It took three days for Duolun to go to find Mohadi. Calculating the time, the elite Turkic cavalry should arrive soon. Alek Jiang accompanied the Marquis of Durham, and the two of them sat in the tent, drinking wine. Eat meat while patiently waiting for news from Toronto.
However, time passed moment by moment, and they kept waiting from dinner time to midnight, but there was no movement at all.
The Marquis of Durham kept sending people out of the camp to inquire, and ordered several cavalry squads to go in the direction from which Mohadi and the others came to greet them. However, those scouts came back one after another and reported that they had traveled as far as twenty miles, but still found no trace of the Turkic cavalry.
Durham and Alekjiang couldn't help but look at each other, feeling that something was not quite right.
Just when the two of them were wondering, a commotion suddenly came from outside the camp. Alek Jiang couldn't help but stand up and shouted loudly: "What's going on outside?!"
I heard the guards respond in a flurry: "It's General Duolun, General Duolun is back!"
Durham jumped up immediately after hearing the words, and was about to greet him when he saw two Turkic warriors struggling to carry a man covered in blood and quickly walked into the tent.
The bloody man with only half his life left is Duolun!
"Oh my God!" Durham yelled, "How did this happen?!"
Alek Jiang also rushed forward and asked in panic: "General Duolun! General Duolun! Wake up? What happened?!"
Duolun woke up from his semi-conscious state, struggled to raise his eyes, and said intermittently: "Hou... Mr. Hou, something bad... is bad. We... we are... on the way back... on the way... Got... caught in an ambush, the whole army... the whole army..."
Durham stamped his feet anxiously: "What's wrong with the whole army?"
"The whole army was wiped out!" Duolun endured the pain and said these words, and then he sobbed and cried bitterly, blood and tears mixed together, and there was endless sadness and sorrow.
"The whole army was wiped out? The whole army was wiped out?" Alekjiang couldn't help but muttered, and at the same time he only felt his scalp numb. Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he continued to ask Doron: "What about Marshal Mo? Where is Deputy Marshal Mohadi now?"
Duolun opened his mouth to answer, but unfortunately, due to his serious injury and the rage in his heart, he fainted again before he could say anything. Looking at his situation, Mohadi must be in trouble.
Bang! Durham kicked over the low table next to him, and the meat plate and wine bottle on the table spilled all over the floor. He roared angrily: "Mohadi, this idiot! He has disgraced us Turks!"
Alek Jiang watched Durham furiously in a daze, but there was only one thought swirling in his mind: It's terrible, the Zhenjiang Army is really terrible!
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Duolun returned to the Ulundu River Camp like a bloody gourd. In less than two hours, the sky outside began to get dark and bright. At this time, the situation that Alik Jiang was most worried about appeared as expected.
Just behind the Zhenjiang Army camp opposite, a large army suddenly appeared on the horizon in the distance. Against the backdrop of the dawn, they marched forward in an orderly manner. For a moment, the flags were flying, the drums were blowing, and they all looked like the victorious army returning home in triumph.
Needless to say, it was them who ambushed and annihilated the Turks' elite cavalry!
When the army steadily approached, even standing on the watchtower of the camp on the Western Xinjiang Central Route Army's side, one could clearly see their flags:
blast! Thunder!
"This is the first and third armies under Li Jiangyao," Alek Jiang introduced to Durham next to him in a deep voice: "Master Marquis, we are in big trouble now!"
Durham nodded silently, obviously agreeing with Alek Jiang's words. Although he has a reckless personality, he is by no means a young boy who has just entered the battlefield. Looking at the battlefield situation in front of us, all the Turkic elite troops have been wiped out, and the enemy's morale is at a high stage. Let alone talk about the odds of winning at this moment, whether they can maintain their own safety is probably between two and two.
However, as a famous Turkic warrior, it would be difficult for the Marquis of Durham to admit his weakness.
He was silent for a moment, then turned to ask Alek Jiang: "You are the leader of the Western Xinjiang Alliance and the commander-in-chief of the Central Army. What do you think we should do next?"
Seeing the rare opportunity, Alike Jiang hurriedly said: "Master Hou, there is a saying in Shengtang that if you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about running out of firewood. I think, no matter what, we can't suffer the immediate loss. We should take advantage of the opportunity at Pansong Ferry. With it in hand, hurry back to the west bank of the Ulundu River and retreat safely with the help of the natural barrier. If it's too late... I'm afraid it will be bad."
"Retreat?" Durham asked angrily: "Where shall we retreat to?"
Alek Jiang said without hesitation: "It is best to temporarily evacuate to the Loulan Kingdom. At present, the whereabouts of Deputy Marshal Mohadi is unknown, and more than 10,000 Turkic warriors have sacrificed their lives for the country. These fatal matters are definitely not something that you and I can easily decide. In my opinion , we might as well return to Loulan first, preserve our strength, and wait for His Highness the Temple Prince to come up with a new strategy and send a new order, and it will not be too late for us to make plans again."
