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Yizhou is a large oasis on the Gobi Desert, a transportation artery connecting the Western Regions with the mainland, and has been an important town on the Silk Road since ancient times, known as the "throat of the Western Regions".

There is a large temperature difference between day and night here, and there is a proverb among the folk that "wear a leather jacket in the morning, wear yarn in the afternoon, and eat watermelon around the stove in the evening".

Since the opening of the Hexi Corridor, Yizhou, as an important town on the Northern Silk Road, has seen an endless stream of business travelers from all over the world, a prosperous and peaceful scene;

But on this day at the end of May, in the stunned eyes of the merchants, 30,000 troops rolled through Yizhou, with their armor and iron hooves like thunder, and the yellow sand covering the sky and the sun.

He gathered all the troops of Xizhou, plus 12,000 men and horses of the Black Khan, and a total of 30,000 troops led by him personally, and galloped towards Guazhou.

The 20,000 Song troops originally stationed in Gua and Sha Erzhou have been brought to Khotan by Chong Jianzhong, although some troops were later transferred from Gansu, Suzhou and other prefectures, but there were not many garrisons in Suzhou and other places, and the troops that could be transferred were also very limited;

Vigab's Jin has received accurate information, and the total number of Song troops stationed in Gua and Sha Prefectures is only 4,000 people, and he has nearly ten times the strength of his own troops, and he suddenly defected, and he was caught off guard, and it was not difficult to take Gua and Sha Erzhou;

After Suzhou and Ganzhou transferred troops to Guasha, the remaining defenders were only one or two thousand, and Vigab's Jin had already been planned, once Gua and Shazhou were successfully taken, they would seize the entire Hexi Corridor and block the power of the Song State to the east of Liangzhou.

In this way, the Western Uighurs would have a vast area west of Hexi, Xizhou, Beiting, and the Hangai Mountains, no less than the Black Khanate, enough to rival the Song state.

Guan Gaoliu, the guard of Guazhou, returned to his home from the state office. Slightly drunk, he picked up the teapot in the hall and poured a few sips of tea, and leaned comfortably on the Taishi chair.

Since the beginning of summer. The weather in Guazhou is hot, and Zhizhou Jiang Feng wants to dig a pond in the back office to cool off. However, Guazhou lacked manpower, the cost of hiring workers was high, and the state government was not his own industry, so Jiang Feng was reluctant to spend this money, so he hit the idea on the head of the Guazhou garrison;

Now that civilian officials have no right to interfere in military affairs, Jiang Feng wants the garrison to help dig a pond, so he can only come to Guan Gaoliu, the guard.

For this reason, Guan Gaoliu felt very comfortable, and there was a kind of pleasure of raising his eyebrows, and the status of the military generals of the Great Song Dynasty was very low in the past. Most of the military power is in the hands of civilian officials, and military generals are always dwarf in front of civilian officials;

Since the reform of the law of placing generals, no matter whether it is a governor or a strategic envoy along the way, he has no right to interfere in the affairs of the local garrison, unless he is like Zhang Kai, who has added military duties to his body, he has the right to take charge of the local garrison;

But that is an exceptional case, and it is only temporary. As soon as the war ended, the imperial court had to revoke his military duties.

This not only avoids the drawbacks of laymen commanding insiders, but also virtually improves the status of military generals;

Like before, Zhizhou wanted to dig a pool, so he directly transferred troops to the past. Where, as now, you have to set up a banquet to ask him as a guard;

Of course, now the logistics supply of the army is still in the hands of civilian officials, in order to prevent Jiang Feng from stumbling in the supply of the army. Guan Gaoliu still agreed to Jiang Feng;

Anyway, now Jiang Feng pulled down his face to invite himself to the banquet first, such a thing was unthinkable before. can have this status, Guan Gaoliu is already very satisfied.

Isn't it just digging a pool? It's a trifle. Send a team over and work for half a day.

