Alimari, which means "apple" in Turkic language, was still known for its fruitfulness in later generations, and it was originally the capital of the Chagatai Khanate. For the convenience of the rule, the capital of the Khanate was gradually moved westward, until it was changed to the current non-flower.

After the accession to the throne of the fourth Chagatai Khan, he was attacked by the Yuan army for betraying Kublai Khan, who had supported him on the throne, and six years earlier, the old capital of Alimari and most of the surrounding area fell into the hands of the Yuan people.

In order to shock the kings of the northwest, especially the most anti-heart Haidu, Kublai Khan set up a base camp here, with his son Namuhan as the main commander, Kuokuo as the deputy commander, and the right minister An Tong as the auxiliary, gathered the total number of 120,000 troops of the kings of the Tuolei system, and became an important force in the defense of the northwest.

Because An Tong, who actually held the military power, made a mistake in his measures, which caused the mutiny of the entire army, the two princes Namuhan, Kuokuo and himself, were coerced by the rebels and sent to Haidu and Ba Thorn respectively, and the rebels had all the Hexi Corridor, completely cutting off the land communication between the Yuan people and the West.

Compared with history, Kublai Khan's reaction was much faster, and he did not need to transfer back the troops that had already arrived in Jiangnan, but directly asked Boyan and Ashu to rush to the northwest, with the Han army in Gansu, Shaanxi and other provinces as the main force, supplemented by a Mongolian cavalry, therefore, the rebels did not invade Monan as in history, let alone occupy Hala and Lin.

Boyan's movements were fast, and he rushed directly with his cavalry to the most frontier city of the Yuan Empire, Ha Thorn Huozhou, to stabilize the shape on the border, and at the same time narrow the scope of the rebellion to the Alimari region of the former Chagatai Khanate. At the same time, with Kublai Khan's will, the Han troops of Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, which had been assembled to prepare for the war in Shuzhong, and the Mongol troops from Monan, marched there separately, and the momentum was unprecedented.

Perhaps he didn't expect Dadu's reaction to be so fast, the rebel army with 100,000 people seemed to have lost its direction, and no one of the kings of the various tribes obeyed anyone as to where to go next, arguing in the big tent day after day, thus losing the best opportunity to march into the army.

On the other hand, Boyan, without waiting for the arrival of the rear army, took the cavalry of the Ashu Institute and the border garrison who arrived in advance, and crossed the Yishu River with lightning speed. Then he marched overnight, defeated the front of the rebels at Yizhan Bali, which was less than thirty miles away from Alimali, and then moved to Huangcaobo, set up an ambush and defeated the reinforcements who rushed to hear the news, and after the remnants of the two rebels converged, they were defeated again on the outskirts of Alimari, and less than a third of them returned to the city.

This way of attacking, both strategy and tactics are full of the demeanor of a famous general, Boyan seems to be holding back his strength, to vent the depression under the city of Jiankang here, this area of the vast steppe also created favorable conditions for the cavalry raid, when the news of the defeat reached the city of Alimari, the kings finally stopped arguing and began to worry about their future.

Because the main force of the rebels was all here, the number of cavalry led by Boyan was too far apart, and the opponent was entrenched in the city, so he decisively ordered to retreat and wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops in Yizhan Bali. The battle situation fell into a period of confrontation for a while, the rebels were superior in numbers but there were constant internal strife, and their morale was very low because of the previous defeat, so they did not dare to take the initiative to attack the Boyan Division, which was far inferior to their own.

"It's better to retreat, join the sea capital, Boyan must be waiting for reinforcements, what are we waiting for?"

"According to me, while his reinforcements have not arrived, defeat him first, if you can take down his people or heads, you can force Kublai Khan to retreat, and then it will be easy to say."

"Who's going to fight? It's up to you. ”

"Why, the descendants of Ali Buge don't even have the courage to resist?"

"You are bleeding the blood of Möngke Khan, why don't you kneel down to Kublai Khan and call him a vassal?"

In a large steppe-style tent, several Mongols dressed as princes chattered and quarreled, but a man sitting in the middle did not say a word, staring gloomily at the felt on the ground, as if he could see a flower.

