Chapter 575 Huo Qubing

A troop of cavalry descended from the Altai Mountains to the south. The armor of all the cavalry was stained with blood, and there were traces of swords. The battle flag of the Protectorate of the Western Regions was damaged, and everyone looked tired.

On Huo Qubing's armor, cracks like spider webs were densely covered.

Huo Qubing's lieutenant, Zhao Ponu, was more seriously injured, with gauze wrapped around his shoulders, stained red with blood.

Tang general Li Siye of the Anxi Army held Mo Dao, behind him was a team of elite Tang Mo Dao team.

The Modao team is a high-level heavy infantry, the elite of the Anxi Dufu of the Tang Dynasty, and has a restraining effect on the cavalry.

Li Siye's Modao team had about 2,000 people, but after the battle in Altai Mountain, only 700 people remained.

As Huo An's civil servant Wang Xuance, as the military adviser of Huo Qubing, Zhao Ponu, Li Siye and others, he assisted Huo Qubing, Zhao Ponu, Li Siye and others to retreat.

Beside Wang Xuance, there was also a group of Tubo cavalry, which was the cavalry that Huo An asked the Tubo lord to recruit in Tubo.

Wang Xuance is a diplomat of the Tang Dynasty. He dispatched Tubo soldiers and Nipoluo soldiers to defeat the Indian kingdom of Tianzhu. His ability is somewhat similar to "Heavenly Khan", and it has a strengthening effect on the servant army.

The main ability of Tian Khan's characteristic is not to strengthen the servant army, but to increase the loyalty of the servant army, and Wang Xuance's ability is mainly to strengthen the servant army, so in terms of the strengthening effect alone, Wang Xuance's ability to strengthen the servant army is even better.

Huo Qubing's army fought with Subotai for a long time, held up Subotai, learned that Luntai was besieged, and continued to fight Subotai was meaningless, so he returned to support Luntai.

In this way, it is quite troublesome for them to avoid Subotai's eyes and ears.

Tanma Chi has War Eagles, and Subutai has a small group of Tanma Chi cavalry, Wang Xuance, Huo Qubing and others want to get rid of Subutai, but it is not easy, and Zhanying will notice.

Wang Xuance and the generals made a detour in the Junggar Basin, hiding by day and coming out at night, only then did they get rid of Subotai who was chasing them.

"I hope the guardian is safe and sound."

Wang Xuance patted the dust off his shirt.

He hasn't rested for half a month. The armor, battle robe, and scabbard are full of gravel attached to them.

Wang Xuance's eyes were bloodshot.

Relying solely on the strength of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, it is too difficult to face the forces of the Mongol Empire and the two Khanates.

The place where the Wokuotai Khanate and the Chagatai Khanate descended is within the sphere of influence of Huo An. Some tribes and kingdoms are loyal to the two Khanates, which invisibly weakens Huo An’s power. For Huo An , quite a disadvantage.

"vomit……"

Because Wang Xuance couldn't bear to fight for a long time, he leaned against a sand dune and vomited violently.

Huo Qubing, Zhao Puonu, Li Siye and other generals waited patiently for the master.

As a civilian official, Wang Xuance fought with the legion and fought against Subotai repeatedly, which is quite rare among all civil servants.

Wang Xuance is somewhat similar to Chen Qingzhi, Yu Yunwen and others. Although he does not have the force of a general, he has the ability to command soldiers and horses to fight, which is also a miracle...

Wang Xuance sat on the ground and rested for a while. After recovering, he said to Huo Qubing and other generals in the Western Regions Protectorate: "If we want to go back to Shi Luntai to rescue the Lord Protector, we can go through Che Shiguo. Che Shiguo should return It is in the hands of the eldest lady."

"We can also go to the Cheshi Kingdom for supplies, to obtain food, water, arrows, swords, and armor. The arrows in our quiver have been exhausted, the swords have been rolled, the armor has been broken, and the horses have lost weight."

"Miss can really defend the country of Che Shi?"

Huo Qubing and other generals in the Protectorate of the Western Regions directly called Huo Qing the eldest lady. As the younger sister of Huo An, the Protector of the Western Regions, she does have a special status in the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

only,

Huo Qing's ability is relatively average, Huo Qubing doesn't think Huo Qing can defend Che Shiguo under the offensive of the Mongol Empire, unless...

"Unless reinforcements arrive in the pass, we will be able to defend Cheshi Kingdom. If the princes in the pass have foresight, they will not continue to be busy fighting among themselves... At least, the princes in the north will not fight among themselves, and they will face the most pressure. We should set off, otherwise we will go to the horses Chi's war eagle will catch up again."

Wang Xuance was a little uneasy.

Huo Qubing's army is located in the Junggar Basin, and there may be enemies in all directions. The influence of the Western Regions Protectorate at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains has weakened.

After Wang Xuance, Huo Qubing and the others left, horse scouting red cavalry appeared and checked the surrounding horseshoe prints and infantry footprints.

