Although he was very worried about the development of the situation on the Eastern Front, after all, the mountains were high and the road was far away, and Li Jiangyao had no way to go to the left and right, the only thing he could do was to pray silently in his heart, hoping that God would protect Shengtang and his good brother Murong Xue would be victorious.

At the same time, tremendous pressure from the Turks is also approaching the western frontier at this moment.

This time, Ashina is planning to move seriously.

After a year of preparation, the main force of the Turkic Golden Clan made a comeback, with a total of 250,000 soldiers and horses in the seven main army corps, plus 140,000 troops of the Divine Eagle Clan, the Ghost Dou Clan, the Yunhe Clan, the Tianmu Clan, the Immortal Clan and the Blood Wolf Clan, as well as 50,000 subordinate troops in the Western Frontier, and 450,000 people gathered in Liangzhou.

Not only elite soldiers, but also siege equipment.

Last time, the Turks suffered from the giant crossbows and trebuchets of the Zhenjiang army, and Rohnya and Tanli jointly proposed to the Khan that they must increase their efforts to catch up with all kinds of weapons of mass destruction, and shorten the gap with Li Jiangyao as soon as possible in terms of equipment investment.

Ashina Zhijin attaches great importance to this idea.

He immediately ordered the compulsory recruitment of skilled craftsmen in the Guanzhong area, who hurried to manufacture large-scale combat equipment day and night, and frantically hoarded bows and arrows, giant crossbow arrows, and fire oil bombs.

In order to deal with Li Jiangyao, Ashina even broke the combat tradition of the Turkic military by setting up two giant crossbow divisions and two trebuchets to train hard-range strike tactics.

300 original eight-armed crossbows, plus 200 imitation giant crossbows, and more than 270 trebuchets, were successively equipped to the four divisions.

And in terms of ammunition reserves, the Turks have achieved it to the extreme. In this attack on Zijin Pass and Shengyu Pass, there were 200,000 giant arrows, 100,000 stone bullets and 20,000 fire oil bombs just the long-range weapons piled up in Liangzhou.

In Frankley's words: Even if it is smashed, it must be smashed to the Zijin Pass.

Compared with the organization of equipment and materials, Ashina Zhijin is more concerned about the deployment of strategy and tactics. He carefully studied the last attack on Zijin Pass, and had many discussions and analyses with the Temple Prince Ronia, and finally personally formulated the action plan for this campaign.

First, the Turkic army was divided into three parts: the main attack group, the secondary attack group, and the rush group.

The main attack cluster is composed of five Golden Clan legions, equipped with two giant crossbow divisions and one trebuchet, plus the direct troops of the Ghost Fighting Clan, Yunhe Clan, Condor Clan, and Immortal Clan. The commander-in-chief of the cluster is still Prince Ronia.

Their goal is Zijin Pass.

The secondary attack cluster, a Golden Clan legion, plus the direct troops of the Tianmu Clan and the Blood Wolf Clan, and a trebuchet division regiment are configured under the command of the eldest prince Chili.

Their target is Sheng Yuguan.

Yun Qianxue led the Blood Guard Iron Cavalry Corps, as a galloping aid cluster, deployed in the area of Dunhuang County between the two passes, and supported the north and south clusters at any time.

In order to ensure the victory of the battle, Ashina Zhijin also deliberately sent a number of secret envoys to quietly return to the Western Continent half a year in advance, mobilize the garrison troops left behind in the Turkic country, and wait for an opportunity to invade the ghost desert of Western Xinjiang and disrupt Li Jiangyao's rear.

Although the Turkic garrison was small in number and not strong, the main force of the Zhenjiang army had all rushed to the two passes at this time, and the troops in the hinterland of western Xinjiang were empty, and their chance of succeeding in a sneak attack was still very great.

Once the western Xinjiang is in chaos, especially the logistics supply line is seriously damaged, the military spirit of the defenders of Zijin Pass will definitely be shaken, and the situation will be very favorable to the attacking side.

In addition to all this, Ashina Zhijin also made a preparation: assassination.

Turkic soldiers have always attached the greatest importance to their war honors.

For example, traditional military aristocrats such as Helianxiong, Ronia, Yun Qianxue, Durham, and Duolun firmly believe that it is the right way to fight the enemy on the battlefield, and what they despise most in their lives is to play conspiracy, assassination and assassination.

Unlike them, Brother Shu Xuan, the young master of the Ghost Fighting Clan, and others believed that as long as they could achieve a final victory, the means were not a problem.

In the face of the important moment of the life and death of the Turks, Ashina Zhijin still leaned towards the latter's thinking after all.

For the sake of victory, honor aside.

In other words, only when there is a victory, can we be qualified to talk about any honor.

He privately found Ge Shuxuan and secretly drew up an assassination list, which listed the names of Li Jiangyao, Xu Youchang, Xie Tanzhi, Du Jian, Huo Liya, Yutuoluo and others.

"Brother Shuxuan, whether you are sure or not, you have to try it."

"Great Khan, please rest assured, the poison refined by the ministers, whether it is turned into gas or water, will not escape death even if it is stained with a little bit. As long as our Ghost Shadow Regiment can successfully infiltrate it, even if one of the hundred people dies and one person remains, it will be enough to take the life on this list! ”

"Okay, you go ahead and arrange it, keep it secret, and don't let the other generals know. In addition, there is another thing, catch one more batch of Saint Tang people, refine them into poisonous soldiers, and let them act as substitutes for the dead to open the way for the siege, even if it is to consume the arrows of the defenders. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has actually been preparing for a long time, five thousand scale."

