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After dawn, Kuhehan finally received the exact news. According to statistics, a total of more than 560 people were lost last night, and the scope of reconnaissance has not increased.

Huhehan was not discouraged. After the army set off as usual, he immediately ordered the cavalry squads to expand the reconnaissance area to wài wéi. He knew that although his casualties were heavy, the casualties of the dry army would not be small. The casualties of his subordinates are greater, but if the reconnaissance range can be increased, some losses are worthwhile.

This morning, when the army was marching, the reconnaissance teams of the two sides fought again, and small-scale battles took place everywhere. In one morning, Hu Hehan lost more than 600 people. The loss is not small, there are more than 300 people.

In the afternoon, the two sides fought again, and each suffered heavy casualties, even greater than the casualties in the morning.

At dusk, Zhao Junsheng finally came with the army. The soldiers and horses led by him Chang Kun completed the rendezvous, and the Rouran army also chose a high ground to camp, and dug trenches and set up traps to prevent the army from attacking at night.

At the foot of the mountain twenty miles east of the Rouran military camp, the Qianjun camp is set up here.

In the commander's tent, everyone ate dinner quietly. After the soldiers cleared away the bowls and chopsticks, Zhao Junsheng listened to Chang Kun, Wei Jing and Yang Lie's detailed reports on the battle process of the Rouran people in the past few days.

Zhao Junsheng glanced at the faces of the ministers, and asked: "How do you think the next battle will be fought? Do you continue to use the wolf pack method?"

Xu Yan stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I think that since the wolf pack tactics are effective against the Rouran people and can kill and injure a large number of Rouran people, it is a better choice to continue to use the wolf pack tactics. It’s hard to say how effective it will be!”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and asked, "Any other opinions?"

Dongfang Chen thought for a while and stood up to salute, "Your Majesty, I think I should have a decisive battle with the Rouran people!"

This proposal stunned everyone, including Zhao Junsheng, a decisive battle?The casualties in the decisive battle are uncontrollable, and the strength of the Rouran people is still [-]. The price to be paid to kill all these people is not small. Is the decisive battle worthwhile at this time?

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Chapter 907 Control the overall situation

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "Master, you said you want to fight Rouran? Why?"

Dongfang Chen bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I have several reasons for the decisive battle: First, the Eastern Route Army and the Central Route Army have lost contact with us for several days. This may be because the distance is too far, and there is a problem with Xinying's message delivery. , It may also be that the two armies encountered a strong enemy and encountered an accident, we don't have much time to spend here!

Second, Rouran Khan Tuhezhen has been beaten by us to the point of losing his courage. If the commander of an army loses his courage, no matter how many soldiers and horses he has under his command, he is just a sheep leading a group of wolves, and there is no battle. force!

Again, in terms of military strength, our army now has an absolute superiority in strength!The terrain in this area is quite familiar under the scouting of our scouts. If the Rouran army walks out of this terrain we are already familiar with until they enter terrain we are not familiar with, we will lose a lot of advantages!

Again, the Rouran people already have the means to restrain our wolf pack tactics to a certain extent. If we continue to use the wolf pack tactics, the effect may be worse than a direct decisive battle!Now that our two armies have joined forces, the distance from the Rouran army does not matter, and there are many resourceful men in the Rouran army. Who can guarantee that they cannot deduce the position of our army?Once they deduce the position of our army camp and attack quickly, our detection posts don't even have enough time to warn, then can our army still face it calmly? "

No one else said anything, General Niu Dali stood up and said: "The national teacher said it easily. The general thinks that if we continue to use the wolf pack method, our army's casualties will be reduced a lot. Now the strength of the Rouran people is still there." Nearly [-], we have to bear even greater losses in a decisive battle now! Why do we have to launch a large-scale decisive battle when we can obviously win at a low cost of casualties? Even if this decisive battle is not fought, we can still defeat Rouran people!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at the other ministers and generals, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

Xu Yan, the minister who originally proposed to continue to drag the Rouran army to death with wolves, is silent at this time. He has been persuaded by Dongfang Chen in his heart, but he is on the opposite side of Dongfang Chen in terms of political views, so even if he I agree with Dongfang Chen's suggestion in my heart, and he can't stand up to express his agreement at this time.

