"Dashuai, Xuanying Wei urgently reported, the defenders of Qiuzi poured out to help Yanqi, and the defenders of Shanshan Shache also moved towards Yanqi, and General Tuoba Siji in front was pinned down outside Yanqi City and did not arrive at the predetermined position." A piece of information from the Xuan Ying Wei in Jiaohe City made Wan Yi stand up suddenly, and glanced at the map hanging behind him, his face grim.

"Does General Shi Jian know about this?" Wan Yi asked after a long silence.

"Commander Qiqi, General Shi Jian has received the message and ordered General Hamoud's Uighur corps to urgently retreat to the main camp of our army in Yanqi City, but when the Uighur corps arrived, the Uighur corps had not yet left, and the Qiuzi defenders had already fought with the Uighur corps and could not evacuate." The secret guard's report made Wan Yi nod, if the Hammud side arrived early, it would definitely not be able to evacuate quickly. So Wan Yi didn't say anything, and immediately summoned Liu Xuan, Gao Siji, and Chai Jia to return to the camp urgently after waving his hand to let the secret guard retreat.

"Marshal, the general of the Qiuzi Army is only afraid that his insight into the battle situation is very exquisite. I see that the forward corps is no longer able to face the Anxi Uighur army on its own, and our army should urgently set off for the front line to prepare for a larger battle. After Gao Siji and the others arrived at the tent, Wan Yi handed over the information in his hand to the three of them for circulation. Gao Siji quickly frowned after reading it because he was the first to arrive: "If Xuan Yingwei's news is true, then the tribal alliance forces on Shule's side are afraid that they have already set off for Yanqi." These tribal alliances will definitely not be able to fight a protracted war, but if the battle is already broken by the Anxi Uighurs, then the combat power of these rabble will skyrocket, after all, anyone can fight a tailwind war. ”

Wan Yi didn't hear Gao Siji's words, and didn't even pay attention to what Liu Xuan and Chai Jia said next to him, but drew lines on the map, and only said after a while: "Siji, come here, this is the current situation map of the enemy and us near Yanqi City." Shi Jian's deployment is to attack the city and send reinforcements, and the two tactics are equally important, but in fact, it is still mainly to siege the city, and Tuoba Siji's corps must be pinned down outside the city because of the young and strong people of the various tribes who have been mobilized by the other party under the pre-arrangement of manpower, these people can't fight but harassment and containment can still work, and in this way, only 40,000 Uighur troops are left to deal with the Anxi reinforcements in the northwest, and Hamoud's troops have not had time to change their clothes, and their own combat power has not been blessed by gunpowder weapons. If the opponent's elite cavalry can outnumber Hammad by more than 30,000 people, then it is possible to defeat Hamm's troops. Wan Yi's analysis made Gao Siji frown and said: "The marshal means that General Shi Jian's original arrangement was not overlooked, but the other party has obviously made arrangements in advance for his tactics, so he will be targeted?" ”

Wan Yi nodded and shook his head, and continued: "I relied on the siege of the city to help win the entire Gaochang in Jiaohe City, this kind of tactics pay attention to the conversion between siege and reinforcement, only if you can change your tactical objectives at any time according to the changes in the battle situation and the opponent, can you make the opponent unpredictable and make wrong judgments, so that you can truly understand the tactical essence of siege and reinforcement." ”

"So how should we deal with the big handsome's plan for now? Although Shi Jian was targeted, the main force of our Western Expeditionary Army was able to arrive in less than a day from Jiaohe City to Yanqi, and at this time, the speed of changing the strategic deployment and relying on the flying pigeon should be able to change the troop configuration and tactical intentions of the front line in time, so that they can hold out until the arrival of our army. Liu Xuan had already understood at this time that the Anxi Uighurs had made a large-scale deployment for the famous war on their side, so that the Yanqi side could cooperate with the Uighur armies on the Qiuzi and Shache sides in advance.

