"This is why I have been unwilling to send people from Western Xinjiang to attack Zijin Pass."
Ronya looked at Tanli depressedly: "Letting them go will only give Li Jiangyao an advantage in vain. After this battle, no one from the Zhenjiang Army died, but more than 2,400 subordinate troops fled."
Tanli's eyes flashed with fierceness, and he said viciously: "If they escape from the battlefield, they should all be killed!"
Ronya sneered: "Kill them all? The Western Xinjiang affiliated army here has nearly one hundred thousand troops. Tell me, how to kill them? What if they are forced to rebel directly?"
Tanli was stunned and couldn't help but said angrily: "Are you just tolerating them like this?"
"Unless you tell the Great Khan that we don't want Zijin Pass anymore." Ronya said: "In that case, I can immediately arrange the main Turkic force to surround and kill the subordinate troops."
Tanli was speechless by him. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Uncle, even if we don't deal with those weaklings in Western Xinjiang now, we can't keep them by our side anymore. Send the subordinate troops back to the imperial capital quickly and ask Father Khan to Deal with generals who have fornicated with the enemy."
Ronya nodded: "I think so too. The minds of some people in Xijiang have begun to waver. This will spread quickly like a plague until all the subordinate armies are infected. If you put it next to us, it will happen at any time. Might be stabbed hard in the back!"
He paused briefly and continued: "However, our actions cannot be too obvious, otherwise it will make the other party alert, which will be a bad thing."
Tanli thought for a while: "Then transfer 20,000 people first. It just so happened that the long-rod crossbow arrows of the Shenji Crossbow were almost used up, and food and grass were also in need of supplies. So we told the outside world that some of the Western Xinjiang troops would be sent to escort the baggage. The rest, Then transfer them batch by batch."
Ronya agreed: "Okay, there's no harm in being more cautious."
Tanley asked again: "What about the siege? Should we continue to fight?"
Ronya sighed helplessly: "Our Turkic main force is very tired. If we continue to fight, we will collapse before the Zijin Pass is defeated. Let's take a temporary rest, three days! After three days, we will restart the attack. .”
As an experienced veteran, Ronya had no big problem with grasping the rhythm of this attack. However, Li Jiangyao refused to give him three days.
The day after the Prince of the Temple issued an order to cease fighting and rest, and was preparing to send a Western Xinjiang subordinate army back to the imperial capital, the defenders suddenly marched out of the city with great fanfare.
The four main armies each mobilized their troops and horses to form an assault group of 80,000 people. They were divided into five square formations, front, rear, left, center and right, and pressed towards the enemy camp.
The Turks were quite surprised by this and quickly organized their troops and set out to fight.
Of course, the Western Xinjiang subordinate army that was to be mobilized could not leave and would go into battle with the Turks.
The Prince of the Temple handed over the frontline command to Yun Qianxue, with the fifth legion of the Golden Tribe as the main force, the first part of the tenth legion, the first part of the eleventh legion and the first part of the Condor Legion, totaling 70,000 troops, plus the Western Xinjiang affiliated troops. Sixty thousand people formed an overwhelming advantage over the provocative Zhenjiang Army.
The Blood Guard Cavalry Corps, other Turkic troops, and 40,000 subordinate troops stayed to guard the camp.
Yun Qianxue sat upright on the horse, looking at the vast army of swords and guns and flags like a sea, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
This is his second fight with Li Jiangyao.
Last time, the Turks won, but he lost. The ugly scar on his face is the best proof.
What kind of person is this? Yun Qianxue thought silently.
His wife Hesijia once told him: When making friends, don’t make friends with Stanley; when choosing enemies, don’t choose Li Jiangyao.
"I have never seen a commander like him," Princess Yingyang said seriously: "No matter in the Turks or anywhere else, I have never seen him. All the soldiers love him, trust him, and are willing to fight for him. Die, and he never seems to make a mistake.”
There was a sneer on Yun Qianxue's face, but Hesijia was exaggerating.
There are many generals who can make their soldiers die for their lives. The Prince of the Temple, the old Marshal He Lianxiong, and even Yun Qianxue himself have similar confidence.
And never making mistakes is nonsense.
As long as we are human, we will have weaknesses and we will make mistakes.
If He Sijia hadn't been taken as a hostage, Li Jiangyao and his Metasequoia City would have been doomed long ago. Why would they never make mistakes?
However, from Yun Qianxue's perspective, his wife was right about one thing: Li Jiangyao was a very formidable enemy.
If nothing else, just looking at the battlefield at this time, it is absolutely certain that Li Jiangyao's command level and troop training level far exceeded most generals of his generation.
Military discipline is strict and the momentum is like a rainbow!
It was hard for Yun Qianxue to imagine what method Li Jiangyao used to create a powerful force that could rival the Turkic elite in just a few years.
The melodious sound of the horn brought him back from his thoughts.
Yun Qianxue looked to the left and right, and her army had already been laid out.
In the middle is the main force of the fifth legion of the Golden Tribe; on the right is a cluster of other legions; on the left is the Western Xinjiang subordinate army.
The three large formations were far away from the soldiers and horses on the opposite side, and they were not inferior to their opponents in terms of momentum.
On the contrary, because of their absolute advantage in military strength, the Turks seem to have more morale.
