The military order issued by Li Jiangyao to Xu Youchang was concise and to the point: The First Army immediately blocked the road from Rouge City to Zijin Pass, and made every effort to block Belen's headquarters!

Although the number of words is small, it is extremely heavy.

This shows that the 70,000 Yakut reinforcements that Belen brought from the Western Continent have reached the critical moment when they are about to be completely annihilated by the Zhenjiang army!

Just one day before Xu Youchang launched their attack on Gema, the Yakut cavalry, which had been hiding in the nameless valley, suddenly began to move.

Overnight, the Duke of Belém's army divided into three routes, attacking in three different directions: east, west, and south.

Li Jiangyao had been prepared for this for a long time, and he ordered his troops to temporarily let go of the enemy forces that were killing Ikaru County and Rouge City, and only firmly focused on the largest number of soldiers and horses.

The main force of Yakutia, which had a total of 50,000 men, under the command of the Duke of Belen, left the valley and ran straight westward, all the way to the west, without stopping, and it only took a day and a night to break into the warning range of the Metasequoia City Defense Zone, and the white-robed army followed Belen ten miles behind, secretly accompanying them.

The Belen soldiers and horses were progressing very well, and they would soon be able to launch a sneak attack on the metasequoia, but at this moment, the hilly area they passed through was abruptly changed.

The Nanhua Lord Horia and her Thunderbolt Third Army ambushed Belém here.

As the letter cannon rose into the sky, blasting brilliant flowers in the air, countless soldiers of the Zhenjiang army appeared from behind the small hills everywhere, and attacked the stunned Yakut cavalry with bows and arrows.

After two rounds of arrows, the mixed infantry and cavalry units of the Third Army blew their trumpets and rushed up from all sides, encircling the enemy and engaged in a fierce battle.

Although the Duke of Belém was a little stunned because of the sudden ambush, he was a famous Turkic general with rich combat experience after all, so even in the face of danger, Belén quickly regained his composure, drew the scimitar at his waist, called his subordinates to stabilize their positions, and immediately confronted the Third Army-for-tat, and launched a counterattack on the spot.

In the blink of an eye, the warring parties were plunged into a bloody battle.

Although the Third Army had an advantageous location, and at the same time it was an ambush warfare at leisure, but their strength was smaller than that of Belen, except for the bow and arrow sneak attack at the beginning, which caused many casualties to the opponent, and it was difficult to form an overwhelming situation in the later to fight against the elite cavalry of Yakutia with a mixed configuration of infantry and cavalry. Each of the warring sides had their own advantages, and it was difficult to distinguish between them for more than two hours in this large hilly area.

Just when the whole battle situation gradually became stalemate, Li Jiangyao and Xie Tanzhi led the ghost-faced white-robed army into the battlefield.

Tens of thousands of white-robed warriors in the western frontier shouted battle horns, and launched a tsunami-like charge against Belen from the southeast and northeast.

The white whirlwind swept into the enemy group, and immediately swept the opponent on his back.

Seeing this, Horia, who was commanding the battle at the top of the hill, hurriedly ordered her subordinates to blow the horn of the general attack, and then she took the lead and led her own army to the Duke of Belen's banner.

The morale of the Zhenjiang army was greatly boosted, and it was difficult for the Yakute soldiers to have the strength to return to heaven.

Belen knows very well that continuing to hold on is a dead end. He immediately adjusted his strategy and ordered several main battalions to unite and turn around, go up to desperately resist the charge of the ghost-faced white-robed army, and win half an hour for the whole army, while he himself personally commanded the rest of the troops, aimed at the weak point of the Third Army, and struggled to break through to the south.

The Yakut Legion of the Night Wheel Clan is worthy of being the elite force second only to the Golden Clan in the Western Continent. Adhering to the Turks' consistent advantages of being brave and good at fighting and coming and going like the wind, even in the harsh situation of being besieged, they were still able to force through several gaps with their fierce murderous aura and break through Horia's ambush circle.

Seeing the fat meat in the mouth, how can it escape? Li Jiangyao ordered Huo Liya to stay with the infantry to clean up the battlefield, and then return to Waterproof Fir City, while he and Xie Tanyi still led the white-robed army to pursue the Duke of Belen.

The Turks have always boasted that they were as fast as the wind, but they didn't expect that this time, their opponent, the Ghost-faced White-robed Army, was faster than the wind! It is no wonder that the white-robed soldiers are the elite of the Zhenjiang army, all of them are superb in horsemanship, hard-working, and the quality of individual soldiers is far above the cavalry of Yakutia. And their mounts, all of which were specially provided by the Persian trading company of Ameni, all purchased Gaochang's sweat and blood horses, each worth hundreds of gold coins, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are good horses. Such personnel and equipment are simply incomparable to the Night Wheel Clan.

The advantage of maneuver was completely crushed, which suddenly caught the Duke of Belen and his men off guard, and they were almost chased by Li Jiangyao to doubt their lives.

For seven days and seven nights in a row, they went through more than 20 battles of all sizes, and were forced to change the direction of escape many times, and desperately went back and forth in several large circles within hundreds of miles between Metasequoia and Ikoru, but they couldn't get rid of the ghost-faced white-robed army like a life-urging charm.

In this contest of horsemanship, tactics and willpower, the Turkic Yakut cavalry was completely defeated.

