In April of the second year of Taining, the army of the Western Expedition traveled thousands of miles and finally successfully entered the city of Quci. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

At first, the people of the Western Regions only saw black spots in the distance, but later the black spots became larger and larger, like a dark cloud appearing in the sky.

At the same time, the fierce and low sound of drums, swept from afar, shaking the hearts of the allied forces.

In the blurred vision of everyone, a sea of black slowly appeared from the east.

The endless ring-headed knife shines dazzlingly in the sun, such as Lin Ruye's spear piercing the sky obliquely, thousands of banners hunting and fluttering in the wind and sand, and the Chinese army flag representing the king of Yan in the middle is particularly eye-catching.

Finally, the boundless Yan army, with unrivaled courage, broke through the sky, lined up in a neat queue, and rushed towards the coalition army with overwhelming momentum.

When they were less than a few miles away from the coalition forces, the Yan army suddenly stopped, and the earth-shattering war drums suddenly disappeared, and the originally noisy oasis suddenly became silent.

The nearly 200,000 men of both armies seemed to be holding their breath, waiting for the last moment to arrive.

Dada! Accompanied by Wen Qiao and Lu Chang, Wei Shuo lightly kicked the mount with his legs and slowly came to the front of the formation.

The three of them each raised their clairing mirrors and carefully observed the situation of the coalition forces.

"King, it seems that the ambition of the coalition army is not small, and there are 120,000 troops, plus the Wusun and Yuban cavalry who have not yet appeared, adding up to 180,000 troops, this is simply trying to swallow my Western Expeditionary Army! Aren't they afraid of broken teeth? ”

After speaking, Wen Qiao put down the clairvoyant mirror, with a hint of mockery on his face, and he didn't pay attention to the hundreds of thousands of troops in front of him at all.

At this time, Lu Chang took over and said: "Since the enemy is so arrogant, then we might as well fulfill the enemy's 'wish', set up a position, and completely defeat the Western Regions Alliance Army with a dignified and upright army, so that these self-defeating people in the Western Regions know that the Yan Army is by no means the enemy of these small barbarian countries." ”

"All the countries in the Western Regions thought that our Yan army's lone expedition had gone to death, but they didn't know that the army of the Western Expedition had already prepared to die and survive. At present, the main force of the Western Regions Coalition Army is all here, and it is an opportunity for our army to completely annihilate the main force of the coalition army. ”

"If you want to come to Changzhi, you have a good plan to break the enemy, you might as well talk about it!"

"King, the coalition army is nothing more than trying to pin down our army head-on with the hundreds of thousands of infantry in front of them, and then attack from the flank and rear by the cavalry who have not shown their faces, and then completely annihilate our army."

"The king might as well plan and break the following method against the upper one!"

"Bottom to top?"

"That's right! The Yan Iron Cavalry was dispatched from the front, striving to break down the coalition infantry phalanx in the shortest possible time, while the infantry was placed in the rear position to guard against the cavalry of the Western Regions that would emerge at any time. After the Yan army's iron cavalry has eliminated the enemy's infantry, they can turn around and cooperate with the infantry to encircle and annihilate the coalition cavalry in one fell swoop. ”

"Well, this strategy is also appropriate, just give full play to the respective advantages of the two major arms of the infantry and cavalry!"

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In mid-April, 70,000 Yan troops and 120,000 allied troops faced off ten miles east of Quci, and everyone knew that a decisive battle to determine the fate of the Western Regions was about to begin.

The Western Regions Coalition Army was also not to be outdone, and under the command of King Qiuci, King Shanshan, King Khotan and others, they set up a formation, and it seemed that they were going to fight to the death with the Yan army.

Bai Chun, the king of Qiuzi, looked at the well-groomed Yan army in front of him, his eyes revealed anxiety, where did he not know that the coalition army had fallen into the hands of the Yan army. Where is the Yan Army in front of him, where is the meaning of a little tired veteran? I don't know how those scouts observed, how could they be easily concealed by the Yan army?

However, now that the two armies are in position, it is impossible for either side to retreat. King Qiuzi can only secretly continue to cheer himself up, constantly comfort himself, the number of coalition forces is superior, and with the full support of Buddhism, this battle will definitely defeat the powerful Yan army.

In the alliance, King Qiuzi is not the only one who is worried, but the other small countries are even more confused. At the beginning, these small countries were bewitched by the Che Master, and they had the intention to surrender to the Yan State, but later learned that the Yan King insisted on managing the Xingzhou County in the Western Regions and strongly suppressed Buddhism, so they had no choice but to continue to choose to confront the Yan State.

