From the next day, Liu Xianzhi no longer advanced to the north, but put out a turtle formation and slowly retreated to the south. This is also very logical, since the strategy of attacking the east and the west has been understood by Tuqi, then the turtle formation set up by tens of thousands of infantry alone cannot advance to Dragon City. Although the turtle formation is strong but not mobile, the food and grass will be exhausted before reaching Dragon City, and then they will become the best prey for the Tuqi cavalry, so it is most appropriate to retreat south while there is still strength left.

Abicheril didn't want to bite this prey covered in thorns anymore, but he definitely didn't want to let go of Liu Xianzhi, who had caused such a heavy casualty to himself. He led the Tuqi army to follow Liu Xianzhi's troops from afar, neither approaching nor leaving. This is to prevent Liu Xianzhi from withdrawing his troops easily, because Abicheril roughly calculated an account, with Liu Xianzhi's configuration of no supply team, the food on these vehicles can last for two months at most, and nearly half of the previous crossing of the desert has been consumed, so the remaining grain with today's marching speed is not able to last to return to the Taiyuan Prefecture Defense Area. He was waiting for this opportunity, so he ordered Badr to lead 10,000 cavalry and march south, the purpose of which was to clear the towns on the border of Taiyuan Province and prolong the time for Liu Xianzhi to get supplies as long as possible, so that he could move back to a city after Liu Xianzhi's troops ran out of food.

The Battle of Mobei was not really over until this time, because Abichilir finally fell into Liu Xianzhi's trap. Liu Xianzhi couldn't help but smile when he saw the Tuqi army following closely, and toasted to the victory with his generals.

It turned out that Liu Xianzhi had already made up his mind when he wrote to Liu Yan to offer a plan, and the so-called plan he offered to Liu Yan was only half of it, and he himself did not think that this plan would definitely be able to hide from Abiciel, so when he actually implemented the plan, he used his Taiyuan Mansion team as a real bait instead of Su Chengdong's Liaodong Army. The 7,000 elite cavalry led by Lu Qinghan and Ge Boling really took on the task of attacking. Their goal was never Dragon City, but Jinshan.

As early as when Wu Sicheng sent an envoy to return to the Paz Empire, the news that he had secretly formed an alliance with Midicabur, the leader of the Ramandel tribe, had already reached Liu Xianzhi's ears. Except for Liu Yan, Wu Sicheng and a few close ministers, only Liu Xianzhi knew about this matter, so he boldly changed the planned plan this time and changed the target of the attack to the Tuqi tribe near Jinshan. His aim was to shake the strength of the "nails" that Abichlir had planted near the Ramandel Division, so that the Ramandel Division would have more room to maneuver and lay the groundwork for the future formation of a siege against the Turgees.

Just when Abichilir followed Liu Xianzhi closely in order to save face, Lu Qinghan's cavalry had already traveled thousands of miles and approached the southern foot of Jinshan. Lu Qinghan was able to cross the edge of the desert so easily without being noticed, largely because Ye Er, the king of Zuoxian, the king of Tuqi, first assassinated Zuo Dadu and transferred a considerable number of troops, and the troops that originally held the border of Tuqi fell into chaos and unrest. When the cavalry of the Silk Country suddenly appeared in front of these unsuspecting Tukhe tribes, the horror of these tribal leaders was beyond words. Even if they had time to prepare, they would not have been able to defend themselves against this mighty cavalry - Abicheril had already requisitioned most of the young men of the tribe, and the only ones who remained in the tribe were the elderly, women, children, and slaves.

The only country at the southern foot of Jinshan that has the strength to send troops to rescue is Gaochang, but King Chalahalman turned a deaf ear to these tribes' requests for help, and his reasons were the same: Gaochang army is a mixed group of infantry and cavalry, and all the cavalry of the country of silk is cavalry, and its purpose must be to fight quickly, not to mention that the war has long been over when the Gaochang army arrives there, in case the army of the country of silk is happy to kill Gaochang and what strength should they use to resist them? As a result, the Turkic tribes at the southern foot of Jinshan suffered, although Lu Qinghan would not be as exterminated as Wang Hanxin, but before leaving, Liu Xianzhi also gave him a death order, and he should not be compassionate. It is true that he did not kill anyone who was incapacitated to resist, but he showed no mercy to those who dared to resist, and he also let go of all the slaves, plundered all the horses and cattle, and slaughtered all the sheep, and abandoned them all but some for military rations. As a result, the tribes not only lost most of their labor, but also lost all their means of production.

Lu Qinghan's troops were very restrained, and only hit the chieftain Karl who was four days away from the Ramandel department, and then he did not continue to go deeper, and after he plundered some of the cattle and sheep of the Qiukal department, he began to wave his army south and attack Gaochang directly. The king of Gaochang, Chalaharman, led his people to defend the capital, and Lu Qinghan did not have the patience to attack the city, so he began a long return journey with the looted wine, meat, rice, grain, cattle and horses after plundering in Gaochang.

It was only at this time that Abichelier, who was far away in Monan, got the news of the fire in the backyard and couldn't help but grit his teeth in anger. And the day when Liu Xianzhi's troops ran out of food that he had been looking forward to never appeared, Liu Xianzhi began to kill cattle and mules to satisfy his hunger after the grain was exhausted, leaving dozens of vehicles that were burned as fuel every day. And Abicil didn't know that the surprise attack force led by Badr also suffered heavy casualties, and Liu Xianzhi concentrated the use of a thousand musketeers from Liu Yan, so that Badr suffered 4,000 casualties in just one battle, and the Turks who were attacked by firearms for the first time panicked, leaving a huge psychological shadow in the hearts of the survivors.

At this time, Abicheril had to admit that he was completely defeated, and it was impossible to defeat Liu Xianzhi's troops, so he ordered Badr to rush back and lead the brigade to withdraw to Longcheng, while personally commanding 10,000 cavalry to march in the direction of Jinshan. He still has one last chance, which is to intercept Lu Qinghan's cavalry, defeat this enemy army and recapture the plundered cattle and sheep, which can save some face.

But God didn't even leave this opportunity to Abichelier. Lu Qinghan had long expected this hand, and his army was directly detoured from the west of the late Zuo Dadu General Hu Kaidu's headquarters to the south, and directly retreated to the territory of the Silk Country in the direction of Yangguan. During this period, the Kantar Department also organized an attack on it, but Lu Qinghan gathered the remaining cattle and set up a fire bull formation, and the Tuqi cavalry was rushed into a mess in front of the rushing brute bulls. As a result, Lu Qinghan's troops were able to retreat and return to the territory of the Silk Country safely.

After this battle, the tribes of the Turks on both the east and west sides suffered heavy losses, and the Great Khan of the Turks, Abichilir, failed to rescue them in time, and his own battle was only a draw, so the Battle of Mobei and the subsequent Jinshan raid on the Silk Country were an indisputable victory. Abicheril's prestige was dealt a heavy blow, and more and more dissatisfied people began to appear within the Turg, thus beginning the prelude to the Silk Country's all-out counterattack against the Turgi.

But the price paid by the Silk Country in this battle is not small, in addition to the casualties, the loss of materials is quite serious, especially the withdrawal action after the Battle of Mobei, the Silk Country lost a large number of cattle, horses, mules and vehicles, Lu Qinghan plundered the cattle and horses also died of exhaustion and illness on the long withdrawal road, although the casualties were minimal, but the 18,000 horses at the time of the attack, only more than 4,000 were left when they returned. As a result, the number of horses in Taiyuan Jinglue Province did not return to the pre-war level in the following years. (To be continued.) )