Although the Kazakh cavalry had retreated, they had not removed the encirclement of Talas. The city guarded by Gao Xianzhi was still within the range of them that they could attack at any time. It's just that the other party began to be afraid of the reinforcements that had been assembled not far away, and they had to consider the possibility of encountering the enemy on the back during the siege.

However, in terms of numbers, they still have this absolute advantage, but Yesmuhan thinks that the group of enemies that suddenly appeared behind them is too strange. He had long heard that both the Chahar Mongols and the Oirat Mongols were packed up by a group of people in trucks. When he saw those strange silver-white vehicles standing next to the Mongol cavalry, he knew that the enemy who appeared in front of them now was the group of Da Yue people from the east.

I don't know how I offended them, and I was so unjustifiably killed. How could such a group of freaks come to him, he really racked his brains and couldn't figure it out.

What he didn't know was that in fact, within the empire, there were many people who were not very satisfied with the empire's active territorial expansion. Although they knew that the emperors' ambition was to expand abroad, this kind of unjust war was considered unacceptable.

Especially in the unfavorable situation of the front-line battlefield, this kind of voice suddenly became louder. Some people have even begun to brew and are ready to write a letter to the emperor to persuade him to stop foreign wars. But more discerning people know that when the war is still going on, the civilian clique will revolve around the military, and some people may really consider the justice of the war, but more people may still be for the power in their hands. They are vying to see which side will lead the country.

In order to avoid reactionary voices in the country, the emperor continued to send highly capable generals to Guo Kan's men one by one, hoping to make a military breakthrough on the Western Front as soon as possible.

Just a hundred and fifty miles to the south, a great army was marching in. Although they are far inferior to the Kazakh cavalry in terms of numbers, and most of them are newly recruited recruits, and their comprehensive combat effectiveness is certainly not as good as that of the Kazakh cavalry, which has been fighting with the Dzungar Ministry for more than 100 years, their weapons and equipment prove that even the most qualified veterans cannot easily ignore their existence.

Not long ago, it was a group of recruits wearing such equipment who beat the powerful Jurchen barbarians to the ground, and then the Chahar Mongols, who had defeated the Oirat Mongols, were also wiped out by them. The remnants surrendered. Immediately after that, the Oirat Mongols suffered a surprise attack from them, suffered heavy losses, and the remnants surrendered to their enemies for more than a hundred years, the Kazakhs, and brought the terrible fighting power of this group to the Kazakh steppe.

As former enemies, the Kazakhs are well aware of the combat effectiveness of the Dzungar Division. They will never be wiped out. But now they surrendered and fled, and the whole tribe was scattered. No one doubts the horrific statements they brought to Kazakhstan, and no one feels that they are making excuses for their own failures.

A person of the same strength as himself was defeated in battle. So what should this wave of people do if they have intentions for the Kazakh steppe? Yesmukhan summoned all the noble chiefs to the meeting, and the result was that, in order not to make his people slaves, scimitars and bows were gifts for them to welcome uninvited guests.

As it stands, their gifts have already made the enemy suffer enough, although their soldiers have suffered heavy losses. Especially when they were not aware of strange weapons such as trucks, they let their guard down. In order to stabilize the morale of the soldiers, Yesmukhan even held a gluttonous feast. As a result, Gao Xianzhi seized the opportunity to set a fire, so that after they finished grilling the fatty beef and mutton, they also enjoyed the treatment of a handful of beef and mutton that they had eaten.

Fortunately, the oversized territory of the Kazakh Khanate saved their lives. Because of the distance, many tribes gathered later than others, after all, when they received the order, the tribes that were closer to each other were likely to have already set off. Later, they were able to reduce the gap to a single day, because Yesmukhan wanted the assembled army to train for a short time.

However, this kind of divine favor will not favor the unprepared. Last time, they coincidentally retained a part of their living power. But this time, all their armies have already been assembled. And the other party, there was a steady stream of rescue forces.

Yesmukhan had received a report from the scouts. In the south, another army has already appeared to the rescue.

The army that just appeared in front of them was already equipped with the legendary trucks. Although the Kazakhs had never seen it before, they had now taken in a lot of Mongols, so it was easy for them to tell them the name of the thing.

But what if you know the name? Their ancestors learned the name of the Otsuki clan, and their enemies stepped on their corpses and went south to India to establish the Kushan Dynasty. Their ancestors learned the names of the Xiongnu, so the enemy migrated west with their corpses, and eventually destroyed the Western Roman Empire. Their ancestors knew the names of the Turks, so the enemy stepped on their corpses and took the Seljuk Empire, and then the Ottoman Empire, which destroyed the Eastern Romans. Their ancestors knew the names of the Mongols, well, and now they were all annexed.

The Mongols were finally assimilated, but they faced an even more formidable enemy. Both the Huns and the Turks, were once expelled by them. Now, they don't know why they have also embarked on the road to the west, unfortunately, as an important transportation hub on the Eurasian continent, this grassland cannot but become an important transportation hub for them.

As the old saying goes, either become their porter slave or sleep with the land forever.

The Kazakh warriors, whether they draw courage from the sky and the earth, or simply the fearlessness of the ignorant, did not hesitate to choose the latter. So they, under the leadership of Yesmukhan, chose the latter.

However, some people are just not used to their so-called courage beyond their means.

"Great Khan!" One of the scouts came back and reported, "The army to the south is suddenly moving rapidly towards our side. ”

"What?" Yesmukhan was shocked. The army led by the general, who had just moved in front of him, had no intention of attacking them. What they did was stay there. But what I didn't expect was that the force that inevitably appeared suddenly launched an attack without hesitation.

