The group of tribal forces led by Surançois and his son is about 5,000 people, each of whom is the most heroic warrior drawn from each tribe, these people are just traditional tribal cavalry, and their real strength on the battlefield may not be taken into account by King Ma Zhong, but the choice of the camp of this group of people is also very critical to the current battle situation.

The strength of this group of people is very small, and neither side will pay attention to it, but if they can join one side on the battlefield, the change in the balance of power brought about is enough to change the tide of the battle.

And for the Tianzhu side, the addition of this group of people is even more significant, which means that from now on, they have truly mastered this land.

Of course, the reason why the other party chose this way was, in the final analysis, based on the strong performance of Wang Degong and others on the battlefield some time ago. This battle saw that the Tianzhu people were about to gain the absolute upper hand, and at this time, as a wall rider in a place like them, they could no longer continue.

They have to make a choice.

At this time, Wang Degong was on the front line and was about to start a battle, when he received a message from the scouts.

"What? They're coming! ”

As the commander of the war on the front line of Aleppo on the Western Front, he knew that François and his group of local tribes liked to roam the Gobi all day long.

At first, he was a little irritable, but after learning about the situation in the area, he realized that this had been going on for hundreds of years, almost throughout the Ilkhanate period, and that the so-called Mongol administration was limited to collecting a transaction tax when these tribesmen entered the city to trade.

The governance of the Mongols has always been so extensive, which is why the entire Ilkhanate seems to be strong, but in fact it is strong on the outside.

Otherwise, if they were really able to become strong and give full play to the true strength of all the tribes in their territory, Tianzhu would probably have been finished under the attack of the two khanates, and it would be impossible for them to have the opportunity to defend and attack now.

This is the reason why the grassland civilization is really weak, the lack of administrative power and organizational power is the eternal pain of the tribal civilization, maybe the rise of a powerful hero in a certain period of time can make them burst out of terrible power in a short time, but after the sudden outbreak is silence, their civilization has led to their never being able to have a real accumulation.

The addition of these Buraku people gave Wang Degong more leverage in the current battle, and now the Byzantine Heraclius corps was about to face this volley.

Hehe, originally he didn't have much expectations for this battle, after all, he only had two regiments of elite soldiers in his hands, so now, it's different.

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Heraclius' corps was marching under the scorching sun, and although it was nearly winter, it was close to the equator, and even now the weather was quite hot.

Under the scorching sun, the Byzantine soldiers walked weakly and pulled out a long formation more than ten miles long on the vast Gobi.

These days, Heraclius' corps has suffered more and more losses along the way below, although there is not much fighting, but there have been several small cavalry armies on both sides of his body following him like hungry wolves, the strength is not much, and the total number of cavalry is only more than 1,000, but this has brought fatal attrition to the westward retreat of Heraclius' corps.

Al-Hiracl is much weaker now than it was when he first withdrew from Mosul, losing at least half of his baggage and thousands of the sick and old along the way.

Ma Zhong had few troops, although he did not plan to start a battle with Heraclius' corps, but the enemy's tens of thousands of troops were so swaggering under his nose that it was not so easy.

The small force of cavalry he sent was a tired tactic, and they continued to harass and interfere with the march of Heraclius' corps along the road, from the city of Mosul to the western front, hundreds of miles along the way, and Ma Chung wanted to turn it into a deadly journey for the enemy. Heraclius had an army of 60,000 men, and Ma Zhong wanted him to lose at least 10,000 along the way.

At that time, no matter how powerful Heraclius is, he can't stop him from leaving a chance for Ma Zhong.

Since ancient times, the withdrawal of troops has been the most difficult, not to mention the complex establishment of the Byzantine army, there are not many cavalry in the composition, and the marching efficiency is even more pitiful, compared to the Japanese army. Ma Zhong even suspected that even if he did not send cavalry to harass along the road, Heraclius would not be able to get rid of his pursuers.

He has plenty of patience.

Ma Zhong himself led the army and followed along the road like this, hanging unhurriedly behind the Byzantines like a hungry wolf.

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"There are thousands of Tianzhu troops ahead?"

Heraclius asked, riding on his horse.

"Yes!" The herald, who had just returned from the front, replied, "There are about five or six thousand, all regular troops, who have been lined up in formation to block the front, and it seems that they have been waiting here for a few days. ”

The officer who gave the order had chapped lips and could almost drink a leather bag of water, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked at the general in front of him in despair.

They all knew that the Song army behind them had been following, and now there was another enemy army in front of them, what should they do now?

It was too difficult for them to come over this way, and they almost didn't sleep for more than ten days, and the cavalry of the Song people harassed outside like fleas every night and night, and they couldn't fight and couldn't shake off.

The Byzantines had thought of it when they withdrew their troops from the city of Mosul, but they did not expect it to be so difficult.

The army of the Song people was like a devil from hell, tormenting the whole army to the point of collapse.

However, unlike the officers below who were about to collapse, when he heard that there were enemy troops blocking the way in front of him, Heraclius was shocked: he knew that the tail guards like Ma Zhongjun behind him, who had been hanging them, just did not engage them head-on, so that sooner or later they would be dragged to collapse, and this situation was the most unfavorable for them.

Now the sudden appearance of a Song army in front of them is also very bad for the Byzantines who are tired at this time, but it may also bring a turnaround, after all, this is also an opportunity for the Byzantines who are already on the verge of collapse!

War!

He had no choice.