The grassland is a jungle world, and the wild law of the jungle is almost undisguised here.
The grassland is not as good as the civilization of the Central Plains, so they are closer to the beasts. For beasts living in the wilderness, the only rule is for the weak to prey on the strong. The more advanced the development of civilization, the deeper the law of the jungle is hidden, or the deeper it is embellished.
The fundamental reason is that the richness of material has already allowed ordinary people to have enough food and clothing.
But on the grasslands, for ordinary shepherds, having enough food and clothing is just a dream that exists at night. So shepherds are more pure, pure killing, pure plundering, pure plundering of others for military supplies.
When Zhang Chang'an saw the scene of the river valley at first sight, he confirmed that this was the place where the Khitan's grain-raising troops gathered. The teams raising food on the grassland naturally have such a transfer zone, so that they can transport the food they have raised to Huairong City and the Juyongguan battlefield in a unified manner.
Lying behind the grassy slope, Zhang Changan has been observing the Khitan camp, calculating the number of soldiers and defensive strength of the opponent in his mind.
Naturally, there are countless cattle and sheep, and there are more than 20,000 soldiers. Through the distribution of their tents and the tension and relaxation of the soldiers' words and deeds, Zhang Changan deduced that many of their food-raising teams have not returned, so they Will be here for a while.
For Zhang Chang'an, this is excellent news, it means that Shangguan Qingcheng's army will have time to attack here. But whether this time is enough, Zhang Changan is not sure.
Since the opponent has already returned with a large number of food-raising teams of thousands, it means that the time limit is approaching. Zhang Changan couldn't estimate how many food-raising teams would return later, and he couldn't deduce when the other party left camp. Maybe they will leave tomorrow morning, or maybe they will wait until the day after tomorrow.
To be honest, the army escorting cattle and sheep is not as fast as the pure cavalry team. Even if they leave tomorrow, Shangguan Qingcheng can catch up with them and defeat them before they reach the front line of Huairong.
But what Zhang Changan had to consider was whether these Khitan troops who went out to raise food, after the food was collected, the Khitan troops from Huairong and Juyongguan would send some troops to support them.
"If there are only more than 20,000 people, or 30,000 or 40,000 people, as long as General Shangguan can arrive in time, it will be very easy to defeat them. But I don't know how many troops the Khitan army sent out to collect and transport food? How much." Xu Jiu said worriedly.
Zhang Chang'an responded in a low voice: "In the situation where the front line is at a stalemate, how much force can a 600,000 army allocate to raise food? There will not be 100,000 in the sky. As long as it does not exceed 100,000, we will attack them possible!"
Speaking of this, Zhang Chang'an turned his head and began to prepare the military report for the monks in the team to send back.
The monk who delivered the letter also needed to be followed by a shepherd. If he encountered a Khitan ranger on the road, there would always be a little more possibility of surviving.
The scouts in the front reported the military situation twice a day. This was the iron rule for scouting operations formulated by Shangguan Qingcheng based on the current war situation, so that she could evaluate the military situation ahead without delaying the war opportunity. If the scout didn't report the military situation in time, it meant that something went wrong with the scout, and it was convenient for her to respond in time.
When Zhang Changan led Gesang and others to follow the Khitan food-raising team, Shangguan Qingcheng did not let the army follow up rashly. Since the Khitan food-raising team has spread all over the grassland in front, the army should not move lightly, lest they be discovered by the other party trace, affecting the next action.
Before receiving Zhang Chang'an's military report, Shangguan Qingcheng had been thinking about the battle situation in front of the grassland map in the military tent. The map of the grassland was jointly drawn by Quanzhen Temple and Wukong Shimen. It is much more detailed than ordinary maps, but even if it is meticulously written, this map is actually not so detailed.
After all, the grassland is still too vast. Whether it is the former Tsingyi Yamen, or the later Quanzhen Temple and Wukong Shimen, there is no time to walk and measure every inch of land.
Just when Shangguan Qingcheng was thinking about how to maximize the tactical results and change the battle situation in Guizhou with the Khitan food raising team as a usable target, she heard a voice that was too familiar.
"Whether it is Guizhou, Tanzhou, or Pingzhou, the main force of the Khitan army is the direct army of the Khitan Eight Clans. The other grassland tribes who were conquered and annexed by the Khitan have a lot of cavalry, but their combat power is much worse. At present, the time for Khitan to unify the grasslands is still short, and the difference between the eight main armies and the annexed armies cannot be eliminated.
"The food, fodder and supplies of the Khitan's eight direct armies are provided by the headquarters from the rear, and those who need to raise food are all the forces that were annexed to the eight Khitans during the process of conquering the grassland.
"Although their strength is a little weaker, but in terms of numbers, they far surpass the troops of the Eighth Division of the Khitan. If they can successfully attack their food-raising team this time and make their soldiers short of food, it will be able to separate the hearts of the two. If Zhang Changan can find the gathering place of the food-raising team, there will be a lot to do to change the situation in Guizhou."
