The Turkic army came very quickly. In the afternoon of the same day, it had already entered the Yanran Mountains. The tiger's mouth was narrow, and Niu Shizhuo could not pile up more than 30,000 soldiers in one place, waiting for the Turks to come to the door, and also ordered the occupation of favorable terrain in advance. As a result, the enemy and us soon had small-scale contacts, and the battles were won and defeated.

The quality of the Anxi Army's weapons and armor far exceeded that of the Turkish soldiers, and they also had an absolute advantage in morale. Therefore, in the initial contact battle, the number of victory was quite high. The Turkic soldiers rushed to the long distance, were trapped in people and horses, and could not play much advantage in the mountainous areas, so it was inevitable that they would suffer losses.

However, the combat effectiveness of the Anxi Army units was uneven, and they were stiff in response to the battle. After winning locally, they were unable to use cavalry to expand their results. The shortcomings of relatively weak troops were also exposed in the initial contact between the enemy and us.

Therefore, although the Anxi Army won most local contact battles, the number of beheadings was not very high. Although the Turkic soldiers and horses were tired from afar and their morale was low, they did not lose every battle.

When the Turks retreated in panic at a certain contact site, the Tang army was basically unable to chase and kill. When a prominent part of the Tang army was captured by the Turks with superior forces, the Turks' troops did not have the courage to continue to advance rapidly because the price they paid was too high.

When the sun set, both sides of the enemy and us stopped temptation at the same time. Then, the teams that were too sudden on both sides took the initiative to retreat under the cover of night, opening up the distance between them, so as not to be attacked by the other party in the middle of the night and increase unnecessary casualties.

Various assessments of the opponent's strength were also quickly sent back to the central army by the grassroots officers participating in the war. Most generals in the Anxi Army, including Zhang Qiang, had no specific understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Turks before. Through the reports of the brothers participating in the war and the overall performance of their own teams fighting against the Turks, it was quickly concluded that even if the elite Turkic warriors were dismounted, their combat effectiveness was not lower than that of the veterans in the Anxi Army, and they were even slightly better in shooting skills.

The ordinary warriors in the Turkic team had better physical fitness than the ordinary Turkic soldiers in the Tang army, but due to lack of systematic training, their combat skills were much worse than those in the palace soldiers. Even without the help of gunpowder bullets and fire dragon chariots, a Tang Dynasty mansion soldier would win more than 70% against an ordinary Turkic warrior when fighting in an infantry battle.

However, the gap between the samurai of the Basimi, Uighurs, Dubo and other tribes is too big compared with the Turkic samurai. Even if the carefully selected scouts of each tribe dare to fight with the Turkic scouts face to face, less than 30% of them dare to fight with the Turkic scouts. In most cases, as long as they see the Turkic people, the instinctive reaction is to escape, and even if they are chased by the Turkic people as targets, they will not have the courage to turn back.

"I'm thankful that I've been steady before and I haven't fallen into the trap of snatch." After comparing the combat effectiveness of the soldiers on both sides, Niu Shizhao and Zhang Qian looked at each other, smiled bitterly and shook their heads.

Although gunpowder ammunition and fire dragon chariot have a strong deterrent effect on war horses that lack adaptive training in field battles, they will take a certain amount of time to operate. If the Anxi Army suddenly encounters an ambush by the Turkic wolf cavalry while on the way, they may not be able to kill the opponent before the catapult car and fire dragon chariot are ready.

In that case, except for some of the direct lines of the Suoye Camp and Niu Shi Award, other units of the Anxi Army may find it difficult to stop the breakthrough of the elite Turkic troops. Especially in the Khotan Camp, the soldiers have not yet recovered from the heavy blows they suffered last year, and the commander has just changed people. It is a blessing that they can not collapse on the spot.

Once the soldiers of both sides of the enemy and us are entangled, the role that gunpowder bullets and fire dragon chariots can play will quickly weaken. No matter how well-trained the Leaf Army is, it is impossible to use gunpowder bullets to blow up the enemy and its own people. No matter how decisive the Niu Shimao kills, it is impossible to order the new turmeric oil to spray on both sides of the war without distinguishing between the enemy and us.

By then, with the absolute advantage of military strength, Mo Chuo was indeed very sure to severely damage the Anxi Army! After severely damage the Anxi Army, he would concentrate his efforts to deal with the Shuofang Army. Even if he could not gain any advantage from Zhang Renyuan, it would be enough to ensure that the Turkic ancestral court was not lost before the twelfth lunar month.

