After more than a month of arduous trekking, Xiong Chu's army of nearly 10,000 troops bypassed the Altan Mountains, crossed between Hutus Mountain and Bai Mountain, and finally came to the south of the Altan Mountains and entered the pasture area of the Dzungar Department.

Entering the territory of the Western Regions of the Ming Dynasty, Mo Dongnian, that is, the man in his thirties who escaped from the lone wolf Mingyue Castle, can finally act as a guide.

"Balang Daxia, go down the mountain from here, cross the Hanhai Desert eight hundred miles to the south, and then pass through the four hundred miles of grassland, which is the Huozhou Department, Shanshan Department, and Hami Department of Gaochang City, and the lone wolf was killed by their coalition forces. ”

Mo Dongnian sat on horseback, pointed at the far south with the tip of his whip, and said these words fiercely, which made the Xiong Chu even more angry in his heart, and he wanted to fly over with his wings.

"Don't worry, my lord. When the military advisor Wan Lian saw Xiong Chu's momentum soaring, he immediately poured cold water: "The distance in a straight line is more than 1,200 miles, and it will take at least a month for the army to arrive, which must be carefully planned, and a scout battalion must be sent to investigate the situation." ”

"We have more than 9,000 people, more than 12,000 horses, more than 300 camels, this is no joke. If we don't have good water and grassland, we will be in big trouble, and if we don't do it well, we will be wiped out. So it's important to figure out the route and then figure out how to proceed. ”

Xiong Chu nodded slightly, and the military advisor Wan Lian had already given an order: "Zhou Laosi's scout camp will take the Mo Dongnian brothers, and one person and two horses will set off immediately." Conduct reconnaissance in the left, center, and right directions for 500 miles, ascertaining water sources, routes, and enemy conditions. The camp of the former army and the camp of the Chinese army rested on the spot, relying on the Ulun River to the north. ”

The troops were encamped, and Xiong Chu realized that there were too many people.

It used to be impossible to see in the vast grassland, but now it swings along the river, more than ten miles long, and it is impossible to see it without seeing it.

The Chinese army camp has more than 700 people in the women's battalion of Wanying and Mu Qing, 122 people in the scout battalion of Zhou Laosi, more than 1,200 people in Sima Cheng's trapping camp, more than 1,000 people in Qiu Boming's town military camp, and more than 700 people in Chige's shooting battalion, plus the chief officer Huang Yanying and the deputy commander-in-chief Xia Yun, totaling more than 3,800 people.

The former army battalion has jurisdiction over the guard battalion of Naliburai, the hussar battalion of Fan Tao, the firearms battalion of Qiao Rushan, and the Xiao cavalry battalion of Duan Peng, each battalion is 1,286 people, plus the chief officer Huo Lianshan, the staff general Liu Guozhi, and the deputy chief soldier Xiong Kaishan, totaling more than 5,100 people.

The troops who protected the big tent of the Chinese army, as well as the more than 460 Chinese guards of Mandeli and Fang Qianxun, Prince Xiong pinched his fingers and counted, and there were 9,500 people he brought out this time.

In addition to one war horse for each person, there were two thousand four hundred good horses and three hundred and sixty camels that were carefully selected and given by Gunbu and those who were carefully selected and given by the various tribes.

The worst thing is that these people have been living outside the Seychelles for a long time, and now they are all dressed in the Mongol army. In the eyes of outsiders, it is a complete Mongol army.

Military advisor Wan Lian frowned when he saw Xiong Chu standing near the horse farm, so he walked over and said softly: "My lord, although so many war horses and camels have caused us some trouble, you must know that if there were not so many horses, we would not have been able to come here. ”

"Besides, once we return to the Central Plains, it will be difficult to find such a good war horse. From the perspective of long-term interests, even if it is difficult and dangerous, we must bring these war horses back to the Central Plains. This is a huge fortune, and once there is a war, money cannot buy it. ”

Xiong Chu smiled bitterly and said: "Military advisor, of course I know that this is all wealth, and I also like war horses." But have you ever thought about it, we have an army of nearly 10,000 people, and such a huge herd of horses, how can we enter Jiayu Pass?"

