The siege of the Shenji battalion by the river cavalry was ultimately defeated.

And the disparity in losses is huge.

With less than 500 casualties, the Shenji Battalion left 2,000 corpses of the enemy in front of the battle.

It's infantry against cavalry.

Of course, it is not only because of the crushing combat effectiveness of the Shenji Battalion, but also to a large extent because of the weak strength of this cavalry, and the elites from all over the river followed Timur's eastward expedition, leaving behind the old, weak, sick and disabled. That is to say, Talas has a real main force, because as the northern gate of the river, it is necessary to guard against the possible southward movement of Warat, but the elite of these cities in the back have long been emptied.

And the failure of the siege also determined the fate of this cavalry in the river.

Zhu Di's real main force and the Mongols and Warat servants were waiting, they were waiting for the moment when the opponent's attack failed and had to retreat, and the powerful corps swept like a tsunami, finally losing nearly half of the 30,000 river cavalry cobbled together by the Turkic city and Tashkent, and then fled to Seran in a hurry, and their crushing defeat also made the Shymkent defenders have to choose to surrender.

But surrender is of little use.

Shymkent was still slaughtered by the Mongol and Warat forces led by the three of them.

This kind of work is contracted to them.

In fact, they are also very happy, the nomadic tribes of the Land of Seven Rivers originally liked to go south to the river to burn and loot, just like the Mongolian Plateau liked to go south to the Central Plains.

This has been the case since ancient times.

And on the same day, Timur, with a small escort on a hasty march, arrived in Tashkent.

Of course, his army was still behind.

Therefore, even if Timur went to Tashkent, he only had those remnants of the defeated army in his hands, and he immediately sent an envoy to the north, groveling at the feet of the king of Yan, telling the king that it was not that the king of Samarkand was disrespectful to the king of Yan, but that he was sick.

He was sick.

He was afraid of infecting King Yan.

But now the illness is almost cured.

Therefore, he implored the king of Yan to temporarily stay in Shymkent, and he soon went north to meet him.

Of course, Zhu Di knew Timur's true intentions very well, but he had also received Yang Feng's letter, so when he learned that Yang Feng was about to go west, he was also happy to delay. In the end, Zhu Di told the envoy that he was not interested in Shymkent, but he had heard that the famous city in the Selenai River and the Tang monks had visited, and he himself believed in Buddhism, so he wanted to go there to see it. This is obviously a provocation, Tang Seng has indeed been there, and that is Baishui City in the Tang Dynasty's Western Regions, but at this time, Zhu Di went in this name It was purely a provocation. The messenger hurried back, and then Timur hurriedly sent someone north to explain that Selan was only a small and remote city, and it was not enough to condescend to the king of Yan. Then Zhu Di insisted that he was going to Selan, and Timur continued to dissuade him, but every time the envoy went north, he would bring a large amount of gold and silver treasures, and he would also send a large amount of livestock and grain to reward the army.

Therefore, King Yan did not force south.

In the end, they performed like this.

And Timur's rear army gathered.

Khorasan, Samarkand, Andijan, even Bukhara, Khiva, in short, all that could arrive in a short time converged on Tashkent.

Including Kunduz and even Persian ones.

King Yan of the Ming Dynasty also made the entire Western Regions really feel the pressure from the east, from the river to Persia, in the cities, this terrifying news is spreading, just like the Mongolian cavalry went south. Temujin also followed this route, and the Mongol army also entered the river from Talas, and then swept all the way, including the Seran and finally Damascus.

But Timur had to wait.

The battle under the city of Shymkent had clearly told him that if he did not have twice the advantage in troops, he would probably be difficult to defeat Zhu Di.

He had to gather at least 150,000 troops to have any hope of victory.

And the main force of his subordinates is actually still the Eastern Crusade.

But in less than four months, these people ran from the river to Aksu, and then from Aksu back to the river, during which they also experienced many major battles, not to mention that the people were exhausted, or the horses were exhausted, and it was impossible to devote themselves to a decisive battle without resting for a while.

He still has to drag.

In fact, he planned to drag it out until the beginning of winter.

After all, winter is clearly beneficial for his kind of defense.

At that time, the Ming army was basically cut off from logistics.

He still thought that the Ming army had logistics, but poor Zhu Di had logistics, and what logistics ability could guarantee him such a continuous supply thousands of miles away?

