Chapter 1,676 Decisive Battle

Su Che said: "After the massacre of the city, the imperial court must reduce the blame. It is better to blame Liu Changzuo and Tong Guan lightly and order them to serve their crimes and enforce military discipline. At the same time, they should recognize their achievements in conquering the city this time."

"However, we must also teach the Tatar leaders and warn them not to make the same mistake again."

Zhang Dun said: "The four solid areas of Beitingchuan have beautiful water and grass, and strong horses. It is a better pasture than Jiedan. It is not appropriate to let the women and children of the Lion King's headquarters continue to stay there."

Chao Buzhi said: "The right Prime Minister's words are reasonable. To eliminate the influence, it is actually very simple, just to make a profit."

"As long as the people of the city-states in the Western Regions, such as Beitingchuan Anye, and the merchants on the Silk Road, can take the Tianshan North Road with better conditions and go against the path that the Lion King dominated before, everyone will be happy and there will be no more surprises.

fear."

Su Zhe continued: "As for the women and children of the Lion King's headquarters, they can be moved to Gan, Su and other places, matched with herdsmen, and properly resettled.

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Several ministers spoke to each other, and things were sorted out in just a few clicks.

Gao Taotao sighed: "The matter has come to this, and this is the only way. In this way, the charity fund will allocate another 500,000 yuan to Su Yuanzhen so that he can be properly settled."

Su Zhe said: "One more thing, Liu Changzuo and Tong Guan should be allowed to be bold and calm, and work hard to serve. They have captured Gaochang and Beiting, but there is no report of the number of gold and treasures in the household registration and field registration. They are already a little panicked."

Chao Buzhi bowed to Zhao Xu and said, "I will go to the military aircraft office now. Maybe the report has already arrived."

Not long after, Chao Buzhi came back with a report: "Sure enough, as Su Yuanzhen reported, the army conquered the twenty-two cities of the Uighurs in Xizhou, and captured 500,000 households, 430,000 horses, and no cattle or sheep.

Calculate."

"Regardless of the value of the treasures, the value of gold coins alone is two million in Gaochang, and one million each in Beiting and Zhangbali is strange."

"Tong Guan also reported that in Jinling, north of Beiting, he obtained more than a hundred sweat-blooded horses. Their manes were like gold threads, their skin was like ocher satin, they had the heads of rabbits and the posture of dragons, and their shoulders were over five feet three inches tall. They have ordered the herdsmen to deliver them.

Heading to Shazhou, we will arrive at the capital soon."

"Nonsense!" Gao Taotao said immediately: "I heard Su Shi said that all livestock and poultry are based on terrestrial phenology, which is closely related to the latitude of the ground. They need to be transplanted slowly and gradually adapted, otherwise they will easily become acclimatized."

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty received a horse with sweat and blood, but he has never heard of any legacy left in the Central Plains."

"These horses are so valuable that animal husbandry experts from the Sinong Temple and the Royal Agricultural College should be sent to Jinling immediately to breed them properly and gradually move eastward, so that they can become the stuff of China like sweet potatoes and corn millet."

"I and the officials are definitely not interested in making great achievements like the emperors of Qin and Han Dynasties. The reason why Wang Shi is punished from afar is to understand the inexhaustibility of Buddhist disciples' good faith. Why should he show such courtesy!"

All the ministers bowed their heads in admiration: "The Empress Dowager, Your Majesty is wise!"

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In February, Yimao, the army reserves for the South Route had arrived. Zhang Kai left Guo Jingxiu to command the Qing Tang Tibetans, Qilian Uighurs, and the Ningxia Fourth Route Army. They drove cattle and sheep to increase their momentum and approached Yaoxishui, with their troops pointed directly at the Eighth Route Army.

Assasagon.

After crossing Yaoxashui, we are only 600 miles away from Balashagon grassland.

Now the grass has begun to sprout, and the large number of cattle and sheep accompanying the army are not short of fodder. The horses have become strong again after half a month of conditioning, but the horses of the Black Khan's army have just begun to recover. It is a good opportunity to advance.

The Black Khan King Hassan's plan to lure the enemy deep and annihilate the Song army on the north bank of Yaoshashui was disrupted by Yaoshashui's obstruction and Zhang Qi's deliberate stay at Uzgen.

Moreover, the Song army chose to march with feed in winter, leaving the Black Khan tribe, who were seasonally restricted in the Silk Road oasis, with no way to escape and could only gather along the Silk Road channel towards Balashadun.

The sheep and horses were forced to move around in winter, and they did not have the same means as the Song Army. They suffered huge losses and died all the way. By the time they arrived at Balashagon, they were already empty-handed and hungry people. Not only did Hassan's power not be strengthened, but it became a heavy burden.

burden.

Of course, those winter fields were occupied by the Song army, who drove their cattle and sheep slowly and in a very orderly manner.

After this month, the livestock will become strong again, but King Black Khan can no longer bear it.