Belen had no choice but to give up the fighting style of wandering around, completely leaving behind all the wounded soldiers, fleeing straight east, and quickly approaching Zijin Pass.

There is no way to do it. The ambush battle outside Metasequoia City, coupled with the chase battle that lasted for several days, had already caused the Duke of Belen to lose more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and now Li Jiangyao was still biting tightly behind him, not giving him the slightest respite, the whole army was demoralized and miserable, and if it continued like this, the remaining 30,000 people would soon collapse.

Belen did not think about regrouping morale and turning around to fight Li Jiangyao, after all, there were more than 30,000 main forces in his hands, which was three times the strength of the ghost-faced white-robed army. However, war is not a simple math problem, and victory or defeat is not only determined by the number of troops. After repeated battles, the terrifying strength displayed by the white-robed army had already made the Yakut warriors feel terrified.

What they need now is not a thrilling victory, but a fortress that will give them safe shelter.

No one wants to fight with the white-robed army anymore!

However, in the rush to flee for his life, the experienced Duke of Belém made an irreversible mistake.

If he had not hesitated to lead his troops to retreat to Zijin Pass and gallop along the Silk Road Avenue after breaking out of the siege on the side of Metasequoia City, it would still be very likely that he would have joined up with the other two Yakut soldiers and horses attacking Ikoru and Rouge City, and then safely escaped to Gema.

Unfortunately, Belém didn't choose to do so in the first place. He was too confident in the strength of the troops under his command, thinking that as long as he successfully killed the ambush circle, then it would be easy to fight and leave next, and maybe even have a chance to turn around and kill the Zhenjiang army unexpectedly, and then turn defeat into victory.

Therefore, Belen dragged the wounded soldiers and defeated the generals, and went around with Li Jiangyao for seven days and seven nights, wasting a lot of precious time. When he felt that the counterattack was completely hopeless, he finally chose to flee eastward.

But everything was over, and when Belen led his troops to Rouge City, he was shocked to find that it was not his own subordinates who were waiting there, but the First Army of Zhenjiang, who had been waiting for a long time.

After receiving Li Jiangyao's order, Xu Youchang set off with tens of thousands of ironclad cavalry and counterattacked westward under the starry night. The First Army swept away the two Yakut reinforcements that were attacking Rouge City and Ikoru County one after another, and set up a defensive line at the choke point leading to Zijin Pass in time, blocking the Turks' way.

When the Duke of Belém stopped on the Silk Road trade route and witnessed the surging black waves on the distant horizon, there were only two words left in his heart: despair.

Deep despair.

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Gema's mood these days can be said to be extremely bad.

Not long ago, the spies sent back a battle report: the Yakutia reinforcements led by the Duke of Belém were suddenly ambushed by the Third Army of Zhenjiang during a sneak attack on Metasequoia City, and the plan to attack the enemy's base camp failed.

When Gemar Khan received the unexpected news, he pretended to be calm and said to his generals: "Hey, little scene. Not to mention that the remnants of those saint Tang are not very promising, and they finally managed to get an ambush battle, and they were able to let my younger brother and them break through, which shows that Li Jiangyao's level is just like this, hahahaha. ”

However, within a few days of his words, new bad news arrived.

On the way to Zijin Pass, the Duke of Belen was intercepted by the First Army of Zhenjiang, and at the same time, Li Jiangyao's own troops carried out a flank attack from behind Belen, and the more than 30,000 Yelun cavalry were almost wiped out.

At the critical juncture, the Duke of Belém desperately broke through the siege, and finally escaped by luck, and retreated to the north with less than 8,000 remnants of his army. It seems that he wants to go directly back to the Yakutia steppe.

When Gema Khan learned of this, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and roar: "God killed Li Jiangyao!" I'm not done with you! Then he passed out on the spot.

Angry and angry, Gema didn't really lose his mind, at least, he didn't have the impulse to lead the troops to find Li Jiangyao desperately.

Gemma, who woke up, once again put on the demeanor of a general, and said to his subordinates who didn't care: "Don't worry, everyone! My brother must have gone to Ulan City. There are a large number of grain, grass and materials there, as well as envoys from various vassal states, as long as an order is given, tens of thousands of troops can be formed in the blink of an eye, Li Jiangyao and his ilk are not worried! ”

Just like last time, not long after the crazy words were finished, the new bad news was sent to Zijin Pass. Ulan City, where the Turkic Western Xinjiang Governor's Mansion is located, was occupied by Xu Youchang's troops of the Zhenjiang Army, and Gema's base camp was completely copied by the First Army of the Wind.

Gema secretly wiped her tears, then turned around and continued to smile to comfort her subordinates: "It's okay. In fact, Ulan is just a small city. Don't forget, we still have the 12th Army Town, and the Western Xinjiang Reorganization Army, which is responsible for garrisoning, has the strength of two divisions and regiments, which is also very powerful. ”

After a short time, the spies once again sent new news: the four military towns in the westernmost position were destroyed by Li Jiangyao's Third Army and the Fifth and Sixth Armies that had just been established. Counting the Yinghe military town, which had just fallen not long ago, five of the twelve war-ready fortresses of the Turks in western Xinjiang had been lost. The rest of them have also completely lost contact with Zijin Guan and have become lambs to the slaughter.

Gemar Khan was so angry that he almost wanted to slap himself twice - what the is this crow's mouth!