A fish jumped out of the water, spitting bubbles and then plunged into the water. The water ripples vibrated and slowly undulated to the shore.
Liu Qixia sat up and stared at Yuan Yue with a serious face: "Adventure? The task given to us by the general is to attract Harry to visit Lumu and look for opportunities to eat Harry's vanguard army. You can't act recklessly. You know this What ten thousand cavalry means to Ming Dynasty, I will not allow any accidents to happen to them."
Ten thousand cavalry was nothing to the wealthy Timur, but it was extremely precious to the Ming Dynasty.
Although there are 150,000 to 60,000 troops entering the Western Regions, the total number of cavalry is only 24,000. Even if the Hami cavalry and the newly conquered cavalry from Turpan, Bielsbali and other places are added, the number can only be 30,000. Five thousand, compared to Tamerlane's astonishing 150,000 cavalry, it was simply insignificant. The loss was huge, not to mention Zhu Di's heartache, even the entire Ming Dynasty would feel heartache.
Yuan Yue pulled out the dagger from his waist and drew a picture on the sand: "What is certain is that Harry has taken control of Yili City. His next move can be basically predicted, which is to climb over Borokonu Mountain. Entering the Junggar area, then heading eastward, occupying Yilibaoli's hometown, including Welumu City, Turpan City, Belosbali City, etc."
Liu Qixia had no objection. Harry wanted to completely occupy Yilibaili in two months, so he had no choice but to head east non-stop, looking for opportunities to defeat the Ming army and take back Besropali, Welu mother city and other places.
Yuan Yue's face became solemn and he whispered: "So, if we attract Harry to move eastward, we are very likely to succeed. The generals and others can also calmly arrange military formations to fight Harry. But the problem is, if Timur notices it, The danger is that if he intervenes too early, it will be difficult for us to achieve our strategy of eating Harry Pioneer, and we may even fall into passivity."
Liu Qixia looked at Yuan Yue worriedly: "You mean, after we cooked a table of dishes, two groups of people might come?"
Yuan Yue nodded heavily: "Yes, one table of food can only serve one table of people. If there are more, it will be easy to get into trouble. We need to help the general and drive away the other group. At least we can't let them come so early. .”
The flesh on Liu Qixia's cheeks trembled, and there was something unnatural in her eyes.
It's hard to help with this.
Another group of people who want to eat are called Timur. He has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands. He wants to come, but he can't stop it. Even with the few soldiers in his hand, he can't stop it.
Yuan Yue pointed to the location of Polo City and looked at Liu Qixia: "Brother Liu, it will take time for Harry to move eastward, and it will take even more time for the general to mobilize at an opportunity. Timur's army cannot enter and cross the mountain before eating Harry. You can’t enter Polo City!”
Liu Qixia looked sad: "I understand what you said, but the problem is, if Timur wants to come, we can't stop him."
Yuan Yue inserted his dagger into Yili's position in the sand map, and said in a low voice: "If you take a risk, you can delay Timur for at least three to five days!"
Liu Qixia looked deeply at Yuan Yue. Yuan Yue talked about his thoughts and finally said: "When I was in Nanning, Guangxi, Zhang Fu once taught me to take the wrong path and seek complete victory at the point of death. Now, we also need an adventure."
The wind blew over and it was a bit cool.
Liu Qixia pulled out the dagger on the ground, was silent for a while, stood up and said, "In that case, let me tell you a name."
When Yuan Yue heard a familiar name, he raised his brows and a star flashed in his eyes: "Since they are here, we don't need to worry about it. I think that in order to ensure that Harry does not divide his troops to seize the Alashan Pass to the west, share the burden of Mao Due to the pressure from everyone, we should detach a group of people and go to the vicinity of Polo City to give Harry an opening."
Liu Qixia patted the dirt on his body and looked to the west sternly: "I will take two thousand people to meet Harry in person."
