Zhang Hongfan quickly glanced to the northwest, and could only see the rolling mountains. He was surprised that the news came back so quickly, and asked: "Where is it?"
"On the north side of Wuliangsuhai."
"Where?" Zhang Hongfan was even more surprised, with some suspicion in his eyes, and said to himself: "Is Li Xia really going to sneak attack on His Majesty?"
Shi Gang looked like he was indeed like this. He raised his hand and pointed at Zhang Hongfan and said: "This is the result of your pursuit of the Tang army. If my father hadn't been alert, the Tang army would have almost disturbed His Majesty."
Zhang Hongfan still didn't believe it and said: "I defeated a Tang army before, and some of the defeated soldiers fled to that area. Are they these defeated soldiers?"
"According to the report from the detective horse, this Tang army was well-organized and consisted of at least 500 people. It attacked one of our Qianhu troops. It doesn't look like a rout, so I'm worried that it was Li Xia's vanguard force."
This news made Zhang Hongfan temporarily forget about the strategy that Li Xia might implement just now and start thinking about this matter.
Shi Gang couldn't wait to return to Shi Tianze's army for meritorious service, so he turned around and left without even saying hello.
When he turned around, he saw a rather unique scenery in the distance. He raised the telescope and looked at it. He couldn't help but said "Huh" and asked in surprise: "What about that?"
"Rengen Peak." Zhang Hongfan said calmly.
It was a huge reddish-brown stone pillar standing majestically, pointing straight into the sky.
"Haha, this looks too similar, right?" Shi Bang said, "It's as big as mine."
"It is said that Fuxi and Nuwa left it after they created human beings to ensure that your descendants will continue to live long."
"interesting."
Shi Gang smiled, got on his horse, and galloped away.
~~
North of Wuliangsuhai.
A remnant soldier was leading a horse through the reeds.
"Are you still a youngster?" Wang Mancang, who was still chatting with others while walking, suddenly asked in surprise, then smiled and said: "There are two wonders over there in the back, one is a human root peak.
, the two mothers said that Fuxi and Nuwa gave birth there, and they left those words behind, so you can go and have a look later, it’s very interesting.”
"I didn't want to read it. I just said one thing and I haven't asked my mother-in-law yet...Besides, what Nuwa Empress left...then...then we can't read it, right?"
"The locals are just talking nonsense, coaxing childless people to pray for blessings." Wang Mancang was silent for a moment and said: "It's useless to lie."
"All right."
"As long as I live, I will always have a mother-in-law."
"Stop talking." Wang Li finally became impatient and turned around and whispered: "Aren't you afraid of being discovered by the Yuan army?"
After being defeated by Zhang Hongfan, they gathered up the defeated troops and managed to pull up a team of nearly 500 people.
But basically everyone is injured and their combat power is not high. What they want to do now is to return to the main force.
They were heading west, and encountered a group of Yuan troops exploring their horses two days ago. Fortunately, they discovered the enemy first, and made a sneak attack after nightfall to steal some luggage.
After interrogating the prisoners, they learned that the west side had been blocked by Shi Tianze's army, so they decided to turn south and find a way to cross the Yellow River back to Shaanxi.
As I walked, I could hear Mongolian singing faintly in front of me.
Wang immediately became alert and raised his hand to signal everyone to be silent.
He and Wang Mancang looked at each other, and Wang Mancang made a move that made him wait where he was, squatting down and walking forward slowly.
Pulling aside the reeds, you can see more than ten herdsmen hunting by the lake, each with a bow and arrow.
After observing for a while, I found no trace of the Yuan army around.
Wang Mancang then greeted his colleagues with gestures, raised his crossbow, and started a killing spree.
"Puff puff puff puff..."
Amid the screams, someone suddenly said: "General, there is a child here."
Then a childish voice begged for mercy in Mongolian.
"Don't kill Zolik. Zolik is your driver and your property..."
Wang Mancang turned around and took a look. Seeing that no one else was attacking the child kneeling on the ground, he picked up the knife and stepped forward.
In the end, Wang Lixian stood in front of the child and asked in Mongolian: "You are hunting here, where is the tribe's headquarters?"
"Suchahutan is over there."
"To the south?" Wang Li asked again, "Are there Yuan troops to the south?"
"have!"
Although Zhuolik was young, he seemed very sensible and immediately said: "There are many Yuan troops in our tribe, who are here to look for the Han emperor."
Wang Li was stunned.
He didn't understand why the Yuan army was looking for Li Xia here, but when he asked again, Zhuolik didn't know anything else.
"Just kill him." Wang Mancang stepped forward and said, "This little kid looks young and very cunning. In order to protect his tribe, he lied to us about the large number of Mongolian troops in the south."
"I didn't lie to you. You defeated the master. Zhurik is your driver. I won't lie to you..."
"Xukou? Where is your father?"
"My Abu was recruited by the Great Khan. In order to buy a saddle, he sold Eji. Eji later gave birth to me..."
"Don't believe him, he is a Mongolian." Wang Mancang said: "Let's go, we don't have time to listen to this little kid telling stories."
Wang Li thought for a while and said: "But there are a large number of Yuan troops in the south."
"Can you trust him?"
"As generals, we have to find out the real news from all kinds of true and false battle reports." Wang Lidao: "Believe me, I can distinguish between true and false news."
