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Zhao Junsheng walked back and forth on the nearby river bank. He was sure that at least this section of the river bank was suitable for crossing the river. The river was not very wide and the water was not very deep. Makes the water flow here fast.

After walking back and forth, Zhao Junsheng felt a little hungry, so he asked Kang Yide to take some beef jerky and chewed it in his mouth.

The beef jerky was half chewed, and a few small black spots appeared in the distance across the river, and it didn't take long for the small black spots to become several knights.

Na Yan shouted: "Look, Your Majesty, they are our scouts!"

A knight came across the river on foot on horseback, and the remaining scouts stayed on the other side to guard.

A moment later, the knight who had crossed the river ran over and reported: "Your Majesty, General, we have searched within a radius of ten miles around the opposite side, and found no trace!"

After hearing this, Zhao Junsheng shouted: "Yutu!"

A dragon guard cavalry quickly took down a cylinder in the north, took out a roll of maps from it, and handed it to Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng took the map and searched carefully on it. He looked up at the shape of the river in front of him, and looked around at the surrounding mountains, rivers and hills.

"If you are right, this river should be the Ganwei River {Zabhan River}. Our current position is where the Ganwei River turns from south to west. Walk about ten miles northeast from here, and the river will Turn north, that's the way the river comes down!"

Chang Kun asked: "Your Majesty, should we cross the river and go upstream along the Ganwei River to Yanran Mountain {Hangai Mountain}, or go downstream along the river?"

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a while, and said: "I ordered Lu Shuang and the others to search in the direction of Yanran Mountain once they lost the trace of Rouran Khan Tuhezhen. I think they should have gone to Tianshan Mountain. Yesterday's one The heavy rain made us waste a day. Maybe the Rouran people hid somewhere to avoid the rain, but I don't think they are so delicate. They must have escaped in the rain. Only in this way can they shake off our trap Pursue! Pass my order, we will continue to pursue westward along the Ganwei River, and the whole army will speed up the march!"

"promise!"

For the next two days, the army headed west along the south bank of the Ganwei River, and finally found the traces of the Rouran people by the river the next afternoon.

This discovery excited the whole army, including Zhao Junsheng, so Zhao Junsheng ordered the army to follow the traces left by the Rouran people and continue to pursue westward along the river.

After chasing for another day, the army stopped at the edge of a desert. The Ganwei River stretched through this endless desert to the distance. The remnant of the Rouran army led by Rouran Khan Tuhezhen was here. The edge of the desert is gone.

In the evening, the Gan army had to camp on the edge of the desert by the river bank.

After the handsome tent was set up, the ministers and generals gathered here to discuss matters.

Zhao Jun ordered people to hang up a large map so that everyone involved in the discussion could see it.

Yang Lie was ordered to stand up and explain the current situation of the army to everyone. He walked to the map and pointed to the map with a horsewhip and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look. This map was left by the previous dynasty. It is rough, but the general terrain of mountains, rivers and rivers is still drawn and marked. The map I made is accurate, but it has not been drawn to the distance here, so I can only use the map left over from the previous dynasty as a reference for the time being!

The current location of our army should be here, on the edge of this desert, close to the bank of the middle reaches of the Ganwei River.The map shows that if you go forty or fifty miles further, the desert will turn into a desert!

Generally speaking, deserts and deserts are often ravaged by wind and sand. The traces of the remnants of Rouran Khan Tuhezhen disappeared here. The general thinks it is normal, and their traces should be covered by wind and sand!So we don't know now whether they crossed the river to the north bank, or went along the south bank towards the desert, or maybe they went southwest along the edge of the desert to the West Sea!

Please don’t get me wrong, this Xihai is not our Dagan Xihai County, nor is it the Xihai where the original Tuyuhun is located, but the Xihai that belongs to Rouran. In fact, it is located in Yanran Mountain {Hangai Mountain} and Jinwei Mountain A lake between the {Altai Mountains}, the water from the West Sea flows north into the Ganwei River.

If we continue our pursuit along the Ganwei River, it will take about five days to reach the West Sea, but if we go around the desert and go to the West Sea, it may take days or nine days! "

After Yang Lie finished speaking, he stepped aside.

Zhao Junsheng looked at the ministers and generals, "Masters, what should our army do next?"

The ministers and generals began to discuss in low voices.

After a while, the minister Xu Yan stood up and asked, "The ration officer is here, how long can our army have leftover rations?"

"Here!" The grain and grass officer stood up, and he saluted Zhao Junsheng, and then other ministers and generals, "Your Majesty, my lords, our army's grain and grass can only last for a month at most!"

Zhao Junsheng frowned when he heard the words, the consumption of the military rations is too fast, the army took three months of military rations when they set off, and there were town supplies along the way from Chang'an to Bigan City, that is to say, the military rations were really consumed It started from Bigan City, and it has only been a month and a few days since we left Bigan City. How come there is only one month's ration left?

Before Zhao Junsheng asked, a minister asked the grain and grass officer about this question.

The food and grass officer replied: "During the period, there were two rains, which were caught off guard. Part of the army rations were soaked by the rain, and they became moldy after a long time, and they were no longer edible; Stop and abandon the luggage, and you have lost a lot!"

After listening to the Grain and Grass Officer, Xu Yan who asked this question didn't make a sound, he just frowned, but Dongfang Chen stood up and cupped his hands to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, after fighting for so long, the Rouran people practiced hardening the walls and clearing the wilderness against us. Fang did not capture anything at all. With the current stock of military rations, if we continue to chase, I fear that our army will not have any rations to survive when we are in charge. At that time, the soldiers will not be defeated in the battle with the Rouran people, but will collapse due to insufficient food and grass on the return journey. , that would be a big joke!"

