Xihe City, three days have passed since the sneak attack, standing in Xihe City and looking at it, you can still see the faint black smoke, the fire that lasted for a whole day and a night before it was extinguished under the help of the Mongolian iron cavalry.

After that, the Yuan army was silent.

"Gone, how is this possible?" Zhang Yuan stood up in disbelief, stared at the soldiers who came to report, and asked, "Are you really leaving?" ”

Under Zhang Yuan's gaze, Xihe Tanma's scalp was a little numb, and he didn't dare to hide it at all, and tried to make sure that he didn't have any omissions, and said in a chiseled manner: "Yes, lord, the main force of the Yuan army is gone, according to the calculations of his subordinates, there are at most 10,000 Mongolian Tartars in the entire camp!" ”

"I see!" Zhang Yuan nodded, he still couldn't figure out what Yuan Jun wanted, could it be that he was beaten up? This is not the style of the Mongols, especially after the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, the arrogance of the Mongols is quite arrogant, whether it is to stabilize the interior, or to enhance their own national sense of honor, the Yuan army can be described as crazy.

Even if there is a shortage of food and grass in the country, the Yuan army will go out on an expedition every year, even if every time it is broken and sunk in the sand, it is still ten years like a day. Of course, this was not Genghis Khan's desire to use military force, but as a sacrifice necessary for a small nation to rule a large empire, only in this way could internal contradictions be diverted and internal dissent necessary with the help of external forces.

And in order not to let other dynasties covet it, the Mongols showed quite a lot of retribution, as long as they suffered a little loss, they would fight for a jade piece and the other party would not be able to eat and walk around.

Unable to figure it out, Zhang Yuan sent the most elite scouts around to comprehensively reconnoiter the radius of Xihe City within a radius of 100 miles, to find out where the main force of the Yuan army might be relocated.

After the Tanma returned quickly, Zhang Yuan was really confused, and left, very simply. There was no trace of the main force of the Yuan army within a radius of 100 miles, no news at all, and no clues were left.

"Since the Great War, I have sent people to keep an eye on the Yuan Army every day, even if it is impossible for such a large group of people to leave in the dark, why is there no trace left, this is really incredible, is it possible that he has grown wings and flown away?" Zhang Yuan's brain hurt when he thought about it, and he couldn't figure it out.

Zhang Yuan couldn't figure it out, and he didn't think about it. called the guards and said: "Come on, go and invite Wen He, Wen Tuo [Ma Yunzi], Meng Cheng." He Liuhun [Gao Huan Xianbei Name], Shizhen [Wei Jingzi] Five gentlemen come here! ”

After the five came. Zhang Yuan told them the latest news. After thinking for a while, Jia Xu spoke: "Lord, forgive the ministers for daring to ask, don't you know that Kublai is really dead?" ”

Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment, vaguely thinking of something in his heart, and said, "Are you saying that Kublai came to take people away?" No. With such a big fire, I can't be sure that I will be able to escape alive, let alone escape without any damage! ”

"Lord, the minister has something to say!" Gao Huan didn't wait for Jia Xu to speak. He interjected.

"Say!" Zhang Yuan didn't think it was wrong, he was not afraid of Gao Huan fighting for merit and power, he was afraid that Gao Huan was in Cao Ying's heart in Han, even if he wanted to fight for merit, then he naturally hollowed out his mind to plan for Xihe City, and the meat was rotten in the pot and it was not his own when the time came?

"After the independent prince left, he sent a scout horse to strictly monitor the movements of the Yuan army, but the people still left! There is only one possibility, then, that the enemy left at this time of the Lord's return, and was fully prepared, erasing all traces and camouflaging the number of people, and we did not see until now that the flames were extinguished! Gao Huan said calmly, without seeing any unusual expression.

People grow up in blows, Gao Huan is one of them, not to mention anything else, there are many people who have been hit by Jia Xu, at least they have achieved a light wind and clouds, and they are not shocked by humiliation (cheeky?). The highest realm.

After listening to his clear words, Zhang Yuan nodded slightly and said, "If that's the case, then where should the Yuan army go?" ”

Gao Huan said that Zhang Yuan understood in his heart, but the main problem now is not to investigate how the Yuan army left, but where to go! Jebel there? Obviously impossible, walking so secretly, and deliberately concealing it, is it necessary to do so? The necessity is obviously not great, if they don't hide it from Xihe City, what can Zhang Yuan and them do? If the Yuan army wants to fight a decisive battle, in the case of Zhang Yuan's liliang on the bright side, it is not necessary, right?

Of course, all this is not the main thing, because it can be explained by the Yuan army being careful with Du Wei, but these days, the Yuan army has not moved at all, and the specific situation has been found out by Zhang Yuan and them. Then the Yuan army went to Jebe and concealed this point in Xihe City, which cannot be established.

"This, the subordinates thought that if Kublai was not dead, he might be hiding and preparing to give the Han Dynasty a hard blow! If Kublai is dead, he may have changed places......! Gao Huan hesitated, and his words couldn't be so sure, because the nature of the changes in this is too great, who can be completely 100% sure?

