How can I put it this way, Jialipika's military ability is actually quite good.
It is more than 800 miles from Gaochang to Turpan. To the north is the Bogda Mountain and to the south is the Ghost Moraine. Along the way, the environment is difficult and there are few supply points.
He really didn't need to confront Zhang Zhao head-on, he just needed to make the eight hundred miles unsafe.
And this kind of cutting off their food routes and constantly harassing them is what the Rangers are best at.
After the heavy losses suffered by the guards at Chiting, Jielipijia released all the remaining 6,000 fine cavalry except for them.
They destroyed water wells along the way, burned all the food that could not be taken away, moved away the people, and even scared away many of the yellow sheep that were roaming nearby.
All this is just waiting for Liang Guo's follow-up troops to suffer a heavy loss.
When Jieli Bijia completed his arrangements, Liang's follow-up troops still did not show up. This made Jieli Bijia extremely satisfied and felt a lot more at ease. Of course, he had to regard Zhang Zhao as a fool.
Huh! I have strengthened the walls and cleared the country. I will kill you with thirst along the way. I also want to destroy our great Gaochang Kingdom. I will prevent your tens of thousands of troops from returning to Hexi.
Although Chiting was guarding and capturing, infantrymen constantly came out of the city to provoke, and cavalry also came out of the city to make sneak attacks. Jielibi lost more troops and lost his generals, but also felt a little disgraced.
but.....
Jielibiga touched his beard, it was harmless. When he captured Zhang Zhao, he must ask, who is the real king of heaven?
When Chi Ting was guarding the capture, Feng Hui felt really bored and constrained, and his hands were tied up during the fight.
Because Zhang Zhao only assigned him a thousand cavalrymen under Guo Guangcheng, plus 500 Yizhou cavalrymen led by Chen Huiyao from Yizhou.
If the attack is severe, if Jielibijia turns around and runs away, he will not be able to catch up with his small cavalry. Once Jielibijia shrinks back to Gaochang City, he will probably gain great merit and become a great leader, right?
Because fighting the fortified city of Gaochang is still a battle to destroy the country, and the unit of time is a few months, there is absolutely no convenience in wiping out groups in the wild.
Therefore, Feng Hui kept holding back and not beating Gaochang's army severely. At the same time, he pretended to be anxious to make the Gaochang people think that he was afraid of being cut off.
Tired!
These days, Feng Hui is counting the days on his fingers.
Initially, Zhang Zhao asked him to hold on until at least the beginning of December, but Feng Hui thought that he could hold on until the day when the food was gone.
He was looking forward to Zhang Zhao's arrival every day. The Gaochang Uighurs had tens of thousands of cavalry in the wilderness. What a great opportunity!
....
"King of heaven, the envoy from Bugla Khan has arrived." In the camp of Jielibiga, just after dawn, the ministers came to report that the envoy from Saktu had arrived.
Jielibiga's face looked very ugly. It had only been eight days since he sent the envoy.
Tens of thousands of horses and horses traveled from Tingzhou to Gaochang and back in eight days. They came here non-stop! Can't wait, can you?
Jielibiga's mood became even worse when he thought about having to bring in so many impoverished Geluolu people on his own territory.
"King of Heaven, Bugla Khan suggests that we attack Chiting's enemies first.
Now the Great Khan and the King of Heaven join forces, with a total of 70,000 cavalry, and with the power of thunder, they can capture the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Liang Kingdom, and then defeat the Liang Kingdom's central army. Isn't it easy!"
Jielibijia sneered in his heart. He remembered the day when Chiting guard captured the brave infantry outside the city. Didn't this Saktu suffer the consequences of Zhang Thief? Is he still so crazy?
But it’s not bad, let’s consume the strength of the Geluolu people first.
So Jielibiga pretended to think for a moment, and then frowned.
"It's a pity that a certain Gaochang warrior is still sealing off the heavily infested Ghost Moraine. It will take some time to be mobilized back."
