The day after Gelhan returned to the royal court with Chechi's army, the situation on the Metasequoia battlefield changed dramatically again.

The Metasequoia garrison, which had been relying on the fortifications of the city and adopted a defensive strategy, suddenly poured out of the city after King Loulan and King Chechi left one after another, set up a position in the wilderness, and forced towards the camp of the Western Xinjiang coalition army.

At this time, the one who guarded the camp was the Marquis of Durham, the Turkic deputy marshal, and he held 10,000 Loulan soldiers and 5,000 chariot Chi soldiers in his hands.

In the face of Li Jiangyao's bold provocation, the arrogant and arrogant Durham could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and he immediately issued an order to let all the coalition troops go out to prepare for battle in the united formation of the Metasequoia Army, vowing to let the remnants of Metasequoia City have a good taste of the power of the Turkic "victorious general".

In the blink of an eye, on the plain outside the camp, a mixed army of 15,000 Metasequoia infantry and cavalry launched a large-scale frontal battle with 15,000 Western Xinjiang coalition troops.

The flying arrows in the air, the swords and guns like a forest, the soldiers on both sides come and go,-for-tat, and the fight is inseparable. Although the troops invested by both sides were much smaller than in the previous battle, the intensity was even greater.

Objectively speaking, the Marquis of Durham does have proud capital.

As a favorite general under Ashina, Durham, who was born in a Turkic royal family, is worthy of the title of "good war" in terms of courage and blood, as well as command quality.

The Western Xinjiang Coalition Army, which performed ordinarily in the hands of Alikjiang, was transformed into an elite division after a short period of training and dispatch by Durham. On the battlefield, the whole army is well-founded, offensive and defensive, even in the face of the group charge of the white-robed army, they can hold the formation, resist desperately, and strive for the opportunity for friendly troops to deploy defense and counterattack, so as not to be crushed with one blow as they did at the beginning.

The soldiers and horses on both sides showed the momentum of a decisive battle, and they fought from dawn until dusk. The battlefield was littered with the corpses of soldiers, and the blood gradually pooled into a stream. In the wilderness between Metasequoia City and the coalition camp, it was as if two giant beasts were covered in scales, gasping and roaring, entangled with each other, but it was difficult to swallow each other.

Li Jiangyao looked at the sunset that fell into the clouds on the horizon, turned around and ordered: "Brothers, comrades-in-arms have been fighting for a whole day, it's time for us to make a move!" ”

At this time, he led five hundred elite soldiers of the Ghost-faced White-robed Army, hiding in the dense forest behind the camp of the Western Xinjiang Alliance, and the nearest camp gate was only about a thousand steps away.

On the frontal battlefield, it was the experienced Xu Youchang and Du Jian and others who were fighting to the death with Durham's main force, and the task was to drag the other party to the death, while Li Jiangyao gave full play to his advantage of being good at raid operations, partnered with Lin Feng, quietly touched the enemy's rear, and looked for opportunities to steal the camp.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Li Jiangyao gave an order, and Lin Feng took the lead in action, taking seven or eight soldiers dressed as Che Chijun's army, galloping out of the dense forest and running towards the coalition camp in the distance.

"Urgent! His Highness Gelhan Urgent Military Report! ”

There were quite a few local warriors in Metasequoia City, and they shouted loudly at the top of their throats as they rode their horses and galloped in pure chariot language.

The allied soldiers guarding the gate of the camp saw by the dim light that there were not many people coming from the other side, and besides, it was carrying an urgent military report from King Gelhan, so they did not even think about it, so they hurriedly opened the gate, moved away from the horses, and made way for this small group of heralds to enter the camp.

Li Jiangyao saw the opening of the gate from a distance in the dense forest, shouted happily, and then immediately urged the horse to jump out, and commanded the assault troops to start accelerating the sprint.

At the same time, Lin Feng's team also happened to arrive at the gate of the camp. Instead of advancing further into the camp, they suddenly turned over and dismounted, and pounced on the guards around them. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Chechi soldiers fell to the ground with blood, and the rest of the people fell into a panic, not knowing whether to step forward to resist or flee.

A distance of nearly a thousand paces, for a cavalryman, it was only a moment. The assault team led by Li Jiangyao rushed all the way, and when they arrived at the gate of the camp, Lin Feng and the others had already finished the battle and firmly grasped the gate.

Originally, those coalition forces responsible for guarding the gate had an advantage in strength, and as long as they held on for a while, it was entirely possible to suppress Lin Feng and the others, or even kill them. However, when they saw the white cloak floating from a distance, they immediately felt like they had seen a ghost, completely abandoned the idea of resistance, turned around and ran.

Li Jiangyao led 500 white-robed troops and took advantage of the situation to break into the center of the camp of the Western Xinjiang Coalition Army. At this time, the main forces of the coalition army have already gone out of the camp with Durham to fight, and those who remain in the camp tent at this time are either wounded soldiers or old and weak, and where can they stop the imposing white-robed army?

Whoosh - smack!

A fireworks rocket rose from the camp of the Western Xinjiang Coalition Army, and in an instant, it flew into the air and burst into a large ball of brilliant fireworks. The sparkling points of light stay in the dim sky, and the fiery red sunset in the distance complement each other, which is very beautiful.

