The loss and confusion of the people in the city seemed to have all moved to Fang Xuanling's heart. After some painstaking calculations, he had achieved Li Mu's higher reputation, and Fang Xuanling was in a hurry.

Sitting in the spacious and transparent four-wheeled carriage, Fang Xuanling felt a little difficult to breathe. He knew that this was not only because of his cheeks, but also from Li Mu's endless pressure. Fang Xuanling had never been afraid of the enemy in his life. No matter how powerful an enemy was, he could defeat him as long as he planned it properly. But facing Li Mu, he was really helpless. This is not a crime of war, who can do this thing?

Fang Xuanling spared no effort to suppress Li Mu, but it was not because he had any personal prejudice against Li Mu. He would do this entirely because of Li Mu's life experience.

He is the hard-core Qin Wang Party, and he has an irreconcilable hatred with Li Jiancheng's princelings. If Li Mu was really as he guessed, he tried to get involved in the throne. If he really succeeded, the court would be cleansed now!

By that time, it would not be a matter of death for a few people. There will be a sea of ​​blood between the government and the country!

So after knowing Li Mu's identity, Fang Xuanling had a thought in his mind.

If Li Mu was honest and willing to be a marquis of Taiping, or even a prince or prince, it would be fine. But if he had a little bit of unjust intention, even if there was a little sign, he would do whatever he wanted to do and completely wipe out the sign.

Li Shimin did not stop him in his reply, but in Fang Xuanling's view, it was a kind of tacit consent.

When he arrived at Lizheng Hall, Li Taizheng and Empress Changsun were talking about something. Seeing that Fang Xuanling was coming, he smiled and greeted him: "Fang Xiang, you are here. If you don't come, I will go to find you! Have you read the military newspaper? How about it, what else do you have to say now?"

Fang Xuanling ignored Li Tai's sarcasm and just looked at Empress Changsun and said, "Empress, the old minister won't say much. In two consecutive victories, Li Mu's reputation is already at its peak! If he... the consequences are unimaginable!"

Empress Changsun frowned and sighed: "You can't do the same thing again, otherwise it will be a mistake and the court will lose the people's hearts even more."

"The queen is right!" Fang Xuanling replied with a cold expression: "The most urgent task is to find someone immediately to replace Li Mu! And Li Xiaogong, they must immediately accept their military power!"

Empress Changsun's eyes lit up, and she looked at Fang Xuanling and said, "The idea is good, but now there is no general in the court! Who can replace them?" Since she is worried that Li Mu's military achievements are too strong, she will be powerful if she continues to win, but then she thought, after all, Li Shimin is not here, she is a queen, and the harem cannot interfere in politics. If she makes a mistake, how can Li Shimin come back and explain to the people all over the world?

"It doesn't matter who leads the army, loyalty is the most important!" Fang Xuanling had already thought about the whole story and replied in a deep voice: "The Turkic people have no longer caused any storm when they suffered this severe defeat. Now there is only one person to stabilize the army and wait for His Majesty to come back. Is there any talent the next step!"

"But... how do you say this!" Empress Changsun said worriedly. She knew what Li Mu's temper looked like. If he made a mistake, he would be beaten and punished. But if he did not do the wrong thing and wrongly accuse him, this kid would not give in. When Li Shimin was there, he could still suppress him, but she really couldn't say how much weight he was in his heart.

"Empress! Can't hesitate anymore!" Seeing that Empress Changsun was still hesitating, Fang Xuanling stomped his feet and said, "The 150,000 troops of the Western Turks were attacked by Li Mu in a flash of his fingers. And the Manchu country of Goguryeo may not have 100,000 troops, but Your Majesty cannot capture it for a long time. Compared with the two, Your Majesty will be compared!"

"Okay!" Empress Changsun made up her mind when she heard this and said, "It's just this candidate, who should I ask?"

"We must find someone who has nothing to do with Li Mu!" Fang Xuanling added in his heart and said, "It must be the Qin King Party."

"So, please ask the Regent to use a seal." Fang Xuanling looked at Li Tai. Before Li Shimin left, he sealed the "National Jade Seal" and took away the "Termination Treasure" he had engraved, leaving behind the "Termination Treasure" for Li Chengqian. When Li Chengqian was about to leave, he handed over the "Termination Treasure" to Li Tai. The edict issued with the Temporary Treasure was theoretically the same as the edict issued by Li Shimin.

