The cavalry can often reach hundreds of miles a day, and in the narrow central part of Hexi, the width from north to south is only a few hundred miles, if you can't withdraw to the grasslands in the north, the final outcome waiting for Zhang Yuanzuo is likely to be defeat or even the annihilation of the whole army.

When the mountain cliffs blocking the north finally disappeared, the rungs in front of Zhang Yuanzuo were endless deserts, and without knowing the specific terrain, it was obvious that they could not enter rashly.

Zhang Yuanzuo began to feel that he was clumsy, and the originally smooth battle was actually defeated in an instant. His only hope now is that he escapes with his brothers, and he must not let the Shenwei Army end up in total annihilation for the first time.

There is one thing that he is quite pleased with, that is, on the way to the east, it can be basically concluded that the pursuers have used most of the main force on themselves. This also shows that the strength of the remaining brothers who have withdrawn is far from sufficient.

Of course, this must be the main general of the Great Food Soldier who realized Zhang Yuanzuo's location before he made this decision, after all, the thief captures the king first, and the man shoots the horse first, which is a common truth in ancient and modern China and abroad.

Once the main general of an army is killed, then the army will basically fall apart, and even if it can survive, it will lose its original threat.

In this way, Zhang Yuanzuo reminded himself over and over again, you must not give up, you must hold on, as long as you escape Zhangye and go east, the north is the vast woodland, and if you escape into the woodland, it will be difficult for the big food soldiers to pursue.

However, this place is still at least three or four hundred miles away from Ganjun Mountain north of Zhangye, and it is still unknown whether it can hold out there.

Yousufu was fifty miles west of Zhang Yuanzuo's department, and he watched the sunset in the west gracefully, and he defeated this * cavalry in a battle, and captured thousands of war horses, and his mood was really good.

His mood can only be said to be good, because these military horses originally belonged to him, but they were placed in the Cutan Horse Farm and have not been free to dispose of the arrangements. Now most of it has been lost, and although some have been recaptured, it is still unsatisfactory compared to before.

However, unsatisfactory things are naturally nothing compared to defeating this powerful Tang soldier.

Because he had discovered that the Tang soldiers who fought against him were actually not Tang people, but Tubo people entrenched on the plateau. When fighting for several mountain passes in the area of the Green Mountains and entering the Western Regions, Da Shi had already had several conflicts with Tubo on a small scale.

The vanguard of Dashi also suffered several losses, so the strength of the Tubo cavalry, Yousufu has never dared to underestimate it. Now, with a little trickery, it is really a surprising thing to let this Tubo army fall into a situation of exhaustion.

Soon, there were successive horse explorations in return, the Persians in Jiuquan surrendered again, and the Tang cavalry who surrendered and fled to the west were turned away, one of them fled north into the desert, and the other continued west to the direction of Dunhuang.

Yusuf sneered, fleeing into the desert is equivalent to seeking his own death, and running to Dunhuang, where there are also heavy troops, it is also difficult to escape.

The only thing he was thinking about now was the Tang Dynasty cavalry that fled all the way east.

I thought it would be easy to catch up, but now it seems that it will take a lot of effort.

In addition to the pursuit, Yusuf also decided to block them in their path after all. As early as half a day ago, the herald had been sent by him to the Zhangye camp, and early tomorrow morning, on the north bank of the Zhangye River and Ruoshui, there would be an ambush to intercept the Tang Dynasty cavalry.

Therefore, having made this arrangement, Yusuf was not in a hurry to pursue the fleeing cavalry, and he only had to move forward slowly, and he could easily drive them into the net that had been laid.

In fact, the appearance of this Tang Dynasty cavalry had a great shock to the military heart of Da Shi, from Liangzhou to Jiuquan, this cavalry made a shocking movement, burning the forage hoarded in Hugh Tucheng and not counting, just a fire burned hundreds of miles of grassland in Delete Dan, and the bloodless capture of Jiuquan, and another battle to annihilate Hasim's troops, all kinds of actions have made many tribes in the coalition army begin to panic.

Because of this, Yusuf must completely destroy this rat that burrowed into the belly of the elephant with thunderous means, so as to completely deter those imps with bad intentions.

Now, one step away from a complete success.

I can get a good night's sleep tonight. Yousufu is used to food and clothing, even if he is on an expedition, he is not willing to toss himself in embarrassment, he now plans to sleep well, recuperate enough, and only watch a good show tomorrow.

Before sunset, Hasim came to see Yusuf in high spirits. He was ordered to gather the war horses, and after nearly three hours of hard work, the number of war horses obtained was about 5,000, which was really a windfall. Before that, Yusuf had promised that all the collected horses would be allocated to him to rebuild a new cavalry.

With these 5,000 war horses, the goal of gathering troops to form cavalry is only one step away.

