It was the first time that Zhang Yuan wore the armor of the Upper Boundary River and marched among thousands of troops.

The armoured march was due to the fact that he was leading an army of 50,000 between the wastelands and oases where there was a chance of an encounter with the enemy.

It's the real battle! Not the kind to hide in a strong, far from the front line of the fort. The feeling of the two is completely different, strategizing in the fortress is playing with other people's lives, and playing with one's own life when you go into battle.

The wilderness in front of me is truly desolate and vast, and as far as the eye can see, not a single tree or house can be seen. Except for the rumbling army and the Xiliang cavalry guarding around the army, there was no smoke. There was only a round of red sun, hanging in the western air, and under the red sun, a few wisps of lonely smoke rose up.

"The desert is lonely, and the sun sets on the long river...... In the past, the Maha monks went to the side of the place, about this place, right? ”

Zhang Yuan turned around, and Ma Zheng didn't know when he had already rode up.

Now Xiao Heda, the chief military aircraft representing the Hexi Army, is not in the army, so Ma Zheng has become the only general military aircraft of the 80,000 allied forces assembled in the Yache Oasis. Just now, the members of the general military engine room of the army who were also with him held a military meeting in the military engine room during the march.

Zhang Yuan pointed to the straight smoke in front of him, and asked Ma Zheng: "Zhongfu, the smoke column over there looks very straight, it was burned out of wolf dung, right?" ”

"How is that possible?" Ma Zheng laughed, "The smoke from wolf dung is light brown, lighter than the smoke from the dry pyre, and it is not easy to see from a distance. ”

"But the smoke from the burning of wolf dung gathers straight, although the wind blows and does not slanch." Zhang Yuan retorted.

"That's what Lu Taoshan said in the book "Pi Ya", right?" Ma Zheng said with a smile, "He must not have found a few pieces of wolf dung to burn, and it is estimated that he will not be able to find them, and it is impossible for him to catch a few wolves to as an old scholar." ”

He paused, and suddenly laughed: "But the Knight Academy has done such a stupid thing, and let the students catch a few wolves and burn them, the so-called wind blowing is pure nonsense." And wolves don't much, and they produce very little feces, so where can I find a lot of wolves to poop for the officials? However, cow dung is easy to obtain and easy to ignite, but the smoke is not large, and it can only be used to start a fire, not all cow dung. ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "The positivist school really pays attention to experiments, and even went to catch wolves...... However, it seems that there has always been a system for preparing wolf dung in the army. ”

"It's just a matter of being in the dark." Ma Zhengdao, "In the past, the rules and regulations in the army were not strict, and there were many absurd rules, and no one would seriously abide by them." It is precisely because of the lack of rigor that the military attachés in the army cannot be educated through school, and the military attachés from the military examination cannot lead the soldiers. ”

Zhang Yuan nodded slightly, and then raised his hand and pointed to the straight smoke in front of him: "That's the peak smoke of the rebellious breath, right?" ”

"That's what they ordered," Ma Zheng said, "It seems that the Xiliang cavalry has already fought with them in front!" ”

"Woo ......"

As soon as Ma Zheng's words fell, a horn came from the front, Ma Zheng listened intently for a while, and said with a smile: "Win, the front is unimpeded!" ”

The Hexi Army used a total of 7 infantry generals and 3 cavalry generals for this western expedition, and now the 3 cavalry generals have been taken away by Xiao Heda. The remaining seven infantry generals, led by Zhao Zhongshun, arrived at the Yache Oasis one after another. At present, there are 6 Hexi infantry generals participating in the operation to advance to the Shule Oasis, and these 6 Hexi infantry generals include 6 Xiliang cavalry divisions and 6 iron harrier battalions. In total, there were 5,400 Western Liang cavalry and 1,800 Iron Harrier cavalry.

In addition, the Anxi Great Sect also dispatched 2 infantry generals and 2,000 knights.

That is to say, there are a total of 9,200 cavalry soldiers under the command of Zhang Yuan, Zhao Zhongshun and Ma Zheng. All of them have half-armor (front armor and helmet) or full armor, and are equipped with a carbine, a stubborn horn bow, and a crossbow. The combat effectiveness of a single soldier is no less than that of the Gulam of the Heavenly Sect country, and it is not at all something that the nomadic cavalry of the Eastern Qarakhanid Dynasty can deal with.

By the way, the nomadic cavalry is not all of the same level, and basically the most powerful ones are in the Mongolian Plateau. Elsewhere it was more watery and was no match for the well-trained hussars. The nomadic tribes nesting in the Shule Oasis and the Shache Oasis were even weaker, Ma Zheng and Zhao Zhongshun only sent one-third of the Xiliang light cavalry in their hands, and cleaned up all the rangers that Lion Khan placed between the Shache Oasis and the Shule Oasis.

"These half-armored light cavalry of the Hexi Army are very good! They can act as rangers and raids, and if they had such cavalry a few years ago, we wouldn't have been here. ”

The performance of the Xiliang cavalry of the Hexi Army in this war was indeed remarkable, and it also taught Ma Zheng, who was a cavalry expert himself, a lot of things. Of course, there is also a hint of crisis!

Because of the same reform, not only the Hexi Army can take it, but the Great Liao State in the north can also do it! On the contrary, it was the Great Song Dynasty, because the foundation of the cavalry was weak, and no matter how much it was reformed, there was no way to make up for the numerical disadvantage.

Therefore, in the case of cavalry reform at the same time in the Great Liao and the Great Song Dynasty, the little military advantage that the Great Song had accumulated with great difficulty would soon be surpassed by the opponent.