Yuan Yue did not stop him, he just stood up and stretched out his fist to hit Liu Qixia on the chest: "Although it is not suitable to lure the enemy deep into the battlefield, but if Harry is not taught a lesson, he will not be so angry that he will chase after him and take Lu Zhao and Qian Jiang with him. You have to hit them hard, but you also need to know how to show weakness and control your temper."
"good!"
Liu Qixia immediately agreed, ordered two thousand cavalry and ran out of the camp.
Yuan Yue was not idle either. He summoned his personal guard Shen Chen and had a long secret discussion. After that, Shen Chen took two hundred sergeants and left the camp towards the Tianshan Mountains.
Seeing Shen Chen and others leaving, Yuan Yue felt heavy in his heart. Although some of them had another identity, they were still his brothers!
For the sake of grand strategy, he sent them to a desperate situation!
Also try to control the inner city.
The smell of blood was so strong that it could hardly be dissipated, and there were corpses strewn all over the streets.
Some people still maintained the posture of kneeling and worshiping, but their heads were missing. Some people were holding children, and their two bodies were strung together with spears. Some people were hung up and swayed in the wind. Most of them were indescribable and painful. Dead person.
Someone grabbed one foot and dragged it on the street. Sergeants appeared one after another and began to gather the body, and then threw it into a large pit to the north of the city.
For Harry, he was not used to burying people, so he just left everything to nature.
But this time it was different. Yili considered that the geographical location of Licheng was very important, as it was the capital of the country, and it was also an important base for the Timurid Empire's army to march north to Junggar and east to Besbali, Turpan, Hami and other places. If these were not dealt with, Corpses, if they are allowed to occupy the city, the smell of corpses will make it impossible for people to survive here. Once a plague is triggered, it will bring disaster to the army.
Considering that Sultan Timur needed to declare his victory here and needed to transfer countless military supplies, supplies and main force here, these corpses had to be disposed of.
Harry's vanguard army was very efficient. It took two days to massacre the city and one day to bury the people, and then convened a combat meeting.
Qiangzhili, Baqishan, and Karachi are the three veteran generals, as well as the new generals Kuzhun, Asuliang, and Mutulu who emerged from this battle. Qasuyeddin was listening.
Unfolding the map, Harry said solemnly: "Yi Li has delayed me too much in the city. There is only one month left. We must occupy Jinghe, West Junggar, Don't lose Bali, Qamdo, Verumu, and Turpan." . Only in this way can I gain a firm foothold within the family, and only in this way can Grandpa Sultan favor me more! Tell me how you think we should advance."
Qiang Zhili was a little worried and said: "There is news that the Ming army has seized the mother city of Welu, and Turpan, Beslopali and other places have also fallen into the hands of the Ming army. We must guard against this news. I think that if we want to go east To advance, we should avoid dividing our forces and concentrate our forces, thousands of miles eastward along the lines of Kurkhala Wusu City, Shicheng, and Qamdo Lacheng, to advance towards Verumu. As long as we control Chamdu Lamu and Verumu, we can capture Western Junggar and other parts of the country. Losing Bali and Turpan is as easy as turning the palm of your hand."
Ba Qishan agreed with Qiangzhi Li's view and said to Harry, who was a little anxious: "Although we can occupy other important towns in Yilibali in a shorter period of time and achieve the military order of completely occupying Yilibali by dividing our troops, we do not We need to know how many people the Ming army has come and their combat effectiveness. It is not appropriate to disperse the troops. We should attack steadily and advance eastward along the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. After discovering the Ming army's vanguard, we can defeat it in one fell swoop."
Mutulu sneered and said loudly: "Are you so afraid of the Ming army? The Ming army does not have real cavalry. They are just short men riding on horses. Moreover, most of their troops are infantry, which is unbearable. One blow. Harry Pioneer, give me 10,000 cavalry, and I am willing to go deep into Hami and chop off Zhu Di’s head!"