Wang Mancang took two steps and said, "Okay, what do you want to do?"
"Let's go north."
~~
The cry of the eagle filled the sky with alarm.
"The male kuru is back!"
Brother Busan dug out of the tent and saw his sea turtle landing on the falconer's shoulder.
His sharp eyes narrowed slightly and immediately turned angry.
"Your Majesty, Xiongkuru is injured!"
The eagle keepers are not horsemen like the people in the south think. They belong to the Qiongxue Army, and are the most distinguished unit in the Qingxue Army, named Yabaochi.
In order to deal with Li Xia's military intelligence department, Kublai Khan even gave the name "Yabaochi" to his intelligence agency because of its noble name. Those spies translated Yabaochi as "Controlling Eagle Guard", which is a symbol of their loyalty to the intelligence agency.
This feeling is nothing short of honorable.
Even the people who raise eagles have such a status, let alone the eagles themselves.
At this time, Hai Dongqing, who was parked there, looked extremely dissatisfied and chirped twice more.
When Brother Mang glanced at it, he saw that its claws were scratched and hit by an arrow...an arrow?
He stepped forward, took the arrow, weighed it carefully for a while, and suddenly shouted: "Is Tan Ma back?!"
"not yet."
"Send the scouting horses to the east again!" Madge shouted: "There must be Tang troops ahead."
"How can your Highness be so sure?"
A Han scribe got up from the campfire and walked over.
This man was only in his thirties, with an extraordinary figure and appearance. He was Li Dehui, the Prime Minister of Mang Ge La.
Li Dehui became an official at the age of sixteen. More than ten years ago, when Wang Dechen was stationed in Lizhou, he relied on him to arrange and supply the army's food. At that time, he had already emerged at a young age and even attracted the attention of Alan Dal'er.
Put him in jail during the exam.
After Kublai Khan came to the throne, Li Dehui was appointed as Yanjing's envoy, which can be said to be a high and powerful position.
He was also one of Zhenjin's teachers, but after Mang Ge La was named King of Anxi, he asked Li Dehui to be his assistant minister, and Kublai Khan appointed him as the king prime minister of Mang Ge La.
"Teacher, please look at this arrow."
At this time, Brother Laben was about to throw the arrow over. When he saw that Li Dehui was coming, he changed his position and handed it out with both hands. He said in Chinese: "There seems to be a Tang army in front of us."
"Tang Jun?"
Li Dehui took the arrow and examined it for a while, then looked to the east and said, "Your Highness might as well order the march to be slower, and we will make plans after our scouting horses and His Majesty's messenger arrive."
You must be careful, but Li Dehui is a prudent person and will not get into a fight just because he sees an arrow. What he puts forward is a safe idea.
"I listen to the Prime Minister." Brother Ma responded, his tone seemed a bit elegant.
But in fact, he is not as good at Confucianism as Zhen Jin.
He is more like Kublai Khan, brave and heroic.
He was almost twenty-three years old, but it was not until he was twenty that he had his first Han teacher, a famous scholar named Li Pan.
Because Li Pan had been a lecturer for Ali Bu Ge, when he chose the Prime Minister, he chose Li Dehui, who was more practical.
It can be seen that what he is interested in is not Sinology, but the throne.
Of course, Li Dehui could see this, and he usually found it difficult. But the news that came not long ago made him change his mind.
King Zhenjin of Yan has disappeared, and may even be no longer alive, and Maunge La increasingly shows his tendency to get close to the Han officials and proposes to return eastward.
The original words are: "The Yuan Dynasty should first pacify the Central Plains, and then pacify the Western Regions. I don't want to be the king of Anxi who only cares about occupying his own Uluse. I want to be the king of Qin like my father. I will restore Guanzhong first, and then conquer Jiangnan and unify it."
Prosperity."
This young man already knew how to impress the scholar-bureaucrats in the North, and he was more heroic than real gold, and he was more popular with Kublai Khan.
Li Dehui has been assisting him more and more attentively.
"Who does Your Highness think the Tang army in the east will be?"
Busty Brother took a few steps to think about it. A few days ago, he had received news about Kublai Khan's personal expedition, so he thought further...
"Could it be that the Tang army was defeated by my father?"
"This is a possibility." Li Dehui said. After waiting for a while, seeing that Madge La had no more ideas, he continued: "There is also a possibility that the Tang army did not want to let His Highness lead the army to join His Majesty, so he went ahead in front
ambush."
"Huh?" Brother Ma was surprised and said, "Is it possible?"
"Li Xia's ability to achieve today's power cannot be judged by common sense." Li Dehui said: "However, as long as we march in a well-organized manner, do not take it lightly, do not neglect to release the exploration horses, and do not rush forward in a hurry, we will not be ambushed in this desert.
.”
"The Prime Minister said well, I will listen to the Prime Minister."
Seeing King Anxi's attitude, Li Dehui couldn't help but nodded.
…
In fact, the 150,000-strong army that conquered the Western Regions was not transferred back en masse, but the impatient Busge La led 50,000 people in the front, and Tuohu led 70,000 people including Olu in the back, leaving behind
Some of the troops temporarily stationed in Gaochang can be mobilized at any time.
Mang Ge La's march was not too slow, and he covered more than a hundred miles in two days.
On this day, a detective horse suddenly came back and reported: "Your Majesty, the Tang army has been found..."