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"Tell me your reason!"

"No! If it is normal, the soldiers are still young, full of vitality, and full of energy. Even if they stay up for several days and nights without sleep, it will be fine, but marching and fighting are different. They consume a lot of strength and energy, especially when the soldiers are fighting. There was already a battle in the early hours of the morning, and now I only had a hasty rest for less than half an hour before setting out on the march again. Whether it was a horse or a man, the spirit and strength were too exhausted. If they didn't recover, even if they managed to catch up If Ku Renzhi's men turn around and come back to fight us, even if we have the advantage in terms of strength, I'm afraid we will suffer a big loss!"

"There is also a possibility that Kuren has been hanging us all the time, neither turning around to fight us nor throwing us away. He will drag us down! So, this is the reason why the general did not choose the first one!"

"Let's talk about the second option. It's about [-] to [-] miles away from the camp. The courier will have to run [-] to [-] miles each time. Even if you keep changing horses along the way, it will take at least a day. It's so long. That's enough time for the Rouran people to concentrate their forces and wipe us out!"

"The third option is the safest. The soldiers are already exhausted. Even if they barely continue to fight, their combat strength is only [-]% to [-]%. Now only Kuren knows that we have divided our troops to attack Qiliegui. Rouran Khan vomited. He Zhen should not know that before Tu Hezhen reacts and sends troops to arrive, we still have enough time to withdraw to the camp and join the main force. As long as we return to the camp, we will be safe! If we continue to stay here, it will be tantamount to It is to leave a loophole for the Rouran people. When Tu Hezhen gets the news, he can immediately order all the troops to rush up like wolves to bite us and eat us up. During this period, His Majesty does not have enough time to come. Rescue!"

Xue An did not make a sound after listening to it for a full cup of tea. After a cup of tea, he sighed: "Su Ji, you are indeed very talented in marching and fighting. In such a short time It's really rare to be able to consider so much, much better than those little brats in my family!"

Su Ji clasped his fists modestly: "The great general praised you!"

"No, this is not a compliment, but a fact! You said it very well, but... If you only want to be a general, your current talent is enough, but if you want to be a player who can block alone A handsome man on one side has to think more! Don’t forget, His Majesty’s order to us is to take down Qiliegui and Kurenzhi one after another! Qiliegui has been killed by us, but Kurenzhi has run away. There was a change in the middle, but this cannot be a reason for a general to give up the order! How do we go back and submit the order to His Majesty? Your Majesty asked, should we say: 'Your Majesty, there was an accident in the middle, Ku Renzhi is too cunning, he ran away with his troops when he saw the situation was not good, the brothers were exhausted, and the ministers were worried that they would be besieged by Rouran's army, so they brought them back'. His Majesty originally asked us to solve the trouble Yes, it’s good for us, we took the trouble back to His Majesty! What will His Majesty and other civil and military ministers think of us? The responsibility of the courtiers is to share the worries for His Majesty. If His Majesty is asked to share the worries for the courtiers, what does the court want from us?”

Su Ji was speechless on the spot when he heard Xue Andu's words, he was so ashamed that he couldn't bear it, he cupped his fists and said: "It's better for the general to see far, and the last general is too late!"

Xue An waved his hands, his thoughts seemed to be flying.

Su Ji waited for a while, then asked: "General, what should we do next? Should we choose the first one?"

Xue An thought for a while, his eyes became firm, and he seemed to have made up his mind, he shook his head and said: "No, chasing a powerful cavalry army with a tired army is not a wise move for a general Send more scouts to catch up and reinforce the scout brothers who have already tracked down, to ensure that Kurenzhi and his men are within our sight, this is the first step! Second, immediately send a dozen small cavalry to cover Fangyuan While searching the net within a range of twenty or thirty miles, I'm sure that Kurenzhi must have hidden a sentry cavalry nearby, and his sentry cavalry must be watching our movements! Third, let the soldiers get off their horses and rest for half an hour! Tell Go search the cavalry officers and soldiers of the enemy's secret sentry, let them act quickly and be careful, and don't let go of any suspicious things, they only have half an hour!"

"promise!"

Two scout teams were sent out to follow the direction in which Kurenzhi's army retreated. They were going to reinforce the brothers who had been tracking them before.

Fifteen cavalry elite squads spread out in all directions, and quickly and carefully began a dragnet search. In fact, the secret sentry left by Kurenzhi was hiding nearby, because they wanted to observe the approaching soldiers and horses. Only by hiding nearby can we clearly observe the situation of the army.

In less than a moment, two groups of Rouran sentry cavalry were searched out one after another. These Rouran sentry cavalry were hiding in the dark to observe. Who would have thought that the Gan army would send a large number of cavalry squads to search, and they couldn't hide this time. The number of people is small, and they must not be able to fight, so they can only escape, but they will be rounded up sooner.

During the roundup, four Rouran Sentinel Riders were caught, and the others were killed for escaping or resisting.