The messenger raised his head confidently, "Everyone of the Geluolu warriors under Bugra Khan can equal a hundred.
If the Heavenly King gathers 20,000 horsemen to the south of Chiting City to assist in the battle, the rest will be up to me, Geluo Luerlang, to kill the thieves for the Heavenly King.
However, all the weapons and armor of the Liang Kingdom soldiers and horses in the city must be given to us."
Jieli Bijia snorted coldly, it turned out that he had taken a fancy to the armor of the Liang army in the city.
Iron weapons are extremely precious in the territory of the Geluolu people, not to mention iron armor. If they get these armors, their strength will definitely increase. No wonder they are so enthusiastic.
"As it should be, whoever can capture Chiting City, the armor and weapons of Zhang's army will of course belong to him!"
Jialipika said it categorically, but in fact, his mind was twisting and turning.
He was thinking about whether to take advantage of the Geluolu people's fight with the Liang army to kill Saktu with cavalry and annex his cavalry?
After receiving the affirmative reply that Jielibiga would summon at least 20,000 cavalry and armor and equipment to participate in the attack, the envoy left happily.
Jielipijia, with a gloomy face, secretly summoned a man who arrived on Pegasus.
This is a close confidant of Pugu Cheng, and Jieli Bijia also knows him, because this confidant also belongs to a distant branch of the Pugu family.
"You have seen Buglahan Saktu himself, right? How good are the Gallu people in combat?"
The confidant knelt on the ground, he was a little nervous.
But when he thought that King Zhang Tian was willing to raise the reward from a pasture in Jiaohe Prefecture to Da Gan, the lord of Jiaohe City, he instantly became less nervous.
The wealth of several generations is at hand, all it takes is the deceiver Jieli Pika to gather his troops.
"I have seen it. It was the one who went to Tingzhou to inform Bugra Khan to enter the customs. He is indeed in the army.
The 30,000 Geluolu people are brave and powerful, but their equipment is too poor and their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of my Shenwu Army."
After finishing speaking, the envoy hesitated for a moment before continuing: "Dilodagan asked his servants to report to the King of Heaven that although the 30,000 cavalry of the Geluolu people are not as good as our Shenwu army in Da Gaochang, they are far more powerful than the ordinary tribal army.
If the king of heaven wants to use their words, he had better gather his warriors together and give them a strong shock when they meet."
Jie Lipijia smiled faintly, his cousin always liked to show himself to be quite capable, and he would not forget it now.
"Go back and tell Dirodagan to be careful in everything. If there are any changes, you can use the agreed flag to notify him."
On the second day, Jielipijia personally led 20,000 elite troops and arrived early near the Zetian Temple where he had agreed to meet with Saktu.
Although he looked down on Diluoda Gan Pugucheng in his heart, he still felt that what Pugucheng said this time made sense.
Therefore, he quickly recalled the elite cavalry of the left and right Shenwu Army and some brave warriors of the tribal cavalry who had been released.
Prepare to let Saktu experience the power of Gaochang Xiaoqi, lest he have any thoughts that he shouldn't have.
Of course, two khans and tens of thousands of troops would not meet rashly.
Before approaching, the messengers from both sides kept informing each other of their positions all the way to avoid misunderstandings.
However, since it was a meeting, Jielipijia did not place the sentry as far away as during the war, nor was it as strict.
After learning that Saktu was already fifty miles away, Jialipika began to order the entire army to eat.
For this reason, he was ruthless and slaughtered thousands of sheep. Only when a person is well fed can he appear full of energy.
At the same time, he also asked the marching commander and other officials in charge of logistics to start preparing the armor.
After Saktu reached fifteen miles, he began to put on armor.
The soldiers were eating, and Jielibiga was no exception. He first drank a large bowl of wine, then picked up a large piece of grilled lamb chop and started to feast on it.
After a while, a large piece of mutton chop was eaten, and Jielibiga reached out his hand to the wine bowl again.