"Immediately summon the Modao battalion to besiege the city, and immediately dispatch troops to take over from Tuoba Siji, let the cavalry corps immediately bypass Yanqi and go to the headquarters of Hammad, and tell Tuoba Siji that if Hammad and the other party are deadlocked, they will join his troops to attack the opponent, and if Hammoud has been defeated, cover his retreat to the vicinity of Yanqi, and then the three armies will converge together and wait for the main force of our army to arrive." Wan Yi dictated while waiting for Liu Xuan to make a quick record, and then said to Gao Siji: "Siji, you immediately lead the Seventh Corps to Yanqi, don't care whether Yanqi City is taken by the Modao Battalion, but go straight to the Uighur reinforcements, you understand what I mean, right?" ”

"Don't worry, Siji understands that this battle will definitely not allow the Anxi Uighurs to succeed." Gao Siji bowed to Wan Yi and then turned to leave, and half an hour later, the Seventh Corps, which had been gathered by the emergency horn, immediately set off towards Yanqi City. In order to pursue the speed of the march, Gao Siji threw all the baggage except for weapons and ammunition to the logistics team that set off later, and even the artillery unit did not follow the main force.

However, at this time, the order written by Liu Xuan had already been passed out by Liu Xuan, and the flying pigeon transmission was not used in the northwest, but the eagle falcon trained on the grassland, which was fast and there were not many natural enemies to ensure that the transmitted information would not be lost. However, after Gao Siji raised his troops, Wan Yi did not plan to continue to stay in Jiaohe City, so Chai Jia ordered the 11th Corps to start assembling, and as a corps directly under the headquarters, the main force of the brigade's baggage, logistics and artillery units began to move westward. The territory of Gaochang is now all handed over to the two battalions transferred from Ganzhou, plus the National Guard, and the three are responsible for assisting Tuoba Sijian in handling government affairs.

While Wan Yi made a quick response, in fact, at the border of the Northwest Luntai Grassland, Hammoud had also made his own countermeasures. Instead of retreating when the opponent's strength was more than double his own, he took advantage of the opportunity that the other side had just arrived here and had not had time to reorganize, leading almost all the cavalry of the Uighur corps under his command to attack quickly. He was determined to take advantage of this rare fighter to break up the opponent's vanguard, and then use his advantage of waiting for work to inflict heavy damage on the opponent, and not give the opponent time to use his superior forces to besiege him.

In fact, Hammud's judgment was not wrong, this was his only chance to win, and he also seized, after the 40,000 cavalry charged, the opposing Anxi Uighur cavalry, although the forward had already reacted and launched a counterattack, but they came from a long distance, and they could not set up a decisive battle formation to deal with the opponent's already prepared assault tactics. Therefore, it was only after the two armies came into contact that the advance was quickly overwhelmed by the boundless opponent, and the cavalry of more than 10,000 cavalry gathered by the opponent in a short period of time, four times his own size, and the sea of people was completely shattered without much spray. Moreover, at this time, the Anxi Uighur generals, who were in charge of commanding the troops, discovered one of their biggest problems, that is, after the long trek, the war horses under the crotches of their soldiers had long been exhausted and could not start the battle, and many of the war horses were even foaming at the mouth while running, and could no longer support such a fierce battle. Originally, this was not a big deal, the Uighurs were originally nomads, and the long-distance march originally carried a large number of spare war horses, but the opponents with the same roots and origin obviously did not let go of this factor, and did not give themselves time to react at all. In fact, this was the benefit of Hamoud's swift dispatch of a large number of scouts after arriving at the intended location, which not only brought back news of the other party, but also killed the scouts in front of the other party during the long chase, freeing up this precious time for Hammud.

"The rear army immediately stepped forward, the left and right flanks detoured, the front army alternately covered the retreat, and the Chinese army immediately stepped forward to charge me." The commander of the Anxi Uighur side immediately understood Hammad's tactical intentions when he saw that the counterattack launched by his vanguard was swallowed up by the opponent in only a short period of time, but at this time he had no way to make more adjustments, and Hammoud obviously took advantage of the time he had not yet adjusted to weaken his strength advantage as much as possible to close the gap in numbers for the next round of battle, so as to win the opportunity for the stalemate between the two armies. It's just that the Uighurs on the Yanqi side have been preparing for so long and must not make the whole opportunity in their own hands to be wasted, so they almost gritted their teeth and gave orders, and threw all the 20,000 cavalry of the most elite Chinese army in their hands into the battlefield, trying to block the way of Hammad's advance and win time to reorganize the front and rear armies.

