Some people may feel that Liu Xian has wasted too much effort in the small city of Klediya, and the residents of less than 1,000 people, a handful of inland village chiefs and rich peasant level 'nobles', are all cut down and unclean?

Liu Xian doesn't think so. After forcing the nineteen people to surrender, he felt that he should put this scene in the eyes of the soldiers and civilians of the city, so that everyone in Claudia could see the greed for life and fear of death of the 'nobles', which would inevitably blow them harder to their hearts.

Three days later, Zierla, on the seventh day, Luopu, and Liu Xian led a team of 2,000 horses to connect the two cities without knowing it, and ran to the capital of Khotan, the city of Eliqi, which was only forty miles away, and still not noticed by the city of Erliqi, which is why he put so much effort into the handful of nobles in Kledia!

With them leading the 'entourage' to Zierla and Lop, they easily took the city gate and control the right to control it, and it was not too easy for Liu Xian to seize the two cities.

The two cities were one large and one small, and Lop did not know that the walls were not as good as them, but Zirla was even stronger than Claudia, with twelve or three hundred inhabitants and five hundred garrisons. But in the face of Liu Xian's surprise attack and siege with four times the military strength, Burke's Mansion was taken out by the black tiger from the beginning, and there will be a recurrence of the battle situation?

Liu Xian laid an ambush on all sides of the city in advance, set up soldiers and horses on the main road to the west of the city, and cleanly packed dumplings for the soldiers and civilians of the two cities. None of them ran, and the news naturally kept Erli Qicheng in the dark. What's more, all the food in the city has been preserved, which is the most important thing for the current expeditionary army.

But this method can be used to deal with Qierla, but not against Erli Qicheng.

As the capital of Khotan, although the city of Erliqi is not as big as a county town in the interior, and after Agubai's large-scale killing, the entire city is empty, and the current population is less than 30% of the houses, but there are 2,000 Agubai rebels!

Two thousand!

Liu Xian was killed by the whole army. Without absolute superiority in troops, it would be a great price to pay to nibble at these two thousand rebel troops. In particular, no one knows whether the inhabitants of the city of Erliqi are staunch supporters of Aguba!

……

At this moment, the Burke Mansion in the city of Eliqi.

Niyazibek was asking his men for news from Zirla and Klediya, "Haven't you sent a document yet?" ”

It shouldn't be like this. The two cities of Qierla and Kledia are two of the three major subordinate cities of Erliqi City, although the local Berke has the same idea of big and small things, but after a few days, there is always a document sent to Erriqi City from both sides.

Now, it has been ten days since Kledia has been reported, and Zirla has been there for several days, and this situation is obviously not right!

Niazi is not a stupid person, even if Liu Xian pocketed all the soldiers and civilians, it also caused Niazi to be uneasy. It's just that Niazi hasn't really discovered anything yet, and like Albab, he couldn't imagine that there would be an army from the Central Plains to kill him, and he held 2,000 soldiers and horses in his own hands, which could completely suppress the entire Khotan, so he continued to 'stand still'.

"Is it Abduli?"

Unable to eradicate the last bit of power of the Ibibula family, Abduli's existence has always been a thorn in the heart of Niazi. After all, Khotan will be his territory in the future, and Aguba can not care about Abduli's life or death, but he Nyazi cannot. It's just that Niazi's strength is limited at the moment, and his power can't expand to the east of Khotan at all, and he only knows that Abduli fled to the east for a year, but he doesn't know where it is.

Now that news from Klediya and Zirla had been cut off for many days, Niazi had to wonder if it was Abduli who had 'made a comeback' and cut off the route between the city of Errizi and the west.

There was no evidence to back up Niaz's speculation, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was the case.

……

Liu Xian was planning how to take the city of Erliqi. I saw that on the virtual map, a small number of red dots rushed out of the city of Eliqi and galloped towards the east. Liu Xian didn't know that this was a reconnaissance detachment specially sent by Niazi because he felt that something was wrong. I just think about things as 'catching up'. So Abdul Liber went out again!

Now the strength of his army has also expanded to five or six hundred, all of whom are local indigenous young men recruited by Liu Xian in Keledia and Qierla, and they are all infantry.

The expeditionary army withdrew from Lope.

"If you can attract half of Niaz's men, I will forgive you for your sins. If you can attract more than half of Niaz's men, I'll keep you with seven pins of Burke. ”

Like the method of taking down Klerdia, although it is old-fashioned, Liu Xian feels that it is as effective as reusing it in Eli Qicheng.

Abdul was solemn, and the excitement on his face could be seen in his trembling hands. Liu Xian's promise is not exaggerated, as in the case of Abduli, Beijing will definitely have a reward after the war is over. Of course, it is impossible to have such a high status as before, but a little Burke of six or seven grades can still be captured.

