From the bottom of his heart, Xu Huizu didn't want to fight a decisive battle in advance.

It's just a pity that he doesn't have a better choice.

It is not difficult to occupy Yining City, or even wipe out the army of Dibaonu.

Compared to Alimari, Yining City is much worse in terms of terrain.

Alimali is the only way to pass through the Silk Road, from the North Tianshan Pass, along the Koguqin Mountains, you can reach Alimari, so it can also be said that Alimali is the only way from the Jinshan Basin (Jungger Basin) to cross the North Tianshan Pass and invade the Ili River Valley in the south.

In the past, Timur's eastern expedition to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate burned Alimali into ruins, and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate had to move its capital to Yining.

The Koguqin Mountains extend south to the Ili River, leaving only a passage about ten miles wide, Alimali is located on the west side of the channel, and Yining City is located on the east side of the channel.

From this point, it can be seen that Alimali has a superior geographical location, which can be attacked and defended, while Yining City is different, once defeated, it can only cross the Ili River in the south, cross the Nantian Mountain Pass, and flee to Aksu, Kashgar and other places.

In order to ensure the success of the First World War, Xu Huizu ordered Wang Zhonghui, who was stationed in the West Sea (Bosten Lake), to attack Aksu and block the route of Dibaonu's southward escape.

In order to leave enough time for Wang Zhonghui, Xu Huizu slowed down the pace of the attack, and attacked the local slaves with Shami Chagan as the main force, and Qi Zhenyun led the Guards Brigade as a support, and also undertook the surveillance work.

Of course, it is also to consume the power of Shami Chagan and reduce the difficulty of the northwest layout.

It's a pity that the madness of the earth protector completely disrupted Xu Huizu's plan.

As a former staff officer, Xu Huizu knew that the northwest was easy to attack and difficult to govern, and when the Central Plains was strong, it would be powerful in the northwest, and when the Central Plains declined, the northwest would fall into the hands of barbarians.

If you don't count the Yuan Dynasty, the last time the Central Plains Dynasty controlled the Western Regions was traced back to the Tang Dynasty before the Anshi Rebellion more than 600 years ago.

In addition, due to the vast desert in the northwest, scarce precipitation, and the living environment is very harsh, the people naturally choose to place their hearts on various gods, since the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, various religions prevail in the northwest, such as Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Lamaism, shamanism, and Tianfang Religion from Arabia and so on.

Among these religions, the Celestial Sect has the most tenacious vitality.

Compared with other religions, Tianfang Religion is more introverted and exclusive, regarding its members as brothers and others as aliens. Not only that, the Celestial Sect also has very strict regulations on the clothing, food, shelter and transportation of the congregation, and the psychological suggestion caused by the five prayers a day is enough to make the so-called heretics quickly become religious, and then form a unique Celestial Diocese.

This is a situation that no ruler would want to face.

The reason is simple.

In the face of a huddled people, individual individuals could not resist it, and they were either assimilated or isolated, even by officials and even kings.

If a country is mostly made up of Celestial Christians, then the king has no choice but to choose to join the Church, otherwise he will inevitably be abandoned by the people.

Faced with this situation, the ruler could not choose many strategies, and that was to mix sand.

But now, the only remaining sand is being crushed, swept away by the wind, or melted into the dirt......

Once His Majesty knows about it, it will surely thunder and wrath, and then ......

Xu Huizu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

At this moment, a voice sounded urgently: "Commander-in-chief, something happened!" ”

"What's wrong?"

Xu Huizu frowned, looked back at the guard Yu Xueqi, and saw that his young face was pale, his speech was a little trembling, and his trembling fingers were pointing in the direction of the river.

Xu Huizu's eyes turned to the river, and found that there was a commotion by the river, and a group of soldiers had gathered, shouting, and couldn't help but be angry—he was impatient to leave the team without permission during the march!

"Commander-in-chief, a large number of corpses floated down from the upper ......"

"Ahh

Xu Huizu's face also changed, and he turned his horse's head and ran towards the river.

When the soldiers by the river saw Xu Huizu coming, they all moved out of the way.

