Just as the Imperial Command was summarizing and rearranging the deployment of troops, the Luo Pei battalion on the opposite side was also having a lively discussion about the battle, but the atmosphere here was much more relaxed than on the Imperial side. "Kurdo, you don't mean enough, you have eaten an entire division of the enemy, and you want to come and rob me, my brothers have opinions. Geya half-jokingly complained to Kurdo.

"That's the need of the situation, if you don't defeat them quickly, when their reinforcements arrive, you just can't eat if you want to. Probably because of the joy of victory, Kurdo, who had always been a man of few words, was also infected.

"Thanks to Hason this time, if he hadn't taken the risk of pinning down the enemy's hoplites with our infantry, Kurdo and I wouldn't have succeeded so easily. Lemy's kid is not bad, the first time he led so many troops into battle, he was able to firmly contain the enemy, and he also eliminated a lot, and his own losses were very small. Geya smiled and praised Ha Xian and his deputy, "Don't put gold on my face, this is all arranged by the general, not to mention that the enemy can't win even if he wants to adjust at that time." Haxian laughed. Just when the three of them were happily talking about the battle process, Tu Da looked a little worried, and the three of them quickly discovered this, calmed down, and the big tent was silent for a while.

"General, you seem to have something on your mind?" or Geya broke the silence.

"Oh, I think that although the victory in this battle is a good thing, there are also some countereffects!" Tu Da said with a solemn expression.

"Hmm, can the general explain it to us?" said Kurdor, too, curious.

"I am afraid that the enemy will redeploy the troops through this defeat, if they are too conservative, they will deploy the hoplites flexibly and hold out, even if we can destroy more enemies, but the enemy still has 180,000, we will lose a lot of ourselves, and the time is also delayed, our mission to the south will be considered a failure. The three of them were silent for a moment, yes, even if they can kill the enemy without a single one, as the saying goes, kill three thousand, self-inflicted eight hundred, their own troops will inevitably suffer great losses, if the other party adopts the method of holding on to the defense, the number of casualties in their own troops will definitely not be small, not to mention the delay time, the people of their own territory will also sit and wait for death, this result is absolutely unacceptable. For a moment, all that remained in the tent was the "pop" sound of the beating flames on the torches.

"General, is there no way?" Haxian, who was in a hurry, couldn't help it.

Seeing that the three of them were a little anxious, Tu Da patted the three of them on the shoulder, "Don't be discouraged, the solution is something that people come up with, Situ Mingzhi is the Zhenguo Duke of the Tang River Empire, he will definitely not be willing to go back to his brother in disgrace like this, he will definitely do everything to get a satisfactory ending, we just want to take advantage of his psychology, and then force him to find our loopholes, and we will design a "loophole" for us according to his beautiful fantasy , so that he thinks he has caught our tail, and finally comes to a plan. ”

"It seems that the general already has an idea. Geya shouted happily, "It makes me worry for a long time." ”

"I just have a preliminary idea, as for whether it can succeed, it depends on whether Situ Mingzhi is worthy or not. From tomorrow onwards, the three of you and your lieutenant general will lead all the hoplites and light cavalry and 40,000 infantry to attack the enemy's left and right flanks in turn. ”

If the enemy raids the main camp, we will have the possibility of a rout!" The three of them shouted in unison, "I just want the enemy to find out that our main camp is empty, and let the enemy feel that we have been arrogant, so that they can feel that there is an opportunity, otherwise, how can we lure the snake out of the hole?"

"But that's too risky. "Kurdo is still a little worried.

"I can't bear the help of the child, not to mention that I estimate that the enemy will not act rashly in the past two days, although Situ Mingzhi is so happy, but after all, this is related to the entire battle situation, he does not dare to act rashly at will, he must carefully observe and observe, and then make a decision. When the time comes, we will take corresponding countermeasures. Tu Da cheered up the three of them with confidence.

After the three of them left, Tu Da ordered the guards to call a man in civilian clothes, "I don't know what the general ordered his subordinates to order?"

"Jochi, starting tomorrow night, you will personally take your men and lurk near the enemy's main camp, and monitor the enemy's troops all night for troop movements, especially the enemy's main camp of the Chinese army. Don't startle the snake. ”

"Yes, General. The man in civilian clothes had a glint of excitement in his eyes, and he saw the figure disappear into the tent in a flash.

