A cavalry marched south from the Altai Mountains, all the cavalry's armor was stained with blood, there were traces left by swords, the battle flag of the Western Regions Protectorate was broken, and everyone looked tired.

Huo Quai's armor was covered with spider web-like cracks.

Huo Quai's lieutenant Zhao Ponu was even more seriously injured, with gauze wrapped around his shoulders, stained red with blood.

Li Siye, the Tang general of the rest army, held the Mo knife, and behind him was an elite Tang Mo knife team.

The Modao team is a high-level heavy infantry, the elite of the Tang Dynasty's resting capital, and has a restraining effect on the cavalry.

Li Siye's Modao team had about 2,000 people, and after the great battle of the Altai Mountains, there were only 700 people left.

Wang Xuance, the minister who served as Huo An's chief secretary, served as the military advisor of Huo Quzhi, Zhao Ponu, Li Siye and others, and assisted Huo Quzhi, Zhao Ponu, Li Siye and others in retreating.

Wang Xuance was also accompanied by a group of Tubo cavalry, which was Huo An's request to the lord of Tubo to recruit cavalry in Tubo.

Wang Xuance was a diplomat of the Tang Dynasty, and he transferred Tibetan soldiers and Nibora soldiers to defeat the Tianzhu Kingdom in India, and his ability was somewhat similar to that of the "Heavenly Khan", which had a strengthening effect on the servant army.

The main ability of the Tian Khan trait is not to strengthen the servant army, but to increase the loyalty of the servant army, and Wang Xuance's ability is mainly to strengthen the servant army, so in terms of the enhancement effect alone, Wang Xuance's ability to strengthen the servant army is even better.

Huo Quai's army fought with Subutai for a long time, dragged Subutai, and learned that Luntai was besieged and continued to fight with Subutai, which was of little significance, so he returned to the division to support Luntai.

In this way, it is quite troublesome for them to avoid the eyes and ears of speed.

Tanmachi has war eagles, among which there is a small team of Tanmachi cavalry in Subutai, Wang Xuance, Huo Quzhi and others want to get rid of Subutai, it is not easy, and it will be noticed by the war eagles.

Wang Xuance and the generals made a detour around the Junggar Basin, day and night, and only then did they get rid of the speed and butai that pursued them.

"I hope Lord Du Hu is safe and sound."

Wang Xuance patted off the dust on his robe.

He hadn't rested for half a month, and his armor, robe, and scabbard were all clinging to the grit.

Wang Xuance's eyes were bloodshot.

Relying only on the power of the Western Regions Protectorate, it was too difficult to face the forces of the Mongol Empire and the two khanates.

The place where the Ögedai Khanate and the Chagatai Khanate descended was within the sphere of influence of Hoan, and some tribes and kingdoms pledged allegiance to the two khanates, which invisibly weakened Hoan's power, and it was quite a loss for Hoan.

"Vomit ......"

Wang Xuance couldn't withstand the long battle, leaned against a sand dune and vomited violently.

Huo Quzhi, Zhao Ponu, Li Siye and other generals waited patiently for the master.

Wang Xuance was a civilian official, but he fought with the legion and fought with Subutai repeatedly, which was quite rare among all civilian officials.

Wang Xuance is somewhat similar to Chen Qingzhi, Yu Yunwen and others, although he does not have the same force as a general, but he has the ability to command soldiers and horses to fight, which is also a miracle......

Wang Xuance sat on the ground and rested for a while, and after relieving himself, he said to Huo Qubing and other generals of the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate: "If we want to go back to Shiluntai and relieve the siege for the Duhu Lord, we can pass through the Cheshi Kingdom." The country of Che Shiguo should still be in the hands of the eldest lady. ”

"We can also go to the country of Cheshi to replenish and obtain food, water, arrows, swords, and armor, the arrows in our quiver have been exhausted, the swords have been curled, the armor has been broken, and the war horses have lost fat."

"The eldest lady can really defend the Cheshi Country?"

Huo Qubing and other generals of the Western Regions Protectorate directly called Huo Qing the eldest lady, and as the younger sister of Huo An, she did have a special status in the Western Regions Protectorate.

It's just that Huo Qing's ability is relatively average, and Huo Qubing doesn't think that Huo Qing can defend the Cheshi Kingdom under the offensive of the Mongol Empire, unless he ......

"Unless reinforcements arrive in the Kannai, we can hold the Cheshi country. If the princes of Guannai had foresight, they would not continue to be busy with infighting...... At the very least, the princes of the north do not fight among themselves, they face the most pressure. It's time for us to go, or the eagles of Tanmachi will catch up again. ”

Wang Xuance was a little uneasy.

The Huo Quzhi army was located in the Junggar Basin, and there might be enemies in all directions, and the influence of the Western Regions Protectorate at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains was weakened.

When Wang Xuance, Huo Quzhi and others left, the red cavalry appeared and checked the surrounding horseshoe prints and infantry footprints.