Su Ji immediately asked someone to interrogate the captured Rouran sentry cavalry. Due to time constraints, he had to resort to cruel methods during the interrogation. Rouran sentry cavalry could not stand the torture. , I can only say what I know.

Su Ji immediately reported to Xue Andu: "General, the trial has come out. Three of the four Rouran guards said that Ku Renzhi might lead the army to retreat to the foot of the western section of Junji Mountain fifty miles away to hide!"

Xue An thought for a moment, and immediately ordered: "Execute those Rouran captives! Send someone to report to His Majesty, saying that our department has wiped out Qiliegui's department, but something happened during the raid on Kurenzhi's department. I was discovered by Kurenzhi in advance and led his troops to escape, please rest assured, I will deal with Kurenzhi's troops, and then return to your majesty!"

"No!" Su Ji clasped his fists in agreement, hesitated for a while and asked, "Then... our department is now..."

"Pass down the order, the army will return along the same route, and go back to the location where we annihilated Qilie Guibu and hide!"

Su Ji was stunned for a moment, then showed admiration, and clasped his fists and said, "Ku Renzhi must have sent someone to report to Tu Hezhen at this time! The Rouran people must never have thought that we would return there, and their spies are looking for us everywhere. There is absolutely no trace of them! If Tuhezhen sends the general to check, our army will just set up an ambush and wait for the Rouran people to come to the door, the general's use of troops is really unpredictable!"

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Chapter 882

Xue Andu and Su Ji led the army back to the place where the annihilating Qiliegui tribe was located, but when they left, Xue Andu sent a team to smooth out the horseshoe marks when they left to prevent Rouran People have to infer from the direction of the horseshoe prints that they have returned along the original road, and there is no need to eliminate the traces all the time, as long as the horseshoe prints within five or six miles are erased.

It took another two hours before Xue Andu and Su Ji returned to the foot of Zhuoxie Mountain with their troops. The corpses of the [-] Rouran people who had been wiped out before dawn were still there. At this time, a large group of vultures had already flown over , a large amount of bloody smell and the smell of corpses slowly decaying attracted them here.

After the sound of horseshoes came, the vultures flew into the sky with a clatter, circling in the sky without leaving.

It was already dark at this time, Xue Andu and Su Ji immediately arranged for the soldiers of the army to hide in the nearby forest to eat, drink, feed the horses and rest.

A military official hid in a deserted place. He took out a small note from the bag next to the horse's belly, wrote a line with a wolf's hair, carefully rolled up the note, and tied the scroll with a strand of hair. Okay, then take off a dark square pannier on your back.

The pannier was covered with a black cloth. He took off the black cloth to reveal a cage made of rattan. He rolled up his sleeves to reveal an arm tied with a gauntlet. He opened the small door of the cage, and a mighty The eagle came out of the cage and stretched out its sharp claws to grab the clerk's arm.

It looked at the surrounding environment curiously, and the eyes of its two eyes were extremely sharp.

The clerk stuffed the small paper roll in his hand into the bamboo tube tied to the eagle's feet, and then covered the hat. He took out some pieces of dried meat from his pocket, and the eagle dried the pieces of meat very quickly. All pecked away.

The civil official stroked the feathers on the eagle's neck, "It's time to go on the road when you're full. Remember not to be playful on the road, and send the letter back as quickly as possible. Go!" Lifting up, the eagle spread its wings and flew high, and it disappeared into the night sky after making a long howl in the sky.

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In Junji Mountain, in a hidden valley, there are two thousand tents, large and small. In the middle of these tents is the largest dome, with a wolf flag erected beside it.

It was dusk at this time, logically speaking, this time should be the time for living and cooking, but there was no wisp of cooking smoke here, all the Rouran soldiers were sitting on the grass and taking out the jerky and chewing slowly.

In order not to be discovered by the sentry scouts of the Gan army, Tu Hezhen ordered that no fire be lit during the battle, so the Rouran soldiers could only eat dried meat and drink cold water.

At this time, a Rouran messenger ran into the valley on a fast horse. The Rouran soldiers guarding the entrance of the valley did not stop him, but opened the roadblock and refused the horse to let him pass.

In the past few days, there have been news coming from various cavalry squads or other brigades sent out, almost all of which are related to the dry army.

In the dome, Tu Hezhen was sitting on a big chair covered with wolf fur, chewing jerky, and the Prime Minister, National Teacher, General and the leaders of various ministries were also talking while chewing jerky.

At this time, the leader of the Biebu took a sip of wine and said: "Khan, as I said, don't play cat and mouse games with the people of the Gan country, and directly order the soldiers and horses of the various ministries to kill them. We have [-] warriors. The people of the Gan country It’s only [-], so I’m afraid he’s a bird! If we continue to wait, the people of the Gan country will be exhausted with us, so why should we wait until the other two armies of the Gan army come to besiege us?”

