"Marshal, the Northern Advance Corps has been divided. General Tuoba led his troops north to intercept Qarluq's reinforcements, and General Hammoud had already led his army south to prepare to penetrate Shule from the north to complete the command's strategic plan of attacking Shule on three sides. Early in the morning, Liu Xuan received the latest battle report from Xuan Yingwei about the Northern Advance Corps. However, Liu Xuan was a little hesitant about the division of troops in the Northern Advance Corps, because according to the information provided by Xuan Yingwei, after the division of troops, both Tuoba Siji and Hammud were facing great pressure, and the pressure on Tuoba Siji and Qarluq was too great for Tuoba Siji, not only the number of troops, but also the geographical disadvantage, even if there were many Uighurs under Tuoba Siji after the reorganization of the two corps, it still made him worried. However, after Wan Yi heard the news, he didn't have too much worry about Tuoba Siji's side, the northern line was just intercepting and slowing down its pace to the south, Tuoba Siji was very experienced in this kind of cavalry guerrilla harassment tactics. On the contrary, it was Hammud's southward movement that made Wan Yi come to his senses, and he carefully checked the map for a long time and said: "Chief of Staff, come and see, according to Hammud's marching trajectory, they will definitely follow Zhaosu to the Tianshan Mountains, and then cross the Tianshan Mountains, from the source of the Turks River to the west, and finally arrive at Bodaling, only in this way can they use the wells, canals and rivers along the way for replenishment." "With the increasing frequency and meticulousness of Xuan Yingwei's activities in Anxi, the various information displayed on the military map of the Tiance Army is also becoming more and more perfect, and the peaks and rivers, desert oases, and even the more famous wells and canals have been surveyed one by one, so as to provide the most detailed information for the front-line armies. Wan Yi also took advantage of this to quickly determine the route of Hammud's southward journey. However, this kind of news Tiance Army can use Xuan Yingwei's prior reconnaissance, and the other party, as the head snake of the ground, will definitely know about it, but I am afraid that Hammud's road to the south may not be smooth. Although the Uighurs lost their main force, they were able to rely on the pressure they had placed in Anxi for a hundred years, and they would certainly be able to get the surrounding tribes to send troops to stop Hammud.

"Is the marshal worried about whether Hammud will be able to arrive at the city of Shule on time, so as to provide effective response and support to the Anxi Corps?" Liu Xuan saw Wan Yi's concern, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, first of all, I don't think that Hammud's side will not be able to deal with those tribal alliances, and if the deputy marshal fights more fiercely, then those tribes will probably also be concerned about the liquidation after my army defeats Shule, right?" ”

"Then find a way to let Siji take Weitou Prefecture as soon as possible, only by taking Weitou Prefecture can the soldiers of our army be able to point directly at Shule, so that all the tribes in the entire Anxi territory can really consider the relationship with my Datang in the future." Wan Yi nodded and asked Liu Xuan to inform the front line.

However, what Wan Yi still didn't expect was that by the time his order reached the city of Asiyan, Hamud had actually led his army to Bodaling, and he was shocked that there were still Uighur forces near Podaling.

"General, what should we do now? If we storm Bodaling, I'm afraid that our army's strength will be seriously insufficient? Moreover, the order given to us by the marshal is to rush to Shule as quickly as possible, if we are here to spend it, won't it delay the order of the marshal? Hamoud's lieutenant looked at the steep terrain of the Bodar Mountains and the Uighurs on the mountain, who were clearly prepared, and said with a sad expression.

"Now the question is not whether to fight or not, but we must take them down, otherwise once we make a detour, these rabbit cubs are only afraid of following all the way, they are the head snakes, if we are followed by them, we are afraid that sooner or later we will be ambushed." Hamoud shook his head and said with a grim face: "Our army has traveled thousands of miles from Shuanghe to this place, and the men and horses are stuck, at this time, both combat power and horsepower have reached the limit, if they find another opportunity, they will definitely suffer a big loss." Rather than being calculated by them, let's fight here. As long as the victory is won, the spirit of the soldiers will be mobilized by victory, and when the time comes, with this spirit, we will definitely rush to the city of Shule as quickly as possible. ”

