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When Khotan, the army of Hassan and Achaibu used the Baiyu River as a line of defense, blocking the way back to the Middle East, and Chongjian could not wait to starve to death at the foot of the Kunlun Mountain, and was forced to go all the way to the west.

I wanted to do nothing and turn the black sweat upside down, but I never thought that I would be blocked from watching the city, it was really a dilemma.

There is only one day of siege time in the construction of the city, and if you can't capture the city in one day, Hassan's tens of thousands of troops will chase after you, and then there will be a strong city in front and a chasing army in the back, and the situation will become very dangerous.

Seeing that the resistance in the city was very fierce, Chong Jianzhong couldn't help but feel anxious, his army was not iron-clad, and he had been fighting continuously, and he hadn't been able to rest well for a long time, and the soldiers were already very tired, and they were blocked under the fortified city, which would inevitably lead to low morale.

At this time, if it is forced to fight a decisive battle with Hassan's tens of thousands of troops, it will be extremely unfavorable to the Song army.

Ma Yuan is leading the army to attack the city, Chong Jianzhong is thinking hard about countermeasures, and the scouts are constantly reporting the whereabouts of Hassan's army, one hundred miles, eighty miles, sixty miles, as Hassan's army gets closer and closer, Chong Jianzhong's heart is becoming more and more anxious.

"Report, General Chong, we have captured a small caravan of the Tibetan Ma Domain, they have gone to the Eight Thorns Shagon to conduct business, General Chong, according to them, Shazhou and Guazhou have been broken by the combined forces of the Western Uighurs and the Black Khan, and .........."

Chong Jianzhong heard it as if he had been struck by lightning, and before the scout finished speaking, he exclaimed, "What? Shazhou and Guazhou have fallen? ”

Although the Uighurs of Western Prefecture and the Achaibu had defected one after another, he had long anticipated the danger of the two states of Gua and Sha, and had always wanted to lead his army to return eastward.

But now the army can't go back. There is always a trace of luck in my heart, and I hope that the imperial court will reinforce in time. Gua, Sha and other states can be safe and sound.

In the end, the situation was still very bad. He is the deputy envoy of Guazhou Jiedu, and he actually leads the defense of Guasha and Guasha, and he is fully responsible for the fall of Guasha.

Seeing the tragic change in Jianzhong's expression, the scout hurriedly continued: "General Chong, after you listen to the little one, those merchants also said that an army from Mobei called the Enemy Lie Department suddenly came from the north and quickly captured Beiting and Xizhou. The Uighurs of Western Prefecture also led the Jin army to support Vijab, but they were defeated by the enemy's army at Chiting, and the Jin of Vijab was killed in battle............."

"If you're dead.......... tell me quickly, and what happens next, tell me quickly." Chong Jianzhong was stunned by this series of changes.

He was trapped in Khotan for so long, losing contact with the outside world, and due to the war, the Southern Silk Road trade was basically cut off, making the spread of news even slower. I didn't expect so much to happen.

"General Hui, after the death of Vijab's Jin, Xizhou and Beiting have been completely occupied by the enemy martyrs, and the Uighurs of Xizhou are considered to be destroyed. I heard that the leader of the enemy tribe, Enemy Gulie, had gathered a large army, and took advantage of the emptiness of the rear of the Black Khan to prepare to attack the Eight Thorns Shaluo and Shule. It was the fear that the flames of war would burn to Shule. That's why these Tibetan merchants returned in a hurry. ”

The location of the Tibetan Ma Domain is just south of Ya'erkan, on both sides of the upper Indus River. Through the raven, you can go south to Bolu and then east along the Indus River. You can return to the territory of the Tubo Ma Domain;

The Song army saw that it was too sudden to attack the crows from Khotan, and these merchants probably didn't expect this encounter and crashed into it.

"Okay, great, bring the people of this caravan quickly, I will interrogate them carefully." Chong Jianzhong repeatedly commanded that if what these businessmen said was the truth, then things would be much easier.

"Whoa!" The scout responded and soon brought twenty or thirty Tibetan merchants with him.

After personally interrogating and confirming that it was correct, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, he didn't embarrass these Tibetan merchants who brought him good news;

However, all the things they could eat, including most of the camels, were bought by the plant, and dozens of large camels could be killed and eaten for meat when it was critical.

Although the Tibetan merchants were unwilling, they bid very high in the construction of the plant, and they were unable to resist, so they had to admit it.

After getting the news, Chong Jianzhong immediately ordered to stop the siege, Ma Yuanxing rushed back and asked Chong Jianzhong: "General, the foundation of the black sweat is in Ba Thorn Shagon and Shule, this time he must be more anxious than us, according to the last general, we don't prevent him from being blocked by the Yarkand River, this time it is our turn to block his way to the west and kill him urgently." ”

Chong Jianzhong shook his head and said: "What kind of stinky idea are you, as the saying goes, dogs jump over the wall when they are in a hurry, you don't know just now, when I heard that Gua Sha Erzhou fell, I would have wanted to go back to Hassan and fight hard;

Now, on the other hand, Hassan is in a hurry to return to the aid of Shule and the Eight Thorns, and if we stop him, he will fight with his life, and whether he wins or loses, we will surely suffer heavy casualties;

And blocking his way back to the west will not do us any good, so let him go back and fight with the people of the enemy martyrdom, let's take the opportunity to kill back to Khotan, or take the crow to see the city. ”

"The general is right, the last general is confused."

"Pass my order, the army retreats to the desert edge of the lower reaches of the Yarkand River, and when Hassan's army comes, we will see the situation and make a decision."