Zhao Junsheng looked at Yuanhe: "Yuanhe, what do you think?"

Yuan He thought for a while, stood up and clasped his fists and replied: "Your Majesty, I think a decisive battle is still necessary. Now the initiative is ours. It is up to us to choose when and where the decisive battle will be fought. Rouran people have no choice!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded and looked at another general: "Chang Kun, what do you think?"

Chang Kun stood up and cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, it's time for a decisive battle!"

His attitude also puzzled many people. He used the wolf pack method to eat up all the 1 horses in the convenience, and the result was the greatest. It stands to reason that he should suggest continuing to use the wolf pack method. Why did he not Agree to a decisive battle at this time?

Zhao Junsheng asked, "What's your reason?"

Chang Kun said: "I won't talk about the reasons of the national teacher and General Yuan. I agree with what they said! If it is a low-level soldier, corporal leader, soldier head, Yazhu, centurion or building general, they I will definitely propose and agree to continue to use the wolf pack method, because using this method does have the least casualties, and we can kill them without even contacting the enemy. But a person considers different issues in different positions, and a person Standing at different heights, what you see is also different!

The low-level soldiers just think from their own point of view that the tactics and tactics with the least casualties are the best, and think that there is no need to use a decisive battle with large casualties to deal with the Rouran people; However, it is most suitable for people to conduct a decisive battle! "

Zhao Junsheng nodded and expressed his appreciation for Chang Kun's statement. The emperor and civil and military ministers should not consider issues from the perspective of ordinary soldiers, but from the perspective of the overall situation.

If you continue to use the wolves' tactics, your own casualties will be much smaller, but it will take a long time to defeat the Rouran people with this tactic, and the dry army is now a guest army, and it is going deep into the enemy's territory, which is precisely the delay. Great.

Also, Zhao Junsheng can't just think about the West Route Army. He is the emperor and the military commander of the Northern Expedition. He must also consider the safety of the East Route Army and the Central Route Army. Is it because the distance is too far, or is there no time to contact when you are attacked?He doesn't know, so he doesn't have much time to spend here.

Zhao Junsheng got up and walked to the map to check. He needed to find a terrain suitable for a large-scale decisive battle. The timing and location of the choice must be such that Rouran Khan cannot escape and can only fight with him.

"Send the order to stop all harassment tactics, but the scouts and cavalry can't relax, Wei Jing!"

Wei Jing stood up and clasped his fists in agreement: "My son is here!"

"I'll give you 5000 troops. Set off at Mao's tomorrow morning, and arrive at this position at a normal marching speed. Once you find that the Rouran army is about to enter this valley, attack the rear immediately!"

"I obey!" Wei Jing clasped his fists in agreement and returned to his original position.

Zhao Junsheng said again: "Chang Kun and Yuan He, each of you will have 8000 troops, and you will march side by side with Wei Jing's army from the left and right flanks, and the distance between you and Wei Jing's army will be between ten and twenty miles. The army is fighting, and the two of you can hear the sound of the drums and go to the reinforcements quickly! If there is a follow-up order, I will send someone to convey it to you, and you just need to obey the order!"

Chang Kun and Yuan He clasped their fists and agreed: "Take orders!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at the other generals and ministers: "The rest of the ministers will follow me!"

"According to the order!"

In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, there was already a lot of noise from the Ganjun camp, and all the troops and horses were preparing to set off.

After breakfast, the troops of all ministries assembled quickly. Following Zhao Junsheng's sound of subzero, the three groups of troops, Wei Jing, Chang Kun and Yuan He, set off in sequence. The last ones were the remaining 1 people led by Zhao Junsheng himself. , He did not follow any of Chang Kun, Wei Jing or Yuan He's troops, but chose another marching route.

