The timing of the arrival of the Great Xia King is very delicate.
Yinzhou was defeated, and the Gaochang Uighurs gathered their troops and marched eastward for a decisive battle. At the same time, news of Khotan's troop dispatch also came one after another, which again restrained the few remaining Uighur troops.
As a result, a huge gap was exposed in the north, giving the Xia army an opportunity.
It is true that it is impossible for the Uighurs not to hear the slightest news, but what can they do? The threat from the east is the most direct. The Xia people are already transporting grain, grass and materials on a large scale through two roads.
Moreover, even people sometimes die of exhaustion or thirst.
If they are allowed to complete the gathering of supplies and personnel and gain a foothold in Yinzhou, are they sure to push them back? You know, it's not just the cavalry who are coming this time!
The cavalry can raid the countryside and create panic, but they may not be able to occupy Yinzhou for a long time. But they also have large groups of infantry, which can effectively control the entire territory of Yinzhou.
In fact the Uighurs had no choice.
Now that the news from the east has not returned, Beiting has been raided again. It is really embarrassing!
After the Tello Fort was captured on the 20th, Wang Yanzhang left 500 auxiliary troops here to guard the captured more than 2,000 women and children. He led the main force and ran for dozens of miles overnight. He arrived at Yanquan Town (also called Xianquan Town) before dawn and beheaded them.
Level 300, capture 2,000 people.
On the 21st, Wang Yanzhang promised a heavy reward, led more than 2,000 elite soldiers, and collected 4,000 to 5,000 horses. He changed horses without changing people along the way, galloped 160 miles southwest, and arrived at Haozhe Town after nightfall.
When they arrived outside the city, several herdsmen were running over to report the news. When they were caught by the Xia army, their expressions were as if they had seen a ghost: they actually ran faster than them!
Wang Yanzhang selected elite soldiers, climbed the city wall at night, killed more than 200 defenders, and conquered the small city.
One day and one night, he ran more than 200 miles, beheaded a thousand people, captured 6,000 people, and captured tens of thousands of cattle, sheep, horses and camels. This achievement finally made Wang Yanzhang feel bad.
When the news reached Shao Shude, he had just crossed the Beita Mountains and entered the relatively humid southern foothills, where he found a creek to camp.
At this point, he finally let go of most of his worries. Traveling long distances is inherently risky.
More than half of the herds of cattle and sheep that were so spectacular when we set off have disappeared, and the remaining half are also very skinny. We urgently need to seize the time window before winter to gain weight.
If we return without success this time, the losses will be huge. The people eating horse chews along the way are all losses, and the rewards given to the sergeants as compensation are still losses. In short, the losses will go to my grandma's family, although he can bear this loss.
rise.
Now it's good, we have clearly found the enemy, we are on the right track, and the first step is considered a success.
Now the second step was mostly successful. Wang Yanzhang led his troops to attack southward, winning consecutive battles and singing a triumphant song.
This fact speaks for itself.
First, the thieves were successfully mobilized, and the rear was empty and unable to resist the king's conquest.
Secondly, thieves have average fighting ability. When encountering old warriors like Daxia who are accustomed to killing people, the chance of winning in a head-on confrontation is extremely low, so they can only think of other methods.
Based on this understanding, Shao Shude's appetite grew.
"Give Zhu Jin an order to continue westward and plunder as many thieves' nests as possible. Catch the men if you can, and kill them if you can't. Don't kill women and children without permission. Send someone to take care of them. Keep an inventory of cattle, sheep, and miscellaneous animals.
Okay, especially the horses, please report the number to me. Note, if you encounter the Geluolu people, don't cause conflicts for the time being, just report them directly."
Zhu Jin led 9,000 people to the west, generally walking along the Beita Mountains, raiding the oasis grasslands of the Junggar Basin. There were many tribes in this area, which were actually wall grass. Sometimes they descended in this direction, sometimes in that direction.
There is no precise estimate. If you are unlucky, you may still encounter the Geluolu people.
"Your Majesty, these scattered tribes are the Uighurs and their vassals who migrated westward. Your Majesty is the co-owner of the grassland, maybe you can recruit them?" Yang Yao suggested.