Given the weather in Mobei, after the twelfth lunar month, it is impossible for the enemy and us to engage in any large-scale battles. Blizzards one after another, even if you carry a large number of stoves and find shelter to camp for heating, they are the top priority of the Tang army. However, Mobei is not as good as Shuofang. The Tang army cannot find a place to dig a few shovels, and can dig out peat!

"Mo Chuo's original arrangement was too wishful thinking. After the hope was lost, he was in a state of progress and retreat." Unlike Niu Shizhao and Zhang Qian's caution, he found that the Turks did not take any advantage in the initial contact between the two armies. The guards of the Khotan commander Wei Bo's courage increased greatly. He walked to the sand table and made excitement. "He brought all his forces to attack us, and the defense would inevitably be empty. And the Shuofang Army happened to go to copy his nest."

"Mo Chuo made a wrong judgment because he found out that the marching chief had made the previous battle examples!" Guo Hong's spirit was also much excited. After thinking about it, he speculated with a smile, "In addition, he had suffered a lot of great losses in the hands of the Shuofang Army before, but he didn't know much about the Anxi Army. Therefore, he instinctively chose soft persimmons to pinch them."

These two sentences are analyzed very well.

In the past, Zhang Qian used to win by speed, whether he was fighting Soge or Yihu. He didn't pay much attention to the arrangement of troops, nor did he pay attention to any plan before moving. He led his brothers to follow the opponent's key points and then completely locked in the victory.

Therefore, it is easy to impress the outside world. The entire Anxi Army has this kind of combat style of winning with speed. The recent battle of the Anxi Army to drop the King of Geluo's tent has fully reflected this style.

Therefore, anyone who changed his place to stay with Mo Chuo Khan, found that the Anxi Army had fought several times in a row, and they would also use the method of rushing to the old nest and responded with half-way ambush. What's more, Mo Chuo Khan and his Turkic soldiers had been afraid of Zhang Renyuan's Shuofang Army in the past two years. Only when facing the unfamiliar Anxi Army would he be without any pressure.

"Soft persimmon? This time I see who is soft and who is hard!" Chang Shuxin disagreed with Guo Hong's metaphor and smiled and curled her lips.

"It's really a matter of cheating us into the trap. Now, huh, since we take the initiative to deliver goods to our door, we should not be polite to him!" Ge Shu Daoyuan was also rubbing his fists and grinding his hands.

"Let him kowtow and he will burst into blood!"

"Who is afraid of whom after entering the mountain? Let's teach him a lesson first, there is no need to wait for news from Shuofang Army!"

...

Discussions rose one after another, and all the Anxi generals were full of confidence in the coming fierce battle.

Although in the local contact in the afternoon, both sides won and lost each other. However, from a strategic perspective, Mo Chuo was already sure to lose the moment he led his army to Yanran Mountain.

Given the advantage of cavalry and go to the mountainous areas to fight positions with the Anxi Army, no matter how many Turks have, it will be difficult to defeat the Anxi Army in a short time. And at most half a month, Zhang Ren would be able to destroy the Turkic ancestral court. At that time, Mo Chuo and his minions will inevitably plummet.

"So, since Mo Chuo pounced on him, we will stick him here until he collapsed." Although I couldn't guess why Mo Chuo made such a big strategic mistake, Niu Shizhao knew how to deal with the Anxi Army. He knocked on the table, attracted everyone's attention to himself, and then began to adjust the deployment with a smile, "The more Mo Chuo takes a bet, the more we have to deal with it calmly. The scouts have already explored the terrain on the tiger's mouth. If Mo Chuo wants to win, there are only two ways. The first one is to attack the front and directly break through Xinghua Ridge, Boot Ridge and Scorpion Ridge, and kill to my central army tent."

"How is that possible!"

"He dreams that even if all the Turks are trying their best, they can break through to the vicinity of the Ziji Ridge, so I will write my surname backwards!"

"I am not talented and willing to lead my troops to guard Xinghualing and block Mo Chuo's front!"

...

The voices of discussion and the voices of volunteering rose one after another. As long as the generals with some combat experience did not believe that Mo Chuo would make such a stupid choice.

