.
That night, Li Chahan led 20,000 light cavalry with enough dry food and water to march westward overnight, and in the early morning of this day, Li Yanzong led 80,000 allied troops to pull out the camp and go north.
Late at night, Xingqing Palace.
Li Liangzuo was scratching his head in annoyance, it had been a month since the army set out on the expedition, and Li Yanzong had not even had the slightest news, but the news from the Uighurs in Xizhou made Li Liangzuo more and more uneasy, and the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable to Western Xia.
"Report, report, report Your Majesty's Xizhou urgent report."
A herald hurried in and said, "Jiaohe City has been lost, and the last main Uighur army has been completely disabled. ” Li Liangzuo immediately sent a letter to the herald and asked, "When is this news?"
"Ten days ago."
The herald replied.
Li Liangzuo took the letter and said again: "Why is it so late?"
The herald knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty spares your life, but it is only too late because of a sandstorm on the road." ” Li Liangzuo sighed and said, "Okay, you go down and rest."
After the herald left, Li Liangzuo carefully read this military report, which introduced the course of the battle of Jiaohe City, in order to protect the Uighur king of Jiaohe City, gathered the last 100,000 troops, commanded by the veteran Pu Wei'er, and fought with Suleiman's 200,000 Black Khan army for more than 20 days, and finally broke the city due to the exhaustion of ammunition and food.
The veteran Pu Wei'er was killed in battle, and the Uighur army of 100,000 finally escaped less than 30,000, since then the Uighur elite army has been lost, although Suleiman captured Jiaohe City, but the price paid is not small, since the invasion of the Xizhou Uighurs, the loss of the Black Khan's army has been close to 50,000, and now Suleiman only has 150,000 troops left, and after more than two months of marching and fighting, it is already the end of the crossbow.
"Your Majesty, General Li Yanzong has sent a letter."
Xiao Zhuozi walked in and said to Li Liangzuo.
Li Liangzuo took the letter and looked at it, and found that the letter was sealed by fire paint, Li Liangzuo opened the letter, and after reading it, Li Liangzuo burned the letter, the letter was written in the party language, Li Yanzong told Li Liangzuo the news of the division of troops in the letter, and told Li Liangzuo that when he wrote this letter, the Western Expedition Coalition had arrived in Yizhou to join the Uighur king.
After Li Liangzuo burned the letter, he asked Xiao Zhuozi, "When is this letter?"
” "Seven days ago."
Xiao Zhuozi said to Li Liangzuo.
Li Liangzuo walked to the map and muttered, "At this time, I'm afraid that our army has already fought with Suleiman's army." ” Xiao Zhuozi said to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, do you want to reply to the general." ” "No, you don't."
Li Liangzuo shook his head and said; "At this time, I am thousands of miles away, how can I know what is happening on the battlefield, if I give a military order at will now, it will be to let the soldiers of the Great Xia Kingdom send them to death."
Xiao Zhuozi comforted Li Liangzuo and said: "Actually, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about this matter, the general is a fierce general on the battlefield and leads the elite of my Western Xia, the army of the Black Khan Dynasty has been fighting continuously for two months, and at this time it is already the end of the crossbow, and it is not the opponent of our army at all." ” Li Liangzuo shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily, although the Black Khan army is the end of the crossbow, but my Xia army is a 10,000-mile expedition is the same, at this time, the competition between the two armies is physical strength, endurance and the strategy of the general, at this time, whoever can calm down will be able to achieve the final victory." ” "Your Majesty, the slave understands."
Xiao Zhuozi slapped Li Liangzuo on the back.
Xiao Fuzi cautiously walked to Li Liangzuo's side and said, "Your Majesty, it's not early, you should go to bed." ” Li Liangzuo rubbed his temples and said, "Just go to the queen's Anshou Palace, I haven't seen Wu'er for a long time, go see him." ” Li Liangzuo was on his way to Wenrou Township, at this time Li Yanzong was actively preparing for war in Gaochang City, Gaochang City is worthy of being the royal city of the Uighurs in Xizhou, the city is strong, the city is rich in materials, with these material foundations Li Yanzong is confident that the Black Khan army will be blocked under the city of Gaochang.
Outside the city, Suleiman was furious, seeing that Gaochang City was about to arrive, but he was stunned to let my cooked duck fly, if it had been an hour earlier, I was afraid that it would have been Suleiman's army of black sweat who had entered the city.
"Find out what kind of army is in the city, and where did the Uighur king come from," Suleiman asked the generals beside him.
One of the generals stood up and said to Suleiman: "Great Khan, it's the Xia army, and the Xia army has arrived, an hour before us. ” Suleiman threw the cup containing mare's milk wine to the ground and said angrily: "Annoying, hateful, hateful, pass on the order of Ben Khan, tomorrow the army will attack the city." ” "The Great Khan must not be, our army has just experienced a bloody battle and suffered heavy losses, and it is already the end of the crossbow at this time, I hope the Great Khan will think twice," the generals knelt down on one knee and prayed to Suleiman
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