The enemy inexplicably retreated, but several generals were not very happy, and sent waves of scouts to reconnoiter the surroundings, looking for traces of the enemy.

The soldiers, who were originally hip-hop and playful, felt a different atmosphere and gradually quieted down, asking experienced veterans.

The veteran sighed heavily, and told these inexperienced soldiers that there must be a demon when something goes wrong, the enemy's main force is still there, and it is coming from all the way from the Western Regions, how can it be possible to give up after only launching a round of siege? Most of the enemy has a plot, and it is possible that they are deliberately paralyzing us and launching a fierce attack while we are slackening, so as to take the city in one fell swoop!

When the originally cheerful soldiers heard this, they immediately quieted down and did not dare to say more.

Waves of scouts were sent out within the city to scan the enemy indiscriminately in all directions, and in such primitive times, only this thankless method could be confirmed.

Subsequently, the generals of the city led 3,000 soldiers out of the city, came to the direction where the enemy's camp had taken root, and carefully examined the traces on the ground.

"To the southeast." Cheng Chumo frowned. The enemy did not hide it, which is a bad sign.

"Southwest? Someone, send more manpower, search me in the direction of the enemy's march, until I find the enemy's traces! ”

"Yes!" Immediately, a group of enemy troops, numbering six, were fifty meters apart from each other, lined up, and tracked down the enemy's direction of action.

Chen Fei and the others explored the same place for a long time, but they couldn't see the reason, so they had to go back to the city and wait for the news from the scouts from all walks of life. At the same time, the whole city was ordered to be on guard, not to be dissolved in the slightest laxity.

In the evening, most of the soldiers rushed back one after another, and Chen Fei was disappointed to receive the news, these soldiers searched their location, but found no trace of the enemy.

The only ones who didn't come back now were the group of soldiers who followed the enemy's trail and the two teams of scouts who headed to Yumen Pass and Yangguan in the north and south. I don't know if they will have a harvest.

However, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, after nightfall, because of the fear that the enemy will want to capture, so the garrison of the Tang army is more strict than before, and even set up a sentry two miles outside the city to warn the city at any time.

There was no word all night, the expected sneak attack did not happen, and the enemy seemed to have really retreated!

This conclusion made Chen Fei feel a little incredible, and he even felt that the enemy's main general's brain was caught by the door.

From the Western Regions, gathered the coalition forces of various countries, traveled thousands of miles across the desert, and launched several rounds of attacks, and when the main force of the army was still there, he went back to his home and went back to Nima. Do you want the dead to know?

Of course, now the enemy is only suspected of retreating, and I don't know if it's true or false when I found the traces of their march to the southeast, maybe there will be an answer soon.

The answer is fast.

There were six soldiers who followed the trail, and only one was left when they returned. This man was also hit by three arrows in the back and suffered a lot of injuries.

Receiving information from this soldier, they pursued them along the route of the enemy's march, and after fifty miles of tracking came under ambush, the first five men were shot into a sieve by the enemy on the spot, and he was far behind, so he escaped, and even so, he was not lightly wounded.

And the ambush happened in an instant, and he simply did not have time to judge the number of enemies.

This is bad news, and at least proves that the enemy is not retreating, but is dormant in the direction of the east to the south, and may one day attack itself.

The soldiers gave directions, and the generals didn't look good when they got the news, and it was the most uncomfortable to not know what the enemy was doing.

I can't guess the enemy's intentions, and I'm living in fear at any time, how disgusting is this taste.

"Wait! Fifty miles to the southeast? Cao Ming suddenly called. He hurried to get a map, spread it out in front of everyone, and compared it on the map, and immediately pointed out the direction of the enemy's ambush.

Seeing that several generals in Dunhuang had changed color, Chen Fei was curious: "Master Cao, what's wrong?" Why has everyone's face become so ugly? ”

Cao Ming pointed in this direction, extended a road along the way, and said solemnly: "This is the road from Dunhuang to Suzhou, if the enemy ambushes here, it can only mean one thing, the enemy intends to abandon Dunhuang and attack Suzhou instead!" ”

"Suzhou!" Chen Fei exclaimed, and hurriedly stepped forward to watch, and sure enough, the location of the enemy's ambush moved further east to Suzhou, and the two were not far apart.

"How is the city defense in Suzhou? How many defenders are there? Chen Fei's tone began to tremble. You must know that Dunhuang is already a city on the outer frontier, and the city defense is no more than 5,000 soldiers, not to mention Suzhou, which is expected to be even less.

The Tang Dynasty had a vast territory and many cities, but the population was scarce, so there were not too many garrisons in each city.

"There are also 5,000 garrisons in Suzhou, plus the requisitioned strong men in the city, the estimated number is also more than 10,000, but I'm afraid that there are no thunderbolts and cannons in Suzhou, even if they are prepared, they can't resist for too long." Cao Ming let out a long sigh.

Chen Fei's heart also tightened suddenly, indeed, there was no thunderbolt fire in Suzhou, no artillery, although the combat effectiveness was strong, but in the face of an army of more than 100,000 people, there was no ability to resist, and it was only a matter of time before it was captured.

And what's worse is that if you push it in the direction of Suzhou, there are dozens of cities in the danger zone. If the enemy really captures these cities, it will make a big fuss, and it will definitely be a big event that shocks China and the world!

No matter how great the impact of the enemy after capturing these cities, just talking about them Dunhuang, in this way, they are in a state of absolute isolation, with two male checkpoints behind them, and the cities in front are captured, cutting off all supply routes.

Now there is enough food and grass in the city to feed the people and soldiers of the city for a month, but what about a month later? Trapped in a lonely city and starved to death?

"Tragedy must not be allowed to happen!" Chen Fei gritted his teeth and said.

"Calm down!" Cheng Chu silently shouted: "Don't be calm!" We don't have the power to stop this now! The enemy can set up an ambush on the road, it definitely shows that he has a guard against us, maybe this is the enemy's voice to attack the west, maybe when we send troops to support Suzhou, the enemy fiercely counterattacked and captured Dunhuang, then our situation is really dangerous! ”

Chen Fei was silent, indeed, with the current strength in the city, it would be good to be able to protect himself, and it was simply unrealistic to think about how to rescue Suzhou.

Without the cover of the city of Dunhuang, they would be in a dangerous situation if they encountered local troops on flat ground, even if there was a thunderbolt.

This is the gap in absolute strength, which cannot be bridged!

"Damn, there's no way?"

All the generals were silent, not because they didn't want to go to the rescue, but because they really couldn't do anything.

Chen Fei slammed the table and roared, "Cunning coalition forces! Wait! I must find a way to make you regret it! ”