The military order Li Jiangyao sent to Xu Youchang was concise and concise: The First Army immediately blocked the road from Rouge City to Zijin Pass and tried its best to stop Beilen's troops!
Although the number of words is small, it is very important.
This shows that the 70,000 Yakut reinforcements brought by Belen from the Western Continent have reached a critical moment and are about to be completely annihilated by the Xinjiang Army!
Just the day before Xu Youchang and others launched an attack on Gema, the Yakut cavalry who had been hiding in the nameless valley suddenly started taking action.
Overnight, the army under Duke Belen was divided into three groups, attacking in three different directions: east, west, and south.
Li Jiangyao was well prepared for this. He ordered his troops to temporarily let go of the enemy troops attacking Iklu County and Rouge City, and only keep an eye on the largest group of troops.
The main force of Yakutia, which totaled 50,000 people, under the command of Duke Belen, left the valley and ran straight to the west. They rushed all the way without stopping. In just one day and one night, they broke into the Metasequoia defense zone. The warning range, and the white-robed army followed Beren ten miles behind, accompanying them secretly.
Belen's soldiers and horses were progressing very smoothly, and they were about to launch a sneak attack on the metasequoia. However, at this moment, the hilly area they were passing through suddenly changed.
Princess Holia of Nanhua County and her Thunderous Third Army ambushed Beren here.
As the cannon soared into the sky and exploded into bright flower clusters, countless soldiers of the Xinjiang Army appeared from behind the hills and attacked the astonished Yakut cavalry with bows and arrows.
After two rounds of arrows, the mixed infantry and cavalry troops of the Third Army blew their bugles, rushed up from all directions, surrounded the enemy and started a fierce battle.
Although Duke Belen was a little stunned because of the sudden ambush, he was after all a famous Turkic general with rich combat experience, so even in the face of danger, Belen quickly regained his composure, drew out the scimitar from his waist, and shouted to his men Stabilize the position, immediately confront the Third Army tit for tat, and launch a counterattack on the spot.
In the blink of an eye, the warring parties fell into a bloody fight.
Although the Third Army had a favorable location and was waiting for ambushes, their strength was smaller than that of Beren. In addition to the bow and arrow sneak attack at the beginning that caused a lot of casualties to the opponent, they later used a mixed configuration of infantry and cavalry to fight against Yakutia. It is difficult for the elite cavalry to form an overwhelming situation. Each of the two warring parties had their own advantages. They battled back and forth in this large hilly area for more than two hours, and it was still difficult to tell the difference.
Just as the entire battle situation gradually became stalemate, Li Jiangyao and Xie Tanzhi led the ghost-faced white-robed army into the battlefield.
Tens of thousands of white-robed warriors who shocked the western frontier shouted war cries and launched a tsunami-like charge against Belen from the southeast and northeast.
The white whirlwind swept into the enemy group and immediately swept them away.
When Holiya, who was commanding the battle on the top of the hill, saw this, she quickly ordered her men to blow the horn for the general attack. Then, she took the lead and led the troops to attack the Duke of Belen's flag.
The morale of the Zhenjiang Army was greatly boosted, and it was difficult for the Yakut soldiers to recover.
Belen knew very well that continuing to hold on would be a dead end. He immediately adjusted his strategy and ordered several main battalions to unite and turn around. They went up to withstand the charge of the ghost-faced white-robed army and bought half an hour for the whole army. He himself personally commanded the rest of the troops and aimed at the third army. At the weak point, strive to break through to the south.
The Yakut Army of the Yelun Tribe is worthy of being the elite force in the Western Continent second only to the Golden Tribe. They upheld the Turks' usual advantages of being brave and good at fighting, coming and going like the wind. Even in the harsh situation of being surrounded by heavy siege, they were still able to use their fierce murderous intent to forcefully break through several gaps and break out of Horiyah's ambush circle.
Seeing the fat meat in your mouth, how could you let it escape? Li Jiangyao ordered Huoliya to stay with the infantry to clean the battlefield, and then return to Waterwood City. Together with Xie Tanzhi, he still led the white-robed army to pursue Duke Belen.
The Turks have always boasted of being as fast as the wind. Unexpectedly, this time, their opponents, the ghost-faced white-robed army, were faster than the wind! It's no wonder that the white-robed soldiers are the elite of the Xinjiang Army. They all have superb riding skills and are hardworking. Their individual quality is far superior to that of the Yakut cavalry. As for their mounts, they were all specially provided by the Persian trading company in Emene. They all purchased high-blooded horses from Gaochang. Each horse was worth hundreds of gold coins. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were divine horses. Such personnel and equipment are simply incomparable to the Yelun clan.
The maneuver advantage was completely crushed, and Duke Belen and his men were caught off guard. They were almost chased by Li Jiangyao and doubted their lives.
For seven consecutive days and seven nights, they experienced more than 20 battles, large and small, and were forced to change their escape direction many times. They desperately made several large circles back and forth within the hundreds of miles between Metasequoia and Ikru, but... He couldn't get rid of the ghost-faced white-robed army that was like a reminder.
In this competition of riding skills, tactics and willpower, the Turkic Yakut cavalry were completely defeated.