It didn't take long for the tents in the camp to burst into flames, as if the sunset had been torn from the sky to the ground by an invisible giant hand, emitting a brighter and more dazzling light.

Immediately afterwards, a large stream of smoke quickly rolled up from the upwind outlet and went straight into the battle formation of the Western Xinjiang Coalition Army, which soon caused an irrepressible riot.

"Master Hou, it's not good, the camp is burning over there!"

"Broken, broken, broken! The back road has been cut off! ”

"Run! It's all fire over there! ”

Durham hurriedly turned his head when he heard the sound, and couldn't help but chuckle in his heart: It's going to be over!

Seeing that the camp had already ignited a raging fire, needless to say, it must have been the Metasequoia garrison that had sneaked around the rear and took the opportunity to make a surprise attack.

Durham was immediately angry and hateful: the original crusade coalition army of more than 80,000 people, most of the current strength has been drained by Alikjiang and Gelhan, and the remaining 15,000 men and horses, all used to resist the frontal enemy, are all stretched, where is there still the strength to hold the rear?

Li Jiangyao of Metasequoia City saw this, so he took the initiative to send troops out of the city to challenge, and then saw the opportunity, attacked the east and west, and successfully attacked the camp.

At this time, the two sides had been fighting fiercely for a whole day, and both sides had reached the point of exhaustion, and the sudden fire in the backyard at the critical moment was tantamount to the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the fighting spirit of the Western Xinjiang coalition army was vented on the spot.

The front has begun to panic and commotion, and the terrible situation of the collapse of the army's morale may break out at any moment!

At the critical moment, the experienced Durham immediately ordered to give way to several phalanxes in the front row to settle down on the spot, and not to take half a step back without an order; The four phalanxes of the second platoon quickly retreated three hundred paces and regrouped to prepare to meet the retreat of the front army. The four thousand-strong cavalry phalanxes deployed in the rear were transformed from strategic reserves to mobile teams, and they were deployed in the direction of the main battalion, ready to block the Metasequoia army that might surprise from the rear at any time. The rest of the troops and horses quickly broke away from the battle and withdrew from the battlefield in batches.

Fortunately, it was the Turkic Deputy Marshal Durham who commanded the battle here. Although this guy is short-tempered and arrogant, leading troops to fight is by no means a straw bag, on the contrary, he is very material. If it were Alikjan or Gelhan here, it would have been a whimper.

Although the entire Western Coalition Army was inevitably a little panicked because of the attack on the large battalion, under Durham's calm deployment, they still basically maintained a complete formation system, and gradually retreated from the dangerous situation and moved to a safe place.

Li Jiangyao and Xu Youchang looked at each other's well-disciplined formation and knew that there were no big flaws to grasp. In order to avoid unnecessary casualties among the soldiers, it was decided to accept it as soon as it was good, and let Durham and them retreat for the time being.

Due to the complete burning of the coalition camp and the destruction of the army's baggage, Durham did not dare to delay here, and decided to lead the army back to the Chechi royal court overnight, and wait until the soldiers and horses were regrouped, and then return to attack Metasequoia City.

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"Your Royal Highness, the sons and daughters are already impatient!" Black Mountain was wearing a leather armor vest, revealing two muscular arms, and asked Curiban angrily: "You say, is what Captain Li said reliable?" ”

Prince Kuliban of Shenhua stared at the darkness in front of him with his eyes, and his tone was firm: "Leader of Montenegro, a few days ago, you also witnessed Lord Li's methods at the head of Metasequoia City. And earlier, I also witnessed the miracle of Lord Li leading hundreds of troops to raid tens of thousands of enemy troops. You tell me, how many heroes can there be in the world? ”

Montenegro showed a look of joy and convincing: "Well, Your Highness is right, that Lord Li is indeed a hero!" But ......"

"But what?" Kuriban turned to look at him.

"However, this time he asked us to go around the Chechi Royal Court for several days, and now he is here to set up an ambush, which really makes me a little puzzled."

"Lure the snake out of the hole and surround the point to send reinforcements, what can't you understand?" Curiban smiled in a relaxed tone: "What? Are you worried that the enemy will not come? ”

Montenegro was a real person, nodded and said, "That day, Gelhan led his troops back to the royal court, why didn't we take the opportunity to ambush him halfway?" ”

Curiban smiled faintly: "I don't know much about Lord Li's plan. But as far as I can guess, it's probably not that I don't want to, but that I can't. Gelhan returned to the division only after receiving the news of Chechi's royal court's request for help. In that case, he must be like a frightened bird, raising vigilance and guarding against it everywhere, so as not to fall into our strategy of encircling and sending reinforcements. Therefore, if you want to ambush him, it will not be easy to succeed. ”

"But we've been waiting here all day. Now in the middle of the night, where is the shadow of the enemy? Montenegro couldn't help but say.

"Hold your breath." "Master Li once said that before the two armies, victory will always favor the quieter side. ”

Montenegro scratched his head, still a little unconvinced: "Your Highness, I don't understand what you said, I only know ......"

In the next second, Montenegro suddenly closed his mouth, and a pair of copper rings stared straight into the distance. In that direction, a large number of torches suddenly appeared.