Xu Youchang and Ho Liya rushed all the way back to the city guard's house in Metasequoia City without stopping. They saw Li Jiangyao talking to Samoor and Yuduoluo in the inner hall. Xie Tanzhi, Situ Wushou, Du Jian and Ma Mu The others sat beside him and listened carefully.
Seeing them coming, Li Jiangyao waved and said, "I'm just waiting for you two. There are new changes in the enemy's situation. We must be prepared quickly to face a fierce battle at any time!"
Hearing this, Nanhua Princess Holia not only showed no fear at all, but instead smiled slightly excitedly and said: "We have been prepared for a long time. So, are you going to get serious with them this time?"
After Xu Youchang greeted everyone present one by one, he said to Li Jiangyao: "The enemy in front of our First Army has indeed accelerated its march in the past few days. It is not as grinding as it was in the past few days."
Li Jiangyao nodded slightly, and then explained: "The Intelligence Department received news that the Turkic Durham organized a supervising team, and in the name of slow action, cut off the head of the king of Qule Kingdom to scare the monkeys. Therefore, there are currently three enemy forces. They all changed their previous slow approach and pressed towards us quickly."
"King Qule? Is he the guy who just succeeded to the throne the year before last?" Holia was confused: "I met him a few times. He was a very funny and lovely person. How could he be beheaded by the Turks?"
When Yuduoluo saw her asking about this, he patiently told the two of them the whole story. Xu Youchang and Holia couldn't help but frown.
After Yuduoluo finished speaking, Li Jiangyao continued his analysis: "It seems that the Turks are really anxious this time. Regardless of what adverse reactions their move will cause within the enemy, what we must do now is According to the second set of plans previously agreed upon, we began to take the initiative.”
Xu Youchang nodded: "Your Excellency, you are right. The enemy is currently advancing in three directions in order to force us to divide our forces to block the attack and fall into the dilemma of focusing on one at the expense of the other. As for us, we should concentrate our strength and clenched our fists. No matter whether he is divided into three groups or five groups, I will only go all the way and defeat them one by one!"
Mamu also said: "Sir, during the period of delay by the enemy, we have moved all the people in the three cities of Daban, Pai and Iklu as well as nearby villages and towns to the rear. The action of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields has been basically completed. Completely You can start dealing with them."
"So, which route should we choose to fight first?" Du Jian, the commander-in-chief of the Second Army, was most concerned about this issue.
Li Jiangyao and Xie Tanzhi looked at each other and replied with a smile: "Lao Xie and I had a special discussion and both agreed that the enemy's right flank, Shule Army, should be attacked first."
Xie Tanzhi further explained: "The reason why your Excellency and I chose them is because Shule has never fought with our army before and is not familiar with our strength. But we passed the experience of Father Samor and Yuduoluo. Intelligence, but has a relatively in-depth understanding of the Shule Army. Now, their internal arrogance and underestimation of the enemy are the most serious among the three armies, and their actions are also the most impetuous and aggressive. Therefore, your Excellency decided to eat them first! "
Li Jiangyao said with a thief smile: "There is another key issue, that is, both Geerhan and Alekjiang are very aware of my fighting style, so our plan may not work well for them."
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The right army of the Western Xinjiang Alliance was led by Prince Tani of Shule State, with a total strength of 70,000. The vast majority of them were heavily armored cavalry, coming from Shule and its many subordinate states.
Because their territory is far away from Metasequoia City, separated by the spheres of influence of Chechi and Loulan. Therefore, King Tajik of Shule Kingdom was not particularly attentive to this crusade. He sent his son to command the crusade, indicating that this was just to give face to the Turks and Alik Jiang.
At the beginning, Prince Tani of Shule followed his father's instructions and did not intend to be the first person. Instead, he followed the verbal agreement reached between Shule Kingdom and Li Jiangyao, followed the instructions and marched casually.
However, when Durham's Thousand Gold Armored War Team came to the right army with the head of King Qule, Tani changed his original idea.
Tani thought to himself, looking at the situation in front of him, there are Turks watching behind him, and he can't shirk him even if he wants to. Sooner or later, he will have to confront Li Jiangyao's Zhenjiang Army with real swords and guns. Then, It would be better to be happy and conquer Metasequoia City as soon as possible, so that the men under him can take the opportunity to make a fortune.
Therefore, under the urging of the Turkic Supervisory Team, the Right Army took advantage of the high mobility of the cavalry and began to advance at full speed. It did not take long before they successfully broke into the territory of the Zhenjiang Metasequoia Army and attacked the city and territory. In just five or six days, the Right Army occupied three villages and towns one after another, and the troops were approaching Pai City.
The Marquis of Durham was very satisfied with the results and praised the heroic performance of the Shule Army. He also specifically asked the center and left armies to follow Tani's example and speed up the offensive rhythm.
After being encouraged by the Turkic deputy marshal, Tani appeared to work harder. He kept urging his men not to miss the little loot in the small villages and villages, but to seize the time and continue to advance, striving to seize Pai City, the important town of the Xinjiang Army, as soon as possible.
