Merton smiled bitterly: "That's the kid intimidating the Tuyuhun envoy, it is true that if this method is followed, my Datang will definitely be able to win, but the trapped beast is still fighting, if the Tuyuhun is forced to be urgent, and suddenly counterattack, my Datang will win, it is also a tragic victory, the entire Longyou land will definitely be beaten to pieces, you must know that my Datang is not only Tuyuhun an opponent, Tubo on the plateau, the powerful Western Turks, the Tiele Nine Divisions that are ready to move, and the feud Goguryeo, if the Tang Dynasty suffers heavy losses, I'm afraid these opponents will pounce on them like wolves. ”

The generals nodded heavily, this method seems to be feasible, I am afraid it can only be used as a deterrent, once it is implemented, it will also hurt others and themselves, and the injured beast will fight back even more fiercely.

"And the army consumes countless grains and grass for an expedition, if the 200,000 army is consumed in Longyou for three or five consecutive years, I am afraid that the huge military expenditure alone will probably drag down the Tang Dynasty. Besides, if we retreat today, those Qiang tribes of the Tang army will definitely be retaliated against by Tuyuhun, and the next time the Tang Dynasty sends troops, if you want to seek help from the Qiang tribe again, I am afraid it will be impossible. Merton said.

"Yes, if you don't die, you will suffer from it. Fu Yun is a greedy poisonous snake, if our army wins a big victory this time, if we don't completely solve Tuyuhun, I am afraid that we will regret the missed opportunity in the future. Surprisingly, Hou Junji took the initiative to agree with Merton's point of view.

Merton nodded heavily and said, "Since we all think that there is a lot of suffering, I believe that Fu Yun must also think that if he takes the risk of pursuit, he will definitely be able to catch Gu Hun off guard." If we withdraw today, we will definitely have no merit and receive accusations from the imperial court, but if we pursue at this moment, there will be a risk of failure, but it is also possible that the first battle will be a complete success, and then a great merit will be waiting, I believe you will not understand this truth. ”

The generals couldn't help but look at each other and waver, but none of them asked to withdraw their troops.

Li Jing glanced at Merton appreciatively, looked back at the generals, and said conclusively: "Since Datang and Tuyuhun will have a pursuit battle sooner or later, why don't we let us pursue today, we have heavy troops in hand, Fu Yun has already heard of the wind, and this battle will definitely be fought back by Fu Yun." ”

"Yes!" The generals said in unison,

Li Jing is the main general, and the military orders are like a mountain, so everyone naturally does not dare to disobey.

"However, the land of Qinghai is vast for thousands of miles, if Fu Yun has the intention to hide, I'm afraid I'm like looking for a needle in a haystack, how can we pursue?" Li Daoyan frowned. He is a self-contained child of the royal family, and he is usually pampered, so he can't help but complain.

When Li Jing heard this, he couldn't help but look at Li Daoyan coldly, if Li Daoyan was not a child of the royal family, Li Jing would have nothing to say if he was guilty of shaking the morale of the army.

Seeing this, Merton made a round and said, "No matter where Fu Yun is escaping, there is only one ultimate goal, and that is

That is the Western Regions. ”

Li Jing's face softened, and he temporarily let Li Daoyan go, Li Daoyan suddenly felt like he had been amnestied, and he no longer dared to be a bird.

"Yes, thirty years ago, Fu Yun fled to the Western Regions under the pursuit of the Sui army, and finally returned to the country with the support of the Western Regions. Hou Junji analyzed.

Li Jing nodded, and said coldly: "Fu Yun in order to block the pursuit of our army, a fire burned the pasture, but he made a fatal mistake, our army's war horses are indeed lacking in grass, but when Tuyuhun fled west, there must be a herd of cattle and horses, and its need for pasture will definitely be ten times better than our army, so Fu Yun will inevitably divide his troops to reduce the pressure of pasture, and can confuse our army to pursue, this trick seems to be clever, but it gives our army a chance to dismember Tuyuhun." ”

"Dismembering Tuyuhun?" The generals looked at Li Jing puzzled.

Li Jingzhizhu said: "300,000 Tuyuhun cavalry together, even if our army wins, it will suffer heavy losses, but if it is divided into several small tribes of tens of thousands, how can it be the opponent of our army." ”

The generals' eyes couldn't help but light up, if Tuyuhun divided tens of thousands of troops, and the difference in strength was not big, the Tang army could be said to be a stable victory.

"I'm waiting here to pursue this pursuit, and the first priority is to defeat the scattered Tuyuhun troops one by one, so that Fu Yun has no troops to use. Even if Fu Yun escaped to the ends of the earth, it was just a toothless tiger, so why be afraid. Li Jing said proudly.

