The cold wind blew across Zhang Zhao's face. The spring breeze in Anxi was not warm at all. The land under his feet did not have the feeling of spring like the Khotan oasis. Instead, it was gray-yellow and quite barren.
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"General! The general has made inquiries and found out that the main river in Lower Artush is the Boguz River. However, at this time, the melting water from the mountains has not yet arrived, so the water source is insufficient, and Karakhan's Gulam Qingqi has been cruising in the river. We
To get water, you must first defeat them."
Hu Cile, a Dadan man, rode over to report to Zhang Zhao. Although he was a Dadan person, the Hu Cile family had been living together with the Han people in Shazhou for hundreds of years, and they were no different from the Han people. His son Huwei had even
I started using the surname Hu.
"Defeat the Gulam Qingqi, well..." Zhang Zhao shook his head. This is unrealistic. Gulam Qingqi was the ace of Saktu's family. Back then, he could successfully seize the throne and successfully kill his uncle Orr.
The Guchak family relies on the Gulam Guards under their command.
After Saktu became the Bugla Khan of the Kara Khanate, the Ghulam Guards became the most elite army of the Kara Khanate.
This elite cavalry team, composed of 600 armored cavalry and 1,500 light cavalry, had just defeated the Samanid dynasty cavalry several times their size in the battles of Whitewater City and Talas City three years ago. Their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.
Zhang Zhao only had three hundred horsemen, and he still had to use them to cover the left and right sides of the formation. Even if he could win, he couldn't let them out to fight with each other.
"Then let's break camp and move forward. I don't believe that Saktu can still bring the trebuchet when he returns from Balashagon, crossing the snowy mountains and the Naryn River. Let's camp directly close to Lower Atush. We don't need to take water anywhere else, but just take it.
The water in the moat outside Artush!"
Zhang Zhao clenched his fist with a stern look on his face, and he was still preparing to take the risk.
The risks are high, but the rewards are also high. He wants to defeat Saktu directly in Xia Atush, and he has to defeat more with less.
Only by beating Saktu to pain can Zhang Zhao gain a greater reputation in Anxi and be free to plan the Fergana Basin, the Samanid Dynasty and even India.
Hu Qi was stunned for a moment. He never expected that the first time he went to the battlefield with Mr. Zhang Erlang, he would have such an exciting meal.
Saktu can mobilize at least 20,000 cavalry. They are only over 6,000 including the civilians. In this wilderness, 2,000 infantry and more than 400 cavalry are going to fight at least 10,000 cavalry. It seems a bit like seeking death.
The taste!
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After getting off Atush, Saktu, who was already packing up and preparing to fight and run away, was also stunned. What kind of path is this on the opposite side?
Two to three thousand people, along with a few civilians, actually formed an array outside his city? He looked carefully and found that those behind the Khotan army were indeed civilians.
There is a conspiracy! Saktu's first reaction was that there was a problem, but the scouts were all outside Shule City and no trace of other troops was found at all.
There is no need to search everywhere in Anxi, because the army can only be stationed along the rivers and oases. There are only a few rivers and a few oases. If the scouts don't search, then there really isn't anything.
"Angel, you have fought against Khotan the most. How long does it take them to get here from Shule City?" Saktu asked Gulam Tuman beside him, his confidant general Angel.
Tuman is the military and political unit of the Karakhan army, which means ten thousand households, and under ten thousand households there are thousands and hundreds of households.
This organizational model based on the decimal system was continued to be used by the Mongolian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, etc. in later generations. It was the most suitable organizational model for the grassland peoples.
Of course, with Saktu's financial resources, he could only have more than 2,000 Gulam Guards, but this did not prevent him from appointing the second commander of the Gulam Guards as the head of ten thousand households.
"Reporting to the Great Khan, the Jin Kingdom in Khotan has more infantry and less cavalry. Its Shenwei Right Army has a maximum of 3,000 cavalry. The Amozhi from various places can form about 500 armored cavalry, but their training and level cannot be compared with ours, and their ability to fight alone is average.
, is used with the infantry all year round.
Therefore, although Shule is only ninety miles from Xia Atush, it still takes them three days to get there. If all the cavalry is deployed, they can get there in one day, but they will have to rest for a long time before they can fight.
Moreover, after the infantry and cavalry are separated, we can attack and kill their infantry, so I guess Yuchi Sengwubo does not dare to divide his troops!"
