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Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty-Three Strikes

On August 24, the central minister of the Eastern Capital, the officials of the Central Government, the five provinces of the Central Government, the five supervisors of the Central Government, and the generals of the Twelve Guards, coordinated and mediated by the urging of King Yang Tong of Yue, finally made a decision in the Shangshudu Province: Issuing an edict to serve the king.

This decision was delivered to the two capitals and their surrounding counties as quickly as possible, as well as Zhu Yingyang, the Weifu, which was guarding the two capitals. On behalf of the emperor and the central government, the government ordered officials at all levels to immediately collect labor service and transport food and grass, and ordered Zhu Yingyang to rush to Taiyuan immediately to gather north to serve the king.

However, the journey from the two capitals to Taiyuan is long, and the army can make great strides north, but the military supplies such as food, grass, and weapons cannot keep up in time. Military supplies need to be raised and dispatched, and civilians need to be transported. The time required is at least one or two months. If reinforcements from the two capitals arrive in Taiyuan ahead of the military supplies, it will inevitably accelerate the consumption of military supplies stored in Taiyuan. However, when going to Yanmen to serve the king in the north, it will inevitably be difficult to sustain due to the lack of military supplies.

King Yang Tong of Yue was worried about this and asked for advice from the Chief Secretary Cui Jie. Cui Jie said in one sentence: The emperor was shocked and was not in danger.

The reason is very simple. It is late autumn and it will be early winter in a few days. The northern desert comes early in winter and snow falls early. Once the road is closed, it will be difficult. Therefore, the Northern Barbarians must withdraw their troops before the severe winter comes. It will take at least more than a month to withdraw the Turkic tent from Yanmen. In this way, it will take at least one month to withdraw their troops from mid-September, and the latest in September, the Northern Barbarians will inevitably withdraw their troops. With the emperor's elite army, the strong city of Yanmen and the support of Taiyuan, the emperor is absolutely sure to defend Yanmen. The only thing he is worried about is that Yanmen's food is limited and cannot last long. However, at the moment of life and death, it would rather starve the civilians to death than to starve the emperor, officials and military soldiers. In short, the emperor is shocked and safe.

Because of this, the officials who stayed in Beijing delayed until today to form the decision to serve the king. Although there was dissatisfaction with the emperor's "willingly do whatever he wanted", there were also overall considerations for the future of the empire. Once the Northern Territory withdrew from the northern border in mid-September or under September, the central government would immediately stop serving the king. This would minimize the huge loss of the strategy of serving the king to the national strength, reduce the bad impact it had on the domestic situation, and reduce the further intensification of domestic conflicts.

Yang Tong suddenly realized, but he was still worried about the emperor's safety.

Cui Ze made another statement: General Jialan is in Yanbei, on the flank of the Daibei battlefield, and he is the youngest commander in the imperial army appointed by the emperor to guard Yanbei. The emperor always thought deeply and planned before moving. He first placed Jialan in Yanbei, and then drove north to patrol the border, which must have a deep meaning.

Yang Tong had a blind worship and trust in Jialan. After Cui Jie's careful guidance, he believed that Jialan would definitely fight for the king as quickly as possible and turn the tide. This further alleviated King Yue Yang Tong's concerns about the battle situation in the northern border.

On the afternoon of August 24, Shilifakang Sangli received a report from Shanyang. He said that the Middle-Earth people came out of Loufan Pass and captured Sanggan Town. They cut off the connection between Shanyang City and Juzhu. From the current situation, Shibi Khan and the main legion had the possibility of being surrounded by Yanmen, and the situation became very serious.

Kang Sangna was shocked and immediately ordered the withdrawal from the battlefield, and sent a scout to report to Shiliver to set up Asunari. Kang Sangli warned Asunari that if Kang Sumi failed to capture Wancheng and was blocked from the line north of Wanshan, then the passage between Taiyuan and Loufan Pass could not be cut off. The reinforcements in Taiyuan could take the Taolufan Pass to counterattack Juzhu fortress. Then they surrounded Shibi Khan and his main force in Yanmen. For this reason, he suggested that Shiliver set up Asunari, immediately dispatch troops from Yunneicheng to move south, first take down Bailang Pass, and then attack Juzhu, and open up the withdrawal path with Shibi Khan. As for the defense of Yunneicheng, the army could be transferred from Yinshan to support, and supervise Chiji to set up Asunari and attack Yanbei at all costs. Ensure the safety of the flanks of Daibei battlefield.

Kang Shuoli's prospects for the battle are not optimistic, but the military strength of hundreds of thousands of string control is still unquestionable. The Middle-earth people have just fought for the Eastern Expedition for three years and suffered serious losses. Exhaustion is also a fact, so even if the prospects for the battle are not optimistic, Kang Shuoli is still full of confidence in his army to escape unscathed.

Also full of confidence were Shibi Khan and Mohedushi on the Yanmen battlefield. When the battle situation might be in a bad direction, they bet all their bets on conquering Yanmen City. As long as they took Yanmen City and captured the Middle Earth Emperor, they would definitely reverse the situation and win the decisive victory of the north-south decisive battle.

On August 24th, the two brothers went to the front line of the battlefield to supervise the army's attack and sent envoys to tell the commander of the Selected Front Army that Kang Sumi, who, when the city could not be taken down for the time being, did his best to take down Mount Yan, resolutely cut off the passage between Taiyuan and Loufan Pass, and then created favorable conditions for the army stationed in Shanyang and the army stationed in Juzhu to attack the Central Turkish army attacking from Loufan Pass, and restore the rear passage.

