At the entrance of the Zabkhan River in Kyrgyz Lake, the 70,000 Anbei Army commanded by Li Chahan and the Naiban Army under the command of Bai Buhua faced each other across the river, the Xia Army was located on the east bank of the Zabkhan River, and the Southern Barbarian Army was located on the west side of the Zabkhan River, where the two armies had been in a stalemate for several days; On both sides of the Zabkhan River in Lake Kyrgyzstan is a large grassland, where the water and grass are abundant and it is an excellent nomadic land, and this area has been an important grassland for the nomads of the central steppe and the nomads of the western steppe since ancient times.
And now this has become the main battlefield of the Xia army and the Naiban army, in fact, the Xia army and the Naiban army met here is a completely accidental phenomenon, originally according to Richardhan's battle plan, the army should cross the Zabhan River and then swagger the march, exposing their marching route to the Naiban army has achieved the purpose of attracting enemy troops; However, when Li Chahan led the Anbei army to the Zabkhan River, he found that on the other side of the river, the barbarian army had already gathered.
There are only two answers to such a situation, the first is the leakage of military operations, and Bai Buhua has already obtained military information, so he is here to intercept himself; The second situation is entirely an encounter where both parties have met without their knowledge; At this time, Richard Han was more inclined to the second judgment, which was completely an encounter, and the reason why Bai Buhua was here was very simple, that is, the barbarian army wanted to take the initiative to attack the central grassland region.
What was originally a raid was now an encounter, which caught Richard off guard, after all, it was the first time that Tsarkhan had commanded such a large-scale military operation; Just as Chahan was pondering what to do, Sun Zhen walked in and said to Richardan: "General, the spies have reported that they have confirmed that the other side of the river is the main force of the Nabarian tribe; There were at least more than 300,000 troops. ” Li Chahan said to Sun Zhen: "If you don't spend so much time gathering so many troops here, it can only show one problem, that is, you want to attack us, but fortunately you are here now, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."
Sun Zhen said to Richarda: "Yes, but now we have no way to complete the task according to the plan, originally according to the plan, we should be with the Southern Route Army in the next round of the Altai Mountains to flank the barbarian army, but now the enemy army is five times ours, and it may not be good for our army to resist the enemy alone."
Richard thought for a moment and said, "Now we have to make preparations with both hands, on the one hand, we must step up the deployment of defenses to prevent the barbarian army from crossing the river; On the other hand, report the news of our place to the general, and let the general attack the barbarian army from behind; The two armies cooperated with the east-west flank attack to take Bai Buhua in one fell swoop. ” "But I'm afraid it's too late, and it will take at least half a month for the Southern Route Army to arrive, can we hold out until they arrive," Sun Zhen said with some concern.
"If you can't hold on, you have to persevere."
Richard said firmly; "Even if my 70,000 grassland boys die in this Zabhan River, I can't let a single soldier of the Naiban army enter the territory of my Great Xia Kingdom."
"Yes, the Admiral understands."
Sun Zhen saluted and said.
When Richard was depressed, Bai Buhua on the other side was also very depressed, and after countless temptations, Bai Buhua felt that the Xia army was nothing more than that, so he decided to raise troops to occupy the real steppe area to restore the territory of the Turkic Empire; As a descendant of the Turks, although the Naiban tribe does not want to restore the glory of their ancestors all the time, and now Bai Buhua feels that the time has come.
"Dear Sun Khan, the army opposite us is the so-called invincible Xia army, according to our Tanma report, there are not many enemies on the opposite side, only about 70,000."
Ge Shuhan reported to Bai Buhua.
At this time, Bai Buhua is in his forties and upright prime, if you see Bai Buhua, you will definitely feel that this must not be a Chinese species; Bai Buhua has a full beard, a very strong body, a high nose, brown eyes, and a splendid silk robe, and looks like an upstart with busy eyes; Looking inside the big tent, all the people in the big tent are basically such a feature, of course, their clothes are not so gorgeous.
After taking a big sip of the mare's milk wine in the golden bowl, he slapped the bowl on the table in front of him and said: "In front of the Naiban warriors, there is no army that cannot be defeated, the soldiers lift your swords, ride your horses, cross the Zabhan River, destroy the Xia army on the opposite side, the whole steppe is ours, and we will restore the glory of our Turkic empire with indomitable progress." ” "Long live the Great Khan, long live the Great Khan, long live the Great Khan," all the Nabarian generals in the Great Tent shouted.
For Bai Buhua, he just knows himself and does not know the other, Bai Buhua does not know how powerful the Great Xia Kingdom is, nor does he know how many people and how many troops the Great Xia Kingdom has, in his eyes, the Turkic Khanate established by the barbarian tribe is very powerful, so he does not put the opposite Xia army in his eyes at all; In Bai Buhua's opinion, as long as the army under his command crossed the Zabkhan River, the Xia army on the opposite side would immediately disperse.
"Order, the army will cross the Zabhan River tomorrow and annihilate the Xia army on the opposite side."
Sun Khan Bai Buhua ordered.
"Obey the orders of the Great Khan."
The generals took the military order in unison.
In the early morning of the next day, the barbarian army began to prepare to cross the Zabhan River, a big battle was about to break out, Richardan did not expect that Bai Buhua would launch an attack at this time, since the enemy made a move, then Richardan could only take the move, as the defensive side Richardan still has some advantages, after all, there is the Zabkhan River in front of him.
"Report to the general, it is the barbarian army that suddenly crossed the river in a big way, and it is suspected that it is going to launch a fierce attack on our army."
A sentry came up to Richard and said.
Li Chahan did not dare to hesitate and immediately issued a military order: "The herald army is assembled five miles away from the Zabkhan River, and the bow and crossbow are not fired, waiting for the military order to attack at any time." ” "Yes, follow the general's orders."
The sentinel led the order and immediately galloped away.
As a member of the Great Xia Kingdom, Li Chahan is responsible for the Great Xia Kingdom, as the commander of the 70,000 Anbei Army, Li Chahan is also responsible for the 70,000 soldiers, for this battle whether he can resist the attack of the barbarian army, Li Chahan has no confidence, after all, the difference in the number of the two armies is too big; Moreover, as a grassland people, the combat effectiveness of the Naiban army is also very strong, the only advantage of the Xia army is that it has sophisticated weapons, and the soldiers of the Anbei Army are all veterans of the war against Liao, and they have certain battlefield experience.
In the battle at this time, if there is no great advantage, it depends on the ability of the commander to decide, that is to say, the success or failure of this battle depends largely on Richard Han alone, if Richard Han commands properly, then the Xia army still has hope, if Richard's command is a mess, then the Xia army is basically in a desperate situation, which shows how much pressure Richard Han has.
Just when the Northern Route Army encountered the main force of the Naiban Division, the Southern Route Army also encountered great difficulties and irresistible factors, the army was lost on the Gobi Desert, and it was very terrible for the 80,000 army to get lost in the desolate Gobi, the weather here was hot and dry, and there was no water source, and the army was in danger of being wiped out after a long time.
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