There are only so many troops. If you want to attack by force, you can only concentrate the army on the wider North Pass, so you can't divide your troops for the time being. In addition, it is also expected that Prince Hai is unlikely to leave this foothold. Therefore, he only sends a few spies first.
, look at the situation at the South Pass. Unexpectedly, the front foot arrived last night, and the situation was discovered early this morning.
"It's useless to mark the place. In such a huge desert, we can't find it even if we try. It seems that they should be heading towards Kangche Country." said a Tuyuhun cavalryman.
Liu Junzhi said: "Zhang Mufeng, let's not follow them. They will be able to find someone following them as soon as they turn around. They may run faster. Or they may set up an ambush and the person they are following will die without knowing. You
Grandpa has already said, never act privately, we should go back together and report to the army, send the army to chase them, we can't let them escape."
"Without further delay, let's go back!" Zhang Mufeng said as he ran towards the horse hidden in the stone forest, leaving two Tuyuhun people to continue guarding here.
An hour later, Zhang Zhiren, who received the news, agreed with Li Ruogu to send five thousand Tu Yuhun elite cavalry, one man and two cavalry, to intercept Chi Yan and Helian Changji. As for the western part of the sea, there was no need to rush to attack, waiting for Kang
After the change of car country, it is natural to get twice the result with half the effort.
Li Ruogu asked to personally lead the team to avenge the brothers from the Military Academy who died in the Keji tribe last year, and to avenge the soldiers and civilians of the Tianshan Sect who died in the civil war in Tuyuhun. He was also accompanied by Lu Zhenyao, Ling Yue and many disciples from the Military Academy.
Jiang Di, who had nothing to do along the way, finally found an opportunity and decisively asked Zhang Zhiren for an opportunity. He led 300 men to join the pursuit behind the 5,000 cavalry.
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The most convenient passage between Kangche and Tuyuhun is the commercial road at the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, which can pass ox carts and camel carts carrying goods. Li Ruogu and his army have been chasing for three days and two nights, with only three or four rests in between.
At that time, people and horses were exhausted, so they had to rest all night in Tianshan sect.
On the way, they had already met the messengers sent by Kangche King City and Urhan. After reporting the victory, the messengers continued to Haixi County, preparing to persuade the soldiers of Kangche Kingdom to counter the rebellion on behalf of the Tuyuhun government. This made Li Ruogu pursue Chi Yan.
More confident.
Li Ruogu and others judged that although Chi Yan's team only had horses and camels and would choose the shortest path to travel through the desert, they would definitely replenish water and food. Kangche Wangcheng was a place that could not be avoided. The Wangcheng was located on the commercial road
At the southern end, as long as you rush along the trade road, you will always catch up with them.
Shortly after a team of 5,000 people entered the mountain to rest, a team was stationed in the desert twenty miles south of the Tianshan sect. It was Chi Yan and others who had evacuated in a hurry.
After several arguments, Chi Yan and Helian Changji finally decided not to venture to the Tianshan Sect. Although there would be water and food there, there might also be soldiers from Qi and Tu Yuhun. If they were delayed, it was very likely that they would
There was no way to get rid of the pursuers. Although they didn't know whether there were pursuers, they had to be careful in the enemy's territory.
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The nearly 300 cavalry coalition forces of Qi State and Tu Yuhun gathered together with a caravan of more than 1,500 people and marched slowly on the trade road. They were still at least a day and a night away from the Tianshan Sect, so they camped in the desert next to the trade road at night.
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Originally, He Qizhou hoped to rush to Tuyuhun Haixi County as soon as possible, but Hu Shang made a request, hoping that the Qi people could accompany them to the border of Qi State. They also knew that the scale of the rebels was very large. If they encountered it, the number of people in this group would be very high.
The few elite soldiers are still very capable, especially with the tall godman around, which will make them feel more at ease.
Because the Hu people had made concessions in King Kangche's city, He Qizhou didn't want to refute their reputation casually, so he agreed to Hu Shang's request two or three days late at most and went together.
The royal city behind him had settled down, and Motuo even strongly asked He Qizhou to leave a few people to supervise the use of the treasures. In the end, He Qizhou's side was no match for the opponent's stubbornness, so Urhan sent four soldiers from Huikang Cheyu to stay in the palace.
, it can also act as a messenger when convenient.
In the early morning, more than an hour after the team set off, He Qizhou, who was walking at the front, noticed that there seemed to be a group of people in the desert in the southeast approaching the trade road quickly. Maybe they spotted the convoy on the trade road, and the team stopped.
The five riders rushed out and rushed towards the long commercial road.
After running about a mile closer, He Qizhou could already distinguish the attire of the opponent's scout cavalry, the Northern Zhou Yulin Guards! Although their helmets did not have the iconic feathers on their helmets, He Qizhou would never forget the light armor!
Xu Mu also saw clearly who was coming, and rushed to He Qizhou's side and said, "Shall we go and take a look?"
"Okay! Urhan, prepare for battle!" After saying this, He Qizhou and Xu Mu rushed out of the team and headed towards the opponent's scout cavalry.
After the scouts ran forward a few more steps, two of the scouts quickly ran back, and then the three who stayed on the spot also turned back and ran towards their own team.
