"Marshal, the Northern Advance Corps has reported urgently, Tuoba Siji and Hammoud have successfully taken the Heishui River and wiped out the main soldiers and horses of the Uighur Army of the Shuanghe Governor's Mansion." Wan Yi sent the Modao Battalion to the front line to support Gao Siji, and then also led the main force of the Eleventh Corps under his command to prepare to march towards Kubiluo, and after solving the drinking water problem there, the Tiance Army could finally let go of its hands and feet and put all its forces into the frontal battlefield. Today, the Western Expedition has been delayed for too much time, and August in the northwest means that summer has come to an end, and the longest winter of the year is imminent. So it's not just Gao Siji who is anxious on the front line, but Wan Yi is also worried. So when Liu Xuan walked in with the urgent report of the Northern Advance Corps, a glimmer of light flashed in Wan Yi's eyes. Tuoba Siji and Hammoud were able to take the Heishui River and annihilate the main force of the Uighur army in the territory of the Shuanghe Prefecture, which meant that the entire northern border of Anxi was extremely empty, and with the combat power of seventy or eighty thousand cavalry in the hands of the two of them, they could sweep the entire north, which was equivalent to completely cutting off the flank of the Anxi Uighurs, and when Wan Yi and Liu Xuan marked the intelligence information sent by Xuan Yingwei about the northern Qarluq and the Samanid dynasty on the map one by one, the location of the Northern Advance Corps was extremely important. Because this is the only living force of the Western Expeditionary Army that is hovering outside the battlefield and can strike at the center of the opponent's alliance.

"The commander means that the Northern Advance Corps should continue to penetrate westward into the territory of the Turgish, cut off the passage for the northern Qarluq to go south to support the Anxi Uighurs, and if necessary, bear the responsibility of being the main force against the Qarluqs, right?" Liu Xuan was taken aback by the lines drawn by Wan Yi on the map, which was obviously to expand the strike range of the Northern Advance Corps and at the same time modify the opponent's combat targets.

"You immediately notify Xuan Yingwei and ask them to notify the Anxi Corps as quickly as possible, so that they must send troops north to attack Shule from Khotan within a month." Wan Yi nodded and continued: "Although the Anxi Corps suffered a lot of losses in the secret protection operation before, it also played its own military might, and now Khotan is becoming more and more stable, and two battalions of troops were mobilized for him to supplement it before, and now the Anxi Corps is much stronger than before in terms of both the number of troops and the combat strength, which is enough for them to send troops north to participate in the war while guarding the secrets." "Wan Yi's analysis is really good, the Anxi Corps not only used the war to exercise its combat power, but also completely played its own military prestige through the battle of protecting secrets and the long drive that Zhang Sheng ignored before, so that Khotan's internal shock did not dare to move, and Tuoba Sijian sent a strong man to take over the internal government affairs, Wuxin and others also rested their minds after returning from the Chang'an Dynasty and turned to develop the internal economy of Khotan wholeheartedly, so it was also time for the Anxi Corps to free up their hands to carry out the northward combat mission.

"At the same time, we should contact the Northern Expedition Corps and tell them to make full use of the characteristics of the Rangers, to lay across the oasis steppes in the territory of the Twin Rivers Prefecture, to cut off the Qarluqs to the south to support the Uighurs, and to the south to strike at the support of the Uighurs from the local tribes such as the Turgish, and to deter them if necessary." Wan Yi said with a dead glint in his eyes: "After completing the task, let Hammoud immediately go south to participate in the siege of Shule." Wan Yi's words obviously made Liu Xuan understand what was going on in an instant, and Zhao Si had already figured out the situation in Shule City very clearly during this time, and the purpose of transferring Hamoud back was naturally to completely unify and integrate the entire Uighur tribe.

Liu Xuan didn't dare to delay, immediately wrote the order, handed it over to Wan Yi to sign, and immediately found the Xuanying Guard's entourage, asking them to arrive at the two places as quickly as possible. Compared with Khotan, although the road is far away, but the destination is very clear, Xuan Yingwei has a special base along the way to be responsible for delivering the news and the Eagle Falcon to convey the news, so although there is a vast desert in the middle, the news can still be received quickly, but the Northern Advance Corps is a little troublesome, because the Northern Advance Corps may not be in the Heishui River at this time, so if this matter is relied on by the military, it will definitely be difficult to find, so it can only be handed over to Xuan Yingwei.