"The other one is to seize several high slopes from our left wing, that is, their own right, and then turn around and press back! Even after breaking through the left wing to the tiger's mouth, turn around and give us a backstab!" Niu Shizhao pressed his hand down, indicating that everyone should be calm, and then he added with a smile.

This is a very traditional tactic, which fully utilizes the characteristics of Yanran Mountain being high in the northwest and low in the southeast, the main ridge is not towering, and there are many hills. Once the Turks are allowed to detour the back of the Tang army and be condescending, the grassland tribes are good at archery, and they can fully utilize them. The Tang army's gunpowder ammunition and fire dragon chariots will greatly reduce the range of the targets at a high level, and the deterrence is greatly reduced.

Immediately, the voices of the generals quickly weakened, frowned and thought about how to prevent the enemy from taking this move at the lowest price. However, he heard Niu Shizhao clear his throat and continued: "Standing on the spot and being beaten is never my habit. If Mo Chuo wants to win, he can only choose to squeeze our left wing or attack in the middle. Let's give him a left wing forward, stand by the middle, and hold on the right. Or, first use the terrain advantage to defeat his right wing on our left wing, and then the left wing central troops will come out together to lock in the victory. Or, while he is concentrating his strength to attack our left wing, give him a black tiger heart to the middle wing."

"Although the Protectorate ordered, we will only follow your leader!"

"Major Protector, you say you can fight, I will fight as much as you wait!"

"By the great patriarch alone!"

No matter whether the generals could understand or not, they all made their statements. No one was willing to fall behind others.

Zhang Qian used to command operations, but the reason why he liked to directly draw out his opponent's nest was because he had no experience in commanding large corps to fight. Therefore, he could only adopt this method that could achieve the goal with the least need to use his brain and rely on courage and attack power.

The number of Turkic soldiers in front of him was at least 40,000, and the number of young soldiers who Mo Chuo temporarily summoned was as high as more than 100,000. It would be difficult for him to directly dig out his nest. Therefore, at this moment, he had no better choice except to listen to the arrangements of the veteran general Niu Shizhuo.

While trying hard to understand the essence of Niu Shi Awards' arrangement, the latter's command still came from his ears, "March Chief, those who are capable work hard. At this moment, I dare not be polite to you. The Thunder Ye Army Camp is the most skilled in using firearms, and gunpowder ammunition and fire dragon chariots are also created by you. Therefore, the task of the left-wing attack will be handed over to your Thunder Ye Camp."

"As for your order!" Zhang Qian was stunned and stood up decisively and bowed.

"The right wing is handed over to the Khotan Camp and Shule Camp, and the main guard is to guard. We will divide it in detail later!" Niu Shizhao nodded at him, and then continued to arrange troops loudly.

"Yes!" Wei Bo and Guo Hong looked at it and bowed gratitude.

Their family knows their own affairs. One of them was just transferred to Khotan at the beginning of the year, and the other was his son who inherited his father's business. He had no lack of courage to fight tough battles, but the strength of the troops under his command did not match their personal courage.

Especially Wei Bo, although in the spring, he led the Khotan army to defeat the attack of two Tubo bandit troops, the two bandits were very limited in strength and were obviously determined to harass. Defeating them could not show Wei Bo's own ability, nor did it mean that the Khotan soldiers had already recognized Wei Bo's new coach.

"As for finding fighter jets in the middle, I will leave it to me to defend everyone's back. The Kucha camp has the largest number of people and is least afraid of others fighting to the death with the number." He nodded to the two of them, and Niu Shizhao smiled and left the opportunity to face the main force of the Turks head-on.

"Yes!" The generals agreed in unison again and stood up and bowed.

He took a deep breath with his hand on the table, and Niu Shizhao looked around, like a lion king with full strength. "Who has any more to add? Now, let's go through the next specific task division and execution details. In short, since Mo Chuo is here, don't think about leaving. I will wait with you and bury him here!"

"I wish to listen to the commander-in-chief!" The generals felt aroused in their hearts and their answers became louder.

"Yes!" Niu Shizhao nodded slightly to everyone, then quickly walked to the sand table and began to sort out the details of each step of the battle with everyone.

He was a descendant of the famous general Niu Jinda, and his family was full of military leadership and combat knowledge. After that, he had been practicing in the army for decades. Although he had few opportunities to fight against the Turks in the past and lacked experience, he did not require much experience in commanding 25,000 troops to fight positions with opponents in a regular manner. Therefore, he soon dispatched all the soldiers of various units in an orderly manner.

