The battle at Lop Nur seemed to be just another battle between the forces of Li Xia and Kublai Khan.
But in fact, it affects all forces in the Western Region.
Just like a herd of cattle, the cattle are watching the bison Li Xia fighting with the bull Kublai Khan.
If the bison wins, the herd may not immediately recognize it as the leader. But if it loses, the bull will definitely not be able to be the leader again.
Of course Hedan understood the importance of this battle. His Great Khan had issued a letter of credence and ordered all the vassal states to send envoys to Kaiping to pay homage. How could he lose?
But the defeat was like a mountain falling, and there was no help.
To the west, Li Xia drove the defeated soldiers over. These defeated soldiers were so frightened that they lost their minds and frantically bumped, pushed, and even chopped his main soldiers.
To the east, Song He led his troops to rush into his camp. To Hedan's disbelief, the Han cavalry dispersed his Mongolian cavalry in one charge. This combat power was actually more powerful than Uluru Hunai's troops.
high.
Only by retreating and preserving the main force can we control the armies of the kings and have a chance to turn defeat into victory.
Hedan had no choice but to leave behind all the cattle, sheep, orulu, supplies, and even some horses.
"withdraw!"
"withdraw......"
The entire Lop Nur was filled with chaos. Tens of thousands of people crowded together to fight, and the dust they rolled up seemed to be forming a storm.
Finally, someone quickly ran away from the storm, panicking, embarrassed, and feeling lucky to have escaped death.
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"Kill the prisoners!"
"Follow me..."
As soon as Hedan withdrew, the gap between Li Xia and Yuan Lu Hu Nai, the allied soldiers, became apparent.
The cavalry under Yuanlu Hunai continued to slaughter the defeated troops, taking pleasure in this and dispelling the various emotions brought about by this battle.
Many people even failed to get orders, so they killed Luo in Hedan and seized the spoils of war.
This is a tradition. Li Xia has been commanding them for less than a month, and he cannot change this tradition.
Contrary to the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate in the west, the first thing Song He did in the east was to order the pursuit of Hedan.
Song He was a native of Sichuan, born in Jiading Prefecture, and fled to southern Shu when the Mongolian army massacred Shu. Therefore, his previous ideal was to drive back the Mongolian army, and his initial idea was to drive them back to the north of Jianmen Pass.
He walked from Qingfu County to Jianmen Pass, walked through Hanzhong, Longxi, and the Hexi Corridor... He even personally killed Mie Li Jihao, the son of Kuoduan, who slaughtered Shu.
He stepped on the head of Meili Jixie with his feet, trampling it beyond recognition.
From that moment on, Song He's ideals changed somewhat. Stationed in Hexi, his thoughts gradually changed from "Song people" to "Han people" and "Tang people".
His thoughts changed from "repulsion" to "recovery" and even to "expansion."
In Li Zengbo's words, this is the difference between "the iron horse dispersing through the pass in the autumn wind" and "the lonely city looking at Yumen Pass in the distance".
In Yang Ben's words, if he doesn't want to be Yu Jie, he should be Huo Qubing.
Huo Qubing, Huo Qubing... This has become the obsession of many generals in Hexi.
It's still far behind now.
Eight hundred cavalry went deep into the desert, beheading two cadres and twenty-eighth level prisoners; 10,000 people annihilated nearly 100,000 Xiongnu people... Even the King of Qin could not compare to Huo Qubing.
The King of Qin was too stable with his troops and did not dare to fight such a dangerous battle easily. Like today, after all, he mobilized nearly 30,000 men to defeat the enemy's mixed force of nearly 70,000 men.
If He Dan was allowed to escape, it would be even worse.
With these thoughts in mind, the Hexi Army kept urging the horses and pursued them wildly.
However, at the same time, a group of soldiers and horses came slanting towards him, trying to cut off Hedan's rear...
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Chacha'er originally led 10,000 cavalry to attack Li Xia's left flank.
Li Xia attacked Hedan from west to east, and his left wing was from the north.
To the south is the Kongque River. Li Xia originally fought along the Kongque River. Although Hedan also sent 10,000 people to attack Li Xia's right wing, these 10,000 people still had to wade across the river.
Chacha'er was stopped by Lu Xiaoyou's two thousand troops.
At that time, he planned to disperse his troops, ignore the two small men, and charge straight to Li Xia's rear.
But Lu Xiaoyou saw the flaw in his deployment of troops and sent his troops directly to attack Chacha'er himself.
Chacha'er's 10,000 cavalry galloped around the road, but their physical strength was not enough.
On the contrary, Lu Xiaoyou's two thousand cavalry had just rested and made up for the numerical disadvantage with their momentum, scaring him into retreating quickly with the banner.
But after running for a while, the 10,000 Mongolian cavalry wanted to surround the 2,000 Han troops, and it was Lu Xiaoyou's turn to give the order to retreat.
In order to consume the opponent's physical strength, most of the cavalry are so bored.
In the process of chasing each other, Hedan was defeated and fled.
Chacha'er couldn't help but be surprised, and quickly led his troops to follow him north.
Compared with losing the garrison of eight miles away, he still knows how to fight and knows that he must block the pursuing troops, otherwise it will be more difficult to escape if he is bitten too hard.
Five men from the He tribe of Song Dynasty collided with 10,000 Mongolian cavalry, and fought in a bloody battle, killing these Mongolian cavalry until they were covered with corpses.
