In the evening, the sunset sun hangs in the sky, spreading a soft and warm light across the entire Ulundu River.

The eastern sky was now darkening, in stark contrast to the glorious sunset in the western sky. In that dim direction, suddenly an army of cavalry appeared out of thin air, galloping towards the riverbank amid the roar of hooves.

The Turkic iron cavalry led by the commander of the Turkic Northern Battalion and Deputy Marshal Mohadi finally arrived.

According to the original plan, this was supposed to be the time to launch a general attack, but Mohadi did not usher in the excitement of the expected slaughter, and all he and his subordinates saw was mess and ashes of flames.

"His grandmother's! Isn't it already over?! ”

As Mohadi muttered dissatisfiedly, the Turkic warriors who had followed him to this place and had already been aroused with bloody and murderous intent suddenly felt a little lost. They hurried for a few days, and in the end, let alone eating meat, they didn't even drink the soup, how could they not feel depressed?

"Something is wrong, marshal," one of the guards said to Mohadi, pointing to the crowd cleaning the battlefield, "what...... Why didn't you see the body? ”

Mohadi couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and squinted his eyes to take a closer look. That's right, not only is this battlefield not littered with corpses, but even the smell of blood that you are used to in normal times cannot be smelled.

What's going on here?

Mohadi was wondering to himself, when he suddenly saw a familiar figure riding from a distance, only to hear the man's rough voice, galloping and shouting: "Hey, Mohadi, are you here?!" ”

Mohadi fixed his eyes and saw that it was none other than his old rival in the Turkic army, the Marquis of Durham, another lieutenant marshal of the Turkic army.

Durham urged his horse to approach, grabbed the reins, and hummed a little dissatisfied: "I said Mohadi, why did you get there?" Grinding, like a! ”

Hearing this, Mohadi immediately showed a look of disgust, couldn't help but purse his lips, and snorted coldly.

The contradiction between these two people has actually been going on for a long time.

Although he is also a deputy marshal, Mohadi is completely different from Durham. Durham was born into a golden aristocracy and was a cousin of the Templar Prince Ronia. In terms of blood, he and the current Great Khan Ashina are also relatively close relatives of the same clan. Therefore, Durham was notoriously over-the-top and arrogant in the Turkic army, and no one gave face except the Great Khan and the Prince.

Mohadi, on the other hand, does not have such noble bloodlines as Durham. He came from a small Turkic tribe and came from a humble background. To have today's powerful position, he completely relied on his own bloody battles on the battlefield and fought hard with a knife and a gun.

Because of this, Durham looks down on Mohadi's humble status, and Mohadi looks down on Durham's nepotism. The two usually don't bite each other's strings, and often quarrel over trivial things.

Today, the two deputy marshals, who despise each other, meet on the east bank of the Ulundu River, which can really be described as a narrow road.

Mohadi couldn't help but be angry when he saw that Durham didn't give himself any face as soon as he opened his mouth, and said in a deep voice: "Durham, what's going on here?" What about Li Jiangyao's remnants of the Holy Tang Army? ”

Durham wanted to say, "Li Jiangyao has been killed by your Uncle Durham!" ", in order to anger Mohadi, the "cold-faced ghost". But the military situation is urgent, and there is no joke at the moment, not to mention, because Li Jiangyao was accidentally let go, Durham was worried that he would be caught by Mohadi and go to the Prince of the Temple to sue him. Therefore, he quickly put away the ridiculous thoughts in his mind and said seriously: "I was about to tell you about this, the Zhenjiang army has escaped!" ”

"Ran away?" A grim smile appeared on Mohadi's face: "The big war is coming, how could they run away for no reason?" Durham, shouldn't it be because of your ugly appearance that scared Li Jiangyao away? Hahaha......"

Durham said angrily: "I'm stupid, you're ugly!" In my opinion, it is likely that it is because your whereabouts are not secret and the news has leaked that the Zhenjiang army is afraid to escape! ”

Mohadi's face sank, and he retorted coldly: "Durham, you don't want to make a mistake yourself, but you put a basin on my head!" The enemy slipped out from under your nose, even if it gets to His Royal Highness, I'm afraid you won't take care of it! ”

Durham was most afraid that the other party would be entangled in this problem at this time, so he hurriedly concealed his panic and embarrassment, waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, I won't talk to you about this gossip." You quickly assemble your ranks and follow the marks made by the scouts along the way. Just two hours ago, Alekjiang had already led his troops to chase Li Jiangyao, you should go to support him immediately! ”

Mohadi watched silently, not responding to Durham's orders.

