Liu Yan's secret order was soon passed to the generals guarding the border passes, and these generals made actions that met their own needs according to the defense area they were responsible for and the situation of Tuqi: some of them gave up the attack because of the lack of troops and food, some sent guerrilla troops to attack the marginal areas of Tuqi, and some concentrated the main force to go hundreds of miles into the territory of Tuqi to sweep various settlements, but there was one person who did not act according to Liu Yan's will, that is, Xue Boren, the envoy of Taiyuan Jingluo.

The reason why Xue Boren did not take the best action according to Liu Yan's instructions was because he had already started to act before Liu Yan's will arrived.

As a strategic envoy of Taiyuan, since he fought a battle with Abicheril in Lanfengji, he carefully summed up the lessons and lessons of this battle, and then carried out intensive training for the cavalry troops. At the same time, he also arranged for his spies to infiltrate the territory of Tuqi to provide him with the necessary information. Therefore, at the same time that Liu Yan received the news, Xue Boren had also received accurate information about Abicherier's westward expedition.

Originally, he planned to launch an attack on Tuqi this year, on the one hand, to retaliate against the raids of Tuqi for many years, and on the other hand, to prove the actual combat capability of the cavalry units he had trained. It's a pity that the weather is not beautiful, but the Yellow River burst its banks, and the loss of effective logistics support makes him have to dismiss the idea of this year's operation. However, the opportunity for Abicil to come out and deal with Xituqi was really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Xue Boren couldn't help but feel excited after getting this information, and a plan gradually took shape in his heart.

In order to implement this plan, he specially recalled his lieutenant Lu Qinghan. Lu Qinghan was wounded by Abicil in the battle of Lan Fengji and has been haunted by it. After listening to Xue Boren's plan, he immediately agreed, but at the same time, he also said that there was no emperor's will. Sending troops without authorization may lead to fire.

Xue Boren insisted that this was a rare opportunity if he made a decisive move. On the other hand, if this opportunity is allowed to slip away, then if Abicialir defeats Anbalturi and then marches eastward after defeating him, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to deal with. It is better to take this opportunity to teach him a hard lesson, first, it can weaken the national strength of East Turkistan, and second, it can allow the soldiers to accumulate experience and confidence, and the benefits outweigh the disadvantages from any point of view. If you are convicted for such a thing that is beneficial to the country, then you should be willing to do so.

Lu Qinghan hesitated for a while, but also agreed with Xue Boren's opinion. The two of them have agreed. Deployment begins immediately. Since the battle plans were ready-made, even the guides were already ready, and the only thing missing was baggage and food, so the two decided to make this attack all cavalry, in order to achieve the goal with the fastest speed and the least consumption. The combat objectives have also been slightly revised, and there is only one overall goal, that is, the capital of East Turkistan-Dragon City!

In order to ensure that the cavalry corps could have sufficient food supplies, the cavalry for this attack was only 5,000 men. There were 20,000 horses, and each soldier was given one horse for transfer and two pack horses for food, grass and water. The two of them set off immediately after gathering their troops, and it was only five days after their army had been drawn up that Liu Yan's decree was sent to Taiyuan City. Therefore, it was only after Xue Boren came back that he learned that the emperor's intentions coincided with his own.

The vast expanse of steppes and desert terrain stretches as far as the eye can see, and without a guide, the troops can easily get lost. Not to mention finding water sources to resupply. Fortunately, Xue Boren had already started these preparations as early as the beginning of his appointment, so everything went very smoothly. What's more, along the way, there was no rush of rangers to obstruct it, which was the fundamental guarantee for being able to reach Dragon City smoothly and launch a surprise attack.

When Dragon City, the only city on the grassland, appeared in front of Xue Boren's eyes. Xue Borenjun has also reached the limit of his physical strength. After a long march of great hardships, whether it is horses or people, even food has reached the bottom line, and there is a little bit of luck in being able to reach Dragon City in time. In fact, as long as it was three days slower, Xue Boren's army would face a desperate situation of running out of food.

Xue Boren immediately mobilized the exhausted soldiers before the battle, in fact, even if he didn't say these words, everyone's thoughts were like this - they were already in a desperate situation, and if they couldn't take Dragon City and get the food in the city in three days, then they would have no future. Therefore, these soldiers all had red eyes like wounded beasts, and launched a murderous and almost unplanned fierce attack on Dragon City.

In terms of the defensive capability of Dragon City itself, it is not something that can be conquered by these cavalry without siege equipment. Abicheril had designed the city with this in mind, and the geographical location of the dragon city was very unlikely to be attacked by enemy infantry clusters. If the infantry group can reach here, unless the cavalry of the Tukchi country has been wiped out by the enemy, any infantry legion will have run out of food and grass and collapse without going to Dragon City under the attack of the Tukchi cavalry. Therefore, although the defensive ability of Dragon City is far inferior to that of the city of Silk, it can effectively restrain the attack of cavalry. If the defense of Dragon City is properly prepared and the personnel are complete, not to mention Xue Boren's 5,000 men and horses, even if there are 70,000 or 80,000 cavalry, don't want to easily conquer Dragon City.

It's a pity that Dragon City doesn't have these two conditions at present, and Xue Boren's sudden arrival was indeed unexpected by everyone (even Liu Yan), and Dragon City's defense equipment didn't have time to be deployed to the combat position; Even if Dragon City was well prepared, it did not have enough troops to withstand the enemy's attack - there were only 720 old and weak soldiers in Dragon City to maintain daily law and order, and there were no decent generals in the city to guard it.

Abicheril's gamble was lost.

Although the high walls of Dragon City and the battle of the seven hundred and twenty soldiers inflicted many casualties on Xue Boren's troops, the frenzied soldiers still attacked one after another. The battle continued into the night, and danger appeared all over Dragon City. Speaking of which, it was not easy for 720 old and weak soldiers and the women, children and elderly people who remained behind to do this, but the cruel reality gave them a fatal blow. There are a considerable number of people in the Dragon City, they have been taken captive to this place, the men have become craftsmen and work day and night, and the women have become the sex slaves of the Tuqi soldiers, and they are ravaged day and night, their hearts are full of resentment towards the Tukchi people, but they are usually under the threat of the sword and cannot move, and now their own army has been killed outside the city, at this time, if they don't do something to win back their freedom, then there will be no chance. So that night, the men and women began the sabotage almost spontaneously, killing the guards, snatching everything that could be used as weapons, setting fire to the whole Dragon City, and finally making a mess of the entire Dragon City. In the midst of this confusion, the garrison, which had already suffered most of the casualties, could no longer control the situation, and the city gates were opened.

That night, the capital of East Turkiche, Dragon City, was lost! (To be continued......)