Subotai, one of the four mastiffs, arrived on a horse and looked in the direction of Che Shiguo: "If Huo Qubing and others want to go back to Luntai, they have to go through Cheshiguo and Yanqi. The Great Khan has already occupied Yanqi, and Luntai has been captured. Wei. I don’t know if the Great Khan has captured the Che Shi Kingdom. The Che Shi Kingdom does not have a teleportation array, so there should be no rush to take it down.”

Subotai had been fighting Huo Qubing's army in the wild for many days, but he hadn't noticed that Che Shiguo had activated the teleportation array, and Temujin's offensive against Cheshiguo failed.

In the current situation, Subotai is at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, Temujin, Okuotai, and Yelu Dashi are at the southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, and the Han army controls Cheshiguo, which is an important place, and obtains supplies from the pass.

Originally, Temujin, Subotai and others believed that Cheshi Kingdom did not have a teleportation array, so they concentrated their forces to besiege Luntai and capture Yanqi Kingdom and other places.

The royal city of Cheshi Kingdom was directly upgraded from a medium-sized city to a large-scale city, the teleportation array was opened, and the expeditionary force of the Han Empire arrived, so that Temujin and Subotai were caught off guard.

Now the forces of the two sides are intertwined, and the expeditionary force of the Han Empire separated the forces of Temujin and Subotai.

"Let's go, attack Che Shi country!"

Subotai still marched to Cheshi country according to the plan.

According to the agreement with Temujin, the two sides will join forces in the National Assembly.

...

In Cheshi Guojiaohe City (Wangcheng), Qin Liangyu arrived with a spear in his hand, and fought with Hua Mulan in the school field. The two men each used a red-tasseled spear with the blade cut off. The battle lasted for hundreds of rounds, sweating profusely, without distinction win or lose.

The expeditionary force of the Han Empire was still gathering. After they repelled Temujin, Temujin couldn't cut off the teleportation formation of Cheshi Kingdom, so he had to retreat to Yanqi Kingdom to rest.

Temujin's losses were enormous. The Qixue army lost more than a thousand men, the Tanmachi, Zhongxiao army, and Helihe army lost thousands, and the rest of the cavalry lost tens of thousands.

These cavalry were not servants, but Temujin's army of hundreds of battles in Mobei. Every loss of a cavalry was unbearable for Temujin.

In particular, Borhu, the four cowardly generals, was kind to Temujin, but died unexpectedly. The cowardly Xue army can still be recruited, but the generals of the cowardly Xue army cannot be recruited. There is only one Bolhu.

Temujin was like a wounded wolf, licking his wounds.

"The last general, Le Yi, has seen the lord."

Le Yi came with Le Jin and Zhou Cang, and Ju Yi joined Le Yi's army again to strengthen the siege ability of Le Yi's offensive army.

The Le Yi Legion has finally arrived!

With Le Yi's ability, he is enough to stand alone, and his offensive army is also quite capable of trapping the formation.

Cao Ren and Man Chong's Iron Wall Army came later.

500,000 expeditionary troops assembled.

Because some soldiers and horses were lost in the Battle of Cheshi Kingdom, the actual strength was less than 500,000.

In addition, Chutian considered keeping part of his troops in the Cheshi country to protect the teleportation array and reduce the supply pressure.

The Iron Wall Legion is responsible for staying behind Che Shiguo.

"A cavalry comes from the north!"

After Che Shiguo repelled Temujin, he fell into panic again.

Many defenders boarded the city wall, nervously preparing to meet the cavalry attacking from the north.

Chu Tian was also on the city wall, he could see the north of Che Shi Kingdom, and indeed a cavalry came.

"No, it's the flag of our Protectorate of the Western Regions! It should be Huo Qubing's cavalry!"

Huo Qing recognized the flag of the Protectorate of the Western Regions at a glance, and everyone was relieved.

"Huo Qubing..."

Chu Tian knew that Huo An got Huo Qubing after the Battle of Mobei. Later, Huo Qubing confronted Subotai in the Western Regions for a long time and rarely appeared.

If Huo Qubing hadn't blocked Subotai's attack, perhaps the situation in the Protectorate of the Western Regions would have been even more critical than it is now.

Just in case, the city gate of Che Shi Kingdom is still closed.

Huo Qubing, Wang Xuance, Zhao Puonu, Li Siye and other generals came to the city, none of them had complete armor.

"This is the flag of the princes in the pass. It seems that not only Che Shi Kingdom has not fallen, but our reinforcements have arrived."

Wang Xuance noticed that the flags on the city wall of Cheshi Kingdom, besides the flag of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, there were also different flags from the princes in the pass.

"With these reinforcements, we can defeat the enemies who enter the Protectorate of the Western Regions."

Huo Qubing and a group of soldiers from the Protectorate of the Western Regions entered the Cheshi King City.

When they saw Huo Qing, they reported the loss to him: "A total of 100,000 people attacked the Altai Mountains, of which 40,000 were killed, 20,000 were separated on the way, and 40,000 survived."

