Just when Ali Musa was in chaos in the wind, the Lion King of Gaochang Uighurs had already led the two brothers Zhe Yuxun and Zhe Yuqing across the Congling Plateau.
The temperature on the plateau is colder than below, but the Lion King's body feels like fire, and it's actually a bit sultry.
He pulled open his white bear skin coat, revealing the thick cotton coat underneath. As the Khan of a country, the Lion King carefully arranged his clothes that were wrinkled due to the bumps of horseback riding.
The winter in the Western Regions is cold, and the Lion King who lives there has long been accustomed to it. He has a large leather jacket made of Tianshan white bear skin, which can protect him from wind and snow even in the open air.
You can control the temperature even if you curl up in it, and have a good sleep.
As the weather turned colder, the Lion King had his favorite white bear coat sent from Gaochang, and specially prepared fine cold-proof leather for Li Chuyun, Brother Yeluxiu and others. But the other party took out the legendary
Not only their generals could get the cotton-padded clothes, but also the soldiers accompanying them in Gaochang were given one suit each.
Cotton-padded clothes have been around for a long time in the Dayu court, but they have always been controlled by the court.
Because the productivity of cotton was limited, Luo Youdu specifically ordered that it be first used by the military and the people of Dayu in Mobei and Northeast China. Therefore, the Western Regions only heard its sound and did not know what it was about.
Wearing a cotton-padded coat, the Lion King felt that his favorite white bear coat no longer smelled good at all. In terms of warmth, the cotton-padded coat was actually not as good as his white bear coat, but the white bear coat weighed thirty kilograms and was still stiff.
It hurts to wear it on the body. Compared with light cotton clothes, the feeling is completely different.
A horse came towards us in the distance, it was the scout he sent out.
"Report, there are a thousand enemy cavalry ten miles ahead. They have no intention of confronting us and are retreating."
The Lion King said eagerly: "Zheshuai, the other party definitely didn't expect that we would be so fast. The soldiers who came to ride would not be Ali Musa's soldiers, but probably the personal guards of Yehu Ludwig of Broken Leaf City. This person
I like to harass the rear route the most. Don’t look at the opponent’s rear. I think the opponent’s intention is to bypass our rear and harass our troops’ rear baggage.”
Zhe Yuxun nodded slightly. The terrain of the Congling Plateau was rugged and it was not easy to transport baggage. They wanted to be quick in this battle, and they fought by surprise. They climbed to the Congling Plateau as quickly as possible and established a foothold on the plateau. This will also happen.
This resulted in an unstable rear area. The core nobles of the Kara Khanate were all nomadic peoples who had been in contact with China for hundreds of years. Naturally, they were no strangers to the tactic of attacking grain roads.
You have to eat them.
Zhe Yuxun thought about it secretly, thinking about how to mobilize his troops.
Balash of the Gaochang Uighur took the initiative to ask for his order: "Zheshuai, I, the Gaochang Uighur, have received great favor from the court and have not made any achievements. I am really ashamed. I will grow up here and am very familiar with the plants and trees nearby. I would like to be Commander Zhe."
Eliminate this problem."
Before, he was still questioning Dayu's combat prowess, but now Balash looks eager to show off, fearing that others will look down upon him.
This great reversal in just three to five days completely convinced this simple-minded fierce man. Especially as the weather turned colder, Li Chuyun generously gave each of their soldiers a set of cotton-padded clothes.
Let the Lion King put an end to other thoughts and fully support the actions of the Dayu court.
Zhe Yuxun also wanted to confirm whether the Gaochang Uighurs were really helping him, and said with a smile: "I have long heard that Balash under the Great Khan is more brave than tigers and bears. It couldn't be better to have a general come forward." Balash was praised for this.
, with a look of joy on his face, shouted loudly, and led his troops to fight. The Lion King continued to introduce the situation here to Zhe Yuxun, saying: "There are many small villages and small villages around here that are not dangerous for dozens of miles.
If we want to truly gain a foothold on the plateau, taking Broken Leaf City is the only way."
Broken Leaf City!
Zhe Yuxun looked into the distance. The name is so familiar. It was the important town of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty in the past. I should pick it for Your Majesty. He smiled happily and said: "There is a saying that the poet Li Bai was born here. Erlang can go and check it out.
, If there is real evidence, we can send people to repair the former residence, promote our Han culture, and let the people here know what an incredible poet was born here more than two hundred years ago."
Zhe Yuxun looked like he didn't take Suiye City seriously, as if Suiye City was already in their possession.
The Lion King didn't have any idea. Ten days ago, he would have thought that Zhe Yuxun Tuo was a big deal, but after seeing with his own eyes the miraculous siege tactics of the Dayu court and the unheard-of mechanical mobility, he couldn't think of anything.
Thoughts of resistance.
It turned out that after Li Chuyun and Brother Yelvxiu decided on the siege strategy, they recharged their energy and made siege equipment outside the western Khotan city.
Under the leadership of Luo Youdu, Dayu's mathematics and physics have made great progress, which has affected many aspects. Among them, siege equipment is one of them. With the in-depth understanding of mechanics, Dayu's siege equipment has become more powerful.
Larger, more accurate, and with a longer range, a unified specification system has gradually been formed.