Subutai, one of the four mastiffs, arrived on a war horse and looked in the direction of Che Shiguo: "If Huo Quzhi and the others want to return to Luntai, they must pass through Che Shiguo and Yanqi. The Great Khan had already occupied Yanqi, and Luntai was besieged. I don't know if the Great Khan took the Cheshi Kingdom. There is no teleportation array in the Cheshi Country, so there should be no hurry to take it. ”

Subutai had been fighting with Huo Quai's army in the field for many days, and before he could detect that Cheshiguo had opened the teleportation array, Temujin's offensive against Cheshiguo failed.

In the current situation, Subutai is at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, Temujin, Wokotai, and Yelu Dashi are at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and the Han army controls the Cheshi Kingdom, which is a key place to rush, and receives supplies from Guannai.

Originally, Temujin, Subutai and others thought that there was no teleportation array in the Cheshi Kingdom, so they concentrated their forces to besiege Luntai and capture Yanqi and other places, and then Temujin and Subutai joined forces to encircle the Cheshi Kingdom, which could be easily occupied.

The royal city of Cheshi Kingdom was directly upgraded from a medium-sized city to a large city, and the teleportation array was opened, and the Han Empire expeditionary force arrived, so that Temujin and Subutai were caught off guard.

Now the forces of the two sides are staggered, and the Han Empire expeditionary force separates the forces of Temujin and Subutai.

"Let's go, attack the country of Cheshi!"

Subutai still marched to Cheshiguo according to the plan.

According to the agreement with Temujin, the two sides will meet in the division of the chariot.

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Cheshi Guojiaohe City (Wangcheng), Qin Liangyu, who arrived, held a spear in his hand and fought with Hua Mulan in the school field, and the two of them each used a red tassel spear with the blade off the blade, and fought for hundreds of rounds, sweating profusely, regardless of victory or defeat.

The expeditionary force of the Han Empire was still being assembled, and after everyone repelled Temujin, Temujin could not cut off the teleportation array of Cheshi Kingdom, so he could only retreat to Yanqi Kingdom to rest.

Temujin's losses were enormous, with the Xue army losing more than 1,000 men, the Tanmachi, Zhongxiao army, and Heli army losing thousands, and the rest of the cavalry losing tens of thousands.

These cavalry were not servant troops, but Temujin's army of a hundred battles in the north of the desert, and every loss of cavalry was unbearable for Temujin.

In particular, Borhu, the four cowardly generals, was kind to Temujin, but he died. The cowardly Xue army can also be recruited, but the generals of the cowardly Xue army cannot be recruited. There was only one Borhu.

Like a wounded wolf, Temujin licked his wounds.

"The last general, Le Yi, has seen the lord."

Le Yi arrived with Le Jin and Zhou Cang, and Ju Yi joined Le Yi's army again to strengthen the siege ability of Le Yi's offensive army.

The Leyi Legion has finally arrived!

With Le Yi's ability, he is enough to take charge of himself, and his offensive army is also quite strong.

Cao Ren and the favored Iron Wall Army arrived later.

500,000 expeditionary forces assembled.

Because of the loss of some soldiers and horses in the battle of Cheshiguo, the actual strength was less than 500,000.

In addition, Chu Tian considered leaving part of his troops in the Cheshi Country to protect the teleportation array and reduce the supply pressure.

The Iron Wall Legion is responsible for staying behind in the Cheshi Country.

"A cavalry is coming from the north!"

After repelling Temujin, Che Shiguo fell into a panic again.

Many of the defenders climbed the walls, nervously preparing to meet the cavalry attacking from the north.

Chu Tian was also on the city wall, he could see the north of the Cheshi Country, and sure enough, a cavalry army arrived.

"No, it's the banner of our Western Regions Protectorate! It should be Huo Quai's cavalry! ”

Huo Qing recognized the banner of the Western Regions Protectorate at a glance, and everyone was relieved.

"Huo Qu's ......"

Chu Tian knew that Huo An got Huo Qu's disease after the Battle of Mobei, and later Huo Qu's disease confronted Subutai in the Western Regions for a long time, and it rarely appeared.

If it weren't for Huo Quai's blocking of Subutai's offensive, perhaps the situation in the Western Regions Protectorate would be even more critical than it is now.

Just in case, the gates of the Cheshi Kingdom are still closed.

Huo Quzhi, Wang Xuance, Zhao Ponu, Li Siye and other generals came to the city, and none of them had complete armor.

"This is the banner of the princes of Guannai, it seems that not only has the Cheshi Kingdom not been lost, but our reinforcements have arrived."

Wang Xuance noticed that the flags on the walls of the Cheshi Kingdom, in addition to the flags of the Western Regions Protectorate, there were also different flags from the princes of Guannai.

"With these reinforcements, we can defeat the enemy who has entered the Western Regions Protectorate."

Huo Qubing and a group of soldiers from the Western Regions Protectorate entered the Cheshi King City.

