Jialuguan is 150 miles away from Shule. The Chi River originating from Ali Mountain flows through Wucha, Shule, Jialuguan, Bachu and other places.

Jialu Pavilion is located on the south bank of the Chi River. This is a small town under Shule Town. May is the most beautiful time for the grassland. The meadows are like green ocean, endless.

In the early morning of the fifth day of the lunar month, the morning light shone down from the sky, reflecting the grasslands and rivers. Soon after, the sound of war drums broke the tranquility.

The passionate war drum echoed on the grassland.

In the camp thirty miles away from Jialuguan, a large number of Shule coalition forces were wearing leather armor. Under the scolding of the officers, they walked out of the camp and lined up to attack the Zhou army outside Jialuguan City.

In the open space in the middle of the camp, the coalition commander Mousa wore iron armor and took the golden head pocket handed over by his personal soldiers, took it with him, and turned over the horse.

On the first day of May, Jia Huan, the newly appointed Shule General of the Zhou Dynasty, led his troops to attack Jialuguan City. The news brought back by the defeated troops in the front: the Zhou army had only 1,000 cavalry. He decided to lead the newly established 15,000 coalition forces to fight.

If the Zhou army came, he would definitely defend Shule City and wait for the fighter plane. But now there are only 1,000 cavalry and hundreds of auxiliary soldiers.

He followed Jalari, Governor of Horosan, to suppress the Turkmen Red-headed Army's rebellion, and fought for many years. He had rich experience in the battlefield and could see through the intentions of the Zhou army at a glance.

This can be seen as a tentative attack by the Zhou army. If Shule coalition could not even repel these thousand cavalry. Next, the Zhou army would definitely attack Shule in large quantities. Although the Zhou army did not want to fight on both sides and consumed money, if Shule could capture it soon, they would definitely not mind attacking Shule first. Shule Town Fushu.

“Woo woo--!”

The sound of the trumpet echoed between heaven and earth. Teams of cavalry gathered into rows to form a huge war phalanx. This is the standard phalanx of the Persian legion.

"May Allah bless us!" Musa lowered his head and murmured, then raised his head, with a sharp light in his eyes, and immediately pulled out his sword and shouted: "Go!"

The messengers next to them blew the flags and gathered in the square formation of the grassland, moving forward slowly. The army's footsteps stepped on the grassland, with a slight trembling! The momentum was amazing!

At about 8 o'clock in the morning, Musa left three thousand soldiers to guard Shule. Two thousand troops were left in the camp. The entire army was taken, and ten thousand people approached Jialuguan City.

The battle has begun!

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At the top of Jialuguan City, Jia Huan was behind the brick wall, holding a thousand-mile mirror in his hand, looking at the battlefield west of the city.

There, the Zhou army was already in line.

Jia Huan was wearing a stone-blue scholar shirt, a jade belt, and a jade pendant. He was tall and calm, and his emotions were restrained, which made him look a little solemn! Because the stone-blue dark blue was almost black.

War is always the most powerful means. In dialogue, bombarding with cannons once is much more effective than words!

Only Pang Ze was with Jia Huan. The others had already gone down to the army. Huang Guan left ten personal guards and brought the rest of the Huai men into the army. The command of the army was fully commanded by Shen Qian.

Jia Huan was in Gumo City and discussed his ideas with Sogdian merchant Alipov. Alipov thought he deceived and fooled Jia Huan. Most people were not familiar with West Asia, and the historical changes in Central Asia would definitely be fooled.

But Jia Huan combined the information he knew, including the world history that time travelers knew, and concluded that the Persian Empire was simply unable to look east!

In other words, the Persian general Moussa who wanted to be "Ban Dingyuan" did not have strong support. He played too much and was playing with it!

After repeated and careful discussions between Jia Huan and everyone, they changed the original strategy: Xu Tu to an emergency attack!

The reason for this is that if Shule had Persia as its backing, they would defend Shule City to the death. Once the wealthy Shule area was firm and cleared, it would not be easy to conquer it in a short period of time. If reinforcements came, the Zhou army would inevitably end up in a defeat.

