Xiong Kaishan, Fan Tao, and Yasburu took turns to block the enemy, and in the blink of an eye, it was nine days, and they had reached the critical juncture of being sleepy and exhausted.

The advantage of Xiong Kaishan Hussar Battalion is that all the war horses are top-grade Uzhumuqin horses, which have strong endurance and can support long-distance battles for fifteen days in a row.

Even so, Xiong Kaishan and they have been fighting for nearly two months in a row, although they have rested halfway, but each time there are only two or three days, and it is impossible for the war horse to fully recover.

Although thousands of good horses were snatched from Korla, they were not rigorously trained, let alone selected, and they were not useful in a hurry.

Fortunately, the main force of the enemy, which undertook the pursuit mission, returned from the north of the Tien Shan Mountains for a long time, and came and went for more than three months, and also did not get a rest.

There is no doubt that at present, the enemy's main force is also sleepy and lacking in men, so the combat effectiveness of both the enemy and us has been greatly weakened, and the difference between the enemy and the other is not too great.

The only difference is that there is a huge herd of horses in front of Xiong Kaishan's troops and has become a burden, while the enemy is furious and desperately pursues.

Now both sides have figured out the true strength of the other party.

Muhammad found that the bandits who harassed his hinterland and robbed the horses with impunity, with a total strength of less than 1,500 men, were even more daring than he led light cavalry to storm the pass of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the final battle to the death has not yet taken place, local battles have occurred once or twice a day for the past 10 days or so.

One side is outnumbered, and the other side is brave and good at fighting, so the main generals on both sides know that the other party is not easy to mess with, and they dare not launch a decisive blow unless they have to.

However, both sides have unavoidable hardships, and neither will take the initiative to give up.

Muhammad was only the son-in-law of the Great Khan, and without a convincing record, he would not be able to gain a foothold when he returned. Moreover, one of the largest horses has been stolen, and if you can't expand your army in the future, you can only sit back and wait for destruction.

Xiong Kaishan believes that since this herd of horses has been stolen, it is his own property, and it is also an assault force that his father will move to the Jiangnan water network area in the future, and he must not just give up.

It is precisely because of these reasons that the enemy and the enemy are forced to become entangled, and we must come up with a clear picture to finally end it.

Xiong Kaishan entangled with the enemy for nine days and nine nights, and it was found that not only did the enemy's number not decrease, but as the pursuit farther he went, the number of the enemy's troops increased, from more than 3,000 at the beginning to more than 6,000.

In fact, this is also easy to understand: this is doing nothing in other people's homes, and once those nearby tribes hear that someone has rushed to their house to rob them, of course they will be furious. Even if no one is mobilized, they will automatically join the pursuit.

Xiong Kaishan has now hung the double hammer and the three flame forks on the saddle, and he is really a little unbearable, and he can't hold them in his hands at all.

But the enemy is constantly adding new forces, although they are all some rabble, but there are many people, and random punches can also kill the master.

If you don't start a head-on battle with the enemy and completely crush the enemy's determination to pursue, it seems that it is impossible to escape. If it continues to drag on, once all the horses are killed, it will be the end of the total annihilation.

After thinking about the gains and losses, Xiong Kaishan finally gritted his teeth and issued an order:

"Yasburu and Fan Tao: The two of you will rush again, and immediately seize the pass in the east, and prepare to give the enemy another blow. Then we can rush to the place where our camel team is, and we will have food for the time being. I'll lead two teams of 100 people to take charge of the queen of the palace, you guys go quickly!"

Seeing that it was getting late, Fan Tao and Yasburu didn't say a word, and they had already led the team away with a turn of the horse's head.

Xiong Kaishan discovered a narrow pass to the east, and Muhammad, as the head of the land, was certainly not a fool.

Muhammad was also a general in command of tens of thousands of people, and he was well aware of the current situation.

If you can't return to the court of the Great Khan to stabilize the situation, in the end, it will be a waste of water.

In particular, once Abdullah, the king of the Tu domain, understood the affairs of Gaochang City, he would definitely raise troops to attack the court of the Great Khan.

Seize the pass in front, close the door and beat the dog against this group of daring horse thieves, and then fight the best result.

Because of this, when Fan Tao and Yasburu led the team to the east, a light cavalry of more than 1,000 people suddenly appeared in the north, and the target was also the small high ground in front.

This momentary change made both the enemy and us understand: the small high ground in front is the final place of life and death, and it is also the final place of death. Whoever can occupy it first will be able to take the initiative a little.

Xiong Kaishan found that Fan Tao and Yasburu were still a little late, and the enemy's interception force was already approaching the pass to the east, and he knew that a battle to the death was inevitable.

At this moment, a thick cloud of smoke rose from the small eastern plateau, and then a deafening loud noise was heard.

Boom - tom tom!

The hussar battalion led by Fan Tao and Yasburu was fine, and the enemy, who had already approached the small high ground, was suddenly blown up.

It's our own people, our firearms battalion is coming!

This is really a life-saving moment, and there are good people who come to save lives.

All the hussar battalion soldiers were immediately in good spirits, and with a cheer they rushed eastward, and soon distanced themselves from the pursuing enemy.

The emergence of this accident, things still need to start from the beginning.

Khotan (now Hotan), south of Kunlun, north of Hanhai. Located between the Kunlun Mountains and the Taklamakan Desert, it is an important town in the southern part of the ancient Silk Road, and belongs to the jurisdiction of the Western Regions Protectorate, and is known as the "Jade Capital" and "Carpet Township".

Khotanese mutton fat jade, white and warm, like clotted fat, has always been the top tribute of various ministries in the Western Regions to the imperial court.