The generals' eyes lit up suddenly, they had been worried that after the Tang army retreated, Fu Yun would retaliate, if they wiped out the remnants of Tuyuhun's forces, even if they didn't catch Fu Yun in the end, they didn't have to worry about Fu Yun's counterattack, and the great achievement would naturally be in hand. In addition, you can also capture a large number of cattle and sheep by the way, and return to give an explanation to the court to make up for the deficit of the court, after all, for this western expedition, the court spent too much money and grain.

"General's name!" The generals happily agreed, and even Li Daoyan no longer refuted.

Li Jing glanced at the generals with satisfaction and said: "Fu Yun burned the grassland in order to avoid the pursuit of our army, and if our army wants to pursue, there are only two ways to go, one is to bypass the fire and pursue it from the north through the eight hundred miles of Hanhai, and the other is to take the southern road of the fire and pass through the land of Wuhai." ”

"Eight hundred miles of Hanhai! The land of the sea. The hearts of the people sank.

The Eight Hundred Miles of Hanhai refers to the current Qaidam Desert, and it is not an easy task to cross the desert. Not to mention the tens of thousands of troops, the difficulties in which can be imagined.

If the Tang army reaches Wuhai, it will definitely have a very serious altitude sickness and great loss of combat effectiveness, and it can be said that there are many difficulties in both directions.

"In this case, we will divide our troops into two routes, one in the north and one in the south, I don't know if the generals have high opinions." Li Jing inspected it and asked.

"Everything is on the orders of the general." The generals shook their heads.

"In this case, General Ben and Hou Shangshu led the troops separately, General Ben took the north road, Hou Shangshu took the south road, and divided the troops to pursue Fu Yun." Li Jing looked at Hou Junjidao.

"Yes!" Hou Junji immediately received the order, Hou Junji is the secretary of the military department, and the official position is the largest under Li Jing, and it is natural to lead the road alone.

"Where is Su Dingfang?" Li Jing shouted.

"The last general!" Su Dingfang came out of the queue.

"How much dry food is there in the army now." Li Jing asked.

Su Dingfang bowed down and said: "At present, the compressed dry food that has been prepared is enough for the army to eat for a month and a half. ”

"Eat it for a month and a half." The generals nodded with satisfaction, this ensures the use of the soldiers, if some more Tuguhun cattle and sheep are captured as military food, then the food and grass for this pursuit battle are already worry-free.

Su Dingfang breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, in order to treat night blindness before the war, the army continued to eat meat, which gave Su Dingfang enough raw materials to make compressed dry food.

Li Jing nodded and said, "From now on, you will immediately distribute all the dry food to the various armies, and at the same time, all the baggage of the army will be handed over to your department for safekeeping, and you will be stationed here to guard the wounded barracks." ”

"Yes!"

Su Dingfang immediately received the order. In his heart, he regretted it, it seemed that this pursuit battle had nothing to do with him, his baggage troops were too slow, obviously unable to keep up with the pace of the pursuit of the army, and the wounded battalion was here, and it was indeed the best choice.

"Li Daozong takes the south road, and Cheng Zhijie takes the north road! ………………”

"Yes!"

The crowd took orders.

"Okay, all the armies prepare immediately, and if we pursue it one day earlier, we will have a better chance of victory." Soon, Li Jing quickly assigned the routes of all the generals.

The generals were about to go back to deliver the order, when they suddenly heard Merton's weak hand raise and say, "General, what about our firearms superintendent?" ”

Li Jing also looked at Merton with a headache, in terms of the number of people, this time the firearms supervisor came only thirty or fifty people, but in terms of merit, the firearms supervisor has greater credit than that guard, and the firearms supervisor also belongs to the battle sequence.

Cheng Yanjin smiled and said, "Mo boy, I'm afraid the gunpowder bullets of the firearms supervisor have run out!" Without gunpowder bullets, you, the firearms supervisor, are a toothless tiger, why don't you follow General Su to guard the wounded barracks? ”

When Merton heard this, he immediately smiled shyly and said: "Indeed, the gunpowder packs and gunpowder shells of my firearms supervisor have indeed run out, but there are still a lot of grenades in the boy!" ”

"Grenades!" Li Jing's eyes lit up suddenly, when the firearms superintendent was practicing martial arts, they had seen with their own eyes the power of the firearms superintendent's martial arts, which could be used by individual soldiers, and the power was not small.

Merton, this kid prepared so many grenades, obviously he had expected this day a long time ago. At that moment, Li Jing said helplessly: "Then you will follow General Cheng first and also take the north road." ”

"Thank you, General!"

Merton said excitedly, he didn't want his journey to the west to end with only one battle.