The horse's hooves rumbled like thunder. Hundreds of knights of the Sect of Indoctrination just walked in front of the Great Sect Chapter.

Behind Zhang Yuan, in addition to the elite cavalry and cavalry auxiliaries of the Great Education Regiment, the infantry of the two generals, there were also the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the Iron Harrier Cavalry from Hexi, and the Hexi Infantry General who completely imitated the establishment of the new army of the Song Army. The indoctrination regiment that advanced to the area of Shache and Shule, the main combat force of the Hexi Coalition Army, as well as in the territory of the Gaochang Uighurs, Yemili Grassland and Xiaye Town, went around in a big circle, and arrived at the Xiao Heda headquarters stationed at the Datulu Atidaban Pass at the turn of spring and summer this year. There were 70,000 infantry cavalry auxiliaries, and they also tried their best to collect cattle, sheep, chariots and horses to transport baggage and accompany the army, in addition, each infantry cavalry auxiliary soldier carried a lot of pickled raw beef and cut cakes, so the military resources added together were enough to ensure that they could be supported in the green mountains for two months. If it weren't for Tuntian, which had been in the past for nearly a year, it would have been impossible to make up this little bit at all. Maybe there won't be this thousand-mile pursuit.

Every soldier on the peach blossom stone, the face is gloomy, they walk neatly, follow the rhythm of the golden drum, and from time to time also sing the war song "How can it be said that there is no clothes". Although everyone could not suppress their excitement when they set out from the main camp, as they marched day after day, the excitement had long since subsided, and only a chilling slaughter remained. Among them, the elite soldiers belonging to the Hexi Army embarked on the journey with a somewhat tragic mood. They are all former party and state peoples, and although they have now become Han Chinese, they have not forgotten to restore their Western Xia homeland. If this battle can annihilate the main force of the Turks in the mountains of the Green Mountains, then there is still hope for the restoration of the Great White High Kingdom. If the hundreds of thousands of Turkic tribes of Aslan Khan were released, not only would Tianzhu not be able to go, but even the two towns of Hexi and Anxi would sooner or later become the pacification envoys of the Great Song Dynasty.

The eyes of countless people were all on the general banner of Zhao Zhongshun, the Hexi Commander Army, who was more than a thousand steps behind the queue where Zhang Yuan was. Can this former King of Jin really lead everyone to fight a new home in the legendary Tianzhu Kingdom, where the Buddha attained enlightenment?

It is said that Tianzhu is rich, no less than the Central Plains! When you get there, everyone is a master!

At the front of the team, countless rangers and horsemen just rushed back and forth, constantly bringing the situation ahead and the situation of the Turkic-Qarakhanid coalition army.

"The Great Teaching, the General Military Machine, the Xiliang Cavalry of the Front Army has come into contact with the thief cavalry, just on the line of the Po Mi Luo River Pass, after a little resistance from the thief, has shrunk and retreated to the green mountains, it is found to be the department of Aslan Khan...... Now the troops of the former army have set up a formation at the Pomira River Pass, waiting for the arrival of the army! ”

"The Great Teaching, the General Military Aircraft, has been searched for thirty miles west of the Pomi Luochuan Pass, and no thief brigade has been found, but the abandoned baggage, the old and weak have been found along the way. After inquiry, it was found that the thieves' brigade had all passed through the Pomira River Pass two days earlier. The elite is in the front, the old and weak are in the back, and the team finally has the knights of Aslan Khan to press the formation......"

Hearing the return, Zhang Yuan just smiled and said in his heart: With these Xiliang cavalry searching, exploring the way, and covering up, it is really easy to fight. Most of the enemy's actions can't be concealed from their own ears and eyes, and the enemy's own actions are black-eyed!

In the art of war, it turns out that "knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles" turned out to be done in this way!

It's just that if there are no elite rangers like the Xiliang Cavalry, how can you know yourself and your opponent? You can't watch the sky at night, right?

When Zhang Yuan was deeply understanding the art of war, Ma Zheng had already stepped forward and said to Zhang Yuan: "Great Teaching, you can go to the Pomi Luochuan Pass to go down to the village today, and enter the Green Mountains tomorrow." ”

"Just to the Pora River Pass? Only walked more than 30 miles? Zhang Yuan frowned.

It's too slow, isn't it? When will I have to catch up with the thieves?

"More than thirty miles is good." Ma Zhengdao, "Now I'm bringing cattle and sheep!" You can't let them die of emaciation and exhaustion. Moreover, marching on the plateau is no better than walking on the plains, and it is not easy to breathe. In addition, the brothers' war horses also had to save some effort, so that they could fight the thieves in the Kara Lake. ”

Ma Zheng had led the army through the plateau on the Qinghai West Road before, and knew that it was not easy to march on the plateau. Along the way, I was tired and sick, and I fell ill more than one percent, which was casual. This time, if you want to walk higher and more dangerous on the Green Plateau, you will not be tired and sick, but you will die! Therefore, we must not be in a hurry, but can only walk slowly and save the lives of the soldiers as much as possible.

"Kara Lake? It's the big dragon pool recorded by Xuanzang in the book, right? Zhang Yuan frowned deeply, "Why are you there?" ”

Located at the confluence of the Eastern and Western Pamir Plateaus, Kara Lake is a huge plateau lake, where the Great Dragon Pond recorded by the Tang monk in the "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" is located, surrounded by a very fertile grassland.

