"Marshal Qiqi, urgent information has come from the northwest, and Hammoud led his army north to Andijan, preparing to block the Samanid reinforcements." In the temporary headquarters of the Western Expeditionary Army, which had arrived in Axiyan City, Liu Xuan found Wan Yi with a sweat on his head and sent the urgent information sent from the front to Wan Yi. Hammud's move was tantamount to cutting off the last hope of reinforcements from Zhang Sheng'an's Western Corps, causing all of Wan Yi's previous deployment of Shule to be empty, and it also led to a joint reaction, and even made Gao Siji's side urgently change the deployment.

Wan Yi's eyes froze, he looked up at the map that had long been hung up on the side, looked at Andijan's location, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "This Hammud's reaction is a little too fast, he should have received information from Xuan Yingwei halfway." However, there are really capable people in this Xuanying Guard, who can decisively deal with it at a critical moment and let Hammoud get the news in advance, so that he can have enough time to lead the army to gallop hundreds of miles to occupy Andijan first, otherwise I am afraid that even if he can reach Shule, he will face the danger of being flanked in front and back with Zhang Sheng. ”

"Dashuai, now is not the time to talk about this, let's think about what the Anxi Corps should do, right? I estimate that Zhao Si's side should also get the news, so we must urgently summon Zhang Sheng, once his side moves a little slowly, he will inevitably be besieged by the other party's mobilization of heavy troops, and it will be a big trouble. Liu Xuan was a little crying and laughing at the words of his own boss: "And what's worse is that I'm afraid that Hammoud won't have a good time on Andijan's side, according to the intelligence, Saman can be reinforced by 70,000 elite cavalry at this time, and he is only afraid that there are less than 30,000 people at the moment, once the other party rushes up, their long-tired army may not be able to stop it." It's really a mistake, and it's controlled everywhere. ”

"Not necessarily, you, if you have time, you should go to the front line to exercise, otherwise you will be less and less courageous. Didn't the emperor say that sometimes the greater the risk, the greater the benefit. Wan Yi glanced at Liu Xuan's anxious expression, but sat down and said with a smile: "You sit down, even if you rush to the front line non-stop, it will be too late now, the Uighurs and the Samanid have been in contact for a long time, so once Hammud starts a war on the Andijan side, they will definitely know soon, I estimate that if you leave at this time, it should be at the same time as their news arrives in Shule, so what you have to do now is not this." Wan Yi pointed to the map and said: "Zhang Sheng has been independently leading troops to defend Khotan for a long time, so he will not be at a loss in the face of emergencies, and he will definitely make the most correct choice." And don't forget, Zhao Si is still in Shule City, but he used his own strength to stir up the Central Plains unpeaceful, do you think he will sit back and watch the Uighur royal court guards go south to encircle and suppress the Anxi Corps? And the Anzay Corps also needs a big battle to prove itself. As for Hammoud, I am sure that since he dares to lead his army north to Andijan alone, he will surely return to me with victory. ”

"But you can't always be passive, in this way, the enemy will change and I will change, you go and inform Gao Siji's former vanguard corps to immediately increase its efforts to attack Ultou Prefecture, and if you take Cuitou Prefecture, you can rely on the strong deterrence of the main force to ensure that Shule does not dare to go south with scruples." Wan Yi nodded and said, "Our headquarters will also move forward immediately and join the front line." ”

Wan Yi's confidence in Hammoud made Liu Xuan smile bitterly, but at this time, he was facing a life-and-death battle on Andijan's side. The Samanids also knew that Andijan had been occupied by the Tiance Army at this time after being caught off guard by the avant-garde troops led by Deying, but before they could figure out how the Tiance Army could intercept them in advance, but because they had never fought with the Tiance Army, and the Samanid had become stronger and stronger in recent years, several other countries around them were afraid of this country that had converted to the Tianfang Sect, so although they were caught off guard and beat a guy, the forward troops were scattered, but they did not relax their consciousness to stop and investigate, Instead, after being annoyed and angry, he took the initiative to come towards the position of the Tiance army, and the northwest cavalry of a whole team of 10,000 people began to come towards the position where Hammoud was located with neat steps. Saman's cavalry unit was different from the nomadic cavalry that the Tiance army had fought in the past, but it was a heavy cavalry equipped with men and horses, at least the 10,000 people who carried out the forward battle were all blue-colored heavy armored troops.

