"General, the cavalry corps of the Tiance Army has arrived." Hammad's earth-shattering roar in the northwest corner of the Luntai grassland completely made the group of Anxi Uighur cavalry in front of him lose the courage to continue fighting, and killed their main generals twice in a row, relying on their own bravery and determination to subdue this group of brothers of the same clan who split off a hundred years ago, so in the following time, the Uighur corps was basically divided into countless small units to escort these Anxi Uighurs who had laid down their weapons into the camp, because the Uighur corps was integrated into the Tiance army for a short time, so many soldiers were not used to calling themselves Tiance army, However, these Hammud didn't care, originally his own army was a temporary corps, and after understanding the principles of the formation of the Tiance Army, Hammad already understood that a single army like him would definitely be reorganized and then redistributed.

However, Tuoba Siji came over so quickly or surprised him, so he hurriedly walked out of the camp to greet him, and after the two met, Tuoba Siji handed over the troops to the deputy general and Hammud as he walked: "The command learned that General Hammoud encountered a strong enemy here, so General Shi Jian urgently ordered our corps to come to help, but now it seems that I am still late, the general has made a contribution, and it is rare to win more with less and still have so many prisoners." ”

"Thank you for the general's compliment, in fact, it is a fluke to win this battle, if it weren't for the fact that I would kill the two main generals of the other side desperately, I am afraid that this battle will definitely be lost." Hammoud smiled bitterly: "I didn't fight a regular cavalry battle with Maha at all, from the very beginning, I directly led all Erlang straight to the opponent's Chinese army, and the idea of fighting was not to die." And the other party obviously had a problem with cooperation, and the follow-up reinforcements did not arrive in time, otherwise I was afraid that the general would have to collect the body for me. ”

"But the general is coming at this moment, could it be that the Yanqi City side has already completed the task of attacking the fortification?" Hammoud asked, welcoming Tuobas into his tent.

"No, there was an urgent message from the headquarters, so we temporarily adjusted the deployment, and the Modao battalion temporarily withdrew from the attack to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the rebel army of the tribes on the Yanqi side, so I can lead the army to come to reinforcements." Tuoba Siji shook his head and said, "But there is a possibility that the Modao Battalion will fight on both sides." ”

"If that's the case, why don't we continue with our previous strategy?" Hamoud thought for a while and said: "If the northwest side can't stop the other party's reinforcements, it can still retreat, but if our army can take Yanqi City in one fell swoop, then it will be equivalent to completely cutting off the idea of Anxi reinforcements to rescue, so even if our corps is in a stalemate, as long as Yanqi is taken, then all the reinforcements will lose their target and retreat at this time, maybe we will have the opportunity to follow and pursue." ”

Hammud's words gave Tuoba Si another way to think about it, that is, the final consideration of this campaign, obviously his thinking was different from the thinking of the command Wan Yi, the reason why the Western Expeditionary Army changed the deployment of Shi Jian's siege and reinforcements, in order to encircle and annihilate as many Anxi Uighurs as possible near Yanqi, rather than obsessing with conquering the city. However, because of the urgency of the situation, Wan Yi did not explain the intentions of the headquarters to Tuoba Siji and other front-line corps commanders, so Tuoba Siji could not answer, but he knew another thing, so he thought for a moment and said: "At this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult for our corps to return, but the command headquarters is now afraid that the eleventh corps has also led the eleventh corps to Yanqi, and the deputy marshal is only afraid that he has arrived in the northwest of our army and is stationed next door." "Wan Yi's side knows about the transfer of the Seventh Corps and the Eleventh Corps.

"The lieutenant's intentions?" Hammoud was not very accustomed to looking at the military map of the Tiance Army, so after carefully identifying it for a while, he suddenly said: "The purpose of the deputy marshal is only to deal with the tribal alliance formed on the Anxi side." ”

Tuoba Siji nodded and said, "Now we can't worry about other battlefield matters, so let's take care of the present." General Hamoud, you send someone to send all the prisoners in your hands back to the main camp outside Yanqi City and hand them over to the logistics troops to take care of, and then the main force and I will join us to block the tribal coalition forces in Anxi in the front, and buy time for the deputy marshal to copy their back roads. After consulting with Hammad, he led his army to the predetermined position and waited, and Hammad's Uighur army prepared for war after sending some of its men to escort the captives back to Yanqi.