However, if there were no Persians as support, as long as they defeated the main force of the Shule coalition, they could obtain Shule! How could Jia Huan tolerate that the other party calmly organized Shule's manpower and material resources? The difficulty of his governance will increase greatly if he defeated Shule!

Simply put, Jia Huan thought it was a battle, a big battle. They had limited capital, so of course they had to be cautious. But in fact, it could be solved in just one or a few battles.

At the end of April, Jia Huan led his army to Bachu. Chen Qian led his troops to attack Jialuguan City.

Chen Qianxian replaced the five hundred miscellaneous soldiers recruited by Jia Huan with tens of thousands of silver dollars, replaced them with muskets and iron swords, put on the Zhou army's uniforms, and lined up to attack the city. As expected, these miscellaneous soldiers were killed and defeated by the Tiel Cavalry in the city.

The people who controlled this city were the troops of Seerdan, the Tieler man. There were about 2,000 Hu cavalry. However, just as the Tieler cavalry was chasing Jia Huan, Chen Qian led the cavalry troops to attack from the flanks, and one charge killed the Sanhu cavalry. How could the militia armed forces be the opponent of the elite field army? And when the formation was scattered?

Afterwards, Chen Qian led his troops to the Jialuguan City, showing his superb military command art.

Looking at the Shule coalition forces who were heading in from a distance, Pang Ze spat nervously and said, "Ziyu, Hu Qi is here."

It is impossible not to be nervous! Although he understands military strategies, Shule has no room for performance in the plains and terrain, with thousands of miles of cities and several cities. The victory or defeat depends more on the confrontation of the main generals and decision-making at the moment.

Maybe a mistake will determine the outcome! At this time, justice will definitely defeat evil!

They have created the most favorable situation: the Shule coalition forces traveled a hundred miles and came to the battle. The rest depends on the Chen Qian!

To mobilize Shule coalition, the Zhou army's strategy was divided into two aspects. First, send troops to Jialuguan City and attack his family. Zhou army had few soldiers, would the Shule coalition send troops?

Second, Jia Huan confiscated the Tiele noble's property in Jialuguan City, as military expenses, and distributed the land, pastures, houses and other real estate to the poor in the city. The interests of the Shule noble were damaged.

Jia Huan pursed his lips and said, "Yes!"

To defeat the main force of the Shule coalition, head-on collision is indispensable. Anyone who fights with the right combination and wins with a strange victory! Without a frontal battlefield, there will be no side battlefield. Confrontation on the frontal battlefield is indispensable! You must have this kind of courage!

The Zhou army was elite, but there were few soldiers. The chance of winning the quick battle was to use elite troops to disperse their military formations, drive them away and kill them. This was a common trick used by the Liao cavalry to deal with the Song army during the Northern Song Dynasty. Or, to capture the thief and capture the king first.

Next, it depends on Chen Qian’s command!

On that day, in the Governor's Mansion, Zeng Jigao opposed sending troops. In addition to strategies and tactics, Persians and other factors, there were other trade-offs. The most important thing was to conquer Shule. How much energy is left in Shule? How much supplement can the Governor's Mansion get from Shule?

This vitality refers to the population, taxes, and food of a region. These are all consumables for war!

One bell for the enemy, twenty bells for me! However, Shule will be the prefectures and counties of the court in the future. When the Zhou army enters, it is the liberator and builder, and it is impossible to loot. If you go thousands of miles to fight, the money and food consumed by the army is imaginable!

This is exactly what the Western Expedition Army cannot accept! The Zhou army is fighting in Beiting.

Regarding this issue, Jia Huan has now had a mature plan after getting in touch with the actual situation in Shule area!

As long as he defeated the Shule coalition in front of him, he would be sure to manage Shule well, mobilize his money, grain and population, and use it for the Zhou army to support the Beiting war.

While Jia Huan was thinking about the city, two armies met on the grassland west of the city.

"Kill!"

In the Shule coalition, the drums were loudly sounded, and a light infantry of thousands of people came first to attack the Zhou army's array.8)
Chapter completed!