This Western Expedition of the Yan Kingdom was different from the previous policies of the previous dynasties to manage the Western Regions, and the King of Yan did not disdain the 'hegemony' based on the tributary system in the past, and advocated the inclusion of the Western Regions under the direct jurisdiction of the Yan State.

Originally, the countries of the Western Regions were skeptical about this, because judging from past history, it was difficult for the Central Plains Dynasty to organize a large-scale expedition to the west, and there were only dozens of people around him when the Marquis of Dingyuan was rampant in the Western Regions.

However, soon the Western Regions Alliance realized that it underestimated the Yan State, and it paid more attention to the construction of internal transportation roads than previous dynasties, so that it completely solved the stubborn problem of restricting the army's westward expedition - the problem of logistics and supply. Coupled with the two forward bases in Gaochang and Loulan, Yan finally organized a westward expeditionary army with a scale of 100,000 people, and only then did the countries of the Western Regions realize that the crisis is coming.

When the Yan army entered the Iron Gate Pass, the monarchs and ministers of the Western Regions felt an unprecedented panic.

Looking at the black pressure in front of them, every person in the Western Regions realized that this time it was really a wolf, and they could already clearly see the cold light of the fangs flashing.

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"Pass my general order: Yang Hu is responsible for the command of the cavalry, with Ran Zhan as the vanguard, Xun Guanniang and Yao Yisheng as the left and right wings!"

"The infantry is transferred to the rear army, and it is under the personal command of this king, and the rest of the generals are not allowed to attack without the general's order!"

Speaking of this, Wei Shuo paused, glanced around at the cavalry generals, and finally stopped at Yang Hu, and asked, "Shiqiu, do you know the key to this battle?" ”

Yang Hu, who was in charge of the cavalry command, replied loudly: "Back to the king, the last general is clear!" The key to this battle lies in the fact that whoever can break through the opponent's infantry phalanx first between the enemy and our cavalry will occupy the initiative on the battlefield. ”

"That's right, Changzhi's strategy of 'lower donkey to upper siest' is to see whose upper donkey is the first to defeat the opponent's lower donkey! Er commanded the Yan army's iron cavalry, and it was necessary to defeat the coalition infantry in the shortest possible time, otherwise once the coalition cavalry broke through our army's infantry phalanx, the entire western expedition would fall short! ”

"Please rest assured that the last general and others will definitely break through the enemy infantry as soon as possible and defeat it, and then wave the rear army to carry out a surprise attack on the enemy cavalry from the flank, and cooperate with the infantry to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."

After instructing the general cavalry of the country, Wei Shuo began to arrange the infantry and continued to order: "Boshan, you command the spearmen, responsible for intercepting the cavalry of the coalition army, and before the cavalry breaks through, not a single cavalry shall be allowed to cross the infantry line. Suo Bao, you command the crossbowmen, provide long-range support to the spearmen, as long as the Wusun cavalry dares to enter the firing range, you will shoot me to death. ”

"Huhou, the rest of the cavalry, together with three thousand guards, will be handed over to you to command and serve as a reserve for the whole army!"

After all the orders were finished, Wei Shuo glanced at the generals and said loudly: "Everyone, victory and glory are waiting for you to seize, and a new history is waiting for you to write. ”

"The last general will fight bravely to kill the enemy to repay the country's kindness!"

"Good! This king is here waiting for good news, but don't let the widow down! ”

As the war drums sounded again, the Yan army, which was originally stationary, was like stones thrown into the lake, and ripples rippled on the calm lake. Suddenly, the war horses in the camp galloped, various passwords kept coming, and groups of Yan troops under the command of generals at all levels moved to their respective positions.

From afar, nearly 100,000 people from the Western Regions moved neatly and orderly with heavy footsteps to the rhythmic sound of drums.

After about a quarter of an hour, the 70,000 Yan army turned into two distinct military formations: the front cavalry and the rear infantry.

And the Yan Army's unconventional formation made many people in the Western Regions look solemn, and they all discovered that the Yan King had seen through the alliance plan and made corresponding adjustments. Looking at the Yan Army's iron cavalry close at hand, and thinking of the picture of the iron cavalry, many coalition soldiers sweated in their palms, and their legs and stomachs trembled.

King Qiuzi muttered to himself, he narrowed his eyes and stared straight into the distance, and after a while he muttered, "It seems that we are more than lucky in this battle!" I heard that the territory of Yan is vast, why does King Yan still covet the Western Regions? Why didn't the war in the Central Plains continue? That way, we don't have to face today's predicament. (To be continued.) )