As a confidant of Abbas, although Hasim secretly did a lot of things against Yusuf, after this catastrophe, he couldn't help but have a lot of respect for him in his heart.

"General, today gathered 5,000 war horses, the Tang Dynasty cavalry has lost so much horsepower, they must not be able to flee far, why not take advantage of the victory to pursue?"

According to Hasim's vision, it should have been eliminated in one fell swoop, but Yusuf was always unexpected, and now he was encamped in a beautiful way.

By now, Yusuf knew that he had basically subdued Hashem, a close branch of the Abbasid caliphate, a powerful family, and a confidant of Abbas, the governor of Khorasan, who remained by his side only to keep a surveillance.

Obviously, the attitude of the governor of Khorasan towards Yusuf was both heavy and suspicious, but fortunately, Abbas was still a man who knew the importance of the crusade, and not only did not do anything about the crusade, but also did his best to support it, and even fought for more benefits from the court of Ctesiphon, so as to pave the way for the crusade army.

Yusuf turned around, and his eyes looked to the west, as if to pass through the mountains, to see if Khorasan was also full of red clouds at this moment.

However, this is not his meaningless mood fluctuation, he is also noble, and he is really used to these flies and dogs fighting for power, but he is just a little unsuitable for the saddle horse fatigue of the expedition.

He wanted to yawn, but in front of Hasim, he still had to maintain his majesty as the commander of the Eastern Crusade, so he held back.

"Do you know why I'm setting up camp now and not continuing the pursuit?"

"The villain is stupid, I don't know, please let the general know!"

Hasim is a very good at observing words and flattery, so he naturally wants to use his stupidity to highlight Yusuf's wisdom, in fact, he has basically guessed that the reason why Yusuf is so good and wandering should have been deployed, and those Tang Dynasty cavalry should have been unable to escape.

Yusuf snorted, he could naturally see that Hasim was careful, but he was still happy to accept the other party's flattery.

"I have laid a net at the mouth of the Zhangye River and Ruoshui, and the faster the Tang cavalry goes east, the closer they will be to death......

Speaking of this, Yusuf's face actually put on an unbearable look.

"Seeing that this brave cavalry is about to be destroyed, I really can't bear it!"

Hasim hurriedly chimed in:

"The wisdom of the general is like the sea, it is difficult for people to see through at a glance, the people of the Tang Dynasty do not cherish their lives, and they bump into each other, they can only be said to be unlucky!"

Yusuf waved his hand impatiently.

"Alright, alright, go back and rest early, there are more important tasks waiting for you tomorrow morning!"

Hasim said solemnly:

"Please command the general, as the most faithful servant of the general, Hasim must do his best......"

Yusuf smiled:

"Don't worry, at this point, there is no more difficult task, you are just blocking behind the Tang Dynasty cavalry with your soldiers, as for the task of collecting the net and destroying the enemy, it will be handed over to the army there in Zhangye!"

Originally, Hasim was a little worried about what difficult task he would be given, but now that he heard that it was just that simple, he was a little eager to try it. After all, no one thinks that there is a lot of credit, but when I think about it again, this kind of thing is the most hated, rather than robbing the credit of these thousands of heads, it is better to gather the troops in a down-to-earth manner, and reorganize the cavalry in a decent manner.

Therefore, Hasim did not fight for the task of attacking the Tang soldiers, but chose to leave obediently.

Zhang Yuanzuo was exhausted, even though three hours had passed since sunset and his body was shrouded in darkness, he still did not give up and go east again.

Only by getting out of the control of the Great Food Soldiers as soon as possible can it be called safe, and to the east is bound to get closer and closer to Zhangye, where there are more than 100,000 Great Food Coalition troops.

For him, this is almost a hurdle that is difficult to overcome.

Zhang Yuanzuo asked himself a question that even he could think of, with the cleverness and cunning of the great cannibal general, how could he not think of it?

But the reality is often like this, even if there is a trace of luck, you have to gamble, you can't sit still and be caught, right?

There were a few times when Zhang Yuanzuo even planned to go into the desert in the north with all his heart, but he also understood that entering the desert was tantamount to giving up all hope of life, even if there was no encirclement and interception by the Great Food Soldiers, they could only die of thirst, starvation, and trapped in the desert.

Such a choice must not be made until the last minute.

Zhang Yuanzuo is a resolute person, when the sun rises in the east, a long black line appears on the endless grass, he knows that this moment is still coming, and there is no escape from coming.

At this time, there was only one thought lingering in his mind, that is, even if he died, he would die vigorously and valuable. Instead of dying meaninglessly in the desert, it is better to fight with the big cannibal, kill one more big cannibal now, and when the prime minister arrives with a large army, it will take less effort!