Outside Wang Jingcheng, Jiang Xiang, who was frowning, and Li Benshen, who was excited, stood in front of Gao Yihuan, and there were only more than 3,000 cavalry from other domains behind him.

Gao Yihuan looked at the two, "Batur Hun cut off the business of the lonely king and killed the people of the lonely king, making it clear that he did not take the lonely in his eyes. This evil breath, you say, can we swallow it? ”

At this time, Jiang Xiang already knew his appointment, and it took time for Wei to mobilize troops, and he, as the vanguard, took the army to rescue Yarkand one step ahead of the army and buy time for the army to go out.

Jiang Xiang could only say: "The minister went to take care of him!" ”

Gao Yihuan was overjoyed, "Okay, this is what you have to wait for!" Without further ado, you set off now, and hold on until King Lone leads his army over, and Lone will give you a drink to celebrate. ”

At the moment, Jiang Xiang took 3,000 feudal soldiers to the west, and he would garrison Li Benshen, Li Kui's department, as well as Dunhuang and other places in Yumen, totaling more than 7,000 people, and then advance to Yarkand.

After Gao Yihuan waited for them to leave, he returned to Wangjing, and then went directly to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to convene the generals to discuss.

At this time, Gao Yihuan was sitting and drinking tea, and the soldiers arranged a sand table in the hall, and after a while, the sand table was made, and the generals also went outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, you're ready!" A soldier saluted.

Gao Yihuan immediately stood up, "Let everyone come in!" ”

At this time, the general of the Wei army, Yuguan, entered the lobby and saluted Gao Yihuan one after another, Gao Yihuan waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Come and see!" ”

In the past two years, Wei's caravans spread throughout the Western Regions and Mongolia, reaching as far north as Lake Baikal and as far west as Samarkand.

Li Dingguo, Jin Shenghuan, Xu Heihu and others gathered in front of the sand table, and the situation was clear at a glance.

In the northwest of the Wei State, the territory of the Warat people expanded dramatically, and in the west of the Warat people, there was a more huge force than the Warats, that is, the Rakshasa Kingdom.

At this time, Gao Yihuan said: "It is estimated that there are about 160,000 Warat cavalry. Baturhun led an army of 100,000 and invaded Yarkand, leaving 60,000 people to watch over their homes in Moxi. Now King Gu has sent two lines of soldiers and horses, one led by Wu Sangui and Babu, ordering the gathering of Hetao Mongolia, about 6,000 people, to attack Moxi, and one led by Jiang Xiang and Li Benshen, a total of 7,000 people to reinforce Yarkand, but these two forces are very thin, if you want to defeat Warat, you also need to transfer troops and horses again. Do you think this battle should be fought by Dawei? ”

As early as when Warat annexed Mobei Mongolia and invaded the Hetao, Wei began to spy on Warat's intelligence.

Two months ago, after Warat invaded Yarkand, the caravan brought back news, and Gao Yihuan knew that there would be a battle, so he was already preparing for it.

The information obtained by the scouts and caravans was marked on a huge sand table by the soldiers, so that the generals could see the situation at a glance.

At this time, Gao Yihuan added: "The Lone King first explained that the roads between the Western Regions and Moxi are far away, and there are no supplies along the way, which is not conducive to the infantry army to go on an expedition, nor is it conducive to a long-term campaign. Therefore, the lone king could only use the horse army of Xuanhu, Dragoon, and Dingxi, as well as the Mongols and Tibetans from Qinghai, and he had to end the war quickly. ”

After defeating the Manchu Eight Banners, Gao Yihuan was not afraid of the Wara cavalry, the times were changing, and the identity of the cavalry was also changing.

The main factors that restrained Wei from defeating Warat were the local environment, the vast grasslands and endless deserts, the next door, and the resulting logistical pressures.

At this time, with the situation of Wei, it could not afford the transportation of grain, and it did not have the strength to maintain a grain route of nearly 1,000 miles.

A man transports 100 catties of grain from Guanzhong to Shache, and goes back and forth for more than a month, most of the grain will be eaten, and he also has to bring water and food back.

Therefore, Wei could only dispatch a horse army, bring its own military rations, and quickly defeat the Warat people.

When Jin Shenghuan heard this, he glanced at the sand table, and immediately said: "King, the minister thinks it is simple, Baturhun will take the main force and attack Yarkand, then we will rush forward with light cavalry and enter Mobei." At that time, Baturhun got the news and would inevitably withdraw from the army. ”

Everyone in the hall discussed that the Warat people had a total of 160,000 troops, 100,000 were in the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and 60,000 remained in the north of the Tianshan Mountains.

At that moment, many people agreed, but at this time, Li Dingguo said: "Great King, the ministers think it is inappropriate, Moxi Mongolia is not concentrated, if they swim without fighting, we will not be able to force Baturhun to withdraw troops in a short time." The Mongols were difficult to deal with, because they had no fixed residence, and the territory of Moxi was larger than that of Guanzhong, and Warat may have been prepared for a long time, and if the surprise attack failed, it would be a question of whether they could be found. The minister thought that there was only one chance to rescue Yarkand, and it was better to be on the safe side. ”

Gao Yihuan groaned slightly, Moxi is indeed too big, Baburhun only took away 100,000 people, it is estimated that it is to prevent the Western Wei, and the Mongolian tribes are swimming in the grassland, and most of the 60,000 people left behind are not together.

If the Wei army knew the location of the various tribes of Warat, they might be able to attack suddenly, but once the Warat people were on guard, the tribes wandered to avoid the battle, and it took a lot of time to find them in the busy grassland.

Jin Shenghuan raised his eyebrows and glanced at Li Dingguo, a little uncomfortable in his tone, "Then how does Li Dudu want to make a final decision!" ”

Li Dingguo said in a deep voice: "I thought that attacking Mobei could only send a partial division to distract Baturhui's energy and shake his determination. The Mongols are good at fighting, our army pursues, he will run, even turn back and shoot a few arrows, the army retreats, they will catch up again, see the right time to shoot, like a pack of wolves. If we attack Mobei and Warat does not fight a decisive battle with us, the battle will inevitably drag on for a long time, and the army will inevitably have poor logistics in the end, so it can only retreat, but it will give Warat a chance. There are many cities in Yarkand, we rushed to Shache, Baturhun must fight a decisive battle with us, otherwise his plan to attack Yarkand will be considered a failure, and as long as Warat is willing to fight a decisive battle, with the strength of Great Wei, he will be able to defeat Warat, and the crisis of Yarkand will be relieved in a battle. ”

Li Dingguo said, suddenly looking at Gao Yihuan, "In addition, the Warat people have risen, and they will inevitably threaten my Great Wei's trade routes for a long time, rescue Yarkand, and facilitate Great Wei to directly control the Western Regions." ”

Gao Yihuan's eyes narrowed, attacking Mobei, even if Baturhun was forced to retreat, he could come again, it would not solve the problem, and as soon as Warat retreated, the Yarkand Khanate would continue to control the Western Regions, Wei had no excuse to garrison Yarkand, taking advantage of the rescue of Yarkand, Western Wei had the opportunity to directly control the Western Regions, which made Gao Yihuan very tempted.

Spend a lot of effort to rescue, there is no reason to leave when you come, after all, the Western Regions have been China's territory since ancient times!

"Haha!" Gao Yihuan immediately smiled and said: "What the two Qing families said makes sense, then attack Mobei all the way and rescue Yarkand all the way." ”

Although Gao Yihuan said this, he actually adopted Li Dingguo's suggestion, swept Moxi, and sought a decisive battle with Baturhui with the main force.

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