Chapter 1038: Strange March
Three days later, two mighty columns of troops out of the city appeared at the east and north gates of Beshi Bali City.
After three days of rest, Li Yuntian was ready to lead the people back to Guanxi, and Gurusa also had to lead people to the north for temporary refuge, and at the same time recruit soldiers to carry out guerrilla warfare against the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan.
After learning of the current situation, some of the residents of Beshbali City chose to follow Monte Khan to the Qinglong City in Kansai, while others went to the north with Gullusa to avoid trouble, and some stayed in the city.
After all, not everyone was willing to leave their homes, and besides, there were no more troops in the city, and those who chose to stay thought that the Timurid army would no longer burn and loot the city.
For the choice of the residents, Li Yuntian and Monte Khan both expressed their respect, in fact, Li Yuntian had no way to bring everyone back to Qinglong City, not to mention the encirclement and interception that might be encountered along the way, the materials alone could not sustain so many people.
It stands to reason that Li Yuntian should only take away the Great Khan and those high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, so that the speed of the march will be much faster, which is conducive to avoiding the interception of the Northern Yuan army.
But many of the people of the city went to Anali and cried and begged Anali and Monte Khan not to abandon them and take them away from the Timurid army.
In this case, Concubine Anali, who has always loved the people, could not leave those people behind, and Li Yuntian could only take those people who wanted to go to Qinglong City with him.
Although the speed of the march will be slower in this way, if it reaches Qinglong City smoothly, it will greatly boost the morale of the military and people in Guanxi, and it will also make the hesitant Guanxi Qiwei completely fall to the Ming Dynasty, and the Guanxi Qiwei will be a military force that cannot be ignored in the decisive battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan in Guanxi.
Li Yuntian's decision made Concubine Anali very moved, she knew that those people would become a drag on Li Yuntian, but Li Yuntian still brought them, this broad mind is really admirable, and it also shows that Li Yuntian is full of confidence in returning to Kansai this time.
"General Gurlusa, everything here will be handed over to you, and when this king comes back next year, he will definitely give you a wine to celebrate." Outside the east gate, Li Yuntian, Monte Great Khan and others said goodbye to Gurlusa and other officials who stayed behind, and Li Yuntian knew that Gurlusa and others had a heavy burden, so he said to Gurlusa in a deep voice.
"Lord Wang, Great Khan, the lower officials will definitely make them uneasy." Gullusa solemnly bowed his hand to Li Yuntian and the Great Khan of Monte, and replied in a resolute tone, although he could not fight hard with the Timurid Empire and the army of the Northern Yuan, he still had full confidence in attacking them as soon as he hit and ran.
"Barbarian experience, I hope you can assist General Gurrusa!" Li Yuntian bowed slightly when he heard this, then looked at the barbarian capital standing beside Gurusa, and said in a deep voice.
Although the barbarians volunteered to stay and fight against the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan soldiers, Li Yuntian vaguely felt that the Great Khan of Monte was not at ease with Gullusa, so he sent the barbarian capital to monitor it.
"The subordinate obeys." The barbarian hurriedly bowed to Li Yuntian and replied in a deep voice.
"General Gurrusa, it's all the best." Li Yuntian knew that he was a smart person, so he was more at ease with him, knowing that he would not spoil Gurlusa's affairs, so he bowed his hand to Gurlusa and said goodbye to him.
"Lord Wang, Great Khan, there will be a period later." After saluting Li Yuntian and the Great Khan of Monte, Gullusa turned his horse's head and galloped away under the escort of the guards.
"Lord Wang, do you think we can see them again?" Looking at the backs of Gurlusa and the barbarians, Monte Khan said worriedly that the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan would definitely encircle and suppress them at that time.
"The main forces of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan will definitely be attracted to the Kansai region, as long as they are smart and do not fight hard with the enemy, they will be safe and sound." Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, in his opinion, the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty were pinned down by the Ming army in Guanxi, so they could not mobilize too many troops to encircle and suppress Gurlusa and others, which made Gurlusa and others much easier.
Li Yuntian believed that with the right time and place, Gurusa and others who fought on their own soil would definitely bring a lot of trouble to the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, and then invisibly reduce the pressure on Qinglong City in Guanxi.
"Lord Wang, are we really going to take the big road?" Gurusa was a little relieved when he heard this, and then he thought of something and asked in puzzlement.
According to Li Yuntian's plan, the people and horses led by him uncharacteristically did not avoid the Northern Yuan army along the way, but chose to take the official road to Guanxi.
In this way, although the speed of the march can be increased, it will undoubtedly become the prey of those troops who are controlled by the Northern Yuan along the way, and will definitely be attacked by the Northern Yuan troops along the way.