"The Turks and Qarakhanids mostly traveled westward, along the valley of the Hongshui River (Kizilsu River in Turkic language), from the edge of the Green Mountains. Then enter the Karahu meadow through the Ala Pass, where they will recuperate for ten days, feed the cattle, sheep and horses, and then continue southwest across the Chibi River, and then go out of the green mountains. Therefore, this Karahu Lake is the transit place for the army to pass through the Green Mountains, and Master Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty also stopped here when he went to Tianzhu. ”

Ma Zheng paused, and then said: "There are more than 300 miles of plateau mountain roads from the Pomi Luochuan Pass to Karahu Lake, which is not easy to walk!" When you get to the plateau, it's good to travel more than 20 miles a day. But we can't go fast, and the Turkic-Qarakhanid people will have even more hardship. They took their families on the road...... It's a march with your life!

So now we have to compare endurance, hardship, and marching ability with them. As long as we can keep our vitality along the way and get to Kara Lake, we will win. ”

"Will the Turks not stop at the Kara Lake?"

"How is that possible?" Ma Zheng sneered, "Don't pant all the way through the green ridge?" I'm afraid that the Turkic elite brought by Sanjar will not be able to bear it, let alone the old, weak, sick and disabled people of Aslan Khan? ”

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The road west of the Pomira River Pass was straight and wide, and hundreds of knights, with fire as a unit, were rapidly marching westward, and more than a dozen cavalry fires were drawn in a straight line. On either side of these knights are the majestic mountains, like giants, staring at the long-lost Han iron horse.

These knights are a mixture of the Xiliang cavalry and the knights of the indoctrination regiment, and it is Su Zhihuan who leads the team. Among the several mercenary leaders who came out of Jiehe Trading City, he was probably the best one. First of all, he took advantage of the opportunity of the Western Army's layoffs, poached with high salaries, and drew a group of skilled and young knights with bows and horses. Then he was trained by Li Yongqi from Gao Yu, and mastered a lot of cavalry combat skills, including organizing group charges!

With force in his hand, he was naturally reused by Zhang Yuan, and now he has been promoted to official position, and he has also become a preparatory general in the first battalion of knights. There are more than 400 knights from the Western Army under his command, who can not only be used as heavy cavalry to charge into battle, but also can be used as light cavalry, which may be a little stronger than the Xiliang cavalry that made a name for itself on the battlefield of Anxi!

Su Zhihuan reined in the war horse, just panting with a few henchmen under his command, while looking at everything in front of him, looking at the enemy who was barely lined up in front of him.

"It's another miscellaneous soldier!" Nicknamed Poor Ziye, whose real name seems to be unknown to Su Zhihuan, a henchman under Su Zhihuan's command of Huo Huo, stood on horseback and watched for a while, and then said to Su Zhihuan, "There are about a thousand people, and there is Gulam behind the formation, maybe there will be an ambush." ”

"Camp head, let's fight! Cut down the bunch of birds. Another of Su's subordinates shouted loudly.

"Splash Han Wu, just count you in a hurry," the poor man smiled beside him, "You have to let the camp head take a closer look before rushing, right?" What if there is an ambush? ”

It turned out that Su Zhihuan also pulled the young Han Wu under his command and became a fire chief, although there were not many cavalry under him, but the future was quite good.

When Zhang Xuanshuai opens Liangzhou in the coming day, how can he get an official body and add a knight's field, right?

"There is an ambush?" Han Wuda laughed, raised his horsewhip and pointed ahead, "Look at this terrain, where can the ambush be placed?" Those bare hills? ”

"Since there is no ambush, why do those thieves always send some miscellaneous soldiers to send heads?"

"Naturally, in order to delay our movements, if we go slower, they will be able to catch their breath in Kara Lake. Besides, these miscellaneous soldiers are birds? This is a Jedi on the green mountains, and it is difficult to catch a breath, how many cattle, sheep, grain and grass can Aslan Khan and that Raush son Sanjar have? Can you feed so many people? In my opinion, they wish we could kill more! ”

Although Han Wu is young, he has also been on the battlefield and killed Western thieves, and he is naturally very perceptive about the things of war.

Su Zhihuan nodded lightly and ordered: "Order, dismount, and accumulate strength." ”

"Whoa!"

Someone next to him immediately answered loudly, and then pulled out a trumpet and blew it vigorously.

In the distance, on a high ground on the edge of a mountain, Sanjar, wrapped in a cloak, was riding his horse and standing on a high place, his face gloomy, and his eyes were like lightning on the battlefield ahead.

He now personally led his troops to the end, of course, not with his own Ghulam to engage the enemy, but forced the old and weak who were behind the army on foot to go into battle and die.

The reason why he did this was just like what Han Wu said, firstly, in order to delay the pursuit of the troops and buy time for the next decisive battle on the shore of Kara Lake - now it is a plateau battle, and both sides are armies on flat ground, so there is no "plateau home" to speak of. So the key to victory is who can catch their breath more.

If war broke out immediately, Sanjar knew he would have to die on the plateau. But if you can let your Gulam and Iqta rest for a few days in Kara Lake, they can recover their vitality. Then the next thing is to wait for work, and you are not afraid that you will not win.

And he still has one in his hand, no, it should be a bunch of aces!