Belen had no choice but to finally give up the strategy of wandering around and fighting, completely abandoning all the wounded soldiers, and fled eastward, quickly approaching Zijin Pass.
There is no other way. The ambush outside Metasequoia City and the chase that lasted for several days had already caused Duke Belen to lose more than 10,000 troops. Now Li Jiangyao is still clinging to him, not giving him any chance to breathe. The detachment is demoralized and miserable. If this continues, the remaining 30,000 people will soon collapse.
It was not that Beren had not thought about rebuilding his morale and turning around to fight Li Jiangyao. After all, he had more than 30,000 main troops, which was three times the strength of the ghost-faced white-robed army. However, war is not a simple mathematical problem, and victory or defeat is not only determined by the number of troops. After repeated battles, the terrifying power displayed by the white robe army had already made the Yakut soldiers terrified.
What they need now is not an exciting victory, but a fortress that can provide them with safe shelter.
No one wants to fight with the White Robe Army anymore!
However, in his hasty escape, the experienced Duke of Belem still made an irreversible mistake.
If after breaking through the siege at Metasequoia City, he had led his troops to retreat to Zijin Pass without hesitation and galloped along the Silk Road, it would still have been very likely that he would have fought with the other two groups of Yaku who attacked Iklu and Rouge City. The special forces gathered together and escaped safely to Gema.
Unfortunately, Belen did not choose this way at the beginning. He was too confident in the strength of his troops. He believed that as long as he successfully broke out of the ambush circle, he would be able to fight and leave with ease. He might even have a chance to turn around and kill the Zhenjiang Army by surprise, and then Turn defeat into victory.
Therefore, Belen dragged the wounded and defeated generals and went in circles with Li Jiangyao for seven days and nights, wasting a lot of precious time. When he felt that the counterattack was completely hopeless, he finally chose to flee eastward.
But everything was over. When Beren led his troops to Rouge City, he suddenly discovered that the people waiting there were not his subordinates, but the Zhenjiang First Army who had been waiting for a long time.
After receiving Li Jiangyao's order, Xu Youchang immediately led tens of thousands of armored cavalry and set off to counterattack westward at starry night. The First Army was as fast as the wind, and swept away the two Yakut reinforcements that attacked Rouge City and Iklu County in succession, and promptly set up a defense line at the chokepoint leading to Zijin Pass, blocking the way of the Turks.
When the Duke of Belem stopped on the Silk Road and saw the large surging black wave on the distant horizon, there was only two words left in his heart: despair.
Deeply despairing.
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Gema's mood these days can be said to be extremely bad.
Not long ago, the spies sent back a battle report: the Yakut reinforcements led by Duke Belen were suddenly ambushed by the Zhenjiang Third Army during a sneak attack on Metasequoia City, and their plan to attack the enemy's base camp failed.
After receiving the unexpected news, Gema Khan pretended to be calm and said to his generals: "Hey, it's a small scene. Otherwise, those remnants of Shengtang don't have much future, so it's not easy to set up an ambush." , I can actually let my brother and the others break through, which shows that Li Jiangyao’s level is only this, hahahaha.”
However, just a few days after he said these words, new bad news arrived.
On the way to Zijin Pass, the Duke of Belen was intercepted by the Zhenjiang First Army. At the same time, the ghost-faced white-robed army of Li Jiangyao's personal troops carried out a pincer attack from behind Belen, and almost all the Yelun tribe's cavalry of more than 30,000 people were annihilated.
At the critical moment, the Duke of Belém fought desperately to break through, and finally escaped with his life. He was defeated with less than 8,000 remaining troops and retreated to the north. It seemed that he wanted to go directly back to the Yakut steppe.
When Gema Khan learned about this, he couldn't help shouting to the sky: "Damn Li Jiangyao! I'm not done with you!" Then he fainted on the spot.
Even though he was angry, Gema did not really lose his mind. At least, he was not so impulsive as to lead his troops to fight for Li Jiangyao.
After regaining consciousness, Gema once again showed his general demeanor and said nonchalantly to his subordinates: "Don't worry, everyone! My brother must have gone to Ulan City. There are a large amount of grain and supplies there, as well as envoys from various vassal countries. , with just one order, tens of thousands of troops can be formed in the blink of an eye, Li Jiangyao and his like are nothing to worry about!"
Just like last time, not long after the wild words were finished, new bad news was delivered to Zijin Pass. Ulan City, where the Governor-General's Palace of Western Turkic Territory is located, was occupied by Xu Youchang of the Zhenjiang Army, and Gema's base camp was completely raided by the Gale First Army.
Gema secretly wiped his tears, then turned around and continued to smile and reassure his subordinates: "It's okay. In fact, Ulan is just a small town. Don't forget, we still have the Twelve Army Town. The Western Xinjiang reorganized army responsible for garrison has the strength of two divisions, which is also very powerful."
Not long after, the spies once again sent new news: the four military towns in the far west were successively destroyed by Li Jiangyao's Third Army and the newly established Fifth Army and Sixth Army. Counting the Yinghe military town that had just fallen recently, the Turks have lost five of their twelve war-ready fortresses in Western Xinjiang. The remaining ones have completely lost contact with Zijin Pass and become lambs to be slaughtered.
Gema Khan was furious and almost wanted to slap himself twice - what the hell is this crow's mouth!
