May 23rd is a dim day for the Great Uighurs.

In the first battle of Sihunhe, he was beheaded at level 7,000, and almost no prisoners were left behind.

In the second battle, as soon as the two sides contacted each other and fought for a while, Ding Zhuang, who had been hastily summoned by the enemy, was defeated and was beheaded for more than 3,000 levels on the spot.

The Xia army pursued and killed and injured the vast majority.

On the 25th day, he chased to Jizhuoguan and killed more than 4,000 people along the way.

Here, Yang Liang, who was pursuing, asked some of the Turkic cavalry to walk on foot, gave up all the horses, and then took two thousand cavalry, two thousand cavalry infantry, and three thousand Turkic cavalry and archers to continue chasing.

On the 26th, he finally caught up with Satuk, who was struggling and exhausted.

A battle of encirclement and annihilation began.

Turkic cavalry archers took advantage of their maneuverability and flexibility to gallop on the open fields, playing with the Guram heavy cavalry who lacked the protection of light cavalry.

It was almost a unilateral massacre.

At night that day, Satuk, under the escort of more than a hundred cavalry, took off his armor and rushed out of the encirclement with more than two hundred horses, and disappeared into the vast grassland.

The more than 300 Gulams who remained were finally wiped out by the playful and beating of the Han cavalry and horseback infantry of the Great Xia Dynasty.

At this time, everyone realized that cavalry beat infantry, heavy cavalry defeated light cavalry, was not absolute. The most important thing was reasonable combination of troops and appropriate tactics.

The Gulam heavy cavalry began to practice martial arts since they were about twelve or thirteen years old, and officially formed an army seven years later. Now they have fought for at least five years. In terms of elite strength, they are chasing the Tianxiong Army, the strongest combat power in Daxia, Yinanzhi, but have they played out anything? Nothing is needed.

The performance on the battlefield can be said to be sorry for their value at all. But this is the real battlefield. When you are defeated, all the troops will be defeated, and you cannot turn the tide. When you retreat, because the light cavalry was destroyed and separated from the large army, they were played with and bullied by the Turkic herdsmen and slowly killed them.

Is it reasonable? It's unreasonable in terms of value.

But in terms of war, this is their inevitable ending.

After killing the heavy cavalry of Gulam, Yang Liang and others took a day off, and then collected grain from the tribe in the nearby village.

This kind of dirty and tiring work was naturally done by the light cavalry of the Rehai Turks who followed the army.

Along the way, Yang Liang also changed his mind to the Turks and no longer discriminated against them as before.

In the Battle of Sihun River, the Turkic Light Cavalry launched a charge from behind, becoming the last straw that broke the camel's back. Then they defeated the 20,000 people brought by Samani, and the Turkic arrows were the first to land on the enemy's heads, causing their collapse.

After the pursuit of the north, these light cavalry were really good, and they were much more mobile than the cavalry of Daxia's military families.

The Turks have the uses of the Turks. Without them, it is really not convenient to fight a war. So they handed over all the grain collection along the way to them to make them have a good time.

"Yang Dutou, I heard from the messenger that Augustchak collected 40,000 to 50,000 cavalry? Turks, how can Gelu give them face?" Li Siyuan asked while chewing the freshly cooked horse meat at night.

"There are also some Ugus and Khasa Uighurs. However, these two families did not give much face to the Gongcao King before, and most of them did not give face this time. Only a few thousand people took a fancy to the wealth promised by Ogurchak and were willing to enlist in the quest." Yang Liang said.

"Isn't that giving money to fight?" Li Siyuan said strangely.

"It's not surprising. This great Uighur country was originally loose. During the Pang Teqin period, he could only make the Geluo people reluctantly bow their heads. When the Gongtu King came to the moment, it was good to rebel unblatantly. Their map was just for fun. Are the many tribes drawn on it really so obedient?" Yang Liang sneered: "It's like this. When the Khan's prestige was lowered, all the places would be disloyal. If the Khan was in power and mighty Khan, those close and distant tribes would be really obedient. Wasn't the Uighurs the same back then? They were attacked by tens of thousands of people in the Khigas and were directly destroyed. But 90% of the Uighur territory, population, and military strength were still there. What's the result? No one can unite anymore."

"Your Majesty originally thought that August chak dared not go south, but he actually came. This is really..." The expression on Li Siyuan's face was strange and excited.

"Your Majesty has come to expect too many mistakes." Yang Liang said indifferently: "The older you get, the more you get, the more you are, you are not as brave and diligent as you were thirty years ago."

Li Siyuan smiled awkwardly and did not dare to follow suit.

Some people like Yang Liang can say that there will be no consequences, he cannot do it.

"But Augustak is so courageous, how can we fall behind?" Yang Liang grinned and said, "First take Shule down, then meet with Augustak to attack Bahanna together."

"The saint is afraid that he will not agree." Li Siyuan shook his head and said.

Yang Liang frowned. This was indeed a very likely thing.

If there is a conflict with Persia, when will it take to fight? The saint has been away from Beijing for more than a year. Will he still be willing to continue to make trouble here?

According to Yang Liang's observation, the saints are now more interested in migrating the people and purging land and farming, and everything is also about these things.

Before leaving Yanqi and heading south, he also instructed Zang Dubao, who was left behind, to arrange the families of the soldiers who came to settle down. Do not rush to send the food harvested this year to the front and keep it for the needs of land reclamation.

