Xue Rengui shouted "Okay!"

His morale is usable, which makes him a hundred times more confident. "Your Majesty has written to you many times, urging me to strictly guard the Western Region and not give the bandits any opportunity. I have also issued military orders many times and will never betray your Majesty's trust! We all are."

The most elite warriors in the empire have been entrusted with important tasks by His Majesty, entrusted by the Western Region, and they will serve to the death and never flinch!"

Hearing that His Majesty is paying special attention to the Western Regions, everyone was immediately pumped!

Nowadays, everyone knows that the national policy of the Tang Dynasty lies in the Eastern Expedition. His Majesty has been staring at the land of Goguryeo for more than ten years, dreaming of bringing Goguryeo into the territory. Soldiers all over the world will inevitably feel that they are being despised.

Already...

Now I suddenly realize that His Majesty has always cared about the Western Regions. How can I not be excited?

This means that as long as you make meritorious deeds, your Majesty will not turn a blind eye, but will reward you generously!

Most of the people here are men from Guanzhong. Since ancient times, the people of Qin have joined the army for military merit. If they can't do schooling, they just count on military merit to gain promotions and titles, and to make their wives and children!

"Don't worry, Xue Sima. As long as the thieves dare to covet the Western Region, we will stain the battlefield with blood. We will kill them one by one, or two of them!"

"How dare you compete with our celestial dynasty for supremacy even though they only eat barbarians?"

"Xue Sima, draw up a charter. The last general will take the lead and vow to defeat the Hulu!"

All the generals were excited and eager to fight.

Xue Rengui clenched his fist and said loudly, "Very good! This time the enemy raided thousands of miles away and hid all the way. It was obvious that they did not want to fight head-on with me and had been avoiding the main force of our army. In this case, we do not need to

What strategy should be formulated? The enemy invaders are huge, with tens of thousands of soldiers. However, our Anxi army is the elite of the empire. Each one is worth ten. No matter how many enemies there are, what should we fear? Now that we have discovered the traces of the enemy invaders, we have rushed out.

Give him a head-on blow, and it will be decided in one go!”

It is impossible to divide the troops. The total number of the Anxi army is about 30,000, and the troops left behind to guard the Duhufu are more than 10,000. The remaining Gongyue City is a large garrison city, controlling most of the Western Region, and there are more than 10,000 elite troops. The remaining Zhaosu,

There are garrisons in Qiuci, Shule and other places, with a total of nearly 10,000 soldiers.

Now that the Arabs are heading north from Rehai, whether they attack Zhaosu or go straight to Gongyue City, they are already too late to mobilize the troops from Kucha and Shule. The only troops that can be commanded by him are the more than 10,000 troops in Gongyue City and Zhaosu City.

, must not divide the troops, otherwise it will give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it, and they will be defeated one by one without any hesitation.

Simply concentrate your troops and fight the enemy head-on, without any fancy, to the death!

He has full confidence in the combat power of his soldiers, and he is even more confident in the firearms equipped in the army! The two armies are facing each other head-on. He believes that as long as the Tang army's firearms are arrayed, both wings are not lost, and there is no retreat, it will be enough.

Fight against an enemy ten times stronger than yourself!

"Here!"

The generals agreed with a roar.

Later, Xue Rengui assigned detailed tasks one by one, then gathered the soldiers, equipped them with weapons, and inspected the firearms.

Two hours later, the Tang army stationed in Gongyue City came out in full force, and the sand and dust billowed straight towards Atami.

At the same time, Xue Rengui sent people to give orders to the defenders of Zhaosu City to abandon the city and join his own army. He also sent people to protect Li Xiaogong, the capital of Anxi, who was far away in Jiaohe City.

The barbarians and merchants in the city were all stunned. No one knew what happened. Why did all the Tang troops stationed here attack and go south directly?

It is estimated that there is a big battle to be fought.

Of course, even though there are only a few hundred Tang troops left in Gongyue City at this moment, no barbarians dare to take the opportunity to cause trouble. After all, the events in the Western Regions last year are a lesson learned from the past. Several countries have joined together and been bewitched by the Turks, intending to drive the Tang troops out of the Western Regions.

As a result, as soon as Li Ji's army arrived, those Turks were invincible and fled thousands of miles away. Only the teams could not escape. They were killed by the Tang army and their heads were rolling. Their blood stained the yellow sand and their corpses covered the valley.

Even those with ulterior motives had to wait for news of Tang Jun's failure to come back before they dared to make any other plans...

…

More than ten thousand warriors, all of them cavalry, galloped southward at lightning speed, crossing the sand dunes and sending up billowing yellow sand with a menacing momentum.

