A few days later, in the Junji Mountains, a procession of all people wearing iron armor marched through the mountains.

This is the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry led by Li Yan, and now this Xuanjia Iron Cavalry is under the leadership of Li Yan, each leading the war horse to move in the mountains.

"The road ahead is narrow, march in a single column, and pass in turn."

Li Yan walked at the forefront, relying on his own eyesight to forcibly navigate the mountains where artificial roads were scarce, finding one after another the smoothest path.

In the final analysis, this Junji Mountain Range is not the Shu Road that is difficult to go to the blue sky, even if it is an ordinary person here, as long as he concentrates enough and does not take the initiative to die, there will not be too many problems under normal circumstances.

The biggest difficulty in marching here is actually the war horse.

Some roads are easy for people to pass, but too narrow and steep for horses.

Therefore, now the cavalry of 1,500 people has to rely entirely on Li Yan's road.

Even during the march, he occasionally encountered some irresistible natural environments, such as boulders blocking the road, and Li Yan had to move them out of the way in person.

It can be said that if it weren't for a humanoid navigator like Li Yan and a humanoid excavator, it would be impossible for any cavalry in this world to march freely in the Junji Mountains, and most of the cavalry would have to turn around and return after facing this road condition.

"Set up camp again today, Yu Chi Baolin, you take someone to hunt with me!"

Estimating that there was still half an hour before sunset, Li Yan ordered people to start camping, and it was already the second day that the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry had entered the Junji Mountain Range, compared to the first day, Li Yan had been able to accurately grasp the best time for the garrison to rest.

"Yes!"

Yu Chi Baolin led people to follow Li Yan without the slightest hesitation.

Yu Chi Baolin is the son of Yu Chi Gong, and Li Yan only found out yesterday that there is such a second generation in the Xuanjia Army, of course, Li Yan has no prejudice against the second generation, not to mention that Yu Chi Baolin's personal ability is still good.

Perhaps he learned a little bit of Wei Chi Gong's true biography, as a descendant of a military general, Yu Chi Baolin's archery skills are quite good, and his hunting efficiency is one of the best in the army.

In this way, Li Yan led a team of 100 people into the mountains and forests to prepare tonight's food for the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry.

"General, why don't we march for half an hour and eat dry food at night?"

"When we pass through the Junji Mountains, we can completely fight and replenish the war."

While hunting, Yu Chi Baolin asked his doubts.

"The dry food is kept for emergencies, and the march is not in a hurry, and the army arrives at Jiluo Mountain early."

Li Yan answered his doubts, this time Xuanjia Tie rode through the Junji Mountain Range into Xue Yantuo, and he was completely alone, so it was better not to consume dry food, a food that can be stored for a long time.

What's more, there is no need to rush the march now, Li Jing's speed is much slower than that of the cavalry.

"Okay."

Wei Chi Baolin was obviously a little anxious, he only entered the Xuanjia Army last year, and due to the particularity of the Xuanjia Army, he basically did not participate in any major battles.

It can be said that the last time he ran thousands of miles to rescue Shanzhou, it was his first battle after entering the Xuanjia Army.

It's a pity that Yu Chi Baolin's first battle was completely boring by Li Yan.

The enemies along the way were basically killed in the hands of Li Yan, and Yu Chi Baolin followed the reinforcements for thousands of miles, and he didn't even see a few living enemies.

In this situation, Wei Chi Baolin's desire for meritorious service is too eager, he doesn't want others to always say that he can enter the Xuanjia Army by relying on Wei Chi Gong, he wants to prove himself.

Therefore, Yu Chi Baolin was extremely excited about following Li Yan on the expedition.

With one point of loss, two points of expectation, three points of eagerness, and four points of eagerness, Yu Chi Baolin pulled the bowstring fiercely, accurately hit a wild boar, and solved the problem of dinner materials for at least twenty people.

Half an hour later, the harvested hunting team finished its work, and returned to the temporary station of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry with a load of prey, and entered the dinner time.

……

After entering the Junji Mountain Range, the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry was basically marching unhurriedly, and the daily march distance was even less than 100 miles.

Therefore, after a full nine days, the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry can be regarded as coming to the end of the Junji Mountain Range.

At this moment, the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry was already located in the hinterland of Xue Yantuo, and as long as they stepped out of the mountain range, they would be exposed to the activities of multiple Xue Yantuo tribes.

