The North Courtyard is located between the Tien Shan Mountains and the Altai Mountains (Golden Mountain). The terrain is flat. There are plains, grasslands, deserts.

The grasslands in late autumn are golden yellow. On the steppe north of the Altai Mountains, about 500 ancient cavalry rushed to the wolf. They are being pursued by about 3,000 Zhou troops. However, even in this case, their banner is still waving, and it belongs to the general flag of Baye Gu Xiaode.

"Leader of filial piety, it's almost time to arrive at Korotaiji's camp."

Baye Gu Xiaode lay on the horse's back, hugged the horse's neck, laughed, full of pride, "Haha! He lured the enemy with his body and escaped from the north court alive. This means that his plan is a success!

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The camp of Baye Gukoro is located in the grasslands north of Jinshan. It is about 600 miles away from the north courtyard. This is a grassland with abundant pasture and abundant water!

The tents are like dandelion flowers, one by one. The herders accompanying the army herded their herds, milked goats, and made cheese. A breath of life. I heard that in the grasslands south of Jinshan, the winter is warmer.

The task given to them by Yilin Khan was not to defeat the Zhou army. Instead, stabilize the situation and recuperate on the steppe.

In the middle of the king's tent, the second son of Ilyin Khan, Baye Gukoro, was eating roast mutton, drinking mare's milk wine, and enjoying graceful singing and dancing with the generals of various departments.

Bano Koro was Chinese New Year's Eve at the time, and he was quite tall, about 1.85 meters. He has dark skin and is very fat. He is not a military man. But scheming! Here he waited for Baye Kotaka to come and meet him. Then, kill the man!

Baye Gu Xiaode only had a remnant army of 30,000 people. There are only 18,000 people in the headquarters, how dare they disobey his orders?

The Ilin Khan of the Baye Ancient Department is still very old-fashioned. Destroying Baye Gu Xiaode is the first, and fighting the Zhou army is the second. The Zhou army lacked cavalry and penetrated deep into the steppe, making it difficult to capture fighters.

Just as the atmosphere was in the king's tent, the atmosphere was extremely harmonious, and at this moment, a servant came in from outside the door, knelt down and reported: "Koroteiji, the chief of filial piety has sent someone, and he will arrive in half a day." But behind him there were a thousand cavalry of the Zhou army. ”

Baye Gukoro couldn't help but put the wine glass in his hand heavily on the table, and scolded: "Little cub, play tricks with me!" Give the order to go down and gather the army. ”

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On the tenth day of the seventh month, Guo Wei left Naren City with the Guo family caravan. On 15 July, he entered the Fergana Basin, where he was seized by Uzbeks stationed in the city of Thirst. No further progress is allowed.

The Uzbek Khan of Chingu was fighting against the Sogdian army led by the Persian governor of the river, Karimi, in the river at a key point of land and water communication. Tentative offense, already fought several times.

Guo Wei didn't care about this. The closest way to Samarkand is this. If you take a detour from Hengros to Samarkand, you will be suspected of being a spy by the Uzbeks. The Silk Road is not like that!

Guo Wei waited for days in the city, and that afternoon he was in the inn chatting with several merchants who were also blocked here.

"When will the road be clear?"

"We'll have to wait until the battle is over!"

"I heard that the Chingu Khan is gaining the upper hand. The Sogdians could not wait long for the battle. Their backers, the Persians, were still crushing the Turkmen redheads. ”

Guo Wei was dressed in thick cotton clothes and was very bloated. With a smile on his face, he chatted with people kindly.

I'm afraid that we can only walk together when the war is over. The question is, where were the Shi family at that time? Apparently, he had to find an opportunity to bribe the defenders of Thirsty City. Continue west. There are many such things on the Silk Road.

"Wow!"

The curtain of the inn was lifted, and a bearded general came in with six sturdy soldiers, looking around, and there was silence all around. "Who is the leader of the Guo family's caravan?"

Guo Wei had some bad premonitions in his heart, got up from his seat, and bowed, "Little Lao'er is!" ”

"Good. Do you know him? General Hu pointed to a Sogdian merchant beside him. An exclamation suddenly sounded in the inn, "Ah...!" Many people recognized this man as the great Sogdian merchant Alipov.

Guo Wei glanced at Aripov and shook his head, "I don't know." ”

Alipov snorted, took two steps forward, and sneered arrogantly: "How can you not know me? Your master, Jia Huan, wants to take my head. General Sewell, this person is a spy of the Zhou army! ”

Sevier smiled and waved, "Take it away!" ”

Whether he is a spy or not, he doesn't pay attention. He heard from Aripov that this person had several pieces of high-quality Hetian jade in his hands. Priceless.

On July 22, nearly 100 people in Guo Wei's caravan were brutally killed in the city of Thirsty City! Property, seizure. The crime is Zhou Jun's spies.

Message, coming out of the Silk Road.

At this time, on July 22, it was the time when the Zhou army ended the bloody battle with 80,000 reinforcements from the Baye Ancient Department on the grassland north of Jinshan. After several days of hard fighting, the 30,000 cavalry of the Zhou army defeated the reinforcements of the Baye Gubu and killed the Baye Gukoro, achieving the final victory.