During production, craftsmen can use segmented construction methods without affecting efficiency. They can be assembled when needed and disassembled and transported on the spot when not needed, thus avoiding the problem of too bulky siege equipment and slow transportation.
This is also the reason why Dayu was able to transport the equipment to Yingisha in a short time after capturing the western city of Khotan and capture Yingisa.
The Lion King was shocked by Dayu's exquisite technical craftsmanship, but what really made him determined to embrace Dayu's thigh was because he witnessed Dayu's siege.
Contrary to what he imagined, there were no corpses littering the field, nor was there a brutal fight, but only shock and fear, fear from the heart.
The siege method of thermal expansion and contraction proposed by Brother Yelvxiu is not simply to rely on cold and heat to destroy the city. It is not that simple. Just using the method of alternating hot and cold can make the masonry brittle and crack, thereby achieving destruction.
city effect.
Dayu's siege army first burned the city wall with fire and oil tanks, then attacked with cannons and rocks, smashed the cracks, poured black gunpowder into them and detonated them. Repeatedly and at a very small cost, the Khotan city wall collapsed.
Li Chuyun only invited the Lion King to watch the battle without telling him the details, and it was still at night when he attacked the city.
What the Lion King saw in his eyes was the flames soaring into the sky, and what he heard in his ears was the sound of cannon stones hitting the tower and the loud noise of gunpowder explosion...
He had no idea what was going on, but he just witnessed the collapse of the Khotan city wall in such a majestic situation.
This is even more true for Yingisha.
Before Yingisha's defenders could react, they were caught off guard by successive attacks of heavy fire oil tanks, artillery stones, and gunpowder, and collapsed.
There is no invincible tactic in this world, but when a new set of effective and reasonable tactics comes out, it will be invincible.
The enemy has not figured out the secret and does not know how to deal with it.
If the Lion King was a wolf in sheep's clothing at the beginning, when Dayu did nothing, he slightly raised the corners of his mouth and showed a little bit of his white teeth, and now he is a loyal dog.
In this place in the Western Region, only with strength can people be convinced and follow you.
Long Hu hung his helmet on the saddle and let his dark, curly hair hang loosely on his shoulders. He looked up at the sky, and saw that the clouds were gathering rapidly. The soldiers beside him were huddled in the lee of the hill to rest, relying on their hard and thick
The leather and the awe-inspiring righteousness resisted the severe cold weather. Looking at the shivering soldiers, Long Hu rubbed his hands vigorously to make himself warmer, and cursed in his heart: "Attack at this time, damn the Yu people, aren't you afraid of the cold?"
Long Hu is a descendant of the Xiaoyue clan in the Western Region. In his early years, he was a member of the royal family of the Yanqi Kingdom. Now he has declined to become a small nobleman, earning a living with Ye Hu Ludwig from Suiye City.
Because he was familiar with the terrain, he was ordered to attack the rear route of the Yu army in the east and harass the opponent's food routes or siege equipment.
His brows were furrowed and his face was a little gloomy.
This battle is not easy to fight.
No one could have imagined that Dongfang Buming would have already become a blockbuster. Otherwise, they would directly attack the Congling Plateau.
Their defense line was set up in Yingisha. Not only was Suiye City undefended, even the number one figure, Ye Hu Ludwig, had Ali Musa invite him to Kashgar to attend the canonization ceremony. Long Hu had no choice but to
Bite the bullet and attack, personally leading troops to attack the Yu army's logistics in order to slow down the opponent's march.
The cold wind swept through the rolling hills. As long as they bypassed these hills, they could make a detour to the rear of Yu's army.
Seeing that it was almost time, Long Hu said loudly: "Everyone, get up and stretch your muscles.
Bones, don't be stiff, let's continue on our way and rest in the Kizi Mountains at night, so that we can stay warm and have a good sleep."
He didn't dare to start a fire to keep warm now, as the smoke would reveal their location. Only by using the woods and darkness at night could they avoid exposing their whereabouts.
Following his order, more than a thousand qingqi walked around the hills. Following a big bend, the eyes suddenly opened up. The rolling hills were forgotten. In front was a grassland at the foot of the mountain, but it was already winter.
, the grass is dry and yellow-black soil is exposed.
Long Hu was overjoyed and said: "Come on, once you enter the mountain, you can have a good rest..."
He had just led his troops into the grassland when a horse came running diagonally. The sound of rapid horse hooves and shouts reached his ears.
"Master Dragon, a cavalry team is coming towards us!"
Long Hu was sitting precariously on his horse with a look of disbelief on his face, but in an instant, a name "Balash" flashed in his mind.
He and Balash were in two neighboring tribes, and this was where they played around when they were young. However, the Karakhan Kingdom later forced its people to convert to the Great Food Law, and Balash and his father led the tribe to defect to the Gaochang Uighurs.
.
really!
With the sound of horse hooves!
The black shadow in the distance is approaching at an extremely fast speed, and a person in the lead is vaguely visible, it is a close friend from the past.
The dragon guard didn't want to think too much. He raised his scimitar high and shouted: "We have come all the way and exhausted our physical strength. If we retreat now, we will only let them bite us until we have no strength, and we will be slaughtered like lambs. If you want to survive,
, why not follow me and fight to the death!"
In this duel between a thousand-man team, there are no feasible tactics and methods, but only the spirit of resignation.
The two sides didn't even talk to each other, they collided with each other.