Now if the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry wants to return to the Tang Dynasty, there are only two routes, one is to obediently admit and return the original way, and the other is to rely on the strength of this 1,500 cavalry to penetrate the entire Xue Yantuo.

There is no doubt that all the people of the Xuanjia Iron Rider have firmly chosen the second option, and it is impossible for anyone to admit it.

"Gentlemen, would you like to fight with me?"

Before walking out of the Junji Mountain Range, Li Yan still used words to stimulate the morale of the army as usual.

At any given time, saturated morale is beneficial to combat and can increase combat effectiveness to a certain extent.

"Fight! War! War! ”

Needless to say, the quality of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, except for a few people such as Wei Chi Baolin who were later selected into the Xuanjia Army, most of them were soldiers of a hundred battles, and everyone's psychological quality was very online.

"Whatever I want...... Well? Wait, everyone is quiet. ”

Just when Li Yan was about to take a breath and directly lead people out to reproduce the battle plan in Xue Yantuo's territory when he was in the Turks, Li Yan suddenly heard a distant voice.

Li Yan's hearing is no better than that of mortals, his senselessness has been strengthened by experience many times, and he can perceive that the source of the sound should be outside the Junji Mountain Range, and the distance from the Xuanjia Iron Horse at this moment should still be thirty miles away.

Li Yan closed his eyes and began to listen carefully.

At a distance of thirty miles, Li Yan was not able to hear the content of other people's conversations, but with Li Yan's hearing, it was enough to hear the approximate type of sound.

"Prairie horses, about 500 ......"

"Direction of Movement...... Heading into the Junji Mountains? ”

Li Yan's brows furrowed slightly, judging from the direction of the other party, the two sides would probably meet soon.

The most important thing is that there is only one way for war horses to pass through the Junji Mountains, and if you insist on leading people out of the Junji Mountains quickly, you will inevitably meet the other party in the mountains.

"Mountain warfare, it's hard to wipe it all out......"

Li Yan estimated that five hundred horses, that is, about five hundred people, in the case of frontal combat, the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry would naturally not defeat them, but between the mountains, there would inevitably be fish that slipped through the net, and it was difficult to wipe them out.

At that time, once the fish that slipped through the net ran out of the Junji Mountain Range and notified Xue Yantuo's various departments, then not only the 1,500 people of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry would face the risk of being surrounded, but even Li Jing, who was attacking Xue Yantuo from Jiluo Mountain by a detour, would also be in trouble, and the tactical arrangement of the surprise attack would be completely invalid.

"Huh? No, dismounted, changed to walking? I can't hear clearly. ”

Suddenly, Li Yan's voice changed, the other party probably entered the range of the Junji Mountain Range, they probably gave up their horses and chose to walk into the mountain, so Li Yan couldn't hear the distant movement clearly for a while.

"Could it be...... Hunt? ”

Li Yan can only give this one guess, there are many creatures in the Junji Mountains, and it is very likely that the people of Xue Yantuo suddenly got tired of eating crooked beef and mutton and wanted to hunt in the mountains.

In the face of these Xue Yantuo people scattered into the mountains and forests, Li Yan had to change the established plan.

"Tie up the war horses, and the Xue Yantuo people will enter the mountain and destroy them first."

Li Yan changed his plan, fighting in the mountains, the cavalry is undoubtedly the chicken rib of the chicken, and the war horse is also a burden.

If you want to solve this group of Xue Yantuo people who entered the mountain, give up the war horse and approach on foot, ambush and annihilation is the right way.

"Yes!"

Everyone replied in unison, although this battle came suddenly, and the combat method was not the familiar cavalry battle, but the Xuanjia Army was well-trained after all, and it was quite fast to accept.

At this moment, Li Yan didn't know that the people who entered the Junji Mountain Range now were not ordinary people, all of them were Xue Yantuo's high-level figures, leaders of various tribes, and tribal heirs.

……

On the other side of the Junji Mountain Range, under the leadership of Xue Yantuo, a team of about 500 people walked into the Junji Mountain Range.

"Khan, you are still far-sighted, knowing that the treasury of the Tang people is empty, and there is no strength to fight again, if you listen to the words of those old leaders and pay tribute to the Great Tang Dynasty, we are afraid that we will have no time to hunt this year."

A young man boasted at the side of the Khan that he had already said these similar words, and as he said them, his eyes fluttered from time to time to the few young tribal leaders.

These slightly older tribal leaders are the ones who tend to admit their cowardice and agree to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty.

"Humph!"