These words drifted into his ears without missing a word, stimulating his heart, yes, he was Cyriji, the fourth son of Möngke Khan. According to the rules of the Han people, it should have been a prince, but the grassland talks about the respect of the strong, and now he is just a vassal king with a small piece of grassland.

If it was just that, Kublai Khan, who seized the throne of the Great Khan in the steppe, announced that he would change the name of the country to "Yuan" after only a few years, and began to implement the Han people's set, and the Khan throne was elected by the kings to become hereditary for his family, which made the kings convinced.

Why is he? With those Han people who support him, then he should hand over the Khan throne and become his Han emperor, and the grassland only belongs to the descendants of the immortal heaven, the descendants of the great Genghis Khan. Cyriji looked at the kings in the tent with disgust, his patience was almost at the limit.

"Cyrij, where are you going?"

"Go out and breathe, you continue to quarrel, until Boyan comes to surround this place with his army, catch you and me back like rabbits, then you don't have to waste saliva anymore."

He ignored the surprised gazes of the crowd, the tent was indeed a little unventilated, and his head was swollen by their shouting, and as soon as he walked outside, Cyriji let out a long breath, breathing a breath of air with the smell of fresh grass, and felt that even the boredom in his heart disappeared.

Alimali is not a very large city, as far as the eye can see, there are low tents everywhere, and the outer city walls are far less tall than the Han people in the Central Plains, which is very much in line with the characteristics of the grassland people.

There is no way out, and besides, the Mongols are not good at this way, so what should be done to have a way to live? Cyriji looked at the blue sky and white clouds and thought hard, if the immortal heaven really had a spirit, he should give him a clear direction.

In order to obtain foreign aid, they sent the two sons of Kublai Khan, who had been captured, and the prime minister An Tong to Haidu and Kipchak's busy brother Timur, hoping that they would send troops to jointly crusade against Kublai Khan, who had betrayed the traditions of the steppe.

However, after so much time, even the nearby sea has not heard back, could it be that he was frightened by the last defeat and did not dare to challenge Kublai Khan's edge again? Sirigi was a little unconvinced.

That was the first Mongol king to stand up openly and not recognize the results of the Kuritai Conference, after so many years, repeated defeats and battles, from weak to strong, how could he ignore this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

Haidu's station is very close to here, Kuaima only needs a day, and it is the main foreign aid that Cyriji is waiting for, if even he doesn't come, the defeat of himself and others is a sure thing, and even without waiting for Boyan to attack, the people in the tent will split themselves.

Now go back and hug Kublai Khan and cry for forgiveness? Cyriji shook his head self-deprecatingly, even if he could spare his life, what dignity did he have to live in this world, it was better to die here now.

There was no other choice, maybe the man was right at first, taking advantage of the fact that Boyan's reinforcements did not arrive, and he would have a decisive battle first. Cyriji doesn't believe that an army of 100,000 is enough for the Western Expedition, and there will be no strength for a battle?

"Woohoo"

Just when he made up his mind to make a big move, suddenly there was a continuous sound of horns from a distance, he turned his head to look in the direction where the sound came from, his face slowly became pale, it was not the direction where Haidu was, but Boyan was coming!

On the banks of the Yishu River outside Alimali City, one after another neat phalanxes are slowly advancing, these Han troops dressed in black robes and white tassels have just arrived yesterday, and after only one night's rest, they were ordered to assemble and deploy, and make a frontal maneuver towards the target.

On their right flank, the Mongol cavalry of the brigade formed a long scattered formation, guarding their flank, in addition to the forward army of the Ashusuo division brought by Boyan, there were also the Wangu and Tutuha tribes who arrived at the same time yesterday.

At the back of the army, the local conscripts and craftsmen pulled carts loaded with various supplies and materials for the use of siege equipment at any time, and there was no need to use the daunting cannons to deal with such a city.

He couldn't blame Boyan for being in a hurry to fight, he knew very well what the rebels were waiting for, and if he didn't quickly defeat them while the sea was still in action, once they were allowed to converge, the war would be protracted, which the Great Khan would never want to see.