The trumpets and flags of the Uighurs of Anxi were constantly sounding and the flags were constantly transmitting various banners, indicating that the commander-in-chief had begun to adjust his deployment to deal with the current unfavorable situation. However, these Hammud did not have any scruples, after the opponent's forward was defeated by himself, the Uighur army under his command was extremely strong, and it can be said that the combat strength reached its peak, so Hammoud ordered the guards behind him to constantly blow the bull's horn, so that the 40,000 cavalry under his command did not care about how the other party changed, but followed him tightly and rushed towards the opponent's Chinese army regardless of it. Hammoud's move can be said to be the true transmission of the art of war, his own strength is small but has achieved an early advantage, the other party is adjusting the military formation, then the elite of the Chinese army must do its best to buy time for the retreat of the front army and the rear army to move forward, at this time the position of the commander is actually the most empty, and at this time all the armies need to rely on the banner and horn of the Chinese army to adjust, complete the unified scheduling. Therefore, Hammoud decided to use his killer weapon to break through the elite of the Chinese army on the front of the opponent and then kill the command center of the opponent, which could completely disrupt the deployment of the opponent and fundamentally reverse the war. In order to achieve the goal, it is necessary to concentrate the forces in one's hands as much as possible, form an absolute superiority in the entire battlefield, and quickly kill the opponent, so as to avoid the roundabout outflanking of the two flanks and the front army retreating and then moving forward again.

Therefore, Hammud and his personal guards became the arrows of the Uighur army at this moment, and the entire Uighur army was converging into a huge arrow formation in the continuous running, relying on the strong impact of Hamoud's personal guards, and collided headlong with the elite of the Anxi Uighur army that arrived and rushed up from the rear, just like two brute bulls colliding, and in only an instant, countless cavalry crashed together because the speed was too fast to adjust the direction of the horse's running. And more cavalry with the help of the high-speed impact of the galloping war horses, the cavalry knives in their hands were quickly waved, and a puff of blood quickly spurted out, taking away the lives one by one. The two Uighurs were originally of the same origin, inheriting the superb horseback fighting skills of the steppe nomads, and they were almost identical in the mode of sword and combat movements, and the competition at this moment was courage and numbers. Hammad's 40,000 cavalry is the last combat power of the Uighurs in Gaochang, and it is the real elite of a hundred battles left after the tragic battle and reorganization, and the cavalry tactics and combat power are incomparable, at this time, plus the advantage of 40,000 to 20,000 in this area, so the two sides are almost a pair to divide the victory and defeat, the Anxi Uighurs lost more than 8,000 lives, and the cavalry tactics need to face more obvious pressure to penetrate the opponent's small number of people, plus the opponent's elite degree is absolutely above their own, So on the other hand, Hammud's side has fought fiercely, but so far it has not lost more than 3,000 people in total. Hammud, after breaking up the opponent's formation, turned a blind eye to the Anxi Uighur front army, which had withdrawn and regrouped and was about to flank him near the two flanks of the Chinese army, and directly accelerated suddenly, and all the soldiers of the Uighur army behind him clamped their horses almost at the same time, and followed their commanders towards the place where the Chinese army was erected.

"Damn, Hammoud's goal is me." The Uighur commander of Anxi reacted immediately after Hamoud broke through the elite of his Chinese army, and immediately ordered the front army around him to start defending nearby, and at the same time mobilized the rear army, which had completed the detour on both flanks, to immediately shrink and come towards his side.

It has to be said that this Uighur general reacted quickly and reacted quickly, not only after seeing Hamoud's purpose, he set up defenses to defend the Chinese army, but also was able to quickly change the deployment so that the troops in front of him immediately converged. As long as the troops around him can withstand Hamoud's decisive assault, then they can use the advantage of troops to completely surround Hamoud and then gather and annihilate him.

However, at this time, Hammoud looked at the big Xu in the distance getting bigger and bigger in his eyes, and a sneer appeared on his face, he had calculated for so long, and rushed here at the risk of encircling him, if he couldn't achieve his goal, wouldn't he be sorry for the subordinates who rushed over this way? So almost in an instant, the roar of the clever, terrible roar even covered the shouting and killing sound on the battlefield in an instant, and with this terrible sound, all the members of the personal guard behind him roared together, and instantly drove all the soldiers of the entire cavalry corps to wave their swords to echo their commanders, following the figure that has been rushing to the forefront of the sand since the beginning of the war.

"Maha, your time of death has come." Hammoud pulled the reins with his left hand, and the sweaty horse under him raised its front hooves and jumped several feet away, leaving behind the personal guards of the Anxi Uighur general who were in a hurry in front of him, and after landing on the ground, he went on a rampage, directly trampling dozens of people to death, and rushed to the bottom of the big sword in an instant, waving the war knife in his hand, and in the frightened eyes of everyone, a huge head rose to the sky.