But just when he was about to pick it up, he hesitated. He would have to meet Saktu later. It would be bad if he drank too much and lost his temper.
But at this moment, the wine in the wine bowl suddenly made ripples that were almost invisible to the naked eye.
Jielibiga was wondering when suddenly a panicked shout came from outside, and then a close official rushed in with the look of a vicious dog pouncing on its prey.
"King of Heaven, there are so many cavalry! So many cavalry are encircling you from three sides. It looks like they are coming with bad intentions!"
This makes people a little confused. Aren't the Geluolu people fifty miles away?
Jie Lipijia was stunned for a moment, then his face darkened and he quickly walked out of the tent to see what was going on.
Indeed, as the close minister said, looking from the hilltop where Sawada Temple is located, there are clouds of smoke and dust in the northwest, northeast, and east directions, and there are indeed cavalry approaching rapidly.
"It's too far away to see the flag clearly. The number of people doesn't seem to be large. It's probably about the same as our army, which is about 20,000 riders." General Zuo Shenwu beside him quickly analyzed the number of people.
"The king of heaven, the envoys of Bugla Khan, have disappeared. They just took advantage of us to eat the morning meal, and they have already disappeared without a trace under the pretext of roasting the sheep themselves."
Jielibiga looked at the cavalry who were getting closer and fiercely, and couldn't help shouting, "Is this Saktu lost his mind and going crazy? How dare he?"
A certain teaching order was passed, and each army sent out their cavalry to delay the enemy's attack. The rest of the troops hurriedly put on their armor. I want to see why these poor Geluolu people dare to act so boldly."
Until this moment, Jielibijia still thought that Zhang Zhaojun, who was approaching quickly, was a Geluolu man from Saktu. He thought that Saktu had gone crazy and wanted to eat the snake and swallow the elephant.
After all, from a distance, all the cavalrymen are wearing black robes, which just proves that the Geluolu people are still black.
The Gaochang Uighur cavalry of Jielibijia set up thousands of tents around Zetian Temple, which looked quite spectacular from a distance.
But unfortunately, this kind of splendor cannot provide real protection to the people of Gaochang, but can easily become a source of fire.
At this time, the combat effectiveness is continuously decreasing from east to west.
The Liao and Jin countries are roughly the same. The Liang Kingdom is weak because its material output is not very rich and cannot support a large army for several years of fierce fighting. The combat effectiveness of the army is actually not bad.
After crossing Hexi, the combat effectiveness quickly dropped by a notch. If the Gaochang Uighurs were in the Central Plains, they might not even be able to defeat Wang Min.
In chaos, Gaochang Rangers rushed out like termites from a destroyed ant nest, running everywhere.
Their speed in meeting the enemy was not bad, but they lacked unified command, and they had no other equipment except flaccid horse bows, broken iron knives, and wooden spears.
The first ones to break into the Gaochang Rangers were Hanshan Du Youyu Lin Wei and some Hanhai Town and Yucheng Town cavalry.
Although they are also archers, the bows and arrows in their hands, as well as the simple protective light composite leather armor, are not comparable to the Gaochang Rangers.
The two sides exchanged bows and arrows in the first round, and the Gaochang Uighur cavalry who rushed to meet the enemy suffered a heavy loss.
They were even directly separated from the team, and then fell into a separation and siege and were eliminated one by one.
Lu Sanlang led his three hundred elite cavalry and rushed to the front. When he saw that the Gaochang Uighur cavalry had fallen into chaos, he immediately made adjustments.
He dispersed all his cavalry and asked them to specifically shoot those Gaochang people carrying flags. He led dozens of people to set fire along the way.
On the battlefield, the flag is the key to identifying ourselves and the enemy, an indicator of where to fight, and a symbol of morale.
Once the flag was gone, the Gaochang cavalry, which had originally rushed out in a swarm, completely lost their direction.
In addition, the fire in the camp started to burn, and they became even more confused.
This chapter has been completed!