Karachi looked at Mutulu. This wise general did not refute, but nodded appreciatively: "Yes, the Ming Dynasty's army is not terrible. The lack of elite cavalry is their biggest flaw. Although we currently do not have more information. There is a lot of information about the Ming army, but from the news sent by Huihui people, it can be inferred that the main force of the Ming Dynasty should still be in Hami at this time, waiting for us to go to the decisive battle. Those in Weelumu are the vanguard of the Ming army, and their number will not exceed 20,000. We should Advance boldly and eat the Ming vanguard first."
Qiang Zhili was a little anxious and said quickly: "Karachi, we don't know how many Ming troops Welu Mu has, so we can't make accurate guesses."
Karachi asked: "So what? Even if Zhu Di leads 100,000 troops to Werumu, what will happen? We have 40,000 elite cavalry who are invincible, and we are still afraid that the Ming army will fail?"
Ba Qishan helped the Qiangzhi Li speak: "It's not that we are afraid of Zhu Di and the Ming Dynasty, but our army has been exhausted after fighting continuously for more than a month. If we divide our troops again, our combat effectiveness may be damaged. The Ming army uses infantry as its main force. Lord, although they are not good at attacking, they are good at defending. If we fail to attack, it will be difficult for us to have enough troops to fight."
Karachi waved his hand: "No need to worry, my suggestion is to divide the troops to fight, but in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, we only need to divide the troops into two routes. The first route is along the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, heading east to Kurkarawusu City, Shicheng, Qamdo La; the second route, from Kurkhala Wusu City to the northeast, takes West Junggar and Changji, then goes south, passes through Beita Mountain, returns to Qamdo La, joins forces, and eliminates the Ming Dynasty in Welu Mu City military."
After hearing about Karachi's strategy, Gesuyeddin couldn't help but nod his head in praise, stood up and said to Harry: "Karachi's strategy is right. In this way, we can achieve the purpose of the war and occupy the entire territory of Yilili as soon as possible without losing combat power. Even if you encounter the elites of the Ming Dynasty, you can still fight or withdraw calmly. I believe in your ability and the ability of everyone here."
Harry glanced at Karachi and praised: "He is my most respected general, brave and resourceful."
Gesuyedin was very satisfied: "Since you have a strong military strategy, I can't stay any longer. Yili has captured the inner city and needs to go back to resume his life and persuade the Sultan to move his army here as soon as possible."
Harry took people to see him off. Before leaving, Harry saw that the buildings in the city were seriously dilapidated, so he suggested: "Grandpa Sultan is old and needs a good environment. After Uncle Gesuyedin returns, he might as well ask the Sultan to send some craftsmen to repair it." Lower residence.”
Qasuyeddin understood Harry's little thoughts. He hoped to bring more good impressions to Timur, and agreed: "Don't worry, the army will move forward, and the food and grass will be used first. The Sultan will not get here so quickly. I do hope , your success in defeating the Ming Dynasty can allow you to enter Yilibaili City with the Sultan."
Harry promised: "It's just Ming Dynasty, no more words!"
Gesuyedin laughed and left.
Harry did not hesitate any longer and adopted Karachi's strategy and ordered his troops to leave the Tianshan Mountains and target Polo City (Bole City).
August 24th.
Harry led 40,000 cavalry to Polo City. The defender of Polo City surrendered without a fight. Just when Harry decided to march eastward, Asuliang, who was patrolling the periphery, came to report: "Ming cavalry was found forty miles east. , Two Thousand Riders!”
"Only two thousand?"
Harry was a little depressed.
Mutulu was even more disdainful, and immediately asked for an order: "Give me a thousand cavalry, and I will kill them here!"
Harry admired the belligerent Mutulu very much, but he did not overdo it and said: "Since the Ming Dynasty has two thousand cavalry, I will give you two thousand cavalry. Let us see what the Ming Dynasty cavalry is like!"