"Those troublesome Loulan Marquis conveyed to the king of Khotan the thanks of the protector of Pontus."

Although he didn't care about how much help Khotan's troops were, since the saints had already canonized Khotan, it meant that Khotan was his own people.

"Ponduhu knew that Khotan lacked good horses, so Ponduhu had five thousand high-quality horses prepared to help Khotan strengthen its cavalry.

The Uighurs were good at cavalry and archery, and they still suffered some losses by relying only on infantry against cavalry. ”

The Anzai Metropolitan Protectorate has several large ranches and more than 200,000 war horses, which supply the Anzai Metropolitan Protectorate itself as well as other places.

At present, more than half of the war horses in Datang are supplied by the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, so for the war horses, the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate is not lacking.

If the Uighurs in Western China can be conquered, then the Tang Dynasty can also obtain the horse ranches of the former Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate in the Western Regions.

"Thank you!"

Hearing that Liu Kui was willing to send 5,000 war horses to Khotan, Wei Chi was very excited and hurriedly thanked him.

At this moment, several fast horses galloped from outside the city, "Urgent! Urgent! ”

Soon, Zhong Wei hurriedly came to Liu Kui and said in a low voice, "Dadu Protectorate, Zhongyun Governor's Mansion urgently report, 70,000 Uighur cavalry from Xizhou are killing Zhongyun's department. ”

"Seventy thousand cavalry?" Liu Kui raised his eyebrows, "This Xizhou Uighur is going to make a desperate bet!" ”

"Dare to ask what happened to the Dadu Protectorate?" Wei Chi asked tentatively.

Liu Kui smiled, "Maybe Loulan Hou has to stay in Shazhou for a while longer." ”

"Why is that?" Wei Chi was a little puzzled.

"I just got the news that the Uighur cavalry of 70,000 killed the Zhongyun Division, and the Marquis of Loulan estimated that he would not be able to return to Khotan in a short time. After the capital guards have eliminated this Uighur cavalry, the Marquis of Loulan will set off again. Liu Kui said.

"Seventy thousand cavalry?"

Wei Chi swallowed his saliva, 70,000 cavalry, and the Uighurs of Xizhou can get so many cavalry, "The Uighurs have so many cavalry, can most of them be protected?" ”

"Can it work? There's nothing that can't be done. Isn't it 70,000 cavalry? It's not like Pontus hasn't been defeated, and that's how the Ganzhou Uighurs were wiped out.

Western Uighurs? It is destined to be a stepping stone for Datang to return to the Western Regions! Liu Kui said proudly.

Seeing Liu Kui so confident, Wei Chi was also a little infected in his heart. Thinking that he was also a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, he begged, "Dare to ask Dadu Hu, can you join the war with Dadu Hu?" ”

"Since Loulanhou intends to participate in the war together, Bendu Hu will naturally not refuse, but the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, Loulanhou has to be careful to protect his safety, and Bendu Hou may not be able to take care of you when the time comes." Liu Kui reminded.

"Please rest assured, Dadu Hu has already been mentally prepared in the future, and he will not cause trouble to Dadu Hu!"

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"Harman Agent, is this the small city that made you fall here?"

Looking at the Datun City in front of him, which was not even one-fifth of the scale of Xizhou City, Fu Guze rode a high-headed horse and couldn't help but make fun of Tong Luobu.

"Fu Guze, don't forget your identity!"

was accused by a junior, and Harman couldn't hold it on his face, so he could only pretend to be majestic.

"I'm the heir of Qiuzi, what's wrong with my identity? I just think it's a little funny that some people have lost 30,000 soldiers and horses to this small city. Ignoring Haman's ugly expression, he mocked to himself.

"Fu Guze, you don't have to say a word!" Fu Gulin said coldly.

Seeing that Fu Gulin's face was unhappy, Fu Guze could only give up, but he was still very disdainful of Haman.

"Can you find out how many soldiers and horses are in it?" Fu Gulin asked Haman on the side.

"Back to the Great Khan, our people found out that there were three thousand Tang troops in the city, plus thousands of Zhongyun soldiers.

