The day after Geerhan led Chechi's army back to the royal court, the situation on the Metasequoia battlefield changed dramatically again.

The Metasequoia garrison, which had been relying on the city fortifications and adopting a defensive strategy before, suddenly came out of the city again after King Loulan and King Chechi left one after another, took up positions in the wilderness, and advanced towards the camp of the Western Xinjiang coalition forces.

At this time, the person guarding the camp was none other than the Turkic deputy marshal, Marquis Durham, and he held 10,000 Loulan soldiers and 5,000 Chechi soldiers in his hands.

Faced with Li Jiangyao's bold provocation, the arrogant and arrogant Durham could no longer suppress his anger. He immediately issued an order for all the coalition forces to mobilize and prepare for the battle in front of the Metasequoia Army, vowing to make this remnant of the Metasequoia City soldiers good.

Have a taste of the power of the Turkic "victorious general".

In the blink of an eye, on the plain outside the camp, a mixed army of 15,000 metasequoia infantry and cavalry, and 15,000 Western Xinjiang coalition troops launched a large-scale frontal battle.

Flying arrows filled the sky, like a forest of swords and spears, the soldiers of both sides came and went, tit for tat, fighting inextricably. Although the troops invested by both sides were much less than the previous battle, the intensity was still higher.

And nothing less.

Objectively speaking, the Marquess of Durham does have pride.

As Ashina Zhijin's favorite general, Durham, who was born in a Turkic royal family, is worthy of the title of "good at fighting" in terms of courage and bloodshed, as well as his commanding qualities.

The Western Xinjiang Allied Forces, which performed mediocrely in the hands of Alekjiang, transformed into an elite division after a short period of training and dispatch by Durham. On the battlefield, the entire army had a well-established advance and retreat, and was both offensive and defensive. Even if

Facing the group charge of the White Robes, they were able to hold on to their formation, resist desperately, and gain opportunities for their friendly forces to deploy defenses and counterattack, without being so cowardly as they were before that they collapsed in one blow.

The soldiers and horses on both sides showed the momentum of a decisive battle, fighting from dawn to dusk. The battlefield was full of corpses of soldiers, and the blood gradually formed a stream. The wilderness between Metasequoia City and the coalition camp seemed to have a

The two giant beasts, covered in bruises, were panting, roaring, and entangled with each other, but it was difficult to swallow each other in one bite.

Li Jiangyao looked at the setting sun falling into the clouds on the horizon, turned around and said: "Brothers, our comrades have been working hard all day, it's time for us to take action!"

At this time, he was leading five hundred elite soldiers of the Ghost-faced White-robed Army, hiding in the dense forest behind the Western Xinjiang Allied Forces camp. The nearest camp gate was only about a thousand steps away.

On the frontal battlefield, the experienced Xu Youchang, Du Jian and others were fighting to the death with Durham's main force. Their task was to hold the opponent back. Li Jiangyao took advantage of his advantage in surprise operations and partnered with Lin Feng.

Sneak behind the enemy's back and look for opportunities to steal camp.

Seeing that the time was right, Li Jiangyao gave an order, and Lin Feng took the lead, leading seven or eight soldiers dressed as Che Chijun, galloping out of the dense forest and towards the distant coalition camp.

"Urgent report! Urgent military report from His Highness Geerhan!"

There are many local warriors in Metasequoia City. They speak pure Chechi dialect and shout loudly at the top of their lungs while galloping on their horses.

The coalition soldiers guarding the gate of the camp saw through the dim light that there were not many people coming from the other side, and besides, they were transmitting an urgent military report from King Gerhan, so they hurriedly opened the gate and moved away without even thinking about it.

Resist the horse, make way for a passage, and welcome this small group of messengers into the camp.

Li Jiangyao saw the village gate open from a distance in the dense forest. He shouted happily, then immediately urged his horse to jump out and commanded the assault troops to accelerate and sprint.

At the same time, Lin Feng's team arrived at the entrance of the camp. They did not advance further into the camp. Instead, they suddenly dismounted and pounced on the surrounding guards. In the blink of an eye, a dozen Chechi soldiers fell to the ground bleeding.

, the rest of the people fell into panic, not knowing whether to resist or to flee.

The distance of nearly a thousand steps was only a blink of an eye for the cavalry. The commando led by Li Jiangyao rushed all the way. By the time they arrived at the gate of the camp, Lin Feng and the others had already ended the battle and firmly held the gate.

Originally, the coalition forces responsible for guarding the gate had an advantage in strength. They only needed to persist for a moment to suppress or even kill Lin Feng and others. However, when they saw the white cloak floating from a distance, they immediately

As if he had seen a ghost, he completely gave up the idea of ​​resisting and ran away.

Li Jiangyao led five hundred white-robed troops and broke into the center of the Western Xinjiang coalition camp. At this time, the main force of the coalition forces had already gone out to fight with Durham. Those who stayed in the camp at this time,

If the soldiers are either wounded or old and weak, how can they stop the powerful white-robed army?

Whoosh—pop!

A firework rocket soared from the camp of the Western Xinjiang Allied Forces. In an instant, it shot up into the sky and exploded into a large group of bright fireworks. Numerous shining points of light stayed in the dim sky, contrasting with the fiery red in the distance.