"Hit first and then talk, and caress while beating." Shao Shude said without hesitation.
Are you kidding me? This is a long-distance raid with no logistics. If you don’t grab a handful first to fill your stomach, how will you survive this winter?
After all, the ecological carrying capacity of the grassland is only that big. One hundred thousand strong people poured into Beiting all of a sudden. The locals may or may not be able to raise them, but Shao Shude didn't want to take risks, so he first grabbed as many cattle and sheep as possible.
This is the right way to remain invincible.
"Send an order to Zhe Siyu to go south to attack Pulei County and Pulei Town. Li Sizhao will lead a black army of 6,000 people to assist."
"Yang Liang led 6,000 Feilong troops south to Haozhe Town and attacked Tingzhou in the west."
"Wang Yanzhang's troops rested for a day, and then moved eastward to sweep the front line of Puleihai."
The messengers rushed out one by one and rushed to various places.
Shao Shude asked someone to spread the map on the grass and examine it silently.
Zhu Jin went to the northwest, both to sweep and to warn.
Zhejiyu and Yang Liang are the main attackers, aiming to seize the two fulcrums of Tingzhou and Pulei.
Wang Yanzhang's troops marched eastward to Puleihai (Barkol Lake), with the main purpose of robbing livestock and also to warn the direction of Yinzhou.
The army of one hundred thousand tigers and wolves dispersed to the north of the Tianshan Mountains, galloping on horseback, rushing left and right.
If the Uighurs do not take any measures, the vast grasslands north of the Tianshan Mountains will be completely out of their control.
In a good mood, lustful thoughts arose again, and she took the blushing Queen Bohai to take a bath. It was almost a month since she had injected vitality into anyone. A woman like Gao, who had received traditional female training since she was a child and had a noble status, continued to
Nothing would be more satisfying than challenging her moral values and her concept of chastity.
Happy, happy!
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After the order was issued, the entire Beiting almost turned into a mess.
The first to make progress was Oritsugu Yutaka. On July 26, ten thousand cavalry troops rushed to the vicinity of Pulei County.
This is the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains. It is not as dry as in the north, and there are still many moist grasslands. The Uighurs are not deaf or blind. The Xia people invaded in large numbers and burned, killed and looted for several days.
But after all, many places still received the news.
This is the case here in Pulei County. They received the news of the desperate messenger and ordered the heads of the county. There were only a few hundred soldiers. Several nearby tribes were exhausted and collected another two thousand. Some were old and some were young.
, the combat effectiveness is worrying.
Compared with the legendary "300,000 cavalry" Xia army, this small number of troops is undoubtedly worthless. For the current plan, they can only run away.
The cavalry army caught up with the tribes and officials and people who were retreating westward in Pulei County.
Without any unnecessary words, the Uighurs immediately started the traditional steppe war posture: outflanking and outflanking on both sides, and arrows missed with great joy.
In the end, Yang Liang couldn't stand it any longer, so he recruited more than a thousand infantrymen who knew how to fight on horseback, and charged forward with long spears. They dispersed the Uighurs who blocked their way, and caught up with the old and weak who were escaping in carts and carts.
Women and children.
"Poof!" Yang Liang boarded a carriage, cut off a head with his own hands, and shouted: "In May, Heichengzi held a National People's Congress to recommend Shao Shude as a born wise and supreme khan. You are also Uighur people.
,Why betrayed the Great Khan?"
After saying that, with a look in his eyes, more than a dozen soldiers who could speak Uighur shouted in unison: "Below the sacred peak where the Supreme Khan established his capital, from the sea in the east to the Altai Mountains in the west, it is all the land of the Great Khan. You and others.
Why not surrender?"
"Pugu is not the lord of the Uighurs, why do you work for him?"
"The Great Khan personally led 300,000 cavalry south. How many troops do you have? Can you gather 10,000 people? Why not surrender early?"
They shouted loudly and kept repeating. Even if the battlefield was noisy, someone would always hear them if they shouted too much.