In the next three days, the Luope sent out a large army to attack the two flanks of the main camp of the Emperor [***] in turn, and they made full use of the high mobility of their light cavalry to harass the left and right flanks of the Imperial troops. However, because the emperor's [***] team was also prepared for this, and the two wings were enriched with hoplites, and the defense capability was greatly strengthened, although its own losses were large, the casualties caused to the cavalry of the Luope people were not small.

On the evening of October 7, the main camp of the imperial army was heavily guarded, and no one was allowed to approach five meters outside the big tent. An emergency military meeting was going on in the tent, "According to our careful observation from many aspects, the enemy has sent almost all of his troops to besiege us every day for the past three days, and the pressure on our flanks is very great, and they themselves are only about 20,000 light infantry, and the 40,000 infantry are mainly deployed in front of us, and the formation seems a little loose, probably thinking that we dare not fight, in view of the current situation, I think it is necessary to change the current battle plan." Situ Mingzhi is ambitious to make personal arrangements for the battle, "I order, the two hoplite divisions of the Chinese army each draw one wing to strengthen the defense of the left and right flanks, and the reserve of the third corps and the fourth light infantry division each draw two wings to join the two flanks of defense, and the first heavy cavalry division of the third corps and the two divisions of the city guard corps are all transferred to the Chinese army, so that the infantry can make room, tomorrow morning, when the enemy's main force attacks our two flanks, I will personally lead the Chinese cavalry to attack the enemy's main camp." All troop movements are to be done in secret after late tonight. ”

"My lord, isn't it too risky to do this?" Singh didn't want to go against Situ Mingzhi's wishes, but this arrangement was really a bit rash, once he was ambushed by the enemy, the consequences would be unimaginable, and he might also fall to the ground as the deputy commander, so he had to be reminded.

"Needless to say, I have carefully observed the enemy's arrangement, and the victory or defeat is here. "Situ Mingzhi also has unspeakable secrets, he boasted of Haikou at the beginning, but now he has lost his troops and lost his generals, even if the Luobei people withdraw from the army, I am afraid it will be difficult to explain to the emperor and the ministers of the court after he goes back. In addition, he did carefully observe and analyze the enemy's dynamics for several days in a row, and it should not be a trap, so he made up his mind.

Emperor [***] team outside the camp. Dense torches illuminated a radius of dozens of meters outside the fence as if it were daylight, and Jochi and his companions, lurking on the edge of the Juma ditch under the fence, were enduring mosquito bites, paying attention to the movements in the camp motionlessly. "There seems to be movement. After confirming that the enemy was making military adjustments overnight, Jochi untied the cloth bag that had been prepared, and a common local yellow sheep broke free from the restraints and rushed out, immediately attracting the attention of the sentry on the sentry tower.

"Oh, so the enemy is making a massive troop movement overnight?" Tu Da was still full of energy, even though it was already the middle of the night, "Yes, the subordinates can be sure that a large number of infantry in their Chinese army has been transferred, and a large number of cavalry have been stationed. Jochi replied in the affirmative. "Okay, Jochi, you've done a great job this time, so let's go down and rest first. After Jochi left, Tu Da couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart and stood up, "The fish has finally taken the bait." ”

"Come, call Kurdo, Geya, and Haxian to my tent at once. ”

As soon as the day dawned, the Luope cavalry swarmed out like a few days ago, launched an attack on the two wings of the main camp of the empire, and the infantry was lazily deployed in the front, Situ Mingzhi stood in front of the cavalry that had already been prepared, "Brothers, the enemy's main force has been pinned down by the troops on our two wings, and the ones in front are only tens of thousands of light infantry who don't know whether they are alive or dead, you are the pride of the empire, if you want to be promoted and rich, rush forward with me, and target the enemy's main camp!" After a deafening roar, more than 40,000 imperial cavalry poured out, and the Luo Pei infantry who defended in front were obviously a little lax and were taken by surprise, the defense line quickly collapsed, and the soldiers scattered and fled. Seeing the enemy's phalanx crumbling under his own impact, Situ Mingzhi swept away the sullenness of the previous few days, but he was not satisfied, his goal was to destroy the enemy's main camp and settle the country in one battle.

