Although Li Wu's plan is good, but the plan can never catch up with the change, when the news of Fengde's killing reached Pontar's ears, Ponteler was furious, if the original Qarluq and Turgish people had a feud, then now the two families have a common enmity, originally in Pontel's plan, it is not to completely eliminate the Qarluqs, but to conquer the Qarluqs, so that they withdraw and become vassals of the Turgers, but now Pontlor wants to avenge his son, to make the Qarluqs disappear from this world.
"Newspaper, newspaper, report Ye Hu, Your Highness; Pontler's army has moved and is coming in our direction.
A sentry broke into the tent and reported to Li Wu and Yao Livas.
Li Wu immediately asked the sentry cavalry, "How many men and horses are there in the enemy army, and how far away are we?"
” "Your Highness, in addition to the 50,000 soldiers and horses of Pontele's headquarters, Ponteler also gathered 20,000 defeated troops, a total of 70,000 troops; At the speed of their march, they will reach us the morning after tomorrow.
The sentry replied to Li Wu.
Li Wu nodded cautiously, and waved at the sentry horse, hearing the report of the sentry horse, the atmosphere of the whole big tent was very solemn, because everyone knew that with this little strength of the Qarluqs, it was impossible to stop the main army of the Turgish, and the future of the Qarluqs was already very slim, and at this time, everyone's eyes were focused on Li Wu, who was only fifteen years old, and everyone knew that only Li Wu could save them at this time.
In fact, Li Wu also wanted to save the Qarluqs, but Li Wu didn't have enough soldiers and horses in his hands, seeing that everyone was looking at him, Li Wu said to everyone: "The more this kind of thing, the more everyone can't panic, the Turks are still two days away from us, and we have time to prepare." ” "What are your highness's plans?"
asked Yao Livas to Li Wu.
Li Wu said to everyone: "Now we are at a disadvantage, this time is not the way to fight, we have to avoid its edge, so His Highness suggested that all his troops immediately move north, cross the desert to Zaisangbo, where His Highness left an army, enough to protect you." ” Although the Qarluqs are a nomadic tribe, they are not willing to give up this land where their ancestors have lived for a long time; So Yao Livas asked Li Wu: "Your Highness, can't you let the army go south to rescue?"
Li Wu sighed and said: "It will take at least five or six days to go back and forth, I am afraid that you will have been exterminated by the Tuqi Shi people a long time ago, and now the most precious thing for us is to live, as long as you can live, Your Highness promises that sooner or later one day you will be allowed to return here, back to the Yili River." ” Hearing Li Wu's promise, Yao Livas finally made up his mind: "Okay, I will follow His Highness's arrangement and lead all the Qarluqs to move north. ” Li Wu smiled with satisfaction and said: "Although the entire tribe is moving north, there are many old and weak women and children in the tribe, and the speed of moving north must be very slow, so His Highness needs a team of soldiers and horses to stay behind the palace." ” "How many soldiers and horses does Your Highness need," Yao Livas asked Li Wu.
Li Wu made a rough calculation and said to Yao Livas: "Fifteen thousand cavalry, plus the thousand elites of His Highness, there are actually only eight hundred, and the pursuit of the Tuqi Shi people can be delayed. ” Fifteen thousand cavalry, which is most of the soldiers and horses of the Qarluq people now, so Yao Livas is very cautious, but things have come to this point, Yao Li Vas can only agree: "Okay, Ben Ye Hu will hand over these fifteen thousand cavalry to His Highness, and Timur will stay to assist His Highness." ” "Okay, no problem."
Li Wu agreed.
Although Yao Livas did not say it explicitly, Li Wu also heard the meaning of Yao Livas, and it can be said that Timur's stay was more to check and balance Li Wu, although Li Wu was a foreigner, but now Li Wu was already the son-in-law of the Qarluqs, and he was half a Qarluq; With Li Wu's status as the prince of the Great Xia Kingdom and half of the Qarluqs, Li Wu can use this time to completely collect the only elite of the Qarluqs, which of course Yao Livas does not want to see, so Yao Livas needs to leave Timur behind, because these fifteen thousand cavalry is the fundamental survival of the Qarluqs.
Since it was decided to delay the pace of the attack of the Turgish, after the military meeting, Li Wu led an army of 16,000 to set off, and before leaving, Li Wu deliberately went to say goodbye to Toyer, after all, Toyier was Li Wu's first woman; In fact, Li Wu has no bottom in his heart for this battle, although Li Wu has a rich knowledge reserve, but the actual combat experience is almost zero, not to mention that this time his opponent is not Fengde's straw bag, but Pontler, who has rich experience in the battlefield.
Just as Li Wu was leading the Qarluq cavalry westward to meet the Turgish, a great battle was about to break out along the Zabhan River; After separating from Li Wu, Li Yanzong and Li Xiaoren led the main force of the Xia army's southern route army to begin a large eastward march, copying the main force of the barbarians from the back, and the Xia army showed its sharp fangs along the way, and all the tribes that passed along the way were burned by the Xia army; The reason why Xia Jun did this was to prevent the leakage of news, and secondly, to replenish supplies.
After all, the area where the Xia army fought was thousands of miles away from the core of the Great Xia Kingdom, and it was impossible for the supplies of the army to be transported from such a distance.
From ancient times to the present, there is an ancient saying that the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first, but this sentence is useless to the Xia army at all, because the main combat area of the Xia army is not the Central Plains, but in the vast steppes of the north and west, it is almost impossible to fight in these many places, if you want to rely on logistics and supply, it costs a lot to transport materials to the front line at such a long distance, and with the current national strength of the Great Xia Kingdom, it will not take a battle to drag the Great Xia Kingdom down.
Therefore, in addition to the ten-day grain and grass carried by the Xia army in the early stage, the rest of the battle relied on plunder, so Li Yanzong and Li Xiaoren led the Xia army to kill the tribes along the way, and they would also encircle them in their spare time, so as to basically meet the material consumption of the army; Relying on the covert march, Xia Junshen unknowingly blocked the retreat road that worshiped Buhua.
But Bai Buhua is not a fuel-efficient lamp, not to mention that there are still 250,000 troops in the hands of Bai Buhua, and there are still 140,000 troops in the north and south of the Xia Army, which is still at a disadvantage in terms of numbers; Therefore, although Bai Buhua is in a strategic disadvantage, it can still pull back a game tactically, and it is not certain who will win and who will lose in the next battle After getting the Xia Army's Southern Route Army to cut off his own back road, Bai Buhua did not mess up, but chose to slowly withdraw from the Zabkhan River to the north, to avoid being attacked by the Xia Army's east and west, Li Chahan also took advantage of this almost across the Zabhan River to join Li Yanzong, so far both sides are relatively restrained, and the two armies confronted each other in this vast steppe.
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