Because he was traveling lightly, he didn't even bring enough military rations, let alone other supplies.

The so-called camping is nothing more than surrounding the troops with the looted materials. The captives were kept in the middle, and the soldiers lit bonfires to cut the flesh of the dead horses and roast them.

Horse meat is poisonous?

Don't talk nonsense, there are horse meat sashimi in Japan, but the smell is too fishy.

Before the Lamaism was embraced, the Mongols also ate horse meat, and at this moment there was no resistance to roasting dead horses.

What's more, the horse meat is hot and dry, and it can keep out the cold at night after eating.

Wang Yuan came to Zhang Wei's side: "The lord's injury is okay, right?" ”

Hui'an Bo Zhang Wei hurriedly got up and saluted: "Bachelor Wang is in a hurry, don't call me a knight...... Hiss! ”

"Stop talking." Wang Yuan said soothingly.

The right side of Zhang Wei's face was cut by a scimitar, the cheekbones were deep in the wound, and his ears were also cut in half horizontally, and now most of his face is tightly wrapped.

The eunuch Zhu Ying also escaped death, he fell off his horse in the second half of the charge and fell and fainted on the spot. Fortunately, there is a helmet as a cushion, otherwise the brain will be broken, which shows the necessity of wearing a helmet in high-speed driving.

Zhu Ying said gloomily: "Brother Wang, I won't have a chance to fight in the future." ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "After the injury is healed, let's fight on the battlefield together, and we will break the two fingers of our left hand, which will not be in the way!" ”

"Hey." Zhu Ying laughed miserably.

Although the dead eunuch was not trampled to death after falling off his horse, the ring finger and tail finger of his left hand were trampled to pieces, and he was trampled on by the cavalry under his command.

As the commander-in-chief of the unified army, Wang Yuan went to appease them one by one, otherwise the morale of the troops would become more and more low.

After all, there were more than 8,000 cavalrymen, more than 1,000 killed in direct battles, and hundreds of wounded.

Such a battle loss ratio is already very, very high for a temporary patchwork of miscellaneous troops, and it is likely to collapse directly on the battlefield if replaced by foot soldiers.

But the cavalry did not collapse so easily, or rather, there was no time for the cavalry to collapse!

The collapse of the cavalry occurred mainly in three periods:

First, before the battle, they fled directly due to cowardice;

second, in the process of going back and forth to probe and guerrilla, one side was defeated due to low morale;

Third, after the hedging is over, it can't hold that side and collapses directly.

But in any case, it is impossible to rout in the event of a hedge engagement.

Because as long as you enter the high-speed charge, the human body will secrete a lot of adrenaline, so that the rider enters a state of excitement, and the coward can become a warrior in a short time - friends who often drag racing should have experience.

And the process of the cavalry hedging engagement is very short, it is over in a few minutes, and how can the cavalry be given a chance to collapse during this period?

If Wang Yuan's side didn't have two wings of friendly troops to kill, it would definitely collapse after the confrontation. But as soon as the allies on both wings arrive, it will only be the enemy who will collapse!

Cavalry battles, that's it.

Either one side flees after testing each other, and the casualties are negligible; Either the two sides directly hedge, causing huge casualties in a short period of time.

In a flat open area, there is no strategy to speak of.

Wang Yuan was west of Chiting City, and he had already received news of the chasing army. He had to return quickly to avoid the cavalry of Chiting City coming out and facing the situation of being flanked by the enemy from east to west.

After passing Chiting City, if the enemy dares to pursue, then take advantage of the enemy's lack of physical strength to turn around and counterattack. It could not be delayed forever, because Wang Yuan was escorting a large number of prisoners and booty, and any delay would only allow the enemy army to regain their strength and find an opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the way.

There is no other choice.

After Wang Yuan pacified the leaders of the Han cavalry and the Mongolian cavalry, Zhang Zigao suddenly came over to find Wang Yuan.

"Mr. Wang, ask a question that should not be asked," Zhang Zigao said, "how do you plan to deal with the Turpan army?" ”

Wang Yuan thought for a moment and felt that there was nothing to hide, so he roughly said: "Loot and burn, provoke Man Su'er, and induce his army to take the initiative to attack." Relying on the city of Hami as a defense, the city was defended with infantry and firecrackers, and the cavalry waited for the opportunity to launch a decisive battle against the Turpan army. ”

Zhang Zigao asked, "How many firecrackers are there?" ”

Wang Yuan did not answer.

Zhang Zigao said: "If the foot soldiers can ensure that Hami City is not lost, then maybe they can drag the Turpan army in Hami, and the general system of Wang secretly leads the cavalry to attack the Turpan Royal City!" ”

"Surprise attack?" Wang Yuan suddenly became interested.

Zhang Zigao picked up a dead branch and drew a simple map on the ground: "I was born in Hami, I also know something about the Western Regions, and I like to study everything about the Western Regions in the history books. During the Han and Tang dynasties, there were five routes from Guazhou and Shazhou to the Western Regions. First, take Yangguan Road to pass Ruoqiang, which is the south road. Second, take the jade gate to close Loulan, which is Loulan Road. Third, take the Yumen Pass to Gaochang, and Tang Sanzang crossed the quicksand river to take this road......"

"Wait," Wang Yuan said in surprise, "Isn't Gaochang the Turpan of today?" Can you pass directly from the Jade Gate? ”

Zhang Zigao shook his head and said: "It was okay in the Han and Tang dynasties, but not now, many small oases have become deserts." ”

Wang Yuan was speechless for a moment.

Zhang Zigao said with a smile: "The remaining two, namely Yidong Road and Yibei Road, can be called Yiwu Road, and Yiwu is the current Hami area." Wang Zongzhi can start from Hami, go out through the northern mountain pass, go all the way west along the Daxue Mountain, pass through the city of Bali (which has been abandoned), and go straight to Yangji Bali (Changji)! ”

Yangji Bali belongs to the large rear city of Turpan, after occupying this city, and then capturing a small city on the way, the Turpan royal city will be exposed to Wang Yuan's iron hooves.

If Full Speed dares to come out, Wang Yuan will lead his troops to make a surprise attack and kill the rear city of Turpan!

The route given by Zhang Zigao, if marked according to the place names of later generations, is: Hami - Balikun - Qitai - Urumqi - Turpan.

The whole journey is about 1,800 miles, which is definitely a thousand-mile rush.

Poking his ass in a big circle from the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, Wang Yuan himself couldn't even think of it, let alone King Hami's full speed.

"I see." Wang Yuan was noncommittal and did not directly accept the suggestion.

Zhang Zigao was not discouraged, just smiled and hugged his fists and left.

This product has been ruined, and all the plans put forward are poisonous schemes. Once Wang Yuan's attack is successful, Turpan will definitely be destroyed, and even if the main force of Man Su'er is still there, he can only flee north to grab territory with Xiaolie.

Readers are terrible, especially in the barbarian lands!

As for whether this plan is feasible, it depends on whether the full speed child cooperates. Only when Man Su'er led the main force eastward could Wang Yuan dare to run thousands of miles, otherwise he would be blocked in the hinterland of Turpan.

Man Su'er can't start a military operation for the time being, because the Turpan nobles have already caused infighting, and he must settle those nobles first.