"Great Khan, now the main force of the Northern Yuan is concentrated in Turpan City, and there are not many Northern Yuan troops in those cities from here to Turpan City, so they categorically dare not take offense and attack us." Li Yuntian knew that Monte Khan was worried, so he smiled and comforted, "Therefore, if we take the main road, it will be safe, the most important thing now is time, we need to rush back to Qinglong City as soon as possible." ”
"It's Ben Khan who is too careful." Monte Khan couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, Li Yuntian's actions were really unexpected, if it was him, he would definitely not dare to take the big road, and he would definitely go next door to bypass the Turpan area like Li Yuntian came, so as not to encounter the Northern Yuan army.
In fact, this choice of Monte Khan is even more dangerous, the reason why Li Yuntian went to the Gobi was to avoid the entanglement of the Northern Yuan army and rush to Beishi Bali City as soon as possible, and now that the people of Northern Yuan have known that he has come to Beishi Bali City, then they will definitely find a way to deal with it.
The most powerful thing in the Northern Yuan is the cavalry, if Li Yuntian goes back to the Gobi, then the Northern Yuan cavalry will be given the opportunity to pursue, and then the two sides will have a fight on the endless Gobi Desert, and the outcome is unpredictable.
Now that Li Yuntian has chosen to take the big road with a swagger, this will make the generals of the Northern Yuan army feel puzzled in their hearts, and then they dare not act rashly, after all, the generals of the Northern Yuan army have been afraid of him before, and they are quite afraid of him.
Moreover, the Gobi is extremely desolate, and it is not suitable to move forward with a large number of people, so Li Yuntian can only take the main road and rush back to Kansai as soon as possible.
In fact, Li Yuntian is not worried about the interception of the Northern Yuan army, he knows a lot about the Northern Yuan army, and now he has 60,000 troops on hand to deal with it, and if he thinks that the Northern Yuan army will not fight with him at this time, there is a chance that he will deliberately let go of a road in order to preserve his strength.
Obviously, the reason why the Northern Yuan Dynasty united with the Timurid Empire this time was to use the power of the Timurid Empire to weaken the Ming army, and then profit from it, and would not take the lead in fighting to the death with the Ming army no matter what.
Therefore, what really worried Li Yuntian was the pursuers of the Timurid Empire, these pursuers, unlike the Northern Yuan, were not afraid of his prestige, so that they could not be psychologically deterred, and they could only fight a real battle.
If the Northern Yuan took advantage of Li Yuntian's pursuit of the Timurid Empire to pick up the bargain, then the consequences would be unimaginable, and it was the last thing Li Yuntian wanted to see, so only by arriving in Kansai before the pursuers of the Timurid Empire arrived could the situation become worse.
A few days later, when passing the first city with 30,000 Northern Yuan troops, the worried Monte Khan finally relieved himself.
Things were as Li Yuntian expected, the Northern Yuan generals in the city did not dare to act rashly, the four gates of the city with 30,000 Northern Yuan soldiers were closed, and the city walls were full of soldiers with nervous expressions, and they did not have the slightest intention of going out of the city to attack, and watched the team outside the city leave.
The news that Li Yuntian personally led his army to Beswan Bali City has spread like a whirlwind from Beshi Bali City to Turpan City with the rout of Wuman and Shuha, and those Northern Yuan generals were taken aback when they heard this, no one could have imagined that Li Yuntian, who was already the prince of the Ming Dynasty, would lead his army to appear in Beshi Bali City, and easily defeated the 50,000 troops of Wuman and Shuha.
Because he didn't know the details of the troops that Li Yuntian led this time, coupled with the jealousy of Li Yuntian in his heart, this made the generals of the cities along the way not dare to attack easily.
And as the Northern Yuan generals of the first city took a wait-and-see attitude, the Northern Yuan generals of the next cities also followed suit, after all, no one is a fool, since others are unwilling to provoke Li Yuntian, then they naturally do not want to be this bird.
Therefore, this made Li Yuntian and his party march in the area controlled by the Northern Yuan without danger, which made the situation very strange, and the Northern Yuan troops along the way did not seem to have any intention of attacking them, and they all tacitly chose to wait and see.
Monte Khan knew very well that those Northern Yuan generals were frightened by Li Yuntian's name, otherwise they would have already poured out to attack, even if they couldn't fight, they could take the opportunity to loot, from this point of view, it seems that Li Yuntian's grasp of the battle situation is too clever, and he has long guessed the jealousy of the Northern Yuan generals, and then used it very well.
It was not until more than 20 days later, when Li Yuntian and others traveled more than 100 miles away from Turpan City, that trouble finally came, according to the cavalry in charge of reconnaissance, there was a cavalry of 20,000 or 30,000 Timurid Empire chasing after them, and they would catch up with the marching queue the next day.
Counting the cavalry of the Xiaowu Army's Guanxi Qinglong Battalion, Li Yuntian's cavalry was only 20,000 people, and after these days of marching, the team was already very tired, and there was no advantage in the face of the cavalry of the Timurid Empire with superior forces.
It was especially important that Li Yuntian also find a way to protect the people who accompanied him, which made him spend a lot of energy to formulate a battle plan to defeat the cavalry of the Timurid Empire, otherwise it would usher in a disaster.