Ashley sneered:

"No matter how fierce the lion is, there is no way to take the poisonous bee, if he is stung by the stinger, don't you have to lose half of his life! Brother, we can't live under the protection of our father for the rest of our lives, if we can take the head of the prince of the big dog and dedicate it to the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, have you thought about it, what kind of reward will you get?"

Shales was clearly moved by his brother's words, and although he listened to Manjak, the blood in his body had a desire to become a hero. Who wants to be incompetent in the shade for the rest of their lives?

The Ye'er Department was originally in the first place among the Shannan tribes, and even integrated the Shannan tribes to become the leader for a time. However, the continuous brutal blows of the Great Cannibals caused them heavy losses, and the number of people from the original tens of thousands of households was reduced to only a few thousand now.

"Can you promise you'll be able to?"

Finally, Shales asked tentatively.

Ashley saw that his brother was moved, so he smiled and said:

"How did my brother forget, there is never a sure victory in the battle on the grassland, it just depends on whether you dare to let go of the battle!"

"Yes!"

Shales spat heavily, as if he had made up his mind.

"Just fight with the big dog-eating prince, Ashley, do you have a plan? How can you cut off his head?"

Ashley Says:

"We must not fight it head-on, as long as we wait for the opportunity to sneak attack, attack, and make the big cannibals annoying, after a long time, these people will inevitably show more flaws because of impetuousness, and then we will be able to get more opportunities......"

Hearing this, Shales nodded.

"You're right, there are more opportunities, why can't you cut off the head of the big dog-eating prince!"

On the surface, Shales is a man who has no opinions, and even looks like a brave and unscrupulous person. But Ashley knew very well that his brother was just not good at showmanship, and because he was not good at talking, he would make this impression on people who were not familiar with him.

But in reality, Shales is like a wolf on the steppe, fierce and intelligent.

It is precisely because of this that Ashley tried his best to win over his brother.

The Ye'er cavalry of more than 1,000 people began to cautiously grope forward after discovering the traces of the big cannibal, and after encountering the big food ranger, they shot or captured them with all their might.

The purpose of shooting is to cut off the ears and eyes of the Great Cannibal as much as possible, and the purpose of taking prisoners alive is to get more information about the Great Cannibal.

In just half a day's effort, the Ye'er cavalry, scattered in a radius of several miles, actually shot and killed more than a hundred large cannibal rangers, and captured more than a dozen prisoners.

The result was beyond expectations, and Ashley was very happy, it seems that although the Great Cannibal has fled, his vigilance is still not high.

Shales has a different view.

"It's not that the cannibals are not vigilant, but that under the new defeat, the morale of the army is weakened, and the general can't control and restrain his subordinates as effectively as before, this is a rare opportunity for us!"

Ashley slapped his head and said suddenly:

"What my brother said makes sense, why don't we go to the lair of the Big Dog Eater Prince after the sun sets!"

Shales was also excited, and DNA shook his head after thinking about it.

"No, we should still focus on harassment and sneak attacks according to the original plan, if we fight hard, it is unacceptable for us to lose a hundred people!"

Ashley was not a stubborn man and was immediately persuaded by his brother.

In the big food barracks, Mahdi was eating today's dinner, and in front of him was a pot of cooked mutton.

Since the beginning of the flight, this kind of food that is difficult to swallow every day is simply unacceptable compared to the brocade clothes and jade food in Ctesiphon.

Even more difficult to accept was the news from Ibn that they had lost more than a hundred rangers just before sunset today.

The rangers sent out did not know why they did not return to the barracks.

This proportion is far more than the previous ten days, under normal circumstances, more than ten rangers did not return to the barracks, which is already a lot, and today it is ten times as much as before, there must be some reason for this.

But now Mahdi was so frustrated with the food he couldn't swallow that he ignored the hundred and ten rangers who didn't have time to return.

It's not so much that he's frustrated with food, but that he's at a loss for what he's found in.

Power, status, and prestige have all declined much compared to before, and even the strongest people will have a sense of frustration, let alone Mahdi, who is not yet thirty years old.

It's just that Ibn can't ignore this, and he reminds Mahdi with anxiety and worry:

"It is no accident that hundreds of rangers are missing today, even if the reason for the discouragement of the army, it is not possible that there are so many deserters all of a sudden, maybe, maybe there is an enemy that we do not know exists, exists on our side!"

Ibn's thought made Mahdi laugh helplessly, or bitterly.

Then he looked at Ibn dissatisfied.

"Ibn, even if we are down, we won't be able to find out if our enemies sneak around us, right?"

He still has the most basic confidence in the soldiers under his command.

In any case, the main force of his troops still exists, and he is a military force that cannot be ignored everywhere.

The elite of 20,000 people is enough to launch a war of annihilation against any small country in the northern steppe.

His biggest headache now is not to find any enemies, but to supply the army.

With an army of 20,000 men, the daily consumption is staggering, and without the supply of the empire, he can only rely on plunder to replenish supplies.

In the past few days, they have been snatched from Shannan to Shanbei, but the Sogdian tribes are so poor that the poor do not even have decent food, and they are all things that are difficult to swallow.

"Abbas's brutal suppression of the Sogdians, I can't imagine that today's retribution will be on you and me!"

Mahdi was a bit self-deprecating. But Ibn was in a hurry, and saw him stomp his foot.

"Your Highness, today's situation is indeed extraordinary, please order a thorough investigation of this matter, and you must not be careless!"

Mahdi smiled.

"Do we have any carelessness now? Who else in this steppe can threaten us except the Tang people? Those Sogdian tribes are cowardly like sheep on the steppe, just waiting for us to slaughter them!"

At this point, Mahdi probably felt that he should not refute Ibn too much, so he changed his tune:

"Okay, I'll give you the authority to check where the rangers who didn't return to the camp have gone!"

Ibin ordered another suggestion, hoping that Mahdi would move the camp today and spend the night in another place.

For the over-cautious and cautious of his subordinates, Mahdi felt that he was afraid of being beaten by the Tang people, and he was already a little nervous.

"Okay, okay, today's relocation is to check the reason why hundreds of people have not returned to the camp as soon as possible. ”

As the night wore on, Ashley's frequent maneuvers caught Ashley's attention, and he immediately consulted with his brother about the cause and countermeasures, and finally came to the unanimous conclusion that the Great Cannibal should have noticed something unusual.