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Although Batur persuaded the leaders of the various tribes, it was not easy for ordinary soldiers to explain the stakes to them one by one. Thinking of the captivity of his wife and children at home, everyone is like an arrow. That's hard to change no matter what you say.

Batur wanted to use the withdrawal of troops as an excuse to lure the enemy deeper, and then cut off Li Dingguo's logistical supplies, and then annihilate more than 20,000 Qin troops.

The plan was good, but Nai He Li Dingguo did not take the bait, and only sent three cavalry to attack constantly.

These three cavalry armies, each with only 500 people, even if they were all annihilated, for Li Dingguo's army of more than 20,000, it did not hurt the roots. Huang Deng, Fan Shangzhi, and Zhao Qidi slid like loaches, and they walked away as soon as they dipped it;

Five hundred men may not seem like much, but they are armed with rockets and some muskets, and as soon as Batur's army shows its flaws, they will come fiercely, enough for you to drink a pot.

In just half a day, Batur lost more than 300 horses, which made the already low morale even lower.

On the snowy wilderness, the north wind bent the flag, there were eagles in the sky, and the 40,000 troops on the ground stretched for more than ten miles, mighty, like a black river, flowing on the white snow. The war horses neighed, the white air was cloudy, and the soldiers were in a hurry to return home, but was the homeland still there?

A feeling of bewilderment pervades the Dzungar army.

Batur Khan's mood became more and more irritable, he wiped his eyes, which were a little dry by the north wind, and looked at the vast mountains thoughtfully.

The leader of the Durt department, Keltai, said: "Alliance leader, it is not a way to let these groups of Qin troops attack like this, our morale is not high, it has only been half a day, and we have already lost more than 300 people, how can we continue like this?" ”

"What do you think, Kirtai?" Batur Khan asked.

"The Han people have a saying. so that the mourning soldiers will prevail. Now Li Dingguo's army is about to arrive in Guazhou, according to me, there is no need to care about luring the enemy to go deeper, immediately return to the division to trap Li Dingguo, he poured out of the nest this time, Suzhou is no longer possible to send reinforcements, we just need to trap him for a few days, cut off his grain and grass supply, this day is cold, he can't supply logistics. Immediately it will collapse. ”

Batur Khan thought about it, and this was a solution that had no choice.

The so-called mourning soldiers will win, the key depends on whether you can arouse the grief and indignation of the soldiers, if there is only grief and no anger, then there is no mourning of the soldiers' victory.

Batur Khan, who knew this, ordered his army to stop, and then shouted to his soldiers in the fields where the north wind was howling: "Mongol warriors, the Qin army has used despicable means to kill the old and weak of our people. If we take away our wives and daughters, this vengeance is higher than the mountains and deeper than the sea, if we do not avenge it. What other face lives in this world?

You are in a hurry to go back to save your wives and children, Ben Khan can understand, but if you go back like this, you may force the enemy to kill our family.

But now there is a better way. Our families can be rescued, as long as we defeat Li Dingguo and occupy Hexi. We can exchange the captives for our families.

This is the only way we can save our family, please take your swords and bows, go back with Ben Great Khan, and defeat Li Dingguo, and then the enemy will have to send our family back obediently. ”

Batur Khan's words were heard by his heralds to tens of thousands of soldiers, and his words were still very convincing. Tens of thousands of Mongol troops began to roar loudly, and the sound was like a tide, and the four fields were shaken.

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"Report! General, the Dzungar army turned around and came quickly. ”

"U-turn?"

"Yes General, all turned around."

Huang Deng reined in the restless war horse and shouted to the herald: "Go back and report to the Governor, quickly!" ”

"Whoa!"

The messenger galloped away, and Huang Deng led 500 men and horses to the northwest to meet him, and at the same time got in touch with Fan Shangzhi and Zhao Qidi to inform each other of the enemy's situation.

He ran ten miles, but when he saw the Dzungar army that was going in the direction of Hami, it was rumbling at this time, and tens of thousands of cavalry could be described as overwhelming, and the momentum was extremely amazing. Although it was still nearly ten miles away, I could already feel the earth trembling.

"Let's go!"

Compared with the tens of thousands of troops of others, Huang Jida said, compared with his 500 men and horses, it was like a drop in the ocean, and it seemed extremely small. Even if there is a rocket, they dare not hedge head-on with others.

Sixty miles west of Chijin City, Li Dingguo's 20,000-strong army was marching rapidly, and the front was almost to the Longji River.