Late at night on August 24, Jialan received a letter from Xue Shixiong. In order to send this good news that could affect the direction of the entire battle situation to Jialan at the fastest speed, they tried their best. In the extremely difficult situation, they called the best manpower and the fastest war horse. Finally, they delivered the news to Bailangsai late on the third night and sent Xue Shixiong's letter to Jialan.

After reading the letter, Galan couldn't help but shout and shouted, and was ecstatic. Then he sent an order and immediately passed the news to Zhuyingyang and to every brigade and every soldier.

Shuai Xue came and led his army into Yanbei at the most critical moment of the decisive battle between the north and the south. The Northeast Road army can not only ensure the safety of Yanbei and the safety of the flanks of the Daibei battlefield, but also pose a direct threat to Yunneicheng and give strong support to Yanbei army. In this way, this decisive battle between the north and the south is already a sure victory for the imperial army.

In the letter, Xue Shixiong told Jia Lan that he would personally sit in the headquarters to command; Guo Xuan, the general of Wu Benlang of Zhuo County, led the main force of the Youzhou army to guard Baishan and the Great Wall, and defended Chiji to set up Ashinadula to attack Yanbei; Xue Wanche led a side army to attack Yunneicheng, making a stance to cut off the retreat of the Northern Barbarians, putting heavy pressure on the army of the Southern Barbarians, and set up Shiliver to set up Ashinaduli to be in the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy from both sides; Xue Wanjun led a side army to penetrate from the Qingpi Road to the north end of the Haibei area, cut off the connection between Yunneicheng and the White Wolf Pass, and waited for an opportunity to launch an attack in the direction of the White Wolf Pass to restrain the Northern Barbarians attacking the White Wolf Pass, and create better conditions for the Yanbei Army to fight Shibi Khan on the Huanghuadui and Jinshatan.

Galan replied to Xue Shixiong: Shiliver set up Ashinaduli and Shilifakangshaoli to reach the northern and southern passes of the Bailang Pass on the 22nd and launched an attack on the 23rd. On the 24th, the Yanbei Army assembled the main force regiment at the Emaokou battlefield and launched a counterattack against the northern barbarians, beheading more than 2,000 levels. Then he moved to the Huanghuadui battlefield overnight, preparing to launch a night attack on the Kangshaoli Army in the early morning of the 25th.

Galan analyzed the battle situation in detail and inferred that Chijishi Ashinadula will launch an attack on Yanbei in the near future to support the Daibei battlefield. However, because there is no specific news after Shibi Khan led the main army to Yanmen, Chijishi's attack on Yanbei must be retained to ensure that his strength is not lost and that he can always maintain agile response ability in the drastic changes in the situation in the north and south. Therefore, Galan suggested that Xue Shixiong not interrupt the negotiations with Chijishi. Even if the two sides fought fiercely on the front line of the Great Wall, they must maintain the situation of fighting and negotiation. Only in this way can Chijishi be stabilized and then draw more Northeast Army into the Daibei battlefield.

Jialan begs Xue Shixiong to say that the key to this decisive battle is the White Wolf Pass, and you must do everything possible to increase your troops to the White Wolf Pass. As for Yunnei City, it is really irrelevant. Once the White Wolf Pass decides the victory or defeat on the battlefield, the northern enemy of Yunnei City will definitely flee after hearing the news.

At the nirvana on August 25, two hours after the eighth hour of the Yanbei Army, the 20 main horse forces of the four Yingyang Mansions, suddenly rushed out of the pile of yellow flowers, whistled down the golden beach, and killed the Beilu Army camp.

Kang Shuoli is a general who is fighting in the desert. He is cautious by nature and has already prepared himself for defense. In the shocking drum horn, elite troops of the Northern Captains have mounted their horses and lined up to meet the enemy.

The Beilu's attention was attracted by the Imperial Horse Army who came from the front, and the formation listed in a hurry actually ignored the defense of the two wings.

At this moment, teams of imperial infantry soldiers suddenly rushed out between the mountains on both wings of the Golden Sand Beach. Amid the deafening sound of killing and under the cover of darkness, they rushed towards the Beilu battle formation like a tide.

The imperial soldiers were full of the mountains and fields, which panicked the Northern Lu people. Kang Shuoli was even more shocked. He never expected that the Middle-earth people would have such amazing courage and courage in the dilemma of attacking their opponents, and attacking one of the opponents with all their strength. Wouldn't they be afraid that the other opponent would launch a fatal blow from behind?

It is too late to change the formation. If you stick to it, you will inevitably be surrounded. Once you are surrounded, you will inevitably be torn into pieces. Therefore, Kang Shuolie did not hesitate and decisively ordered a breakthrough. All the string control knights turned their horse heads, broke through the southwest, broke through the direction of Shanyang City, and fought out at all costs.

However, the best time to retreat was missed. When Jialan was commanding the main legion to move to the Huanghuadui battlefield, Wei Fei directed two Yingyang Mansions to cross mountains and ridges, and ambushed on both sides of the Beilu's retreat. As soon as the ugly moment arrived, the two thousand and four hundred soldiers from the two Yingyang Mansions rushed out of the mountains, setting up many roadblocks on the road.

Kang Shuoli and his five thousand elite riders were surrounded by golden sand beach.

Jialan invested all his troops. Except for Su Dingfang who was in the garrison of Gemaokou and the two Yingyang Mansions in Sima Chang'an, the other twenty Yingyang Mansions participated in the battle. The cavalry and infantry fought together, divided and surrounded them, and encircled them. By dawn, the battle ended, more than 3,000 levels were beheaded and nearly 1,000 were captured. Unfortunately, because it was dark, Kang Shuoli and hundreds of Northern Lu Jingqi cavalry still took advantage of the chaos to break out of the siege.
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