Guan Gaoliu was about to give instructions on this matter, when a lieutenant suddenly rushed in from outside and reported loudly: "General Guan, there is an abnormal situation, according to the report from the front, there are no less than 30,000 cavalry coming straight to my Guazhou from the direction of Yizhou, and they will never stop along the way, the speed is very fast, and now they have reached Yumen Pass." ”

Guan Gaoliu asked in surprise: "Is there such a thing?" Was it the army of the Western Uighurs? ”

"The costumes of the people are indeed the Uighurs of Western Prefecture, but they are just ......"

Guan Gaoliu knew what he was, the Xizhou Uighurs were designed to destroy tens of thousands of troops by the cultivation of Jianzhong, and now that the whole country is together, I am afraid that they will not be able to gather so many soldiers and horses.

Even if he can make up it, what is his 30,000 army going straight to Guazhou for?

Although the Uighurs of Xizhou were allied with the Great Song Dynasty, the other side did not inform them, and tens of thousands of troops went straight to Guazhou, which naturally aroused Guan Gaoliu's vigilance.

He immediately ordered loudly: "Pass my order, close the four gates, all the soldiers go to the city to defend, and at the same time send someone to notify Shazhou, so that Shagua can quickly deploy defenses, and send people out of the city to inform the people outside the city, so that they can prepare for evacuation........."

Guan Gao's order was issued, and he was already wearing armor and a sword, strode out, and rushed straight to the camp with his own soldiers.

The other people brought out two hundred men and horses from the barracks and hurried out of the west gate of Guazhou, ready to meet them to see what was going on.

Although Guan Gaoliu made a series of arrangements just in case, he still couldn't believe that the Xizhou Uighurs would dare to invade Guazhou, unless Vigab's jin ate the bear's heart and leopard gall.

Guan Gaoliu greeted the border between Guazhou and Xizhou Uighurs, only to see that the yellow dust in the northwest direction was long, overwhelming, and tens of thousands of troops were roaring.

"Who's coming? If you dare to step into the territory of my Great Song Dynasty without permission, you will be killed! Guan Gaoliu drew his sword and roared, and the front hooves of his war horse stepped on the edge of the boundary monument of the Great Song Dynasty.

The two hundred Song troops behind him were also tense, although the number was small, but they all had expressions of contempt.

Now the Song army is no longer the Song army of the past, the great Song soldiers are prosperous, and the color of the four Yi has changed, even if it is two hundred against thirty thousand, they dare to look down on each other.

Seeing that there were only 200 people in Guan Gaoliu, Vijab's Jin dared to be so arrogant, and he was secretly angry in his heart, and shouted: "Shoot! ”

The Xizhou army suddenly opened its bow and fired a volley, and the rain of arrows swept in with the rolling horses' hooves, and the momentum was extremely huge.

Guan Gaoliu was like a tiger that had been touched by someone's buttocks, slashing the arrows that came at him, and roared: "Brothers, do you remember what Master Yang said? ”

"Born as a Han family, die as a ghost of the Han family!"

"Kill!"

Guan Gaoliu once followed Yang Yi to fight in Hexi, and after experiencing that glory, he would never be a person who fled without a fight. He roared, and with two hundred men, he rushed towards the army of thirty thousand.

The churning yellow dust made his two hundred iron horsemen look like a flying dragon with teeth and claws.

Two hundred men rushed into the Xizhou army. Fearless to the death, they will use their own blood. to defend the dignity of the Great Song Dynasty, the inviolable dignity.

In the long yellow dust, two hundred men and horses rushed back and forth to kill, and constantly had comrades fall off their horses, but at the same time cut down more than twice as many enemies, seeing that more than half of the soldiers and soldiers behind him were killed and wounded, Guan Gao Liucai led the army out of the battlefield and rushed back towards Guazhou.