In the last battle, the losses of Zhongyun were not small, and there were not many young and strong men in this Datun City, maybe between five thousand and ten thousand. Harman replied.

"So there might be nearly 10,000 defenders in the city?" Fu Gulin hesitated.

"Great Khan, we now have a large number of siege equipment, do you want to siege the city?" Hamann continued to prove himself with a victory.

This time, the elite of the Khanate was exhausted, just to defeat the Tang army.

"Siege is definitely necessary. The Tang people must have also received the news of our army's attack, maybe the Tang army reinforcements have already set off from Shazhou at this time, right?

Rest for the night, and tomorrow the army of Yizhou and Yanqi will attack the city to test the strength of the defenders in the city.

The rest of the army was on standby. Fu Gulin also had a plan in his heart, and planned how to fight.

"Great Khan, what about the reinforcements of the Tang Army?" Harman probed.

"You don't have to worry about that, Ben Khan has his own way."

What Fu Gulin did not send was the 45,000 cavalry of his headquarters, plus the 10,000 cavalry of Qiuzi.

55,000 cavalry, in this Western Regions, it is estimated that there are few opponents.

As one of the largest forces in the Western Regions, the Uighurs in Western China also had strong cavalry.

Of the 45,000 cavalry, 20,000 were the standing army of the Uighurs in Western Prefecture, another 20,000 were cavalry drawn from various tribes, and the remaining 5,000 were his guards.

The five thousand guards were added by him temporarily.

He had 10,000 guards, half of them on this side, and 2,000 heavy cavalry.

You must know that among the many forces in the Western Regions, only the Uighurs in the Western Prefecture and the Qarakhanid Dynasty in the west have heavy cavalry.

Two thousand heavy cavalry, equipped with the most sophisticated armor and horses, the armor resembles a Turkic style of pointed neck guards, the helmet is equipped with fox tail decoration, heavy fur helmet with felt embellishment, high-quality chain mail, heavy sheet armor, riding tall and strong Ili horses, and equipping the horses with armor to protect well, using hammers, knives, and swords to fight, and have excellent riding and archery skills.

The entire Guards had four thousand heavy cavalry, the rest were light cavalry.

It is with such a strong guard army that the servants can sit in the position of the khan, which is also the heavy cavalry they spent thirty years building, which is very valuable.

In this battle, Fu Gulin sent 2,000 heavy cavalry, which was really out of the way.

70,000 cavalry were stationed outside Datun City, and the movement was still quite big, and seeing the endless camp, the defenders on the city wall were still a little worried.

That night, the defenders on the city walls did not sleep well, because it was so noisy outside the city that they could hear the cries of the Uighur camp for miles.

There are war horses, and there are cattle and sheep.

70,000 people, daily consumption is a problem.

However, the nomads have the advantage of driving the cattle and sheep together and killing them when they eat.

In addition, in the past two days, the Uighurs have been plundering the surrounding herdsmen, and the herdsmen, cattle and sheep who have not been able to move into the city have become the trophies of the Uighurs.

Due to the attack of the Uighur army, Chen Zewen's fire was also arranged on the city wall.

Looking at the brightly lit Uighur camp, Chen Zewen was a little nervous, "Huo Chang, why are there so many Uighurs this time?" There must be 100,000 people. ”

The fire chief shook his head, "Probably not, but it's not much less, tomorrow morning I will teach you how to tell how many Uighurs there are." If you are familiar with their camping habits, you can guess the number of Uighurs.

Sleep well, even if it's going to be a siege, it's tomorrow. The Uighurs were not accustomed to fighting at night and would not attack cities at night. ”

"Captain, you say the Uighurs are not accustomed to fighting at night? What if we go for a sneak attack at night? Chen Zewen squatted down, leaned against the wall and said with interest.

"Sneak attack? You dare to think that when you become a general or a commander like this, let's talk about it! The fire chief smiled, not taking it seriously.

While the two of them fell asleep against the wall, there were bands of soldiers patrolling the walls, and although the Uighurs were not good at night fighting, no one could guarantee that the Uighurs would actually attack at night.

It's not wrong to be on guard!