The two discussed and agreed, and Gao Jie gathered all the mastiff cavalry. He stood directly on horseback, waved his hands, and said loudly: "Brothers! I have something to say! I'm sure it's clear to everyone! The next march is the hardest! From now on, we are entering the real depths of the desert! The previous roads were just circling around the periphery of the desert! In the face of an even more arduous march, brothers, do you have faith? ”

"I know that every one of you has faith! Because, you are the best warriors of the White Army! The best soldier in the White Army is the best soldier in the world! No one is our opponent! In the same way, there is nothing in the world that we can't do! The path that the Tartars can walk, why can't we? Are we not as good as Tartars? ”

"Someone once told me that this land has been a whole thousand years, and no outsiders have set foot on it! Any outsider who comes here will only be a dead end! I told him, it's! No outsiders came because we didn't want to! Now, here we are, and this is ours! There is no place in the world that can stop us from moving forward. Where our horses' hooves land, there is our land! ”

Obviously, Gao Jie's encouragement has a certain degree of improvement in the morale of the mastiff cavalry. However, if there are many degrees of improvement, it is not necessarily. Damn altitude sickness, damn temperature difference between day and night, and damn drinking water worries all made many of the Mastiff Cavalry soldiers look weak. Luckily, it doesn't take much effort to use the arson. If it had been archery, I'm afraid they would have been defeated a long time ago.

For the next road, a considerable number of mastiff cavalry warriors are actually not optimistic. Even if they don't have much culture and literacy, they vaguely hear from the old people that since all dynasties, the Han army's attempts to enter the desert have ended in failure. No matter how brave and good they were before, how brave they were, in the face of the boundless desert, they had to bow to the wind. And the remnants of those damned nomadic armies, as long as they drill into the depths of the desert, can be regarded as escaping.

Those famous generals in history who conquered the nomads, such as Wang Qian, Meng Tian, Li Mu, Wei Qing, Huo Quzhi, Li Jing and others, actually did not go deep into the depths of the desert. Their pursuit basically stayed at the edge of the desert. If you want to say that the farthest Han army has traveled, it should be the Battle of Yuerhai launched by Lan Yu. However, that time, Lan Yu launched the battle from the Liaodong region and took the eastern front.

Relatively speaking, the natural environment of the Eastern Front is not as harsh as that of the Western Front. If you start from Beizhili, pass through the Horqin grassland, and then go to the Hulunbuir grassland, you will arrive at the fishing sea. The so-called fishing sea is actually Bear Lake on the Hulunbuir grassland. The places where the blue jade march passed through were all natural pastures, and the horses could be supplied on the spot, and there was no need to carry a large amount of forage, which could greatly reduce the logistical burden. Unfortunately, on the Western Front, there is no such convenience at all.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Suddenly, there were sporadic gunshots.

After a while, a small group of mastiff cavalry scouts and a small group of Tuyuhun cavalry scouts escorted five Tatar cavalry over. This was the first time that the mastiff cavalry had encountered sporadic Tatars after entering the desert. These Tatar cavalry looked ready to plunder south. Each of them, heavily armed, also carried at least five or more war horses. For this outfit of the Tatar cavalry, the Mastiff cavalry warriors are naturally very familiar.

It is estimated that these Tatar cavalry did not know that Mo Yuegen had been defeated and had withdrawn to the north of the desert, otherwise, they would not have dared to go south to loot. Perhaps, they don't even know about the White Army. After all, there are too many Tatar tribes, and the population is too scattered, and the communication of information between them is not particularly smooth. However, the Tatar cavalry only had five people, so they dared to go south to loot, and I have to say that the Han army, in their eyes, is really not as good as tofu scum!

"Quack!"

"Who are you?"

"Why are you here?"

Caught by the warriors of the Mastiff Cavalry, the Tatar cavalry behaved in great amazement. When they learned that it was the Han army that captured them, the expressions on their faces were simply unprecedentedly wonderful. They never imagined that there would be a Han army here. I think that at the beginning, the Han army that appeared in Yiji Naihai could be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. That was more than 1,000 years ago!

(Suddenly I feel that in the early Tang Dynasty, it was really fucking powerful!) The existence of the Tang Army everywhere is almost the same as the current US imperialism...... Gao Jie was pondering how to cross the desert, but he didn't expect that these five Tatar cavalry took the initiative to send them to the door. These five guys were able to cross the desert and appear here safe and sound, which shows that they are still very experienced in crossing the desert. If they hadn't had experience, they would have died in the desert. This is exactly when I fall asleep and drop a pillow, and I have nowhere to find my iron shoes, so it takes no effort to get there!