However, after Wan Yi gave the order, he immediately ordered Chai Jia to lead the 11th Corps to set off towards the Kupila camp, because some time ago, the main capacity of logistics was concentrated on the cement pipeline, so Baicheng accumulated a large number of logistics materials and ammunition weapons, and when the 11th Corps advanced towards Kupiro with a huge logistics transport team, Gao Siji was already beginning to discuss the siege. After receiving the support of the Modao battalion, the two departments combined with 100,000 horses and more than 100 artillery pieces made Gao Siji let go of all his concerns, although Kubiro was built a large number of fortifications by the other party in advance, and there was a desert barrier, but it still couldn't stop Gao Siji's ambition.

"Deputy marshal, I'm here to fight, how can I fight you, I'm responsible for charging into battle." Shi Jian's loud voice rumbled in the tent, and the Modao battalion was replenished and restored to the establishment of five battalions, and the 100,000 men of the Seventh Corps made him feel that relying on the Uighurs in the city alone could not stop his own powerful charge.

"I plan to take the four battalions of the Modao Battalion as the left flank early tomorrow morning, the Chen soldiers near the southeast corner of Kupila City, and the four battalions of the Seventh Corps as the right flank, concentrated on the northeast side, the two divisions are arranged in a scissor-shaped arrangement around the Chinese army, and the artillery directly under the corps follows the Chinese army in the center, and the firepower brigades attached to each of your two corps are arranged by you, and when the time comes, you will obey the orders of the Chinese army." Gao Siji looked at Shi Jian and Wu Si'er in front of him and said their arrangements, but it was obvious that neither of them understood the purpose of this similar scissor array that Gao Siji had arranged outside Kubiro City.

"Don't worry, Zhao Si has already got the specific news of the defenders in the city, and they also plan to go out of the city tomorrow to fight with us, hoping to use the numerical advantage to consume the living force of our army." Gao Siji smiled coldly and said: "The biggest effect of the scissors array is that as long as the Uighurs rush towards our Chinese army, they must undertake attacks in three directions, and I will take this opportunity to crush the main force of the Uighurs in the city in one fell swoop, and take Kupila before the main force in their rear immediately comes forward to support." "In fact, although the huge cities in Kupila and its surroundings are well defended and rely on the superiority of cavalry to maintain a high level of linkage with each other, in Gao Siji's opinion, it is still full of loopholes, and after the arrival of the Modao Battalion, Gao Siji has enough strength in his hands to destroy their main force before the men and horses in their rear can support Kupira. Moreover, the Uighurs obviously made a big mistake, that is, most of the main forces under their direct command were placed on the Kupila front, as long as the living force of the Uighurs was wiped out, then the reinforcements from the rear Turgish, Qarluq, Samanid and other places could not help the Uighurs to the death, which would inevitably cause a chain reaction, which would completely disrupt the situation in the entire Anxi territory, and bring a new opportunity for the Tiance army to attack Shule in three directions. If he defeated the main Uighur force at Kupila, then relying on tens of thousands of horses from the Anxi Corps on the southern front, he could easily take Shule, completely annihilate the entire Anxi Uighur forces, and complete the complete unification of the Anxi headquarters.

Although Shi Jian and Wu Si'er don't quite understand that there are so many twists and turns behind this, it does not prevent the two of them from understanding the intention of Gao Siji's deployment, after getting the other party to take the initiative to attack tomorrow, the scissor formation is almost the best tactic, but the only drawback is that the Chinese army only has two battalions, if the other party desperately impacts the Chinese army, then it is very likely to bring a fatal threat to the Chinese army, after all, there are 200,000 troops in the city, which is too difficult for the battalions responsible for guarding the Chinese army. Therefore, after Gao Siji finished speaking, Wu Si'er and Shi Jian looked at each other and nodded unconsciously, and secretly decided to go back and each of them to send the most elite men and horses to the Chinese army.

"You don't have to worry about the Chinese army, on the contrary, the Chinese army must not have too many men, otherwise it will inevitably scare away these Uighurs who have been discouraged by us. Only if the number of Chinese troops is small, they will attack the Chinese army to the death, because the Chinese army has artillery units, which is for them, as long as they destroy our artillery, then they will have a big battle" Gao Siji seemed to know the thoughts of these two people, pointed to the Chinese army hub of the scissors formation and said with a smile: "I just want to sell a flaw to the Uighurs, dig a big hole, let them keep jumping, and go straight to the price they pay for blood." ”