Speaking of this, Dongfang Chen paused, and continued: "Your Majesty, both the main force of the army led by Rouran Khan and the main force of Princess Tuzhen staying in the Khan Court were defeated by our army and lost nearly ten Ten thousand elite troops, after this battle, Rouran's strength has been greatly damaged, and she will not be able to pose a threat to me for at least 20 years!

"In view of the current shortage of food and grass in our army, and the soldiers are also short of men and horses, I suggest that the squadron return to the court!"

Xu Yan immediately stood up and sang the opposite tune, "Your Majesty, I think that at this time, the time to completely solve the Rouran people is only a step away. If we give up halfway, the Rouran people will definitely come back in ten or twenty years. Please give your Majesty an order to continue the pursuit. Completely solve the confidant's troubles of the Rouran people, so that thousands of people in the northern border of our Daqian will never suffer from the invasion of Rouran!"

Dongfang Chen's face was ugly, and he couldn't help scolding: "Xu Yan, you know that our army is short of food and grass, and you can't support the army to continue chasing, but you still persuade your majesty to lead troops to pursue. What are you so worried about? Do you want your majesty to fight with these soldiers?" Thousands of horses starved to death on the Mobei prairie?"

Xu Yan knelt down in front of Zhao Junsheng with a plop, with a miserable expression on his face: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged. I am thinking of your Majesty and the world! Your Majesty, please think about it. Back then, Your Majesty and the former Emperor Taiwu led the army to conquer Rou Ranren, at the end of the battle, the remnants of Rouran hid in Zhuoxie Mountain. Before the division of the army, there was only a hundred miles away from the hiding place of the remnants of Rouran. Suffering?"

Zhao Junsheng said with a sullen face, "I want to continue to pursue, but there is not enough food and grass, what can I do?"

This problem has always been an unavoidable problem. Xu Yan couldn't think of a good way because there was not enough food and grass, and he couldn't change food and grass out of thin air, so he was speechless for a while.

Zhao Junsheng looked at Zhao Ping and asked, "Can our army still get in touch with Yuan He and Bai Jinguang?"

Zhao Ping stood up and said: "Father, it has been three days since Yuan He and Bai Jinguang sent a message. Our current location is one or two thousand miles away from them, and there is Tianshan Mountain in the middle. Xinying needs to search too far. Big, I'm afraid it's beyond my strength!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and then ordered: "Use Xinying to contact Lu Shuang and ask him how the situation is, whether he has encountered the tribe of the Rouran people, and whether he has been captured!"

For Zhao Junsheng, there is currently no way to use the only letter eagle to contact Lu Shuang. If Lu Shuang has captured it, as long as the two armies join forces in time, the problem of food shortage in the army will be solved.

Chapter 915 Ashina

Will the army continue to pursue westward, and if so, which way will it go?No decision has been made in this discussion. Thousands of miles away from the original border, if you continue to pursue it, you may face a shortage of food and grass. Compared with an army of more than 3 people, the risk is too great.

Among the ministers of civil and military affairs, except Xu Yan, no one dared to suggest that Zhao Junsheng continue to lead his own troops. Only Xu Yan suggested to continue to chase, but he could not avoid the fundamental problem of insufficient food and grass.

After the military meeting was over, all the ministers and generals left separately. Zhao Junsheng walked out of the camp and came to the river. The snow melted from Yanran Mountain and the rainwater collected by the river from various places flowed relatively smoothly here. This place is already close to the desert. On the edge, the river bed is relatively high, and you can basically wade through it on horseback.

Zhao Junsheng had no intention of admiring the setting sun in the desert at all. He walked along the river with his hands behind his back, and there was a trace of river wind blowing on his face, bringing some coolness.

Zhao Ping followed, cupped his hands and said, "Father, dinner is ready in the camp!"

Zhao Junsheng didn't look back, he still walked forward and asked, "Are you hungry? If you're hungry, go eat first!"

Zhao Ping hurriedly said: "I'm not hungry yet, my father doesn't even eat, how can my son eat first?"

Zhao Junsheng turned around and stood facing the river, and asked: "Ping'er, do you think the father should lead the troops to continue chasing and killing Rouran Khan Tuhezhen, or should he issue an order?"

This matter is of great importance, a wrong decision may lead to a lifetime, and perhaps bear a great historical responsibility. Zhao Ping hesitated. He didn't want to say that if he said something badly, it would cause irreparable losses. His future is fatally affected.

"My son, my son doesn't know!"

Zhao Junsheng turned his head and glanced at Zhao Ping, then turned his head and still looked at the river, "Do you not know how to choose, or dare not say it? Or do you not want to ask for trouble?"

"This..." Zhao Ping couldn't avoid it now, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "I feel that I should pursue him, but I can't find a reason to convince myself. My son just thinks that if he doesn't continue It would be a pity to let Tu Hezhen escape! But if we want to continue the pursuit, we must solve the problem of food and grass. At this time, it is too late to send people to Chang'an to deliver food and grass, so... "

Zhao Junsheng continued what he said: "So class teacher is the best and safest choice, right?"

"...Yes!" Zhao Ping lowered his head.

Zhao Junsheng heaved a sigh of relief, turned around and walked back, and said as he walked, "Do you know why my father has been chasing Tuhe? After all, Rouran's vitality has been seriously injured, at least for more than ten or two years. If you provoke me again, we don’t have to take risks, and it’s okay to let them go!”