Abicialir did not attack the Liaodong Protectorate from the west, as Su Chengdong expected, but detoured from the north.

The actual control area of the Liaodong Metropolitan Protectorate is mainly concentrated in the Liaohe Plain, and the vast area further north is scattered with many tribes, these tribes often attack and plunder each other, but due to the operation of the Silk Country for several generations, these tribes have accepted the reward of the Silk Country and become a vassal state, and they have also borrowed their strength to launch an attack in the war between Changmiao and Goryeo, but once this group of tribes wins, they are keen to burn and plunder, causing great harm to the local Goryeo residents, Therefore, Chang Miao no longer borrowed troops from these tribes after that.

Since these tribes have always maintained friendly relations with the Silk Country, the Liaodong Protectorate has always regarded them as a military force to protect the northern frontier. Abicheril saw this, and began to fight for these tribes as early as the beginning of the tear with the Silk Country, but firstly, there was a troubled situation in Turchy and Anbalturi at that time, and secondly, these tribes have always refused to accept gifts, but they have been evasive about promises, so the contact in the past few years has not yielded any substantive results.

This time, Abichilir raised 50,000 elite cavalry and suddenly appeared in front of these tribes, facing the powerful cavalry of Tuqi, these tribes were not caught off guard, even if they were prepared, they were not opponents. Abichilir released his words, the various tribes either surrendered or destroyed, the Turks gave these tribes a stormy attack with his strength, and in the face of the terrible combat power of the Turks, these tribes were afraid, and no one wanted to be the first target of the Turkish army. The Murowei tribe, the Lotan tribe, the Urohu tribe, and the northern part of the mountain, which happened to be in the way of the Turkic army's movement, successively expressed their submission to the Turki. And under the coercion of the deed, he sent troops to help. As for the relatively distant Sub-Mo Ministry, the Tieli Ministry also sent an envoy to express its friendly wishes with Tuqi. Abicilir was so powerful that he directly attacked the territory of the Liaodong Protectorate.

Things were unexpected, the rear of the Liaodong Protectorate was empty, and the garrisons in various places were caught off guard, and the deployment was completely disrupted, and the difference in strength was huge. The soldiers fled. Soon, the soldiers of Tuqi were already approaching Xinyang City, the capital of Liaodong, and one was already approaching Liaoyang City. This Liaoyang City is a strategic town, if it is lost here, then there is no force that can stop Tuqi between the country of silk and the Andong Protectorate, if the Liaodong Protectorate is still just an empty force, then all the troops of the Anton Protectorate are invested in the southern front, and the whole territory is almost in an empty city, if the Turkey really attacks here, then the situation will become out of control.

Su Chengdong, who received the news, was annoyed. But there is no other way than to return to the army from Youzhou immediately, and even if he returns to the army, he may not be able to change the situation immediately, especially the crisis in Liaoyang City is imminent.

On the other hand, Xue Boren was still pleased that his plan was implemented smoothly, and the Taiyuan Jingluo made Liu Xianzhi's feint just right, successfully attracting the attention of Tuqi and gaining time for Xue Boren's march. However, when Xue Boren finally deployed his troops to prepare to launch a counterattack on Tuqi, the news came that the Liaodong Protectorate was almost lost, and Xue Boren immediately stayed in place when he heard the news. He didn't expect that this time Abicheril's target was not Taiyuan but Liaodong. In this way, Liu Xianzhi's military strength became a wasted guerrilla, and Su Chengdong inexplicably sent troops to Youzhou. The result gave Abichelil a perfect timing. Now that he can't reach it, even if he wants to rush to rescue Liaodong, he must first repel the Tuqi army in Youzhou, but one thing is foreseeable that the Tuqi army in Youzhou will do their best to delay their pace and win time for the battle in Liaodong. Now the only force that can save Liaodong is Su Chengdong's Liaodong Army, but whether the Liaodong Army, which has lost the protection of the city, can fight against the cavalry of Tuqi in the field battle. It's still unknown.

Since there is no power to change the situation in Liaodong, then we should focus on the current situation. Xue Boren made such a judgment after calming down. During the years he had gained a lot of combat experience in his battles with the Turks, he understood that the Turks were not good at attacking cities and would try their best to avoid casualties, so they would not easily attack cities with deep ditches and high fortifications, and they relied on the high mobility of cavalry. Take advantage of the weakness of the army of the Silk Country to create a partial emptiness of troops, and then launch a surprise attack on this weakness, and take advantage of the opportunity of victory to seize some strongholds that have lost the ability to resist. Therefore, he reorganized his army of 80,000 to form a huge mobile fortress, leaving no chance for the Turks to take advantage of it, and effectively advanced towards those cities in crisis. In the face of this conservative formation, which does not seek merit but no fault, the Turkic army is like biting a hedgehog, with no way to speak, and if it wants to attack, it must face great casualties, and the only choice is to be pushed away by this fortress. Relying on this trick, Xue Boren successfully relieved the crisis in Dingzhou and Zhuozhou, and recovered Yizhou, but the Turkic army was not ambiguous, relying on the advantage of maneuver to constantly harass it, and at the same time launched an attack on the strongholds in other directions, because Xue Boren had no spare strength to protect all the strongholds.

But this is exactly Xue Boren's original intention, as long as Yizhou, Zhuozhou, Dingzhou, and Youzhou, these big strategic towns are in the hands of the Silk Country, people's hearts will be stabilized because of this, and other small places will be led by the nose if they care too much about their gains and losses. In addition, he has an even more powerful move, that is, while he is slowly advancing in this fortress-like formation, he has already revised a letter, asking Taiyuan Jinglu to make Liu Xianzhi quickly send troops to cut off the back road of the Tukchi army - if he can't save the crisis in Liaodong, then at least he can annihilate the living force of the Tukchi army in Youzhou as much as possible, and lay the foundation for future wars.

After receiving the battle report from the front line and Xue Boren's letter, Liu Xianzhi, the envoy of Taiyuan Economic Strategy, convened the generals to discuss the current battle situation, and his judgment was roughly the same as Xue Boren's, but his approach was very different. He thinks that the Turkic army in Youzhou was originally a bait, if he is still obsessed with the bait at this time, then he is in the hands of Abicheril, of course, Xue Boren's department is indeed not a candidate to rescue the crisis in Liaodong, but Taiyuan Jingluo Mansion can. Therefore, on the one hand, he sent Sima An, Hao Mancai, and Han Jianlong to lead 40,000 troops along the Sanggan River to copy the back road of the Youzhou Tuqi army, and on the other hand, he sent Lu Qinghan and Ge Boling to Liaodong with elite cavalry and 20 days of rations to help Su Chengdong repel the Tuqi army.

In this way, the four main forces of the Silk Country, composed of Liu Xianzhi, Xue Boren, Su Chengdong and Zhu Tianshun, and the two armies of the Tuqi Army launched a chaotic battle on the ground from Youzhou to Liaodong. (To be continued.) )