It is also thousands of miles away from Gansu and Shaanxi to here, unlike the Mongolian cavalry, which can graze while fighting, the Han army needs food to feed, and it is his main force, and the longer it drags on, the greater the logistical pressure. Therefore, as soon as the reinforcements arrived, he ordered to go out of the city to fight, and of course it was impossible to destroy them completely, and at least they had to be driven out of Alimari.

Boyan hoped that they would go out of the city for a decisive battle, if they didn't come out, he wouldn't mind attacking the city directly, if those people in the city were not too stupid, they would not give up the advantage of the Mongol cavalry and let them defend the city, fortunately, these people did not disappoint him, the traditional horn sound came from the direction of the city, and the rebels went out of the city.

"Order, line, prepare to meet the enemy."

If they abandon the city, the Han army under Boyan can take over, and then use their good fortification skills to drive these people away, even if they achieve their goal, the landless people are like lost dogs, and they no longer feel terrible.

In the eyes of Siriji and the others, Boyan discharged a strange formation, his left flank was next to the Yishai River, and the Chinese army slowly retreated as soon as they engaged, both of which were composed of Han troops, whose crossbows were on a par with the traditional Mongol cavalry archery, when in fact such an exchange was more disadvantageous to the rebels, because the opponents were a surprising number of foot soldiers.

On the right flank, there was something wrong, the brave Ashu had broken through his defense line three times, forcing him to increase again and again to block the onslaught of his opponents, and each time Ashu would not penetrate too deeply, often retreating after being defeated, and so on and so forth.

"Kublai Khan has a good helper, An Tong, in the war, he is better than you."

In a valley in the upper reaches of the Yishu River, several cavalrymen surrounded two men and quietly watched the battle below, and on the surface the two sides were evenly matched. In fact, the rebels are gradually being led by the nose by the opponent, which naturally cannot be hidden from Haidu's eyes.

An Tong smiled bitterly and didn't answer, Haidu was right, if it wasn't for his mishandling, this storm wouldn't have happened at all, and now what should have been a camp is being divided into two sides to fight desperately, and there is a malicious wolf lurking on the side, no matter what the final result is, this battle Dayuan has already lost.

Not far behind them, tens of thousands of horsemen quietly awaited the Great Khan's orders, and Haidu did not seem to be in a hurry to make a decision. The ones below are all the descendants of Tuolei, and the more they die, the better, and if they all die, it will be in his wish.

Under Boyan's deliberate inducement, the rebels finally slowly fell into his trap, and from his point of view, the formation on his side became a crescent moon, and the Han people called him the "Glaive Formation", which was used against cavalry.

"Summoning Ashu, you don't have to go back, just wrap it up."

The current terrain allows him not to outflank the two wings together, as long as Ah Shu breaks through the opponent's left flank, and then penetrates straight through, he can envelop the rebel's middle army and the right flank together, this tactic is very simple, but the premise is that his own Chinese army must be strong enough, otherwise the opponent will break through directly from the middle without waiting for the two wings to be encircled.

"Block, stop."

Such an obvious intention finally made Cyriji a little flustered, he didn't expect Boyan's appetite to be so big, he actually wanted to eat his middle army and right wing in one bite, that was tens of thousands of people.

Ashu's attack was so swift that he barely had time to deploy his troops, and the battle banner painted with the black dog roared like a god of death, crushing all his efforts in front of the battle, and now getting closer and closer to his own Chinese army, Siriji drew his saber and sent all the reserves out.

"Beat the drums, attack!"

Boyan gave the order without hesitation, and several Han army thousand-strong troops who were waiting behind the formation immediately stepped forward, replacing their colleagues who had been desperately resisting for a long time, and then they stepped on the rumbling drum and struggled forward, Rulin's spear pressed towards the enemy's center and left flank step by step, slowly squeezing the action space of the Mongolian cavalry.

Cyriji watched this moment in despair, if no miracle happened, the rout would be their only way out, otherwise there would be only one way out. At this moment, in the northeast direction of the entire battlefield, a huge horn suddenly sounded, and the sound was so loud that it even overshadowed the drums on the battlefield.

"Collect the troops, retreat, form a team, and prepare for battle."

At the moment when he saw the other party's flag, Boyan knew that this war was over, and if he continued to fight, he might be surrounded and eaten. Because the white sun dajen with oxtail is the symbol of the Wokotai series, the sea is coming!