However, just when everything was going very smoothly, Li Jiangyao came with his Zhenjiang Metasequoia Army.
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Li Jiangyao personally went into battle this time, commanding the third army of the Metasequoia Army, to block Tani's 70,000-strong army head-on. The battlefield to block the attack was chosen in the Wellan Valley, twenty miles away from Pai City.
The soldiers and horses of both sides formed a huge formation outside the Wellan Valley, and they were in one place like needles facing each other.
Looking down from a high altitude, Shule cavalry wearing purple shirts and holding purple flags were overwhelming. Both in terms of numbers and momentum, they completely suppressed the Zhenjiang Army on the opposite side. The densely packed spears and long knives reflected the dazzling sunlight, giving rise to an indescribable chill.
As expected, the Western Xinjiang Right Army, which had an absolute advantage, took the lead in launching a fierce attack. Countless light cavalry roared and galloped, shooting rounds of arrows into the Zhenjiang Army's camp, while the heavy cavalry on both wings charged bravely, frantically testing the strength of the Metasequoia defense line.
At this time, both groups of people used their own skills to suppress the bottom of the box. You and I fought back and forth for a full three hours, deceiving casualties. After a fierce battle, the Third Army of Zhenjiang, which was composed of infantry and cavalry, gradually showed its disadvantage in combat power. The Metasequoia soldiers gradually could not withstand the fierce offensive of Shule cavalry and began to retreat continuously.
Although Tani is young, he can be regarded as a general with rich combat experience in Shule Kingdom. He is keenly aware that Li Jiangyao on the opposite side has reached his limit and will inevitably collapse if he continues to fight, so Tani seizes the opportunity. He did not hesitate to invest in the reserve team, hoping to crush the Xinjiang Army's defense line in one fell swoop.
Sure enough, the sudden addition of fresh troops immediately boosted the morale of the soldiers and horses in Western Xinjiang, and the Metasequoia side was even more difficult to deal with. In the blink of an eye, the front lines collapsed one after another, and a large number of soldiers retreated and fled backwards.
Seeing the enemy's defeat, how could Tani let go of this rare opportunity to completely annihilate the Third Metasequoia Army and capture its leader Li Jiangyao alive? He hurriedly issued an order for the cavalry to let go of their horses and pursue them quickly.
At this time, the deputy general beside him reminded Li Jiangyao that the direction in which Li Jiangyao and the others were escaping was the Weilan Valley not far away. The terrain there was dangerous and they must not fall into an ambush.
Unexpectedly, Tani waved his hand nonchalantly: "The remnants of the Shengtang bandits are only about tens of thousands, and they also need to divide their troops to guard Metasequoia City and Dabancheng City. How can they have the spare power to fight my ambush? Besides, the right army has more than 70,000 main troops. They are cavalry. If Li Jiangyao wants to use infantry to block the retreat of the valley, it is simply a dream. You all should stop talking nonsense. If the enemy is allowed to break up and flee back to Pai City and defend it by danger, it will only be possible to annihilate them all. Pay a higher price! Pass my order and pursue quickly!"
In this way, under Tani's urging, the Western Xinjiang Alliance's right-wing crusade army pressed tightly against the Xinjiang Suppression Army, and all of them poured into the Weilan Valley.
As the deputy general and others said, the terrain in the Welland Valley is very dangerous. On both sides of the river valley are towering cliffs, more than ten feet high. Between the two mountains, a tributary of the Manas River originally passed slowly. However, due to climate change, the river gradually dried up. Until now, The rugged river bed has been exposed. At the same time, the vegetation in the river valley has become withered and sparse due to lack of water, and the terrain is rugged, which is very unfavorable for cavalry to run.
There are even many areas where the cavalry need to dismount and climb on foot to pass.
Tani led the army into the river valley and closely pursued the third army. The further they moved forward, the more unsteady they felt. However, the right route army was already in the middle of the valley at this time, and it would be really unwilling to turn back now.
Tani secretly calculated in his heart: As long as he persists a little longer, the entire army can successfully rush out of the Weilan Valley and reach a flat area, and the defeated troops of Zhenjiang's Third Army are not far ahead. As long as they return to the plains, Li Jiangyao's infantry with two legs will definitely not be able to outrun Shule's cavalry with four legs!
In this way, he was completely sure to kill all the Zhenjiang troops before they fled back to Pai City!
Such a rare fighter plane will probably never happen again. And as long as he rushes forward bravely and seizes this rare opportunity, he may become famous in Guimo with this battle. By that time, Shule will definitely surpass Loulan in the limelight and become the true overlord of the Western Xinjiang Alliance!
Thinking of this, Tani no longer hesitated and continued to wave his sword, encouraging his men to urge their horses forward and speed up the pursuit.
But at this moment, the scout who was responsible for exploring the road suddenly ran over in a panic and reported with a pale face: "Your Highness, a city wall appears at the entrance of the valley ahead!"
Tani was a little confused after hearing this, and stared at the scout in disbelief: "What did you just say? What happened at the entrance of the valley?"
"City wall, a strong city wall!"
The scout replied in a positive tone.
