According to the information brought by the merchants, Yusuf Qadirhan was leading the army this time, and he brought an army of 40,000 men from Bukhara, joined by warriors from Ghaznavid, Baghdad, and Khorezm along the way. In addition, the Samanid kingdom has now been destroyed by Nasser and Mahmud of Ghaznavid, and the Qarakhanid's greatest enemy in the west has been destroyed, so they can devote all their energies to the east.www.biquge.info Li You said with a grim face, after waiting for so long, their enemy is finally here, and this battle will be even more difficult than the last time.

Hey, Khotan is still too small, Yu Chi Sinhala Rama let out a silent sigh, Arslan was killed less than a year ago, the Qarakhanid gathered tens of thousands of troops, and he returned last time in Kashgar City, after returning a full five years of repairs before regrouping enough troops to attack, the war potential of the two sides is not at the same level at all, if it were not for the support of the Gaochang Uighurs and the Guiyi Army, Khotan would have been wiped out by the Qarakhanid State long ago.

"They also have troops in Talas, Barasagon and Pakhan, and Yusuf Qadir Khan will not forget them, and these 40,000 men will not be the only ones who will come to Kashgar." Bilge was also familiar with the situation in the Qarakhanid.

"It's better to beat them once in exchange for a longer period of peace." Li You wished that the more of their men came, the better, and it would be easier to fight them under the city of Kashgar than to lead his own army to attack Barasagon and Bahanna.

"This time, we are still defending in Kashgar City first, and then going out of the city to attack when they are almost consumed?" Yuchi Sinhala asked, this was also their usual method against the Qarakhanid before.

"Relying on the defense of the city walls can indeed reduce our damage, but this is inevitably passive, so let's send out a scout to find out the route of Yusuf Qadir Khan's march first." Li You didn't want to be purely passively defensive, and Yusuf Qadir Khan's army had traveled thousands of miles to reach Kashgar, and Li You didn't believe that they would not show flaws on the march.

"Yes!" Yu Chi Sinhala, Bi Lego and Lu Sheng responded in unison, the previous easy capture of Kashgar City and the continuous increase in the combat effectiveness of the coalition army in the past few months made them full of respect for Li You, and no one dared to refute his decision for a while, and then countless elite scouts galloped out of Kashgar City to find out the news on various roads leading to the north and west.

Although the Western Regions are now full of wars, the more this happens, the more silk and porcelain produced in the Central Plains can be sold at a higher price in the far west, and there are still countless bold merchants with camels shuttling through the various trade routes of the Western Regions in order to make profits, and from their mouths, Li You constantly gets news of the Qarakhanid army.

Of course, these news are true and false, some are hearsay, some are exaggerated bragging, and some are deliberately interfering with their decision-making, but Li You still figured out the dynamics of the Qarakhanid army from these news and the return of the horse visit.

"It seems that Yusuf Kadir Khan intends to take his men and horses from this road to Kashgar." Li You marked the dynamics of the Qarakhanid army on the sand table in the military chamber, "Yusuf Qadir Khan has a main force of about 50,000 people, and there are still small groups of men and horses in the rear. ”

"Then we can set up an ambush here, and launch a surprise attack while they are exhausted after a long journey, and we will surely win in one fell swoop." Li You said, pointing to a place on the route they must pass.

"Yusuf Kadir Khan is not a man who knows the art of war, and when marching, there must be a horse to go first, and it is not easy to ambush him." Captain Chi Sinhala Rama said hesitantly.

"I've been there many times before, and the terrain on both sides of the road is complicated, and it's impossible for a few scouts to find out everything." Li You said firmly, in the past few months, he has not stayed in Kashgar City to train the army, he took his personal guards to almost all the battlefields around Kashgar that can be used to fight, and everywhere he went, he carefully pondered how to fight in these places, and now he has taken out the most suitable place for ambush near Kashgar, even if he ambushes 20,000 troops, it is not possible to be found in a hurry.

"What you see on the sand table is just an approximation, since the king of Khotan is worried, it is better for us to go and check it tomorrow, and make a decision after the review is completed." Hearing is false, seeing is believing, seeing that Wei Chi Sinhala Rama is still hesitating, so Li You decided to bring them to the scene to see it later, and the three of them nodded in agreement.

Early in the morning of the second day, Li You, Ban Chao, Wei Chi Sinhala Rama and others got on their horses together, went out of the city from the north gate with hundreds of guards, and walked along the road outside the city to the place he said yesterday.

The fast horse galloped for more than two hours, and finally came to this place at noon, only to see the strange stones on both sides of the road, the mountains are undulating, standing in the middle of the road and looking at it from afar, it is not clear what is behind the strange stones and hills, even if you go in, you can only see the place that is ten zhang away from the near.

"This is indeed a good place for ambushes, and the King of Dunhuang is well versed in the art of war, and we really admire it very much." Seeing the situation in front of him, Yu Chi Sinhala Rama understood Li You's confidence, and immediately took the initiative to ask for battle, "I am willing to lead the army to ambush here in this battle, and I will definitely let Nakadir Khan have no return." ”

"In addition to the ambush, there must be people who come forward and feign defeat to lure Kadir Khan into pursuit." It's a good place, but if there are enough scouts, it can still be discovered, so someone has to go and fight Qadir Khan first, so they don't have enough time to scout.

"I'll leave that to me." Bilge felt that he could not snatch Yuchi Sinhala, so he retreated and chose the task of luring the enemy into the depths.

In addition to ambushing and luring the enemy, Li You also lined up Lu Sheng dozens of miles away, and hid in a large circle on the road that Qadir Khan had to pass to break up and flee at that time, and be sure to leave all the men and horses he led here. As for himself, he will take the Guiyi Army as the general reserve, and he will supplement wherever there is a problem in the future.

After going back, while slowly discussing the details of the battle, while waiting for the arrival of Qadir Khan, after more than a long wait, the spies sent out finally brought back the news of the arrival of the Qarakhanid army, so Hu Lusheng took the lead in quietly leaving Kashgar at night, and went to the set location to ambush, and then Yuchi Sinhala Rama and Bilge took their respective men and horses to meet them.