Before Huo Lianshan led his troops to set off, the girls found him one by one in private and instructed him a lot of things. Only Fang Qianxun said with a big grin:

"Bastard boy, it's amazing that you're going, you must bring some souvenirs back for my aunt and me. I heard that mutton fat jade is a must in the world, just get me tens of thousands of yuan to come back and see the strangeness. ”

"Tens of thousands of dollars? It's so beautiful! Besides, what's the use of beautiful jade? Besides, you can't eat it. Huo Lianshan had a headache when he saw Fang Qianxun: "I was ordered to fight, not to find you a stone." ”

Although he is a general of one party, Huo Lianshan is only eighteen years old. I say this in my mouth, but I actually have a lot of thoughts in my heart.

In particular, seeing that Xiong Kaishan on the right wing and Liu Guozhi on the left wing both had specific combat missions, and only by himself the task of general planning, Huo Lianshan was still ready to find something to do for himself.

The capture of Khotan, this is the only combat goal of Huo Lianshan's department, and it was explained by the military advisor Wan Lian in private, but he didn't want more people to know, mainly because he was worried about leaking the news.

Because the distance was too far, Huo Lianshan followed Xiong Kaishan and them for the first time.

It wasn't until Xiong Kaishan's headquarters turned around and began to sweep westward that Huo Lianshan gave up a qiē goal and accelerated to the southwest, heading south to Kunlun Mountain as fast as possible.

Xiong Kaishan needs to kill more than 700 miles to the west, sweep the area around Bosten Lake, and then go around and back, at least 3,000 miles away, and he has to fight non-stop, and it is estimated that he will not have a month to think about anything.

Huo Lianshan led the large army straight south, and it took more than 2,000 miles to arrive in 18 days.

Although Khotan has a long history, it has changed the times, and it is located on the border, so there is no longer the hustle and bustle of the past.

Coupled with the closure of the Ming Dynasty, the Silk Road was cut off. The original caravan of caravans has been missing for more than 100 years. Only the vast Hanhai in the north is lonely, and the Kunlun Mountains in the south are like a dragon soaring in the clouds.

The Huolian Mountain Guard Battalion, equipped with the latest flintlock bird guns, re-entered the core area of Khotan, and almost did not encounter fierce resistance, and the entire Khotan was completely controlled.

Although Huo Lianshan is not very proficient in jade jewelry, he is a rogue in Luoyang, and he often uses his clever methods on those officials and Shang ancestors, of course, he is well-informed.

Khotanese jade belongs to nephrite, with a soft color and luster, soft to the hand, and crystal clear jadeite.

Khotanese jade is warm and heavy, dignified and atmospheric. Nanban jadeite is clear and shining, crystal clear, and looks too gorgeous.

Khotanese jade is divided into four categories: white jade, green jade, jasper and black jade, Huo Lianshan stole these varieties when he was a small flower in Luoyang City, and then went to the pawnshop to exchange silver.

Seeing that the entire Khotan had been controlled by himself, Huo Lianshan gave an order, and more than 400 people from the baggage team began a large-scale search, and the target was the top-grade jade.

But Huo Lianshan felt that his status as a well-known general, doing this kind of robbery was almost the same as a bandit, and he really belonged to a shameless profession.

So the guard battalion that left Nali Burai and Wei Dahai in Khotan continued to search, and Huo Lianshan personally led Qiao Rushan's firearms battalion to return north, inserting it into the pass between Xihai and Guloulan, preparing to meet Xiong Kaishan's headquarters to return.

It just so happened that more than 100 camels left by Xiong Kaishan in a forest more than 200 miles east of Bosten Lake happened to be seen by Huo Lianshan.

"Qiao Rushan, this is the mark of the hussar battalion, indicating that Xiong Kaishan is from here to attack the last target. And to leave so many camels here means that they are coming back. You hurry up and set up the Tiger Squat Cannon at the commanding heights, maybe it will come in handy soon!"

"Wang Bangquan, order the cavalry team to find a place where they can defend, we need to break off the large army here, and we must be able to hold out for six days. ”

Huo Lianshan pinched his fingers and calculated, it took him eighteen days to go south to Khotan, six days to stabilize the local order, and ten days to lead the team to the north, which was more than a month.

If Xiong Kaishan executes the predetermined battle plan, the eastward return is just around the corner!

"Wang Bangquan, order a team of 100 people to immediately go west to investigate, and report back immediately if you find the situation!"

Huo Lianshan's adjustments made according to local conditions soon came into play, because a team of 100 people had only been out for two days before they had already returned from Pegasus.

"General Qiyu: There is a huge herd of thousands of horses rushing towards us from the west, and the brothers of the hussar battalion are watching over the two wings, and it is only half a day's journey from us! ”

Huo Lianshan was shocked when he heard this: "What does Xiong Kaishan want to do? More than 10,000 miles of intersperse, why did he grab so many war horses? In the future, we will all change careers to become horse wranglers, isn't this a burden to ourselves?"

It's a pity that Huo Lianshan can't figure out the reasons for this, and he must quickly deploy the position of the tiger squat artillery.

After more than an hour of busy work, three hundred and sixty tiger squat cannons had just been prepared, and the ground to the west had begun to tremble, which was the movement of a large number of cavalry charges.

In less than half an hour, a huge group of three or four thousand horses roared through the pass and headed east.

"General, our men are coming, but the enemy from the north is coming faster!"

Huo Lianshan stood at the top, he had already seen the situation clearly, and his palms were sweating: "Qiao Rushan, open fire immediately, first defeat the small group of enemies in the north, and prepare to meet the main force of the enemy in the west!"

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