In the Battle of the River, the third difficult city was Samarkand in Khwarezm.

Samarkand is an extremely ancient city. Timur commanded the Indian Mughal Empire army in this city to launch a fierce offensive and defensive battle with the Monan Army, the Mobei Army, the Western Region Army, and the Tubo Army.

Timur used Samarkand as a supply point and used the continuous supply of food and weapons from the Indian Peninsula to replenish the army and engage in a war of attrition.

Timur's army was ahead and did not siege the Xia army. Samarkand's teleportation array could teleport materials and troops day and night.

The Xia army's supplies mainly came from Dayuan and needed to maintain a long supply line. Therefore, the four troops were helpless to take Timur.

Timur's Indian Peninsula, which has a large population, is backed by a teleportation array, and is unique in its war of attrition.

Shi Wansui, Han Qinhu, and He Ruobi rushed to Timur's camp overnight, hoping to break through Timur's protection of Samarkand. However, Timur was prepared for driving the iron armored war elephants at night, severely damaging the three generals of the Sui Dynasty. He Ruobi was seriously injured.

Every time the Xia army organized an offensive, Timur used iron armored war elephants as flesh shields, and then used the volley of bows and arrows transported from the rear to allow the priests to provide benefits to the cannon fodder troops and used human sea tactics to repel the Xia army.

Over time, the Xia army lacked food and weapons and had weak attacks.

When the decisive battle broke out in the river, generals such as Li Mu, Di Qing, Lun Qinling gathered the last food and weapons to attack Timur, making Timur unable to support the Golden Family.

The battle between the two sides outside Samarkand was extremely fierce. Because the supply line was too long, many Xia soldiers could only fight with weapons with reduced durability. The durability disappeared on the way and rolled the blade, and were killed by Timur.

There were as many as thirty generals killed in the Tubo army!

The heart of the Tubo capitalist Zaxi was bleeding.

Since the beginning of the game, the elite accumulated by the Tubo Protectorate's Office has almost been killed or injured in the battle with Timur.

At its peak, Timur was second only to the Saint-level commander, and also had many Indian generals under his command. With his huge population, he severely damaged the Xia army.

You should know that the Tubo army could only gather 100,000 people to participate in the first western expedition of the Great Xia Dynasty, and Timur mobilized millions of soldiers and horses from the Mughal Empire in India, which was not the limit of the Indian Peninsula.

The limit of the Indian Peninsula can also dispatch three million or even five million troops.

In a series of battles with Timur, only 40,000 survivors remained, and 60% died in battle!

Although Tubo lacks strategy during his battle, he charges and is extremely brave. The front team is often dead and the back team goes on again.

Now, in the north of Samarkand, there are still people who survived Tubo army that have fallen!

Timur's war elephant legion no longer took the lead, but appeared on the battlefield after the fierce battle between the two sides. Timur directly let the war elephant legion trample on us regardless of the enemy!

The attack of the Battle Elephant Legion is a low-level caste as cannon fodder. In Timur's eyes, sacrificing the low-level caste can exchange the Xia army's army for hundreds of battles, which is worth the money. Anyway, the meaning of their existence is cannon fodder!

"Master Dadu Protector, if this continues, our Tubo army will be wiped out!"

A Tubo warrior could no longer bear the extremely fierce war and the terrifying loss ratio, and almost shouted at Tashi with a crying voice.

It can make a man who has been fighting on the battlefield for a long time cry in his words, which shows that the tragic battle has exceeded the psychological endurance of most people.

"I know! But behind it is the mountains, rivers and the country, and we cannot retreat!" The Tubo governor Tashi draws his sword, "The guard of the governor, follow me!"

Taxi led the last reserve team of the Tubo army, the 1,000-person guard of the Protectorate, to take death as if it were alive and enter a tragic war!

Their mission is to restrain Timur, and even if they fight all their troops, they will have to complete the task!

Even if Timur can defeat them, the price Timur paid was severely damaged and he was unable to continue to compete for the Hezhong area.

At this time, the Tubo army could only do its best.

The only thing that could stop them from fighting was the news of victory coming from the decisive battle in the river. In this way, the Xia army on the battlefield in Samarkand could withdraw calmly.

This is division of labor and mission.

If you lose the decisive battle in the river, the rivers and mountains in the Central Plains behind will be conquered by the enemy!

Chu Tian had already won at this time, but the news had not yet reached the Xia army located in the battlefield in Samarkand in the wild!

A thousand guards of the Tubo Protectorate, led by the Great Protector, attacked Timur's heavy cavalry!

Two cavalry collided, and a Tubo cavalry hit the opponent's helmet with an iron bone, while the latter's spear penetrated the Tubo cavalry's chain mail!

In the crowded battlefield, there are almost no fancy moves and no room for avoidance. All the soldiers are killing the enemy in front of them in the most effective way!

"Damn, I have never experienced such a heavy battle. If I could have captured and killed Timur, it might not have been so difficult."

The Western Regions Army, the great protector of the Western Regions, was only slightly better than the Tubo Army.

The population of the Western Regions Protectorate is three or four times more than that of the Tubo Protectorate, and there are many military generals.

Even so, Huo An was caught in an extremely tragic battle.

The Western Regions Protectorate's Office participated in the Western Expedition and conquered the Dayuan Kingdom, with about 40,000 casualties, captured a group of Uzbek cavalry, and maintained its troops to a scale of 200,000.