Dead people, Xu Huizu has seen too many people, and he is even numb, but the scene in front of him stunned him.

Floating by the reeds, dozens of corpses, old and young, men and women, with different clothes, herdsmen, farmers, traders, and even bald monks, most of these people's corpses were mutilated, some of their heads were cut off, and the incisions on their necks had been blistered white; Some of them have been cut off in half, and the gray brain flowers are hanging on the top of their heads, which looks so weird; Others had their hands and feet cut off and drowned alive in the water; Of course, there are also those who are stabbed through the chest, cut their throats with a knife, and so on.

Xu Huizu's gaze turned upstream, and there was still a steady stream of corpses flowing downstream......

There was a strong smell of blood by the river, and I don't know who suddenly vomited out with a "vomit", and vomited the food they ate at noon on the river, followed by several people, and a rancid smell immediately spread.

"Commander-in-chief, give the order!"

"These beasts, damn it!"

"Yes, kill all these brutes!"

......

In the face of the anger and invitation of the soldiers, Xu Huizu was unmoved, he called the commander of the Ninth Army, Si Bai, to give a few words, and then Si Bai nodded and rushed upstream with a team of guards.

After that, Xu Huizu gave an order: "Everyone immediately dismounts, replenishes food, and waits for the order in an hour!" ”

"But ......"

"Execute the order, disobedient people will be dealt with by military law!"

"Yes!"

"The flying team took off, and the first team went to Yining, waiting for an opportunity to support; The second team is suspended to provide early warning and reconnaissance for the army. ”

"Yes!"

Although the generals were a little puzzled, they did not dare to disobey the military order, so they had to be ordered to rest.

......

"What should I do?"

Sha Micha wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, glanced at Mu Geqi and the others, and found that they were also at a loss, so he had to turn his head and smile slightly flatteringly: "Two thousand households, how should this be?" ”

The military intelligence bureau and the commander of the special operations battalion, Meng Ziqing, glanced at each other, and they were also a little helpless, this kind of battle really can't be fought.

A few miles away, there was a dense crowd of people, old and young, men and women, unarmed, stumbling towards the army of Shami Chagan, and behind them was the army of Kuda; On the left, there is the Warat cavalry staring at each other, and further back, looking at the Great Khan of Dibaonu.

"These are people who don't believe in the Heavenly Sect?"

Lei Cheng hesitated and asked.

"It doesn't matter if it's all, some of them are Xiao Wang's family members!"

"Family?"

Lei Quan completely understood that the main force of Shami Chagan was the army stationed in Alimali, and the families of this part of the army were all in Yining City, and now they were all taken hostage by the land security slaves.

Listening to the voice of the children in front of him, the army of the Dibao slaves was already showing signs of instability.

Just when everyone was at a loss, Qi Zhenyun's cavalry brigade caught up, and the neat black-armored cavalry immediately caused a commotion among the enemy troops.

Qi Zhenyun understood the situation a little, and immediately ordered: "Retreat immediately and keep a distance of ten miles." ”

“...... Good! ”

Sha Micha was stunned for a moment, and immediately overjoyed and passed the order.

Qi Zhenyun glanced at Meng Ziqing: "You immediately send someone to inform the commander-in-chief of the situation here!" ”

"Yes!"

......

The Ming army retreated, and the land protection slaves advanced, which made the people who were used as shields in the middle suffer.

Some of them had just experienced a massacre, and they felt that it was no longer even a shield to be a shield, but they really had little strength and soon could not walk; Others were the families of Shamichagan's men, who had been suddenly driven out of their homes, and then they were told that the men in their family were rebels, and that they could be unpunished if they could call them back, and that they had to come to the front of both armies.

They had only two legs, and soon they could not walk, but the cavalry behind them did not care, and with a burst of whips and knives coming down, they had to support themselves, looking at the army that seemed to have come to their rescue, but they kept cursing them in their hearts, thinking that they had brought disaster upon themselves.

Just when Qi Zhenyun was in a dilemma, Si Bai arrived.

When asked, Sparrow smiled, and he pointed to the sky lightly.

There were more than a dozen flying balls floating in the sky.