Chapter Ninety-Six: A Late Sortie
According to Basbahn's plan, he secretly gathered seventy percent of the troops in Batana's territory and the food baggage that could supply the army all the way to the city of Pas, in order to immediately send troops at the beginning of the chaos and quickly defeat the opponent's forces with lightning speed, so as to minimize the country's losses. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
But there is a downside to his plan, which is that he has to wait for the other party to make the first move. He expected that the ministers of all factions would not sit idly by and watch King Penoncar act in this way, but because the ministers themselves were also full of contradictions, the specific dates of their uprisings fluctuated considerably. The problem with Basbahn was that he couldn't send troops before they could do it, otherwise he would be accused of rebellion, and vice versa, a hero of the rebellion. It was said that he could have written to warn the king of a possible rebellion, but King Penoncar I had too little power to do anything about it, and it was possible that because of the letter he would have been confirmed, he had to be patient and wait for the opportunistic action, and as a result, the Anbaltouri rebellion occurred while he waited.
This sudden situation completely disrupted Basbarn's plans. The premise of his plan is that there are allies behind him, and if the Western Regions changes hands and becomes Anbalturi, then he must send additional troops on the border to prevent accidents, so that the entire force ratio must be readjusted, and even the battle plan will be greatly affected.
After carefully analysing the situation, Baibasbar also came to the judgment that Anbalturi could not last, but this did not help him in the slightest. Because even if Abicialir moves quickly, it is impossible for Baibaspar to empty the city of his territory to go on an expedition to the royal capital, and if he takes 10,000 steps back, Abicilir will quickly annihilate Anbalthuri, and he does not dare to guarantee that the remnants of Anbalturi will not escape into his territory. As he had predicted, the remnants of the Thirteen Tribes and some of the Ramandel tribes were indeed forced to move westward into the territory of Bataana.
As a strategist, Babbasbar would not be foolish enough to fight on two fronts, and put both sides in an unpredictable situation. He made a decision, that is, to send troops to the Western Regions.
Since he and Abicilir joined forces to divide up the Western Turkic Khanate, his spies have been sending him all kinds of information about the Western Regions, so Baibasbahn knows the mountains and landscapes of this land, water sources, roads, and the situation of each country very well. In his plan, he had already figured out how to earn the most territory and population for himself when he fought against Tuqi with the Tibetan and Silk Kingdoms. It was not difficult for him to send troops to the Western Regions now, and he also had a great reputation for helping his ally Abicheril.
The only thing that needed to be revised was the supply plan of the army, how much time to put down the rebellion in Anbal Tuli, then hand over power to the Turks and quickly withdraw their troops, and then start marching towards the royal capital after a short rest, and the additional food supply needed for this round and back had to be handled immediately.
The plan was set, and Baibasbahn immediately began to act, and he asked Dadaran to lead 10,000 cavalry to the eastern border as quickly as possible, where he would rest for two days and immediately attack the northern trade route in the Western Regions, while he himself led the main force of 40,000 to set out one day later and attack along the southern trade route.
Unfortunately, when the boiling army of Bataana marched to the border area, Baibasbahn received two pieces of news, neither of which was good news.
The first is that his own movements are a step slower, Abicheril has impressed a swift attack on the Anbalturi army with a rapid march, and has already bloodied the country of Gaochang and defeated the Anbalturi army in the decisive battle of the Sand Sea, the fate of the Anbalturi is unknown, and the troops are scattered. At present, the Turks are sweeping the country and searching for the whereabouts of Anbalturi.
If the first message was just a return to Basbahn, the second was even worse: as he marched eastward, the royal capital's elite finally began to attack, and they staged a mutiny against the palace, capturing King Penoncar I, forcing him to surrender power and live in seclusion in the palace, and appointing Rudanel, a young son of Bicarius IV, as king.
A wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth when he got the news, his beautiful mustache and slightly upturned mouth had fascinated countless celebrities, but he had never confided in these ladies half a sweet word, for him only when he was helpless, so how could he be in the mood to fall in love?
I originally wanted to put the other party together, but I didn't expect that the other party's patience was better than my own, and these powerful ministers were really very jealous of themselves, and as soon as they got the news of their eastward expansion, they immediately took action, but they were caught off guard.
But that's okay, the news of Anbalturi's defeat shouldn't have reached the royal capital so quickly, if you take this opportunity to turn back and then launch a surprise attack, you can surprise the other party and turn the passive into the active.
Thinking of this, Baibasbahn called the herald: "Pass my order!" Let Dadalan immediately stop moving forward, turn back as fast as possible, and carry out the original plan! ”
As soon as the heralds had left, Basbahn was busy in front of the battle map—his army was to be marched to the royal capital as fast as he could, but the supply plan had to be stepped up to ensure that the army did not starve. If it were an ordinary general, then he probably couldn't think of what kind of corrections he needed to make in order to meet the needs of the army in order to suddenly turn around this time, but Bai Basbahn was no ordinary person, while he planned the return of the whole army, a new supply plan had gradually taken shape in his brain, and all he had to do now was to re-interpret the blueprint in his brain on the map, in case there was any omission. When this step was completed, he called a few responsible generals and civil officials to lay out the new plan, and then he went to sleep peacefully.
Early the next morning, the Bataana army began a great turn with unimaginable speed, retreating back to the starting point in only half the time it came, and then began to march towards the capital of the king of Paz without stopping.
This advance of Basbahn surpassed the record of the assault set by Abichlir not long ago, both in speed and difficulty, because the Badana army was different from the Tukchi army, and he still had a considerable proportion of infantry, and the speed of the infantry was not comparable to that of the cavalry in any way, and the horses of Badana were not as good as the stamina of the horses. But the meticulousness of Basbarn's planning made up for this shortcoming, and he created a completely different approach to the march. He let the infantry units with insufficient speed enter the territory of Paz and then fan-shaped, and the cavalry is like an arrow to rush forward, the cavalry points to the location, all are the support points on the strategic defense of Paz, so once these support points are attacked and overcome, the other points become difficult to care for each other, at this time the infantry behind becomes oppressive, these stragglers are under the huge psychological pressure that the rear support points have fallen, while facing the oppressive Batana infantry, Coupled with the fact that Babaan was under the banner of crusading against the rebels on the orders of the king, many of the Paz troops also chose to flee or surrender when faced with the outnumbered Bataana infantry, and the Bataana army marched forward almost effortlessly for hundreds of kilometers. By the time the clique reacted, Babasbahn had already completed two-thirds of the way. (To be continued.) )