To be honest, Durham was quite moved by Alekjan's proposal, but he still had some concerns: "If we withdraw, what will Gelhan of the left army do? This is equivalent to destroying their flank." Completely exposed to the enemy."
"My good Lord Marquis, at this critical moment, how can he still care about so much?" Alike Jiang deliberately exaggerated: "I bet that in less than a day's work, Li Jiangyao on the opposite side will definitely They came at us fiercely. At that time, we have to fight with our backs against the wall and there is no way out. The situation is in trouble! I am not going to destroy my own prestige. The combat power of the men under me is far inferior to that of the Turkic cavalry. Hardy can’t even carry it, so don’t expect me to.”
Durham was silent for a moment, sighed in frustration, and nodded: "Oh, you're right, but... we should inform Geerhan at least, right?"
Seeing that Durham finally relented, Alik Jiang felt secretly happy. He patted his chest and said, "Of course. Lord Marquis, I will immediately send out a messenger to inform the left army in the name of the leader of the Western Border Alliance, so that they can also avoid the enemy's edge. , temporarily withdraw troops."
"Okay, then go ahead and do it." Durham murmured and added: "If His Highness the Prince or the Great Khan is to blame, it was all your Alek Jiang's idea and has nothing to do with me."
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Looking at the Central Route Army of the Western Xinjiang Alliance who were busy cleaning up their tents opposite, Li Jiangyao happily patted the guardrail of the watchtower, turned around and said, "Alik Jiang is really sensible, and he has lived up to the general's expectations of him. ,Wa hahaha."
Xu Youchang, who was standing behind him, smiled happily and said: "Alik Jiang is not sensible, but cowardly. Seeing that our army has all arrived here, if he doesn't run away quickly, he will end up like Mohadi."
Li Jiangyao was in a good mood at this time and couldn't help but nodded in agreement.
On the other side, Nanhua Princess Holia sighed: "Well, speaking of it, the ambush battle the day before yesterday was really suspenseful. The outcome was just a matter of a thought."
At dawn, shortly after Zhenjiang's First Army and Third Army returned to camp, Alek Jiang immediately began to withdraw his troops. After hearing the news, Li Jiangyao quickly led his generals to the observation deck to observe the situation on the opposite side. At this moment, when he heard what Holia said, he quickly asked: "Oh, by the way, you just reported the results of the battle. You just gave a general outline. What is the specific process? Please tell me in detail."
Xu Youchang nodded and introduced seriously: "What the princess just said is not an exaggeration at all. The success or failure of ambush Mohadi is indeed only a thin line. This is also the most dangerous time since I joined the army. Let's tell the truth. , the Turks’ golden-armored cavalry is really extraordinary, not only fast, but also very courageous. If we hadn’t deployed a large number of horse traps and tripping ropes in advance, we might not have been able to successfully intercept them in that open sparse forest area. Live them."
Li Jiangyao couldn't help but said: "To make you, Lao Xu, feel so emotional, Mohadi and his cavalry are not simple!"
Holia nodded slightly and continued: "Sir, I violated military discipline before and fought against the Turks at the important moment of the Shenhua family's succession ceremony. That time, my right army brothers suffered heavy losses, and the opponent only had 500 people. , they just killed more than 1,700 of my soldiers and horses. In yesterday's battle, the fighting power of Mohadi and the others was no worse than that of Durham's soldiers, in fact, it was even better."
"It is no exaggeration to say that the individual quality of the Turks is far better than that of our Shengtang army." Xu Youchang said sternly: "After the enemy fell into the siege of our army, they did not panic at all. Their first consideration was not how to break out of the encirclement. Instead of running away, we launched a fierce counterattack on the spot. The opponent's cavalry acted in a tacit understanding, and in the blink of an eye, they were able to quickly form different levels of combat sequences and attack our positions step by step. However, we and the enemy were in a stalemate and fought repeatedly for more than half an hour, but the opponent unexpectedly No concessions."
Horiyah said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, General Xu was able to keep his composure. He waited until both sides were exhausted before dispatching the white-robed troops who had been recuperating for a long time. Five thousand ghost-faced white-robed warriors suddenly came out from behind. The enemy army was cut into two sections that could not see each other, which led to the collapse of the Turkic cavalry. The enemy commander Mohadi was also personally shot by General Xu and killed with one shot."
Xu Youchang and Ho Liya described it concisely, but everyone present could imagine from their words what a fierce and dangerous scene the battlefield was at that time.
The Turkic cavalry dominates the world, and its reputation is not in vain.
Li Jiangyao nodded thoughtfully: "You defeated the Turks in one fell swoop and made great contributions to the Xinjiang Army. In this way, let the soldiers under your command have a good meal first, take a good rest, and regain their strength. Next, It’s my turn to exercise my muscles next time!”