"General, this heavy armor soldier is coming up, the small country of Saman is quite rich, and a casual charge actually produces a 10,000-strong ironclad cavalry." The adjutant general stood beside Hammoud and nodded in admiration to the Samanid cavalry who had begun to assemble and begin to charge, "Can our bullets penetrate this iron armor?" We can't fight them right now. ”

Hammoud casually replied while asking the guards to order the armies to start guarding: "Don't worry, I heard from the marshal that our Tiance Army also had a heavy cavalry battalion in the past, but after the muskets came out, we immediately began to eliminate these heavy armor, which means that the bullets in our hands have no problem dealing with these iron armor." Don't be here with me, hurry up and go to the front line to supervise the battle on the spot, the first wave will destroy these guys for me, ironclad cavalry, and if you run slowly, you will be sent to death. "Hammoud is a little disdainful of the first wave of Saman to send heavy armor soldiers, this kind of heavy armor soldiers are typical of the other party wants to get back to the field, but it is in the arms of Hammad, the speed of the heavy armor is slow, and the only advantage is that once the armor loses its effect, it is a live target. So Hammoud immediately ordered the other side to shoot as soon as the other side entered a hundred and fifty feet in front of him. A field battle ensued, and what the Samanids never expected was that their ironclad cavalry did not play the role they expected at all, and were brought down in pieces under the frantic fire of rows of bullets. Moreover, the dense traps dug by Deying in front of the position made those cavalrymen who were lucky enough not to die panic, and a horse's hooves pierced into it, unable to move, and then were killed by merciless bullets.

However, in fact, when Hammud reported to Wan Yi with his injuries after the war, he was a little ashamed to say that he actually didn't fight well, because the Samanid people at this time had been fighting with various western tribal countries for a long time, and they had also learned the tactics of neat formation from the Western Daqin people, paying attention to heavy armor and shield attacks, so the neat queue of 10,000 people was regarded as a live target by the Tiance Army, and this rigid tactic could not be adjusted and deployed in a short period of time after being caught off guard, and could only be killed by the other party one by one. The reason for this is that most of the personnel of the Uighur corps have not been able to accurately grasp the accurate shooting tricks of the official rifle, so under the leadership of most of the veterans, they simply use the three-stage firing method, which only needs to be shot in line and roughly aimed, anyway, according to the current ammunition carrying capacity of the Uighur corps, it is at least not a big problem to finish this battle. Moreover, Hammoud also figured out that even if the Uighur army won this battle, it would have suffered heavy losses, so it was necessary to transfer it back to rest. However, once these two times appeared on the battlefield at the same time, they produced amazing results, the whole team of 10,000 slow heavy armored cavalry could not face this kind of intensive shooting at all, the whole area of cavalry was directly killed on the spot by this bullet, the heavy armor in front of the bullet could not play the role of protection in the past, but because of the weight problem directly limited their dodge and attack speed, in a short distance of more than 100 zhang almost half of the people fell on the road. So much so that when he finally saw a few Samanids appear in front of the soldiers, the adjutant general who was guarding the first line was not even willing to give the order to order the few mortars to fire, but calmly let the people in the second line position join in the shooting, and directly wiped them out in front of the trenches.

In half an hour, 10,000 people were almost killed, the entire hillside was covered with blood, countless war horses and wounded cavalry wails filled the entire hillside, and the Samanid people in the rear were even more dumbfounded, and the battle was ended by the Tiance army without even having time to send reinforcements from beginning to end. However, when the wailing trumpet appeared on the battlefield, Hammoud sighed silently and said, "The real tribulation has begun." "For this reason, Hammoud came directly from the position of the Chinese army to the front line, and asked everyone to put the firing distance down to 300 zhang.

"Here, tell the brothers that victory or defeat is here." Before Hamoud could explain more to the adjutant general, he stared directly at the strange situation that began to appear in front of him and shouted, and at the same time ordered the guards to immediately blow the horn and tell the whole line to be on alert. It was clear that the Samanid revenge had come after suffering such a big loss, and this time it was no longer the heavy armor, but the neat and black cavalry that could not be seen at a glance.