Is Li Jiangyao crazy?
Yun Qianxue secretly thought: If he fails to defend the good Zijin Pass, but insists on running out to provoke him, can he not escape the curse of defeat for arrogant soldiers?
If I defeat this battle in one fell swoop, not to mention Zijin Pass, Li Jiangyao himself may not be able to escape. When the time comes, I don’t know what Hesijia will say.
To be honest, Yun Qianxue's idea was not wrong.
The 130,000 Turkic Western Xinjiang Allied Forces, against the 80,000 main force of the Xinjiang Suppression Force, abandoned the well-fortified city gates and waited for work, and instead fought on the plains. The Turkic side's winning rate was indeed much higher than that of the Xinjiang Suppression Army.
However, Yun Qianxue is Yun Qianxue after all, and Li Jiangyao is Li Jiangyao after all.
Yun Qianxue would never have guessed that the reason why the Zhenjiang Army sacrificed its strengths and weaknesses was not to die in vain, but to accept the Western Xinjiang subordinate army in an organized manner and completely drive back the Turks!
At the critical moment when the two armies were confronting each other and the war was about to break out, the sound of an army marching suddenly came from the southern horizon.
The endless military line gradually appeared in people's field of vision.
The Second Army of Zhenjiang Liehuo was ordered to arrive!
Following closely behind, there was actually another unit - the Cold Wave Eighth Army coming from the hinterland of Western Xinjiang for reinforcements!
Nearly a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, shouting thundering war cries and marching in neat steps, gradually approached like mountains, which suddenly caused the confident Turks to panic.
Yun Qianxue was shocked in her heart, and quickly ordered all the troops to stand firm and not to act rashly, especially the subordinate troops located on the left side of the formation, that is, due south, to increase their alertness and guard against surprise attacks.
At the same time, the Turkic camp in the rear also responded, and the horns to gather troops sounded loudly, one after another.
Obviously, the Prince of the Temple noticed this sudden abnormality and began to mobilize new troops to prepare for the battle.
Not long after, the Zhenjiang Second Army and the Eighth Army successfully arrived at the core of the battlefield. Almost simultaneously, the Blood Guard Cavalry Corps and the remaining 40,000 subordinate troops drove out of the camp and advanced towards this side. .
The troop strength situation on the battlefield now changed to 180,000 soldiers from the Xinjiang Army, facing 200,000 from the coalition forces.
However, the Turks could not maintain this slight advantage for long.
The long copper horn in the Zhenjiang army formation sounded melodiously, and immediately after, the two Western Xinjiang subordinate armies suddenly started to move, and without any instructions, they steadily advanced towards the opposite side.
Yun Qianxue was shocked when she saw this, and kept asking what was going on.
The Turkic generals under his command were also stunned. After being stunned for a long time, someone exclaimed: "They are going to surrender to the enemy!"
Yun Qianxue suddenly became extremely nervous, but fortunately he was still calm and quickly ordered the central formation to guard the flanks. At the same time, the archers shot at the Western Xinjiang subordinate troops who had left the position.
Unfortunately, the Turks' reaction was still a little slow.
By the time they hurriedly changed their formation and then bent their bows to set up arrows, the subordinate army had successfully escaped from the range of the bows and arrows and entered a safe zone.
"Daduhu, do you really not want to take the opportunity to attack? Let the Western Xinjiang Army sneak attack the Turks' flanks from close by, and then we can launch a fierce attack. Isn't it better than letting them come over quietly?"
Li Jiangyao looked at the approaching subordinate army and said in a deep voice: "It's not as easy as you think! The Western Xinjiang Army's combat power is not strong. A sneak attack on the Turkic elite at close range may work for a while, but it will soon be defeated by the opponent. Complete suppression. As for us, if we forcefully attack the Turks on the plains, even if we win, it will only be a miserable victory."
At this point, he pulled the reins: "The Turks are finished, there is no need to rush them now!"
After saying that, Li Jiangyao galloped his horse and rushed out of his own formation, then crossed the subordinate army and came to the Turks.
"Who is the general leading the troops? Come and talk!" He spoke in Turkic language, using his inner strength to send out his voice, which could be heard for miles.
Yun Qianxue cursed in her heart, then whipped her horse and jumped out of the camp.
"Your Majesty, Baron, you are well."
"Hey, who did I think he was? It turns out he's an acquaintance. Hello, Mr. Yun."
Yun Qianxue glanced at the subordinate troops who were adjusting their teams to integrate into the opponent's formation, and frowned: "Your Excellency, what do you want to say to me?"
Li Jiangyao smiled lightly: "I want to ask you to withdraw your troops."
"Retreat?" Yun Qianxue seemed to have heard a very funny joke: "Why? Is it because a hundred thousand weaklings have defected to your side?"
Li Jiangyao was unmoved by his ridicule: "Jun Yun, please be sensible, otherwise we will just waste words and quarrel."
Yun Qianxue was stunned for a moment, then said seriously: "Okay, if you have any suggestions, I'm all ears."
Li Jiangyao nodded and said calmly: "Before, you had many soldiers and complete equipment, but you still couldn't attack Zijin Pass. After that, don't even have this illusion. Retreat as soon as possible, for you and me. That's fine. If you still don't leave, I may change my mind at any time and won't let you leave at all."