However, the Zhou army had 30,000 iron cavalry, and most of the losses were made. It has lost the ability to maneuver at high speed and strike at long range.

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The grasslands south of the Golden Mountain, somewhere in a camp.

In the camp, bonfires are continuous. On the wooden shelf, the whole lamb roasted to a golden brown and crispy aroma drips with thick grease. It's a craving worm!

Men and women sang and danced around the campfire. The atmosphere in the camp was lively. This is a grand event for the Shatuo people to welcome the arrival of Mobei reinforcements.

Of course, of the 80,000 reinforcements, there are now only more than 30,000 left. Among them, 20,000 were cavalry with Luo. However, the cattle, sheep, and women in the rear camp, about 100,000 people, were not attacked by the Zhou army. At this time, under the "protection" of the Tongluo Department, he crossed the Golden Mountain and came to converge.

At the bonfire in the middle of the camp, Baye Gu Xiaode took Utller, Fuzhong, Kubeidu and others and the general Po Shi of Tongluo, who was "reunited after a long absence", to sit together and talk about wine.

Baye Gu Xiaode was full of smiles, and said proudly in the spring breeze: "General Poshi, farewell in spring, after a few months, I don't want you and me to meet again in the North Garden, which is emotional!" ”

Baye Gu Xiaode led the 3,000 cavalry of the Zhou army to the camp of Baye Gu Koro in the north of Jinshan, and a big battle broke out between the two sides. After the victory, Baye Gukoro pursued the Zhou army on the steppe. The Zhou army was forced to increase its troops. However, due to the distance, only cavalry and a small number of foot soldiers participated in the battle. A resounding battle was fought.

He colluded with the queen of the palace and took over all the people brought by Bayo Gukoro.

Po Shi's face was a little dark, and he raised his wine glass and touched a glass with Baye Gu Xiaode, "Fart! ”

His wives and children were in the royal court of the same tribe, Kulun. He saved 20,000 elite cavalry for Tongluo and returned to Mobei. However, under the political maneuver of Ilyin Khan, he was sent to aid the North Court. This made him feel dissatisfied.

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The autumn wind is bleak, and the waves are surging!

On the tenth day of August, it was already late autumn. The palace is full of trees and sparse branches. When a gust of wind passes, there are yellow leaves of sycamores, falling on the wet ground.

The light rain has just stopped.

Jia Huan stood at the head of the Shule Palace, looking at the Tianshan Mountains in the north and the Green Mountains in the south. Overlooking the entire city of Shule.

Grain, cloth, tea, silk, and silver dollars circulated in Shuleli. Due to the outbreak of the war in the North Court and the river. The South Silk Road is full of vitality. After the caravan arrived at Shule, it crossed the Green Ridge and arrived at Mulu, Baghdad and other places along Tocharo.

On the street in front of the palace, there are yamen such as the government office, the garrison office, the sub-patrol road, the finance and taxation, the Sinong, the Chongwen, and the Li Fan.

At the end of the street, not far away is the bustling West Market of Shule. There are restaurants, inns, rice shops, silver horns, pharmacies, iron shops, porcelain, silk, bookstores, fruit shops, coal shops, north and south goods and other shops.

The flow of people is like a shuttle, and business is thriving.

This can be seen as a prosperous and prosperous corner of the Shule area.

However, Jia Huan at the head of the palace was silent. He had recently received two letters. One is Guo Wei's masterpiece written to him in the prison of the Uzbeks in the thirsty city.

"Wei Buyi is behind bars. There is a great trust from the king. I am going to die, and I wish you to take care of the Guo family in the future. Kill me, Sogdian Alipov! ”

The meaning of grief and indignation is revealed on paper.

Jia Huan felt deeply guilty about this. He intended to contact Shi Yuhua and killed hundreds of people in the Guo family's caravan.

Another letter came from the North Court. The Governor of Qi ordered him to send troops to the city of Naren and go north to contain the Turgish. Prevent it from transferring troops to participate in the Battle of Beiting.

“… Come across. Yu Pan led 30,000 people to win the battle. However, the army rode and lost everything. Ziyu must transfer 200,000 stones of grain to the North Garden, and at the same time go north out of the Tianshan Mountains and force the soldiers to break the leaves. Pin down the Turks. ”

Governor Qi's letter revealed a deep sense of helplessness about this encounter.

The Zhou army had been seeking to defeat the main force of the Bano Kobu. The First World War was decided. The armies of Bano Kodeku and Bano Koro are all subordinate to the Bano Kobu. For Zhou Jun, there is no difference. It's all a victory!

However, the losses of the Zhou army were too great. Jia Huan can understand Lebai's decision. He originally led his troops to pursue Baye Kokotoku in many ways, but was pursued and killed by Koro's cavalry. He will either discard his comrades or reinforce them.

However, the Battle of Beiting was the most disadvantageous to the Zhou army when it was fought for a long time! Although the Zhou army occupied a wide area, it had limited money and food.

At the head of the city, Qian Huai walked up and put a black cloak on Jia Huan. Jia Huan nodded lightly, and said in a deep voice to Zhang Sishui beside him: "Boren, send troops!" ”

Angry hair rushed to the crown, leaning on the railing, Xiaoxiao rain rest. Raise your eyes, look up to the sky and roar, strong and fierce.