The sunset glow complements each other, which is really beautiful.

Not long after, the tents in the camp were ablaze with blazing fire, as if the sunset had been pulled down from the sky to the ground by an invisible giant hand, emitting a brighter and dazzling light.

Immediately afterwards, large plumes of thick smoke quickly rolled up from the upper wind and went straight into the battle formation of the Western Xinjiang coalition forces, quickly causing uncontrollable commotion.

"Master Hou, it's not good, the camp is burning!"

"It's broken, it's broken! The way back has been cut off!"

"Run quickly! It's all fire over there!"

Durham turned his head quickly when he heard the sound, and couldn't help but feel in his heart: It's going to end!

Seeing that a raging fire was burning in the camp, it goes without saying that the Metasequoia garrison must have sneaked around to the rear and took the opportunity to make a surprise attack.

Durham was immediately angry and resentful: most of the originally more than 80,000 people from the coalition's crusade were now taken away by Alekjan and Geerhan, leaving only 15,000 men and horses, all of which were used to resist.

The enemy on the front seems to be stretched thin, so where is there any remaining strength to defend the rear?

Li Jiangyao from Metasequoia City saw this, so he took the initiative to send troops out of the city to challenge. Then he saw the opportunity, attacked from the east and west, and successfully attacked the camp.

At this time, the two sides had been fighting fiercely all day, and both sides were exhausted. A sudden fire in the backyard at the critical moment was the last straw that broke the camel's back, and dampened the fighting spirit of the Western Xinjiang coalition forces on the spot.

The front line has begun to panic and commotion, and the terrible situation of military morale collapse may break out at any time!

At the critical juncture, the experienced Durham immediately ordered the phalanxes in the front row to take up positions on the spot, and were not allowed to retreat even half a step without orders; the four phalanxes in the second row quickly retreated three hundred steps.

Reorganize and prepare to support the retreat of the front army. The four thousand-man cavalry phalanx deployed at the rear has been transformed from a strategic reserve into a response mobile team, and is deploying in the direction of the camp, ready to block any possible surprise attack from the rear.

The other troops and horses of the Metasequoia Army quickly broke away from the battle and withdrew from the battlefield in batches.

Fortunately, the person commanding the battle here is the Turkic Deputy Marshal Durham. Although this guy has a bad temper and is arrogant and domineering, he is by no means a fool in leading troops in battle. On the contrary, he is very capable. If it were Alikjan or Geerhan here,

Maybe it's just plain sad.

Although the entire Western Xinjiang coalition was panicked due to the attack on the main camp, under Durham's calm deployment, they still basically maintained a complete formation system and gradually withdrew from the crisis-ridden situation and moved to a safe area.

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Li Jiangyao and Xu Youchang looked at the opponent's well-organized formation and knew that there was no big flaw to exploit. In order to avoid unnecessary casualties to the soldiers, they decided to give up as soon as they were ready, and temporarily let Durham and the others retreat.

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Since the coalition camp was completely burned down and all the supplies and supplies of the army were destroyed, Durham did not dare to delay here any longer and decided to lead his army back to Chechi Palace overnight and wait until the troops and horses were regrouped.

Come back and attack Metasequoia City.

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"Your Highness, the sons and daughters are all impatient with waiting!" Heishan, wearing a leather vest and showing two muscular arms, asked Kuliban angrily: "Tell me, is Colonel Li reliable?

Is it reliable?"

Prince Shenhua Kuliban stared at the darkness in front of him and said firmly: "Chief of Montenegro, a few days ago, you also witnessed Mr. Li's methods on the top of Metasequoia City. And earlier, I also

I have witnessed the miracle of Mr. Li leading hundreds of troops to surprise tens of thousands of enemy troops. Tell me, how many such heroes can there be in the world?"

Heishan showed a sincere expression: "Well, His Highness is right, that Mr. Li is indeed a hero! But..."

"But what?" Curliban turned to look at him.

"However, this time he asked us to go around Chechi Wangting for several days, and now he has come here to set up an ambush. It really makes me confused."

"Lead the snake out of the hole, surround the area and call for reinforcements. What's wrong with this?" Kuliban said with a relaxed tone and a smile: "What? Are you worried that the enemy won't come?"

Heishan is a real person and nodded: "That day, Geerhan led his troops back to the king's court. Why didn't we take the opportunity to ambush him halfway?"

Kuliban smiled lightly: "I don't know Master Li's plan very well. But according to my guess, it's not that I don't want to, but that I can't. Geerhan returned to the army after receiving the news from Chechi Wangting asking for help. In

In that case, he must be like a frightened bird. He must be vigilant at every turn and take precautions to avoid falling into our strategy of encircling the spot for reinforcements. Therefore, it is not easy to ambush him."

"But we have been waiting here all day. It's midnight now, where is the enemy's shadow?" Heishan couldn't help but ask.

"Calm down." Kuliban said: "Master Li once said that in front of two armies, victory will always favor the calmer side."

Heishan scratched his head, still a little unconvinced: "Your Highness, I don't understand what you are saying, I only know..."
Chapter completed!