At the beginning, Zhang Qian could only listen with all his attention. After listening for a while, he gradually discovered some tricks in his heart.

Unlike in the past when he led his troops to rush around, the large army was a bit like Go in another time and space. He paid great attention to the coordination and cooperation between the various parts, and then combined them to win with the momentum.

At present, the Anxi Army occupied most of the commanding heights near the tiger's mouth and took the lead. If the Turks want to move back, they have to take back the "power". Therefore, in the next battle, as long as the Anxi Army maintains the equal strength of the Turks, they can laugh to the end.

Finally, when the news of Shuofang Army breaking through the Turkic ancestral court came, Mo Chuo had the only option to take the initiative to escape.

If the Anxi Army, while resisting the Turkic attack, launched an attack from the left wing, completely defeating the "power" of Mo Chuan's army. Mo Chuan would probably have no chance to escape on his own initiative. Even without waiting for the news that the Shuofang Army took over the Turkic ancestral court came, the Turkic troops would be defeated thousands of miles under the squeeze of the Anxi Army.

"What a great lord, his tone of speaking is so low-key, but his hidden ambitions are so great!" Zhang Qian nodded in admiration after touching Niu Shizhu's thoughts little by little.

While feeling moved, I heard Niu Shizhao shouting his official title again, "March Chief, please come to see my arrangements, can there be any improvement?"

"Ah..." Zhang Qian looked carefully and realized that the sand table made of corn in front of him was filled with dense flags. It turned out that Niu Shizhao had already arranged all the tasks.

Not daring to let the other party down, he stood in front of the sand table and thought for a moment, and bowed gently, "The arrangement of the Great Protector is deeply rooted in the use of troops, and Zhang completely agrees."

"However is there any omission?" Through a series of observations and experiences last year, Niu Shizhao respected Zhang Qian, the marching chief, very much. He thought about it and continued to ask seriously.

"No!" Zhang Qian smiled and shook his head, then raised his hand and pointed gently at the right wing of the Tang army on the sand table. "There is a small path here in Wild Horse Valley that leads to the back of the mountain. Although it is not as easy to walk on the road at the Tiger's mouth, it is not a problem to pass tens of thousands of people every day. My shattered Ye Camp is on the left wing, and there is a grenade team that cannot be opened. Why don't you lend it to General Wei and strengthen it here."

"Thank you, Chief Secretary, I am worried about how to speak up and borrow some courage from you." Before Niu Shizhao could make his statement, Wei Bo had already walked to Zhang Qian and bowed to the ground.

Although this guy is Empress Wei's cousin, he is average in ability. He does not have much arrogance of royal relatives, and is extremely low-key in dealing with people. He has long been accustomed to everyone along the way.

Although Niu Shizhao looked down on this person's ability, he would not use the power of the enemy to deal with him. So he smiled and nodded slightly, "Well, the mountain roads in the Wild Horse Valley are narrow, just suitable for using grenades to show off his power. Zhang Changshi, according to your arrangement, transfer your grenade team to enrich the Khotan camp. Wei Zhenguan, good steel is used on the blade. Grenadiers are the heart of the marching chief. Don't let them down."

"Thank you, thank you, the marching commander." Wei Bo smiled and bowed his body again.

"I'm still unfamiliar with the operation of gunpowder bullets. If the marching commander can also send a brigade or regiment to help, I will be grateful!" With Wei Bo taking the lead, Guo Hong simply pulled down his face, walked to Zhang Qian, and bowed to ask.

"I can send a regiment for you. You can see where to use it. You can arrange it yourself." Zhang Qian was unwilling to favor one and the other, and was also a little worried about the combat effectiveness of the Shule Army. After thinking about it, he agreed decisively.

"Thank you, the marching chief!" Guo Hong bowed again, and at the same time, the pressure in his heart quietly relaxed.

What his father Guo Yuanzhen left him was not only Ronghua Fugui and Shule Town control. At the same time, he also quietly placed the future of the entire family on his shoulders.

However, he neither had the political vision of his father nor was he good at dancing like his father. He could only identify one direction and then resolutely bet on his entire wealth while his father's influence was still there.

He believed that he would not bet wrong!
Chapter completed!