"There are about three hundred and forty riders, they should be Chi Yan and the others!" Xu Mu said after chasing them for about two miles. The opponent's team was four or five miles to the southeast. They had already adjusted their direction and were heading west quickly.
"Let's go back quickly and see if Hu Shang can help intercept it?" He Qizhou also saw it and hurriedly reined in his horse and gave up chasing the enemy scout cavalry a hundred steps in front of him.
On their way back, the two called back Li Jichen, who was a little worried and followed him, and then started urgent discussions with Urhan and Tian Bing.
He Qizhou said: "Haji's men must have brought the news to Chi Yan. Now that their scouts have discovered that we are with Hu Shang, they can immediately deduce that Haji's conspiracy has failed. Now they are no longer heading towards the business road."
If we go, we will probably bypass the King of Kangche City and supply supplies through the towns further west. We now have to decide whether to intercept it immediately!"
Xu Mu said: "They are all Yulin Guards, the most elite army of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. I took a look and saw that there are about 340 riders. Even if they are against our elites, they can at least be one against three!"
Urhan said: "Excluding the injured, there are only one hundred and fifty-two of my men who can fight."
Tian Bingdao: "I have eighty-six people."
"These people used to just die." Xu Mu said.
"If we add the Hu merchants' six to seven hundred people, we might be able to fight! Let's go and ask immediately." He Qizhou said. After saying that, he quickly ran towards a cart behind the team, where the most powerful Persian merchant among the Hu merchants was hidden.
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Seeing He Qizhou and others running towards the boss, Shadadi also followed closely. The outcome of the negotiation made He Qizhou extremely disappointed. These Hu merchants did not dare to compete with the Northern Zhou Yulin Guards. Even though they were later promised a large sum of money, they were still indifferent.
He Qizhou had already anticipated such an outcome and could only watch the three hundred cavalrymen running westward from four to five miles southwest.
"We can't let them go back! Go find Motu!" Urhan shouted.
"He certainly doesn't dare to offend the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Besides, the troops in the city were helping Chi Yan just now. Are you sure they are willing to fight to the death? It would be good if they don't turn back and attack." Xu Mu said.
He Qizhou said: "Looking at how fast they are running, they might have our pursuers! In this way, we will send people to ask Mo Tuo to open the city gate. I think he should be able to do this. In addition, we will send people to go east along the trade road.
Let's go see if there are any pursuers of ours. We just need to follow Chi Yan. If we fight, we will be eaten by him soon."
"Good idea! Prepare more water and leave now! They have camels and can't run fast!" Urhan said.
After the agreement, several people were sent back to King Kangche's city, and several people rushed towards the direction of Tianshan faction; the wounded soldiers and Hu Shang were allowed to continue eastward; He Qizhou and Urhan led 200 riders and followed Chi Yan at a distance for about three days.
Four miles away, two more scouts were posted behind them every five miles or so to facilitate the transmission of information back and forth.
"Do you want me to explore the truth first?" Li Jichen asked.
"Have you ever fought against Chi Yan?" He Qizhou asked.
"No, I never went to the Northern Zhou Dynasty again after competing with their leader twice." Li Jichen raised his head and said.
"Who won?" He Qizhou couldn't help but ask.
"Let's each win one game."
"Two more games?"
"Well, the first game was before Qi San's World War II. I was entrusted by Yang Zheng to hold back the leader of the Tianlong Sect. At that time, I was running around for days and was exhausted. I lost half of my moves. The second game was about four or five years later. Leader
I went to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and had another fight with him. At this time, the two sides were neither enemies nor friends, and they just wanted to regain the ground. This time I won half a move. But there was nothing to be proud of, because he was eight years older than me.
He has entered old age." Li Jichen said.
"So, you have no problem dealing with Chi Yan?" He Qizhou said happily.
"Of course, I will avenge this revenge for you if I find an opportunity for my teacher!" Li Jichen smiled at Xu Mu.
"Didn't you say that the cultivation level of the four guardians of Tianlong Sect is almost the same as that of the old leader? Some of them are even better than others! Just stay here and be honest, they won't be able to fly for a while." Xu Mu said.
"There is such a saying, but Chi Yan is the least worth mentioning! Lin Hu and Wu Shi have the strongest hard power, and the one named Goshawk is the youngest, but the old leader has always been the most optimistic about this person. After all these years,
I don’t know how much progress he has made. Chi Yan practices poison skills, and with that little ambition, he is destined not to go far!" Li Jichen said.
"Then you can't go there alone!" Xu Mu grabbed Li Jichen and said: "Don't forget, you are old now! There are two masters beside him, Helian Changji is not weak, and those Yulin Guards are not weak either.
We can deal with it now!"
"Do you think I'm stupid? Going to the battle alone? I just want to take a look. Forget it, forget it, just follow slowly." Li Jichen tried to break free from Xu Mu's hand twice.
The route taken by Chi Yan and Helian Changji was more conservative than He Qizhou imagined. The two were sure that Kangche King City had fallen into the hands of the enemy, so they went all the way southwest deep into the desert, and non-stop detoured thirty miles south of the city. Kangche
Although the country has a small population, it covers a vast territory. The few towns are scattered in oases in the desert. The next town, Baishui Town, is about two hundred miles away from Kangchewang City.