The cavalry soldiers wore breastplates and practiced riding skills all year round. If they lost their arrows, they might not be any worse than the Uighurs who used them to eat. After fighting for a long time, the corpses of the Uighurs covered the grassland and were gradually compressed into the middle.
"Since the Supreme Khan has been elected by the National People's Congress, why not change his surname to Yaoluoge?" A Uyghur official rode his horse out and opened his hands to show that he was not carrying weapons, but he did not admit defeat.
The others stopped fighting, and less than two thousand people were surrounded in the middle of the battlefield. They wanted to go to the convoy, but looked at the cavalry soldiers wandering around and gave up the idea.
"Are the fifteen Uighur Khans all descendants of the powerful Pei Luo?" Yang Liang cut off the head of a certain Uighur boy who had any abnormality with a knife, and asked: "In a hundred and fifty years, the bloodline of the Uighur Khans has already changed.
, what does Yao Luo Ge’s family mean?”
"It is true that the Khan family has been changed, but the new khans all changed their surnames to Yaoluoge. The Uighur Khanate is still under the Yaoluoge family." The official said, frowning.
"Then what are you remnants of the Pugu clan?" Yang Liang kicked the corpse away and asked: "Give me a sweet word, will you surrender? If you don't surrender, we will kill all your people, and I will ask for more
The woman who sleeps with you hasn't smelled fishy smell for how many days."
The cavalry troops raised their bows and arrows again, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
"I - Ah Chu Lin Ya!" The Uyghur official got off his horse and said: "Only the descendants of the Yaoluoge family will be surrendered. Since the Supreme Khan has been recommended by the National People's Congress, he must be a nobleman of the Yaoluoge family. I surrender.
He is justified."
After saying this, he bowed to the ground facing the north.
Yang Liang laughed heartily. He didn't know whether he was laughing at Ah Chu for deceiving himself, or whether he was laughing at the fact that the Pugu clan had ruled Xizhou for so long and still could not completely get rid of the influence of the Yaoluo Ge clan.
As soon as Achu surrendered, the other Uighurs seemed to be downcast and relieved, and they all dismounted, discarded their weapons, knelt down and surrendered.
Zhejiyu rode his horse in a circle, pointed the horsewhip at Achu, and said: "Since you are Lin Ya, you are no longer a minor official. Please quickly persuade other military towns and tribes to surrender and ask them to come and pay homage to the new Khan. Pugu clan
You are just rebellious ministers and traitors, and your reputation is not upright, so why should you sacrifice your life for them?"
"Persuading to surrender..." Ah Chu felt bitter in his heart, but he knew he had no choice.
"When I went south, the Khan once said that when the Khanate was first established, there were many vacancies in central government positions." Zhejiyu lowered his head, leaned into Achu's ear, and said: "The saint intends to promote a few Meilu and follow him.
, Counselor Military Aircraft, Achu Linya must seize the opportunity."
Meilu is a Uighur official position, literally translated as "prime minister", but it is different from a prime minister like "Yu Yue". The latter often has his own tribe and pasture, and can be regarded as a partner of the khanate, but the former is more like a khanate.
Khan's "advisor" and "attendant".
If applied to the feudal vassal system, Yu Yue was a land aristocrat whose income came from the fief; Mei Lu was a court aristocrat whose income came from the salary paid by the king.
The new Khan was willing to recruit some Mei Lu, which was quite good to be honest. Ah Chu immediately grabbed the life-saving straw and said: "There are my in-laws in the Mulei River, Chigu, and Changquan areas. I am willing to persuade them to surrender."
"Are they willing to betray the Pugu clan and surrender to the Han people?" Zhejiyu asked deliberately.
"The one who surrendered was the Supreme Khan Yao Luoge." Ah Chu emphasized: "The Supreme Khan, who was born wise, unified the grasslands, established his capital in Heichengzi, and led 300,000 horses in the western expedition. Naturally, we are willing to surrender."
Oretsugu was speechless, waved his hand and said: "Whatever you think, go and persuade them to surrender. If you don't want to surrender, you can lead the way. We will kill them, and divide them among the cattle, sheep, and women. Everyone will be stunned."