Li Tai flatly refused and said, "Have you surpassed the house? Do you still want to fake the imperial edict?"

No matter how bold Fang Xuanling was, he did not dare to take on such a reputation. He had to look at Empress Changsun. Empress Changsun pulled Li Tai's sleeve and said, "Don't act irritating, be obedient!"

Li Tai still had to argue, Empress Changsun raised her hand to hold her forehead, and Li Tai immediately panicked: "What's wrong with you, Mother? Does your head hurt again?"

"Assessed... the Fang Xiang is for the country and is selfless. If you have any objections, write a memorial for your father and he will decide... Now, I will still listen to the Fang Xiang!"

Li Tai was a filial man. Seeing that Empress Changsun had made up his mind, he had no choice but to take out the treasure of Dingming and let Fang Xuanling draft the decree.

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desert.

It has been two hundred miles from Camel Valley, with deserts in front, back, left and right. Without the compass and the Big Dipper, there is no way to distinguish the direction.

After a fire camp was brought to the Turks that night, only more than 10,000 left to escape. Li Mu asked the army to rest in Camel Valley for a day and clean the battlefield. Then he asked 10,000 people to return to Dingxiang with the seized supplies and continue pursuing the remaining 20,000 people.

After chasing for two hundred miles, he entered the junction of the grassland and the Gobi Desert. He was trapped in people and horses, so Li Mu had to ask someone to correct it after the sand dunes.

Looking at the horse's hoof prints, the Turks were right in front, but even if they were close, they could not catch up.

The Turks must be the same, and they also need rest, so Li Mu is not worried.

This is a battle of sabotaging the eagle. Whoever can resist to the end will win. The Tang army brought enough dry food, and Li Mu was not afraid of fighting at the war of attrition.

Fifty miles ahead, the Turks were exhausted. They could be fifty miles more than the Tang army, thanks to their riding skills they had grown up on horseback since childhood. Similarly, riding horses can be a little more energy-saving than you Han people, and you won’t be convinced.

"Shank you, we really can't run..." The first person fell on the dune, and then there was a lot of people. Everyone hurriedly begged Tong'e: "Even if people can persist, the horse will not do it."

"Well..." Tong'e thought in her mind that although the Tang army would pursue, her army was indeed extremely tired. If she didn't have to wait for the Tang army to attack, she would completely collapse. After weighing the trade-offs, Tong'e ordered the scouts to strengthen their vigilance, and the army would rest on site until dawn, and then continue to set off.

The remaining Turkic tribes were as if they were pardoned, and immediately dismounted and fell to the ground and fell asleep. In a blink of an eye, they snored like thunder, and the sound spread several miles away. Tong'e was originally in case, but she didn't want to close her eyes, but the snoring could infect people. He forced himself for half an hour, and then he had a fight in his eyelids and fell asleep in a daze.

In his sleep, Tong'e suddenly felt the ground shaking and woke up suddenly. After hearing the movement, she immediately roared and said, "Tang Jun is catching up, run!" Before he finished speaking, Tong'e grabbed his youngest son, immediately turned over to the horse, raised the horse whip, and galloped away!

The other Turks were also frightened birds. They woke up when they heard the shouts, and quickly got on their horses and chased Tong'e.

After a while, the Turks had escaped completely...

At this time, a group of Tang army's forwards indeed appeared.

"Report to the general!" The scout quickly investigated and reported to the vanguard General Su Lie, saying, "The Turks have escaped!"

Su Dingfang turned over and dismounted with a dark face, searched in the Turkic camp, and saw fresh horse manure all over the ground. Obviously, they were still camping here a moment ago.

"Why is it faster than a rabbit?" Su Lie was depressed. He thought he could kill at least a few Turks, but he didn't expect that the group of people were moving so fast that they didn't catch anyone.

"Chasing!" Su Lie spat fiercely, turned over and chased after the Turkic people in the direction of escape.

There were not many flower heads in the pursuit battle, but they just chased each other, either catching up with the other party or forcing the other party to collapse. Su Lie and his group were originally following Li Mu on a flying ball and setting fire. Relatively speaking, they had a little more rest and were not that tired. Li Mu asked them to chase them and scare the Turks for a while and let most of their own rest well.

Only when one can rest, but the other party cannot rest. As one rises and the other goes down, the chances of winning will be more.