But now, the war can be said to have just reached the first step, and Liu Xian promised Qipin Burke, so if Abduli makes new contributions after the war, the reward will start from the point of Qipin Burke. For Abduli, Liu Xian's words completely made him see the hope of the family's re-emergence.

How could Abdul be unexcited?

So when he turned around, he washed the blood in the city of Loop.

This is a real case of killing and stealing. The two or three hundred people in the small city of Lop were slaughtered by a single remnant, and the women in it were still for Abduli's subordinates to vent and vent fiercely, which greatly boosted the morale of Abduli's army. What's more, after washing Lope in blood, Abduli doesn't have to worry about being stabbed in the back by this little person in the city when he is defending the city. I don't know how many times this kind of thing has happened in history, and I have encountered it many times on the road to Aguba's rise. Abduli directly killed a fine light, and the province gave birth to a moth. The natives who had been summoned from Klediya and Zirla were thus tied to Abduli's chariot. It's not that these people will follow Abduli wholeheartedly, but at least they can push their hearts to Abduli's side.

"Abduli! Sure enough, it's Abduli! ”

In the city of Erliqi, Niazi ordered five hundred cavalry and rushed out of the eastern gate, looked at the city of Lop and killed it. Abdul must not be allowed to run, and he must not be allowed to run.

Only a fraction of the dozen or so scouting soldiers returned, and according to these people, Abduli's men were all cavalry. But the number of people is not large, it is estimated that there are only one or two hundred horsemen. This is the biggest reason why Niazi acted so decisively and quickly. A little later, Abdul Li might have run away. And the five hundred cavalry he ordered were all the horses in the city of Eliqi.

Of course, the 500 horse team could not take the city of Loop, even if Abduli had been retracting his strength, only when Niazi divided his troops to surround Lop from east to west, he released 200 cavalry to attack the Niazi garrison at Simon, and the strength he showed was not something that the 500 cavalry of Niazi could take.

It is said that Niazi is also unwilling to take 500 cavalry as infantry to knock Lopp.

Niazi was not alarmed, he had the city of Erliqi behind him, and there were 1,500 regular infantry in it, and when he led the horse team to attack Lope, he had already ordered his deputy to lead five hundred soldiers to set out towards Lopu later.

More than forty miles away, at most tomorrow at noon, the follow-up infantry can arrive.

Looking at the former flags of the Ibibula family fluttering above the city of Lop, Niazi just smiled coldly. Without the Khotanese people, would Khotan still be the territory of the Ibibulla family?

Others don't know. As the important general of Aguba, he was the one who made great contributions to Aguba in the third attack of Yarkand, and as the current Aqimu Berk of Khotan, he is very clear. At least 50,000 Khotanese fell to the slaughter of the Aquba rebels. Over the course of the next year, large numbers of Andijanians and Uzbeks poured into western Khotan, all of whom were descendants of Aquba. Although the number is still far from comparable to that of the Khotanese population slaughtered, it is an undeniable fact that the prestige and roots of the Ibibullah family in Khotan are gone.

Abduli, who has no appeal among the people, is a lonely wolf, not a tiger with the spirit of a king. Therefore, it can only be regarded as a thorn in Niazi's heart, and it is not put in the eyes of Aguba at all.

Now, this lone wolf is no longer a threat in the eyes of Niaz. No matter what he had done to the east of Loop before, Abduli today was already a trapped beast in his net.

Just when Niazi and Abduli were laughing deservedly, Liu Xian, the standard-bearer who really played this game of chess, was patiently waiting for the opportunity.

Two armies of men and horses were driven out of the city of Eliqi, and together they were a thousand paces. There are still thousands of people in the city, and three or four thousand people are uncertain, but it is very likely that they are supporters of the Aguba rebellion, and the city of Erqi is still not something that he can touch.

Liu Xian was waiting for the 'news' that Nyazrop would continue to transfer troops and reinforcements after the setback, and at the same time, he was also waiting for the arrival of the main force of the follow-up expeditionary army.

Khotan is not his ultimate goal this year. The dilapidated Khotan could hardly support the attrition of the expeditionary army for a winter. Liu Xian also plans to attack Yarkand, at least Yecheng. This rich and fertile place is not comparable to today's Erliqi City, with 30,000 or 40,000 indigenous residents and tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, only by occupying him, Liu Xian will no longer worry about the rations in the army.

However, the long journey of more than 2,000 miles from eastern Khotan to Eliqi City, the essence of western Khotan, was really not an easy task for the main force of the expeditionary army.

After taking Kledia and Qierla, Liu Xian collected grain, grass, cattle and horses along the way, and a large part of them ordered a small army to escort them back to the east. Now he also does not know where the main forces have gone. The scanning area has been extended to nearly 200 miles, and there is no shadow of the main force on the virtual map...... R1152