The faces of this group of people are not good-looking, they still don't think that Yi Nan Khan's approach is correct, they all think that it will take less than two years for Datang to take revenge on Xue Yantuo.

At that time, the vitality of the Tang Dynasty was full, and Xue Yantuo was because of the loss of tens of thousands of combat power, and it would be difficult to recover without four or five years.

"It's okay, don't talk about it today."

"Today is a hunting festival, the reason why Ben Khan set the location in this Junji Mountain Range is to hope that in the coming year, my warriors of Xue Yantuo can cross this Junji Mountain Range and go straight to the Tang Dynasty!"

Yi Nan Khan's ambitions are quite ambitious, and his eyes have never been limited to Xue Yantuo.

According to the original historical development, if Li Yan hadn't wiped out the Eastern Turks last year, at the beginning of this year, Yinan Khan would have torn off most of the Eastern Turks' land and created a strong steppe dynasty.

"Praise the Khan, praise the wolf god!"

The young man who had just been touted by Yinan Khan directly began to praise, putting Yinan Khan and the wolf god they believed in on the same level, which immediately made Yinan's heart bloom and he was very happy.

"Go into the mountains and hunt each other! Three days later, the grassland outside the mountain will be counted! ”

Unaware of the hidden danger in the Junji Mountains, the Khan immediately announced the start of the hunt.

The purpose of this hunt was to worship the god of the steppe, and it was also a means for the tribes to show their competition.

In this hunt, the leaders of the tribes themselves went down and brought their descendants and the best hunters of their tribes into the mountains.

The three-day inventory is a great opportunity to show the skills of your tribe and earn face for your tribe.

In this way, more than 80% of Xue Yantuo's high-level figures unknowingly stepped into the Junji Mountain Range, without considering that a group of Tang troops would suddenly be killed in the Junji Mountain Range.

……

Twenty miles away from Xue Yantuo's entry into the mountain, 1,500 Xuanjia troops were divided into five groups by Li Yan and ambushed between the mountains and forests.

Some people hid on the top of dense trees, some people covered themselves with shrubs and branches and hid in the middle of the reverse slope, and some even dug ditches and buried themselves half-buried in them.

Although the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry is a cavalry, many of them are hunters before joining the army, and the concealment level of the whole army has been improved in minutes.

In the process of ambushing, Li Yan was still exerting his superhuman hearing, carefully distinguishing the voices in the distance.

Obviously, chatting and farting while hunting is not only the habit of the Tang people, but few people in Xue Yantuo will choose to quietly look for prey in the mountains and forests.

In their opinion, the hunt lasted for three whole days anyway, and their target was not a worthless prey like a hare, they could pass the time while chatting and looking for valuable prey traces.

As a result, some chaotic words came into Li Yan's ears.

Fifteen miles away, it was still a little far, and the conversation of Xue Yantuo's people was like a buzzing sound, and although Li Yan could hear someone talking, he couldn't hear anything.

Ten miles away, the content of the conversation was much clearer, but Xue Yantuo people would not be idle to speak Chinese, and Li Yan relied on his extremely lame grassland dialect to hear, but he still couldn't hear anything.

Eight miles away, Li Yan seemed to have grasped some key words.

From the chatter of the Xue Yantuo people, he extracted words such as "hunting", "other tribes", "chieftain", and "khan".

At this moment, an exciting guess was born in Li Yan's mind.

"It can't be a big fish, right? And it's still a bunch? Is it so exciting? ”

Li Yan felt that this time was likely to be a large-scale hunting activity by the Xue Yantuo people.

Its essence is probably similar to the spring and autumn hunting of the Tang royal family, and it is likely that many high-level Xue Yantuo will participate.

The only difference from Datang is that Xue Yantuo is close to the mountains, so he can hunt at any time, and he doesn't have to wait for the prey to fatten.

"Yu Chi Baolin, pass the order down, try to catch it alive, Xue Yantuo's Yi Nan Khan may also come."

"Also, if you really can't catch it alive, it doesn't hurt to kill it, just don't cut off your face, you have to identify yourself."

As soon as Li Yan turned around, he saw Yu Chi Baolin, an acquaintance, and immediately arrested him as a coolie and asked him to convey the order.

"Huh?"

Yu Chi Baolin looked confused.

This hasn't even left the Junji Mountain Range, and the Yinan Khan just crashed into the door by himself? Is it so exciting? Are all Xue Yantuo people so stupid? Throwing yourself into the net?