Cha Cha'er's face turned pale with shock, and he repeatedly ordered to retreat far away.
After all, the Hexi Army had come a long way, and the soldiers were exhausted and finally unable to pursue them.
Song He was extremely unwilling.
But it is true that only by fighting in this vast desert in person can we realize that Huo Qubing is not that easy to be a good person.
The Mongolian Rangers have the advantage of coming and going like the wind, but I haven't found a way to overcome it yet...
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"Your Majesty! The general was incompetent and let Hedan go."
"Don't worry, he can't escape."
Li Xia was also covered in blood.
He had just killed the entire enemy formation from west to east, and the entire arm and the long frame on his hand seemed to have just been taken out of the blood vat and had been dyed into one piece.
First, he glanced at the battlefield.
At this moment, Lop Nur was surrounded by Mongolian soldiers who were fleeing in all directions. They had been completely scattered, throwing away their armor and fleeing for their lives.
Because it was a flat desert, they were all cavalry, and they had not yet recovered from the panic, so not many surrendered.
Except for the 10,000 people who were still wading on the Kongque River, no other generals in the Mongolian army could regroup.
Some people may be able to go back, some may become bandits...most of them will get lost, and then die of hunger or thirst in the desert.
"Song He, Lu Xiaoyou, let your men rest and recuperate. You don't need to clean up the battlefield, and you don't need to worry about the capture. You can follow me to pursue Hedan at dawn."
"yes!"
Li Xia continued to ride away, commanding Yuanlu Hunai's cavalry to annihilate the Mongolian troops who had fled but were still organized...
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"I have done great service for Li Xia, Exiute."
Yao Mu suddenly cursed in his heart and almost collapsed emotionally.
He originally wanted to take advantage of the chaos to gather his troops, but in such a huge rout, he almost couldn't save his life.
In the end, only 800 people were gathered.
It was also because Hedan withdrew early. As soon as Hedan's cowardly Xue army withdrew, the front became clear and the defeated army dispersed. Yao Mu'er was able to lead the eight hundred people to flee north, otherwise they would be trampled to death.
When the wind blew, there was no longer any smell of horse manure, only the smell of blood.
There was still a lot of traffic ahead, and the horses couldn't run fast for the time being, but they finally didn't have to squeeze in the crowd. Yao Mu suddenly calmed down a little and didn't really go crazy.
He turned around and saw the nine-pin white scroll left by his father.
For a moment, he thought that he could go find Li Xia.
You can tell Li Xia that it was his counterattack today that became the key to defeating Hedan...
But soon, Yao Mu suddenly gave up this idea.
It's not like Li Xia really wants to help him become the Great Khan of Mongolia, he just wants to find a puppet. Moreover, Li Xia already has Yuanlu Hunai, so even if he becomes a puppet, he can be replaced at any time.
Fortunately, Hedan has been defeated.
Kublai Khan's influence in the Western Regions may be eliminated. This is a good time to contact people like Brother Biel and Haidu.
We just need to gather more troops.
Yao Mu suddenly looked south, and saw from a distance that the 10,000 soldiers and horses who originally planned to attack Li Xia's right wing were still wading through the water...but 10,000 Uluru Hunai soldiers and horses had already killed them.
If this group of people cannot be gathered together, then they can only be gathered from the defeated troops...
"Whoosh!"
Crossbow arrows suddenly shot at his eight hundred people.
Yao Mu suddenly looked back and saw a group of enemy soldiers coming towards him. He quickly drove his horse and fled.
There were endless screams behind him.
It wasn't until the eight hundred cavalry were killed or dispersed that the pursuers turned around and went after other teams.
Yaomu was suddenly so frightened that he whipped his whip wildly and fled out like an arrow from a string.
There were fewer and fewer people around, and he didn't know how long he had been running wildly. The sky was getting dark. Suddenly he heard a mournful cry from the horse, and he stopped.
Looking around, there is nothing but wild sand in the sky, a vast expanse.
When the wind blows, the horse's hoof prints are blown away, leaving people unaware of the direction and feeling extremely lonely.
Yao Mu was suddenly stunned.
Not long ago, he was the son of the Great Khan of the Mongol Kingdom, but now he has nothing.
"Li Xia! I promised you, you will be the Khan for me." Yao Muer suddenly fell to his knees and cried loudly: "I will be your puppet..."
The shout echoed in the desert, but no one answered.
Only behind the dunes, which he couldn't see, a snake quietly spat out its message.
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Under the cover of night.
The extremely sharp calls of vultures echoed near Lop Nur.
As you can imagine, what follows is a day of feasting for all kinds of beasts.
Li Xia and Uluru Khunai talked in the tent until late at night, and persuaded her on several things.
The leader of the Chagatai Khanate has become easy to convince these days.
Therefore, at dawn, Yuan Luhu left the wounded and two men to guard Lop Nur's baggage, and followed Li Xia northward to pursue Hedan with the rest of his troops.
Only by controlling the important land of Gaochang and Beishebali, the fiefdom of Hedan, can Kublai Khan's intervention in the Western Regions be completely stopped.
At the same time, there are still the armies of Yelu Zhu and the kings that need to be dealt with.
The key to this lies in Gaochang City.
Li Xia had confidence in Lian Xixian, so he raised his troops to catch up without hesitation.
The Mongolian cavalry comes and goes like the wind, so what?
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