At this time, outside the city of Yanqi, Yan Chixia immediately threw herself into an all-out attack after converging the reinforcements sent back by Shi Jian, and the new force of 10,000 people suddenly made the battle in the city that was still in a stalemate show a one-sided situation, and the long-distance shooting of rifles in street battles was much superior to bows and arrows, and in comparison, the Tiance army had a complete foundation and training in street fighting, and they were better at street fighting than the Uighurs in a hurry, so in the case of unfavorable terrain, the Tiance army spontaneously divided into teams of five to ten people to advance together, In this way, the combat method of breaking into parts has increased the advance speed of the Tiance Army to the extreme, and under this kind of blunt knife cutting flesh, the combat power exerted by the Modao Battalion is not inferior to that of a soldier king like the Flying Eagle Brigade.

"Order the departments to march towards the Yanqi City Lord's Mansion for me." Yan Chixia took her own personal guards and commanded the troops around her to immediately rush forward and throw troops into the place where the opponent had the largest number of people, and on the other hand, let the mortar detachment immediately step forward, and use this small cannon with a very fast rate of fire to open the situation and cover the advance of the troops.

Yan Chixia's side received Shi Jian's support and made rapid progress, but the Modao Battalion blocking force under Shi Jian's own command was almost forced into danger because of the lack of troops in his hands, if it weren't for his personal guards taking the risk of taking over the artillery unit and opening artillery fire when there was no main infantry covering, even the battle of the Modao Battalion would definitely be very difficult to fight. However, it was precisely in this way that the three mechanical crossbows all fired dense crossbow arrows during the march to send back the Uighur reinforcements from the city of Yan, so as to prevent the other side from sending troops to sneak attack the artillery unit, thus avoiding the first time since the formation of the Tiance Army that the technical arms were besieged by the other side, and covering the large-scale artillery to reach the Modao Battalion position safely through the area where the two armies were engaged.

After getting the support of the artillery unit, Shi Jian finally came to his senses and began to launch a counterattack without one-third of the opponent's strength, more than 20,000 soldiers of the Modao battalion came out of the trenches and quickly headed towards the other party under the condition of continuous artillery fire and artillery bombardment, dense bullets like rain shuttled across the battlefield at great speed, taking away a piece of fresh life, and the Modao battalion, which had been suppressed for most of the day, played the same real fire at this moment as Yanqi City, The momentum of the past that dared to block with their own bodies in the face of thousands of troops and horses returned to these warriors again, so the offensive like a wave completely blocked the offensive of the Uighurs, and the infantry rushed into the opponent's cavalry assault formation, with the help of cannonballs and grenades carried with them, quickly opened the situation, and after the speed of the opponent's assault was reduced, the disadvantage of the cavalry began to be completely exposed, and the medium rifle could not only fire in bursts, but also become a cold weapon after being loaded with a bayonet, so that the Modao battalion gradually gained the upper hand. Inspired by the strong morale, Shi Jian completely played the prestige of the Modao Battalion, steadily controlled the development and trend of the battle situation, and began to completely reverse the decline revealed after the battle on Yanqi's side was launched.

What Shi Jian didn't know was that at this time, Wan Yi and the 11th Corps had also arrived near Yanqi City, and after receiving continuous reports along the way, Wan Yi and Chai Jia already had a basic judgment on the situation outside Yanqi City, so after arriving, Wan Yi immediately ordered Chai Jia's soldiers to rush to the aid of Yan Chixia and Shi Jian in two ways to end the battle as soon as possible.

"Is the marshal worried about the deputy marshal?" Liu Xuan saw that Wan Yi didn't pay any attention to the fierce battle near Yanqi City, and asked a little curiously.

"There is not much of a problem in the northwest, according to the time calculation, even if Hammoud has no way to block the reinforcements of Qiuzi, Tuobas will be able to save the situation after stepping forward, I am thinking now, do you think that Ye Hu's side will directly transfer the last force in their hands to Yanqi to fight to the death with our army? If that is the case, then Yanqi is destined to become the most important decisive enemy of our Western Expeditionary Army and the Anxi Uighurs. Wan Yi shook his head and smiled: "I don't know why, I think this is really the case now." ”

Liu Xuan felt a little strange about Wan Yi's assumption, his own marshal was not usually like this, and if this situation really occurred, I am afraid that it may not be a good thing for the Tang Dynasty, once the last strength of the Anxi Uighurs was transferred to Yanqi, and there was a vacuum on Shule's side, it was bound to make Qarlu and Saman in the north feel that the opportunity to march into Anxi had come, and when the time came, if they really met these people on the way to Anxi, wouldn't it mean that the military towns in Anxi would suffer two wars? Moreover, according to the current situation, the war between Khotan and the Safavid Dynasty is inevitable, and it is not clear that the Western Expeditionary Army will have to fight in many ways at that time, which will eventually lead to the situation of scattered troops.

