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In March of the third year of Tang Xingyuan, Ma Chongying's department from Wuyuan in Yanzhou, a total of 40,000 soldiers from Xifan and Tuguhun passed through Yanchi County and came to the west of Anle Prefecture.

The soldiers who walked in the wilderness were all soldiers from the western Tibet, they gave up almost all the livestock, baggage and camp tents, people seemed to be glued to the saddle, running for three days and three nights in a row, only to cross half of the dry sea, the lance and heavy armor before the withdrawal, most of them were given to the party Xiang Fan who fled into the Baiyu Mountain, most of them hung a bundle of grass on the horse, several skins containing water, the weapon was a bow and arrow or a Wuduo throwing stone, only a small number of armor gate cage officials and tiger and leopard knights who guarded the great discussion were fully equipped with armor soldiers.

"The sword can no longer be forged, the war horse can be re-shepherded if it is killed, only the warriors of the god Zampu can never be lost, I, Ma Chongying, swear to all the mountain gods, to bring everyone back to the kingdom of Dafan." Ma Chongying said.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the goal of the Xingyuan Baicao Army in this battle is to intercept and kill the cavalry of the thieves as much as possible, what we want to cut off is the human head, and drain all the blood of their northwest Hexi Dao, I Gaoyue don't want so much trophies, as long as the head of Ma Chongying, as long as the head of the tiger and leopard warriors of Xifan, as long as the head of the warriors of the Jiamen of the Xibo Dynasty, as long as the head of Xifan Gui and Yong." In front of the towering enemy tower in Gyeongju City, in front of a row of war drums, Gao Yue raised his hands high, kept falling, and said to the soldiers and horses, Yu Hou, and Ya generals who were gathered over the most basic goal of this battle, and what he kept shouting in his mouth was "head".

At this time, the generals of the White Grass Army silently pulled out the knife they were carrying, holding the handle, and looked at the inscription of "Pinglong" on the knife in the northern.

A terrible trumpet sounded, and everyone hurried to the east and northeast of the city.

On the desert sandy ground, a small group of White Grass Army scouts rode horses and waved flags in the direction of the watchtower, galloping from all directions, indicating "The enemy is coming!" ”

"Raise the beacon and burn the wolf smoke." Gao Yue waved his hand and said in a deep voice.

Soon, on the various beacon piers in Anle Zhou City, black and gray smoke rolled up and danced.

"Anle River is a place that must be contested, the whole army is open, and Yuechuan is standing against the water!" Gao Yue then stretched out his hand.

"Oh!" A large number of infantry detachments of the White Grass Army crossed the temporary earthen embankment crossing of Anlechuan and headed for the east bank of Anlechuan.

On the east bank, at intervals, a crossbow platform was erected, on which were covered with animal skin tents, bed crossbows or tiger flying cannons were erected, and a garrison of soldiers was in charge of guarding, and at this time they assumed the duty of securing the existing battlefield.

"It's coming, it's coming." Almost at the same time, on the crossbow platform, on the river bank, and on the fortress of Anlezhou, the soldiers of the White Grass Army were so nervous that they stopped breathing.

Singing sand, singing sand, when people and horses walk on it, they will pull the sand and make a loud sound.

And when the cavalry of Xifan appeared in the Candle Dragon area east of Anle Prefecture, it was like a swarm of locusts suddenly pouring out of the ground, and the sound of horses' hooves trampling on the sandy ground was like a long-lasting thunder, covering the hook of the watchtower of the war drums and horns of the two armies, "Ma Chongying is coming...... Gao Yue, who witnessed the entire battle array, squinted his eyes, and his heart almost jumped out of his chest.

In the red and yellow dry sea and desert, the cavalry of Xifan formed a large phalanx of hundreds and thousands, white war horses, red war horses, blue-gray war horses, earthy yellow war horses, spotted war horses, and pure colors of each genus were in full swing, rolling to the ground. Even though there were many deaths and losses along the way, Ma Chongying's main team was still enough to form a formation according to the colors of different horses.

"Greatly, there are Tang soldiers who have occupied Anlezhou City!" Ma Chongying has received information at this moment.

As he and his generals stood on the sand dunes and looked into the distance, they realized that the situation might be worse than they thought.

Gao Yue's Baicao army dug earth and built several embankments across the river at Anle River, stuffed them with earth bags and bamboo cages, and cut off the water flowing northward!

The Anle River flows through the dry sea desert, which was originally shallow, but now this section causes the water in the middle and lower reaches to dry up quickly. If Ma Chongying did not entangle with the Tang soldiers who were guarding Anlezhou City, but bypassed and went to Mingsha Town along Anlechuan, then there would be no water to drink in this nearly 200-mile journey.

At this time, many Western cavalry touched the leather bags hanging under the saddle or on the armor, and the inside had long been shriveled. The horses were struggling to breathe, their nostrils wide, and they were already feeling the pain and torment of lack of water.

Because Ma Chongying's team had obtained water and grass in Yanzhou City before, they could travel such a long distance through the horizontal trough, salt pond and the wasteland desert of Candle Dragon Prefecture, and most of the supplies would be consumed.

There is Jia Tan's map, all of which was shrewdly calculated by Gao Yue.

"Who is the commander of this Tang army? So treacherous! Ma Chongying became indignant, he also looked at the black and white Pixiu flag at the head of the other city, and knew that this road of soldiers and horses had never fought before.

On the east bank of Anle River, surrounded by several crossbow platforms, 6,000 infantry soldiers of the White Grass Army, and 2,000 Tutuan crossbowmen, all of them stood on their backs, forming a huge formation, facing Ma Chongying's Western Tibetan army, with the momentum of "If you want to seize Anle River, unless you trample on our corpses".

The defenders of the city were 1,000 earth regiments, and as for the hundreds of mule troops, Gao Yue was placed on the north side of the city, as a mobile force, waiting for the opportunity to launch a strike on Ma Chongying.

"What should I do?"

"Don't panic, the other side doesn't have many soldiers, and all they can do is rely on the castle and the river to hold on and intercept it, and they can't attack me." After all, Ma Chongying is a general, "Pass the order, let the cavalry on the periphery of each formation all wear heavy armor and horse armor, erect a long lance, and frighten the enemy with a strong momentum." ”

Soon in the sound of drums, tens of thousands of Xifan cavalry were divided into ten large formations, among which the weak, sick, lack of horses or lack of armor soldiers, all in the array, the outermost cavalry of the front line was all put together "complete armor", coupled with the sand and dust stirred up by the horses' hooves, from a distance, it seems that all the cavalry are dressed in stubbornness, shining brightly, and extremely powerful.

This is a kind of military deception on the battlefield.

Then Ma Chongying said, "Pass my order, two large formations, plus the ten thousand households of Tuyuhun, go to take turns to clash with the Tang army formation on the riverside, and the remaining eight large formations, regardless of it, follow me straight to Mingsha." ”

"Anyway, we don't have water!" The generals were a little panicked.

Ma Chongying said to tell all the soldiers that as long as they can insist on running 70 to 100 miles in one go, they will be able to reach Bole Mountain, where there is a stronghold left by me, and there is abundant spring water, which was originally used by the Tang family to irrigate the fields of Huile County, Lingzhou, enough for everyone to drink, and don't all entangle under the city of Anlezhou, in that case, we will be wiped out.

In fact, Ma Chongying even deceived his subordinates, Bole Mountain is one hundred and fifty miles away from here, and what he said can only be said to be Cao Cao's old trick of "looking at plum to quench thirst".

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