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Like Djibouti at the beginning, Barth was also a Mongol horse raider, and was also responsible for probing the movements of the Han army east of the city of Jiezhou.

It's just that during this period of time, because of the fact that the Mongolian horses were repeatedly intercepted and killed by the Han army, Bars did not dare to be as arrogant and disdainful of the Han army as Djibouti was at the beginning.

In the final analysis, even if the Ming Dynasty is rotten in armaments, but compared to the Mongolian tribes is still a behemoth, and now the Mongolian coalition army is alone in the enemy's territory, which can be described as a crisis, the Mongolian coalition army seems to be full of confidence a few days ago, but their confidence is just because they firmly believe that the Han people are cowardly and dare not resist them, this "confidence" is the most fragile, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is self-hypnosis!

Now, because of the appearance of He Zhang, the Han army has shown signs of resistance, and the city of Jiezhou has not been captured for a long time, but the Acropolis of Zhenning has been taken back by the Han army, and the logistics of the Mongolian coalition army has gradually become problematic...... In this way, the seemingly sufficient confidence of the Mongol coalition army was quickly shattered, and a sense of urgency and crisis was hidden in the hearts of all the Mongol soldiers.

On this day, as usual, Barth led the Mongol horses to the east.

After running for more than 20 miles, Balth and the scouts stopped their horses for a while, but Balth remained vigilant and shouted: "No one should unload their armor and abandon their troops, rest for a quarter of an hour, and continue to investigate eastward after the horsepower is restored!" ”

After hearing Balth's shout, the horses did not have any objections, but just turned over and dismounted, sat on the ground, and silently took out the cowhide bag to drink water to quench their thirst, and the atmosphere was faintly depressing.

Seeing the performance of the prospectors, Barth felt a little helpless, but he was not a resourceful person, and there was nothing he could do to boost his morale, so he just sat on the ground with the horses and drank silently.

While drinking water, Balth secretly thought, "I only hope that Lord Bagen will break through Jiezhou City as soon as possible!" It's no wonder that the sons and daughters are a little flustered, after the Acropolis of Zhenning was recaptured by the Han people, most of the logistics grain and grass were lost, and now it is gradually exhausted, I heard that the military rations of the servant armies of all ethnic groups have been halved, and in a few days, maybe even the military rations of the Mongolian warriors will be reduced, if they can't break through the Jiezhou City in time, this expedition may have to be lost, and it will be a big loss of vitality......"

Thinking of this, Balth's mood became more and more depressed, and he couldn't help but shake his head vigorously, put aside all the bad premonitions in his heart, and thought: "However, it may not be the worst outcome!" At least, because of the various conditions these days, the warriors of all races are no longer only thinking about preserving their strength, and the siege of the city in the past few days has been all doing their best, and the city defense of Jiezhou City has gradually shown signs of shaking! As long as Jiezhou City is breached, everything will be easy to do! ”

While thinking about it, Balth's expression suddenly changed, and he noticed that the ground around him was faintly shaking—this meant that a large number of cavalry was rapidly approaching nearby!

Balth hurriedly lay on the ground, listened with his ears close to the ground for a moment, but his expression became more and more solemn, and then he quickly got up and shouted: "There is a large army in the southeast!" Everyone, get on your horse and follow me to investigate! ”

As Balth's words fell, all the probes also changed their expressions, not daring to slack off, and they all turned over and rode with Balth towards the southeast.

After about two or three miles, a large army appeared at the end of the field of view of the horses!

Boundless banners, vast clouds of smoke and dust, dense Han soldiers—the size of this Han army was much larger than Balth had expected!

After secretly estimating according to the banner and smoke, Bals's face was faintly pale, and he said in a trembling voice: "The size of this Han army is at least thirty or fifty thousand people!" With so many Han Chinese troops, why didn't they receive any news in advance? …… Looking at the direction of their march, it is not Jiezhou City, it is Zhenning Acropolis! ”

Then, without any hesitation, Barth ordered urgently: "The military situation is urgent, do not delay!" Ahan, Jinkeze, and the two of you stay here and continue to monitor the movements of this Han army, Brother Bohan, you go to the Acropolis of Zhenning and tell Lord Gugan the news of this Han army, the goal of this Han army seems to be the Acropolis of Zhenning, and Lord Gugen must be prepared as soon as possible! The rest of the people will follow me back to the camp to report to Lord Bagen! ”

After speaking, Bals directly turned his horse's head and galloped in the direction of Jiezhou City.