Looking at the previous work in Gaochang, the small-scale digging of wells and canals and pioneering land in Yinzhou, Yang Liang felt even more unsure.

Although the saint often lingers the four words "Golden Bowl is indecisive", how big is the old border in his mind? This is a question worthy of investigation.

What if it only recaptures the four towns of Yanqi, Kucha, Shule and Khotan, and not include other places?

Don’t say that, this possibility is quite considerable. At least there are Tianshan Mountains and the Palacioles, which are more convenient to defend. If a saint finds it troublesome and doesn’t want to stay in the west for too long, he will probably stop here.

This is what happened!

"Don't worry about that, first pounce on Shule, pull out the Uighur capital, and then make a fuss." Yang Liang said: "I don't believe it anymore. The Persians are so honest and can do nothing. As long as they leave a handle, things will not be that simple. Besides, isn't Augustak 'help'?"

"Augurchak should be helping himself," said Li Siyuan: "He is likely unwilling to lose Shule. The Persian rule in Bakhanna is not strict. Tens of thousands of cavalry are fast in and out, so people may not react."

"No hurry." Yang Liang took the knife and cut off a piece of mutton, saying, "Go to Shule first."

*******

On May 28, the fifteenth year of Jianji, it was sunny.

The main force of Khotan had just crossed the Middo River (Yarkang River). After walking for about two days, it was still quite a distance away from Shule. However, Li Shengtian himself brought five thousand light cavalry and more than a thousand monk soldiers, prepared more horses, and marched quickly along the way.

These people are cruel.

As soon as he entered the Uighur territory, he began to burn, kill, loot, and the reason was the same as the King of Daxia, who raised grain on the spot.

Don’t overestimate the morality of people living in desert oasis. Due to the environment, the materials are not abundant, they are very fierce at heart, and they are cruel to their enemies and themselves, otherwise it will be difficult to survive.

The land resources are abundant, but there is only so much water, and there are only so many people who can support them. If you consume a batch from time to time, you can get messed up by yourself.

Li Shengtian and others were still very careful in the initial robbery.

First release a large number of light cavalry and keep a distance from guarding them to avoid being attacked by the enemy. Only after this was complete were complete, did they begin to plunder goods, cattle, sheep, food, and even women and children with confidence.

During this process, they keenly discovered that there were very few people in the village and tribe, and their resistance was very weak. After a brief interrogation, they learned that most of the people followed the leader to Balujia and had not returned yet.

This news made Yutian very excited.

Li Shengtian knew that the more the noise he made here, the greater the support he would have for Balujia’s main battlefield. This was a great opportunity to make contributions, so he began to burn, kill, loot with confidence and boldness.

I just walked along the way, and when I arrived near Kashgar, it was already the first day of June.

Their arrival, like bad news, plunged the people of Kalasha into endless fear.

"Your Majesty." Master Huizhao looked at the noisy city and said, "Kalasha is extremely empty and can definitely go down in one go."

This Master Huizhao was the real and nameless envoy who had been to the Central Plains. He started a "ice-breaking journey" for the diplomacy between Khotan and Daxia, and made great contributions.

"Don't call me Your Majesty when you go out to war." Li Shengtian coughed. Although he was surrounded by his own people, he was still careful. It was the same as how to play behind closed doors, but you still have to pay attention when you are outside.

"Please look at your highness. The gates of Kalasha are wide open, and the wealthy families fled one after another, obviously without any intention to resist. This is a blessing given by God, why not take it?" said Master Huizhao.

"The mage is right." Li Shengtian laughed and called two military generals on the spot, and ordered them to lead thousands of cavalry to snatch the city gate.

Master Huizhao immediately put his hands together to praise him for good.

"Married monks are brave and good at fighting, but they want to enter the city?" Li Shengtian asked again.

Although the monk soldiers are nominally under his command, they are actually different from ordinary troops and have a certain degree of autonomy. If it is not for the urgent military situation, Li Shengtian would consult the monks and would not directly issue orders.

"Please borrow a thousand horses from your Majesty, and all the monks will go to Atush." ​​said Master Huizhao.

"What are you going to Atushi?" Li Shengtian asked casually without thinking about it.

"Demolition of the temple." Master Huizhao replied.

Li Shengtian suddenly realized and said, "I borrowed you a thousand five hundred horses and acted carefully and not to be taken advantage of by the thieves."

"It's okay." Master Huizhao said, "The thieves are already defeated, and there is no big problem."

Li Shengtian looked at the monk soldiers who were well-dressed, holding spears, big axes, and iron rods, and nodded.

It is said that the great cannibals are in the river, and they are even further north. They buy teenagers about ten years old from human traffickers, and then take them back and train them carefully. After seven years, they form an army and call them "Guram", which is brave and invincible.

But is the training time for monks and soldiers very short? Many of them are novice monks who have been admitted to the hospital since childhood. After strict selection, they teach martial arts. They have been very old.

Every winter, monks and soldiers from all courtyards will gather in the capital of Khotan to train military formations with the gathered rural civilians.

The monks are not only kind-eyed, but also angry Vajra. Don’t believe it? The monks in Tubo dared to assassinate Zanpu, but they are not the peaceful people imagined by ordinary people.

More than a thousand monks and soldiers were killed, and all ten temples were demolished for you.
Chapter completed!