Early in the morning, the sky had just brightened, Li Yanzong stood on the gate tower of the west gate of Gaochang City and looked into the distance, the military camp of the Black Khan army was still floating with wolf smoke, and a fire last night burned the entire camp of the Black Khan army, leaving only two side camps on the north and south sides, and the army of the Black Khan army also suffered a lot of losses, with at least more than 30,000 casualties; The losses of the army and the battalion were secondary, and the most important was the morale of the Black Khan's army, which was almost wiped out.
The losses of the coalition army were not small, the more than 25,000 cavalry that broke through by the Hui King and the Tatar Khan, less than 5,000 were able to return to Gaochang alive, and the heavy armored knights of the Xia Army, who raided the camp of the Black Khan Army and the main force of the Black Khan Army, also lost more than 3,000 people, which was the largest loss since the establishment of the Central Army.
In the battle of Gaochang, whether it was the Black Khan army or the coalition army led by the Xia army, the losses were very huge, so far the 80,000 coalition troops in Gaochang City have lost more than 50,000 people, of which more than 40,000 are the Tatar army and the Hui army, and the Xia army has lost more than 10,000 people, including 3,000 heavily armored knights; Similarly, the Black Khan army was also uncomfortable, and the 150,000-strong army now had only more than 70,000 people left, losing more than half of it.
In terms of combat power, both the Black Khans besieging the city and the coalition forces defending the city are almost the same, because of this city wall, the losses of the besieging Black Khans are relatively large; In any case, a terrible battle was over, and the battlefield outside the city was littered with mutilated corpses and warhorses that stayed by their masters' side, as well as swords that fell in blood.
Li Yanzong looked at the battlefield outside the city in Gaochang City, and Suleiman looked at this battlefield ten miles away from his camp, this is the most powerful opponent that the Black Khan army has encountered so far, although it is a lose-lose situation, but what makes Suleiman more relieved is that his elite Gulam heavy cavalry has suffered little loss.
"Great Khan, our baggage is all gone, and the army can't last three days with food."
Harrison said to Suleiman.
Suleiman glanced back at the soldiers sitting on the ground, sighed and said unwillingly: "Retreat, the army retreats to Jiaohe City to rest, and when the domestic reinforcements arrive, we are attacking." ” At this moment a cavalryman galloped towards Suleiman on horseback, and the man who came was covered in blood, and was exhausted from the long journey, so the herald ran to Suleiman's side, knelt down and cried, saying: "Great Khan, Yanqi City is lost. ” "What" Suleiman couldn't believe his ears for a moment, and muttered in his mouth: "This is impossible, this is simply impossible. ” Harrison, who was standing on the sidelines, hurriedly asked the herald, "Who attacked Yanqi City, and what banner did the enemy bear?"
” "General, the villain doesn't know who the enemy is, and he doesn't know the banner of the enemy army, but they are all wearing white clothes and black armor."
The herald fainted.
First of all, the Black Khan Dynasty was a Turkic language, and most people were Christians, unlike the Western Xia, which accepted the culture of the Central Plains, the official language of the Black Khan Dynasty was Turkic, not Chinese, and the Western Uighurs, Huangtou Uighurs, and Caotou Tatars spoke Uighur, and only a few nobles knew Chinese and knew Chinese characters.
Harrison said viciously: "The white clothes and black armor are Xia Jun, but I didn't expect Xia Jun to arrive in Yanqi City." ” Suleiman came to his senses from the shock and said: "We have sent this battle, and we have been completely defeated, so Harrison ordered the army to withdraw and return home."
Harrison knelt on the ground and said, "Think twice, the Great Khan will definitely fall short when withdrawing at this time."
Suleiman helped Harrison up and said: "At this time, Ben Khan gathered 200,000 elites, although he defeated the main force of the Xizhou Uighurs, but it was also a great loss of vitality, and the army lost more than half.
But now it's different, from the perspective of the enemy's strength, the Xia army has dispatched at least 70,000 or 80,000 people, and can cross thousands of miles of desert to defeat the Yanqi city garrisoned by Ben Khan, this Xia army must have at least 50,000 people, Western Xia is a big country in the East, and it is very simple to organize an army of 100,000 people; And we are not just settled by civil strife, the country is not particularly stable, if our elite is lost, what ability does Ben Khan have to control the entire dynasty, we will only become more and more passive if this battle continues, not to mention that our back road has been cut off, the army is unstable, and there is not much food and grass baggage, Don't forget that there is a rising Seljuk to the south, and we must have enough troops to stabilize the southern frontier, so we should withdraw our troops. ” Harrison was deeply impressed by Suleiman's words, and said: "The Great Khan is deeply concerned, and the last general is ashamed of himself; But the Great Khan Yanqi City has been captured by the Xia army, how can we withdraw our troops?"
"Take the northern road, no matter what, this crusade cannot come in vain, even if you can't swallow the entire Xizhou Uighurs, you have to swallow half of it."
Suleiman said viciously.
Suleiman withdrew his troops because the back route was cut off, and although Suleiman did not destroy the Western Uighurs, he also swallowed half of the western part of the Western Uighurs, occupying the middle reaches of the Tarim River centered on Qiuzi.
Since it was decided to withdraw the Black Khan's army, he withdrew in the afternoon of the same day, crossed the Tianshan Mountains and returned to the territory of the Black Khan Dynasty along the north side of the mountain range through Zhangbali and Yangjibali, but the Uighur people in these two places suffered and ordered the two cities to be slaughtered directly in order to vent his anger Suleiman.
Fortunately, Suleiman did not choose to go south, otherwise the 20,000 Xia troops led by Li Chahan could only give up Yanqi City, Suleiman withdrew too quickly, and the Xia army in the city did not find it at all, and even if it did, it did not dare to pursue, after all, the elite main force of the Black Khan army was not damaged, and if it continued to fight, it would only be a lose-lose situation.
Qin Hu hurriedly came to the Gaochang Imperial Palace and reported to Li Yanzongyu: "General, the sentry cavalry has reported that Suleiman's Black Khan's army has withdrawn, and it has been evacuated from the northern front. ” Li Yanzong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the news and said: "Gaochang has finally survived and lived up to His Majesty's expectations, Qin Hu immediately led people to subdue Jiaohe City, so he sent someone to report to His Majesty and asked His Majesty to send reinforcements." ” "Yes, the last general commands."
Qin Hu said.
The Battle of Xizhou was over, and the biggest winner of this war belonged to the Western Xia, because the Western Xia obtained the greatest benefits, although they paid the price of more than 10,000 people, but the benefits obtained were amazing.
After the end of this battle, the army of the Uighurs in Xizhou had been basically wiped out, and the armies of the two major tribes of the Uighur King and the Tatar Khan had also been lost, and the remaining soldiers and horses in the tribe combined were less than 20,000.
The Gaochang region of the essence of the Uighurs in Xizhou, the tribal herdsmen of the Huangtou Uighurs and the Caotou Tatars, as well as Yanqicheng in the west and Yizhou in the northeast, because there was a vacuum of power and military power in these places, the Xia army could replenish these places in time.
When Li Liangzuo heard that Jiaohe City was lost, Gaochang Li Liangzuo did not plan to keep it, it would be good to be able to get Yizhou, but Li Liangzuo did not expect to get so much territory.
But Li Liangzuo has not yet eaten these territories in his mouth, to be precise, he has eaten half of them, and he has not completely swallowed them, Li Liangzuo must find a reason to eat these territories, and the appearance of eating is not too ugly.
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