"Only 40,000 people came back..."

Huo Qing can imagine how fierce the battle to attack the Altai Mountains was.

In order to contain Huo An's Subotai army stationed in the Altai Mountains, Huo Qubing and others paid a huge price, 40% were killed in battle and 20% fled.

"It makes people prepare food and camp."

Huo Qing immediately arranged for Huo Qubing, a group of surviving soldiers of the Western Regions Protectorate, to clean up the dust.

The military strength of the Protectorate of the Western Regions is also quite strong, about 300,000 to 400,000, some of which are used to guard various places. After the war with the Mongol Empire and the two major Khanates, the number of casualties of the Protectorate of the Western Regions has skyrocketed. It is estimated that there are only more than 100,000 main forces left.

When Chu Tian saw Huo Qubing, Huo Qubing should only be in his early twenties at this time, and he could be regarded as a general of the younger generation.

Huo Qubing not only didn't feel tired after days of fighting with Subotai, but also became more heroic, like a generation of famous generals.

Huo Qubing's lieutenant general was Zhao Puonu, a rather heroic general.

In addition to Huo Qubing and Zhao Puonu, a burly general with a Modao in his hand stood tall. His bronze-like upper body was riddled with scars.

A relatively thin literati bowed to Chu Tian and other princes from the pass: "This time, I have to rely on the adults to break the siege of Luntai City. My Majesty Xuance, I am willing to help you all."

Wang Xuance put himself in the auxiliary position, and elevated the status of Chutian and other princes, in order not to overwhelm the host, and let the princes in the pass actively save Luntai City.

"With the strength of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, we can gather 400,000 troops to go on an expedition to Luntai."

Chu Tian lost a group of troops in the battle with Temujin, and had to leave some troops to defend Che Shiguo. He was worried that his troops would not be enough, but Huo Qubing and others had 40,000 troops to join them, so the troops could be replenished .

Huo Qubing's cavalry-based force is not an ordinary force, but an elite division that has fought Subotai for a long time, and has experienced hundreds of battles.

Huo Qubing was surrounded by a small group of ninth-rank hussars, each of whom possessed a murderous aura, making them a formidable force.

Li Siye, Zhao Ponu and others were also very conspicuous.

Especially Wang Xuance, who was a civil servant, got mixed up with Huo Qubing, Li Siye and others, and gained the trust of Huo Qubing and others.

"Then, everyone, let's prepare to enter Luntai City."

The preparations for the first batch of expeditionary troops of the Han Empire have been completed, and all the soldiers and horses are ready to go. The princes of the Han Empire are sure to relieve the siege of Luntai City.

The defenders in Luntai City are also a force not to be underestimated. Although Huo An was defeated, the entire army was not completely wiped out.

If it wasn't for Wo Kuotai who had a Yelu Dashi beside him who advised him, perhaps Huo An could lead the cavalry back to Luntai City safely after burning down Yemili City.

"Give us three days to resupply."

Wang Xuance believed that the 40,000 people in the Protectorate of the Western Regions were too tired, all kinds of armaments were exhausted, and they were in urgent need of supplies.

The expedition to Luntai is scheduled for three days later.

The Subotai Legion pursued Huo Qubing and others to Che Shiguo, and broke through a small town in Cheshiguo to obtain supplies. Only then did they find that Cheshiguo was still under the control of the Western Regions Protectorate, and Temujin attacked the Western Regions. The government failed.

"The expeditionary force of the Han Empire has arrived in the Cheshi Kingdom... Damn it, the Cheshi Kingdom has activated the teleportation array. As a result, the supply pressure of the Han Empire has been reduced a lot!"

Su Butai got off his horse and looked in the direction of Jiaohe City, hesitating.

Che Shiguo's opening of the teleportation array was indeed beyond his expectation.

Originally, Subotai and Temujin agreed to capture the country of Chashi, which was easy. However, Che Shiguo activated the teleportation array, completely disrupting their deployment.

A Mongolian general said to Subotai: "Father, should we attack Cheshi Kingdom and avenge the Great Khan?"

"Even if the Great Khan personally attacked the Cheshi Kingdom, it would end in failure. The current Cheshi Kingdom may have hundreds of thousands of Han troops. Don't..."

Subotai knew how terrible Temujin's fear of Xue Jun was.

Even if Temujin, who possesses the Qixue Army, Zhongxiao Army, and Tanmachi, all loses, the probability of success is also very small if he does not rush to attack.

"So what should we do?"

"Wuliang and Taiwan, what are our advantages?"

"We can raid long distances, looting the villages and towns along the way, and supplies are not as difficult as the Han army."

"So we have to follow the expeditionary force of the Han Empire. They gathered troops in the Cheshi Kingdom, and they will go to rescue Luntai City. That's our chance. Let's rest in the Cheshi Kingdom for the time being."

Subotai's eyes were deep, and he was ready to attack the expeditionary army from behind.