Water Margin people

Hami.

Military reports were sent into the city.

Yelu Dashi frowned as he looked at the military newspaper in his hand.

"Jiuerhan, the enemy has been fooled. They actually want to attack Xingxing Gorge. Ibrahim will definitely destroy them!"

Bilege smiled and said that he knew the location of Xingxing Gorge. It was the gateway between the Western Regions and the Central Plains, and it was also a dangerous place. An army of 100,000 could be enough to stop an army of one million.

Yelu Dashi didn't say anything, he just read the military newspapers.

"The enemy's light cavalry is accelerating towards Xingxing Gorge...the number of people is unknown..."

Yelu Dashi's face turned very ugly when he looked at the latest military report.

"Jiuerhan, these people from the Central Plains are so stupid that they actually used light cavalry to attack this kind of pass!"

The rest of them all laughed. They were the most proficient in cavalry tactics. Cavalry was only suitable for plain raids, detours, and outflanking, and was simply not suitable for attacking strongholds.

"No, the enemy is looking for a flaw!"

Yelu Dashi read the military report several times. After seeing the enemy's 10,000 light cavalry roaming back and forth in Xingxing Gorge, Yelu Dashi finally understood the enemy's intentions.

"flaw?"

Everyone looked at Yelu Dashi in confusion. Xingxing Gorge had many passes and valleys, but Ibrahim had an army of 100,000 and could defend any number of passes and valleys.

"No! There's a problem! We can't defend like this! Send a message to Ibrahim, have him lead the troops to attack and destroy these 10,000 cavalrymen. At the very least, we must drive them away. We can't let the enemy get so close to Xingxing Gorge to observe!"

Yelu Dashi ordered the generals around him that the enemy only had 10,000 light cavalry and Ibrahim was definitely capable of destroying them.

"Jiu'erhan, there's no need to be so anxious. The enemy is outnumbered and we have the advantage of terrain. Why worry about this?"

The Khwarezmian King Ajis spoke.

"Don't be careless. Qi is very cunning. We must not give the enemy any chance! Otherwise, we will not win this battle!"

Yelu Dashi said with a serious face, he knew Sun Lei and his group too well.

Star Gorge.

Ibrahim looked at the Qi cavalry who had been wandering for two days, and realized that the enemy was looking for an attack point, but he was not panicked at all. The mountains in Xingxing Gorge were towering, and the passes in between were almost all near the top of the mountain, with a drop of less than a hundred feet. In addition, the mountains were thousands of feet high, so the enemy would take a while to fly up even if they wanted. He had enough reaction time to mobilize troops to guard.

"I want to let these Oriental people know how powerful our Black Khan Dynasty is!"

Ibrahim smiled and said that the Karakhanid Khanate was a country established by the Uighurs who migrated westwards, and its earliest ruler was called the Black Khan.

In its early years, the Karakhanid Khanate was also under the rule of the Beiting Protectorate and the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty. Later, the dynasty split into the Ali and Hassan factions, forming the Eastern and Western Karakhanid Khanates.

The reason why the kings of Eastern and Western Karakhanid Khanate were willing to follow Yelu Dashi on the eastern expedition this time was also to compete with each other. Whoever was stronger could inherit the throne of the Black Khan and unify the Karakhanid Khanate.

For this group of foreign races who had witnessed the power of the Tang Dynasty, the now weak Central Plains Dynasty in the East was simply not worth mentioning. They came here just to slaughter them.

"Khan, the enemy!"

The scout on the top of the mountain shouted, and a large number of troops appeared on the horizon to provide support, with flags flying, and slowly approaching.

"It's finally here!"

Ibrahim looked at the appearing army with a ferocious expression. He had been waiting for nine days, and the enemy finally came.

The defenders in Xingxing Gorge were also ready to fight. When they thought of the exhaustion of the past few days, they were filled with murderous intent. They wanted to make these enemies die miserably.

……

Yue Fei, Lin Chong and Wang Jin led the army slowly forward. The army was not excited by seeing Xingxing Gorge, but just marched step by step.

"This Xingxing Gorge is indeed dangerous. It is like a high wall across here!"

Lin Chong looked at the long Xingxing Gorge in the distance and said, "In terms of terrain, Xingxing Gorge is really a dangerous place."

"There are quite a few enemies up there!" Wang Jin was looking at the situation in the distance with a telescope. Because the distance was a bit far, he could only see the offensive and flags built by the enemy.

"These country bumpkins only know how to defend the pass, but they don't know that warfare has changed! If they can't keep up with the times, they will die!"

Yue Fei smiled and said that Qi's war model had changed due to the development of firearms. War was no longer fought in the traditional way. Everyone was learning and researching new tactics, and the new tactics were centered around new weapons.

This is why this battle was given to Yue Fei, because Yue Fei was young, had a strong ability to accept new things and had a stronger ability to learn.

When Yue Fei led his army to Xingxing Gorge, it was already getting late, so the army set up camp on the spot.

"Are these people here to fight?"

Ibrahim said gritting his teeth as he looked at the enemy camping. He was fed up with the enemy's dilatory character. He believed that war should be fought violently and all it took was charging and killing.

At night, the fires were still lit up in Xingxing Gorge.

However, this time, fires were also lit up in the Qi camp outside Xingxing Gorge, and this time the Qi army had no intention of concealing itself.

"This is the best place to attack. The pass here is relatively high, the peaks on both sides are relatively low, and the terrain in front of the mountain is relatively easy to walk on..."

Lu Fang and Guo Sheng introduced the results of their observations outside Xingxing Gorge over the past two days.

"Well, this place is nice."

Yue Fei and others nodded repeatedly as they looked at the drawn map. This map was quite detailed, and it was indeed much better for the army to observe closely from the front than for scouts to observe secretly.

"Launch the attack from here at dawn tomorrow and break through Xingxing Gorge before noon!"

Yue Fei looked at everyone and said.

……

On Star Gorge.

Ibrahim and a group of generals frowned as they looked at the enemy camp below. This was the first time they observed the enemy camp at night.

"Why have you changed your temper today? You even set up camp at night. You don't think you can conquer Xingxing Gorge with just a few people!"

Ibrahim said in a low voice that this was his first time fighting against the Eastern army and he was not used to this strange way of fighting.

"What do you think?"

Ibrahim asked, looking at the generals around him.

"Great Khan, why don't we wait until tomorrow to fight directly? Our 100,000-man army is not afraid of their 50,000!"

A number of generals requested to fight.

"Report, Great Khan, there is a military order from Jur Khan."

A cavalryman ran over and handed over a military order.

Ibrahim immediately opened the letter, which told them to immediately destroy the wandering enemy cavalry and not let the enemy observe the terrain.

"Too late, the enemy's follow-up troops have arrived!"

Ibrahim sighed after reading the letter. If the letter had arrived a day earlier, he would have definitely taken action.

"Spread the word. We'll have a decisive battle with the enemy tomorrow! The enemy has come from afar and has consumed a lot of food and supplies. They will be anxious too!"

Ibrahim looked at the generals and spoke.

"Yes, King Khan!"

Everyone answered in unison.

On the top of Xingxing Gorge, soldiers began to mobilize, and various equipment was also carried up the mountain, preparing for tomorrow's battle. (End of this chapter)