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This Han army is naturally the vanguard force sent by Zhao Junchen, headed by Fang Zhenshan, the chief soldier of Guyuan Military Town, and composed of 12,000 soldiers and 3,000 soldiers of the main force of Guyuan Military Town, with a total of 15,000 men and horses.

However, because of Zhao Junchen's order, this army tried to bluff when marching, not only did the various military flags more than double, but the cavalry also dragged the grass and trees and branches when they were running, deliberately creating a large amount of smoke and dust, and the 15,000 men and horses simply showed the great momentum of the 350,000 army, which misled the judgment of the Mongolian horse explorers!

Almost at the same time that the Mongol Tanma discovered this Han army, the Han army also discovered the snooping of the Mongol Tanma.

However, after Fang Zhenshan received the news, he didn't care too much, but just ordered: "Send a thousand cavalry to drive away all the surrounding Mongolian exploration horses!" If the Mongols fled too far, they didn't have to be killed, just don't let them stay with us! The main force of the army ignored these flies and continued to move at full speed in the direction of the Zhenning Acropolis! ”

Fang Zhenshan knew very well that he had two main tasks this time, one was to relieve the siege of Zhenning Acropolis, and it was best to severely damage the Mongol division that was attacking the Zhenning Acropolis, and the other was to attract the attention of the main force of the Mongolian coalition army and create opportunities for the main army under Zhao Junchen!

Therefore, Fang Zhenshan was not afraid that the Mongols would discover their traces of the march.

After He Zhang recaptured the Zhenning Acropolis, the 6,000 military horses that the Mongol coalition army had hoarded in the Zhenning Acropolis also fell into the hands of Zhao Junchen, and Zhao Junchen handed over all these war horses to the new army of soldiers, so the new army of soldiers all became cavalry, and the combat power was very obvious.

Now, Zhao Junchen has handed over Fang Zhenshan's new army of 3,000 soldiers, plus the original number of cavalry in Guyuan Military Town, the number of cavalry under Fang Zhenshan's command has reached more than 5,500 people!

With such a powerful force, Fang Zhenshan is also very confident that he can complete the task assigned by Zhao Junchen!

"According to the intelligence, the Mongol army attacking the Zhenning Acropolis is only more than 10,000 people, and they have stormed the Zhenning Acropolis day and night in the past few days, and now they must be exhausted and greatly damaged, and I have an army of 15,000 people in my hands, plus the two or three thousand people under He Zhang's command, they must be able to hit them hard! According to Lord Chincha's plan, this victory is considered to be a great one, if the more than 50,000 Mongol allied troops who came to attack are completely annihilated, such a military feat can be described as shocking to the past and the present! …… And if I had defeated the Mongols, I would have been at the top of the list of meritorious service after the war...... However, just like this, it may not be able to suppress He Zhang......"

While thinking in secret, Fang Zhenshan's brows furrowed, and a haze flashed between his expressions.

Since this period of time, He Zhang first assisted Zhao Junchen to form a new army of soldiers, and then recaptured the Acropolis of Zhenning for meritorious service in the first battle.

At that time, the reward He Zhang received must be eye-catching, and maybe he will be on an equal footing with Fang Zhenshan! ——The old grudge between Fang Zhenshan and He Zhang is extremely deep, this is something that Fang Zhenshan absolutely cannot tolerate!

Therefore, at this time, Fang Zhenshan, seeing that he had an advantage, inevitably had a small calculation in his heart!

"In the future war, we still have to find a way to suppress He Zhang, and we can't let him be too beautiful! And I have to try to get more military merits, otherwise I will be in trouble in the future......"

Thinking of this, Fang Zhenshan suddenly ordered: "Pass my order!" The whole army is moving faster! After entering the range of the Zhenning Acropolis for twenty miles, all the cavalry took the lead in the surprise attack, and I wanted to take the Mongol Tartars by surprise! ”

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