All the reconnaissance cavalry and scouts came out of the formation, marching together dozens of miles ahead of the main army, not missing any abnormalities, two hundred miles away from the city, and joined thousands of troops coming from Zhaosu City.

After traveling another two hundred miles, scouts came to report that traces of the Arab army were found more than a hundred miles ahead!

Xue Rengui and the generals around him were shocked and shouted loudly, "What is the direction of the enemy's army and how many soldiers are there?"

The scout replied, "The enemy is in the middle section of the Yili River, heading west along the river. Judging from their marching direction, they should be heading towards Zhaosu City. Their number is huge, and they should be between 50,000 and 60,000 by visual inspection, and their baggage is very small.

, but there are not many cavalry.”

Xue Rengui unfolded the march map he carried and asked the scout to come closer and point out the current location of the enemy.

Nowadays, thanks to the huge investment of the Ministry of War, they have either arranged detailed work or bribed merchants in various parts of the world, and sent scribes trained by the Ministry who are proficient in arithmetic and surveying to various parts of the world to continuously draw detailed maps of various places, not only the distribution of cities.

, the distance and even the topography are clear at a glance, and there are also descriptions of the local customs, customs, and national systems, and Goguryeo and the Western Regions are the top priority.

On the map in front of you, you can see the direction of the mountain ranges of the Ili Mountains, the distribution of the peaks, the twists and turns of the Ili River, and where it passes, all in detail and at a glance.

The scout moved forward, carefully observed the map, and then clicked on a point north of Rehai, on the bank of the Ili River.

This place is located between the Yili Mountains and the Ili River. It is an oasis... Xue Rengui saw that although this place was backed by the Yili Mountains, the terrain was gentle and the field of vision was wide, making it suitable for large cavalry regiments to fight. There were not many marches to deploy troops.

There is no room for sending generals, but once they are encountered, it will be a life-and-death battle.

Either win or lose.

He then asked, "Have you been observed closely by the enemy?"

The scout felt guilty and said, "The land is open. When we were observing the enemy, we were accidentally discovered by the enemy. By now, we must have known that our army was coming."

Xue Rengui sighed, secretly thinking that this was indeed the case.

In such a battle in an open area, most of the tactics of marching and formation are not needed. The vastness of the surrounding fields is clear at a glance, and no amount of conspiracy and trickery can be used. Once encountered, it can only be a solid and fierce battle.

, speak entirely on the basis of one’s own strength.

However, many generals in the Tang army did not show any signs of despair, and they would never lose morale just because the enemy was several times larger than themselves.

From the Eastern Turks to Tuyuhun, from Xue Yantuo to the Western Regions, didn't the Tang army win with a small number and a large number in that battle?

Looking at the world, there is no country or barbarian that can allow the Tang Dynasty to fight with all its strength!

So even if Goguryeo is wiped out next year, it will still be proud...

Xue Rengui put away the map, straightened up, looked around with tiger eyes, and said in a deep voice, "This is a tough battle!"

The generals were not at all depressed, but their morale was high.

"Haha, when did our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty not fight a tough battle? It's not a tough battle, we are too lazy to work hard!"

"Please rest assured, Sima Jin. Although the enemy invaders are numerous and powerful, they will inevitably be trapped and exhausted when they attack thousands of miles away. How can we be invincible if we wait for work at ease?"

"No matter how tough the enemy is, if it dares to invade our borders, we will not be able to come or go!"

"very good!"

Xue Rengui praised and said loudly, "These bandits are trying to capture the Western Regions and open the road to Chang'an, thereby conquering the Tang Dynasty and enslaving all Han people! As soldiers, we should serve the king and protect our country!"

He jumped on his horse and looked at the generals around him who also jumped on their horses. He raised his arms and said, "Let the thieves and bandits experience the bravery of our Tang Dynasty tigers. Let them remember for the rest of their lives that if they dare to invade the territory of the Tang Dynasty, they will definitely be attacked."

There is no return, there is death but no life!”

"My sons, follow me and fight to the death!"

The generals raised their arms and wanted to make peace, and the soldiers behind them also shouted like thunder. At the same time as Xue Rengui waved his big hand down, thousands of horses ran together, like thunder!

…

Less than a hundred miles ahead, on the bank of the Ili River, an Arab general wearing a silver helmet and a beard like a halberd was sitting on a horse. His armor was shining silver in the sun.

With his eyes glowing green, he looked at the vast Gobi desert on the north bank of the river, and he balled up the letter that had just arrived from the deployment in his hand.

Herod, the war horse under his crotch, snorted, and his bowl-sized hooves scratched the soil, as if he wanted to cross the river and gallop on the Gobi Desert.
Chapter completed!