"General, you quickly return to the command of the Chinese army, there is me on the front line, as long as I, Ogyan, am not dead, they will not want to step over from here." The lieutenant general looked at the cavalry in the distance and began to accelerate suddenly, and sneered. This moment is really the moment of life and death for the Uighur army, and whether this battle can survive depends on this wave. So Ogyan didn't pay attention to those Samanids at all, and the dark-faced and short-stated Uighur man drove Hammud back to the Chinese army, and personally held a rifle and shouted: "Brothers, tell me, can you win against these bastards?" ”

"Yes." Countless soldiers around Ao Gyan laughed, the curse of the bastard was actually learned from the veterans, it is said to be a strange creature in the Central Plains, and it is generally a very vicious word, so these guys chanting in unison at this critical moment of life and death made the atmosphere that Ao Gyan had finally condensed all of a sudden, but in the next second, everyone's faces began to change. Even Ogyan directly picked up his rifle and pressed one of the targets in his line of sight directly into the aiming marking, and then roared angrily: "Brothers, fire", "pop" a shot was inconspicuous in the rumble of the opponent's nearer and closer countless horses' hooves stepping on the earth, but it opened the prelude to the Uighur army's counterattack, the 10,000 soldiers in the first line of trenches opened fire in unison, and after countless bullets were discharged, the entire battlefield was covered with gunfire, The Samanid cavalry, who were charging forward on horseback, seemed to hit an invisible wall at this moment, and fell headlong one after another. Because of the terrain of this hillside, the Samanid did not have a good way to extend the charge interval between the cavalry to more than one zhang in the past, and the entire battlefield was strictly limited to about 10,000 people, so this time although the Samanid went all out, at best there were about 10,000 people on the front line, but the cavalry continued to attack, and the follow-up troops were endless, so it looked like a black river surging towards the position of the Uighur army. Standing in Hammoud's position at this time is like standing on a reef and watching the river come towards you. However, there was no abnormality on Hamoud's face, after the war, this middle-aged man was exuding the calm temperament of an outstanding general, coldly watching the counterattack of the first-line troops, and even the Samanid cavalry who had crossed the line of life and death a hundred feet closer and closer.

However, his immobility does not mean that Ogyan is unmoved, after the first line entered the final counterattack, the 10,000 people on the second line also began to join the ranks of firing, and with the support of these 10,000 rifles, Ogyan was able to stabilize the situation and let down the Samanid cavalry who were already close to a distance of dozens of feet and couldn't wait to bend their bows and arrows to prepare for a counterattack. This can be regarded as temporarily eliminating the danger of being pushed close by the opponent. However, Ogyan's face did not improve in the slightest, and he had only been engaged in the second-line troops in advance less than two hours after the start of the war, which means that at this time, the entire Uighur corps only had the last 3,000 reserve troops under the control of Hammud, and the rest had all been played, and if anything happened, he would inevitably have no troops to use.

But at this time, far away from the position of the commander of the Chinese army in the rear, there was a loud charge horn, this kind of horn appeared at this time when the defense made all the soldiers tremble suddenly, but in an instant, countless soldiers began to speed up the rhythm of the counterattack, and those veterans were even shooting while beckoning the Uighur soldiers around them to take out the usual training of the three three tactics. The defensive three-three tactics are actually the common skirmisher tactics of later generations, no longer pursuing unified centralized fire, but beginning to pay attention to the pursuit of a higher hit rate, although this seems to be slower, but the hit rate is higher, and the results achieved are no less than the three-stage tactics. Therefore, after a moment of adjustment, Hammoud relied on the charge to arouse the blood in the hearts of the soldiers, and under the spontaneous leadership of the veterans, the balance of the front line began to gradually be reversed to a balance point. At this time, Hammoud asked the guards to prepare with the only remaining reserve of 3,000 men in their hands, and went to the prefabricated trenches to prepare for battle at any time.

"Damn, are these Samanids in a hurry to reincarnate? An all-army assault? Sick in the brain, right? Ogyan's face changed dramatically when he heard the continuous trumpets coming from the other side, and he scolded angrily, "Brothers, call me." "The mortar brigade, which had not moved, also received an order to prepare to open fire at this time.