"So how are we going to fight? The other side is on the mountainside, and our army doesn't have much firepower support now, so I'm afraid that it will be too difficult to attack, right? The adjutant general said with a bitter face: "The general is only afraid that this Bodaling mountainside is more than 500 zhang high, is it difficult to let the war horse run up?" ”

"It's not impossible, but it takes time." Hammoud obviously already had an idea in his heart, so he looked at the sky thoughtfully and said with a smile: "Tell the brothers, we will stop the army here for three days, and from now on arrange for the brothers to camp and then go out to find some firewood and come back to burn it." Hammud's inexplicable order made the adjutant general not know what to do for a while, but seeing a smile on the other party's face, he still stubbornly informed the troops to act according to Hammad's order. In this way, the Anxi Corps finally had time to rest after continuing to march for more than ten days, so a group of soldiers began to go out of the camp in twos and threes after setting up camp, preparing to collect some game to improve their food, and they were eating dry food for half a day. So, under the leadership of the Uighurs in the ranks, a banging began to ramp around the Bodar Ridge, and gunfire continued to reach the mountainside. The Uighur coalition troops on the hill were amazed by this typical relaxed taste, but they did not dare to make any move for a moment, and could only watch as the soldiers began to return to the camp after hunting in the mountains.

The next day was still the same scene, the Uighur army began the same scene again, some soldiers continued to hunt, some began to help the logistics team to start preparing firewood and grass, at this time in September the trees in the northwest had begun to wither, so these felled firewood and grass were piled directly at the gate of their own camp, under the eyes of everyone, Hamoud began to arrange for everyone to have a barbecue meeting with the prey, and more than 30,000 soldiers held a vigorous barbecue feast and then quietly continued to rest in the afternoon.

"General, what are we doing here? I see that the Uighurs on the opposite mountainside have not come down either, and your trick has no effect. The adjutant general was incomprehensible to Hamoud's move, and said with a wry smile: "But fortunately, our soldiers have repaired in the past two days, and even if they are ordered to attack them tomorrow, they will have combat effectiveness." ”

"Who told you I'm going to attack? And I didn't plan to lure them down the mountain to fight us. The Western Expeditionary Army has been invincible in the northwest for more than a year, and has scared all the forces along the way, they are afraid of us in their bones, and the more we do this, the more afraid we are, so I bet they must be on the top of the mountain, fearing that we will attack them tonight. ”

"Wouldn't the general's words make it more difficult for us to take Bodaling?" The adjutant general was anxious when he heard this, but Hammoud laughed and said, "Don't worry about it, go and inform your elite five thousand people, start preparing for me tonight, and be ready to attack at any time." The person I arranged should have been back by now. Before he finished speaking, there was a sound of footsteps outside the tent, and then the captain of Hamoud's personal guard came in, stretched out his hand to take off the turf he was wearing, and took a few breaths before he spoke: "General Qiyu, there is indeed a small path on the flank of Bodaling, but it is difficult to walk, we walked for a day and a night before we secretly found a few local people with Xuan Yingwei and climbed up from the east side of Bodaling from that trail to the east of Bodaling, and climbed up from the cliff. ”

"Can you pass a large army over the cliff? What is the speed? As soon as the captain of the guard finished speaking, the adjutant general asked directly, this is too critical, if it can quickly pass through the large army, then it means that Hamoud's plan has the possibility of being realized.

"Yes, but the speed is not good, I estimate that if we are well prepared, we can climb up to two or three thousand people in one night, and we will need a few of us to lead the team, but when we come down, we have all the ropeways ready and hide on the other side of the cliff." The captain of the guard obviously knew about Hammoud's strategy, so he smiled.

"Two or three thousand is two or three thousand. Tell the cavalry artillerymen to change all the explosives into explosives packs and bring them with them. Hammoud nodded with a deep groan: "Thank you for your hard work, Deying, you personally lead the team to set off immediately with the chief of the guard, climb up from there and then fight down from the mountain, I will take the others to wait for your signal and then hit from the front." Hamoud's words made the two of them very excited, and the fatigue of the soldiers after two days of rest was temporarily eliminated, and the fighting instinct hidden in his heart began to recover again, so the deputy general secretly selected the elite of 3,000 people, and immediately hurriedly followed the captain of the guard with more than 20 explosives bags urgently made by the cavalry artillery, and secretly went to Poda Ridge to start secretly climbing at night. And Hammoud himself sent guards to secretly inform the generals of the army after an hour, and then conveyed the order one by one, all the soldiers got up from the bed, grabbed their weapons and began to withdraw from the rear of the barracks, and then detoured back to the foot of the mountain.