The Longji River originates in the Qilian Mountains, flows all the way west from the vicinity of Ganzhou, reaches about 100 miles west of Chijin City, turns north, crosses the Hexi Corridor and continues westward to Guazhou.

Guazhou and Shazhou are mainly nourished by the Longji River, the land on both sides of the bank is fertile, and poplar forests can be seen everywhere.

Li Guoding was very happy when he received the report that Batur Khan's whole army had turned back and pounced on him.

He had 10,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry. Li Dingguo immediately made a decision, ordered 10,000 infantry to quickly return to Chijin City, and he took 10,000 cavalry to the east bank of the Longji River, preparing to use the Longji River to slightly block the Dzungar army. Give 10,000 infantry time to return to Chijin City.

The Dzungar army was all cavalry, and the movement was very fast, Li Dingguo had just arrived on the east bank of the Longji River, and Batur Khan had also arrived.

The two sides are facing each other across the river, and the war is about to break out. Li Dingguo used the Longji River to block Batur's army for a day.

Every day, Batur Khan sent troops to cross the river from upstream.

General Wei Nan asked Li Dingguo: "Governor, do you want to drag the enemy for two more days?" ”

Li Dingguo denied: "We can't delay any longer, as long as Batur doesn't return to the Moxi Grassland, it will be a victory for us, let Batur cross the river, and we will immediately withdraw to Chijin City." ”

The water source of the Longji River comes from the melting snow water of the Qilian Mountains, and the amount of water in summer is not small, but after winter, it enters the dry season, and in some places the river water cannot pass through the horse's belly, and it is easy for the enemy to cross the river.

Moreover, at this time, Li Dingguo was not afraid that the enemy army would cross the river, on the contrary, he was also worried that Batur Khan would not cross the river, so he only blocked it for one day, so that the infantry had enough time to retreat to Chijin City, and then quickly retreated.

Batur has no way to retreat, if he still tosses back and forth, the morale that has just been inspired will collapse again, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to inspire again, when Li Dingguo sends troops to attack, his tens of thousands of troops are likely to collapse without a fight.

So at this time, he could only grit his teeth and quickly cross the river and kill to the foot of Chijin City.

The bloody battle between the two sides has not yet begun, but in fact, since the news that Yan Yingyuan swept Moxi, the life-and-death struggle between the two coaches, Batur and Li Dingguo, has already begun.

Don't underestimate their series of actions, in the process of this silent competition, they have basically decided the final victory.

Throughout history, in fact, in many wars, by the time the forces of both sides are actually engaged in fighting, the outcome is usually already decided.

This is like playing Go, the key is the process of layout, as long as you grasp the general trend on the chessboard, if you are interested, you don't need to pick up the opponent's big dragon from the chessboard, and the opponent will also throw a piece and admit defeat.

It's just that real wars are about life and death, and the unfavorable side of the situation is usually unwilling to be caught, and wants to fight to the death.

The current Batur Khan is in this state, in the silent contest with Li Dingguo, he is one chess match, and the current situation is extremely unfavorable to him.

Because he was concerned about the life and death of his wife and children at home, he encouraged himself to encourage the soldiers, but if he could not quickly break through Chijin City, he would soon collapse. At that time, it will be him who will be defeated.

Li Dingguo obviously understood this, so he didn't stop him and let him kill under Chijin City, which was not without the intention of luring the enemy to go deeper.

Chijin City is too small, of course Li Dingguo will not shrink all his troops into the city, but build a village in the south of the city, and use Chijin City as horns. 10,000 cavalry rode in the south of the city.

Ten miles west of the city, Batur Khan had just set up his camp, and the sky seemed to be filled with lead, and the gray clouds pressed down, and the north wind blew howling through the field, and it was extremely cold and solemn.

Soon, the sky was covered with snow again.

Batur stood in front of the big tent, looking at the falling snowflakes, his heart was like fire, and he had mixed feelings for a while: "Could it be that God is going to kill me?" ”

He pulled out his saber, slashed wildly in the air, and roared: "No, my life is up to me!" ”

Subsequently, the 20,000 Dzungar army began to rumble towards Chijin City in the wind and snow

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PS: The competition for tickets for the work of the year has entered the white heat, to be honest, I have written a book for a few years, and a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier, and I really yearn for the title of "King of History". Now the number of votes is still the first in history, but the Great Song Dynasty has caught up, and the shape is urgent, but I am really unwilling to give up like this, and then ask everyone for the annual work ticket! Paus. (To be continued......)