When the commander of the defensive forces on both flanks of the empire sensed that the enemy's strength was obviously inferior to that of the previous day, and sensed that something was wrong and reported it to the headquarters, it was too late. At this time, the Zhenguo Company led an army of 40,000 troops to rush to the enemy's main camp, and the sparse bows and arrows could not stop the charge of the imperial cavalry, and after a loud "boom", the closed gate and the nearby defensive fence were knocked down, and the blood-boiling imperial cavalry rushed in like a tide. However, the Imperial cavalry who took the lead in the advance immediately noticed the abnormality of the situation, there were hardly a few enemy soldiers in the huge barracks, there were many haystacks scattered around, and a few tents were empty, "It's over! The panicked cavalry hurriedly wanted to retreat, and the comrades who poured in later, the situation was chaotic, seeing this scene, Situ Mingzhi was like five lightning strikes, he was stunned, he didn't know what to do, and he woke up like a dream under the reminder of the accompanying general, and hurriedly ordered to retreat, but it was too late.

The rockets in the sky were like a rushing Yama, quickly igniting the haystacks piled up everywhere, and for a while, the flames soared, the smoke rose everywhere, and the chaotic imperial cavalry was like headless flies, crowded in a heap, trampling on each other, and suffering countless casualties. Finally escaped from the enemy's camp, before he had time to take a breath, ambushed outside, the main cavalry of Luo Pei, who had already been in strict formation, had been unstoppable from both sides of the swoop, and the tens of thousands of imperial cavalry who had lost their fighting spirit were suddenly beaten to the ground, fleeing in embarrassment, Situ Mingzhi tried his best to break through under the protection of his subordinates, and led the remnants to flee in the direction of his main camp. The Luobei cavalry was in hot pursuit, and the panicked Situ Mingzhi made an irreparable mistake, and in the hurry, he led the troops who broke through the encirclement and fled straight back to the main camp of the Chinese army, which caused irreparable disastrous consequences. The cavalry who only cared about fleeing for their lives still had a certain defensive ability to stay in the hoplite camp rushed to pieces, and under the onslaught of the Luo Pei Iron Cavalry that followed, the frontal defense line quickly collapsed, and the red-eyed Luo Pei Iron Cavalry took advantage of the situation to attack the two wings of the Emperor [***] team, and the two wings of the Imperial Defense Line, which was resisting the frontal attack, were attacked from the rear for only a few minutes before they collapsed, so far, the Imperial Defense Line completely collapsed, announcing the complete failure of the Imperial Expedition to the West.

On the one hand, Tu Da, who was victorious, ordered the two generals Kurdo and Geya to lead the main cavalry to continue the pursuit, not giving the enemy a chance to breathe, and at the same time warned the two that the targets were those formed troops that still had a certain ability to resist and had not been completely dispersed, and that those stragglers who had lost their combat effectiveness would not be ignored even if they were numerous, and left to Haxian, who led the infantry to deal with. On the one hand, he ordered Haxian to lead 30,000 infantry to quickly follow up, the main task was to seize the urgently needed grain, grass and livestock in the territory, and by the way to exterminate the remnants of the scattered imperial troops, while he himself led 10,000 iron cavalry and 10,000 infantry to escort the captured nearly 40,000 imperial soldiers back to China first. He believed that after this battle, no power in the region would be able to stop the conquest of his men, and he had even imagined that in the near future, it would become his own territory, a paradise for the Lopes. Full of joy of victory, and calculating how much wealth he would exchange these captives for, Tu Da set out on his return journey.

No one would have expected that this great victory of the Luope people and the crushing defeat of the empire would provide a good opportunity for the rise of a generation of heroes, an empire, and a dynasty. Many years later, historians still debate the extent to which the war played a role in the creation of the glorious empire. However, one thing is certain, it was this battle that caused a brief power vacuum in this region, on the one hand, due to the great decline of the power of the Tang River Empire, and the fact that the Luope people had not really gained a foothold, creating the conditions for the rise of Wufeng. However, there are also many imperial historians who believe that with the ambition and intellect of His Majesty, his rise was only a matter of time, and that this war only accelerated His Majesty's progress towards the king of the continent.

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