Hammud's move was actually not a temporary idea, the terrain of Bodaling determined that he could not have enough time and troops to attack head-on, so he could only think of a move from these side methods, but he didn't think about whether he could climb up there, so when considering this possibility, Hammud actually thought about taking advantage of the opportunity of the other party's carelessness to lead the army to sneak attack, so he would let the deputy general prepare the elite troops from the beginning. However, this method can only be used once or twice, otherwise I am afraid that if I use it too much, something will happen.

However, the adjutant encountered great problems at the beginning, because it was too difficult to climb the cliff in the dark night, and at the beginning several soldiers fell directly when they climbed halfway, and the captain of the guard who watched felt that this was not good, and after discussing with the adjutant general, it was decided that the soldiers of the pro-guard who had climbed during the day and the secret guards of the Xuanying Guard climbed up first, and then threw off the rope and then tied these soldiers one by one, saving them from sacrificing in vain. In this way, this unnecessary sacrifice is minimized, and the speed is a little faster. However, the adjutant general's face was still anxious, there was only a little time in the night, if the number of people who went up was too small, then it would not play the role of a surprise soldier, and then it would not be a waste of Hammoud's thoughts, you must know that after this kind of scheme, there will be no store in this village. Therefore, the adjutant general was eager to go up and drag all these soldiers up himself. But fortunately, there were more than a dozen ropeways hanging down from the guards before, which was barely helpful.

When the deputy general was busy with him, Hammoud's side was very calm, and he didn't mean to sneak attack others at all, and even Hammoud still had the mind to think about how to deal with those compatriots of the same clan who had been divided for a hundred years when Shule City was taken down.

However, the calmness of Hammoud's side does not mean that the generals under him are calm, because they basically don't know that they still have a team of soldiers and horses on the side of Bodaling, so they are all muttering but they don't dare to go to Hammoud to talk about it. However, Hammoud seemed to know their thoughts, so he smiled slightly, and ignored their thoughts, if this battle was over, they would definitely understand.

"Oh my God, we're finally up now." The captain of the personal guard looked at the last group of soldiers who were pulled up, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and the adjutant general beside him, who was also sweating, said with a smile: "General Li has finally completed the task of the commander, and I can't help you a lot in the following matters, just be a soldier and charge into battle for you." ”

"Don't worry, I'll do the rest." The adjutant general smiled slightly, waved his right hand, and the soldiers behind him began to slowly grope their way forward in the blurred night. Halfway down the hill below, the lights were bright, and the Uighurs were still worried about their own attack, so they remained heavily guarded even at night. Even if it weren't for the scheming of the big handsome, I was afraid that this level of Bodaling would be really sad. But now, the lieutenant smiled coldly, took the lead in holding a bag of explosives, and after sneaking quietly for half an hour, he began to approach the Uighur base on the mountainside, where the large battalions were built along the mountain because of the mountainous terrain, so they were basically clustered together, which also gave the lieutenant the best opportunity to attack. Therefore, in addition to confirming the strength of the front-line defense, most of the people had already fallen asleep, and directly began to charge the last dozens of feet. At this time, the lieutenant general no longer needed to worry about revealing his traces, and immediately rushed forward after shouting, at the same time, the soldiers behind him began to light torches one after another, and the explosives bag in the hands of the lieutenant general was also thrown out far away with the momentum and speed of the tiger descending the mountain, and at the same time, the roar began to erupt one after another, "Uighur traitor in Anxi, grandpa has come to teach you a lesson for the old ancestor, hahaha." Almost instantly, more than twenty explosive packets flew into the air.

Countless explosions exploded in the Uighur camp in the next moment, and countless Uighur soldiers who had not yet realized themselves were directly blown to pieces in their sleep, and the adjutant general and the elite behind him disrupted the last vestiges of the Uighurs.