That night, thirty young children of Lingzhou quietly left Lingzhou City and headed east along an abandoned official road.

This decision made Guo Song secretly admire, worthy of experienced scouts, they not only had to avoid the enemy's main force, but also avoid the enemy's cavalry sentinels.

After walking dozens of miles to the east of Lingzhou, there is an endless desert, and the enemy cavalry will not appear in the desert under any circumstances.

Thirty people with sixty horses, one horse carrying people, and the other horse carrying provisions, they had to walk through a Gobi desert more than 400 miles long, and in the reckless Gobi, even Guo Song might not be able to find food.

At dawn the next day, they had crossed the ancient Great Wall from the Baichi Pass and entered the vast Gobi Desert.

The team began to march due north, and if they really couldn't support it, they ran west for dozens of miles before entering the oasis area by the Yellow River, which was both a survival distance, but they would not encounter Xue Yantuo's cavalry, and only extremely professional scouts would arrange such a reasonable road.

Although most of these young people are children of wealthy families, they are not pampered children, they confirm Duan Xiushi's words, they are all young people who can endure hardships and have courage.

When they came to a large rock, Li Ji waved and signaled the team to stop, "Rest in place and set off at dusk!" ”

Everyone was about to run towards the rock, but Li Ji stopped them, he and Lin Tai searched around and killed more than a dozen poisonous snakes under the rock, so that everyone rested in the shade under the rock.

Guo Song leaned against the rock, next to him was Liang Wu, this is, Guo Chongqing sat down on the other side of him, handed the water hyacinth to Guo Song, Guo Song drank two sips of water, and asked with a smile: "Why did you also participate in this operation?" ”

Guo Chongqing smiled faintly: "I can't run away from this kind of thing, if I don't go, Duan Yuanjun will write a letter to the old man, I will not be able to eat and walk around, so I can only obediently listen to the arrangement." ”

"How is Guo Lao Linggong now?"

Of course, Guo Lao Linggong refers to Guo Ziyi, Guo Song knows that this old man has something to do with him, so he is also more concerned, Guo Chongqing is Guo Ziyi's pro-military captain, and he is also his fake son, of course he has the right to speak about Guo Ziyi's situation.

"Which one do you want to ask? The old man is in good health, but his career is not smooth. ”

"Why is it not going well?"

"The Anshi Rebellion is over, and their group of generals will complete their mission, and they will be idle officials in the capital with peace of mind, and only when a major incident occurs, the Son of Heaven will use his prestige to let him come forward to solve it."

Guo Chongqing smiled again and asked, "What about you, what's going on with you and the Guo family?" ”

"It's nothing, I have nothing to do with the Guo family, I think it's good that everyone's well water doesn't interfere with river water now!"

"Guo Zhi wants you to return to the Guo family!"

Guo Song shook his head, "Do you think it will be a good thing for the Guo family for me to return to the Guo family?" If Guo Zhi really thinks so, then he is not a qualified family heir. ”

Guo Chongqing sighed softly, "You're right, if you don't go back, the Guo family can still maintain family unity on the surface, if you go back, the Guo family will have to make a fuss, and it will be divided into two, and the old family master also understands this, so he resolutely does not allow Guo Zhi to mention your affairs in the family proceedings." ”

Guo Song nodded, he knew very well in his heart that in the heart of the head of the Guo family, Guo Shichang's weight was much heavier than his own.

"Guo Song, where is your eagle?" Guo Chongqing suddenly asked.

Guo Song looked up at the sky, and there was indeed no trace of Mengzi, he shook his head and said: "I haven't seen it since the riding and archery conference that day, it often disappears, but it will find me." ”

"I might know where it is?" Li Ji's voice came from overhead.

Guo Song turned his head to look, and Li Ji was standing on the rock and looking around.

"Where did Captain Li see it?"

"In the Eagle Nest of the Shuofang Army, the Eagle Slave told me yesterday that there was an extra eagle in the Eagle Nest, and I took a look, and it was the eagle that appeared on the riding and shooting range that day."

"Why did it go to the Eagle's Nest?" Guo Song asked strangely.

"There's only one she-eagle in the nest."

"Damn!" Guo Song scolded angrily, how could his eagle be the same as Gan Lei.

"I asked the eagle slaves not to disturb them, Guo Song, wait until you come back to get the eagles!"

"No!" Guo Song shook his head, "It will find me." ”

Li Ji smiled and climbed down the rock from the other side.

At this time, Guo Song saw Shi Tongzheng and two other young people busy cooking, so he got up and smiled: "I'll go see them!" ”

There are a total of three people in the logistics of the team, Shi Tong and the other two young people from the martial arts hall, all of whom were specially selected by Li Ji from the list of alternate generals, Li Ji is a scout captain, and he knows the importance of logistics soldiers.

The logistical support is effective, which is very beneficial to the physical recovery and physical condition of the soldiers.

They have stoves and iron pots, one person burns the fire, the other stirs the noodles, Shi Tong is responsible for pancakes, fried eggs, then spread a thick layer of delicious meat sauce, and finally drink a bowl of soup made with Chinese medicine to cool off the heat, and the fatigue of a night of marching will be eliminated.

"Chubby, the logistics are doing a good job!" Guo Song squatted down on the side and smiled.

Shi Tong said with great interest: "Brother Guo, I have figured it out now, being an excellent logistics soldier is no less than an excellent soldier." ”

"That's right, martial arts is not your forte, cooking is your forte, if it weren't for your ability to cook, you would have been chosen?"