On the galloping horse, Zhang Fei and Yue Fei were constantly talking. Although the galloping horses were fast, and the shouts of the cavalry around them were also loud, the loud voices of the two people could basically ensure the fluency of their communication. Especially Zhang Fei's.

"I have heard that it is possible for the emperor to temporarily suspend his foreign expansion after this military operation."

"I've heard about it, too." Yue Fei replied that as a general of the Song Dynasty, his current position in the Song Dynasty Society was also quite special. In addition, the Song Dynasty Society is now the leading boss of the imperial media industry, and there are a lot of internal information that they can't hide from the gossip, so Yue Fei has a lot of news, and he knows more than Zhang Fei. "On the surface, it is said that the fruits of victory will be digested, but there are also rumors that the emperor is going to clean up those civil officials who are not teachers, and then continue to wage war with foreign countries."

"Clean up the dishonest civil officials?" Zhang Fei was a little puzzled and said, "That's not what I heard, the prime minister once said privately that there was also controversy among the emperors about this kind of unjust war." Also, many civilian officials began to oppose the war. The emperors couldn't have left them all behind. You know, they're counting on this group of people to help them govern their vast empire. ”

"How come I haven't heard anything about their policies?" The Song Dynasty produced a variety of famous appearances, among which most of the Northern Song Dynasty were famous in history because of their unique political skills, and the Southern Song Dynasty was treacherous. But in any case, they all have one thing in common, that is, they all belong to the civilian bureaucracy. After their rebirth, given their position in history, the emperor's use of them was also radical and bold. Many high-ranking ministers of the Song Dynasty have already achieved the official positions in their previous lives. You know, now they are competing for a position in officialdom with the most powerful people in the history of the entire earth.

While being so valued by the emperor, many secrets belonging to the empire also began to enter their field of vision. The Song Dynasty's sense of secrecy was very poor, and many military operations with foreign countries were leaked out by these scholars and doctors in the teahouse restaurant. Although I have improved a lot after being reborn, it is impossible not to be honest with my own people. Especially talents like Yue Fei, who are somewhat scarce for the Song Dynasty Society.

"Could it be that no one in your Song Dynasty Society objected?"

"Nope. Not really. If there is any rumor about the civilian clique. They'll know too. But even if they did, as long as they weren't involved, they wouldn't need our cooperation, and they wouldn't tell me. In other words, the least situation now is that the gang of people, who are high-ranking civil servants, are not ready to fight against the emperor. ”

Zhang Fei touched his beard, although it was not as good-looking as Guan Yu, he still habitually touched it.

"Something happened to me." Zhang Fei sneered twice, and reincarnated to Yue Fei and said, "Do you think it's possible, there is a group of people who are not very satisfied with Wenchen's Li Yifei's compensation, so they want to take advantage of this opportunity to ......?"

"What did you say?" Yue Fei urgently grabbed the reins of the war horse, and his mount also kicked several times in a row with four hooves in the air because of this action. Zhang Fei, who was still by his side just now, obviously didn't realize how shocking what he said was for Yue Fei.

The difference with Yue Fei is that although Zhang Fei's background is not a scholarly family, he has also read poetry and books since he was a child, and he still has a certain level of understanding of civil and political affairs. And Yue Fei didn't understand all kinds of bullshit about civil politics in his previous life, otherwise he wouldn't have been calculated by Qin Hui.

"Father." Zhang Fei didn't stop to wait for Yue Fei, according to his original intention, he would definitely come back to explain, it was just his own guess. Otherwise, Yue Fei, who is now relying on those high-ranking officials of the Song Dynasty, is likely to lose many political allies of civil officials. But he certainly didn't have time now, because right opposite them, the Kazakh cavalry had already charged with a speed that was not lost to them. "Father, the enemy is rushing up."

Yue Fei had only recovered his strength at this time, and his mind had already flown to the court thousands of miles away just now. But now that his mentality has been adjusted, let them continue to brush the game of civilian officials, and now, what he needs to do most urgently is to use his military exploits to gild himself, so as to ensure that he can have a layer of protection in the political storm that is likely to come.

"I see, let's get on."

Yue Fei, father and son, were still riding horses and whipping behind them. Zhang Fei, who hadn't had time to slow down just now, had already taken the lead in connecting fire with the enemy at this time. His special horse lance, that is, the Zhangba snake spear mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, has been constantly transformed into various shapes in his hands at this time.

Wherever he passed, some were lifted into the sky by his spear, while others were stabbed from their horses by his spear. Gradually, the traces he walked through formed a corridor of death.

Such corridors appeared many times in subsequent wars, and imperial historians and military enthusiasts called it the "Zhang Fei Corridor". But that's all for later.

Yesmuhan stood on a high slope in the distance and watched the battle, and when he saw Zhang Fei's performance, the look on his face was indescribably bitter. Why did the heavens punish them like this, in the enemy's camp, the guy who was said to be called Yang Dayan had already set up a line that had cut through their front and seemed to have entered Talas City with great ease, and now, there was another such figure in front of him.

Zhang Fei, who had become dark due to long-term sun exposure, was like a strong wind at this time, blowing through the camp of the Kazakh cavalry.

Everywhere the hurricane went, people were terrified. Some of the unlucky ones were swept into the sky by him, and some of them were crushed to the ground, unable to move.

This big black whirlwind was raging in front of the grassland full of cavalry.

But their suffering was not over, and behind the hurricane, a young general, armed with a double iron cone, rushed over on horseback. (To be continued.) )