Guan Gaoliu is not reckless, he is actually frustrating the enemy's edge by doing so. Now the defenders of Guazhou are only 2,000, and if they retreat without a fight, their morale will inevitably be damaged, and at the same time, the other party will be more arrogant.

Therefore, even if Guan Gaoliu only has two hundred people, he has to rush and kill, and now the effect is good, slashing and killing twice as many enemies, which will undoubtedly cause a certain blow to the enemy's morale, and the next battle will be much easier.

Guan Gaoliu's idea is good. But among the 30,000 troops of Vijab's jin, there were more than 10,000 Black Khan soldiers, and Guan Gaoliu ignored one point, half of the more than 10,000 Black Khan soldiers were riding Arab war horses.

Arabian horses have a beautiful body shape. The structure is well-proportioned, the armor is high and plump, and the back and waist are short and powerful. Shiri is long, and the tail base is high. The tendons of the limbs are well developed.

Another important feature is that it has large nostrils. It can exhale hot air in large quantities to cool the body, which makes its acceleration ability better than that of Hetao horses and Liaodong horses.

Guan Gaoliu and they had just left the battle, thousands of Black Khan soldiers riding Arab war horses, they chased after them, their speed was very fast, within two miles they chased head to end, and then continued to shoot the Song army in front with a rain of arrows;

Guan Gaoliu saw that he couldn't get rid of the pursuit of the enemy, and his comrades fell from their horses one after another and died tragically, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

Anyway, he couldn't run away, he simply fought, and the Song army, which was left with less than 100 horsemen, turned around and fought to the death with thousands of Black Khan troops, although they cut down many Black Khan soldiers, they were destined to be tragic, and in the end, including Guan Gaoliu, no one survived.

Vigab's Jin ordered the people to cut off Guan Gaoliu's head, put it on a bamboo pole, and went straight to Guazhou City.

The nearly 2,000 defenders of Guazhou City were already in battle, but they were not very afraid when they saw tens of thousands of cavalry rolling in, and the thick dust covered the city.

However, seeing that the head of the main general Guan Gaoliu was actually picked on a bamboo pole, morale could not help but be greatly hit.

No matter how good an army is, once the main general dies, it will inevitably collapse, and now the Song army is defending the city, although it will not collapse immediately, but the dragons are leaderless, morale is low, and it is always a fatal thing.

Vigab's Jin did not wait for a moment, and immediately ordered the siege of the city, although they only carried simple ladders, but the strength was more than ten times that of the Song army defending the city, plus the city wall of Guazhou was not high, and the moat was shallow and small, which was extremely beneficial to the besieging side.

Vijab's tens of thousands of troops swarmed up, and the rain of arrows in the sky shot at the head of the city, wave after wave, like a storm slapping the head of the city, and the Song army on the city could not even lift its head;

The moat was soon filled in with a passage ready for siege, and the Uighur army rushed with a ladder of ladders, and the Song army on the city lit grenades and threw them down, blowing up billowing smoke under the city, and flying shrapnel swept down the incoming Uighur army one by one, causing the Uighur army to slow down the offensive;

However, due to the war on the Liao side, the Western Regions received very little supplies, and when the Chinese and Western expeditions were built in Khotan, most of the grenades were brought away, and there was not much left in Guazhou and other cities.

The Song army in the city lost its unified command, and did not know how to save grenades for critical use, so they threw a large number of grenades at the beginning, although they caused great damage to the Uighur army, but it was extremely unfavorable to the ensuing battle.

The most advantageous grenades were used up at once, and they had to fight the Uighur army with cold weapons.

The city of Guazhou lasted only one day, and after paying two thousand casualties, Vijab's Jin broke into the city.

This is the first time that the city of the Great Song Dynasty has been breached after the invasion of Jiaozhi, and no one can predict what kind of impact this will bring.

It may lead to the defeat of the army in Khotan.

It may lead to the defection of all the tribes in the Western Regions.

It may lead to the fall of the entire Hexi.

Maybe...............

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