"Okay, go back and prepare your own flanks, although the two flanks are not the focus of the Uighur attack, but don't take it lightly, the whole battlefield will be connected as a whole by then." After sending the two out, Gao Si immediately sent someone to inform the rear command, on the one hand, to report his specific deployment, and on the other hand, to let the 11th Corps arrive as soon as possible, once the Kupila was taken, it meant that the decisive battle with the Uighurs had reached the final stage, and the Western Expeditionary Army needed to devote all its forces to do it with all its might. Moreover, Gao Siji didn't know where the Northern Advance Corps had arrived at the moment, so he was thinking more about relying on the frontal corps alone or the plan to add the Anxi Corps to the final battle with the opponent. Moreover, like Wan Yi, Gao Siji knew very well that the three major forces in the northwest, Qarluq, Saman and Turgish, would never stand idly by and watch the Tiance army destroy the Anxi Uighurs, and would definitely jump out one by one when the time came. Turgish was a little better, Qarlu and Saman were the enemies of the Anxi army back then, and if the battle of Genros was not for Qarluq's rebellion against the Anxi army halfway, it would not have fallen short, and the strategic initiative of the entire Great Northwest was ceded to the big cannibals. Now that Datang has returned strongly, these people are afraid that they can't bear it, right?

Gao Siji's urgent report was useless in the end, because almost when Gao Siji commanded the front-line troops to begin to deploy positions, Wan Yi's command had already begun to set off towards this side, and the two places were more than 300 miles apart.

The Northwest Branch of Xuanyingwei under Zhao Si's command has completely become a climate, and the network of Xuanyingwei in the northwest regions has gradually taken shape, and the people who have placed them have gradually gained a foothold and begun to continuously transmit the latest and most authentic information to the rear. This time, the news that the defenders in Kupila City took the initiative to attack was detected by the Xuanying Guard in advance and then transmitted back. After absorbing Shi Congxin and others, Zhao Si has become more and more calm in the northwest, all kinds of news are constantly collected in his hands and then transmitted back to the rear, and all kinds of secret guards are also scattered to the major forces in Anxi through different channels, monitoring their every move into their own hands, and even some of the manpower has gradually extended to other forces such as Saman.

It is precisely this intelligence advantage that allows Gao Siji to calmly face the other party's actions, and also to make countermeasures in advance. After Shi Jian and Wu Si'er returned to the army, the two corps went out of the city one after another to start secret preparations, because it was night, so the soldiers of the two corps began to perform earthwork in the desert under the cover of night, and a total of three layers of infantry trenches that could be arranged in echelons were dug in just one night, and the mortar brigades under each corps were also deployed in the middle of the armies, and this short-distance and rapid artillery could fire a large number of shells at critical moments to make up for the lack of rifle firepower, Cover your own formation with enough time to adjust. On the contrary, the Chinese army under the personal command of Gao Siji did not hurry and began to go out of the camp early the next morning, surrounded by a large number of artillery, and arranged their positions. The artillery positions needed to be leveled in advance, and a large number of shells also needed time to be moved out and put into the running position. Therefore, if you stand on the wall of the Kupila wall, you can see a burst of earth and stones flying in front of the Chinese position of the Tiance Army, countless hideous black shadows are erected, and the black cannon barrel begins to point obliquely at the sky. The artillery on the side of the Western Expeditionary Army has all been reequipped with the latest type of the city when it was repaired before, and this new type of artillery has not changed the caliber and barrel, but the latest firing angle, changing the original fifteen degrees to thirty degrees, so that the firing range of the original mountain run has begun to increase greatly. This move is also to see the impact of the new artillery on the trajectory of the shell after increasing the angle of fire, and there is also a point to get the inspiration of howitzers. To this day, the equipment department still has not created the ideal howitzer, at this time, the mountain run is all cannons, the trajectory is straight, the angle of fire is small, almost can only shoot straight and can not be bent, although the cannon can almost meet the needs of the current war, but Qin Yao was very obsessed with the data about howitzers sent by Li Xuanqing, and dreamed of developing a complete howitzer.

"Deputy marshal, the enemy army has left the city." While Gao Siji was inspecting the arrangement of the artillery positions, news began to come from the front that the Uighurs had left the city.

"Order the two battalions of the Chinese army to immediately enter a combat position along the preset position and block the opponent head-on. Artillery units conduct aiming test firing. Gao Siji gave various orders in an orderly manner, and the Chinese army began to immediately enter a combat state. And behind the artillery position, with Gao Siji's order, rows of new ballistas began to be prepared one after another, and the latest mechanical crossbows showed a chilling aura at this moment.