"Marshal Qiyu, report from the Northwest War, the Uighur corps defeated the Anxi reinforcements, and General Hammoud ordered the last general to escort the prisoners." Wan Yi's side went directly into the previous camp of the Modao Battalion after the 11th Corps was divided to support the Modao Battalion, and Liu Xuan originally wanted to say something, but was then interrupted by the report coming in from outside the tent. The other party was the captain of Hammod's personal guard, and after seeing Wan Yi and Liu Xuan, he handed over the battle report and bowed. Originally, Hammoud had not yet had time to write a battle report, but after Tuobas came to his senses after arriving, he quickly reported his previous battle and results.

"This Hammoud is amazing." Liu Xuan took the battle report and glanced at it hastily, clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Marshal, Hammoud led the army to defeat the Qiuzi reinforcements and captured more than 30,000 people from the other side, and at this time he has been escorted to the camp. After a pause, he explained that several staff officers around him took the captain of Hamoud's personal guard to hand over the prisoners, and then walked to Wan Yi's side and said with a smile: "Marshal, if this is the case, even if the last direct troops sent by Anxi come to Yanqi, we can free up a corps to deal with it, right?" ”

"You go to Zhao Si and ask him to arrange for the Flying Eagle Brigade to leave for Shule immediately, and by the way, listen to the movements of Saman and Qarlu, don't let us fight for a long time, but it's cheaper for them. When necessary, the Flying Eagle Brigade can be authorized to do its own thing, without asking for instructions. Wan Yi nodded, Hammoud's unexpected reliance on inferior forces to annihilate the reinforcements in the direction of Qiuzi was equivalent to completely freeing up Gao Siji's Seventh Corps to concentrate on dealing with the last forces from Shule's side. Because after Tuobas went on, the frontal battlefield relied on the combined forces of the two divisions to deal with the upcoming tribal alliance alone, and even after the battle on the side of Yanqi City ended, the 11th Corps could immediately set off north to support them. It can be said that Hammud's battle completely held the initiative in the northwest war in the hands of the Tiance army.

"In addition, immediately send a message to Tuoba Siji, Hammud and Gao Siji, and order Tuoba Siji and Hammoud to immediately join forces to form a complete frontal cluster in the northwest of the Luntai Grassland, so that Gao Siji will immediately lead the army to lurk and not attack easily, and wait for the opponent's last hand to appear." Wan Yi's order meant that the Anxi strategy of the Tiance Army had basically surfaced, so Liu Xuan immediately began to write a battle report to the Chang'an base camp after writing the order and handing it over to the personal guard, and after the rapid transmission of Xuan Yingwei, he sorted out all the strategy plans of the Western Expeditionary Army Headquarters about Anxi, and then handed it over to Wan Yi for signing, and then quickly sent it to the Chang'an base camp.

However, although Tuoba Siji and Hammud did not guess Wan Yi's final plan and all the strategy plans, it did not prevent the two from working together and starting to devote themselves to a new war after receiving the order from Wan Yi's side. Gao Siji, who was far away on the edge of the northwest next door, also led his army to leave Yanqi along the edge of the next door and the grassland after the secret guard found them, and began to move to the territory of Shache to lurk, in order to maintain concealment, Gao Siji even directly sent all the people in one of the oases back to Yanqi.

"Marshal, Yan Chixia reported that the Uighur defenders in the city began to abandon the city and flee." Wan Yi's banner of the Western Expeditionary Army fluttering outside Yanqi City means that the command has begun to agree to dispatch all the troops outside Yanqi City, so Liu Xuan immediately asked the staff officer to record the order next to him after receiving the report, and then immediately sent Yan Chixia, at this time, the Yanqi defenders must not be allowed to escape from the city.

Yan Chixia, who was on the front line, led his troops in pursuit while waiting for orders from the headquarters, but soon Yan Chixia received Liu Xuan's order, and his troops immediately began to pursue westward through Yanqi City, and finally killed almost all the participating Uighur troops.

On May 11 of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, after five days of fierce fighting, the battle near Yanqi began to gradually end, and Yanqi City was taken by Yan Chixia. Outside the city, Shi Jian completely annihilated all the tribal coalition forces and the Uighur troops who went out of the city to support after receiving reinforcements from Chai Jia himself, killing more than 30,000 heads, and more than 20,000 people were captured.