"If you look at our army, who dares not to say that it is not an elite Mongolian army? How can the officers and soldiers let us swagger into the pass? I am afraid that no pass on the Great Wall will let us enter the pass. ”

Military Advisor Wan Lian said with a smile: "As far as I know, from the moment the lord smashed the emperor's holy decree with a sword in Jiudao Villa, it was absolutely impossible to compromise with the imperial court. If the lord is willing to see everyone around him be captured and beheaded by the emperor, then we can disband these armies now and leave them to fend for themselves. ”

"If the lord doesn't want the people around him to die in vain, then he must make a decision immediately and show the determination to break the boat. As for Jiayu Pass, we can storm it, or we can secretly attack Chencang and fly over the Great Wall to enter the pass. I don't have to worry about this, I have my own way then. ”

Prince Xiong was still a little at a loss: "To be honest, if the imperial court lets me go, I really don't want to kill in the Central Plains." Everyone is their own people, and as a result of killing and killing, it is their own people who die. ”

Military advisor Wan Lian nodded: "I have heard Mrs. and Miss Huang say many times that the lord has always been compassionate and does not want to see his people suffer. That's no problem, we don't open up a battlefield in the Central Plains, it's always okay to kill the enemy outside, right?"

"For example, this Yarkand tribe, not to mention our Central Plains culture, they are completely different from the Mongolian tribes. First, they do not believe in the Taoist lineage and second, they do not believe in the Buddhist lineage, but they have created a cult like God, which is incompatible with our Chinese nation. ”

According to Mo Dongnian, the people of the Yarkand tribe have become so fanatical about religion that they have lost their nature. They consider themselves God's people, and the rest of them are heathens who have sinned heavily. It is God's will to kill all the infidels, and after dying in battle, you can go directly to heaven. ”

"That is why this murderous tribe kills our people by giving them the name of a heretic, as inhumane as demons. The lone wolf protects the safety of the people, I once heard that it was a good man in the desert, but he was beheaded like this. ”

Prince Xiong was stunned when he heard this: "Military Master, are what you said true? I have heard of Emperor Zhenwu, Taishang Laojun, Buddha or something, why did another God come out? What is this God?"

Wan Lian shook his head: "Of course God is not a thing, but an excuse they have found for themselves, specially used to demagogue people and kill people." Not only did they kill outsiders, but they also routinely massacres each other among their internal sects. I have simply lost the basic principles of being a human being, and I am not worthy of being a human being. ”

Xiong Chu turned his hands back and forth twice, and then raised his head and said, "Since they killed my eldest brother under the guise of God, we should treat him the way of others this time." That's why I suggest that this action is called God's punishment, and we will do a real act for heaven!"

Wan Lian applauded: "The lord is right, we also want to be famous." This tribe has violated the most basic human ethics and committed untold killings, and it deserves God's punishment. Our slogan is called the wrath of God. ”

"However, I did not come to the lord for a matter of name, but for a matter of tactics this time. This time, we are not for plundering, nor for occupying territory, but purely on behalf of the Ming court, to punish this barbaric tribe. Therefore, our actions will move like a rabbit and be as fast as lightning. ”

"In order to achieve the maximum range of punishment effect, this time it is necessary to divide the troops, and to run thousands of miles, as if a hurricane swept by. Our army has been formed for more than four years, and has traveled more than 10,000 miles, and this time we will try our edge. ”

Xiong Chu also thought that those little bastards around him should have been trained almost after more than ten battles, large and small, and it was time to let them out to practice their guts, so they didn't raise any objections.