Hearing this voice, although Shangguan Qingcheng's expression remained unchanged, she couldn't hide the joy in her eyes.
Although she often heard this voice recently, as long as this voice sounded, she would be happy from the bottom of her heart.
She didn't look up and look around because she knew those "eyes" were out of her sight.
The one who talked to Shangguan Qingcheng was naturally Li Ye.
The medium is his imperial eye.
When he was in Hexi before, Li Ye used such eyes to observe Zhang Changan and others.
It's just that at that time he could only see and could not transmit information through these eyes, and he completely conquered Hexi. After obtaining the land of Shu, his cultivation of the emperor's way went further, and he could transmit sound through the eyes of the emperor's way.
Naturally, there are restrictions. Li Ye's eyes of the emperor can only appear in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, or beside the people of the Tang Dynasty. Just like in Hexi before, he can observe Zhang Changan and others, but he cannot spy on Shimen action.
If not, Zhang Chang'an would not be needed as a scout now, his eyes could point out the way forward for the army.
In the current battle of the Immortal Realm, Li Ye's cultivation is in the Immortal Realm, and the only power that can be used by the mortal body is the power of the emperor's way rooted in the Dragon Qi. After all, this is the foundation for him to walk in the mortal world.
However, as the Tang Dynasty was more or less settled, Li Ye's physical strength in Chang'an also had his own self-protection power. Although he was an ordinary real person at most, he could at least protect himself in Chang'an, the central place. You don’t have to worry about Yelu Abaoji sending someone to easily remove his head after he finds out something.
Shangguan Qingcheng responded: "Since it is an army that is not directly related to the eight Khitan tribes, its combat power is relatively weak. After a successful attack, it can be said to be a god-sent opportunity to decide the battle situation in Guizhou, and then affect the entire northern battlefield. If Zhang Chang'an can find out Qingcheng will definitely fight at the gathering place of the food-raising army!"
Li Ye smiled and said: "The Tang Dynasty has just stabilized and its strength has not yet fully recovered. Yelu Abaoji thinks this is the best time for the whole world to attack the Tang Dynasty. In fact, it is not only the Tang Dynasty who has not yet reached its peak strength, but also the Khitan themselves. Same."
After he finished speaking, the monks sent by Zhang Changan arrived.
Knowing that Zhang Chang'an had found out where the Khitan's food-raising troops were gathering, Shangguan Qingcheng did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered the army to assemble, and then let the monks who reported the military report lead the way and rushed towards the target.
After Zhang Chang'an dispatched monks to report back to the army, he changed his hiding place, slightly away from the Khitan camp in the river valley. He has already discovered that the other party has sent many monks to dispatch to monitor the surroundings in various places, guarding against any unexpected forces.
However, these monks were not very vigilant, and they probably felt that they would not encounter any enemies here.
There is nothing wrong with this judgment. The Tang army resisted the Khitan army in the northern border and launched a fierce attack on the three battlefields.
The only Jingqi cavalry of the Spike Army who can turn around for thousands of miles and rush for hundreds of miles, all collapsed at Luoyankou. Even if the Khitan wanted to guard against the Tang army's assault, they were still at Juyongguan, Beikou, and Yuguan. It was hard to imagine that a cavalry force of more than 30,000 people would start from Yunzhou and go around the back of Guizhou.
"What the Khitan people didn't expect was that we still came. They thought they defeated the Spike Army at Luoyankou, and the Spike Army would cease to exist? As long as General Shangguan survives, the most powerful Spike Army in the world will be will not disappear!
"What Khitan would never have thought was that whether it is King Qi who sits in the northern border, or the general Shangguan who survived the catastrophe, he has long since become a rare famous general and a famous general during the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty!"
In the afternoon of the next day, Zhang Changan couldn't help sneering when he saw that the Khitan army in the valley had reached more than 40,000 people, and the Khitan monks monitoring all sides were still slack.
The Khitan people may not have thought of these problems Zhang Changan mentioned, but Zhang Changan obviously did not expect that their whereabouts would be discovered by the Khitan monks whom Khitan despised!
Although he had fought against the Tubo people and fought in Yangguan, his experience in the battlefield was still too little, and he did not have rich experience in going deep behind enemy lines. When Zhang Changan found a group of Khitan monks quickly surrounding the grassy slope where they were, it was too late to evacuate.
The situation was urgent, Zhang Changan made a decisive decision, "Let's go!"
So far, there is only Deus.
"Commander, you go first, let's cut off the rear!" Xu Jiu drew out his knife, and now it is basically impossible for all the people to retreat. The only way is to keep the rear.
Zhang Changan's eyes were about to split, and he roared, "Let's go together!"
This was the first time he led the scouts to carry out a mission. Relying on his own cultivation close to the real world, he obviously lacked the corresponding psychological preparation for some cruel scouts to survive.
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At a critical moment, there is simply no room for disputes, but if you get entangled in everything for a moment, the entire army may be wiped out.
At this moment, Gesang took the lead to stand up.