Shi Tong made a roll of bread quickly, wrapped it in a disposable wide reed leaf, and handed it to Guo Song, "Give!" Brother Guo tastes the mutton sauce pancakes I made. ”

The hot delicacy came to his nose, Guo Song couldn't resist the temptation, and said with a smile: "Then I'll eat it first." ”

Guo Song sat back under the rock and chewed it, so delicious that Liang Wu and the others next to him couldn't help it, and they all gathered around.

Shi Tong shouted: "Don't worry! Hold your horses! Everyone has it, this one is Duan Sanniang's, and the little lady is preferred. ”

After lunch, everyone fell into a deep sleep again, and when they woke up it was already dusk, and they ate the meatloaf left over from noon, and set off.

……….

Not long after the thirty young men entered the Gobi Desert, the 30,000 Xue Yantuo cavalry also marched south.

Xue Yantuo was originally a branch of the Mobei Tiele people, composed of the Xue tribe and the Yantuo department, and was called the Xue Yantuo Khanate after the early Tang Dynasty gradually became stronger, it rebelled against the Tang Dynasty from time to time, and repeatedly invaded the south, bringing profound disasters to the people in the Tang Frontier.

Tang Taizong Li Shimin finally couldn't bear it anymore, and sent a large army out of the fortress in the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, destroying the Xue Yantuo Khanate in one fell swoop, and the Xue Yantuo Khanate was divided, part of it went south to join the Tang Dynasty, part of it was annexed by the Turks, and some of the Xue Yantuo people fled to the west of Jinshan, where they attached themselves to the Qarluqs.

Seventy years later, the Qarluqs betrayed the Tang Dynasty in the Battle of Talas, resulting in a crushing defeat for the Tang army, but the Qarluqs were also richly rewarded, gaining thousands of miles of fertile land and becoming the overlords west of Jinshan.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the Anxi army withdrew to the interior of the Tang Dynasty, the frontier was empty, and the Hui and Tubo took the opportunity to attack and carve up the Western Regions Protectorate, and the two major forces finally broke out in war for territory.

In order to dominate Tocharian and Hexi, the war between the Hui and the Turks lasted for nearly ten years, but the Qarluqs found an opportunity, the Hui battle line was too long, and the troops in Mobei were insufficient, and they could not control a large area of grassland.

The Qarlu people took the opportunity to extend their black hand into Mobei, and the black hand of Qarlu was the Xue Yantuo Department.

Xue Yantuo returned to the east of Jinshan more than ten years ago, and with the full support of Gelulu, he quickly gained a firm foothold, continued to annex the small tribes of Tiele, and gradually became strong again.

Since ten years ago, Xue Yantuo's army has been attacking Lingzhou almost every two years, initially in order to plunder people and property.

But soon, Xue Man, the great chief of Xue Yantuo, discovered another benefit of attacking Lingzhou, that is, it enhanced the military prestige of the Xue Yantuo people, and even Hui Wei pinched his nose and admitted his occupation of the Yinshan region, and the other small tribes of Tiele trembled under Xue Yantuo's powerful military authority.

As a result, the attack on Lingzhou almost became a ritual, and Xue Man would send troops south to harass him every two years.

The main general who led the 30,000 troops south this time is called Jin Muhe, and his full name is Yantuo Jin Muhe, and he is an important commander of the Yantuo Department, and it is the turn of the Yantuo Department to go south this year.

On the morning of this day, the 30,000 Xue Yantuo army traveled thousands of miles and finally arrived outside the city of Lingzhou, hundreds of trumpeters blew a low horn, and the 30,000 army began to camp in tents.

Thousands of people went to the nearby forest to cut down trees and make rudimentary siege ladders, and they were not in a hurry to attack the city, but waited patiently for the party army to come and converge, and then attack Lingzhou City together.

.........

Not to mention that Xue Yantuo's troops were preparing to attack Lingzhou City, we turned our attention back to the thirty warriors who carried out the surprise attack to the north.

The group walked day and night, and gradually walked out of the Gobi Desert after four days, and in the early morning of this day, there was a large forest in front of them, and there was a small lake outside the woods, and everyone cheered and urged the horses to run into the woods.

This is a pine forest, I don't know how many years no one has come in, the ground is covered with thick pine needles, everyone found a dry place, they all sat down to drink water and rest, Shi Tong and the three began to be busy cooking again.

At this time, Lin Tai came over and gave Guo Song a look, Guo Song understood, got up and followed him to the depths of the woods.

In front of a big rock deep in the woods sat Li Ji, Guo Chongqing and Liang Wu cross-legged, plus Lin Tai and Guo Song, the five of them were the core of the entire team.

The people sat down around the boulder, and when it was already dark and the woods were darker, they made some torches out of branches wrapped in pine resin, and lit them and stuck them in the ground.

Li Ji said: "The pine forest where we are now is called Hetou Forest, thirty miles to the west is the Yellow River, the other side of the Yellow River is still a forest, after that forest, you can see the logistics camp of Xue Yantuo's army, there is an east-west river, they camp along the river, it has not changed for several years, this time it should be the same." ”

"How many troops do they have in logistics?" Guo Chongqing asked.

"I don't know this year, but it used to be around 3,000 people."

Guo Song frowned and said: "As far as I know, their food is mainly based on sheep, at least nearly a million sheep!" With just a few of us, can we wipe out a million sheep? ”

"Then you need to think of a way, but you have to go to the field and see it before you can think of a way to deal with it."

Li Ji glanced at Guo Song, "Guo Song and I will go with you!" ”

Guo Song nodded and said, "I can go at any time!" ”