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If Zhu Di can be forced to retreat, it will be more perfect for Timur, he doesn't want to fight now, after all, if he doesn't fight, it means that he still submits to the Ming Emperor, and fighting is a rebellion, he understands this truth. After all, Zhu Di has been under the banner of inspecting and comforting by order until now, although he has slaughtered several cities, but since it is a consolation on behalf of the sky, it is normal to have a little heavenly prestige, and the two sides have not really torn their faces, and Timur is still the king of Samarkand under the Ming Dynasty. Besides, Zhu Di is the son of the Ming Emperor, if he dies on the battlefield, then he will have to face the revenge of the Ming Emperor's strength, and now only an expeditionary force has made him have to do his best to deal with it.

He's a hero.

Being able to bend and stretch is the hero.

And he also saw that Zhu Di didn't seem to really want to kill him.

He wasn't wrong.

All Zhu Di wanted was for him to give in and destroy the Timurid Empire, even if it was in Yang Feng's place, it was not in the plan, and Zhu Di never thought about it, especially after being burned by his eldest brother's anger.

He's got to preserve his strength.

In this way, the two sides actually began to bizarrely start a diplomatic bickering.

However......

Tielek Daban.

"It will be the top of the mountain, and you can see the mountains at a glance!"

Ambassador Yang shouted like a convulsive wind as he stood in the ice and snow of early autumn.

Then he looked around......

"Oh yes, this is the shortest place."

He said, looking at the towering peaks around him.

Indeed, this is the shortest pass in the entire mountain.

"You, slow down, I, I'm a little out of breath."

Behind him, Tan Yuan said like a dying breath.

"Waste, it's only four thousand meters above sea level, it's not breathing, it's only three thousand nine hundred and sixty-two .4 meters above sea level, Li Siye of the Tang Dynasty can still slash people with dozens of pounds of Mo knives at this altitude, you are also a general, you can't even breathe anymore? Alas, one generation is not as good as the other! ”

Yang Feng despised it.

And behind them, the long cavalry team seemed to stretch endlessly, silently moving forward on this ice hill at an altitude of four thousand meters, even Zhang Fu couldn't care about talking to him, this kind of height walking for those of them who had no plateau experience, it was really breathless. In fact, it was not only them, but also the Mongolian Warasari Dulgrat, who were all panting like oxen and riding horses dying, even if the guide who led the way was only slightly better.

The entire legion was convulsed by Yang Feng alone, as if he had been stimulated by something.

Of course, Yang Feng is indeed in a good mood.

That's 4,000 meters above sea level.

Timur did not dare to go here.

In fact, the best road from southern Xinjiang to the Ferghana Basin is the most difficult of the Tianshan Ancient Roads.

Take the Schatter Trail towards Lake Yinsek

It is the one where Ugqi Hashha goes south.

Then turn from Lake Insec to Andijan, and you can also turn to Crushed Leaves.

Lake Insek, or Atami, is a major transportation artery.

Although this road is the most difficult, it is the best one to take in the road through the Fergana Basin in southern Xinjiang, and Tang Seng took this road back then.

As for the best road from southern Xinjiang to the Western Regions, it is actually the Wakhan Corridor, although it can only be passed for half a year a year, but it is already the best road among all roads, even Timur did not go here before, he took the Tajik side, and then turned north into the Ferghana Basin.

There is far away.

But it's better to go.

As for this road, it was only a shortcut for Kashgar merchants to Andijan.

But......

It is necessary to cross the Tielek Dasaka.

3,962.4 meters above sea level.

However, it is still not as good as Gao Xianzhi's destruction of Xiao Bolu.

The altitude of that serious is more than 4,000.

The altitude of the Tanju Ridge they crossed was four thousand six.

"I don't believe this, in this kind of place where he can't breathe, he can still swing dozens of catties of Mo knife."

Tan Yuan was a little unconvinced.

Yang Feng carried his giant sword, danced a few times above his head, and then stopped and smiled coldly.

Tan Yuan was speechless.

"Hurry up, there is Osh in front, open Osh, money, wine, meat, women, it's all yours!"

Yang Feng yelled at the soldiers marching below.

I have to say that Ambassador Yang will boost morale, those soldiers in decadence, thinking of crossing this ice hill, in front of almost the richest land in the entire river, countless rich women are waiting for them, that spirit is obviously much better, besides, this road is actually difficult to walk here, and other places are still easy to walk.

Yang Feng was carrying the giant sword, standing next to him to render how rich the city in front of him was, how beautiful the women were, and waving the giant sword from time to time to prove that the altitude was four thousand......

3,962.4 meters.

Actually, it's nothing.

What's more, the sky is high and the air is fresh.