At dawn, Li Mu asked someone to wake up the sleeping soldiers, pack up and prepare to continue on the road.

At this time, Su Lie had sent someone to report to him about the situation two hours ago. Li Mu brought people to the Turkic camp and looked at the mess and felt a little incredible.

Li Mu couldn't help but feel a little incredible: "You can escape so clean without warning. You deserve to be grown up on the grassland. You are born with alertness."

Jeji, who was tied to the horse's back, hurriedly said, "Marty, ordinary Turks do not have this ability, but Tong'e's guy has it. This is his unique skill. According to him, he put his ear on the ground and could hear the sound of horse hooves ten miles away!!"

"Oh?" Li Mu was slightly surprised. Although these words were unfounded, he felt that the truth should be. "That's really a bit tricky."

There is a desert ahead, without reference objects, and it is too dangerous to pursue the flying ball in the sky. If it falls down, there is no place to supply. If it loses direction in the desert and has no supply, it will be a dead person.

"No matter what, just chase it." Li Mu couldn't say how frustrated he was. He had already prepared for a hard pursuit. He learned from his mistakes. It was impossible for such a great victory as Camel Valley to go back and forth. Treating the enemy as a fool is to treat himself as a fool. He would not make the mistake of underestimating the enemy.

"No matter how cunning the foxes are, they cannot escape the good hunters. If you keep chasing them, you will definitely catch them!"

In the next few days, the Turks ran wildly, and the Tang army pursued them relentlessly, but they just couldn't seize the opportunity to annihilate them at one time.

He was determined to escape, and the Turks had too many tricks. They could hide the traces of the army, use the bait troops to create illusions, and lure the scouts to go astray. He could also use the changes in his route to take the pursuers around in circles, consume the pursuit soldiers' physical strength, and destroy their spirit.

But Li Mu was not a vegetarian. After being fooled by him a few times, he gradually found out the way. They ordered Su Dingfang to stubbornly stole the Turks without any effort...

During this long escape and pursuit process, allocating the physical strength of the people is a big problem. No matter which side, the daily marching and rest time must be reasonably arranged to ensure that the high-intensity marching can continue to be carried out in the future. Whoever dares to spare no effort and seeks to be happy for a while will be punished ten times more.

Li Mu did the opposite, causing Su Dingfang's vanguard army to pursue everything and force the Turks to run away. Tong'e had to cut off his arm and split a small group of cavalry as bait, trying to lead the vanguard to the fork.

Su Dingfang was indeed "into a trap" and was led by the nose, getting further and further away from most of the Turkic people.

When Tong'e saw that the Tang army was deceived, she could finally make the tired army stop and breathe a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, most of the main forces of the Tang army suddenly came to him! Tong'e suddenly realized that Li Mu deliberately made himself and his vanguard army entangled. In fact, most of his troops were resting and followed slowly. When he was resting here, the main force, who had been raising his energy for several days, suddenly arrived and caught him off guard.

Although Tong'e once again took away most of the army with his superpowers, two or three thousand people were kept by the Tang army forever...

Although this battle did not achieve much brilliant results, it was the first time that it caught up with the Turks in a real pursuit on the ground. The Tang army soldiers who had been full of anger for more than ten days were breathed out happily. They finally had confidence in whether they could catch up and whether they could achieve the final victory.

Just as Li Mu was about to order his soldiers to continue chasing, an uninvited guest chased after him.

"Mr. Marquis, I have an order." A scout officer rushed over.

Li Mu frowned slightly, feeling very surprised. The army is now deeply in the desert and has almost cut off contact with the mainland, but this messenger can find them and is very capable.

"The person who came is not good." Li Mu analyzed roughly and muttered to himself. But he didn't dare to see anything, and waved his hand and asked someone to bring the person who sent the order.

After a while, a dusty eunuch was helped to Li Mu. This guy obviously suffered a lot along the way, his face was even more frosty, and he couldn't see his original appearance. What's even worse was that his legs, because of his days of riding a horse, had their inner flesh worn out and they couldn't get enough rest, and they had already become suppurated and flowed yellow water...

The eunuch endured the pain and saluted Li Mu.

Listening to the other party's own report, Li Mu learned that this person was also a godson of Eunuch Gao. He was not interested in these things and asked bluntly: "If you want to be polite, please spare me. I have worked hard all the way, I wonder whose will is coming to pass on?"
Chapter completed!