Angel's face was as gloomy as water. He had already learned about the current situation of Shule City from the retreating Askar army. The Khotan Jin people retaliated and massacred the northern city of Shule. His family members were gone, and the men were killed.
Killed, the woman was kidnapped.
Yuchi Monk Wubo was Li Shengtian. As an enemy of Khotan, the Karakhanids would definitely not call him Li Shengtian.
And Angel's analysis is also correct. It cannot be said that there were no armies in ancient times that could travel dozens of miles a day, but they were definitely very few, and they had to be something like Wei Wuzu.
Therefore, it took Sima Yi twice to capture Meng Da for thousands of years. An ordinary army could move twenty or thirty miles a day, and the number of soldiers below would be enough to give the commander face.
Saktu nodded coldly and agreed with Angel's statement. It would be stupid if the Khotanese army under the city came to lure him out to fight.
Because if Yuchi Sengwubo divided his troops to rescue him, he could abandon the people under the city and go to raid the Khotan infantry coming out of Shule City. If he didn't divide his troops, he would not be able to defeat his 15,000 fine cavalry in three days.
Two thousand people?
However, Saktu, who is cautious by nature, decided to test it first and send some people to harass them to see how good the Khotanese troops were under the city. Could it be that those civilians were fake and that these were six thousand elite soldiers?
"Angel, do you recognize this thing? Look, does it look like your wife's colorful dress? Let me tell you, your three wives are really as good as each other in martial arts!
Especially your eldest wife, I heard that you have neglected her for many years, so I tell you, you are at a big loss. I have tried all three of you, but your eldest wife is the most ecstatic, those long legs, haha! So powerful!"
Sactu and Angel were discussing at the top of the city, when suddenly there was a shrill laugh from below.
A strong man wearing only a robe and a tattered net scarf put his legs on a big rock. He held a long gun in his hand against a colorful Uighur women's robe, shouting and laughing at the same time.
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Ma Yaozi didn't lie. Angel's real wife was indeed very energetic. He smacked his mouth twice and recalled the slender white body that was crying and even crazier than him, and he was actually a little bit ready to move.
Angel's eyes suddenly turned red, and the blood all over his body seemed to rush to his head. Not only were his eyes bloodshot, but his entire face turned red.
Although he was not sure whether the colorful dress carried by the strong man below belonged to his wife, it was indeed a dress often worn by Uighur noble girls.
Moreover, he deliberately ignored his wife, but the secret of their family was unknown to most people. Not only did the strong man below know this, he also knew that his wife did have a pair of rare long legs, so...
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Angel suddenly felt something green on the top of his head.
"Domi Shi, I didn't expect you to be quite powerful. It turns out you are really a weakling! Such a beautiful girl has been out for five or six years. Why bother? If you can't do it yourself, just let her go out as soon as possible. If you can get some wild food, it's okay.
It’s better than starving to death!”
When Angel's true blood rushed into his pupils, the face of another Armored Cavalry Baihu next to him suddenly became so black that water dripped from it.
"You have lost your strength, you thief slave, you have to thank a certain family, a certain family has helped you find out that those two sons of yours are not yours, they belong to your housekeeper.
The most cruel unfaithful and unfaithful woman in a certain family and the dog slave who dares to humiliate you will immediately start to clean you up, but the strength is not good enough. If you are not careful, hehe! I will clean up your whole family.
Got it!"
"Ah! I'm going to kill you Tang Dog! Ah! Great Khan, please let me go and kill all those Tang Dogs!"
Zhili Shisi was a Qingqi Qianhu wearing a four-flap helmet. He knelt down in front of Saktu with a thud and howled miserably.
Didn't he know that there was something wrong with his two children? However, since he himself was unable to have children and his title and property had to be inherited by others, he had no choice but to think of this solution.
As a result, the child was gone and the matter was revealed. You can imagine the rage in my heart. It was a good thing that I didn't lose control on the spot.
"My loyal generals, warriors of Karahe Khan, calm down! Calm down!"
Saktu's eyelids kept blinking. Although he didn't know why the Khotanese army under the city deliberately provoked them, he clearly felt that something was wrong.
A smell of conspiracy lingered on the tip of Karaheihan's nose, and he kept telling himself that he must calm down his generals.