"It's a pity that they can't be expected to deal with the Khitans, otherwise it will be much easier to go on a northern expedition in Japan." Zhang Yuan sighed.

"Yes," Ma Zheng also said, "there are 10,000 Xiliang cavalry to cover the left and right, and the army marching in the front line is the same as marching in the rear, and you don't have to prepare for battle at any time, and your strength can be saved and used in battle."

Moreover, the enemy does not know our reality and wants to ambush and sneak attack, but there is no direction, so he has to sit and wait in Kashgar! ”

"Will Lion Khan sit still?" Zhang Yuan asked.

"Probably will." Ma Zheng looked at the smoke of a peak in the distance that was dissipating, "Lion Khan not only doesn't know our reality but also doesn't know the reality of Xiao Heda's department at the Datulu Atidaban Pass. He is now suffering from the enemy on his back, it would be good not to be scared away by us, and he dared to take the initiative? ”

"Will the Lion Khan abandon the city and flee?" Zhang Yuan asked again.

"It's hard to say," Ma Zheng said, "the lion Khan is already a turtle in the urn, the Datulu Atidaban Pass in the west has been blocked by Xiao Heda, and the Qiuzi in the north has been collected by the Gaochang Uighurs, leaving only a way to survive in the South Yue Green Ridge." Whether he can go or not depends on whether the forces south of the Green Ridge can tolerate him. In addition, it depends on Zhao Zhongshun and Xiao Hedaken's refusal to let him go south.

Now that Xiao Heda is in the west, we are approaching the Nanlunling River again, blocking the east of Kashgar. Lion Khan wants to go south, won't the Western Liang cavalry chase him? Under the pursuit all the way, it would be good if one out of ten adults could survive the Green Ridge. ”

"Will he surrender then?"

"It's not whether it will, but whether it will?" As soon as Ma Zheng turned around, he glanced at Zhao Zhongshun's general banner after the Hexi Army, and more than 60,000 of the 80,000 soldiers and horses here were Hexi Army!

Whether Lion Khan can surrender or not must depend on the attitude of Zhao Zhongshun and the Hexi army. The goal of the Hexi Army is not to turn the Eastern Qarakhanid Dynasty into its own vassal, but to take advantage of the opportunity of the Hexi Army's force to scatter and make a last-ditch fight and try to create another piece of heaven and earth in the Western Regions and Tianzhu.

So there must be some benefits to subduing Lion Khan, and he is a good leader. However, there were many people under the command of Lion Khan, and there were religious conflicts with the Hexi army, and it was not easy to digest them.

"Now it's up to those people south of Green Ridge!" Zhang Yuan sneered, "If they don't come to the aid of the Green Ridge, they are not willing to let Lion Khan lead his troops south." Then in another five or six months at most, the lion Khan will have to be submitted. ”

"It doesn't have to be five or six months," Ma Zhengdao, "hold on for another two or three months at most, and Lion Khan will have to surrender...... Or give it a go. Because once the weather is in autumn, there is not much time left for him. If he couldn't cross the green ridge before the heavy snow covered the mountain, his soldiers and horses would be cornered. ”

"Okay!" Zhang Yuan smiled, "It seems that this battle is easy to fight, as long as the Turkic Sultan south of the Green Mountains does not send troops, we don't have to fight in the wild, we just need to stick to the barrier, and we can force the Lion Khan to bow down." ”

Ma Zheng shook his head and said, "Great Sect, it's not us who are afraid of the wild wave battle now, but Aslan Khan!" If he is willing to go out of the city to meet this time. The battle of Nashule is decided! ”

……

At the same time, behind the marching column where Zhang Yuan and Ma Zheng were located, Brother Cha, who seemed to have become mature and steady, that is, Zhao Baozhong, was walking side by side with Cao Mian, the deputy commander.

Cao Mian was the Western Xia general who once held the city of Qin Wangchuan and blocked the advance of the Song army's Hexi army. He is a descendant of the last Guiyi Army Jiedu envoy, and his maternal line is a descendant of the Khotanese royal family. In the area of Khotan and Shule, it is still somewhat influential.

In the royal family of the Kingdom of Khotan, there are still many people who dream of restoring their ancestral business! And the object they can rely on, in addition to the "family planning" Gao Changguo, is only the remnants of the Guiyi Army who have returned to Western Xia. The Gaochang Kingdom and the remnants of the Guiyi army, including the Western Xia, were also happy to give them a little assistance, and then let them go in and out of Khotan and Shule in the name of merchants to listen to the intelligence and truth of the Qarakhanid Dynasty.

In order to facilitate their actions, some descendants of the Khotanese royal family also disguised themselves as Tianfang merchants, opened many merchant houses in Khotan and Shule's hometowns, and over time also took many routes of the Qarakhanid Dynasty to the upper echelons.

In this "Taohuashi Civil War", these spy businessmen controlled by Cao Mian even caught up with Aslan Khan, who was trapped in Kashgar.

"To unify the army, Aslan Khan is willing to pay tribute to Tengri Khan, and is willing to cede Khotan, Qiuzi, and Broken Leaves, just to be able to retire in Shule."

Listening to Cao Mian's report on the results of the secret contact, Zhao Zhongshun just snorted coldly, "Pension in Shule? I don't even dare to think about it, but he still dares to think about it? Dream! ”

"In addition," Cao Mian said, "our people have also heard that the Sanjar Sultan of the Turkic State (not actually the Sultan) has concentrated an army of 100,000 south of the Green Ridge!" ”

"One hundred thousand?" Zhao Zhongshun smiled, "It would be nice to have 100,000!" When the time comes, let's let Zhang Yuanxue take Li Shimin and destroy the two countries in one war! ”

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