"How so?" Zhang Yuan asked.

"As the lord said, how many people can believe that Kublai survived in such a certain death?" Gao Huan's eyes swept the audience, and then looked at Zhang Yuan again, Zhang Yuan also agreed with the other party's words in his heart, even if they are now doubting that Kublai is not dead, but to be honest, I am afraid that this possibility is very small, right?

"If Kublai hadn't died, how could Kublai not have taken advantage of this opportunity to deliver a fatal blow or a decisive attack to the Han Dynasty? Moreover, their materials have been burned by our side, although there is no shortage of food and grass in the short term, but what can they do without blades? In this way, Kublai is not dead, and the top priority of the Yuan army is to prepare supplies, and this happens to be a fatal blow to our side! ”

In order to be able to have such a place at the top of Xihe City, Gao Huan is now unscrupulous about his image, and he learned from Ma Yun to analyze it fiercely.

Hearing his words, Zhang Yuanzhi was a little impressed with him, what is this, anxious!

Zhang Yuan clearly took Gao Huan's expressions into his eyes, and when Jia Xu hadn't opened his mouth yet, they were all thinking hard, Gao Huan was one of them, and Chen Qing was wearing a mask, so Zhang Yuan didn't know.

However, Zhang Yuan was sure that Gao Huan definitely didn't think it through, but after Jia Xu said it, Gao Huan immediately drew inferences from one case and said such a remark, which was reasonable and well-founded, and presented all the possible movements of the Yuan army in front of Zhang Yuan's eyes.

"So what do you think is the chance that Kublai will survive?" Zhang Yuan continued to ask, everything about Gao Huan was based on the possibility of Kublai surviving.

"Half!" Gao Huan pursed his lips, his brows furrowed, obviously using his brains.

"Half?" Zhang Yuan was a little surprised, this is thinking of a high possibility, Zhang Yuan saw with his own eyes that the flames were overwhelming, the surrounding area was all white land, there was no gap at all, and there were no houses for Kublai to hide, so in Zhang Yuan's heart, the possibility of Kublai coming alive was very small.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, even if there was even the slightest possibility of Kublai escaping, Zhang Yuan would have killed the other party with a serious injury, rather than letting the other party leave.

"Yes! Half in half! Gao Huan's eyes froze, and he said with a steady face: "If it is only based on whether Kublai can escape from the sea of fire, the possibility is very small!" However, if you look at why the Yuan army was able to react so quickly and organize so strictly, the probability is half the likelihood! ”

At this time, Zhang Yuan understood that the soldiers themselves are an unruly group, and if they want to convince them and do it wholeheartedly, it is impossible to do it without considerable prestige, even if you use the pressure from your superiors, you will implement it on the surface, but you may not be very convinced in your heart, and in this way, there will naturally be omissions.

The Mongolian Iron Cavalry itself is even more unruly, in such a situation, they can meet, even if the envoy sent by Jebe is quite lucky to arrive at this time, it may not be able to win everyone's hearts at the first time, and naturally it will not be able to do so without any clues. There is not enough time, and careful exploration cannot find traces.

"It seems that Kublai may not really be dead?" Zhang Yuan's heart began to lean towards Kublai not dead: "Then how did he escape?" Am I overlooking something? ”

"Impossible! I definitely didn't overlook anything! Zhang Yuan vetoed this possibility in his heart, he believed in his eyes, and he didn't want to doubt whether his decision was correct, Zhang Yuan didn't want to think about it deeply, and put this idea behind him, because he was afraid that he would doubt himself if he thought too much, isn't this how indecision came about?

Zhang Yuan raised his head and looked around at everyone, and said, "What do you think our top priority should be, gentlemen?" ”

Gao Huan said: "The minister thinks that it is better to be calm than to move!" ”

Ma Yun was a little depressed next to him, today's limelight seemed to have been stolen by Gao Huan, and he had no chance to perform.

And Ma Yun, who is relatively young and has not yet been completely settled, others such as Jia Xu didn't care at all, and they didn't feel anything about Gao Huan's scramble, Wei Jing was watching, Chen Qing was wearing a mask, but his eyes didn't fluctuate at all, it seemed, uh, naturally stupid???

Seeing this, Zhang Yuan nodded and said, "Then let's calm down!" Let's see what Yuan Jun has in mind! ”

In fact, Zhang Yuan and they could only do this, because even if they guessed the possible movements of the Yuan army, it was useless, because the other party was hiding in the shadows and was on the attacking side, what could Zhang Yuan and them do? The Han Dynasty's defense line is so long, who knows what the Yuan army will do at that time?

At this time, Ke Yuancheng also noticed the strangeness of the Yuan army.

There is no way, after fighting the loss of more than 20,000 elite cavalry, the materials of the Yuan army were burned clean, but the Yuan army had no tendency to fight a decisive battle at this time. (To be continued......)