The next morning's march made Rouran Khan Tu Hezhen and his ministers and generals a little uneasy, because since last night, the dry army has not harassed or made any other moves, but the scouts are still fighting on the front Tragic.

At noon, Rouran's army was still marching. Tu Hezhen and general ministers and generals were discussing the next marching route on a nearby hillside, because it was too quiet in the morning, neither Tu Hezhen nor the ministers and generals were worried Practical, they felt the need to re-plan the marching route.

Kuhehan put forward his own idea: "Khan, we are retreating and fleeing now. I think we should try our best to choose a marching route with flat and open terrain, so that it is not easy to be ambushed! Our current position is here, according to our current situation. We should be able to reach this valley at dusk, but I don't think we can camp in the valley, we are cavalry, once trapped in the valley, it may be a disaster, so I think we need to change the marching route, from here Turn around, and march northwest along the mountain road south!"

Abu Ganyuan had a different view. He said: "Khan, I disagree with Hugh Khan's idea. Now we are on the way of withdrawing troops, and we are most likely to be attacked at night, so choosing the location of the camp is very important! Hugh Although the marching route chosen by Hehan is flat, there is no suitable place for us to camp, and there is no water source. After entering the valley, we will be much less likely to be attacked, and there are many springs in the mountains, so it is easy to get water!"

Tu Hezhen looked at the others, and the national teacher Tan Wuye said: "The poor monk agrees with General Abu Ganyuan's idea. From the map, the terrain in this area is complicated. If our army walks through the valley, it is easy to escape the pursuit of the Qian army, but If you keep walking on flat terrain, you will always be chased and intercepted by the army!"

Tu He really thought about it carefully, adopted Abu Ganyuan's suggestion, and decided to take the valley terrain. He thought he had a better grasp of the terrain here than the Gan army, so he was sure to get rid of the Qian army's pursuit in the valleys and hills nearby. , but did not know that the Qianjun spies had already investigated the terrain here.

At the beginning of the afternoon, there was still an hour and a half before dark, and Rouran's army was about to arrive near the entrance of the valley.

At this moment, a fast horse came galloping, and the knight on the horse rode to Tuhezhen and reported: "Qi Khan, the Qian army has caught up, about [-] riders, only six miles away from our army." inside!"

Tu Hezhen's first reaction was to stop advancing and turn around to defeat the 5000 cavalry cavalry, but he soon realized that this matter might not be that simple. This is a [-]-man army, and it is coming aggressively. He is sure Annihilate these five thousand cavalry in a short time?Once they are dragged back by these five thousand cavalry, it will be troublesome for the follow-up soldiers of the Gan army to surround them.

Tu Hezhen looked at the generals around him, "Abu Qianyuan, you bring 3000 people to stop the army from pursuing, and the others take the rest of the soldiers and horses and follow me into the valley at the fastest speed. The battle of the war will deploy troops to support you, and you must stand up here before all the other soldiers and horses enter the valley!"

"Understood, don't worry Khan!"

Under the order of Tu Hezhen, all the soldiers and horses entered the valley at a faster speed, and Abu Ganyuan, who was in charge of breaking the rear, blocked the entrance of the valley with 3000 troops. When they had just set up the army formation, Wei Jing rushed over with the troops.

Abu Qianyuan is not a character waiting to die, he waved a mace and shouted: "Rouran warriors, kill me!"

"Kill—" Rouran cavalry followed Abu Ganyuan and rushed out.

The oncoming dry army cavalry shot arrows one after another, and after several consecutive waves of arrow rain, the dry army cavalry rushed towards the Rouran army with spears and swords in hand.

One by one the horses were knocked down, and the cavalrymen were stabbed to death and flew out. The screams of the soldiers before they died were like the screams of evil spirits from hell.