He immediately said coldly: "Tell them that if you want to live, show us the way immediately." We're going to the north of the desert, and we're going to clean up the scourge of Mo Yuegen! ”

The Tuyuhun cavalry immediately translated these words. As a result, the Tatar cavalry behaved even more frightened. Sure enough, they really didn't know that the Tatar arrow god they respected incomparably, Mo Yuegen, actually failed at the hands of the white-clothed army. At first, they couldn't believe all this, and thought that the white army was lying. It was only later that the Tuyuhun people described the battle in detail, and they had to believe it.

As for the guides of the White Army, all five Tatars said that there was no problem. At the same time, they "kindly" told Gao Jie that there were a lot of Tatar cavalry north of the desert, and the mastiff cavalry was simply looking for death if they killed them like this. Even if Mo Yue didn't have too many troops at all, the other three major tribes of the Tatars still had hundreds of thousands of cavalry. The mastiff cavalry army was only 3,000 people, and in front of hundreds of thousands of Tatar cavalry, they were not even qualified to take a face.

Gao Jie said coldly: "This is our business, and it has nothing to do with you!" As long as you bring us safely to the north of the desert, you're done! ”

Five Tatars, you look at me, I look at you, and they didn't say anything more. Since the Han people want to find death, they can only be fulfilled. Gao Jie then asked them to lead the mastiff cavalry forward as guides. These five Tatars have indeed crossed the desert several times and are quite experienced. Under their guidance, the warriors of the Mastiff Cavalry made the necessary adjustments to some items and equipment. As for altitude sickness and the like, there is no way to eradicate it, and it can only be overcome by relying on personal willpower.

"Let's go!"

Gao Jie shouted.

He took the lead and grabbed the horse's belly and headed north.

Behind him, the mastiff cavalry plunged headlong into the depths of the vast desert.

…… Mongolian steppe, Blue Star Gorge.

This is the last line of defense for the cavalry of the White Army.

To be precise, this last line of defense has been broken by the Mongol cavalry.

The Mongolian cavalry, who were desperate and jumped over the wall in a hurry, were still very fierce, they rushed forward regardless of life or death, and they used their corpses to open a bloody road. Lanxing Gorge is very close to the distance from Guihua City, and every Mongolian cavalry who comes here is eager to return home. Under the stimulation of going home, their will to fight finally rose again. At this time, Gui Yingcha and others finally reunited with Lin Dan Khan and gathered more troops.

Blue Star Gorge is the only way for Lin Dan Khan and the others, and they must break through the blockade of the white-clothed army before they can return to Naturalization City. Therefore, whether it is Lin Dan Khan, or Gui Yingcha and others, they are completely open. Gui Yingcha brandished the golden waist knife and went into battle in person. Lin Dan Khan also went into battle in person. Under their mobilization, all the Mongolian cavalry was also released. They were not afraid of death, and launched a continuous onslaught on the Blue Star Gorge.

The one responsible for holding the Blue Star Gorge was the dragoon army led by Xia Kewu. The attacking strength of the Mongol cavalry was more than 20,000 people. This was the last force that Lin Dan Khan was able to assemble. Among them, there are only 10,000 iron lance cavalry left. The dragoon army of the white-clothed army was only 3,000 people. The ratio of forces between the two sides is more than eight to one. However, the dragoon troops did not flinch in the slightest. In the face of the frantic attack of the Mongol cavalry, they fought back bravely. One side had to flee, the other side had to intercept, and the battle was once extremely fierce.

At the height of the battle, the Dragoon warriors even used explosives packs to launch suicidal counterattacks to contain the Mongol cavalry's crowd tactics. The Mongol shock team was too dense. Every explosive package exploded, taking the lives of hundreds of Mongolian cavalrymen. Of course, there is also the surname of a warrior of the White Army. However, even so, the Mongol cavalry still rushed forward with no fate. At the height of the battle, Xia Kewu, who was the commander of the Dragoons, was shot by the Mongols' arrows and temporarily lost his command ability.

In the end, the Dragoons were unable to plug all the gaps due to heavy casualties, and had to get out of the way of the Blue Star Gorge defense. The Mongols, who fled by the road, hurriedly fled desperately in the direction of the city of Guihua. In this battle, including the commander Xia Kewu, the dragoons suffered 2,300 casualties. The entire unit was almost disabled. Among them, more than 800 people were killed in the war alone. It can be seen from this that the battle at that time was so tragic.

(To be continued)