It's a little cold though.

The 60,000-strong army silently marched forward and climbed over this eternal barrier.

There are 5,000 Ming troops in this, in addition to Zhang Fu and Tan Yuan's subordinates, there are also Song Cheng's eldest son Song Xuan, Yang Feng waited for Song Cheng to go to Kashgar before setting off with the Western Expeditionary Army, he is not worried about those strange secrets, with Song Cheng sitting in Kashgar, those different secrets will be completely honest, and Song Cheng let Song Xuan follow with more than 2,000 Shenji battalions.

Song Cheng's son was Bao Jianwen when he was martyred, and he was killed on the battlefield.

This old guy also knows how to bet on both ends.

He hid in Gansu and stayed out of the matter, let his son join the Southern Army, and when he saw that Zhu Di had won, he hurriedly showed his loyalty.

Song Xuan is actually the general of the Shenji Battalion.

Zhu Yunxi installed a large number of such nobles in the Shenji Camp.

Basically, the generals at all levels are noble, quite the style of the British Empire.

At the same time that Xu Huizu took Yuan Rongbu to reinforce Zhu Di, Chang Sheng was also ordered by the emperor's grandson to let Song Xuan, who was in Xi'an with the Shenji Battalion at that time, also reinforce his father Song Cheng, but when he arrived, Song Cheng had already arrived in Yili, and he immediately led an army of the Shenji Battalion to continue westward, and then caught up with Song Cheng who entered the Iron Gate Pass.

He didn't fight all the way.

This time Yang Feng wants to go west, of course he has to make a military exploit.

But an army's westward march on this road could not support logistics.

So he followed with a contingent with a phalanx as the core, and he is still a commander, and if he has this credit, he will at least have to be promoted to a governor and so on.

"Great, ambassador, if you don't follow the ambassador, like, how can you see this spectacle."

Song Xuan said as if he was dying on a horse.

His subordinates were miserable, after all, they were still in Xi'an half a year ago.

"What a lot of wonders to see any further!"

Yang Feng waved his hand and told him to leave quickly, and if he spoke again, he should fall off the horse.

In this way they crossed the Tielek Daban.

After passing this ice hill, even if they officially entered the Fergana Basin, or the former Dawan, the altitude was reduced, allowing everyone to gradually recover, and then they continued their westward expedition after resting in a river valley for two days.

Night.

Osh.

Yang Feng carried a giant sword and walked in front of the soldiers in the array.

Not the Ming army, of course.

Ambassador Yang is a kind person, this kind of good thing in the most advanced city is generally given to the servants, and the Ming army is only responsible for pressing the formation, but after the robbery, the horses and camels will be given to the Ming army, and the little girl will give it to him.

No one dared to argue with him anyway, but Ambassador Yang was indeed the fairest.

Especially the most respectable thing is that he basically doesn't want anything else except a little girl.

No gold, silver, or jewelry.

"What's up ahead?"

He said.

"Gold and silver treasures!"

"Cattle and sheep grain!"

"Woman!"

……

The Dugrat soldiers, who had just experienced the pain of annihilation, said excitedly.

"Yours are yours."

Yang Feng said with a smile.

Then he turned to look at the city in front of him......

"Follow me!"

He suddenly roared.

Then he began to run towards the gates of Osh with a giant sword in one hand and a meteor hammer in the other.

Behind him a torrent of thousands of troops and horses marched forward.

And Ambassador Yang, whose speed was even faster than that of a war horse, quickly pulled away, like a cold light in the moonlight at night, on the city wall in front of him, the vigilant soldiers had been awakened, as the Ferghana Basin is also the eastern gate of the river, of course, the city has a large number of defenders.

Although Timur didn't expect Yang Feng to chase and kill, it was impossible not to be prepared.

The trumpet sounded immediately.

The whole city wakes up in its sleep.

And Yang Feng had already arrived at the city gate, he rushed straight across the bridge of the moat, the meteor hammer in his hand was thrown forward, the huge hammer head instantly smashed through the city gate, and then dragged back, the city gate was hit twice, and then he hit the whole person. In fact, the gates of the city, which had been bolted by the Meteor Hammer, opened back in his ferocious impact, and then he rushed straight into the city. A few soldiers who had just come out of the nearby building looked at him with bewildered eyes rubbing their sleepy eyes, and the next moment the meteor hammer landed in the middle of them.

"I, Yang Feng, am here!"

Ambassador Yang howled excitedly.

Behind him, the Dugrat soldiers rushed in.

The destruction of the city began on a calm night.