State Prime Minister Er Mianzhi Luo turned his head to look over, and said: "Boss, this is not a game of cat and mouse! We have 8 horses, [-] more than the Gan army. It is true, but If we really want to fight head-on, we have no absolute chance of winning! Now we have to wait for the Chinese people to show their flaws, and we can only give them a fatal blow if we seize the flaws!"

Biandu was not optimistic about this strategy, he shook his head and said: "Khan, everyone, it's not me who wants to pour cold water on you. If we fight the Qian people head-on with real knives and guns, our chance of winning with the superior force is at least More than [-]%, but if you want to play tricks with the people of Qian, I would underestimate you, there is no point!"

Tan Wuye, the new national teacher, felt embarrassed when he heard this, and at the same time, he was furious. He thought up this battle strategy and congratulated him first, but now he has belittled it to nothing. He also said that these people are not the opponents of Gan Chinese people at all, how can this make him feel embarrassed?

Although Tan Wuye was very annoyed, he couldn't say anything. He was an outsider after all. Now he was trusted and trusted by Tu Hezhen, but he couldn't be arrogant. The teacher didn't trust him very much, and he didn't even consider him one of his own. He knew when to speak and when to keep silent.

Tu Hezhen said: "I decided how to fight, does the leader have any opinion on me?"

After all, Tu Hezhen is a Khan, so he is a veteran tribal leader. Although he doesn't trust Tu Hezhen, the new Khan, he still knows what to do on the surface.

"Don't dare, we will fight as Khan decides to fight. I'm just talking about my thoughts! However, Khan has just ascended the throne, and the subjects are not convinced yet. Khan's decision must be cautious. If this battle is lost Now, it’s hard to guarantee that the subjects won’t make irresponsible remarks!”

Tu Hezhen's sullen face was about to explode, when a loud voice came from outside the tent: "Report—"

After the words fell, a Rouran messenger ran in quickly to report: "Report to Khan, the leader of Kurenzhi asked the villain to deliver the letter. This morning, according to the agreement, Qi Liegui should send a messenger to report to us, but the agreed time has passed. After two moments, there was still no sign of the messenger. The leader of Kurenzhi felt that something was wrong, so he immediately led his troops to evacuate the camp, and arranged some hidden sentries to hide nearby. I am afraid that the Liegui Department has already encountered an accident. It is very likely that a large number of dry cavalry trekked a long distance last night to raid the Qiliegui Department, and then rushed to our camp. Fortunately, our department evacuated in time, otherwise I am afraid You have already followed in the footsteps of Qi Liegui!"

Tu Hezhen's face changed greatly in shock, and he stood up suddenly: "What? Uncle Qiliegui..."

It's no wonder that Tu Hezhen is so gaffe, in the whole Rouran, Qiliegui is the most supportive of him, if something happens to Qiliegui, then his new Rouran Khan's strength will be reduced by half!

State Minister Er Mianzhi Luo looked solemn, walked to the side and looked at the large sheepskin map, and said to Tu Hezhen: "Khan, if something unexpected happened to the Qilie Guibu, but Ku Renzhi didn't receive any news. , This can only show that the Gan army has dispatched at least [-] cavalry, otherwise it is impossible that no one escaped to Kurenzhi's camp!"

"Look, the Qianjun camp is here. They sent troops to raid Qiliegui at night. According to the timing, they should arrive before dawn and end the battle. Otherwise, they won't have enough time to rush to Kurenzhi's camp to continue their attack!"

"After a whole night's march and a battle that wiped out 2 horses, the soldiers of the Gan army must be very tired, but they still continued to attack Kurenzhi north without sleep. The distance between the two places is sixty miles. It takes at least two hours for the cavalry to march, otherwise the horses will not be able to bear it, but they rushed to nothing and killed the secret sentry left by Kurenzhi. Far, they are already very tired, they can't go far!"

Tuhezhen's spirit was shaken, his heart was full of hatred, Qiliegui was his uncle, and he treated him as his own son since childhood, now that Qiliegui's life and death were uncertain, he had to find out what happened, even though he had He had a premonition that Qiliegui might have died in battle, but he would not be reconciled if he didn't take a look!

It just so happens that he can eat up that dry army cavalry by the way, which can be regarded as revenge for Uncle Qiliegui!

Tu Hezhen made a decision in an instant, and he immediately said: "Order all the ministries to quickly rush to the original camp of Kurenzhi to meet up, and those who arrive first will launch an attack as soon as they find the dry army and hold them back. Fighting, this Khan must kill all the cavalry of this dry army! Order everyone in the camp to prepare and set off when it gets dark!"

The generals of Rouran got up together with the leaders, and were about to get up to receive the order, when Tan Wuye said: "Khan, the poor monk suggests that we should first concentrate our forces to attack the main force of the army. Khan can order Kuren to lead troops to hold them back, and when the main force of the West Route Army is wiped out, a partial division will be able to deal with them!"