However, in the war in Samarkand, the Western Regions Army has killed 60,000 people!

The fierce general of the Tang Dynasty, Li Siye, cooperated with Gao Xianzhi to attack Timur's army, and was trampled by Timur's war elephant army regardless of the enemy!

Li Siye's Tang Dynasty Modao Team can deal with heavy cavalry, but faced the battle elephant legion, but it was a little weak. Li Siye was knocked away by the iron armored battle elephant and was immediately seriously injured!

Gao Xianzhi's Anxi Army suffered heavy losses under the attack of the Elephant Legion.

In order to win, Timur was already crazy. After the Indian soldiers fought with the Anxi army, he drove the Elephant Legion to rush across the rear of the Indian soldiers, making it difficult for the Anxi army to avoid.

The Mo Nan Army, Wanyan Yinshu, led the Jurchen cavalry to attack the enemy formation continuously. The Jurchen cavalry almost fought for nothing, and was eventually besieged by thousands of Indian soldiers and died in the enemy formation!

The Xia army's continuous restraint made Timur realize that something big must have happened, so he became more anxious to meet with Ogedei, so he tried his best to attack.

The Xia army was killed, and the Mughal Empire in India also lost its troops.

The Indian princes looked at each other, and the generals under their command had their casualties, but they had already stopped.

Timur and these princes were like fanatical gamblers. Since they had invested the cost, they would see the results.

"Master Protector, there is finally news from Your Majesty, our army will win!"

When Huoan was almost unable to hold on due to heavy losses, news from Chu Tian finally came from the nearest city!

In order to bring the news to the battlefield in Samarkand as soon as possible, the cavalry sent three war horses to death!

"We can finally withdraw our troops. Let us inform the Mo Nan Army Li Mu, Prince Yan of the Mo Bei Army, and the Tubo Army Zaxi, and the Western Regions Army, the Tubo Army is a team, the Mo Nan Army, and the Mo Bei Army are a team!"

Huo An felt relieved.

Timur, who has obtained support from the Indian Peninsula, played the human-sea tactic. Huoan’s current troops really couldn’t beat Timur, so he decided to withdraw.

The decisive battle in the river was won, and the strategic goal was achieved in one battle in the river.

Timur won a tactical victory with the support of Samarkand and the Indian princes, but he could not change the end of the Hezhong area belonging to the Great Xia Dynasty, and it is very likely that Timur would be forced to give up Samarkand.

The strategic level is one level higher than the tactical level.

When Li Mu, Prince Yan, and other coaches received the news, they felt relieved and cooperated with each other and retreated alternately, not giving Timur a chance to win completely.

"The Xia army began to retreat!"

"Catch up and destroy them in one go!"

The Indian princes suffered a lot of losses. Seeing the four Xia troops retreating alternately, they thought that they had won a great victory, so they wanted to go forward to chase and kill them to expand the results of the battle.

When Timur saw the Xia army retreat, hesitated.

The Xia army suddenly launched a large-scale attack and retreated again. Then, it was probably the result of the decisive battle in the river.

Timur was always delayed by these four Xia troops in Samarkand and was unable to go north to meet with Ogedei, which made Timur unable to face the power of the Golden Family.

"If the Khan wins, then he can pursue and completely eliminate hundreds of thousands of Xia troops in front of him. If the Khan fails... he should probably retreat to the Indian Peninsula, quell the rebellion, and then proclaim himself the King of India."

Timur already had plans in his mind.

The Golden Family’s victory is the most ideal situation. He can take advantage of the victory and then lead the Indian Peninsula with his military achievements.

If the Golden Family fails and the Grassland Empire collapses, then he can only seize the Indian Peninsula.

"Is there no news about sweating yet?!"

Timur suddenly became impatient.

He needs exact information to make corresponding decisions.

At this time, a golden family's detective Ma Chilai reported: "Mr. Timur, the Khan was defeated and was retreating to the Caspian Sea and was about to enter Persia! The Khan had an order to invite Lord Timur to defend the Indian Peninsula and make a comeback from the east!"

"How could it be..."

The Indian princes who finally defeated the Xia army in Samarkand had a pale face.

They fought with the Xia army for a long time, and relied on their number and supply advantages to achieve tactical victory, but they were defeated strategically.

The powerful Golden Family's main force was defeated, and most of the Hezhong area became the territory of the Great Xia Dynasty!

However, they won locally, but could not occupy a single part of the land, and even Samarkand could not defend it.

Sometimes, if you win on the surface, you actually fail!

"Return to Delhi one after another and take away all valuable property from Samarkand, and do not leave it to the Xia army at all."

Although Timur was a little depressed, as a hero, he had already imagined such a result, so Timur was not discouraged.

A true hero, starting from scratch, has a far stronger willpower than ordinary people, and he fights repeatedly due to failure.

This is also the difference between a hero and an ordinary person.

After the defeat of the decisive battle in the river, the Seerju Empire basically fell into the scope of failure of the Great Xia Dynasty. Under the attack of the Xia army, Samarkand of the Khwarezm Kingdom, Chu Tian might come to join Huo'an at any time to attack Samarkand.

This is why Timur voluntarily gave up the city after learning that the Golden Family was defeated.
To be continued...