Ashina nodded silently, and after a long time, he sighed lightly and said a sentence that he had said in Flame Maple Forest City:

"May the god of fire bless you, please grant victory and peace to the Golden Clan, and let me bear the endless sins of the world alone."

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Ge Shuxuan left the imperial palace with a heavy heart, and as soon as he returned to the medical hall, he met the elder of the Ghost Fighting Clan, Xikent.

"Young master, what's wrong? What did the Great Khan say? ”

Ge Shuxuan took the wet towel presented by the servant, wiped his hands, and replied in a deep voice: "The Great Khan agreed." Elder, you go and arrange for the assassins of the Ghost Shadow Regiment, divide them into several groups, and try to ensure the possibility of success. ”

Hiken nodded, looking like he wanted to say something.

Seeing this, Ge Shuxuan put down the medical dictionary he had just held in his hand, and said curiously: "What?" Anything else? ”

Hickent hesitated for a moment and said, "Young Master, I just received news that someone has seen Jin Xuelian. ”

As soon as he heard the words "Jin Xuelian", Ge Shuxuan's eyes immediately lit up: "Is the news reliable?" Where is it? ”

Hickent replied, "You can't be wrong." According to rumors, a member of the royal family of the Western Xinjiang Jingjue Kingdom participated in the rebellion against Shengtang and personally murdered the old king of the Jingjue Kingdom. Now, this matter has finally been found out, so he immediately absconded with his wife, children and clansmen in fear of crime and hid in Yongchang County, Yongzhou. That precious golden snow lotus is in his hand. ”

"Yongchang?" Ge Shuxuan thought for a moment: "I remember, that place is the area controlled by our Turks, which army is coming?" ”

Hickent said: "I asked clearly, it was a brigade of the 26th Division of the Yunhe Clan stationed there. ”

Ge Shuxuan nodded when he heard this: "Oh, it turned out to be them, this is a bit difficult to do." ”

Hickent frowned and sighed, "yes." If it is replaced by the Golden Clan or the Condor Clan, it is better to say that none of the rotten people of the Yunhe Clan are good things. Besides, although Jin Xuelian's matter is very secretive, since we can receive this news, then others will hear about it sooner or later, and in this way, things will definitely become very complicated. ”

It is also a Turkic eight pillars, the cloud river is rich, and the ghosts are poor. Because of the huge gap in wealth and psychology, the two tribes have always looked down on each other, and their relationship is very unharmonious.

I want to ask the local garrison for help, not to mention that Ge Shuxuan can't open this mouth, even if it is proposed, the 26th Division of the Yunhe tribe may not be willing to buy it.

And more importantly, Jin Xuelian is a holy medicine for detoxification and healing, which everyone knows very well, if the Yunhe clan near the water knows about it, they will definitely take the lead and take it for themselves.

This is absolutely unacceptable for the "medical idiot" brother Shuxuan.

He pondered for a moment and asked Hickent: "How far is it from here to Yongchang in Yongzhou?" How long does it take? ”

"If you hurry up, it will only take four or five days." Hickent asked, "Young master, what are your plans?" ”

Ge Shuxuan stood up: "It's only four or five days, then I'll go there myself." If the local garrison refuses to cooperate, with my identity as the young master of the Ghost Dou Clan, they will not dare to make a mistake. ”

Hiken nodded: "That's great!" Jin Xuelian is extremely rare, and if it falls into the hands of our clan, it will definitely be of great use in the future. If the patriarch had known, he would have praised us. Oh, I'm afraid this is the biggest takeaway from this crusade. ”

Ge Shuxuan smiled: "Since you think so too, then I have to work harder." Fortunately, that place is Turkic territory, and there is no major problem in terms of security. Elder, after I leave, you should hurry up and do two things, one is to send the Ghost Shadow Regiment to set off, and the other is to arrange for the transportation of poison soldiers to Liangzhou. Don't delay, you know? ”

"Don't worry, young master, I will definitely do things properly."

Ge Shuxuan was worried about the baby Jin Xuelian, so he immediately returned to the palace, and under the pretext of deploying the generals of the Zhenjiang Army and transporting the poisonous soldiers in advance, he applied to Ashina Zhijin to set off first and rush to the west.

Ashina didn't know the little abacus in his heart, and thought that this young master of the Ghost Dou clan was doing his best for the empire and every second counted, so he praised it on the spot, nodded in agreement, and let Ge Shuxuan set off early.

Ge Shuxuan got the will and was secretly happy. As soon as he left the palace, he led the guards directly out of the west gate of the imperial capital, and quickly whipped along the Silk Road, heading to Yongzhou.

Almost at the same time as him, the shopkeeper of a tavern in the imperial capital Anning Fang walked quickly to the backyard, took out a carrier pigeon from the bamboo cage, firmly fixed the sheepskin roll the thickness of the little thumb to the pigeon's paws, and then threw it into the air.

The pigeon happily spread its wings, circled twice above the tavern, and then spun around and flew straight to the west.

It was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it swept past the westernmost Shili Pavilion in the imperial capital, and below it, a horse team carrying the banner of the Ghost Fighting Clan had just arrived here.