When they saw Huo Qing, they reported the losses to him: "A total of 100,000 people attacked the Altai Mountains, of which 40,000 were killed, 20,000 were scattered on the way, and 40,000 survived. ”

"Only 40,000 people have returned......"

Huo Qing could imagine how tragic the battle for the attack on the Altai Mountains was.

In order to contain the Subutai Army stationed in the Altai Mountains for Huo An, Huo Quzhi and others paid a huge price, killing forty percent and fleeing two percent.

"Let people prepare food and grass, camps."

Huo Qing immediately arranged to go down and wash the dust for Huo Quai's surviving soldiers from the Western Regions Protectorate.

When the war with the Mongol Empire and the two khanates, the number of casualties of the Western Regions Protectorate army rose sharply, and it is estimated that there are only more than 100,000 main forces left.

When Chu Tian saw Huo Quai, Huo Qubing should be in his early twenties at this time, and he was considered a general of the younger generation.

Huo Quzhi went through a continuous battle with Subutai, not only was he not tired, but he was more majestic and heroic, and he had the shadow of a generation of famous generals.

Huo Quai's deputy general is Zhao Ponu, a rather heroic general.

In addition to Huo Quzhi and Zhao Ponu, a burly military general with a strange knife in his hand stands, his bronze-like upper body is scarred, and he has experienced a great war and survived the catastrophe.

A relatively thin literati bowed to Chu Tian and other princes from Guannei: "This time to relieve the siege of Luntai City, it is up to you to do so. Under Wang Xuance, I am willing to help you. ”

Wang Xuance put himself in an auxiliary position, and elevated the status of Chutian and other princes, in order not to take the lead and let the princes in the Guannei actively save Luntai City.

"With the strength of the Western Regions Protectorate, you can raise an army of 400,000 to expedition to Luntai."

Chu Tian lost a number of soldiers and horses in the battle with Temujin, and had to leave a part of the troops to defend the Cheshi country, originally worried that the troops would not be enough, but Huo Qubing and others' 40,000 soldiers and horses came to converge, so the troops could be replenished.

Huo Quai's cavalry-based force is not an ordinary army, but an elite division that has been fighting with Subutai for a long time, and has experienced a hundred battles.

Huo Qubing also had a small group of ninth-order hussars by his side, and each cavalry had a killing aura on his body, and he was a strong force.

Li Siye, Zhao Ponu and others are also very conspicuous.

Especially Wang Xuance, who is a civil official, actually mixed with Huo Quzhi, Li Siye and others, and won the trust of Huo Quzhi and others.

"So, everyone, let's prepare to enter Luntai City."

The first batch of Han Empire expeditionary forces has been prepared, all the soldiers and horses are ready to go, and the princes of the Han Empire are sure to relieve the siege of Luntai City.

The defenders in Luntai City are also a force to be reckoned with, and although Huo An was defeated, he was not completely wiped out.

If it weren't for the fact that there was a Yelu Dashi beside Wokotai who gave advice, perhaps Huo An could lead the cavalry back to Luntai City safely after burning down Yemili City.

"Please give us three days to resupply."

Wang Xuance thought that the 40,000 people in the Western Regions were too tired, and all kinds of armaments were exhausted, and they urgently needed supplies.

The time for the expedition was set for three days later.

The Subutai Legion pursued Huo Quzhi and others to the Cheshi Country, and broke through a small town in the Cheshi Kingdom to obtain supplies, only to find that the Cheshi Kingdom was still under the control of the Western Regions Protectorate, and Temujin's attack on the Western Regions Protectorate failed.

"The expeditionary force of the Han Empire has arrived in the country of Cheshi...... Damn, Cheshi Guo actually opened the teleportation array, so that the supply pressure of the Han Empire was much smaller! ”

Quickly dismounted, looked in the direction of Jiaohe City, and hesitated.

The fact that Che Shiguo opened the teleportation array was indeed unexpected by him.

Originally, Subutai and Temujin agreed to capture the Cheshi Kingdom, which was easy. However, the Cheshi Kingdom opened the teleportation array, completely disrupting their deployment.

A Mongol general said to Subutai: "Father, should we attack the Cheshi Kingdom and avenge the Great Khan?" ”

"Even if the Great Khan personally attacked the Cheshi Kingdom, it ended in failure, and the current Cheshi Country, maybe there are hundreds of thousands of Han troops, and it cannot be ......"

Subutai knew how terrible Temujin's cowardice was.

Even if Temujin, who had the cowardly Xue army, the loyal and filial army, and the Tanmachi, all lost, then he could not attack quickly, and the probability of success was also extremely small.

"So what are we going to do?"

"Wuliang Hetai, what are our advantages?"

"We can run long distances and loot the villages and towns along the way, and it is not difficult for the Han army to replenish supplies."

"So we have to follow the Han Empire's expeditionary force. They have gathered troops and horses in the Cheshi Country, and they will definitely go to rescue Luntai City, and then it will be our chance. Let's take a break in the country of Cheshi. ”

Subutai's eyes were deep, and he was ready to sneak attack the expeditionary force from the rear.