Six days later, Zhou Laosi's scout battalion finally returned: "The Yarkand tribe has drawn the main force from various departments and is concentrating on the front line of Luntai, and the Dzungar tribe has also concentrated tens of thousands of troops to wait for the battle. It seems that these two families are going to fight and live and die. ”

It's a godsend, and it's never going to come again.

When the military advisor Wan Lian heard the great news, he immediately ordered all units to hurry up the rest of the horses, straighten out the armament, and the whole army was dispatched half a month later.

And he himself got together with Xiong Chu, Lan'er, Yan Erniang and others to make the final design of this battle.

The most important part of this is to find the most suitable offensive retreat route, so as not to let the enemy's large forces bite the tail.

In mid-September of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, the military advisor Wan Lian beat the drum for the first time and raised the tent, and summoned dozens of generals and colonels to obey orders.

"The Yarkand tribe killed the lord's eldest brother, the lone wolf, and brutalized the people outside our Daming Pass, which is simply all evil, and the heavens are angry and resentful. Today, we will act for heaven and punish them on behalf of the Ming court and the common people. ”

"Now I order: Xiong Kaishan will lead the hussar battalion of Fan Tao and Yasburu to leave the camp tomorrow and cross the 800-li Hanhai, hide south from the western part of the Flame Mountain, and pass through Qitai and go straight to the hinterland of Gaochang City (Turpan) in the Huozhou Department. ”

"The goal of the battle is to break through Gaochang City in the Huozhou Department, annihilate the population and livestock, burn all the facilities in the city, and avenge the lone wolf. But the wine is very wine-making equipment can not be damaged, all are concentrated, and someone receives it later. ”

Then he went around to the south of the Tien Shan Mountains and went straight to Tebelgu, seven hundred miles to the southwest, and swept the eastern part of the West Sea (Bosten Lake) on the east side of the court of Yarkand Khan, inflicting a fatal blow on the enemy from which he could never recover. ”

"You have traveled the farthest along the way, and all of them are in the heart of the enemy, so the key to success is to keep advancing, and never stay in one place for too long, so that the enemy will never be able to catch your tracks, and then go straight east to Kasi Lake (now Lop Nur) near the ancient city of Loulan. ”

"Liu Guozhi led Duan Peng and Gan Changji's cavalry battalion, and after leaving the camp tomorrow, after crossing the 800-mile Hanhai, they crossed the line of the wooden fortress in the middle of the Flame Mountain, and went straight to the territory of Shanshan in the south. After destroying a qiē, he urgently went south to the Tianshan Mountains and occupied Urumantu near the ancient city of Loulan and controlled the Kasi Lake. ”

Huo Lianshan led the remaining guard battalion and firearms battalion of the former army battalion to follow Xiong Kaishan's attack route south. However, in the territory of Gaochang City, he brought the spoils of war and rushed to the front line of the ancient city of Loulan in advance. The two battalions were concealed in the favorable terrain and prepared to meet the eastward return of Xiong Kaishan's headquarters. ”

"After Xiong Kaishan's headquarters left Khotan, Huolianshan's headquarters had to stay in place for six days, undertake the task of breaking off the entire former army camp, and buy time for Xiong Kaishan and Liu Zhiguo's headquarters to recover their horsepower in Kasi Lake. ”

"Since then, your three armies have alternately set up ambushes on the ancient Silk Road to cover the return of the other two armies. Only by retreating all the way to the front line of Yumen Pass can you get time to recuperate, and at the same time assemble and stand by. ”

"Huo Lianshan, as the chief officer of the former military battalion, you should not forget what the lord said when he named you. Spanning the vast area between the Tianshan Mountains and the Kunlun Mountains, sweeping across the entire Western Regions, this was a sharper military operation than Huo Qu's illness back then. ”

"Because the journey of the three of you is more than nine thousand miles, and there are no reinforcements and no supplies. You can only get food by defeating the enemy, and you can only complete the retreat by defeating the enemy, and there is no third way. ”

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