The Northwest Plateau in late autumn has a different kind of beauty.

Although there is no scene of wind blowing grass and seeing cattle and sheep, the vast world, the terrain of plains and hills combined with each other makes people's minds become open-minded.

However, Li Kuan hadn't fully enjoyed this spectacular scene, so Zhu Fufu hurriedly got off the hot air balloon and ran over to report the urgent discovery to Li Kuan.

"Lord Wang, about ten miles ahead, I found a team of cavalry coming towards us!"

When he left Chang'an, Li Kuan brought all the more than 30 hot air balloons that he had managed to work in a hurry.

These candidates for operating hot air balloons are all young people who are not afraid of heights from the guards, and they are trained by Dai Quan one by one.

Zhu Fufu, as the first guard to ride in a hot air balloon, was naturally appointed by Li Kuan as the captain of the hot air balloon battalion.

Although this captain is only in charge of less than 200 people in the hot air balloon battalion, Zhu Fufu is very conscientious.

Almost every day, he soaked in a hot air balloon, followed the large army forward, and also took into account the role of reconnaissance of the enemy.

There are not only Dai Quan and Zhu Fufu who can skillfully operate hot air balloons, but there are really not many people who can accurately find and judge the enemy situation on the hot air balloon.

Zhu Fufu is talented in this regard, no, today's enemy situation is the first thing he discovered.

"How many people are there?" Li Kuan frowned, he didn't expect to encounter this situation at the last moment.

Although he was ready to leave the 20,000 troops of the Western Turks in Liangzhou, it was not in this scenario.

If you really want such a way of playing, your own 1,000 guards, not to mention against 20,000 Western Turkic elites, even against 1,000 people, it is estimated that it is enough to choke!

So Li Kuan's first reaction was to ask how many people there were on the other side?

As for whether it will be your own person, this is basically not considered.

At such a point in time, after the loss of thousands of cavalry in Liangzhou City, there was no military force of more than 100 people alone outside the city.

"I can't see it clearly, even if I use the treasure you gave me, I can only roughly see that there are at least a hundred people on the other side."

"Xue Li, set up camp on the spot, and surround the carriage with those things in the middle, I'll go and have a look."

Li Kuan has a master-level military art bonus, and along the way, it really impresses everyone.

Now, there is absolutely no one in the team who will question his words.

However, after a cup of tea, Li Kuan and Zhu Fufu appeared in the air at a height of 100 meters.

According to the direction of Zhu Fufu's finger, Li Kuan took out a very primitive monocular from his arms. The body of the mirror made of brass has a sense of weight in the hand.

Originally, Li Kuan wanted the craftsmen who made glass to try their hand at making glasses.

But after trying for half a month, I didn't even have a qualified lens, so I had to go to the system again to redeem it.

In the past six months, Li Kuan has gradually gained a little understanding of the system.

Ready-made items such as telescopes, which were ahead of their time, were very expensive to exchange. Even the lowest-level primitive monoculars made Li Kuan's exchange ache.

It seems that in the future, I will try to exchange some raw materials, such as steel and white phosphorus, although they are also expensive, but they can be regarded as acceptable.

Before, Li Kuan still fantasized about the day when he would equip the guards with a submachine gun from the system, and he would be invincible.

Now it seems that this is simply not possible.

Whether the system can be exchanged for thermal weapons is still a big question mark.

Even if it can be exchanged, the price must be very high, and it is impossible for Li Kuan to exchange for a bunch of weapons.

It seems that you still have to rely on your own strength to change Datang's scientific and technological strength, so that you can improve the equipment level of your own guards on a large scale.

"What do these people seem to be chasing?" Li Kuan soon saw the cavalry that Zhu Fufu said.

Although it is not clear to see, the cavalry can be faintly seen in a fan-shaped.

This is obviously not a formation used to rush the road, and I didn't see any other large-scale cavalry around, so the biggest possibility is that there are still small groups of targets that they are chasing, and they haven't found it.

Zhu Fufu: "The surroundings of Liangzhou are already the world of the Western Turks, and they are chasing the spies sent by the defenders of Liangzhou City?"

"It doesn't matter who is chasing, it's the enemy of the Western Turks anyway. Land first, we set up an encirclement and eat these Western Turks. ”

Although it is not sure how many people there are, there should not be more than two hundred. Li Kuan thought about it and felt that he couldn't be frightened by less than 200 people in a thousand people, otherwise the momentum would be gone, and the team would be difficult to lead.

The guards of the Chu Palace, although they are not elite, but fortunately, they are not bad for money, the equipment is very good, and the physical fitness of the selected personnel is also okay, coupled with Xue Li's strengthened training during this time, it can barely be regarded as a strong army.

It's just a "strong army" that has not yet been on the battlefield, and it has no way to truly become elite without seeing blood and winning battles by a great margin.

Li Kuan had no idea of rebelling, but the idea of making his guards the most elite had never changed.

Soon, Xue Li took the guards and chose a valley surrounded by two mountains.

Although the mountains on the left and right sides are not high, they are relatively wide, and as long as you pass nearby, nine times out of ten you will choose to pass through the valley between the two mountains, otherwise you will add a lot of trouble out of thin air.

A thousand or so people seem like a lot, but scattered in the valley, it is not at all inconspicuous.

Fortunately, there are only less than 200 cavalry to ambush, as long as you don't mess around, you can win.

After all, Li Kuan has Xue Li and Wang Xuanwu by his side, two masters who can fight, not to mention much, it is not an exaggeration for the two of them to deal with more than a dozen people.

It will be the courage of a soldier!

With a fierce general like Xue Li, he is not afraid that this ambush will not win.

Ten miles of road, it seems to be a bit of a distance, but judging from the galloping of cavalry and horses, it is actually a stick of incense.

"Lord Wang, the other party is less than a mile away from us, and about a hundred and fifty cavalrymen are chasing one person, and they will soon enter the valley."

In order to avoid scaring the other party away, Zhu Fufu had already collected the hot air balloon early, but he was still actively responsible for the reconnaissance of the enemy.

"Chasing someone?" Li Kuan asked suspiciously, "More than a hundred people have been chasing for so long and haven't caught up?" ”

Zhu Fufu explained, "It seems that the person in front of him has very good archery skills and is a master of using a bow." So far, I've seen at least three of my pursuers fall from their horses! ”

"Lord Wang, this is not strange. Unless the pursuers behind are desperately casual, they dare not chase too closely. To be honest, if I'm in that kind of environment, as long as there are enough arrows, I really don't want to catch up with me in a short time. I'll shoot whoever comes out first, and I'll be able to pull a stronger bow and shoot farther. ”

Xue Li unconsciously pretended to be forced again.