Seeing this, Durham couldn't help but secretly get angry, and shouted angrily: "Are you deaf? Don't hurry up yet? ”

"I, why should I listen to your orders?" Mohadi said coldly: "On the military order of the Prince of the Temple, this marshal led his troops to attack for thousands of miles, and rushed to the east bank of the Ulundu River in the evening today, cooperating with the Western Xinjiang Coalition Army, and attacking the headquarters of the Zhenjiang Army on both sides. No matter how you look at it, it is not under your control. According to the original plan, Duolun's garrison was responsible for attracting and pinning down the enemy's main force on the flank, while you led the Western Xinjiang Central Route Army to attack the riverbank defense line head-on and hold Li Jiangyao back. My mission is to launch a surprise attack from behind. Now, you let the Zhenjiang army go in vain, if you miss the fighter plane and delay the plan of His Royal Highness the Prince, why do you still pretend to be a big-tailed wolf and command me to chase people for you? ”

Durham was dumbfounded by Mohadi's words, and waited for a long time before he could hold back a sentence: "What do you mean by that?" Could it be that he just watched the Zhenjiang army flee? Do nothing? ”

Mohadi pushed his helmet up with his horsewhip and said, "I want to do something." But what? How? Now I don't even know where the enemy has gone. ”

Durham exclaimed, "That's why I let you follow the scout's signpost!" Alekjiang pursued Li Jiangyao, and there were instructions left along the way, just look for it! ”

"Say it lightly!" Mohadi sneered: "How long has the Alikjiang been in pursuit? How far have you gotten out? What is the terrain like over there? Are there any enemy cities? Will you be ambushed? These are all black-eyed, I don't know at all, I'm looking for it? Look for you! ”

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"All stopped!"

Alekjan raised his right hand and shouted to stop the galloping army.

After discovering that Li Jiangyao had led his army to retreat this morning, Alekjiang immediately led his troops to cross the Ulundu River according to Durham's instructions and hurriedly pursued the Zhenjiang army.

Because Huo Liya, the lord of Nanhua County, ordered his troops to set fire to the camp on the river bank before leaving, which largely blocked the movement of the Western Xinjiang Coalition Army, and the incident was hasty, so the troops that Alikjiang could mobilize at that time were not much.

The men and horses on both sides chased and fought along the way, and after several tosses, a large number of infantry were left behind.

At the moment, only more than 10,000 cavalrymen from the countries of the alliance could stay with the Alek River. Among them, the Loulan military accounted for most of them.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark at this time, and Li Jiangyao and the others had always maintained a distance of two or three miles from him, not far or close, and the meaning of deliberate seduction was getting stronger and stronger, Alekjiang couldn't help but secretly worry in his heart.

He asked the generals around him what his current position was.

Several officers who were familiar with the terrain discussed each other, and then reported that their current location was about the northeast corner of the territory of Chechi State, not far from the border of Shanshan State.

"Shanshan? So which direction is Metasequoia City in? Alekjiang frowned and asked subconsciously.

An old officer replied, "Your Highness, in my opinion, Metasequoia City should be to the south of us, about thirty miles away......

Hearing this, Alikjiang couldn't help but curse: "Damn, why are you still chasing more and more deviated?" Li Jiangyao: They obviously didn't want to flee back to Metasequoia. ”

Metasequoia City belongs to the city of Chechi Country, which was originally located fifty miles east of Pansong Ferry, but now it is located to the south of the location of the Alek River, which means that they have been chasing all day and have been following Li Jiangyao to move in the northeast direction, so the Alekjiang River will say that the more they chase, the more they deviate.

The generals under him were also suspicious and alert at this time, and they all opened their mouths to persuade Alekjiang: "Your Highness, as the saying goes, don't chase after the poor. Let's rush over all the way today, and we are getting farther and farther away from the main force, in case we fall into the ambush of the Zhenjiang army, it will be troublesome! It's better to leave it at this point and withdraw the troops as soon as possible. ”

In fact, Alekjiang also has this intention. Compared to his own small life, Durham's order to bite Li Jiangyao's command center with all his strength was insignificant.

"Damn! The Holy Tang barbarian has always been scheming, and it is really unwise for us to chase after it so stupidly in the dark. Alekjiang bowed his head slightly, and ordered: "Let's do this today." Anyway, it is impossible for Metasequoia City to grow legs and run away, and when the Turkic elite commanded by Marshal Mohadi arrives, it will not be too late for us to find trouble with Li Jiangyao! Passing on my order, the whole army turned back, gathered those soldiers who had fallen behind along the way, and returned to the camp to eat and rest. ”

With the order of Alikjiang, the entire pursuing force was relieved, pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and prepared to set off for return.

However, just as Alekjiang and his subordinates were about to urge their horses to leave, the Zhenjiang army, which had been closely pursued by them and could not escape far away, suddenly turned around and ran back. Two thousand knights of Zhenjiang Metasequoia roared to the city and stopped directly within a few hundred steps of the Alec River.

The general headed by him is the commander-in-chief of the Zhenjiang Army - Li Jiangyao!