Ma Yuan couldn't suppress his excitement and said: "General, it's better to take 10,000 troops to retreat to the lower reaches of the Yarkand River, give the last general 3,000 men and horses, and the last general will wait for the opportunity to attack him. ”

After a moment's thought, he replied, "It's up to you, but you have to remember that you don't need to fight hard with Hassan, you have the opportunity to attack again, and you must not act recklessly." ”

"The last will obey."

When Yang Yicai arrived at Beiting, he received an even more incredible news that the enemy Lie's troops had abandoned Xizhou, which had just arrived, and Chi Tie'er and Zhelige led more than 20,000 people to quickly leave Gaochang City and go west to join the enemy Gulie.

This incredible move, Yang Yi didn't expect, when things came to this point, it felt like the enemy martyrs came to help him fight the front station, and gave it to him after defeating Xizhou.

But thinking about it, Yang Yi admired Chi Tie'er's wisdom very much, and with his capture of Beiting, a discerning person knew at a glance that the Great Song Dynasty would not let go of Xizhou, and the enemy was afraid of the Great Song Dynasty's firearms, so he naturally did not want to fight to the death with himself.

Now that he gave up Xizhou, it was actually a very wise choice, he didn't help the Great Song Dynasty to defeat Xizhou in vain, not to mention that the military strength of the enemy army had increased by three or four times at once, and he must have gotten a lot of wealth from Xizhou.

Some people have wealth, with their strength, as long as they don't encounter the firearms of the Song army, they have to fight with everyone, and it is not difficult to occupy a piece of land to the west, and they may even establish a country belonging to the enemy's martyrdom.

After receiving this news, Yang Yi quickly made military adjustments for the next step, ordering Yang Zhi and Anu to lead 10,000 horses, including 1,000 flintlock pikemen, to take over Xizhou, and counterattack Yumen Pass, and recapture Gua and Shazhou as soon as possible.

And Yang Yi himself took 10,000 horses, including 1,500 flintlock pikemen, to the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and rushed west to attack the Eight Thorns Shagon.

The Eight Thorns Shagun is actually the Broken Leaf City, the Broken Leaf City where the great poet Li Bai was born, where the Tang Dynasty once set up the Broken Leaf Military Town, ruling the vast area from Yibohai (Lake Balkhash) in the north to the river in the west.

Shattered Leaf Castle was once the largest of the four towns in Anzai, located on the west side of Atami (Lake Issyk-Kul), guarding the valley of the Shattered Leaf River;

The water and grass in the valley are fertile, and it is suitable for farming and grazing; The whole river valley runs east-west, about 400 miles long, and is known as another "Hexi Corridor" on the Silk Road;

It is the intersection of the two trunk lines of the Silk Road, and it is the only way for Eastern and Western envoys and merchants.

Since the first year of Tang Gaozong's deluctance, the establishment of the Broken Leaf Military Town, because of its strategic location is extremely important, the Tang Dynasty has expanded many times, making the Broken Leaf City an extremely rare male city in the Western Regions, and its city pattern imitates the Tang Dynasty capital Chang'an and built, and now it has become the capital of the Eastern Black Khanate.

Yang Yi will not let go of such a city of great strategic significance, and after it is defeated, he only needs to send a thousand flintlock muskemen to defend it in the future, so that it can be guaranteed;

And once the Broken Leaf City is controlled, the power of the Great Song Dynasty can radiate to the Hezhong region, and even the entire Central Asian region, and when the time comes, it will be able to collect taxes from merchants and visitors between the East and the West, and the wealth will be guaranteed, which is definitely a good thing that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

The distance from Beiting to Broken Leaf is about the same as the distance from Shanghai to Beijing (this is what I carefully measured on the map with a ruler), Yang Yi and they ride three times by one person, and if they gallop at the fastest speed, it will take about ten days to half a month to reach Broken Leaf;

Fortunately, now Yang Zhi and the others have turned back to relieve the siege of Hexi, and with the demise of the Xizhou Uighurs, the Black Khan withdrew his troops to protect themselves, leaving the yellow-headed Uighurs and grass-headed Tatars, who are two melons and jujubes, and they will definitely not be able to make any big waves, and it will not be a problem to recover the two states of melons and Shazhou.

Yang Yi chose to go to Broken Leaves instead of staying in Xizhou or leading the army back to Yumen Pass, mainly because he wanted to temporarily avoid the envoys of the imperial court;

Yang Yi estimated that once the Hexi Corridor was reopened, the imperial court would definitely order him to return to Beijing and send someone else to preside over the affairs of the Western Regions.

It is difficult to say what direction the pattern of the Western Regions will go at that time, since Yang Yi is here, and the situation is very favorable now, it is a pity to miss such a fighter, he naturally wants to beat everything that should be beaten, and then there is no need for the court to recruit him, and I will honestly go back to Beijing to hug my beautiful wife and concubine.

"Han Qing, immediately send someone to contact the enemy Gu Lie."

When Ma Hanqing heard Yang Yi's words, he couldn't help but be shocked: "What do you mean? ”

"Remember the Governor's Nest?"

"............" Ma Hanqing didn't react for a while.

"If the bottom of the long jurisdiction is a wolf we raised........."

Howl!

"Xiaobai, don't scream, this time it's not about you. If we say that the long jurisdiction is what we raised to plague the Liao country, then now, why don't we let the wolf go to the river again? ”

Ma Hanqing looked at Yang Yi with a strange expression, and secretly sighed in his heart, this abacus is really amazing.

"The subordinates understand, don't worry, the subordinates will send someone to contact the enemy Gulie."

"Tell Enemy Gulie that we can choose to be friends, we can cooperate for a win-win situation, and we don't have to be enemies.".

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