And he also knew that the people of Song Dynasty would not give him such a chance.

Therefore, the decisive moment chosen by both sides was at the end of February.

When he learned that the Song army had finally moved, Hassan could no longer hold back, so he brought Prince Ahmad and Lion King Ganbal with an army of 150,000 to come for a decisive battle.

There was no way around it. During the stay of the Song army, Hassan once sent envoys to Seljuk, hoping that the big country that also believed in Tianfang religion could help him.

However, the news sent back by the messenger was colder than the cold wind on the sea of ​​Isikhir. Seljuk had just died. Several princes were fighting each other for the throne.

He couldn't count on the three surprises and closed the city to defend himself, let alone the Seljuq Turk barbarians.

Moreover, I heard that the pagans farther west of the Seljuqs were organizing a large army and preparing to conquer Damascus eastward. Even if the political situation of the Seljuqs was stabilized again, they would still have to deal with that side first, not caring about Hassan at all.

Today, Hassan is placing his hope on the fact that after the Song army experienced a five-thousand-mile expedition, it was already exhausted and vulnerable.

Ding Si and Guo Jingxiu arrived at the Yaoxiao River. Hassan ordered Ahmad to lead the "Ghuram" to lurk behind the horizon on the north bank, preparing to use the invincible heavy cavalry to deliver a fatal blow to the Song army that was halfway across the river.

However, before the battle began, bad news came. Baishui City, six hundred miles away to the northwest, was captured by the Song Army!

It turned out that Zhang Kai ordered the army to pretend to move, and he led the new army and Jingqi to go around 400 miles downstream of Yaoxashui to cross the river. Then he drove 200 miles and occupied the important place from Black Khan to Khorezm in one fell swoop.

Whitewater City.

Yaosha Shui is still frozen, but the river ice is already very fragile and cannot be crossed. Hassan is very worried about the Song army sneaking across the river from the shallow water upstream, and specially sent Ganbal to guard it.

Hassan didn't know that Zhang Kai's carriage could be disassembled into carriage boards, and there was a large amount of cowhide to make Hunduo. The Hunduo and the carriage could be used to build a pontoon channel with a guard board, so that people and horses could safely cross the river.

After occupying Baishui City, the medicine-killing water no longer had the effect of a natural chasm. Zhang Kai led his elite cavalry, one man and three horses, to advance eastward quickly and attack Balashagon!

Hassan turned into a tired army in his home field. After a cruel winter, two-thirds of Heihan's men, horses, cattle and sheep were driven by the Song army and gathered in Balashagon. Once there was a loss, the country would be destroyed.

Died.

After running for three hundred miles, Hassan finally met the Song army that had been preparing for half a day at a destined place, and a fierce battle ensued.

Talas.

In the early summer of the tenth year of Tianbao, the main force of the 70,000-strong army in various towns in Anxi, which was guarding Gao Xianzhi in the Tang Dynasty, was so angry that it was defeated by the 150,000-strong coalition of the various countries in the Shihe River led by the famous general Qiyad Sari.

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Using foot against cavalry, relying on the advantages of discipline and tactics, Gao Xianzhi led the expeditionary Tang army and fought hard for five days with the Dashi army, with no outcome in sight.

But on the evening of the fifth day, the Tang Dynasty's allied Geluolu troops suddenly rebelled and launched an attack from the northeast on the rear of Gao Xianzhi's army.

The Arab army took advantage of the chaos in the Tang army's position and attacked the center of the Tang army's line with heavy cavalry, causing the Tang army to be completely defeated.

On the way back, another Tang Dynasty ally Bahna's tribe was in front. People and animals blocked the road, making it impossible for Gao Xianzhi to pass by on horseback. Li Siye ordered the troops to "move forward and attack them with all their strength. All men and horses were killed, and Hu and others escaped.

The road is open."

In the end, Gao Xianzhi only led thousands of remnant troops and sadly returned to the Anxi Protectorate's headquarters, stepping on the corpses of friendly troops.

The Anxi Tang Army, known as "the most elite soldier in the world", suffered heavy losses in this battle and was almost completely wiped out.

But this time, the two armies exchanged positions. Zhang Kai waited for work, reassembled the carriage, and occupied the favorable terrain on both sides. Only Chao Guodong and some of the cadres led by Chao Guodong were placed in the formation to guard with crossbows.

More cavalry were hidden behind the horizon.

It was past noon, and the light was favorable. Zhang Hei had carefully calculated even this.

Hassan's 150,000-strong army has been reduced to pieces by Zhang Kai's evil hands. Those who can follow him here are less than 40,000. A large number of servants and heavy cavalry led by Prince Ahmed are all.

Being left behind.

The Black Khan Cavalry's tactics have always been to attack and then attack. The Song people's layout was solid on both wings and weak in the middle. With their inherent bravery, they immediately chose the strategy of the Tang Army of the Great Food Army and launched a massed charge towards the Central Army of the Song Dynasty!

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